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Runners along the Charles River with the Boston downtown skyline in the background. Here are other things to do on your perfect Boston weekend.

How to spend a perfect weekend in Boston

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Globe staffers share their favorite Boston spots. Tell us: What are yours?

These are a few of our favorite things.

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Get to know the Boston Common and Public Garden by exploring this interactive map. After that, test your knowledge. How well do you know Boston’s oldest parks?

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These cost-conscious Red Sox are no bargain, and other thoughts
The surprising success of the 2021 Red Sox might have been the worst thing that could have happened to this year’s edition.

Jarren Duran played in 33 games in the majors last season.

Struggling Red Sox to give red-hot Jarren Duran another shot in the majors

The Red Sox need another player because Kiké Hernández is staying away from the team with an illness.

Sports media: Why are the Red Sox playing in the morning on Sunday? Watch: David Ortiz visits the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time

CDC says 7 Mass. counties now have ‘high’ COVID-19 levels, recommends mask-wearing

The rating comes as people are eager to get back to normal - and cases and hospitalizations are gradually rising.

‘We don’t want to restrict life’: How to navigate COVID risk at an uncertain time

Senator Susan Collins says she is opposed to Democrats’ bill aimed at protecting abortion rights
Senator Susan Collins, who has come under fire in recent days over her previous Supreme Court confirmation votes, voiced opposition Thursday to a Democratic measure that would codify abortion rights into federal law.

News analysis: Corporate America can’t hide from Roe v. Wade

Violent attacks by groups of children draw attention to challenges with handling juvenile crime
A policy change, enacted in the state’s criminal justice reform law four years ago, has complicated public officials’ efforts to respond to the recent string of attacks.

Read the police reports about violent attacks by children in Boston

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

April employment report: The job market remains tight, too tight
Employers added 428,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent.

‘This word is hateful, hurtful, and shameful.’ Hamilton-Wenham prom cut short after racial slur yelled, officials say

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School’s junior prom ended early on Friday after one or more students were heard yelling a racial slur while a song was playing, school officials said.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Get the jackets out for a cool (but not rainy) Mother’s Day
Our fickle New England weather is back on the cloudy side and will remain there for a couple of days.

Terrell Osborne, of Providence, stands for a portrait, Monday, April 11, 2022, in front of an antique shop that used to be a general store in the early 1960s, in what was then known as the Lippitt Hill neighborhood, in Providence. As a child growing up in Providence in the late 1950s and 1960s, he watched as huge swaths of his 30-acre neighborhood of Lippitt Hill, a center of Black life at the foot of the stately homes of the city's elite East Side, were taken by eminent domain for redevelopment projects. The general store was just outside the area of demolition.

In Providence, Black neighborhood lost to redevelopment spark questions about reparations

City officials are looking beyond the city’s leading role in the Colonial transatlantic slave trade, to what happened to Black and Native American communities during urban renewal efforts of the late 20th century

The dining room features a floor-to-ceiling mantelpiece. (Dan St John/LightShed Photography)

Home of the Week: New Beverly condo lovingly displays beams of its predecessor

The unit comes with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and three fireplaces.

At Nuggets in Kenmore Square, Ekenedilichukwu Uwanaka (left) and Stephanie Laporte browse vinyl for their new record player.

Why it seems like everyone you know is buying vinyl and record players

Last year alone, vinyl sales spiked 61 percent, topping $1 billion for the first time in more than 35 years. Who’s driving the surge?

Opinion

Students prepare to go to Mission Hill School on Oct. 15, 2021.

I taught at the Mission Hill School. It was a disaster, but it didn’t have it to be.

Mission Hill didn’t fail because its mission was impossible to achieve; it failed because it fostered a culture of laziness, incompetence, and defiant isolationism.

Harmony still missing while adults play blame game

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The seed of democracy’s destruction

IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

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How old are you? Don’t ask, don’t tell.

Just as 19th-century antislavery publications reframed and amplified the quest for abolition, The Emancipator centers critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

Black wealth series | Part 2

Giving credit where it’s due

“Credit scores are the perfect example of how structural racism works,” says Chi Chi Wu of the National Consumer Law Center.

