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School Committee chair responds to superintendent candidate’s claim that his offer was rescinded for using the word ‘ladies’ in an e-mail

The School Committee chair said there were too many concerns before the committee had begun negotiating with Vito Perrone for the position and “alarm bells were going off.”
After district revoked job offer after the use of the word ‘ladies,’ hundreds tried to weigh in. They didn’t get the chance.

Some legal experts compare Justice Thomas’s acceptance of lavish trips to a 1969 Supreme Court scandal

ProPublica reported Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from deep-pocketed Republican donor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms.
After report revealing luxury trips paid for by Republican donor, Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose them

Here are 25 locals on the Forbes billionaires list
Forbes Magazine released its 2023 list of billionaires this week, and it includes 25 people in Massachusetts.

R.I. culinary community grieves senseless death of Leah Rosin-Pritchard: ‘It was her passion to take care of a whole person’
“We are all reaching out to each other really stricken in grief and shock,” said Lisa Raiola, founder of Hope & Main, where Rosin-Pritchard developed her snack brand, Leah’s Recipe.

Woman arrested in killing of Vermont homeless shelter coordinator with axe

Nearly one month after systemwide slow down, 25 percent of the T’s subway still has speed restrictions

A round trip on the Red Line is now around 75 minutes slower than it would be if trains were traveling at full speed, up from around 40 minutes slower before the announcement.

Harmony Montgomery search along Route 107 in Revere ends, officials say

The investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, who authorities allege was killed by her father, shifted Friday to Revere, where members of law enforcement are searching wetlands, officials said.

Expelled Tenn. Democrat and Bowdoin grad slams GOP, vows to keep fighting
Justin Pearson, one of two Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House Thursday after joining protesters in demanding action on gun control, is a Bowdoin graduate who has “devoted himself to serving the common good,” the president of the college said in a letter to alumni and students.

Tennessee vote marks latest GOP move to stifle dissent, experts say

Kamala Harris to travel to Tennessee to meet with expelled lawmakers

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a last-minute trip to Tennessee on Friday, hours after the Republican-controlled House expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the Legislature in retaliation for their role in a protest calling for more gun control.

‘It’s not reasonable at all’: Foreign tech workers struggle to stay in US after layoffs, visa issues
After a layoff, a worker has just 60 days, not only to find another employer but also to complete the bureaucratic procedures for transferring the visa to the new employer.

As burnout mounts, push for a four-day work week grows

Making jobs more efficient and reining in time-creep is crucial for workers’ well-being, advocates note, and some employers are going to extremes by slashing time out of the long-established 40-hour work week.
Tell us: What do you think are the pros and cons of a shorter work week?
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Jobs are plentiful in Massachusetts. Workers are not.

A labor shortage has contributed to Massachusetts having barely surpassed its pre-pandemic employment peak while national employment is up 2 percent.
US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

The artist achieved superstar status at the Venice Biennale last year. A new Boston show charts her remarkable 20 year ascent.
Dan Shaughnessy

What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts

Sinden is the godfather of the Spoked-B, a man who came to the Bruins in 1961. He likes the chances for this year's squad.
With these Bruins, it’s all for one and one for all
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

The Red Sox’ newest ‘coach’ helps players make the US their home

Hilda Ramírez used to work with young males of color, which is similar to what she does with the Red Sox.
EDITORIAL

Calls to defund FBI, DOJ erode public trust
SCOT LEHIGH

MCAS foes should correct their misleading error
EDITORIAL

Lexington’s proposed zoning changes set the bar
LETTERS

All the singled-out ‘ladies’: the curious sting of a salutation
The Emancipator

Move over cancel culture: Gen Z is seeking its due process

A New York firm hopes a lawsuit will bring lasting change to a hostile work environment at Dos Toros, a popular Mexican-style food chain allegedly engaging in unchecked bigotry and casual use of the N-word.
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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

From Provincetown to The New Yorker for courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg
She sketched Tom Brady in court during Deflategate. This week she was in the courtroom with Trump.

