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A federal appeals court tossed Varsity Blues convictions of two parents in nationwide college admissions scandal

Thee US First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated all of the convictions of Gamal Abdelaziz and all but one of the convictions of John B. Wilson, a real estate private equity investor from Lynnfield and Hyannis Port.

Read the appeals court’s decision overturning two parents’ Varsity Blues convictions

‘Honestly ridiculous.’ Harvard graduate student injured by falling box at MBTA station plans to sue.

Joycelyn Johnson, a doctoral candidate, was injured on May 1 when a utility box fell on her at the Harvard station.

Former Mass. State Police union boss Dana Pullman sentenced to 2.5 years in prison over kickback schemes

The former union leader was sentenced Wednesday to 2.5 years in prison on a litany of charges for running the bargaining unit like a racketeering enterprise and taking kickbacks from a lobbyist.

‘It’s hard to have closure before you really know what happened:’ Family of man with Mass. ties seeks answers in his death in Calif.
The family of a tech CEO with deep Massachusetts ties are seeking answers in what led to their loved one’s death, after California authorities said they found his remains last month on an abandoned property more than a year after his disappearance.

Boston University taps Kenneth Freeman, former business dean, as interim president
The search for a permanent replacement for longtime leader Robert A. Brown is continuing.

Representative George Santos spoke to the media outside the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., on Wednesday.

What you need to know about 13-count indictment against N.Y. Representative George Santos

A search for answers in Andover, where a 6-year-old was killed crossing the street

BOSTON, MA - 7/28/2016 The Comfort Inn on Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 28comfort

Despite neighborhood concerns, plan to convert hotel to homeless housing in Dorchester heads for BPDA vote

If approved, the 900 Morrissey Blvd. property would host 99 studio rental units for people emerging from homelessness, the latest in a series of hotel-to-housing conversions that have angered some residents.

Tom Brady’s TB12 store on Boylston Street closes after less than four years
The 699 Boylston St. location opened in late August 2019, billing itself as a “performance and recovery center” designed to bring Brady’s intensive fitness regimen to everyday people.

This image released by Peter Ashdown shows a selfie of mommy blogger Heather Armstrong in Salt Lake City on April 1, 2023.

Blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, dead at 47

A pioneering mommy blogger, Heather Armstrong laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site Dooce.com and on social media.

Game 5 | 76ers 115, Celtics 103

Jayson Tatum got off to slow starts in Games 4 and 5, and that hasn't helped the Celtics' cause.

Game 5 against the 76ers wasn’t the first time the Celtics have fallen flat in these playoffs

Nobody seems to have an explanation for why the lackluster efforts keep happening.

Six things the Celtics should do to keep their season alive Gasper: Lacking energy, urgency, and edge, the Celtics again put themselves in perilous position

Robert De Niro attends the world premiere of "Amsterdam" at Alice Tully Hall in September.

Robert De Niro joins an exclusive club: older new fathers

How rare is it to be an older father? It's rare but not unprecedented. De Niro is already a father of seven children, ages ranging from 51 to 11.

Karina Yagudayeva (left) of Natick treats her mother, Berta Yagudayeva of Brooklyn, N.Y., to an early Mother’s Day at Fancy That Tea House & Tea Shoppe in Walpole.

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Afternoon tea is so hot right now

A social experience that looks good on the ’gram, it is the perfect nonmeal for our time.

Here are 5 local places to go for afternoon tea

A view of the Mattapan Square business district in 2021. The economic hub is one of the target areas outlined in PLAN: Mattapan.

A new plan for Mattapan imagines a safer, more vibrant neighborhood after decades of neglect

If implemented, the 93-page report of zoning and urban planning suggestions could improve the state of housing, transportation, businesses, and open space in the neighborhood.

Boston Children's Hospital is eyeing a deal to take roughly half of a 550,000-square-foot lab building under construction in the Fenway.

Children’s Hospital eyeing big lab space in new Fenway building

The deal could be one of the largest in months in a quickly-cooling market for life science buildings in and around Boston.

Migrants cross edthe Rio Grande river into the US from Matamoros, Mexico, on Wednesday.

US to limit asylum at Mexico border, open 100 migration hubs as COVID-19 restrictions end

President Biden’s administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who show up at the US-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through, according to a new rule released Wednesday.

