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‘Another devastating attack on reproductive rights’: Dueling court rulings throw abortion pill access into question

17 Democratic-led states — including Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont — sued over the issue
Mass., other N.E. officials react to Texas medication abortion ruling What is mifepristone and why is it at risk of being banned in the US? Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Texas judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone

US District Judge Matthew Kaczmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that overruled decades of scientific approval.

Abortion medication rulings raise question of access in Massachusetts

A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered US authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states, including Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont, that sued over the issue.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
A dilemma for the Carolina Panthers with the No. 1 draft pick: Take the best quarterback or the safest quarterback?
Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud will almost certainly be selected 1-2, but the order in which they are drafted will depend on the Panthers’ appetite for risk.

Expelled Tenn. Democrat and Bowdoin grad slams GOP, vows to keep fighting
Justin Pearson, one of two Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House Thursday after joining protesters in demanding action on gun control, is a Bowdoin graduate who has “devoted himself to serving the common good,” the president of the college said in a letter to alumni and students.

Tennessee vote marks latest GOP move to stifle dissent, experts say Why one Tennessee Republican voted against all three expulsions of Dem lawmakers

Kamala Harris leads Tennessee rally, backs ousted lawmakers

Vice President Harris made a last-minute trip Friday to Tennessee where she called for tougher firearm laws and criticized the Republican-controlled state House. “Let’s understand the underlying issue is about fighting for the safety of our children,” Harris said.

More Boston police have been leaving the job since 2020, many joining the Fire Department

Union leaders demand more support from elected officials, but city councilors say the department must change its culture to attract new candidates.

R.I. culinary community grieves senseless death of Leah Rosin-Pritchard: ‘It was her passion to take care of a whole person’
“We are all reaching out to each other really stricken in grief and shock,” said Lisa Raiola, founder of Hope & Main, where Rosin-Pritchard developed her snack brand, Leah’s Recipe.

Woman arrested in killing of Vermont homeless shelter coordinator with axe

School Committee chair responds to superintendent candidate’s claim that his offer was rescinded for using the word ‘ladies’ in an e-mail

The School Committee chair said there were too many concerns before the committee had begun negotiating with Vito Perrone for the position and “alarm bells were going off.”

A Maine jury will decide whether a transmission line can go forward
After years of planning, false starts, lawsuits, and a bitterly fought campaign to kill it, the fate of one of Massachusetts’ most important carbon-free energy projects is set to be decided in a Portland, Maine, courtroom where a trial begins Monday.

‘There’s no easy fix to this:’ Police face quandary in dealing with ‘swatting’ calls
Police experts say more training is necessary to help officers respond appropriately in such circumstances, to maintain their guard while deescalating the situation quickly until it is peacefully resolved.

Some legal experts compare Justice Thomas’s acceptance of lavish trips to a 1969 Supreme Court scandal

ProPublica reported Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from deep-pocketed Republican donor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms.
Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose trips

Driver charged in crash that killed Maine Maritime students
The 20-year-old driver of sport utility vehicle that crashed into a tree and burst into flames, killing four Maine Maritime Academy students, is facing 17 charges including four counts of manslaughter.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes
Rich Hill offers second opinion on baseball’s new pitch clock rules
“My firm stance is I do not like the outcome being related to a non-competitive act,” said the 43-year-old lefty, who is in his 19th season in the majors.

Here are 25 locals on the Forbes billionaires list

Forbes Magazine released its 2023 list of billionaires this week, and it includes 25 people in Massachusetts.
Beth Teitell

Are you at risk for using the word ‘ladies?’ Or other, even worse, words? This diagnostic quiz may help.

Is it OK to call someone a “lady doctor?” Should you address the governor and lieutenant governor as “girls?” Is “babe” always wrong in a work setting?
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Since winning 2019 NBA title, the Raptors have lost their way

Nick Nurse isn’t speaking like a coach in his final days, but he does appear befuddled about why things have descended so quickly.
Celtics, and their fans, enjoy stress-free rout of the Raptors with end of regular season close at hand With Giannis, Jokic, and Embiid in the conversation, there’s a lot to talk about
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A reckoning with my attraction to kitsch

It was only after photographing some of my oddball pieces that I came to see them less as innocently nostalgic ephemera and more as relics from a darker time.
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Our planet groans, and you want to live to 150? And go planet-hopping?
MARCELA GARCÍA

