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Pro-Palestinian encampment grows at Northeastern, continues at MIT

Students at Harvard, MIT, and Tufts staged similar protests, part of a national movement by college students demanding their universities sever ties with any company that is aiding Israeli military action in Gaza.
Shock reverberates on Emerson’s campus after overnight student arrests Emerson student captures video of officers swarming protester on the ground

Mayor Wu backs Boston police in wake of mass arrests near Emerson College
“There were safety concerns and the safety risks were growing,” she said.

Despite Wu’s support, Emerson encampment removal draws mixed reaction from city leaders As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protestors, others quickly call the police

Massachusetts voters are unhappy with healthcare access, new poll shows

Dissatisfaction was highest among Hispanic residents.

Trump’s lawyers will grill ex-tabloid publisher as first week of hush money trial testimony wraps

David Pecker will return to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher, who has described helping bury embarrassing stories Trump feared could hurt his campaign.

ANALYSIS
What you need to know about the Supreme Court arguments about presidential immunity
The justices were more focused on getting it right for history rather than the moment.

Judge in Karen Read trial rules that jurors can’t be told about federal investigation into case

At a hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, Judge Beverly J. Cannone hashed out some of the ground rules for the highly anticipated trial, which is expected to last several weeks. Opening statements are slated for Monday.

Lewiston shooter had ‘10-year hold’ on possessing guns following stay at New York mental health hospital, fellow soldier testifies

The colleague’s sworn testimony, given at Thursday’s session of a state commission investigating the shootings in Lewiston last fall, also revealed new details about the concerns Card’s fellow soldiers had about his deteriorating mental health.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Weekend warm-up, continued sunshine will make it feel like spring again

Sunshine and southerly flow to boost temperatures in time for a mostly dry weekend.
Why we’re looking at a hotter summer this year

Who got into Boston’s exam schools this fall? BPS offers an initial glimpse at the data

The data did not include a demographic breakdown by race, ethnicity, or income status —that is expected to be released in the coming weeks as part of a more comprehensive data analysis.
peter abraham | on baseball

Red Sox must leave mental lapses behind and focus on positives as they return home

There were troubling moments but also good signs on this road trip, and they absolutely have to play better at Fenway.
Opinion
CARINE HAJJAR

What happened when a young Israeli walked into an anti-Israel protest

Protests on New York campuses have been full of strident rhetoric — but also the occasional ray of hope.
Ruthzee Louijeune

Unlocking Haiti’s potential
LETTERS

Lessons learned from campus protests?
EDITORIAL

Federal law is supposed to protect women who need emergency care. Does it?

Alex Beam

Woody Allen, the headache no one wants

More recent News

Jerry Seinfeld talks JFK, Bill Burr, and feeding his inner child with ‘Unfrosted’

The comedy icon makes his directorial debut with a star-studded new movie for Netflix about the origin of the Pop-Tart.

North Andover man dead after shooting at police, officer injured
The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, fired at responding officers and injured one when he struck a police cruiser which resulted in “metal shards striking him in the head,” North Andover police said Thursday.

As R.I.’s temperatures grow hotter, local groups working to cool down ‘heat islands’

“Confronting environmental injustices means both on-the-ground work like planting trees, but also advocating for policy changes,” says Jessica Wilson, design planner for Lowell, Mass.

Former bouncer at Boston bar pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of Marine during St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2022

Alvaro Larrama was sentenced to serve 17 to 20 years in state prison. He had been facing a first-degree murder charge.

Philip Chism, convicted of killing his Danvers High School teacher, to change plea in unrelated assault case on youth worker

While Chism was awaiting trial on the murder charge at a juvenile detention facility in Dorchester, he allegedly attacked and seriously injured a female counselor with the Department of Youth Services on June 2, 2014. He is due to plead guilty to the charges Friday, prosecutors said.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden pays $5K ethics violation for issuing press release in 2022 DA campaign

In a statement on Thursday, the state Ethics Commission said Hayden was aware his staff intended to issue the statement and “took no action” to stop them.

