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Forecast | Ken Mahan

Ramped-up storm packing heavy rain, strong winds and thunder will kick off your Friday

Warm temps and muggy air will help fuel this system and increase the chances for spotty showers through Saturday.

John Deaton, GOP candidate for US Senate, loans campaign $1 million in bid for Elizabeth Warren’s seat

Deaton has also raised $360,690 from more than 3,000 individual donors since announcing his campaign in mid-February, leaving him with $1.2 million cash on hand, his campaign said.

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis celebrated at Northeastern
Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was celebrated by three of his successors Thursday at Northeastern University, where he served nearly 30 years as a professor of public policy after leaving politics.

Doctors protest cost of Vertex cystic fibrosis drug as its scientists prepare to receive $3 million ‘Oscars of Science’ award

The controversy threatened to mar a celebrity-studded celebration for researchers who developed new life-saving drugs.

Flurry of last-minute motions filed in Karen Read murder case ahead of trial

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are trying to shape what information can be presented to the jury at trial.

BU resident assistants to start four-day strike on campus already disrupted by striking grad students

The decision to strike came after nearly four months of negotiations with Boston University for the union's first contract.

Biden administration announces another round of loan cancellation under new repayment plan

Trump to host embattled Speaker Mike Johnson as House swirls in turmoil
Dan Shaughnessy

These Celtics still have everything to prove, and other thoughts

Jaylen Brown (eight years in the NBA) and Jayson Tatum (seven) have the fame, money, and accolades that NBA stars covet. They don’t go up on the ceiling with Cowens, Russell, Cooz, Satch, Sam, KC, Larry, and Max until they put a banner up there.
Gary Washburn | KNICKS 118, CELTICS 109

There’s no need to overreact, but loss to Knicks highlighted some of the Celtics’ weaknesses

Boston clinched the Eastern Conference a few weeks ago but coach Joe Mazzulla and his staff have to look at recent games to avoid disturbing trends and shore up weaknesses.

10 experiential bars and restaurants around Boston to grab a bite and get your game on
Anyone who’s ordered nachos at a bowling alley or sipped on a brew at a pool hall (or Dave & Buster’s) knows that mixing games with a good menu is a recipe for success.

128th Boston Marathon

Zdeno Chara can’t be stopped: How the Bruins great is trying to conquer the marathon world

The former Bruins captain has run six marathons since retiring in September 2022 and has no plans to slow down. And better yet? He's running fast.
Here are the celebrities and other notable people participating in the Boston Marathon
PARENTING UNFILTERED

On preserving the magic of childhood, however we can

The eclipse got me thinking a lot about childhood innocence: Can we preserve wonderment? So I asked parents about their “magical” rituals and how long they kept them going with their kids, or how they fizzled. (Spoiler alert: Hard truths ahead!)
NCAA men's hockey semifinals: BC 4, Michigan 0

High-powered Boston College beats Michigan to earn shot at NCAA men’s hockey title

Lexington native Will Smith notched his second goal of the game at 12:25 of the second period. It was the 25th of the season and the NCAA-leading 71st point.
Boston University falls to Denver in OT

The OJ Simpson saga was a unique American moment. Three decades on, we’re still wondering what it means.

O.J. Simpson’s death came almost exactly three decades after the murders that changed his reputation from football hero to suspect and cultural touchstone.
How the Globe covered the O.J. Simpson saga

Larry Lucchino, former Red Sox president, remembered at funeral Mass

Lucchino, whose tenure included three World Series championships, the first of which ended an 86-year drought, was remembered at a funeral Mass Thursday morning in the Back Bay as a “king of kindness.”
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, I need your help on two big questions

If you’ve had success in helping friends see the truth about Donald Trump or if you are involved in an effective grass-roots effort to increase swing-state voter turnout, please share your advice.
IDEAS | ANJANA SANKAR

A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants
Brandy Brooks and Shavonne Harrington

A blueprint for how Boston should best use its school buildings
EDITORIAL

Congress needs to step up for Ukraine. Then it’ll be Biden’s turn.
LETTERS

That ticking sound? It’s the nuclear threat that never went away.

More recent News

ORIOLES 9, RED SOX 4 (10 innings)
Red Sox fall in extras as Orioles complete series sweep at Fenway Park with 10th-inning surge
After the Red Sox tied the game in the eighth inning on Connor Wong's pinch-hit solo home run, Isaiah Campbell served up two homers to the Orioles in the 10th. Porous defense, again, was a factor.

