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Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

The House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.

Apparent Israeli attack in Iran draws anti-aircraft fire as tensions high between Mideast rivals

An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an assault coming in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault.

Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York
Lawyers turned their attention to picking alternates who can vow to impartially judge the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

12 jurors have been chosen in Trump’s criminal trial. Here’s what we know so far about them.

Harvard poll: Biden’s slipping with young voters but still leads Trump in the 18-to-29 bracket

Among 1,051 “likely voters” under 30, Biden leads Trump by six percentage points among men and 33 percentage points among women, the poll found.

Boston police warn public about counterfeit Bruins and Celtics tickets
"Fans who purchase tickets from a secondary source are taking a chance and do so at the buyer’s own risk,” police said.

How Massachusetts spent nearly $1 billion sheltering homeless families and migrants

A Globe review of state contracts offers a glimpse at the nearly $1 billion emergency shelter system the state is now operating for homeless families, about half of them migrants from other countries.

Pickup truck goes airborne, makes improbable landing in Brockton
shirley leung

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

The historian and her late husband, Richard Goodwin, were among Boston’s legendary power couples. Her new book fulfills a promise to write the book he never got to finish.
QUICK BITES | KARA BASKIN

Where to eat in Greater Boston’s Top Spots to Live

This week, our friends at the Globe Magazine selected Greater Boston’s top places to live. Of course, amid all that house hunting, you’ll need somewhere to stop, eat, and possibly weep over interest rates. Review this dining guide before putting in your offers.
The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She does West Coast swing; I do Lindy Hop, the other big swing style in Boston’

Will these swing dancing singles Lindy Hop into love?
Opinion
IDEAS | EREC SMITH

There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI

Too many programs describe ‘the Black experience’ in confining ways. Instead, we can achieve true diversity without erasing individuality.
EDITORIAL

Karen Read trial ‘buffer zone’ essential to delivering justice, fairness
RENÉE LOTH

Friends of the Public Garden: ‘We are a democracy in trees and dirt’
Susan D’Agostino

Six reasons why $90,000 college costs are bad news even if few pay that amount
LETTERS

Boston aims (seemingly perennially) to tackle its rat problem

More recent News

ben volin | on football
What if the Patriots don’t love the quarterbacks available at No. 3?
Have they been trying to tell us they don't have a strong conviction about Drake Maye or J.J. McCarthy?

2024 NFL Draft: Here are all of the Patriots’ draft picks ... right now

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

CONNECTIONS
I bought the painting for him. But was it really for me?
I couldn’t fault myself for engaging in emotional arithmetic, holding onto one thing until another took its place.

12 jurors picked in Karen Read trial as selection concludes for week
The session in Norfolk Superior Court concluded in the early afternoon Thursday with 12 total jurors seated. Sixteen will hear the evidence at trial and four will randomly be designated as alternates before deliberations begin.

Winthrop Center promised a public space open seven days a week. The city is trying to hold them to it.

The BPDA gave developer Millennium Partners a slap on the wrist this week, claiming that its three-story-high lobby, dubbed The Connector, was locked on weekends when it's supposed to be open seven days a week.

Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due to faulty pedal
The 2024 Cybertrucks are being recalled because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash.

Steward lenders identified as struggling hospital system faces payment deadline

The names of six lenders who provided $750 million to keep Steward Health Care afloat were identified Friday in letters sent by US senators from Massachusetts.

Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 married Dartmouth professors

More than two decades after he pleaded guilty to his role in the 2001 murders of two beloved Dartmouth College professors, James Parker was granted parole Thursday after telling a state panel he now views his crime as “unimaginably horrible.”

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Weekend outlook: Temps warm up across New England, with passing showers in the mix
Friday’s a nice ‘bounce-back’ day with peeks of sun then increasing clouds in the afternoon.

Recommended reads

In Holyoke, a home of her own: One woman’s struggle to build a life in the state’s poorest place

Like others in this city’s large Puerto Rican community, Nereida Badillo longed for a more stable life. But history is difficult to overcome.

People are leaving Massachusetts in droves. Who are they?
For a state with a rapidly aging population and a relatively low birth rate, the loss of working-age adults spells trouble.

Kennedy family members endorse President Biden, in rebuke to RFK Jr.
Prominent members of the Kennedy dynasty are standing with President Biden even as their relative pursues the White House in a campaign that has traded on the family name.

Want to live in the Back Bay, the heart of America’s most expensive ZIP code? Here’s what it will cost you.
In December, the median home price was approximately $2,663 per square foot, according to data from Realtor.com that was reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this year.

Culture & Lifestyle

At the Venice Biennale, Jeffrey Gibson arrives on a global stage

Podcast sees Jan. 6 foreshadowing in Timothy McVeigh’s act of terror

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

Plenty of pomp, but only one Bad Bunny at TD Garden

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

Mark C. Zauderer

Trump complains he can’t get a fair trial in NY. He’s wrong.
Michael Seward

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors.
IDEAS | Arjun Sharma

We neglect ancient killers like tuberculosis at our peril
Rachelle G. Cohen

Trump trial vs. Karen Read case: What a difference a camera makes
Michael Seward

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors.
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Harvard poll: Biden’s slipping with young voters but still leads Trump in the 18-to-29 bracket

Among 1,051 “likely voters” under 30, Biden leads Trump by six percentage points among men and 33 percentage points among women, the poll found.