Here’s why Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next

The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.

Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues

The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with senior Chinese officials and warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations.

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's about 76,000 fewer than the year before and the lowest one-year tally since 1979.

Recommended reads

Amid migrant crisis, Massachusetts voters support ‘right-to-shelter’ law — with reservations, new poll shows

The new survey comes on the backdrop of a close presidential election rematch in which immigration and border security have proven to be top issues, particularly among GOP voters.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation
From the Canal to Provincetown, a guide to old, new, and unforgettable experiences on the Cape.

THE FINE PRINT
Lunch with friends at a Chinatown restaurant? Not for a young blind woman who showed up with her service dog.
Joicee Gordillo said she regularly encounters restaurants that are hesitant to allow her and her service dog, Junie, in. But her experience at Jade Garden was the first time she was outright denied service.

ANALYSIS
Ayanna Pressley’s shift on Israel was years in the making
Did Pressley change or did the situation change? “It’s both,” she said in an interview.

Culture & Lifestyle

Damn! Damn! Damn! ‘Good Times’ turns 50

Independent Film Festival Boston turns 21: ‘We see the festival and the city as kind of intertwined’

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

Amy Tan, author of ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ logs her obsession with birds in a new avian book of days

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

Mary Ziegler

Reality on abortion hits the Supreme Court
IDEAS | BRANDON DEL POZO

Why the drug reform movement looks like it’s failing
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Why are women becoming so much more liberal than men?
EDITORIAL

Mike Johnson saved the day. Democrats should be ready to save Johnson.
Brendan Little

My mother died by suicide. I don’t regret my estrangement from her.
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

RI ENVIRONMENT

As Governor McKee touts litter pickups, advocates say R.I. ‘bottle bill’ would make a real difference

“It wouldn’t be paid for by taxpayers — it would be paid for by the slobs that threw those bottles out in the first place,” said Bill McCusker, president of Friends of the Saugatucket.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Weekend warm-up, continued sunshine will make it feel like spring again

Sunshine and southerly flow to boost temperatures in time for a mostly dry weekend.
RI ENVIRONMENT

As R.I.’s temperatures grow hotter, local groups working to cool down ‘heat islands’

“Confronting environmental injustices means both on-the-ground work like planting trees, but also advocating for policy changes,” says Jessica Wilson, design planner for Lowell, Mass.
COMMENTARY | MARY-MURPHY WALSH AND HENRY SIRAVO

To foster civic engagement, let young people vote sooner

Bills before the General Assembly would enable R.I. communities to permit 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school committee elections. Having a say in who serves on school boards is urgent, write members of the R.I. Young Democrats, when students are so directly affected by school committee decisions.

Sports

2024 nfl draft

Resetting the draft board: 11 players to watch for the Patriots in Rounds 2 and 3

Want to make a rookie quarterback feel comfortable? Draft his college receiver, too. Plus, could a local product climb into Day 2?
dan shaughnessy

Drafting Drake Maye feels very much like a Patriots ownership selection, and other thoughts

Not that there’s anything wrong with the Krafts pushing Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo in that direction. Most likely we’ll never know.
nfl draft 2024

Have the Patriots found their man in Drake Maye? See our winners, losers, and takeaways from Round 1 of the NFL Draft.

Which team was the winner? (Hint: they had the first pick.) Which team made a mind-boggling choice? (Hint: They doled out a massive contract to a QB this offseason ... then drafted one in the top 10.) Here's how the draft unfolded.
NFL DRAFT

‘This guy is very competitive.’ Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf comment on Patriots’ top draft pick Drake Maye
NBA PLAYOFFS

Joel Embiid scores 50 as 76ers get first win over Knicks; Magic hands Cavaliers worst playoff loss

Business

Everything you need to know about the MBTA Communities law but are perhaps afraid to ask

The state law is an attempt to chip away at a deepening housing crisis fueled by decades of restrictive zoning rules in the suburbs and small towns of Greater Boston.

