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Passenger killed Sunday on the Red Line was exiting the train at the time, NTSB says

Little else is known about the death of Robinson Lalin, who got stuck in the doorway of an inbound Red Line train and was dragged a short distance.

Three Mass. counties have ‘medium’ level of COVID-19, CDC says

The CDC says three Massachusetts counties now have “medium” community levels of COVID-19, an elevated designation shared by just 5 percent of all counties nationwide.
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US

2,470 confirmed cases, 7 new deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.
Analysis

What newly obtained texts between Mark Meadows, Mike Lee, and Chip Roy reveal

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows's decision to share his text messages with the Jan. 6 committee before halting his cooperation has again provided a window into private GOP discussions about how to overturn the 2020 election.

More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv, regional police say, as Russia promises increased strikes after loss of warship
The jarring numbers emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up missile attacks on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory.

Red states send back millions in federal housing aid, putting rural renters at risk

Hundreds of millions in federal aid is going unused, after some mostly Republican-controlled state and local governments failed to spend their share or declined some aid entirely.
2022 Boston Marathon

Bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet returns to run Boston Marathon with assist from Olympian Shalane Flanagan

Flanagan, a Marblehead native, will be the support runner for Haslet, who lost a leg in the 2013 bombings.
11 events for runners, families, and spectators to celebrate the 126th Boston Marathon

For the US ambassador to Moscow, a long journey from South Boston

John Sullivan went from South Boston, Medfield, and Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood to one of the toughest diplomatic jobs on the planet — point-man for an outraged US government seeking to punish the Kremlin for the brutal war against Ukraine.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston teachers’ demand for a contract reveals the leadership gap at BPS

A lame-duck superintendent — Brenda Cassellius — shouldn’t be in charge of negotiating the teachers contract right now. The incoming district leader deserves a chance at it.
EDITORIAL

BPDA head leaves big shoes to fill
IDEAS | ROBERT SULLIVAN

Elegy for baseball — and for a club of enthusiasts who still love the game

SCOT LEHIGH

State politics would be fine without conventions
Alan Solomont and Nancy Buck

AIPAC is on the wrong side of democracy
Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health
The Globe turns 150

150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.
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Forecast | Dave Epstein
There’s mostly sunshine in store for a packed holiday weekend
Passover, Easter, and Patriots Day — featuring the Boston Marathon — all fall on this weekend. Here's what the weather will be like in the Boston area.

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show
It’s the second straight year President Biden has released his tax returns from the White House, reestablishing a tradition that presidents make their filings publicly available after former president Donald Trump failed to do so.

State plans $2.6 billion bond sale to bolster unemployment insurance trust fund

Employers will repay the debt through a special tax implemented last year.

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to ward off Elon Musk takeover

The company adopted a measure that would shield it from hostile acquisition bids, taking steps to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s unwelcome offer to take the company private and make it a bastion of free speech.
Can Elon Musk really buy Twitter? Here are three big questions about the bid.

These words came up the most in Mayor Wu’s budget proposal
How often are the mayor's top priorities mentioned in her budget plan for fiscal year 2023? The Globe counted.

An odd 911 call led to the dramatic rescue of man trapped in a wall at Back Bay Station
After nearly 20 years of working as 911 call taker for the Boston police, Moneeka Colston was used to getting medical calls. But this was anything but typical.

Recommended reads

TOM FARRAGHER

On this old diamond, hits and homers — and the memories of a lifetime

Clinton’s claim to fame: Fuller Field, the world’s oldest baseball field in continuous use.

Larry Edelman
Larry Summers was right on inflation. Let’s hope his recession forecast is wrong.
As the Federal Reserve scrambles to tame prices increases, the Harvard economist and former US Treasury secretary sees the odds of a downturn at about two-thirds within two years.

Welcome to the whimsical world of David M. Bird’s ‘Becorns’
Bird’s imaginative art project features tiny characters crafted from acorns, twigs, and other outdoor materials and posed in nature as if they’re interacting with real-life woodland creatures. This year, the artist’s project took off — and found itself a larger-than-life audience.

Golden’s departure sets stage for big changes at BPDA
The longest-serving director of the city’s powerful real estate planning and development agency announced his resignation Thursday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine
STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away
IN FOCUS

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ brings Mary Badham, the original Scout, back to Maycomb 60 years later

Special Projects

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: 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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Jon Garelick

Is the Boston Marathon’s canceling of Russians denazification 3.0?
Maham Javaid

The American conspiracy against Pakistan that never existed
Allison Bryant, Makeeba McCreary, and Elsie Taveras

Giving birth while Black should not be a death sentence
IDEAS | MATT LABASH

Truth bombs from a Trappist monk
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek and Jure Eržen

In Lviv, a ‘fragile normalcy’

IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Metro

RI BUSINESS

Rhode Island business news: April 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

Christopher Coover, auction expert in the printed word, dies at 72

As a connoisseur of curios, Christopher Coover was enlisted as an appraiser for the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow,” where at a single glance he could transform an all-but-forgotten autographed book or letter, retrieved from a starry-eyed guest’s basement or attic, into a valuable historical heirloom.

Governor Charlie Baker’s back on the campaign trail. You’ll never guess why.

