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Mass. House leaders scored big in chamber’s closed-door budget process. You just wouldn’t know it.

With 15 in total, the House budget’s primary author included more individual earmarks for himself than any of the chamber’s other 158 representatives.

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How many earmarks did your state representative insert into the House budget?

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Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says

“As with all things Steward, this too was horribly mismanaged,” Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office wrote.

Defense attacks Stormy Daniels’ credibility as she returns to the stand in Trump’s hush money trial

Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor’s salacious testimony about an alleged sexual encounter and the money she got to keep quiet.

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

Testimony in Karen Read trial moves to night before John O’Keefe’s death
Read is accused of drunkenly and intentionally running over O’Keefe after dropping him at a friend's home for an afterparty and leaving him to die in the snow.

Tracker: Who has testified in the trial so far?

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Dry but dreary Thursday, but the worst day of the week is fast approaching
It should remain mostly cloudy with no hint of rain as a northerly flow funnels across the metro area.

Weather mailbag: Late freezes, nor’easters and more

Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah

Adam Montgomery to be sentenced Thursday in N.H. for daughter Harmony’s murder

Three men arrested in $400k armed robbery of courier in Swansea

A Northeastern student was confronted by police while protesting during commencement at Fenway Park.

‘The university has blood on its hands’: Debate over imagery of bloody hands at protests divides community

The red hand imagery has sparked a new debate in the already fraught conversation on campuses.

‘You must leave campus immediately’: MIT suspends protesters as encampment tensions escalate

Rally draws 250 people at UMass Amherst, day after about 130 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested on campus

‘Using the tools at my disposal’: JFK’s grandson explains anti-RFK Jr. Instagram posts
If nothing else, Jack Schlossberg hopes his unconventional social media posts will help reelect President Biden.

‘A popularity contest in Google’s eyes’: Massachusetts prom dress stores turn to search engine optimization to boost sales
The fact that formal dress shops, which specialize in sequins and satin, are focused on Google keywords, metadata, and social media posts highlights the importance of digital marketing tactics for retailers today.

Amy Tan, pictured here in a park near Harvard Square, was recently in Cambridge on a book tour for her latest work, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles."

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

The "Joy Luck Club" author talks about her obsession with birds in her backyard and what it means to write a book that isn’t about Chinese culture.

Renee and Tommie Dublin took in more than 300 children more than four decades as foster parents. Renee died on Saturday.

Renee and Tommie Dublin took kids in, and then even more. And they gave all of them all the love they had.

Any child who walked through their door was their kid, period. Everybody got all the couple could give.

Guster performing in 2015.

‘This has gotta be a scam.’ How a Somerville resident found out Guster wanted to perform on his porch at Porchfest.

Local indie icons Guster have toured the world. On Saturday, they just announced, they'll play from a smaller stage, er, porch.

Andrew Bailey has had an attention for detail since he arrived in Boston this winter, as Naoyuki Uwasawa and the rest of the staff has learned quickly.

The inside story of how the Red Sox remade their pitching philosophy

“There’s a narrative in baseball that needs to be broken in terms of pitchers’ best strike pitch is a fastball. I don’t think that’s necessarily true,” said pitching coach Andrew Bailey. “Leveraging your best weapons . . . is what our goal is.”

David Pastrnak accepted Matthew Tkachuk's challenge and they went at it in the third period.

Tara Sullivan | Panthers 6, Bruins 1

Bruins and Panthers have become fierce rivals, and the gloves are off in mayhem of Game 2

There were 23 combined penalties, 17 in the third period alone, for a total of 150 minutes of punishment.

You can create your own bagel with one of the schmears at New York Bagel Factory in Newtonville.

They wanted their bagels to taste like they do in Manhattan

The successful New York Bagel Factory now has a third location in Newtonville.

Vote in the Globe's "SNL" Showdown bracket to help pick the best "Saturday Night Live" cast member of all time.

Matthew Gilbert | 'SNL' Showdown

Who’s the best ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member of all time? You decide.

Vote in the Globe’s "SNL" Showdown bracket to help pick the best cast member from the past five decades.

AAPI Heritage Month

The oxtail pho with bone marrow at Le Madeline in Quincy.

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

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8 things to buy at Providence’s new Japanese grocery store Maruichi

Yvonne Hao, secretary of economic development in Governor Maura Healey's administration.

‘This is the moment’: Yvonne Hao stepped up just in time for Mass. tech

President Biden speaks before a screening of the series "American Born Chinese" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 8, 2023.

Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice

Opinion

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

A 1920s doctor with a phony insanity cure was hailed as a hero. It’s a cautionary tale for today.

A combination of self-delusion and self-righteousness is a sure-fire way for experts to lose our trust.

