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This photo provided by the Harvard University Police Department shows a person of interest in an explosion at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Harvard University Police Department via AP)

2 Massachusetts men are arrested in the weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School

November 4, 2025

Authorities say they’ve arrested two Massachusetts men in connection with a weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School. Logan David Patterson and Dominick Frank Cardoza face charges of conspiracy to damage by means of fire or an explosive, according to the charging document. Patterson, an 18-year-old from Plymouth, and Cardoza, a 20-year-old from Bourne, were arrested Tuesday morning and are due to be arraigned in federal court later in the day. The blast occurred early Saturday on the fourth floor of Harvard Medical School. No one was injured. The building houses labs and offices associated with the medical school’s neurobiology department.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu smiles after voting at a polling place, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, target of the Trump administration, will face Josh Kraft in fall election

September 10, 2025

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has advanced in Tuesday’s preliminary election and will face the son of the Patriots owner in November. Wu is the city’s first Asian and female leader and a frequent target of the Trump administration. She will face Josh Kraft, a nonprofit leader and son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Wu has been bolstered by her strong defense of the city amid attacks from the Trump administration over Boston’s immigration policy. Kraft spent heavily on advertising all summer. He hammered Wu on everything from the city’s high cost of living to her handling of an area known for drug problems.

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Karen Read, center, waves to supporters after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Key takeaways from the acquittal of Karen Read in her Boston police officer boyfriend’s death

June 18, 2025

Karen Read has walked out of a Massachusetts court a free woman after a jury found her not guilty of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend. She was convicted Wednesday of drunken driving but beat the most serious charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of John O’Keefe. The verdict is vindication for her defense team, which painted a sinister picture of police misconduct and theorized that O’Keefe was in fact killed by fellow law enforcement officers at house party rather than struck by Read’s SUV.

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FILE - A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University, at rear, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students

May 28, 2025

Harvard University is holding it commencement Thursday. The nation’s oldest and wealthiest school at the forefront of legal efforts to defend higher education in America from what increasingly seem like existential threats by President Donald Trump. Other schools also face the loss of federal funding and their ability to enroll international students if they don’t agree to the Trump administration’s changing demands. But Harvard is taking the lead on defying the White House in federal court. Trump frames his pressure as a defense against antisemitism. Sustained by a $53 billion endowment, Harvard is testing whether it can be a bulwark protecting the freedom to teach and learn nationwide.

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