Tom Brady ‘wouldn’t be opposed’ to returning as a player should an NFL team call
Under league rules, NFL players are not allowed to have an ownership stake in a franchise. Brady is reportedly in line to purchase roughly 10 percent of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Officials detail plan for migrant and homeless family shelter at former Chelsea Soldiers’ Home
Officials had planned to demolish the vacant building since opening a larger, more modern Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea last year.

Man charged with fatally shooting 13-year-old in Mattapan seeks new lawyer

Csean Alexander Skerritt wrote in court papers that his current attorney “doesn’t have my best interest at hand.”

Springfield man sentenced to 47-months in prison for his role in stealing $2 million in catalytic converters in Mass., N.H.

Zachary Marshall, 26, was also sentenced to three years of supervised probation for his role in the seven member organized theft crew that stole nearly $2 million in catalytic converters in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, prosecutors said Thursday.

Head of R.I. public transit agency to resign following hit-and-run charge

Scott Avedisian submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday. His severance package is still being finalized.

Recommended reads

The death of veteran reporter Fred Hanson is another blow to community journalism

The longtime Patriot Ledger reporter was about to cover a school board meeting when he collapsed.

The ‘voice of cities and towns’ in Mass. has a new leader. And he wants to talk housing.
The powerful Mass. Municipal Association has long opposed top-down solutions to the state’s housing crisis. Could its stance be softening as cities and towns struggle with housing woes of their own?

As Republicans wrestle with the future of their party, one senator’s influence is set to grow
“Come the next congress, Lisa Murkowski, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, and Thom Tillis will probably be the most sought-after members in the Senate,” said Jonathan Kott, who served as an adviser to retiring Democratic Senator Joe Manchin.

What’s wrong with this picture? Deepfake detectives want you to take a closer look.
While technology ‘can manipulate what we perceive as true or false,’ humans ‘have some agency here,’ says Lindsay Bartholomew, exhibit content and experience developer at the MIT Museum.

Spotting a deepfake: Eight tips and tells

Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘Franklin,’ a Founding Father’s flirtations with the French

A Wellesley course on Bad Bunny teaches Puerto Rican history and culture through the superstar’s music

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame to induct an inaugural class of 28

Is the DVD dead? Not according to these devotees.

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

Bernie Sanders

No more US complicity with Netanyahu’s war machine in Gaza
Heather Hopp-Bruce

I (barely) survived the eclipse drive from Vermont to Boston
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

The best-case scenario for Trump’s foreign policy
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts isn’t using a tool that could help tackle its shortage of primary care doctors
JEFF JACOBY

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

BLOTTER TALES

Marvin the muskrat freed from fence

A trapped muskrat is freed, a man is held hostage in a storage unit, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.
COMMENTARY | OWEN CRAIN

For most, the replacement bridge can’t come soon enough. But is that the right solution?

If cars continue to be the only way to Providence, Rhode Islanders will forever be plagued by fender benders, construction, and inexplicable delays on Interstate 195.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Ramped-up storm packing heavy rain, strong winds and thunder will kick off your Friday

Warm temps and muggy air will help fuel this system and increase the chances for spotty showers through Saturday.

O.J. Simpson, athlete whose trial riveted the nation, has died

O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as an all-American in movies, television and advertising, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a 1995 trial in Los Angeles that mesmerized the nation, died Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 76.

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

These Celtics still have everything to prove, and other thoughts

Jaylen Brown (eight years in the NBA) and Jayson Tatum (seven) have the fame, money, and accolades that NBA stars covet. They don’t go up on the ceiling with Cowens, Russell, Cooz, Satch, Sam, KC, Larry, and Max until they put a banner up there.
NCAA men's hockey semifinals: BC 4, Michigan 0

High-powered Boston College beats Michigan to earn shot at NCAA men’s hockey title

Lexington native Will Smith notched his second goal of the game at 12:25 of the second period. It was the 25th of the season and the NCAA-leading 71st point.
gary washburn | on basketball

There’s no need to overreact, but loss to Knicks highlighted some of the Celtics’ weaknesses

Boston clinched the Eastern Conference a few weeks ago but coach Joe Mazzulla and his staff have to look at recent games to avoid disturbing trends and shore up weaknesses.
frozen four 2024

Frozen Four: Boston College smothers Michigan to set up rematch vs. Denver for national title
NCAA men's hockey semifinals: Denver 2, BU 1 (OT)

Boston University denied spot in NCAA men’s hockey championship game by Denver in OT
ORIOLES 9, RED SOX 4 (10 innings)

Red Sox fall in extras as Orioles complete series sweep at Fenway Park with 10th-inning surge

Business

TALKING POINTS

Moderna halts vaccine plant in Africa amid dwindling orders

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Doctors protest cost of Vertex cystic fibrosis drug as its scientists prepare to receive $3 million ‘Oscars of Science’ award

The controversy threatened to mar a celebrity-studded celebration for researchers who developed new life-saving drugs.