Influx of migrants in Massachusetts continues to overwhelm state resources

Opinion

At Massachusetts General Hospital, in April 2020, hazmat suited EMTs wheeled a patient into the emergency department during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eric Dickson

Emergency rooms across the state are overwhelmed — there’s a proven fix

What worked in a pre-COVID world does not work in the present day. However, what worked during the first surge of COVID could help.

JOAN VENNOCHI

In E. Jean Carroll suit, Donald Trump was the star witness against Donald Trump

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

COVID made us retreat into our corners. A worrisome new study says we haven’t left them.

JEFF JACOBY

The case for a digital state lottery is as weak as ever

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Silver linings playbook: Making the most of our bonus years

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Detention hearing cancelled for Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified military information
A judge has cancelled a hearing that had been scheduled for Thursday on whether a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret military information on the Internet should remain jailed while awaiting trial for allegedly violating the Espionage Act.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

More heat is expected in New England this week
The only chances of rain the next few days come Thursday and Friday afternoon, in the form of scattered showers and thunderstorms.

City has a deal with developer to secure permanent rehearsal space for hundreds of musicians
The new rehearsal space is being given to the city by developer IQHQ as part of a package to offset the displacement of some 700 musicians and other performing artists from the old Sound Museum property in Brighton.

PR firm Inkhouse sold to NYC communications heavyweight BerlinRosen
With 142 employees, including 60 in Greater Boston, Inkhouse is one of the region’s largest public relations firms.

Menahem Pressler, pianist and Beaux Arts Trio founder, dies at 99
Mr. Pressler continued playing concertos and solo recitals into his 90s and taught at Indiana University.

As Boston works to keep elections on schedule after court ruling, council tensions could risk delay
The move was an effort to keep this fall’s municipal elections on schedule after a federal judge this week blocked the city’s new map of council districts.

Boston city councilors struggled with redistricting the first time. Now they have to do it again.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Latest Mass. sports betting app is Betr, which takes a vastly different approach to promotion

The new app, which is meshing sports fandom with sports wagering, has 26-year-old social media personality Jake Paul as a cofounder.

Influx of migrants in Massachusetts continues to overwhelm state resources — and more may be on the way

Federal officials expect the number of daily unauthorized crossings at the US southern border could double to more than 12,000 a day after a controversial border-control policy ends.

After a single word — ‘ladies’ — brought Easthampton into the limelight, residents crave normalcy
The city remains divided over recent decisions the School Committee made in its quest for a new district leader, frustrating residents who hope to escape the unwanted attention.

R.I. to adopt California’s clean car rules; new cars imported must be zero emissions by 2035
The move to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks standards comes as Rhode Island seeks to meet its binding emission reduction targets in the Act on Climate.

Culture & Lifestyle

Massachusetts native Joe List is returning to the Boston Comedy Festival this year to accept the award for Comedian of the Year.

A Boston Comedy Festival with an accent on ‘Boston’

Brian Tyree Henry in Hulu's "Class of '09."

‘Class of ’09’ is three times more complicated than it should be

A rendering of the ground-level perspective of the new Doris Duke Theatre.

Jacob’s Pillow announces plans to replace the Doris Duke Theatre, destroyed by fire

The Gold Dust Orphans perform a number from "Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors" to kick off the 40th Elliot Norton Awards at the Huntington Theatre Monday night.

Theater community celebrates at a live and lively 40th Elliot Norton Awards

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

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

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E. Jean Carroll leaves following her trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 8, 2023 in New York City. A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist Carroll in 1996.

EDITORIAL

It took a change in law to hold Trump accountable in New York. Mass. should follow its lead.

Then-attorney general Bill Barr told Donald Trump there was nothing to allegations that Dominion Voting Systems machines had switched votes in the 2020 presidential election.

SCOT LEHIGH

Trump supporters cling blindly to his refuted big lie

A memorial for Jordan Neely outside of the Broadway-Lafayette subway station where he died on May 1, in New York City. According to police and witness accounts, Neely, 30, died after being placed in a choke hold by 24-year-old Daniel Penny on a subway train.