The Red Sox’ newest ‘coach’ helps players make the US their home
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Calls to defund FBI, DOJ erode public trust
Alexis Bernstein

How Texas’ ban on an abortion harmed my health in Massachusetts
The Emancipator

Move over cancel culture: Gen Z is seeking its due process

A New York firm hopes a lawsuit will bring lasting change to a hostile work environment at Dos Toros, a popular Mexican-style food chain allegedly engaging in unchecked bigotry and casual use of the N-word.
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Fund-raiser set to finish ‘Emily’s Hike’ in New Hampshire
Hikers will honor a young Massachusetts woman who died in New Hampshire by climbing multiple peaks this summer and raising funds for a foundation created by her family.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes
Sizing up the Bruins’ potential first-round playoff opponents
Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East.

Dan Shaughnessy: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts

Harmony Montgomery search along Route 107 in Revere ends, officials say
The investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, who authorities allege was killed by her father, shifted Friday to Revere, where members of law enforcement are searching wetlands, officials said.

Biden’s ancestral hometowns prepare warm Irish welcome
Joe Blewitt is just about the busiest man in Ballina. His phone rings constantly with calls from locals and the world’s media as he prepares to welcome a relative — US President Biden.

Fast-moving brush fires destroy homes in Burlington, Weston

The National Weather Service in Norton issued a red flag fire warning Friday due to dry air and wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour.
Roaring fire destroys dozens of cars at Attleboro tow yard, damages sheds in Pawtucket, R.I.

More than 100 golden retrievers to cross Boston Marathon finish line the day before the race
The canine conclave will take place on Sunday, April 16, the day before the Boston Marathon, in honor of Spencer, the marathon’s official dog who died Feb. 17, and Penny, who died eight days later.

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‘Another devastating attack on reproductive rights’: Dueling court rulings throw abortion pill access into question

17 Democratic-led states -- including Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont -- sued over the issue.

Abortion medication rulings raise question of access in Massachusetts

The question over access to mifepristone, which was approved over 20 years ago by the FDA, will likely be settled in a federal appeals court or at the US Supreme Court, a Massachusetts legal observer said Friday.

Man out on parole for ′98 killing plays role of Jesus in Stations of the Cross in South End

“Since I cannot give that life back, I’m always hoping, if God gives me the opportunity to save someone else’s life, I’m more than willing,” said Gabriel Mercado.

‘There’s no easy fix to this:’ Police face quandary in dealing with ‘swatting’ calls

Police experts say more training is necessary to help officers respond appropriately in such circumstances, to maintain their guard while deescalating the situation quickly until it is peacefully resolved.

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Tiger Woods extends Masters cut streak to record-tying 23 straight

Woods was in danger of missing it for the first time as a professional when he resumed his second round in cold, driving rain and bogeyed his final two holes, before Justin Thomas missed a short putt to move to 3 over and bring Woods and more under the cut line.
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The numbers are in, and they show that more people than ever are watching the women’s NCAA Tournament

LSU’s 102-85 win over Iowa averaged a staggering 9.9 million viewers on ABC, making it the most-watched women’s basketball game in history.
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Biden administration vows to fight Texas abortion pill ruling

President Biden vowed to fight a ruling from a conservative judge in Texas that could block a widely used abortion drug, thrusting the issue of reproductive rights back into the spotlight ahead of the 2024 election.

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Fund-raiser set to finish ‘Emily’s Hike’ in New Hampshire

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Rich Hill offers second opinion on baseball’s new pitch clock rules

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More labs, housing pitched near Boston Landing

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Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Kamala Harris leads Tennessee rally, backs ousted lawmakers

Expelled Tenn. Democrat and Bowdoin grad slams GOP, vows to keep fighting

Nation

Why one Tennessee Republican voted against all three expulsions of Dem lawmakers

Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone

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In Concord, the art of celebrating an anniversary

At MassArt, a painter’s feminist homage and a DJ’s sonic installation invite the public in

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National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela renders the neurotic complexity of cosmopolitan life with humor and pathos in ‘The People Who Report More Stress’

In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Romantic Comedy,’ the perfect man (and a global pandemic) derails an otherwise smart, funny romance

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Movies

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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ plumbs the depths, and dregs, of fandom

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