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Emerson College president Jay M. Bernhardt spoke during the college's On the Same Page Boston campaign to bring diverse books to Boston Public Schools on Oct 17, 2023.

Emerson president is the latest college leader to face sharp criticism related to Israel-Hamas war protests

Jay Bernhardt, who is still in his first year as Emerson’s president, is facing the same crisis that has claimed the jobs and damaged the reputations of a growing number of college presidents across the country.

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments At MIT, dueling protests, but no arrests and no violence

Students pack up the pro-Palestinian encampment that they had been occupying at Tufts University.

Tufts protesters dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment

Student protesters at Tufts University on Friday evening dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment established early last week as campuses across the country became sites of antiwar demonstrations following a police raid on a camp at Columbia University in New York.

ADRIAN WALKER

The campus protests aren’t going anywhere. So what now?

Governor Maura Healey voiced her support Friday for how police were deployed to clear recent pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University and Emerson College.

Healey comfortable with police response at local campus protests

As sea level rise accelerates, Boston is ‘deep into overtime’ to build coastal protections by 2030
In 2023, Boston’s sea level was higher than at any other point in recorded history.

As climate change erodes beaches on the Cape and Islands, towns gamble on sand replenishment

State officials activate command center to manage fallout from Steward financial crisis
The move comes amid growing concern about a potential bankruptcy by cash-strapped Steward and its impact on eight community hospitals in Boston and north and south of the city.

House health care bill aims to contain costs, set rules to prevent another Steward crisis

Classic Rhode Island hot wieners "all the way," at Baba's Original New York System on Smith Street in Providence.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

These are the unwritten rules of Rhode Island

Whether you’re brand new to Rhode Island or you’ve lived in the Ocean State all your life, you’ve probably learned that we do things a little differently here.

This week's daters: Patrick and Alina.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I have this taco Red Sox hat that I never wear, so I gifted it to her’

These daters boldly decide to change venues.

My AI chatbot thinks your AI chatbot is cute

‘I boil when I think of him’: For former aides of Senator Robert Kennedy, his son’s campaign strikes a raw nerve

RFK Jr. has leaned heavily on his father's legacy over the course of his third-party bid for president.

Paul Krasinski, brother of actor John Krasinski, sues two former girlfriends and six ‘Jane Does’ for defamation
Paul Krasinski is suing for a “civil conspiracy” aimed at destroying his reputation and that of the charity he runs, according to court filings.

Hope Hicks takes the stand: 5 takeaways from Trump’s criminal trial

Here are five takeaways from Trump’s 11th day, and third week, on trial.

Tracker: Who has testified in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and what did they say? Hope Hicks recounts political firestorm over ‘Access Hollywood’ tape in Trump’s hush-money trial

Lawyers spar over witness connections in Karen Read murder trial
The debate during the fourth day of Read trial centered around the testimony of Canton paramedic Katie McLaughlin, who responded to the call after Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe lying unresponsive in the snow.

How Friday's testimony unfolded

The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn’t been seen since World War II, the UN says
It would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict in Gaza ended today, the United Nations reported Thursday.

Mass. collected $1 billion more in tax revenue than expected in April, but state doesn’t plan to reverse spending cuts

State officials believe most of the unexpected revenue was generated by the state’s new surtax and collections from capital gains — money that state officials largely can’t use to balance the budget as a whole.

Methuen police detective alleges decades of racist abuse at work

Officials identify Lowell man who killed wife and daughter, 7, before turning gun on himself

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor.

South Dakota Governor Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new book

Kristaps Porzingis walked off with a calf injury in Game 4 against the Heat.

dan shaughnessy

Wondering about the Porzingis effect on the Celtics’ chances, and other thoughts

The big center's injury set off alarms among Celtics fans, who have seen similar twists of fate before.

Celtics will open their Eastern Conference semifinal Tuesday after Magic force a Game 7 vs. Cavaliers Joe Mazzulla wants Celtics to be the tougher team going forward

The Bruins were crushed after a loss to Philadelphia in Game 7 of the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals, a series they had led, three games to none.

