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David Pecker details ‘catch-and-kill’ arrangement about Trump stories during hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

Pecker, a longtime tabloid publisher, returned to the stand and told jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign.

Live Updates

10:27 a.m.
Pecker offered to be Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’
10:21 a.m.
Tabloid ran poll about a Trump presidential bid, Pecker says
11:58 a.m.
David Pecker testifies about his friendship with Trump

Marshfield rejects state zoning law aimed at boosting housing supply, joining Milton
Town Counsel Robert W. Galvin said voters were concerned over "the adverse impacts of having to add over 400 new multifamily units on top of all of its significant efforts to create new low and moderate-income housing."

Mayor Michelle Wu has clinched some wins with Boston unions, but with bumps along the way

Since Wu took office, labor contracts have provided significant wage increases for some of the city’s lowest paid employees in a mutual win for the mayor and some unions.

Landmarks Commission says Wu administration is interfering with its work, oversight role

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to US News & World Report
The annual rankings evaluated more than 17,600 public high schools on factors such as college readiness, college curriculum, and results on state assessments.

Blogger known as ‘Turtleboy’ to appear in court Tuesday on intimidation charges

Aidan Kearney is scheduled to attend a hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, where he has pleaded not guilty to charges of intimidating and harassing witnesses in the Karen Read case.

What we know about the status of Brandeis women’s basketball coach Carol Simon and her team

Rallies planned in Steward Hospital communities

Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal, keeping him in jail till at least June 30

On April Fools' Day 2023, Gerry Brown (right) and Gene Hurley set out from a pond in Bellingham with the goal of kayaking the Charles River by summer's end.

We set out to kayak the entire Charles River. It was that or pickleball.

We set off to kayak as much of the famed river as we could. If only we could figure out where it started.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Braintree student who hadn’t been to school all year enrolled in a new school this week. Her first day was grueling.
It was a day filled with frequent calls home for the eighth-grader, who, on the orders of a Norfolk County Superior Court judge, enrolled in the nearly 1,000-student middle school following a monthslong absence from any type of schooling.

What to know about the tent encampments on Boston-area college campuses
Students at MIT, Emerson College, and Tufts are also calling for increased transparency in school funding and for colleges to divest from alleged financial ties to Israel.

Robert Kraft says he’s ‘not comfortable supporting’ Columbia amid reports of antisemitism Harvard suspends pro-Palestinian student group

Hot Plate's Sarah Real and Roundhead's Luis Espinoza.

Some progress ‘but more work still needs to be done’ to diversify industry, says ‘Brewing Up Diversity’ host

Collin Knight is teaming up with the Mass. Brewers Guild to host a beer tasting and panel discussion with notable area brewers next month.

Kristin Jenkins runs 1928 Beacon Hill.

How Kristin Jenkins reinvented herself as a restaurateur at 1928 Beacon Hill

She used her experience as an art preservationist to festoon the cozy, antiques-filled cocktail bar and restaurant.

Three classics — spaghetti carbonara, Venetian shrimp, and chicken salmoriglio — that offer a tour of Italy Devra First | A first look at Somaek and Sushi @ Temple Records

Winds shift to the south today, and intensify to 15 m.p.h. in Boston and points north and west this afternoon.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

A brisk start to Tuesday before a nice warm-up across New England

Line of storms bringing light rain and some thunder midweek.

Spring frost alerts stretch into the week. So when is ‘last freeze’ typically in your area?

Tiffani DeVincent-Clarke watched her two-year-old daughter, Priia, play. At the beginning of May, DeVincent-Clarke, who has bounced around multiple shelters, will move into a new two-bedroom apartment in Cambridge through a new Rapid Housing program.

Can private landlords help ease the shelter crisis in Mass.? A new program is trying to find out.

State vouchers aim to make it worthwhile for private landlords to take in people emerging from homelessness.

Is Michigan's J.J. McCarthy the next quarterback to be drafted by the Patriots?

Ben Volin’s mock NFL draft: Patriots will be among those teams making a trade

This draft is brimming with prime talent, and teams are ready to be aggressive. Here’s a prediction for what happens Thursday.

