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State climate bill would let 10 communities ban natural gas hookups. Business groups say that’s a bad idea.

They say halting gas hookups will drive up housing costs and deter development, while supporters argue that the restrictions are necessary if the state is going to reach its goal of being net-zero for carbon emissions by 2050.

Can an app that pays people $5 a day to stop drinking keep them sober?
Boston startup DynamiCare Health designed an app that distributes small monetary rewards to trigger the same gratification response in the brain that someone might get from substance abuse.

Man convicted of murdering his wife in Colombia in 1994 arrested in Mass.; was living under fake name in Belmont

The FBI on Wednesday arrested an international fugitive who’d been living under an assumed name in Belmont and who’d been convicted in absentia in his home nation of Colombia for the 1994 slaying of his wife and attempted murder of his daughter, authorities said.

Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos
As police arrested Frank James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old man’s life.

Ukraine says it damaged Russian flagship, crew evacuates

Ukrainian forces said they struck and seriously damaged the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, dealing a potentially major setback to Moscow’s forces as they try to regroup for a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine.

Alleged victim Johnathan Coucelos (center), with his family.

Seven students charged in alleged assaults on former Woburn football player

Johnathan Coucelos’ parents said they remain dismayed by the length of time between the locker room incident and the formal charges, as well as by the coaching staff and administration’s handling of the alleged assaults.

Bullying claims date back years in Woburn High School football program

Scandal widens in Stoughton Police Department amid investigation into pregnant woman’s death
State Police troopers investigating the February 2021 suicide of Sandra Birchmore shared with Stoughton officials last fall evidence of alleged wrongdoing that has resulted in a series of suspensions and upheaval in the town police force in recent days.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

A new sheriff in town? Yes, please!
Once elected, a sheriff is rarely turned from office by voters. That’s a serious problem, especially when the sheriff in question fancies himself the hero of some cowboy movie, as too many of them do.

Jayson Tatum (left) scored 54 points in leading the Celtics past the Nets last month, 126-120, at TD Garden. Nets star Kevin Durant (center) poured in 37.

What to look for as Nets-Celtics first-round playoff series nears

Will Ben Simmons return for the Nets? Who will be the top star — Jayson Tatum or Kevin Durant? Will the Celtics’ defense hold up? When will Robert Williams return? The X-factors?

Hansel Robles got the final four outs for the save Wednesday against the Tigers and Jackie Bradley Jr. doubled twice and drove in three runs.

Peter Abraham I On baseball

The Red Sox have persevered through a 3-3 start, and now they return to Fenway for Friday’s home opener

A 9-7 victory against the Tigers on Wednesday was the third win in four games for the Sox.

Jerry York led Boston College to four men's hockey national championships.

Boston College men’s hockey coach Jerry York announces retirement

York concludes a storied coaching career with an NCAA-record 1,123 wins in 50 seasons, the last 28 for Boston College.

Opinion

Workers wearing protective gear exhume bodies at a site where civilians killed during Russian occupation were buried, on the grounds of the Church of Saint Andrew, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13.

US must lend a hand in prosecuting Russian war crimes

A bipartisan effort to clear away legal hurdles sends a message to the world.

IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Michael R. Bloomberg

The gravest danger to US democracy: righteous intolerance

The MBTA isn’t as safe as it should be

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Germany’s epic ‘rupture in time’

The Globe turns 150

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‘I never realized I would end up here’: WWII veteran, 96, receives France’s highest honor
“You are a true hero for the United States, but you are also a hero for us, the French people,” Arnaud Mentré, France's consul general to Boston, told Clark Maser.

When is a pizza oven not a pizza oven? When Jinny’s in Newton Centre tries something new.
A year after opening during the pandemic, co-owner Lydia Reichert and her pizzeria squad have established their Italian restaurant Jinny’s as a Newton Centre staple.

New tower in Kendall would be Cambridge’s tallest building
Cambridge is reviewing plans for a 38-story tower and two lab buildings between Broadway and Binney Street in Kendall Square.

