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Israel hails ‘success’ in blocking Iran’s unprecedented attack, Biden now seeks diplomatic response

Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying it and its allies thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. But regional tensions remain high, amid fears of further escalation in the event of a possible Israeli counter-strike.
US shoots down ‘nearly all’ Iran-launched attack drones

Members of Mass. congressional delegation call for aid to Israel amid Iran attack

Israel has deployed a multilayered air-defense system. It faces big test with Iranian drone strike.

West Bank sees biggest settler rampage since war in Gaza began as Israeli teen’s body is found
128th Boston Marathon

26.TRUE race assembles diverse field of runners for marathon through Boston neighborhoods
The 26.TRUE marathon seeks to introduce long-distance running to more diverse communities and give more parts of Boston a chance to host a race.

Ethiopia’s Fotyen Tesfay sets course record en route to BAA 5K win

Your Boston Marathon forecast: Warmer temps, sunny skies await runners

It’s going to be a little bit warm for runners but nearly perfect for spectators.
How to prepare and what to wear while running when it’s warm

NCAA MEN'S HOCKEY FINAL: DENVER 2, BOSTON COLLEGE 0
Denver denies top-ranked Boston College’s championship bid by way of shutout
The Pioneers did what the vast majority of Eagles opponents could not do this season. "They slowed us down a lot, created a lot of turnovers, and shoved it down our throats," Cutter Gauthier said.

On hockey: What stopped Boston College from claiming a sixth national title? ‘The Matt Davis Show.’ That’s what.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Fear not, women of America: The GOP loves you!

Republicans are seeking the votes of the women — especially the suburban white ones — whose bodies they're simultaneously trying to control. There's no way this could go wrong.

Remember the boy who said ‘wow’ at Symphony Hall? Now he’s 14, and there’s a picture book about him.

Five years ago, Ronan Mattin warmed hearts with his exclamation of wonder at a Handel and Haydn concert. Poet Todd Boss thinks his story will resonate with children as well.

Who is Karen Read? A look at the woman at the center of a media firestorm.
Despite the frenzy, fueled by theories of a police coverup, few who have much to say publicly about the case actually know the woman whose story has split a town in half.

Philadelphia transit authority terminates contract with CRRC MA
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority terminated its $185 million contract for new railcars from CRRC MA “for cause,” SEPTA spokesperson John Golden said in a statement.

With soaring ridership levels, Worcester considers another year of fare-free transit

Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins
Trump lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a “communist show trial” begins Monday.

Here’s what to know about Trump's hush money case

Even middle-income families in Massachusetts struggle to pay for college
While college tuition is broadly affordable for the rich, and many poor students qualify for significant financial aid, it’s a calamity for those in the middle.

Perspective | My kid can’t go to college until the FAFSA debacle is fixed

Man with explosives, ammunition arrested in Chinatown, according to police

The man, whose name Boston police redacted, was held on a mental-health commitment and will be summonsed to court on charges of illegal possession of explosives, a large capacity ammunition feeding device, and a knife, police said Saturday.

Study at Tufts is taking a close look at test subjects and what they eat to unlock the mysteries of food

A national research project, with the New England component based at Tufts, is seeking to understand why individuals respond differently to different nutrients. The goal is to someday enable people to get nutrition advice tailored to their unique biology.

TV
Ryan Gosling just can’t let Ken go in his ‘Saturday Night Live’ monologue, Chris Stapleton performs
Oscar-nominated "Barbie" actor Ryan Gosling hosted this weekend's episode, while country music star Chris Stapleton was the evening's musical guest.

On baseball | Red Sox 7, Angels 2

Using a hodgepodge of utility players to replace Trevor Story at shortstop isn’t working, so what are the Red Sox’ other options?

