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Nearly 2,200 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses

More than 100 people were taken into custody during the Columbia crackdown, just a fraction of the total arrests stemming from recent campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Leaders at Dartmouth and UNH defend police response to pro-Palestinian encampments

Michael Cohen hasn’t taken the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words.

The second week of testimony Donald Trump’s hush money case will wrap up Friday after jurors heard a recording of the former president that’s central to the case.

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

Paramedics testify that Karen Read said ‘I hit him’ as her boyfriend lay motionless in the snow
Jurors heard testimony Thursday from paramedics, while Read’s lawyers sought to cast doubt on their recollections.

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

I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-95 in southwest Connecticut, closing the East Coast’s main north-south highway and causing major traffic jams.

Republicans have a good shot at taking the Senate — if they can walk a fine line on abortion

Senate Republican candidates are on shifting terrain as they try to navigate an issue that will dominate the election cycle.

John Kerry to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

Biden to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes, and more

Multiple warning signs are pointing to an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

A ‘hyperactive’ hurricane season is predicted. How could it impact New England?

This fast-approaching season could spawn a blockbuster 24 named storms this summer and fall.

Ken Cirillo walked the shoreline of Wah Wah Taysee Beach in Harwich, where sand dredged from the nearby channel is being used to replenish the beach.

As beaches erode, Cape and Islands gamble on sand replenishment

What’s changed on the Cape and Islands is the increasing volume of sand that’s now needed as strong storms and rising sea levels batter the area, leading to more extreme coastal erosion.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman is beat by Toronto Maple Leafs winger William Nylander, scoring the winning goal during the third period in Game 6.

Tara Sullivan | MAPLE LEAFS 2, BRUINS 1

Impossible for the Bruins to ignore the parallels now

Game 7 again. This season's playoff opening-round is looking a lot like last season's, and that's not good.

Watch Jack Edwards wrap his ‘19-year joyride,’ declaring ‘long live the Boston Bruins’

dan shaughnessy

Wondering about the Porzingis effect on the Celtics’ chances, and other thoughts
The big center's injury set off alarms among Celtics fans, who have seen similar twists of fate before.

This week's daters: Patrick and Alina.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I have this taco Red Sox hat that I never wear, so I gifted it to her’

These daters boldly decide to change venues.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

How to exit an airplane without being a jerk. (A refresher course in aviation etiquette.)

Imagine a world, friends, where deplaning is a calm and orderly process. By practicing basic manners, we can make this a reality. How? I never thought you’d ask.

Bowling pins labeled for each of the 18 victims of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting are displayed at Just In Time Recreation, May 1, in Lewiston, Maine.

Lewiston bowling alley reopens 6 months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting

It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting.

The empty playground at Mason-Rice Elementary School in Newton while teachers and educators were on strike in February.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Here’s what teachers really want for National Teacher Appreciation Week

Pew Research Center came out with two damning reports in the past few weeks about the state of teaching in America, including a nationwide “What’s It Like To Be a Teacher in America Today?” survey. The answer? Not great!

On June 24, 1989, the severed arms and legs of a murder victim were found along Route 78 in Warwick, Mass. Through DNA testing, authorities identified the victim as 65-year-old Constance (Holminski) Bassignani.

Cold Case Files

Breakthrough announced in 1989 Warwick, Mass., unsolved murder case involving severed body parts

On June 24, 1989, the severed arms and legs of a murder victim were found along Route 78 in Warwick, Mass., near the New Hampshire border.

Opinion

Students protesting apartheid at Harvard on April 23, 1979.

IDEAS | DAVID GOODMAN

How colleges should handle student protests

Universities displayed patience and tolerance toward me and other anti-apartheid protesters. That can be a model for today.

Is it time for hormonal classes, like weight classes, in sports?

What voters in the South think about Trump

Stealing homes right out from under vulnerable owners is just wrong

The urban fairy tale of the so-called safe Boston neighborhood

More recent News

King Charles’ longtime charity celebrates new name and US expansion at New York gala
The King’s Trust celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running charity The Prince’s Trust, and the expansion of its work in the United States with a star-studded gala in New York City on Thursday night.

Money, Power, Inequality

Black and Latino entrepreneurs in Boston lack equal access to growth opportunities, UMass researchers find
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute spent years gathering quantitative data, while talking to small business owners in Dorchester, East Boston, Mattapan, and Roxbury.

