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Inside the rise and fall of Steward Health Care’s Ralph de la Torre

De la Torre entered medicine with high ideals and unstoppable ambition. His talent and drive bowled over just about everyone he worked with, and his rise to power and eminence seemed inexorable.

State relocating families in Boston emergency shelter due to mold infestation

The motel is one of the scores of sites utilized to accommodate a growing number of families with nowhere to live, amid a surge of thousands of migrants making their way to Massachusetts.

Hingham woman bilked out of $9,500 when scammers send rideshare driver to pick up money at her home

Police are warning the public not to fall victim to phone fraudsters after a Hingham resident lost thousands of dollars in what is known as a “grandparent scam” that used an a rideshare driver as a courier to pick up the money.

Stoneham superintendent apologizes for not immediately notifying parents of sex offender found near school

Superintendent David Ljungberg offered the apology at a meeting Thursday attended by parents upset that he waited to alert them that James R. McCarty was spotted last week at South Elementary School allegedly carrying two knives.

‘Country Roads’ lead to trouble for Woburn bar as ASCAP files copyright suit

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers has accused Scoreboard Sports Bar and Grill of playing copyrighted music without paying royalties.

Amber Alert canceled after 3-year-old found safe in Windsor, Conn. Police say suspect is in custody.

Too-tall tractor trailer closes lane in Sumner Tunnel, MassDOT says

Cranes arriving to start removing wreckage from deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

More than 400 Massachusetts bridges are considered at the ‘end of their useful life’

The bridges, including the largest in New England, are considered to be in such poor condition that they either need to be replaced or need major work, according to state and federal data.
dan shaughnessy

FSG’s message to Red Sox fans seems to be ‘you walk alone,’ and other thoughts

After a demoralizing offseason, Boston baseball fans have every right to feel abandoned.
Chad Finn | Red Sox 6, Mariners 4

For one night anyway, the Red Sox followed their ideal blueprint for victory

It was enjoyable to see them look athletic and energetic, and to watch players perform in roles in which they are not miscast.

The oldest argument on the North Shore: What is the North Shore?
Does it have to touch salt water? Is it simply everything north of Boston? Maybe it’s just a state of mind.

Join the discussion: How would you define the North Shore?

An illustrated guide to the six types of difficult co-workers you’ll meet at your first job

...and how to deal with them.
PARENTING UNFILTERED

Is a robot writing your kids’ essays? We asked educators to weigh in on the growing role of AI in classrooms.

Kara Baskin used ChatGPT to plug in this prompt: “Write an essay on ‘The Scarlet Letter.’” Within moments, the software created an essay as thorough as anything she’d labored over in AP English. Is this cheating? Just part of modern life?
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

At long last, a cruise ship designed for people who hate cruises

Maybe we should call it a “floatel.” The Ritz-Carlton’s posh yacht is part of the first generation of hotel brands making the leap from land to sea.

What comes after work authorization? For some migrants, months of job-searching.

Migrants say they’ve struggled to land work even after receiving authorization because of language barriers, a lack of transportation and other factors, signaling their transition into the state’s workforce might take more time than officials would like.

‘Apples Never Fall’ star Jake Lacy’s acting journey began in a rural Vermont town

The Emmy-nominated actor opens up about his new show, his love of Boston sports, and why nothing beats living in New England.
Tara Sullivan

If possible, defending national champion UConn looks even hungrier to repeat

Of all the victories Dan Hurley and his Huskies have compiled this season — Thursday night’s No. 34 at TD Garden matched a school record — they just keep getting more impressive.
March Madness brings legions of fans, and big business, to bars around TD Garden
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Stopping Boston’s ‘doom loop’ means it must face its tax woes

Doubts loom about whether shifting the tax burden when commercial real estate is already in trouble is the answer.
RENÉE GRAHAM

No, DEI didn’t cause the Baltimore bridge collapse

Joan Wickersham

The tortoise, the hare, and the relentless polling
Steven C. Wofsy

Your laptop will soon fight climate change
IDEAS | OLIVER EGGER & ANABEL DEMARTINO

The surprising history of an iconic American candy

More recent News

Biden says he’s working to secure release of Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia
“Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine,” President Biden said in a statement Friday.

As office market struggles, Wu seeks commercial tax rate hike to bolster city budget
The mayor says falling commercial values could force the city to hike residential property taxes, or make painful cuts

In 2005, this downtown office tower sold for $121.7 million. It just resold for $78 million.

