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TRUMP GUILTY

Convicted of all 34 counts in hush-money trial, marking the first criminal conviction of a former US president
Sentencing set for July 11, just days before Republican National Convention
Live Updates
ANALYSIS

What Trump’s conviction means for the presidential race

Here is the bottom line: The direct implications of Trump's convictions on the 2024 race are murky at best.

Politicians, notables react to guilty verdict in Trump hush-money case

Reactions from across New England began pouring in after news broke that former president Trump had been convicted of falsifying business records.

Trump has been convicted. Here’s what happens next.

The former president has already indicated that he plans to appeal after months of criticizing the case and attacking the Manhattan district attorney who brought it and the judge who presided over his trial.

California woman hounded online for video with South Shore stabbing suspect Jared Ravizza
Fashion designer Alyona Shikhova, 30, was attacked online this week after internet sleuths dug up a year-old video in which she posed alongside a Martha’s Vineyard man who has been accused in a Saturday stabbing spree along the South Shore.

Vineyard police reports detail erratic behavior of man accused in stabbing rampage

YVONNE ABRAHAM
At a Pittsfield prep school, an alleged abuser had impunity for decades
Over decades, students at Miss Hall’s School told adults that history teacher Matt Rutledge was preying on students. They were ignored and silenced.

‘It was good in the beginning but it was bad at the end.’ John O’Keefe’s niece and nephew testified this week at Karen Read murder trial.

The nephew, 13, testified that his uncle and Read had “a lot of disagreements and arguments” and would argue “frequently.”

‘Very, very scary’: Passenger describes JetBlue flight from Boston that made emergency landing in North Carolina

A JetBlue plane that was heading to Florida from Boston’s Logan International Airport had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina on Tuesday night.

Tufts Medicine extends its financial losses, another alarming sign for Mass. health care

Hiker injured in N.H. called 911 for help just before her phone lost power

Roslindale man charged in antisemitic acts in Newton arrested hours later on motor vehicle violations

Northern New England may get another glimpse of the Northern Lights on Friday. Here’s where you can see them.

MBTA wins $67 federal grant to improve MBTA Green Line accessibility
SUMMER READING PREVIEW

75 books we’re most excited to read this summer

The Globe’s annual summer reading preview features 75 books — fiction, nonfiction, romance, and mystery — we think you’ll want to slip into that beach bag, backpack, or picnic basket.

Beth Teitell
A hysterectomy, an abandoned grocery cart, a secret Facebook identity. Karen Read obsession in three chapters.
It’s dictating people’s lives. One person scheduled surgery to maximize trial-watching time. Another sweats through boot camp with his phone in front of his mat. The case has become “my entire personality,” said another.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

The real hit man? Richard Linklater.

Our film critic looks back at some of the Texan filmmaker’s greatest hits.
Movie review: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, and Diane Keaton go to ‘Summer Camp’ Movie review: ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ swims into murky waters

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston
The measure emerges from the House with fewer new licenses, a set aside for nonprofits, and the addition of full-value licenses that can be used anywhere in the city.

Christopher L. Gasper

Why Jrue Holiday is more than Marcus Smart ever was, and other Celtics thoughts as we wait on the NBA Finals

Holiday, a two-time All-Star, is an explicit winner who should have garnered some votes for series MVP against the Pacers.
Kristaps Porzingis has time to heal for Finals, but Celtics have done just fine in his absence While opening his namesake museum, Larry Bird calls the Celtics ‘the best team in the league’

A year ago, Takeda pledged to create local jobs in exchange for $1.9 million in tax breaks. Now, it’s laying people off.

The series of events demonstrates how quickly the prospects of a multinational pharmaceutical giant can fluctuate.

Northeastern University seeking to replace historic Matthews Arena

Northeastern University has filed a proposal with the Boston Planning and Development Agency to replace 124-year-old Matthews Arena, billed as the world’s oldest ice hockey venue, with a new 290,000-square-foot athletics facility.

