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NFL Draft 2024: Patriots select QB Drake Maye with No. 3 pick

The Patriots hold seven more picks, including two on Friday night in Rounds 2 and 3.
Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf comment on Patriots’ top draft pick NFL Draft Updates
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Ben Volin I On football

The Patriots made the right move in drafting Drake Maye. Now don’t mess it up.

 Belichick’s assessment of Maye

Five things to know about Drake Maye, the Patriots’ new quarterback

 Why did the Patriots select Maye?

Mayor Wu backs Boston police in wake of mass arrests near Emerson College
"There were safety concerns and the safety risks were growing," she said.

Despite Wu’s support, Emerson encampment removal draws mixed reaction from city leaders

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.

Shock reverberates on Emerson’s campus after overnight student arrests

By mid-morning, as students were periodically released from police precincts throughout the city, the mood on the downtown Boston campus was subdued.
What we know about the Emerson arrests and ongoing protests on other campuses

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

Harvard protesters get organized, and continue to grow

Emerson student captures video of officers swarming protester on the ground
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

Lewiston shooter had ‘10-year hold’ on possessing guns following stay at New York mental health hospital, fellow soldier testifies

The colleague’s sworn testimony, given at Thursday’s session of a state commission investigating the shootings in Lewiston last fall, also revealed new details about the concerns Card’s fellow soldiers had about his deteriorating mental health.

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

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

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.

Mass. House passes measure targeting ‘deepfakes’ in campaign ads

Philip Chism, convicted of killing his Danvers High School teacher, to change plea in unrelated assault case on youth worker

North Andover man dead after shooting at police, officer injured
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.

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.

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.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden pays $5K ethics violation for issuing press release in 2022 DA campaign
In a statement on Thursday, the state Ethics Commission said Hayden was aware his staff intended to issue the statement and “took no action” to stop them.

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.

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.

Former bouncer at Boston bar pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of Marine during St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2022

Alvaro Larrama was sentenced to serve 17 to 20 years in state prison. He had been facing a first-degree murder charge.

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

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

The new survey comes on the backdrop of a close presidential election rematch in which immigration and border security have proven to be top issues, particularly among GOP voters.

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

Mass. House passes measure targeting ‘deepfakes’ in campaign ads

“We gotta start having this conversation because we’re going to be chasing our tail if we don’t start thinking about it now," said the Massachusetts House's top Republican.

Despite Boston Mayor Wu’s support, Emerson encampment removal draws mixed reaction from city leaders

Wu said while she and her team review all body camera footage from the incident, the city needed to take action to remove the tents that were set up in an alley by the school, which she described as a fire and public safety hazard.

Mayor Wu backs Boston police in wake of mass arrests near Emerson College

"There were safety concerns and the safety risks were growing," she said.

Shock reverberates on Emerson’s campus after overnight student arrests

By mid-morning, as students were periodically released from police precincts throughout the city, the mood on the downtown Boston campus was subdued.

Sports

live updates

Have the Patriots found their man in Drake Maye? Here’s how the first night of the NFL Draft unfolded.

The Patriots hold seven more picks, including two on Friday night in Rounds 2 and 3.
Patriots

‘I’m stoked.’ Here’s what Patriots top pick Drake Maye said after New England drafted him

Maye spoke to the media for the first time Thursday night after being taken No. 3 overall. See what he said.
NFL DRAFT

‘This guy is very competitive.’ Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf comment on Patriots’ top draft pick Drake Maye

"We like that competitive nature, that striving for perfection, and he showed us that," new head coach Jerod Mayo said Thursday.
High schools

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Brothers Ben and Mason Cleary combine for 35 kills for No. 7 BC High in a nonleague win vs. No. 3 Milford

Patriots' Drake Maye talks about his new teammates, Tom Brady, and conversation with Jerod Mayo

Business

Energy Dept. aims to speed up permits for power lines

The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a rule meant to speed up federal permits for major transmission lines, part of a broader push to expand America’s electric grids.

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
TALKING POINTS

As planes fill and tastes change, Southwest Airlines mulls assigned seating
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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

Philip Chism, convicted of killing his Danvers High School teacher, to change plea in unrelated assault case on youth worker

Lewiston shooter had ‘10-year hold’ on possessing guns following stay at New York mental health hospital, fellow soldier testifies

Harvard protesters get organized, and continue to grow

sports

The Patriots made the right move in drafting Drake Maye. Now don’t mess it up.

2024 NFL Draft: Meet the Patriots’ draft class

Here’s Bill Belichick’s assessment of Patriots first-round draft pick Drake Maye

business

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

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

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

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

As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protestors, others quickly call the police

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year

Trump’s lawyers will grill ex-tabloid publisher as first week of hush money trial testimony wraps

World

India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

US-China talks start with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations

Why this small Ukrainian hilltop town is Russia’s next big target

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

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

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

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

Boston stars will shine on the Common this summer in ‘A Winter’s Tale’

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

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

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