Here’s what you need to know about the extension of the mask requirement for public transportation

You’ll still have to wear a mask for another couple of weeks on planes and other public transportation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

Health care watchdog pushes to hold down spending despite pandemic

On Wednesday, the state’s Health Policy Commission set a 3.6 percent benchmark for health care spending growth in 2023. That number is up slightly from the 3.1 percent benchmark the state has had in place since 2018.

Mass. General Brigham gets more time to file spending plan

Videos shows Michigan cop fatally shoot Black man

A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase, and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident released Wednesday.

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An illegal rooming house used by flight attendants.

For flight attendants in high-priced cities, crash pads are a ‘rite of passage’

With starting pay hovering around $30,000 a year for many flight attendants, the need for an affordable place to sleep a few nights a week is only becoming more pressing.

Justice Department announces court-ordered reforms of Springfield Police Department to address excessive force claims
The proposed settlement will mandate court-ordered reforms aimed at addressing a pattern of misconduct detailed in a report issued two years ago by federal investigators.

Mayor Michelle Wu presents $3.99 billion budget, pledging ‘transformative’ change
The Wu administration unveiled plans for a number of new programs and priorities, funded by federal COVID relief money, at the city's traditional budget breakfast.

‘This isn’t how I want to live’: As two gangs feud, their neighborhoods grieve
In the absence of strong support from the city, community members have stepped up and tried to support families forced to mourn again after gang disputes desecrated the gravesites of their children.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A sketch by Ben Shattuck from his "Six Walks."

In ‘Six Walks,’ Ben Shattuck retraces Thoreau’s wanderings

The late August Wilson, shown in 2005. The first production at the reopened Huntington Theatre next fall will be Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” the play that began the company’s collaboration with the legendary playwright in 1986.

Huntington Theatre to reopen a year ahead of schedule

Ed Jacobson admires artwork displayed in the Opening Minds Through Art exhibit at Mount Pleasant Home in Jamaica Plain. Jacobson is a participant and resident.

Originally designed for dementia patients, Opening Minds Through Art program broadens its reach in Boston

Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler in "Better Call Saul."

Descending a slippery slope, one inch at a time, in ‘Better Call Saul’

Special Projects

Paul Gunter.

Spotlight Team investigation

Unfinished Justice

The state’s high court in 2017 struck down a murder law that had condemned men who never killed to die behind bars. But what about those already facing that dire penalty? They are waiting.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Rayna Segal, 8, reacts to the taste of the horseradish offered as part of the traditional Passover Seder plate, during a virtual Seder conducted by her father from their home in New York in 2020.

The Passover story is an American story

A man joins other activists from Serb nationalist groups for a pro-Russia rally on March 12, 2022 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Russians aren’t alone in being deluded by lies and propaganda

Donald Trump speaks at a rally supporting Republican candidates in Commerce, Ga., on March 26.

The Jan. 6 committee should not make political bets

In a photo provided by Jeff Walker, he and his daughter Harleigh of Auburn, Ala., stand outside the White House on March 31 in Washington, where they were guests for Transgender Day of Visibility.

Where’s the ‘freedom convoy’ for trans kids?

Safety supervisor Edward Clarke stands near a propane-fueled bus in Boston in 2015.

More Boston school buses should be propane, not electric

The War Room where everything is revealed in “Dr. Strangelove.”

IDEAS | MATT BIVENS

The end of privacy could also mean the end of nuclear weapons

Metro

Podcast | Rhode Island Report

Tarzan Brown’s granddaughter hopes for a statue honoring him on Heartbreak Hill

“It doesn’t have to be exactly near (the statue of) Johnny Kelley, but it should be on Heartbreak Hill,” Anna Brown-Jackson said on the Rhode Island Report podcast. “Without one, you wouldn’t have had the other.”

California based company to pay more than $900k to settle illegal dog-leasing suit in Mass.

