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Calvin, a Lynn tenant, said a pandemic-era policy that prevented evictions while tenants were applying for rental assistance saved him.

Mass. House leaders to propose making eviction protection measure permanent

Massachusetts House leaders are pursuing a plan to revive and make permanent a pandemic-era renter protection law, a move that would bar landlords from evicting financially struggling tenants if they have filed an application for rental assistance.

Oliver McVeigh was only 14 when his older brother Columba (in framed photograph) went missing. He hopes excavation work at the Bragan Bog near the Ireland-Northern Ireland border will find the remains of his brother.

On anniversary of Irish peace accords, an exhumation of a tragic past

For the families still trying to locate remains of their loved ones and for the many still trying to find justice, there is a welcome end to violence — a major stride toward peace — but certainly no peace of mind.

BRUINS 5, FLYERS 3

David Pastrnak’s 60th goal leads to the Bruins’ 63rd win, an NHL record
The Bruins (63-12-5, 131 points), who host the Capitals on Tuesday and visit the Canadiens on Thursday, have two more games to break the NHL record for points in a season (132, set by the 1976-77 Canadiens).

Rachel Brosnahan and Luke Kirby in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Barry’ and ‘Maisel’ return, a look back at the Marathon bombing, and a Jennifer Garner thriller

Amazon's “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and HBO’s “Barry” are returning this week for their final seasons, and I can’t say I’m sorry to see either of them go.

Lisa Ann Walter gets into South Philly’s love for her character in ‘Abbott Elementary’

MBTA falls behind peer transit agencies on hiring bus drivers, restoring service

A Globe review of six large US transit agencies found the T’s peers have had more success digging themselves out of the crisis.

Six-alarm fire engulfs Cambridge church hours after Easter service
Outside the church on Sunday evening, gray smoke poured from the steeple as firefighters doused the building with water from the ground and above, with ladders from at least four trucks pitched high over the property.

Maine mother sues school district over her teen’s gender transition
The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative and libertarian think tank, is lead counsel on the lawsuit filed last week.

Cox pledges more visibility as Boston police commissioner in TV interview
“I’m here to support the men and women [who] do this job to make sure that they’re doing the best work possible,” Michael Cox told WCVB-TV.

The Great Salt Lake seemed like it was dying. But there’s been a ‘miraculous’ shift.
The rising lake level is cause for both celebration and caution.

Boy expected to survive after being shot in Mattapan

A boy was taken to a local hospital after he suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound Sunday night, officials said.

In 2018, Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years.

Boston Marathon

‘I’ll take the tough one every time:’ Why Des Linden keeps coming back to run the Boston Marathon

Linden will lace up for her 10th Boston Marathon next week. For Linden, who has a dog named "Boston" and, in 2018, became the first American woman to win the race in 33 years, taking on the historic course is like a homecoming.

The biggest question mark for the Celtics entering this season was Joe Mazzulla, who was suddenly thrust into the head coaching position when Ime Udoka was suspended.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla aimed for balance on the team and for players to take ownership of their game

Mazzulla said his primary goal was for the Celtics to flourish on both sides. Teams who can score but can’t defend and vice versa rarely make deep playoff runs.

Payton Pritchard caps Celtics season in style with 30 points, for Celtics to beat the Hawks, 120-114

Rafael Devers and the Red Sox are entering a key stretch.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox to be tested in many ways over next week, starting with four against undefeated Tampa Bay

The Sox play four games at Tropicana Field starting Monday, then four against Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and the Angels, followed by three against the 6-3 Twins.

After a disappointing sweep against the Pirates, the Red Sox beat the Tigers, 4-1

Opinion

A hundred years of choking housing growth catches up with Massachusetts

Since the early 20th century, the Legislature has let individual municipalities thwart housing. Now the consequences threaten the Commonwealth’s future.

Padraig O'Malley

How Northern Ireland has changed in the 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement

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We need a new label: ‘Made by humans’

Lack of long-term mental health beds is harming patients

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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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

More recent News

Jon Rahm blows past Brooks Koepka and dominates the field to win Masters
Rahm won his first major in 2021, the US Open at Torrey Pines.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Mass. is banking on CHIPS money, though big projects have been slow to materialize
Massachusetts hopes to boost semiconductor industry amid massive federal investment in the sector.

