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Councilor Flaherty testifies against Boston in case challenging new political map

Boston city councilors improperly took race into account when drawing the city’s new political map last fall, said councilor Michael Flaherty in testimony as a witness in a federal lawsuit.

Newton parents group wants school advisory panel; critics see attempt to stop district’s diversity efforts
Backers of the measure say it’s needed to improve communication between parents and the schools.

Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims; legally bought seven guns before school attack, police say
Nashville Police said the shooter was under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed emotional disorder and was not known to police before the attack.

Victims include pastor’s daughter, head of school

‘Devastated’ GOP congressman from Nashville criticized for 2021 photo of his family holding guns
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How to talk to kids about gun violence

Appellate court reinstates conviction of Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, orders new hearing

A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Adnan Syed’s release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered a new hearing to be held.

No more action is expected from Trump grand jury this week, reports say

The Manhattan grand jury that has been investigating Donald Trump’s behalf will not take up that inquiry again this week, delaying a potential indictment until next week at the earliest, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Judge reportedly rules Mike Pence must testify before grand jury

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

Union votes ‘no confidence’ in Women & Infants Hospital management

A ‘way too persistent’ man will get his own electric car charging station. Other Bostonians may not be so lucky.

In the end, it took 2½ years, 37 letters of support, the services of an architect, and the endorsement of four Boston city councilors for Matt Malloy to get what he wanted.

Ben Volin | On Football
Is Bill Belichick coaching for his job in 2023? It sure seems that way.
The Patriots haven't won a playoff game since the Tom Brady days, and it's pretty clear that their longtime coach needs to produce next season.

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

Lawsuit threatens to overturn train whistle bans in dozens of communities in hopes of reducing tragedies
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 Massachusetts and require horns be sounded to prevent future deaths.

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.
red sox notebook

Alex Cora says he has extra motivation this year, and it’s not baseball-related

“There were a lot of things that happened in the offseason that I took personally," said the Red Sox manager. "I think if I needed a chip on my shoulder, I just got another one.”
With Opening Day near, Red Sox unveil enhancements to Fenway Park, from new lights to crab cake sandwiches Meet the 2023 Red Sox: A position-by-position look at the players

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing the actress, alleging she ran into him on a Utah ski slope in 2016, leaving him facedown in the snow with a concussion and broken ribs. Paltrow has countersued, claiming Sanderson was the one who crashed into her.

Michelle 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.
Tell us: Do you think public transportation should be free?
Obituary

Margot Stern Strom, 81; with Facing History and Ourselves, taught students worldwide to reject bigotry and hatred

"We have to allow for discomfort in the classroom," she said of the curriculum the nonprofit she cofounded brings to students.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Republicans retreating from Trump? Now that’s fake news.

Private disgust with Trump has never translated into widespread public GOP denouncements of him. Why would that change now?
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The latest antiabortion tactic: asserting the rights of men
EDITORIAL

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem
Jennifer Handt

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway
MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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

Fees on the rise for visitors at Acadia National Park in Maine
Visitors to Acadia National Park in Maine will pay more to enter starting Friday, according to the National Park Service.

Innovation economy
A Needham company tried to solve the problem of urban garbage with solar-powered bins. But it wasn’t a clean-cut solution.
In the rough-and-tumble landscape of city sidewalks, "smart" trash receptacles developed by BigBelly face an array of assaults, from oversize pizza boxes to aggressive bottle collectors.

PERSPECTIVE
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.

RI CRIME
Man who shot at Providence police with AR-15 ghost-gun rifle sentenced to serve decades in prison
Luis Roman, 32, had pleaded guilty in an August 2021 incident in which he fired at police after he assaulted his girlfriend.

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.

Somerville startup wants to make period products more accessible
The founders of Egal had an idea: In restrooms, why not distribute period products like toilet paper?

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

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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.

