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Senators were sworn in for the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The trial was brief.

‘It’s complete political theater’: Congress spins its wheels — again — while crucial legislation languishes

Wednesday was an unusually chaotic day in Congress. And that’s saying something.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn-in before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 16.

Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary

Senators voted to dismiss both articles of impeachment and end the proceedings, with Democrats arguing that the articles were unconstitutional.

The Republican effort to impeach Mayorkas, explained

Suffolk County youths three times more likely to be held after arraignment
The Suffolk district attorney’s office said it is responding to a rising number of firearm cases among young people while trying to balance how best to help children involved in crimes.

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.

Red Sox starter Tanner Houck had a jump in his step watching the last out in his complete-game shutout of the Guardians.

Peter Abraham | RED SOX 2, GUARDIANS 0

If only for one night, Tanner Houck’s complete-game gem offers hope that all is not lost for Red Sox

Houck's last professional shoutout was a six-inning game ended by rain when he was with Double A Portland in 2019.

Tanner Houck throws rare complete game as Red Sox blank Guardians

Here’s how jury members are being chosen for the Karen Read murder trial

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.

Jury selection in Trump hush money trial faces pivotal stretch as former president returns to court

Jury selection in the hush money trial of Donald Trump enters a pivotal and potentially final stretch as lawyers look to round out the panel of New Yorkers that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former president.

Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’

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.

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

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

Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

On the verge of a breakup, Lawrence and Methuen make amends to keep public health partnership alive

The rift between Lawrence and Methuen highlights the difficulties municipalities can face amid the effort to regionalize public health in Massachusetts.

Oklahoma man arrested for allegedly tossing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem

Jeremy Swayman (left) went 3-0-0 with .a 959 save percentage and 1.30 goals-against average against Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs this season.

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.

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.

Five 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.

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.

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

Rachelle G. Cohen

Trump trial vs. Karen Read case: What a difference a camera makes

Sky-high home prices? Blame the national realtors association.

IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN

The unexpectedly long afterlife of the eclipse

More recent News

Woman killed while walking on I-195 in Westport after leaving car following fight with boyfriend, police say

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

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, defying pressure from prominent Republicans, who had urged them to toss the ban that many voters viewed as extreme.

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.

Lithium-ion battery fires on the rise in Mass.; officials identify 50 blazes over past six months
The state Department of Fire Services has identified 50 lithium-ion battery fires in Massachusetts over the last six months, more than double the annual average documented by a national fire data reporting system, the agency said Wednesday.

Columbia’s president rebuts claims she has allowed the university to become a hotbed of antisemitism
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.

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.

Recommended reads

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

John Kennedy and Dick Goodwin work on a speech.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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

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

Taming the country’s highest child care costs

Bessie Stringfield on her Harley.

Nate Tinner-Williams

Bessie Stringfield’s life is a tale for the ages

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

Have presidential debates outlived their usefulness?

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.

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Oklahoma man arrested for allegedly tossing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem

Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, will make an initial court appearance Thursday in the Western District of Oklahoma. He will be brought to federal court in Boston at a later date, the Massachusetts US Attorney's office said.

A former N.H. youth detention center resident testifies about ‘hit squad’ attack

Jurors heard from a former resident who says his house leader and another staffer restrained him while two others sexually assaulted him in a stairwell decades ago.

Quabbin region being studied for MWRA expansion

As House Democrats eye the expansion of its public drinking water service area, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is considering whether the communities where that water comes from should finally get to reap the benefits of the system.

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.

Sports

Coby White and the Bulls pulled away in the third quarter to stay in contention for the playoffs.

BULLS 131, HAWKS 116

Coby White’s 42 points keep Bulls’ playoff hopes alive, eliminate Hawks

Chicago visits Miami on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN) for a shot at the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and a first-round matchup with the Celtics.

Kristaps Porzingis and the Celtics will open the playoffs on Sunday.

Dates and times for the Celtics’ first three playoff games are set; opponent will be Heat or Bulls

Boston, by virtue of earning the No. 1 seed with a 64-18 regular-season record, has ensured it will have home-court advantage throughout the postseason.

Jimmy Butler got treatment on his right knee during a break in action.

Heat star Jimmy Butler injures knee, needs MRI

The Heat face the Bulls on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN) with the winner meeting the Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

76ers 105, Heat 104

Joel Embiid emerges late, helps 76ers rally past Heat and into first-round series with Knicks

LIGHTNING 6, MAPLE LEAFS 4

Nikita Kucherov becomes fifth NHL player to reach 100 assists, but Auston Matthews falls shy in quest for 70 goals

peter abraham | on baseball

If only for one night, Tanner Houck’s complete-game gem offers hope that all is not lost for Red Sox

Business

One Tech Tip: What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach

Data breaches are becoming an almost regular occurrence.

