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Easthampton School Committee votes to offer superintendent job to another candidate after ‘ladies’ comment

The Easthampton School Committee voted to hire Erica Faginski-Stark as superintendent Monday night, a week after their first pick, Vito Perrone, said his offer was rescinded for addressing his future colleagues as “ladies” in a negotiation e-mail.

Nashville council votes to return expelled lawmaker to House
Local officials in Nashville unanimously voted to appoint one of two expelled Democratic lawmakers back to his seat in the state House of Representatives, a swift rebuke to the Republican supermajority over its decision to expel the two lawmakers for leading a gun control protest on the House floor.

Police say shooter was employee at Louisville bank where he opened fire; 5th victim dies of wounds
A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his Louisville workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of the governor — while livestreaming the attack, authorities said.

What we know about victims of the Louisville bank shooting

Boston civil rights icon Mel King honored at City Hall, Methodist church as part of homegoing celebration
Scores turned out for a ceremony on City Hall Plaza, where officials remembered King for breaking down barriers, helping unite a deeply segregated Boston, and an insistent activism rooted in compassion.

Vermont father pleads not guilty in toddler’s death

A Vermont man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges related to the death of his 2-year-old son after he allegedly “lost” the toddler near a brook while fleeing a motor vehicle crash.

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

Grand jury indicts mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia

“When you see what’s going on and how it affects [students’] capability to continue doing good work, and their capability to continue feeling good … then you start to feel very protective,” said Ingrid Stobbe, an assistant professor of digital filmmaking at Lesley University.

Lesley University faculty clash with president amid $10 million budget shortfall

Twice since late 2021, the Faculty Assembly has overwhelmingly voted no confidence in President Janet L. Steinmayer, who several professors described as a “micromanager” who won’t delegate authority.

Healey, in bid to ‘ride out’ legal challenge, moves to stockpile 15,000 mifepristone doses in Massachusetts
Governor Maura Healey moved to bolster the state’s mifepristone stockpile amid a Texas judge’s decision to invalidate the popular abortion medication, saying Monday the state is expected to receive 15,000 doses — close to two years’ worth, officials said.

R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling Montana abortion proposal met with preemptive lawsuit

People marched through downtown Amarillo to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone on Feb. 11, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas.

Legal experts blast Texas ruling on abortion pill: ‘This was a screed’

An unprecedented preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone signals a new chapter in the battle over reproductive rights in the United States, legal experts say.

Could access in Mass. be affected by the Texas abortion pill ruling? Here's what to know.

Mass. hospitals turn to controversial labor practices to stretch beleaguered staff
Nurses say the moves could worsen staffing shortages.

Sisters Kathleen Hanson (right) and Stacey Pimentel sat with a portrait of their late mother, Hazel Moore Hanson, in Hanson’s apartment in Lowell.

As population ages, new efforts to boost long-term care insurance are surfacing

Attempts to offset surging long-term care costs — which can range from $20,000 a year for in-home care to more than $100,000 for a high-end dementia care center — have been stalled for decades.

The Rays' Brandon Lowe circled the bases after getting to Red Sox reliever Chris Martin for a homer in the eighth inning that produced the game's lone run.

RAYS 1, RED SOX 0

Red Sox lose series opener by the narrowest of margins to the unbeaten Rays

Sox starter Nick Pivetta threw five scoreless innings, but the offense sputtered and failed to capitalize on an eighth-inning threat, which was answered by a Brandon Lowe homer in the home half of the frame.

On Baseball: Red Sox left reshuffling lineup in wake of Adam Duvall’s fractured wrist

The patio at Little Whale Oyster Bar.

With warmer days ahead, here’s a running list of the Boston area’s best patios

Patio season gives fresh meaning to "dining out."

Marcia Barron, of Boston, looked out as the New England Aquarium's new Ecoventure tour pulled away from Long Wharf. A seasonal variation on the traditional whale watch, the Ecoventure runs closer to shore to avoid potential whale strikes.

A new take on the classic whale watch. With no whales in sight.

The starboard side of the Aurora still says Whale Watch. But for now, at least, there will be no whale sightings. Blame climate change.

Boston Marathon

Participants take off from the start line in Hopkinton for the 2022 Boston Marathon.

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon

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Spencer (left) and Penny recently died eight days apart, both from cancer. The two golden retrievers were fixtures along the Boston Marathon route for several years.

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

In 2018, Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years.

The Boston Marathon has never been easy. That’s why Des Linden keeps coming back: ‘I’ll take the tough one every time.’

Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir (left) and Evans Chebet won in 2022.

This year’s Boston Marathon has one of the most impressive pro fields in the event’s history. See who’s racing.

Opinion

Governor Maura Healey's safe, pragmatic approach is playing nicely with voters.

When it comes to issues facing the state, it’s Maura ‘in the middle’ Healey

She’s passionate about abortion rights but not so much about other issues, including housing, tax reform, and the T.

