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Four people killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building, police say

At least eight people were being treated for wounds, including two police officers, police said. One officer and another of the wounded were in critical condition.

Healey to roll out plan to protect abortion pill access after ‘right-wing activist’ judge’s ruling

Governor Maura Healey's aides said her plan is built on continuing access to medication abortion, as well as protecting providers who administer it.

What to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Why the Fed’s inflation fight may end in all pain and no gain

Calls for the central bank to stop raising interest rates are growing louder. But is it too late to avoid a recession?

Phillip Eng takes over as MBTA general manager, says he understands public’s frustrations with safety, reliability
Eng kicked off the day by speaking to members of the press outside Park Street Station, where he urged riders who have lost faith in the MBTA to "stay tuned."

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

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.

Tell us: Do you think conversations between students and their school counselors should be confidential?

Seas have drastically risen along southern US coast in past decade

Thieves stage bold truck heist on I-93 in Canton, steal boxes of smart phones

A Conn. boy collapsed at recess. Teachers thought he was playing dead, lawsuit says.

Moments like this may be hard to come while Jaylen Brown recovers after suffering a cut on his right hand that needed five stitches to close.

Dan Shaughnessy

When Jaylen Brown evokes anecdotes about Vaughn Eshelman and Irving Fryar, it is not a good sign

Brown’s mysterious cut joins a long list of domestic and recreational mishaps that have sidelined Boston athletes over the years.

On Basketball: This Celtics team met expectations in the regular season. And now? ‘It’s about that time.’ Celtics to open NBA playoffs on Saturday

ADDRESS

Here’s where single-family homes in the state gained the most value
It’s not in Greater Boston, and the pandemic had a lot to do with that.

Remove the personal photos from your home. You don't want that kind of information on display in the online listing and prospective buyers don't want to see them.

How not to stage your home: One seller left behind gun reloaders (plural!)

When it comes to how a property should be staged, simplicity is your best friend. Removing personal effects helps prospective buyers picture themselves in your home.

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.

Brian Cox (left ) and Matthew Macfadyen in Sunday night's episode of "Succession."

About that ‘Succession’ shocker ...

A surprising plot twist in Sunday night's episode has reset the stakes for the Roys in the show's final season.

‘Succession’ fans (and cast) lose it over major plot twist: ‘I was there, and I’m still in shock’

John Oliver on HBO's "Last Week Tonight."

John Oliver explores the power of HOAs and the ‘havoc’ they can inflict on people’s lives

On last night’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver discussed homeowners associations, the shocking amount of power they hold, and the misery some of them put homeowners through.

Ryan Dempster was on the mound for the Red Sox on April 15, 2013, against the Rays.

boston marathon

Ryan Dempster pitched for the Red Sox the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. 10 years later, he’s running the race.

“It was triumph over tragedy,” Dempster said of the 2013 season. “The way the city allowed us to have a small role in people recovering changed my perspective about baseball. That’s why I wanted to come back and run the Marathon. Of course I had to do it in Boston.”

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon has never been easy. That’s why Des Linden keeps coming back. ‘I’ll take the tough one every time.’

Coach Jim Montgomery could not have envisioned what lay ahead when he took the Bruins job back in July 2022.

With room to spare, Bruins surpassed the Red Wings and Lightning for wins, but their work isn’t done

Their brand-new NHL record will be meaningful only if they can claim what the other two teams didn't: the Stanley Cup.

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

The Great Salt Lake at dusk.

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.

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.

How women helped broker Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

Padraig O'Malley

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

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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Special reports

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

More recent News

Transit police responded to report of a weapon. They found a Star Wars character at Back Bay MBTA stop.

Someone dressed as a Stars Wars character and wielding a fake gun caused a bit of a stir Friday evening at the Back Bay T stop, according to MBTA Transit Police.

Fenway Park to host pickleball event this summer
A dozen pickleball courts will be spread out along the outfield periphery of the historic baseball stadium for a few days during one of the lulls in the Red Sox’ home schedule, with court time available for rent.

A Maine jury will decide the fate of the embattled CMP transmission line
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.

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.

Falmouth police search for bank robber with hand gun who claimed he had a bomb
Falmouth police are searching for a man who displayed a handgun and claimed to have a bomb when he robbed a Rockland Trust bank branch in the Cape Cod town and then stole a customer’s car as a getaway vehicle Saturday morning, police said.

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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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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.

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.

An alleged assault by a police captain, and a long, long wait for justice
Despite repeated vows to do better, the Boston Police Department continues to fail to discipline officers in a timely fashion.

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.

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Culture & 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’

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

Photos from the casts of “Sweeney Todd,” “Parade,” and “A Doll’s House.”

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

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

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

Special Projects

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Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Back to Boston

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

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

This photo provided by researcher Maxime Aubert shows a cave painting in Indonesia that is at least 45,000 years old.

