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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

The network said in a press release that the last program of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired Friday. There was no immediate explanation from Fox about why Carlson was leaving.

CNN anchor Don Lemon says he's been 'terminated' from the network

Lemon wrote on Twitter that he was informed Monday morning by his agent.

Driver pushed gas pedal to floor, did not hit brake during Apple Store crash in Hingham, prosecutors say
Bradley Rein, 53, accused of driving his SUV through the front of an Apple Store in Hingham last fall, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen people, appeared in court Monday for arraignment on a litany of charges, including second-degree murder.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Local economic readings don’t exactly jibe with recession forecasts

Against the headwinds of high inflation and rising interest rates, a “flat” reading on the region's economy feels like something of a relief.

Ashland woman stranded in Sudan with toddler as violence rages
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 Clifford is a teacher, according to her family.

Website posing as fake Massachusetts university draws attention of authorities

A convincing website listing student testimonials and degree offerings is posing as a legitimate online university based in Boston.

MBTA investigates RIDE driver who took Malden man on hours-long detour

9 teenagers injured in shooting at prom after-party in Texas

As inequality has surged over the last 50 years, middle- and upper-middle-class parents have increasingly worried that if their kids don’t have the right kinds of credentials, the consequences will be dire.

kara miller | the big idea

Could helicopter parenting jeopardize kids’ success — and fuel inequality?

In countries with higher income inequality, parents tend to push their kids harder. In countries where people are more equal, parents are a lot more relaxed.

Peak cringe? Critics take aim at ‘This car climbed Mount Washington’ bumper stickers.
On TikTok and Instagram, the ubiquitous stickers have become the subject of skits and jokes.

Tell us: What bumper stickers make you cringe?

GAME 4 | Celtics 129, Hawks 121

Marcus Smart made an emphatic statement after an uncontested layup in the third quarter.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics make it a clean sweep on Boston’s tripleheader road-show Sunday

The Celtics put away the Hawks in the fourth quarter to join the victorious Bruins and Red Sox.

On Basketball: Tatum, Brown embrace the challenge

Jaylen Brown (center) was ice-cold before he took his mask off during Sunday's game.

Jaylen Brown finally took his mask off. His teammates had some jokes.

“After the timeout, we were looking for Jaylen," Marcus Smart joked. "Couldn’t find him because he didn’t have his mask on."

GAME 4 | Bruins 6, Panthers 2

Linus Ullmark made 41 saves to keep the Bruins in a physical, emotionally charged game, including this on Panthers center Sam Bennett.

The fight in Linus Ullmark boils over against Matthew Tkachuk’s stick work

The Panthers, desperate after losing Game 3 at home Friday night, came out swinging, firing off 10 shots before the Bruins managed even one. Ullmark turned them all away.

Bruins react to Linus Ullmark trying to fight Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk: ‘He can beat up anybody’

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Darnell Wright studies his opponents on film to discern their tendencies and give himself the edge in matchups.

positional analysis | offensive linemen

Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright checks a lot of Patriots boxes

Versatile, durable, and disciplined, Wright has the skill set to be an immediate plug-and-play professional.

My husband has always been critical of my physical appearance

He makes me feel ugly.

John Oliver on HBO's "Last Week Tonight."

John Oliver explores crypto downfall and how ‘confidence’ doesn’t work as a currency

On Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” the host discussed cryptocurrency, specifically three of the biggest company collapses, including Terra, Celsius, and FTX.

Opinion

Gateway Cities want to help solve the state’s housing crisis. We need to let them.

Unlike wealthier suburbs, places like Brockton welcome housing. But it’s hard to attract developers without help from the state.

Women are prepared to lead as CEOs. Why won’t boards hire them?

Abortion pill ruling offers a breather, but new threats are already on the way

IDEAS | SALLY GAO

I left the States to renew my visa. Now I’m stuck in bureaucratic limbo.

Maitland Jones Jr.

Turning ‘weed out’ students into successes

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Susan Rice, Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, departing post next month
As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.

Boston’s first law to expand the city’s tree canopy is in the works
The main purpose behind the ordinance is to improve urban tree canopy for communities that are disproportionately affected by lack of it, said City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, a co-sponsor of the proposal.

Detention hearing for Teixeira set for Thursday in Worcester
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman man charged with violating the Espionage Act for allegedly sharing classified information on the Internet, is set to appear in a Worcester courtroom on Thursday.

Warren, Markey, and Pressley to hold briefing on push for tighter Supreme Court ethics standards

US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley will be in Boston Monday to help an advocacy group kick off a 20-city tour to push for tighter ethical standards for Supreme Court justices amid scrutiny of Justice Clarence Thomas’s close relationship with a billionaire GOP donor.

Former police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy in Kentucky

The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city.

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks during an event at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on April 17.

Abolish the debt ceiling

"Again and again as I read Ferrante, I had the experience of encountering passages that sparked my uneasy recognition."