RENÉE GRAHAM

There are no perfect victims

In fairness, who could have guessed what Mr. Mister was singing in "Kyrie"?

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Carry a laser into the donserly light, Bob Moran. And other gems of misheard lyrics.

The Chevron doctrine of administrative law may not be something most people think about. But it has an impact on every aspect of American life, from how we heat our homes to the pollution levels in the air we breathe to the safety of the products we use every day.

EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court should tread carefully as it reconsiders its agency deference standard

A new fire escape was added as part of the renovations to the historic Harvard Lampoon building.

IDEAS | RENÉE LOTH

How to fix a funny building

Metro

A federal appeals court tossed Varsity Blues convictions of two parents in nationwide college admissions scandal

YVONNE ABRAHAM

The more things change...

Again, we are presented with confirmation that the wannabe once and future king’s words on that Access Hollywood tape did in fact reflect who he is.

As Boston works to keep elections on schedule after court ruling, council tensions could risk delay

The move was an effort to keep this fall’s municipal elections on schedule after a federal judge this week blocked the city’s new map of council districts.

‘It’s hard to have closure before you really know what happened:’ Family of man with Mass. ties seeks answers in his death in Calif.

The family of a tech CEO with deep Massachusetts ties are seeking answers in what led to their loved one’s death, after California authorities said they found his remains last month on an abandoned property more than a year after his disappearance.

Sports

Acton-Boxborough assistant coach Mike Clayton (second from left), a former three-year starter at Duke, now has his three sons playing on the Revolution varsity, Tyler (No. 25), Tristian (No. 17), and Trey (No. 22).

BOYS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

My Three Sons: Mike Clayton relishes his ‘proud dad moment’ as his boys — Tyler, Trey and Tristan — make their mark at Acton-Boxborough

The Clayton brothers hope to make their father, Mike, proud by cementing their family's lacrosse legacy with a postseason run and push for the program’s second state title since 1987.

Celtics

Game 5 against the 76ers wasn’t the first time the Celtics have fallen flat in these playoffs

Nobody seems to have an explanation for why the lackluster efforts keep happening.

Yankees' rookie Anthony Volpe heads for home after belting his first career grand slam in the fifth inning of an 11-3 rout of the visiting Oakland A's on Wednesday at Yankees Stadium.

MLB notebook

Yankees’ rookie Anthony Volpe has a grand time against the visiting A’s

Volpe belted his first career grand slam in the fifth inning of New York's 11-3 rout on Wednesday at Yankees Stadium.

Celtics on the brink

College basketball

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins agrees to $1M pay cut, 3-game suspension for homophobic slur

Red Sox at Braves | 7:20 p.m. (NESN)

Game 38: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

Business

The story of ‘BlackBerry,’ the phone before the iPhone

A new film that recounts the history of what was once the must-have mobile device is the latest movie or TV series to delve into technology’s penchant for groundbreaking innovation, blind ambition, ego clashes, and power struggles that turn into morality tales.

Wilmington robotics company cuts jobs, outsources manufacturing

Symbotic’s revenue and order backlog have skyrocketed over the past year as customers including Walmart have been deploying its warehouse robotics systems.

Children’s Hospital eyeing big lab space in new Fenway building

Despite neighborhood concerns, plan to convert hotel to homeless housing in Dorchester heads for BPDA vote

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My father won’t wish me happy Mother’s Day

Smoky Chicken and Sweet Potato Tray Bake

COOKING

Three chicken dinner recipes that use just one baking tray

A still from the 2015 film "Miss Hokusai," directed by Keiichi Hara.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, May 8-14

Globe Magazine

Smugglers dumped millions in drugs off Maine’s coast. Struggling fishermen saw a jackpot.

metro

A bouquet was left near the crosswalk where a 6-year-old was killed by a large truck, at Main and Elm streets, Tuesday night.

A search for answers in Andover, where a 6-year-old girl was killed crossing the street

‘Honestly ridiculous.’ Harvard graduate student injured by falling box at MBTA station plans to sue.

Boston University taps Kenneth Freeman, former business dean, as interim president

sports

Bryan Mata has dealt with a series of physical setbacks as he attempts to work his way to the majors.

