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Mold cleanup forces all families out of Catholic Charities Inn
Homeless families and migrants are being relocated from one of the state's emergency shelters.

Lenox Apartments, Boston’s first housing development for Black residents, receives long-awaited renovations
The 85-year-old public housing development underwent sweeping renovations over the past five years.

Study highlights how nighttime gun violence impacts sleep for residents in Boston, other cities

“The number of gunshots that go off are larger than we thought, and they’re predominantly happening at night when we all need space and time to heal and recover,” one of the study's authors said.

Judge will implement 200-foot buffer zone around courthouse during Karen Read trial

Judge Beverly J. Cannone said she will file a written ruling laying out the details of the buffer zone by Friday.
Watch: Who's who in the Karen Read case

Stark divides heard over scale of Shattuck Hospital expansion plan during City Council hearing

Plan to move Whittier Tech to Northern Essex Community College campus proposed

After losing a vote for a new building, Whittier Tech is exploring a move across Haverhill to the college campus, which Governor Maura Healey announced on Thursday.

UConn removes light poles on campus in preparation for March Madness Final Four games
Last year, when the UConn men’s basketball team won the NCAA championship, revelers caused more than $550,000 in damage on campus, officials said. Light posts will be “reinstalled later” at the same sites.

Former Weymouth police officer charged after allegedly punching a man in custody 13 times, officials say

After six months of war, Israel’s isolation grows with no end in sight

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.

Rowe, the BSO’s principal flutist for the past two decades, will leave the orchestra in August to pursue a full-time career as a leadership coach.

What’s left in the tank for this nor’easter? Here’s a timeline of how the storm will play out.
Conditions will improve nearly everywhere by midday Friday, but the unsettled weather doesn’t stop there.

Tree falls in historic North End burying ground, damaging four cars Superstitious New Englanders blame themselves for spring nor’easter: ‘Please forgive me’

See where power is out in New England

Nor’easter leaves hundreds of thousands without power and the ground soaked

WooSox get snowed out for first time in club history

Your Home: Renovations
Eight common interior design myths and mistakes, and how to fix them
Boston-area design pros to demystify common issues people encounter when trying to update their homes — and explain how to fix them.

In Vermont, a respectful addition to a modernist Techbuilt kit house

How a Charlestown family remade a Federal-style row house into a home for its third century

A ‘micro-addition’ made a big difference in a Jamaica Plain home renovation

On the 50th anniversary of ‘Carrie’, Stephen King talks about how his first horror novel came to be

“Tabby literally picked it out of the wastebasket and brushed off the cigarette ash. She read it in bed and said, ‘This is good, you should go on.’”
Watch: How Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ changed horror fiction Tell us your favorite Stephen King memory

Moving to shortstop is just the latest amazing accomplishment for Mookie Betts

He is reveling in the fact that he’s performing to — and arguably beyond — the expectations that led the Dodgers to sign him to a staggering deal.
What have we learned so far about the Red Sox during their season-opening road trip?

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

Before her stop at the Wang Theatre, the popular psychotherapist and podcaster chatted about touring, post-pandemic intimacy, and polyamory bylaws in Somerville.
Bruins 4, Hurricanes 1

Bruins end successful road trip by beating Hurricanes

Boston scored three first-period goals, including the 400th of Brad Marchand’s career.
Bruins captain Brad Marchand nets 400th career goal
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

It’s time for serious study of climate engineering

The world needs to know what might work and what won’t to fight the climate crisis.
Michael R. Bloomberg and Gina McCarthy

The end of the coal era, the beginning of a cleaner era
Renée Graham

Lauryn Hill deserves to be more than a social media punchline
EDITORIAL

Governor seeks role for convention centers that goes beyond putting ‘heads on beds’
IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Biden’s border bungle is souring America on immigration

More recent News

Supreme Court allows Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ancestral land to be kept in trust
It's a crucial victory in the tribe's quest to protect its right to its ancestral land in Mass. and keep open the possibility of a resort casino on its acreage in Taunton one day.

