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Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ending trial

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the House Republicans’ case failed to meet “the high standard of high crimes and misdemeanors” and could set a dangerous precedent.

The Republican effort to impeach Mayorkas, explained House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

Prospective jurors being questioned in Karen Read case to join four already seated

Out of roughly 90 potential jurors in the courtroom, nearly 60 said that they’d heard about the case. Two dozen said they had an opinion, and 12 said they had a bias against one side or the other.

Four of 16 jurors needed for Karen Read trial are seated after first day of jury selection

A veteran jurist. A former public defender. And now, the judge presiding over the Karen Read case.

Who is Karen Read? A look at the woman on trial.

A short life colored by illness ended tragically when Chelsea mom left 3-year-old for a night out, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say 3-year-old Yael Guardado Prudencio had a seizure disorder and hemophilia, and had been sick in the days before he died.

Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Republicans in Arizona’s Legislature scuttled another effort to repeal the state’s 1864 law banning abortion.

After an impressive freshman season, Ryan Leonard is returning to BC instead of joining Capitals
Leonard is going back to Chestnut Hill — perhaps with linemates Will Smith (San Jose) and Gabe Perreault (Rangers) — to chase a national championship.

Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed

Porsha Olayiwola has retweeted several posts criticizing Israel and expressing solidarity with Palestinians under siege in Gaza.

She was surprised Concord Academy removed her as commencement speaker. She thinks it had to do with her ‘politics.’

“I didn’t have any proof as to why they removed me, but I had an educated guess, which is my politics,” said Porsha Olayiwola, Boston’s poet laureate.

5 things to know about Porsha Olayiwola, the poet removed as Concord Academy’s commencement speaker

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The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024
The glaring mismatch between supply and demand has meant soaring real estate prices for several years. Now, interest rates are nudging us to an expensive impasse.

The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston

An artists rendering of the expansion of Mass. General Hospital along Cambridge Street.

State panel approves request to add nearly 100 new beds at Massachusetts General Hospital

State regulators on Wednesday approved a request from Massachusetts General Hospital to add nearly 100 new beds to its massive downtown construction project.

Columbia University’s president rebuts claims she has allowed school to become a hotbed of hatred
Nemat Shafik took a more decisive stance than the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, who gave lawyerly answers when asked if calls for the genocide of Jews would violate school policies.

Blinken is sitting on staff recommendations to sanction Israeli military units linked to killings or rapes

Multiple State Department officials who have worked on Israeli relations said that Blinken’s inaction has undermined Biden’s public criticism, sending a message to the Israelis that the administration was not willing to take serious steps.

Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attack

A vulture was found unable to stand in Watertown, Conn. on April 7.

‘These vultures were in rough shape.’ Birds found intoxicated after eating fruit from cocktail drinks in Conn.

A pair of Black Vultures helped themselves to alcohol-soaked cocktail fruit from a dumpster in Watertown, Conn., on April 7, leaving them “unable to stand."

In this courtroom sketch, former president Donald Trump sits beside his lawyer Todd Blanche on the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan criminal court in New York.

What we know so far about the jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial

Jury selection is underway in the historic hush money trial of former president Donald Trump, with the first seven jurors being seated Tuesday.

Barr, a vocal Trump critic, says he will ‘support the Republican ticket’ in November

Meet artist Hayward Zwerling, the man responsible for the giant wooden sculptures of an elephant and pair of giraffes on the Somerville Community Path.

A wooden elephant and two giraffes appeared on the Somerville Community Path. Meet the guy who put them there.

Did Hayward Zwerling, a retired endocrinologist and amateur woodworker, ask anyone before erecting his renditions of some of the animal kingdom’s largest beasts on public land? “No. I just did it,” he said.

Bill Belichick had two interviews with the Falcons for their coaching position but was not hired.

5 takeaways from ESPN’s report detailing Bill Belichick’s failed attempt to land the Falcons job

According to the report, Belichick was blindsided when he didn't get the position, and Robert Kraft may have had something to do with it.

Bill Belichick to join Pat McAfee on ESPN for NFL Draft broadcast

Opinion

Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection on Monday.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Trump won’t get a break from the Supreme Court — yet

Special counsel Jack Smith knew exactly what he was doing when he chose to charge Trump with obstructing an official proceeding — and the justices aren’t likely to toss that charge in his case.

