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‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute

As everyone from lawmakers to college professors has struggled with the difficulty of discussing the war, covering campus protests to the war in Gaza has forced the Berkeley Beacon to weigh extraordinarily demanding and difficult coverage decisions.
Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action MIT president says pro-Palestinian encampment on campus needs to wind down

Police clear 100 protesters from pro-Palestinian encampment at Northeastern University

The decision to have police move in came after tensions flared Friday night, following the last day of final exams, as angry rhetoric filled the air.
See photos of protests and arrests at Northeastern

Tara Sullivan
Has there ever been a more jam-packed day in Boston sports than this?
The Bruins and Celtics won road playoff games, the Patriots drafted new players, the Red Sox routed the Cubs, and the Revolution were out-done by Lionel Messi.

Game 4: Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 1

Bruins’ stars shine brightest in Game 4 to push Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination

Boston, which received goals from James van Riemsdyk, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak, and 24 saves from Jeremy Swayman, will try to close out Toronto Tuesday night at TD Garden.
Photos: Bruins edge Maple Leafs in Game 4
Revolution

Lionel Messi (two goals, two assists) delivered and then some in front of a record crowd at Gillette Stadium. Here’s how it happened.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Coach Joe Mazzulla made sure the Celtics made all the right moves in routing the Heat in Game 3
2024 NFL draft

Meet the eight players drafted by the Patriots this year — and learn how they’ll fit on the depth chart

high schools
Meet the Globe’s Winter 2023-24 All-Scholastics
The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in eight winter sports. Click on each sport to read about the honorees. Find the All-Scholastics section in print on Sunday, April 28.

A key piece of the Karen Read case remains a mystery due to Mass. law: the autopsy report

Some experts say speculation surrounding the case, fueled by photos of the alleged victim's body, shows why full autopsy reports should be public documents, as they are in several other states.

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday.

See photos from the White House correspondents’ dinner, protests outside

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Debate over how to classify rideshare drivers isn’t just about pay. It’s also about their safety.
Driving for Uber or Lyft can be a terrifying experience sometimes. You don’t really know who you’re picking up, or what condition they’ll be in when they climb into your car.

Middle schools in Norway banned smartphones. The benefits were dramatic, a study shows.
The long-running debate over whether to ban smartphones in schools has intensified in recent months. This week, social media was abuzz about a study from Norway earlier this year that showed bans can have real impacts.

Former Miss Hall’s School teacher investigated after four former students allege sexual assault

Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue’s office said it is investigating allegations against Matthew S. Rutledge, a history teacher at Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield who resigned last month.

How a Tesla EV charging station ended up next to a shelter for migrant children
The strange scene in Foxborough reflects the state’s efforts to address two of its biggest challenges: migrants and climate change.

Can private landlords help ease the shelter crisis in Mass.? A new program is trying to find out.

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate jail, his lawyer says

Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms

Authorities investigate apparent murder-suicide in Lowell

The best gardening tips to get your plantings in shape this weekend

We’ve finally escaped the frost, so here’s what to know to get your garden spring ready.

Tick activity has surged early amid New England’s unusually warm winters

Being judicious about ticks will limit your exposure and let you enjoy the outdoors many of us love so much.
Weekend Pollen Forecast — Look out, allergies. Warming temperatures may accelerate spread
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Two nights, three provinces, and 1,600 miles. A sleeper train through Maritime Canada is slow travel at its best.

Via Rail’s sleepy eastern route brings travelers through rural villages and towns in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Here's what it's like.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Consolidation shouldn’t be a dirty word for public universities

With enrollment dropping, can public universities truly become a system?
EDITORIAL

The ‘demographic cliff’ is coming. Colleges must be prepared.
EDITORIAL

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

Can Minecraft’s virtual world help grieving children cope with real loss?
Jaime Bedrin

Want your kids to jump out of bed to get to school? Put them on the bike bus.

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
The Falcons selecting Michael Penix was the biggest head-scratcher of the NFL draft
To say starting quarterback Kirk Cousins and his people were surprised by the first-round draft decision is a massive understatement.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs pushed back against a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, filing a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred.

It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent
Analysts and polls predict that the waning popularity of the party once led by Nelson Mandela is likely to see it lose its parliamentary majority for the first time as a new generation of South Africans make their voices heard in what might be the most important election since 1994 next month.

Billerica police sergeant killed in excavator accident at road construction site

Sergeant Ian Taylor, 49, was directing a tractor-trailer around a construction site near the intersection of Boston Road and Pollard Street when the excavator hit him at about 2 p.m., officials said.

MassDevelopment chief Dan Rivera abruptly resigns after 3 years

Rivera, who was the mayor of Lawrence before being appointed to the post by then-Governor Charlie Baker, told the MassDevelopment board that he was leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Boston man sentenced to prison for trying to hire hitman to murder ex-wife, her boyfriend

Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder for hire and was sentenced to serve 92 months in prison, officials said.

Echoing their client, Trump’s lawyers pursue an absolutist defense

Trump’s legal strategy mirrors his political talking points as his lawyers portray the case as an unjust assault on the former president’s character.

Man pronounced dead after shooting in Mattapan

Boston Emergency Medical Services transported the adult male victim to a local hospital.

Michael C. Jensen, economist who helped reshape modern capitalism, dies at 84

A Harvard Business School professor, Michael C. Jensen evangelized for stock options, golden parachutes, and leveraged buyouts, empowering Wall Street’s greed-is-good era.