Judge rejects Trump’s First Amendment challenge to indictment in Georgia election case

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment seeks to criminalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.
Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution

Housemate of Weymouth woman found dead Monday and housemate’s boyfriend face financial charges
Authorities investigating the apparent homicide of a Weymouth woman are charging the woman’s housemate and the housemate’s boyfriend with financial crimes allegedly uncovered during the probe, officials said Thursday.

R.I. attorney general: Governor McKee declined offer to help with Washington Bridge legal case
Attorney General Peter Neronha said he made the offer to help with the case one day after McKee promised a “day of reckoning” would come for those responsible for the bridge.

Boston Butchers, the newest addition to the Team Combat League, plan on putting on a boxing show sure to attract a following
The one-night event will feature 24 separate 3-minute rounds, each fighter getting just the 180 seconds to score the most points for his or her team — no endless circling, no tentative glove taps, no rope-a-doping.

Right whale found dead off Virginia coast died from a vessel strike, experts say
After a necropsy was completed April 2, experts found “catastrophic injuries” and a “complete dislocation of the whale’s spine and fractures to all vertebrae in the lower back.”

Recommended reads

Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance.

Both WBUR and GBH are facing financial challenges and have warned that staff layoffs may be coming.

Enrollment is plummeting. Can the state’s regional public colleges compete?
Can these economic engines of the middle class adapt in the face of punishing market changes, and offer a new generation of students, including many immigrants and first-generation college entrants, a path to social mobility?

A love letter to the local cinema scene: Globe readers share their movie-theater memories
From recalling “Rocky Horror Picture Show” midnight madness to recommending where to get the best popcorn, readers had a lot to share on the subject of cherished cinemas, past and present, in Boston and beyond (and, in a couple of cases, way beyond).

‘One of the happiest moments of my life’: First patient to receive genetically engineered pig kidney released from Mass General
The patient, Richard “Rick” Slayman, a manager with the state Department of Transportation, said he was leaving the hospital with “one of the cleanest bills of health I’ve had in a long time.”

Culture & Lifestyle

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

There’s something in the way other artists cover Beatles songs

A love letter to the local cinema scene: Globe readers share their movie-theater memories

Ways to savor the solar eclipse if you’re hungry or thirsty

Special Projects

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.

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

James Rosen

Why polling is so often wrong
JEFF JACOBY

Joseph Lieberman, mensch
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The scientists racing against time
JOAN VENNOCHI

More straight shooting needed on Everett soccer stadium proposal
JOAN VENNOCHI

Donald Trump was right about Stormy Daniels. She’s smart.

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Right whale found dead off Virginia coast died from a vessel strike, experts say

After a necropsy was completed April 2, experts found “catastrophic injuries” and a “complete dislocation of the whale’s spine and fractures to all vertebrae in the lower back.”

Nor’easter leaves hundreds of thousands without power and the ground soaked

Rainfall totals across New England are 5 to 10 inches higher than average for this time of year.
WASHINGTON BRIDGE

R.I. attorney general: Governor McKee declined offer to help with Washington Bridge legal case

Attorney General Peter Neronha said he made the offer to help with the case one day after McKee promised a “day of reckoning” would come for those responsible for the bridge.

Mold cleanup forces all families out of Catholic Charities Inn

Homeless families and migrants are being relocated from one of the state's emergency shelters.

Sports

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL | NEEDHAM 3, NATICK 1

Natick puts a scare into Needham boys’ volleyball, but Rockets rally to extend win streak to 76 matches

Luke Lorence (19 kills, 3 blocks), Brian Cloonan (17 kills, 1 block), and Devin Dellamarggio (51 assists) had big nights for Needham (3-0).
Bruins 4, Hurricanes 1

Bruins end successful road trip by beating Hurricanes

Boston scored three first-period goals, including the 400th of Brad Marchand’s career.
High schools

Boys’ lacrosse roundup: Hunter Grafton notches 200th goal in 4-goal, 8-assist effort for Abington

Check out the latest high school boys’ lacrosse scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe.
Red Sox

What have we learned so far about the Red Sox during their season-opening road trip?
COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

No surprises here: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley take home top AP awards
BRUINS

Bruins captain Brad Marchand nets 400th career goal

Business

US jobs report for March is likely to point to slower but still-solid hiring

The American economy is thought to have added 200,000 jobs in March — a more-than-respectable increase though one that would mark a slowdown from February’s vigorous gain of 275,000 and last year’s monthly average increase of 251,000.

