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President Biden.

President Biden launches his reelection bid, says he wants to ‘finish the job’ he started

President Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn in to office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for another four years.

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Tucker Carlson’s hold on the GOP and role in the disinformation business isn’t going anywhere
Even as Carlson departs, his particular cocktail of grievance and disinformation has left a deep imprint on American politics, public health, and civic life.

Carlson’s departure from Fox is ‘earth-shaking,’ comes at critical time for the network, media experts say Analysis: Tucker Carlson and other stars don’t make Fox News. Fox News makes the stars.

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

At old Boston State Hospital, a community grows

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

A view of the Airport station on the MBTA's Blue Line recently.

Sick of paying for bad service on the T? Don’t hold your breath for a refund.

Not even unprecedented ongoing system-wide slowdowns ordered by state authorities for safety reasons can get the agency to budge on its no-refund policy.

New attention is being focused on MBTA managers, and whether they are working in person for the agency.

Governor Healey vows to make MBTA managers work and live near the transit system they oversee

Legislators, transportation experts, and others expressed outrage over reports that some senior MBTA managers were working remotely in a time of crisis at the agency.

How a tiny Massachusetts river has become a star in the fly-fishing world
The story goes — and there's always a story when casting about in these parts — that the native brook trout of the Swift are the biggest and smartest in the state.

nfl mock draft

Ben Volin’s mock NFL Draft: Whom will the Patriots take at No. 14?
Here are our expert's projections for the first 31 selections, which will be made Thursday in Kansas City.

Bill Belichick now has to game plan for four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers twice this season.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

With Aaron Rodgers joining the Jets, the Patriots are looking like the doormats of the AFC East

The Jets were the Patriots’ one salve in the AFC East, with New England winning all six matchups since 2020. That may change with this trade.

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Jayson Tatum and the Celtics need to get it done on Tuesday night.

Christopher L. Gasper

The Celtics have some margin for error against the Hawks entering Game 5. They shouldn’t need it.

If this year is going to be different than last year’s Banner No. 18 near miss, then the Celtics need to take care of business.

Gary Washburn: Former Celtics coach Ime Udoka looks set for an NBA return. Has he earned that chance already?

Brayan Bello was the odd man out so the Red Sox could summon lefty reliever Brennan Bernardino before their series in Baltimore.

Alex Speier | Orioles 5, Red Sox 4

Why was Brayan Bello demoted? The Red Sox felt they could help their present without hurting his future.

Bello, the franchise's top pitching prospect, sees himself as a big league pitcher. The Sox agree, but sometimes roster needs squeeze players who can be optioned.

A view of the Amsterdam city center skyline.

Vantage Travel abruptly cancels Netherlands trip

In a statement, the company said it has hired “a leading national forensic firm” to investigate what it called a “data security incident.”

Opinion

A Green Line train arrives at the Blandford Street Station in Boston.

MBTA no place for ‘virtual’ managers

A transit system plagued by safety, reliability issues needs all hands on board.

IDEAS | HINDA MANDELL

The surprising ties that bind your smartphone to textiles

Could the space above interstate highway rights-of-way provide solar energy?

MARCELA GARCÍA

The implications of Biden’s lackluster record on immigration for his 2024 reelection

Countless Mass. residents are beset by broken workers’ comp system

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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

Pressley, Markey renew push for fare-free transit federal grant program
Cities and transit authorities in Massachusetts are experimenting with fare-free bus service.

RI FOOD & DINING

Indigenous R.I. chef Sherry Pocknett caught off guard by James Beard award nom: ‘To be in the finals is like I won’
“I love what I do and it shows, said Pocknett, chef and owner of Sly Fox Den, Too in Charlestown, R.I. “I love teaching as well, my children and grandchildren, how to cook and forage like my parents and grandparents taught me.”