 Four-run first inning key as Red Sox beat Angels for first win at Fenway Park this year
bruins 6, penguins 4

Four-goal second period helps propel Bruins past Penguins and back atop the Atlantic Division

 NHL centers walk a fine — and sometimes mysterious — line to not get kicked out of the faceoff circle
Chad Finn | Sports Media

‘I’m not sure how I’ll handle it’: Mike Gorman prepares to call his final regular-season Celtics game

 Mayor Wu designates Sunday as ‘Mike Gorman Day’ in Boston
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The ‘dream and delusion’ of working for yourself

A new book examines the many downsides of America’s obsession with entrepreneurialism.
LETTERS

Declining enrollments, rising concerns for Mass. colleges
JEFF JACOBY

Defying the Supreme Court on student loans, Biden sets a dangerous precedent

EDITORIAL

With US college-age population falling, luring more international students could help schools survive
SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, I need your help on two big questions

More recent News

In a sure sign of spring, Swan Boats glide again in Boston Public Garden
As has been the case for almost 150 years, the fleet was ready for service on Saturday morning.

Lowell man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting child in Vermont

Daniel Reilly, 66, is due to be arraigned Monday on charges of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault of a child, lewd and lascivious conduct with a child in Newport Center, police said.

Biden shrinks Trump’s edge in new poll
President Biden has nearly erased Donald Trump’s polling advantage, amid signs that the Democratic base is coalescing behind the president, according to a survey by The New York Times and Siena College.

Bold Types
Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks
Michelle Wu was strongly considering tax incentives to jump-start stalled housing projects

New Zealanders are crazy for this fruit. It’s not the kiwi.
This ubiquitous fruit is the feijoa (pronounced fee-jo-ah). Known in the United States as the pineapple guava, it was first brought to New Zealand from South America via France and California in the early 1900s.

Alfonso Chardy, journalist who helped expose Iran-Contra affair, dies at 72
A Miami Herald journalist, Alfonso Chardy anchored Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting that helped expose the Iran-contra affair, a covert and illegal Reagan administration network to aid rebels in Nicaragua that later led to riveting hearings in Congress.

Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
Police have identified Sunday the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer.

Biden’s student loan repayment plan is being challenged. Here’s what to know.
When President Biden announced his plan to provide student debt relief for 43 million borrowers nearly two years ago, there was a piece to his program that attracted less attention: a new student loan repayment program that would cut monthly payments in half for millions.

A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible
Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe.

Recommended reads

ADDRESS | Spring House Hunt

Out with the South End, in with Dorchester apparently. The battle to be Boston’s ‘gayborhood’ star.

“It used to be, when everyone lived in the South End, you’d meet the occasional person who lived in Dorchester, and it was met with embarrassment.”
The changing landscape of Boston’s three-deckers: Rising prices and diminishing dreams

Harris blames Trump for Arizona’s strict abortion law, calling him the ‘architect of this health care crisis’
During a campaign event, the vice president called the law “one of the biggest aftershocks yet” of the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

A Wellesley course on Bad Bunny teaches Puerto Rican history and culture through the superstar’s music
“It’s about Bad Bunny, but it’s about a lot more than Bad Bunny,” said Petra Rivera-Rideau, who teaches the course.

Black-led running group sues BAA, Newton police chief, charging it was racially profiled at Boston Marathon
Members of TrailblazHers running group who said they were racially profiled during last year’s Boston Marathon filed suit Thursday in what their lawyers described as an effort to “forestall a repeat” of the alleged discrimination.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Max Roach 100′ at the ICA does the great jazz drummer proud

Remember the boy who said ‘wow’ at Symphony Hall? Now he’s 14, and there’s a picture book about him.

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

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

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

A diss track, then a rapper’s unexpected apology, shake up hip-hop
Heather Hopp-Bruce

I (barely) survived the eclipse drive from Vermont to Boston
Shira Schoenberg

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?
Bernie Sanders

No more US complicity with Netanyahu’s war machine in Gaza
EDITORIAL

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Your Boston Marathon forecast: Warmer temps, sunny skies await runners

It’s going to be a little bit warm for runners but nearly perfect for spectators.

Who is Karen Read? A look at the woman at the center of a media firestorm.

Despite the frenzy, fueled by theories of a police coverup, few who have much to say publicly about the case actually know the woman whose story has split a town in half.

26.TRUE race assembles diverse field of runners for marathon through Boston neighborhoods

The 26.TRUE marathon seeks to introduce long-distance running to more diverse communities and give more parts of Boston a chance to host a race.

