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Pursuit of the Lewiston shooter proved to be a case study in how not to prevent a mass shooting
176 days, 25 officers: Police were repeatedly warned about Robert Card's erratic behavior, his weapons, and his threats. This is an account of those warnings.

See the Globe's full coverage of the shootings in Lewiston, Maine

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.

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.

Investigation widens in the suicide of former member of Stoughton police youth program

A FBI spokesperson declined to comment, saying US Department of Justice policy prohibits the agency from confirming or denying investigations.

Harvard Law School student government passes resolution calling for university to divest from Israel

The vote passed with 12 members voting in favor, four against, and three abstaining, according to a copy of the resolution.

The US welcomes the new Palestinian government following its repeated calls for political reform

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Sunshine helps kick off a mostly dry Easter weekend

88-year-old man fatally struck in Worcester while getting coffee, police say

Ailine Rodrigues posed for a portrait inside a classroom at Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School. FAFSA delays are impacting Rodrigues’s college decision.

FAFSA delays and end of affirmative action are colliding for a chaotic college admissions season

After the US Supreme Court's ruling on college admissions, schools in New England worked to preserve campus diversity. Now, delays and errors in the federal financial aid process threatens those efforts.

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

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.

Explore these close-to-home national parks

With Mac Jones (left) and Bailey Zappe at quarterback in 2023, the Patriots' average of 13.9 points per game was tied for last in the league.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Never mind the kickoff and hip-drop tackle. The NFL’s real concern is that scoring is down.

NFL games averaged 43.5 points in 2023 and 43.8 in 2022, down from 46.0 in 2021 and a record 49.6 in 2020.

Mo Vaughn hit .315 with a .974 OPS and 392 extra-base hits from 1993-98 with the Red Sox, one of the best runs in team history.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Once one of the most feared hitters in baseball, Mo Vaughn is making a comeback of sorts

Vaughn has joined Perfect Game as a special assistant, and will work to identify talented players in parts of the country where economic status is holding kids back from playing.

Shaughnessy: FSG’s message to Red Sox fans seems to be ‘you walk alone’

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

...and how to deal with them.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and NCAA president Charlie Baker spoke at TD Garden during a panel to announce a gambling prevention program aimed at kids.

As great as March Madness is, nothing poses a threat to college sports like gambling

Gambling has managed to chart an unlikely path from third-rail, illegal-underworld activity to mainstream, legalized, in-your-face fun.

Giulia Serra of the Hand2Hand Duo warmed up before the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus opening night show at Agganis Arena.

A reimagined ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ makes its debut in Boston — without animals

A reimagined “Greatest Show on Earth” made its Boston debut at Agganis Arena at Boston University on Thursday, featuring stunts and traditional acts with an added layer of “awe and wonder."

This favorite Easter candy was born in Boston (but is delicious all year round)

Colorful. Shiny on the outside but soft on the inside. These chewy bits of goodness have become an Easter basket mainstay.

Opinion

TechBoston Academy players headed onto the field for a game against Chelsea at White Stadium, Nov. 9, 2023.

Michael Thomas and Dan Eramian

White Stadium should be available to BPS football all season long

Yes the stadium desperately needs fixing. But can’t it accommodate high school football teams and women’s professional soccer during the same season?

Speaker Mike Johnson is better at thumping his Bible than believing it

No, DEI didn’t cause the Baltimore bridge collapse

Steven C. Wofsy

Your laptop will soon fight climate change

IDEAS | Shira Schoenberg

Cut loose at 18 and struggling into adulthood

More recent News

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 a rideshare driver as a courier to pick up the money.

For RFK Jr., measles outbreak was key moment for career as vaccine skeptic. Now he’s downplaying his activism.
Kennedy and others in his orbit played major roles, promoting misinformation that public health officials agree fueled the spread of the disease, and opposing government policies aimed at stemming transmission.

Massachusetts teachers unions face leadership changes
Leadership changes at two of the most influential teachers unions in Massachusetts appear to be on the horizon.

Man taken to hospital after his gun accidentally fired at brewery in Ipswich

The man, who was not identified, and a juvenile, who was struck by a piece of shrapnel while in the dining area, were both taken to a hospital for treatment.

