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To much outrage, Walsh given three months probation in Holyoke Soldiers’ Home case

“Today the justice system failed the families who lost their loved ones at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in a statement.

Steward Health Care has deal to sell doctor network to UnitedHealth

The proposed sale of the doctors group, called Stewardship Health, is part of Steward’s plan to rescue its struggling hospitals, eight of which are in Massachusetts.

Steward hospitals are on the brink of financial disaster. Health care executives say it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Skier digs out man buried in snow on Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

“If it had been a larger amount of snow and less terrain underneath, someone could have definitely been really, really injured,” said Nik Krueger, a 27-year-old engineer who coached and clawed both men out of several feet of snow, said Tuesday.

11-year-old killed in snowmobile crash in northern Maine

NBC says it will cut ties with former RNC head Ronna McDaniel after days of employee objections
The network reversed course in response to a revolt by its own employees over the decision to hire McDaniel.

Israeli hostage says she was sexually assaulted and tortured in Gaza
Amit Soussana is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel.

Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

Judge denies defense motion to dismiss murder case against Karen Read

The judge said she was denying a defense motion to dismiss the high-profile case, citing the “extensive evidence supporting the indictments.” The trial is set to start April 16.

Crews still working to restore power to hundreds in Maine after ice storm crushed power grid

All but 4,400 utility customers had power back out of the 200,000 initially left in the dark due to Saturday’s storm.

A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as night falls on March 26.

‘Heroes’ scrambled to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge collapsed; construction crew feared dead

Recovery efforts are set to resume for the six people who are presumed dead after a cargo ship hit a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the structure to collapse.

Everything we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse Dispatcher gasps in shock watching Key Bridge collapse

The Tobin Bridge, connecting Boston and Chelsea over the Mystic River, is one of two Massachusetts bridges that have a similar structure to the Baltimore bridge and also cross over maritime traffic.

Mass. officials feel ‘reassured’ about state’s bridge safety despite Baltimore disaster

A boat moves past a container ship as it rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md.

See photos of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore

Part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge ended up on the Dali container vessel after collapsing.

How a cargo ship took down Baltimore’s Key Bridge

Despite decline in incidents, Mass. 5th in white supremacist propaganda activity, ADL says
In Massachusetts, the ADL recorded 339 incidents of white supremacist propaganda last year, down from 465 incidents in 2022, according to findings of a report issued Tuesday.

ben volin | on football

Robert Kraft doesn’t want any blame for ‘The Dynasty,’ but his fingerprints are all over it
The Patriots owner addressed the docuseries and the controversy surrounding it at the NFL owners meetings Tuesday.

Here’s what Robert Kraft had to say about the state of the Patriots Former Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler charged with drunken driving in R.I.

Antiabortion activist Caleb Buck (right), talked with abortion rights activist Nadine Seiler during a rally outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday in Washington.

As Supreme Court hears abortion case, Republicans face a renewed dilemma over the issue

Protesters gathered outside the court on Tuesday as the justices heard oral arguments over the Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone.

Pavel Zacha (left) matched his sweater number with his 18th goal of the season to give the Bruins the lead with under three minutes to play.

BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 3

First-place Bruins fight back against Panthers late to scratch out win in first Florida stop

Trent Frederic scored with 4:22 remaining to tie it up for the Bruins and Pavel Zacha struck for the winner with 2:21 to play. Next stop: Tampa, for Wednesday night's clash with the Lightning.

WBUR's convention location, CitySpace.

WBUR offers employee buyouts to help cut 10 percent of budget

“We anticipate that we’ll still need to freeze some open roles and do layoffs, but we’re hoping to eliminate as few jobs as possible," the station's CEO, Margaret Low, said in announcing the buyout offer.

Sarah-Ann Shaw died last week at 90.

TV trailblazer Sarah-Ann Shaw led by example

Sarah-Ann Shaw was, above all else, a person who combined her journalism with a legendary sense of community.

Sarah-Ann Shaw, advocate-journalist who broke barriers at WBZ, dies at 90

Opinion

From left: Republican Representatives Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Andy Biggs of Arizona, and Bob Good of Virginia listened during a House Freedom Conference news conference on the government spending bill at the Capitol in Washington, March 22. The bipartisan vote split Republicans and prompted a threat to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.