Columbia canceled its main commencement. Other schools shouldn’t follow its lead.

Why is Healey pretending everything at Steward will be OK?

The very unfunny roast of Tom Brady

On the nature of the protests themselves

More recent News

Maggie Goodlander launches N.H. congressional bid after White House exit
The former aide to President Biden moved back to her New Hampshire hometown to seek the Democratic nomination for Annie Kuster’s seat. Access to reproductive health care will be among her key issues.

A Boston therapist assumed gay sons and their mothers had strong bonds. Then he heard more of their stories.
Rick Miller will share what he’s learned after a performance of “A Strange Loop” on Saturday at the Calderwood.

PODCAST

He runs Providence, every mile of it
Mark Sheeran, of Walpole, Mass., just finished running every street in Providence, starting from the same point on 48 runs and completing a total of 776.2 miles.

RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain

The 70-year-old Kennedy has portrayed his athleticism and relative youth as an advantage over the two oldest people to ever seek the White House: President Biden, 81, and former president Donald Trump, 77.

Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.

Amid growing worry about city tax base, chamber pushes back on Wu’s proposed budget hike
Region’s leading business group urges city to rein in spending growth.

House rejects Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers

Hardline Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Democrats and Republicans does not guarantee an end to the political chaos.

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Members of the Know Nothing Party burned down the Charlestown Nunnery in 1834.

Riots, arson, and executions: Immigrants have long faced a hostile reception in Mass.

Xenophobia. Racism. Riots. Murder. In Boston’s immigration story, it’s all there. Also courage, resilience, privation, and pluck — and the gradual acceptance of some newcomers and their rise to to social and political influence.

Could bird flu become the next COVID? How worried should we be?
As a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza spreads through the nation’s farms, local scientists are racing to answer that key question.

For teens living with chronic illness, a prom night to remember
The annual event, organized by The Adolescent Leadership Council at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in R.I., is a night of normalcy and fun for those who rarely get to experience it.

Shattuck’s cottage community, a relief to the unsheltered at Mass. and Cass, to close this summer
Residents in the shelter program are being offered alternative housing, officials said.

Culture & Lifestyle

At the Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston Ballet music director Mischa Santora conducts the orchestral rehearsal of “Toccata,” for the ballet “The Space Between.”

Boston Ballet orchestra adds live electronics to the mix for ‘The Space Between’

Northampton -04/30/2024 -Friendly’s in Northampton has a nostalgia feel and family atmosphere with traditional food favorites and their famous ice cream. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

At our busy little neighborhood Friendly’s, SuperMelts with a side of nostalgia

Buddy Guy is shown at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2022. The 87-year-old blues great is on a farewell tour that arrived at the Wilbur in Boston on Monday and moves on to the Chevalier Theatre in Medford on Wednesday.

Buddy Guy’s mojo was working just fine at the Wilbur

Parker Jennings as Sarah and Kody Grassett as Simon in "Touching the Void" at Apollinaire Theatre Company.

From the highest high to the horrific in Apollinaire’s ‘Touching the Void’

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

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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

Stormy Daniels spoke outside federal court in New York, April 16, 2018.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Stormy Daniels is an imperfect witness. I still believe her.

Jim Lyons (right) and Amy Carnevale of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

The Massachusetts GOP seems to be getting its act together. Is it?

Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota falsely claims in her new book that she met Kim Jong Un, the ruler of North Korea.

Deep in a hole, Kristi Noem keeps digging

Popular chain restaurants have long relied on family-style menus, but independent fine-dining operations are starting to see the wisdom behind the approach as well.

A mountain of food at the restaurant? No thanks.

IDEAS | CHRISTOF KOCH

I almost died. Here’s what I learned from the experience.

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

He runs Providence, every mile of it

Mark Sheeran, of Walpole, Mass., just finished running every street in Providence, starting from the same point on 48 runs and completing a total of 776.2 miles.

Weather mailbag | Ken Mahan

Weather mailbag: Late freezes, nor’easters and more

You have questions about the weather and we have the answers.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Dry but dreary Thursday, but the worst day of the week is fast approaching

It should remain mostly cloudy with no hint of rain as a northerly flow funnels across the metro area.

Mass. House leaders scored big in chamber’s closed-door budget process. You just wouldn’t know it.

With 15 in total, the House budget’s primary author included more individual earmarks for himself than any of the chamber’s other 158 representatives.

Sports

Mark Sheeran runs on North Main Street in Providence, R.I. The Walpole, Mass., resident just finished running every street in Providence, beginning each run from roughly the same spot. The 64-year-old ultra-marathon runner used to teach and coach at The Wheeler School, in Providence.