Red Sox pitching prospect Bryan Mata has to leave game with shoulder problem

Lacking energy, urgency, and edge, the Celtics again put themselves in perilous position

Six things the Celtics should do to keep their season alive

business

The US Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md.

FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill

R.I. to adopt California’s clean car rules; new cars imported must be zero emissions by 2035

PR firm Inkhouse sold to NYC communications heavyweight BerlinRosen

politics

What you need to know about 13-count indictment against N.Y. Representative George Santos

Biden pressures House Republicans on debt limit, blasts proposed spending cuts as ‘devastating’

Santos pleads not guilty to charges alleging fraud, theft at heart of campaign

Nation

US Customs and Border Patrol agents prepared to search migrants at the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday. Officials are bracing for an influx of migrants as Title 42, the COVID-19 emergency immigration tool, expires Thursday.

US to limit asylum at Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end

More accurate, inclusive edition of genetic code incorporates sequences from diverse origins

Feinstein, recovering from shingles, casts Senate vote after long absence

World

Sudanese Army sodliers walked near tanks stationed on a street in southern Khartoum, on Saturday amid ongoing fighting against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

‘We don’t want this war’: Trapped in Khartoum as combat rages

‘Death is everywhere’ in a once-jubilant Ukrainian city

First babies born in Britain using DNA from three people

opinion

It took a change in law to hold Trump accountable in New York. Mass. should follow its lead.

Trump supporters cling blindly to his refuted big lie

May I have a word: Carry a laser into the donserly light, Bob Moran. And other gems of misheard lyrics.

lifestyle

Mark Wahlberg’s clothing brand MUNICIPAL will pop up in the Seaport

A ‘PBGV’ wins Westminster dog show, a first for the breed

Boston author Jane Roper’s new novel, ‘The Society of Shame,’ digs into cancel culture and social media activism

food & dining

Josie's Ice Cream shop is a popular stop at 797 High St. in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

Where to get ice cream in Rhode Island? Here are some favorite spots.

Here are 5 local places to go for afternoon tea

Afternoon tea is so hot right now

travel

Rudy’s Rapid Transit Roller Coaster at Santa’s Village is being retired after 35 years.

Santa’s Village in N.H. to retire roller coaster after 35 years

Air travel is expected to rebound this summer. Here’s why that’s a problem for Logan.

US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays

Arts

What do Indian public archives and Richard Avedon have in common?

Charles Yuen’s paintings are cosmic puzzles to be pondered

At the MFA, a democratic medium for a democratic society

Books

Six new page-turners set in New England

Author readings around Boston May 14-20

In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel, ‘Chain Gang All-Stars,’ the darkest features of American society come together in a horrific — and horrifically plausible — reflection of dystopian greed and racist voyeurism

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A federal appeals court tossed Varsity Blues convictions of two parents in nationwide college admissions scandal

‘Honestly ridiculous.’ Harvard graduate student injured by falling box at MBTA station plans to sue.

Former Mass. State Police union boss Dana Pullman sentenced to 2.5 years in prison over kickback schemes

Boston University taps Kenneth Freeman, former business dean, as interim president The search for a permanent replacement for longtime leader Robert A. Brown is continuing.

What you need to know about 13-count indictment against N.Y. Representative George Santos

A search for answers in Andover, where a 6-year-old was killed crossing the street

Despite neighborhood concerns, plan to convert hotel to homeless housing in Dorchester heads for BPDA vote

Tom Brady’s TB12 store on Boylston Street closes after less than four years The 699 Boylston St. location opened in late August 2019, billing itself as a “performance and recovery center” designed to bring Brady’s intensive fitness regimen to everyday people.

Blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, dead at 47

Game 5 against the 76ers wasn’t the first time the Celtics have fallen flat in these playoffs

Robert De Niro joins an exclusive club: older new fathers

Afternoon tea is so hot right now

A new plan for Mattapan imagines a safer, more vibrant neighborhood after decades of neglect

Children’s Hospital eyeing big lab space in new Fenway building

US to limit asylum at Mexico border, open 100 migration hubs as COVID-19 restrictions end

Emergency rooms across the state are overwhelmed — there’s a proven fix

In E. Jean Carroll suit, Donald Trump was the star witness against Donald Trump

COVID made us retreat into our corners. A worrisome new study says we haven’t left them.

