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2 jurors dismissed from Trump hush-money trial as prosecutors seek to hold ex-president in contempt

One was excused after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial. The other was dismissed after prosecutors raised questions about the accuracy of his answers during the selection process.
Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’

Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors
The man 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.

People are leaving Massachusetts in droves. Who are they?
For a state with a rapidly aging population and a relatively low birth rate, the loss of working-age adults spells trouble.

Want to live in the Back Bay, the heart of America’s most expensive ZIP code? Here’s what it will cost you.

In December, the median home price was approximately $2,663 per square foot, according to data from Realtor.com that was reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this year.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Ron Iacobucci has a good idea for helping jobless workers. The state doesn’t seem to care.

MassHire career centers would be good sites for the Department of Unemployment Assistance to provide much-needed in-person customer service.
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits holds steady as labor market remains strong
Weather Focus | Dave Epstein

The polar vortex is dying a late death. What does that mean for spring?

This weather phenomenon is an integral part of forecasting as the swirling current of air ebbs and flows and eventually falls apart each year.

New England climate advocates aim to accelerate clean energy buildout ahead of 2024 election

Even more urgent than stomping for President Joe Biden, several climate advocates said, is getting federal climate money out the door as quickly as possible.

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

Two people hospitalized after car crashes into telephone pole in Framingham

Connecticut man, 27, identified as victim in Framingham suspicious death, officials say

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Vermont woman vowed to run the Boston Marathon. This week, she did.

The mother of three crossed the finish line with her partner by her side in a feat of resilience emblematic of the storied event.

‘No one should be able to trademark something so ingrained in a culture’: R.I. chefs on the Momofuku chili crunch controversy

Celebrity chef David Chang has apologized for sending cease-and-desist letters to small companies and restaurants that sell chili crunch. But the damage to his brand may have already been done.
The Great Divide

More than 10,000 Massachusetts students were educated ‘out-of-district’ last year. Here’s what to know.

A federal law requires school districts to provide every special education student with a “free and appropriate education.” If a district does not have the means to provide such an education itself, it must pay the cost to educate the student elsewhere.
Braintree teen hasn’t been to school this year. Is special education system to blame?

sports business
She went from selling hats to running the whole store: Meet new WooSox GM Brooke Cooper
The 31-year-old Cooper started as an intern at the team's merchandise shop in 2015 but rapidly rose to the front office.

In Holyoke, a home of her own: One woman’s struggle to build a life in the state’s poorest place
Like others in this city’s large Puerto Rican community, Nereida Badillo longed for a more stable life. But history is difficult to overcome.

Watch: Reporter Katie Johnston unpacks what she discovered in a months-long reporting assignment in Holyoke.
Beth Teitell | Commentary

You’ll hear from me when I’m dead

A new “after-life messaging platform” lets people record messages, videos, or audio recordings to be delivered after they die. For up to 50 years. But how can you figure out what to say?

‘It’s a frenzy all over the league’: Inside the fast, formative night Sam Hauser decided to become a Celtic

Hauser is a valuable contributor on a championship favorite. But he almost didn't choose Boston.
LOVE LETTERS

My sister-in-law is upset with me

She expects too much.

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

The brash and unapologetic 28-year-old headlines a whopping six shows this weekend at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
MISS CONDUCT

I want my dad at my graduation, but I’m really not sure he should be there

Plus, how to handle a rift in a circle of friends.
Opinion
Mark C. Zauderer

Trump complains he can’t get a fair trial in NY. He’s wrong.

Two features of the New York jury selection process make it stand apart from most others and give Trump the best shot at fairness for which any defendant could hope.
EDITORIAL

End the fight over North End restaurants
Joan Vennochi

Can Biden avoid a repeat of Gore 2000?
LETTERS

MTA webinar wades into, gets mired in, Israel-Palestinian debate
LETTERS

Michael Dukakis asked my mother one question. It changed my life.

More recent News

Worcester public transit will remain fare-free for a fifth year
The Worcester Regional Transit Authority first eliminated fares on buses and paratransit vehicles in 2020, making it one of the largest, longest-running fare-free transit programs in the country.

Five more jurors needed in Karen Read trial as selection continues Thursday
Jury selection continues Thursday in the sensational murder trial of Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of backing her SUV into her boyfriend and leaving him for dead during a blizzard in Canton in 2022.

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.

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers following Lewiston mass shootings
The legislation includes background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases, and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.

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.

Lost for a generation, original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model finally completes its voyage home
The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has been returned to the son of series creator Gene Roddenberry after it mysteriously materialized on eBay last fall.

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.

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.

US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.

