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A distant crisis: Top MBTA managers live hundreds — or thousands — of miles from the troubled system they’re trying to fix

Los Angeles, Chicago, and South Florida are among the places T executives call home.

With Healey’s new hires comes new responsibility for the MBTA’s problems

US evacuates diplomats, shuts embassy in violence-torn Sudan
President Biden said late Saturday that the US military evacuation of US embassy personnel in Sudan has been completed as he called for end to the “unconscionable” violence.

Mass. woman sheltering in Sudan with her baby as violence rages for control of country

Starts and stops

As other states charge ahead with e-bike incentives, no such program for Mass. yet
Last summer, the Legislature gave the state the OK to borrow at least $1 million so the Department of Energy Resources could begin offering rebates up to $750 for e-bikes at Massachusetts bike shops. Since then, there hasn’t been any movement on creating the program.

ANALYSIS | James Pindell

Abortion emerging as single most important issue of 2024

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, reversing 50 years of precedent, abortion rights have clearly been the biggest driving factor in American politics.

Supreme Court blocks enactment of abortion pill restrictions Yvonne Abraham: The cold comfort of a reprieve

Twenty men to face charges after uprising at Bristol County jail

Bristol Sheriff Paul Heroux said the hours-long standoff between pretrial detainees and staff was the byproduct of surprising culprits given the correctional setting — cells without locks or toilets.

State Police investigating body found in Newton park near Charles River

brewers 5, red sox 4

Garrett Whitlock didn’t help his bid to stay in starting rotation, getting roughed up in Red Sox’ loss to Brewers

A tour passed by Royce Hall at UCLA on March 23. Enrollment of underrepresented students of color sharply declined at UCLA after California ended affirmative action in college admissions.

With Supreme Court poised to eliminate use of race in college admissions, states with existing bans offer a sobering view

Colleges with the lowest acceptance rates, like the top public and elite private colleges, have the most to lose from a ban on the use of affirmative action in admissions because they receive tens of thousands of applications for limited seats and aspire to reflect the broader society, experts said.

Jack Teixeira spent years honing his online warrior skills. Then an armored car rolled up his driveway.
The alleged crimes that Jack Teixeira is said to have committed have put his quiet, hard-to-place hometown on the map with a treason case as bizarre as it is troubling.

Mass. Guardsman shared sensitive intelligence more widely and for longer than previously known

TOM FARRAGHER

Lobster for sale. So is the Lobster Pot, the restaurant
‘We’re kind of a staple in Provincetown.’

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the consensus No. 1 pick.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

The top story lines and latest news and nuggets about this year’s NFL Draft

The quarterback market always drives the conversation, and this year is no exception.

Attendance for the Athletics has been on a downswing.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Cellar-dweller Athletics want to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, and it is a money grab

Owner John Fisher purchased 49 acres in Vegas — for the development rights. His franchise will be moving, if it goes to the desert, from the sixth-largest media market in the country to the 40th.

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Jalen Johnson and the Hawks felt like they were everywhere on Friday night in Atlanta, appearing to play with far more fire than the Celtics, who were seeking a 3-0 series lead.

Dan Shaughnessy

While you weren’t watching, Celtics get stunned by Hawks in Game 3, and they deserved to lose

There was not much chatter, nationally or locally, about this series but the Hawks came to play Friday night.

Celtics were concerned with Hawks’ rebounding skills, and after Game 3, they now know they have to do more

Patrice Bergeron hasn't played in the playoffs this season, but he has found a way to help the Bruins in other ways.

Injured Patrice Bergeron, not one to sit around during playoffs, is helping the Bruins — from his couch

Bergeron was texting suggestions to assistant coach Chris Kelly during the Bruins' 4-2 win Friday night.

Rowdy Tellez received congratulations after his home run against the Red Sox Friday night.

Red Sox notebook

He can’t explain it, but Brewers first baseman Rowdy Tellez has Red Sox’ number

Against Boston, the 30th-round draft pick out of high school 10 years ago hits for average like Lou Gehrig, gets on base at the same clip as Jimmie Foxx, and slugs like Babe Ruth.

Opinion

The Supreme Court judged it best to preserve the availability of mifepristone to the public than to endanger women and create chaos in the market for FDA-approved medications generally.

Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling

The Supreme Court’s decision is good for science and especially good for women.

Hari Srinivasan

Is it better to describe someone as ‘autistic’ or as a ‘person with autism’?