BU resident assistants to start four-day strike on campus already disrupted by striking grad students

The death of veteran reporter Fred Hanson is another blow to community journalism
magazine
College & Careers

We asked 6,000 New Englanders: Is a college degree still worth the cost?

College & Careers

Why conservatives are turning against college, even in New England
CONNECTIONS

As a college student, I’d never written an actual letter. They seemed so old-fashioned.

MISS CONDUCT

A couple we were friends with is suddenly avoiding us

metro

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis celebrated at Northeastern

Friday brings wind and rain before Patriots Day weekend

Former employee describes lack of standards, training at N.H. youth detention facility

sports

Zdeno Chara can’t be stopped: How the Bruins great is trying to conquer the marathon world

Celtics had no answers for Jalen Brunson and the Knicks

US Open champ Wyndham Clark takes a shot at LIV Golf after opening round of the Masters

business

US producer prices rose 2.1 percent from last year, most since April, but less than forecasters expected

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

Here’s how the state’s Lemon Law does — and does not — protect buyers of new and used cars

politics

Biden administration announces another round of loan cancellation under new repayment plan

John Deaton, GOP candidate for US Senate, loans campaign $1 million in bid for Elizabeth Warren’s seat

House will try again on reauthorization of US spy program after Republican upheaval

Nation

If O.J. Simpson’s assets go to court, Goldman, Brown families could be first in line

Convicted killer of college student Kristin Smart attacked at California prison for second time

Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president

World

US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race

European court decision shows that a safe climate is a human right, former UN rights chief says

Famine has begun in northern Gaza, US official says

opinion

‘The problem of goodness’

My brother died and people acted as if I shouldn’t be so sad

The best-case scenario for Trump’s foreign policy

lifestyle

On preserving the magic of childhood, however we can

We were happier in a long-distance relationship

Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

food & dining

10 experiential bars and restaurants around Boston to grab a bite and get your game on

Hey, runners: Here’s where to carb load for Marathon Monday. (And some spots for spectators, too.)

Pizza shop owner facing forced labor charges now accused of pandemic fraud

travel

My trip to Iraq was canceled, so why can’t I get my $7,590 back?

Lana Gordon on ‘Hadestown,’ Thailand, Meryl Streep, and packing light

A star-inspired Maine hotel, a look at Drift Nashville, and collapsible luggage

Arts

Diving deep with Wu Tsang’s ‘Of Whales’ at the ICA

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

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

Books

Two-day event to celebrate the glory of Grolier Bookshop; All She Wrote Books turns five; and more

Claire Dederer on Maggie Nelson and other politically earnest writers

As an adult, a daughter reconsiders the circumstances of her father’s murder in Tracy King’s ‘Learning to Think’

Movies

O.J. Simpson, former NFL star acquitted of double murder in ‘trial of the century,’ has died

Revisit the O.J. Simpson trial with these documentaries and TV shows

‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ and his one-of-a-kind screen career

Television

In ‘Franklin,’ a Founding Father’s flirtations with the French

‘Melrose Place’ — and a certain character — will live again in latest reboot

Revisit the O.J. Simpson trial with these documentaries and TV shows

music

Five things to do around Boston, April 15-21

Nicki Minaj and her alter egos give TD Garden a makeover

A Wellesley course on Bad Bunny teaches Puerto Rican history and culture through the superstar’s music

Theater/Dance

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ at Wheelock invites families to another dimension

The Huntington leads the field of nominees for the Elliot Norton Awards

‘Burn This’ fails to catch fire

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

O.J. Simpson, athlete whose trial riveted the nation, has died

The O.J. Simpson saga was a unique American moment. Three decades on, we’re still wondering what it means.

O.J. Simpson, former NFL star acquitted of double murder in ‘trial of the century,’ has died