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Former Northeastern track coach charged with tricking student-athletes into sending nude photos, cyberstalking

Prosecutors say Steve Waithe used phony social media accounts to trick female student-athletes into sending him nude or semi-nude photos and also cyberstalked at least one athlete. He coached track and field at Northeastern from October 2018 to February 2019.

Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital. MGH photo
MGH president Peter Slavin to depart after 18 years
The president of Massachusetts General Hospital plans to step down after 18 years leading the powerful and prestigious institution, amid a broad restructuring at its parent company.

Trial of DEREK CHAUVIN

Derek Chauvin never took his knee off George Floyd’s neck, use-of-force expert testifies

A Los Angeles Police Department sergeant serving as a prosecution witness, said that based on his review of video evidence, Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck — and was bearing down with most of his weight — the entire time the Black man was handcuffed behind his back and lying face down.
Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin
forecast | dave epstein

This has been one of the nicest springs in a while — but how long will the sunshine last?

Which areas are going to get rain this weekend and which aren't is the million dollar question for forecasters to evaluate in the coming days.

Lynnfield parent charged in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal sues Netflix over portrayal in TV series

John Wilson’s civil complaint against Netflix maintains that he’s innocent of all charges and unfairly grouped with several other well-known defendants in the case who have pleaded guilty in the TV series, entitled ”Operation Varsity Blues."
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The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, N.H.
Six charged in N.H. youth detention center sex abuse probe
Six men were arrested Wednesday in connection with sexual abuse allegations at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center, the attorney general’s office said.

Empty vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
EU drug regulator finds ‘possible link’ between AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots
The European Medicines Agency described the clots as “very rare” side effects but declined to impose any new age restrictions, saying the benefits of the shot still outweigh risks. Its UK counterpart said it would offer people under 30 the choice of another product.

With the help of his new Henry Organ (right), new Patriots receiver Kendrick Bourne has started managing his money better.
How new Patriots receiver Kendrick Bourne is better taking care of himself, especially off the field
As a rookie, he received his first taste of life-changing money. But the majority of that cash went out as soon as it came in.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey
Zdeno Chara, who turned 44 last month, has played all 39 of the Capitals' games this season.
The Bruins sure could use Zdeno Chara right about now
The Bruins have dressed 12 defensemen this season — second only to Colorado’s 13.

Biden administration makes its pitch for higher business taxes

The Biden administration is drilling down on the argument that higher corporate tax rates would ultimately help an ailing economy, saying the resulting infrastructure investments would boost growth.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.
Tom Brady is launching an NFT company
While Bitcoin is fungible, meaning one unit can be traded for an identical one, NFTs are unique, verifiable assets, such as digital art.

NFTs (nonfungible tokens) are a weird new way to buy and sell digital assets
Globe Magazine

Perspective
The Little River flows through the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine.
Terry Tempest Williams: My uncle didn’t want to talk to me — he was afraid talking would destroy us
How can we even begin to bridge the deep political divides in our families? Perhaps the first step is creating a space where we can meet unarmed.

Love Letters
My boyfriend’s ex resembles me
Is it normal for people to have “types”?

MISS CONDUCT
Advice: How do you handle shower invitations for pandemic-style weddings?
Plus: My neighbor yells at me about my loud cabinet doors, but slams her own.

Cooking
Muhammara.
Recipes: A weeknight meal that makes the most of classic Middle Eastern ingredients
Start with a red pepper dip and then feast on savory chicken cutlets with za’atar-spiced breading and a side of Lebanese lentils.

Opinion

A Brooksville, Fla., resident receives a Moderna COVID 19 vaccine shot while receiving his CDC-issued Covid 10 Vaccination Card during a vaccination appointment, Tuesday, at Saint Leo University, East Pasco County.
EDITORIAL

Vaccine ‘passports’ — with crucial protections — can help get America through herd immunity limbo

The Biden administration should be clear in its guidance to companies about how the credentials can be used.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh in March.
SCOT LEHIGH

The senility-mongering of Biden
People passed through the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, in January.
JEFF JACOBY