BOOK REVIEW

In Natalie Dykstra’s compelling new biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, trauma feeds the pursuit of beauty
Trauma and finery fill ‘Chasing Beauty,’ a detailed chronicle of the socialite and art collector’s life and acquisitions

Recommended reads

Overstuffed garbage cans in Lawrence, Mass. An Israeli startup company, UBQ Materials, wants to use household waste to create a new type of thermoplastic and plans to build a recycling facility in the United States within the next three years.

Israeli company transforming trash into new type of plastic eyes Massachusetts for recycling plant

UBQ uses a mix of food scraps and plastic to create a material that it sells to companies as a greener plastic.

‘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.

‘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.

LOVE LETTERS

I think I’ve solved a relationship riddle. Can I help others?
We live in single houses about 100 feet apart.

Culture & Lifestyle

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone’s ‘A Life in Notes’ sheds the show tunes

Claire Danes in "Homeland." The actress has starred in a number of miniseries since her eight seasons on "Homeland."

Claire Danes’s miniseries streak continues with ‘The Beast in Me’

Boston Ballet's John Lam in Sabrina Matthews' "Ein Von Viel."

Boston Ballet announces its 2024-2025 season

From center to left: Lior Ashkenazi, Sam Woolf, Eva Feiler, and Amit Rahav as the Kurc family in "We Were the Lucky Ones."

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

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

A French ad for the original PEZ candy marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking. The dispenser's resemblance to a cigarette lighter is unmistakable, though the company claims that the design was aimed at a more hygienic way of sharing candy.

IDEAS | OLIVER EGGER & ANABEL DEMARTINO

The surprising history of an iconic American candy

In the latest sign of how far commercial real estate values have dropped, real estate firm Synergy closed on 101 Arch St. in Downtown Crossing for $78 million this week. The 21-story tower last sold in 2005 for $121.7 million.

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

The mass burial site in Izium, Ukraine, where over 400 bodies were recovered, Oct. 1, 2022.

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

Luz Echeverry is paid as a personal care attendant to assist her mother, also Luz Echeverry, in Lawrence. The governor's proposed budget could restrict who is eligible for the home care program.

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

Dan Schneider, then Nickelodeon’s star producer, accepts a lifetime achievement award at the network’s Kids’ Choice Awards in 2014.

Child sexual abuse and the complicity of silence at Nickelodeon

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian is suspect in hit-and-run crash in Warwick, R.I.

The executive, who was formerly the Mayor of Warwick, failed to notify police of the crash or provide information, according to court documents.

Investigation widens in the suicide of former member of Stoughton police youth program

A FBI spokesperson declined to comment, saying US Department of Justice policy prohibits the agency from confirming or denying investigations.

FAFSA delays and end of affirmative action are colliding for a chaotic college admissions season

After the US Supreme Court's ruling on college admissions, schools in New England worked to preserve campus diversity. Now, delays and errors in the federal financial aid process threatens those efforts.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Sunshine helps kick off a mostly dry Easter weekend

Saturday and Sunday will likely be rain free for most locations, although another storm is possible for Wednesday and Thursday. That follows a wet March that saw record-setting levels of rain or close to it across New England.

Sports

With Mac Jones (left) and Bailey Zappe at quarterback in 2023, the Patriots' average of 13.9 points per game was tied for last in the league.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Never mind the kickoff and hip-drop tackle. The NFL’s real concern is that scoring is down.

NFL games averaged 43.5 points in 2023 and 43.8 in 2022, down from 46.0 in 2021 and a record 49.6 in 2020.

Mo Vaughn hit .315 with a .974 OPS and 392 extra-base hits from 1993-98 with the Red Sox, one of the best runs in team history.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Once one of the most feared hitters in baseball, Mo Vaughn is making a comeback of sorts

Vaughn has joined Perfect Game as a special assistant, and will work to identify talented players in parts of the country where economic status is holding kids back from playing.

Cutter Gauthier scored 36 seconds into BC's eventual 6-1 win over Western Michigan on Friday in Providence.

Boston University will play Saturday for a spot in the Frozen Four. Follow along with the score here.