The Republican House fails the Ronald Reagan test

With time running short, the House recesses without approving aid for Ukraine.

Remembering trailblazing Boston journalist Sarah-Ann Shaw

How a ‘murder’ in Boston that didn’t happen made national news in India

Western Mass. has untapped economic potential

How MCAS remains a kind of glue in our schools

More recent News

‘We’re willing to be on strike until we win’: BU grad workers continue picketing
The strike of nearly 3,000 graduate students has disrupted classes at Boston's largest higher education institution.

Boston agrees to pay $4.7 million to settle wrongful death suit in Terrence Coleman shooting
The settlement comes after a judge said he was “seriously considering” holding the city liable without a trial because its legal department failed to turn over evidence to lawyers representing Coleman’s mother.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid
Kennedy, a former Democrat, made the announcement in Oakland, California.

DiZoglio, legislators clash over audit proposal
DiZoglio defended her campaign to open up the House and Senate to new scrutiny as a way to bring additional transparency to an opaque Legislature.

Bridgewater special needs teacher charged with abusing three preschoolers at elementary school

Kathryn A. Rousseau, 56, of Taunton, pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault and battery on a person with intellectual disabilities during her arraignment Tuesday in Brockton District Court.

Federal prosecutors want Tsarnaev’s entire inmate account to go toward his outstanding criminal penalties
Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s inmate trust account currently contains more than $4,000, according to federal court papers filed Tuesday.

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‘You don’t see someone on the subway and say, “Oh, hey, I’m child free, too.” ' For people with no kids by choice, social complexities abound.

For those who choose not to have kids, benefits and backlash

Nearly 20 locals said opting out of parenthood allows them to have more time to prioritize both their well-being and their larger communities. But bucking a foundational norm can come with complexities.

Mass. pays out billions in pensions. Oversight on how much retirees work can be ‘non-existent,’ investigators say.
The rules for how much a retiree can make from a public entity while still collecting a pension are primarily enforced “through a self-monitored honor system,” where oversight can range from “weak” or ineffective to “non-existent,” investigators found.

A decade later, two Boston firefighters killed in Beacon Street blaze are remembered
“Ten years ago today we gathered in a different way, but 10 years ago is then, today is today,” said the Rev. John Unni, the department’s chief chaplain. “We always remember.”

What do Boston diners really want? We asked Globe readers, and they answered. (In droves.)
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Culture & Lifestyle

Stephin Merritt (right) and the Magnetic Fields performed the entirety of "69 Love Songs" over two nights at Roadrunner.

On a celebratory ‘69 Love Songs’ tour, Magnetic Fields count the ways

The Broadway cast of "Kimberly Akimbo." A touring production of the musical comes to the Emerson Colonial Theatre May 6-18, 2025.

Broadway In Boston’s 2024-25 season includes ‘Shucked,’ ‘& Juliet,’ ‘The Wiz,’ and ‘Kimberly Akimbo’

Easthampton-based author and sex educator Emily Nagoski.

Let’s talk about sex — with our partners — says ‘sex nerd’ and author Emily Nagoski

Arlo Parks will perform at Royale on Thursday.

Arlo Parks’s bedroom pop is ‘braver than ever’

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

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.

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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, 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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | NICHOLAS TAMPIO

The problem with making all academic research free

A provider handed a patient a pill of mifepristone at Choices Center for Reproductive Health in Carbondale, Ill., on Oct. 26, 2022.

Terry M. McGovern and Ayman El-Mohandes

Supreme Court shouldn’t undermine FDA’s authority on medication abortion

A Samburu man gave cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022. Groundwater depletion threatens global water access for humans and nonhumans alike.

Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone

Groundwater levels are plummeting around the world

The normally green grass around headstones at Riverside Cemetery in Saugus was brown on Aug. 25, 2022, during a drought.

Joan Meschino and Jamie Eldridge

Massachusetts needs a regional drought plan

Then Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel spoke before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Former NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd criticized his network for hiring the former RNC head McDaniel as a paid contributor, saying on the air that many NBC journalists are uncomfortable with the decision.

Will Ronna McDaniel’s loyalties lie with journalism — or Trump?