Man killed, woman injured in Sunday morning Hopkinton house fire
The man and woman were taken to Milford Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead and she was transported to a Boston hospital, officials said. A dog also died in the fire, officials said.

This Boston startup is chipping away at animal testing

Emulate Bio has raised more than $200 million to develop its “organ-on-a-chip” technology: Small, flexible devices with tiny channels that house living human tissue designed to imitate cells in an organ such as the brain, kidney, or liver.

Copley Square demonstrators rally for Palestine after Jerusalem violence
The large group of protesters held signs and waved flags, chanting “Free, Free Palestine,” and “Long Live the Intifada,” referring to the conflict against Israel.

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My ex checked in a year after the breakup
She wanted to apologize — and get back together.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Only after photographing some of the weirder objects in my home did I start to question whether some of this kitsch traffics in stereotypes I'd like to see consigned to history.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

A reckoning with my attraction to kitsch

Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at a protest held in Collect Pond Park across the street from the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York on April 4.

Calls to defund FBI, DOJ erode public trust

Red Sox Spring Training Camp, Feb. 19, 2023

MARCELA GARCÍA

The Red Sox’ newest ‘coach’ helps players make the US their home

People walked through a busy midtown Manhattan on March 30. In a new report by the US Census Bureau, the population of several major US cities has started to show signs of growth after a decline during the coronavirus pandemic.

Our planet groans, and you want to live to 150? And go planet-hopping?

Nurses made their rounds at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas. A ruling by a Texas judge eliminates no-copays screenings for cancer, prescriptions to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and other preventive care.

Ending ACA’s free preventive services will make America sicker

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Maine mother sues school district over her teen’s gender transition

The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative and libertarian think tank, is lead counsel on the lawsuit filed last week.

In Rhode Island, an at-home drug rehab program that works

Michael Seaver is a clinical care manager at Aware Recovery Care, a home-based drug treatment program with a 60 percent success rate.

Mass. House leaders to propose making eviction protection measure permanent

Massachusetts House leaders are pursuing a plan to revive and make permanent a pandemic-era renter protection law, a move that would bar landlords from evicting financially struggling tenants if they have filed an application for rental assistance.

Six-alarm fire engulfs Cambridge church hours after Easter service

Outside the church on Sunday evening, gray smoke poured from the steeple as firefighters doused the building with water from the ground and above, with ladders from at least four trucks pitched high over the property.

Sports

In 2018, Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years.

Boston Marathon

‘I’ll take the tough one every time:’ Why Des Linden keeps coming back to run the Boston Marathon

Linden will lace up for her 10th Boston Marathon next week. For Linden, who has a dog named "Boston" and, in 2018, became the first American woman to win the race in 33 years, taking on the historic course is like a homecoming.

Christopher Bell (20) led when it counted most during the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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Bell was a whiz-kid dirt racing sensation growing up and that experience helped the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to his fifth victory in the NASCAR Cup Series.

No team in the West has had a better record since the All-Star break than the Lakers, who went 16-7 down the stretch — even with LeBron James sidelined for about half of that run by injury.

A fight to the finish (literally) as Timberwolves, Lakers, and Warriors help set NBA playoff matchups

LeBron James and the No. 7 Lakers will get two chances to get into the playoffs, starting with Tuesday’s play-in game against No. 8 Minnesota. If the Lakers lose, they’ll get another chance Friday against the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 9 New Orleans and No. 10 Oklahoma City.

The Bruins broke the NHL’s all-time wins record, and could still break the points record. Follow their progress here.

BRUINS 5, FLYERS 3

David Pastrnak’s 60th goal leads to the Bruins’ 63rd win, an NHL record

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Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Mass. is banking on CHIPS money, though big projects have been slow to materialize

Massachusetts hopes to boost semiconductor industry amid massive federal investment in the sector.

This Boston startup is chipping away at animal testing

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There’s lots of talk about millionaires leaving Massachusetts. But will they?

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An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events

An illustration showing two women in separate panels. One panel shows a woman standing near a hospital bed in a hospital setting. The second shows a woman standing by herself with her head bowed as if sad.