Harmony Montgomery case spurs N.H. bill to require defendants’ appearance in court
Under the federal rules of criminal procedure, defendants are allowed to be absent from the courtroom in non-capital cases if they so choose after a trial has begun.

After beam falls, construction resumes at South Station Tower
The beam shattered multiple windows on the way down before becoming lodged in the ninth floor, right above the commuter rail platform.

‘Robot scabs?’ BU dean suggests faculty could use AI for student ‘feedback’ amid grad student worker strike
A Boston University dean on Wednesday told faculty to consider using artificial intelligence tools to “give feedback” to students amid a work stoppage of some 3,000 graduate student workers who went on strike Monday.

Bill Burr plays JFK in star-studded trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart movie ‘Unfrosted’
The Canton comic is getting a presidential glow up for his next movie role.

Former senator, vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman remembered at hometown funeral service
Former vice president Al Gore and other politician dignitaries remembered the late Joe Lieberman Friday as a “mensch” who bridged partisan political divides during a packed funeral service for the four-term senator.

BLOTTER TALES
Cat gets stranded on a seawall, but help arrives just in time
A cat is rescued from a seawall, thieves steal used cooking oil, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Revs stadium plan will finally get public airing on Beacon Hill Tuesday
Revolution fans will get their chance to speak up now that a bill that would pave the way for a new soccer stadium in Everett has a public hearing date on Beacon Hill.

Recommended reads

Its beach nearly gone, waterfront home on Nantucket sells for just $600k. What does the sale say about the island’s future?

The property was first listed in September for nearly $2.3 million. But after the shoreline lost a stunning 70 feet to erosion in just a matter of weeks, putting the home at imminent risk, the price plunged to $600,000 by year’s end.

Warren, Markey seek information on Citigroup’s role in Steward transactions
The senators are focusing on a financial adviser that helped facilitate sale-leaseback deals involving hospital buildings.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Real women are still missing from the movies — the Bechdel Test proves it
“I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,” one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of “Barbie,” the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream.

Harvard University removes human skin used in binding of 19th-century book
The original owner, who died in 1933, took the skin from a deceased female psychiatric patient at a hospital where he worked, Harvard officials said.

Culture & Lifestyle

Real women are still missing from the movies — the Bechdel Test proves it

Boston Ballet announces its 2024-2025 season

A family driven apart in the shattering Holocaust drama ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’

Ronny Chieng finds the funny in being fed-up

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

IDEAS | Shira Schoenberg

Cut loose at 18 and struggling into adulthood

SCOT LEHIGH

Paul Grogan looks back at an estimable career — and forward to the nonprofit future
ALEX BEAM

The Ukraine-Russia war needs to end now, at the conference table
Alex Green

Governor Healey’s budget proposal threatens 50 years of disability rights
Renée Graham

Child sexual abuse and the complicity of silence at Nickelodeon

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Top spots to watch the total solar eclipse

WATCH: In parts of New England, it will get dark at 3pm. But, meteorologist Dave Epstein says there’s one factor that could ruin the cosmic experience.

More than 400 Massachusetts bridges are considered at the ‘end of their useful life’

The bridges, including the largest in New England, are considered to be in such poor condition that they either need to be replaced or need major work, according to state and federal data.

‘Robot scabs?’ BU dean suggests faculty could use AI for student ‘feedback’ amid grad student worker strike

A Boston University dean on Wednesday told faculty to consider using artificial intelligence tools to “give feedback” to students amid a work stoppage of some 3,000 graduate student workers who went on strike Monday.

State relocating families in Boston emergency shelter due to mold infestation

The motel is one of the scores of sites utilized to accommodate a growing number of families with nowhere to live, amid a surge of thousands of migrants making their way to Massachusetts.

Sports

‘Apples Never Fall’ star Jake Lacy’s acting journey began in a rural Vermont town

The Emmy-nominated actor opens up about his new show, his love of Boston sports, and why nothing beats living in New England.
chad finn

For one night anyway, the Red Sox followed their ideal blueprint for victory

It was enjoyable to see them look athletic and energetic, and to watch players perform in roles in which they are not miscast.
Red Sox at Mariners | 9:40 p.m. (NESN)

Red Sox at Mariners: Nick Pivetta takes the ball for Boston in Game 2 of the new season

Since Seattle has a retractable-roof stadium, there was no need for MLB to schedule a day off after the opener as a hedge against lousy weather.
RHODE MAP

🏒 Providence is a hockey town this weekend
Hawks 123, Celtics 122 (OT)

The Celtics arrived in Atlanta seeking two easy wins, but left with a pair of bitter losses
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Tyler O’Neill got the Opening Day nod for the Red Sox. Then he made history.

