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‘It’s nonstop’: Striking BU grad workers struggle to balance teaching, studying, life

The Boston University grad students, who have been on strike since late March, are also university employees, which not only adds to their workload but complicates their relationship with the school.
What to know about the strike

Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states

Former president Donald Trump did not say when in pregnancy he believes abortion should be banned — declining to endorse a national cutoff that would have been used as a cudgel by Democrats ahead of the November election.

The House impeachment articles against the Homeland Security secretary are headed to the Senate. Now what?

The shelf life of articles in the Democrat-controlled Senate isn’t expected to be long.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

How to prevent a Steward repeat? Senators Markey and Warren push to restrict private equity in health care.

But with Congress getting little done, it will likely be up to Beacon Hill to act.
Lawmakers press US regulators to scrutinize Optum plan to acquire Steward’s physicians network

Woman struck by car in alleged road rage incident in Hopkinton has died, officials say
Destini Decoff, 26, died Saturday after she was hospitalized with serious injuries on Thursday following an alleged road rage incident, officials said.

Police investigating after woman stabbed on Newbury Street

The woman was attacked while she was walking to A.T. O’Keeffe’s Irish Pub, police said.

Actor Jonathan Majors sentenced to probation, avoiding jail time for assaulting ex-girlfriend

Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city

 Top UN court opens hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel’s Gaza conflict
Boston Marathon

Your guide to the 2024 Boston Marathon: What to know, how to watch, and more

Can Evans Chebet make it a three-peat on Boylston Street? Here's everything you need to know.
Tell us your pre-marathon rituals and post-marathon celebrations
Money, Power, Inequality

How two Mass. lawyers are helping DACA recipients stay in the US

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, has faced many threats since it was created more than a decade ago under the Obama administration, throwing beneficiaries of the policy into years of uncertainty because of political battles.
PERSPECTIVE

The FAFSA debacle has millions of families stuck in college limbo. Mine is one of them.

As a parent going through the college aid process for the first time, everything related to this form has felt like an unmitigated disaster.
Opinion
Alan Sokal and Richard Dawkins

Sex and gender: The medical establishment’s reluctance to speak honestly about biological reality

It is never justified to distort the facts in the service of a social or political cause, no matter how just.
Chris Breen

The day Larry Lucchino picked up the phone and offered his help
Peter Brown

A Red Sox parade 86 years in the making with only 72 hours to prepare
IDEAS | MIMI ZIEMAN

Climbing Mt. Everest just got a little less dangerous
EDITORIAL

Don’t punish marijuana workers in bankruptcy proceedings

More recent News

Trump, at fundraiser, reportedly says he wants immigrants from ‘nice’ countries
Former president Donald Trump, speaking at a multimillion-dollar fundraiser Saturday night, lamented that people were not immigrating to the United States from “nice” countries “like Denmark,” according to The New York Times, which cited an attendee of the event.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This week’s TV: Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin, an animated ‘Good Times,’ and the cast of ‘SNL 1975′
The 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” is coming, and with it a movie about the making of the first episode of the show in October 1975.

celtics
Catching up with Jayson Tatum: On taking games off, angry bettors, and more
Tatum reflected on his approach at this point of the season, and also dealing with marketing and media obligations.

ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt
How to find your Goldilocks house — one that’s just the right size
You want to live large, but the expense may be hard to bear: Utilities, taxes, insurance, and home maintenance can add up to $14,155 a year for the average homeowner; in Greater Boston, those costs rise to $20,879.

The top home renovations that pay off at resale

Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar
Wallen was booked into jail early Monday on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, according to Nashville police.

red sox
A ‘monster’ cookie, Irish nachos, and a new lobster supplier: Check out the newest food offerings at Fenway Park
The new food lineup includes sandwiches, desserts, and some New England classics.

Recommended reads

Airman who self-immolated in Gaza protest grew up in secretive religious community on Cape Cod

Former members say the community’s practices left them with severe emotional trauma — and that Aaron Bushnell’s death has spurred some soul-searching among them over the community’s legacy.

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?

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.

A courthouse circus surrounds his alleged killer. But John O’Keefe’s loved ones are focused on remembering a ‘good man.’
O’Keefe’s friends and family members told the Globe the spectacle surrounding the Karen Read case has detracted from what should be the focus: that a loving uncle, a generous friend, a police officer dedicated to serving Boston’s communities, lost his life.

