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Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA

Violence broke out at UCLA overnight between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters. Police wearing face shields formed a line but did not immediately intervene.
Photos: NYPD clear Columbia University campus Despite arrests at Columbia, protesters at Boston-area colleges stay put MIT faculty voice support for pro-Palestinian encampments

On protesting campuses, the shine of commencement dulls
Tensions around the Israel-Hamas war, student protests in support of Palestinians, and police crackdowns on demonstrators are dominating the conversation and throwing end-of-semester routines into disarray.

Tensions between pro-Palestinian campus protesters, college officials ratchets up
More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses in at least eight states, including at Emerson College and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, following confrontations with police.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Republicans are winning the messaging war as university administrations battle campus protesters

The House Republican power play is all at once deeply cynical, classic “us versus them” politics, and a wedge issue to divide Democrats. But, so far, it has worked.

Globe Magazine
The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter
Why did a state social worker pose as a teen in three Boston schools and a treatment center? And how could nobody notice for so long?

Tara Sullivan
This series has suddenly taken a nightmarish turn — just like last year
The Bruins found themselves on the wrong end of a Game 5 overtime loss on home ice (just like last year), unable to close out the series at home (just like last year).

Game 5: Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 (ot)

Uninspired effort bites Bruins as Maple Leafs stave off elimination with overtime win in Game 5

Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into overtime to send the first-round playoff series back to Toronto with Boston holding a 3-2 lead.

First responders testify during trial day two in Karen Read case

The second day of testimony in the high-profile case centered on prosecution witnesses who set the scene of O’Keefe’s body being discovered that snowy morning on Jan. 29, 2022.
Here’s a recap of the second day of testimony

Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says ‘the time is now’
The current round of talks appears to be serious, but the sides remain far apart on one key issue — whether the war should end as part of an emerging deal.

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.

Prosecutors will not seek charges in case of four infants found dead in freezer in South Boston apartment

“This investigation, which is one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered, is now complete,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said in a statement.

Raynham police fatally shoot allegedly armed man, Bristol DA says
Stephen Maclean, 35, who allegedly pointed a handgun at police as he opened the door to his home Tuesday afternoon, was fatally shot by officers, Plymouth District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn said.

Former lawyer for Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal detailed payment negotiations in Trump’s hush-money trial. Here’s what he said.

The judge fined Donald Trump $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, and others connected to the case.
Takeaways from the start of week 2 of testimony in Trump’s hush-money trial

Tracker: Who has testified in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and what did they say?

These were Derrick White’s finest moments in a Celtics uniform, according to his teammates

We asked Joe Mazzulla, Paul Pierce, Jaylen Brown, and others to share their favorite Derrick White plays.
Kristaps Porzingis to miss Celtics’ Game 5 vs. Heat with calf injury
Red Sox 4, Giants 0

Starting rotation continues to dominate, leading to the Red Sox’ league-leading sixth shutout of the season

Giants starter Logan Webb, meanwhile, lasted just 3⅔ innings, allowing nine hits and four runs.

Five ways to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month around Boston

This year, there is no shortage of ways to commemorate the annual occasion around the city.
Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice
Opinion
Tanzina Vega

Try telling out-of-work journalists the economy is booming

Unemployment is low, employers are bullish, and people are back to work. So why are my social media feeds full of people saying they can’t find a job?
IDEAS | JANE EISNER

Here’s how to get more young people to vote
EDITORIAL

Healey’s ADU proposal: small homes, big impact
IDEAS | WILLIAM SCHULZ

A eugenicist history of the county fair
LETTERS

Campuses buffeted by winds of unrest over the war in Gaza

More recent News

R.I. seeks construction firms for Washington Bridge, with $10m for early completion
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has said the bridge should be complete between March and September of 2026.

R.I.’s lawyers warn Washington Bridge contractors about possible lawsuit

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance, AP sources say
The US Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

DraftKings wins this round in its noncompete battle with Fanatics
A judge ruled that a former DraftKings executive can’t serve in his previous role for the rival that hired him away.

