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A MBTA commuter train passed a crossing as it made its way toward Newburyport Station.

Lawsuit threatens to overturn train whistle bans in dozens of communities in hopes of reducing fatal accidents

A former MBTA commuter rail engineer is one of the people asking the state’s highest court to lift whistle bans at railroad crossings across the Commonwealth and require horns be sounded to prevent future deaths.

As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday
Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

FOOD

North End restaurateur Gianmarco Rinaldi talks about his Gatsby-inspired State Street restaurant and Boston’s best pizza
The Naples native loves his morning espresso and the local seafood at Market Basket.

Bambara Kitchen & Bar at Kimpton Marlowe Hotel will serve a special Shirley Temple with a Peeps marshmallow for kids on Easter Sunday.

Where to brunch (and have dinner) on Easter Sunday

Easter is coming up on Sunday, April 9, and restaurants across Greater Boston are offering special menu items for the holiday. Here are some ideas for where to make reservations.

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez turned to look in the direction of the jury as he reacted to his double murder acquittal at Suffolk Superior Court Friday, April 14, 2017, in Boston.

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.

Wu defends fight for fare-free transit

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who has long pushed for fare-free transit, defended that position Tuesday in response to a Vox article that suggested such efforts could distract from the goal of providing reliable quality service.

Nashville police release body camera footage of response to shooting that killed six
Nashville police released video Tuesday from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school, then confronting and opening fire on the assailant.

Victims include pastor’s daughter, head of school

‘Devastated’ GOP congressman from Nashville criticized for 2021 photo of his family holding guns
In the caption of the photo, which shows the family brandishing their firearms in front of a decorated tree, Representative Andrew Ogles wrote “MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

What we know about the Covenant school shooting in Nashville

KARA BASKIN | PARENTING UNFILTERED

How to talk to kids about gun violence

Lexington man killed after being struck by bus at Logan Airport

The man, identified as 47-year-old Vishwachand Kolla, suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to State Police spokesman David Procopio.

Woburn man, 46, dies after attack in Downtown Crossing on St. Patrick’s Day

Migrants set mattresses afire at Mexico center where 39 died

Bank rules under review in wake of SVB failure, Fed official testifies at Senate hearing

A rendering of a planned six-story life-science building on the site of the old Globe headquarters on Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, as seen from the Southeast Expressway.

Developer proposes lab space where Globe delivery trucks once parked

The 305,000-square-foot project would be next phase of overhaul of the old Boston Globe complex on Morrissey Boulevard.

Lamar Jackson has lit up the Patriots (107.2 passer rating in three games), and now he's expressed interest in joining them.

Ben Volin | Patriots

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.

On Monday, Jackson issued a trade demand, a couple of days after Kraft received a text from Meek Mill informing him of Jackson's interest.

Tell us: Do you think the Patriots should try to acquire Lamar Jackson?

I want to yell at a kids’ basketball coach but I can’t. So what can I do?

Tricks for defusing arguments in youth sports — or anywhere else.

Opinion

Antiabortion activist Trooper Elwonger, 25, fed his newborn daughter while taking part in a counter-protest in the Texas State Capitol on March 8, International Women's Day.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The latest antiabortion tactic: asserting the rights of men

In several states, women have already lost the right to choose. Now, a decades-old legal argument is resurfacing in an attempt to eliminate any potential loopholes.

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway

Take me out (on a bus) to the ballgame

MARCELA GARCÍA

In the Maine undocumented workers’ case, what about the Mass. company that employed them?

New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota, Florida. The conservative-dominated board of trustees of Florida's public honors college was meeting to take up a measure making wholesale changes in the school's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and offices.

The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.

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Special reports

photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

With Elizabeth Warren running again, where does that leave the state’s ambitious young politicians?

The question facing today’s younger and ambitious members of Congress, including Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Jake Auchincloss, Seth Moulton, and Lori Trahan, is just how long they want to wait to rise through the ranks.

2023 Baseball Preview

The ultra-competitive Rafael Devers is the cornerstone of the Red Sox — now and for the foreseeable future

After signing a 10-year extension worth more than $300 million, the 26-year-old third baseman is the one sure thing the Red Sox have.

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations

A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected the anonymous donations to wage a cultural battle against the left over three years.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40 million bribe to China
The charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act raises to 13 the number of charges Bankman-Fried faces.

