Today's Headlines
All of the headlines from today's paper.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

Could another Massachusetts ‘blue law’ bite the dust?

With the state asking hunters to help control the deer population, Governor Healey has endorsed changes to laws that would allow Sunday hunting. Continue reading →

K-12

On the wrestling mat, East Boston High Schoolers won before the match even started

East Boston’s newest high school sport is the result of a partnership with Beat the Streets, a nonprofit whose mission is to bring wrestling to vulnerable youth. Continue reading →

Metro

A Roxbury man found a document that revealed a new chapter in his family history. He had no idea how rare it was.

Aaron Haynes gets choked up when he thinks about what the parchment represents: a lineage spanning centuries and his ancestor’s freedom from enslavement. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Business

A battle is underway over recreational cannabis stores in Rhode Island

“Massachusetts is light-years ahead of us,” said one of the applicants competing to open a new dispensary in R.I. “They’re going to be rolling that out, and we still don’t have retail stores.” Continue reading →

Massachusetts

New England TSA has ‘not heard anything official’ about ICE coming to region’s airports

New England airport officials are taking a wait-and-see approach to ICE agent deployment during the ongoing federal shutdown. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Nonprofits, unions, and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags on

Nonprofits are stepping in to help unpaid TSA workers and coordinating closely with airports and local TSA unions. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn

A plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t analyze whether they needed better pollution controls. Continue reading →

Nation

Anti-Muslim comments by GOP congressman reflect a rising trend

When Representative Andy Ogles, a Tennessee Republican, wrote on social media this month that “Muslims don’t belong in American society” and that “pluralism is a lie,” Democrats denounced his comments. Continue reading →

The World

World

Italy’s leader wants to change the constitution. Italians don’t get it.

For more than three years, Giorgia Meloni, the first female prime minister of Italy, has led one of the nation’s most stable governments, keeping her coalition intact for longer than all but two of her postwar predecessors. Continue reading →

World

Election in Slovenia is a near tie

A face-off between Europe’s liberals and right-wing populists aligned with President Trump ended in a near draw Sunday when voters in Slovenia split almost evenly between the two camps, according to official results of a general election. Continue reading →

World

The media may have unmasked Banksy — again. That's angered some art fans but not ruffled dealers

Years before the rise of Instagram, Banksy figured out that the key to real influence lay in not being famous, exactly, but in being anonymous. Continue reading →