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Lawyers for Karen Read cite phone calls mentioned in federal grand jury probe as evidence of law enforcement coverup

Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s office has convened a grand jury to investigate law enforcement’s handling of the case, and on Wednesday, defense attorney David Yannetti cited information from the probe.
As judge weighs motion to dismiss charges against Karen Read, a 1984 SJC ruling takes center stage

How blogger Aidan Kearney — a.k.a. ‘Turtleboy’ — turned the Karen Read case into a true crime spectacle

The chaos wrought by the blogger and his followers has sparked debate over how the public’s obsession with true crime in an era of rampant online misinformation can complicate the criminal justice system.
Watch: Is Aidan Kearney a journalist?

‘I nearly took my own life.’ Mass. poised to become 49th state to outlaw ‘revenge porn.’

With months of legislating left, survivors and advocates say they’re hopeful that a proposal outlawing so-called "revenge porn" will reach Governor Maura Healey’s desk and close a loophole that 48 other states have already addressed.

NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454m bond during fraud case appeal
ANALYSIS

A MAGA win, regrets in Fla., and the power of incumbency: Takeaways from Tuesday’s primary races

The results contained a mix of good and bad news for Biden and Trump.
Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case Biden impeachment inquiry is at a crossroad. As Hunter Biden declines to appear, GOP eyes next move.

Jim Jordan launches investigation into Haitian migrant charged with raping teenager at Rockland hotel

Man whose body was pulled from Charles River was 80-year-old Newton resident

“Preliminary investigative findings of the State Police Detective Unit do not indicate foul play or nefarious circumstances in the man’s death,” officials said.

Steel beam falls from South Station construction site, no injuries reported, officials say

An eyewitness who works on the eleventh floor of a nearby building said she looked out the window around 1:45 p.m. to see “something large” fall from the tower atop South Station.

After years of supercharged hiring, Fidelity slashes 700 jobs

The cuts represent less than one percent of the global workforce of the Boston-based financial services giant.

Video shows more than 100 people on bikes, motorcycles taking over I-93 lanes on Sunday
The footage, released Tuesday, showed a throng of riders on I-93 south near the Albany Street on-ramp around 2:25 p.m., according to John Goggin, a spokesperson for MassDOT.

Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war

 Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israel raids it again

Should the St. Patrick’s Day Parade move out of South Boston? Behavior at this year’s event has kicked off a debate.

On social media and through 311 complaints, South Boston residents decried the displays of excessive public drunkenness, littering, public urination, and property destruction during this year's parade, which drew almost a million attendees.
Your view: Where do you think the annual St. Patrick's Day parade should be held, if not in South Boston?

Then: a homeless encampment near the BU Bridge. Now: hundreds and hundreds of jagged rocks.
State officials say it’s to fight erosion. Advocates aren't so sure.

MGM Resorts reportedly exploring sale of Springfield casino

MGM won the license to operate in Springfield after Massachusetts authorized casino gambling. The casino, which opened in 2018, has been something of a disappointment.

Three years after getting eliminated on ‘The Voice,’ a Westfield singer makes a perfect-score comeback
With a Berklee degree and a lot more experience, Madison Curbelo wowed John Legend & co. this time around. Her next appearance on the show is coming up.

Odie Henderson review | ★★

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ serves nostalgia, lukewarm

“Stranger Things” is ′80s nostalgia for people who didn’t live through the ′80s. The original “Ghostbusters” series evokes firsthand memories for people who did. See how this doesn’t work? The combination is like discovering your parents like the cool thing you like — except this discovery ruins it for your parents, not you.

Commentary | Checking out

Hiawatha Bray
The backlash against self-checkout is nothing personal. Or is it?
Retailers nationwide are pulling self-serve kiosks from their stores or limiting the number of items shoppers can buy on their own. This tech columnist is taking it personally.

Kara Baskin
Why self-checkout is terrible
Self-checkout represents all that’s rotten about rugged American individualism. Framed under the guise of efficiency, it is actually alienating and frustrating. Also? It never works.

Is Garrett Whitlock’s dominant outing in a minor league game the last step before he’s named to the Red Sox starting rotation?

In 5⅔ shutout innings, Whitlock faced 20 Twins batters, struck out 10, walked none, and had only one ball travel beyond the infield in the air.
Globe staff predicts the 2024 season, and no one thinks the Red Sox will make the playoffs Curt Schilling will not attend Red Sox’ 2004 World Series celebration at home opener
Globe Magazine

For years, no one noticed body parts disappearing from Harvard’s morgue. Then came a phone call.

