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Charlie Baker wants lots of new housing around MBTA stations. Not so fast, towns say.
Dozens of communities are pushing back against an ambitious new housing law that sets the stage for potentially hundreds of thousands of new apartments and condos to be built across Eastern Massachusetts in the coming years.

Analysis
In N.H. Senate race, a swirl of activity and a lack of clarity
A lot of national attention is being focused on the New Hampshire US Senate race and rightly so.

Family terrorized by golf balls wins nearly $5 million from neighboring country club
When the Tenczars moved into their dream home overlooking a golf course in the spring of 2017, the family savored the idyllic views of the 15th fairway and the serenity of Indian Pond Estates. Then the golfers showed up in force.

Protesters amass at White House, demanding action on climate

Environmental activists, distraught by the government’s slow pace of action on climate change, amassed in front of the White House on Saturday afternoon, calling on President Biden and Congress to swiftly pass a climate bill that has been stalled in the Senate since December.
Bruins 3, Rangers 1

David Pastrnak returns to lineup to spark Bruins’ victory over Rangers

Pastrnak also picked up an assist on Taylor Hall’s goal at 1:07 of the third period.

A beacon for poets, Louisa Solano, 80, ran the historic Grolier Poetry Book Shop

Only 15 when she first visited the Cambridge shop, Ms. Solano ran the nation's premier all-poetry bookstore for 32 years.
SHIRLEY LEUNG

Behind the empty storefronts, is Boylston Street about to bloom?

Retail rents around Boylston Street are back above pre-pandemic levels, though business hasn’t come back for everyone.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Here’s an inside look at this year’s unpredictable NFL Draft

With a lack of star power at quarterback and 88 pre-draft trades, it's all up in the air heading into Thursday.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why this Malden resident went to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees

Julio Salado is in Przemyśl, Poland, where he’s been working 12-hour daily shifts as a volunteer for World Central Kitchen.
Renée Loth

Mapping environmental injustice
Julia Mejia, Gretchen Cook Anderson, Johannes Fruehauf, and Richard Taylor

Boston’s biotech boom must bring along Black and brown residents
EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court needs a code of ethical conduct
IDEAS | JEFF HOWE

It’s time to see nuclear power in a different light
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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State Senate poised to debate long-awaited sports betting bill Thursday — but differences with House remain

The prospect of legalized sports betting in Massachusetts could take another step forward this week, when the state Senate is expected to debate its version of a bill to greenlight gambling on professional teams.

Trailblazers celebrate as Rachael Rollins is formally sworn in as US attorney
Those who came out to support Rollins also included current and former judges, lawyers, politicians, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft; and every living former US attorney for Massachusetts.

12 arrested after fentanyl, guns found purported stash house in Lawrence, officials say

All 12 Lawrence residents were ordered held without bail during their arraignments in district court Friday on a slate of weapons and drug trafficking charges, according to the state attorney general's office.

Hospitals seek to solve their own staffing shortages
A number of hospitals have started or expanded programs to recruit staff in response to growing workforce shortages and mounting costs of hiring temporary workers.

Christopher L. Gasper
Why soccer being relevant to Boston sports owners makes it relevant to Boston sports fans
A group headed by Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca is a finalist to buy Chelsea of the English Premier League, the most-watched and most-lucrative soccer league in the world.

A ‘scary man,’ or someone like your uncle? Mass. requires doctors to undergo implicit bias training in an effort to address health care inequities.

Starting June 1, the state’s Board of Registration in Medicine is requiring all doctors seeking or renewing their medical license to take two hours of instruction in implicit bias — beliefs and prejudices that people have without realizing it.

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Charts: What’s the wealthiest town in Massachusetts? See Census data on income and poverty.

Massachusetts residents have some of the highest incomes in the nation, according to recently released Census data. But the state’s relative wealth masks income inequality across communities.
What is the wealthiest town in Rhode Island?

The state was supposed to rehabilitate them. Instead, hundreds of children were allegedly abused in N.H.
It was supposed to be a place to transition from a broken life to a better one. But many who spent time in New Hampshire's juvenile detention center depict it as a house of horrors. Rampant sexual abuse by staffers, beatings so severe they broke bones. The kind of violence that leaves lasting psychological damage, rippling through generations.

Dispatch from Venice
At the Venice Biennale, the war is a day’s drive away
The Russia Pavilion sits empty; the work of Ukraine’s chosen artist came by truck through a war zone. And in the main exhibition hall, a women’s revolution of sorts is underway.

Wu announces plan to prepare Boston for extreme heat
The new Heat Plan aims to help Bostonians beat the heat and includes strategies such as expanding shade-providing tree coverage, installing water bottle filling stations in schoolyards, and investing in cooling infrastructure.

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Culture & Lifestyle

At Roadrunner, Cousin Stizz adds another chip to Titletown

How does actor Sam Waterston do it all? ‘I love to work.’
THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Celebrating 50 years of AGNI, a group reading of ‘Moby-Dick,’ and a virtual literary festival from Newburyport

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

Joan Vennochi

The race for lieutenant governor should be about ideas and experience. Not about $1 million.
IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

Resilient nature amidst the ravages of war
EDITORIAL

Back Bay’s white elephant has got to go
CHRISTOPHER RHODES

The feminizing of fascism in Europe
RENÉE GRAHAM

Moscow in the Sunshine State
IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Metro

State Senate poised to debate long-awaited sports betting bill Thursday — but differences with House remain

The prospect of legalized sports betting in Massachusetts could take another step forward this week, when the state Senate is expected to debate its version of a bill to greenlight gambling on professional teams.

Charlie Baker wants lots of new housing around MBTA stations. Not so fast, towns say.

