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Federal judge grants injunction in Boston redistricting case: ‘The ball is back in the City Council’s court’

The preliminary injunction is a victory for those who had been challenging the freshly redrawn Boston City Council districts.

JetBlue passengers in Terminal C at Boston's Logan Airport in June 2022.

Buckle up for another ‘summer of discontent’ in the skies, experts say

More passengers and fewer planes could make for a turbulent summer travel season.

THE FINE PRINT

Here are the airlines with the most (and least) complaints from passengers last year

Your view: What are the best and worst airlines?

Toast plans to vacate its Fenway headquarters

The restaurant technology company will pay $16 million to get out of its lease in a Fenway office building more than five years ahead of schedule.

Four people were shot in Boston, in at least three locations, on Sunday night. There was a fatality at 66 Wildwood St., in Mattapan.

Four shot, two killed in Boston Sunday night. ‘It’s awful. It’s scary,’ resident says

Here’s who won Pulitzer Prizes for journalism

The Globe’s Janelle Nanos was a finalist in feature writing for her piece “Kate Price remembers something terrible.”

Read the Globe's Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing
An authority on child sex trafficking, Kate Price spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

Mass. Senator Adam Gomez recovering after kidney transplant

The year 2023 is off to an especially deadly start for mass killings.

Charts: Mass killings are on the rise in the US

Texas congressman slammed for prayers comment after mall shooting: God ‘is absolutely in control of our lives’

Aerial images from the New England Aquarium feature hundreds of dolphins in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

New England Aquarium releases aerial images of marine life off Cape Cod

This house in Somerville "evokes the feel of the English countryside," according to a recent listing.

The inside of this pink house for sale in Somerville is like a ‘Gustav Klimt painting’

“It is absolutely beyond-belief beautiful,” said Shannah Hall Franckum, the listing agent for the property.

Rising sea levels force retreat to preserve regional history
Portsmouth is one place where the impacts of climate change are already being felt, with some of the state’s historic buildings vulnerable to flooding.

Game 4 | 76ERS 116, CELTICS 115 OT

By the time Jayson Tatum drove and the 76ers defense converged on him at the end of overtime, there wasn't time to get the ball to Marcus Smart with a chance to get a shot up.

After reflection, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla says he should have called a timeout late in overtime of Game 4

“I think the two lessons that you learn from that are, call [a timeout] right away, get a two-for-one, get two shots and a couple extra possessions,” Mazzulla said Monday.

Shaughnessy: With the game on the line, why wouldn’t Joe Mazzulla call a timeout?

Mental illness "doesn’t define me," writes Kara Baskin.

KARA BASKIN | PARENTING UNFILTERED

I struggled to find proper care during a mental health crisis. Here’s what I wish other people like me knew.

Don’t give up. Here’s what really helped me and still does: the realization that, even though mental illness isn’t a tumor that can be extracted through a standard protocol, it’s also not woven into our every fiber.

Offensive lineman Jake Andrews out of Troy was a fourth-round pick of the Patriots who got positive reviews.

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Here’s what three NFL insiders thought about the Patriots’ draft picks

An AFC executive, an AFC scout, and an NFC special teams coordinator shared their insights on the newest Patriots.

The state's budget outlook just got fuzzier.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The state’s COVID-era cash bonanza is over

In April, the excess revenues tied to the pandemic finally washed out of the state’s tax system.

Liz Holmes wants you to forget about Elizabeth
Ten years ago, Elizabeth Holmes was the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, worth $4.5 billion (on paper, in Theranos stock), and one of the most visible and celebrated female CEOs on the planet. In 2022, she was convicted of criminal fraud charges.

Unsold 2024 Passport and Pilot sports-utility vehicles sit at a Honda dealership Friday, April 14, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. A free website called Vehicle Privacy Report provides car owners with basic information about the kinds of information being collected and stored by their automobiles.

New website reveals your car’s data secrets

A free website called Vehicle Privacy Report provides car owners with basic information about the kinds of information being collected and stored by their automobiles.