Ashland doctor pleads guilty to punching officer during Jan. 6 assault on US Capitol
Jacquelyn Starer pleaded guilty to an eight-count indictment that included two felony counts of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, federal prosecutors said.

Altercation breaks out in Framingham District Court after murder arraignment in road rage case
Ryan Sweatt was ordered held without bail in the death of Destini Decoff.

Billerica police sergeant killed in excavator accident on detail remembered for his service
Billerica police Sergeant Ian Taylor, 49, is being remembered as a dedicated police officer and devoted husband and father.

Recommended reads

Grocery costs are higher than ever. That means big demand for food assistance nonprofits.

As the demand for free and affordable food surges, the Greater Boston Food Bank now serves more than double the number of people it did pre-pandemic.

PERSPECTIVE
Boston rats aren’t going anywhere. You might not love the solution.
It might sound like a call for mayhem, but hear me out.

Meet the world’s sexiest, steamiest, horniest tennis court
It’s the one from “Challengers” — and it’s in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Movie review: In ‘Challengers,’ sets are tied at love

Former MIT biologist David Sabatini, forced out after sexual harassment accusations, to lead new Boston team
Sabatini, forced out of the Whitehead Institute after being accused of sexual harassment in 2021, is part of a new Boston-area research laboratory affiliated with the Czech scientific institute that hired Sabatini last fall.

Culture & Lifestyle

In Kirsten Greenidge’s ‘Morning, Noon, and Night,’ there’s light at the end of the pandemic

Black Crowes at full throttle at MGM Music Hall

The Guatemalan printmaker who leaves an impression — on plantain leaves

An extraordinary Don Giovanni uplifts a messy ‘Don Giovanni’

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

Shira Doron

With avian flu, it’s time to prepare, not panic
Steven Pinker and Jeffrey Flier

Harvard should shut down campus occupations
IDEAS | JOHN GOVE

What it takes to save nature’s candy from a spring freeze
MARCELA GARCÍA

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden deserved a higher civil penalty for ethics violation
EDITORIAL

Consolidation shouldn’t be a dirty word for public universities
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Abortion data mandate up for debate in N.H., as tensions flare

Republican senators added a data reporting requirement to Senate Bill 461, with phrases Democrats warned are open to varying interpretations.
COMMENTARY | SUSAN F. LUSI

Step up for Providence schools, former superintendent asks every Rhode Islander

Susan Lusi asks Rhode Islanders to support a special commission’s recommendations to move Providence schools forward. They include shifting substantial decision making to the school level, requiring adults to work together, and holding them accountable for doing so.
Globe Magazine

The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter

Why did a state social worker pose as a teen in three Boston schools and a treatment center? And how could nobody notice for so long?
Forecast | Ken Mahan

May starts off with morning showers and the chance for sunshine to break through

Temperatures stay cooler with a pesky onshore breeze throughout the day

Sports

celtics

These were Derrick White’s finest moments in a Celtics uniform, according to his teammates

We asked Joe Mazzulla, Paul Pierce, Jaylen Brown, and others to share their favorite Derrick White plays.
celtics

Kristaps Porzingis to miss Celtics’ Game 5 vs. Heat with calf injury

The team said he suffered a calf strain, specifically a soleus strain.
SIXERS 112, KNICKS 106 (OT)

Tyrese Maxey saves Sixers with a Miller-like performance at Madison Square Garden

The Sixers trailed by six points with 28 seconds left in regulation before Maxey pulled out a comeback that evoked memories of Reggie Miller’s eight points in nine seconds for Indiana at Madison Square Garden in 1995.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Instant Analysis

With a chance to advance, Bruins fall into an old trap, come out flat in overtime loss to Maple Leafs
PWHL

After Ottawa loss Tuesday, here’s how PWHL Boston can qualify for the league’s inaugural playoffs in its regular-season finale

Business

Powell likely to signal that lower inflation is needed before Fed would cut rates

After three straight hotter-than-expected inflation reports, Federal Reserve officials have turned more cautious about the prospect of interest rate cuts this year.
TALKING POINTS