A tip would blow open the doors to a dark but not-so-secret nationwide network, leading investigators into the Harvard morgue and a gruesome American market.
Parts of my father’s body might have been stolen from Harvard’s morgue. How can I live with that?
Christopher L. Gasper

Why we shouldn’t be surprised by the unflattering portrayal of Bill Belichick in ‘The Dynasty’

There’s a feeling that Belichick, to use a reality TV term, got a bad edit. But the reason he looks bad is that he continues to be obstinate, uninformative, and unaccountable.
Why Devin McCourty felt like he was ‘duped’ by ‘The Dynasty’ docuseries

Animal shelter in Salem ‘overflowing’ with puppies looking for homes, officials say

“We are overflowing with puppies at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem!” the shelter, one of four MSPCA-Angell locations, said on Facebook on Tuesday. “Seriously, come adopt please!”
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Maura Healey’s fuzzy line between her public life and private life

For Healey, discussing the deep import of Brandi Carlile singing "You and Me on the Rock," as she does on the "Love Letters" podcast, fits the helpful bill. For some reason, telling the public where she’s traveling does not.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs more nurses and should ease path for out-of-state workers

IDEAS | LISA SELIN DAVIS

Subsidizing families is one thing the two parties can agree on
Avik Chatterjee

Time limits, caps on family shelter will not solve the problem of homelessness in Mass.

More recent News

LeBron James explains why Jayson Tatum is already an elite talent in NBA
James explained his reasoning on his new podcast with JJ Redick, “Mind The Game.”

Chad Finn: How Jaylen Brown slowly but surely turned his skeptics into believers. Including this one.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Haitian migrants: ‘Their next stop very well may be Martha’s Vineyard’
The Republican governor, who made headlines in 2022 when dozens of migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard and left in the care of local officials, made his remarks on a podcast Tuesday, according to Politico.

Dorchester Avenue Bridge to be replaced, causing transit closures
The bridge was originally built in 1925 and rehabilitated 50 years later. Officials said the $34.5 million replacement project will protect the bridge’s structural integrity and ensure “reliable service.”

Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this week as part of his sixth urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israelis’ war with Hamas began in October, as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks.

For locals, ‘Camberville’ can be divisive. This store puts it on the map.
The name for Cambridge and Somerville has never sat well with some locals. But it’s right at home at WardMaps, the Massachusetts Avenue emporium where they celebrate the “history of place.”

HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS

Fewer homeless encampments in Manchester, but permanent housing remains elusive

New data from Manchester’s director of housing stability found that while homeless encampments were down 70 percent in the last year, the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness hasn’t decreased.

Recommended reads

ADRIAN WALKER

Boston’s students deserve a renovated White Stadium

I’ve been inside White Stadium recently and can tell you this: It’s the most run-down, dilapidated public facility I’ve seen in years.

Boston struggles to persuade property owners to replace their lead pipes
Over the years, city officials have provided grants to help defray some costs of replacing the pipes, which can cost thousands of dollars.

More Boston high schoolers are feeling sad and hopeless, data show
A new collection of survey data shows that women, Black, Latinx, and LGBQ+ students as well as those in low-income neighborhoods are especially vulnerable.

Across Massachusetts, people are rising up against the arrival of migrants. To some, the backlash seems racist.
Some residents are complaining about the staggering costs of caring for migrants in their towns and warning about crime and too much change.

Culture & Lifestyle

Even if sci-fi isn’t your thing, ‘3 Body Problem’ might be

Introducing Sound Check, the Globe’s weekly go-to guide for music lovers

Regina King has ‘no doubt’ Shirley Chisholm would be elected president if she were running today

Taylor Swift-themed planetarium show opens at the Springfield Museums this weekend

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

If it can happen to Taylor Swift …
JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor Wu plays hardball over White Stadium soccer deal
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Why are antiabortion activists going after sex education?
ALAN WIRZBICKI

How a small Massachusetts town’s transit service is seeking to lure riders
EDITORIAL

Ending veteran homelessness is achievable
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Steel beam falls from South Station construction site, no injuries reported, officials say

An eyewitness who works on the eleventh floor of a nearby building said she looked out the window around 1:45 p.m. to see “something large” fall from the tower atop South Station.
RI MEDIA

‘It’s finally time for change in this studio’: ABC6 staffers vote to unionize

A group of workers petitioned in February to organize about 30 staffers, including reporters, creative services, photographers, editors, meteorologists, the web team, producers, and technical media operators.

Norman Knight, philanthropist who preferred anonymity, dies at 99

“He had a tremendous impact. And I would tell you, he liked anonymity,” said Joe Finn, a former Boston fire commissioner.

Should the St. Patrick’s Day Parade move out of South Boston? Behavior at this year’s event has kicked off a debate.

On social media and through 311 complaints, South Boston residents decried the displays of excessive public drunkenness, littering, public urination, and property destruction during this year's parade, which drew almost a million attendees.