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Midwives want to be formally licensed in Mass. What does that mean?

Supporters say bills to license the birthing professionals would be transformative for the state reproductive health care workforce and maternal mortality outcomes.

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.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brandeis women’s basketball coach is retiring after players threatened to quit
The school announced Friday that Carol Simon, the longtime coach who received a letter last week from all 11 returning players asking her to resign, will retire.

Judge changes ruling following Braintree eighth-grader’s anxiety attack, trip to hospital
Fourteen-year-old Samantha Frechon had enrolled, per the judge's earlier order, at a regular public school for the first time since she was eight.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

High Street Place hosts the Big Queer Food Fest, featuring big-name chefs

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

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

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 | MARIANNE MOLLMANN AND EDUARDO GONZALEZ CUEVA

Our daughter is a student protester at Emerson. The police went too far.

CARINE HAJJAR

What happened when a young Israeli walked into an anti-Israel protest
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

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

Readers respond to student protests against war in Gaza
Christopher Weyant

New school mascot?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

A key piece of the Karen Read case remains a mystery due to Mass. law: the autopsy report

Some experts say speculation surrounding the case, fueled by photos of the alleged victim's body, shows why full autopsy reports should be public documents, as they are in several other states.

‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute

As everyone from lawmakers to college professors has struggled with the difficulty of discussing the war, covering campus protests to the war in Gaza has forced the Berkeley Beacon to weigh extraordinarily demanding and difficult coverage decisions.

Photos: Messi displays magic against Revolution

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi scored two goals against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Police clear 100 protesters from pro-Palestinian encampment at Northeastern University

The decision to have police move in came after tensions flared Friday night, following the last day of final exams, as angry rhetoric filled the air.

Sports

Lionel Messi visits New England as fans flock for 'once in a lifetime' experience

Soccer fans from all over New England made the trek to Gillette Stadium to catch a glimpse of soccer great Lionel Messi. (Randy Vazquez/Globe Staff)
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The best of David Pastrnak returned, and the Bruins benefitted

Pastrnak’s Game 4 goal was the night’s jawbreaker, and possibly the series-maker, helping to propel the Bruins to a two-game lead.
Tara Sullivan

Has there ever been a more jam-packed day in Boston sports than this?

The Bruins and Celtics won road playoff games, the Patriots drafted new players, the Red Sox routed the Cubs, and the Revolution were out-done by Lionel Messi.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Coach Joe Mazzulla made sure the Celtics made all the right moves in routing the Heat in Game 3
CELTICS 104, HEAT 84

Celtics restore order in Game 3 with smothering rout of Heat for 2-1 series lead

Business

‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute

As everyone from lawmakers to college professors has struggled with the difficulty of discussing the war, covering campus protests to the war in Gaza has forced the Berkeley Beacon to weigh extraordinarily demanding and difficult coverage decisions.

How abrupt u-turns are defining US environmental regulations

In the past decade, environmental rules in particular have been caught in a cycle of erase-and-replace whiplash.

Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash

Middle schools in Norway banned smartphones. The benefits were dramatic, a study shows.

magazine
Summer Travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

Summer Travel

We set out to kayak the entire Charles River. It was that or pickleball.
MISS CONDUCT

What to do when someone overshares details on a first date
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The host actually sat us at two different tables’

metro

Debate over how to classify rideshare drivers isn’t just about pay. It’s also about their safety.

Dakodan loves sports and wants to attend a professional game

See photos of protests and arrests at Northeastern University

sports

Bruins’ stars shine brightest in Game 4 to push Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination

Lionel Messi (two goals, two assists) delivered and then some in front of a record crowd at Gillette Stadium. Here’s how it happened.

Video: Jayson Tatum, Joe Mazzulla, Jaylen Brown on Celtics’ decisive win over Heat in Game 3

business

How a Tesla EV charging station ended up next to a shelter for migrant children

Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

MassDevelopment chief Dan Rivera abruptly resigns after 3 years

politics

See photos from the White House correspondents’ dinner, protests outside

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

How abrupt u-turns are defining US environmental regulations

Nation

Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action

College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit

World

Russian drones set a hotel ablaze in a Ukrainian Black Sea city

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him

Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms

opinion

Un vuelo ‘perr-fecto’: La mejor forma de viajar con tu perro

New airline allows pawsengers in the cabin

Our daughter is a student protester at Emerson. The police went too far.

lifestyle

We might be ‘the greatest love story ever told’

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

Dating while my biological clock is ticking

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

There’s a lot of money floating around Miami. Here’s what to do there if very little of it is yours.

Two nights, three provinces, and 1,600 miles. A sleeper train through Maritime Canada is slow travel at its best.

Be a part of the oldest postal system in the world

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

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 21

Author readings around Boston through May 4

As Earth Week ends, here are five takeaways on the climate crisis from Elizabeth Kolbert

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

Dan Rather returns to CBS Sunday, but not the era he embodied

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

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

music

BSO delivers dose of history along with American premiere of ‘The Wrath of God’

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.

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet scores with ‘Kingdom of the Shades’ and ‘Carmen’

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

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

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

Cecil Williams, whose San Francisco church became a haven, dies at 94

Mike Pinder, founding keyboardist of the Moody Blues, dies at 82

Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half-century, dies at 90