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After a life of convictions and short sentences, man is accused of killing parents, family friends in Maine

The 34-year-old man was released from prison just days before the slayings, officials said.

Federal officials warn about MBTA safety for workers, saying there is ‘substantial risk’ of a death or injury
The Federal Transit Administration warned there is a “substantial risk” of a death or injury on the agency’s tracks as dangerous close calls mount.

Blue Line shutdowns coming as MBTA aims to eliminate slow zones by November, GM says

Marathon incident between police and spectators highlights running’s diversity problem, some say
Spectators and runners said it’s common for spectators to briefly enter the course to support friends and family members. Many felt disturbed by the BAA’s decision to call police on a festive gathering of Black people engaging with runners the same way as many others.

Second Easthampton superintendent pick withdrew after students found ‘conservative and transphobic’ Facebook posts

The town's mayor said the Easthampton Police Department verified the account was real and found that it was connected to Erica Faginski-Stark, the second person offered the superintendent job.

Lawmakers get classified briefing on alleged leaks by Massachusetts Guardsman
The Defense Department begins a 45-day review to determine how the breach happened and make recommendations for preventing a repeat.

Cheerleaders leaving practice were shot after getting in wrong car, teen says

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug until Friday

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston 2023

A guide to 36 communities where home buyers are flocking — and prices are surging.

Mission Hill is the top city spot in the $700,000 to $900,000 price range.

Top Spots to Live 2023: Boston and Cambridge

A data-driven guide to where real estate prices are surging — and buyers are hoping to land a home.

Tyngsborough Bridge over the Merrimack River

Top Spots to Live 2023: North of Boston

Brockton is the top spot south of the city in the under $600,000 price range.

Top Spots to Live 2023: South of Boston

Nashua River Rail Trail through Ayer.

Top Spots to Live 2023: West of Boston

For injured workers in Mass., care isn’t easy to come by
Lawyers and health care providers who deal with the workers’ compensation system here describe it using words like “ridiculous,” “dysfunctional,” and “tragedy.”

NHL FIRST ROUND | GAME 2: PANTHERS 6, BRUINS 3

Bruins just not good enough in Game 2, will head to Florida with series tied after Panthers finish strong
Goals from Brad Marchand (shorthanded) and Tyler Bertuzzi had the Bruins even with the Panthers after two periods. In the third, Florida took over.

Tara Sullivan: Wake-up call for Bruins: It’s not the regular season anymore Kevin Paul Dupont: Bruins have owned the third period all season, but in Game 2 the Panthers steamrolled them

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Bob Dylan with Club 47's Betsy Siggins backstage at Jordan Hall in November 1963. Seven months earlier, Dylan's first headlining show in the city took place in a tiny coffeehouse near Kenmore Square. In the interim, he released "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," the album that catapulted him to the top of the folk music world.

60 years ago, Bob Dylan’s Boston debut was a freewheelin’ good time

Weeks before the release of his seismic “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan,” the singer performed stunning new originals at a tiny Kenmore Square cafe, joined friends for a Hootenanny in Cambridge, and cast a spell on Joan Baez. All in the course of one weekend in April 1963.

Red Sox starting pitcher Corey Kluber turns to watch the flight of a first inning two-run home run to right field hit by the Twins Edouard Julien.

Twins 10, Red Sox 4

Red Sox pitching still can’t get out of its own way early, and the Twins took advantage

Red Sox starters have allowed 25 runs (11.84 ERA) in the first inning, the most in baseball.

The Dodgers won the most games in the majors in 2022 — and then lost their first postseason series and were eliminated by the Padres.

How do the top playoff seeds fare in the postseason? Across the four men’s pro leagues, it can vary.

The one that historically has been most likely to have its top team eliminated early is baseball.

Opinion

Fox News becomes the first cog in the disinformation machine that undermined the 2020 election to pay a significant price for its actions.

Fox News pays the price for its election lies

Few of the purveyors of the Big Lie have paid any price. So it’s good news that on Tuesday, Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit filed by a voting machine company.

