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A courthouse circus surrounds his alleged killer. But John O’Keefe’s loved ones are focused on remembering a ‘good man.’
O’Keefe’s friends and family members told the Globe the spectacle surrounding the Karen Read case has detracted from what should be the focus: that a loving uncle, a generous friend, a police officer dedicated to serving Boston’s communities, lost his life.

Trump’s lawyers told the court that no one would give him a bond. Then he got a lifeline, but they didn’t tell the judges.

A billionaire lender approached Donald Trump about providing a bond for the full $464 million judgment in his civil fraud case. The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court, a failure that may have violated ethics rules, legal experts say.

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information.

A disgraced Holyoke city councilor fled the country before his trial. A new video reportedly shows him joining the Russian army.
A video posted Wednesday to a Russian social media channel reportedly shows the 28-year-old signing a contract to officially join the country’s armed services as it enters its 25th month of war against Ukraine.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
The Stefon Diggs trade shows the Bills and Texans are heading in opposite directions
The Bills are in rebuild-on-the-fly mode after coming up short for the fourth straight season while the Texans have loaded up with one of the NFL’s most expensive rosters.

Tara Sullivan
After dazzling Final Four games, Iowa vs. South Carolina is the perfect matchup for the championship
Both teams showed what they are made of in their national semifinal victories, and now it will be winner take all on Sunday afternoon.

Biden urges Egypt, Qatar leaders to press Hamas to come to agreement for Israeli hostages in Gaza

 Israel dismisses two officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

Three officers injured trying to arrest man at Boston City Hall

Here are the New England finalists for the 2024 James Beard awards

Closest to Boston, Comfort Kitchen and Talulla earn nods, but every New England state has a nominee for Best Chef: Northeast or Outstanding Restaurateur. See who’s made the short list here.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

A few thoughts on the biggest storylines to emerge from the early days of the baseball season

The Yankees are the third team Juan Soto has played for in the last 20 months, and it could well be four at this point next year as Soto will become a free agent after the season.
Peter Abraham: Trevor Story’s injury could put Red Sox in a bind

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Several of these devotees returned to the ballpark last week to wax nostalgic about the magical season.

This nonprofit started an after-school program to teach woodworking. Then a new mission arrived.
A Gloucester woodworking shop provides mentorship through craftsmanship.

Stock market FOMO? Instead, indulge your ‘FOMU’: fear of messing up.

Picking the perfect time to buy or sell individual stocks is exceptionally difficult even for professional money managers.

At Rodent Academy in Cambridge, you have one assignment: Kill the rats

To beat the pests, we have to be smarter than them. And sometimes, participants at the academy learn, we have to unleash the rat-killing dogs. Really.
2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Your complete guide to the total solar eclipse in New England

Here's everything you need to know about the April 8 eclipse in order to see the spectacle safely no matter where you will be viewing it from.
Eclipse Forecast | Ken Mahan

Historical cloud cover along the path of totality does not bode well for New England

Will clear weather prevail or will cloud cover block out this once-in-a-lifetime event come showtime?
From tattoo studios to porta-potty vendors, New England businesses go all-in on eclipse

‘It’s part of how you present to the world’: Owala looks to become the next ‘it’ water bottle

From Hydro Flask to Stanley, high-end water bottles are now as much a status symbol as a way to stay hydrated. Owala is vying to be the next drinking vessel to corner the market.
LOVE LETTERS

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

He’s in his 40s.
Blind date: ‘We shared roommate stories — a classic Boston experience’
CELTICS 101, KINGS 100

Celtics’ reserves play Kings for a day, finish out narrow victory

Xavier Tillman's floater with seven seconds left put the Celtics ahead after the Kings mounted a comeback from down 18 to take the lead in the fourth quarter.
Gary Washburn: Joe Mazzulla has kept the Celtics reserves involved, which could prove to be a playoff factor
Opinion
IDEAS | BART TOCCI

I can’t afford you anymore: A letter to the place where I was born

We bought and renovated a house in Boston. That was only one of the ways we've set ourselves up for financial ruin.
Jon Kingsdale

How to prevent another Steward-like health care crisis
Sarah Iselin

Massachusetts needs comprehensive, long-term health care planning today
MARCELA GARCÍA

Here’s how Biden can help Haitians who have fled a nation near collapse
LETTERS

Energy is being expended to reform electricity market in Mass.

