One dead in Manchester, N.H., hotel standoff
The standoff at the hotel, which began with a fatal gunfight between a 51-year-old man and law enforcement ended around Thursday, some 15 hours after it began, authorities said.
Former Yale soccer coach to plead guilty in college admissions scam ? before a judge who?s a Yale graduate
When Rudolph ?Rudy? Meredith stands in a Boston courtroom Thursday, the judge looking back at him will be Mark L. Wolf ? a Yale University graduate.
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NESTOR RAMOS
Betsy DeVos, Special Olympics cuts, and the effort to fail America?s children
Proposing to slash the budget by $17.6 million, knowing full well it will never pass, is little more than trolling.
Conn. Senator Chris Murphy wants the NCAA to pay student athletes
Murphy released the first in a series of reports Thursday morning ? the same day the Sweet 16 begins ? saying: ?Everyone is cashing in except the players.?
Trump says FBI, Justice will review Smollett case
President Trump said the FBI and the Department of Justice will review why charges were dropped against ?Empire? actor Jussie Smollett.
JENEE OSTERHELDT | COMMENTARY
Jussie Smollett: Forever the boy who cried truth. Or wolf
The lie, whether the ?Empire? actor told one or not, will be one he wears for the rest of his life.
Spotlight Follow
Mass. says large pot firms being reviewed
State regulators said they are investigating whether large marijuana companies are violating license limits and potentially making it harder for independent entrepreneurs to compete.
How close can pot shops be to each other in Boston? There?s some debate about that
City Hall backed two different marijuana shop applicants in the same East Boston neighborhood that are closer together than allowed under new zoning rules.
Officials tell WOW Air passengers not to come to Logan Airport
Authorities are telling WOW Air passengers not to come to Logan International Airport in Boston, because all of the airline?s flights have been canceled.
Mueller?s obstruction ?punt? has Washington confused
The summary of the Mueller report did not definitively address obstruction allegations against President Trump, and many in Washington don?t know what to make of that.
Elkus Manfredi
Plans to renovate former Middlesex courthouse may finally move forward
The developer is hoping to begin work this year on converting the towering old jail and court in East Cambridge into a modern office building.
photo illustration by darci marriott
Globe Magazine
How all this smart technology is transforming travel
Smart technology is turning ships, hotel rooms and resorts into places where everybody ? and everything ? knows your name. Are we ready for this?
Man charged with animal cruelty after throwing dog into dumpster in Wareham trailer park
The alleged perpetrator was staying at someone else?s trailer when he decided to put the dog out with the trash.
Sorry, Boston: Winning $768 million Powerball ticket sold in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Lottery says a single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history was sold in a Milwaukee suburb.
Adventureman finds anything but loneliness as he completes an epic long-distance run across US
A Gloucester (UK) man finishing a cross-US run was greeted as a hero in the Massachusetts city with the same name.
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IPOs are hot. Don?t get burned
It?s clear that many venture capitalists and entrepreneurs see a window of opportunity that may not be open for too long. If they are ready to sell, should we be buying?
Yvonne Abraham
The sex trafficking in our neighborhoods
Can we care about trafficking without talking about Robert Kraft? Lord, let?s hope so. Because what we glimpsed in Florida is but a sliver of a gigantic, and intractable, phenomenon we should face.
Alex Speier
How have teams that won at least 100 games fared the next year?
The Red Sox probably won?t win 108 games again, but they are embracing the challenge of becoming the first team to repeat as World Series champs since the 2000 Yankees.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Red Sox are back, and for many of us, that means life is better
The distinctive beauty of baseball is that it happens every day, for six months ? and it starts today!
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Opinion | Natasha Sarin and Lawrence H. Summers
A broader tax base that closes loopholes would raise more money than plans by Ocasio-Cortez and Warren
The best way to begin raising additional revenue from highest-income tax payers is with a traditional tax reform approach of base broadening and loophole closing, improved compliance, and closing of shelters.
Alex Brandon/AP
Opinion | Alice Lloyd
Democrats? number one question, post-Mueller: What if Trump wins again?
We can sketch a basic idea of what a second Trump campaign will look like.
JOAN VENNOCHI
How can white people ?walk the walk? against everyday racism?
Do we confront it, or uncomfortably look the other way?
EDITORIAL
Lack of progress on distracted driving legislation is costing lives
Is this the year the Massachusetts Legislature is finally going to crack down on distracted driving?
Miss Conduct
Advice: I had surgery and none of my friends visited me in the hospital
Do I need to ditch them and find new friends?
WORK SPACE
PTC building is a sign of the shapes of things to come
From its distinctive elliptical appearance to a table made from a sunken ship, PTC?s Seaport building makes a statement.
New York opioid lawsuit hits billionaire family behind OxyContin
New York on Thursday sued the billionaire family behind OxyContin, joining Mass., and a growing list of state and local governments alleging the drugmaker sparked the opioid crisis.
Ty Burr
So you worry that ?Us? is too scary for you?
Try some of these other very good frightening films.
CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Will Charlie Baker?s roadshow get his housing bill over the finish line?
Coming soon, to a city near you: the 2019 Baker Housing Production Tour.
Love Letters: The Podcast
Season Two: How do you meet someone?
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
Munch Madness
Munch Madness
See which restaurants advanced to Round 4
Eight restaurants have advanced to the next round of Munch Madness. Vote your favorites through to the semi finals.
Joanne Chang is always on the move
The Globe sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work, and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future. First up is Joanne Chang of Flour bakery cafes.
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spotlight
You can?t own more than 3 pot shops, but these companies test the limits ? and brag about it
Sea Hunter and Acreage are testing the limits of state regulations on ownership of recreational marijuana stores.
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Sports
CHAD FINN
Wrestling? Acting? Broadcasting? What?s next for Rob Gronkowski?
The Patriots great seems to have a head start on his next career.
Metro
Kids, parents protest cuts in Boston?s $1.1b school budget plan
More than 100 kids, parents, teachers and others marched in protest Wednesday evening from the Blackstone Elementary School to School Department headquarters in Dudley Square.
Real Estate
Take a peek inside BU?s castle, which underwent an extensive makeover
The building had water damage. The original windows were removed, restored, and reinstalled. See inside.
Politics
Barbara Bush said ?angst? over Trump caused her heart problems, according to new book
Barbara Bush has posthumously called out President Trump in a new biography about the influential former first lady.
Nation & World
Some car drivers say bikers aren?t completely human, Australian study indicates
More than half of car drivers thought bicyclists were not completely human in a study conducted by researchers in Australia.
Columnists
Business
Apple?s foray into video shows limits to tech growth
Apple?s latest move into streaming video illustrates an escalating trend: Tech?s biggest companies, faced with limits to their growth, are encroaching on each other?s turf.
Arts
Unstaged play captures Lenny Bruce?s relevance, edgy danger
?Buyer Beware,? the play by Michael Weller that drew a national spotlight to Brandeis University in 2017 when a campus production was derailed, argues that Lenny Bruce has never been more relevant.
The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction
Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.
Real Estate
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?
Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
STAT
After their baby died, medical bureaucrats deepened their anguish
Many people think SIDS has gone away, but thousands of babies a year die suddenly in the U.S. for unexplained reasons. James High was one of them.