Kathleen Hirsch

The car fire that helped save the planet

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What Elena Ferrante knows about the lingering pain of inequality

Let Harmony Montgomery be an example: Children’s needs must be prioritized in court cases

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Here are the 2023 college commencement speakers in Massachusetts
Actor Tom Hanks, soccer legend Briana Scurry, fashion designer Ken Cole and Representative Ayanna Pressley are among the figures from arts, sports, business and politics tapped to deliver commencement addresses at colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

Driver rescued as SUV teeters over embankment in Falmouth
The driver, whose identity was not released, got out of the vehicle before emergency responders arrived and slid about 30 feet down the embankment, officials said.

Cannon blasts and fighter jets celebrate 386th anniversary of Mass. National Guard
The ceremony honors the origins of the United States National Guard in Salem in 1637.

Hyde Park shooting under investigation by Boston homicide detectives

Officers were called to Dedham Street at 9:37 p.m. for a report of a shooting and located a victim suffering injuries described as life-threatening, according to a Boston police spokesman.

Salem police warn of coyote sightings

Police have received several recent reports of coyotes approaching people who were walking their dogs.

Firefighters battle two-alarm blaze at Burlington apartment complex

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Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters
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IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Making too little to get affordable housing — and other problems with trying to stay in Boston

Quinta Brunson as second-grade teacher Janine Teagues in “Abbott Elementary.”

Don’t leave it to TV stars to address gun violence

Migrants from Ukraine waited to be allowed to enter the United States at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 4, 2022.

US needs to protect Ukrainian refugees in the United States

Senator Tim Scott, Republican from South Carolina, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Tim Scott’s folly

Too many young men are forging their identities online. Their avatars veer into perversity and extremism, with women and minority groups often the target of their conspiracies and bile.

Jake Auchincloss

Too many young men are failing online

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

Mass. woman sheltering in Sudan with her baby as violence rages for control of country

Trillian Clifford, of Ashland, and her daughter, Alma, have been hiding for more than a week in their apartment in the Soba region of the capital city of Khartoum, where Trillian is a teacher, according to her family.

Driver rescued as SUV teeters over embankment in Falmouth

The driver, whose identity was not released, got out of the vehicle before emergency responders arrived and slid about 30 feet down the embankment, officials said.

Cannon blasts and fighter jets celebrate 386th anniversary of Mass. National Guard

The ceremony honors the origins of the United States National Guard in Salem in 1637.

Valda Setterfield, a star in the postmodern dance world, dies at 88

Valda Setterfield was a leading figure in the New York dance world for 60 years and had a singularly theatrical presence onstage as well as off.

Sports

Lakers forward LeBron James was dominating his matchup with Dillon Brooks until Brooks's ejection.

Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks tossed for blow to LeBron James in Game 3

Brooks committed the flagrant foul while guarding James near midcourt just 17 seconds into the second half.

Jesper Bratt of the Devils carries the puck against the Rangers'Jacob Trouba during the third period of Game 3 iof their first-round series at Madison Square Garden .

Game 3: Devils 2, Rangers 1, OT

Dougie Hamilton boosts Devils over Rangers in overtime

New Jersey trails in the first-round series, 2-1.

Miami's Jimmy Butler (center) scored 30 points in 28 minutes before taking a hard tumble and sitting out the rest of Game 3.

Game 3: Heat 121, Bucks 99

Injuries to Jimmy Butler, Victor Oladipo take joy out of Heat after beating up Bucks in Game 3

The Bucks were without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo (bruised lower back), while the Heat were already without Tyler Herro (broken right hand).

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Randy Arozarena gives Rays home-run record in first inning, walkoff win over White Sox in 10th

Rockland’s Megan Khang one back at LPGA major

Game 3: Knights 5, Jets 4

Michael Amadio scores in double overtime as Knights take 2-1 series lead over Jets

Business

Some N.H. community power programs facing delay

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire blamed Eversource executives for obstructing the launch of the new electricity program, affecting customers in Nashua, Hanover, Harrisville, Peterborough, and Portsmouth.

NFL suspends five players for violating gambling policy

Three were suspended for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, and two others were punished for betting from an NFL facility on non-NFL games.

It took 3 years, but the state now has more jobs than before the pandemic

Confusion as Musk’s Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston 2023

Will real estate prices on Cape Cod and the Islands ever come back to earth?

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

This week's daters: Merrick and Mary

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both go to the same university’

metro

Commuters waited for a Red Line train at the MBTA Park Street station. While many T employees work in Boston every day, some top managers do not.