Jake Auchincloss

Too many young men are failing online

IDEAS | Katherine S. Newman & Elisabeth S. Jacobs

Low unemployment is the cheapest anti-poverty program

IDEAS | MICHAEL LEVIN

On coming in (almost) last in the Boston Marathon

RACHELLE G. COHEN

Why Dominion’s settlement with Fox News is good for journalism

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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

Boston police officer attacked by two pit bulls; second officer fires shots, killing one dog

A Boston Police officer was bitten by two pit bulls during a violent confrontation in Dorchester Wednesday afternoon, prompting another officer to fire shots at the animals. One dog died, the other was injured, police said.

CDC recommends new COVID booster shot for older people and those with weakened immune systems

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Wednesday that adults 65 and older and those with weakened immune systems receive another dose of the reformulated booster that debuted last fall.

What you need to know about who is eligible for another COVID-19 booster approved by the CDC and FDA

Oklahoma official resigns amid accusations of racism, talk of killing journalists

A county commissioner in Oklahoma resigned Wednesday amid growing backlash after a local newspaper reported that he and other officials talked about lynching Black people and threatened to assassinate two reporters in a conversation secretly recorded by one of those journalists.

Who started the fire at the Faith Lutheran Church in Cambridge? Congregation shocked by allegations of arson.

The pastor described the news of the suspected arson as “troubling” and “disturbing.”

State’s second-largest health insurer suffers cybersecurity attack

Point32Health said in a memo on its website that it identified a ransomware incident on Monday, affecting the systems it uses to service members, accounts, brokers and providers.

98.5 The Sports Hub dominates WEEI in the winter ratings

WEEI experienced a significant decline since the fall, from second to eighth. This ratings period was the first since WEEI shook up its lineup.

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Children's book author and illustrator Mo Willems, at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton.

Mo Willems and the art of big feelings

On the 20th anniversary of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,” Willems reflects on his beleaguered bird, bad ideas, and being part of a community of picture-book authors in Western Massachusetts.

Corean Reynolds is on a mission: Make Boston vibrant after hours
The “nightlife czar,” whose role is to repair Boston’s reputation for being dull after dark, is charged with a lot more than schmoozing all night.

New England researchers use ‘treasure trove’ of historic whaling logbooks to study climate shifts
The largest collection of whaling logbooks can be found at a New Bedford museum and local researchers are taking advantage of that to study the climate's evolution.

As apartment-hunting season ramps up, finding a place in Boston is harder than ever
While rents have cooled in many US cities as the pandemic has eased, they’re accelerating in Boston.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Bellforge Arts Center executive director Jean Mineo stands inside the Lee Chapel on the campus of the former Medfield State Hospital. The arts center plans to convert the building into a concert venue that can hold 325 people.

In Medfield, music will fill this empty space

Arturo Sandoval performs April 21 and 22 at Scullers.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Little Richard at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything."

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ captures what the cameras left out

Joe Perry (left) and Steven Tyler perform at Aerosmith's Sept. 8, 2022, show at Fenway Park. Perry says the band is planning another Boston show in 2023.

Aerosmith plans to get back in the saddle with a tour later this year, including a date in Boston

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Donald Trump nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk during the nomination hearing to the federal judiciary at the US Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017.

There aren’t Obama judges or Bush judges, but there are Trump-era judges

In Massachusetts, legislation has been introduced to repeal the amendment approved by voters in 2000 and grant even the most remorseless Massachusetts criminals the right to vote behind bars.

Felons are locked up for a reason, and it isn’t so they can vote

The headquarters for National Public Radio in Washington, DC. Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Don’t give up Twitter, NPR. Give up your subsidy.

State Representative Justin Pearson celebrated with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners on April 12.

IDEAS | Adam Hochschild

The shunning of lawmakers who are on the right side of history

OxyContin pills at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., in 2013.

IDEAS | Jane C. Ballantyne and Mark D. Sullivan

Four myths that helped cause the opioid epidemic

The author's blood sugar at mile 7 of the 2022 Boston Marathon was at a 137 mg/dl, right in his performance zone.

