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Surveillance video of a woman hit when a utility box fell at Harvard Station

Surveillance video shows the moment a woman was hit by falling equipment at the Harvard T Station. (Video courtesy of MBTA)

Video shows equipment falling on woman at Harvard MBTA station. The utility box ‘served no purpose’ since 2013, T says.

As part of MIT’s testing of the new technology, “the boxes were installed at Harvard, Porter and Davis Stations,” MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said Tuesday.

Another big project planned for South Boston warehouse district
Developers are proposing a seven-building, 1.7 million-square-foot project on a swath of industrial property along the Reserved Channel between the Seaport and South Boston.

Beth Teitell

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond
The housewares chain, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, pulled off something rare: It managed to feel personal.

Passersby pointed to real estate advertisements on Nantucket.

On Nantucket, ‘move to Cape Cod’ bumper sticker riles officials

The bumper sticker, with its cutting message about affordable housing, was addressed anonymously to the Nantucket Select Board. It didn’t take long for its inflammatory sentiment to ignite outrage on the island.

The "It's Not Not Clam Chowder" at the Winsor House in Duxbury.

DEVRA FIRST | DINING OUT

For Island Creek Oysters, everything comes together here

The Winsor House is a realization of the Duxbury company’s hatchery-to-table vision.

Globe Magazine

Smugglers dumped millions in drugs off Maine’s coast. Struggling fishermen saw a jackpot.

The fishermen called the illicit haul “sea hash.” But what would they do with it?

Larry Edelman

Boston isn’t the most expensive place to live, but it’s pretty close

Here’s how the city’s living costs stack up against metros that have emerged as serious competitors for people and jobs.

City councilors and staff admonished that ‘comments are not to be posted’ on Globe stories using shared account

A shared account has been used to lob a barrage of Internet attacks on public officials, prompting a directive today that Boston City Councilors and their staff are not to use the account for comments on Globe articles.

This prolific Globe commenter attacks city councilors — from a shared council account

Parents file lawsuit alleging civil rights violations after children were taken from Waltham home without warrant

The children were taken to a foster home, and were not returned to the full custody of their parents until four months later, the complaint said.

Prosecutors say forensic evidence bolsters murder charge against Karen Read in death of Boston police officer

Prosecutors on Monday sharply disputed defense claims that cell phone data will clear Karen Read, who is charged in the death of Boston police officer John J. O’Keefe.

‘This is unjust and wrong’: State program slashes elite golf clubs’ property taxes
Some of the state’s most exclusive clubs, including Brae Burn, Belmont, and Tedesco, have received a break that saves them hundreds of thousands in local property taxes each year.

Tell us: Should private country clubs get a tax break?

Beer garden and performance venue to open Thursday on Boston Common

Heavy rain, melting snow washes out part of Mount Washington Auto Road

Judge rejects Zooey Zephyr effort to return to Montana House

On Tuesday, Tufts Medical Center said it had reached the point where zero inpatients are positive for the disease.

In a happy milestone, a Boston hospital reports zero inpatients with COVID-19

Tufts Medical Center said Tuesday it had reached the point where zero inpatients are positive for COVID. It's noteworthy, but doctors say the disease won't completely go away.

Frank and Maggie Bellotti, seen in 2021, were married for 73 years. She died in December, and he will be 100 on Wednesday.

KEVIN CULLEN

Frank Bellotti, the best governor Massachusetts never had, is 100 years old

His has been an epic life, in and out of politics.

Mr. Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, in 2012.

obituary

John Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, dies at 93

A British-born artist who lived and worked in the Boston area, John Stobart's meticulously researched paintings of 19th-century harbors and tall ships earned him a reputation as one of the world’s foremost maritime painters.

Opinion

Mass shooting survivor Wilson Garcia shed a tear as he talked about his wife and son, who were killed in Friday's shooting.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Texas Governor Greg Abbott dehumanizes mass shooting victims

The immigration status of five people massacred is irrelevant. But playing to his racist base, Governor Greg Abbott mentioned it anyway.

SCOT LEHIGH

Blame Republicans if your retirement accounts tumble

JEFF JACOBY

Cleopatra wasn’t Black. So what?

Tracy Palandjian and Deval Patrick

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Hollywood writers go on strike, halting production

Hollywood’s 15 years of labor peace was shattered Tuesday, as movie and television writers went on strike, bringing many productions to a halt and dealing a blow to an industry that has been rocked in recent years by the pandemic and sweeping technological shifts.

Five Boston streets to transform into pedestrian paradise for 2023 Open Streets events

The Boston Open Streets program is expanding this year from three to five Open Streets events and will include the neighborhoods of Allston-Brighton and East Boston.

Eastham college student killed in Myrtle Beach hit-and-run

Jackson Yelle, 21, a junior at Elon University, where he played for a club baseball team, was found unresponsive along a highway in Myrtle Beach highway early Sunday morning, officials said.

