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For Trump, COVID has become a four-letter word
The deadly pandemic encompassed a little more than a fifth of Trump’s presidency, but you’d never know it from listening to him on the 2024 campaign trail.

Melania Trump, long absent from campaign, will appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event in Mar-a-Lago

Fight over admission to Boston’s exam schools heads to US Supreme Court
The complaint by the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence centers around a one-year temporary admission policy that awarded exam school seats in 2021 based on grades and ZIP codes.

Karen Read’s lawyers want jury box moved so all jurors can see witnesses as they testify
The current placement "would violate Ms. Read’s constitutional right to confrontation," Read's lawyers said.

House on the brink of approving Ukraine and Israel aid after months of struggle
The House is preparing in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies.

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

‘Devalued, disempowered, and unseen’: Mass General Brigham doctors react to latest merger step

Physicians fear demotions and corporatization as the hospital system moves to combine departments.

26.TRUE marathon organizers call event ‘joyful’ and ‘smooth,’ dispute councilor’s public safety complaints

Documents shared with the Globe showed that the organizers of 26.TRUE obtained all the necessary permits for the event.

BU, Harvard students protest arrests of Columbia University pro-Palestinian demonstrators

 Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children

Federal judge orders $1 million to be returned to Lynnfield man cleared in Varsity Blues college admissions scandal

What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?

Growth made Rhode Island’s capital city vibrant, but working-class, multicultural neighborhoods were sacrificed in the process.
COLLEGES

All 11 Brandeis women’s basketball players will leave if coach does not resign, letter says

Simon, at Brandeis since 1987, was on paid administrative leave this past season. One sophomore player wrote, “I have had literal nightmares about showing up to practice with Carol suddenly our coach again."

HOUSING
Will tenants unions make a difference in Rhode Island’s housing crisis?
“Working-class people can use the courts and the political system,” said Daniel Denvir, cofounder of Reclaim R.I. “But nothing beats actual, collective organization and the sort of power that can wield.”

The curious habit of wearing your Cape Cod bracelet for decades

“Do I just wear this for the rest of my life? At what point do I take this off? Do I wear it on my wedding day?”

How Massachusetts spent nearly $1 billion sheltering homeless families and migrants

A Globe review of state contracts offers a glimpse at the nearly $1 billion emergency shelter system the state is now operating for homeless families, about half of them migrants from other countries.

Map: See where spring has arrived in New England, and how it compares to normal

If you’re in Northern New England and missing the color green, worry not: spring is just around the corner.
WEATHER FOCUS | KEN MAHAN

April check-in: Interesting stats from a wild weather month

Although swings in temperatures are normal for April, this month has shown us some exaggerated weather days.
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.
gary washburn | on basektball

A Celtics-Heat matchup seemed inevitable, but Miami is a different team this time

For the Celtics to reach their ultimate goal, they were eventually going to have to go through the rival Heat. And now it’s a certainty.
The Heat are headed to Boston after ousting the Bulls in East play-in finale
Red Sox 8, Pirates 1

Brayan Bello shines as Red Sox beat up Pirates, 8-1

The Red Sox got home runs from Wilyer Abreu, Rob Refsnyder, Triston Casas, and Ceddanne Rafaela.
dan shaughnessy

Getting Harry Sinden’s take on the Bruins’ playoff chances, and other thoughts

The 91-year-old Bruin-in-Winter addressed the slumping power play and the deployment of goalies, among other topics.
Chad Finn: Playoff hopes blossom in the spring at TD Garden — particularly for the Celtics
Opinion
David D’Alessandro

How do we fix the Steward Health Care disaster?

Cerberus and de la Torre should put their money where their mouths are.
Jill Jacobson

Supreme Court has a duty to end homeless encampments
Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

The condemnation of the slogan ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’
LETTERS

Medical aid in dying or physician-assisted suicide? Depends on one’s view.
Christopher Weyant

Watch your back

More recent News

Final jurors seated for Trump’s hush money case, with opening statements set for Monday
Judge Juan Merchan said lawyers will present opening statements Monday morning before prosecutors begin laying out their case alleging a scheme to cover up negative stories Trump feared would hurt his 2016 campaign.

