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Tyler Bertuzzi scored in the second period to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead.

Bruins 5, Capitals 2

Bruins break NHL’s all-time record for points in a season, but they’re more pleased with how they’re performing entering the playoffs

The Bruins now have 133 points, 1 better than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens.

Pavel Zacha wins Bruins Seventh Player Award

During the pandemic, cities opened their streets to pedestrians. So what now?
The questions around Moody Street in Waltham sum up a debate happening all over Greater Boston, as communities consider which changes to public space should stick around for good.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Debate emerging on Beacon Hill over bill that would limit job security for veteran teachers to preserve educator diversity
Teachers unions oppose the bill, arguing the exemptions are so broad they would jeopardize the jobs of most teachers, including those it aims to protect.

4/15/2013 - As police rush to the scene of the first blast near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a second bomb explodes several blocks away. The shock wave from the first blast keeps the flags aloft lining the finish line. Behind the metal barricades, hundreds of people are injured and dozens fight for their lives.

Readers share their memories of the Boston Marathon bombing 10 years later

For those living in Boston at the time of the attack, the week of the 2013 Boston Marathon is one they will never forget.

How the city of Boston will mark 10 years since the Marathon bombings

Tampa Bay's Josh Lowe (left) celebrates with Yandy Diaz (right) after Diaz homered off Red Sox starter Garrett Whitlock (background) in the fifth inning of a 7-2 win Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Tampa Bay North? Red Sox fans can only dream after Rays continue hot streak.

The Rays are 11-0 and have outscored their opponents by an astonishing 63 runs.

Undefeated Rays hit four more homers in roughing up Red Sox, 7-2

Federal embezzlement trial of four Boston police officers accused of overtime scam is underway

Lawyers for four former and current Boston Police officers accused of running an overtime scam out of the department’s evidence warehouse told jurors Tuesday that there’s no dispute that they were paid for overtime hours they didn’t work, but said they were merely following longstanding practices accepted by top brass.

Malden company accused of deadly delay in reporting window awning problems
SunSetter delayed filing reports until weeks after it learned of the death of a 73-year man allegedly due to a defect in the company’s retractable awnings, according to a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department.

Strained by housing crisis, Mass. funneling millions of dollars each month to shore up shelter system for homeless families

As the system grapples with the influx of migrants, providers and state officials find themselves turning to hotels with increasing frequency, which comes at a cost.

KEVIN CULLEN

The gentleman from Maine who brought peace to Northern Ireland
Having covered that conflict, and knowing many of the personalities in those negotiations, it is my considered opinion that the deal would not have been reached without Mitchell, the former senator from Maine whom President Bill Clinton tapped as his special envoy to Northern Ireland.

How UMass Amherst mobilized to procure the state’s 15,000 mifepristone doses
The university's unlikely role followed student activism on women’s rights last year.

Trump says criminal conviction wouldn’t stop him from running for president

Former president Donald Trump said he wouldn't drop out of the 2024 race even if convicted of a crime.

Trump lawyer seeks delay in trial over rape claim

‘Possible infant remains’ found outside apartment building in Revere, officials say

The Shojonator burger at Shojo, which has opened a branch in Central Square.

10 new restaurants to visit this spring

Recently opened or coming soon, these spots offer inventive drinks, globetrotting flavors, and all the oysters you can eat.

The Hawks won't be pushovers in the first round.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

‘Last year is last year’: The Celtics seem to have dodged a first-round bullet, but the Hawks are coming to play

The Heat looked like favorites to set up yet another playoff date with the Celtics, but the young Hawks might just be finding their rhythm at the right time.

Celtics will face Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Here’s when they’ll start the series.

Boston, MA - 4/11/2023: Mel King's casket arrives to the church entrance. Funeral Service for Mel King at the Union United Methodist Church in Boston (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

‘Being nice can change a life’: Mel King remembered at funeral as titan of Boston

A funeral service for King, who died last month at age 94, was held at Union United Methodist Church in the South End. It may also be viewed at two satellite locations or streamed online.

Boston Marathon

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

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon

Street, parking, T restrictions, changes See more marathon coverage

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

As an Allston resident, Erika Kemp can train on the Boston course — or at the Chestnut Hill reservoir (above).

For Erika Kemp, running the Boston Marathon is about representation as much as competition

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

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz, center, holds hands with Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Rebecca Dallet, left, ,and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, right, at a watch party in Milwaukee, Wis., on April 4. Protasiewicz, 60, defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, who previously worked for Republicans and had support from the state’s leading anti-abortion groups.

The end of the Republican Party

Flailing against public opinion on major issues, the GOP is out of step and running out of time.

Do we really honor the idea of free speech?

Jennifer Finney Boylan

My Twitter account got hacked; now I’m a Turkish rock band

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

After Roe, the right to travel could be the next to fall

LA’s sonic assault on people experiencing homelessness is disgraceful. But how should the subway sound?

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

More recent News

Lasell University elects its first African American president
Eric M. Turner, who has been provost at the university since 2020, will assume the position on July 1, the statement said. Turner succeeds Michael B. Alexander, who is retiring June 30 after 16 years as president of the school located in Newton.