Blowing a 3-1 lead in a playoff series has been a bit of a nasty habit for the Bruins

It wasn't just last year against Florida; it also happened in 2010 vs. the Flyers and in 2004 against the Canadiens.

This Bruins core has far more at stake in Game 7 than another crushing playoff elimination

Rafael Devers hit two doubles and drove in a pair of runs for the Red Sox, but Eduoard Julien (left) matched the RBI total as the Twins won an 11th straight game.

TWINS 5, RED SOX 2

Red Sox lose to streaking Twins as series opener gets away after squandered first-inning opportunity

A five-game road trip began with a second straight loss for the Red Sox. Down, 1-0, the Sox allowed four runs in a shaky seventh inning and the Twins held on.

Twins ride their Home Run Sausage to an 11th straight win Vaughn Grissom healthy and in lineup at second base for Red Sox debu

Opinion

Palestinian students walked in front of an Israeli army armored vehicle, one of a few that surrounded Al-Quds University in the West Bank city of Ramallah, during a military search operation in 2003.

What American students should be demanding for Palestinians

Palestinians have long been highly committed to education, but in recent months Gaza educational institutions have been destroyed. And that’s where American colleges and universities can help.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fighting the office bully

IDEAS | DAVID GOODMAN

How colleges should handle student protests

From Vietnam to South Africa to hostages in Iran to today’s campus unrest

What voters in the South think about Trump

More recent News

Student at Fontbonne Academy in Milton allegedly threatened to ‘shoot up the school,’ police said
The student is being charged as a juvenile with making threats to commit a crime, police said.

Hundreds of mourners gather at funeral for Billerica police sergeant
Ian Taylor, 49, was remembered as a dedicated police officer and devoted husband and father with a sharp wit and ever-present grin.

LOVE LETTERS

He wants to save the marriage
But he’s been texting other women.

Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
The project is expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New York.

What to know about I-95 shutdown and bridge fire in Conn.

N.H. jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38 million
More than 1,100 other former residents of the Youth Development Center in Manchester have filed lawsuits alleging physical, sexual, and emotional abuse spanning six decades.

Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan
From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico, indictments said.

Former Marlborough school bus driver charged with sexually assaulting young boy

A 32-year-old former bus driver for Marlborough Public Schools was arraigned Friday on child rape charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a young boy in Marlborough who was not a student in the district schools, officials said.

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

The lawsuit comes after Republicans sued to overturn laws permitting the tallying of ballots received after Election Day in Mississippi and North Dakota, and it’s the 83rd election-related suit filed by the party six months before Election Day.

Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others

President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including civil rights icons such as the late Medgar Evers, political leaders such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Biden’s former climate envoy John Kerry.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

How to exit an airplane without being a jerk. (A refresher course in aviation etiquette.)

Imagine a world, friends, where deplaning is a calm and orderly process. By practicing basic manners, we can make this a reality. How? I never thought you’d ask.

Warning signs point to a ‘hyperactive’ hurricane season. Here’s how it could impact New England.
This fast-approaching season could spawn a blockbuster 24 named storms this summer and fall.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

On housing and energy, Healey’s big plans collide with local resistance
The governor is facing blowback from town officials on some of her top priorities, which could imperil their progress in the Legislature.

Globe Magazine

The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter
Why did a state social worker pose as a teen in three Boston schools and a treatment center? And how could nobody notice for so long?

Culture & Lifestyle

Laufey

Quietly, Laufey has become a star

Cellist Keefer Glenshaw, 20, plans to perform from sunset on May 4 to sunset on May 5 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

A young cellist prepares a 24-hour public performance

Daniel Lamont and James Norton in "Nowhere Special."

‘Nowhere Special’: a deeply felt father-and-son story about life, death, and parental love

Herbie Hancock at “Inventions & Dimensions” recording session, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Aug. 30, 1963. Photo by Francis Wolff.

Seeing the sound of Blue Note

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

Several hundred students and pro-Palestinian supporters rallied at the intersection of Grove and College Streets, in front of Woolsey Hall on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., April 22.

Gabriel Diamond

Protesters have turned Yale into a camp of hate

An overgrown section of Vicksburg Square, at the Fort Devens Army base, on Nov. 21, 2023.

