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Harris blames Trump for Arizona’s strict abortion law, calling him the ‘architect of this health care crisis’

During a campaign event, the vice president called the law “one of the biggest aftershocks yet” of the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state What Arizona's abortion law means for other states

At final hearing before Karen Read trial, third-party culprit argument takes center stage
Lawyers for Read, who is charged with murder for allegedly hitting her boyfriend with her SUV in Canton, argued Friday that jurors should hear their theory that the victim was fatally beaten inside a home.

Former Harvard morgue manager’s wife pleads guilty in scheme to sell human body parts

Denise Lodge, of Goffstown, N.H., agreed to plead guilty to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen goods as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, according to court records.

Norwood lawmaker presses Governor Healey to facilitate a deal to reopen local Steward hospital

Representative John H. Rogers filed a budget amendment calling on the administration to authorize the sale or lease of Norwood Hospital to "Mass General Brigham or any other such high-quality health care provider."

Black-led running group sues BAA, Newton police chief, charging it was racially profiled at Boston Marathon

Members of TrailblazHers running group who said they were racially profiled during last year’s Boston Marathon filed suit Thursday in what their lawyers described as an effort to “forestall a repeat” of the alleged discrimination.

A stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office on US-290 in Brenham, Texas, on Friday.

1 dead and 13 injured after semitrailer intentionally crashed into Texas public safety office

Ex-cop who police feared would go ‘postal’ is now a politically connected N.H. lawmaker

Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet

House passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

Pickup truck drives off ferry ramp on Martha’s Vineyard after ramming into police cruiser, officials say

Dr. Thea James of Boston Medical Center said: “You can’t solve the problem without the subjects of the data being in the conversation.”

Dr. Thea James has spent years battling the root causes of health disparities in Boston. Her message is finally resonating.

The BMC doctor has helped shrink gaps in diabetes and postpartum care.

A Wellesley College student lay on the ground at an election night watch party on Nov. 8, 2016.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

Thinking of leaving the country if Trump wins? There’s a market for that.

Former president Donald Trump’s strength in the polls has prompted wealthy, left-leaning Americans to start thinking about escape hatches.

Who will Trump pick as his vice presidential running mate? Here’s a breakdown of some possible contenders. Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial after Trump complains of pretrial publicity

10 experiential bars and restaurants around Boston to grab a bite and get your game on
Anyone who’s ordered nachos at a bowling alley or sipped on a brew at a pool hall (or Dave & Buster’s) knows that mixing games with a good menu is a recipe for success.

128th Boston Marathon

Kathrine Switzer entered the 1967 Marathon as "K. Switzer." When she was spotted in the race, Jock Semple tried to rip the number off her shirt and remove her from the course.

Those who paved the way: A (brief) history of women at the Boston Marathon

Women ran unsanctioned before the AAU and BAA allowed them in as registered participants in 1972.

Here are the celebrities and other notable people participating in the Marathon Defending champions in position to make history, and perhaps Olympics, come Monday

Runners line up at the starting line of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon.

You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

On Thursday, 826 Boston held its eighth Half Half Half Half Half Marathon in Jamaica Plain, a fund-raiser to aid their mission to offer free writing, tutoring, and publishing programs to K-12 students.

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Second baseman Pablo Reyes attempts to catch an off-line throw by shortstop David Hamilton during the first inning against the Angels at Fenway Park on Friday.

angels 7, red sox 0

Errant Red Sox defense lets down Tanner Houck early in disappointing loss to Angels

Boston committed an error in each of the first three innings during a fourth straight defeat that dropped the team to 7-7.

Notebook: Larger arsenal of pitches has helped solidify Garrett Whitlock’s credentials as a starting pitcher

Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 31 points and 11 assists, and earned a hand from coach Joe Mazzulla.

CELTICS 131, HORNETS 98

There is no substitute for winning, as Celtics prove by routing Hornets with Payton Pritchard-led group

Dan Shaughnessy: These Celtics still have everything to prove, and other thoughts Mayor Wu designates Sunday as ‘Mike Gorman Day’ in Boston

This week's daters: Joe B. and Katrina Z.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We discovered we both had done AmeriCorps after college’

Will these daters bond over their common volunteer experience?

I wish my sister and I were closer

Grief seems to get in the way.

