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A student protester was arrested at the encampment in Centennial Common on Northeastern University's campus on Saturday.

Police raided a Northeastern encampment. The fallout is far from over.

The end of the political action shows how fraught the challenges faced by campus administrations throughout the country can be.

Who was arrested at Northeastern’s encampment, by the numbers

MIT student protesters shut down Mass. Ave. as Tufts students threaten to boycott commencement

More than 70 protesters arrested at Dartmouth College pro-Palestinian encampment

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators lock arms on the UCLA campus, May 1, in Los Angeles.

Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA

Thursday morning’s law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse.

‘Back Bay is starting to feel like the Wild West.’ Late-night street racing is latest concern for residents.
“There’s less control, less regulation, less oversight, less management, and I think it’s leading to worsening problems,” said the executive director of the Back Bay Association.

ben volin | on football

Now that the Patriots have retooled the roster, here’s what to like and what not to like
A lot of the moves by Eliot Wolf were straight out of the Green Bay Packers playbook, which is not a bad thing.

Celtics starters (from left) Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Al Horford got to sit back and enjoy the final minutes of Game 5 on the bench, as they blew out the Heat to eliminate their nemesis from the NBA Playoffs Wednesday at TD Garden.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 118, HEAT 84

By easily eliminating their nemesis, these Celtics have taken big step toward Graduation Day

Showing a maturity and seriousness not seen in last year’s playoffs, these Celtics have certainly taken a major step forward in their quest for another NBA title.

Jaylen Brown asserted himself in Game 5, scoring 17 first-half points, many of which came at the rim.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Jaylen Brown exorcised his Heat demons with a redeeming Game 5 performance

Brown was a tone-setter and totem for Celtic redemption. The last man out of the tunnel for the Celtics pre-game was a leading man.

Karen Read murder trial continues with more testimony from prosecution witnesses

The trial resumes Thursday for its third day of witness testimony in Norfolk Superior Court.

Tracker: Who has testified in the Karen Read murder trial so far, and what did they say?

Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions in hush money trial as key witness resumes testimony

The testimony from attorney Keith Davidson is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution's case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

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

Here are the 2024 commencement speakers addressing Mass. graduates this month
Notable names include Governor Maura Healey, filmmaker Ken Burns, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

A much warmer day as clouds move in with some scattered showers
This surge of milder air will boost temps into the 70s in many locations across New England.

‘I didn’t shoot my dog,’ says Mitt Romney after some compare his dog scandal with Kristi Noem’s
News that the South Dakota governor once fatally shot her puppy caused an outcry, with some drawing comparisons to Romney’s own dog scandal, which came to light when he first ran for president.

Boston City Council calls for cease-fire in Gaza, joining councils in Cambridge, Somerville

The City Council voted 11-2 to pass a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in Gaza, as well as the freeing of all hostages from Hamas and all administrative detainees held by Israel.

Raynham police identify officers who fatally shot man who allegedly answered door pointing gun at them

Cape and Islands district attorney fined $5,000 for ethics violations

State Representative Bud Williams of Springfield hosted a legislative briefing Wednesday at the Massachusetts State House on a bill that would offer solutions to the crisis of missing Black women and girls in the state.

‘They should be protected’: Massachusetts bill could help spotlight missing Black women and girls

If passed, Massachusetts could join other states that have introduced and passed similar efforts.

A key defensive play by Red Sox catcher Connor Wong in the sixth inning helped to extend starter Kutter Crawford's career-long outing.

Red Sox 6, Giants 2

‘That might have been the best play I’ve ever seen out of a catcher’: Connor Wong’s defense and offense help Red Sox defeat Giants

The Sox have won four in a row and go for the three-game sweep on Thursday afternoon.

Minor Details: Results may not be there yet, but raw talent of Sox outfield prospect Miguel Bleis is undeniable

A pedestrian passes the cherry blossom trees on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston on April 18.

Spring allergies hit early and hard. Are weather patterns pointing to a tough season ahead?

The unusually warm winter and excessive rain have fueled high pollen counts across New England.

Opinion

Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced that the city will be joining a coalition of cities experimenting with a guaranteed basic income by giving 200 families at risk of homelessness $750 a month for a year.

In Somerville, guaranteed basic income provides a safety net

The city will join a coalition of cities experimenting with a guaranteed basic income by giving 200 families at risk of homelessness $750 a month for a year.

Unlocking the housing potential of Fort Devens

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

An underappreciated era in Black literature gets its due

IDEAS | HINDA MANDELL

The demand to cut research ties with Israelis is a blow to free inquiry

State’s hasty shelter spending, $932m price tag raise eyebrows

More recent News

Lawyer for driver in fatal Apple Store crash alleges faulty AI features in SUV caused crash
Bradley E. Rein is alleging that faulty artificial intelligence features in his SUV “took control of the vehicle."