The problem with Holocaust education
In this video image from April 1, witness Courteney Ross answers questions in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of her boyfriend, George Floyd. Ross testified that both she and Floyd suffered from addiction to opioids.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Stop weaponizing addiction
A suit by Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby alleges that Donald Trump was guilty of “intentional, wanton and reckless conduct” as he “spurred” a violent crowd “already primed by his months of inflammatory rhetoric” to cause grave damage and injury to property and persons, including the two Capitol Officers, on Jan. 6.
Laurence H. Tribe

Capitol police have the best case against Trump for the insurrection

Recommended reads

A picture of Steven Watson taking a picture of a bunch of dogs posing on the Longfellow Bridge went viral.
Here’s the story behind that photo of all those good dogs posing on the Longfellow Bridge
By Monday, Cambridge resident Taylor Larick’s post had been shared tens of thousands of times, hailed as a source of pure cuteness and impressive command. As the day ticked on, the picture even became a meme, making waves in certain circles on Instagram.

Analysis

Opening of baseball season showcases how those in red states and blue states are living different realities

After decades of Americans choosing to live in communities that share their politics and watch different television networks, the country ― generally speaking ― was brought together for a year with the shared lockdown reality of COVID-19. Not anymore.

Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition, alleging unsanitary conditions, wants Grove Hall CVS to stop vaccinating

The Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition is asking officials to shut down the vaccination program at the CVS in Grove Hall after the civil rights group alleged that the store was unsanitary and allowed people seeking vaccinations to gather close together while waiting over the weekend.

On Cape Cod, business owners are getting ready for a season of record crowds and worker shortages

All signs are pointing to a blockbuster summer on the Cape and Islands, but business owners are worried they might not have enough workers to handle the stampede of vacation-starved tourists.

These are the 25 local names on Forbes’ billionaires list

The 25 billionaires in Massachusetts are worth more than $104 billion combined, according to the 2021 Forbes’ world’s billionaires list.

metro

Matthew Modine stars in "Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal" as William "Rick" Singer, a main focus of the documentary. A Lynnfield man charged in connection with the college admissions cheating scandal has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over his portrayal in the documentary series.

Lynnfield parent charged in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal sues Netflix over portrayal in TV series

John Wilson’s civil complaint against Netflix maintains that he’s innocent of all charges and unfairly grouped with several other well-known defendants in the case who have pleaded guilty in the TV series, entitled ”Operation Varsity Blues."

Newton, Boston College spar in court over value of Webster Woods

Former Northeastern track coach charged with tricking student-athletes into sending nude photos, cyberstalking

Sports

The Celtics' new podcast won't focus on the day-to-day play of the team, but on special moments in Celtics history.
celtics

A new podcast with familiar hosts dives deep into the Celtics’ lore

“View from the Rafters: Behind the Scenes with the Boston Celtics," hosted by Marc D'Amico, launches Thursday. The rotating cast of co-hosts includes Sean Grande, Abby Chin, and Kendrick Perkins.
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The Bruins sure could use Zdeno Chara right about now
Patriots

How new Patriots receiver Kendrick Bourne is better taking care of himself, especially off the field

business

President Joe Biden.

Biden administration makes its pitch for higher business taxes

MGH president Peter Slavin to depart after 18 years

Tom Brady is launching an NFT company

politics

Representative Matt Gaetz spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 26, 2021.

Amid reported federal sex trafficking investigation, Matt Gaetz slated to speak at pro-Trump event hosted by women’s group
Analysis

Opening of baseball season showcases how those in red states and blue states are living different realities

Senate ruling gives Democrats a back door around an infrastructure filibuster

Living Arts

Jerry Takigawa's "EO 9066"
ART REVIEW

At the Griffin, layerings of meaning, memory, and family
TRAVEL

She loves theater, dessert, and New Zealand — and can’t wait to get to Japan

TRAVEL

Missing European travel? New Hampshire’s grand hotels might be the perfect solution

education

Melissa and Joe Foley recently filed a civil lawsuit against John Blake, a Duxbury middle school teacher and the boys' varsity hockey coach, alleging that he repeatedly raped their son in the mid-2000s. Parker Foley died of a drug overdose in October, after a long struggle with substance abuse that began after the alleged sexual assault. Superintendent John Antonucci announced Tuesday that Blake had been fired.