Here’s what we know about the jurors Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

109-year-old Mary Vartanian, survivor of Armenian Genocide, honored at State House ceremony
Vartanian received a Boston police escort from her home at the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica Plain to the State House for the 10:30 a.m. ceremony to mark the 109th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

Massasoit Community College to honor late president
The life of Ray DiPasquale, who died from cancer on April 4, will be celebrated on the Brockton campus on May 20, the college said.

Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK
Marianne Smyth, a 54-year-old American, will be in federal court in Maine for the hearing that relates to allegations she stole more than $170,000 from at least five victims from 2008 to 2010 in Northern Ireland.

Daniel C. Dennett, widely read and fiercely debated philosopher and Tufts professor, dies at 82
He was one of the most widely read and debated American philosophers, whose prolific works explored consciousness, free will, religion and evolutionary biology.

Drive-thru cannabis? At Mother Earth Wellness in R.I., it’s ‘like getting a cup of coffee’
The drive-thru model has a certain appeal for customers who might be anxious about going into a cannabis dispensary, the owner of the Pawtucket, R.I., outlet said.

8 interesting things you can get at a drive-thru

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline
The Senate has voted to reauthorize a key US surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.

Man convicted in murder linked to 1995 beating of BPD Commissioner Michael Cox seeks internal police records

John Evans, 54, who is serving life in prison for a fatal shooting, wants records from the investigation into the attack on Cox as part of his push to get a new trial.

My husband is following his ex’s vlog
He thinks they have a future together.

Blind date: ‘She does West Coast swing; I do Lindy Hop, the other big swing style in Boston’

Recommended reads

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?

FOOD
‘If you can’t beat them, eat them.’ Why foraging for invasive plants is good for you — and the planet.
Here's how to identify and cook two invasive species.

Who still uses a landline? Massachusetts residents. A lot of them.
While wide swaths of the country have left landline phones behind, people in the state remain loyal to theirs, a new study has found.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
A modern hotel with a historic pedigree: The Gardiner House offers a glimpse of Newport’s glitterati
The 21-room hotel, which opened last fall, isn't what you might expect. It's more like hanging at your (rich) friends' house. “Sailing knots, anchors . . . that’s not what we’re about.”

Culture & Lifestyle

At the Venice Biennale, Jeffrey Gibson arrives on a global stage

Podcast sees Jan. 6 foreshadowing in Timothy McVeigh’s act of terror

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

Plenty of pomp, but only one Bad Bunny at TD Garden

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

IDEAS | EREC SMITH

There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI
Michael Seward

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors.
Susan D’Agostino

Six reasons why $90,000 college costs are bad news even if few pay that amount
EDITORIAL

Karen Read trial ‘buffer zone’ essential to delivering justice, fairness
RENÉE LOTH

Friends of the Public Garden: ‘We are a democracy in trees and dirt’
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?

Growth made Rhode Island’s capital city vibrant, but working-class, multicultural neighborhoods were sacrificed in the process.

Federal judge orders $1 million to be returned to Lynnfield man cleared in Varsity Blues college admissions scandal

A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to return $1 million to John B. Wilson whose bribery and fraud convictions were overturned and who was resentenced last year to six months of house arrest for a tax charge.

Massasoit Community College to honor late president

The life of Ray DiPasquale, who died from cancer on April 4, will be celebrated on the Brockton campus on May 20, the college said.

26.TRUE marathon organizers call event ‘joyful’ and ‘smooth,’ dispute councilor’s public safety complaints

Documents shared with the Globe showed that the organizers of 26.TRUE obtained all the necessary permits for the event.

