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Trump’s legal team, Secret Service prepare ahead of Tuesday arraignment

The indictment against him remains sealed and the specific charges were not immediately known, but according to Associated Press sources, he faces multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense.
See the latest updates related to Trump’s indictment

When will Trump appear in court? Here’s what we know about the former president’s historic indictment.

Donald Trump will start his historic journey through the New York State court system like thousands of others who have been accused of a crime.
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For Trump, as so often occurs, it’s not the crime, it’s the coverup

Lindsey Graham on the verge of tears. Marjorie Taylor Greene vowing to protest in New York. See GOP reactions to Trump’s indictment.

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After 53 years, he’s retiring from coaching cross-country. But Joe Casey’s influence will never wane for the women who ran for him.
The story of Masconomet girls’ cross-country has been consistently and amazingly triumphant. Behind it all has been Casey, the man who started the program 48 years ago.

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The Chris Sale contract continues to haunt the Red Sox, and other thoughts

Sale says all the right things, but his contract and his lack of production have been a drag on the franchise.
Game 2: Lineups and notes as the Red Sox look for their first win of the season against the Orioles Here are a few less-conventional baseball prognostications for the 2023 season
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Is Lamar Jackson ready to sit out, with his market seemingly dry?

Jackson hasn’t gotten a whiff of interest in the two-plus weeks he has been available to all 32 teams.
At LSU Pro Day, Bill Belichick’s relationship with Brian Kelly stays fresh - The Boston Globe Another week of lip service from Roger Goodell, this time on NFL Network trimming staff, including Jim Trotter

After ‘The Embrace,’ Boston to see two more memorials to MLK and Coretta Scott King

The two projects showcase a continued commitment to cementing the Kings’ legacy in Boston, an effort to recognize grassroots organizing work by them and other Black residents that has been overlooked in a city with a historic reputation for racism.

Texas decision on Obamacare could imperil coverage of preventive services in Massachusetts
Though likely to be appealed, the decision voids the requirement that insurers fully cover a large swath of preventive services that the task force has recommended since 2010, when the ACA was passed.

Here are five ways Mass. could reduce pedestrian deaths, according to experts

After Massachusetts saw a sharp increase in fatal pedestrian crashes in 2022, experts say there are ways the state can improve safety.
Pedestrians killed in crashes rose by 35 percent across Massachusetts last year, study finds

Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead
A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas, collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois and made a fatal sweep into rural Indiana.

Wisconsin firebombing suspect arrested at Boston’s Logan International Airport
A man who allegedly firebombed an office of an anti-abortion group in Wisconsin on Mother’s Day last year was arrested this week after investigators used DNA collected from a half-eaten burrito to identify him.

First Lady Jill Biden to visit Maine, Vermont on Wednesday as part of ‘Investing in America Tour’

Biden’s one-day swing through Northern New England is part of the administration’s “Investing in America Tour” and will follow stops in Colorado and Michigan on Monday, Biden’s office said in a statement.

Former Stoneham police officer arrested for allegedly defrauding landlords out of thousands of dollars
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10 restaurants to eat at near Fenway Park

The surrounding neighborhood offers everything from handmade Japanese noodles to lobster rolls and oysters to Yemeni stews with fresh-baked flatbreads. Here are some places that hit it out of the park.

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

Where an editor saw a handful of unrelated deaths, Loretta McLaughlin saw a series of connected murders that were likely committed by a single person.
How accurate is Hulu’s ‘Boston Strangler’? Here’s what to know.
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Iowa women’s basketball stuns South Carolina in NCAA semifinal
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Walsh has the good fortune of taking over at a time of labor peace, the CBA between players and the league not pegged to expire until Sept. 15, 2026.

After an overnight delay in Milwaukee, the Celtics figure it out together, get home, and beat the Jazz
"We just wanted to kind of go through it with the guys and rock out and play and figure it out. And it was fun," Jayson Tatum said of the Celtics' long night, day, and night again.

The motivated Celtics refuse to stop chasing the Bucks and the No. 1 seed NBA, players union reach deal for a new labor agreement

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he’s "still alive."

More than 70 dogs removed from Plainfield woman’s home
The dozens of dogs were removed from the woman’s home Monday after she reached out to a shelter, overwhelmed by the number of animals in her care.

Kamaia, a 14-year-old lion at Franklin Park Zoo, has serious pneumonia, officials say
Recent exams show Kamaia has other underlying chronic medical issues in addition to the pneumonia, but diagnostic tests have been inconclusive, Zoo New England said in a statement Friday.

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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.

Kamaia, a 14-year-old lion at Franklin Park Zoo, has serious pneumonia, officials say

Recent exams show Kamaia has other underlying chronic medical issues in addition to the pneumonia, but diagnostic tests have been inconclusive, Zoo New England said in a statement Friday.

Wisconsin firebombing suspect arrested at Boston’s Logan International Airport

Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, Wisc., made an initial appearance Tuesday in US District Court in Boston. A detention hearing was scheduled for Thursday.

First Lady Jill Biden to visit Maine, Vermont on Wednesday as part of ‘Investing in America Tour’

Biden’s one-day swing through Northern New England is part of the administration’s “Investing in America Tour” and will follow stops in Colorado and Michigan on Monday, Biden’s office said in a statement.

Sports

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Defending state champion Lexington and Hamilton-Wenham girls’ tennis teams look to maintain last season’s success

“I’m psyched the team did as well as it did last year, but I make jokes like, ‘Well, there’s nowhere to go now but down,’ ” Lexington coach Chance Fechtor said.
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NBA, players union reach deal for a new labor agreement

The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement, the NBA announced.
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Game 2: Lineups and notes as the Red Sox look for their first win of the season against the Orioles

Chris Sale has the ball on Saturday, set for his first opening-week start since 2019.
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Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return

Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there to mark the reopening.

Clean Harbors founder Alan McKim steps aside as CEO after 43 years

His two deputies will take over operations of the Norwell-based environmental services company.

Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach

New federal rules will make many electric cars ineligible for tax credits
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Fire involving two homes and two cars in Lynn displaces 10 people

Texas decision on Obamacare could imperil coverage of preventive services in Massachusetts

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Here are a few less-conventional baseball prognostications for the 2023 season

Is Lamar Jackson ready to sit out, with his market seemingly dry?

After 53 years, he’s retiring from coaching cross-country. But Joe Casey’s influence will never wane for the women who ran for him.

business

Businesses still want a break on the COVID unemployment surcharge 

Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

Illegal Amazon miners are expanding into copper as prices surge

politics

Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility

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

Trump’s legal team, Secret Service prepare ahead of Tuesday arraignment

Nation

Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead

Trump’s GOP rivals, shielding him, reveal their 2024 predicament

How Alvin Bragg resurrected the case against Donald Trump

World

Harris seeks billions for climate resilience across Africa

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips

Israeli police fatally shoot man at Jerusalem’s holiest site

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Boston scores a win on vaccine mandates

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

Juvenile justice should focus on rehabilitation not punishment

lifestyle

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Boston indie-rockers Q-Tip Bandits will bring a taste of Boston Calling downtown

Cash use is way down, so why have members of Gen Z embraced coin collecting?

food & dining

10 restaurants to eat at near Fenway Park

Drag brunch is a celebration

Eat like a sophisticated shepherd at Bar Vlaha

travel

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

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 participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

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

Television

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

‘White House Plumbers’ satirically plumbs Watergate

music

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion 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

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

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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

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Peterson Zah, 85, Navajo Nation’s first president, dies

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

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