A prediction on how the Patriots will use their eight selections in the draft

Brookline in 2020 adopted a bylaw banning the sale of tobacco or e-cigarettes to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2000.

Before court ruling, Brookline’s generational ban on tobacco sales was an oddity. That’s quickly changed.

A rule banning the sale of tobacco and e-cigarettes to most, if not all, people born this century has quickly proliferated in Massachusetts.

Opinion

Former president Donald Trump spoke to the media Monday at the end of the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments.

Trump’s endless whining is wearing thin

His deep persecution complex may be more damaging to his reelection chances than any conviction might be

MARCELA GARCÍA

Haitians cling to hope as their country prepares to install a transitional council

IDEAS | BRENDAN RUBERRY

Sports betting is out of control

Stephan Pechdimaldji

Why Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is different this year

How Mass. community colleges reversed falling enrollment

More recent News

Midwives want to be formally licensed in Mass. What does that mean?
Supporters say bills to license the birthing professionals would be transformative for the state reproductive health care workforce and maternal mortality outcomes.

Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals, and ports stay shut
Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent at hospitals and clinics across Haiti’s capital as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond.

‘Really meaningful’: Some migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by DeSantis now on path to legal status
The migrants who were sent to Massachusetts by Florida officials as part of a political stunt received “bona fide determinations,” a status that allows them some freedoms until their visa becomes available.

Former Leyden police chief pleads not guilty to allegations of stealing, selling town property
Daniel J. Galvis pleaded not guilty in Greenfield District Court to two counts of motor vehicle larceny, two counts of larceny over $1,200, and three counts of violating the standards of conduct for public employees, officials said.

Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan heads to the Senate for final approval after months of delay

The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid, taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate.

Yoko Ono to be honored at Edward MacDowell Medal ceremony in New Hampshire
The 91-year-old artist and activist is this year’s recipient of the lifetime achievement award.

revolution

Will Lionel Messi play on the turf at Gillette Stadium?
Inter Miami play the Revolution on Saturday in Foxborough, and all eyes are on the Argentine icon's status.

Former DEI director at Providence College files discrimination charge
E. Corry Kole, who is nonbinary, resigned in March after “direct, repeated, patterned and systemic discrimination,” their lawyer said. The Catholic college called the claim “unsubstantiated.”

From a bookstore to a gym: Life Time fitness club is latest ‘experiential retail’ to move into Prudential Center
A smaller, urban version of the popular fitness club will occupy the former Barnes and Noble space in the Pru late next year.

Recommended reads

The Brimmer Street Garage, at 70 Brimmer St. in Beacon Hill, was once used as stables where wealthy residents would leave their horse carriages.

$500,000 for a parking spot? Inside the world of exclusive parking in Boston.

Parking spot sales are rare and difficult to track. But when the true cost is revealed, they can provide a stark indication of how expensive the Boston housing market is.

Could helicopter parenting and a decline in ‘free play’ be causing the youth mental health crisis?
Boston College professor Peter Gray says screen time and social media aren’t the problem.

chesto means business

Trying to find a cheap lunch downtown? Good luck.
It wasn't that long ago that you could get a salad or sandwich for under $10 downtown. But, thanks to various COVID-induced factors, those days are long gone.

high schools

Terrence Clarke died three years ago. A tidal wave of elite Mass. basketball players is keeping his memory alive.
The 19-year-old basketball celebrity from Boston was killed in a car crash in California while preparing for the 2021 NBA draft.

Culture & Lifestyle

With the band members' images projected high above the stage, Phish perform at Las Vegas's Sphere Sunday night.

At Las Vegas’s mind-blowing Sphere, Phish enters another dimension

"Farmhouse Fixer" host Jonathan Knight and designer Kristina Crestin take a break from work at Saltonstall Farm.

Jonathan Knight helps historic New England homes find the right stuff on ‘Farmhouse Fixer’

From left: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Get Back."

All the news you need to know about the Beatles, and sons

Stephen Colbert was interviewed by Ben Schwartz (right) at the annual PaleyFest TV festival in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Stephen Colbert felt some trepidation as he transitioned to CBS’s late-night show

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

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.

