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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.

Tara Sullivan
Has there ever been a more jam-packed day in Boston sports than this?
The Bruins and Celtics won road playoff games, the Patriots drafted new players, the Red Sox routed the Cubs, and the Revolution were out-done by Lionel Messi.

Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox score a laugher over Cubs, pile 17 runs, 21 hits in historic romp
Game 4: Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 1

Bruins’ stars shine brightest in Game 4 to push Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination

Boston, which received goals from James van Riemsdyk, Brad Marchand, and David Pastrnak, and 24 saves from Jeremy Swayman, will try to close out Toronto Tuesday night at TD Garden.
Photos: Bruins edge Maple Leafs in Game 4
Revolution

Lionel Messi (two goals, two assists) delivered and then some in front of a record crowd at Gillette Stadium. Here’s how it happened.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Coach Joe Mazzulla made sure the Celtics made all the right moves in routing the Heat in Game 3
Patriots

Patriots finish off draft season, agree to deals with a slew of undrafted free agents

high schools
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.

How a Tesla EV charging station ended up next to a shelter for migrant children

The strange scene in Foxborough reflects the state’s efforts to address two of its biggest challenges: migrants and climate change.

‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute
The Berkeley Beacon, the campus newspaper at Emerson College in Boston, has faced previous criticism for coverage decisions. And now its student journalists are trying to report on protests.

Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action Quiet weekend at pro-Palestinian encampments at Harvard and MIT

Police clear 100 protesters from pro-Palestinian encampment at Northeastern University

A key piece of the Karen Read case remains a mystery due to Mass. law: the autopsy report

Some experts say speculation surrounding the case, fueled by photos of the alleged victim's body, shows why full autopsy reports should be public documents, as they are in several other states.

Once dominant at CBS News before a bitter departure, Dan Rather makes his first return in 18 years
Former anchor Dan Rather was on CBS airwaves on Sunday morning, 18 years after he left the network under a cloud.

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday.

See photos from the White House correspondents’ dinner, protests outside

Middle schools in Norway banned smartphones. The benefits were dramatic, a study shows.
The long-running debate over whether to ban smartphones in schools has intensified in recent months. This week, social media was abuzz about a study from Norway earlier this year that showed bans can have real impacts.

RFK Jr. is scaring Biden’s allies. But he is a threat to Trump, too.

Joe Biden’s supporters are trying to blunt the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even as he poses a challenge to Donald Trump as well.

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

Authorities investigate apparent murder-suicide in Lowell

The best gardening tips to get your plantings in shape this weekend

We’ve finally escaped the frost, so here’s what to know to get your garden spring ready.

Tick activity has surged early amid New England’s unusually warm winters

Being judicious about ticks will limit your exposure and let you enjoy the outdoors many of us love so much.
Weekend Pollen Forecast — Look out, allergies. Warming temperatures may accelerate spread
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.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Consolidation shouldn’t be a dirty word for public universities

With enrollment dropping, can public universities truly become a system?
EDITORIAL

The ‘demographic cliff’ is coming. Colleges must be prepared.
EDITORIAL

With the college-age population shrinking, some schools won’t survive. There’s a right way for them to close.
IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

Can Minecraft’s virtual world help grieving children cope with real loss?
Jaime Bedrin

Want your kids to jump out of bed to get to school? Put them on the bike bus.

More recent News

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
The Falcons selecting Michael Penix was the biggest head-scratcher of the NFL draft
To say starting quarterback Kirk Cousins and his people were surprised by the first-round draft decision is a massive understatement.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Debate over how to classify rideshare drivers isn’t just about pay. It’s also about their safety.
Driving for Uber or Lyft can be a terrifying experience sometimes. You don’t really know who you’re picking up, or what condition they’ll be in when they climb into your car.

It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent
Analysts and polls predict that the waning popularity of the party once led by Nelson Mandela is likely to see it lose its parliamentary majority for the first time as a new generation of South Africans make their voices heard in what might be the most important election since 1994 next month.

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.

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.

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

Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder for hire and was sentenced to serve 92 months in prison, officials said.