Bride killed leaving her wedding when speeding DUI driver slams into golf cart

A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.

Yawu Miller, longtime journalist who covered Boston’s Black communities, is leaving the Bay State Banner

In a farewell column, Miller reflected on his long career at the Banner, where he covered a wide range of issues, from opioid use to the charter school movement to Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

Cambridge Matignon School to close in June after 75 years, officials say

The closure of Cambridge Matignon School was confirmed in a letter to the school community that the Archdiocese of Boston released publicly on Tuesday. The note was signed by Marc-Anthony Hourihan, president of the Board of Trustees.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Here’s what celebrities wore on the 2023 Met Gala red carpet, from cats to Chanel

Who received an invite, and what did they wear? It all went down on the red carpet.

Boston startup helps international students meet staffing shortages in IT, nursing
InSpring is building a network of educational institutions to connect with and recruit international students and offer additional training that may be needed for specific positions.

Father of slain Lawrence teenager recalls a son who worked hard; was preparing to graduate high school
The gunfire that erupted around 3 a.m. Sunday claimed the life of 18-year-old Desiderio Arias, of Lawrence, according to Essex District Attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office. Five other victims were taken to area hospitals. No arrests have been made.

Downtown Boston storefronts are reimagining themselves post-COVID
As foot traffic downtown plateaus in the wake of the pandemic, owners of empty storefronts are thinking about ways to reinvent their space.

Culture & Lifestyle

Patti LuPone (left), Lakecia Benjamin (center), and Cécile McLorin Salvant (right).

Celebrity Series announces 23-24 season, first with new artistic director

From left: Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." The film will screen on three Saturdays this month at the Museum of Science’s IMAX theater.

Eight ways to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month around Boston

From left: Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Kari Buckley, Eddie Shields (seated), Nael Nacer, and Helen Hy-Yuen Swanson in "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" at Central Square Theater.

A masterful ‘Angels in America’ at Central Square Theater

Nora Fischer in the BSO and Celebrity Series production of Osvaldo Golijov's “Falling Out of Time” at Symphony Hall.

At Symphony Hall, ‘Falling Out of Time’ was in synch with the moment

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

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

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What makes this debt-limit crisis different from others we’ve endured? The power dynamic in the House. Kevin McCarthy is a weak speaker.

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Cross-sector partnerships serve as new models to make public spending and private investments accountable for results: equipping workers with employable skills that lead to careers with upward mobility.

Tracy Palandjian and Deval Patrick

Needed: An overhaul of how workers are trained and educated

Erica Faginski-Stark was reportedly offered the Easthampton superintendent position but withdrew her name for consideration after students sent a letter to the city’s mayor voicing concerns about social media postings they believed to be hers.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Culture wars hit Easthampton again

Mourners at a candlelight vigil honoring Shirley Branco Owen and bringing awareness to domestic violence on the Franklin Town Common in 2021. Brendon J. Owen, 47, her ex- husband, was charged with murdering Shirley Branco Owen before setting fire to her house.

EDITORIAL

Abuse takes many forms, and domestic violence laws should reflect them

Rocking horses in the field in Lincoln in 2015.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH GRAVER

The absurd, haunting, anonymous horses of Ponyhenge

A new fire escape was added as part of the renovations to the historic Harvard Lampoon building.

IDEAS | RENÉE LOTH

How to fix a funny building

Metro

Four students at Dorchester school sent to hospital after ingesting cannabis-infused chocolate

At least three middle school students at the Henderson K-12 Inclusion School in Dorchester were sent to the hospital after they ingested what appeared to be an “cannabis-infused chocolate edible,” officials said.

Heavy rain, melting snow washes out part of Mount Washington Auto Road

Crews are expected to be working through Wednesday to repair the road, a spokesperson for the Mount Washington Auto Road said.

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond

The housewares chain, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, pulled off something rare: It managed to feel personal.

NARRAGANSETT

R.I. trying to shoo parking operator from seagull-infested Lighthouse Inn site in Galilee

The DEM is telling a parking-lot operation in Galilee that it has to vacate because its lease is no longer valid, the latest step in a long-running fight over the development of a decrepit but prized parcel where the Lighthouse Inn used to be.

Sports

Goalie Akira Schmid, who had played in a total of 24 regular-season games over the last two seasons, was the main reason the Devils beat the Rangers in Round 1.

NHL notebook

Devils to take on Hurricanes in Stanley Cup playoffs less than 48 hours after eliminating Rangers

The matchup pairs the top teams in the Metropolitan Division; the Hurricanes won the final game of the regular season to edge the Devils in the standings.

Sophomore Olivia Moeckel is Central Catholic's cleanup hitter, batting a robust .552.

