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Five months ago, she was about to be taken off life support after a traumatic brain injury. This week she finished the Boston Marathon.

As Rachel Foster embarked on a grueling rehabilitation, she set her sights on a seemingly impossible goal — to run the Boston Marathon in April.

Who were the most-tracked runners in the 2023 Boston Marathon?

The Boston Athletic Association shared data from its tracking app, which was launched about a week before the race.
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.
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No excuses for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown this time, and other thoughts

Everything is in place for the Celtics, and it's time for the two lottery picks to deliver an NBA championship.
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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.

Tell us: Should there be a limit to how many properties someone can own in one region?

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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Home in Truro destroyed after fiery explosions Thursday night

Photos from the scene show a massive debris field with a charred center.

Coast Guard suspends search for fourth missing fisherman

Crews from the US Coast Guard suspended their search on Friday for a fourth fisherman reported missing out of New Hampshire, a day after the bodies of three other men were pulled from the ocean off Gloucester.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Where Mass. home prices are hot — and not
Pockets of weakness in single-family home prices are already apparent, and they may spread in the months ahead.

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

Virtual communication left seniors feeling anxious, depressed during pandemic, according to Brigham and Women’s study

Researchers at the hospital found increased mental health concerns among adults 65 and older who relied on emails, video, and phone calls instead of in-person visits.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

New England needs some rain and just might get some this weekend

Showers on the way this weekend are important — they're always significant in the spring but especially this year, which has been exceedingly dry.

Supreme Court to issue abortion pill ruling on Friday. Here’s what to know.

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

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

Blind date: ‘We both go to the same university’

Will this researcher and a psychology student from the same school pass the test?

Skiers converge on Tuckerman’s Ravine to enjoy one of the last great days of the season

Favorable conditions and a rise in backcountry skiing and outdoor recreation since the pandemic led to a record-setting day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

In Cambridge, a bid to keep local news alive

The city’s last local news outlet is raising money to grow, after its volunteer editor lost his day job.
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.
EDITORIAL

Feinstein resignation holds key to Biden’s judicial nominees
Ilya Somin

US needs to protect Ukrainian refugees in the United States
RENÉE GRAHAM

Tim Scott’s folly
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More recent News

NFL suspends five players for violating gambling policy
Three were suspended for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, and two others were punished for betting from an NFL facility on non-NFL games.

Patrice Bergeron and Linus Ullmark are not on the ice with Bruins for morning skate
With Ullmark not present, it appeared that Jeremy Swayman was in line to start Game 3 vs. Florida.

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.

CONNECTIONS
My ‘grandpa’ came to say goodbye for a second time
Why did my mom think the bird lingering on our windowsills could be her father?

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.

GLOBE NH | MORNING REPORT
Turtle-shaped water robot snags $50,000 prize for N.H. students
Students in the robotics club at Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, N.H., made it to the finals of Samsung’s national “Solve for Tomorrow” contest.

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

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BETH TEITELL | COMMENTARY
The interior-design world has turned on gray. What finally killed the color?
Was it gray fatigue? The pandemic — when everyone was home alone staring at their gray walls? Either way, the world’s drabbest tyrant has been toppled.

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

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Fox News pays the price for its election lies
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Forecast | Dave Epstein

New England needs some rain and just might get some this weekend

Showers on the way this weekend are important — they're always significant in the spring but especially this year, which has been exceedingly dry.

Coast Guard suspends search for fourth missing fisherman

Crews from the US Coast Guard suspended their search on Friday for a fourth fisherman reported missing out of New Hampshire, a day after the bodies of three other men were pulled from the ocean off Gloucester.
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In Providence, a push to house people instead of things

Three Providence City Council members that, instead of allowing more self-storage facilities, the city should change the zoning ordinance and develop more housing.

Virtual communication left seniors feeling anxious, depressed during pandemic, according to Brigham and Women’s study

Researchers at the hospital found increased mental health concerns among adults 65 and older who relied on emails, video, and phone calls instead of in-person visits.

Sports

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Patrice Bergeron and Linus Ullmark are not on the ice with Bruins for morning skate

With Ullmark not present, it appeared that Jeremy Swayman was in line to start Game 3 vs. Florida.
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Who were the most-tracked runners in the 2023 Boston Marathon?

The Boston Athletic Association shared data from its tracking app, which was launched about a week before the race.
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Game 21: Red Sox at Brewers lineups and pregame notes

Nick Pivetta will get the start Friday night as the Red Sox begin a six-game road trip.
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Five months ago, she was about to be taken off life support after a traumatic brain injury. This week she finished the Boston Marathon.
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Skiers converge on Tuckerman’s Ravine to enjoy one of the last great days of the season

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NFL

NFL suspends five players for violating gambling policy

Three were suspended for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, and two others were punished for betting from an NFL facility on non-NFL games.

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order that would create the White House Office of Environmental Justice.

In Cambridge, a bid to keep local news alive
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Skiers converge on Tuckerman’s Ravine to enjoy one of the last great days of the season

Supreme Court to issue abortion pill ruling on Friday. Here’s what to know.

Home in Truro destroyed after fiery explosions Thursday night

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No excuses for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown this time, and other thoughts

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

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

business

Musk’s Twitter drops government-funded media labels

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

Rupert Murdoch’s son Lachlan ends Australian defamation suit

politics

Supreme Court to issue abortion pill ruling on Friday. Here’s what to know.

Chris Christie, in New Hampshire, reconnects with 2016 supporters

Austin seeks to stem discord with allies over document leaks

Nation

Once-a-week nightmare: US mass killings on a record pace

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

Conservative radio host Larry Elder launches Republican bid for president

World

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 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

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

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

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

With ‘Small Mercies,’ Dennis Lehane is telling the Boston story he’s always wanted to tell

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’

Movies

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

The Nicholas Alahverdian story gets the ‘Dateline’ treatment tonight

The unvarnished villainy of Logan Roy

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

music

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

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

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

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