As most of Maine’s newspapers go up for sale, a new nonprofit enters the mix to buy them
The owner of Masthead Maine, which encompasses 30 news outlets in the state, is looking to sell the modest empire, casting uncertainty on the future of the bulk of Maine’s local news ecosystem.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Greater Boston can expect a cooler-than-average spring week
High temperatures are expected to be in the 50s and 60s in many places in Eastern Massachusetts in the coming days.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Widespread recession warnings don’t jibe with what’s happening on the ground
Against the headwinds of high inflation and rising interest rates, a “flat” assessment of the region's economy feels like something of a relief.

AP African American course to undergo changes, College Board says

The College Board has announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course amid criticism in February that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life.

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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.

On TikTok and Instagram, the ubiquitous stickers have become the subject of skits and jokes.

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.

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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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

The Independent Film Festival Boston marks 20 years

Cambridge, MA - Harvard students and activists stage a protest at Harvard Art Museums against the university’s affiliation with the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma. (Ben Roberts)

Students, organizers protest Sackler name at Harvard Art Museums

Dorchester native, acclaimed author, and TV writer Dennis Lehane.

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

From left: Jonathan Grunert as Professor Henry Higgins, Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle, and John Adkison as Colonel Pickering in the national tour of "My Fair Lady."

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A Ukrainian soldier sits in a trench on the frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on April 24.

What’s the truth about the war in Ukraine?

If we hope to break that final glass ceiling, it is imperative that boards widen the lens on what leadership looks like.

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

A medical assistant packs pills of mifepristone and misoprostol that will be mailed to patients, in Ridgewood, N.J, on April 18.

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

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

IDEAS | SALLY GAO

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

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

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

Metro

COMMENTARY | Nick Landekic

How truly ‘green’ are electric cars?

According to retired biotechnology CEO Nick Landekic, the uncomfortable reality is that EVs alone will not help the planet much if the electricity is coming from non-renewable primary sources.

N.H.’s workforce shortage is preventing economic growth

Mike Skelton, the president of New Hampshire’s Business & Industry Association, says it’s the biggest challenge facing the business community.

RI FOOD & DINING

Indigenous R.I. chef Sherry Pocknett caught off guard by James Beard award nom: ‘To be in the finals is like I won’

“I love what I do and it shows, said Pocknett, chef and owner of Sly Fox Den, Too in Charlestown, R.I. “I love teaching as well, my children and grandchildren, how to cook and forage like my parents and grandparents taught me.”

‘Nobody listened’: Olivia Atkocaitis speaks out about the abuse she endured as a child and why she’s suing N.H.

“The state failed me,” Olivia told the Globe. “I was always in pain. I was always nervous. I was always anxious. I was in a constant state of panic.”

Sports

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is looking like a sure thing at No. 1.

Ben Volin’s mock NFL Draft: Whom will the Patriots take at No. 14?

Here are our expert's projections for the first 31 selections, which will be made Thursday in Kansas City.

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James during the first half in Game 4 against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Game 4: Lakers 117, Grizzlies 111 (OT)

LeBron James leads Lakers past Grizzlies in OT for 3-1 lead

LeBron James made the tying layup with 0.8 seconds left in regulation before scoring four of his 22 points in overtime, and the Los Angeles Lakers surged to a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series with a 117-111 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.

Ryan Soderquist went 277-377-85 in 21 seasons as the head coach for the Bentley men's hockey coach.

Ryan Soderquist steps down as Bentley men’s hockey coach

Soderquist, 46, went 277-377-85, and was a three-time conference coach of the year for the Falcons.

GAME 4: MAPLE LEAFS 5, LIGHTNING 4 (OT)

Maple Leafs rally (again) to top Lightning in overtime (again) for a 3-1 series lead

RAYS 8, ASTROS 3

Rays set record with 14th consecutive win at home to open MLB season

GAME 4: DEVILS 3, RANGERS 1

Jonas Siegenthaler, Akira Schmid lead Devils past Rangers to tie seroes

Business

COMMENTARY | Nick Landekic

How truly ‘green’ are electric cars?

According to retired biotechnology CEO Nick Landekic, the uncomfortable reality is that EVs alone will not help the planet much if the electricity is coming from non-renewable primary sources.