US Treasury Secretary Yellen, in China, calls for level-playing field for US workers and firms

The U.S. treasury secretary has called for a level playing field for American companies and workers as she opens a five-day visit to China in a major industrial and export hub.

Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight

Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance.
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

When you’re lost, remember your red helicopter — what you once knew as a child
MISS CONDUCT

I’m not sure if we should invite an angry relative to my son’s wedding
Cooking

Fuel up for the Marathon with hearty, healthy meals

CONNECTIONS

Hear me out: Humans should have tails

metro

Plan to move Whittier Tech to Northern Essex Community College campus proposed

Judge will implement 200-foot buffer zone around courthouse during Karen Read trial

Lenox Apartments, Boston’s first housing development for Black residents, receives long-awaited renovations

sports

Bruins forward Morgan Geekie has fond memories of his days in Carolina

Boston Butchers, the newest addition to the Team Combat League, plan on putting on a boxing show sure to attract a following

WooSox get snowed out for first time in club history

business

Ford slows its push into electric vehicles

Woburn-based battery maker raises $78 million

Free blue checks are back for some accounts on Elon Musk’s X. Not everyone is happy about it.

politics

Americans think a president’s power should be checked, new poll finds — unless their side wins

Israel says it will reopen border crossing with hard-hit northern Gaza

Judge rejects Trump’s First Amendment challenge to indictment in Georgia election case

Nation

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics

Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution

Environmental Protection Agency gives $20 billion in ‘green bank’ grants

World

After six months of war, Israel’s isolation grows with no end in sight

US Treasury Secretary Yellen, in China, calls for level-playing field for US workers and firms

A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its war strength

opinion

Central Mass. transit system has led the way in free fares

Why polling is so often wrong

More straight shooting needed on Everett soccer stadium proposal

lifestyle

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

He’s still married

Here’s to the home team

food & dining

Ziggy Bombs opens in Brookline; Nightshade Clam Shack prepares for summertime in Lynn

Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Vermont made a special eclipse beer. (You have to make a special trip to get it.)

No more bright lights, big ziti: Stella, once a South End staple, is all grown up and living in Newton

travel

Keep a fresh eye: Six strategies for visiting some of New England’s art museums

Britney Coleman on Oprah, energy bars, travel agents, and getting back to Boston

Disabled people advocate for more accessibility, and the travel industry is listening

Arts

At the ICA, the powerful, personal histories of Firelei Báez

The National Black Doll Museum celebrates 20 years and a new home, in North Attleborough

At the Gardner, the riotous maximalism of Raqib Shaw

Books

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics

In ‘Mania,’ Lionel Shriver skewers the present anti-intellectual moment in a not-so-alternative account of the past

In a memoir about navigating an ‘emotional learning disorder,’ Patric Gagne shows sociopathy in a new light

Movies

‘Coup de Chance’: Woody Allen revisits one of his go-to themes: men getting away with murder

Don’t mess with Dev Patel in ‘Monkey Man’

A love letter to the local cinema scene: Globe readers share their movie-theater memories

Television

Propping up ‘The Regime’ required more than Kate Winslet

In ‘Ripley,’ the menace behind the mask

TV stars are flourishing as chatty podcast hosts. Here are some of the best.

music

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.

There’s something in the way other artists cover Beatles songs

The BSO 24-25 season is full of Andris Nelsons’s favorite things

Theater/Dance

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

Playwright Christopher Durang mastered the art of misbehaving

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s ‘Driving in Circles’ proves to be an engrossing journey

Health

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

John Barth, who expanded the boundaries of postmodern writing, dies at 93

Maryse Condé, ‘grande dame’ of Francophone literature, dies at 90

Barbara Rush, prolific actress known for ’50s melodramas, dies at 97