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‘Parents are terrified the whole family will be labeled as racist.’ Amid rising hate, Mass. group provides lifeline for children on verge of extremism.

Pandemic isolation provided a fertile climate for online groups to lure vulnerable kids toward radical ideology, experts say.

Wisconsin court mega-fight crashes to an end, with a Trump coda
A contentious Supreme Court justice election in Wisconsin has been awash in cash and the result could impact how the state votes for the foreseeable future. The stakes were already sky high, then Trump got indicted.

How Alvin Bragg resurrected the case against Donald Trump See the latest updates related to Trump’s indictment

Justice Dept. said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago

Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, according to people familiar with the matter.

Red Sox 9, Orioles 5
Adam Duvall and the Red Sox bats stay hot to take first series of the season over the Orioles
Boston racked up double-digit hits in another slugfest, led by Duvall’s three-hit day; the center fielder was one of four Sox with multiple RBIs.

Stan Grossfeld

‘That’s when I fell in love with baseball.’ As a new season starts, the Red Sox remember their own first ballpark memories

Even big-league superstars were once awestruck kids in the crowd.
bruins 4, blues 3 (SO)

Bruins do it the hard way against Blues, become fourth team in NHL history to win 60 games

Charlie Coyle, filling in as the No. 1 center, scored in extras to make a deserving winner out of Linus Ullmark (35 saves), who snared Brayden Schenn’s shootout try to end it.

Since mobile sports betting recently became legal in Mass., advocates worry it could increase problem gambling

It’s too soon to know the full consequences of the state’s expanded gambling landscape.

Silicon Valley Bank collapsed at unprecedented speed. Can Washington prevent another viral bank run?

Bank runs used to take several days or even weeks before they toppled an institution. But accelerated by social media and online banking, SVB imploded in roughly 24 hours, forcing regulators to quickly step in.

Ohio is gearing up for what could be the biggest abortion battle of the year

A citizen-led effort to enshrine the right to an abortion in Ohio's constitution would need to bypass the Legislature in a state that has a real possibility of restrictions looming and where the antiabortion side is looking to match the reproductive rights movement’s show of force.

A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life
The groundbreaking treatment is one of six gene therapies cleared since 2017 that have transformed the outlook for disorders once considered hopeless — and also renewed questions about how the health care system can afford such breathtakingly expensive medicines.

Cambridge mail carrier attacked by turkey had to have hip replaced
“They’re mean,” Ed Mitchell said. “I don’t know if something’s happened to them. Maybe one of them got killed by a mail truck.”

32 dead as tornadoes torment from Arkansas to Delaware
Residents across a wide swath of the country raced Sunday to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, killing at least 32 people.

Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson launches GOP 2024 bid, calls on Trump to drop out

Former Melrose resident killed in Phoenix murder-suicide

Chaotic day in Charlton includes tractor-trailer crashes, diesel leak, chase leading to arrest in swamp

Lithium is becoming more crucial in a warming world, but Maine’s huge deposits may never be mined because of environmental concerns

By some estimates, the lithium deposits near Newry may be the largest in the country — with the potential to become a critical domestic supply for automakers and so valuable that they could provide a needed boost to Maine’s economy. But there's more to the story.

How a new NBA collective bargaining agreement could change the calculus on Jaylen Brown’s next contract

An increase in the veteran's extension in the proposed new CBA could ultimately help Boston retain star forward Jaylen Brown.

Nelson Kiang, groundbreaking researcher at Mass Eye and Ear, dies at 93

"You might say that I'm a linguist in science," Dr. Kiang said of his ability to bridge divides between engineering and medicine.
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Transparency needed in Cannabis Control Commission investigations

The agency is increasingly facing questions about its own practices and professionalism.
JEFF JACOBY

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Voices from the many threads Mel King wove into Boston’s fabric
The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.
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Providence College’s Alyn Breed suspended from basketball team amid gun charges
Breed is accused of pointing a gun at his girlfriend during a dispute early Saturday morning, according to police.

Northeastern student seriously injured in fall from window in Mission Hill Saturday night
A Northeastern University student was seriously injured Saturday evening after falling from a window in Mission Hill, according to officials.

Jurassic World Live Tour brings 24 life-size dinosaurs to Boston
All ticketholders can attend the pre-show experience to get up close with dinosaur Bumpy.

LSU dominates Iowa to win NCAA women’s basketball championship
Both LSU and Iowa were in the championship game for the first time.

Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger
An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city Sunday, killing a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine.

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Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

The exact nature of the charges was unclear Friday because the indictment remained under seal, but they stem from payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

Dorchester man, Fall River woman charged in Dartmouth with receiving stolen vehicle, drug possession

At about 6:10 p.m., Dartmouth police detectives conducted a Registry of Motor Vehicles query on a Honda Pilot that showed the vehicle had been stolen out of Dorchester, police said.