Financial watchdog: Before hiking commercial taxes, Boston should look to cut spending
Research Bureau urges other approaches to balancing city's budget

Prosecutors won’t appeal Boston Marathon bombing court ruling paving way for hearing on potential juror bias
Federal prosecutors will not challenge an appeals court ruling in the case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, requiring a hearing into defense claims of juror bias at his death penalty trial.

ADL files civil rights complaint alleging ‘antisemitic climate’ at UMass Amherst
The filing comes six months after a student was arrested and banned from campus for allegedly assaulting a Jewish student and vandalizing an Israeli flag.

‘The rot started at the top:’ Lawyers make final arguments in N.H. youth detention center case
Attorneys for plaintiff David Meehan asked for over $200 million in damages.

Recommended reads

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

Moderna’s COVID vaccine sales plunge, as analysts debate future of once-hot company
The decline in sales illustrates waning demand for protection from the virus that caused the pandemic.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Why are people leaving Massachusetts? Here’s where the state is falling short — and what the impact is.
A Boston University analysis tallies Massachusetts’ strengths and weaknesses compared with the 11 states where most Bay State exiles end up.

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?

Culture & Lifestyle

Laufey

Quietly, Laufey has become a star

Cellist Keefer Glenshaw, 20, plans to perform from sunset on May 4 to sunset on May 5 at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

A young cellist prepares a 24-hour public performance

Daniel Lamont and James Norton in "Nowhere Special."

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

Herbie Hancock at “Inventions & Dimensions” recording session, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Aug. 30, 1963. Photo by Francis Wolff.

Seeing the sound of Blue Note

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

Supporters listened to former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Feb. 10.

What voters in the South think about Trump

An overgrown section of Vicksburg Square, at the Fort Devens Army base, on Nov. 21, 2023.

Unlocking the housing potential of Fort Devens

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

Vincent O. Carter, one of the midcentury authors whose work is explored in “The Blue Period."

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

An underappreciated era in Black literature gets its due

An encampment at MIT. The university's president, Sally Kornbluth, said some students have demanded "that MIT cut research ties with Israel."

IDEAS | HINDA MANDELL

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Baby geese are rescued, a raccoon takes over a farm stand, and a runaway horse gets wrangled

A raccoon takes over a farm stand, a runaway horse gallops through a suburban neighborhood, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Cooler weather on tap with some sun peeking through Friday. Check out the weekend outlook here.

Temperatures will be coolest along the coastline, with readings in the 50s, and warmer inland.

A ‘hyperactive’ hurricane season is predicted. How could it impact New England?

This fast-approaching season could spawn a blockbuster 24 named storms this summer and fall.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

These are the unwritten rules of Rhode Island

Whether you’re brand new to Rhode Island or you’ve lived in the Ocean State all your life, you’ve probably learned that we do things a little differently here.

Sports

Kristaps Porzingis walked off with a calf injury in Game 4 against the Heat.

dan shaughnessy

Wondering about the Porzingis effect on the Celtics’ chances, and other thoughts

The big center's injury set off alarms among Celtics fans, who have seen similar twists of fate before.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman is beat by Toronto Maple Leafs winger William Nylander, scoring the winning goal during the third period in Game 6.

Impossible for the Bruins to ignore the parallels now

Game 7 again. This season's playoff opening-round is looking a lot like last season's, and that's not good.

Josh Hart's 3-pointer with 24.4 seconds left put the Knicks ahead for good on Thursday night in Philadelphia, as Kelly Oubre Jr. (left) and the Sixers were eliminated by the No. 2 seed in the East.

KNICKS 118, 76ERS 115

Knicks finish roller coaster Game 6, Sixers with classic victory in Philadelphia

Jalen Brunson had 41 points and 12 assists to lead the Knicks, who are set for an Eastern Conference semifinal matchup with Indiana.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Long-time Andover football coach EJ Perry III announces his retirement

Kevin Paul Dupont | Instant analysis

Even a talk from captain Brad Marchand didn’t help the Bruins in a Game 6 loss to the Leafs, and other observations

Business

US jobs report for April will likely point to a slower but still-strong pace of hiring

The American economy likely delivered another solid hiring gain in April, showing continuing durability in the face of the highest interest rates in two decades.

Moderna’s COVID vaccine sales plunge, as analysts debate future of once-hot company

The decline in sales illustrates waning demand for protection from the virus that caused the pandemic.

