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The municipal building at 50 Payson Avenue in Easthampton, where Easthampton Public Schools operates. This image was taken by Google of the building in November 2020.

Is ‘ladies’ a microaggression? Diversity experts explain after superintendent candidate loses job offer.

Unless you’re singing along to Beyoncé, experts say it’s probably best to steer clear of the term.

Tell us: How do you address your colleagues at work?

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?

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 of Magellan Diagnostics “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 Tell us: Were you affected by Mass. company’s defective lead-testing machines?

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Why Medellín should be your next South American destination
Colombia is a tourism comeback success story, and Medellín is the star of the show.

Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good.

SURVEY SAYS | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The best-tasting drinks to order on a plane

Flying reduces our senses and can cause food and drinks to taste dull because the lower air pressure, plus drier air, interferes with our senses of taste and smell. If it's flavor you crave, go bold. Here are some suggestions.

Mass. electeds call on First Citizens to continue SVB’s affordable housing initiatives here

Prior to its collapse in March, SVB worked with nonprofits, community development organizations, and government agencies to finance affordable housing construction and mortgage programs for first-time homebuyers.

Judge rules that two competing lawsuits involving former MIT professor David Sabatini and a female scientist can move forward
A state judge has ruled that two competing lawsuits involving former MIT biology professor David Sabatini and a female scientist with whom he had a relationship can move forward, though the judge dismissed some of the claims.

Federal agents enter the wrong hotel room, detain guest in Boston during training exercise
A Defense Department training session at the Revere Hotel in Boston 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.

MBTA contractors charged with stealing more than $8 million
A former Keolis official and another man were indicted 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.

Tenn. GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats who joined protest calling for gun control

Representatives Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson are the subjects of the ouster vote. Expulsions in the Tennessee General Assembly are extremely rare and considered an extraordinary action.

Five people hurt after three-car crash involving unmarked Boston police cruiser in Dorchester

Protests again hit France as striker numbers dwindle

Tech executive Bob Lee, founder of Cash App and current CEL of MobileCoin.

Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco

Little Richard at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything," a Magnolia Pictures release.

‘There wasn’t anybody like him,’ says ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ director Lisa Cortés

A new documentary celebrates the architect of rock 'n' roll and the multiple legacies he built.

Boston College student Wells Arkins (second from right) on the college campus with other students with the GLBTQ + Leadership Council as they set up a table for a Trans Day of Visibility on the campus.

Boston College faces pressure to open LGBTQ+ center

Students say officials have rejected many requests to establish a space where they could seek support, programming, and other services.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.

No pathway for a Donald Trump presidency, Sununu says

“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.”

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

Opinion

One of the comments read: “I just knew the taco salad was gonna be a middle age ‘Sandy’ she’s so pure and truly thinks it’s a healthy dinner choice.”

Meredith O'Brien

On TikTok, I’m the new face of taco salad

What do you do when your photo has been used in a viral TikTok video as the face of taco salad orderers?

Brendan Little and Elsa Gomes Bondlow

Families of fatal overdose victims need resources to bury their loved ones

A pandemic-era eviction protection worth keeping

IDEAS | David Robertson

Don’t blame nature if COVID-19 leaked from a lab

IDEAS | CAREY GOLDBERG

This time, the hype about AI in medicine is warranted

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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photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

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

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Berlusconi in ICU for lung infection after leukemia diagnosis
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in intensive care to treat a pulmonary infection that’s linked to chronic leukemia, according to doctors at a hospital in Milan.

DraftKings asks permission to take bets on Boston Marathon
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is expected to hear more about the proposal at its 11 a.m. meeting Thursday.

Game 7: Red Sox at Tigers lineups and pregame notes
The Red Sox begin their their first trip of the season on Thursday in Detroit.

A few rough minutes tell the story as the Red Sox get swept by Pirates at Fenway

Celtics 97, Raptors 93

Celtics wrap up the No. 2 seed by scraping past the Raptors, and earn some clarity in the process
Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart sat out a low-scoring affair, but Malcolm Brogdon stepped up off the bench to help eke out a scrappy win that sealed the Celtics' place in the playoff picture.

Christopher L. Gasper: CBA could start clock ticking for decision on Jaylen Brown's future with Celtics

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.

‘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.

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John Borders, Boston’s Director for Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment is pictured outside of Boston City Hall with Faneuil Hall and the Custom House Tower in the background.

‘The city is open for business’: A chat with Boston’s new director of tourism John Borders IV

Two months into his tenure, the Globe chatted with Borders about his priorities and where he would take a Boston visitor himself.

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Three hoax phone calls made to Harvard University this week came from an anonymous male caller who said he had taken a female student hostage in a dormitory and had tried to kill her, the university said in an update sent to students Wednesday night.

Rockets fired from Gaza Strip raise tension in Israel as Passover begins
Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel, as violence erupted for the second day in a row during a sensitive period of overlapping holidays.

Applications for jobless aid rising but still at low levels
In Massachusetts, about 15,256 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 1,178 from the week prior, according to estimates from the Labor Department.

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David Bramante fixes letters on the marquee of West Newton Cinema.

Newly formed nonprofit rallies to save cherished West Newton Cinema

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Then-presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz campaigns at Penny's Diner in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on Jan. 4, 2016.

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

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?

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Tell us: Were you affected by Mass. company’s defective lead-testing machines?

Magellan’s line of LeadCare devices had a manufacturing flaw that generated false negatives, giving parents the mistaken impression their children were safe, US Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office said.