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala
The biggest night in fashion returns next week with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual celebrity-filled benefit.

South Boston man arrested in September shooting that wounded five in Franklin Field development
A 25-year-old South Boston man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a September shooting that injured five people, including a young autistic girl, in the Franklin Field housing development in Dorchester, Boston police said.

Credit card skimmers found in nine Roche Bros. locations
The devices were found in eight stores last Wednesday — in Wellesley, Watertown, Bridgewater, Westwood, Natick, Downtown Crossing, Sudbury, and Needham, the company said. The next day, two other skimmers were found in a West Roxbury store.

Former State Police sergeant sentenced to three years in federal prison in overtime scheme
A former State Police sergeant received a three-year federal prison sentence Tuesday for his role in a sprawling overtime fraud scheme that rocked the agency, according to authorities and legal filings.

Arizona governor set to sign repeal of near-total abortion ban from 1864
Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is following through on promises to undo a long-dormant law that bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life.

Recommended reads

Photos of Shelby Hewitt, including her 2023 booking photo (center).

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?

Yvonne Abraham: Charlatans like Shelby Hewitt succeed because so many people are kind

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.

As enrollment drops, Newton might open schools to students from other districts
The move could make financial conditions in districts losing students worse because the state aid would come from their coffers.

This weapons detection system is used at Fenway, TD Garden, and Gillette. But does it live up to the hype?
A chorus of critics say Waltham-based Evolv Technology has made false and misleading claims about the performance of its system, while selling it for a far higher price than rival products.

Culture & Lifestyle

Kai Clifton in "A Strange Loop."

In ‘A Strange Loop,’ a tortured playwright goes round and round with his Thoughts

The Ghouls are competing in the finals of the Rock & Roll Rumble Saturday at Sonia.

The Rock & Roll Rumble is back to make some noise

Nicholas Galanin, "Never Forget," 2021. Made for Desert X. (Lance Gerber)

Boston Public Art Triennial reveals artist lineup

Lisa Loeb joins Lyle Lovett at the Wilbur May 7 for an evening of conversation and song.

Lisa Loeb, on tour with old pal Lyle Lovett, is ready to talk

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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

A German wirehaired pointer, the same breed as the dog named Cricket that Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota describes shooting and killing in her book.

Kristi Noem’s vice presidential shot should be DOA after bragging about killing her puppy

Television news coverage of the New York criminal trial of former president Donald Trump is shown on a monitor in the White House briefing room in Washington on April 15. On Tuesday, Trump was fined $9,000 by Judge Juan Merchan for violating a gag order.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

The Supreme Court may be poised to give Trump immunity. But other judges shouldn’t.

A hiring sign was displayed in Riverwoods, Ill., April 16.

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

The donation door at Boomerangs in Jamaica Plain.

An elegy for Boomerangs

Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Nov. 30, 2021, in which she questioned how the Treasury is working with cryptocurrency companies to prevent Russia from avoiding sanctions.

Shira Schoenberg

Crypto comes for Elizabeth Warren

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Dave Epstein

A much warmer day as clouds move in with some scattered showers

This surge of milder air will boost temps into the 70s in many locations across New England.

Here are the 2024 commencement speakers addressing Mass. graduates this month

Notable names include Governor Maura Healey, filmmaker Ken Burns, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.

‘The greatest threat that we face is misinformation,’ new R.I. Board of Elections director says

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Miguel J. Nuñez talks about deepfakes, same-day voter registration, and becoming the board’s first Latino executive director.

COMMENTARY | MEGHAN E. KALLMAN AND REBECCA KISLAK

Emissions from buildings are a threat and an opportunity for Rhode Island

To meet Act on Climate mandates and build a climate-resilient state, Rhode Island must reduce emissions from existing buildings and new construction. The Building Decarbonization Act sets us up to do just that, write two state legislators sponsoring the proposal.

Sports

Miguel Bleis has displayed impressive exit velocities, but he hasn't turned that raw data into in-game production yet.

The results may not be there yet, but the raw talent of Red Sox outfield prospect Miguel Bleis is undeniable

Despite missing most of last season due to injury, Bleis still possesses the most dazzling array of tools of any player in the Red Sox system.

When the Patriots huddle up again for a regular-season game, a lot of old faces will be back, but there will be some new ones too.

ben volin | on football

Now that the Patriots have retooled the roster, here’s what to like and what not to like

A lot of the moves by Eliot Wolf were straight out of the Green Bay Packers playbook, which is not a bad thing.

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and had little trouble finding his spots against Tyler Herro's defense.

Celtics 118, Heat 84

The Heat were just the first-round opponent the Celtics wanted

Jayson Tatum knew that if the Heat arrived at TD Garden for a first-round series, they would command his team’s full attention from the start.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Jaylen Brown exorcised his Heat demons with a redeeming Game 5 performance

Celtics put away Heat early to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals and other observations

Business

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

It marks Microsoft's single largest investment in Malaysia, as the tech giant seeks to bolster support for AI development in the region and worldwide.

