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Intersection in Boston where 4-year-old was hit by pickup truck has been identified for safety upgrade

The girl fatally struck in the Fort Point neighborhood on Sunday was killed in an area that the Wu administration has targeted for a pedestrian safety upgrade, according to city records.

‘Without us this whole system just collapses’: BU graduate workers strike causes class disruptions
Many of the university’s 37,000-plus students depend on graduate students to teach their classes and science labs, grade their quizzes, and respond to their emailed queries.

What we know about the Boston University graduate student strike

FDA seeks new ban on shock devices used by Massachusetts school for students with disabilities

This is the second time the FDA has sought to ban the equipment, known as electrical stimulation devices, or ESDs, which has been condemned by disability advocates as a form of abuse.

Lawyer for Canton detective calls allegations from Karen Read’s lawyers ‘reckless and disparaging’

Read's lawyers are asking a judge to order the detective to turn over phone communications he has had with witnesses in the case.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Expect cool temperatures and cloudy skies this week, with a chance of rain
The jet stream will bring us clouds and chilly conditions, along with likely rain in some places. Meanwhile, up north, the skiing looks good. And for everyone, the sun is now setting after 7 p.m.

Residents in Maine and New Hampshire await power restoration after major snowstorm

Head of Holyoke soldiers’ home during deadly COVID-19 outbreak scheduled to change plea Tuesday

Two men indicted for murder in fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy in Fitchburg in 1993

The kippered salmon bagel sandwich at Mamaleh's. The Jewish deli will open an event space and test kitchen soon.

Seven spring restaurant openings to get excited about

Jody Adams and Michael Schlow return to fine dining, Mamaleh’s opens a test kitchen, and more openings to look forward to.

L’Espalier restaurateur Frank McClelland quietly shutters his namesake Somerville restaurant

HAWKS 120, CELTICS 118

Celtics drop game, winning streak against Hawks after soaring to early 30-point lead
Jayson Tatum scored 37 points for the Celtics, but the Hawks started to rally late in the first half and carried the momentum to a win. The teams meet again Thursday back in Atlanta.

Healey to impose one-month limit on overflow shelter stays, mandate that families reapply to stay
Homeless and migrant families must also show they are also seeking work authorization or new housing in order to stay in the shelters.

Governor Maura Healey.

Healey wants communities to work with state on MBTA housing

During an interview, the governor said the state is here to support communities and not take away local control.

Lauren Rauseo, a student at Stonehill College, was seriously injured in a bicycle accident in Spain.

‘A miracle,’ says father of Stonehill College student injured in bicycle accident in Spain

Lauren Rauseo, a junior, suffered a traumatic brain injury but has made significant progress in recent days, her father said.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen attended The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 7, 2018.

Gisele Bündchen says rumors she cheated on Tom Brady are ‘a lie’

“I really don’t want to make my life a tabloid,” Bündchen said. “I don’t want to open myself up to all of that.”

The moon passed in front of the setting sun during a total solar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 2, 2019. Small towns and rural enclaves along the path of April’s total solar eclipse are steeling for huge crowds of sun chasers who plan to catch a glimpse of day turning into dusk in North America.

New Hampshire officials advise eclipse viewers to travel on state highways

Some secondary highways and local roads are not designed to handle large volumes of traffic, and springtime in the North Country “can bring frost heaves and very soft shoulders,” officials said.

In N.H., North Country businesses are getting ready for the eclipse

A North Atlantic right whale breaches in waters off near Provincetown. “Although not as graceful as a breaching humpback whale, right whales can still put on a show,” says CCS research associate Christy Hudak.

Doing right by whales

The Center for Coastal Studies four-person team records 21 right whales on this excursion, one breaching and the 20 others gently, slowly moving through the waters.

Opinion

Then Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel spoke before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Former NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd criticized his network for hiring the former RNC head McDaniel as a paid contributor, saying on the air that many NBC journalists are uncomfortable with the decision.

Will Ronna McDaniel’s loyalties lie with journalism — or Trump?

The door between politics and broadcast journalism has been revolving and evolving for a long time.