Attacks in Israel, West Bank kill 3 people as violence rises

Palestinian militants carried out a pair of attacks on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least seven as tensions soared after days of fighting at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Earlier in the day, retaliatory Israeli airstrikes had hit Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, sparking fears of a broader conflict.

More than 100 golden retrievers to cross Boston Marathon finish line the day before the race
The canine conclave will take place on Sunday, April 16, the day before the Boston Marathon, in honor of Spencer, the marathon’s official dog who died Feb. 17, and Penny, who died eight days later.

Boston pledges to slash homicides and shootings by 20 percent by 2026
It will be a significant feat for the city, which has not reached homicide numbers that low since 1999. There were 31 murders in Boston that year according to a federal crime database, a dramatic drop at the end of a decade that saw 143 homicides in 1990.

Firefighters battle four-alarm house fire, brush fires in Weston
Weston Fire Department first tweeted about the blaze on North Avenue at 1:24 p.m. Fire officials said on Facebook that there are “multiple brush fires in the area from flying embers.”

Forecast | Dave Epstein
April showers nowhere to be found in much of New England
For much of New England, the weather over the next 10 days is going to be quite spectacular, quite warm and dry for April.

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More Boston police have been leaving the job since 2020, many joining the Fire Department

Union leaders demand more support from elected officials, but city councilors say the department must change its culture to attract new candidates.

‘Like being in the presence of a dinosaur’: Right whales’ extended stay in Cape Cod Bay could be tied to climate change, scientists say
More and more are gathering to feed in Cape Cod Bay, and they’re sticking around for longer than in the past.

New report finds former Methuen police chief should face criminal charges in a ‘textbook case of public corruption’
The report found that Joseph Solomon relied on “humiliation, fear, intimidation and retaliation” in his drive to boost his salary, becoming one of the highest paid law enforcement officials in the United States.

State told physicians to stop using Magellan Diagnostics lead-testing devices in 2017 and ′21
The problems at the Billerica company first became public in 2017 when the Food and Drug Administration warned Americans that the company was having serious issues with some of its devices returning false results.

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Culture & Lifestyle

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

Embracing my inner Ted Lasso

Newly formed nonprofit rallies to save cherished West Newton Cinema

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

IDEAS | CHARLES M. SENNOTT

‘There is still fear’ — for the five McCartney sisters of Belfast, the Troubles never ended
NEWSLETTERS

A double standard in Black and white at the NCAA women’s basketball championship
William Taubman

Why Putin won’t quit Ukraine
Noubar Afeyan

Ending ACA’s free preventive services will make America sicker
SCOT LEHIGH

MCAS foes should correct their misleading error
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Paul Cattermole of UK pop group S Club 7 dies at 46

A member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, Paul Cattermole died just weeks after the band announced a reunion tour.
RI EDUCATION

Rhode Island’s lowest-performing school districts, in two charts

On Friday, the Department of Education released its new local education agency accountability reports that break down the performance of each of the state’s school districts – and charter schools – based on wide array of metrics, including standardized test scores, graduation rates, and student and teacher absenteeism.

Nearly one month after systemwide slow down, 25 percent of the T’s subway still has speed restrictions

A round trip on the Red Line is now around 75 minutes slower than it would be if trains were traveling at full speed, up from around 40 minutes slower before the announcement.

Memorial Drive in Cambridge to return to Sunday schedule for pedestrian use

With the state’s public health emergency set to expire on May 11, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation has said the area known as Riverbend Park will revert to its original schedule.