Pickup truck goes airborne, makes improbable landing in Brockton

The driver of the pickup truck ran away before police arrived, officials said.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A modern hotel with a historic pedigree: The Gardiner House offers a glimpse of Newport’s glitterati

The 21-room hotel, which opened last fall, isn't what you might expect. It's more like hanging at your (rich) friends' house. “Sailing knots, anchors . . . that’s not what we’re about.”

Boston police warn public about counterfeit Bruins and Celtics tickets

"Fans who purchase tickets from a secondary source are taking a chance and do so at the buyer’s own risk,” police said.

Sports

Boston police warn public about counterfeit Bruins and Celtics tickets

"Fans who purchase tickets from a secondary source are taking a chance and do so at the buyer’s own risk,” police said.
2024 NFL draft

2024 NFL Draft: Here are all of the Patriots’ draft picks ... right now

New England holds eight picks over the seven rounds.
red sox at pirates | 6:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 21: Red Sox at Pirates lineups and notes

Brayan Bello will be on the mound for Boston, while Quinn Priester will make his season debut for the Pirates.
BRUINS

Here’s the full schedule for the Bruins’ first-round playoff series vs. the Maple Leafs
ben volin | on football

What if the Patriots don’t love the quarterbacks available at No. 3?

dan shaughnessy

Getting Harry Sinden’s take on the Bruins’ playoff chances, and other thoughts

Business

Japan-based restaurant group opens first US location in Back Bay

Boston’s Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern a starting point for US expansion, company says

Steward lenders identified as struggling hospital system faces payment deadline

The names of six lenders who provided $750 million to keep Steward Health Care afloat were identified Friday in letters sent by US senators from Massachusetts.

Who still uses a landline? Massachusetts residents. A lot of them.
RHODE MAP

A Cranston, R.I., native is one of the world’s best poker players
magazine
Globe Magazine

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024
Top Spots to Live

The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs
Top Spots to Live

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston
MISS CONDUCT

I want my dad at my graduation, but I’m really not sure he should be there

metro

Police in N.H. know 4/20 is this weekend, warn against impaired driving

A Cranston, R.I., native is one of the world’s best poker players

‘Devalued, disempowered, and unseen’: Mass General Brigham doctors react to latest merger step

sports

Playoff hopes blossom in the spring at TD Garden — particularly for the Celtics

Here’s 3 Bruins who should welcome a first-round showdown with the Maple Leafs

Red Sox purchase Vladimir Gutierrez from Brewers, then send him to Worcester

business

Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due to faulty pedal

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

politics

RFK Jr.’s environmental colleagues urge him to drop presidential bid

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

Nation

Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York

Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia, including congresswoman’s daughter

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

World

Apparent Israeli attack in Iran draws anti-aircraft fire as tensions high between Mideast rivals

Israel gave US last-minute warning about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign minister says at G7

Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. Moscow says the plane crashed.

opinion

We neglect ancient killers like tuberculosis at our peril

MTA webinar wades into, gets mired in, Israel-Palestinian debate

Michael Dukakis asked my mother one question. It changed my life.

lifestyle

Meet Ruby Golden Tiger, Needham’s 12-year-old electric bass sensation

My sister-in-law is upset with me

Ten places to shop for pre-loved clothing in the Boston area

food & dining

Japan-based restaurant group opens first US location in Back Bay

Where to eat in Greater Boston’s Top Spots to Live

Mamaleh’s Kibitz Corner opens in Cambridge; Restaurant Week kicks off on the Seacoast

travel

A modern hotel with a historic pedigree: The Gardiner House offers a glimpse of Newport’s glitterati

For a small state, R.I. offers many great places to run. Here are a few favorites.

The Globe Rhode Island team’s must-do list for the summer

Arts

‘Dress Up’ at the MFA explores how costumes we wear create the image of ourselves

At the Venice Biennale, Jeffrey Gibson arrives on a global stage

Mass MoCA to open Jeffrey Gibson installation this fall

Books

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

Somerville poets celebrate art and community; Newburyport Literary Festival takes place April 27-28; and more

Word nerd Jess Zafarris documents the darker side of language in ‘Words from Hell’

Movies

Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough wear the fur in ‘Sasquatch Sunset’

When the leading man is tall, dark, and hairy

In ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ a very different impossible-missions force gets the assignment

Television

Recurring characters make the scene — and sometimes the entire series

Lost for a generation, original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model finally completes its voyage home

‘Suits’ is wearing pretty well

music

Michael Hurley’s music has long been folk’s stranger thing

‘The sound of the earth’: new directions for an ancient instrument

Plenty of pomp, but only one Bad Bunny at TD Garden

Theater/Dance

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

At ArtsEmerson, ‘Book of Mountains and Seas’ renders epic tales with intimacy

With ‘The Birthday Party,’ Praxis Stage makes a welcome return

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

David Egilman, doctor who took on drug companies, dies at 71

Barbara Joans, anthropologist who studied biker culture, dies at 89

Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80