Opinion

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett spoke to media at the site of a suspected ramming attack in the central town of Raanana, on Jan. 15.

Shira Schoenberg

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?

Bennett describes a right-wing vision for the country that provides an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Readers, I need your help on two big questions

IDEAS | ANJANA SANKAR

A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants

Brandy Brooks and Shavonne Harrington

A blueprint for how Boston should best use its school buildings

Congress needs to step up for Ukraine. Then it’ll be Biden’s turn.

More recent News

US targets unlikely to be on list in possible Iranian attack, officials say
US intelligence analysts and officials said Friday that they expected Iran to strike multiple targets inside Israel within the next few days in retaliation for an Israeli bombing April 1 in the Syrian capital that killed several senior Iranian commanders.

A look at the storm’s impacts in your area
Friday greeted New Englanders with drenching rains and howling winds before quieting through the afternoon.

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
Eleanor Coppola documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now" and raised a family of filmmakers.

Emily Ratajkowski, Melissa Gorga, and more hit the red carpet at Encore Boston Harbor
Encore Boston Harbor rolled out the red carpet on Thursday night for the grand opening of Seamark Seafood & Cocktails and Old Wives’ Tale, the new restaurant and speakeasy from chef Michael Schlow.

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died, his company says
The Italian-born designer became renowned in the early 1970s for his animal prints and for a sexy style that remained his trademark throughout his long career.

Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s bid to dismiss gun case, rejects claim it’s politically motivated
A federal judge in Delaware has rejected defense efforts to throw out the federal gun case against Hunter Biden.

MSPCA seeking homes for dozens of farm animals seized from Ayer

The animals, which were brought to Nevins Farm in Methuen, include 91 chickens, 11 ducks, eight geese, two ponies, and 49 goats, some of whom are pregnant, MSPCA said.

What’s open and closed on Patriots Day in Boston

Runners and spectators will fill the streets on Monday, Patriots Day, for the 128th Boston Marathon. Here's what's open and what's closed.

Israeli settlers rampage through a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25

Palestinian health officials say over 460 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces since the war erupted in October.

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Three-deckers lined Rosemont Street in Dorchester in this 2021 photo.

ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

The changing landscape of Boston’s three-deckers: Rising prices and diminishing dreams

Considered a foot in the door of homeownership, these multifamilies gave owners a place to live and rental income to pay the mortgage. But buyers may have to look beyond Boston to make it work.

From a scrapyard to a mini-city: BPDA approves huge project in Andrew Square
The project will turn a roughly 21-acre strip of Dorchester Ave. just north Andrew Square into a hub of life-science, retail, and residential buildings.

Michael Dukakis celebrated at Northeastern by successors as governor
Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was celebrated by three of his successors Thursday at Northeastern University, where he served nearly 30 years as a professor of public policy after leaving politics.

BU resident assistants start four-day strike on campus already disrupted by striking grad students
The decision to strike came after nearly four months of negotiations with Boston University for the union's first contract.

Culture & Lifestyle

Stephen Mattin and his grandson, Ronan, 9, walked up to the balcony during dress rehearsal at the BSO.

Remember the boy who said ‘wow’ at Symphony Hall? Now he’s 14, and there’s a picture book about him.

Wu Tsang, "Of Whales," 2022. Now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Diving deep with Wu Tsang’s ‘Of Whales’ at the ICA

Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ miniseries "Franklin."

In ‘Franklin,’ a Founding Father’s flirtations with the French

People walked under blooming cherry blossom trees last year at the Arnold Arboretum. On April 12, the arboretum celebrates Japanese culture under the cherry blossoms with Taiko drumming by local band KM2 + KASA Taiko.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

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

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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 Jordanian Air Force C-130 dropped humanitarian aid supplies over northern Gaza on March 28.

No more US complicity with Netanyahu’s war machine in Gaza

The traffic at 3:40 p.m. on I-93, en route from Milan, N.H., where the photographer had watched the eclipse. He got home at 11:30 p.m.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

I (barely) survived the eclipse drive from Vermont to Boston

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

The best-case scenario for Trump’s foreign policy

Despite the state's vaunted hospitals, it's become increasingly hard for residents of Massachusetts to find primary care doctors.

