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A man and his wife mixed heroin and cocaine.

‘It’s not working fast enough.’ Heartbreak, drugs, and crime persist at Mass. and Cass, leaving neighbors asking, ‘What’s next?’

The Wu administration cleared the area of ramshackle shelters in January, and connected scores of people to services, but the knotty problems of addiction and mental illness persist.

US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says

‘This can’t happen’: Plymouth in uproar over possible plan for radioactive waste
At the decommissioned Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, 1 million gallons of radioactive waste water languish in a pool. Residents are fearful that Holtec, the company responsible for cleaning up the site, will opt for what seems to be the cheapest option: dumping it all into Cape Cod Bay.

Republican senator compares women to sea turtles and eagles in antiabortion speech
Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana compared women to sea turtles and eagles in a speech where he railed against efforts to protect abortion rights, baffling many.

Senate to hold vote Wednesday on bill that codifies abortion protections Roe vote looks doomed, but Democrats press ahead to get senators on the record Senator Collins reported chalk message at Maine house; has received threatening letters, phone calls

Federal inspectors are swooping in to examine the beleaguered T — and the scrutiny may not end there

“This is unprecedented, unheard of,” said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, of the federal inspection. “It speaks to the gravity of the situation. This is receivership in all but name. Maybe that’s what the T needs.”

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation will abate. Just don’t hold your breath.
The growth in consumer prices may have peaked, but there’s a long way to go before we’re back to normal.

US inflation hit 8.3 percent last month but slows from 40-year high

Ukrainians stop Russian gas at one hub, underlining risk to supply
Meanwhile, a Kremlin-installed official in a southern region seized by Russian troops said the area will ask Moscow to annex it.

House approves $40b in Ukraine aid

Woman fatally stabbed in Mattapan, Boston police say

Her death marks Boston's 10th homicide in 2022.

Northampton reinstates school mask mandate following increase in COVID-19 cases
School officials in Northampton announced this week that the district will be requiring masks in school again, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the last week.

Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge schools urging students to mask up after rise in COVID-19 cases

Federal agents execute a search warrant at Nathan Carman's residence on Fort Bridgman Road, in Vernon, Vt., after he was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother.

Vermont man accused of killing his mother at sea to be arraigned in federal court

Nathan Carman, a 28-year-old who lives in Vernon, Vt., is charged with killing his mother during a fishing trip in September 2016. After his boat sank, he was found adrift on a life raft about 115 miles off Martha’s Vineyard. His mother, Linda, vanished and was presumed dead.

Five stunning details in the Nathan Carman case

A house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina collapsed into the sea in May 2022.

Two North Carolina beach houses collapse into ocean in one day

The unoccupied homes on the seashore of Rodanthe, N.C., collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday — and officials warned that more may follow “in the near future.”

Ina and David Steiner in 2021.

Natick couple, eBay fail to settle lawsuit over bizarre harassment

Ina and David Steiner will proceed with their lawsuit against eBay after mediation efforts failed. The couple say they were emotionally and psychologically tortured in 2019 by the company's employees.

Opinion

The Constitution does not rule out a system in which rotating panels of appeals judges are brought in to hear Supreme Court cases.

IDEAS | BRENDAN SCHNEIDERMAN

To fix the Supreme Court, randomly choose new justices for every case

Special interests are gaming the high court to ensure outcomes they like. So let’s stop having the same set of judges decide everything.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

My friends the political prisoners

The trade deficit is up again. No worries.

Illegal voting latest Baker license bill red herring

By overturning Roe, the Supreme Court delivers for the Catholic Church

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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They've got to come back to PNC Arena soon. Not to mention, Charlie McAvoy's return seemed to skirt the NHL’s COVID policy.

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Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, who played 14 NBA seasons, dies at 73
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Survey says: The future of work is hybrid
The Mass. Business Roundtable found that more employers open to hiring out-of-state and that most will only require workers come back to the office a few days each week.

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Tufts University professor Erin Kelly won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for biography on Monday.

Tufts philosopher Erin Kelly wins Pulitzer Prize for biography written with artist Winfred Rembert

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Recipes: With the right fillings, flatbreads make a satisfying meal

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British journalist Isha Sesay (far left), Polish President Andrzej Duda (center left), President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (center right), and CEO of Global Citizen Hugh Evans (far right) attend the event "Stand up for Ukraine" joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via video link in Warsaw, Poland on April 9.