Jury awards $20 million to man who lost a leg after hospital missed blood clot
The patient twice went to Lowell General complaining of pain, but his blood clot was misdiagnosed as sciatica.

Genetic genealogy and a bottle of Fireball led to arrest of suspected rapist

Legal and criminal justice analysts predict investigative genetic genealogy — the technique of identifying criminals and victims by searching genealogy databases for people who share their DNA — will ultimately become a mainstream law enforcement tool.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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Bob and Julie Gallagher live at the historic Scituate Lighthouse, which is undergoing renovation. It was built in 1811 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and the lantern room was last renovated 93 years ago.

Scituate lighthouse gets a million-dollar face-lift

When Julie and Bob Gallagher applied to live in the lighthouse in 2009, they could only imagine the adventures that would accompany life as the 19th lightkeepers since Scituate Light’s beacon began to sweep the restless sea in 1811.

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A great story transcends location, and New Hampshire is full of great stories. We’re looking forward to bringing readers more of them.

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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.

‘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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood and Gavin Creel as the Wolf in "Into the Woods."

As Little Red Ridinghood, Gloucester’s Katy Geraghty is living her own fairy tale

Boston Symphony Orchestra horn player Rachel Childers, seen here in 2011, was one of three local featured soloists in the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society's concert on March 26, 2023.

Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society hosts a British Invasion at Faneuil

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

Matías Jaime's Malevo dance troupe took the stage at the Berklee Performance Center Saturday night.

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The author's father, top right, with his mother and brother in 1948.

IDEAS | LIZ BROWN

The coloring contest that changed my father’s life, and didn’t

Phillip Eng, the latest MBTA general manager, has an engineering degree and 40 years of experience in public transportation.

Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Members of the US military watch television at the Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2002. New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks returned to Afghanistan more than 30 times for over two decades, chronicling almost every chapter of a war that dragged on nearly 20 years.

Thomas J. Brennan

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

A display on a garbage can featured former Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara in a DraftKings advertisement outside Fenway Park on March 10.

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

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters on March 8 that he wants to introduce legislation to combat Mexican cartels and gangs. "We are going to unleash the fury and might of the US against these cartels," he said.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

Metro

Wu defends fight for fare-free transit

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who has long pushed for fare-free transit, defended that position Tuesday in response to a Vox article that suggested such efforts could distract from the goal of providing reliable quality service.

Worcester man arrested in connection with fatal Fourth of July shooting in Randolph

One of two Worcester men indicted in connection with a fatal shooting outside the Mojito Country Club in Randolph last July was arrested and arraigned last week, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office.

Lawsuit threatens to overturn train whistle bans in dozens of communities in hopes of reducing fatal accidents

A former MBTA commuter rail engineer is one of the people asking the state’s highest court to lift whistle bans at railroad crossings across the Commonwealth and require horns be sounded to prevent future deaths.

A Providence author just published the definitive book on Vince McMahon and pro wrestling

Abraham Josephine Riesman's book offers the most authoritative look yet at the life and times of WWE's 77-year-old executive chairman.

Sports

"Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America" by Abraham Riesman

A Providence author just published the definitive book on Vince McMahon and pro wrestling

Abraham Josephine Riesman's book offers the most authoritative look yet at the life and times of WWE's 77-year-old executive chairman.

Jayson Tatum needs to find his 3-point shot for the Celtics.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jayson Tatum is still searching for his 3-point stroke. Can he find it down the stretch?

Tatum is shooting just 29.4 percent from beyond the arc since the All-Star break, and the Celtics need him back to his best as the games really start to count.

Rafael Devers is 26 and entering his seventh MLB season.

2023 Baseball Preview

The ultra-competitive Rafael Devers is the cornerstone of the Red Sox — now and for the foreseeable future

After signing a 10-year extension worth more than $300 million, the 26-year-old third baseman is the one sure thing the Red Sox have.

Packers not requiring a first-round pick for Aaron Rodgers, but want ‘fair value’ from Jets

In a bizarre episode involving a pitch clock violation, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto ejected from spring game

bruins notebook

Jake DeBrusk showed winning form for Bruins in Sunday’s shootout

Business

Bank rules under review in wake of SVB failure, Fed official testifies at Senate hearing

“SVB’s failure is a textbook case of mismanagement,” Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice chair for supervision, said in written testimony that will be delivered Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee.