‘I’m not sure people are actually paying attention’: Wu struggles to rally popular support for property tax push

By pushing the proposal, Wu has stirred up further animosity with the broader business community, which was already unhappy with some of her policy moves.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

Definitely not Ariana Grande, and probably not a string quartet either.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

For climate change deniers, a strategy of distraction, deception, and delay

They work to spread misinformation about and kindle opposition to clean energy projects and technologies.
Ashley Groffenberger

Boston needs a temporary tax hike on commercial properties
John Shattuck, Eric Schwartz, and Karl Inderfurth

Former State Dept. officials: Israel has crossed the red line
Renée Graham

My Gen Z weekend
Carine Hajjar

The issue Biden can’t seem to conquer
AAPI Heritage Month

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure
SHIRLEY LEUNG

In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

More recent News

Federal fraud investigators scrutinizing N.H. developer who fumbled $21.5m deal
Robynne A. Alexander pitched a flashy plan in 2022 to buy a sprawling state-owned campus in Laconia, N.H., and redevelop it into a “self-sustaining village.” It didn’t pan out.

Three men claimed to be filming a movie when they were arrested on gun charges in MBTA parking lot in Cambridge

Transit police on Wednesday arrested three New Hampshire men who allegedly possessed firearms in an MBTA lot in Cambridge and claimed to be filming a movie there, authorities said.

TECH LAB
You’ve heard of self-driving cars. What about self-flying planes?
Local firm Merlin is working with MIT’s Lincoln Lab, the FAA, and the US Air Force to test systems that would enable aircraft to operate with just one person at the controls — and someday, perhaps, with no people at all.

Joe Spaulding, the folkie who became Boch Center CEO, reflects on a transformed arts district as he prepares to exit
By any measure, Spaulding is leaving the place dramatically better than he found it, and he’s optimistic about the future.

Ousted Cambridge Superintendent Victoria Greer tells families, ‘I am saddened to leave’
In an email, Greer also told Cambridge Public Schools parents did not have any regrets the three years she’s held the position. The Cambridge School Committee on Wednesday voted to oust her.

OpenAI says Russia and China used its AI in covert campaigns
Efforts to deceptively manipulate public opinion around the world were run by state actors and private companies in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, OpenAI said in a report about covert influence campaigns.

Spare money in N.H. crop loss program won’t go directly to farmers

An $8 million crop loss program is set to award only about $4.5 million to farmers whose produce was devastated by severe weather last year, costing them up to three times that amount.

Suspects flee after botched ATM heist with U-Haul truck in Dorchester, police say
At approximately 5:53 a.m. officers responded to the area of Talbot Avenue and Southern Avenue for a report of a robbery in progress, officials said.

Firefighters spend hours battling 5-alarm blaze in Chelsea; roof collapses
The fire was reported at 320 Revere Beach Parkway on Thursday morning, an official said.

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‘My dream had to change’: Former WBZ-TV anchor Liam Martin talks men’s mental health

For many of us a dream job stays just that – a dream. But for Liam Martin, it was something that he had achieved and decided to walk away from.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
Smiles, tears, and a spitting llama: Untold tales from the Stone Zoo
Zookeeper Sandra Elliott shares some of her favorite stories from four decades in Stoneham.

Critic's Notebook
MIT adds another architectural standout to its collection
The new Schwarzman College of Computing is a model of architectural transparency.

MISS CONDUCT
Advice needed: My 40-year-old son visits us too much
But my wife says he’s always welcome. Plus, this long wedding reception includes cocktails and very little food. What to do?

Culture & Lifestyle

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

The real hit man? Richard Linklater.

We haven’t seen the last of ‘The Last of Us’

Berklee’s Summer in the City series opens a window to fresh sounds

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

The humbling of Harvard
SCOT LEHIGH

How I learned to get over my anxiety of flying
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships
JEFF JACOBY

The law that ruined America’s immigration system
EDITORIAL

Booze, Boston, and Beacon Hill need to be shaken and stirred
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

California woman hounded online for video with South Shore stabbing suspect Jared Ravizza

Fashion designer Alyona Shikhova, 30, was attacked online this week after internet sleuths dug up a year-old video in which she posed alongside a Martha’s Vineyard man who has been accused in a Saturday stabbing spree along the South Shore.

Politicians, notables react to guilty verdict in Trump hush-money case

Reactions from across New England began pouring in after news broke that former president Trump had been convicted of falsifying business records.

MBTA wins $67 federal grant to improve MBTA Green Line accessibility

The grant funding, awarded under President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law, will be used to improve accessibility at ground-level stops on the B and C lines which run through Boston and Brookline, officials said Thursday.

Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush-money trial

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts in his hush-money trial in New York.