The case for a digital state lottery is as weak as ever

Silver linings playbook: Making the most of our bonus years

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Forecast | Dave Epstein More heat is expected in New England this week The only chances of rain the next few days come Thursday and Friday afternoon, in the form of scattered showers and thunderstorms.

PR firm Inkhouse sold to NYC communications heavyweight BerlinRosen With 142 employees, including 60 in Greater Boston, Inkhouse is one of the region’s largest public relations firms.

Menahem Pressler, pianist and Beaux Arts Trio founder, dies at 99 Mr. Pressler continued playing concertos and solo recitals into his 90s and taught at Indiana University.

As Boston works to keep elections on schedule after court ruling, council tensions could risk delay The move was an effort to keep this fall’s municipal elections on schedule after a federal judge this week blocked the city’s new map of council districts.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

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Influx of migrants in Massachusetts continues to overwhelm state resources — and more may be on the way

After a single word — ‘ladies’ — brought Easthampton into the limelight, residents crave normalcy The city remains divided over recent decisions the School Committee made in its quest for a new district leader, frustrating residents who hope to escape the unwanted attention.

R.I. to adopt California’s clean car rules; new cars imported must be zero emissions by 2035 The move to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks standards comes as Rhode Island seeks to meet its binding emission reduction targets in the Act on Climate.

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It took a change in law to hold Trump accountable in New York. Mass. should follow its lead.

Trump supporters cling blindly to his refuted big lie

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May I have a word: Carry a laser into the donserly light, Bob Moran. And other gems of misheard lyrics.

The Supreme Court should tread carefully as it reconsiders its agency deference standard

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A federal appeals court tossed Varsity Blues convictions of two parents in nationwide college admissions scandal

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As Boston works to keep elections on schedule after court ruling, council tensions could risk delay

‘It’s hard to have closure before you really know what happened:’ Family of man with Mass. ties seeks answers in his death in Calif.

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My Three Sons: Mike Clayton relishes his ‘proud dad moment’ as his boys — Tyler, Trey and Tristan — make their mark at Acton-Boxborough

Game 5 against the 76ers wasn’t the first time the Celtics have fallen flat in these playoffs

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The story of ‘BlackBerry,’ the phone before the iPhone

Wilmington robotics company cuts jobs, outsources manufacturing

Children’s Hospital eyeing big lab space in new Fenway building

Despite neighborhood concerns, plan to convert hotel to homeless housing in Dorchester heads for BPDA vote

My father won’t wish me happy Mother’s Day

Three chicken dinner recipes that use just one baking tray

Five things to do around Boston, May 8-14

Smugglers dumped millions in drugs off Maine’s coast. Struggling fishermen saw a jackpot.

metro

Boston University taps Kenneth Freeman, former business dean, as interim president
The search for a permanent replacement for longtime leader Robert A. Brown is continuing.

Tom Brady’s TB12 store on Boylston Street closes after less than four years
The 699 Boylston St. location opened in late August 2019, billing itself as a “performance and recovery center” designed to bring Brady’s intensive fitness regimen to everyday people.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

More heat is expected in New England this week
The only chances of rain the next few days come Thursday and Friday afternoon, in the form of scattered showers and thunderstorms.

PR firm Inkhouse sold to NYC communications heavyweight BerlinRosen
With 142 employees, including 60 in Greater Boston, Inkhouse is one of the region’s largest public relations firms.

Menahem Pressler, pianist and Beaux Arts Trio founder, dies at 99
Mr. Pressler continued playing concertos and solo recitals into his 90s and taught at Indiana University.

As Boston works to keep elections on schedule after court ruling, council tensions could risk delay
The move was an effort to keep this fall’s municipal elections on schedule after a federal judge this week blocked the city’s new map of council districts.

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

After a single word — ‘ladies’ — brought Easthampton into the limelight, residents crave normalcy
The city remains divided over recent decisions the School Committee made in its quest for a new district leader, frustrating residents who hope to escape the unwanted attention.

R.I. to adopt California’s clean car rules; new cars imported must be zero emissions by 2035
The move to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks standards comes as Rhode Island seeks to meet its binding emission reduction targets in the Act on Climate.