The Frozen Four will be held April 11 and 13 in Minnesota, and the Boston teams still in the tournament could soon play for a title.

Celtics at Pelicans | 5 P.M. (NBATV, NBCSB)

Celtics at Pelicans: After a brutal week in Atlanta, Celtics seek refuge in New Orleans

Bruins at Capitals | 7 P.M. (NESN)

Bruins at Capitals: After an emotional two games in Florida, Boston is on to D.C.

As great as March Madness is, nothing poses a threat to college sports like gambling

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.

Heart pump is linked to 49 deaths, the FDA warns

The tiny Impella pumps will be allowed to remain in use despite the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to issue an alert about the risk that it could puncture a wall of the heart.

LARRY EDELMAN | TRENDLINES

Announcing Trendlines, a business newsletter from columnist Larry Edelman

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

magazine

The Parenting Issue

My sons have different skin colors. Will the world treat them differently?

Cooper Flagg, a 6-foot-9 basketball player from Maine, turned 17 in December and will not play his first minute of college basketball for months. But he's already captured attention from the basketball world, including NBA stars Jayson Tatum and LeBron James.

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

Clockwise from top left: Flutist Nathalie Joachim; a scene from "Mrs. Krishnan's Party"; The Peony Dress, 2020, by Miss Sohee, from “Hallyu! The Korean Wave”; Attacca Quartet; Council; and Florence Welch.

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

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

metro

Martinez Napoleon as Gabriel and Jackie Davis as Rose in Trinity Rep’s “Fences” in Providence.

Trinity Rep’s ‘Fences’ offers dramatic intensity and a touch of transcendence

A reimagined ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ makes its debut in Boston — without animals

Somerset man arrested after allegedly trying to lure two girls into his car in Swansea, police say

sports

DJ Horne scored 19 points Friday.

N.C. State men keep magical March Madness run alive with victory over Marquette

Red Sox go scoreless in Seattle in first setback of the season

With Rafael Devers sidelined, the Red Sox needed someone to step up. It didn’t happen.

business

This shuttered power plant on the Mystic River in Everett could be replaced with a soccer stadium.

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

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

politics

Senator JD Vance, a Republican of Ohio, spoke before Donald Trump took the stage in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16.

Some of Trump’s allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons

Former VP, dignitaries honor the late Joe Lieberman at service

Trump asks appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on Georgia election case

Nation

An empty classroom in Baltimore, Md., on April 14, 2020.

A crisis of school absences

NYC will try gun scanners in subway system in effort to deter violence underground

Biden administration to cap rent increases for some affordable housing units

World

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, speaks to the media during a joint press conference with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on March 8 in Istanbul.

Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine

The US welcomes the new Palestinian government following its repeated calls for political reform

‘Oppenheimer’ finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions

opinion

Mass. educators are hard at work to support students’ literacy

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

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

lifestyle

I think I’ve solved a relationship riddle. Can I help others?

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

food & dining

This favorite Easter candy was born in Boston (but is delicious all year round)

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.

travel

Can you enjoy "big glory views," as the park rangers call them, even if you have a disability? In most cases, yes. The National Park Service has made a push to make parks more accessible for travelers with sensory and mobility issues.

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

Raqib Shaw, Seeking Simurgh, 2018–19. © Raqib Shaw. Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles. (Raqib Shaw/White Cube/Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd.)

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

From left: "James" by Percival Everett and "Happy Place" by Emily Henry.

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

Tye Sheridan in "Asphalt City," in theaters March 29.

Tye Sheridan talks Sean Penn, Kali Reis, and how pandemic impacted paramedic drama ‘Asphalt City’

‘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’

Television

Claire Danes in "Homeland." The actress has starred in a number of miniseries since her eight seasons on "Homeland."

Claire Danes’s miniseries streak continues with ‘The Beast in Me’

‘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

music

The cover of Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter," released Friday.

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ ranges far and wide

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.

Theater/Dance

Kalyani Nagarajan (right) and Justin Rogers in "Mrs. Krishnan's Party."

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

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

Louis Gossett Jr. at the American Black Film Festival Honors Awards in Los Angeles in February, 2020.

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