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Here are the celebrities and other notable people participating in the 2024 Boston Marathon

From Bruins legend Zdeno Chara to those impacted by the Marathon bombing, there are plenty of notable names in the field.
Your guide to the 2024 Boston Marathon: What to know, how to watch, and more

When it comes to Boston Marathon sponsorship, ‘it’s not about Bank of America,’ says Bank of America

In its first of 10 years as the race’s principal sponsor, Bank of America aims to help the marathon raise more than $50 million for charity.

Karen Read: Explore the case documents
See an index of key court documents from the case, including the prosecution and defense arguments, arguments over access to evidence, and orders from the judge.

Is this the year Boston gets an office of pest control? City councilors weigh solutions to city’s rat problem.
“Pest control is critical to our residents’ quality of life,” declared District Two Councilor Ed Flynn of South Boston, who is sponsoring the pest office measure for the second year in a row.

Chad Finn

Has it been 20 years since the busting of the Curse? Seems like it was just yesterday.

To see the cast of the 2004 Red Sox now is to be jolted by how much time has passed.
At Fenway Park, 2004 champs celebrate anniversary and honor those they’ve lost Nothing can eclipse Opening Day. Fans flock to Fenway for Red Sox home opener.
Peter Abraham | On baseball

The opener had a picturesque start, but revealed unsightly flaws at the end

After a 7-3 road trip to the West Coast, Tuesday's 7-1 loss to the Orioles was a bitter dose of reality.

‘I need this’: Worcester weighs extending fare-free transit another year

The WRTA advisory board will decide this month whether to eliminate fares on WRTA bus and paratransit service for a fifth year.

Biden says Netanyahu’s approach to the war is a mistake, deepening a rift between the two allies

President Biden’s most recent comments highlight the differences between Israel and the US over humanitarian aid to people in Gaza, where a monthslong war has led to warnings of imminent famine.
Iran’s supreme leader reiterates a promise to retaliate against Israel over killings of generals Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr, but the festivities are marred by the Gaza war

Programs that could help keep Massachusetts children out of foster care are struggling for money
Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming fear of losing custody of a child.

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Scattered light showers today ahead of a gusty, late-week rainstorm
Temperatures will be cooler before warm, humid air moves into the region with multiple rounds of precipitation.

Fred Hanson, Patriot Ledger reporter, dies Monday while covering meeting in Braintree

The Braintree School Committee meeting was one of hundreds that Hanson, 67, covered during nearly 43 years with South Shore newspaper.

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.

Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS

Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request
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.
ADDRESS

The South Coast Rail is on track. What could it mean for the housing market?

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority anticipates service on the South Coast Rail beginning this summer, marking the first time since the late 1950s when passengers can take a one-seat trip from Southeast Massachusetts to Boston.
ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

This Home of the Week is definitely upper-crust. Hold the pineapple.

Four-bedroom Plymouth property comes with garden space, a firepit, a multilevel deck, a built-in pizza oven, and a sunroom with a beautiful ceiling.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Can the T avoid another debacle on the next big train order?

The state awarded a contract for new Orange and Red Line trains a decade ago, and they’re not even close to completion. For frustrated riders, a lot is riding on getting it right next time.
IDEAS | ZACHARY PREDMORE

Why won’t health insurance companies pay for new drugs?
JEFF JACOBY

Russia’s reported use of chemical weapons in Ukraine is another ‘red line’
IDEAS | MAURA KELLY

Where the wild things grow
SCOT LEHIGH

Don’t count on an MCAS compromise

More recent News

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced for perjury, faces second stint in jail
A former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire is set to be sentenced for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case.

BUCKS 104, CELTICS 91
Celtics become first team without a free throw attempt, but Giannis Antetokounmpo’s calf injury hangs over Bucks’ win
Bucks coach Doc Rivers said that his level of concern was “high,” and that Antetokounmpo would undergo an MRI after suffering a left calf injury.

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.

What to know about the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that reinstates an 1864 near-total abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions.

Chelsea woman due in court on charge of involuntary manslaughter in 3-year-old son’s death, DA says

Jennifer Prudencio, 25, is due to be arraigned Wednesday in Chelsea District Court on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Yael Guardado-Prudencio, prosecutors said.