Jack Leslie and Micho Spring

In Ukraine, truth and transparency disrupt Russia’s cloak and dagger

How do we memorialize the COVID-19 pandemic?

Eliana Marcela Rendon, cries as she is held by her husband, Edilson Valencia, after they witnessed the death of Rendon's grandmother, Carmen Evelia Toro, at her bedside at North Shore University Hospital, in Manhasset, N.Y., on April 19, 2020.

Our responsibility to remember the faces of COVID-19

Xavier Cortada invites viewers to reenact his ritualistic performance and bring closure to the passing of loved ones who died in isolation.

How to say goodbye to loved ones lost to COVID-19

Fran Hall draws one of the last hearts as people paint red hearts to complete the approximately 150,000 hearts being painted onto the National Covid Memorial Wall to commemorate all those who have died of coronavirus, on the Thames Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, on April 8, 2021.

Harriet F. Senie

How to think about a memorial

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Five stunning details in the Nathan Carman case

Nathan Carman is slated for arraignment Wednesday in federal court in Vermont on an indictment alleging he killed his grandfather in 2013 and murdered his mother in 2016 as part of an elaborate scheme to collect millions in inheritance money. Carman has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

Northampton reinstates school mask mandate following increase in COVID-19 cases

School officials in Northampton announced this week that the district will be requiring masks in school again, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the last week.

Large brush fire still burning in White Mountain National Forest

Authorities have talked to a person of interest in the 45-acre “Centennial Fire” that broke out Monday and continued to rage Wednesday in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest.

Vermont man accused of killing his mother at sea to be arraigned in federal court

Nathan Carman, a 28-year-old who lives in Vernon, Vt., is charged with killing his mother during a fishing trip in September 2016. After his boat sank, he was found adrift on a life raft about 115 miles off Martha’s Vineyard. His mother, Linda, vanished and was presumed dead.

Sports

Nate Eovaldi ranks among the American League leaders with 9.62 strikeouts per nine innings and 1.60 walks per nine innings.

Red Sox at Braves | 7:20 p.m. (NESN)

Game 31: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

Nate Eovaldi will be on the mound as the Red Sox go for the series sweep at Atlanta.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy, dumped in the second period, played a team-high 25 minutes, 14 seconds.

It’s obvious Bruins need to get back home. But then what?

They've got to come back to PNC Arena soon. Not to mention, Charlie McAvoy's return seemed to skirt the NHL’s COVID policy.

Bob Lanier (right) was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Fellow Hall of Famer Julius Erving is at left.

Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, who played 14 NBA seasons, dies at 73

Lanier played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks and averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career.

Angels 12, Rays 0

Angels rookie Reid Detmers throws no-hitter against Rays

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Do you believe in superstition? Alex Cora shaved his beard, and the Red Sox bats came back to life.

Hurricanes 5, Bruins 1

The Hurricanes celebrated with ‘Sweet Caroline,’ and now can eliminate the Bruins on Thursday

Business

Legal gray areas could arise in fertility treatments if Roe overturned

A Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, amid the roiling landscape of state reproductive politics, is expected to open the door to state laws that give human embryos legal rights and protections - a possibility that would throw the fertility industry into upheaval and potentially limit choices would-be parents currently have about whether to use, store, or discard genetic material that is part of the in vitro fertilization process.

Natick couple, eBay fail to settle lawsuit over bizarre harassment

Ina and David Steiner will proceed with their lawsuit against eBay after mediation efforts failed. The couple say they were emotionally and psychologically tortured in 2019 by the company's employees.

Moderna CFO out after probe at former company

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation will abate. Just don’t hold your breath.

magazine

What age should kids start doing chores? Younger than they do now.

Spanish-Style Flatbread With Roasted Peppers, Artichokes, and Prosciutto

Recipes: With the right fillings, flatbreads make a satisfying meal

An A.D. Makepeace solar array in Wareham.

A solar battle in sleepy Wareham is pitting environmentalists against each other

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

metro

This file photo shows a total lunar eclipse as seen from Medford, Mass. on Sept. 27, 2015.

