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What Trump’s indictment could mean for his third run for president

A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict the former president in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actress in the closing days of his 2016 presidential campaign.

Donald Trump spoke on March 4 in National Harbor, Md.

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Trump’s indictment lands in two separate media realities

See the latest updates related to Trump’s indictment

A non-expert’s guide to what the banking turmoil means for you

The Globe asked economists, bankers, and business leaders to explain how all this impacts the institutions you interact with daily.

Former Stoneham police officer arrested for allegedly defrauding landlords out of thousands of dollars

Robert Kennedy, a detective sergeant who worked for the Stoneham Police Department from January 2001 until this February, owes his most recent landlord $14,000, according to an FBI affidavit calling him a “serial debt fraudster.”

Biden to Russia on detained US journalist: ‘Let him go’
President Biden is urging Russia to release Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, whom the country’s security service arrested on espionage charges — allegations the newspaper denies.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rain and wind are coming to the Boston area this weekend

Temperatures will fall a bit when the precipitation starts Friday evening.

Dangerous storms, tornadoes forecast for US Midwest, South

David Ortiz to serve as Grand Marshal at this year’s Boston Marathon
Ortiz's rousing speech after the 2013 bombing helped galvanize the city.

Brian Walshe indicted for allegedly killing wife Ana Walshe at Cohasset home

Clark Grant, indicted for fraud alongside activist wife Monica Cannon-Grant, killed in motorcycle crash

With the tying run on second base, Adam Duvall struck out to end the game.

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Not surprisingly, the Red Sox already are back in last place

The Orioles' mound wildness and defensive sloppiness made it close in the final two frames, but the Sox were worthy losers.

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Donald Glover.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Singer, actor, and comedian Donald Glover is slated to speak at Berklee College of Music on Friday where he'll joined by Paul Wachter, founder and CEO of Main Street Advisors, and Luke Wood, former president of Beats by Dr. Dre.

In Northampton — ‘where the coffee is strong and so are the women’ — Alicia Spence is building community
From barn pulling to hand raising, builder Alicia Spence loves a project that brings people together and makes them ask, “What else is possible?”

This week's daters: Monica and David.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I started to feel really comfortable, like I wouldn’t need the pepper spray I had in my pocket’

Will a late night treat end this date on a sweet note?

Linus Ullmark (left) and Jeremy Swayman have the Bruins in great position as the playoffs approach.

The 2022-23 Bruins have set the team record for wins and earned the President’s Trophy. Which marks will fall 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.

Bruins win Presidents' Trophy

One Post Office Square, shown here roughly two years ago, has been modernized with a $300 million makeover that replaced its concrete exterior with glass. The project is helping to draw new tenants, such as law firm Goulston & Storrs, to the office tower.

Law firm Goulston & Storrs inks 100,000-square-foot lease in Post Office Square tower

The lease is among the largest office deals downtown in recent months, bucking a trend among other employers in Boston’s Central Business District that have used relocations to downsize footprints.

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight in "Air."

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on why they love making movies together: ‘Ya nevah work anothah day in ya life!’

Ahead of their new film “Air,” out April 5, Affleck and Damon talk about their Boston roots, being best friends, and striking a work-life balance.

Travel

A selection of clothes at Beyond Retro.

In Gothenburg, Sweden — ‘the most sustainable city in the world’ — secondhand isn’t seen as second class

It’s a Scandi getaway for fashionistas, where sustainable stylists and “Secondhand Safaris” are real things.

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Opinion

The grand jury didn’t act when he said it would. But when the indictment finally did, the crumbs of the arguments for and against it already seemed a little stale. Advantage Trump.

Forget about TikTok, we’ve got Trump to fire us up again

The arguments about his indictment go around the usual circles and break down along the usual partisan lines. It’s already exhausting.

Trump is not above the law

MARCELA GARCÍA

Trump’s 50-year playbook of lie, deflect, and deny

Erwin Chemerinsky

No one, including a former president, is above the law

How Massachusetts can protect trans people

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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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

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The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers.