Unlocking the housing potential of Fort Devens

Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced that the city will be joining a coalition of cities experimenting with a guaranteed basic income by giving 200 families at risk of homelessness $750 a month for a year.

In Somerville, guaranteed basic income provides a safety net

Stealing homes right out from under vulnerable owners is just wrong

An encampment at MIT. The university's president, Sally Kornbluth, said some students have demanded "that MIT cut research ties with Israel."

IDEAS | HINDA MANDELL

The demand to cut research ties with Israelis is a blow to free inquiry

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Emerson president is the latest college leader to face sharp criticism related to Israel-Hamas war protests

Jay Bernhardt, who is still in his first year as Emerson’s president, is facing the same crisis that has claimed the jobs and damaged the reputations of a growing number of college presidents across the country.

Methuen police detective alleges decades of racist abuse at work

A detective of Dominican descent at the embattled Methuen Police Department alleges more than 25 years of racial hostility, slurs, and bias from fellow officers and command staff, according to a lawsuit filed this week.

At MIT, dueling protests, but no arrests and no violence

Little more than the length of a football field separated the crowds, but their politics were worlds apart.

Tufts protesters dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment

Student protesters at Tufts University on Friday evening dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment established early last week as campuses across the country became sites of antiwar demonstrations following a police raid on a camp at Columbia University in New York.

Sports

Luka Doncic enjoys a moment during Friday's Game 7 victory over the Clippers with head coach Jason Kidd.

mavericks 114, clippers 101

Mavericks vanquish Clippers, advance to face Thunder in West semifinal

Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 30 points and Luka Doncic added 28 for fifth-seeded Dallas, which next plays top-seeded Oklahoma City.

Caitlin Clark surveys the court with her new coach, Christie Sides, as the Indiana Fever faced the Dallas Wings during the former Iowa phenom's first WNBA preseason game Friday in Arlington, Texas.

Caitlin Clark makes her WNBA preseason debut to great fanfare

The Indiana Fever rookie, sporting her familiar No. 22, scored 21 points and was responsible for a sellout crowd of 6,251 for the host Dallas Wings.

Arturs Silovs makes a save for the Canucks against the Predators during Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round series Friday.

canucks 1, predators 0

Canucks close out the Predators, move on to face the Oilers

Host Nashville couldn’t beat rookie goalie Arturs Silovs, who made 27 saves to become the 14th rookie goalie in NHL history to finish off a series with a shutout and just the fifth in 30 years.

magic 103, cavaliers 96

Celtics will open their Eastern Conference semifinal Tuesday after Magic force a Game 7 vs. Cavaliers

Softball roundup: Molly LeBel collects 500th career strikeout, pitches Pentucket past Newburyport

Business

How Kurt Faustin went from college dropout to public-speaking sensation

This weekend, Faustin will deliver a TEDxRoxbury talk on the heels of his new motivational book.

This Providence office building has been home to Hasbro. It’s now for sale.

Five months after Hasbro’s CEO announced the toymaker would be vacating the leased office space downtown, the building’s owners are gearing up to sell it.

Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly

State officials activate command center to manage fallout from Steward financial crisis

magazine

Photos of Shelby Hewitt, including her 2023 booking photo (center).

The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter

Larry Lucchino, shown in 2015, was with the Red Sox for 14 years. During his tenure, the team won three World Series championships. He died on April 2 at age 78.

Thank you for the life lessons at the Red Sox, Larry Lucchino. And for my marriage.

This week's daters: Patrick and Alina.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I have this taco Red Sox hat that I never wear, so I gifted it to her’

Boston rats aren’t going anywhere. You might not love the solution.

metro

Governor Maura Healey voiced her support Friday for how police were deployed to clear recent pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University and Emerson College.

Healey comfortable with police response at local campus protests

Lawyers spar over witness connections in Karen Read murder trial

Hundreds rallied at MIT in support of Jewish and Israeli students Friday

sports

A sausage, left, is held up as Twins center fielder Byron Buxton enters the dugout after scoring a run against the White Sox on April 29.

