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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.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
Looking at the biggest wastes of salary-cap space for the 2024 NFL season
Whenever a team or general manager says it doesn’t have the cap space to make a move, what they are really saying is they don’t want to pay the cash.

‘Run, run, run’: Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot

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

Israel finds the body of a teen whose disappearance sparked a deadly settler attack in the West Bank

 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with West

Study at Tufts is taking a close look at test subjects and what they eat 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.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Scattered showers lurk around Boston and much of New England

A quick-moving clipper system will race through Sunday afternoon, but shouldn’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

At 32, elite Boston marathoner and coach Katie Kellner is just beginning to hit her stride

The three-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier has always approached racing with one goal: have fun. Now, Kellner has a lot to smile about.
Who are the top American athletes to watch on Monday?

Marathoners are ‘obsessed’ with weather. These doctors have advice on how to cope with race-day conditions.

Dehydration, heat stroke, even hypothermia. The Boston Marathon has seen it all. So have doctors.
Your Boston Marathon forecast: Morning clouds to clear in time for warm and sunny conditions How to prepare and what to wear while running when it’s warm
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Is it the pitch clock, or is it velocity? MLB pitchers ponder why injuries are so prevalent this season.

The league and the union are at odds when it comes to finding a cause. And what's the solution?
Red Sox commit three more errors in fourth straight loss
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
NH POLITICS

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
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
RENÉE GRAHAM

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
Carine Hajjar

What Biden should be doing better to get Ukraine aid
Shira Schoenberg

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?
Bernie Sanders

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

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Bold Types
Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks
Michelle Wu was strongly considering tax incentives to jump-start stalled housing projects

Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
Donald Trump offered a political lifeline to House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying the beleaguered GOP leader is doing a “very good job,” and tamping down the far-right forces led by Marjorie Taylor Greene trying to oust him from office.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.”

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

SCOT LEHIGH

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
EDITORIAL

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

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

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.
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.
Bold Types

Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks

Michelle Wu was strongly considering tax incentives to jump-start stalled housing projects

Marathoners are ‘obsessed’ with weather. These doctors have advice on how to cope with race-day conditions.

Dehydration, heat stroke, even hypothermia. The Boston Marathon has seen it all. So have doctors.

Sports

angels at red sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 15: Angels at Red Sox lineups and notes

Saturday’s starter will be Cooper Criswell, whom the Red Sox called up from Worcester. Criswell hasn’t started a game since 2022 when he was with the Tampa Bay Rays.
frozen four 2024

Frozen Four live updates: Boston College to face Denver for national title

Boston University's season came to an end with an overtime loss to Denver. The Eagles will try for their first championship since 2012.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

What goes into being elected into the Naismith Hall of Fame?

Voting is not made public and media members — unless named to the anonymous group that includes former players, coaches. and executives — are not part of the process.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Is it the pitch clock, or is it velocity? MLB pitchers ponder why injuries are so prevalent this season.
Jim McBride | Sunday hockey notes

NHL centers walk a fine — and sometimes mysterious — line to not get kicked out of the faceoff circle
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Looking at the biggest wastes of salary-cap space for the 2024 NFL season

Business

Bold Types

Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks

Michelle Wu was strongly considering tax incentives to jump-start stalled housing projects

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
KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

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

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

MISS CONDUCT

A couple we were friends with is suddenly avoiding us

metro

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

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

Scattered showers lurk around Boston and much of New England

sports

Bruins at Penguins: Pat Maroon to make debut as Boston has plenty to play for

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

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

business

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

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

politics

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

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

Israel finds the body of a teen whose disappearance sparked a deadly settler attack in the West Bank

‘Run, run, run’: Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot

In ancient Pompeii, dinner surrounded by myth

opinion

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 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, 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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

‘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

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

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