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Judge in Karen Read trial rules that jurors can’t be told about federal investigation into case
At a hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, Judge Beverly J. Cannone hashed out some of the ground rules for the highly anticipated trial, which is expected to last several weeks. Opening statements are slated for Monday.

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump

As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, David Pecker was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye.
Here's how today's testimony unfolded

ANALYSIS
What you need to know about the Supreme Court arguments about presidential immunity
The justices were more focused on getting it right for history rather than the moment.

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear

New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

The Manhattan district attorney’s office signaled its intention to retry Weinstein, and his accusers could again be forced to retell their stories on the witness stand.
Here’s why Weinstein’s rape conviction was tossed and what happens next

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Among Mass. independent voters, the economy is a high hurdle for Biden
Independents are less likely to share Democrats’ rosy take on the state’s economy, but they are nowhere near as gloomy as Republicans, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.

Amid migrant crisis, Massachusetts voters support ‘right-to-shelter’ law — with reservations, new poll shows

 Bill to fund cash-strapped emergency shelter system, limit stays heads to Governor Healey’s desk

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden pays $5K ethics violation for issuing press release in 2022 DA campaign

Former bouncer at Boston bar pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of Marine during St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2022
Videos show police arresting protesters, forcibly removing Emerson pro-Palestinian tent encampment
Boston police forcibly removed a pro-Palestinian tent encampment Emerson College students had built early Thursday morning. ( Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff )

Boston police forcibly remove pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Emerson College; more than 100 arrested

Several videos posted on social media showed a chaotic scene as law enforment officers in helmets and reflective jackets scuffled with shouting protesters, some carrying umbrellas. Many of the protesters appeared to link arms forming a barrier as officers moved in.
See photos and videos of Boston police removing tent encampment at Emerson College

Emerson student captures video of officers swarming protester on the ground

In the video, three officers can be seen tussling with the person, who was apparently was trying to hide in a tent in the Boylston Place alley.

Encampment protest begins at Northeastern University in wake of arrests at Emerson College

What we know about the Emerson arrests and ongoing protests on other campuses

USC cancels graduation ceremony as college officials worry about pro-Palestinian protest disruptions
GLOBE MAGAZINE

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

From the Canal to Provincetown, a guide to old, new, and unforgettable experiences on the Cape.
Tables: It’s almost Mother’s Day. Here’s where to brunch. Baleia takes Boston on a Portuguese holiday
ANALYSIS

Ayanna Pressley’s shift on Israel was years in the making

Did Pressley change or did the situation change? “It’s both,” she said in an interview.
NFL Draft

Ben Volin I On football
Draft day is here. So ... will the Patriots take Drake Maye or not? Here’s what they’re saying in Detroit.
Will New England stay at 3 and take Drake Maye? Or will they trade back and try to find their next QB at a later spot? Twenty-four hours before the draft, both options appeared to be open.

Draft day is finally here. Follow along with live updates. Everything you need to know about the 2024 NFL Draft Eliot Wolf’s draft history: What has the Patriots’ decision-maker done in the past?
THE FINE PRINT

Lunch with friends at a Chinatown restaurant? Not for a young blind woman who showed up with her service dog.

Joicee Gordillo said she regularly encounters restaurants that are hesitant to allow her and her service dog, Junie, in. But her experience at Jade Garden was the first time she was outright denied service.

All-Scholastics

Meet the Globe’s Winter 2023-24 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in eight winter sports. Click on each sport to read about the honorees. Find the All-Scholastics section in print on Sunday, April 28.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The host actually sat us at two different tables’

Will these two pet owners find their person?
From Love Letters: Dating while my biological clock is ticking
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Why we’re looking at a hotter summer this year in New England

The region, much like the US, will continue to challenge heat and precipitation records as conditions look favorable for higher-than-average temperatures.
The first Atlantic tropical ‘area of interest’ has arrived
On baseball | Guardians 6, Red Sox 4

Red Sox must leave mental lapses behind and focus on positives as they return home

There were troubling moments but also good signs on this road trip, and they absolutely have to play better at Fenway.
José Ramírez’s grand slam propels Guardians past Red Sox in trip finale
Opinion
Mary Ziegler

Reality on abortion hits the Supreme Court

Many of the male justices seemed comfortable keeping the argument at a level of abstraction, but the female justices pushed back.
IDEAS | BRANDON DEL POZO

Why the drug reform movement looks like it’s failing
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Why are women becoming so much more liberal than men?
EDITORIAL

Mike Johnson saved the day. Democrats should be ready to save Johnson.
Brendan Little

My mother died by suicide. I don’t regret my estrangement from her.