No Mow May encourages garden owners not to mow their lawns for the month. Pausing mowing is meant to allow flowers in the lawn to bloom and help early season pollinators, such as bees.

No Mow May: What to know about the campaign to help your garden become a pollinator’s paradise

The campaign encourages garden owners not to mow their lawns for the month, which can help create a better habitat for pollinators like bees to find nutritious food sources.

The Red Sox took two of three in Philadelphia over the weekend, their sixth series win in the last seven.

tara sullivan

In case you haven’t noticed, these Red Sox have become fun to watch

It's not just that their brand of baseball is leading to wins, but also that it's been smart, crisp, and rooted in fundamentals.

For Masataka Yoshida, it’s all about contact — communicating with coaches and connecting at bat

Opinion

People visited a memorial set up near an entrance to the Allen Premium Outlets mall on May 8, two days after a mass shooting, in Allen, Texas. On May 6, a shooter opened fire at the outlet mall, killing eight people.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The specter of hate in Texas

Concerning allegations have already been reported about this weekend’s tragic incidents in Brownsville and Allen that remind me of an underreported but real dynamic: people of color espousing far-right beliefs.

Bruce Marks

Stop bailing out the rich and their banks

JOAN VENNOCHI

The power of law enforcement to influence the justice system

JEFF JACOBY

Republicans passed a debt-limit bill. What are Democrats waiting for?

Audrey Robert-Ramirez, Jill Seeber, and Anita P. Sharma

Biden administration employs Trump-style immigration tactics

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African antelope returned to zoo in Ludlow after five weeks on the loose

Mary broke out about five weeks ago after a storm knocked down a fence in her enclosure. In the following weeks, she was spotted frolicking across Ludlow, Wilbraham, Palmer, and Belchertown as she foiled authorities.

Driver in deadly Texas crash that killed 8 charged with manslaughter

Authorities believe driver George Alvarez, 34, of Brownsville, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning and plowed into a crowd of Venezuelans outside a migrant center. Authorities were still investigating whether the crash was intentional.

Mayor Michelle Wu takes the stage for the Concert for the City at Symphony Hall

Michelle Wu became the first sitting mayor of Boston to appear as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, during the orchestra’s free Concert for the City event.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Get ready for a whole lot of sunshine in New England

Although Massachusetts and surrounding states did have near average rain for a couple of weeks, the region is still close to drought conditions in some areas.

Drug maker Takeda to eliminate up to 180 jobs in Massachusetts

The layoffs are planned at seven sites starting this summer.

Woman, 59, stabbed to death in Chelsea, officials say

An investigation into the stabbing death of a 59-year-old woman is underway in Chelsea on Monday, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office.

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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‘It’s completely undemocratic’: Contract negotiations at unionized Mass. employers are dragging on — and on

When workers organize a new union, the fight to win an election is typically what generates the most headlines. Then comes the hard part: negotiating that first contract.

Overshadowed by rent control debate, proposals for transfer taxes pick up steam in housing discussions
Roughly a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts are asking lawmakers for permission to impose a local transfer tax on the sale of real estate to raise revenue for affordable housing.

In Rhode Island, a stained-glass window shows Christ as a man of color
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Cracking an intriguing secret of centenarians: Why so few are ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease
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Culture & Lifestyle

Baritone Matthias Goerne performs as vocal soloist in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 on Thursday night, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and NEC Symphonic Chorus under the baton of Andris Nelsons.

Shostakovich’s musical home for conscience, revisited at a time of need

MUNA lead singer Katie Gavin and lead guitarist Josette Maskin at Roadrunner.

Propulsive pop from MUNA at Roadrunner

Bingo -- not as you may know it -- has become a bar mainstay, filling seats with fast-paced, themed games of chance and prizes.

Bingo beats the weeknight slump, bringing new fans to bars and restaurants

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s "Revelations" on May 4 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual return pairs ‘Revelations’ with visions for the future

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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The interior of the Massachusetts Statehouse in March.

