CHICAGO -- Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much more to the point.

Six words scrawled underneath her note would become his dying wish: “The same for me as well!”

Seven months ...Read more

BOSTON — As concerns about an ICE surge, potential nearby detention facility and World Cup attendance continue to circulate, Gov. Maura Healey spoke on the issue again and called for defunding the immigration agency.

“Right now, ICE has too much power, unbridled authority, no guardrails,” said Healey in a WCVB “On the Record” segment ...Read more

BOSTON — Police reports released to the Herald after a public records fight reveal new details about the hours leading up to and following the murder of an MIT professor in his Brookline home last year.

Nuno Loureiro died on Dec. 16 after being shot by his former classmate Claudio Neves-Valente — the same man authorities have said is ...Read more

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year, aiming, it says, to provide more choice and lower premiums. But it also proposes sharply raising some annual out-of-pocket costs — to more than $27,000 for one type...Read more

The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.

The announcement comes in the wake of White House border czar Tom Homan announcing the end of Operation Metro Surge and a ...Read more

A Valentine’s Day double homicide in North Carolina is getting international attention due to one of the victims being a Ukrainian refugee.

The killing of Kateryna Tovmash, 21, marks the second time in six months a Ukrainian woman has died violently while seeking refuge in North Carolina, Ukrainian media outlets have noted.

Tovmash died ...Read more

As the investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie entered its third week, authorities await key DNA evidence, President Trump threatened the abductors and daughter Savannah Guthrie urged her mother's kidnappers to "do the right thing." But with no sign of the 84-year-old, there growing concerns about her welfare and questions about how ...Read more

MIAMI — Moringa powder capsules have been recalled as a CDC and FDA investigation links the capsules to a new form of salmonella outbreak that the CDC calls “unusual and highly concerning.”

“The salmonella strain associated with this outbreak is resistant to all first-line and alternative antibiotics commonly recommended for the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota farmers are worried they won’t have enough hands to tend livestock and manage crops this year, a consequence of ongoing federal immigration enforcement in the state targeting undocumented workers from Latin America who keep U.S. agriculture churning.

While the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...Read more

The Buddhist monks arrived at The Lawyer’s Mall below the State House steps last week, which has long been the scene of political protests.

In this sharply partisan era, almost any event can get cast as political if one party believes its rivals are using it to make a point. Plenty of loud politicians seem to thrive on the most elementary ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio showered Viktor Orban with praise on a visit to Hungary as the U.S. doubled down on its support for the strongman leader before an election that could bring an end to his 16 years in power.

Speaking in Budapest on Monday, Rubio pledged that Donald Trump would provide assistance if Hungary ever ran into financial ...Read more

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog in Geneva on Monday, ahead of a second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S.

During his meeting with Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi discussed “proposals” he’ll present at ...Read more

As investigators analyzed DNA recovered from a glove potentially linked to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, her daughter Savannah pleaded once again for her return in a short video late Sunday.

“It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope. And we still believe,” the “Today...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump would provide assistance if Hungary ever ran into financial trouble under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, giving an extraordinary endorsement to the long-time leader ahead of an election in April.

“I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your ...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, ahead of a second round of talks with the U.S.

Monday’s talks with Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will be “deep technical,” Araghchi said on X.

On Tuesday, he’ll lead Iran’s ...Read more

Lebanon’s government signaled it’s open to expanding its role in the U.S.-led task force monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and stepping up efforts to disarm the Iran-backed militia.

More Lebanese civilian experts can be added to the committee “when need be,” Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told Bloomberg in an interview. ...Read more

A small Tennessee hospital that was destroyed by a surging river during Hurricane Helene will soon be rebuilt on low-lying farmland that could face several feet of flooding in a much smaller storm, risking another disaster if the new facility is not built to withstand extreme weather, according to a KFF Health News analysis.

Ballad Health ...Read more