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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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | EREC SMITH

There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifies on Capitol Hill on April 17.

Campus antisemitism can be addressed by encouraging more speech, not less

Steward operates Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.

David D’Alessandro

How do we fix the Steward Health Care disaster?

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident Hadas Kalderon, right, whose children were taken hostage and mother and niece killed, broke down in tears while looking through the burned home of her late mother Rina Sutzkever on Oct. 30, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel.

Talk about genocide in Israel-Hamas conflict conceals as much as it reveals

Then-president Donald Trump listened from the Oval Office during a phone call with Enrique Pena Nieto, then president of Mexico, about a trade agreement between the two countries on Aug. 27, 2018.

Imagining a Trump 2.0 foreign policy

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Marshfield rejects state zoning law aimed at boosting housing supply, joining Milton

Town Counsel Robert W. Galvin said voters were concerned over "the adverse impacts of having to add over 400 new multifamily units on top of all of its significant efforts to create new low and moderate-income housing."

What to know about the tent encampments on Boston-area college campuses

Students at MIT, Emerson College, and Tufts are also calling for increased transparency in school funding and for colleges to divest from alleged financial ties to Israel.

Spring frost alerts stretch into the week. When is ‘last freeze’ typically in your area?

More areas across Southern New England, including Boston, could see frost advisories Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Yoko Ono to be honored at Edward MacDowell Medal ceremony in New Hampshire

The 91-year-old artist and activist is this year’s recipient of the lifetime achievement award.

Sports

Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in Game 2 of the series vs. the Maple Leafs.

A goalie rotation will mean little against the Maple Leafs if Bruins keep playing with fire in the defensive zone

Regardless of who is in net, the Bruins will be stuck in neutral or worse if they continue to struggle behind their own blue line.

Jeremy Swayman (left) and Linus Ullmark celebrate after the Bruins beat the Maple Leafs in Game 1.

Bruins’ first-round series vs. Maple Leafs: Schedule and results

Boston will look to avenge its early exit last season, when it entered the postseason on an historic run and was bounced in seven games.

Kristaps Porzingis and the Celtics will open the playoffs on Sunday.

Celtics’ first-round series vs. Heat: Schedule and results

Boston, by virtue of earning the No. 1 seed with a 64-18 regular-season record, has ensured it will have home-court advantage throughout the postseason.

Will Lionel Messi play on the turf at Gillette Stadium?

red sox at guardians | 6:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 24: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

ALEX SPEIER | MINOR DETAILS

A closer look at the early returns from the start of the Red Sox’ minor-league season

Business

Marshfield rejects state zoning law aimed at boosting housing supply, joining Milton

Town Counsel Robert W. Galvin said voters were concerned over "the adverse impacts of having to add over 400 new multifamily units on top of all of its significant efforts to create new low and moderate-income housing."

From a bookstore to a gym: Life Time fitness club is latest ‘experiential retail’ to move into Prudential Center

A smaller, urban version of the popular fitness club will occupy the former Barnes and Noble space in the Pru late next year.

Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court

Rallies planned in Steward Hospital communities

magazine

We’re all one overhead bin battle away from an in-flight meltdown. Yes, you too.

Over the weekend, check out the Japanese Festival Boston 2024.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, April 22-28

This week's daters: Caroline and Matthew

Dinner with Cupid

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

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024

metro

Providence Bus stop Downtown in Kennedy Plaza.

Have opinions about new RIPTA bus hub? Here’s where and when to share them.

A brisk start to Tuesday before a nice warm-up across New England

Before court ruling, Brookline’s generational ban on tobacco sales was an oddity. That’s quickly changed.

sports

Carol Simon poses with players Tathiana Pierre, Emma Reavis, Shannon Smally of Foxborough, and Francesca Marchese on Feb. 12, 2023 — the last home game she coached before being put on leave.

What we know about the status of Brandeis women’s basketball coach Carol Simon and her team

The Bruins’ offense was again powerless when it counted, and other Game 2 observations

Predicting how the Patriots will use their eight picks in this week’s NFL Draft

business

Midwife Sabrina Pereira felt for the baby during a prenantal checkup with expectant mother Laurie Cormier.