GIRLS' SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK

Central Catholic girls’ softball team is crushing the ball — and opponents

The fourth-ranked Raiders are 9-1 thanks in part to the long ball but also because of a solid work ethic.

76ers center Joel Embiid was into the game Monday night, despite not being in uniform.

celtics notebook

‘I’m assuming he’s doubtful’: 76ers coach Doc Rivers says no change in Joel Embiid’s Game 2 status

The star center missed Philadelphia's Game 1 victory over the Celtics on Monday night with a sprained LCL in his right knee.

patriots

JuJu Smith-Schuster says he fits with Patriots, especially with Bill Belichick

NBA playoffs

The 76ers’ James Harden turned back the clock in Game 1. Can he do it again?

Blue Jays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 31: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond

The housewares chain, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, pulled off something rare: It managed to feel personal.

Uber’s revenue up 29% as US ride-hailing business improves

Uber said Tuesday that its revenue grew 29 percent in its most recent quarter as the company benefited from a series of investments in new services, as well as the continued return of drivers to its ride-hailing business.

Another big project planned for South Boston warehouse district

Bank stocks continue to fall following First Republic demise

magazine

A colorful illustration of some popular foods of summer. From left to right: a lobster, a soft serve ice cream cone, a cup of Del's frozen lemonade, a hotdog and a cheeseburger.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

COOKING

Treat mom to maple-glazed muffins and a Spanish egg tortilla on Mother’s Day

Check out the Children’s Chess Club at the Lower Mills Branch of the Boston Public Library.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Greater Boston, May 1-7

CONNECTIONS

When I was married to a man, no one ever asked if he was my brother

metro

Boston, MA - 12/9/2022: A pedestrian passes City Hall Boston, MA on December 09, 2022. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

City councilors and staff admonished that ‘comments are not to be posted’ on Globe stories using shared account

A tight margin and ‘extreme risk’ in N.H. House of Representatives

‘Good Burger 2′ filming begins in Rhode Island on May 18

sports

Malcolm Brogdon (left) and Marcus Smart walked off after the final buzzer Monday with another frustrating loss to digest.

Game 1 vs. the Sixers showed again that what the Celtics have to overcome is themselves

One of the ‘strangest plays’ Doc Rivers ever saw had huge consequences for the Celtics

Dorchester’s Taina Mair transfers out of Boston College women’s basketball program

business

Mabell Acevedo participates in Cambridge’s RISE program, that gives her a monthly cash stipend, with no strings attached.

Cambridge’s COVID experiment at giving poor families $500 month will continue, and grow

Ed tech firm Uwill raises $30 million to grow online college mental counseling platform

Boston isn’t the most expensive place to live, but it’s pretty close

politics

Michael B. Mukasey, a former attorney general, testified against a push by some in Congress to toughen ethics rules for Supreme Court justices.

Overhaul of Supreme Court ethics runs into GOP opposition

Overhaul of Supreme Court ethics runs into Republican opposition

Who is running for president in 2024? Here’s a list of the candidates.

Nation

On Tuesday, Vermont became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it to end their lives.

Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law

In a happy milestone, a Boston hospital reports zero inpatients with COVID-19

In Berkeley, a library protest is a fight for anthropology in an AI age

World

Port Sudan has become a hub for foreign governments to evacuate their citizens air and sea.

Sudanese fleeing clashes flood port city, borders with Egypt

Taiwan’s president hopes to deepen US security exchanges

Folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

opinion

Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) left the Garden ice at the end of the game, possibly his last time, after the Bruins lost in overtime to the Florida Panthers, 4-3, on Sunday night.

Buck up, Bruins fans. You’re practiced in bouncing back.

A gift of silence at Symphony Hall

Culture wars hit Easthampton again

lifestyle

Allston-based YA author Kayla Cottingham's new novel, "This Delicious Death," takes readers to a music festival with four flesh-eating ghouls.

Allston author Kayla Cottingham wants her readers to have a ‘hot ghoul summer’ in ‘This Delicious Death’

A giant cat head, a tardy Cinderella, and a Broadway reunion: Highlights from inside the Met Gala

Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns

food & dining

Emerson College, Trillium Brewing, and Taqueria el Barrio will host a beer garden with a stage for music and art on Boston Common this summer.

Beer garden and performance venue to open Thursday on Boston Common

Top chefs are serving up green crabs and tackling other issues through food

Not your average hot dogs, these franks are made from salmon

travel

Boston Red multi-million dollar Terminal E expansion

Family of Milton teen killed in Aruba boating incident joins with US officials to press for safety reforms

What to know about Vantage Travel, the embattled Boston cruise ship company

Arts

An installation view of Tess Oldfield’s “Whirly Chorus, ‘Composition No. 4,’” which is part of the “Sound in Space, Sound in Place” exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Whirly Tube, Arduino microcontroller, Nema 34 Stepper Motor, stepper motor driver, power supply, plywood, acrylic.