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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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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Republicans retreating from Trump? Now that’s fake news.
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The latest antiabortion tactic: asserting the rights of men
EDITORIAL

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem
Jennifer Handt

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway
MARCELA GARCÍA

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Metro

Randall Robinson, founder of influential Africa lobby, dies at 81

Randall Robinson, who as founding executive director of TransAfrica, a high-profile lobbying organization in Washington, helped reshape U.S. foreign policy toward apartheid South Africa and once conducted a 27-day hunger strike to bring attention to the suffering of Haitian refugees, died March 24 in St. Kitts, the island in the West Indies. He was 81.
RI POLITICS

Lawyers to make arguments to R.I. Supreme Court about legality of Chariho school committee appointment

With the balance of power on the Chariho regional school committee at stake, a Democrat argues the Richmond Town Council violated the home rule charter in appointing a Republican to a vacant seat.

A ‘way too persistent’ man will get his own electric car charging station. Other Bostonians may not be so lucky.

In the end, it took 2½ years, 37 letters of support, the services of an architect, and the endorsement of four Boston city councilors for Matt Malloy to get what he wanted.

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.

Sports

Celtics Notebook

Celtics Jaylen Brown, Grant Williams, and Malcolm Brogdon stop by the White House for talks on social justice initiatives

The three players met with White House and Justice Department officials on Monday night in Washington.
MLB notebook

Could this be Shohei Ohtani’s last season with the Angels? He’ll be the headliner of MLB’s free agent Class of 2023-24

Ohtani, who turns 29 in July, could set multiple records with his next contract, likely a $45 million average annual value, reaching $500 million in total.
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.
2023 baseball preview

The Red Sox are finalizing their Opening Day roster. Here’s a look.
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Alex Cora says he has extra motivation this year, and it’s not baseball-related
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It’s no easy decision to leave college hockey for the pros. Just ask Bruins star Charlie McAvoy.

Business

FTX founder is charged with foreign bribery

Federal prosecutors said that in 2021, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried instructed those working for him to pay a bribe of $40 million to one or more Chinese officials to help unfreeze trading accounts.

Lyft’s cofounders to step down as company struggles

The founders — Logan Green, Lyft’s CEO, and John Zimmer, its president — will stay on the company’s board of directors.

Bank regulators eye tougher oversight after Silicon Valley Bank collapse

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PERSPECTIVE

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

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

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

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

metro

Newton parents group wants school advisory panel; critics see attempt to stop district’s diversity efforts

With Opening Day near, Red Sox unveil enhancements to Fenway Park, from new lights to crab cake sandwiches

Fees on the rise for visitors at Acadia National Park in Maine

sports

Sean Payton says Broncos are not trading wide receiver Jerry Jeudy

With Opening Day near, Red Sox unveil enhancements to Fenway Park, from new lights to crab cake sandwiches

If the changing landscape of college sports leads to more of what we’re seeing in the men’s Final Four, sign us up

business

Somerville startup wants to make period products more accessible

A Needham company tried to solve the problem of urban garbage with solar-powered bins. But it wasn’t a clean-cut solution.

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

politics

Senate chaplain makes rare plea for action on gun violence

In North Carolina, Biden says GOP policies would surrender tech economy to China

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

Nation

Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims; legally bought seven guns before school attack, police say

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

Appellate court reinstates conviction of Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, orders new hearing

World

Biden’s defense of global democracies is tested by political turmoil

What we know about the Covenant school shooting in Nashville

France sees new pension protests, and police brace for violence

opinion

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

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

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

lifestyle

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

How to talk to kids about gun violence

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

food & dining

Chowder in a pouch wins Seafood Excellence Award

Local importer is bringing Turkish foods to the Boston area

This book is stuffed with ideas for fans of sandwich cookies

travel

Celebrity chef David Burke adds more whimsy to Rhody’s famed ‘Hobbit House’ property

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.

Arts

Gawking at the weird and the wild at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery

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

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

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

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’: Just roll with it

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

Television

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

A look back at the fantasy — and humanity — of ‘Scrubs’

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

music

Morgan James comes to town with a fresh spin on the R&B she’s always loved

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

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

Theater/Dance

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

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

Randall Robinson, founder of influential Africa lobby, dies at 81

Margot Stern Strom, 81; with Facing History and Ourselves, taught students worldwide to reject bigotry and hatred

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