EDITORIAL

With the pandemic emergency ending, state should revisit work-from-home rules

A empty street framed One World Trade Center in downtown New York on March 22, 2020.

IDEAS | FELIX SALMON

Why COVID was bad for New York but good for Boise

Kevin Costner in a scene from "Yellowstone." The show's central premise is one family’s battle to hold onto Montana’s largest private ranch against nefarious out-of-state corporate interests.

Kael Weston

‘Yellowstone,’ Utah-style

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

We don’t want chatbots to come off as people

A passerby stopped to read a posted announcement from the FDIC about the seizure of First Republic Bank and sale to JPMorgan Chase on May 1 in San Francisco. Federal regulators seized troubled lender First Republic Bank and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase. First Republic becomes the second largest bank in US history to fail since Washington Mutual failed in 2008.

Bruce Marks

Stop bailing out the rich and their banks

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

Federal judge grants injunction in Boston redistricting case: ‘The ball is back in the City Council’s court’

The preliminary injunction is a victory for those who had been challenging the freshly redrawn Boston City Council districts.

Four shot, two killed in Boston Sunday night. ‘It’s awful. It’s scary,’ resident says

One of the first warm weekends of this year ended in violence, with police officers scrambling to several different neighborhoods across the city over the course of a few hours on Sunday night as they responded to multiple shootings that left two people dead, two wounded, and communities shaken.

New England Aquarium releases aerial images of marine life off Cape Cod

Over the course of the five-hour flight, the team documented two endangered sperm whales, two fin whales, two True’s beaked whales, hundreds of dolphins, dozens of ocean sunfish, and several basking sharks.

Rising sea levels force retreat to preserve regional history

Portsmouth is one place where the impacts of climate change are already being felt, with some of the state’s historic buildings vulnerable to flooding.

Sports

Garrett Cleavinger injured his knee tagging out Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks on Sunday.

Baseball Notebook

Rays’ Garrett Cleavinger could miss season because of knee injury

The Rays, with the best record in baseball, continue to lose arms from one of the league's best bullpens

Nikola Jokic reached for the basketball after pushing off Suns owner Mat Ishbia (seated, third from left) during the first half of Game 4 Sunday.

NBA

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic fined $25,000, but not suspended, for making improper contact in the stands with Suns owner Mat Ishbia

Jokic was assessed a technical in Game 4 when he tried to snatch the ball from Ishbia, who was sitting courtside, and hit Ishbia with an elbow.

CELTICS

After reflection, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla says he should have called a timeout late in overtime of Game 4

“I think the two lessons that you learn from that are, call [a timeout] right away, get a two-for-one, get two shots and a couple extra possessions,” Mazzulla said Monday.

ben volin | on football

Here’s what three NFL insiders thought about the Patriots’ draft picks

red sox

For Masataka Yoshida, it’s all about contact — communicating with coaches and connecting at bat

tara sullivan

In case you haven’t noticed, these Red Sox have become fun to watch

Business

Takeda to cut as many as 180 jobs in Mass.

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Lawsuit calls on Yellen to ignore ‘unconstitutional’ debt limit

The lawsuit comes just weeks before the government could default on the federal debt if Congress fails to raise the borrowing limit.

Remote work opportunities may have crested

Teachers earn $67,000 on average. Is push for raises too late?

magazine

Globe Magazine

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

Globe Magazine

A groundhog invaded my vegetable garden. It was the start of an all-out war.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He showed me up with his chopstick skills’

CONNECTIONS

Smoking is horrible. Yet it sure made it easy to meet new friends.

metro

Senator Adam Gomez after he was sworn in in January 2021.

Mass. Senator Adam Gomez recovering after kidney transplant

Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified military documents due in court for second hearing on possible bail

African antelope returned to zoo in Ludlow after five weeks on the loose

sports

Andrew Luck announced his retirement from the NFL in 2019.