N.H.’s workforce shortage is preventing economic growth

Mike Skelton, the president of New Hampshire’s Business & Industry Association, says it’s the biggest challenge facing the business community.

Sick of paying for bad service on the T? Don’t hold your breath for a refund.

UBS reaps $28 billion in new assets in first quarter; Credit Suisse deal looms

magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston 2023

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

Nashua River Rail Trail through Ayer.

Top Spots to Live 2023: West of Boston

Ali McGuirk will perform at The Town and The City Festival on April 28.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, April 24-30

metro

Conservation officers and Hampstead police searched a swamp where the water was chest-deep at times to locate the human remains.

Human remains found in Hampstead, N.H., swamp; believed to be missing man

Bristol sheriff says correction officers prevented violence, hostage situation during jail standoff

Governor Healey vows to make MBTA managers work and live near the transit system they oversee

sports

Raymond Weng had 21 kills and 14 assists in No. 1 Needham's 3-1 victory over second-ranked North Quincy.

No. 1 Needham boys’ volleyball survives battle of unbeatens with No. 2 North Quincy

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Liam Doherty (37 assists) and Drew Eason (16 kills) spark Methuen to upset of No. 11 Haverhill

Why was Brayan Bello demoted? The Red Sox felt they could help their present without hurting his future.

business

A view of the Amsterdam city center skyline.

Vantage Travel abruptly cancels Netherlands trip

Private equity company to get majority stake in Andover firm

From Boston to Newfoundland to Germany, Gebolys sees potential for green hydrogen

politics

President Biden.

President Biden launches his reelection bid, says he wants to ‘finish the job’ he started

Tucker Carlson’s hold on the GOP and role in the disinformation business isn’t going anywhere

Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as ‘Trump’s army’

Nation

Former president Donald Trump.

Jury selection set to start in rape lawsuit against Trump

How Democrats learned to cast aside reservations and embrace Biden 2024

AP African American course to undergo changes, College Board says

World

A Ukrainian soldier goes in a trench on the frontline in the village of New York, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 24.

One killed, ten wounded as Russian forces hit Ukrainian museum

Fitful start to new three-day truce in Sudan; airlifts continue

Ex-UN head Ban Ki-moon calls for end to Myanmar violence

opinion

How do we increase the success rate among students? How do we turn weed-out failures into successful students?

Turning ‘weed out’ students into successes

Tide is turning, rightly, to considering voting rights behind bars

Debt ceiling showdown is a cynical GOP ploy to scrap aid to millions

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

Sherry Pocknett, owner of Sly Fox Den Too, is a Wampanoag chef who specializes in cooking indigenous foods.

Indigenous R.I. chef Sherry Pocknett caught off guard by James Beard award nom: ‘To be in the finals is like I won’

Food hall at Providence’s Union Station will open in spring 2024, developer says

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

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 speaks during 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on Nov. 17, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida.

Tucker Carlson and other stars don’t make Fox News. Fox News makes the stars.

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

Carlson’s departure from Fox is ‘earth-shaking,’ comes at critical time for the network, media experts say

music

On Sunday afternoon in Symphony Hall, pianist Evgeny Kissin performed works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff.

Kissin makes grand return to Symphony Hall

From North Shore rapper M-Dot, the toils of a working man

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

Theater/Dance

Reid Scott at an Amazon Prime Video celebration of the final season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Reid Scott’s journey from ‘Veep’ to ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

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

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

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

A person walks past a large banner with a heart on the Portland Public Library, Feb. 14, 2020. The identity of the so-called Valentine's Day bandit, responsible for posting hundreds of simple red hearts for decades in Maine's largest city, has been revealed. Family and friends say Kevin Fahrman, of Falmouth, was chief instigator of the annual effort before his death on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 67. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via AP)

Portland’s Valentine’s Day bandit revealed in death

1948 Olympic bronze medalist Herb Douglas dies at 101

‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman dies