JOAN VENNOCHI

State hits the jackpot on sports gambling revenue, but what’s the social cost?

Rachelle G. Cohen

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Two witnesses told State Police they saw the woman “suddenly” run into the road, police said.

With the clean energy transition, low-income communities fear they’ll be saddled with big infrastructure projects, again

Advocates worry environmental justice neighborhoods are being saddled with this infrastructure, taking away open space and exposing residents to risks such as fire, while wealthier communities that are more able to push back are spared.

Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths

James Parker was 16 when he was part of a conspiracy with his best friend that resulted in the deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover, N.H.

SOUND CHECK

Your road map to Record Store Day
On Saturday, exclusive titles from artists including Noah Kahan, Pixies, Paramore, The Weeknd, Pearl Jam, and many, many more will bring rush-hour traffic to Boston-area independent record stores.

Cold Case Files

Watertown’s first Black police officer was found murdered in her home in 2011; her killer has never been found
Police determined that nothing was stolen from the apartment and no fingerprints were left behind, relatives said.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Stretch of gorgeous weather continues, but cool-down is just around the corner
Light showers appear likely late Wednesday night into Thursday.

Lowell teenager charged with robbing mail carrier in New Hampshire

Baraka Janvier, 18, of Lowell, was arrested Wednesday.

Boston names city’s first chief climate officer
Brian Swett, a seasoned sustainability professional who served as Boston’s environment cabinet chief under two prior mayoral administrations, will return to city government in June.

LOVE LETTERS

The love of my life doesn’t want to marry me
We can’t stay together if he doesn’t want get married or have kids, and I am heartbroken.

This Braintree teen hasn’t been to school a single day this year. Is a broken special education system to blame?

What’s happened to Samantha Frechon represents an acute failure of the state’s public education system — especially given the toll pandemic isolation put on teens’ academics and mental health.

PODCAST | SAY MORE

Five takeaways from our interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin
On this week’s episode of “Say More with Shirley Leung,” the famed historian discusses her new book about her late husband and her experiences in the '60s.

As Wu moves BPDA power to Boston City Hall, distrust over agency’s history bubbles up
Some residents fear that the new planning department could be repeating history.

Third-party electricity suppliers promise big savings. AG’s report tells another story.
A recent report from Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office is adding momentum to the push to ban competitive electric suppliers from selling directly to residential customers.

Culture & Lifestyle

The second-floor exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., features a collection of iconic world landmarks and places built out of Legos, and a play area where kids could build their own Lego constructions.

A kid-friendly trip to Washington, D.C.

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s memoir is an intimate political history and a love story set amid the roil of American politics

“Bad Bunny: Race, Gender, and Empire in Reggaetón,” taught by Petra Rivera-Rideau, is a Wellesley course that fuses the Latin trap phenom with historical themes of colonialism, economic crises, and more in Puerto Rico.

Bad Bunny performs at TD Garden tonight. A Wellesley class will be there taking notes.

The cast of Praxis Stage's "The Birthday Party" (clockwise, from rear left): Sharon Mason, Paul Valley, Darya Denisova, Kevin Paquette, Zair Silva, and Daniel Boudreau.

With ‘The Birthday Party,’ Praxis Stage makes a welcome return

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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.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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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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John Kennedy and Dick Goodwin work on a speech.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Jennifer Simpson read to the children in her day-care center, Brilliant Beginnings Daycare in Southbridge, April 3.

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Then-president Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.

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Richard Issa Bockari, center, along with friends, cheered on runners as they reached the top of Heartbreak Hill during the 126th running of the Boston Marathon on April 18, 2022.

EDITORIAL

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What to know about Mayor Smiley’s new tax-and-spending plan for Providence

Mayor Brett Smiley’s annual state of the city address focused on housing, climate change and public safety. He’s not planning to increase tax rates this year.

New England saw ‘a tsunami’ of antisemitic incidents after Oct. 7, Anti-Defamation League reports

The ADL reported a total of 623 incidents of assault, harassment, and vandalism across five New England states, marking a 205 percent increase from 2022.

A wooden elephant and two giraffes appeared on the Somerville Community Path. Meet the guy who put them there.

Sports

Garrett Whitlock was removed from Tuesday's start in the fourth inning.