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Cold Case Files

Watertown’s first Black police officer was found murdered in her home in 2011; killer has never been found

Police determined that nothing was stolen from the apartment and no fingerprints were left behind, relatives said.

Kennedy family members endorse President Biden, in rebuke to RFK Jr.
Prominent members of the Kennedy dynasty are standing with President Biden even as their relative pursues the White House in a campaign that has traded on the family name.

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

Your road map to Record Store Day

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

Al Roker cooks up a murder mystery

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

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

Rachelle G. Cohen

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

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors.
IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN

The unexpectedly long afterlife of the eclipse
Doris Kearns Goodwin

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

Taming the country’s highest child care costs
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

James Dean, founding director of NASA art program, dies at 92

He believed that artists offered a perspective that could not be found in photographs. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a scientific explanation of the stars, the moon and the outer planets,” Mr. Dean and Bert Ulrich wrote.

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Vermont woman vowed to run the Boston Marathon. This week, she did.

The mother of three crossed the finish line with her partner by her side in a feat of resilience emblematic of the storied event.

Connecticut man, 27, identified as victim in Framingham suspicious death, officials say

Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office on Thursday identified the 27-year-old man found dead last week in Framingham with “apparent trauma” to his body as a Bridgeport, Conn. resident.

New England climate advocates aim to accelerate clean energy buildout ahead of 2024 election

Even more urgent than stomping for President Joe Biden, several climate advocates said, is getting federal climate money out the door as quickly as possible.

Sports

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Vermont woman vowed to run the Boston Marathon. This week, she did.

The mother of three crossed the finish line with her partner by her side in a feat of resilience emblematic of the storied event.
BRUINS

Bruins to face Maple Leafs in playoffs: Game 1 will be 8 p.m. on Saturday night

The series opener will be broadcast on TBS, TruTV and streaming on Max.
Celtics

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.
GUARDIANS AT RED SOX | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 20: Guardians at Red Sox lineups and notes
sports business

She went from selling hats to running the whole store: Meet new WooSox GM Brooke Cooper
bruins

The 12 moments that defined the Bruins’ 2023-24 regular season

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Ron Iacobucci has a good idea for helping jobless workers. The state doesn’t seem to care.

MassHire career centers would be good sites for the Department of Unemployment Assistance to provide much-needed in-person customer service.

The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits holds steady as labor market remains strong

Massachusetts reported 4,484 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

Want to live in the Back Bay, the heart of America’s most expensive ZIP code? Here’s what it will cost you.
FOOD & DINING in RI

‘No one should be able to trademark something so ingrained in a culture’: R.I. chefs on the Momofuku chili crunch controversy
magazine
Globe Magazine

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024
LOVE LETTERS

The love of my life doesn’t want to marry me
PERSPECTIVE

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

Tahini transforms everything from fish to cookies

metro

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

Shimmering Northern Lights captured over erupting Icelandic volcano

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers following Lewiston mass shootings

sports

‘It’s a frenzy all over the league’: Inside the fast, formative night Sam Hauser decided to become a Celtic

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

Heat star Jimmy Butler injures knee, needs MRI

business

People are wondering: Will Gina Raimondo make a run for the White House?

European Union official urges G7 to step up air defense for Ukraine and expand Iran sanctions

In Holyoke, a home of her own: One woman’s struggle to build a life in the state’s poorest place

politics

2 jurors dismissed from Trump hush-money trial as prosecutors seek to hold ex-president in contempt

New England climate advocates aim to accelerate clean energy buildout ahead of 2024 election

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

Nation

Takeaways from this week’s reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina

Columbia president tells Congress action needed against antisemitism

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

World

Strong earthquake in southwestern Japan leaves 9 with minor injuries, but no tsunami

Sydney teen accused of stabbing two clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says

Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut

opinion

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

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

Social Studies: Partisan blood donations; hidden insider trading; empathy for exhausted workers

lifestyle

My sister-in-law is upset with me

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

Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban

food & dining

‘No one should be able to trademark something so ingrained in a culture’: R.I. chefs on the Momofuku chili crunch controversy

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

travel

An exhibit celebrating Ethiopian culture, a new luxury retreat in Wyoming, and a pack to suit all adventures

David Coffin sings the praises of going unplugged, packing light, and eating raisins

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

Arts

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

Word nerd Jess Zafarris documents the darker side of language in ‘Words from Hell’

Ilyon Woo on her favorite book club

Author readings around Boston through April 27

Movies

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

Lost for a generation, original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model finally completes its voyage home

‘Suits’ is wearing pretty well

On CBS’s ‘Tracker,’ this is him

music

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

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

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

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

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

James Dean, founding director of NASA art program, dies at 92

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

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