Colts owner Jim Irsay warns NFL teams about tampering with Andrew Luck

Here’s what horse racing is doing to try to prevent injuries and deaths

Anatomy of the 76ers’ game-winning play: Jaylen Brown made a ‘bad read,’ and the Celtics paid the price

business

Buckle up for another ‘summer of discontent’ in the skies, experts say

Drug maker Takeda to eliminate up to 180 jobs in Massachusetts

Toast plans to vacate its Fenway headquarters

politics

President Biden talked with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California as they left the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon gathering at the Capitol in Washington on March 17.

In debt limit talks, Biden and Republicans start far apart

Officials say they expect more migrants as US prepares for end of Title 42

Texas bill that would permit poll workers to carry guns moves forward

Nation

William Penn School District Superintendent Eric Becoats, center, spoke with prospective applicants during a teachers job fair at the high school's cafeteria in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession.

Teachers earn $67,000 on average. Is push for raises too late?

‘Outraged’ letter carriers demand action to stop robberies

Here’s who won Pulitzer Prizes for journalism

World

Lionel Richie performs during the concert at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Sunday, May 7, 2023, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. It is one of several events over a three-day weekend of celebrations.

Lionel Richie, Katy Perry sing for royal coronation concert

Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 22 dead

Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv as attacks kill 3

opinion

Zafiro Patino, a community organizer for City Life/Vida Urbana, chanted as she marched from East Boston to Chelsea to commemorate International Workers' Day on May 1.

Organized fight goes on to protect against evictions, foreclosures

Small-business health insurance market facing ‘death spiral’

Why COVID was bad for New York but good for Boise

lifestyle

Bingo beats the weeknight slump, bringing new fans to bars and restaurants

He’s cheated so many times

What is the history of your name?

food & dining

Local dumpling restaurant Mei Mei has kicked off Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month by launching a “Dumpling Disloyalty” campaign to support other AAPI-owned businesses in Massachusetts.

Mei Mei launches dumpling campaign for AAPI Heritage Month

Some Block Island restaurants are getting a refresh, the mall could become cool again, and more food notes

At Brighton’s Pizza Project, Sicilian slices and memorable snacks

travel

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays

Making sure ‘everything is tickety-boo.’ Here’s what it’s like at London’s top hotels ahead of the coronation.

Who needs a big city getaway when there’s Vergennes?

Arts

Every breath she takes: Ming Smith at MoMA

In Portland, looking back at a continent on the cusp of change

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

Books

In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel, ‘Chain Gang All-Stars,’ the darkest features of American society come together in a horrific — and horrifically plausible — reflection of dystopian greed and racist voyeurism

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Federal judge grants injunction in Boston redistricting case: ‘The ball is back in the City Council’s court’

Buckle up for another ‘summer of discontent’ in the skies, experts say

Here are the airlines with the most (and least) complaints from passengers last year

Toast plans to vacate its Fenway headquarters

Four shot, two killed in Boston Sunday night. ‘It’s awful. It’s scary,’ resident says

Here’s who won Pulitzer Prizes for journalism

Read the Globe's Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing An authority on child sex trafficking, Kate Price spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

Mass. Senator Adam Gomez recovering after kidney transplant

Charts: Mass killings are on the rise in the US

Texas congressman slammed for prayers comment after mall shooting: God ‘is absolutely in control of our lives’

New England Aquarium releases aerial images of marine life off Cape Cod

The inside of this pink house for sale in Somerville is like a ‘Gustav Klimt painting’

Rising sea levels force retreat to preserve regional history Portsmouth is one place where the impacts of climate change are already being felt, with some of the state’s historic buildings vulnerable to flooding.

After reflection, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla says he should have called a timeout late in overtime of Game 4

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Rising sea levels force retreat to preserve regional history
Portsmouth is one place where the impacts of climate change are already being felt, with some of the state’s historic buildings vulnerable to flooding.

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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.

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Roughly a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts are asking lawmakers for permission to impose a local transfer tax on the sale of real estate to raise revenue for affordable housing.

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