Monterey Financial Services will waive outstanding debt held by consumers, provide payments to eligible consumers, and transfer full ownership of dogs to hundreds of Massachusetts residents to settle allegations that it illegally leased dogs, Attorney General Maura Healey's office said Wednesday.

Cafe Martin West Street in Newton carries on its namesake’s legacy of friendship and caring

Growing from a home-gathering space into an established restaurant, Cafe Martin West Street is a promise that captures the late John Martin’s legacy in the Newton community.

Mayflower II returns to Plymouth Harbor

The 106-foot wooden replica of the original Mayflower returned Wednesday to Plymouth Harbor after spending the winter months undergoing repairs in Mystic, Conn.

Sports

Anna Brown-Jackson, granddaughter of Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, the Rhode Island resident and Narragansett Indian who won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939.

Podcast | Rhode Island Report

Tarzan Brown’s granddaughter hopes for a statue honoring him on Heartbreak Hill

“It doesn’t have to be exactly near (the statue of) Johnny Kelley, but it should be on Heartbreak Hill,” Anna Brown-Jackson said on the Rhode Island Report podcast. “Without one, you wouldn’t have had the other.”

Naomi Boldebuck's complete game shutout lifted No. 2 Billerica over Tewksbury.

WEDNESDAY'S SOFTBALL ROUNDUP

Naomi Boldebuck’s great escape helps Billerica softball squeak past Tewksbury

The junior hurler faced a bases-loaded jam in the fourth inning, and relied on her stuff to get through.

Kiké Hernández had two hits for the second straight day after beginning the season 0 for 19.

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox offense appears to be coming alive

In Wednesday afternoon’s 9-7 win against the Tigers, the Sox racked up 12 hits.

NHL announces that Bruins will face Penguins in 2023 Winter Classic at Fenway

GIRLS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

Franklin’s Brigid Earley has flipped sides of the lacrosse field, but she’s thriving anyway

Raiders commit to Derek Carr with three-year, $121.5 million contract extension

Business

Juul settles with Washington state for $22.5 million

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Can an app that pays people $5 a day to stop drinking keep them sober?

Boston startup DynamiCare Health designed an app that distributes small monetary rewards to trigger the same gratification response in the brain that someone might get from substance abuse.

State climate bill would let 10 communities ban natural gas hookups. Business groups say that’s a bad idea.

Comet heading toward Earth is bigger than Rhode Island, NASA confirms

magazine

This week's daters: Carla and Greg.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Not everyone is comfortable with sharing plates’

The writer (right) on assignment with Ted Williams in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1955.

I spent a week filming Red Sox great Ted Williams fishing. It was a dream.

Children from the Love Canal area protest the lack of immediate relief for families advised to leave their homes in 1978.

She was determined to expose the health risks at Love Canal, whatever the cost

Are young women catching ‘TikTok tics’ from social media? The answer is complex.

metro

Jim Braude, the host of WGBH Greater Boston and Boston Public Radio, chats with local Newton artist Nancy Quint Schön about the announcement of the Nancy Quint Schön Arts Scholarship.

With new scholarship, Newton sculptor Nancy Quint Schön makes way for art students

Rhode Island political news: April 2022

When is a pizza oven not a pizza oven? When Jinny’s in Newton Centre tries something new.

sports

Jayson Tatum (left) scored 54 points in leading the Celtics past the Nets last month, 126-120, at TD Garden. Nets star Kevin Durant (center) poured in 37.

What to look for as Nets-Celtics first-round playoff series nears

The Red Sox have persevered through a 3-3 start, and now they return to Fenway for Friday’s home opener

Seven students charged in alleged assaults on former Woburn football player

business

An illegal rooming house used by flight attendants.

For flight attendants in high-priced cities, crash pads are a ‘rite of passage’

Delta Air Lines reports quarterly loss as fuel prices take a toll

California plan aims to triple sale of electric cars by 2026

politics

Destroyed buildings and cars in Borodyanka, Ukraine.