Sports

Patriots

Patriots offensive lineman Calvin Anderson personally thanks the team at Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Anderson spent roughly a week in the hospital last summer, and at one point was given a 50-50 chance to survive a bout with malaria.
MIAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

High school softball tournament preview: Favorites, sleepers, players to watch, Divisions 1-5

Can Taunton make it a 4-peat in Division 1? Silver Lake has a winning pitch in D2. Dighton-Rehoboth and Case formidable in D3-4. Greenfield the pick in D5.
FOOTBALL

Chiefs lineman Isaiah Buggs turns himself in on animal cruelty charges

After being released on $600 bond for two counts of cruelty to dogs in the second degree, Buggs, through his lawyer, "vehemently" denied the charges and said the dogs were not his.
BASKETBALL

While opening his namesake museum, Larry Bird calls the Celtics ‘the best team in the league’
boston marathon

This year’s Boston Marathon broke its fundraising record by more than $30 million

Business

Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush-money trial

Trump Media's stock was down about 9 percent in after-hours trading Thursday as news of the verdict emerged.

Tufts Medicine extends its financial losses, another alarming sign for Mass. health care

The state’s sixth-largest health system is growing revenue but is failing to keep pace with labor expenses amid a severe worker shortage.

Boeing gives FAA plan to address systemic quality-control issues
TALKING POINTS

Campbell gets agreement involving former Everett tank farm
magazine
Summer Travel

Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think.
LOVE LETTERS

My fiancé and I aren’t sure we should go through with the wedding
PERSPECTIVE

I’m a normal mom, I swear. So how did my kids turn out so bougie?
Cooking

Sweet treats for strawberry season

metro

Firefighters spend hours battling 5-alarm blaze in Chelsea; roof collapses

Senate president battling cancer and a virus as R.I. legislature hits homestretch

Federal fraud investigators scrutinizing N.H. developer who fumbled $21.5m deal

sports

This year’s Boston Marathon broke its fundraising record by more than $30 million

Kristaps Porzingis has time to heal for Finals, but Celtics have done just fine in his absence

High school baseball tournament preview: Favorites, sleepers, players to watch, Divisions 1-5

business

‘I’m not sure people are actually paying attention’: Wu struggles to rally popular support for property tax push

WeWork cleared to exit bankruptcy, shedding Neumann legacy

A year ago, Takeda pledged to create local jobs in exchange for $1.9 million in tax breaks. Now, it’s laying people off.

politics

Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush-money trial

Jury finds Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts in hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

Trump has been convicted. Here’s what happens next.

Nation

Boeing gives FAA plan to address systemic quality-control issues

Louisiana may soon require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’

World

Egypt faces hard choices after Israeli seizure of Gaza’s southern border

Hong Kong convicts democracy activists in largest national security trial

South Africans turn away from ruling party, early election results show

opinion

No matter who becomes Trump’s running mate, Americans lose

BPS families deserve better

Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships

lifestyle

My sister is moving away with her partner

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area

TikTok rediscovers an old rural beauty secret

food & dining

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston

Verveine, from Monica Glass and Ken Oringer, is the bakery that Cambridge needs

New shows at the whaling museum, a Seattle hotel with a robotic butler, and TripIt kicks it up a notch

travel

Bigfoot believers and skeptics, united in curiosity about the unknown

New shows at the whaling museum, a Seattle hotel with a robotic butler, and TripIt kicks it up a notch

I canceled my airline tickets months ago, so where’s my money?

Arts

At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, the photograph as reliquary

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.

The many selves of Gearóid Dolan, MIT instructor, activist, and costumed artist

Books

Novelist Simon Van Booy thinks we should give mice more credit

Local bestsellers for the week ended May 26

75 books we’re most excited to read this summer

Movies

The real hit man? Richard Linklater.

Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, and Diane Keaton go to ‘Summer Camp’

‘Young Woman and the Sea’ swims into murky waters

Television

When shows are exactly the right size, that’s perfection

FX’s ‘The Bear’ marathon a boon to non-streamers

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

music

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

Beethoven’s utopian Ninth in a world riven by violence

Porchfests coming to Massachusetts this summer and next fall

Theater/Dance

Joe Spaulding, the folkie who became Boch Center CEO, reflects on a transformed arts district as he prepares to exit

At Vilna Shul synagogue, the souls of the dead are stirring

‘Gatsby’ arrives at the ART, driven by a powerhouse creative team

Health

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

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

Obituaries

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

Stanley Goldstein, who helped start and build the CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89

Joseph Slavet, ‘fearless’ and thoughtful watchdog of Boston government, dies at 104