More recent News

Senator Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear.
Authorities are seeking a suspect who allegedly started a fire outside the Vermont office of Sanders.

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs
The climate-tech incubator, which was an early symbol of the region’s promise as a hub for addressing the climate crisis, is laying off 30 percent of its staff, the company announced Friday.

Police investigating after human remains found on Nantucket
The remains were discovered by two men who were searching for deer antlers, police said.

Almost 100 new great white sharks — including 36 in Cape Cod waters — added to conservancy catalog
With its latest additions, the White Shark Catalog has over 700 individual sharks, one of the largest photo ID catalogs of great white sharks in their global range.

Senator Elizabeth Warren calls on GOP opponents to release tax returns
The challenge marked perhaps the most direct engagement Warren has had with the two GOP challengers who have emerged to her candidacy in recent months.

How to save $25 by recycling liquor and wine bottles at N.H. outlets
New Hampshire bar and restaurant owners can save up to $1,000 through the six-week “Bring Back Jack” promotion.

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan as death toll rises to 13
The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said.

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in alleged road rage incident in Hopkinton

The 26-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was hit around 6:20 p.m. on Route 85 in Hopkinton, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office.

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges
A federal appeals court says a Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful.”

Recommended reads

KARA BASKIN

Boston’s best patios for outdoor dining in 2024

Save this roundup of al fresco dining options in the city. We promise it will get warmer out soon! And we’ll update this list routinely.

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.
Rowe, the BSO’s principal flutist for the past two decades, will leave the orchestra in August to pursue a full-time career as a leadership coach.

Your Home: Renovations
Eight common interior design myths and mistakes, and how to fix them
Boston-area design pros to demystify common issues people encounter when trying to update their homes — and explain how to fix them.

Boston’s defenses against rising seas lean on private development. What happens when the money dries up?
Several flood-protection projects like sea walls, berms, and elevated land are tangled up in large developments that now face slowdowns.

Culture & Lifestyle

On the 50th anniversary of ‘Carrie’, Stephen King talks about how his first horror novel came to be

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

There’s something in the way other artists cover Beatles songs

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

William McNulty and Drew Lewis

To save US lives, Congress should provide aid to Ukraine
Renée Graham

Lauryn Hill deserves to be more than a social media punchline
Michael R. Bloomberg and Gina McCarthy

The end of the coal era, the beginning of a cleaner era
IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Biden’s border bungle is souring America on immigration
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The powerful aura of throwback places that defy the algorithms
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Video on Telegram allegedly shows a disgraced Holyoke city councilor joining the Russian military

Disgraced Holyoke city councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota — wanted in court on child pornography charges — reportedly fled the country days before his trial.
AS I SEE IT

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Several of these devotees returned to the ballpark last week to wax nostalgic about the magical season.

A courthouse circus surrounds his alleged killer. But John O’Keefe’s loved ones are focused on remembering a ‘good man.’

O’Keefe’s friends and family members told the Globe the spectacle surrounding the Karen Read case has detracted from what should be the focus: that a loving uncle, a generous friend, a police officer dedicated to serving Boston’s communities, lost his life.

Court-appointed manager aims to save a historic Boston nursing home

Staff at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center in Mission Hill were ebullient Friday at the arrival of the facility's new leader.

Sports

RED SOX AT ANGELS I 9:38 P.M. (NESN)

Game 9: How will the Red Sox respond after losing shortstop Trevor Story?