RED SOX

Garrett Whitlock’s promising start to the Red Sox season put on hold with trip to 15-day IL, but Rafael Devers back in the lineup at DH

Whitlock, 27, is 1-0 with a 1.96 ERA and 1.15 WHIP through four starts and 18⅓ innings.

Jeremy Swayman is 3-0-0 against Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs this season, with .a 959 save percentage and 1.30 goals-against average.

bruins

Here’s what to know about the Maple Leafs, the Bruins’ opponent in the first round of the playoffs

Toronto has not won a playoff series against Boston since 1959, with the Bruins triumphing in seven games in 2013, 2018, and 2019.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has stressed to his team that, in the playoffs, there is no predetermined route to a title.

Celtics notebook

As they await their playoff opponent, the Celtics are preparing ‘to be ready for the unexpected’

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has shown his team clips and details of the paths of other NBA champions, stressing that there is no predetermined route to a title.

COLLEGES

After an impressive freshman season, Ryan Leonard is returning to BC instead of joining Capitals

COLLEGES

Former Michigan starting center Tarris Reed Jr. transfers to UConn

NBA

NBA bans Jontay Porter after gambling probe shows he shared information, bet on games

Business

FTC is said to consider blocking major fashion merger

The deal, intended to bring together labels such as Tapestry’s Coach and Kate Spade with Capri’s Versace and Michael Kors, would create an American luxury conglomerate to compete with European powerhouses like Louis Vuitton’s parent, LVMH, and Kering, the owner of Gucci.

Tesla wants shareholders to reinstate $56 billion Musk pay package tossed by a Delaware judge

In a filing with federal regulators early Wednesday, the company said it would ask shareholders to vote on both issues during its annual meeting on June 13.

Boeing whistleblower details his concerns to congressional panel

Biden vows to block US Steel acquisition by a Japanese company and promises tariffs on Chinese steel

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PERSPECTIVE

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Chocolate-Dipped Tahini and Browned Butter Cookies

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Tahini transforms everything from fish to cookies

Officer Rachel McGuire of the Boston Police Department crosses the finish line during last year’s Marathon.

College & Careers

Watch now: In latest Cold Case File, who killed Gail Miles?

Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ending trial

Prospective jurors being questioned in Karen Read case to join four already seated

A veteran jurist. A former public defender. And now, the judge presiding over the Karen Read case.

A short life colored by illness ended tragically when Chelsea mom left 3-year-old for a night out, prosecutors say Prosecutors say 3-year-old Yael Guardado Prudencio had a seizure disorder and hemophilia, and had been sick in the days before he died.

Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

After an impressive freshman season, Ryan Leonard is returning to BC instead of joining Capitals Leonard is going back to Chestnut Hill — perhaps with linemates Will Smith (San Jose) and Gabe Perreault (Rangers) — to chase a national championship.

Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed

She was surprised Concord Academy removed her as commencement speaker. She thinks it had to do with her ‘politics.’

Globe Magazine The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024 The glaring mismatch between supply and demand has meant soaring real estate prices for several years. Now, interest rates are nudging us to an expensive impasse.

The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston

State panel approves request to add nearly 100 new beds at Massachusetts General Hospital

Blinken is sitting on staff recommendations to sanction Israeli military units linked to killings or rapes

‘These vultures were in rough shape.’ Birds found intoxicated after eating fruit from cocktail drinks in Conn.

What we know so far about the jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial

A wooden elephant and two giraffes appeared on the Somerville Community Path. Meet the guy who put them there.

5 takeaways from ESPN’s report detailing Bill Belichick’s failed attempt to land the Falcons job

Trump won’t get a break from the Supreme Court — yet

State hits the jackpot on sports gambling revenue, but what’s the social cost?

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With the clean energy transition, low-income communities fear they’ll be saddled with big infrastructure projects, again

Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths

SOUND CHECK Your road map to Record Store Day On Saturday, exclusive titles from artists including Noah Kahan, Pixies, Paramore, The Weeknd, Pearl Jam, and many, many more will bring rush-hour traffic to Boston-area independent record stores.

Cold Case Files Watertown’s first Black police officer was found murdered in her home in 2011; her killer has never been found Police determined that nothing was stolen from the apartment and no fingerprints were left behind, relatives said.