MARCELA GARCÍA

More questions than answers in the Maine undocumented workers’ case

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

In abortion battle, the true protectors of states’ rights aren’t the conservatives

Padraig O'Malley

How Northern Ireland has changed in the 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement

A hundred years of choking housing growth catches up with Massachusetts

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

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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ADDRESS

Here’s where single-family homes in the state gained the most value
It’s not in Greater Boston, and the pandemic had a lot to do with that.

How not to stage your home: One seller left behind gun reloaders (plural!)

More layoffs at Biogen, part of ongoing restructuring
The latest round of cuts at the Cambridge biotech follow the elimination of nearly 900 jobs last year.

Worcester airport adding routes to two Florida cities, Massport announces
Daily, year-round service to Orlando International Airport will begin on June 15, and winter seasonal service to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers will start Jan. 4, 2024.

Dan Shaughnessy

When Jaylen Brown evokes anecdotes about Vaughn Eshelman and Irving Fryar, it is not a good sign
Brown’s mysterious cut joins a long list of domestic and recreational mishaps that have sidelined Boston athletes over the years.

sports media

The Sports Hub’s Fred Toucher taking leave of absence to treat throat issue
Toucher, the host of 98.5's highly rated morning drive show, did not disclose the nature of his throat issue, which has plagued him for several weeks and affected his voice.

Two-alarm blaze that killed man, dog in Hopkinton appears accidental
Investigators determined that the fire began in the area of the front porch of the single-family ranch house, but the cause was not yet known, officials said.

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Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, Maine, is suing a school district saying a counselor encouraged her teen's social gender transition without consulting her. The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative and libertarian think tank, is lead counsel on the lawsuit. (Stephen Davis Phillips/Goldwater Institute via AP)

Maine mother sues school district over her teen’s gender transition

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Steeple of Faith Lutheran Church in Cambridge slated to be taken down after fire
Lutjohann said he and other members of the church were at the scene of the fire Sunday night and Monday morning “crying our eyes out.”

Boy, 12, wounded when bullets fly through Mattapan apartment window, stepmother says
Altagracia Lorenzo, the victim’s stepmother, said her husband ordered everyone to dive to the floor, but the bullet caught her 12-year-old stepson, Luis Amparo, in the leg.

As Phillip Eng takes over as MBTA general manager, his focus: ‘regain that trust’
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Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill perform at Roadrunner Sunday night.

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Lisa Ann Walter of "Abbott Elementary" will be at Laugh Boston on April 10.

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Earl Lee, conductor, and Eric Lu, piano, with Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday, April 6.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Governor Maura Healey's safe, pragmatic approach is playing nicely with voters.

When it comes to issues facing the state, it’s Maura ‘in the middle’ Healey

A hundred years of choking housing growth catches up with Massachusetts

A local resident walked along the peace walls on April 3 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The peace walls protect the communities from attacks by one another. Some have been removed but in some instances other walls have become higher and longer since the Good Friday Agreement.

Padraig O'Malley

How Northern Ireland has changed in the 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement

Surrounded by reporters, the leader of Sinn Fein Gerry Adams (right) passed an elections poster in Northern Belfast, Nov. 25, 2003, the day before the Belfast assembly elections.

How women helped broker Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

In November, the state’s acute care psychiatric hospitals, meant for short-term care, had 110 patients who were ready to be discharged but who couldn’t be because the patients needed long-term inpatient care and the Department of Mental Health, the sole provider of such continuing care, didn’t have enough available beds. In January, one patient from Tufts Medical Center was admitted to long-term inpatient care, at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital.

Lack of long-term mental health beds is harming patients

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Michael Lerner, ‘Elf’ and ‘Barton Fink’ actor, dies at 81

The veteran character actor died Saturday at a hospital in Burbank, Calif.

Easthampton School Committee votes to offer superintendent job to another candidate after ‘ladies’ comment

The Easthampton School Committee voted to hire Erica Faginski-Stark as superintendent Monday night, a week after their first pick, Vito Perrone, said his offer was rescinded for addressing his future colleagues as “ladies” in a negotiation e-mail.

Boston civil rights icon Mel King honored at City Hall, Methodist church as part of homegoing celebration

Scores turned out for a ceremony on City Hall Plaza, where officials remembered King — a former state representative who in 1983 became the first Black candidate to reach a Boston mayoral general election — for breaking down barriers, helping unite a deeply segregated Boston, and an insistent activism rooted in compassion.

‘Fastest Bostonian’ awards to be presented after 127th Boston Marathon

“This is the first time there will be any awards specifically for Boston residents,” officials said.

Sports

Oneil Cruz’s left leg bent awkwardly underneath him as he tried to score from third in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over the White Sox.

Baseball notebook

Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz out at least four months with fractured left ankle

The 6-foot-7-inch shortstop had surgery late Sunday.

Andrew Heaney matched a record shared by Detroit's Tyler Alexander (2020) and Doug Fister (2012).

