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Durfee High School juniors Olivia DeMello, Eshal Zahra, Rebecca Bento De Souza, and Mya Hayes-Paulette carried a greeting sign following a group photo during AP Day at the Massachusetts State House. Massachusetts was recognized as first in the nation for achievement and participating in advanced high school classes. Students and staff from 26 schools were also honored.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Massachusetts students receive top ranking for achievement and participation in AP classes

State education leaders announced Massachusetts has seen double digit gains among the number of Black and Latino students enrolled in AP courses.

Trump’s arraignment was a solemn proceeding. Outside the courthouse, the sideshows reigned.
On the street, a surreal scene played out in the city that made Trump who he is.

Judge should avoid issuing gag order on Trump in criminal case, legal experts say

Former vice president Mike Pence.

Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony

The decision sets the stage for a possible appearance by former vice president Mike Pence in the coming weeks before a federal grand jury.

Sununu: No pathway for a Donald Trump presidency
“He’s not going to win,” the New Hampshire governor told business leaders on Wednesday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. “He didn’t win in 2020. He caused a lot of seats to be lost that we should have won in ‘22.”

Rafael Devers reacts after lining into a double play to end sixth inning Wednesday afternoon at Fenway.

Pirates 4, Red Sox 1

Red Sox swept by Pirates at Fenway

Corey Kluber allowed one run in five innings in his second start of the season for the Sox.

More change coming to Charlestown as BPDA eyes housing development on community college parking lots

The Boston Planning and Development Agency is seeking proposals to build on two parking lots south of Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown.

Former Keolis official charged in plot to defraud commuter rail operator of $8 million
A former Keolis official and another man were indicted Tuesday on federal charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud the commuter rail operator of more than $8 million, according to legal filings and US Attorney Rachael S. Rollins’s office.

Former top officials at Mass. company charged with knowingly selling defective lead testing machines used by ‘tens of thousands of children’

US Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said the three former top officials at of Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. allegedly "deceived customers and the FDA about the reliability of medical tests that detected lead levels."

Read the indictment of trio charged with knowingly selling defective lead testing machines

Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland

More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused more than 600 children over the past 80 years, according to a state report.

Defense department training session goes wrong when agents enter the wrong room in Boston hotel
A Defense Department training session at a Boston hotel went awry Tuesday when participants entered the wrong room and mistakenly detained a guest, rather than the role player assigned to the training exercise, according to the FBI.

Twitter slaps NPR with a dubious new tag: ‘State-affiliated media’

Tenn. lawmaker faces backlash after asking students what gun they’re ‘comfortable being shot with’

Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle in Brit McAdams's "Paint," an IFC Films release.

Odie Henderson Review | ★

Owen Wilson plays a toxic public-television artist in ‘Paint’

You’ll have more fun watching paint dry — or better yet, rewatching Bob Ross.

A clam digger with bucket in hand worked on the sandbar during sunrise in Revere. The strength of the sun is currently similar to late summer and Boston may shortly have its first 70-degree day of the season.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

After chilly Wednesday, Boston hits a warm and dry stretch

Persistent high pressure has kept New England warmer than average month after month and over the next two weeks that pattern appears likely to continue.

Tom Furrier, owner of Cambridge Typewriter, received a special gift in the mail Tuesday: a vintage typewrite from actor Tom Hanks' personal collection.

‘He is very, very generous’: Tom Hanks gifts Arlington store a typewriter from his vast collection

Tom Hanks, a typewriter enthusiast, has a history of gifting the machines from his personal collection.

Opinion

Hey, you guys, don’t call us ‘ladies’

While the use of ‘ladies’ can sound patronizing, I think it’s extreme to call it a microaggression. But even if you are so inclined, should one microaggression cancel out everything else that’s worthwhile about a person?

Cameras were on for Lindsay Clancy’s arraignment. Why was Trump’s different?

A time of reckoning for Donald Trump — and for America

Tax relief: Reading Mariano’s tea leaves

Working-class voters didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left 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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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

Minute Man National Historic Park in Mass. to undergo $27.4 million facelift
“These repairs ensure that Minute Man National Historical Park will have the ability to continue sharing important historical stories about the causes and consequences of the American Revolution,” Park Superintendent Simone Monteleone said.

Newly formed nonprofit rallies to save cherished West Newton Cinema
Community members have until August of next year to raise funds and buy back the building.

Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5 people, sows destruction
A large tornado tore through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least five people and causing widespread destruction.

A job offer was revoked for this superintendent finalist. The reason? For using the word ‘ladies’ in an e-mail, he said.
The Easthampton School Committee revoked its job offer to Vito Perrone after meeting in executive session last Thursday.

