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NFL Draft

Washington wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk runs against Michigan during the first half of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game.

Winners, losers and Patriots takeaways after Day 2 of the NFL Draft

The NFL Draft continues Saturday at noon, with Rounds 4-7 in Detroit.

Scouting Patriots draft pick Caedan Wallace, who anchored the Penn State offensive line

Caedan Wallace runs drills at Penn State's pro day.

Five things to know about Caedan Wallace, the Patriots’ pick at No. 68

Polk was a central character on the Huskies’ run to the national championship last season and went to the same high school as Cowboys great Dez Bryant.

Five things to know about Ja’Lynn Polk, the newest Patriots receiver

The draft grades and scouting report for Polk

Bill Belichick handled his role as a draft analyst with aplomb, sharing his vast knowledge with viewers.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Bill Belichick’s draft analysis on Pat McAfee show was top-of-the-charts stuff

Columbia protester who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ was fiery student representative on Boston School Committee
Khymani James is a Boston Latin Academy graduate and former Boston School Committee student representative, While James was a high school student in Boston, he was outspoken in public spaces and didn’t shy away from confrontation.

Columbia’s senate calls for an investigation into the administration

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters face off next to Emerson College after a protest camp was cleared by police in Boston early Thursday morning.

Mayor Michelle Wu, Police Commissioner Cox agreed on tent removal ahead of Emerson arrests

Students had set up tents to protest Israel’s actions in the conflict in Gaza and call for a cease-fire there.

Emerson College student government calls on president to resign after pro-Palestinian encampment arrests

Tensions rise at Northeastern encampment late Friday night

A view of the sunset in New Brunswick from Via Rail Canada's Ocean route.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Two nights, three provinces, and 1,600 miles. A sleeper train through Maritime Canada is slow travel at its best.

Via Rail’s sleepy eastern route brings travelers through rural villages and towns in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Here's what it's like.

Billerica police sergeant killed in excavator accident at road construction site

Sergeant Ian Taylor, 49, was directing a tractor-trailer around a construction site near the intersection of Boston Road and Pollard Street when the excavator hit him at about 2 p.m., officials said.

Brandeis women’s basketball coach is retiring after players threatened to quit
The school announced Friday that Carol Simon, the longtime coach who received a letter last week from all 11 returning players asking her to resign, will retire.

SJC rules police officers’ names can’t be kept secret from misconduct investigation records on privacy grounds

The court also rejected an argument from prosecutors asserting that privacy exemption to the public records law can still be applied to investigations that find no misconduct by police.

Testimony in Trump’s hush-money trial ends after two new witnesses called to the stand. Here’s what happened.

Michael Cohen’s former banker, Gary Farro, and Donald Trump's former assistant, Rhona Graff, testified Friday afternoon. The trial resumes on Tuesday.

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs
A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions.

Within 14 hours, a team of Andover high schoolers tackled the housing crisis — with math
A Phillips Academy math team was named a finalist in an international competition for its models suggesting solutions to housing shortages and homelessness.

Biden delays ban on menthol cigarettes

The White House has faced considerable resistance from the cigarette companies that would lose billions of dollars if they could no longer sell menthol cigarettes.

Former Miss Hall’s School teacher investigated after four former students allege sexual assault

Boston man sentenced to prison for trying to hire hitman to murder ex-wife, her boyfriend

The Boston brass had intentions on having Shota Imanaga in the home dugout at Fenway Park this season, instead he carved through the Red Sox lineup for the Cubs on Friday.

Cubs 7, Red Sox 1

Before rookie Shota Imanaga pitched the Cubs past the Red Sox, he was one of their top offseason targets

The Sox, according to a major league source, were the first team to make an offer to Imanaga last offseason, putting a two-year, $26 million deal on the table.

Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of The Lego Group, at the toymaker's Boston office last week.

Lego is coming to Boston. Here’s what its CEO has to say about why.

As the popular toymaker keeps growing, it wanted a North American headquarters with access to a wider array of talented workers. It chose Boston.

We might be ‘the greatest love story ever told’

But she’s marrying someone else.

Opinion

A man wearing a Palestinian flag walks through the area where a pro-Palestinian encampment was dismantled by police at Emerson College in Boston on Thursday.

IDEAS | MARIANNE MOLLMANN AND EDUARDO GONZALEZ CUEVA

Our daughter is a student protester at Emerson. The police went too far.

There are better ways to approach the protests roiling campuses across the country from Emerson to Columbia to USC.

