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ADRIAN WALKER
Is Beacon Hill finally ready to tackle the fiscal headache that is the MBTA?
Lawmakers are proposing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next fiscal year on the MBTA, even more than what Governor Healey has requested.

Massachusetts House budget plan includes $739m for cash-strapped transit agencies The T is on track to be broke soon. There’s no long-term fix.

Abortion ruling ‘will go down in history as a stain’ on Arizona, state AG says

Democrats immediately pounced on the ruling, blaming Donald Trump for the loss of abortion access after the Supreme Court ended the national right to abortion and allowed laws like Arizona’s, which was first passed in 1864.
Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, state Supreme Court rules

South Station Tower project shut down for ‘safety audit’ after construction material fire on ninth floor
Firefighters rushed to the scene around 8:45 a.m. following reports of black smoke on the upper levels. The fire was reported to be knocked down.

Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates threat to oust Speaker Johnson in scathing letter. What’s motivating her attacks?

While the Georgia Republican has not indicated if she plans to call a vote to unseat Johnson, a scathing five-page letter she sent her colleagues Tuesday seemed to be building a case to do so.

Federal probe of Karen Read murder case highly unusual, legal experts say
The federal investigation into the state's case is likely to have an impact on her upcoming trial, according to several prominent criminal defense attorneys and former federal prosecutors.

Uxbridge sixth grade student hospitalized with burns from laptop while taking MCAS test, school officials say

Austin tells Congress Israel is taking steps to boost aid to Gaza as lawmakers question US support

Former Hanover High teacher charged with making threat during talk with colleague, officials say

In an emotional display at Fenway Park, 2004 champs celebrate their anniversary while honoring those they’ve lost

The Wakefields’ children, Trevor and Brianna, also hoisted the 2004 World Series trophy on the field, surrounded by their father’s former teammates.
Remembering Tim Wakefield’s iconic, one-of-a-kind contract with the Red Sox Trevor Story will undergo shoulder surgery, out for 2024 season The Red Sox’ most important offseason addition? Real ketchup at Fenway Park.
ORIOLES 7, RED SOX 1

Red Sox drop home opener to Orioles in self-sabotaging fashion
Photos from Fenway

Play ball! Red Sox open at home against the Baltimore Orioles

Taking shots and selfies: See what the 2004 Red Sox players were up to at Fenway Park on Opening Day

Lots of people bought second homes on the Cape during the pandemic. That means more short-term rentals this summer.
The Cape has nearly 18,000 short-term rentals on the market this summer, a 12 percent increase from April last year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and the Cape Cod Commission.

The Kowloon will open in New Hampshire this summer

The Saugus icon will bring its Polynesian flair north in a collaboration with The Brook casino complex.
Ben Volin | On Football

After assessing the quarterback options in the draft, one emerges as the clear choice for the Patriots

A little advice for Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo, who have been in New England long enough that they probably don’t need it: Size matters.
Money, Power, Inequality

Boston Foundation invests more than $4 million in six local social justice leaders

Each nonprofit organization and "movement" leader will receive $675,000 over three years as a part of the Shifting Power, Advancing Justice focus area.

Star-struck New Hampshire newlyweds look back on ‘surreal’ eclipse wedding
Dressed in sun and moon outfits, the couple exchanged nuptials in the path of totality.

Here are the next eclipses to watch for See more eclipse coverage

Around New England with Kevin Cullen
The moon’s shadow did something extraordinary to the Keene family in Vermont
Vermonters are used to having flatlanders invade their brave little state, but the total eclipse of the sun brought it to a whole other level.

If your vision is fine right now, you probably didn’t burn your retina looking at the eclipse
GETTING SALTY

Sky Zheng was executive chef at NYC’s Michelin-starred Sushi Nakazawa. Now you can enjoy his exquisite fish in Bay Village.

Wa Shin opened in February, offering an omakase experience.

Gisele Bündchen celebrates her cookbook becoming a New York Times bestseller

The supermodel took to Instagram to say the success of “Nourish” has her feeling “very happy, grateful and surprised.”