‘Sound in Space, Sound in Place’ is an aural experience

John Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, dies at 93

ICA appoints Ruth Erickson as new chief curator

Books

Independent Bookstore Day in R.I.: 7 places where you can celebrate

Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’ wrestles with the dilemma of great art made by morally flawed people

‘The Rediscovery of America,’ a new US history by Ned Blackhawk, aims to reorient accounts of the past by grounding them in the experience of Native Americans

Video shows equipment falling on woman at Harvard MBTA station. The utility box ‘served no purpose’ since 2013, T says.

Another big project planned for South Boston warehouse district Developers are proposing a seven-building, 1.7 million-square-foot project on a swath of industrial property along the Reserved Channel between the Seaport and South Boston.

Beth Teitell An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond The housewares chain, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, pulled off something rare: It managed to feel personal.

On Nantucket, ‘move to Cape Cod’ bumper sticker riles officials

For Island Creek Oysters, everything comes together here

Smugglers dumped millions in drugs off Maine’s coast. Struggling fishermen saw a jackpot.

Boston isn’t the most expensive place to live, but it’s pretty close

City councilors and staff admonished that ‘comments are not to be posted’ on Globe stories using shared account

Parents file lawsuit alleging civil rights violations after children were taken from Waltham home without warrant

Prosecutors say forensic evidence bolsters murder charge against Karen Read in death of Boston police officer

‘This is unjust and wrong’: State program slashes elite golf clubs’ property taxes Some of the state’s most exclusive clubs, including Brae Burn, Belmont, and Tedesco, have received a break that saves them hundreds of thousands in local property taxes each year.

Beer garden and performance venue to open Thursday on Boston Common

Heavy rain, melting snow washes out part of Mount Washington Auto Road

Judge rejects Zooey Zephyr effort to return to Montana House

In a happy milestone, a Boston hospital reports zero inpatients with COVID-19

Frank Bellotti, the best governor Massachusetts never had, is 100 years old

John Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, dies at 93

Texas Governor Greg Abbott dehumanizes mass shooting victims

Blame Republicans if your retirement accounts tumble

Cleopatra wasn’t Black. So what?

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Culture wars hit Easthampton again

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Yawu Miller, longtime journalist who covered Boston’s Black communities, is leaving the Bay State Banner

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Downtown Boston storefronts are reimagining themselves post-COVID As foot traffic downtown plateaus in the wake of the pandemic, owners of empty storefronts are thinking about ways to reinvent their space.

Culture & Lifestyle

Celebrity Series announces 23-24 season, first with new artistic director

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A masterful ‘Angels in America’ at Central Square Theater

At Symphony Hall, ‘Falling Out of Time’ was in synch with the moment

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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

How the missing become the uncounted

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Blame Republicans if your retirement accounts tumble

Needed: An overhaul of how workers are trained and educated

Culture wars hit Easthampton again

Abuse takes many forms, and domestic violence laws should reflect them

The absurd, haunting, anonymous horses of Ponyhenge

How to fix a funny building

Metro

Four students at Dorchester school sent to hospital after ingesting cannabis-infused chocolate

Heavy rain, melting snow washes out part of Mount Washington Auto Road

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond

R.I. trying to shoo parking operator from seagull-infested Lighthouse Inn site in Galilee

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Devils to take on Hurricanes in Stanley Cup playoffs less than 48 hours after eliminating Rangers

Central Catholic girls’ softball team is crushing the ball — and opponents

‘I’m assuming he’s doubtful’: 76ers coach Doc Rivers says no change in Joel Embiid’s Game 2 status

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Business

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond

Uber’s revenue up 29% as US ride-hailing business improves

Another big project planned for South Boston warehouse district

Bank stocks continue to fall following First Republic demise

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

Treat mom to maple-glazed muffins and a Spanish egg tortilla on Mother’s Day

Five things to do around Greater Boston, May 1-7

Another big project planned for South Boston warehouse district
Developers are proposing a seven-building, 1.7 million-square-foot project on a swath of industrial property along the Reserved Channel between the Seaport and South Boston.

Beth Teitell

An elegy for Bed Bath & Beyond
The housewares chain, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, pulled off something rare: It managed to feel personal.

‘This is unjust and wrong’: State program slashes elite golf clubs’ property taxes
Some of the state’s most exclusive clubs, including Brae Burn, Belmont, and Tedesco, have received a break that saves them hundreds of thousands in local property taxes each year.

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

Boston startup helps international students meet staffing shortages in IT, nursing
InSpring is building a network of educational institutions to connect with and recruit international students and offer additional training that may be needed for specific positions.

Downtown Boston storefronts are reimagining themselves post-COVID
As foot traffic downtown plateaus in the wake of the pandemic, owners of empty storefronts are thinking about ways to reinvent their space.