‘Our little town has a serious problem’: Duxbury reels as school scandals raise questions of transparency

Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely, survey finds

With more applications than ever, Harvard admits a slightly more diverse class

rhode island

Daniel Roberts poses for a picture Monday, April 5, 2021, in McMinnville, Tenn. Roberts received a COVID vaccine over the objections of his family, who are against being vaccinated. “Five hundred thousand people have died in this country. That’s not a hoax,” Roberts said, speaking of the conspiracy theories he hears from family and friends.
CORONAVIRUS

Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist
DAN McGOWAN

Will Governor McKee take over the Providence school takeover?
RI POLITICS

McKee vows to sign R.I. climate bill after it passes overwhelmingly

Newton

Newton

Newton to hold public hearing on updated Riverside proposal

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
The museum's façade features public awareness posters by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems.
At the MFA, artist posters call out COVID’s uneven toll
The museum’s façade features public awareness posters by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems.

Love Letters Podcast Season 5, Ep 1
Love Letters Podcast: A kiss on the shoulder
Impossible to meet someone in a pandemic, right? Wrong. In the first episode of the Season 5, Meredith shares the story of a couple who found each other — and then sexiness — in restraint and boundaries.

ASK MATTHEW
Jeffrey Tambor, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Gary Shandling in "The Larry Sanders Show."
Look behind the scenes for some great TV shows
Shows that upend the entertainment business, from “The Dick Van Dyke Show” to “30 Rock” to “The Larry Sanders Show,” make up one of TV’s richest genres.

COMFORT ZONE
Louie Phipps, 9, has the stage to himself during a taping of a live performance at the Wang Theatre.
The Wang stage isn’t too big for 9-year-old Louie Phipps
The Northampton third-grader had plenty of jitters beforehand, but when he got onstage to perform three of his songs, “it was just wicked.”

Ernest Hemingway's passport from the 1920s, from the Hemingway archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Ernest Hemingway’s vast archives reside in Boston. How’d that happen?
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum contains a trove of treasures — 11,000 photos, manuscripts, letters, bullfight tickets, even good-luck charms.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation
Evening light sets upon stores and restaurants on Hancock Street in Quincy Center.

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

In this video image from April 1, witness Courteney Ross answers questions in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of her boyfriend, George Floyd. Ross testified that both she and Floyd suffered from addiction to opioids.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Stop weaponizing addiction
A suit by Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby alleges that Donald Trump was guilty of “intentional, wanton and reckless conduct” as he “spurred” a violent crowd “already primed by his months of inflammatory rhetoric” to cause grave damage and injury to property and persons, including the two Capitol Officers, on Jan. 6.
Laurence H. Tribe

Capitol police have the best case against Trump for the insurrection
A man held up a "Latinos for Trump" sign at a protest in Austin, Texas on Nov. 7 following Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win.
Marcela García

A nuanced post-mortem on the 2020 Latino vote emerges
Taylor Trudon

The kids are not OK
A rendering of Don Chiofaro's proposed tower. It doesn’t seem fair for developers to negotiate with the city for years and then find out all that time, energy, and money mean nothing because one state entity wrongly deferred decision-making to another.
Joan Vennochi

Boston needs believers like Don Chiofaro

Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.
IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening

STAT

Road ahead illo
The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, pose for a portrait on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo © Landon Bost 2020)
From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: People walk through the snow and sleet in Manhattan on February 12, 2019 in New York City. New York City, in a winter that has been light on snow this season, is expected to receive two inches of snow before the storm moves later this evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

Boston, MA -- 06/04/2020 -- Yoldana Desir displays a photograph of her late sister, Marie Deus, who died of Covid-19, after contracting it as a food service worker at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Malcolm Cawthorne at Brookline High School.
on the cover

The exhaustion of being a Black teacher in a school when you’re one of too few educators of color

RODRIGGO P. AND WALTER W.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I don’t get why people mention [exes] on a first date’
US poet laureate Joy Harjo will read from her works Monday in a free virtual event.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do, April 5-11
MISS CONDUCT

People at my church liked to hug my husband. What to do when we return to in-person services?

sports

Nate Eovaldi looks to get his first win of the season this afternoon.

Game 6: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

How to watch today’s Red Sox game on YouTube

In a sport desperate for more action, the extra-innings runner rule is just what MLB needed

metro

A cement truck rolled over in the Seaport district Wednesday morning, fire officials said.