Globe Magazine

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He . . . was quick to apologize for his choice of shoes’
Will this dater overlook her date’s “ratty” sneakers?

LOVE LETTERS

I’m not my girlfriend’s dream guy: I’m divorced, older, and have a kid
She loves my child, but hopes to have a “conventional” relationship without having to become a stepmom.

MISS CONDUCT

She’s 30 and feels like time is running out on her dreams
What to do when attaining your goals feels increasingly impossible.

CONNECTIONS

What living with a monkey taught me about motherhood
I fostered a capuchin monkey for eight years, and loved every minute of it. But I knew it couldn’t last.

The Globe turns 150

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150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.

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Worcester woman killed in fatal crash on Mass. Pike in Framingham
State Police troopers assigned to the Weston Barracks responded to the 113.6 mile marker on I-90 westbound in Framingham around 2:40 a.m., officials said.

Worker injured in fall at South End construction site Thursday, latest in spate of accidents at job sites
A worker was hurt in a fall at a construction site Thursday morning in Boston’s South End and taken to a local hospital in an “advanced life support” ambulance, the latest in a rash of serious injuries at job sites in and around the city, officials said.

Transparency! Accountability! Watchdog! Two Democrats are trying — seriously — to get voters excited about the auditor’s race.
Here’s a heavy lift: make the race for state auditor seem relevant, interesting, and meaningful to primary voters. That’s the task facing Senator Diana DiZoglio and former transportation advocate Chris Dempsey.

New book says Trump feared Elizabeth Warren as an opponent more than Biden
The book includes a number of mentions of New England politicians as it portrays a turbulent time marked by intense political division and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump proposed launching missiles into Mexico to ‘destroy the drug labs,’ Esper says

Commentary

3 films that capture the messiness of being a mom
In a year of movies with maternal themes, "Umma," "Turning Red," and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" seek to mend the fractures of cultural and generational warfare between Asian and Asian American moms and daughters.

Meredith Goldstein

Doctor Strange is smug. Entitled. But if he can grow, I can too.
Sam Raimi, who directed “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” understands why some Marvel fans — like me — might be frustrated with the surgeon-turned-superhero. But this movie is about the character's “muddled attempt at becoming a better human being," he said.

Review: In ‘Dr. Strange 2,’ Benedict Cumberbatch is back as the sourest of Marvel superheroes

Recommended reads

Diners enjoy the sunset at Six West restaurant on the rooftop of the Cambria Hotel.

9 of the best rooftop bars and restaurants around Boston

Shades on, drink in hand, and apps to share — it's time to channel some golden hour energy.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee votes to shutter Mission Hill School
The vote to close the school at the end of June came after the release of a scathing report last week that found institutional failures there endangered children for years.

ON THE STREET

In Malden, a diverse city strives to be ‘a place for everyone’
Nearly half of residents in the blue-collar town of 60,000 are foreign-born. But for years, these groups have been largely locked out of city politics — and even city services.

TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

She returned her rental, but Avis charged her an extra $4,228
After Claudia Lockwood returned her rental to Avis, the company broadsided her with a $4,228 bill for 34 more days on the car. Can it do that?

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Culture & Lifestyle

At Nuggets in Kenmore Square, Ekenedilichukwu Uwanaka (left) and Stephanie Laporte browse vinyl for their new record player.

Why it seems like everyone you know is buying vinyl and record players

Weird Al Yankovic plays Medford's Chevalier Theatre May 6 and 7.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Orlando Baxter

Comedian Orlando Baxter goes back to school — the one that turned his life around

From left: Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

3 films that capture the messiness of being a mom

Special Projects

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Protesters march from the Capitol to the US Federal Courthouse to rally for abortion rights in Austin on May 3.

It starts with Roe v. Wade, but it won’t stop there

Mar Beltran and Erika Martinex lead demonstrators in a march to the Texas State Capitol following a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade on May 3.

Your vote won’t help restore abortion rights

Mourners wait to view the body of Representative John Lewis at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., July 25, 2020. The chapel is on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of 11 Most Endangered Places in the United States.

