Today's Headlines
All of the headlines from today's paper.
Monday, March 9, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Politics

One governor candidate left the GOP nearly 20 years ago. He and others are now back to try to lead the party’s ticket.

Enrolling with the party means that candidates can tap resources that an independent candidate can’t. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Tens of thousands of Massachusetts patients have lost insurance coverage for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. What now?

Insurers said they had to withdraw coverage because the pricey medicines overwhelmed their budgets, forcing patients to either go off the drugs or pay for them out of pocket. Continue reading →

Music

‘Our prayers are being answered’: New Edition talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination

Last month, the Orchard Park-raised stars scored their first-ever nomination for the hallowed rock hall. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

New Bedford fisherman aboard doomed Yankee Rose ‘woke up every day thanking God’

Angel Nieves and another man were aboard the New Bedford-based Yankee Rose when it capsized and sank on Thursday off the coast of Provincetown. Continue reading →

Business

Auto repair costs keep going up. Don’t blame tariffs.

Costly tech, aging cars, and soaring labor costs all contribute to lack of affordability. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump wants to 'take over' elections. These states are prime targets.

Facing the possibility of big losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, President Trump has reiterated his unfounded assertions of electoral fraud. He has also begun speaking of the need to “nationalize” elections, and for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in parts of the country. Continue reading →

Nation

Thousands waited for hours in security lines at airports in New Orleans and Houston

Travelers at airports in Houston and New Orleans were greeted with hours of long waits early Sunday as the airports struggled to adequately staff security lines. Continue reading →

Nation

A Trump order protected a weedkiller. And also a weapon of war.

When President Trump issued an abrupt order last month compelling the production of glyphosate, the controversial weedkiller known as Roundup, he angered health activists who have long campaigned to ban the product for its links to cancer. Continue reading →

The World

World

Rapper backed by Gen Z is set for landslide win in Nepal election

In a resounding affirmation of Generation Z’s power to overthrow the political old guard, Nepali voters have handed a commanding majority to a party headlined by a 35-year-old former rapper. Continue reading →

World

Colombians are electing a new Congress and choosing presidential candidates

Colombians voted Sunday for a new Congress and to select candidates from three major coalitions in a primary-style contest ahead of a presidential election in May. Continue reading →

World

How Trump's war in Iran has echoes of Putin and Ukraine

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the United States “didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it.” Continue reading →