Cement truck rolls over in Seaport district

‘The lesson of Passover is we are faced with challenges’: Newton’s Jewish community celebrates with resilience, hope

As Newton North graduation nears, ‘We look forward to celebrating what we can celebrate’

Nation

IWitness Jody Stiger, a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant testified Wednesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis.

Derek Chauvin never took his knee off George Floyd’s neck, use-of-force expert testifies

Six charged in N.H. youth detention center sex abuse probe

Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged with murder of George Floyd

World

Empty vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

EU drug regulator finds ‘possible link’ between AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots

‘We are doomed:’ Devastation from storms fuels migration in Honduras

In a Syrian rebel bastion, millions are trapped in murky, violent limbo

politics

Rioters climbed the walls of the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.

Fears of white people losing out permeate Capitol rioters’ towns, study finds

Arkansas lawmakers enact transgender youth treatment ban, overriding governor’s veto

Watch live: Biden gives update on vaccine rollout

business

A man walks in the Washington Elms Housing Development with the towers of Kendall Square nearby.

Report shows stark inequalities in Cambridge economic growth

Boston Harbor Cruises has a new name

Topps, the trading card company, is going public

lifestyle

Dean’s List chocolate gift subscription boxes.

Chocolate lovers are going to want to make The Dean’s List

Ketchup that kicks it up a notch (or three)

La Dolda’s pastas might just transport you to Italy

marijuana

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

opinion

Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614–1670), Portrait of Maria of Orange with Hendrik van Nassau-Zuylestein and a Black Child (detail), c. 1655. Oil on canvas.

How do museums exhibit the colonial past?

Face it: Trump’s tax cuts weren’t all bad

To tackle racial injustice in city contracting, start with food

food & dining

Huevos Rancheros at the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Sudbury.

8 things for diners to get excited about this spring

Chocolate lovers are going to want to make The Dean’s List

Ketchup that kicks it up a notch (or three)

travel

Jamie Gahlon and her husband, Patrick Smith, at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

She loves theater, dessert, and New Zealand — and can’t wait to get to Japan

Missing European travel? New Hampshire’s grand hotels might be the perfect solution

Reflecting on a winter of snow camping and its many peaceful pleasures

Books

Author and filmmaker James McBride poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. McBride’s "Deacon King Kong" a fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in the late 1969, has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City.

James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ wins inaugural Gotham prize

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among those objected to in 2020

A new biography presents the unvarnished Philip Roth, revealing a complex man

Movies

Lily-Rose Depp in "Voyagers."

In ‘Voyagers,’ teens make the scene — and the scene’s in outer space

Michelle Pfeiffer on making an entrance in ‘French Exit’

Ken Burns: many hours, special moments

Television

Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson in "Law and Order: SVU."

Mariska Hargitay’s staying power continues to drive ‘SVU’

Look behind the scenes for some great TV shows

Ernest Hemingway’s vast archives reside in Boston. How’d that happen?

music

Louie Phipps, 9, has the stage to himself during a taping of a live performance at the Wang Theatre.

The Wang stage isn’t too big for 9-year-old Louie Phipps

Maxwell’s slow-burning debut still simmers after 25 years

Rickie Lee Jones, memoirist: candid, cosmic, and so cool

Theater/Dance

Neil Diamond leads the crowd in "Sweet Caroline" at Fenway Park in 2013. The singer recalled that day and his ties to Boston in a statement about "A Beautiful Noise," a musical about his life that will premiere at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in 2022.

Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022

Shakespeare & Company to resume live, in-person performances this summer

From the lived experiences of scientists, Melinda Lopez crafts ‘Young Nerds of Color’

globe local

"Save Webster Woods!" signs displayed along Langley Road in Newton in 2016.

Newton, Boston College spar in court over value of Webster Woods

Four-alarm fire in Somerville quickly extinguished

‘Death didn’t have the final say’: Easter delivers a message of hope after a year filled with despair

Obituaries

Dr. Kantor taught at several schools, including Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine.

David Kantor, innovative psychologist of group dynamics and halfway houses, dies at 93

‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Harry Potter’ actor Paul Ritter dies at 54

Arthur Kopit dies at 83; playwright was a Tony nominee, Pulitzer finalist