More recent News

These people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today.
As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
Ariel Henry's resignation leaves the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence.

PARENTING UNFILTERED
National College Decision Day isn’t a referendum on how well you did as a parent
Author Ana Homayoun’s new book, “Erasing the Finish Line,” challenges the notion that college acceptance is the ultimate trophy, offering a broader blueprint for success.

EPA severely limits pollution from coal-burning power plants
The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the nation’s coal-fired power plants to virtually eliminate the planet-warming pollution they release into the air or shut down.

WBUR layoffs: Read the letter to staff from CEO Margaret Low
Thirty-one employees at WBUR, roughly 14 percent of the station’s staff, are leaving the company through layoffs and buyouts.

Robert Frost, with help from Gordon Clapp, takes the stage at the Calderwood Pavilion
Gordon Clapp stars as Robert Frost at the Calderwood Pavilion.

488 confirmed cases and 6 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care

Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent.

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel.

Recommended reads

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla stymied by Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s game plan

Spoelstra had two full days to prepare for Game 2 and completely dominated his matchup with Mazzulla, bringing back painful memories of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals.

A R.I. country club built a seawall. Outrage ensued. Now they’re asking for permission.
Quidnessett Country Club in North Kingstown, which allegedly built a seawall along Narragansett Bay conservation waters without asking permission, has started the process of trying to get it after the fact.

‘He’s no safer there than he is at home’: One family’s nightmare at St. Mary’s Home for Children
One teenage resident and his grandparents described chaos at the facility for troubled youths in North Providence, R.I., as well as incidents confirmed by police logs and the state’s Office of the Child Advocate

Jerry Seinfeld talks JFK, Bill Burr, and feeding his inner child with ‘Unfrosted’
The comedy icon makes his directorial debut with a star-studded new movie for Netflix about the origin of the Pop-Tart.

Culture & Lifestyle

Damn! Damn! Damn! ‘Good Times’ turns 50

Independent Film Festival Boston turns 21: ‘We see the festival and the city as kind of intertwined’

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

Amy Tan, author of ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ logs her obsession with birds in a new avian book of days

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

Brendan Little

My mother died by suicide. I don’t regret my estrangement from her.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Wu’s fumble on White Stadium renovation
IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The darker meaning of gaslighting
RACHELLE G. COHEN

Transportation secretary becomes a household name, but not in a good way
EDITORIAL

State definition of ‘juvenile offender’ should follow the science
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Who got into Boston’s exam schools this fall? BPS offers an initial glimpse at the data

The data did not include a demographic breakdown by race, ethnicity, or income status —that is expected to be released in the coming weeks as part of a more comprehensive data analysis.

488 confirmed cases and 6 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Encampment protest begins at Northeastern University in wake of arrests at Emerson College

‘The university has not been listening,’ one student said.

Sheppie Abramowitz, who advocated relief for refugees, dies at 88

A consummate political insider, Sheppie Abramowitz became a powerful ally for refugees around the world.

Sports

live updates

Draft day is finally here. Follow along with live updates.

The 2024 NFL Draft begins at 8 p.m., and the Patriots will be on the clock early with the No. 3 pick.
peter abraham | on baseball

Red Sox must leave mental lapses behind and focus on positives as they return home

There were troubling moments but also good signs on this road trip, and they absolutely have to play better at Fenway.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Ceddanne Rafaela’s defensive prowess makes him the choice to be the Red Sox’ starting shortstop

After starting 16 games in center field, Rafaela's versatility was needed when Trevor Story went down for the season, and now he's started six straight games at shortstop.
celtics

For a night, the Heat had Kristaps Porzingis befuddled, but he vows to adjust
guardians 6, red sox 4

José Ramírez’s grand slam for Guardians sends Red Sox back to Boston looking for some home cooking

Business

Key solar panel ingredient is made in the USA again

The revival of the factory, which is owned by REC Silicon, could help achieve a long-standing goal of many US lawmakers and energy executives to reestablish a complete domestic supply chain for solar panels and reduce the world’s reliance on plants in China and Southeast Asia.