IDEAS | HILMAR SCHMUNDT

Techno-doping my way through the Boston Marathon

Metro

It’s 4/20: Here are the best (professionally made) edibles in Rhode Island

If you’re 21 or older, you can go beyond ”special” brownies and celebrate 420 Day with these cannabis-infused consumables.

Tracking a Rhode Island con artist across the world

Journalist Jane MacSorley has been tracking the case of Nicholas Alahverdian, also known as Nicholas Rossi and Arthur Knight, every step of the way. She recently released a nine-part podcast called “I am not Nicholas.”

Three teenagers arrested for allegedly attacking two men at MBTA Mattapan Station

Joshua Venter and Kevin Jones, both 18, were arraigned on numerous charges, including assault and battery on an elder or disabled person, Tuesday in the Dorchester division of Boston Municipal Court. A 16-year-old girl is also facing similar charges in juvenile court, prosecutors said.

New Hampshire real estate: How people from Mass. drive up prices

Over the past few years, more people have been moving out of the Bay State than moving in. The exodus is driving up prices in New Hampshire’s real estate market.

Sports

The Dodgers won the most games in the majors in 2022 — and then lost their first postseason series and were eliminated by the Padres.

How do the top playoff seeds fare in the postseason? Across the four men’s pro leagues, it can vary.

The one that historically has been most likely to have its top team eliminated early is baseball.

The Bruins' Pavel Zacha gets his second-period shot off as he falls but Panthers goalie Alex Lyon makes the save.

Wake-up call for Bruins: It’s not the regular season anymore

The playoffs remind any team at any time just how different the postseason is from the regular season.

Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark was down and out after Carter Verhaeghe scored one of the Panthers' four third-period goals.

NHL FIRST ROUND | GAME 2: PANTHERS 6, BRUINS 3

Bruins just not good enough in Game 2, will head to Florida with series tied after Panthers finish strong

Goals from Brad Marchand (shorthanded) and Tyler Bertuzzi had the Bruins even with the Panthers after two periods. In the third, Florida took over.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Instant Analysis

Bruins have owned the third period all season, but in Game 2 the Panthers steamrolled them

Bruins lose at TD Garden as Panthers tie playoff series. Follow along here.

Twins 10, Red Sox 4

Red Sox pitching still can’t get out of its own way early, and the Twins took advantage

Business

US plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory

US officials say old growth and mature forests on government lands cover an area larger than California, and the Biden administration plans a new rule to protect them.

Trade envoy Tai says US not seeking to ‘decouple’ from China

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai says Washington is not seeking to decouple the American economy from China’s and that US trade sanctions against Beijing are “narrowly targeted.”

GE unions approve contract extensions

Walt Disney Co. plans deep, broad-based cuts

magazine

A billboard from Stop Handgun Violence, a Massachusetts based organization, in 2018.

The brutal calculus of life expectancy and where you can afford to live

The state of restaurant tipping in 2023: You’re not giving enough

Butter rolls

Recipes: Upgrade your next meal with one of these buttery rolls

The annual Sheepshearing Festival will take place Saturday at Gore Place in Waltham.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do in and around Boston, April 17-23

metro

A T employee walked near the Orange Line Community College station tracks in 2022.

Federal officials warn about MBTA safety for workers, saying there is ‘substantial risk’ of a death or injury

Six employees brought guns to Eleanor Slater Hospital motor pool building, co-worker alleged

South Korea president to visit Mass., speak at Kennedy School

sports

Morgan Barron was cut by Vegas goalie Laurent Brossoit’s skate blade during a first-period scramble in front of the net Tuesday.

Jets’ Morgan Barron given Wednesday off after needing more than 75 stitches to close a cut near his eye Tuesday night

Bucks pummel Heat with 3-pointers to tie series without Giannis Antetokounmpo in Game 2

Enmanuel Valdez took an early look around Fenway Park before his debut at second base

business

Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, joined other members of a Senate committee in criticizing Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal probe into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts.

Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts

Major leagues, broadcasters pledge responsible betting ads

Microsoft looks to buy $50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin

politics

Julie Su, nominated by President Biden to serve as the Secretary of Labor, listens as Biden speaks about her during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on March 1.

