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Phillip Eng, former LIRR president, will be the next MBTA general manager, Healey announces

Phillip Eng, former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will take over as general manager of the MBTA starting April 10, the Healey administration announced Monday.
As LIRR president, Eng oversaw a workforce of more than 7,000 people

Spotlight Follow-up
The last words of Aaron Hernandez: Imprisoned Patriots star showed no hints of suicide in final phone calls
Hernandez seemed upbeat and optimistic, while making ominous references to concussions and a dangerous prison drug.

Boston teenager who died after N.H. skiing accident remembered as ‘academically gifted’ and ‘always kind’

Christopher DiPrima, 15, died Saturday after a skiing accident at the Pats Peak ski area in Henniker, N.H. The boy was skiing with his family when the accident took place, officials said.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Fidelity’s money funds are killing it

Customers have added $153 billion to the money market funds of the Boston-based financial services giant since September, bringing its total money fund assets to $1.1 trillion.

Former Haitian mayor accused of killing and torturing political opponents pleads not guilty to visa fraud

Jean Morose Viliena, the former Haitian mayor who has been accused of killing and torturing political opponents, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud.

Plan to overhaul Israeli judiciary delayed, Netanyahu ally says, amid widespread protests

 How Netanyahu judicial plan sparked massive unrest in Israel

Suspect dead after shooting at Nashville private school, officials say

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon
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N.H. governor’s policy to destroy records within 30 days raises transparency concerns

Who will be the next mayor of Manchester, N.H.?

Inside the crazy, mixed-up world of electric-vehicle charger pricing
Charging outside of the home can be a headache for EV drivers, with inconsistent and sometimes high pricing policies, frequently broken equipment, and a lack of chargers in key locations for everything but Teslas.

Tell us about your experience owning an electric vehicle

New York City ad campaign takes a swipe at Boston: ‘Why is this something to be proud of?’
Introduced last week, the campaign is meant to represent a new era for New York City, reminding people that they can make a difference and come together. But even New Yorkers said targeting Boston was a “bad idea.”

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism

The campaign, called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” has been launched with a $25 million investment from Kraft and his family, according to a statement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which the team owner formed in 2019.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Apple binge-ables, Rob Lowe and son, and more Joni Mitchell love

If you're already paying $6.99 a month to watch the new season of "Ted Lasso," then take advantage of your Apple TV+ subscription to catch up on other worthwhile series you might have missed.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Showers overnight could end as period of mixed rain and snow early Tuesday

Clouds to our south and west will arrive later this afternoon before producing some rain overnight.

How a $2 hot dog changed everything for a Michelin-star restaurateur

Will Guidara said creating memories and unique experiences are more important than the traditional marketing techniques — especially coming out of the pandemic.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

TV airwaves are swamped with ads offering what sounds like free money but isn’t.
Thomas J. Brennan

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life
Anthony Rudel

Want to explore classical music? Let me be your guide.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico
JEFF JACOBY

Marty Baron, in dissent, rises in defense of objective journalism
The Emancipator

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

While conversations about representation are essential, we also need to talk about the way racism itself is portrayed. The stories we tell can help solve the problem — or can perpetuate it.
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Special reports

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

Red Sox assign Bobby Dalbec to Worcester and catcher Jorge Alfaro to the minors
According to manager Alex Cora, the plan is for Dalbec to play all four infield positions in Triple A.

Warren launches second re-election bid
With bank failures and economic uncertainty dominating the headlines, Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized her fight against big banks as a key part of her next campaign.

Cause of fatal house fire in Dennis that left two people dead ruled ‘undetermined’
A man and a woman were fatally injured in a house fire at 1 Niblick Road in Dennis. A dog also perished in the fire.

‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.

Migrant children gut fish in New Bedford, roof houses in the Boston suburbs, toil deep into the night in greenhouses in Central Massachusetts, and work in restaurant kitchens across the state.

INNOVATOR Q&A
A new app ensures you won’t get lost in the wilderness
Kyle Corry, a Rhode Island-based hiking enthusiast, is the founder behind the app “Trail Sense.”

Here’s where the grand jury investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments stands

It was not clear whether prosecutors planned to question more witnesses before the grand jurors this week or when a vote might be taken about possibly indicting Trump.
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Supreme Court affirmative action case adds urgency to push to end legacy admissions at colleges

“If the Supreme Court says it’s not fair to consider race, then why on earth is it fair to consider who your parents are?” said James Murphy, deputy director of higher education policy at Education Reform Now, a nonprofit think tank.

Landlords rarely hike the rent by 10 percent. So why do they hate Mayor Wu’s cap proposal?
Landlords say they fear the kind of blunt force rent control regime that squeezed landlords in Boston and neighboring cities decades ago.

A homeless shelter nonprofit, nearly destroyed by its criminal boss, gets a new life
Another nonprofit, Heading Home, raced to take over nearly a dozen of Casa Nueva Vida’s shelters and assume responsibility for the hundreds of residents, including dozens of children, who lived there.

Behind Mission Hill salon Vanity Loft is a story of community, belonging, and legacy
There is such a level of demand for Vanity Loft’s services that stylists are booked months in advance, customers say.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

Six art students receive Stephen D. Paine Scholarship for work exploring personal identities across media

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

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

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Rethink the 80-hour workweek for medical trainees
Elissa Ely

Medicare’s satanic process
EDITORIAL

Righting wrongful convictions a worthy fight for DA
RENÉE GRAHAM

Women rock. Someone tell the Hall of Fame’s voters.