Joan Meschino and Jamie Eldridge

Massachusetts needs a regional drought plan

Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone

Groundwater levels are plummeting around the world

Terry M. McGovern and Ayman El-Mohandes

Supreme Court shouldn’t undermine FDA’s authority on medication abortion

IDEAS | NICHOLAS TAMPIO

The problem with making all academic research free

More recent News

Biden-Netanyahu rift grows, as Israel cancels delegation visit
A UN Security Council resolution Monday calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza has exposed a division between the United States and Israel.

Trump’s New York hush money case is set for trial April 15
The judge earlier had scolded the former president’s lawyers as he weighed when to reschedule the trial after a last-minute document dump caused a postponement of the original date.

Court agrees to block collection of Trump’s $454m civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175m within 10 days

Shohei Ohtani says he never bet on sports and former translator ‘has been stealing money . . . and told lies’
The Los Angeles Dodgers star made his first public comments Monday since his former interpreter was fired following allegations of illegal gambling and theft.

Man sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for fatal Dorchester shooting of woman celebrating July 4
Kristian Maraj, 26, will serve concurrent sentences of 17 to 20 years for manslaughter and three to four years for illegal firearm possession in the death of Felicity Coleman, records show.

Concrete truck veers off 1-93 in Concord, N.H., damages 16 vehicles, officials say
The truck hit a guardrail, broke through a chain-link fence, and continued down an embankment into a parking lot near the Concord Coach Lines bus terminal, where it struck 10 vehicles, then crossed the street and damaged six more, officials said.

Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say
Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday as part of a sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials said.

Recommended reads

Protestors gathered outside Quincy City Hall during a vigil to show their opposition to the closing of Quincy Medical Center on Dec. 15, 2014.

On Steward’s path to financial ruin, a series of missed opportunities

Time and again, state officials have lacked the tools to hold Steward Health Care to account, handcuffed by a fragmented oversight system and a lack of political will to take a tougher approach.

A decade after sparking the Seaport’s boom, Vertex is considering leaving Fan Pier
The life science giant is mulling a more consolidated campus in the outer Seaport.

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings: a timeline of events as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case returns to court
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has lived nearly one-third of his life on federal death row, after a jury convicted him for helping his brother plant homemade bombs at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: A Steve Martin doc, a Holocaust drama, and throwing the book at ‘3 Body Problem’
Fans of the novel that “3 Body Problem” is based on aren’t happy with the changes. It’s a good time to remember that a TV adaptation shouldn’t be judged according to how loyal it’s been to its source.

Culture & Lifestyle

Arlo Parks will perform at Royale on Thursday.

Arlo Parks’s bedroom pop is ‘braver than ever’

Mindy Kaling at the 34th annual Producers Guild Awards on Feb. 25, 2023, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kaling will host a fundraiser in New York City this week for President Biden.

Mindy Kaling to host Biden fundraiser featuring Obama, Clinton, Lizzo, and more stars

Easthampton-based author and sex educator Emily Nagoski.

Let’s talk about sex — with our partners — says ‘sex nerd’ and author Emily Nagoski

Photographer and public installation artist Zhidong Zhang has a new image-based sculpture, "Far Away, From Home," on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Photos of the artist's balloon sculptures adorn the wall in their South End studio. Larger prints of the photos are in "Far Away, From Home."

Zhidong Zhang plays with balloons

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

stuart landing page illustration

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Americans are unhappier than ever

Former president Donald Trump at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16.

The phony feeding frenzies over ‘bloodbath’ and ‘hamstringing’

IDEAS | Christine Mehta

Why today’s youths are ‘The Anxious Generation’

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Why are antiabortion activists going after sex education?

Ugliness cover

Beth Wolfensberger Singer

Ugliness to the rescue?

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

FDA seeks new ban on shock devices used by Massachusetts school for students with disabilities

This is the second time the FDA has sought to ban the equipment, known as electrical stimulation devices, or ESDs, which has been condemned by disability advocates as a form of abuse.

Concrete truck veers off 1-93 in Concord, N.H., damages 16 vehicles, officials say

The truck hit a guardrail, broke through a chain-link fence, and continued down an embankment into a parking lot near the Concord Coach Lines bus terminal, where it struck 10 vehicles, then crossed the street and damaged six more, officials said.