Baker was on the hustings to support GOP candidate for state auditor Anthony Amore, who has vowed to preserve the governor's moderate Republicanism on an increasingly liberal Beacon Hill.

Franz Mohr, piano tuner to the stars, dies at 94

In his 24 years as chief concert technician for Steinway & Sons, Franz Mohr brought a musician’s mindset to the mechanics of important pianos and the care of those who played them.

Sports

NBA

Mavericks star Luka Doncic listed as doubtful for Saturday’s playoff opener against Jazz

Doncic strained his left calf in the regular-season finale and didn’t practice all week.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK

Another year with no individual championships is a net loss for MIAA tennis players

The tournaments were scrapped in 2020 and '21 because of COVID, but the issue now is how to make it work under the new statewide tournament format.
sports log

Colts reportedly sign Stephon Gilmore to two-year contract

The 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year with the Patriots played eight games last season with the Panthers.
TWINS 8, RED SOX 4

After rough start from Nick Pivetta, Red Sox fall short in home opener
Patriots

New Patriots personnel head Matt Groh on draft plans: ‘We’re looking to get faster everywhere’
NBA notebook

Clippers will be without Paul George for Friday’s play-in game against Pelicans

Business

A 150-year-old church organ receives its Easter tune-up

Over time, the pipes of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross organ fall out of tune from dust and vibrations, so the instrument is adjusted twice each year — before Christmas and Easter services — to ensure that it sounds its best.

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show

It’s the second straight year President Biden has released his tax returns from the White House, reestablishing a tradition that presidents make their filings publicly available after former president Donald Trump failed to do so.

State plans $2.6 billion bond sale to bolster unemployment insurance trust fund

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ defense in Musk takeover bid
magazine
Dinner with Cupid

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

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

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

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

metro

Former Patriot Matt Light says COVID and masking policies motivated his run for Foxborough School Committee

There’s mostly sunshine in store for a packed holiday weekend

Three Mass. counties have ‘medium’ level of COVID-19, CDC says

sports

With the Boston Marathon back in April where it belongs, its fastest field has flocked here

With Linus Ullmark day to day, Jeremy Swayman will man the net for Bruins

Olympic star and Harvard grad Gabby Thomas chases history on the track, a healthier world off of it

business

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to ward off Elon Musk takeover

London bridges and UK oil terminals blocked by climate activists

Michael Barr is Biden’s likely pick for Fed banking supervisor

politics

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show

Michael Barr is Biden’s likely pick for Fed banking supervisor

Gina McCarthy, top climate adviser, is said to be planning departure

Nation

Biden plans to open more public land to drilling

Amid false 2020 claims, GOP states eye voting system upgrade

Biden plans to open more public land to drilling

World

Palestinians and Israeli police clash at major holy site

N. Korea marks key anniversary but no word on army parade

More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv, regional police say, as Russia promises increased strikes after loss of warship

opinion

GOP takes aim at right to choose

Bad news for Vladimir Putin, war criminal

Truth bombs from a Trappist monk

lifestyle

11 events for runners, families, and spectators to celebrate the 126th Boston Marathon

He promised he wouldn’t watch porn

‘Stranger Care’ author Sarah Sentilles on foster care, fleeting custody, and enduring love

food & dining

A restaurant guide to Marathon Monday for runners and spectators alike

Si Cara brings canotto-style pizza to Central Square; reaper-hot chicken sets Newton aflame

Benefit dinner at Uni raises $1 million for World Central Kitchen’s Ukraine efforts

travel

Family fun in N.H., nonstop flights from PVD, and a Dante-inspired hotel in Italy

She doesn’t pack light and that’s just how it is

Is it possible to sleep comfortably on an overnight flight?

Arts

The Photographic Resource Center displays some of its resources

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Winners of this year’s Mass. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards explored themes that range from weighty to light

Books

Investigating a book of the dead in ‘The Unwritten Book’

For Emily St. John Mandel, it’s always fiction, no matter the genre

A mind at work and play, in a critic’s memoir

Movies

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is making its mark at the 2022 box-office

Clothing allowance, blues legend, film studies, 33⅓ revolutions per minute

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

Television

Lee Daniels to bring Sammy Davis Jr. series to Hulu

10 TV shows that have made this a very good year in entertainment already

Have a ‘frankenhouse’ near Stoughton and a budget to fix it? HGTV is casting for a new show.

music

Stirring Debussy from Alan Gilbert and Beethoven from Joshua Bell at the BSO

Ex-Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett joins ‘Defeat the Mandates’ rally in Los Angeles

Big Thief at Roadrunner: Intimacy, but with intensity

Theater/Dance

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away

Spiro Veloudos guides ‘Gentleman’ in his return to Lyric Stage

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ brings Mary Badham, the original Scout, back to Maycomb 60 years later

globe local

‘Praying that soon we will all be at peace’: Greater Boston’s Jewish community offers support to people of Ukraine

Christmas in April, and the timing was perfect

Search for owner of canoe comes up empty

Obituaries

Christopher Coover, auction expert in the printed word, dies at 72

Franz Mohr, piano tuner to the stars, dies at 94

Leonard Alkins, former leader of Boston’s NAACP, dies at 77