Sports

gary washburn | on basektball

A Celtics-Heat matchup seemed inevitable, but Miami is a different team this time

For the Celtics to reach their ultimate goal, they were eventually going to have to go through the rival Heat. And now it’s a certainty.
Celtics

Here’s the schedule for the Celtics’ first-round playoff series vs. the Heat; times for first three games set

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.
YANKEES 5, RAYS 3

Juan Soto’s 3-run homer in 5-run 7th inning lifts Yankees over Rays

Soto's fifth blast of the season, halfway up the right field second deck, capped the big inning as host New York rallied to beat Tampa Bay Friday night.
Red Sox 8, Pirates 1

Brayan Bello shines as Red Sox beat up Pirates, 8-1
NBA PLAY-IN FINALES

The Heat are headed to Boston after ousting the Bulls in East play-in finale
Red Sox notebook

An improbable path finally led pitcher Cam Booser to the majors

Business

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline

The Senate has voted to reauthorize a key US surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
RI BUSINESS

Drive-thru cannabis? At Mother Earth Wellness in R.I., it’s ‘like getting a cup of coffee’

The drive-thru model has a certain appeal for customers who might be anxious about going into a cannabis dispensary, the owner of the Pawtucket, R.I., outlet said.
BUSINESS

8 interesting things you can get at a drive-thru

Massachusetts labor force grows amid signs hiring might be slowing
magazine
Globe Magazine

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

The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs
Top Spots to Live

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston
MISS CONDUCT

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

metro

109-year-old Mary Vartanian, survivor of Armenian Genocide, honored at State House ceremony

‘It never became any easier’: Former YDC resident’s testimony about rape, abuse at youth detention facility continues

Man convicted in murder linked to 1995 beating of BPD Commissioner Michael Cox seeks internal police records

sports

Kevin Shattenkirk goes from scratched to a possible spark as Bruins chase solution to power-play woes

Chasing fifth straight win, Nelly Korda 1 shot back at Chevron Championship

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Luke Lorence (19 kills) plays the leading role for No. 2 Needham in dramatic comeback vs. Winchester

business

Japan-based restaurant group opens first US location in Back Bay

Steward lenders identified as struggling hospital system faces payment deadline

Who still uses a landline? Massachusetts residents. A lot of them.

politics

For Trump, COVID has become a four-letter word

House on the brink of approving Ukraine and Israel aid after months of struggle

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

Nation

Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

Melania Trump, long absent from campaign, will appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event in Mar-a-Lago

Man sets himself on fire near courthouse where Trump is on trial

World

Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations

opinion

Boston aims (seemingly perennially) to tackle its rat problem

With Trump’s outbursts, judges keep tolerating the intolerable

A DeSantis amendment supposedly limiting Florida’s book ban policy is nothing more than a Republican ruse

lifestyle

The curious habit of wearing your Cape Cod bracelet for decades

My husband is following his ex’s vlog

Meet Ruby Golden Tiger, Needham’s 12-year-old electric bass sensation

food & dining

Japan-based restaurant group opens first US location in Back Bay

Where to eat in Greater Boston’s Top Spots to Live

Mamaleh’s Kibitz Corner opens in Cambridge; Restaurant Week kicks off on the Seacoast

travel

A modern hotel with a historic pedigree: The Gardiner House offers a glimpse of Newport’s glitterati

For a small state, R.I. offers many great places to run. Here are a few favorites.

The Globe Rhode Island team’s must-do list for the summer

Arts

‘Dress Up’ at the MFA explores how costumes we wear create the image of ourselves

At the Venice Biennale, Jeffrey Gibson arrives on a global stage

Mass MoCA to open Jeffrey Gibson installation this fall

Books

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

Somerville poets celebrate art and community; Newburyport Literary Festival takes place April 27-28; and more

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

Movies

Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough wear the fur 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

Television

With ‘Elsbeth,’ it’s a bad idea to underestimate the character and the series

Recurring characters make the scene — and sometimes the entire series

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

music

At BSO, Icelandic ‘energy’ and Hahn’s return

Michael Hurley’s music has long been folk’s stranger thing

‘The sound of the earth’: new directions for an ancient instrument

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

David Egilman, doctor who took on drug companies, dies at 71

Barbara Joans, anthropologist who studied biker culture, dies at 89

Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80