Sports

Frozen Four

Quinnipiac faces powerful offense in Minnesota in Frozen Four final

The Gophers entered NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed and rolled through their three playoff games, outscoring their opponents,19-5,
GOLF

Watch as two trees fall at Augusta, suspending the second round of the Masters until Saturday morning

The first weather delay began at 3:07 p.m. and lasted for 21 minutes before players were allowed to resume play.
BOYS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

At North Andover, the expectations — and the bar — have been raised to a new standard of excellence

Over the four years since its 2016 inception, the team racked up just 12 wins, but a playoff run in 2021 under then-new coach Mike Scammon sparked momentum in the program.
Red Sox

How much faster have Red Sox games been in 2023 compared with recent years?
MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY

Northeastern’s Devon Levi becomes first repeat winner of Mike Richter Award as top goalie in Division 1

More than 100 golden retrievers to cross Boston Marathon finish line the day before the race

Business

‘It’s not reasonable at all’: Foreign tech workers struggle to stay in US after layoffs, visa issues

After a layoff, a worker has just 60 days, not only to find another employer but also to complete the bureaucratic procedures for transferring the visa to the new employer.

Ford sees only its electric F-150 pickup truck getting full EV tax break — for now

Ford Motor Co. expects only one all-electric vehicle currently in its lineup, the F-150 Lightning pickup, to qualify for a full tax credit under a new law designed to spur adoption of battery-powered models.

Here are 25 locals on the Forbes billionaires list

More labs, housing pitched near Boston Landing
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Globe Magazine

An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

Spring Arts

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events

CONNECTIONS

When I lived too far to help my dying dad, a stranger stepped in to help

COOKING

Recipe: A make-ahead baked omelet for a no-fuss Easter menu

metro

More than 100 golden retrievers to cross Boston Marathon finish line the day before the race

R.I. culinary community grieves senseless death of Leah Rosin-Pritchard: ‘It was her passion to take care of a whole person’

Firefighters battle four-alarm house fire, brush fires in Weston

sports

What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts

Champion LSU women will accept Biden’s invitation to White House

The state of the Red Sox’ minor-league system entering 2023: Top prospects, story lines to watch, and more

business

To mitigate climate change, Brown launches initiative to develop new sustainable energy solutions

US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes

Jobs are plentiful in Massachusetts. Workers are not.

politics

Expelled Tenn. Democrat and Bowdoin grad slams GOP, vows to keep fighting

Some legal experts compare Justice Thomas’s acceptance of lavish trips to a 1969 Supreme Court scandal

Kamala Harris to travel to Tennessee to meet with expelled lawmakers

Nation

Kansas approves bill to end gender-affirming care for minors

Feds urge review of ‘train makeup’ amid rising derailments of long trains

20 hurt when inmate sets fire at NYC’s Rikers Island jail

World

Police: Dissidents may try attacks as N. Ireland marks peace

Russia formally charges Wall Street Journal reporter with espionage, news agencies say

Dissidents may try attacks as Northern Ireland marks peace, police say

opinion

SJC nod to Boston vaccine mandate is a win for the entire city

Brian Donnelly was a steadfast public servant

A Great Awakening, but of spirituality, not religion with a capital R

lifestyle

CBS carpools resources for James Corden sendoff

Can I trust this long-distance relationship?

Tell us your experience with prenuptial agreements

food & dining

Mimi Sheraton, influential food writer and reviewer, dies at 97

In a busy Wilmington shopping plaza, home-cooked barbecue awaits

Allston favorites Our Fathers and Deep Ellum return in new locations

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

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

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

Books

National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela renders the neurotic complexity of cosmopolitan life with humor and pathos in ‘The People Who Report More Stress’

In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Romantic Comedy,’ the perfect man (and a global pandemic) derails an otherwise smart, funny romance

Sebastian Barry on rescuing orphaned books

Movies

‘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

Embracing my inner Ted Lasso

True-crime series to look back at Marathon bombings

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

music

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

Boston Ballet goes boldly in ‘Our Journey’

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

Eugene Mirman headlines a comedy benefit for Roslindale businesses hit hard by an accident

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

Paul Cattermole of UK pop group S Club 7 dies at 46

Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70

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