Biden approves $800 million in artillery, helicopters for Ukraine

Warren and Chu question IRS about audit increase for lowest-earning households

Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on ballot boxes

Nation

Frank James, 62, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, is seen walking out of the Ninth Precinct in Manhattan after his arrest on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos

Democrats weigh shake-up to presidential primary calendar

Videos shows Michigan cop fatally shoot Black man

World

A serviceman stood at a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, on the territory which is now under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Apr. 13, 2022.

Ukraine says it damaged Russian flagship, crew evacuates

Leaders of Poland and three Baltic countries visit Ukraine in show of support as Russian troops mount in east

Climate pledges are improving but still leave world on a disastrous path

opinion

Cornell William Brooks.

You know we’re at war, right?

Where’s the ‘freedom convoy’ for trans kids?

Russians aren’t alone in being deluded by lies and propaganda

lifestyle

Heather Walker with her husband, Stephen, and two daughters, Samantha and Taylor.

Fund-raiser for Celtics exec Heather Walker supports fight against rare brain cancer

Rihanna (plus one) stuns on the May cover of Vogue

‘The Worst Bestsellers’ podcast doesn’t want you to feel bad for liking ‘bad’ books

food & dining

Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child in HBO Max's "Julia."

‘Julia’ has me wondering: Why do we keep re-creating someone who created herself so well?

How to build a beautiful board

A hidden gem of a French patisserie runs out of a Milford liquor store? Cheers to that.

travel

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Welcome back, valued customers. Now, please pay attention while we remind you of the do’s and don’ts of air travel.

Lufthansa refunded one ticket but not the other. What happened?

Flight canceled? Delayed? Here’s a list of tips to avoid travel chaos.

Arts

An aerial view of the designs for the renovations of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, featuring a new wing and exterior plaza.

Dartmouth unveils designs for $88 million expansion of Hopkins Center for the Arts

From Ukraine to Maine: How Louise Nevelson’s roots shaped her into one of the most important artists of the 20th century

‘Becoming Trees,’ and learning from them, at Concord Center for the Visual Arts

Books

A sketch by Ben Shattuck from his "Six Walks."

In ‘Six Walks,’ Ben Shattuck retraces Thoreau’s wanderings

‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dies at 92

Saving the forests to save ourselves, in ‘Ever Green’

Movies

Nicolas Cage as himself in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent."

Nicolas Cage superstar

5 favorite basketball movies to feed your hoops fever

Mark Wahlberg stars as a priest (no, really) in ‘Father Stu’

Television

Devin Way as Brodie (left) and Jesse James Keitel as Ruthie in the reboot of "Queer as Folk."

‘Queer as Folk’ returning with new cast and new attitude

Descending a slippery slope, one inch at a time, in ‘Better Call Saul’

In fascinating ‘Severance,’ the boundary between work self and home self is real

music

Composer Adolphus Hailstork.

Boston Conservatory Orchestra pays homage to Black composers, with Adolphus Hailstork front and center

With his famous last name and a guitar, Tommy Prine is just getting started

Sunny side up for Lorde at the Wang

Theater/Dance

From left: Marcus Paul James, Jalen Harris, Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Harrell Holmes Jr., and James T. Lane of "Ain't Too Proud."

A Temptation who’s plenty proud of ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

Huntington Theatre to reopen a year ahead of schedule

With this ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a classic remains a classic

globe local

Adrienne Martin inside Cafe Martin West Street, the restaurant and bar she recently opened to honor her late husband's legacy.

Cafe Martin West Street in Newton carries on its namesake’s legacy of friendship and caring

With new scholarship, Newton sculptor Nancy Quint Schön makes way for art students

When is a pizza oven not a pizza oven? When Jinny’s in Newton Centre tries something new.

Obituaries

A 1966 silver print by Mr. Uelsmann.

Jerry Uelsmann, maker of surreal images, dies at 87

Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67

Gary Brown, former running back and coach, dies at 52