What happened when a young Israeli walked into an anti-Israel protest

Woody Allen, the headache no one wants

Ruthzee Louijeune

Unlocking Haiti’s potential

Eternal sunshine of the MAGA mind

More recent News

Larry Edelman

MassDevelopment chief Dan Rivera abruptly resigns after 3 years
Rivera, who was the mayor of Lawrence before being appointed to the post by then-Governor Charlie Baker, told the MassDevelopment board that he was leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Philip Chism, convicted of killing his Danvers High School teacher, changes plea in unrelated assault case on youth worker
While Chism was awaiting trial on the murder charge at a juvenile detention facility in Dorchester, he attacked and seriously injured a female counselor with the Department of Youth Services on June 2, 2014.

Most Republicans join in passing $58 billion House budget
The Massachusetts House voted 153-4 late Friday to pass a $58 billion fiscal 2025 budget that invests in K-12 education, child care and public transit, shifting debate on spending priorities to the Senate.

Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
The former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday.

Man found dead on floor in Greenfield apartment identified as 35-year-old Pittsfield man, officials say

Christopher Hairston, 35, was found on the floor of a Greenfield apartment on Monday night after a “foul odor” was reported, officials said.

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says
Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months ago to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.

Man, 24, arrested in fatal shooting of woman in Conway, N.H.

Connor J. Macleod is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Alexis M. Leach, 23, officials said.

Central Falls breaks ground for a new $108 million high school

The new school, set to be completed at the end of 2025, will replace a nearly 100-year-old building beset by leaky roofs, balky boilers, mold, peeling paint, and falling debris.

Burglary ring targeted Indian and South Asian families in 43 break-ins, DA says

Authorities have broken up a sophisticated burglary ring targeting families in more than two dozen Middlesex County communities, District Attorney Marian T. Ryan announced Friday.

Recommended reads

Stuffed animals lay on Samantha Frechon’s bed, where she spent countless hours this school year as her mother and Braintree Public Schools disputed her special education placement.

Judge changes ruling following Braintree eighth-grader’s anxiety attack, trip to hospital

Fourteen-year-old Samantha Frechon had enrolled, per the judge's earlier order, at a regular public school for the first time since she was eight.

A ‘transformational’ way to treat drug addiction gains momentum at Mass. hospitals
Embedding teams of addiction specialists within hospitals can reduce the severity of substance use, increase participation in treatment, and dramatically reduce hospital readmissions — all of which save lives and taxpayer dollars.

Style Watch

This Cambridge kitchen design draws inspiration from the 1970s
The design team started by picking the dark color palette for the cabinets and counters, then built out the design from there.

Lowell is getting dozens of migrant families. Their struggles resonate with Cambodian community.
Welcoming Haitian migrants who have fled violence at home, local residents see themselves from another era.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel, Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn, Thomas Lennon as Harold Von Braunhut, Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee, and James Marsden as Jack LaLanne in "Unfrosted."

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

Leading the cast for this summer's Free Shakespeare on the Common production of "The Winter's Tale" are (from left) Marianna Bassham, Nael Nacer, and Omar Robinson.

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

From left: Ralph Carter, Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, and Bern Nadette Stanis gather in the kitchen in a scene from the television show "Good Times," Los Angeles, 1975.

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

A scene from "Janet Planet," directed by Annie Baker.

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

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

Abortion rights protesters rally outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Reality on abortion hits the Supreme Court

Downtown Portland, Ore., 2024.

IDEAS | BRANDON DEL POZO

Why the drug reform movement looks like it’s failing

A man opposed to abortion argued with a woman who supports abortion rights at the March for Life in Washington on Jan. 24, 2020.

IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Why are women becoming so much more liberal than men?

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with members of the media following passage of a series of foreign aid bills April 20 in Washington, D.C.

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

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Former Miss Hall’s School teacher investigated after four former students allege sexual assault

Berkshire District Attorney Timothy Shugrue’s office said it is investigating allegations against Matthew S. Rutledge, a history teacher at Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield who resigned last month.

Tensions continue after Wu takes responsibility for arrests at Emerson encampment

“The Commissioner and I jointly agreed that the growing encampment needed to be removed in order to address the public safety and fire hazards that it presented,” Wu said in a statement Friday afternoon.

Billerica police sergeant killed in excavator accident at road construction site

Sergeant Ian Taylor, 49, was directing a tractor-trailer around a construction site near the intersection of Boston Road and Pollard Street when the excavator hit him at about 2 p.m., officials said.

Most Republicans join in passing $58 billion House budget

The Massachusetts House voted 153-4 late Friday to pass a $58 billion fiscal 2025 budget that invests in K-12 education, child care and public transit, shifting debate on spending priorities to the Senate.