Boomerangs thrift stores to close in Jamaica Plain, South End, and Central Square

The main financial strain the company faced was the expense of the Dedham warehouse where it stored excess inventory, which cost $820,000 a year between rent, maintenance, staff salaries, and benefits.

Healey signs law making cocktails-to-go permanent

‘It’s absolute chaos’: Brigham nurses among Boston workers rallying for International Workers’ Day

magazine

Boston rats aren’t going anywhere. You might not love the solution.

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

Yayo cocktails with a few nibbles.

Raise a toast on Mother’s Day with elegant cocktails and appetizers

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.

metro

Police officers arrested protestors who had been encamped on Centennial Common on Northeastern’s campus early Saturday morning.

Who was arrested at Northeastern’s encampment, by the numbers

Police raided a Northeastern encampment. The fallout is far from over.

‘Back Bay is starting to feel like the Wild West.’ Late-night street racing is latest concern for residents.

sports

Robin Roberts, left, during an interview with Brittney Griner.

Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail

Video: Joe Mazzulla, Derrick White on Celtics’ 118-84 win over Heat to close out series

Celtics will take their time with Kristaps Porzingis’s return

business

House Speaker Ron Mariano has already declared his support for the measure, and a version of it will likely reach the House floor for a vote in the coming months.

House health care bill aims to contain costs, set rules to prevent another Steward crisis

Pot banking, stablecoin bills hit hurdles with House speaker

CVS plummets as rising medical costs hit profit forecast

politics

President Biden.

Biden adds stop to North Carolina trip to visit with families of fallen law enforcement officers

Biden keeps quiet as Gaza protesters and police clash on college campuses

Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules

Nation

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators lock arms on the UCLA campus, May 1, in Los Angeles.

Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA

Killing of 4 officers underscores risks police face when serving warrants

Arizona lawmakers repeal 1864 abortion ban, creating rift on the right

World

Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 1.

Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Odesa for the third time in a week, injuring 14

European court upholds Italy’s right to seize important bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal

Police arrest Polish teenager suspected of throwing firebombs at synagogue

opinion

A constructed accessory dwelling unit lowered by crane into a backyard in Concord. ADUs are only allowed by special permit in some Massachusetts towns, requiring homeowners to sit through vitriolic public hearings that can add months and costs to a project. Governor Maura Healey has asked legislators to permit the units statewide as a way to address the state's housing shortage.

Healey’s ADU proposal: small homes, big impact

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

Here’s how to get more young people to vote

lifestyle

Gund Kwok Asian Women's Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe performed a lion dance in Chinatown Aug. 14, 2016. The group will perform during AAPI Month celebrations around Boston in May.

Six 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

A breakfast sandwich at Verveine Cafe and Bakery in Cambridge.

Ken Oringer and Monica Glass open Verveine in Cambridge; Jody Adams debuts La Padrona at Raffles in the Back Bay

Grillo’s Pickles has unveiled new packaging to prevent spillage. It’s gone viral.

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

travel

Visitors took photos in front of a convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan. The town began to set up a huge black screen on a stretch of sidewalk to block view of the mountain.

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

Doja Cat attended The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" exhibition on May 1, 2023, in New York.

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala

Boston Public Art Triennial reveals artist lineup

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

Books

Author Min Jin Lee

‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee will discuss her book in progress and Korean culture, at the MFA

Colm Tóibín’s ‘Long Island’ tracks the tightening net of social and familial control in two different Catholic families

Sylvia Brownrigg rescues her father’s side of the family from oblivion in ‘The Whole Staggering Mystery’

Movies

Daniel Lamont and James Norton in "Nowhere Special."

‘Nowhere Special’: a deeply felt father-and-son story about life, death, and parental love

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt remind us how good a romantic action comedy can be

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

Television

Jonah Hauer-King as Lali Sokolov and Anna Prochniak as Gita Furman in "The Tattooist of Auschwitz."

‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ shares love story — and brutal truths

Quirky ‘Elsbeth’: formulaic, fun, just fine

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

music

Lisa Loeb joins Lyle Lovett at the Wilbur May 7 for an evening of conversation and song.

Lisa Loeb, on tour with old pal Lyle Lovett, is ready to talk

The Rock & Roll Rumble is back to make some noise

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

Theater/Dance

Kai Clifton in "A Strange Loop."

In ‘A Strange Loop,’ a tortured playwright goes round and round with his Thoughts

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

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

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

Obituaries

Duane Eddy performed at the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival.

Duane Eddy, twangy guitar hero of early rock, dead at age 86

Norman Kansfield, 83, dies; defrocked for his daughter’s same-sex wedding

Werner Spitz, forensic expert in high-profile murders, dies at 97