Rangers lefthander Andrew Heaney ties AL mark with nine straight strikeouts vs. Royals

The major league record for consecutive strikeouts is 10, set by Tom Seaver (1970), Aaron Nola (2021), and Corbin Burnes (2021).

Natick's Branch Barnes spikes the ball against Framingham's Gvi Sallum during Tuesday's Bay State Conference boys' volleyball match at Natick High. The host Redhawks (2-0) won 25-13, 25-6, 25-9.

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Gyan Mistry and Kyler Shea combine for 41 kills as North Andover ekes out Merrimack Valley win against Methuen

Check out the latest high school boys’ volleyball scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe.

HS SOFTBALL: NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 5, MANSFIELD 2

Kelly Colleran’s latest dominant start for North Attleborough featured 28 strikeouts in an 11-inning win over Mansfield

RAYS 1, RED SOX 0

Red Sox lose series opener by the narrowest of margins to the unbeaten Rays

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

How will the Red Sox reshuffle their lineup without center fielder Adam Duvall? It’s complicated.

Business

JetBlue expands service at Worcester airport

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

As population ages, new efforts to boost long-term care insurance are surfacing

Attempts to offset surging long-term care costs — which can range from $20,000 a year for in-home care to more than $100,000 for a high-end dementia care center — have been stalled for decades.

R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling

Under new CEO Turay, Mass. Housing Investment Corp. is branching out

magazine

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

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

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

An illustration showing two women in separate panels. One panel shows a woman standing near a hospital bed in a hospital setting. The second shows a woman standing by herself with her head bowed as if sad.

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

Baked Zucchini and Gruyère Omelet

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

metro

Demonstrators protest the news that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island.

R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling

Mass. hospitals turn to controversial labor practices to stretch beleaguered staff

Alviti says RIDOT has the bandwidth to take on RIPTA. But does the idea have traction?

sports

LeBron James and the Lakers went a West-best 16-7 after the All-Star break for the right to host a play-in game.

NBA Play-In Tournament gives eight teams a second chance

Latin Academy uses small ball to secure a big Boston City League win against East Boston

Timberwolves suspend Rudy Gobert for play-in game against Lakers after altercation with teammate

business

With volume expected to migrate to its lower-cost Ground unit, experts predict FedEx will lean more toward contractors — and potentially do away with staff drivers entirely.

FedEx overhaul contemplates a future with no drivers on payroll

World Bank to advocate changes to speed debt restructuring

A new take on the classic whale watch. With no whales in sight.

politics

On Monday, a top Pentagon spokesman said online leaks of scores of highly classified documents about the Ukraine war present a "very serious" risk to national security.

Leaked Ukraine war documents a ‘very serious’ risk to security: Pentagon

Montana abortion proposal met with preemptive lawsuit

Legal experts blast Texas ruling on abortion pill: ‘This was a screed’

Nation

A vehicle involved in a shooting with Oregon State Police on April 10, in Salem, Ore.

Oregon trooper finds driver held at gunpoint; suspect dead

Police say shooter was employee at Louisville bank where he opened fire; 5th victim dies of wounds

US House speaker attends rally in New Mexico swing district

World

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 10.

North Korean leader vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

In mass rally, Israeli settlers march to West Bank outpost

Truffle hunting in Syria, once a beloved pastime, is now a danger

opinion

Harvard Square in January 1972.

Readers recall their halcyon Harvard Square days

Maine woods ought to be in the mix for mining lithium

How Texas’ ban on an abortion harmed my health in Massachusetts

lifestyle

Remove the personal photos from your home. You don't want that kind of information on display in the online listing and prospective buyers don't want to see them.

How not to stage your home: One seller left behind gun reloaders (plural!)

Lisa Ann Walter gets into South Philly’s love for her character in ‘Abbott Elementary’

My ex checked in a year after the breakup

food & dining

The patio at Little Whale Oyster Bar.

With warmer days ahead, here’s a running list of the Boston area’s best patios

In retirement, former town clerk finds peace in her kitchen and while teaching a global community of seniors how to cook

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

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

06ica - Installation view, “Simone Leigh,” the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023. (Photo: Timothy Schenck)

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

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

Yewande Odetoyinbo in "Sister Act" at Lyric Stage Company.

Lyric Stage’s ‘Sister Act’ is less than divine

‘Succession’ fans (and cast) lose it over major plot twist: ‘I was there, and I’m still in shock’

About that ‘Succession’ shocker ...

music

Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill perform at Roadrunner Sunday night.

A passion statement from Bikini Kill at Roadrunner

Earl Lee and Eric Lu prove names to watch with BSO

From Joshua Bell at Symphony Hall, more of the same

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in the world premiere of Nanine Linning's "La Mer."

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

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

Michael Lerner, a Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including crime bosses, CEOs, politicians, protective fathers, and the monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” died Saturday at age 81.

Michael Lerner, ‘Elf’ and ‘Barton Fink’ actor, dies at 81

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

Craig Breedlove, once the fastest man on earth, dies at 86