IDEAS | STEPHEN ASMA

We need a new label: ‘Made by humans’

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?

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling

Since Friday, Democratic governors across the country have begun rolling out plans to protect access to medication abortion.

Transit police responded to report of a weapon. They found a Star Wars character at Back Bay MBTA stop.

Someone dressed as a Stars Wars character and wielding a fake gun caused a bit of a stir Friday evening at the Back Bay T stop, according to MBTA Transit Police.

Healey to roll out plan to protect abortion pill access after ‘right-wing activist’ judge’s ruling

Governor Maura Healey's aides said her plan is built on continuing access to medication abortion, as well as protecting providers who administer it.

What to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling

A Texas judge’s ruling that could block access to a widely used abortion pill alarmed health care providers and legal experts in Massachusetts and across the country. Here is what you should know about the ruling and access in Massachusetts.

Sports

Ryan Dempster was on the mound for the Red Sox on April 15, 2013, against the Rays.

boston marathon

Ryan Dempster pitched for the Red Sox the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. 10 years later, he’s running the race.

“It was triumph over tragedy,” Dempster said of the 2013 season. “The way the city allowed us to have a small role in people recovering changed my perspective about baseball. That’s why I wanted to come back and run the Marathon. Of course I had to do it in Boston.”

Coach Jim Montgomery could not have envisioned what lay ahead when he took the Bruins job back in July 2022.

With room to spare, Bruins surpassed the Red Wings and Lightning for wins, but their work isn’t done

Their brand-new NHL record will be meaningful only if they can claim what the other two teams didn't: the Stanley Cup.

Participants take off from the start line in Hopkinton for the 2022 Boston Marathon.

boston marathon

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon

This is your one-stop shop for schedules, route information, who to watch, and what to know about ceremonies honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

The Celtics will open the playoffs on Saturday. See the NBA schedule this week.

Dan Shaughnessy

When Jaylen Brown evokes anecdotes about Vaughn Eshelman and Irving Fryar, it is not a good sign

Fenway Park to host pickleball event this summer

Business

R.I. attorney general to join amicus brief seeking a stay on Texas abortion pill ruling

Since Friday, Democratic governors across the country have begun rolling out plans to protect access to medication abortion.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Why the Fed’s inflation fight may end in all pain and no gain

Calls for the central bank to stop raising interest rates are growing louder. But is it too late to avoid a recession?

Here’s where single-family homes in the state gained the most value

Fenway Park to host pickleball event this summer

magazine

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

The sun rises over Pegan Hill Monday morning. Clear skies will be common this week.

April showers? Not this week. Skies are clear and the weather is beautiful in New England.

A running list of possible candidates for Cicilline’s congressional seat

Aaron Regunberg enters R.I. First Congressional District race

sports

Rays shortstop Wander Franco is batting .351 through nine games this season.

Game 10: The Red Sox are taking on the red-hot Rays

There was another reason the Bruins’ record-setting win in Philadelphia meant so much to goalie Jeremy Swayman

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

business

Marianne Kelly in her kitchen in Johnston, R.I.

In retirement, former town clerk finds peace in her kitchen and while teaching a global community of seniors how to cook

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

This Boston startup is chipping away at animal testing

politics

From left, Zoe Collins, of Boston, and Yulia Bulgokova, of Waltham, protested outside a Walgreens pharmacy in Boston during a demonstration organized by Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights after a federal court ruling threatened the availability of the abortion medication mifepristone.

What to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling

Upcoming Supreme Court case on religious liberties draws multifaith support

Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek fourth term

Nation

Crime scene tape cordoned off a street as law enforcement officers responded to an active shooter near the Old National Bank building on Monday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Four people killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building, police say

Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water

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

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

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.

A reckoning with my attraction to kitsch

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

lifestyle

Remove the personal photos from your home. You don't want that kind of information on display in the online listing and prospective buyers don't want to see them.

How not to stage your home: One seller left behind gun reloaders (plural!)

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

My ex checked in a year after the breakup

food & dining

Marianne Kelly in her kitchen in Johnston, R.I.

In retirement, former town clerk finds peace in her kitchen and while teaching a global community of seniors how to cook

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

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

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

This image released by HBO shows Sarah Snook, from left, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong in a scene from "Succession."

‘Succession’ fans (and cast) lose it over major plot twist: ‘I was there, and I’m still in shock’

About that ‘Succession’ shocker ...

John Oliver explores the power of HOAs and the ‘havoc’ they can inflict on people’s lives

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

Land speed record setter Craig Breedlove, in the cockpit of his rocket-powered car at his Spirit of America headquarters in Rio Vista, Calif., in 1997.

Craig Breedlove, once the fastest man on earth, dies at 86

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

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