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One of the properties owned by state Senator Barry Finegold in Andover.

Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters

As the Legislature mulls a slate of proposals aimed at addressing the housing crisis, the body includes more lawmakers who could lose income from the return of rent control than lawmakers who would benefit from its protections, a Globe investigation found.

Jeneé Osterheldt

There is no pro-life in a country that shoots its kids
American violence is eating our children, from Ralph Yarl and Payton Washington to Kaylin Gillis and beyond.

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture
Two deaths on the staff at Menton, and the famous chef’s response, are triggering a reckoning in one of Boston’s best-known restaurant groups.

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A photo provided by Pioneers Run Crew shows police apparently surrounding the area where members of two diverse running clubs were cheering at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

BAA says it ‘did not deliver’ on promise of inclusive Marathon after police interaction with racially diverse run clubs

Members were cheering near Heartbreak Hill when a large group of Newton police officers blocked the spectators from interacting with runners.

Suzy Amor and Alan Nathan chatted after visiting the graves of Nathan’s wife, Elaine, and Amor’s son, Jonah, at Cambridge Cemetery on Thursday afternoon. “We bonded as only grieving survivors can,” Alan says.

Clearing the path that leads to the light

The pain of their loss is acute but from grief comes an opportunity to build a new friendship.

‘You people are evil’: Voicemails aired at MBTA board meeting show riders’ rage against slow subway service

T officials sat largely silent as the voicemails, which were played at the start of the board meeting as part of public comment, expressed the deepening helplessness some riders feel as they recount how their daily commute was ruined — again — by dysfunction.

Governor Healey appoints three new members to MBTA board

Coast Guard pulls 3 unresponsive fishermen from waters off Gloucester

Four boaters had been missing after departing Hampton, N.H., for a fishing trip Wednesday morning.

Four Maine shooting victims remembered as patriotic, pious people
Their murders this week in the small, rural town of Bowdoin, Maine, understandably stunned their family and friends.

Maine man arraigned in shooting deaths of parents, family friends

Maine jury rules clean energy transmission line from Canada to New England can proceed
The decision bolsters Massachusetts' efforts to shift its electricity consumption away from carbon-emitting fossil fuels.

Black student groups fault Harvard’s response to ‘swatting’ incident

Dozens of student groups say the college failed to show its “sincere commitment to the well-being of the Black students.”

Supreme Court set to decide on access to abortion pill

Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign as early as next week

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Jarren Duran muscles up to his teammates in the Red Sox dugout after a two-run double against the Twins.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

This Jarren Duran could be the one the Red Sox have been waiting to see

The center fielder's changes to his game have paid off early on since a recall from Triple A.

Before hitting the road, Red Sox thrash Twins, 11-5, in series finale and benefit from Tanner Houck’s start

The Patriots offense struggled in 2022 with Matt Patricia (right) calling plays.

Matt Patricia moves on from Patriots, reportedly joins Eagles as defensive assistant

Patricia's potential role with the Patriots moving forward was unclear after New England hired Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator.

Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in "Ghosted."

In ‘Ghosted,’ starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, rom-com becomes bomb-com

It’s an old story. Guy meets girl. Guy falls for girl. Guy learns girl is a CIA killing machine. Well, that part isn’t old. It’s an out-of-left-field plot twist that sets apart “Ghosted.” But not far enough apart.

Opinion

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Making too little to get affordable housing — and other problems with trying to stay in Boston

As the cost of living drives friends out of the city, I’m eyeing apartment applications with a creeping sense of hopelessness.

Feinstein resignation holds key to Biden’s judicial nominees

US needs to protect Ukrainian refugees in the United States

Tim Scott’s folly

Don’t leave it to TV stars to address gun violence

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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

Man dies, three injured, in New Bedford house fire
New Bedford firefighters used ground ladders to rescue residents trapped on the second floor of the home at 260 Chestnut St., officials said.

Chief Justice Roberts asked to testify on Supreme Court ethics amid Clarence Thomas reports
The Senate Judiciary chairman has invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify next month on ethical standards at the court, a hearing that would undoubtedly focus on business transactions and travel involving Justice Clarence Thomas.