Boston City Council votes to adopt new climate-friendly state building code
Boston City Council on Wednesday voted 8-4 to approve a new climate-friendly state building code that strongly discourages the use of fossil fuels in new construction and major renovations citywide.

Driving school owner pleads guilty to bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say

A driving school owner pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he bribed an RMV worker to issue driver’s licenses to people who didn’t pass or even take the road test, US Attorney Rachael S. Rollins’s office said.

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New York City police officers stood outside Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4.

Cameras were on for Lindsay Clancy’s arraignment. Why was Trump’s different?

Former president Donald Trump sat in the courtroom with his attorneys Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court April 4 in New York City.

A time of reckoning for Donald Trump — and for America

House Speaker Ron Mariano spoke to the media after his first meeting with Governor Maura Healey in January 2022.

Tax relief: Reading Mariano’s tea leaves

The author with one of her rhinoceros iguanas, Sebastian.

IDEAS | WENDY TOWNSEND

Have you kissed an iguana today?

For anyone in New York in the 1980s, Donald Trump and John Gotti were unavoidable. I’ve always considered them to be brothers of other mothers under the skin, suckled by the city’s voracious tabloids.

Another ‘Teflon Don’ finally gets scratched in court

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Massachusetts students receive top ranking for achievement and participation in AP classes

State education leaders announced Massachusetts has seen double digit gains among the number of Black and Latino students enrolled in AP courses.

Sununu: No pathway for a Donald Trump presidency

“He’s not going to win,” the New Hampshire governor told business leaders on Wednesday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. “He didn’t win in 2020. He caused a lot of seats to be lost that we should have won in ‘22.”

Pawtucket’s Memorial Hospital is worth ‘negative $6 million,’ court filings show

The Rhode Island Housing Department has contracted lawyers to explore a possible condemnation of the property. But if the state seizes the former hospital’s buildings, then it will be responsible for expensive remediation, maintenance, and repair costs.

After Donald Trump’s arraignment, it may be months before a trial

Donald Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 election through a series of hush money payments designed to stifle claims that could be harmful to his candidacy, prosecutors said Tuesday in unsealing a historic 34-count felony indictment against the former president.

Sports

Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, left, celebrates with Jose Siri after Wednesday's 7-2 victory over the host Washington Nationals. The Rays are off to their best start (6-0) in franchise history.

Tampa Bay Rays off to best start (6-0) in franchise history after defeating Washington Nationals

Wander Franco and Harold Ramirez each had two hits including a home run, in the Rays' 7-2 victory over the Nationals Wednesday.

Captain Domenick Fensore said, "You come to [BU to] win a national championship," and the Terriers have a chance to do that this weekend in Tampa.

Men's Frozen Four

BU men’s hockey must be at its best against high-scoring Minnesota in Frozen Four

The Golden Gophers feature two of the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award in Logan Cooley and Matthew Knies.

Scottie Scheffler is the defending Masters champion.

LIV and let live: Masters still about who wins green jacket

Masters chairman Fred Ridley is hopeful of a Masters just like any other. Ridley says the interaction with LIV players at the champions dinner made it feel like everything was normal in the golf world.

Pirates 4, Red Sox 1

Red Sox swept by Pirates at Fenway

Bruins notebook

Bruins forward Taylor Hall a full participant in practice, closing in on a return

Here’s our annual look at the top statistical player comps for each veteran member of the 2023 Red Sox

Business

Global takedown of cybercriminals behind malware operation

Officials seized 11 domain names tied to the Genesis Market and arrested about 120 users across the world, including some in the United States, according to the FBI and Justice Department, which participated in the operation.

Bob Lee, Cash App founder and MobileCoin exec, slain at 43

Lee was the chief technology officer at digital payments company Square in 2013 when it launched a money transfer application now known as Cash App.

Johnson & Johnson offers $8.9 billion to settle talc baby powder claims

Twitter labels NPR as ‘state-affiliated media’ in policy change

magazine

Mixed media artwork enlivens the traditional architecture in the living room. An Anthony Fahden piece hangs above the fireplace and another by Laurent Laporta is over the slatted console by Would.

Your Home | Renovations

After a divorce, a mother of three goes all in on her own home style

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

Home design ideas: Light fixtures made from natural fibers

The expanded Rose Kennedy Greenway Food Truck Program officially kicks off April 3.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, April 3-16

metro

A park ranger looks over the monuments at Minute Man National Historical Park.

