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Shooter kills 6 at Tennessee Christian school

A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville.

Victims in Nashville school shooting are identified as three 9-year-old children and three adults

Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman who was a former student and was armed with two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol. They said she had a map of the school and had done surveillance.

A child weeps while on the bus leaving The Covenant School following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023.

Photos: Police respond, students evacuate after woman fatally shoots six at Nashville school

See photos and videos taken at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., after three children and three adults were fatally shot at the school.

Ben Volin

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.
On Monday, Jackson issued a trade demand, a couple of days after Kraft received a text from Meek Mill informing him of Jackson's interest.

Lamar Jackson says he has requested trade from Ravens Tell us: Do you think the Patriots should try to acquire Lamar Jackson?

Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants the team's focus to be on winning, not on stats.

Robert Kraft, at NFL owners meetings, backs Bill Belichick but maintains high standard: ‘You either execute and win or you don’t’

Kraft said he wants Belichick to break the all-time wins record, but also noted the Patriots are in what he called a "transtion phase."

Bill Belichick spoke with media during the AFC coaches availability at the NFL meeting in Phoenix Monday.

Bill Belichick doesn’t elaborate much on Patriots’ offseason moves, roster competitions

At the NFL annual meeting in Arizona, the coach met with reporters for the first time since the end of the season.

New York City ad campaign takes a swipe at Boston: ‘We get more done by 8 a.m. than Boston does in a day’
Introduced last week, the campaign is meant to represent a new era for New York City, reminding people that they can make a difference and come together. But even New Yorkers said targeting Boston was a “bad idea.”

Amanda Gokee, left, and Steven Porter anchor the new Boston Globe New Hampshire team.

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Introducing Boston Globe New Hampshire, a new local journalism initiative

A great story transcends location, and New Hampshire is full of great stories. We’re looking forward to bringing readers more of them.

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Phillip Eng, former LIRR president, will be the next MBTA general manager, Healey announces
Phillip Eng, former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will take over as general manager of the MBTA starting April 10, the Healey administration announced Monday.

As LIRR president, Eng oversaw a workforce of more than 7,000 people Shuttle buses to replace trains at night on Orange Line between Wellington and North Station

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Fidelity’s money market funds are killing it
Customers have added $153 billion to the money market funds of the Boston-based financial services giant since September, bringing its total money fund assets to $1.1 trillion.

Jury awards $20 million to man who lost a leg after hospital missed blood clot

The patient twice went to Lowell General complaining of pain, but his blood clot was misdiagnosed as sciatica.

Spotlight Follow-up

The last words of Aaron Hernandez: Imprisoned Patriots star showed no hints of suicide in final phone calls
Hernandez seemed upbeat and optimistic, while making ominous references to concussions and a dangerous prison drug.

Boston teenager who died after N.H. skiing accident remembered as ‘academically gifted’ and ‘always kind’

Christopher DiPrima, 15, died Saturday after a skiing accident at the Pats Peak ski area in Henniker, N.H. The boy was skiing with his family when the accident took place, officials said.

Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after mass protests
After two days of large protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan Monday, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war” by making time to seek a compromise over the contentious package with political opponents.

One man dead, another injured after vehicle crashes into Roslindale home

18-year-old injured in police shooting after allegedly pointing BB gun at officer in Manchester, N.H.

Can Xander Bogaerts lead the Padres to the postseason?

2023 baseball preview

Will the Red Sox make the playoffs? Our staff doesn’t think so.

Who will win the divisions, the wild cards, the championship series, and the World Series? Here are our expert opinions.

Infielder Bobby Dalbec and catcher Jorge Alfaro headed to Worcester as Red Sox take steps to finalize roster

After receiving student complaints, Harvard conducted an internal review of Katey Stone and decided to retain her as women's hockey coach.

‘This is a sham:’ Harvard faulted for response to abuse claims in women’s hockey program run by Katey Stone

According to specialists in student rights and safety, the university prioritized its image and financial liability over the student-athletes' charges of abuse.

A vehicle left the garage at the state office building after David Pecker, former CEO of National Enquirer parent company, was believed to have met with a grand jury convening for the investigation of former president Donald Trump on Monday in New York.

In Trump probe, key witness as grand jury is back at work

A pivotal figure in the hush money payment investigation of Donald Trump was seen Monday leaving the Manhattan building where a grand jury has been meeting for months.

Opinion

Phillip Eng, the latest MBTA general manager, has an engineering degree and 40 years of experience in public transportation.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Changing the perception of the T as an unresponsive, uncaring bureaucracy that ducks public accountability is the heart of the challenge faced by Eng. Hopefully he gets that.