Push to unionize at college dorms is growing
Student resident assistants who oversee campus life — and who say their responsibilities have ballooned with time — have joined forces at BU, Tufts, and Mount Holyoke.

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Representatives Stephen Lynch and Jim Jordan spar at hearing: ‘This is a mockery and a disgrace’
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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

At the Auerbach Center, a discussion featured Celtics players, coaches, and others, September 2022. Later there was a basketball game between formerly incarcerated people and former Celtics coaches and players, part of the Celtics United push to support the “raise of age” of who is considered a juvenile offender. Celtics players in the background are (left to right) Jayson Tatum, Derrick White (holding a microphone), Payton Pritchard, and Jake Layman.

Malcolm Brogdon

Juvenile justice should focus on rehabilitation not punishment

Boston Police detective Luis Anjos got the COVID-19 vaccine at Tufts Medical Center on Jan. 11, 2021.

Boston scores a win on vaccine mandates

"The single biggest change that I’ve seen in my 22 years of teaching science is that most kids don’t spend time outside like they used to."

IDEAS | GEORGE ROGERS

As my students watch animals online, I witness a kind of extinction

I dream of knees

The Twitter mob doesn’t discriminate, but I’d argue it’s especially attuned to those whose beliefs rest off-center.

Stacia Datskovska

Twitter is quick to attack young journalists. Take it from me.

A growing number of scientists, investors, and bioethicists believe we can and should engineer longer and healthier lives.

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

Metro

Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

The exact nature of the charges was unclear Friday because the indictment remained under seal, but they stem from payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

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Local employers have a legitimate gripe about being required to bear all of costs the state decided to incur.

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FILE - Oscar Pistorius spoke on a mobile phone during his sentencing hearing for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, June 15, 2016. Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday, March 31, 2023 after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period” required to be released from prison following his murder conviction for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius stays in prison after his parole is denied

Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday and will have to stay in prison following his murder conviction for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 10 years ago.

David Ortiz was at Fenway Park for Thursday's opener.

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David Ortiz to serve as Grand Marshal at this year’s Boston Marathon

Ortiz's rousing speech after the 2013 bombing helped galvanize the city.

The Trajekt Arc is a video projection system that works in tandem with a programmable pitching machine to deliver pitches that replicate those of real major leaguers.

Red Sox take batting practice to a futuristic level with ‘robot pitcher’ replica of the opponent

The Trajekt Arc system re-creates the arsenal of a selected major league pitcher and delivers the ball in precisely his manner.

The 2022-23 Bruins have set the team record for wins and earned the President’s Trophy. Which marks will fall next?

Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutrals

Red Sox notebook

There were questions about Masataka Yoshida’s ability to hit MLB pitching, but he provided answers in his Red Sox debut

Business

Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach

The watchdog’s measure comes days after a group of scientists and tech industry leaders published a letter calling for companies such as OpenAI to pause the development of more powerful AI models until the fall to give time for society to weigh the risks.

New federal rules will make many electric cars ineligible for tax credits

The Biden administration on Friday released new rules that will significantly shorten the list of electric vehicles that qualify for federal tax credits. Officials hope the change will push carmakers to move their supply chains out of China and to the United States or its allies.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

My new house saved my life. I decided to return the favor.

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I don’t know if we’ve become friends with benefits, or something more

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

metro

Residents of Walpole, N.H., believe community power will help lower the cost of electricity and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.

Tired of high electricity rates, N.H. communities take control of purchasing their own power

Rhode Island needs a public developer of housing

Maine Legislature approves nearly $10 billion budget

sports

At the Auerbach Center, a discussion featured Celtics players, coaches, and others, September 2022. Later there was a basketball game between formerly incarcerated people and former Celtics coaches and players, part of the Celtics United push to support the “raise of age” of who is considered a juvenile offender. Celtics players in the background are (left to right) Jayson Tatum, Derrick White (holding a microphone), Payton Pritchard, and Jake Layman.

