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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.

Tell us: What do you think about seniority protections potentially being weakened for teachers?

Mayor Michelle Wu to roll out $4.28 billion budget, highlighting ‘sustained investments’

See a breakdown of Mayor Michelle Wu's proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.

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.

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.

MBTA completes purchase of Widett Circle, plans for old meatpacking district to become a railyard
The $255 million deal caps a saga that stretches back to Boston’s ill-fated bid to host the 2024 Olympics.

Malden company accused of deadly delay in reporting window awning problems

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

Judy Tripathi was overcome as she talked about her son Sunil.

The Marathon bombing’s 12-hour suspect

For 12 long hours, amateur sleuths, social media users, and some in the media wrongly proclaimed Sunil Tripathi a suspect.

See more coverage of the Boston Marathon

Britain’s Geoff Smith limps through the tape to win the 1985 Marathon.

The forgotten story of how the Boston Marathon almost collapsed

In the mid-1980s, the world’s most-famous race was spent. Then came the miracles.

At age 38, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

boston marathon

He’s the world’s greatest marathoner. He’s finally taking on the world’s most famous marathon.

Eliud Kipchoge, the world-record holder, is making his long-awaited Boston debut. How did he get so good? It's his “monk-like” approach to the grueling discipline.

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.

DEVRA FIRST

Ten 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.

Here’s when Celtics will start series against Hawks

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

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.

Biden visits Northern Ireland, will focus on economy

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

During a funeral ceremony that stretched nearly four hours at the South End’s Union United Methodist Church, King was hailed as a barrier-breaking and unifying politician who laid the groundwork for generations of the city’s leaders.

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

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.’

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

Jim Lyons is the former Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

Investigations of what appear to be serious campaign finance violations can’t simply sink into a swamp of inertia

The public needs a timely accounting when a possible violation of law case is referred to the attorney general.

The Afghanistan withdrawal was a shambles. Why is Biden pretending it wasn’t?

IDEAS | Alex Trembath and Seaver Wang

For a greener world, cut red tape

The end of the Republican Party

Do we really honor the idea of free speech?

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

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.

Lin-Manuel Miranda surprises Revere High students ahead of ‘In the Heights’ performance
Miranda, best known as the creator of the global sensation "Hamilton," had a special video message for the cast of the production, the first musical performed at Revere High School in more than three decades.

ADDRESS

A primer on home buying and selling in this soft market
Greater Boston’s limited housing supply, even in a softer market, means people can’t necessarily afford to wait around for better borrowing conditions.

The home price is right — or is it?

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.

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.

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.

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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

Shirley Leung

Alliance for Business Leadership’s board members quit over handling of sexual harassment and discrimination case
Ultimately, the unraveling of ABL is not happening because of what was or wasn’t said between the two employees, but how its leaders responded to the allegations.

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.

Mass. hospitals turn to controversial labor practices to stretch beleaguered staff
With staffing shortages plaguing every part of the health care system, nurses say some hospitals have turned to controversial methods to stretch their existing personnel.

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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’

Special Projects

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Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Back to Boston

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.

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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

Mayor Michelle Wu to roll out $4.28 billion budget, highlighting ‘sustained investments’

See a breakdown of Mayor Michelle Wu's proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.

The Marathon bombing’s 12-hour suspect

For 12 long hours, amateur sleuths, social media users, and some in the media wrongly proclaimed Sunil Tripathi a suspect.

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

During a funeral ceremony that stretched nearly four hours at the South End’s Union United Methodist Church, King was hailed as a barrier-breaking and unifying politician who laid the groundwork for generations of the city’s leaders.

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.

Sports

Britain’s Geoff Smith limps through the tape to win the 1985 Marathon.

The forgotten story of how the Boston Marathon almost collapsed

In the mid-1980s, the world’s most-famous race was spent. Then came the miracles.

Judy Tripathi was overcome as she talked about her son Sunil.

The Marathon bombing’s 12-hour suspect

For 12 long hours, amateur sleuths, social media users, and some in the media wrongly proclaimed Sunil Tripathi a suspect.

At age 38, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

boston marathon

He’s the world’s greatest marathoner. He’s finally taking on the world’s most famous marathon.

Eliud Kipchoge, the world-record holder, is making his long-awaited Boston debut. How did he get so good? It's his “monk-like” approach to the grueling discipline.

Lakers 108, Timberwolves 102 (OT)

Lakers outlast Timberwolves 108-102 in OT, advance to face Memphis

Rays 7, Red Sox 2

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

Peter Abraham | On baseball

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

Business

The home price is right — or is it?

Five strategies to get the most for your home by listing it for the smartest amount from the get-go.

MBTA completes purchase of Widett Circle, plans for old meatpacking district to become a railyard

The $255 million deal caps a saga that stretches back to Boston’s ill-fated bid to host the 2024 Olympics.

EPA pollution limits aim to boost US electric vehicle sales

A primer on home buying and selling in this soft market

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

The New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord, N.H.

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

Lasell University elects its first African American president

The gentleman from Maine who brought peace to Northern Ireland

sports

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

Pavel Zacha wins Bruins Seventh Player Award

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

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

business

A man looks at his mobile phone while shopping at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., on March 19.

Latest inflation data could show further gradual improvement

Swiss lower house makes symbolic vote against Credit Suisse deal guarantees

Mass. supermarket settles with AG over wage violations

politics

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

Biden to tout economic growth as dividend of Northern Ireland peace

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 attack

Manhattan district attorney sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

Nation

Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

US names veterinary drug, fentanyl mixture ‘emerging threat’

Second Black lawmaker could be returned to Tennessee House

Trump lawyer seeks monthlong delay in trial over rape claim

World

Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2022.

Talban say there’s no obstacles for UN work in Afghanistan

China warns as US, Philippines stage combat drills

In Belfast, Biden will see peace marred by political crisis

opinion

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

The end of the Republican Party

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

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.

Ten 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