Midwives want to be formally licensed in Mass. What does that mean?

To tackle Rhode Island’s rise in homelessness, Governor McKee proposes $16.6m for one-time fund

Little progress but high hopes for major projects on East Providence waterfront

politics

Former president Donald Trump waited for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday in New York.

David Pecker details ‘catch-and-kill’ arrangement about Trump stories during hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

Judge conducts hearing on request to hold Donald Trump in contempt for social media posts

Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan heads to the Senate for final approval after months of delay

Nation

Donald Trump in court on Monday for his criminal trial in Manhattan. MUST CREDIT: Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post

An unprecedented trial opens with two visions of Trump

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses

Oklahoma police say 5 found dead in home, including 2 children

World

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stood in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia on Tuesday.

Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal, keeping him in jail till at least June 30

Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals, and ports stay shut

Human rights groups condemn UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after Parliament backs new law

opinion

Children played on a splash pad on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in July 2023.

Keeping kids out of foster care saves families — and state money

Talk about genocide in Israel-Hamas conflict conceals as much as it reveals

A case can be made that Israel has genocidal intent

lifestyle

She left me for someone from Instagram

Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid ‘pointless plastic’

Not your average DIY: Flower crowns, moss art, and liquid pour painting

food & dining

Ricotta-Chive Scrambled Eggs

Recipe: For the creamiest scramble, stir these eggs low and slow, then add ricotta and chives

Recipe: Boost the flavor of a quick, spicy chicken stew in coconut milk with jalapeno, cilantro, and lime

Recipe: A simple orange-scented olive oil cake, mixed with cornmeal, is perfect for berry season

travel

On April Fools' Day 2023, Gerry Brown (right) and Gene Hurley set out from a pond in Bellingham with the goal of kayaking the Charles River by summer's end.

We set out to kayak the entire Charles River. It was that or pickleball.

We’re all one overhead bin battle away from an in-flight meltdown. Yes, you too.

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

Arts

Yoko Ono appearws before the dedication ceremony for her permanent art installation, a sculpture called SKYLANDING, at Jackson Park, Oct. 17, 2016, in Chicago. One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Ono.

Yoko Ono to be honored at Edward MacDowell Medal ceremony in New Hampshire

‘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

Books

PEN America calls off annual ceremony amid criticism of its response to war in Gaza

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

Movies

From left, Josh O'Connor, Zendaya, and Mike Faist, cast members in "Challengers," posed together at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre, April 16 in Los Angeles.

‘Challengers’ stars say Boston Marathon, city commute inspired them while filming new movie with Zendaya

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

When the leading man is tall, dark, and hairy

Television

Tom Brady attends Michael Rubin's Fanatics Super Bowl party at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024.

Watch the new trailer for Tom Brady comedy roast, coming to Netflix in May

Stephen Colbert felt some trepidation as he transitioned to CBS’s late-night show

Jonathan Knight helps historic New England homes find the right stuff on ‘Farmhouse Fixer’

music

Yoko Ono appearws before the dedication ceremony for her permanent art installation, a sculpture called SKYLANDING, at Jackson Park, Oct. 17, 2016, in Chicago. One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Ono.

Yoko Ono to be honored at Edward MacDowell Medal ceremony in New Hampshire

At Las Vegas’s mind-blowing Sphere, Phish enters another dimension

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall

Theater/Dance

Eleri Ward, who studied at Boston Conservatory and Berklee, went viral for her acoustic interpretations of Stephen Sondheim's songs. Now she'll be appearing in the world premiere of "Gatsby" at the American Repertory Theater in May.

Boston Conservatory grad Eleri Ward’s folk-inspired Sondheim TikToks opened a path that led to ‘Gatsby’

Comic Matt Rife is thriving as a repeat offender

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

Health

Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

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

Ms. Karmel, commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, in her office in Washington, on Nov. 17, 1977.

Roberta Karmel, first woman named to the SEC, dies at 86

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died

Joyce Spector Mekelburg, second-to-last known survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 100