House’s billion-dollar tax plan echoes Healey’s ‘competitiveness’ goals through tax cuts, credits, and policy overhauls
The House plans to move quickly on its proposal: House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano told reporters Monday that the bill will go to the floor for a vote Thursday.

Lin-Manuel Miranda surprises Revere High students ahead of ‘In the Heights’ performance
“Hey, Revere, good morning,” Miranda said after singing lines from the musical’s opening song in a video presented to the students. “Break a leg ... Congratulations. Remember to be a community every second you’re on that stage. Mwah!”

NESN’s Dale Arnold announces retirement after decades working on Bruins broadcasts
Arnold has been a mainstay at NESN for years, serving as a play-by-play voice for Bruins broadcasts from 1995 to 2007.

More than half of Mass. Republicans considered leaving the state in the past year, poll finds
A new UMass Amherst/WCVB poll found that more than half the state's Republicans have contemplated leaving Massachusetts owing in part to frustration over tax rates and progressive policies.

Somerville School Committee names Rubén Carmona new superintendent
Rubén Carmona will begin his new role at the start of July, pending negotiations with the School Committee.

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New MBTA general manager Phillip Eng waited to board a train to commute from Park Street Station to Boylston Station, on the way to the Massachusetts Transportation Building, on his first day.

As Phillip Eng takes over as MBTA general manager, his focus: ‘regain that trust’

Eng kicked off the day on Monday by speaking to members of the press outside Park Street Station, where he urged riders who have lost faith in the MBTA to “stay tuned.”

Maine mother sues school district over her teen’s gender transition
The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative and libertarian think tank, is lead counsel on the lawsuit filed last week.

Tell us: Do you think conversations between students and their school counselors should be confidential?

On anniversary of Irish peace accords, an exhumation of a tragic past
For the families still trying to locate remains of their loved ones and for the many still trying to find justice, there is a welcome end to violence — a major stride toward peace — but certainly no peace of mind.

Mass. House leaders to propose making eviction protection measure permanent
Massachusetts House leaders are pursuing a plan to revive and make permanent a pandemic-era renter protection law, a move that would bar landlords from evicting financially struggling tenants if they have filed an application for rental assistance.

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Culture & Lifestyle

The book covers for “Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life” and “The Lioness of Boston.”

Two very different takes on Isabella Stewart Gardner

Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill perform at Roadrunner Sunday night.

A passion statement from Bikini Kill at Roadrunner

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez collaborated on “I Love Country Boys” (left), and “Black Bikini." Both works made in 2023 with stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and oxide wash.

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez pair ceramics with themes of identity

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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Protesters gathered on the steps of the Idaho Capitol after the US Supreme Court's overturned Roe v. Wade last June. Last week Idaho's governor signed a bill making it illegal to provide help to minors seeking abortion without parental consent.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

After Roe, the right to travel could be the next to fall

Jennifer Finney Boylan

My Twitter account got hacked; now I’m a Turkish rock band

Caption: LOA01D:LA SUBWAY:HOLLYWOOD,CALIFORNIA,14JUN99 - Some of the first fare paying passengers get off a Metro Red Line subway train at the Hollywood and Vine station in Hollywood June 14. The latest $1.74 billion portion of the Los Angeles subway system to open connects downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood in a 15 minute ride. fsp/Photo by Fred Prouser REUTERS Caption Writer: FSP/JP Headline: LOS ANGELES SUBWAY SYSTEM EXTENDS TO HOLLYWOOD Special Instructions: 0 Byline: FRED PROUSER Credit: REUTERS Object Name: LOS ANGELES SUBWAY SYSTEM EXTEN Date Created: 19990614 City: HOLLYWOOD Country Name: USA Original Transmission Reference: LOA01D Category: A Supplemental Categories: LEI SCI Time Created: 195600+0400

LA’s sonic assault on people experiencing homelessness is disgraceful. But how should the subway sound?

Packages of misoprostol and mifepristone, also known as RU-486, at a Planned Parenthood center in Fort Myers, Fla.

Lisa Kearns and Arthur L. Caplan

How to retain access to abortion pills, thanks to the right wing

Bessie Stringfield in the 1950s.

IDEAS | NATE TINNER-WILLIAMS

Bessie Stringfield, the Black biker queen whose journey is still unfolding

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

‘Being nice can change a life’: Mel King remembered at funeral as titan of Boston

A funeral service for King, who died last month at age 94, was held at Union United Methodist Church in the South End. It may also be viewed at two satellite locations or streamed online.

How UMass Amherst mobilized to procure the state’s 15,000 mifepristone doses

The university's unlikely role followed student activism on women’s rights last year.

Reproductive rights bills meet roadblock in N.H. Senate committee

While the committee recommended killing the bills, they will still go before the full Senate for a vote as early as Thursday.

Lasell University elects its first African American president

Eric M. Turner, who has been provost at the university since 2020, will assume the position on July 1, the statement said. Turner succeeds Michael B. Alexander, who is retiring June 30 after 16 years as president of the school located in Newton.