Business

‘Robot scabs?’ BU dean suggests faculty could use AI for student ‘feedback’ amid grad student worker strike

A Boston University dean on Wednesday told faculty to consider using artificial intelligence tools to “give feedback” to students amid a work stoppage of some 3,000 graduate student workers who went on strike Monday.
LARRY EDELMAN | TRENDLINES

Announcing Trendlines, a business newsletter from columnist Larry Edelman

Every Monday and Friday, Trendlines will cover the forces shaping business and the economy in Boston and beyond, keeping you on top of the news affecting companies, jobs, the stock market, housing prices, and your personal finances.

An illustrated guide to the six types of difficult co-workers you’ll meet at your first job

Revs stadium plan will finally get public airing on Beacon Hill Tuesday
magazine
Globe Magazine

‘God, I wish I hadn’t seen that’: On the trail of Bigfoot in the Berkshires
Spring Arts

30 top plays, concerts, book and arts events around New England this spring
GLOBE MAGAZINE

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.
PERSPECTIVE

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.

metro

Inside the rise and fall of Steward Health Care’s Ralph de la Torre

🏒 Providence is a hockey town this weekend

What comes after work authorization? For some migrants, months of job-searching.

sports

Revs stadium plan will finally get public airing on Beacon Hill Tuesday

FSG’s message to Red Sox fans seems to be ‘you walk alone,’ and other thoughts

Red Sox show plenty of spark and have some fun in Opening Day win over Mariners

business

A Woburn bar could be going to court over playing ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ Here’s why.

It’s a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits

As office market struggles, Wu seeks commercial tax rate hike to bolster city budget

politics

Former senator, vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman remembered at hometown funeral service

Biden says he’s working to secure release of Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia

Obama, Clinton, and big-name entertainers help Biden raise a record $26 million for his reelection

Nation

What to know about Day of Visibility, designed to show the world ‘trans joy’

Sports betting won’t be legal in Georgia after lawmakers couldn’t agree on how to spend taxes

Georgia lawmakers approve new election rules that could impact 2024 presidential contest

World

US journalist Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars

A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear.

A bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old child is only survivor.

opinion

The conservative war on ‘agencies that protect us’

Child sexual abuse and the complicity of silence at Nickelodeon

Governor Healey should disclose her out-of-state trips in advance

lifestyle

Is a robot writing your kids’ essays? We asked educators to weigh in on the growing role of AI in classrooms.

The irony of Steve Martin’s life isn’t lost on him

King Charles stresses importance of kindness as he skips pre-Easter service amid cancer treatment

food & dining

Bill Burr plays JFK in star-studded trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart movie ‘Unfrosted’

A Woburn bar could be going to court over playing ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ Here’s why.

Fish Taco brings squid ink tortillas to Hanover Street; Boston Calling announces food lineup

travel

Accessible beauty: A guide to national parks for travelers with sensory and mobility needs

Meanwhile, here in New England

At long last, a cruise ship designed for people who hate cruises

Arts

At the Gardner, the riotous maximalism of Raqib Shaw

Nasturtiums make their brilliant annual debut at the Gardner Museum

‘Hew Locke: The Procession’ featured in ICA Watershed’s 2024 season

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ended March 24

AGNI Magazine offers ‘Dispatches from Palestine’ online; Exeter LitFest takes place first weekend in April; and more

Author readings around Boston through April 6

Movies

‘Apples Never Fall’ star Jake Lacy’s acting journey began in a rural Vermont town

Bill Burr plays JFK in star-studded trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart movie ‘Unfrosted’

Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Television

‘Apples Never Fall’ star Jake Lacy’s acting journey began in a rural Vermont town

Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Hoping to see more of ‘3 Body Problem’

music

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ reinforces her dedication to Black reclamation — and country music

A Woburn bar could be going to court over playing ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ Here’s why.

For Boston String Academy students, practice makes progress — all the way to Carnegie Hall

Theater/Dance

At ‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party,’ the hostess is at her most-est

In Anthony Rapp’s ‘Without You,’ there’s joy inside his tears

How Bobby became Bobbie in the gender-reversed revival of ‘Company’

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

Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win the best supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Kate Banks, children’s author who wrote about grief, dies at 64

Daniel P. Jordan, transformative leader of Monticello, dies at 85