Culture & Lifestyle

Sculptor Morgan Faulds Pike tries to ‘let the wood do the talking’

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’

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

EDITORIAL

The ‘demographic cliff’ is coming. Colleges must be prepared.
RENÉE GRAHAM

An unexpected glimmer of hope in a dark political moment
JEFF JACOBY

Science says race isn’t real. How long will the US Census keep pretending otherwise?
IDEAS | BART TOCCI

I can’t afford you anymore: A letter to the place where I was born
Jon Kingsdale

How to prevent another Steward-like health care crisis
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

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.

Seeking totality, many eclipse chasers hit traffic around New England

Eager to see the total eclipse, thousands of drivers headed toward prime viewing locations and found themselves sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic from Massachusetts to Vermont to Maine.

Anticipation builds as historic solar eclipse sweeps across continent toward New England

This natural phenomenon will plunge a swath of the US into an eerie afternoon darkness, bringing millions together in shared awe and wonder.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Will clouds cover the eclipse in New England? Here’s the forecast.

The Boston area will enjoy the first 60-plus degree day of April, but clouds creeping from the west may play spoiler.

Sports

Bruins

Ranking the Bruins’ 7th Player Award candidates

With several under-the-radar signings punching above their weight on this revamped roster, there are no shortage of deserving names.
Boston Marathon

Your guide to the 2024 Boston Marathon: What to know, how to watch, and more

Can Evans Chebet make it a three-peat on Boylston Street? Here's everything you need to know.
red sox

A ‘monster’ cookie, Irish nachos, and a new lobster supplier: Check out the newest food offerings at Fenway Park

The new food lineup includes sandwiches, desserts, and some New England classics.
celtics

Catching up with Jayson Tatum: On taking games off, angry bettors, and more
nhl

Who’s in contention for the Hart Trophy? A look at NHL MVP candidates.
red sox

As the Red Sox’ starters succeed, depth could be issue, and other thoughts on the team

Business

Amazon debuts $400 million robotic warehouse in North Andover, biggest in the state

The nearly four-million-square-foot fulfillment center on the site of a former telephone company factory will employ 1,500 people — and thousands of robots.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

How to prevent a Steward repeat? Senators Markey and Warren push to restrict private equity in health care.

But with Congress getting little done, it will likely be up to Beacon Hill to act.
ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

Show me the money: The top home renovations that pay off at resale

Lawmakers press US regulators to scrutinize Optum plan to acquire Steward’s physicians network
magazine
Your Home: Renovations

Eight common interior design myths and mistakes, and how to fix them
Your Home: Renovations

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

Blind date: ‘We shared roommate stories — a classic Boston experience’
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, April 8-14

metro

Here’s where Rhode Map readers are going to watch the solar eclipse

Your complete guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse in New England

Woman struck by car in alleged road rage incident in Hopkinton has died, officials say

sports

Things have not gone well for the Revolution since Bruce Arena’s departure. What happened?

Tell us your pre-marathon rituals and post-marathon celebrations

Cooper Flagg, Maine native and No. 1 recruit, caps off high school basketball career with national title

business

‘It’s nonstop’: Striking BU grad workers struggle to balance teaching, studying, life

Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US

How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI

politics

Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states

Biden will talk about student debt relief in Wisconsin after primary voting delivered warning signs

Trump, at fundraiser, reportedly says he wants immigrants from ‘nice’ countries

Nation

What to know about the trial Donald Trump faces in Manhattan

Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US

Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court

World

Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city

Vatican blasts gender affirming surgery, surrogacy, and gender theory as threats to human dignity

Top UN court opens hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel’s Gaza conflict

opinion

Science says race isn’t real. How long will the US Census keep pretending otherwise?

Behind scenes, Delahunt was a fierce advocate against elder abuse

In raising awareness of women in film, Bechdel Test is a screen gem

lifestyle

Vertigo finds its place with ‘Makom’

Saw my friend’s wife on a dating app

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

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

Sculptor Morgan Faulds Pike tries to ‘let the wood do the talking’

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

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

Actor Jonathan Majors sentenced to probation, avoiding jail time for assaulting ex-girlfriend

‘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’

Television

Actor Jonathan Majors sentenced to probation, avoiding jail time for assaulting ex-girlfriend

This week’s TV: Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin, an animated ‘Good Times,’ and the cast of ‘SNL 1975′

Kristen Wiig joins Five-Timers Club in star-studded ‘Saturday Night Live’ monologue, Raye performs

music

Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar

Jelly Roll dominates the 2024 CMT Music Awards with host Kelsea Ballerini and a Toby Keith tribute

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

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

Rev. Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray, voice of calm during L.A. riots, dies at 94

Mary Ann Zielonko, partner of Kitty Genovese, dies at 85

Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89