Head of Holyoke soldiers’ home during deadly COVID-19 outbreak scheduled to change plea Tuesday

The hearing comes after Bennett Walsh, through his attorneys, filed a memorandum last week requesting that each charge be continued without a finding for a three-month probationary period, court records show.

New Hampshire officials advise eclipse viewers to travel on state highways

Some secondary highways and local roads are not designed to handle large volumes of traffic, and springtime in the North Country “can bring frost heaves and very soft shoulders,” officials said.

Sports

Garrett Whitlock finished strong, retiring nine of the final 10 batters he faced.

SPRING TRAINING REPORT

Monday’s spring training report: Red Sox starter Garrett Whitlock goes six strong and Trevor Story homers

Whitlock allowed one unearned run on three hits over six innings and struck out six with one walk, throwing 51 of 67 pitches for strikes.

Toronto center Jontay Porter was away from the team for both Monday’s home game against Brooklyn and Saturday’s loss at Washington, both for "personal reasons."

NBA confirms investigation into possible gambling-motivated play by Raptors player

Jontay Porter played briefly on both Jan. 26 and March 20 before leaving, citing injury or illness.

Of Jade Downie-Landry's six goals this season, five have come against Boston.

PWHL NEW YORK 3, PWHL BOSTON 2

Penalties doom PWHL Boston in loss to fellow straggler New York

Jade Downie-Landry scored twice at the Islanders’ UBS Arena, further pushing Boston back of Ottawa in the race for the league's final of four playoff spots.

HAWKS 120, CELTICS 118

Celtics drop game, winning streak against Hawks after soaring to early 30-point lead

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Trio of new relievers round out Red Sox roster for Opening Day

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | UCONN 72, SYRACUSE 64

UConn women challenged by Syracuse, but make 30th straight Sweet 16 on career night from Paige Bueckers

Business

Workers at VW plant in Tennessee to vote on joining UAW

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

‘Without us this whole system just collapses’: BU graduate workers strike causes class disruptions

Many of the university’s 37,000-plus students depend on graduate students to teach their classes and science labs, grade their quizzes, and respond to their emailed queries.

Florida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors

ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero leads charge to protect 2016 ballot question on pork and eggs

magazine

Illustration for Hanna Krueger story on Harvard Medical School morgue scandal in magazine on March 24, 2024.

For years, no one noticed body parts disappearing from Harvard’s morgue. Then came a phone call.

The writer, at right, with her father and sister at his 70th birthday party in 2009.

My father donated his body to Harvard. What happened after was horrifying.

Ted Landsmark, a Black lawyer, was on his way to a meeting at City Hall on April 5, 1976, when he was attacked at an anti-busing protest. This photo of a white youth striking at him with a flagpole sparked change.

Ted Landsmark on racism, the flag attack photo, and seizing a chance to make change

This week's daters: Brendan and Maddy.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Despite the biker jacket, he seemed really approachable’

metro

Felicity Coleman was shot and killed while watching fireworks with a group of neighbors on Independence Day in 2020.

Man sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for fatal Dorchester shooting of woman celebrating July 4

Polyamory: the rules for breaking the rules

Intersection in Boston where 4-year-old was hit by pickup truck has been identified for safety upgrade

sports

Jrue Holiday's right shoulder took a hit on a hard screen in the Celtics' March 17 win in Washington.

Jrue Holiday says shoulder injury ‘feels better’ but is uncertain of return date for East-clinched Celtics

Report: Cornerback Myles Bryant departs Patriots for free-agent deal with Texans

Gisele Bündchen says rumors she cheated on Tom Brady are ‘a lie’

business

Trustbuster: Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter announced the government's antitrust lawsuit against Apple last week.

Exercise in force or futility? US trustbusters go after Big Tech like never before.

Trump’s social media company to start trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday

Energy Dept. awards $6 billion for green steel, cement and even macaroni factories

politics

There’s little sign Russia acted to try to head off Friday’s attack at a concert hall on Moscow’s edge, which killed more than 130 people.

‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce his VP pick for his third-party White House bid

US and Israeli defense chiefs to meet Tuesday as tensions rise over Gaza

Nation

The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 19, 53 68 and red ball: 23.