Juvenile justice should focus on rehabilitation not punishment

Celtics get an A for effort in dismantling of Bucks, but the next test is straight ahead

MLB debut players will have special patches on their jerseys

business

Members of Brazil’s environmental special forces team during a mission to destroy illegal mining equipment in the Yanomami Indigenous territory of Brazil, on Feb. 24, 2023.

Illegal Amazon miners are expanding into copper as prices surge

Law firm Goulston & Storrs inks 100,000-square-foot lease in Post Office Square tower

A non-expert’s guide to what the banking turmoil means for you

politics

Former president Donald Trump boarded his plane at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 13.

Donald Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment, court officials say

Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

Biden to Russia on detained US journalist: ‘Let him go’

Nation

FILE - A small group of protesters marched after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, on June 25, 2021, in downtown Minneapolis. The Minneapolis City Council approved an agreement with the state to revamp policing on Friday March 30, 2023, nearly three years after Floyd's murder.

Minneapolis leaders approve agreement to revamp policing

Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over derailment

Dangerous storms, tornadoes forecast for US Midwest, South

World

Relatives mourn beside the body of a victim who died in a stampede during a Ramadan alms distribution for people in need, at a hospital in Karachi.

Stampede at food distribution center kills 11 in Pakistan

Suspects in foiled Passover attack appear in Greek court

Vatican says Pope Francis to leave hospital on Saturday

opinion

Former president Donald Trump's private airplane is parked on the tarmac at the Palm Beach International Airport on March 20, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

No one, including a former president, is above the law

Fish, eggs, wisdom: Breakfast with Mel King

How Mel King convinced me to stay in Boston

lifestyle

Donald Glover.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

He visited escort websites

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

food & dining

Christine Vellucci (center) of Litchfield, N.H., was invited onstage in celebration of her recent birthday during Drag Me to Brunch at Carrie Nation.

Drag brunch is a celebration

Eat like a sophisticated shepherd at Bar Vlaha

Shōjō opens in Central Square; Flavor Boom debuts downtown

travel

Amtrak routinely reconfigures its trains, but when it does, it needs to ensure the passengers who paid for a higher level of service get compensated.

Does Amtrak owe me anything for a forced downgrade?

Learning in action in Acton, Amtrak fully reopens Northwest route, and an armchair trip around the globe

Are people losing interest in sustainable travel? This study says so.

Arts

Matteo Perez de Alesio's "Virgin Mary Reading," circa 1589-1616 (center), is installed at the heart of Harvard Art Museums' “From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire,” on display through July 30.

Under Spain’s thumb, a mysterious art took root

Gawking at the weird and the wild at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery

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

Books

The heroine of Victor LaValle’s western gothic ‘Lone Women’ wrestles with a horror from her past

Amid colonial rule and Japanese occupation, young lovers pay the price of modernity in Rachel Heng’s ‘The Great Reclamation’

Blythe Roberson sorts her unread books by color and credits her love of reading to Pizza Hut

Movies

Donald Glover.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

‘Paint,’ starring Owen Wilson, continues a tradition of movies with painter heroes

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

Television

Donald Glover.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

On a lot of TV shows, profanity is a blessing, not a curse

Catch up on ‘Happy Valley’ before the final season arrives

music

Donald Glover.

Donald Glover set to deliver keynote speech at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Born into a cult, singer Mikel Jollett is reaching out to students about turning their own trauma into art

Arlo Guthrie on aging, Alice, and why he’s unretiring . . . sort of

Theater/Dance

Harold Surratt and Cyndii Johnson in "Clyde's."

A chef’s kiss for ‘Clyde’s’

After more than 30 years, Central Square’s Dance Complex still has the moves

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

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

The art collector and patron Emily Fisher Landau, at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan on Sept. 23, 2010.

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