Mina Hasan wants you to wear a watch

Waltham-based social-media star Mina Hasan is the marketer, muse, model, and main character of her own watch-filled world.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Don’t count on an MCAS compromise

The Massachusetts Teachers Association’s blunder-prone leaders have incentives to stick to their guns.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump’s claim that he’s against a federal abortion ban is a lie
EDITORIAL

We need to start worrying about the bomb
JOAN VENNOCHI

Hillary Clinton to students on Gaza: Can we talk with, not shout at, each other?
Peter Brown

A Red Sox parade 86 years in the making with only 72 hours to prepare

More recent News

Newport Cliff Walk repairs get federal funding boost
The funding comes just as the city discovered sinkholes in another section of the popular tourist attraction.

Appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial

Trump’s lawyers had wanted the trial postponed indefinitely while he fights a gag order that bars him from commenting about jurors, witnesses, and others connected to the hush money case.
innovation beat

Tesla opens first two charging stations in Mass. that work for all EVs

The leading EV manufacturer opened two new Supercharger locations in the area, in Lynnfield and Foxborough, that are open to any brand of EV.

Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical
Veterinarians performed Myrtle's checkup after the 500-pound reptile was hoisted from the aquarium's Giant Ocean Tank in an enormous crate on a chain.

3-month-old kitten found in Everett wearing a dress with strawberries
Around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, a little girl playing on a playground at the Albert N. Parlin School found the kitten “curled up in a ball." Its owner hasn't been found.

Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
They are the first parents convicted in a US mass school shooting.

More Republican states sue to block Biden’s student loan repayment plan
Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers.

FBI assisting Salem police in probe of explosive device thrown at Satanic Temple
Investigators believe the device was thrown at the porch around 4:15 a.m., but no one was at the temple at the time, and it wasn’t found until the afternoon, police said.

Cooking
From soup to salmon, garden-fresh vegetables star in light, bright spring dishes
Earthy meals make use of seasonal ingredients, such as artichokes, peas, and cucumbers

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PERSPECTIVE

The FAFSA aid debacle is like trying to get Taylor Swift tickets. My kid can’t go to college until it’s fixed.

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

‘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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

As costume dramas go, ‘Mary & George’ fails to achieve ‘Great’-ness

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ continues historic run, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart

Roxbury-based artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson awarded fellowship to pursue archival project

Seth Meyers reveals time Bono asked him to stop joking about failed Spider-Man musical on ‘SNL’

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

Alan Sokal and Richard Dawkins

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

The day Larry Lucchino picked up the phone and offered his help
IDEAS | MIMI ZIEMAN

Climbing Mt. Everest just got a little less dangerous
EDITORIAL

Don’t punish marijuana workers in bankruptcy proceedings
EDITORIAL

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

ADRIAN WALKER

Is Beacon Hill finally ready to tackle the fiscal headache that is the MBTA?

Lawmakers are proposing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next fiscal year on the MBTA, even more than what Governor Healey has requested.

Star-struck New Hampshire newlyweds look back on ‘surreal’ eclipse wedding

Dressed in sun and moon outfits, the couple exchanged nuptials in the path of totality.

FBI assisting Salem police in probe of explosive device thrown at Satanic Temple

Investigators believe the device was thrown at the porch around 4:15 a.m., but no one was at the temple at the time, and it wasn’t found until the afternoon, police said.

Long-sought hearing to decide embattled cannabis commission chief’s fate delayed — again

Aides to state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said Tuesday that she agreed to a request from Shannon O’Brien’s attorneys to postpone a two-day administrative hearing just hours before the two sides were slated to meet in the closed-door sessions.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK

Sister Act: Dighton-Rehoboth hopes its three sets of siblings can get the Falcons back in the running for a state softball title

There's the Cloonans and the Pachecos, but nobody will determine how far D-R advances this season more than the Latour sisters, who are playing on the same team for the first time in their lives.
college basketball

What’s next for women’s basketball after its NCAA title game outdraws the men’s for the first time?