EPA severely limits pollution from coal-burning power plants

The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the nation’s coal-fired power plants to virtually eliminate the planet-warming pollution they release into the air or shut down.
TALKING POINTS

As planes fill and tastes change, Southwest Airlines mulls assigned seating
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Among Mass. independent voters, the economy is a high hurdle for Biden
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

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

Forget serious — I want to be burned by desire
Perspective

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

Three classics — spaghetti carbonara, Venetian shrimp, and chicken salmoriglio — that offer a tour of Italy

metro

Judge in Karen Read trial rules that jurors can’t be told about federal investigation into case

Best things to do in Rhode Island: April 26-May 3

The first Atlantic tropical ‘area of interest’ has arrived

sports

EMass baseball: Pitching plus power for Plymouth North, D.C. Brown headlines Players of the Week

EMass baseball: St. John’s (Shrewsbury) makes its move to No. 3 in Globe Top 20

Meet the Globe’s Winter 2023-24 All-Scholastics

business

Economy cooled off in first quarter, growing at 1.6 percent rate

WBUR layoffs: Read the letter to staff from CEO Margaret Low

Inside the crisis at NPR

politics

These people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today.

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear

What you need to know about the Supreme Court arguments about presidential immunity

Nation

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump

488 confirmed cases and 6 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

USC cancels graduation ceremony as college officials worry about pro-Palestinian protest disruptions

World

Macron, battling the far-right at home, pushes for a stronger Europe

Haiti’s prime minister resigns; transitional council sworn in

Ukraine is putting pressure on fighting-age men outside the country as it tries to replenish forces

opinion

Transportation secretary becomes a household name, but not in a good way

State definition of ‘juvenile offender’ should follow the science

My mother died by suicide. I don’t regret my estrangement from her.

lifestyle

National College Decision Day isn’t a referendum on how well you did as a parent

Dating while my biological clock is ticking

Influencer Marius Johnson talks Boston fashion and social media as storytelling

food & dining

Baleia takes Boston on a Portuguese holiday

It’s almost Mother’s Day. Here’s where to brunch.

Jerry Seinfeld talks JFK, Bill Burr, and feeding his inner child with ‘Unfrosted’

travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

The summer season gets underway early in P-town, plus a baby monitor for the car

Expedia said it would refund my tickets four years ago. Help!

Arts

At Mass MoCA, Joseph Grigely invites visitors into his rich silence

At the MFA, ‘Songs for Modern Japan’ is music for the eyes

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

Books

National College Decision Day isn’t a referendum on how well you did as a parent

In Kellye Garrett’s ‘Missing White Woman,’ a romantic idyll turns nightmare at the hands of a toxic influencer

James Marcus documents a personal relationship with Emerson in ‘Glad to the Brink of Fear’

Movies

Independent Film Festival Boston turns 21: ‘We see the festival and the city as kind of intertwined’

Steve Carell and John Krasinski had a mini ‘The Office’ reunion while making new movie ‘IF’

In ‘We Grown Now,’ a tragic event tests the friendship between two 12-year-old boys

Television

Damn! Damn! Damn! ‘Good Times’ turns 50

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

Steve Carell and John Krasinski had a mini ‘The Office’ reunion while making new movie ‘IF’

music

Why two hours of Bach keeps selling out the house

‘Like playing in someone’s backyard’: Lowell’s annual The Town and the City Festival has a special feel.

‘The Road to Ruane’ tells the story of an antic, unforgettable character in Boston’s music scene

Theater/Dance

Robert Frost, with help from Gordon Clapp, takes the stage at the Calderwood Pavilion

Subversive, self-referential ‘Strange Loop’ gets its Boston premiere

Variety is the spice of his comic life

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

Sheppie Abramowitz, who advocated relief for refugees, dies at 88

Howie Schwab, ESPN researcher and trivia star, dies at 63

US Representative Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died after a heart attack