Echoing their client, Trump’s lawyers pursue an absolutist defense

Trump’s legal strategy mirrors his political talking points as his lawyers portray the case as an unjust assault on the former president’s character.

Man pronounced dead after shooting in Mattapan

Boston Emergency Medical Services transported the adult male victim to a local hospital.

Michael C. Jensen, economist who helped reshape modern capitalism, dies at 84

A Harvard Business School professor, Michael C. Jensen evangelized for stock options, golden parachutes, and leveraged buyouts, empowering Wall Street’s greed-is-good era.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

Five Hispanic photographers tackle matters of home, identity, and migration

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

At Mass MoCA, Joseph Grigely invites visitors into his soundless world

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 | MARIANNE MOLLMANN AND EDUARDO GONZALEZ CUEVA

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

CARINE HAJJAR

What happened when a young Israeli walked into an anti-Israel protest
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

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

Readers respond to student protests against war in Gaza
Christopher Weyant

New school mascot?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Quiet weekend at pro-Palestinian encampments at Harvard and MIT

At MIT and Harvard, there was a sense of calm on Saturday and late into the evening, after police raids to remove encampments at Northeastern and Emerson in recent days.

A key piece of the Karen Read case remains a mystery due to Mass. law: the autopsy report

Some experts say speculation surrounding the case, fueled by photos of the alleged victim's body, shows why full autopsy reports should be public documents, as they are in several other states.

‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute

The Berkeley Beacon, the campus newspaper at Emerson College in Boston, has faced previous criticism for coverage decisions. And now its student journalists are trying to report on protests.

Photos: Messi displays magic against Revolution

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi scored two goals against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Sports

CUBS AT RED SOX | 7:10 P.M. (ESPN)

Game 29: Cubs at Red Sox lineups and preview

The Sox are in primetime for the series finale with Tanner Houck on the hill.
Chad Finn

The Celtics’ Game 3 win was the blueprint for dispatching the Heat. Now do it again, please.

When Boston plays like it did on Saturday, Miami can't compete.
Patriots

Patriots finish off draft season, agree to deals with a slew of undrafted free agents

Here are nine prospects that agreed to deals with New England, as the team searches for another diamond in the rough.
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The best of David Pastrnak returned, and the Bruins benefitted
Tara Sullivan

Has there ever been a more jam-packed day in Boston sports than this?

Business

RFK Jr. is scaring Biden’s allies. But he is a threat to Trump, too.

Joe Biden’s supporters are trying to blunt the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even as he poses a challenge to Donald Trump as well.

‘You want to get it right:’ As Gaza protests roil Emerson, student journalists at center of dispute

The Berkeley Beacon, the campus newspaper at Emerson College in Boston, has faced previous criticism for coverage decisions. And now its student journalists are trying to report on protests.

How abrupt u-turns are defining US environmental regulations

Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash
magazine
Summer Travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

Summer Travel

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

What to do when someone overshares details on a first date
Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, honored at funeral service

Debate over how to classify rideshare drivers isn’t just about pay. It’s also about their safety.

Dakodan loves sports and wants to attend a professional game

sports

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

Coach Joe Mazzulla made sure the Celtics made all the right moves in routing the Heat in Game 3

Celtics restore order in Game 3 with smothering rout of Heat for 2-1 series lead

business

Middle schools in Norway banned smartphones. The benefits were dramatic, a study shows.

How a Tesla EV charging station ended up next to a shelter for migrant children

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

politics

See photos from the White House correspondents’ dinner, protests outside

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

How abrupt u-turns are defining US environmental regulations

Nation

Once dominant at CBS News before a bitter departure, Dan Rather makes his first return in 18 years

Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action

College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them

World

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

Russian drones set a hotel ablaze in a Ukrainian Black Sea city

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him

opinion

Un vuelo ‘perr-fecto’: La mejor forma de viajar con tu perro

New airline allows pawsengers in the cabin

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

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

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

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

At Mass MoCA, Joseph Grigely invites visitors into his soundless world

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

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

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 returns to CBS Sunday, but not the era he embodied

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

Kendrick Perkins, superstar?

music

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 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

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

Cecil Williams, whose San Francisco church became a haven, dies at 94

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