As Caitlin Clark departs the college game, can women's basketball sustain its unprecedented viewership growth? Sunday's Iowa-South Carolina championship game was seen by more people than Monday's UConn-Purdue final.
Ben Volin | On Football

After assessing the quarterback options in the draft, one emerges as the clear choice for the Patriots

A little advice for Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo, who have been in New England long enough that they probably don’t need it: Size matters.
ORIOLES 7, RED SOX 1

Red Sox drop home opener to Orioles in self-sabotaging fashion
red sox

The Red Sox’ most important offseason addition? Real ketchup at Fenway Park.
NCAA men's basketball

UConn, coach Dan Hurley provide blueprint on how to succeed in the age of NIL, player transfers

Business

FAA investigates claims by Boeing whistle-blower about flaws in 787 Dreamliner

A Boeing engineer says that sections of the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner are improperly fastened together and could break apart mid-flight after thousands of trips.

State Street sees half-point Fed rate cut as soon as June

The $3.6 trillion asset manager thinks the Federal Reserve will front-run monetary easing ahead of the presidential election in November.

From Amazon to Tesla, humanoid robots are all the rage. What’s behind the hype?

South Station Tower project shut down for ‘safety audit’ after construction material fire on ninth floor

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

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with fatal boat crash in Boston Harbor in 2021

It’s time for Rhode Island to increase support for policies proven to lift children and families out of poverty

Boston Foundation invests more than $4 million in six local social justice leaders

sports

Watch: Brianna Wakefield, daughter of Tim and Stacy, throws out first pitch at Red Sox Opening Day

Taking shots and selfies: See what the 2004 Red Sox players were up to at Fenway Park on Opening Day

John Calipari departs Kentucky men’s basketball amid rumors that he’ll coach SEC rival Arkansas

business

Tesla opens first two charging stations in Mass. that work for all EVs

Seaport Therapeutics has $100 million to develop new ways to treat mental disorders

Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to hit No. 1 on Billboard country albums chart

politics

Abortion ruling ‘will go down in history as a stain’ on Arizona, state AG says

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, state Supreme Court rules

House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate

Nation

Republicans close gap with Democrats on party identification, Pew survey finds

Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical

To cut cancer risks, EPA limits pollution from chemical plants

World

Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti’s capital

Iran smuggles arms to West Bank, officials say, to foment unrest with Israel

‘He’s always been hungry for this’: Meet Ireland’s youngest leader

opinion

A vroom of one’s own

Hillary Clinton to students on Gaza: Can we talk with, not shout at, each other?

Don’t punish marijuana workers in bankruptcy proceedings

lifestyle

Mina Hasan wants you to wear a watch

Vertigo finds its place with ‘Makom’

Saw my friend’s wife on a dating app

food & dining

‘The Hotline hype is real’: Why a tough-to-score pizza is all the rage in R.I.

The Kowloon will open in New Hampshire this summer

Gisele Bündchen celebrates her cookbook becoming a New York Times bestseller

travel

Lots of people bought second homes on the Cape during the pandemic. That means more short-term rentals this summer.

So much beauty, so many sieges in Girona, Spain

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

Arts

Roxbury-based artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson awarded fellowship to pursue archival project

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

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

Books

Boston writer Steve Almond is a staunch defender of truth as the ultimate goal in a new book on his craft

Gisele Bündchen celebrates her cookbook becoming a New York Times bestseller

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

Movies

In ‘The Beast,’ the past is another country — and the future is, too

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

Television

As costume dramas go, ‘Mary & George’ fails to achieve ‘Great’-ness

Seth Meyers reveals time Bono asked him to stop joking about failed Spider-Man musical on ‘SNL’

Everything we learned from the new episode of ‘Quiet on Set’

music

‘Expect a party’: Motown legend Smokey Robinson says Providence show will be ‘everything’

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ continues historic run, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart

Seth Meyers reveals time Bono asked him to stop joking about failed Spider-Man musical on ‘SNL’

Theater/Dance

A comic feast in Lyric Stage’s ‘Drowsy Chaperone’

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

Playwright Christopher Durang mastered the art of misbehaving

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

Anthony Insolia, editor who led expansion of Newsday, dies at 98

Ralph Puckett dies at 97; Army Ranger belatedly received Medal of Honor

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says