The total eclipse of the moon is coming up. Here’s how to watch and take great photos of the ‘Super Blood Moon eclipse’ on May 15

Belmont High School closed Wednesday due to ‘bomb threat’

Senator Collins reported abortion rights chalk message at Maine house; has received threatening letters, phone calls

sports

Charlie McAvoy, who was on the ice more than any other skater in Game 5, spent some of that time off his skates, thanks to a hard hit by Carolina's Jesper Fast in the second period.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy able to clear COVID protocol, fly down in time to play Game 5

Maple Leafs push defending Cup champion Lightning to brink of elimination

Westwood girls’ lacrosse holds off Franklin in top-two showdown

business

An Instacart shopper at a grocery store in Manhattan, April 30, 2020.

US inflation hit 8.3 percent last month but slows from 40-year high

The AAPI history I carry with me: Andy Li

‘This can’t happen’: Plymouth in uproar over possible plan for radioactive waste

politics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a group of fellow Democrats down the Senate steps in Washington, May 3, 2022.

Senate to hold vote Wednesday on bill that codifies abortion protections

Republican senator compares women to sea turtles and eagles in antiabortion speech

Inside the manhunt for an escaped murder suspect and jailer

Nation

A mature egg was seen on a monitor connected to a microscope at Shady Grove Fertility in 2021.

Legal gray areas could arise in fertility treatments if Roe overturned

US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says

Florida students win right to show ‘Don’t Say Gay’ walkout pictures in yearbook

World

Ukrainian investigators worked near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, on May 10, 2022.

Ukrainians stop Russian gas at one hub, underlining risk to supply

A wartime birth amid the air raid sirens in a Ukraine hospital

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

opinion

Rendering of Hank Willis Thomas's proposed design for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the Boston Common.

Boston could take the lead in memorializing those lost to COVID

Giving shape to grief: COVID-19 memorials from around the world

The political push and pull of student loan debt

lifestyle

The Lazy Susans chat with Kelly Clarkson. From left, Imge Ceranoglu , Martha Kennedy, Joanna Weiss, Leila Mitchell, Heather Shaw, and Kelly Clarkson.

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

Provincetown International Film Festival announces Jenny Slate and Bowen Yang are part of 2022 lineup

Seaport to host an open-air market for four weekends this summer

food & dining

Oysters at Black Lamb.

Where to eat dollar oysters around Boston

Recipe: Vegetarians at your graduation party will love these fun, sheet-pan cauliflower quesadillas

Recipe: A platter of grilled chicken breasts with fresh mint salsa verde will wow your party guests

travel

Back to Boston

Welcome back to Boston

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

Where to eat brunch in Boston

Arts

From left: Katy Rodden Walker, Alonso Nichols, Travis Flack, Juyon Lee, Oscar Morel, and Sam Witherow.

6 art-school stars from around Boston to watch in 2022

Can art inspire environmental action?

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

Books

‘Metropolis,’ set in Boston, centers around 6 characters and a storage facility

In ‘Fly Girl,’ R.I. author Ann Hood remembers her life as a flight attendant in the 1970s

Tufts philosopher Erin Kelly wins Pulitzer Prize for biography written with artist Winfred Rembert

Movies

From left: Matthew Macfadyen, Colin Firth, and Johnny Flynn in "Operation Mincemeat."

‘Operation Mincemeat’: When a dead man told a tale, a very important one

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70

Can I learn to love Doctor Strange?

Television

From left: Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Bayer, and Molly Shannon in "I Love That for You."

Vanessa Bayer shines in Showtime’s ‘I Love That for You,’ and that’s no lie

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

This week’s TV: ‘This Is Us’ gets ready to go, Claire Danes returns, and the Kids in the Hall reunite

music

Rachel Sumner

Will this Winchester songwriter win the $20k Lennon grand prize? That’s up to Bob Weir, Flea, and Sheila E.

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70

Theater/Dance

Al Franken

Al Franken is taking comedy seriously again

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’ gets the joint jumpin’ at Central Square Theater

First staged in the Berkshires, Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ nominated for top Tony Award

globe local

Janice Bennett, a NewMo driver, drops off a passenger outside the Newton Senior Center.

NewMo lifts mask mandate, in line with federal transportation guidelines

Police seek suspect in attempted kidnapping in Burlington

Methuen man convicted of child rape who fled trial arrested in Maine

Obituaries

Bob Lanier (right) was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Fellow Hall of Famer Julius Erving is at left.

Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, who played 14 NBA seasons, dies at 73

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s first president, dies

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70