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Even middle-income families in Mass. struggle to pay for college
While college tuition is broadly affordable for the rich, and many poor students qualify for significant financial aid, it’s a calamity for those in the middle.

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.

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.

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 crowd gathers outside Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney, on April 13.

5 people and a suspect killed in a Sydney shopping center stabbing attack, police say

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."

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

Study participants have a half hour to eat their tailored lunch at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.

Study at Tufts keeps patients ‘locked up’ for two weeks to unlock the mysteries of food

A national research project, with the New England component based at Tufts, is seeking to understand why individuals respond differently to different nutrients. The goal is to someday enable people to get nutrition advice tailored to their unique biology.

Back end showers will filter scatter around Boston for much of Saturday.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Scattered showers lurk around Boston and much of New England

A quick-moving clipper system will race through Sunday afternoon, but should’t spoil marathon Monday.

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

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.

Who are the top American athletes to watch on Monday? You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

Fortify yourself with short rib Bolognese at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in preparation for the Boston Marathon.

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

Race toward pasta specials, parties, and more, from Heartbreak Hill to the finish line.

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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

Jonathan F. Stone of Claremont speaks during a forum for state representative candidates in Claremont, N.H., on Oct. 24, 2022.

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

His allies, including Kelly Ayotte and Donald Trump, have kept mum after newly released documents say he spoke of killing police and raping the chief’s wife and children

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

CONNECTIONS | MAGAZINE

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? Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity

Opinion

The rapper J. Cole, left, performing last year in Las Vegas last. Kendrick Lamar, right, at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2017. Lamar is target of Cole's recent diss track, for which Cole apologized on April 7.

A diss track, then a rapper’s unexpected apology, shake up hip-hop

The rapper J. Cole apologized to Kendrick Lamar for a diss track on his recent album. What happened next shook hip-hop — and was a good thing.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

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

What Biden should be doing better to get Ukraine aid

Shira Schoenberg

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?

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

More recent News

Video shows raid on ship near Strait of Hormuz; Mideast official says Iran carried out the attack

A video seen by The Associated Press shows commandos raiding a ship near the Strait of Hormuz by helicopter Saturday, an attack a Mideast defense official attributed to Iran amid wider tensions between Tehran and the West.

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.

1 dead and 13 injured after semitrailer intentionally crashed into Texas public safety office
A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler though the front a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, authorities said.

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.

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.

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.

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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Deepfakes often have tells, like extra fingers or misplaced shadows.

What’s wrong with this picture? Deepfake detectives want you to take a closer look.

While technology ‘can manipulate what we perceive as true or false,’ humans ‘have some agency here,’ says Lindsay Bartholomew, exhibit content and experience developer at the MIT Museum.

Spotting a deepfake: Eight tips and tells Is this video real or AI generated? Take the quiz.

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.

ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

Out with the South End, in with Dorchester apparently. The battle to be Boston’s ‘gayborhood’ star.
“It used to be, when everyone lived in the South End, you’d meet the occasional person who lived in Dorchester, and it was met with embarrassment.”

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.

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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 supporter of former president Donald Trump waited for him to arrive at the Atlanta Airport on April 10.

Readers, I need your help on two big questions

Elizabeth Nguyen, left, and her husband, Oscar Quint, posed for a photo with their daughter in their home in Malden.

IDEAS | ANJANA SANKAR

A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants

Students L-R Maya Baraka; Imraan Mohamad, who raised his arms to talk about trees; and Tristan Miller looked on in the classroom at the Trotter Elementary School in Boston, May 19, 2023.

Brandy Brooks and Shavonne Harrington

A blueprint for how Boston should best use its school buildings

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 military recruits training in Kyiv in October. Without US help, the country is running short on ammunition to resist the Russian invasion.

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Study at Tufts keeps patients ‘locked up’ for two weeks to unlock the mysteries of food

A national research project, with the New England component based at Tufts, is seeking to understand why individuals respond differently to different nutrients. The goal is to someday enable people to get nutrition advice tailored to their unique biology.

Even middle-income families in Massachusetts struggle to pay for college

While college tuition is broadly affordable for the rich, and many poor students qualify for significant financial aid, it’s a calamity for those in the middle.

A guide to Concord and Lexington’s Patriots Day weekend activities

Historic battle reenactments, parades and other Patriots Day events will be held over the weekend in Concord and Lexington.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Scattered showers lurk around Boston and much of New England

A quick-moving clipper system will race through Sunday afternoon, but should’t spoil marathon Monday.

Sports

CJ Albertson (far left) found himself alongside Kenyan stars Eliud Kipchoge (center) and Evans Chebet during the 2023 Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon

2024 Boston Marathon: Who are the top American athletes to watch on Monday?

CJ Albertson, Des Linden, Emma Bates, and Sam Chelanga are a few to watch.

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.

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

Payton Pritchard on his career-high 31-point night

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

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

Claudine Gay, dean of the school’s faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University, speaks to the crowd after being named the University’s next president, in Dec. 2022.

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

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

MSPCA seeking homes for dozens of farm animals seized from Ayer

sports

Tiger Woods reacts on the 18th green after completing a grueling day of golf by finishing his second round with an even-par 72, good for a 1-over 145 that enabled him to make the cut for a record 24th consecutive time at the Masters on Friday.

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

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

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

A crowd gathers outside Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney, on April 13.

5 people and a suspect killed in a Sydney shopping center stabbing attack, police say

In ancient Pompeii, dinner surrounded by myth

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

opinion

A historic image of the first nuclear bomb test, on a fence at the Trinity Site at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in October 2022.

That ticking sound? It’s the nuclear threat that never went away.

Ensuring DCF youth make a successful transition to adulthood

Who wants to be an election worker in 2024? After 2020, too few people.

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