Twins’ winning streak continues with the mystique of their Home Run Sausage

Vaughn Grissom healthy and in lineup at second base for Red Sox debut

NCAA, major college conferences could pay $3 billion settlement to compensate athletes

business

The monthly jobs report for April showed slowing in hiring.

US employers scaled back their hiring in April, adding 175,000 jobs

On housing and energy, Healey’s big plans collide with local resistance

Moderna’s COVID vaccine sales plunge, as analysts debate future of once-hot company

politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to supporters during a campaign event last month in West Des Moines, Iowa.

‘I boil when I think of him’: For former aides of Senator Robert Kennedy, his son’s campaign strikes a raw nerve

Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

Nation

Hope Hicks.

Trump and his one-time confidant Hope Hicks meet again, this time in a courtroom

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

World

This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Drone footage shows Ukrainian village battered to ruins as residents flee Russian advance

The UN warns Sudan’s warring parties that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn’t allowed in

Flowers, candles, silence as Serbia marks the 1st anniversary of mass shooting at a Belgrade school

opinion

Midwife Sabrina Pereira performed a checkup on Laurie Cormier in early March in Worcester.

Pushing for a formal role for Mass. midwives

The urban fairy tale of the so-called safe Boston neighborhood

What voters in the South think about Trump

lifestyle

He wants to save the marriage

Here’s what teachers really want for National Teacher Appreciation Week

I’m heartbroken after a six-month relationship

food & dining

At The Fat Greek, the pork gyro.

The Fat Greek, a Haverhill original, adds heft to the East Arlington fast-casual scene

Dorchester Brewing Co., Yellow Door Taqueria team up on Cinco de Mayo beer

Ken Oringer and Monica Glass open Verveine in Cambridge; Jody Adams debuts La Padrona at Raffles in the Back Bay

travel

The restoration and reopening of The Colonial Theatre as a catalyst for the growing revitalization of downtown Laconia.

Laconia, N.H., is a city on the lakes — and on the rise

Exeter, N.H.: Come for the history, stay for the food

Planning a trip to New Hampshire this summer? The Globe N.H. team shares their favorite things to do.

Arts

Paul Rudolph, Callahan House perspective, 1965–1986, Birmingham, Ala.

‘Drawing’ some surprising architectural conclusions

Seeing the sound of Blue Note

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala

Books

Rhode Island native William Sisson wrote a coffee table book about the striped bass. In this picture by Tom Lynch, Sisson has a catch splayed out over his lap.

His book is an ode to striped bass. This Rhode Island native is worried about their future.

New translated collection from Arrowsmith Press; Mass Kids Lit Fest to be held in Pioneer Valley; and more

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 28

Movies

Celebrate steampunk at the Watch City Steampunk Festival on Saturday.

Five things to do around Boston, May 6-12

‘The Old Oak’: a fable of forgiveness that rings hollow

Two decades ago, eight artists moved into a ‘secret’ room in the Providence Place mall. Now there’s a film about it.

Television

From left: Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole, Juliette Motamed, Anjana Vasan, and Lucie Shorthouse in "We Are Lady Parts."

At long last, season 2 of ‘We Are Lady Parts’ set to arrive

The best ‘SNL’ player ever? You decide.

Quite a bit missing from ‘A Man in Full’

music

Celebrate steampunk at the Watch City Steampunk Festival on Saturday.

Five things to do around Boston, May 6-12

‘Roméo et Juliette’ celebrates the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Quietly, Laufey has become a star

Theater/Dance

Kai Clifton in "A Strange Loop."

In ‘A Strange Loop,’ a tortured playwright goes round and round with his Thoughts

In Kirsten Greenidge’s ‘Morning, Noon, and Night,’ there’s light at the end of the pandemic

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and ‘Stereophonic’ lead Tony Award nominations, shows honoring creativity’s spark

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

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

Obituaries

Sjoukje Dijkstra, of The Netherlands, skated her way to a gold medal during the women's figure skating event of the 9th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1964.

Sjoukje Dijkstra, the first Dutch athlete to win a gold medal at Winter Olympics, dies at 82

Peggy Mellon Hitchcock, who helped Timothy Leary turn on, dies at 90

Larry Young, who studied the chemistry of love, dies at 56