Supreme Judicial Court rules police can record voluntary statements from domestic violence victims with a body camera

A police officer can record statements with a body camera from an alleged victim of domestic violence, provided that person is voluntary speaking to investigators in connection with an incident, according to a ruling from the state’s highest court released Thursday.

Five people hurt after three-car crash involving unmarked Boston police cruiser in Dorchester

Five people were taken to local hospitals following a three-car crash involving an unmarked Boston police cruiser in Dorchester late Wednesday night, according to a department incident report.

Mass. electeds call on First Citizens to continue SVB’s affordable housing initiatives here

Prior to its collapse in March, SVB worked with nonprofits, community development organizations, and government agencies to finance affordable housing construction and mortgage programs for first-time homebuyers.

Sports

Sterling Moore knocked a sure touchdown pass away from Ravens wide receiver Lee Evans in the 2011 AFC Championship game.

Patriots notebook

Sterling Moore knows that Malcolm Butler isn’t the only unknown defensive back to come up big for the Patriots in the playoffs

Moore had two shining moments in the AFC Championship game following the 2011 season.

Chris Sale is on the mound on Thursday.

Red Sox at Tigers | 1:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 7: Red Sox at Tigers lineups and pregame notes

The Red Sox begin their their first trip of the season on Thursday in Detroit.

Guard Malcolm Brogdon (center) has been a stabilizing force off the bench for the Celtics this season. "Being in Boston, being a Celtic fits me perfectly," Brogdon said.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Why Malcolm Brogdon and the Celtics have been a perfect fit

The Celtics knew Brogdon would make them better, they just didn't know how. Now he's a leading candidate for Sixth Man of the Year.

Men's Frozen Four

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

Leipzig’s Henrichs publishes racist abuse from social media

DraftKings asks permission to take bets on Boston Marathon

Business

Tell us: Were you affected by Mass. company’s defective lead-testing machines?

Magellan’s line of LeadCare devices had a manufacturing flaw that generated false negatives, giving parents the mistaken impression their children were safe, US Attorney Rachael Rollins’s office said.

Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco

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.

Mass. electeds call on First Citizens to continue SVB’s affordable housing initiatives here

Applications for jobless aid rising but still at low levels

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

The statue of Daniel Webster in front of the New Hampshire State House.

New Hampshire state budget: 3 things to know ahead of the vote

Boston College faces pressure to open LGBTQ+ center

Rhode Island could see its most diverse field ever in a congressional race

sports

Jaylen Brown had 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists in the Celtics' 97-93 win over the Raptors on Wednesday night.

Why Jaylen Brown now holds the key to how many title shots the Celtics can take

Bruins prospect Mason Lohrei solid in debut with Providence

Douglas George goes the distance — and then some — in masterful 14-strikeout, no-hitter for Boston Latin baseball in season-opening win over Latin Academy

business

DraftKings is asking the state to allow it to take bets on the Boston Marathon.

DraftKings asks permission to take bets on Boston Marathon

Vietnam warns TikTok, social media apps over ‘toxic’ content

Elon Musk puts $14 trillion price tag on sticking by fossil fuels

politics

Justice Clarence Thomas.

Justice Thomas accepted luxury travel for years from GOP donor, report says

Dominion voting systems pass the test in New Hampshire trial run

GOP’s DeSantis visits Whitmer’s Michigan, the ‘anti-Florida’

Nation

From left, Tennessee state Representatives Justin Pearson, state Representative Justin Jones and state Representatives Gloria Johnson held their hands up as they exited the House Chamber doors at Tennessee state Capitol Building in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday.

Tenn. GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats who joined protest calling for gun control

Jill Biden keeps ‘EGGucation’ theme for Easter Egg Roll

Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill into law

World

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took his seat in the Italian Senate on the opening session of the new parliament, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Doctors for Berlusconi say he is being treated at a hospital for a lung infection related to chronic leukemia. Berlusconi’s personal physician, Alberto Zangrillo, signed off on a medical bulletin issued Thursday, April 6, 2023 afternoon that said Berlusconi “has had for some time” leukemia in a “persistent chronic phase.”

Berlusconi in ICU for lung infection after leukemia diagnosis

Protests again hit France as striker numbers dwindle

Ukrainian groups learn about DNA use to identify war victims

opinion

Then-presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz campaigns at Penny's Diner in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on Jan. 4, 2016.

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

Have you kissed an iguana today?

Undocumented workers, unscrupulous employers, woeful policy gaps

lifestyle

Hooked up with my property manager

8 Mass. residents named Guggenheim fellows

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

food & dining

Food is loaded onto a BellaBot robot at the Noodle Topia restaurant on March 20, in Madison Heights, Mich.

Are robot waiters the future? Some restaurants think so.

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

travel

The best-tasting drinks to order on a plane

Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good.

Why Medellín should be your next South American destination

Arts

Alicia M. Keyes, "Monadnock."

In Concord, the art of celebrating an anniversary

At MassArt, a painter’s feminist homage and a DJ’s sonic installation invite the public in

At Cooper Hewitt, infographics and design ahead of their time

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

Little Richard at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything," a Magnolia Pictures release.

‘There wasn’t anybody like him,’ says ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ director Lisa Cortés

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

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

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

Alex Edelman performs his solo show "Just for Us," which he'll bring to Boston April 11-23.

From Brookline to Broadway, comic Alex Edelman reaches the next stage

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

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