Members of Mass. congressional delegation call for aid to Israel amid Iran attack

Democratic Representatives Jake Auchincloss, Richard Neal, and Lori Trahan joined bipartisan calls to support Israel after Iran unleashed its aerial assault consisting of hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles on the country Saturday night.

Sports

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Your Boston Marathon forecast: Warmer temps, sunny skies await runners

It’s going to be a little bit warm for runners but nearly perfect for spectators.
UFC 300

Kayla Harrison subdues Holly Holm to win UFC debut in Las Vegas

With a rear naked choke hold of the former UFC bantamweight champion at 1:47 of the second round, the two-time Olympic judo gold medalist kicked off her MMA career in style.

26.TRUE race assembles diverse field of runners for marathon through Boston neighborhoods

The 26.TRUE marathon seeks to introduce long-distance running to more diverse communities and give more parts of Boston a chance to host a race.
MATT PORTER | ON COLLEGE HOCKEY

What stopped Boston College from claiming a sixth national title? ‘The Matt Davis Show.’ That’s what.
bruins 6, penguins 4

Four-goal second period helps propel Bruins past Penguins and back atop the Atlantic Division
New York City FC 2, Revolution 0

New York City FC shuts out Revolution

Business

Israel hails ‘success’ in blocking Iran’s unprecedented attack, Biden now seeks diplomatic response

Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying it and its allies thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. But regional tensions remain high, amid fears of further escalation in the event of a possible Israeli counter-strike.

A new version of Scrabble aims to make the word-building game more accessible

Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe.

Biden’s student loan repayment plan is being challenged. Here’s what to know.
Bold Types

Mayor Wu disappoints development industry by shelving tax break talks
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

Hong Kong cardinal to speak at BC commencement; Boston schools superintendent and ex-Celtic will also be honored

In a sure sign of spring, Swan Boats glide again in Boston Public Garden

Lowell man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting child in Vermont

sports

After hitting a 429-foot homer at Fenway, Triston Casas says he thinks Ted Williams seat — 502 feet away — is out of reach

Bill Belichick attends Northwestern women’s lacrosse game, visits longtime connection

Frozen Four: Boston College loses to Denver in national championship

business

Norwood lawmaker presses Governor Healey to facilitate a deal to reopen local Steward hospital

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

Thinking of leaving the country if Trump wins? There’s a market for that.

politics

US shoots down ‘nearly all’ Iran-launched attack drones as Biden vows support for Israel’s defense

Members of Mass. congressional delegation call for aid to Israel amid Iran attack

Biden shrinks Trump’s edge in new poll

Nation

Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins

Biden’s student loan repayment plan is being challenged. Here’s what to know.

Tracing Charleston’s history of slavery, from a burial ground to a DNA swab

World

Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people

Iran launches broad aerial attack on Israel in retaliation for airstrike

Israel has deployed a multilayered air-defense system. It faces big test with Iranian drone strike.

opinion

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?

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

A blueprint for how Boston should best use its school buildings

lifestyle

You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

I wish my sister and I were closer

On preserving the magic of childhood, however we can

food & dining

Emily Ratajkowski, Melissa Gorga, and more hit the red carpet at Encore Boston Harbor

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.)

travel

If you go: Tips and resources for the Sunshine Coast Trail

Trailing Detective Gamache in the Eastern Townships

There are many bright spots along the Sunshine Coast Trail. Watching my kids conquer its 112 miles is one of them.

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

You know about the Boston Marathon. But have you heard of the Half Half Half Half Half Marathon?

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

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

Ryan Gosling just can’t let Ken go in his ‘Saturday Night Live’ monologue, Chris Stapleton performs

Lifetime may move up release of Nicole Brown Simpson documentary following death of O.J.

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

music

An exuberant ‘Turangalîla’ from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Rhode Island’s robust old-time music scene comes alive at local jams

Five things to do around Boston, April 15-21

Theater/Dance

‘Max Roach 100′ at the ICA does the great jazz drummer proud

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

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

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

Alfonso Chardy, journalist who helped expose Iran-Contra affair, dies at 72

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died, his company says