Minute Man National Historic Park in Mass. to undergo $27.4 million facelift

‘He is very, very generous’: Tom Hanks gifts Arlington store a typewriter from his vast collection

Former Keolis official charged in plot to defraud commuter rail operator of $8 million

sports

Shay Bollin (22), who saw action in eight games as a freshman at Duke, said "I’m very excited to see what the future holds and am looking forward to the next chapter.”

Former Bridgewater-Raynham basketball star Shay Bollin enters transfer portal after one year at Duke

Red Sox’ Alex Verdugo is not a fan of Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah’s antics on the mound

Game 6: Pirates at Red Sox lineups and pregame notes

business

A construction worker sanded a door opening at a new apartment complex on Feb. 28 in Miami. Hiring in March increased the most in leisure and hospitality; trade, transportation, and utilities; and construction.

US companies add fewer jobs than forecast, ADP data show

More change coming to Charlestown as BPDA eyes housing development on community college parking lots

More COVID assistance is on the way in Mass.

politics

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.

Sununu: No pathway for a Donald Trump presidency

Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony

Tenn. lawmaker faces backlash after asking students what gun they’re ‘comfortable being shot with’

Nation

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown spoke about the report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland

Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5 people, sows destruction

Twitter slaps NPR with a dubious new tag: ‘State-affiliated media’

World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a press conference after a Foreign Ministers meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.

Blinken says he has ‘no doubt’ Wall Street Journal reporter was ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia

US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with North Korea

Husband of former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested, report says

opinion

For anyone in New York in the 1980s, Donald Trump and John Gotti were unavoidable. I’ve always considered them to be brothers of other mothers under the skin, suckled by the city’s voracious tabloids.

Another ‘Teflon Don’ finally gets scratched in court

May I have a word: Talking about one’s own devices

Enshrine Affordable Care Act protections into state law

lifestyle

A preview for the upcoming Jurassic World Live at Agganis Arena was held Friday. A human-operated animatronic baby stegosaurus named Olive met Barrett Bellamy, 7 months old, on the carpet at the event.

Jurassic World Live Tour brings 24 life-size dinosaurs to Boston

Should I move to a city with more single men?

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

food & dining

Gavin Lambert pours a welcome drink.

Bon Ami is a pop-up dinner in Concord with a house party vibe

Recipe: Deviled eggs for Easter dinner just got an upgrade with this rustic, zesty sour cream filling

Recipe: For Easter, bake old-fashioned custards, with a familiar, comforting, silky texture

travel

Letters in Emily Dickinson's room.

You can rent Emily Dickinson’s bedroom by the hour

I paid Aer Lingus for extra luggage I didn’t need. Can I get a refund?

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Arts

W.E.B. Du Bois and students of Atlanta University, "Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.," 1900. Library of Congress.

At Cooper Hewitt, infographics and design ahead of their time

In ‘Black Futures: How to See in Total Darkness,’ visions of hope spring forward

Under Spain’s thumb, a mysterious art took root

Books

Lan Samantha Chang (top left), Matthew F. Delmont (top center), Geraldine Brooks (top right), Saeed Jones (bottom left), and Charlayne Hunter-Gault (bottom right) are the recipients of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.

Three New England authors receive Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards from the Cleveland Foundation

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’

Movies

Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle in Brit McAdams's "Paint," an IFC Films release.

Owen Wilson plays a toxic public-television artist in ‘Paint’

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ plumbs the depths, and dregs, of fandom

‘Air’ is the origin story of the Air Jordan — and one of this year’s best films

Television

Steven Yeun as Danny in the Netflix road-rage comedy "Beef."

In ‘Beef,’ a road rage incident, followed by twists and turns

Embracing the seedier side of ‘Schmigadoon!’ in season 2

Harry Potter’s next stop? It looks like HBO Max.

music

Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Daniil Trifonov performed a recital at Symphony Hall on April 4, presented by Celebrity Series of Boston.

From Joshua Bell at Symphony Hall, more of the same

Madison Cunningham is trying to master the art of being vulnerable

A punk-era class reunion, with Rick Berlin as its maestro

Theater/Dance

Daniel Rubin and María Álvarez dance onstage during a rehearsal of Nanine Linning's new work "La Mer" for Boston Ballet.

Scientists and creatives alike worked with choreographer Nanine Linning on Boston Ballet’s ambitious new commission ‘La Mer’

Front Porch, Huntington top the list of nominees for the Elliot Norton Awards

In ‘Shadows Cast,’ a haunting dreamscape where secrets go to hide

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

Klaus Teuber, originally a dental technician from Darmstadt, was creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island.

Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70

Bing Newcomb, whose code transformed stock trading, dies at 79

Free-market ex-UK Treasury chief Nigel Lawson dies