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Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.
The long-term lease deal with Boston Properties would enable the developer to build a long-planned 27-story office tower at 171 Dartmouth St.

Trump’s lawyers told the court that no one would give him a bond. Then he got a lifeline, but they didn’t tell the judges.

A billionaire lender approached Donald Trump about providing a bond for the full $464 million judgment in his civil fraud case. The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court, a failure that may have violated ethics rules, legal experts say.

Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

 Judge says Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over materials related to ‘Stormy’ documentary

Academic workers at Harvard unionize after six-year effort

More than 3,000 non-tenured faculty and researchers are now affiliated with the UAW.

Senator Elizabeth Warren calls on GOP opponents to release tax returns

The challenge marked perhaps the most direct engagement Warren has had with the two GOP challengers who have emerged to her candidacy in recent months.

Three officers injured trying to arrest man at Boston City Hall

Michael C. Williams, 51, of Bridgewater, is facing multiple charges after he allegedly bit a police officer’s hand and injured another officer at Boston City Hall on Friday morning, then injured a third officer when he was brought into the police station.

Hundreds of thousands remain without power in northern New England two days after the storm began

Eversource calls the restoration effort in N.H. the “the company’s largest public safety effort to date.”
Map: See where the power is out in New England Forecast: Overcast skies with slivers of sun will end the week in Boston

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs

The climate-tech incubator, which was an early symbol of the region’s promise as a hub for addressing the climate crisis, is laying off 30 percent of its staff, the company announced Friday.

Police investigating after human remains found on Nantucket

The remains were discovered by two men who were searching for deer antlers, police said.

Family continues to search for US Marine from Mass. who disappeared in waters off Puerto Rico

Biden urges Egypt, Qatar leaders to press Hamas to come to agreement for Israeli hostages in Gaza

 Israel dismisses two officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

This nonprofit started an after-school program to teach woodworking. Then a new mission arrived.

A Gloucester woodworking shop provides mentorship through craftsmanship.

East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage
The US Geological Survey indicated that the earthquake might have been felt by more than 42 million people. People from Baltimore to Boston and beyond reported feeling the ground shake.

‘The whole building moved.’ Locals react to ‘once in 20 years’ East Coast earthquake.

Map: Did you feel the earthquake in Mass.? Data show you weren’t alone.

How common are earthquakes on the East Coast? Your questions, answered.
Beth Teitell | Commentary

An earthquake in Boston? Really? We can’t catch a break.

Meet the Globe’s all-time All-Scholastic hockey teams
The Bay State has produced some greats on the ice. Here, we honor those players — men and women — who were named All-Scholastics in their youth and went on to big things as professionals.

Tell us: What do you think about our all-time All-Scholastics hockey team? See the all-time All-Scholastic football team
dan shaughnessy

Boston baseball was well-served by Larry Lucchino, and other thoughts

He was a Pittsburgh guy who made his baseball bones in Baltimore and San Diego, but he instantly understood the Boston Baseball Experience.
What have we learned so far about the Red Sox during their season-opening road trip? Game preview: Red Sox at Angels lineups and notes
2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Your complete guide to the total solar eclipse in New England

Here's everything you need to know about the April 8 eclipse in order to see the spectacle safely no matter where you will be viewing it from.
Eclipse Forecast | Ken Mahan

Historical cloud cover along the path of totality does not bode well for New England

Will clear weather prevail or will cloud cover block out this once-in-a-lifetime event come showtime?
What to know about the different types of eclipses

How to save $25 by recycling liquor and wine bottles at N.H. outlets

New Hampshire bar and restaurant owners can save up to $1,000 through the six-week “Bring Back Jack” promotion.
LOVE LETTERS

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

He’s in his 40s.
Blind date: ‘We shared roommate stories — a classic Boston experience’

Almost 100 new great white sharks — including 36 in Cape Cod waters — added to conservancy catalog

With its latest additions, the White Shark Catalog has over 700 individual sharks, one of the largest photo ID catalogs of great white sharks in their global range.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Here’s how Biden can help Haitians who have fled a nation near collapse

Biden should redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status, which grants citizens from certain countries that are facing hardships a provisional permit to live and work in the United States.
EDITORIAL

FDA needs more oversight of dietary supplements
William McNulty and Drew Lewis

To save US lives, Congress should provide aid to Ukraine
Michael R. Bloomberg and Gina McCarthy

The end of the coal era, the beginning of a cleaner era
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The powerful aura of throwback places that defy the algorithms

More recent News

N.H. Senate approves bills flagged as ‘harmful’ by state child advocate’s office
The bills would ban transgender girls from girls sports team and require teachers to “out” LGBTQ+ students to parents

At Boston’s new Google store, a play to reach more consumers
The Newbury Street storefront, which opened Friday, has the tech giant's latest phones, tablets, watches, and earbuds displayed on tables and shelves of beige wood.

Providence developer Paolino’s purchase of downtown building included lots once eyed for RIPTA hub
Paolino’s company announced the acquisition of the 10 Weybosset St. building last month, but the significance of the parking lots included in the sale seems to have gone unnoticed.

How a cyber attack disrupted health care in New Hampshire
“Everybody was impacted to some extent,” said Steve Ahnen, president of the New Hampshire Hospital Assocation.

Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’
President Biden has gotten a firsthand look at efforts to clear away the hulking remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges
A federal appeals court says a Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful.”

Man killed in hit-and-run while walking side of road near Dighton gas station, official say
The body of Paul DeMoura of Dighton was found Thursday night on US Route 44 by an off-duty Taunton police officer, according to officials.

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in alleged road rage incident in Hopkinton
The 26-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was hit around 6:20 p.m. on Route 85 in Hopkinton, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office.

NYC to pay $17.5 million to settle suit over forced removal of women’s hijabs during mug shots

The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2018 by Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz, two Muslim women who said they felt shamed and exposed when they were forced to remove their hijabs after they were arrested.

Recommended reads

At Rodent Academy in Cambridge, you have one assignment: Kill the rats

To beat the pests, we have to be smarter than them. And sometimes, participants at the academy learn, we have to unleash the rat-killing dogs. Really.

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.

Beth Teitell
As the t-shirt says: ‘If it’s Boeing, I’m not going’
As Boeing’s troubles mount, fliers are willingly paying hundreds of dollars in change fees, buying more expensive tickets, or traveling at inconvenient times to avoid flying on a 737 Max or other Boeing aircraft.

Boston’s defenses against rising seas lean on private development. What happens when the money dries up?
Several flood-protection projects like sea walls, berms, and elevated land are tangled up in large developments that now face slowdowns.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

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

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

SCOT LEHIGH

It’s time for serious study of climate engineering
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
James Rosen

Why polling is so often wrong
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage

The US Geological Survey indicated that the earthquake might have been felt by more than 42 million people. People from Baltimore to Boston and beyond reported feeling the ground shake.
NH POLITICS

N.H. Senate approves bills flagged as ‘harmful’ by state child advocate’s office

The bills would ban transgender girls from girls sports team and require teachers to “out” LGBTQ+ students to parents

Hundreds of couples will tie the knot in the path of darkness on eclipse day

Throughout the country and right here in New England, couples are electing to marry at the moment of totality, calling it the perfect time to formalize their unions.

Top spots to watch the total solar eclipse

WATCH: In parts of New England, it will get dark at 3pm. But, meteorologist Dave Epstein says there’s one factor that could ruin the cosmic experience.

Sports

Bruins notebook

For his perseverance, Danton Heinen is Bruins’ nominee for Masterton Trophy

After making the team on a tryout contract, he has been one of the NHL's best bargains, with 16 goals and 34 points over 69 games.
NASCAR

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin gets into spicy social media beef with motorsports executive

Hamlin, also a co-owner of 23XI Racing, went back and forth on X with Marcus Smith, who owns 10 of the tracks on NASCAR's Cup Series schedule.
EMASS BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass boys’ volleyball: With a big assist in Needham win, Devin Dellamarggio headlines Players of the Week

The senior setter piled up 50 assists in the Rockets' four-set victory over conference rival Natick.
EMASS BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: TOP 20

EMass boys’ volleyball: Unbeatens Needham, Newton North, Milford are 1-2-3 in Globe Top 20
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

In the middle, unheralded Joey Newman and Ryan Franklin a big hit in 4-0 start for Milford boys’ volleyball
men's college basketball | purdue vs. n.c. state

Purdue vs. North Carolina State represents a throwback in more than one sense

Business

Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.

The long-term lease deal with Boston Properties would enable the developer to build a long-planned 27-story office tower at 171 Dartmouth St.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

Academic workers at Harvard unionize after six-year effort

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs
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

Three officers injured trying to arrest man at Boston City Hall

Almost 100 new great white sharks — including 36 in Cape Cod waters — added to conservancy catalog

This nonprofit started an after-school program to teach woodworking. Then a new mission arrived.

sports

Alabama faces a tall task in trying to topple the juggernaut that is UConn

Kings at Celtics: After clinching homecourt throughout the playoffs, Boston begins final regular-season stretch

USC’s Bronny James declares for NBA draft and enters transfer portal after one season

business

At Boston’s new Google store, a play to reach more consumers

How a cyber attack disrupted health care in New Hampshire

Campaign contributions from controversial landlord now center of Cranston, R.I., mayoral race

politics

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges

Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’

Biden gets a look at bridge devastation

Nation

Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

P&G recalls 8.2 million bags of Tide, Gain and other laundry detergents over packaging defect

President Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers

World

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s denials

opinion

Lauryn Hill deserves to be more than a social media punchline

From PBS to YouTube, ‘Frontline’ keeps breaking ground

Governor seeks role for convention centers that goes beyond putting ‘heads on beds’

lifestyle

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

Where to celebrate graduation season in Boston and beyond

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

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

So much beauty, so many sieges in Girona, Spain

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

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

‘He was without a doubt one of the most fascinating people I’ve interviewed’: Readers share their Stephen King memories

Maggie Nelson contemplates freedom through words and art in ‘Like Love’

Amanda Montell lays bare your ‘mental magic tricks’ in ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking’

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

‘Sons of Anarchy’ showrunner heads to Wild West with ‘The Abandons’

The fine whine of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ was vintage Larry David

Propping up ‘The Regime’ required more than Kate Winslet

music

BSO’s Scriabin cloaked in multi-hued spectacle of light

Five things to do around Boston, April 8-14

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

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