Powerball jackpot climbs to $865 million as long winless drought continues

Authorities searched Diddy’s properties as part of a sex trafficking probe. Here’s what to know.

Texas AG Ken Paxton is closer than ever to trial over securities fraud charges

World

Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, speaks besides a poster of Julian Assange at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, on Feb. 21.

A London court will rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the US

The first flight of their lives: an airlift after agony terror in Gaza

Ukrainians shun Kremlin suggestions their country was behind Moscow attack

opinion

When 2 in 5 people report delaying health care because of costs, something is wrong

Americans are unhappier than ever

The phony feeding frenzies over ‘bloodbath’ and ‘hamstringing’

lifestyle

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen attended The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 7, 2018.

Gisele Bündchen says rumors she cheated on Tom Brady are ‘a lie’

Mindy Kaling to host Biden fundraiser featuring Obama, Clinton, Lizzo, and more stars

When they overshare on a first date …

food & dining

The kippered salmon bagel sandwich at Mamaleh's. The Jewish deli will open an event space and test kitchen soon.

Seven spring restaurant openings to get excited about

L’Espalier restaurateur Frank McClelland quietly shutters his namesake Somerville restaurant

‘Overall cost of doing business is outrageous’: R.I. hospitality leader talks Washington Bridge fiasco, shoddy tourism budget, and more

travel

A few towns in northern New Hampshire will, if the weather cooperates, offer a good opportunity to view the eclipse.

In N.H., North Country businesses are getting ready for the eclipse

Maine town voted top vacation spot for 2024, according to Real Simple magazine

‘Name a fun city and there’s a cool motel popping up’

Arts

Photographer and public installation artist Zhidong Zhang has a new image-based sculpture, "Far Away, From Home," on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Photos of the artist's balloon sculptures adorn the wall in their South End studio. Larger prints of the photos are in "Far Away, From Home."

Zhidong Zhang plays with balloons

1MILLION Dance Studio brings viral K-dance moves to the MFA and beyond

Five things to do around Boston, March 25-April 7

Books

Easthampton-based author and sex educator Emily Nagoski.

Let’s talk about sex — with our partners — says ‘sex nerd’ and author Emily Nagoski

Allison Pataki explores explores life of trailblazing Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller in new book

Poetry Out Loud state champion headed to Washington, D.C.; Jane Yolen publishes anthology celebrating a kid’s world

Movies

Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon in "The Departed."

Mark Wahlberg reveals he was ‘a little pissed’ with ‘The Departed,’ had different role

‘Strange Kindness’ takes empathy to its furthest reaches

There was something strange in my neighborhood — the day I saw ‘Ghostbusters’

Television

Steve Martin is the subject of a two-part Apple TV+ documentary from Morgan Neville premiering Friday.

This week’s TV: A Steve Martin doc, a Holocaust drama, and throwing the book at ‘3 Body Problem’

Despite renewals, ‘Bupkis’ and ‘Uncoupled’ won’t move on to season 2

10 promising new TV shows that’ll be springing forward this season

music

Arlo Parks will perform at Royale on Thursday.

Arlo Parks’s bedroom pop is ‘braver than ever’

Maurizio Pollini, pianist who reveled in demanding music, dies at 82

It’s Wayne’s world at the BSO, and it’s excellent

Theater/Dance

Stephanie Clayman as researcher Dr. Irene M. Pepperberg and Jon Vellante as her African grey parrot Alex in "Beyond Words."

In ‘Beyond Words’ at Central Square, friendship is the thing with feathers

‘Message in a Bottle’ tells a refugee family’s survival story through dance to the music of Sting

Boston Comedy Festival honoring a local legend (but please don’t call him that)

Health

Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

R.I.’s largest hospital system may no longer take Cigna health insurance

Obituaries

Dr. Mott, with her husband, Nathan Connolly, at their home in Baltimore.

Shani Mott, black studies scholar who examined power, dies at 47

Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist, and granddaughter of outdoor retailer LL Bean, has died

William Whitworth, gracious editor who shaped The Atlantic’s writing and readers’ tastes, dies at 87