The Sox shortstop injured his shoulder on Friday night and will be out for some time.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

The Hornets would be wise to consider Dawn Staley as the NBA’s first female head coach

Staley, one of the most successful and astute coaches in the history of college basketball, has won two national championships at South Carolina with a chance for a third on Sunday.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Stefon Diggs trade shows the Bills and Texans are heading in opposite directions

The Bills are in rebuild-on-the-fly mode after coming up short for the fourth straight season while the Texans have loaded up with one of the NFL’s most expensive rosters.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The NHL has the power to put an end to episodes such as the Rangers-Devils line brawl, but will it?
PANTHERS AT BRUINS | 3:30 P.M. (ABC)

Panthers at Bruins: Boston eyes a season sweep of the team that knocked it out of the playoffs
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

A few thoughts on the biggest storylines to emerge from the early days of the baseball season

Business

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information.

As the presidential election draws nearer, the spread of bogus information online is getting a boost from social media accounts that have been created anonymously.

US and China plan talks on economics, including manufacturing ‘overcapacity’ issue, Yellen says

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that the US and China have agreed to hold talks that will address a key American complaint about China’s economic model.

Stock market FOMO? Instead, indulge your ‘FOMU’: fear of messing up.

Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

When you’re lost, remember your red helicopter — what you once knew as a child
MISS CONDUCT

I’m not sure if we should invite an angry relative to my son’s wedding
Cooking

Fuel up for the Marathon with hearty, healthy meals

CONNECTIONS

Hear me out: Humans should have tails

metro

Will the Edgar Benjamin nursing home survive?

East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage

N.H. Senate approves bills flagged as ‘harmful’ by state child advocate’s office

sports

After dazzling Final Four games, Iowa vs. South Carolina is the perfect matchup for the championship

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Red Sox recover from blown four-run lead in victory over Los Angeles Angels

business

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Academic workers at Harvard unionize after six-year effort

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs

politics

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges

Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’

Biden gets a look at bridge devastation

Nation

Senator Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear.

Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

P&G recalls 8.2 million bags of Tide, Gain and other laundry detergents over packaging defect

World

Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan as death toll rises to 13

New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

opinion

Holy moly, Trump has made his campaign a religious experience

Chaplains in public schools are not what the Founders envisioned

Fresh from hospital, a fan needed to make one stop at Fenway Park

lifestyle

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

Where to celebrate graduation season in Boston and beyond

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

food & dining

Ziggy Bombs opens in Brookline; Nightshade Clam Shack prepares for summertime in Lynn

Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Vermont made a special eclipse beer. (You have to make a special trip to get it.)

No more bright lights, big ziti: Stella, once a South End staple, is all grown up and living in Newton

travel

So much beauty, so many sieges in Girona, Spain

Keep a fresh eye: Six strategies for visiting some of New England’s art museums

Britney Coleman on Oprah, energy bars, travel agents, and getting back to Boston

Arts

At the ICA, the powerful, personal histories of Firelei Báez

The National Black Doll Museum celebrates 20 years and a new home, in North Attleborough

At the Gardner, the riotous maximalism of Raqib Shaw

Books

‘He was without a doubt one of the most fascinating people I’ve interviewed’: Readers share their Stephen King memories

Maggie Nelson contemplates freedom through words and art in ‘Like Love’

Amanda Montell lays bare your ‘mental magic tricks’ in ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking’

Movies

‘Coup de Chance’: Woody Allen revisits one of his go-to themes: men getting away with murder

Don’t mess with Dev Patel in ‘Monkey Man’

A love letter to the local cinema scene: Globe readers share their movie-theater memories

Television

‘Sons of Anarchy’ showrunner heads to Wild West with ‘The Abandons’

The fine whine of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ was vintage Larry David

Propping up ‘The Regime’ required more than Kate Winslet

music

BSO’s Scriabin cloaked in multi-hued spectacle of light

Five things to do around Boston, April 8-14

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.

Theater/Dance

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

Playwright Christopher Durang mastered the art of misbehaving

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s ‘Driving in Circles’ proves to be an engrossing journey

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

Michael Singer, sculptor who used nature as his medium, dies at 78

Celebration of the life and photos of Charles Daniels

John Barth, who expanded the boundaries of postmodern writing, dies at 93