Developer proposes lab space where Globe delivery trucks once parked

The 305,000-square-foot project would be next phase of overhaul of the old Boston Globe complex on Morrissey Boulevard.

innovation beat

Boston’s startup scene tries to stay vibrant amid tech downturn

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40 million bribe to China

magazine

I want to yell at a kids' coach but I can't. So what can I do?

Baked Zucchini and Gruyère Omelet

A make-ahead baked omelet for a no-fuss Easter menu

This week's daters: Marissa and Ram.

Dinner with Cupid

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

The dinosaurs of Jurassic World Tour Live will be on the loose at Agganis Arena through April 9.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 27-April 2

metro

Delta Air Lines jets on the tarmac at Boston Logan Airport.

Lexington man killed after being struck by bus at Logan Airport

Nashville an outlier as data show mass shootings by women are extremely rare

It’s time for the General Assembly to protect Rhode Islanders’ shoreline rights

sports

Aliyah Boston (right) and South Carolina remain undefeated.

Worcester’s Aliyah Boston, South Carolina women reach Final Four

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.

‘This is a sham:’ Harvard faulted for response to abuse claims in women’s hockey program run by Katey Stone

business

Alibaba splits into six, plans new IPOs in historic overhaul

As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

US and Japan reach deal on battery minerals

politics

Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve's vice chair, prepared to testify before a Senate Banking Committee hearing examining recent bank failures and the federal regulatory response on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

Bank rules under review in wake of SVB failure, Fed official testifies at Senate hearing

‘Devastated’ GOP congressman from Nashville criticized for 2021 photo of his family holding guns

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations

Nation

A woman hugged a police officer at the entrance of the Covenant School at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday.

Nashville police release body camera footage of response to shooting that killed six

Nashville school shooting victims include pastor’s daughter, head of school

Gwyneth Paltrow’s experts to testify in Utah ski crash case

World

Wood is burning in front of the university during clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on Tuesday.

France sees new pension protests, and police brace for violence

Israel tensions ease as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul

What we know about the Covenant school shooting in Nashville

opinion

A display on a garbage can featured former Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara in a DraftKings advertisement outside Fenway Park on March 10.

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

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

Want to explore classical music? Let me be your guide.

lifestyle

A woman embraces children outside Willie de Leon Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

How to talk to kids about gun violence

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

food & dining

Passover Menu
Photo: Sheryl Julian for The Boston Globe
Recipe by Alice Jacobs
Recipe for Rose Katz’s Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls

Recipe: A Jewish grandmother’s chicken soup with plump matzo balls for the Passover Seder

Recipe: An extravagant Passover meringue cake with lemon cream will wow Seder guests

Recipe: Cook brisket like the centuries-old French pot au feu and it will become your new Passover dish

travel

One of the “We ❤️ NYC” campaign ads. This one takes a swipe at Boston.

New York City ad campaign takes a swipe at Boston: ‘We get more done by 8 a.m. than Boston does in a day’

‘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, 26, was recently named Vermont's fifth cartoonist laureate. On April 13, she will be crowned during an official ceremony at the State House in Montpelier. In Norwich, she works in a home studio with large windows that give her a view of the woods.

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

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

At the Met, comparing and seriously contrasting

Books

Author Jessica Olien's new book centers around a cooking contest and a blueberry buckle cake recipe.

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

Ben Affleck, left, and Matt Damon arrive for the world premiere of "Air," at the Paramount Theatre during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

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

Brandi Carlile (left) embraces Joni Mitchell during the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony in Washington, D.C., March 1. The ceremony will be broadcast on GBH 2 on Friday at 9 p.m.

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

Composer Thomas Adès conducting the BSO on Thursday in the Inferno Suite from "Dante," his new evening-length ballet.

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

Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood and Gavin Creel as the Wolf in "Into the Woods."

As Little Red Ridinghood, Gloucester’s Katy Geraghty is living her own fairy tale

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’

globe local

Firefighters at Glades Road in Scituate where multiple homes were on fire.

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 of Newton, a reproductive rights activist who directed a Milwaukee clinic that provided abortions in the 1970s and '80s.

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