IDEAS | Emily Silverman and Jay Baruch

The pipeline of ER doctors is drying up
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

Metro

Former Haitian mayor accused of killing and torturing political opponents pleads not guilty to visa fraud

Jean Morose Viliena, the former Haitian mayor who has been accused of killing and torturing political opponents, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud.
RI POLITICS

A running list of possible candidates for Cicilline’s congressional seat

A special election cannot be scheduled until Cicilline officially resigns from Congress, but it’s likely that Democratic and Republican primaries take place this summer, with a general election to follow.
RI POLITICS

Providence Councilman Goncalves is running for Congress

The Ward One Democrat joins a growing field of candidates vying to replace US Representative David Cicilline.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Showers overnight could end as period of mixed rain and snow early Tuesday

Clouds to our south and west will arrive later this afternoon before producing some rain overnight.

Sports

red sox

Red Sox assign Bobby Dalbec to Worcester and catcher Jorge Alfaro to the minors

According to manager Alex Cora, the plan is for Dalbec to play all four infield positions in Triple A.

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism

The campaign, called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” has been launched with a $25 million investment from Kraft and his family, according to a statement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which the team owner formed in 2019.
Bruins

The 2022-23 Bruins have tied the franchise record for wins. Which mark will they conquer next?

The Bruins are cruising toward the league record for wins and points in a season, and Linus Ullmark might be putting up the best performance by a goaltender in league history.
2023 SEASON PREVIEW

‘This group knows what we can do but the world doesn’t:’ Whether it’s confidence or cockiness, Red Sox manager Alex Cora has it

boston marathon

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon
Women's hockey

Toronto’s Isobel Cup victory over Minnesota was a promising moment, among many, for the Premier Hockey Federation

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Fidelity’s money funds are killing it

Customers have added $153 billion to the money market funds of the Boston-based financial services giant since September, bringing its total money fund assets to $1.1 trillion.

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism

The campaign, called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” has been launched with a $25 million investment from Kraft and his family, according to a statement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which the team owner formed in 2019.
boston marathon

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon
INNOVATOR Q&A

A new app ensures you won’t get lost in the wilderness
magazine
The College Issue

What do Boston's college students worry about today?

The College Issue

When the war in Ukraine comes to classrooms in New England
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Immediately, I was like, Dang — he’s TALL’
MISS CONDUCT

She wants to get together, but I don’t have time for new friends

metro

The floodgates have opened in the First Congressional District

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism

MBTA’s East Boston ferry resumes service

sports

With seven games left, the Celtics’ well-timed surge means they could still grab the 1-seed in the East

In the last Holmes to Holmes connection wearing Winthrop jerseys, North skates past South girls’ hockey stars

For Norwell’s Timmy Ward and other seniors, state hockey coaches’ all-star game a thrilling final skate

business

How a $2 hot dog changed everything for a Michelin-star restaurateur

First Citizens acquires troubled Silicon Valley Bank

Saudi National Bank chair resigns after Credit Suisse storm

politics

Here’s where the grand jury investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments stands

Warren launches second re-election bid

Harris to meet Ghana’s president as she begins Africa trip

Nation

Mississippi tornado recovery tough for low-income residents

All seven Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found

Daunting recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi

World

How Netanyahu judicial plan sparked massive unrest in Israel

Plan to overhaul Israeli judiciary delayed, Netanyahu ally says, amid widespread protests

Prince Harry in court for privacy suit against tabloid

opinion

Righting wrongful convictions a worthy fight for DA

Medicare’s satanic process

Springsteen tour freeze-out: Big-name acts become big-ticket items

lifestyle

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

‘Complicated Identities’ at the forefront of upcoming Belmont World Film series

Six art students receive Stephen D. Paine Scholarship for work exploring personal identities across media

food & dining

How a $2 hot dog changed everything for a Michelin-star restaurateur

Row 34 will open in Kendall Square; Borrachito Taqueria and Spirits comes to the Seaport

Stuffed to the gills at Kenmore Square’s Pescador, a New York coastal grill with hometown talent

travel

New York City ad campaign takes a swipe at Boston: ‘Why is this something to be proud of?’

‘He guided me from heaven.’ A Rockport man retraces his grandfather’s path through WWI France.

This Curacao resort is redefining ‘all-inclusive’

Arts

Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

At the Met, comparing and seriously contrasting

Books

The two sides of author Jessica Olien

Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

In ‘Dust Child,’ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai uses a silken touch in a tale of those left behind after the occupation of Vietnam

Movies

A shared bank account, taking out the trash, and growing up in Cambridge: Six takeaways from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s interview

Apple to splash $1 billion a year on films to break into cinemas

‘Rye Lane’ is for lovers

Television

This week’s TV: Apple binge-ables, Rob Lowe and son, and more Joni Mitchell love

Nantucket-set ‘The Perfect Couple’ will have plenty of star power

‘Great Expectations,’ and how to ruin a classic

music

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

At Jordan Hall, Chineke! Orchestra proves worthy of its exclamation mark

Newport Jazz Festival announces its 2023 lineup

Theater/Dance

In Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s,’ comedy is on the menu at a hard-luck cafe

Huntington, SpeakEasy to team up on coproduction of ‘The Band’s Visit’

‘Into the Woods’ works its magic in a fairy tale with no happily ever after

globe local

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

Obituaries

Rev. Elinor Lockwood Yeo, reproductive rights advocate and clinic director, dies at 88

Greg Wittine, once a hero for disabled Boy Scouts, dies at 67

Intel co-founder, philanthropist Gordon Moore dies at 94