MARCELA GARCÍA

In the Maine undocumented workers’ case, what about the Mass. company that employed them?

Thomas J. Brennan

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

EDITORIAL

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

Actor Shameik Moore poses with young movie-goers during the ‘Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse’ Atlanta screening at Regal Atlantic Station on Dec. 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Emancipator

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

While conversations about representation are essential, we also need to talk about the way racism itself is portrayed. The stories we tell can help solve the problem — or can perpetuate it.

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photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism
The campaign, called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” has been launched with a $25 million investment from Kraft and his family, according to a statement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which the team owner formed in 2019.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Showers overnight could end as period of mixed rain and snow early Tuesday
Clouds to our south and west will arrive later this afternoon before producing some rain overnight.

As Wu mulls incentives for affordability, climate resiliency, BPDA asks developers what they already do
A survey of 250-plus builders asks how projects will incorporate the city’s housing and climate goals.

Former Haitian mayor accused of killing and torturing political opponents pleads not guilty to visa fraud
Jean Morose Viliena, the former Haitian mayor who has been accused of killing and torturing political opponents, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud.

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon
Bank of America will take over in 2024 after 38 years of John Hancock as the race’s primary sponsor.

Warren launches second reelection bid
With bank failures and economic uncertainty dominating the headlines, Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized her fight against big banks as a key part of her next campaign.

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Inside the crazy, mixed-up world of electric-vehicle charger pricing

Charging outside of the home can be a headache for EV drivers, with inconsistent and sometimes high pricing policies, frequently broken equipment, and a lack of chargers in key locations for everything but Teslas.

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Landlords rarely hike the rent by 10 percent. So why do they hate Mayor Wu’s cap proposal?
Landlords say they fear the kind of blunt force rent control regime that squeezed landlords in Boston and neighboring cities decades ago.

‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
Migrant children gut fish in New Bedford, roof houses in the Boston suburbs, toil deep into the night in greenhouses in Central Massachusetts, and work in restaurant kitchens across the state.

Genetic genealogy and a bottle of Fireball led to arrest of suspected rapist
Legal and criminal justice analysts predict investigative genetic genealogy — the technique of identifying criminals and victims by searching genealogy databases for people who share their DNA — will ultimately become a mainstream law enforcement tool.

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Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

Matías Jaime's Malevo dance troupe took the stage at the Berklee Performance Center Saturday night.

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

Casey Fisher (top left), Izaiah Rhodes (top center), Grace Sinclair (top right), Casey Park (bottom left), Alexis Morris (bottom center), and Daniela Gonzalez (bottom right) are the 2023 Stephen D. Paine Scholarship recipients.

Six art students receive Stephen D. Paine Scholarship for work exploring personal identities across media

Composer Thomas Adès conducting the BSO on Thursday in the Inferno Suite from "Dante," his new evening-length ballet.

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

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Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

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

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Members of the US military watch television at the Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2002. New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks returned to Afghanistan more than 30 times for over two decades, chronicling almost every chapter of a war that dragged on nearly 20 years.

Thomas J. Brennan

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

A display on a garbage can featured former Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara in a DraftKings advertisement outside Fenway Park on March 10.

EDITORIAL

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters on March 8 that he wants to introduce legislation to combat Mexican cartels and gangs. "We are going to unleash the fury and might of the US against these cartels," he said.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

Walter Cronkite announcing the death of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

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Marty Baron, in dissent, rises in defense of objective journalism

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How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

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Photos: Police respond, students evacuate after woman fatally shoots six at Nashville school

See photos and videos taken at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., after three children and three adults were fatally shot at the school.

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Scituate lighthouse gets a million-dollar face-lift

When Julie and Bob Gallagher applied to live in the lighthouse in 2009, they could only imagine the adventures that would accompany life as the 19th lightkeepers since Scituate Light’s beacon began to sweep the restless sea in 1811.

Rare ‘planetary parade’ with five planets best visible in Mass. Wednesday night

Most of the celestial display — featuring Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Marscq — can be seen for two weeks, though it will get gradually get harder to see all the planets each night, according to Silas Laycock, a UMass Lowell astronomer and associate professor.

RI POLITICS

Former opponent of R.I. legislator who asked colleague, “Are you a pedophile?” calls for him to step down

House Republican leader says Representative Robert Quattrocchi “has no interest in reacting to Mr. Safford’s politically opportunistic pablum.”