Forecast | Dave Epstein Stretch of gorgeous weather continues, but cool-down is just around the corner Light showers appear likely late Wednesday night into Thursday.

Lowell teenager charged with robbing mail carrier in New Hampshire

Boston names city’s first chief climate officer Brian Swett, a seasoned sustainability professional who served as Boston’s environment cabinet chief under two prior mayoral administrations, will return to city government in June.

LOVE LETTERS The love of my life doesn’t want to marry me We can’t stay together if he doesn’t want get married or have kids, and I am heartbroken.

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As Wu moves BPDA power to Boston City Hall, distrust over agency’s history bubbles up Some residents fear that the new planning department could be repeating history.

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JFK, Dick Goodwin, and a speech that would be remembered in history

Taming the country’s highest child care costs

Bessie Stringfield’s life is a tale for the ages

Have presidential debates outlived their usefulness?

Events like the Marathon are vanishing. Enjoy them while you can.

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths

What to know about Mayor Smiley’s new tax-and-spending plan for Providence

New England saw ‘a tsunami’ of antisemitic incidents after Oct. 7, Anti-Defamation League reports

A wooden elephant and two giraffes appeared on the Somerville Community Path. Meet the guy who put them there.

Sports

Garrett Whitlock’s promising start to the Red Sox season put on hold with trip to 15-day IL, but Rafael Devers back in the lineup at DH

Here’s what to know about the Maple Leafs, the Bruins’ opponent in the first round of the playoffs

As they await their playoff opponent, the Celtics are preparing ‘to be ready for the unexpected’

After an impressive freshman season, Ryan Leonard is returning to BC instead of joining Capitals

Former Michigan starting center Tarris Reed Jr. transfers to UConn

NBA bans Jontay Porter after gambling probe shows he shared information, bet on games

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FTC is said to consider blocking major fashion merger

Tesla wants shareholders to reinstate $56 billion Musk pay package tossed by a Delaware judge

Boeing whistleblower details his concerns to congressional panel

Biden vows to block US Steel acquisition by a Japanese company and promises tariffs on Chinese steel

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024

The NBA playoffs are here, and online gambling is ruining everything

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‘These vultures were in rough shape.’ Birds found intoxicated after eating fruit from cocktail drinks in Conn.

Norwell police searching for three men who robbed convenience store at gunpoint; dramatic photos released

A short life colored by illness ended tragically when Chelsea mom left 3-year-old for a night out, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say 3-year-old Yael Guardado Prudencio had a seizure disorder and hemophilia, and had been sick in the days before he died.

After an impressive freshman season, Ryan Leonard is returning to BC instead of joining Capitals
Leonard is going back to Chestnut Hill — perhaps with linemates Will Smith (San Jose) and Gabe Perreault (Rangers) — to chase a national championship.

Globe Magazine

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024
The glaring mismatch between supply and demand has meant soaring real estate prices for several years. Now, interest rates are nudging us to an expensive impasse.

SOUND CHECK

Your road map to Record Store Day
On Saturday, exclusive titles from artists including Noah Kahan, Pixies, Paramore, The Weeknd, Pearl Jam, and many, many more will bring rush-hour traffic to Boston-area independent record stores.

Cold Case Files

Watertown’s first Black police officer was found murdered in her home in 2011; her killer has never been found
Police determined that nothing was stolen from the apartment and no fingerprints were left behind, relatives said.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Stretch of gorgeous weather continues, but cool-down is just around the corner
Light showers appear likely late Wednesday night into Thursday.

Boston names city’s first chief climate officer
Brian Swett, a seasoned sustainability professional who served as Boston’s environment cabinet chief under two prior mayoral administrations, will return to city government in June.

LOVE LETTERS

The love of my life doesn’t want to marry me
We can’t stay together if he doesn’t want get married or have kids, and I am heartbroken.

PODCAST | SAY MORE

Five takeaways from our interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin
On this week’s episode of “Say More with Shirley Leung,” the famed historian discusses her new book about her late husband and her experiences in the '60s.

As Wu moves BPDA power to Boston City Hall, distrust over agency’s history bubbles up
Some residents fear that the new planning department could be repeating history.

Third-party electricity suppliers promise big savings. AG’s report tells another story.
A recent report from Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office is adding momentum to the push to ban competitive electric suppliers from selling directly to residential customers.