Climate activists deflate tires of dozens of cars on Beacon Hill
Police said they responded to a report of vandalism shortly before 7 a.m., according to a department spokesman. The spokesman confirmed that several vehicles were vandalized but did not provide additional information.

Who will run for New Hampshire governor if Chris Sununu runs for president?
Here’s who political insiders think is most likely to step up if the state’s popular Republican chief executive makes a bid for the White House.

Austin seeks to stem discord with allies over document leaks
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has sought to tamp down any discord between the US and its allies over the massive US leak of classified documents.

‘Get the money . . . hurry up’: FBI releases video of suspect in armed robberies of four convenience stores in Boston
The man brandished a distinct black handgun with a long barrel and made verbal demands for money during all four robberies, the FBI said in a statement Thursday.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, April 19 at the Boston Park Plaza.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax 2024 presidential campaign

Tennessee state Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson during a demonstration in support of gun control laws sponsored by Voices for a Safer Tennessee at Legislative Plaza on April 18 in Nashville.

Oppression is on the march, but young people are pushing back

Fox News becomes the first cog in the disinformation machine that undermined the 2020 election to pay a significant price for its actions.

Fox News pays the price for its election lies

The author, left, with Father John Predmore, after completing the 127th Boston Marathon.

IDEAS | MICHAEL LEVIN

On coming in (almost) last in the Boston Marathon

Too many young men are forging their identities online. Their avatars veer into perversity and extremism, with women and minority groups often the target of their conspiracies and bile.

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Too many young men are failing online

The author's blood sugar at mile 7 of the 2022 Boston Marathon was at a 137 mg/dl, right in his performance zone.

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Governor Healey appoints three new members to MBTA board

Former MBTA General Manager Thomas P. Glynn, the new chair, along with Thomas M. McGee, the former Senate chair of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation and Lynn mayor, and Eric L. Goodwine, a commercial banker, will join the seven-member board.

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R.I.’s attorney general is frustrated: ‘We’re asking for help, and we’re not getting it.’

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Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters

As the Legislature mulls a slate of proposals aimed at addressing the housing crisis, the body includes more lawmakers who could lose income from the return of rent control than lawmakers who would benefit from its protections, a Globe investigation found.

Man dies, three injured, in New Bedford house fire

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Sports

John Tavares beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy high to the glove side with his second of three goals for the Maple Leafs.

Maple Leafs turn tables on Lightning with a rout of their own in Game 2 of first-round series

John Tavares's hat trick helps Toronto pull even with Tampa Bay after getting blasted in Game 1. Chris Kreider scored two more goals and the Rangers went up 2-0 in their series against the Devils.

James Harden exited after being ejected for a flagrant foul during the second half of Game 3.

Game 3: 76ers 102, Nets 97

James Harden tossed, Joel Embiid almost thrown out as 76ers push Nets to brink

Embiid blocked a potential tying basket with 8.8 seconds left as the 76ers won Game 3, 102-97, to forge a commanding lead.

Mookie Betts has made five appearances at second base this season, but hasn't played shortstop in the majors.

Mookie Betts reinstated after birth of second child, makes first appearance at shortstop

Betts’ wife gave birth Tuesday. He missed two games before rejoining the Dodgers ahead of a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Nelly Korda one back at LPGA’s first major of the season

Patrice Bergeron’s availability for Game 3 an unknown as Bruins take off for Florida

BAA says it ‘did not deliver’ on promise of inclusive Marathon after police interaction with racially diverse run clubs

Business

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

President Biden plans to sign an executive order that would make “environmental justice” the mission of federal agencies.

Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters

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Rupert Murdoch’s son Lachlan ends Australian defamation suit

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A billboard from Stop Handgun Violence, a Massachusetts based organization, in 2018.

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Every man I date is still involved with his wife

Butter rolls

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metro

A lone bouquet of flowers marked a desolate makeshift memorial at the end of a driveway at a Bowdoin, Maine, home where police say four people were killed.

Maine man arraigned in shooting deaths of parents, family friends

Maine jury rules clean energy transmission line from Canada to New England can proceed

Black student groups fault Harvard’s response to ‘swatting’ incident

sports

From left, St. John's Nolan Farrell (8), Philip Vignaly (12), and Franny McGonagle (18), reach to block a return from Kevin Li (12) of Malden during the semifinals of the ALS One Tournament in Winchester. St. John's advanced with a 3-0 win.