Sports

Washington wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk runs against Michigan during the first half of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game.

Winners, losers and Patriots takeaways after Day 2 of the NFL Draft

The NFL Draft continues Saturday at noon, with Rounds 4-7 in Detroit.

Drake Maye poses with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Patriots.

2024 NFL Draft: Meet the Patriots’ draft class

New England will add at least eight new players through the draft.

Mansfield's Charles Saba fires the discus during Friday's Division 3 Coaches Relays meet at Friday at Southeastern Regional High in Easton.

MSTCA DIVISION 3 RELAYS

Walpole boys’ track pulls away late to capture Division 3 Relays title

With wins in two relays and strong showings in two others, the Timberwolves easily out-paced Reading, while late wins in the 4x200 and 4x400 pushed the Mansfield girls to the win.

Five things to know about Caedan Wallace, the Patriots’ pick at No. 68

The draft grades and scouting report for new Patriots receiver Ja’Lynn Polk

Business

Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

David Pecker was grilled about his memory and past statements as the defense tried to poke holes in potentially crucial testimony for prosecutors in the first criminal trial of a former American president.

MassDevelopment chief Dan Rivera abruptly resigns after 3 years

Rivera, who was the mayor of Lawrence before being appointed to the post by then-Governor Charlie Baker, told the MassDevelopment board that he was leaving to pursue other opportunities.

As Earth Week ends, here are five takeaways on the climate crisis from Elizabeth Kolbert

Mass. cannabis sales topped $1 billion for third straight year in 2023

magazine

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

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.

For some, it can raise red flags about revealing personal information.

What to do when someone overshares details on a first date

This week's daters: Nate and Jim

Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters faced off early Thursday.

Emerson College student government calls on president to resign after pro-Palestinian encampment arrests

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

Columbia protester who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ was fiery student representative on Boston School Committee

sports

Caedan Wallace runs a drill during Penn State's pro day.

The draft grades and scouting report for new Patriots tackle Caedan Wallace

Commanders draft Everett’s Mike Sainristil with 50th pick in NFL Draft

Defense surprisingly leads Mavericks to a contentious Game 3 victory over the Clippers

business

US probes whether Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to make sure drivers pay attention

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

Lego is coming to Boston. Here’s what its CEO has to say about why.

politics

Former president Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York on Friday.

Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial

President Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go.

US announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package

Nation

Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha on Friday.

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison

Tabloid publisher defiant as Trump lawyer tries to shake his confidence

World

Displaced Palestinian children pulled containers for water supply at their tent camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt on Friday.

Blinken to return to Israel to discuss hostages and planned Rafah incursion

Ukraine’s farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains

A US-led effort to bring aid to Gaza by sea is moving forward. But big concerns remain.

opinion

Students protesting the war in Gaza worked and rested at an encampment at Columbia University, April 24.

Lessons learned from campus protests?

Next stop? Building fossil fuel infrastructure.

Sail on to a cleaner planet

lifestyle

We might be ‘the greatest love story ever told’

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

Dating while my biological clock is ticking

food & dining

Seared cod and crispy potatoes in a caldo verde-inspired sauce at Baleia, a new Portuguese restaurant on the edge of the South End.

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

You’ll find a selection of whimsical art at the Wynwood Walls museum.

There’s a lot of money floating around Miami. Here’s what to do there if very little of it is yours.

Two nights, three provinces, and 1,600 miles. A sleeper train through Maritime Canada is slow travel at its best.

Be a part of the oldest postal system in the world

Arts

Viewers inside Joseph Grigely's "White Noise (polychrome),” 2023, at Mass MoCA this month.

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

From left: "James" by Percival Everett and "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas.

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 21

Author readings around Boston through May 4

As Earth Week ends, here are five takeaways on the climate crisis from Elizabeth Kolbert

Movies

A scene from "Janet Planet," directed by Annie Baker.

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

Dan Rather in 2020.

Dan Rather returns to CBS Sunday, but not the era he embodied

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

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

music

Andris Nelsons led principal trumpet Thomas Rolfs and the rest of the BSO during Thursday's program.

BSO delivers dose of history along with American premiere of ‘The Wrath of God’

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.

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in Jorma Elo's "Carmen"

Boston Ballet scores with ‘Kingdom of the Shades’ and ‘Carmen’

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

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

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

Mike Pinder (second from right) with other members of the Moody Blues in London in 1971.

Mike Pinder, founding keyboardist of the Moody Blues, dies at 82

Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half-century, dies at 90

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