A distant crisis: Top MBTA managers live hundreds — or thousands — of miles from the troubled system they’re trying to fix

The cold comfort of a reprieve

As other states charge ahead with e-bike incentives, no such program for Mass. yet

sports

New England Revolution forward Giacomo Vrioni (right) scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over Sporting KC.

Giacomo Vrioni scores twice in Revolution’s victory over Sporting Kansas City

Garrett Whitlock didn’t help his bid to stay in starting rotation, getting roughed up in Red Sox’ loss to Brewers

Simple math leads to Suns victory over Clippers in Game 4

business

Burlington emergency response company Everbridge was fired by the state of Florida after mistakenly awakening millions of residents with accidental alert on mobile phones.

A Mass. company woke up millions of Floridians with a false phone alert. The state fired them.

Stephen King’s blue check on Twitter was apparently an unwelcome gift from Elon Musk

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

politics

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 22, 2023.

US evacuates diplomats, shuts embassy in violence-torn Sudan

New wave of GOP candidates to challenge Trump, DeSantis

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

Nation

Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage in "Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!" at the Music Box Theater in Manhattan, Nov. 3, 2004.

Barry Humphries, who performed as the iconic Dame Edna, is dead at 89

Tennessee GOP cuts session short with no action on gun control

Many states are trying to restrict gender treatments for adults, too

World

Smoke was seen in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday.

Sudan says US, others to start evacuations amid fighting in Khartoum

Unlocking the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of a dying language

As a coronation approaches, the merch comes fast

opinion

Making too little to get affordable housing — and other problems with trying to stay in Boston

Mass. law needs to require accessible workplaces

How long must Mass. renters keep struggling?

lifestyle

I was rude and I want to apologize

He won’t introduce me to family and friends

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

food & dining

Charcoal grilled street corn at Loco Taqueria in Boston.

Mahaniyom team plans a new restaurant; Soleil comes to Boston Public Market

At Central Square’s Shōjō, Chinatown favorites and bold new flavors

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

travel

Fly fishermen fill the Battenkill River near the Arlington Green Covered Bridge in Arlington, Vt.

Can Norman Rockwell and fly fishing revive tourism in this tiny Vermont town?

David Rubenstein is thinking about Fenway Park (but not the fun snacks you find there). And he’s always working.

A Guthrie exhibit and tour, West Coast music fest, and a powerful charging tool for travelers

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

Author Stephen King said on Twitter Thursday that he had not paid for the app's Twitter Blue service, despite a blue check next to his name that indicated he had. Elon Musk has claimed he is paying for the Maine horror writer's subscription himself.

Stephen King’s blue check on Twitter was apparently an unwelcome gift from Elon Musk

With ‘Small Mercies,’ Dennis Lehane is telling the Boston story he’s always wanted to tell

In Dennis Lehane’s latest novel, ‘Small Mercies,’ a Southie woman searches for her missing daughter in a Boston on the brink of change

Movies

“BlackBerry” will be shown May 2 at the Somerville Theatre during Independent Film Festival Boston.

The Independent Film Festival Boston marks 20 years

In ‘Ghosted,’ starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, rom-com becomes bomb-com

Phoenix still rising

Television

Gaten Matarazzo, left, as Toby in the Broadway revival of “Sweeney Todd.”

From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Matarazzo has what it takes

The Nicholas Alahverdian story gets the ‘Dateline’ treatment tonight

The unvarnished villainy of Logan Roy

music

South African soprano Golda Schultz performing Sibelius's tone poem "Luonnotar" in Symphony Hall on Thursday night.

At BSO, a high-flying homage to Sibelius

‘Iphigenié en Tauride’ is mythological melodrama at its finest

Despite his name, Louis Prima Jr. wasn’t always a hep cat, and that’s no jive

Theater/Dance

From left: Sara Burd, Luis Negron, and Jaime Jose Hernandez in "The House of Ramón Iglesia" at Moonbox Productions.

An immigrant family’s tensions boil over in ‘The House of Ramón Iglesia’

Ultimately, this ‘My Fair Lady’ is quite ‘loverly’

Taylor Mac on ‘Joy and Pandemic,’ the play he’s been thinking about his whole life

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

Valda Setterfield in a revival of David Gordon's "The Matter" at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan on Oct. 18, 2018.

Valda Setterfield, a star in the postmodern dance world, dies at 88

Bud Shuster, unabashed ‘asphalt king’ of Congress, dies at 91

Jessica Burstein, whose camera captured New York, dies at 76