Sports

FIGURE SKATING

Norwood’s Emily Chan and Spencer Howe finish 12th in short program at World Figure Skating Championships

Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps put forth an electrifying performance to place first in the short program.
PARIS OLYMPICS

Paris Olympics soccer draw unveiled: United States women face Germany and Australia; men meet France

The US men are competing at the Olympics for the first time since 2008 and face a potentially daunting task after being drawn alongside France, New Zealand, and an Asian or African team to be determined.
NFL

Former Patriots kicker Nick Folk staying with Titans after franchise-record season

Folk, who New England traded for a seventh-round pick after drafting Chad Ryland, made an NFL-leading, career-best 96.7 percent of his kicks last season.
Red Sox notebook

Is Garrett Whitlock’s dominant outing in a minor league game the last step before he’s named to the Red Sox starting rotation?
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Rhode Island product Tyler Kolek practicing 5-on-5 and eyeing return for Marquette’s NCAA Tournament opener

CELTICS

Are the Celtics destined to win it all? Paul Pierce explains why this year is ‘just different.’

Business

IBM eyes first record since 2013 as AI optimism fuels 19% rally

One of the oldest companies in tech has been quietly trouncing some of the hottest stocks on Wall Street.

MGM Resorts considers sale of Springfield casino

The Springfield casino, which opened in 2018, has been something of a disappointment, MGM's CEO has said.

Fed keeps rates steady, hints at future cuts

EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids
magazine
LOVE LETTERS

Is it possible to approach someone you’re connected to online without creeping them out?
Spring Travel

Off Portugal’s beaten path, I found culture, family — and belonging

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 18-24
Spring Travel

The best sandwich in Philadelphia might not be a cheesesteak

metro

‘I nearly took my own life.’ Mass. poised to become 49th state to outlaw ‘revenge porn.’

Fewer homeless encampments in Manchester, but permanent housing remains elusive

R.I. House to recognize actress Kali Reis with hero award

sports

BU star Macklin Celebrini is named Hockey East Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and a Hobey Baker candidate

LeBron James explains why Jayson Tatum is already an elite talent in NBA

Justin Brazeau put himself at the front of things on the Bruins’ power play

business

NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454m bond during fraud case appeal

MGM Resorts reportedly exploring sale of Springfield casino

Biotech with links to Boston sets record price for new gene therapy for rare childhood disease

politics

An inflation uptick could delay Fed rate cuts, a problem for the economy and Biden’s reelection

NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454m bond during fraud case appeal

Primaries start setting up House and Senate races

Nation

Court action on Texas’ migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border

Florida homeless to be banned from sleeping in public spaces under DeSantis-backed law

IRS chief zeroes in on wealthy tax cheats in AP interview

World

EU finds a way to make Russia pay for weapons for Ukraine

Ireland’s prime minister resigns in surprise announcement

Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war

opinion

Hollywood tries a new role — gun safety advocacy

Credit Mike Pence for speaking the truth about Trump

May I have a word: And they called it macaronic

lifestyle

Nine creative women open Trove on Tremont, a collective pop-up shop in the South End

Send your relationship questions to Meredith and get Love Letters updates via text

Governor Maura Healey and her partner, Joanna Lydgate, sit down with the Love Letters podcast

food & dining

The backlash against self-checkout is nothing personal. Or is it?

Why self-checkout is terrible

The great Harvard Square pizza war: Who’s getting a bigger piece of the pie?

travel

As summer nears, judge’s ruling could spell trouble for Nantucket short-term rentals

Manhattan for a month: Mastering the mind-set of a temporary local

What should you do if a disaster hits a destination you were planning to visit?

Arts

Harriet Hayden carte-de-visite photo albums showcase community, solidarity at Boston Athenaeum

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message.

A timeline of the Gardner Museum art heist

Books

Candida Royalle, cofounder of adult film company Femme, tried to bridge the divide between feminist and feminist

Elijah Wald shows us how the world used to sound in ‘Jelly Roll Blues,’ a rollicking history of forbidden early jazz

‘Great Expectations’ dashed in Vinson Cunningham’s autofiction, based on Obama’s first presidential campaign

Movies

David Seidler, Oscar-winning writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ dies at 86

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ serves nostalgia, lukewarm

Regina King has ‘no doubt’ Shirley Chisholm would be elected president if she were running today

Television

Even if sci-fi isn’t your thing, ‘3 Body Problem’ might be

A hit and a miss for ‘Masterpiece’

R.I. House to recognize actress Kali Reis with hero award

music

Three years after getting eliminated on ‘The Voice,’ a Westfield singer makes a perfect-score comeback

With ‘1972,’ Chadwick Stokes sets a rock opera in the days before Roe

Introducing Sound Check, the Globe’s weekly go-to guide for music lovers

Theater/Dance

Lewis Black has no complaints about getting off the road

The struggles, spiritual and otherwise, of August Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’

The Huntington’s 2024-25 season includes ‘Leopoldstadt’ and a pair of plays from ‘The Ufot Cycle’

Health

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

R.I.’s largest hospital system may no longer take Cigna health insurance

Obituaries

Norman Knight, philanthropist who preferred anonymity, dies at 99

David Seidler, Oscar-winning writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ dies at 86

Rose Dugdale, English heiress who became IRA militant, dies at 82