Lexington boys’ volleyball rallies for five-set win over Winchester in ALS One semifinals

Malcolm Brogdon wins NBA Sixth Man of the Year in his first season with the Celtics

This Jarren Duran could be the one the Red Sox have been waiting to see

business

GE’s stock tops $100 for first time in five years as optimism grows

Boston-based health and wellness vending machines deliver personal care in a new way

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay

politics

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Austin seeks to stem discord with allies over document leaks

Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign next week

Biden 2024 splits Dems but most would back him in November, new poll shows

Nation

Actor Alec Baldwin.

Manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin will be dismissed

Supreme Court set to decide on access to abortion pill

Six-year-old girl and parents shot and wounded over stray ball, neighbor says

World

The site of the crater after an explosion in Belgorod, Russia, on April 21.

Russia’s air force accidentally bombs its own city

Thieves steal nearly $15 million in gold, other cargo in Toronto airport heist

Sudan’s top general says military committed to civilian rule

opinion

Fox News becomes the first cog in the disinformation machine that undermined the 2020 election to pay a significant price for its actions.

Fox News pays the price for its election lies

Too many young men are failing online

Low unemployment is the cheapest anti-poverty program

lifestyle

He won’t introduce me to family and friends

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore hosts its first children’s graphic novel festival

Yoga Reaches Out hopes to raise $825,000 for Boston Children’s Hospital Every Child Fund

food & dining

Charcoal grilled street corn at Loco Taqueria in Boston.

Mahaniyom team plans a new restaurant; Soleil comes to Boston Public Market

At Central Square’s Shōjō, Chinatown favorites and bold new flavors

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

travel

Fly fishermen fill the Battenkill River near the Arlington Green Covered Bridge in Arlington, Vt.

Can Norman Rockwell and fly fishing revive tourism in this tiny Vermont town?

David Rubenstein is thinking about Fenway Park (but not the fun snacks you find there). And he’s always working.

In search of good pinot noir, truffles, and friend time in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

Arts

Gioacchino Altobelli, "The Piazza of Santa Maria Maggiore With a Photographer," 1860s.

When in Rome . . .

Galleries: Making magic at Fountain Street Gallery

After decades in the dark, Paul Goesch’s architectural fancies are finally seeing the light of day

Books

In Dennis Lehane’s latest novel, ‘Small Mercies,’ a Southie woman searches for her missing daughter in a Boston on the brink of change

Teacher and student, both grieving, forge a bond across limitations of sight and speech in Han Kang’s ‘Greek Lessons’

Peter Orner on the book he brings on flights in case the plane goes down

Movies

Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in "Ghosted."

In ‘Ghosted,’ starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, rom-com becomes bomb-com

Phoenix still rising

In ‘Chevalier,’ a forgotten classical composer gets his due

Television

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in "Succession."

The unvarnished villainy of Logan Roy

PBS sends a love letter to a certain lyric little bandbox of a ballpark

Massachusetts homes are invading HGTV right now

music

Louis Prima Jr.

Despite his name, Louis Prima Jr. wasn’t always a hep cat, and that’s no jive

In Medfield, music will fill this empty space

60 years ago, Bob Dylan’s Boston debut was a freewheelin’ good time

Theater/Dance

From left: Jonathan Grunert as Professor Henry Higgins, Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle, and John Adkison as Colonel Pickering in the national tour of "My Fair Lady."

Ultimately, this ‘My Fair Lady’ is quite ‘loverly’

Taylor Mac on ‘Joy and Pandemic,’ the play he’s been thinking about his whole life

In ‘And So We Walked,’ DeLanna Studi follows the footsteps of her ancestors along the Trail of Tears

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

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

Obituaries

Then-mayor Richard Riordan picked up a tip from a customer at his restaurant The Pantry in 2001 in downtown Los Angeles.

Richard Riordan, Los Angeles mayor who led rebound after riots, dies at 92

Todd Haimes, who rebuilt powerful NYC nonprofit theater company, dies at 66

Freddie Scappaticci, who may have been British spy ‘Stakeknife,’ is dead