At New England Council, Healey touts clean energy funding

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

As internet data centers multiply, efforts to control them are growing

Growing wildfire risk leaves states grappling with how to keep property insurers from fleeing
magazine
Summer Travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

CONNECTIONS

My parents are gone, but my journey to Puerto Rico brought me back to them
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, April 29-May 5
Summer Travel

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

metro

Tensions between pro-Palestinian campus protesters, college officials ratchets up

Despite arrests at Columbia, pro-Palestinian protesters at Boston-area colleges stay put

Minute Man National Historical Park, Walden Pond, on new list of ‘most endangered’ sites, organization says

sports

Uninspired effort bites Bruins as Maple Leafs stave off elimination with overtime win in Game 5

Starting rotation continues to dominate, leading to the Red Sox’ league-leading sixth shutout of the season

Softball roundup: Maddie McDonald, Brenna Howley, Kasie Bailey lead unbeaten Abington (11-0) in South Shore win over East Bridgewater

business

US consumer confidence slumps to lowest level since July 2022

DraftKings wins this round in its noncompete battle with Fanatics

Eight daily newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over AI

politics

Republicans are winning the messaging war as university administrations battle campus protesters

Justice Department recommends easing restrictions on marijuana

The DNC restores New Hampshire’s delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats

Nation

Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

A group of House Democrats was among those urging Columbia to crack down

World

Highway collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province leaves at least 19 dead, state media says

Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says ‘the time is now’

Indonesia’s Ruang volcano spews more hot clouds after eruption forces closure of schools, airports

opinion

Court weighs presidential immunity. Details to follow.

Light shines on male artists’ work, not their mistreatment of women

In (sort of) defense of Monica Tibbits-Nutt

lifestyle

Five ways to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month around Boston

Dating while public

Ralph Lauren goes minimal for latest fashion show, with muted tones and a more intimate setting

food & dining

Recipe: For a bright spring dessert, top individual lemon puddings with zesty rhubarb compote

Recipe: Add a little zip to your Cinco de Mayo celebration with spicy Mexican chicken tinga tacos and slaw

Recipe: A little crunch, sweetness, and heat go into this curried brown basmati rice salad

travel

To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji

After last year’s two-alarm fire, a renovated Spirit of Boston is ready to sail again

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

Arts

MFA returns Egyptian child’s coffin to Sweden after determining it was stolen

The Guatemalan printmaker who leaves an impression — on plantain leaves

Giant Troll artist Thomas Dambo on turning trash into treasure

Books

Sean Carroll, author of the series ‘Biggest Ideas in the Universe,’ on reading cookbooks and sci-fi

Nell Freudenberger tests ‘The Limits’ of ambition, empathy, and knowledge in a story centered around a missing girl

In Elizabeth O’Connor’s ‘Whale Fall,’ a remote island community clashes with outsiders seeking to preserve their customs

Movies

Meet the world’s sexiest, steamiest, horniest tennis court

Actor Gérard Depardieu briefly detained by French police, reportedly on sexual assault allegations

Anonymous donor is gifting $5.2 million to West Newton Cinema

Television

Quirky ‘Elsbeth’: formulaic, fun, just fine

In ‘Baby Reindeer,’ when a struggling comic and his stalker meet in a bar, cringe drama ensues

Noah Kahan, Patrick Dempsey brought the star power to Fenway Park over the weekend

music

Bill Banfield’s ‘Edmonia’ celebrates a sculptor who carved her own niche

Black Crowes at full throttle at MGM Music Hall

Billie Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ tour to stop in Boston this fall

Theater/Dance

In Kirsten Greenidge’s ‘Morning, Noon, and Night,’ there’s light at the end of the pandemic

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and ‘Stereophonic’ lead Tony Award nominations, shows honoring creativity’s spark

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

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

Mykhailo Fomenko, former Ukraine coach and a Soviet-era player for Dynamo Kyiv, has died at 75

South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, ‘The Rose of Soweto,’ dies aged 57

Peter Schey, tenacious lawyer who defended migrant rights, dies at 77