Dozens of communities are pushing back against an ambitious new housing law that sets the stage for potentially hundreds of thousands of new apartments and condos to be built across Eastern Massachusetts in the coming years.

A beacon for poets, Louisa Solano, 80, ran the historic Grolier Poetry Book Shop

Only 15 when she first visited the Cambridge shop, Ms. Solano ran the nation's premier all-poetry bookstore for 32 years.

An Earth Day protest in Boston against fossil fuels

Behind a blue banner reading “ACT NOW,” more than 100 people marched through Boston Friday as part of an Earth Day demonstration to demand the state approve legislation banning fossil fuels.

Sports

CELTICS

Robert Williams cleared for Celtics, could play 20 minutes in Game 3 against Nets

The center and potential All-Defensive Team selection has been sidelined since tearing the meniscus in his left knee March 27, and had surgery three days later.
Dan Shaughnessy

Vaccination issues could start costing the Red Sox games, and other thoughts

This is no longer strictly a medical or personal-freedom issue. It’s a baseball question. It’s a competition question. As in “Do Your Job.”
NBA notebook

Pascal Siakam scores 34 in Game 4 to help Raptors stave off a sweep by the 76ers

After being held scoreless in the second half of Toronto’s Game 3 loss, Siakam shot 10 for 19 and went 13 for 15 at the free throw line.

State Senate poised to debate long-awaited sports betting bill Thursday — but differences with House remain
Bruins 3, Rangers 1

David Pastrnak returns to lineup to spark Bruins’ victory over Rangers
MLB NOTEBOOK

Fans throw debris onto field, at Guardians players following Yankees walkoff victory

Business

State Senate poised to debate long-awaited sports betting bill Thursday — but differences with House remain

The prospect of legalized sports betting in Massachusetts could take another step forward this week, when the state Senate is expected to debate its version of a bill to greenlight gambling on professional teams.

Charlie Baker wants lots of new housing around MBTA stations. Not so fast, towns say.

Dozens of communities are pushing back against an ambitious new housing law that sets the stage for potentially hundreds of thousands of new apartments and condos to be built across Eastern Massachusetts in the coming years.

Secretary of State Blinken, Secretary of Defense Austin to visit Ukraine, Zelensky says

EU reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022
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Want to pay less for a Boston apartment? Move in with a nudist.
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Five things every condo buyer should know

COOKING

Make the most of spring produce with meals starring sugar snap peas

metro

Dorchester shooting was attempted murder-suicide involving husband and wife, Suffolk DA says

Trailblazers celebrate as Rachael Rollins is formally sworn in as US attorney

Family terrorized by golf balls wins nearly $5 million from neighboring country club

sports

Justin Peguero, David Castillo make English High a lineup to watch

Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera gets 3,000th hit; 33d player to reach mark

Why soccer being relevant to Boston sports owners makes it relevant to Boston sports fans

business

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Hospitals seek to solve their own staffing shortages

Affordable housing developers to renovate South Providence’s run down ‘Clown Town’

politics

Calls grow to seize Russian assets to help pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction

Meadows was warned Jan. 6 could turn violent, House panel says

Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Supreme Court

Nation

Mwai Kibaki, third president of Kenya, dies at 90

Protesters amass at White House, demanding action on climate

Coach’s prayers prompt Supreme Court test of religious freedom

World

Ukraine battered again; Zelensky says US officials to visit

They met on Reddit with a plan to fight in Ukraine. Within weeks, they had trained hundreds of civilians.

Israeli restrictions on ‘Holy Fire’ ignite Christian outrage

opinion

It’s time to see nuclear power in a different light

On Earth Day, where will you be?

BPS English learners office is only the latest turnstile

lifestyle

Boston storytellers to compete for champion’s title at the Moth GrandSLAM

I do not feel like our five-year relationship is a romantic one

She didn’t choose me

food & dining

A little cannabis in your coffee milk? New product celebrates 420 and a Rhode Island food staple

Rhode Island foodies, rejoice: Design plans for Union Station food hall have been approved

High Street Place was worth the wait

travel

Aegean Airlines refunds one ticket but not the other

A new habitat for gorillas, images from Armenia, and ‘Golden Girls’ fans go cruising

Want to feel like you’re in some kind of CGI fantasy dreamscape? Visit Vancouver.

Arts

Mechanic finds paintings in Conn. dumpster, sparks appreciation for a forgotten artist

In ‘Neponset River,’ layers upon layers

Not child’s play

Books

Saying goodbye to Buffy the three-legged pit bull, my miracle dog

In ‘Paradise Falls,’ home sweet, polluted home

Wil Haygood: Reading about history, race, and family

Movies

‘Memoria’: What you hear is what you get

‘The Bad Guys’ shows that crime does pay, at least for viewers

Boston’s Independent Film Festival is back — and back in theaters

Television

Michelle Dockery has journeyed a long way from ‘Downton Abbey’

Travel Channel’s ‘Portals to Hell’ is heading to Plymouth, Mass.

How does actor Sam Waterston do it all? ‘I love to work.’

music

At Roadrunner, Cousin Stizz adds another chip to Titletown

At BSO, Nelsons returns to Strauss

The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman gives introspection an ever-shifting sonic landscape

Theater/Dance

Struggling to build a better world in ‘Parable of the Sower’

Through ‘Howards End,’ Matthew López found a portal into his epic drama about gay men

A family’s reckoning with the past — and with one another — in a sweeping ‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars’

globe local

As spring begins to bloom, so do community gardens

The Argument: Should Massachusetts require consumer notification before leased vehicles are repossessed?

Avian architects weave their magic during nesting season

Obituaries

A beacon for poets, Louisa Solano, 80, ran the historic Grolier Poetry Book Shop

Nicholas Angelich, acclaimed classical pianist, dies at 51

Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Texas author who set series of novels along border dies