Preservation looks ahead

Shanghai, China, on April 25.

IDEAS | HANNAH LUND

A tour of the silent megacity

An antiabortion activist held a "Baby Lives Matter" flag at the 49th annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in January.

IDEAS | REBEKAH DIAMOND

A pediatrician’s point of view: Antiabortion is anti-child

IDEAS | CHARLES M. SENNOTT

The story of their lives

Metro

Worcester woman killed in fatal crash on Mass. Pike in Framingham

State Police troopers assigned to the Weston Barracks responded to the 113.6 mile marker on I-90 westbound in Framingham around 2:40 a.m., officials said.

Rhode Island business news: May 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

CDC says 7 Mass. counties now have ‘high’ COVID-19 levels, recommends mask-wearing

The rating comes as people are eager to get back to normal - and cases and hospitalizations are gradually rising.

Rhode Island political news: May 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Sports

E.J. Perry tested as the most athletic quarterback at the NFL Combine in March.

E.J. Perry, star quarterback for Andover and Brown, signs as free agent with Jaguars

Perry, who was not taken in the NFL Draft and also drew interest from the Eagles, signed a three-year deal with Jacksonville.

Xander Bogaerts walked off the field as the Angels celebrated a win Wednesday; Los Angeles took two of three from the Red Sox.

dan shaughnessy

These cost-conscious Red Sox are no bargain, and other thoughts

The surprising success of the 2021 Red Sox might have been the worst thing that could have happened to this year’s edition.

“MLB Sunday Leadoff” each week will feature an analyst from each of the two teams playing, with Jason Benetti (above) on play by play.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Why are the Red Sox playing in the morning on Sunday, and what will the Peacock broadcast be like?

NBC's streaming service Peacock will feature an exclusive late-morning/early-afternoon game over each of the next 18 Sundays.

Struggling Red Sox to give red-hot Jarren Duran another shot in the majors

Watch: David Ortiz visits the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time

David Ortiz visits the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time

Business

Airbnb looks to crack down on Memorial Day weekend parties

The company's “anti-party system” restricts new users and those with negative reviews. These guests will not be able to book homes for one-night reservations on the holiday weekends.

Worker injured in fall at South End construction site Thursday, latest in spate of accidents at job sites

A worker was hurt in a fall at a construction site Thursday morning in Boston’s South End and taken to a local hospital in an “advanced life support” ambulance, the latest in a rash of serious injuries at job sites in and around the city, officials said.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

April employment report: The job market remains tight, too tight

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites

magazine

Cycling in Acadia National Park offers spectacular views and is accessible to both beginners and experienced cyclists.

The best way to explore Maine’s Acadia National Park is by bicycle

Mother’s Day gift guide: Seven ideas from local shops to show mom you care

Turmeric cauliflower with cashews and raita

Recipes: Curried chicken with rice and more dishes inspired by India

From rock climbing to race car driving, let an expert be your guide for a New England adventure

metro

Terrell Osborne, of Providence, stands for a portrait, Monday, April 11, 2022, in front of an antique shop that used to be a general store in the early 1960s, in what was then known as the Lippitt Hill neighborhood, in Providence. As a child growing up in Providence in the late 1950s and 1960s, he watched as huge swaths of his 30-acre neighborhood of Lippitt Hill, a center of Black life at the foot of the stately homes of the city's elite East Side, were taken by eminent domain for redevelopment projects. The general store was just outside the area of demolition.

In Providence, Black neighborhood lost to redevelopment spark questions about reparations

Rhode Island political news: April 2022

Worker injured in fall at South End construction site Thursday, latest in spate of accidents at job sites

sports

In his last start, Nate Eovaldi pitched seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts at Baltimore.

Game 27: White Sox at Red Sox lineups and notes

Needham boys’ lacrosse answers conference call, maintains Bay State supremacy

Rangers even series with Penguins with victory in Game 2

business

A information sign about hiring is seen outside of a jiffy lube automotive oil change specialty shop in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Friday, April 1, 2022.