Sports

Jake DeBrusk wound up potting the shootout winner after the Bruins and Hurricanes skated to a 3-3 deadlock through overtime.

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Jake DeBrusk showed winning form for Bruins in Sunday’s shootout

DeBrusk improved to 8 for 22 for his career in the shootout, which has not been a Bruins strength in recent years.

Maddy Siegrist will not return for a fifth year at Villanova.

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Villanova All-American Maddy Siegrist declares for WNBA draft

Siegrist led the country in scoring at 29.2 points per game and averaged 9.2 rebounds as she won her second Big East Player of the Year crown.

PATRIOTS

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.

On Monday, Jackson issued a trade demand, a couple of days after Kraft received a text from Meek Mill informing him of Jackson's interest.

‘This is a sham:’ Harvard faulted for response to abuse claims in women’s hockey program run by Katey Stone

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Robert Kraft, at NFL owners meetings, backs Bill Belichick but maintains high standard: ‘You either execute and win or you don’t’

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With Denterlein’s help, Main Streets Foundation aims to staff up

With Geri Denterlein’s help, Main Streets Foundation aims to staff up.

Silicon Valley Bank sold to First Citizens in government-backed deal

The FDIC seized control of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, after a run on deposits left it insolvent, making it the country’s largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.

Twitter celebs balk at paying Musk for blue check mark

People bought Crocs during the pandemic. They haven’t stopped.

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What do Boston's college students worry about today?

The clients wanted their den to feel fresh and invigorating in the morning, but warm and cozy at night.

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A carefully considered shade of blue helps turn a staid den into an all-day haven

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The dinosaurs of Jurassic World Tour Live will be on the loose at Agganis Arena through April 9.

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Victims in Nashville school shooting are identified as three 9-year-old children and three adults

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Jury awards $20 million to man who lost a leg after hospital missed blood clot

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Forecast | Dave Epstein Showers overnight could end as period of mixed rain and snow early Tuesday Clouds to our south and west will arrive later this afternoon before producing some rain overnight.

As Wu mulls incentives for affordability, climate resiliency, BPDA asks developers what they already do A survey of 250-plus builders asks how projects will incorporate the city’s housing and climate goals.

Former Haitian mayor accused of killing and torturing political opponents pleads not guilty to visa fraud Jean Morose Viliena, the former Haitian mayor who has been accused of killing and torturing political opponents, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud.

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon Bank of America will take over in 2024 after 38 years of John Hancock as the race’s primary sponsor.

Warren launches second reelection bid With bank failures and economic uncertainty dominating the headlines, Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized her fight against big banks as a key part of her next campaign.

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Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

Marty Baron, in dissent, rises in defense of objective journalism

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Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.
On Monday, Jackson issued a trade demand, a couple of days after Kraft received a text from Meek Mill informing him of Jackson's interest.

Phillip Eng, former LIRR president, will be the next MBTA general manager, Healey announces
Phillip Eng, former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will take over as general manager of the MBTA starting April 10, the Healey administration announced Monday.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Fidelity’s money market funds are killing it
Customers have added $153 billion to the money market funds of the Boston-based financial services giant since September, bringing its total money fund assets to $1.1 trillion.

Spotlight Follow-up

The last words of Aaron Hernandez: Imprisoned Patriots star showed no hints of suicide in final phone calls
Hernandez seemed upbeat and optimistic, while making ominous references to concussions and a dangerous prison drug.

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to fight antisemitism
The campaign, called “Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” has been launched with a $25 million investment from Kraft and his family, according to a statement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which the team owner formed in 2019.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Showers overnight could end as period of mixed rain and snow early Tuesday
Clouds to our south and west will arrive later this afternoon before producing some rain overnight.

As Wu mulls incentives for affordability, climate resiliency, BPDA asks developers what they already do
A survey of 250-plus builders asks how projects will incorporate the city’s housing and climate goals.

Former Haitian mayor accused of killing and torturing political opponents pleads not guilty to visa fraud
Jean Morose Viliena, the former Haitian mayor who has been accused of killing and torturing political opponents, pleaded not guilty to visa fraud.

Bank of America to become presenting partner of Boston Marathon
Bank of America will take over in 2024 after 38 years of John Hancock as the race’s primary sponsor.

Warren launches second reelection bid
With bank failures and economic uncertainty dominating the headlines, Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized her fight against big banks as a key part of her next campaign.

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

Landlords rarely hike the rent by 10 percent. So why do they hate Mayor Wu’s cap proposal?
Landlords say they fear the kind of blunt force rent control regime that squeezed landlords in Boston and neighboring cities decades ago.