When I lived too far to help my dying dad, a stranger stepped in to help

Baked Zucchini and Gruyère Omelet

Recipe: A make-ahead baked omelet for a no-fuss Easter menu

metro

Boston Police Commissioner Michael A. Cox applauded police recruits during a graduation ceremony in November.

Cox pledges more visibility as Boston police commissioner in TV interview

Copley Square demonstrators rally for Palestine after Jerusalem violence

MBTA falls behind peer transit agencies on hiring bus drivers, restoring service

sports

With his fourth hat trick in his last 12 games against the Flyers, David Pastrnak became the second Bruins player to record 60 goals in a single season, joining Phil Esposito.

Bruins’ David Pastrnak joins exclusive 60-goal club with another hat trick vs. Flyers

Odell Beckham Jr. gets $15 million guaranteed from Ravens

Jon Rahm blows past Brooks Koepka and dominates the field to win Masters

business

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022.

Biden administration vows to fight Texas abortion pill ruling

What is mifepristone and why is it at risk of being banned in the US?

‘It’s not reasonable at all’: Foreign tech workers struggle to stay in US after layoffs, visa issues

politics

Senator Bob Casey.

Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek fourth term

Proud Boys leaders’ Jan. 6 sedition trial inches to a close

Omar embarks on new path no longer defined by ‘firsts’

Nation

Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, Maine, is suing a school district saying a counselor encouraged her teen's social gender transition without consulting her. The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative and libertarian think tank, is lead counsel on the lawsuit. (Stephen Davis Phillips/Goldwater Institute via AP)

Maine mother sues school district over her teen’s gender transition

Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers both seeking seats again

World

Firefighters work after a building collapsed on April 9, in Marseille, southern France.

Two bodies found after France building collapse, authorities say

Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

Ukraine attacks continue amid Easter pleas for peace

opinion

People walked through a busy midtown Manhattan on March 30. In a new report by the US Census Bureau, the population of several major US cities has started to show signs of growth after a decline during the coronavirus pandemic.

Our planet groans, and you want to live to 150? And go planet-hopping?

Families of fatal overdose victims need resources to bury their loved ones

The Red Sox’ newest ‘coach’ helps players make the US their home

lifestyle

Lisa Ann Walter of "Abbott Elementary" will be at Laugh Boston on April 10.

Lisa Ann Walter gets into South Philly’s love for her character in ‘Abbott Elementary’

My ex checked in a year after the breakup

CBS carpools resources for James Corden sendoff

food & dining

Mimi Sheraton, author of "1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die."

Mimi Sheraton, influential food writer and reviewer, dies at 97

In a busy Wilmington shopping plaza, home-cooked barbecue awaits

Allston favorites Our Fathers and Deep Ellum return in new locations

travel

The best-tasting drinks to order on a plane

Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good.

Why Medellín should be your next South American destination

Arts

06ica - Installation view, “Simone Leigh,” the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023. (Photo: Timothy Schenck)

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

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

Books

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

Sebastian Barry on rescuing orphaned books

Movies

Little Richard at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything," a Magnolia Pictures release.

‘There wasn’t anybody like him,’ says ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ director Lisa Cortés

Owen Wilson plays a toxic public-television artist in ‘Paint’

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

Television

Rachel Brosnahan and Luke Kirby in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

This week’s TV: ‘Barry’ and ‘Maisel’ return, a look back at the Marathon bombing, and a Jennifer Garner thriller

Embracing my inner Ted Lasso

True-crime series to look back at Marathon bombings

music

Earl Lee, conductor, and Eric Lu, piano, with Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday, April 6.

Earl Lee and Eric Lu prove names to watch with BSO

From Joshua Bell at Symphony Hall, more of the same

Madison Cunningham is trying to master the art of being vulnerable

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in the world premiere of Nanine Linning's "La Mer."

Boston Ballet goes boldly in ‘Our Journey’

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

Eugene Mirman headlines a comedy benefit for Roslindale businesses hit hard by an accident

globe local

Firefighters at Glades Road in Scituate where multiple homes were on fire.

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

“I’m convinced the average person desires the ability to make statements about life-sustaining treatment in as binding a way as possible," said Dr. Wanzer.

Dr. Sidney Wanzer, pioneering advocate for physician-assisted death, dies at 93

Hobie Landrith, the first New York Met, dies at 93

Ben Ferencz, last living prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, dies