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Will a mountain of evidence be enough to convict Trump?
On Monday, the prosecutors will formally introduce their case to the 12 jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial, and his defense attorneys are ready to focus on the credibility of a key witness.

For Donald Trump, COVID has become a four-letter word

Heat at Celtics, 1 p.m.

A Celtics-Heat matchup seemed inevitable, but Miami is a different team this time
The Heat don't have Jimmy Butler, who is out with an injury. But they have been a Celtics nemesis in recent years, and they relish the underdog role.

Here are five keys to the Celtics-Heat playoff series

Anxieties about Middle East conflict hover over Passover celebrations
Some Jews across Massachusetts worry this year’s celebration may be marred by a war in the Middle East that shows little sign of slowing down.

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US advances aid package

Fire victim Ceydi Karina Corrales, 9, remembered at Mass in East Boston
The Mass was celebrated by Rev. Daniel Zinger, who baptized the girl a few days before she died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. The Senate is next.

The House has approved a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies after months of turmoil on Capitol Hill.

Speaker Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

450 evacuate historic N.H. theater after fire

Nereida Badillo peered out of her front door on the morning of the high school graduation of her son Jacoby. It took Badillo years to be able to own a home, attending classes for first-time home buyers to qualify for financial assistance, improving her credit score, and saving her stimulus checks. The stability that had eluded her family for decades felt within reach with the purchase of her home but the only neighborhood she could afford was in a tough part of town.

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.

BRUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1

Smilin’ Jeremy Swayman, on-target Jake DeBrusk lead Bruins to Game 1 win over Maple Leafs
Jeremy Swayman made 35 stops at TD Garden on Saturday night, while Jake DeBrusk had a three-point game and Boston easily took care of Toronto.

Boston Bruins announcer Jack Edwards is honored next to Charlie Jacobs and Sean McGrail.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Jack Edwards has enjoyed an enviable career. It’s too bad it’s ending this way.

Edwards’s passion for the job is as genuine as it is obvious. He has always treated everyone well, with kindness, generosity, and honesty.

Arizona’s hockey fans become the latest to be tossed aside by the NHL

Representative Jake Auchincloss was the first lawmaker to use it to write a speech on the House floor.

There’s a rise in the use of A.I. in campaigning— are Mass. congressional candidates prepared?

A survey of the Massachusetts delegation raises doubts that campaigns are ready for the challenges presented by artificial intelligence.

The weather's just about right this time of year to start tending to the garden.

Gardening | Dave Epstein

Your garden is calling. Take advantage of this beautiful Sunday with these planting tips.

A variety of vegetables and flowers can go in the ground this time of year.

Top Spots to Live

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

Lincoln? Belmont? It might surprise you to find out where median sales prices have actually fallen.

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024 10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston

Could the Bears get aggressive and trade up to draft Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (above) to pair with quarterback Caleb Williams?

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

An educated guess as to how the first round of the NFL Draft will go

With all of the reports and rumors that have emerged over the past three months, it can be difficult to discern what’s real and what’s hot air.

The New England Knockouts of the independent Frontier League and the Brockton Rox of the Futures League will both play at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Scott Proefrock’s long baseball journey has landed him in Brockton

Proefrock is president of the New England Knockouts of the independent Frontier League and the Brockton Rox of the Futures League.

Members of the Brandeis women's basketball team include, from left, Brooke Reed, Katherine Vaughan, Abigail Kennedy, Maya Williams, Lulu Ohm, Lillian Singleton, Carlie Marrella, Molly James, and Claire Candela.

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

Carol 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."

Opinion

With the college-age population shrinking, some schools won’t survive. There’s a right way for them to close.

It’s almost inevitable that some New England colleges will close. But there are ways to minimize disruption.

IDEAS | WILLIAM KUHN

Lord Byron: Mad, bad, and, now, essential to know

A former president, a New York courtroom, and a sad American spectacle

The man who made conservatism fun

Imagining a Trump 2.0 foreign policy

More recent News

Saved by the bell: Beloved buoy set to return to Wells Harbor in Maine
An 8,000 pound, 12-foot tall buoy washed up in Wells, Maine, on April 4. The US Coast Guard then decided to retire the red-and-white navigation marker, but residents rallied to save it.

2 killed and 6 injured in shooting at Memphis park party, police say

Eight people were shot including two men who were killed at an unsanctioned public party in a Memphis city park Saturday night, police said.

Man’s body found in Lowell river, according to DA’s office

Police responded to a call for a body in the Concord River on Saturday afternoon and found the man’s corpse, that appeared to have been submerged for some time, a spokesperson for the Middlesex district attorney's office said.

PWHL BOSTON 2, PWHL NEW YORK 1

PWHL Boston gets critical victory over New York on first goals from Lexie Adzija, Nicole Kosta
Aerin Frankel, who entered the match third in the league with a 1.94 goals-against average, saved 24 shots for the visitors.

Weymouth carnival canceled for weekend after fracas

Officers responded to multiple 911 calls around 7:45 p.m. Friday for reports of fighting at the carnival that had drawn an unusually large crowd that night.

Twenty climate activists arrested for allegedly blocking areas at Hanscom Field in Bedford
About 40 members of Extinction Rebellion from Massachusetts and Vermont on Saturday protested plans to add 17 hangars for private jets at the Massport-owned airport, the group said.

Recommended reads

Dr. Suhas Gondi of Brigham and Women's Hospital has researched and written about hospital boards increasingly being made up of private equity executives and others from outside medicine.

‘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.

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?”

Bob Ryan

Looking back at an epic Celtics playoff series from 50 years ago
For the 1973-74 Celtics, it was all about unfinished business.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jade Bird (pictured in 2022) will play Somerville's Arts at the Armory on April 24.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Riley Keough in "Sasquatch Sunset."

Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough wear the fur in ‘Sasquatch Sunset’

19MFA

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

Artist Jeffrey Gibson posed inside the US Pavilion during the media open day at the 60th Biennale of Arts in Venice Tuesday.

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

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.

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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

IDEAS | EREC SMITH

There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI

Steward operates Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.

David D’Alessandro

How do we fix the Steward Health Care disaster?

A homeless encampment in Portland, Ore., one of several scattered throughout the city, on Oct. 29, 2023.

Supreme Court has a duty to end homeless encampments

Protesters gathered for a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Rome on Oct. 28, 2023.

Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

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

Christopher Weyant

Watch your back

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Joyce Spector Mekelburg, second-to-last known survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 100

"The whole place was one mob, shouting screaming, pushing," Mrs. Mekelburg said the day after she crawled along a floor to escape the Cocoanut Grove blaze that killed 492 people.

Dante loves hugs and affection

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or teen currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Gardening | Dave Epstein

Your garden is calling. Take advantage of this beautiful Sunday with these planting tips.

A variety of vegetables and flowers can go in the ground this time of year.

Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states

Federal law enforcement officials have brought charges against a man accused of creating an illicit marijuana-growing operation off the beaten path in rural Maine.

Sports

Triston Casas will miss some time with a rib strain.

Red Sox at Pirates | 1:35 p.m. (NESN)

Game 23: Red Sox at Pirates lineups and notes as Triston Casas hits the IL

Casas suffered a rib strain during Saturday's win over Pittsburgh.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman makes one of his 35 saves as he stymied the Maple Leafs in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday night at TD Garden.

BRUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1

Smilin’ Jeremy Swayman, on-target Jake DeBrusk lead Bruins to Game 1 win over Maple Leafs

Jeremy Swayman made 35 stops at TD Garden on Saturday night, while Jake DeBrusk had a three-point game and Boston easily took care of Toronto.

The late Dave McCarty hugs Sox manager Alex Cora after taking part in the Red Sox 2004 celebration at Fenway Park.

Dave McCarty, 11-year MLB veteran and member of the 2004 Red Sox championship team, dies at 54

Dave McCarty, a member of the Boston Red Sox championship team in 2004 who played with seven MLB teams in an 11-year career, has died.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The Bruins need to come up big as the game shrinks during the Stanley Cup playoffs

INTER MIAMI 3, NASHVILLE 1

Lionel Messi scores two for Miami in preparation for visit to Foxborough, Revolution

dan shaughnessy

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

Business

A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising

“We basically gave descriptions of all our coffee types and their flavors to AI and instructed it to create a new exciting blend."

House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon

Lawmakers are targeting the popular app TikTok because of its China-based owners.

Rob Hale runs Boston and gives along the way

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline

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

Already popular with cyclists, pedestrians, and dog walkers, the new Green Line Community Path in Somerville opened last summer.

Top Spots to Live

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston

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

metro

A 12-foot tall, 8000-pound buoy washed ashore a beach in Wells, Maine, after a particularly savage Nor-easter, officials said.

Saved by the bell: Beloved buoy set to return to Wells Harbor in Maine

Soar, slide, splash? It’s skiers’ choice as spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns

Twenty climate activists arrested for allegedly blocking areas at Hanscom Field in Bedford

sports

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman, with help from defenseman Hampus Lindholm, stymies Maple Leafs center Noah Gregor in the first period of Saturday's playoff opener at TD Garden.

With McAvoy, Lindholm together on top pair, Bruins take care of business in Game 1

Revolution squander their chances at Toronto FC, shut out again in another road defeat

Boys’ lacrosse roundup: Bridgewater-Raynham erases an early three-goal deficit with three unanswered tallies in Coaches Cup win over Wellesley

business

A billboard advertising a "Weed Drive Thru" from a Pawtucket, R.I., cannabis vendor is seen along Interstate 95 near Providence.

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

8 interesting things you can get at a drive-thru

Massachusetts labor force grows amid signs hiring might be slowing

politics

Representative Jake Auchincloss was the first lawmaker to use it to write a speech on the House floor.

There’s a rise in the use of A.I. in campaigning— are Mass. congressional candidates prepared?

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. The Senate is next.

House approves $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan

Nation

Donald Trump was in court during jury selection on April 15.

Will a mountain of evidence be enough to convict Trump?

Proud Boys appear at Trump rally, drawing condemnation from Biden

Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states

World

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 21.

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US advances aid package

Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

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

opinion

Peso Pluma performed at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 12 in Indio, Calif.

A Latinx takeover at Coachella

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

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

lifestyle

Rusty Foster, and Sam, near his home in Peaks Island, Maine.

From a tiny island in Maine, he serves up fresh media gossip

The curious habit of wearing your Cape Cod bracelet for decades

My husband is following his ex’s vlog

food & dining

Chefs worked in the kitchen of Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern, which opened on Boylston Street this month.

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

The lobby of the Gardiner House in Newport has wallpaper that repicates murals painted in the Ledges by artist Howard Cushing.

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

19MFA

‘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

A photograph of Doris Kearns Goodwin and her husband Dick Goodwin rests on a bookshelf at her home in Boston.

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

Riley Keough in "Sasquatch Sunset."

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

Carrie Preston and Wendell Pierce in "Elsbeth."

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

Hilary Hahn playing the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Andris Nelsons.

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

Matt Rife in his 2023 Netflix special, "Natural Selection."

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

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

Joyce Spector Mekelburg was 18 when this photo was taken in 1942, the year she survived the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire that killed 492 people in Boston.

story/Bryan Marquard, 22mekelburg

Joyce Spector Mekelburg, second-to-last known survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 100

David Pryor, a former Arkansas governor and US senator, has died

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