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Despite decline in incidents, Mass. 5th in white supremacist propaganda activity, ADL says

In Massachusetts, the ADL recorded 339 incidents of white supremacist propaganda last year, down from 465 incidents in 2022, according to findings of a report issued Tuesday.

Skier digs out man buried in snow on Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

“If it had been a larger amount of snow and less terrain underneath, someone could have definitely been really, really injured,” said Nik Krueger, a 27-year-old engineer who coached and clawed both men out of several feet of snow, said Tuesday.

To much outrage, Walsh given three months probation in Holyoke Soldiers’ Home case

“Today the justice system failed the families who lost their loved ones at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in a statement.

Crews still working to restore power to hundreds in Maine after ice storm crushed power grid

All but 4,400 utility customers had power back out of the 200,000 initially left in the dark due to Saturday’s storm.

Sports

Pavel Zacha (left) matched his sweater number with his 18th goal of the season to give the Bruins the lead with under three minutes to play.

BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 3

First-place Bruins fight back against Panthers late to scratch out win in first Florida stop

Trent Frederic scored with 4:22 remaining to tie it up for the Bruins and Pavel Zacha struck for the winner with 2:21 to play. Next stop: Tampa, for Wednesday night's clash with the Lightning.

Shohei Ohtani is expected to interact more with teammates such as Max Muncy (right) as the Dodgers star will rely less on an interpreter after the firing of Ippei Mizuhara.

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani will get a chance to show off another side: the English-speaking one

It's said the 29-year-old Japanese knows more English than he's let on, mostly because of the constant presence of the since-fired Ippei Mizuhara.

Jordan Montgomery has ended his free agency by electing to sign with the Diamondbacks.

Jordan Montgomery, the best starting pitcher left on the market, has signed with the Diamondbacks

The 31-year-old lefthander, who was pursued by the Red Sox this offseason, will be going back to the National League after pitching for the Cardinals and Rangers last season.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Andrew Peeke performance against the Panthers a homecoming for Bruins defenseman

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

When will they learn? Celtics score more embarrassment after blowing huge lead in loss to Hawks.

Tom Brady’s bid to buy a stake in the Raiders is in limbo

Business

Steward Health Care has deal to sell doctor network to UnitedHealth

The proposed sale of the doctors group, called Stewardship Health, is part of Steward’s plan to rescue its struggling hospitals, eight of which are in Massachusetts.

Who is Nicole Shanahan, the philanthropist picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate?

Nicole Shanahan is a California lawyer and philanthropist who is little known outside of Silicon Valley.

Egg prices high as Easter, Passover approach

NBC says it will cut ties with former RNC head Ronna McDaniel after days of employee objections

magazine

Illustration for Hanna Krueger story on Harvard Medical School morgue scandal in magazine on March 24, 2024.

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

The writer, at right, with her father and sister at his 70th birthday party in 2009.

My father donated his body to Harvard. What happened after was horrifying.

Ted Landsmark, a Black lawyer, was on his way to a meeting at City Hall on April 5, 1976, when he was attacked at an anti-busing protest. This photo of a white youth striking at him with a flagpole sparked change.

Ted Landsmark on racism, the flag attack photo, and seizing a chance to make change

This week's daters: Brendan and Maddy.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Despite the biker jacket, he seemed really approachable’

metro

A report from the state inspector general's office said the state had created a "deeply flawed" system for tracking whether public retirees are making more than they should in post-retirement work while still collecting their pension.

Mass. pays out billions in pensions. Oversight on how much retirees work can be ‘non-existent,’ investigators say.

DiZoglio, legislators clash over audit proposal

Judge denies defense motion to dismiss murder case against Karen Read

sports

Callie Wright (left) and Holy Cross were seen by an average of 3.23 million viewers in last Saturday's loss to Iowa.

Holy Cross was part of a historic women’s basketball game in its loss to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa

NFL will schedule two games on Christmas Day even though the holiday is on a Wednesday

The Red Sox began spring training with eight lefthanded pitchers, and here’s why only Joely Rodriguez made the Opening Day roster

business

Amazon Flex signage on display outside the Drago Fleet delivery facility in Denver in 2018.

Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees

Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills

Moderna says new COVID shot hit goal in late-stage trial

politics

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump and President Biden.

Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, new poll shows

Supreme Court seems skeptical of doctors seeking to curtail abortion pill

NBC says it will cut ties with former RNC head Ronna McDaniel after days of employee objections

Nation

A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as night falls on March 26.

‘Heroes’ scrambled to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge collapsed; construction crew feared dead

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

Six people are presumed dead after cargo ship hits major bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse

World

Palestinians look at a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Deir al Balah on March 25.

Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

Israel presses on with strikes in Gaza after UN cease-fire resolution

Trump advisers talk of Palestinian expulsions, but activists focus on Biden

opinion

Light caught the dome of the Massachusetts State House as the sun set in Boston in January 2021.

With anti-migrant rhetoric, how could ‘city on a hill’ sink so low?

Kidney transplant celebrated, but what of the pig’s life?

Will Ronna McDaniel’s loyalties lie with journalism — or Trump?

lifestyle

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen attended The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 7, 2018.

Gisele Bündchen says rumors she cheated on Tom Brady are ‘a lie’

Mindy Kaling to host Biden fund-raiser featuring Obama, Clinton, Lizzo, and more stars

When they overshare on a first date …

food & dining

Twin Light Smokehouse black pepper smoked salmon.

Twin Light Smokehouse offers a membership that works like a CSA

Président, known for cheese, now makes two kinds of whipped cream

Recipe: Prosciutto wrapped around pork loin is like traditional Easter ham with a fun twist

travel

A few towns in northern New Hampshire will, if the weather cooperates, offer a good opportunity to view the eclipse.

In N.H., North Country businesses are getting ready for the eclipse

Maine town voted top vacation spot for 2024, according to Real Simple magazine

‘Name a fun city and there’s a cool motel popping up’

Arts

Photographer and public installation artist Zhidong Zhang has a new image-based sculpture, "Far Away, From Home," on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Photos of the artist's balloon sculptures adorn the wall in their South End studio. Larger prints of the photos are in "Far Away, From Home."

Zhidong Zhang plays with balloons

1MILLION Dance Studio brings viral K-dance moves to the MFA and beyond

Five things to do around Boston, March 25-April 7

Books

Julia Alvarez, author of "The Cemetery of Untold Stories."

Spirits of abandoned tales haunt ‘The Cemetery of Untold Stories,’ a new novel by Julia Alvarez

Mary Kubica, author of ‘She’s Not Sorry,’ on the psychological trend in mystery novels

Let’s talk about sex — with our partners — says ‘sex nerd’ and author Emily Nagoski

Movies

The Somerville Theatre in Davis Square in Somerville, May 9, 2014. The theater was celebrating its 100th anniversary that month.

Big screens and popcorn with brewer’s yeast: What’s your most memorable movie-theater experience, in Boston or beyond?

Mark Wahlberg reveals he was ‘a little pissed’ with ‘The Departed,’ had different role

‘Strange Kindness’ takes empathy to its furthest reaches

Television

Annette Bening in "Apples Never Fall."

How do you like — or hate — Peacock’s ‘Apples’?

Gisele Bündchen says rumors she cheated on Tom Brady are ‘a lie’

This week’s TV: A Steve Martin doc, a Holocaust drama, and throwing the book at ‘3 Body Problem’

music

Stephin Merritt (right) and the Magnetic Fields performed the entirety of "69 Love Songs" over two nights at Roadrunner.

On a celebratory ‘69 Love Songs’ tour, Magnetic Fields count the ways

Arlo Parks’s bedroom pop is ‘braver than ever’

Maurizio Pollini, pianist who reveled in demanding music, dies at 82

Theater/Dance

The Broadway cast of "Kimberly Akimbo." A touring production of the musical comes to the Emerson Colonial Theatre May 6-18, 2025.

Broadway In Boston’s 2024-25 season includes ‘Shucked,’ ‘& Juliet,’ ‘The Wiz,’ and ‘Kimberly Akimbo’

In ‘Beyond Words’ at Central Square, friendship is the thing with feathers

‘Message in a Bottle’ tells a refugee family’s survival story through dance to the music of Sting

Health

Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

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

Lisa Lane, pictured in front of a chess board in New York, Aug. 15, 1963.

Lisa Lane, chess champion whose reign was meteoric, dies at 90

Shani Mott, black studies scholar who examined power, dies at 47

Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist, and granddaughter of outdoor retailer LL Bean, has died