LastPass completes spinoff from GoTo

Judge deciding Google’s fate described as smart, careful

magazine

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

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

Larry Lucchino, shown in 2015, was with the Red Sox for 14 years. During his tenure, the team won three World Series championships. He died April 2 at age 78.

Thank you for the life lessons at the Red Sox, Larry Lucchino. And for my marriage.

Globe Magazine.

Our relationship has been rocky for a while. Am I foolish to hang on?

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

metro

John F. Kerry spoke last week at the 2024 TIME Earth Awards Gala in New York City.

John Kerry to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says

Lewiston bowling alley reopens 6 months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting

sports

North Andover’s Brigid Gaffny hit a 2-run homer and threw a complete-game shutout for the No. 7 Knights in a 3-0 victory over No. 2 Central Catholic in a Merrimack Valley Conference clash on Thursday in Lawrence.

Softball roundup: Brigid Gaffny (2-run HR; complete-game shutout) powers No. 7 North Andover in Merrimack Valley Conference win over No. 2 Central Catholic

Bruins, again unable to finish off Maple Leafs, forced to Game 7

Carl Yastrzemski visited his grandson, Mike, before Thursday’s game. Then Mike hit a home run as the Giants beat the Red Sox.

business

So far this year, shorts have suffered mark-to-market losses of $121 million betting against Trump Media with shares up more than 150 percent.

Trump Media skeptics who get shares to short face uphill battle

Boston robotaxi firm Motional gets $475 million boost from Hyundai

Financial watchdog: Before hiking commercial taxes, Boston should look to cut spending

politics

The action opens up the marketplace to any participant in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, many of whom are Latino.

Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in ‘Obamacare’ next year

Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story

Republicans have a good shot at taking the Senate — if they can walk a fine line on abortion

Nation

President Biden’s former climate envoy John Kerry.

Biden to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes, and more

Nearly 2,200 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses

Arizona governor’s signing of abortion law repeal follows political fight by women lawmakers

World

A woman pushes a buggy as she arrives to vote at a polling station in London, on May 2.

UK’s governing Conservatives set for historic losses in local polls as Labour urges general election

Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages

King Charles’ longtime charity celebrates new name and US expansion at New York gala

opinion

A worker from a cleaning contractor prepared the cafeteria for lunch on Feb. 23 at an emergency overflow shelter for migrants that was set up at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury.

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

Juvenile justice, criminal justice, and justice for all

An elegy for Boomerangs

lifestyle

The empty playground at Mason-Rice Elementary School in Newton while teachers and educators were on strike in February.

Here’s what teachers really want for National Teacher Appreciation Week

I’m heartbroken after a six-month relationship

Six ways to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month around Boston

food & dining

At The Fat Greek, the pork gyro.

The Fat Greek, a Haverhill original, adds heft to the East Arlington fast-casual scene

Dorchester Brewing Co., Yellow Door Taqueria team up on Cinco de Mayo beer

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

travel

How to exit an airplane without being a jerk. (A refresher course in aviation etiquette.)

Bike rides, bikes, bike wear — and birds

Budget charged me a $125 cleaning fee for the wrong vehicle!

Arts

Paul Rudolph, Callahan House perspective, 1965–1986, Birmingham, Ala.

‘Drawing’ some surprising architectural conclusions

Seeing the sound of Blue Note

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala

Books

An exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum highlights picture book metafiction.

New translated collection from Arrowsmith Press; Mass Kids Lit Fest to be held in Pioneer Valley; and more

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 28

Author readings around Boston through May 11

Movies

Ebla Mari and Dave Turner in "The Old Oak."

‘The Old Oak’: a fable of forgiveness that rings hollow

Two decades ago, eight artists moved into a ‘secret’ room in the Providence Place mall. Now there’s a film about it.

Check out the first images from Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s Boston-set ‘buddy action comedy’

Television

"A Man in Full" star Jeff Daniels attended a discussion of the miniseries at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center on May 1, 2024 in New York City.

Quite a bit missing from ‘A Man in Full’

In ‘Spiritus/Virgil’s Dance,’ mortality and the quest for meaning

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

music

Laufey

Quietly, Laufey has become a star

A young cellist prepares a 24-hour public performance

Broadway and TV star Alex Newell is preparing an extraordinary playlist for Groton Hill

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