Sports

Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz circles the base after hitting a home run off Garrett Whitlock (background) in the fifth inning Tuesday.

Rays 7, Red Sox 2

Undefeated Rays hit four more homers in roughing up Red Sox, 7-2

The Rays (11-0) have hit an MLB-leading 29 home runs, while outscoring opponents, 83-20.

Tampa Bay's Josh Lowe (left) celebrates with Yandy Diaz (right) after Diaz homered off Red Sox starter Garrett Whitlock (background) in the fifth inning of a 7-2 win Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Tampa Bay North? Red Sox fans can only dream after Rays continue hot streak.

The Rays are 11-0 and have outscored their opponents by an astonishing 63 runs.

Zacha accepted the award before the start of Tuesday's game against the Caps.

Pavel Zacha wins Bruins Seventh Player Award

The award, voted on by the fans, goes to the Bruin who exceeds expectations.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

‘Last year is last year’: The Celtics seem to have dodged a first-round bullet, but the Hawks are coming to play

Yankees 11, Guardians 2

Franchy Cordero supplies power, Gerrit Cole looks sharp in Yankees’ 11-2 win

Blackhawks 5, Penguins 2

Penguins’ playoff streak in jeopardy after loss to Blackhawks

Business

Latest inflation data could show further gradual improvement

The persistence of high inflation will likely be on display — again — in Wednesday’s latest government report on consumer price increases.

Swiss lower house makes symbolic vote against Credit Suisse deal guarantees

Parliament doesn’t have the power to stop the takeover negotiated last month, as the government had already had a small group of senior lawmakers sign off on the deal the same weekend it was negotiated.

Mass. supermarket settles with AG over wage violations

During the pandemic, cities opened their streets to pedestrians. So what now?

magazine

5 habits to build a sustainable future — without breaking the bank

Pinto Beans With Bacon and Chipotle

Recipes: Make quick meals with canned beans from your cabinet

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

What do Boston’s college students worry about today? And what gives them hope?

metro

George Mitchell was flanked by British Prime Minister Tony Blair (right) and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern in April 1998, after the Good Friday Agreement was signed.

The gentleman from Maine who brought peace to Northern Ireland

Federal embezzlement trial of four Boston police officers accused of overtime scam is underway

A new oyster hatchery is growing near R.I.’s Matunuck Oyster Bar

sports

Xander Bogaerts (left) has some leftover pop to share with Juan Soto after his ninth-inning home run.

Xander Bogaerts’s HR, Ryan Weathers’s arm carry San Diego over Mets, 4-2

With Garrett Whitlock ready to go, Red Sox send Kutter Crawford to Worcester

One last ride: Middleborough’s tight-knit senior class hopes to lead Sachems to a return trip to the Division 3 softball title game

business

Moderna said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential flu vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necessary to declare early success” in the study.

Moderna says potential flu vaccine needs more study

Malden company accused of deadly delay in reporting window awning problems

BU alum creates local organization for young Indian professionals

politics

President Biden steps off Air Force One at Belfast International Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 11.

Biden to help mark decades of relative peace in Northern Ireland

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 attack

Manhattan district attorney sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

Nation

Former president Donald Trump.

Trump lawyer seeks monthlong delay in trial over rape claim

Trump says criminal conviction wouldn’t stop him from running for president

Tennessee governor signs order aimed at strengthening background checks

World

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greeted US President Joe Biden, left, and at right, United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Joe Kennedy III. On Tuesday, Biden stepped off Air Force One at Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

In Belfast, Biden will see peace marred by political crisis

Russian forces in Crimea brace for possible Ukraine assault

How Ukraine won the war to keep the lights on

opinion

The living conditions of the migrants who were found in the Lisbon, Maine, home.

More questions than answers in the Maine undocumented workers’ case

How women helped broker Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

A hundred years of choking housing growth catches up with Massachusetts

lifestyle

Jeremy Renner, the host and executive producer of "Rennervations," poses at the premiere of the four-part Disney+ docuseries, April 11, at the Westwood Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

Jeremy Renner attends premiere, months after snowplow crush

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’

food & dining

The Shojonator burger at Shojo, which has opened a branch in Central Square.

10 new restaurants to visit this spring

Recipes: Make quick meals with canned beans from your cabinet

Recipe: Break up lasagna noodles to make this quick pasta with asparagus and lemon cream

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

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez collaborated on “I Love Country Boys” (left), and “Black Bikini." Both works made in 2023 with stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and oxide wash.

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez pair ceramics with themes of identity

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

In Concord, the art of celebrating an anniversary

Books

The book covers for “Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life” and “The Lioness of Boston.”

Two very different takes on Isabella Stewart Gardner

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

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

Selin Hizli and Daisy May Cooper in "Am I Being Unreasonable?"

A bond is tested in Hulu thriller ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’

Students from Boston classical musical program to be featured on ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

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

music

A Boston nonprofit offering free classical music training to students will be featured on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" on Wednesday.

Students from Boston classical musical program to be featured on ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

A passion statement from Bikini Kill at Roadrunner

Earl Lee and Eric Lu prove names to watch with BSO

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