Massachusetts isn’t using a tool that could help tackle its shortage of primary care doctors

Ukrainian service members fire a French self-propelled 155 mm gun toward Russian positions on the front lines in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 15, 2022. The Telegraph reported on April 6 that Russia is carrying out illegal chemical attacks on Ukrainian troops.

Russia’s reported use of chemical weapons in Ukraine is another ‘red line’

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Claudine Gay speaks of her mother’s immigrant journey from Haiti in first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as university president

Gay — who resigned in January amid controversies stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, campus antisemitism, and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly works — spoke during Wednesday morning prayers at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard.

Star-struck New Hampshire newlyweds look back on ‘surreal’ eclipse

Dressed in sun and moon outfits, the couple made the path of total darkness the light of their nuptials.

MSPCA seeking homes for dozens of farm animals seized from Ayer

The animals, which were brought to Nevins Farm in Methuen, include 91 chickens, 11 ducks, eight geese, two ponies, and 49 goats, some of whom are pregnant, MSPCA said.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Your Boston Marathon forecast: Morning clouds to clear in time for warm and sunny conditions

It will get warm on Monday. As runners near Boston, temperatures will dip slightly, but the difference will be hard to notice.

Sports

Don Sweeney is 57 years old.

Bruins GM Don Sweeney takes on leadership roles for Team Canada in upcoming world competitions

Sweeney will serve for both the 4 Nations Face-off in 2025 and the Olympics in 2026.

Jamahal Hill faces Alex Pereira for Pereira's light heavyweight championship at UFC 300.

On a loaded card at UFC 300, Jamahal Hill vs. Alex Pereira is the main event

Saturday's bout list also features two combatants with ties to Boston – Methuen's Calvin Kattar and Kayla Harrison, who trained for Olympic judo gold in Wakefield.

Payton Pritchard poured in a career-high 31 points on Friday.

Watch: Joe Mazzulla, Payton Pritchard (31 points) speak after blowout win over Hornets

Hear what Pritchard had to say after pouring in a career-high 31 points on Friday.

Payton Pritchard on his career-high 31-point night

Joe Mazzulla on Payton Pritchard's big night, blowout win over Hornets

Golf | Masters notebook

Tiger Woods makes more history at the Masters by making the cut for a record 24th consecutive time

Business

Norwood lawmaker presses Governor Healey to facilitate a deal to reopen local Steward hospital

Representative John H. Rogers filed a budget amendment calling on the administration to authorize the sale or lease of Norwood Hospital to "Mass General Brigham or any other such high-quality health care provider."

BU resident assistants start four-day strike on campus already disrupted by striking grad students

The decision to strike came after nearly four months of negotiations with Boston University for the union's first contract.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

Thinking of leaving the country if Trump wins? There’s a market for that.

From a scrapyard to a mini-city: BPDA approves huge project in Andrew Square

magazine

College & Careers

We asked 6,000 New Englanders: Is a college degree still worth the cost?

College & Careers

Why conservatives are turning against college, even in New England

As a college student, I’d never written an actual letter. They seemed so old-fashioned.

A couple we were friends with is suddenly avoiding us

metro

Governor Maura Healey, pictured in March, proposed $1.5 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant program in fiscal 2025, while the House on Wednesday unveiled its plan to fund the line item at $3 million. The Legislature funneled $4 million into the program for this fiscal year, after it overrode Healey’s veto that had slashed some funding.

Hate crimes fuel push for more security grants

A look at the storm’s impacts in your area

Dr. Thea James has spent years battling the root causes of health disparities in Boston. Her message is finally resonating.

sports

Midfielder Dylan Leone dives into a Weymouth player early in Newton North's 13-9 boys' lacrosse victory at home on April 1, 2024.

Boys’ lacrosse roundup: Kam Tremblay matches Billerica record with nine-goal performance, reaches 100-goal milestone

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Marco Gomez Cabo ignites Andover, which hands Lowell its second Merrimack Valley loss in two-plus seasons

Your Boston Marathon forecast: Morning clouds to clear in time for warm and sunny conditions

business

Moderna halts vaccine plant in Africa amid dwindling orders

Doctors protest cost of Vertex cystic fibrosis drug as its scientists prepare to receive $3 million ‘Oscars of Science’ award

The death of veteran reporter Fred Hanson is another blow to community journalism

politics

First lady Jill Biden waves as she walks with son Hunter Biden, to board Air Force One on March 29.

Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s bid to dismiss gun case, rejects claim it’s politically motivated

Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care

Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet

Nation

A stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office on US-290 in Brenham, Texas, on Friday.

1 dead and 13 injured after semitrailer intentionally crashed into Texas public safety office

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states.

Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here’s what to know about the hush money case.

World

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday showed a fresco depicting the Greek mythology's figures of Helen (left) and Paris of Troy, inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unearthed in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples.

In ancient Pompeii, dinner surrounded by myth

US targets unlikely to be on list in possible Iranian attack, officials say

US, Japan, and South Korea hold drills in disputed sea as Biden hosts leaders of Japan, Philippines

opinion

A Jordanian Air Force C-130 dropped humanitarian aid supplies over northern Gaza on March 28.

No more US complicity with Netanyahu’s war machine in Gaza

Massachusetts isn’t using a tool that could help tackle its shortage of primary care doctors

What happens when your child’s tutor is an AI chatbot?

lifestyle

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli during Milan Fashion Week in January 2014.

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died, his company says

You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

I wish my sister and I were closer

food & dining

Emily Ratajkowski attended the grand opening of Seamark Seafood & Cocktails and Old Wives' Tale at Encore Boston Harbor on Thursday night.

Emily Ratajkowski, Melissa Gorga, and more hit the red carpet at Encore Boston Harbor

10 experiential bars and restaurants around Boston to grab a bite and get your game on

Hey, runners: Here’s where to carb load for Marathon Monday. (And some spots for spectators, too.)

travel

Several stretches of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast Trail are known for being dry, including the long grind up Tin Hat Mountain (3,914 feet). Signs warn hikers to load up on water in advance of the climb.

If you go: Tips and resources for the Sunshine Coast Trail

Trailing Detective Gamache in the Eastern Townships

There are many bright spots along the Sunshine Coast Trail. Watching my kids conquer its 112 miles is one of them.

Arts

Wu Tsang, "Of Whales," 2022. Now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Diving deep with Wu Tsang’s ‘Of Whales’ at the ICA

Roxbury-based artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson awarded fellowship to pursue archival project

Sculptor Morgan Faulds Pike tries to ‘let the wood do the talking’

Books

Runners line up at the starting line of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon.

You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

Two-day event to celebrate the glory of Grolier Bookshop; All She Wrote Books turns five; and more

Claire Dederer on Maggie Nelson and other politically earnest writers

Movies

O.J. Simpson in 1978.

O.J. Simpson, former NFL star acquitted of double murder in ‘trial of the century,’ has died

Revisit the O.J. Simpson trial with these documentaries and TV shows

‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ and his one-of-a-kind screen career

Television

O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson, pictured in 1993. Lifetime may alter the release date for “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson," which was originally planned for June.

Lifetime may move up release of Nicole Brown Simpson documentary following death of O.J.

In ‘Franklin,’ a Founding Father’s flirtations with the French

‘Melrose Place’ — and a certain character — will live again in latest reboot

music

The Boston Symphony Orchestra performing Messiaen's "Turangalîla-Symphonie" at Symphony Hall on April 11, 2024, with music director Andris Nelsons and pianist Yuja Wang.

An exuberant ‘Turangalîla’ from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Rhode Island’s robust old-time music scene comes alive at local jams

Five things to do around Boston, April 15-21

Theater/Dance

Beza Mekonnen (left) as Meg Murry and Becca A. Lewis rehearse a scene from Wheelock Family Theatre's "A Wrinkle in Time."

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ at Wheelock invites families to another dimension

The Huntington leads the field of nominees for the Elliot Norton Awards

‘Burn This’ fails to catch fire

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

US director Francis Ford Coppola and his wife wife Eleanor pose upon arriving at the Festival Palace to attend the premiere of US director Sofia Coppola's film 'Marie Antoinette' at the 59th edition of the International Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, 24 May 2006. "Marie Antoinette" is the latest film by Coppola who won an Oscar in 2004 for best original screenplay for her "Lost in Translation". As the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark on Tuesday, the field remained wide open with critics largely divided on which of the 20 films could carry off the coveted Palme d'Or. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo by VALERY HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died, his company says

Robert MacNeil, earnest news anchor for PBS, dies at 93