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

An sixth-grader at Uxbridge Public Schools was taken to the hospital Tuesday after a school-owned laptop malfunctioned and burned the student’s hands during the state’s MCAS testing, school officials said.

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.

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.

Tara VanDerveer, college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, announces her retirement
The longtime Stanford coach, who was born in Melrose, leaves the sport with 1,216 victories and three NCAA Division 1 championships.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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
Alan Sokal and Richard Dawkins

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Is this the year Boston gets an office of pest control? City councilors weigh solutions to city’s rat problem.

“Pest control is critical to our residents’ quality of life,” declared District Two Councilor Ed Flynn of South Boston, who is sponsoring the pest office measure for the second year in a row.
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

It took him 15 years, but Philip Eil’s ‘Prescription for Pain’ was worth the wait

Eil’s thorough reporting on the “pill mill killer” breaks new ground on the opioid crisis that has devastated families across the country.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Scattered light showers today ahead of a gusty, late-week rainstorm

Temperatures will be cooler before warm, humid air moves into the region with multiple rounds of precipitation.

‘I need this’: Worcester weighs extending fare-free transit another year

The WRTA advisory board will decide this month whether to eliminate fares on WRTA bus and paratransit service for a fifth year.

Sports

When it comes to Boston Marathon sponsorship, ‘it’s not about Bank of America,’ says Bank of America

In its first of 10 years as the race’s principal sponsor, Bank of America aims to help the marathon raise more than $50 million for charity.

Track and field introducing prize money at Olympics with Paris gold medalists to get $50,000

Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris.
Boston Marathon

Here are the celebrities and other notable people participating in the 2024 Boston Marathon

From Bruins legend Zdeno Chara to those impacted by the Marathon bombing, there are plenty of notable names in the field.
club america 5, revolution 2

Revolution’s exit from the CONCACAF Champions League is made official with 5-2 defeat
college basketball

Tara VanDerveer, college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, announces her retirement
High schools

Boys’ volleyball roundup: With Joey Burke (37 assists) running the offense, Wayland sweeps Westford

Business

ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

This Home of the Week is definitely upper-crust. Hold the pineapple.

Four-bedroom Plymouth property comes with garden space, a firepit, a multilevel deck, a built-in pizza oven, and a sunroom with a beautiful ceiling.

When it comes to Boston Marathon sponsorship, ‘it’s not about Bank of America,’ says Bank of America

In its first of 10 years as the race’s principal sponsor, Bank of America aims to help the marathon raise more than $50 million for charity.

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced for perjury, faces second stint in jail

Internet providers must now be more transparent about fees, pricing, FCC says
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

Karen Read: Explore the case documents

RevereTV cooks up teen culinary show with Northeast Metro Tech high school in Wakefield

MBTA Transit Police seeking two suspects in connection to South Station stabbing

sports

Boys’ lacrosse roundup: In a battle for Cape supremacy, Nauset gets late lift from Ryder Holm

Alyssa Naeher stars for United States in victorious shootout over Canada in SheBelieves Cup final

Maine Celtics win Game 1 of the G League Finals, will play for championship Thursday

business

The South Coast Rail is on track. What could it mean for the housing market?

Key question before US reveals latest consumer prices: Is inflation cooling enough for the Fed?

Congress summons Boeing’s CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges

politics

Biden to honor PM Kishida, reflect on Japan’s growing clout on international stage

Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request

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

Nation

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced for perjury, faces second stint in jail

Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS

Arizona reinstates 160-year-old abortion ban

World

Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr, but the festivities are marred by the Gaza war

Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

A fire in a 16-story Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures dozens

opinion

We need to start worrying about the bomb

The strange tale of a former Holyoke city councilor

China and the US have to get off their collision course

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

It took him 15 years, but Philip Eil’s ‘Prescription for Pain’ was worth the wait

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

Movies

Warner Bros. teases ‘Joker’ sequel, ‘Beetlejuice 2’ and more at CinemaCon

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

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

Rev. Edward W. Rodman, who elevated the role and impact of Black Episcopalians, dies at 81

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

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