Energy Dept. aims to speed up permits for power lines

The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a rule meant to speed up federal permits for major transmission lines, part of a broader push to expand America’s electric grids.

Key solar panel ingredient is made in the USA again

EPA severely limits pollution from coal-burning power plants
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

We set out to kayak the entire Charles River. It was that or pickleball.
LOVE LETTERS

Forget serious — I want to be burned by desire
Perspective

We’re all one overhead bin battle away from an in-flight meltdown. Yes, you too.
Cooking

Three classics — spaghetti carbonara, Venetian shrimp, and chicken salmoriglio — that offer a tour of Italy

metro

Lowell is getting dozens of migrant families. Their struggles resonate with Cambodian community.

Massachusetts voters are unhappy with healthcare access, new poll shows

Emerson arrests reverberate as student protests of Israel continue to expand

sports

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Brothers Ben and Mason Cleary combine for 35 kills for No. 7 BC High in a nonleague win vs. No. 3 Milford

Patriots' Drake Maye talks about his new teammates, Tom Brady, and conversation with Jerod Mayo

The Patriots made the right move in drafting Drake Maye. Now don’t mess it up.

business

As planes fill and tastes change, Southwest Airlines mulls assigned seating

Among Mass. independent voters, the economy is a high hurdle for Biden

Economy cooled off in first quarter, growing at 1.6 percent rate

politics

These people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today.

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear

What you need to know about the Supreme Court arguments about presidential immunity

Nation

As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protestors, others quickly call the police

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year

Trump’s lawyers will grill ex-tabloid publisher as first week of hush money trial testimony wraps

World

India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues

Why this small Ukrainian hilltop town is Russia’s next big target

opinion

Mike Johnson saved the day. Democrats should be ready to save Johnson.

Why are women becoming so much more liberal than men?

What the future looked like 60 years ago

lifestyle

National College Decision Day isn’t a referendum on how well you did as a parent

Dating while my biological clock is ticking

Influencer Marius Johnson talks Boston fashion and social media as storytelling

food & dining

Baleia takes Boston on a Portuguese holiday

It’s almost Mother’s Day. Here’s where to brunch.

Jerry Seinfeld talks JFK, Bill Burr, and feeding his inner child with ‘Unfrosted’

travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

The summer season gets underway early in P-town, plus a baby monitor for the car

Expedia said it would refund my tickets four years ago. Help!

Arts

At Mass MoCA, Joseph Grigely invites visitors into his rich silence

At the MFA, ‘Songs for Modern Japan’ is music for the eyes

Yoko Ono to be honored at Edward MacDowell Medal ceremony in New Hampshire

Books

National College Decision Day isn’t a referendum on how well you did as a parent

In Kellye Garrett’s ‘Missing White Woman,’ a romantic idyll turns nightmare at the hands of a toxic influencer

James Marcus documents a personal relationship with Emerson in ‘Glad to the Brink of Fear’

Movies

Independent Film Festival Boston turns 21: ‘We see the festival and the city as kind of intertwined’

Steve Carell and John Krasinski had a mini ‘The Office’ reunion while making new movie ‘IF’

In ‘We Grown Now,’ a tragic event tests the friendship between two 12-year-old boys

Television

Damn! Damn! Damn! ‘Good Times’ turns 50

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

Steve Carell and John Krasinski had a mini ‘The Office’ reunion while making new movie ‘IF’

music

Why two hours of Bach keeps selling out the house

‘Like playing in someone’s backyard’: Lowell’s annual The Town and the City Festival has a special feel.

‘The Road to Ruane’ tells the story of an antic, unforgettable character in Boston’s music scene

Theater/Dance

Boston stars will shine on the Common this summer in ‘A Winter’s Tale’

Robert Frost, with help from Gordon Clapp, takes the stage at the Calderwood Pavilion

Subversive, self-referential ‘Strange Loop’ gets its Boston premiere

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

Sheppie Abramowitz, who advocated relief for refugees, dies at 88

Howie Schwab, ESPN researcher and trivia star, dies at 63

US Representative Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died after a heart attack