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Fire victim Ceydi Karina Corrales, 9, remembered at Mass in East Boston
The Mass was celebrated by Rev. Daniel Zinger, who baptized the girl a few days before she died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. The Senate is next.

The House has approved a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies after months of turmoil on Capitol Hill.
Speaker Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon

Twenty climate activists arrested for allegedly blocking areas at Hanscom Field in Bedford
About 40 members of Extinction Rebellion from Massachusetts and Vermont on Saturday protested plans to add 17 hangars for private jets at the Massport-owned airport, the group said.

Saved by the bell: Beloved buoy set to return to Wells Harbor in Maine

Bold Types
Rob Hale runs Boston and gives along the way
Granite Telecom founder donates $26.2 million as part of his first Boston Marathon.

Weymouth carnival canceled for weekend after fracas

Officers responded to multiple 911 calls around 7:45 p.m. Friday for reports of fighting at the carnival that had drawn an unusually large crowd that night.

Acton residents nix bid to study MBTA, other new zoning proposals

Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children

Man’s body found in Lowell river, according to DA’s office

Meet the man who put up a wooden elephant and two giraffes in Somerville — without asking

Did Hayward Zwerling, a retired endocrinologist and amateur woodworker, ask anyone before erecting his renditions of some of the animal kingdom’s largest beasts on public land? “No. I just did it,” he said.

Chad Finn | Sports Media
Jack Edwards has enjoyed an enviable career. It’s too bad it’s ending this way.
Edwards’s passion for the job is as genuine as it is obvious. He has always treated everyone well, with kindness, generosity, and honesty.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The Bruins need to come up big as the game shrinks during the Stanley Cup playoffs

Too often in recent playoff runs, the Bruins have lacked the size, strength, skill, and will to win out where it counts most — around the net.
Bruins think rougher road will serve them well in another run at the Stanley Cup Arizona’s hockey fans become the latest to be tossed aside by the NHL

All 11 Brandeis women’s basketball players will leave if coach does not resign, letter says

Carol Simon, at Brandeis since 1987, was on paid administrative leave this past season. One sophomore player wrote, “I have had literal nightmares about showing up to practice with Carol suddenly our coach again."

For Donald Trump, COVID has become a four-letter word

The deadly pandemic encompassed a little more than a fifth of Trump’s presidency, but you’d never know it from listening to him on the 2024 campaign trail.
Melania Trump, long absent from campaign, will appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event in Mar-a-Lago
Top Spots to Live

The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs

Lincoln? Belmont? It might surprise you to find out where median sales prices have actually fallen.

10 of the most walkable cities in Greater Boston

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024

Triston Casas comes out of Red Sox game following discomfort in his left rib

 Scott Proefrock’s long baseball journey has landed him in Brockton
Bob Ryan

Looking back at an epic Celtics playoff series from 50 years ago

For the 1973-74 Celtics, it was all about unfinished business.
On basketball: A Celtics-Heat matchup seemed inevitable, but Miami is a different team this time
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

An educated guess as to how the first round of the NFL Draft will go

With all of the reports and rumors that have emerged over the past three months, it can be difficult to discern what’s real and what’s hot air.
Opinion
David D’Alessandro

How do we fix the Steward Health Care disaster?

Cerberus and de la Torre should put their money where their mouths are.
Jill Jacobson

Supreme Court has a duty to end homeless encampments
Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

The condemnation of the slogan ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’
LETTERS

Medical aid in dying or physician-assisted suicide? Depends on one’s view.
Christopher Weyant

Watch your back

More recent News

A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising
“We basically gave descriptions of all our coffee types and their flavors to AI and instructed it to create a new exciting blend."

Soar, slide, splash? It’s skiers’ choice as spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns
The idea is that skiers and snowboarders try to gain enough downhill momentum to skim clear across a pond.

Do tanks have a place in 21st-century warfare?
Over the past two months, Russian forces have taken out five of the 31 American-made M1 Abrams tanks that the Pentagon sent to Ukraine last fall, a senior U.S. official said.

The curious habit of wearing your Cape Cod bracelet for decades
“Do I just wear this for the rest of my life? At what point do I take this off? Do I wear it on my wedding day?”

What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?
Growth made Rhode Island’s capital city vibrant, but working-class, multicultural neighborhoods were sacrificed in the process.

David Pryor, a former Arkansas governor and US senator, has died
Former Arkansas governor and Senator David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service after he left office, has died.