US added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation

R.I.-based Bally’s is tapped to build a $1.7 billion casino in Chicago

Corporate America can’t hide from Roe v. Wade

politics

Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, spoke to reporters amid the fallout from a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Senator Susan Collins says she is opposed to Democrats’ bill aimed at protecting abortion rights

As White House scrambles for ways to protect abortion, Senate to vote on codifying rights

Giuliani pulls out of interview with Jan. 6 committee

Nation

Shoppers on Newbury Street in Boston.

CDC says 7 Mass. counties now have ‘high’ COVID-19 levels, recommends mask-wearing

Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers

‘Roe’ under threat, California leans in as abortion refuge

World

Smoke rose from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 5, 2022.

New effort races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

Ukraine begins offensive attacks in northeast against Russia

Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks

opinion

Patrick M. Rose Sr., a longtime Boston police officer and former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, stands as his sentence is read by the clerk magistrate on April 25. His defense attorney, William Keefe, is at left. Rose changed his plea to guilty, in the molestation of several children. He was sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court by Judge Mary Ames.

No excuse for failure to protect more children from harm

‘Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit . . .’

It starts with Roe v. Wade, but it won’t stop there

lifestyle

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Let’s talk about facing your pain

The Jar Festival plans to unite Boston over stand-up and poetry

food & dining

Customers eat and drink in the cozy booths near the back of Anchovies in 2019.

Favorite restaurants (old and new) in Boston

Beat Brew Hall reopens in Harvard Square; R.F. O’Sullivan & Son returns to Somerville

9 of the best rooftop bars and restaurants around Boston

travel

Back to Boston

Welcome back to Boston

Hidden (in plain sight): Boston’s secret spaces

Where to eat brunch in Boston

Arts

"Watermark," 2022, two-channel video installation with sound.

‘Rights Along the Shore’ probes painful history of segregation and swimming

Boston Children’s Museum celebrates trans children’s dreams in new exhibit

Are we ready to look at ‘Philip Guston Now’?

Books

Stealing back what’s been stolen in ‘Portrait of a Thief’

Seeing where the wild things are in ‘The Lioness’

David Gergen on presidents and creating new leaders

Movies

A still from "What We Leave Behind."

Building a house and ‘Building a Bridge’

Zendaya debuts new look in Boston on the set of ‘Challengers’

3 films that capture the messiness of being a mom

Television

Suranne Jones (left) and Sophie Rundle in "Gentleman Jack."

After three-year respite, ‘Gentleman Jack’ remains a force

Zendaya debuts new look in Boston on the set of ‘Challengers’

Step by step, ‘The Staircase’ brings nuance to a murder mystery

music

At Nuggets in Kenmore Square, Ekenedilichukwu Uwanaka (left) and Stephanie Laporte browse vinyl for their new record player.

Why it seems like everyone you know is buying vinyl and record players

After many rainy days in Rockport, singer-songwriter Sofia Mills made an album

Breakout reggae star Koffee has something special brewing

Theater/Dance

From left: Director Bryn Boice leads Dylan Wack, Ekemini Ekpo, Xander Viera, and Regine Vital in a rehearsal of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Stage2 production that will be performed for students as well as general audiences at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester.

A Shakespeare comedy aimed at today’s teens reaches back into the ancient history of the 1980s and ‘60s

Comedian Orlando Baxter goes back to school — the one that turned his life around

Ariana DeBose to host upcoming Tony Awards

globe local

A student tries on a prom dress during the first-ever Prom Shoppe, a free shopping event to increase access to the prom and cotillion experience for Framingham High School students.

How everyone can become the Belle of the ball

Should homework be largely eliminated in the Massachusetts public schools?

Decades later, a camp reunion of a different kind endures in Dedham

Obituaries

Mr. Barnes was often among the fastest players on the field. He helped propel the New York Giants to three consecutive NFL championship games.

Erich Barnes, star defensive back for the 1960s Giants, dies at 86

Neal Adams, who gave Batman a darker look, dies at 80

Stanislav Shushkevich, first leader of post-Soviet Belarus, dies at 87