State Street may acquire custody business

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

FTC is said to consider blocking major fashion merger

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

magazine

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024

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

Chocolate-Dipped Tahini and Browned Butter Cookies

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

Five things to do around Boston, April 15-21

metro

Police tape was placed on a trash bin at a park near where shots were fired outside a club in Dorchester in 2022.

Suffolk County youths three times more likely to be held after arraignment

On the verge of a breakup, Lawrence and Methuen make amends to keep public health partnership alive

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

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: Belmont Hill’s Preston Evans has a day (4 goals, 2 assists) in an ISL win over St. George’s

Tanner Houck throws rare complete game, a ‘Maddux’ in fact, as Red Sox blank Guardians

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Armaan Chowdhary (8 kills, 5 blocks, 2 aces) powers Andover in nonleague win over Essex Tech

business

President Biden greeted attendees after speaking at an event at the United Steelworkers Headquarters in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

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

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

Sage Therapeutics stock plunges 20 percent after Parkinson’s drug fails study

politics

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 16.

Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

Jury selection in Trump hush money trial faces pivotal stretch as former president returns to court

Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary

Nation

George Alan Kelly exits the Santa Cruz County Courthouse with defense attorney Kathy Lowthorp after the first day of his trial in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on March 22 in Nogales, Ariz.

Closing arguments set in case against Arizona rancher charged in fatal shooting of unarmed migrant

Trump trial jury selection process follows a familiar pattern with an unpredictable outcome

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, new poll finds

World

Palestinians line up for a meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 21, 2023.

UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel’s demands for its dissolution

Russian missile strikes north of Kyiv kill at least 17, Ukraine says

US restores oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes dim for free election

opinion

Dr. Thea James, vice president of mission and associate chief medical officer at Boston Medical Center, launched the Health Equity Accelerator in 2021 and has studied the impact of a greater focus on patient input and improving communication.

Health care system eats away at the doctor-patient relationship

Blame decades of lawmakers’ inaction, not Biden, for border woes

With all the media silos, you can kiss our togetherness culture goodbye

lifestyle

Diversity Consignment's inventory includes clothing for all genders, plus-size options, and items handmade by BIPOC and LGBTQ+ designers.

Ten places to shop for pre-loved clothing in the Boston area

Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban

I’m like a bird. Wait, am I like a bird?

food & dining

Passover Almond Fig Torte

Recipe: Serve this almond fig torte, chewy like a macaroon, on the Passover table

Recipe: Make breakfast pancakes during Passover with matzo meal and cottage cheese

Recipe: Apricot and peas garnish this slow-cooked lamb tagine for the Passover Seder or any spring occasion

travel

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.

I accidentally paid twice for my Boston hotel. Can I get a refund?

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

Arts

Artist Jeffrey Gibson

Mass MoCA to open Jeffrey Gibson installation this fall

Five photographers tackle matters of home, identity, and migration

15-foot-tall flower statues to bloom on Northeastern’s campus

Books

Al Roker and his new book, “Murder on Demand."

Al Roker cooks up a murder mystery

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

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

Movies

Jesse Eisenberg in "Sasquatch Sunset."

When the leading man is tall, dark, and hairy

In ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ a very different impossible-missions force gets the assignment

Participant, studio behind ‘Spotlight,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ shutters after 20 years

Television

Patrick J. Adams (left) and Gabriel Macht, who costarred in "Suits," referenced their former series in January during their appearance at the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills.

‘Suits’ is wearing pretty well

On CBS’s ‘Tracker,’ this is him

This week’s TV: ‘The Jinx’ is back, Conan has left the country, and a shocking divorce

music

Customers dig through the bins at Watertown's Wanna Hear It Records on Record Store Day in 2023.

Your road map to Record Store Day

It took Drop Nineteens 30 years to change their minds about ever getting back together

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

Theater/Dance

A scene from "Book of Mountains and Seas," a collaboration by Chinese composer Huang Ruo and puppeteer Basil Twist.

At ArtsEmerson, ‘Book of Mountains and Seas’ renders epic tales with intimacy

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

The Jar aims to double its reach this season

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

Mr. Graham, shown in 2002 as the chair of the first public joint congressional hearing regarding the 9/11 attacks.

Bob Graham, former Florida governor and senator, dies at 87

Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, has died

Fritz Peterson, who traded his wife and children with a Yankees teammate, has died