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Top MBTA executive, who often worked from Hawaii and other distant locales, is terminated

James “Jay” Neider often wasn’t in the state, let alone at MBTA construction sites, over the last two years, people briefed on his situation said.

State allowing more time for some to resolve jobless benefit overpayment claims, while beginning clawbacks for others

When Governor Maura Healey took office in January, about 171,000 people remained classified as owing jobless benefits money. As a result, their 2022 tax refunds could be intercepted by both the state and federal governments.

Pedestrians killed in crashes rose by 35 percent across Massachusetts last year, study finds

In 2022, 101 people were killed by vehicles, up from 75 people the prior year, according to a study released Thursday by WalkBoston, a statewide advocacy organization.

‘His legend is so strong for the working class’: Mel King’s impact on Boston housing
“I call him the father of the affordable housing movement,” said Lewis Finfer, the director and community organizer for Massachusetts Action for Justice.

Five charts that show where the housing market’s heading this spring
Sales are down. Mortgage rates are up. And it’s not getting any easier to buy around here.

Tell us: How has Boston’s housing market impacted your decision to sell or buy a house?

Boston pizza shop owner accused of exploiting undocumented workers faces new charges

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

Read the Globe’s 2023 Red Sox season preview

Get to know the roster, the expectations, and more about the upcoming season.
Chaim Bloom is transforming the Red Sox. What does the future hold?

Still ‘authentic’: Lizzie Borden house renovations preserve history behind infamous unsolved murders

The Victorian-era home where Lizzie Borden was accused — and acquitted — of murdering her parents has undergone numerous renovations since US Ghost Adventures took ownership of the house in May 2021, and it continues to see upgrades nearly two years on.

Listen to the Allman Brothers concert that helped Jimmy Carter become president

Carter wasn’t called the rock ‘n’ roll president for nothing. Here’s a recording of the 1975 Providence concert that helped him raise money for his presidential campaign.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Harvard Square was never what it used to be

A new book ponders why we fall in love with commercial centers — and why we ache so much when they change.
EDITORIAL

Doing the right thing on gun sales
Alex Beam

Death on the installment plan
IDEAS | PETER ZURKOW

I wrote this to save a life
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Supreme Court’s new target: the Americans with Disabilities Act
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

State renews charter of Malden school often found at center of controversy
Critics for years have alleged the school culture at Mystic Valley Regional is racist, intolerant, and harmful to students, and among the 18 charters up that were up for renewal, it was the only one that drew opposition against it.

How to be a Lil Yachty, even if you don’t know a jib from a jibe
You don't have to be a multimillionaire to have a dreamy sailing vacation. You don’t even have to know how to sail. Charter companies around the world will be happy to set you up on a private yacht and send you off on the island-hopping vacation of your dreams. Here's what to expect.

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky
US military officials say two Army helicopters have crashed in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, causing “several” casualties.

Pope has good night in hospital despite infection, Vatican official says
A Vatican official says Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection.

Reporter Mike Giardi is let go by NFL Network as part of ongoing budget cuts
The Norwood native worked at New England Cable News and NBC Sports Boston before joining the NFL Network in 2018.

Here are the nominees for the 2023 James Beard awards
A Lynn restaurant competes on the national level, and Greek and Yunnan cuisines are in the spotlight.

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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.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
‘This has been devastating’: Wayland is divided over racism allegations after Black superintendent is placed on leave
A series of controversies has erupted since Omar Easy, a former NFL player and Everett school administrator, became the first Black school superintendent in Wayland a year and a half ago.

My new house saved my life. I decided to return the favor.
A home renovation always puts extraordinary amounts of time and money on the line. Sometimes the stakes are even higher

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

At Atwood’s, a few more memories to make before last call

These artists are putting on a benefit to give trans youth a chance to be heard — literally

In ‘Middleton Heights,’ a Filipino American story of assimilation across generations

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

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

I covered Mel King as a ‘radical’ instead of a visionary ahead of his time
Christopher R. Knittel

Your electric bill shouldn’t be so high. Here’s how to fix it.
Marilyn Waite

Climate financing is finally here, but will there be equity?
NEWSLETTER

Woke is easy to define. It’s harder to fight.
EDITORIAL

Trump acolytes in Congress willing to trample rule of law
IDEAS | RAIANY ROMANNI

Want to live to 150? The world needs more humans.

Metro

PODCAST

Playing the Mike Mota tapes

On Rhode Island Report podcast, Globe reporter Amanda Milkovits talks about her 15-month investigation of R.I. businessman Michael Mota, sharing recordings of her interviews and his promotional videos.
COMMENTARY

Who has the right to take the life of another, or even their own life?