One person critically injured in early morning rollover crash in Weston

Emergency responders were dispatched to Route 128 South near Route 30 after authorities received a report of a rollover with a person trapped at 4:51 a.m., officials said.

Six juveniles arrested after allegedly crashing stolen car in Groton

The vehicle sped toward the center of Groton before crashing through the common at Pleasant and Main streets, officials said.

Sports

Bucks 117, 76ers 104

Bucks beat 76ers, move two games up on Celtics with four games to play for top seed in the East

The Bucks bounced back three nights after a 140-99 home loss to the Celtics that matched their most-lopsided defeat of the season.
Golf

Brooks Koepka becomes first multiple LIV winner, and shows form heading into the Masters

Koepka and 17 other players in the Saudi-funded league head to Augusta National for the Masters.
MLB | METS 5, MARLINS 1

Mets’ Kodai Senga features ‘ghost forkball’ to win first start in MLB against the Marlins

The 30-year-old righthander, wearing a glove with an image of a ghost and a pitchfork, averaged 96.8 mph with 32 fastballs — the fastest 99 mph — and threw 26 forkballs, 18 sweepers and 12 cutters.
NCAA women's basketball championship

LSU’s 59 first-half points, 102 total set NCAA women’s title game records
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Giancarlo Stanton smashes homer so far in Yankees’ win, manager Aaron Boone calls him ‘weird’
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Kyle Larson keeps Hendrick, Chevrolet in NASCAR driver’s seat

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A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life

The groundbreaking treatment is one of six gene therapies cleared since 2017 that have transformed the outlook for disorders once considered hopeless — and also renewed questions about how the health care system can afford such breathtakingly expensive medicines.

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Since mobile sports betting recently became legal in Mass., advocates worry it could increase problem gambling

Cambridge mail carrier attacked by turkey had to have hip replaced

‘Parents are terrified the whole family will be labeled as racist.’ Amid rising hate, Mass. group provides lifeline for children on verge of extremism.

sports

Max Verstappen wins in wild finish to F1 Australian Grand Prix

Xander Bogaerts homers for second straight day to help the Padres win again at packed Petco Park

Corey Conners wins Valero Texas Open, his second PGA title

business

Clean Harbors founder Alan McKim steps aside as CEO after 43 years

Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach

New federal rules will make many electric cars ineligible for tax credits

politics

Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

Trump faces setbacks in other probes as NY case proceeds

Harris finds new connections in Africa as historic figure

Nation

Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger

As Trump arraignment looms, New York City braces for a day of tumult

32 dead as tornadoes torment from Arkansas to Delaware

World

Russian shelling kills 6 as assault stalls in Ukraine’s east

Blinken urges Moscow to immediately free 2 detained Americans

Influential Russian military blogger is killed in St. Petersburg bombing

opinion

Trump’s 50-year playbook of lie, deflect, and deny

How Massachusetts can protect trans people

Trump’s indictment lands in two separate media realities

lifestyle

Jurassic World Live Tour brings 24 life-size dinosaurs to Boston

Should I move to a city with more single men?

Boston indie-rockers Q-Tip Bandits will bring a taste of Boston Calling downtown

food & dining

10 restaurants to eat at near Fenway Park

Drag brunch is a celebration

Eat like a sophisticated shepherd at Bar Vlaha

travel

Are people losing interest in sustainable travel? This study says so.

Does Amtrak owe me anything for a forced downgrade?

Learning in action in Acton, Amtrak fully reopens Northwest route, and an armchair trip around the globe

Arts

Under Spain’s thumb, a mysterious art took root

Gawking at the weird and the wild at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery

Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

Books

The heroine of Victor LaValle’s western gothic ‘Lone Women’ wrestles with a horror from her past

Amid colonial rule and Japanese occupation, young lovers pay the price of modernity in Rachel Heng’s ‘The Great Reclamation’

Blythe Roberson sorts her unread books by color and credits her love of reading to Pizza Hut

Movies

‘A Thousand and One’: a family drama unspools across a changing city

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

Television

‘Saturday Night Live’ sends up Trump indictment in cold open

Catch up on ‘Happy Valley’ before the final season arrives

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

music

‘The Glittering World’ shines with perpetually fresh A Far Cry

Ryuichi Sakamoto, eclectic composer who saw no borders, dies at 71

Born into a cult, singer Mikel Jollett is reaching out to students about turning their own trauma into art

Theater/Dance

In ‘Shadows Cast,’ a haunting dreamscape where secrets go to hide

A chef’s kiss for ‘Clyde’s’

After more than 30 years, Central Square’s Dance Complex still has the moves

globe local

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

Obituaries

Nelson Kiang, groundbreaking researcher at Mass Eye and Ear, dies at 93

Ryuichi Sakamoto, eclectic composer who saw no borders, dies at 71

Suzanne Rheinstein, designer of classic American interiors, dies at 77