Biden’s labor secretary nominee faces doubts in Senate

Lawmakers get classified briefing on alleged leaks by Massachusetts Guardsman

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leader in antivaccine movement, announces longshot bid for president

Nation

Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore.

US plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory

Two dead as severe storms, tornadoes move through central US

$252.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Ohio

World

Associated Press photographer Evgeniy Maloletka won the World Press Photo of the Year award on April 20 for this harrowing image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman through the shattered grounds of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the chaotic aftermath of a Russian attack.

AP image of Mariupol hospital attack wins World Press Photo

‘Awesome’ solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia

Yellen calls for better US-China relations as tensions rise

opinion

In an affidavit filed in federal court, FBI investigators indicated that additional “highly sensitive documents containing US national defense information” are likely to be found at either of the two Dighton residences used by Teixeira, and that such information is believed to be stored in an “unsecured manner.”

Teixeira case and the leaky buckets of US intelligence

Felons are locked up for a reason, and it isn’t so they can vote

The shunning of lawmakers who are on the right side of history

lifestyle

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore hosts the Kids Graphic Novel Festival April 22 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore hosts its first children’s graphic novel festival

Yoga Reaches Out hopes to raise $825,000 for Boston Children’s Hospital Every Child Fund

My husband had an emotional affair at work

food & dining

Edible marijuana samples are set aside for evaluation at a cannabis testing laboratory.

It’s 4/20: Here are the best (professionally made) edibles in Rhode Island

A taste of Boston Globe’s 5-star rated restaurant, The Daily Catch

Just opened and coming soon: A guide to the newest restaurants and bars in Rhode Island this spring

travel

In 1999, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places designated Spirit Mountain, which the Mojave people refer to as "Avi Kwa Ame," as a Traditional Cultural Property, the first of its kind in Nevada.

How to explore the 3 newest national monuments

Airbnb banned me because they think I still live in Russia

Cycling for a cause on the Cape, celebrating in Sydney, and a watch that goes the distance

Arts

Gioacchino Altobelli, "The Piazza of Santa Maria Maggiore With a Photographer," 1860s.

When in Rome . . .

Galleries: Making magic at Fountain Street Gallery

After decades in the dark, Paul Goesch’s architectural fancies are finally seeing the light of day

Books

Children's book author and illustrator Mo Willems, at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton.

Mo Willems and the art of big feelings

Chasten Buttigieg’s relatable memoir reassures young adults about coming out

In Sophie Mackintosh’s ‘Cursed Bread,’ desire unleashes death and madness upon a French village

Movies

Jenny Slate attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, Calif.

Jenny Slate to star in upcoming horror film ‘Mindful’ about a wellness app on a mission to kill

In ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ Joaquin Phoenix’s title character has a lot to be scared of

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ captures what the cameras left out

Television

Fenway Park as seen in the first episode of "Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories With David Rubenstein."

PBS sends a love letter to a certain lyric little bandbox of a ballpark

Massachusetts homes are invading HGTV right now

Nothing small about Harrison Ford’s performance in ‘Shrinking’

music

Bellforge Arts Center executive director Jean Mineo stands inside the Lee Chapel on the campus of the former Medfield State Hospital. The arts center plans to convert the building into a concert venue that can hold 325 people.

In Medfield, music will fill this empty space

60 years ago, Bob Dylan’s Boston debut was a freewheelin’ good time

After a nine-year pause, Nickel Creek is flowing again

Theater/Dance

Ji Young Chae in William Forsythe's “Blake Works III (The Barre Project).”

Boston Ballet’s 60th anniversary season to include four world premieres — and a trip to Paris

It’s back to the theater for Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess

Gaining power, step by step, in Apollinaire’s ‘Dance Nation’

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Mr. Scappaticci, in a still image taken from a 2003 video in which he denied allegations he was the British army's top informer within the IRA.

Freddie Scappaticci, who may have been British spy ‘Stakeknife,’ is dead

Edward Koren, 87, whose cartoon creatures poked fun at people, dies

Ahmad Jamal, jazz pianist with a spare, hypnotic touch, dies at 92