We received many responses to a recent commentary in support of a bill that seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Rhode Island. Here is a collection of those responses; they have been edited for length and clarity.

In Vermont, trucks keep getting stuck on Smugglers’ Notch. Locals are at their wit’s end.

Trucks getting stuck on Vermont’s Smugglers’ Notch is the “most unifying thing we have in this state,” one local said. And like the mishaps on Storrow Drive, the problem has also defied efforts to stop it.

Still ‘authentic’: Lizzie Borden house renovations preserve history behind infamous unsolved murders

The Victorian-era home where Lizzie Borden was accused — and acquitted — of murdering her parents has undergone numerous renovations since US Ghost Adventures took ownership of the house in May 2021, and it continues to see upgrades nearly two years on.

Sports

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Read the Globe’s 2023 Red Sox season preview

Get to know the roster, the expectations, and more about the upcoming season.

Minor league baseball reaches historic five-year labor deal with Major League Baseball, report says

The agreement will more than double player salaries, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.
Baseball notebook

Rangers will have Jacob deGrom on a pitch count on Opening Day

The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner will be limited to about 65 pitches Thursday against the Phillies.
bruins notebook

It’s clear which aspect of their game the Bruins need to fix: the power play
Red Sox

Why new Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida was known as the ‘Macho Man’ during his career in Japan
BOYS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

At BC High, the Brothers Rice — Brody and Marshall — expect to follow the example of their older brother, Carter, and play key roles for the Eagles

Business

Former head of research at J&J to run Cambridge biotech FogPharma

Mathai Mammen will lead the startup’s efforts to treat cancer and other diseases through a new scientific approach licensed from Harvard.

State allowing more time for some to resolve jobless benefit overpayment claims, while beginning clawbacks for others

When Governor Maura Healey took office in January, about 171,000 people remained classified as owing jobless benefits money. As a result, their 2022 tax refunds could be intercepted by both the state and federal governments.

House GOP pushes sprawling bill to ‘unleash’ American energy

TJX cut its workforce within the last year
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MISS CONDUCT

If I’m in town visiting one friend and don’t tell the other, I feel traitorous
Your Week Ahead

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

metro

Pedestrians killed in crashes rose by 35 percent across Massachusetts last year, study finds

Two finalists advance in Salem special mayoral election

UMass Boston, Framingham State University announce 2023 commencement speakers

sports

EMass boys’ lacrosse: Two-time All-American Jimmy Ayers of St. John’s Prep headlines Players to Watch

Bill Belichick clarifies his remark about ‘the last 25 years’

With six games to go, here are seven thoughts on the Celtics

business

MIT scientists, tech leaders call for ‘pause’ in artificial intelligence deployments

Senate panel finds that Credit Suisse helped ultra-rich Americans dodge taxes

Waltham biotech’s vision loss drug helps slow a form of macular degeneration

politics

Harris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania

House GOP pushes sprawling bill to ‘unleash’ American energy

Senate votes to repeal 2002 measure that approved Iraq war

Nation

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky

Gwyneth Paltrow’s widely watched ski crash trial nears end

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial defense leans heavily on experts

World

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

Philippine ferry fire leaves at least 31 dead, 7 missing

King Charles III to speak to German parliament, meet Scholz

opinion

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

Trump acolytes in Congress willing to trample rule of law

People deserve safety on college campuses. Ideas don’t.

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

Here are the nominees for the 2023 James Beard awards

Chowder in a pouch wins Seafood Excellence Award

Local importer is bringing Turkish foods to the Boston area

travel

Still ‘authentic’: Lizzie Borden house renovations preserve history behind infamous unsolved murders

How to be a Lil Yachty, even if you don’t know a jib from a jibe

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

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

‘A Thousand and One’: a family drama unspools across a changing city

A.V. Rockwell wants to move people with her Sundance winner ‘A Thousand and One’

Dungeons and Dragons meets the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: Take your adventurers on a module through Boston

Television

Breezy ‘Daisy Jones’ falls squarely in the stream zone

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

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

music

Listen to the Allman Brothers concert that helped Jimmy Carter become president

These artists are putting on a benefit to give trans youth a chance to be heard — literally

At Atwood’s, a few more memories to make before last call

Theater/Dance

In ‘Middleton Heights,’ a Filipino American story of assimilation across generations

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

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

Emily Fisher Landau, theft victim turned art patron, dies at 102

British comedian and TV star Paul O’Grady dies at 67

Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94