Recommended reads

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

Physicians fear demotions and corporatization as the hospital system moves to combine departments.

26.TRUE marathon organizers call event ‘joyful’ and ‘smooth,’ dispute councilor’s public safety complaints
Documents shared with the Globe showed that the organizers of 26.TRUE obtained all the necessary permits for the event.

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.

SOUND CHECK
Your road map to Record Store Day
On Saturday, exclusive titles from artists including Noah Kahan, Pixies, Paramore, The Weeknd, Pearl Jam, and many, many more will bring rush-hour traffic to Boston-area independent record stores.

Culture & Lifestyle

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

‘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

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

IDEAS | EREC SMITH

There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI
Michael Seward

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors.
Susan D’Agostino

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Fire victim Ceydi Karina Corrales, 9, remembered at Mass in East Boston

The Mass was celebrated by Rev. Daniel Zinger, who baptized the girl a few days before she died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Saved by the bell: Beloved buoy set to return to Wells Harbor in Maine

An 8,000 pound, 12-foot tall buoy washed up on the beach in Wells, Maine amid a raging spring Nor’easter on April 4. The US Coast Guard then made the decision to retire the red-and-white navigation marker that guards Wells Harbor, residents rallied to save it.

Soar, slide, splash? It’s skiers’ choice as spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns

The idea is that skiers and snowboarders try to gain enough downhill momentum to skim clear across a pond.

Twenty climate activists arrested for allegedly blocking areas at Hanscom Field in Bedford

About 40 members of Extinction Rebellion from Massachusetts and Vermont on Saturday protested plans to add 17 hangars for private jets at the Massport-owned airport, the group said.

Sports

Celtics notebook

Celtics know what to expect from playoff matchup with Heat

Coach Joe Mazzulla said this series will test the Celtics’ ability to win in a variety of ways, as well as their toughness.
RED SOX

Triston Casas comes out of Red Sox game following discomfort in his left rib

The first baseman, who led the team in RBIs with 10 entering Saturday and who has started all 22 games this season, appeared to grab toward his midsection during his first inning at-bat.
OLYMPICS

News of unreported Chinese drug violations in 2021 inflames fractious relationship between US, global doping police

Travis Tygart, the CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of "failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.”
red sox notebook

Rafael Devers, Tyler O’Neill inching closer to playing again for the Red Sox
BASEBALL

Yankees dig high, far to salute retiring radio broadcaster John Sterling
NFL

Roman Gabriel, one-time NFL MVP quarterback and Rams legend, dies at 83

Business

A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising

“We basically gave descriptions of all our coffee types and their flavors to AI and instructed it to create a new exciting blend."

House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon

Lawmakers are targeting the popular app TikTok because of its China-based owners.
Bold Types

Rob Hale runs Boston and gives along the way

Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline
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

Acton residents nix bid to study MBTA, other new zoning proposals

Weekend outlook: Temps warm up across New England, with passing showers in the mix

What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?

sports

The Bruins need to come up big as the game shrinks during the Stanley Cup playoffs

Game 22: Red Sox at Pirates lineups and notes

Maple Leafs at Bruins Game 1: It’s time for playoff hockey in Boston

business

Drive-thru cannabis? At Mother Earth Wellness in R.I., it’s ‘like getting a cup of coffee’

8 interesting things you can get at a drive-thru

Massachusetts labor force grows amid signs hiring might be slowing

politics

House approves $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. The Senate is next.

For Donald Trump, COVID has become a four-letter word

Nation

GOP intensifies scrutiny of voting: ‘We’re keeping a close eye on you’

12 students and teacher killed at Columbine to be remembered at 25th anniversary vigil

Lasers, inflatable dancers, and the fight to fend off avian flu

World

Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children

A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising

Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its heyday as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince

opinion

Boston aims (seemingly perennially) to tackle its rat problem

With Trump’s outbursts, judges keep tolerating the intolerable

A DeSantis amendment supposedly limiting Florida’s book ban policy is nothing more than a Republican ruse

lifestyle

From a tiny island in Maine, he serves up fresh media gossip

The curious habit of wearing your Cape Cod bracelet for decades

My husband is following his ex’s vlog

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

With ‘Elsbeth,’ it’s a bad idea to underestimate the character and the series

Recurring characters make the scene — and sometimes the entire series

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

music

At BSO, Icelandic ‘energy’ and Hahn’s return

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

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

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 Pryor, a former Arkansas governor and US senator, has died

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

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