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What Elena Ferrante knows about the lingering pain of inequality

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

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

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

Metro

Pressley, Markey renew push for fare-free transit federal grant program

Cities and transit authorities in Massachusetts are experimenting with fare-free bus service.

Driver pushed gas pedal to floor, did not hit brake during Apple Store crash in Hingham, prosecutors say

Bradley Rein, 53, accused of driving his SUV through the front of an Apple Store in Hingham last fall, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen people, appeared in court Monday for arraignment on a litany of charges, including second-degree murder.

Nightly Blue Line service shut down begins Monday to speed up work on defective tracks

Blue Line trains will be replaced with shuttle buses from at 8 p.m. each night starting Monday through Thursday.

The Latino Policy Institute will leave Roger Williams University

The institute, which has helped to shape public policy by researching and communicating the Latino experience in Rhode Island for the past 17 years, is going to become an independent research and advocacy organization.

Sports

Jaylen Brown (center) was ice-cold before he took his mask off during Sunday's game.

Jaylen Brown finally took his mask off. His teammates had some jokes.

“After the timeout, we were looking for Jaylen," Marcus Smart joked. "Couldn’t find him because he didn’t have his mask on."

Darnell Wright studies his opponents on film to discern their tendencies and give himself the edge in matchups.

positional analysis | offensive linemen

Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright checks a lot of Patriots boxes

Versatile, durable, and disciplined, Wright has the skill set to be an immediate plug-and-play professional.

ESPN is beginning a series of layoffs as mandated by its parent company, Disney.

ESPN begins layoffs as part of Disney’s plan to cut 7,000 jobs

On-air talent is not expected to be cut in this round, but will be affected in another round later this year.

Taylor Hall has picked up steam in this series, revving up Bruins along with him

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Game 24: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown embrace challenge of delivering the Celtics a win when needed most

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Local economic readings don’t exactly jibe with recession forecasts

Against the headwinds of high inflation and rising interest rates, a “flat” reading on the region's economy feels like something of a relief.

Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? A trial in the case begins this week.

Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”

After struggling as a new mom, founder developed platform to match expecting parents with doulas

Net asset outflows topped $68 billion in first quarter, Credit Suisse reported

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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

The Senate Chamber inside of the New Hampshire State House in Concord, N.H.

N.H. Senate considers downgrading drug crimes

Healey names Patrick Lavin, transit consultant who worked on MBTA safety report, new MassDOT safety chief

The Henry Barnard School is leaving Rhode Island College

sports

Jaylen Brown (left) shed his mask and Marcus Smart overcame back soreness to lead Boston within one win of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown were not about to let their maladies get in the way of the Celtics moving closer to ending series vs. Hawks

Hawks guard Dejounte Murray bumps referee, putting Game 5 status into question

NBA announces potential dates for Celtics-Sixers playoff series

business

A pedestrian is silhouetted against a high rise at 160 Water Street in Manhattan's financial district, as the building is undergoing a conversion to residential apartments, April 11, in New York.

Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing

‘Something is going to break’: Eight things to know about a startling new report detailing the housing crisis in Rhode Island

NBCUniversal CEO Shell departs over ‘inappropriate conduct’

politics

Tucker Carlson.

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

Susan Rice, Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, departing post next month

Warren, Markey, and Pressley to hold briefing on push for tighter Supreme Court ethics standards

Nation

A Star of David hung from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on April 19.

Trial to begin in 2018 killing of 11 Jewish worshippers at Pittsburgh synagogue

Former police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy in Kentucky

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

World

Passengers from Sudan disembarked from a Spanish Air Force aircraft at Torrejon Air Base in Madrid on Monday.

Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

opinion

Pregnancy-affecting virus cries out for awareness, prevention

Politicians cynically perverting the merciful power of the pardon

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling

lifestyle

Angela Burke Kunkel's new picture book, "Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings," illustrated by Claire Keane, follows the story of the two creatives behind Boston's beloved bronze ducks.

A new picture book explores the creators behind the most beloved ducklings in Boston

My husband has always been critical of my physical appearance

I was rude and I want to apologize

food & dining

Tim McNulty with his brother Shawn McNulty outside their Lobster Pot restaurant in Provincetown.

Lobster for sale. So is the Lobster Pot, the restaurant

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

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

travel

Variations of “This Car Climbed Mt. Washington” bumper stickers are seen on cars, motorcycles, wagons, and a dog.

Peak cringe? Critics take aim at ‘This car climbed Mount Washington’ bumper stickers.

Lobster for sale. So is the Lobster Pot, the restaurant

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

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

Tucker Carlson.

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

John Oliver explores crypto downfall and how ‘confidence’ doesn’t work as a currency

The range of Ray Romano

music

British singer Ed Sheeran.

Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? A trial in the case begins this week.

Morgan Wallen cancels Ole Miss show after losing his voice

At BSO, a high-flying homage to Sibelius

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