He runs Providence, every mile of it

Mark Sheeran, of Walpole, Mass., just finished running every street in Providence, starting from the same point on 48 runs and completing a total of 776.2 miles.

Andrew Bailey has had an attention for detail since he arrived in Boston this winter, as Naoyuki Uwasawa and the rest of the staff has learned quickly.

The inside story of how the Red Sox remade their pitching philosophy

“There’s a narrative in baseball that needs to be broken in terms of pitchers’ best strike pitch is a fastball. I don’t think that’s necessarily true,” said pitching coach Andrew Bailey. “Leveraging your best weapons . . . is what our goal is.”

David Pastrnak accepted Matthew Tkachuk's challenge and they went at it in the third period.

Bruins and Panthers have become fierce rivals, and the gloves are off in mayhem of Game 2

There were 23 combined penalties, 17 in the third period alone, for a total of 150 minutes of punishment.

YANKEES 9, ASTROS 4

Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton all homer as Yankees hitting their stride

KNICKS 130, PACERS 121

Knicks overcome brief Jalen Brunson departure to build 2-0 series lead on Pacers

Business

He runs Providence, every mile of it

Mark Sheeran, of Walpole, Mass., just finished running every street in Providence, starting from the same point on 48 runs and completing a total of 776.2 miles.

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

The "Joy Luck Club" author talks about her obsession with birds in her backyard and what it means to write a book that isn’t about Chinese culture.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats

‘A popularity contest in Google’s eyes’: Massachusetts prom dress stores turn to search engine optimization to boost sales

magazine

Kristi Noem’s Cricket, Mitt Romney’s Seamus, and the GOP dog problem

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

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

Ginger-Lime Grilled Snapper With Herb Sauce

Take your grilling to the next level with these bold sauces

Celebrate steampunk at the Watch City Steampunk Festival on Saturday.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, May 6-12

metro

Maggie Goodlander, 37, who recently moved back to Nashua, N.H., after serving as a senior aide to President Biden, launched her campaign for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Maggie Goodlander launches N.H. congressional bid after White House exit

Adam Montgomery to be sentenced Thursday in N.H. for daughter Harmony’s murder

Connecticut lawmakers adjourn session, fail to pass AI regulations but pass absentee ballot reforms

sports

The Panthers were unstoppable in Game 2.

The Panthers blew out the Bruins as things turned ugly in the third period. Here’s how it unfolded.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman pulled for Linus Ullmark in third period of Game 2 loss to Panthers

Bruins dominated by Panthers in penalty-filled Game 2 to even series heading back to Boston

business

Disney, Hulu, and Max are combining forces into a streaming bundle.

Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle will soon become available

Tripadvisor stock drops on news it won’t be sold, at least not yet

Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says

politics

Maggie Goodlander, 37, who recently moved back to Nashua, N.H., after serving as a senior aide to President Biden, launched her campaign for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Maggie Goodlander launches N.H. congressional bid after White House exit

House rejects Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers

Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah

Nation

Hundreds of people chanted using sign language after students from Gaulladet University taught the crowd how to sign the slogans they have been chanting over the last two weeks in the George Washington University Gaza solidarity encampment in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024.

Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor’s hearing is canceled

Tornadoes tear through southeastern US as storms leave 3 dead

California regulators to vote on changing how power bills are calculated

World

Armed supporters of Yemen's Houthi rebels in Sanaa, Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats

British government tries to head off the type of unrest seen on American campuses

Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam

opinion

Mayor Michelle Wu can manage the city out of this crisis — if she has the political courage to do so.

The outlook isn’t good for Wu’s tax hike plan

A $19 Big Mac meal is a good thing

Why whistleblowers in medicine are so few and justice for the harmed so elusive

lifestyle

Harris Reed, left, and Demi Moore attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on May 6, in New York.

Inside the Met Gala: A fairytale forest, woodland creatures, and some starstuck first-timers

Photos: See Zendaya, Matt Damon, Ayo Edebiri, and more stars hit the Met Gala red carpet

Watch live: Celebrities arrive at the 2024 Met Gala red carpet

food & dining

You can create your own bagel with one of the schmears at New York Bagel Factory in Newtonville.

They wanted their bagels to taste like they do in Manhattan

Emeril Lagasse — ‘hard-core Fall River’ — talks new Portuguese restaurant

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

travel

With a certified home watcher, you’re sitting pretty on vacation

Laconia, N.H., is a city on the lakes — and on the rise

Exeter, N.H.: Come for the history, stay for the food

Arts

Visitors at "Harry Potter: The Exhibition."

Ready your wands: ‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ makes its New England debut this fall

Something old, something new: Meet bridal stylist and BU artist Linda Obobaifo

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala

Books

Amy Tan, pictured here in a park near Harvard Square, was recently in Cambridge on a book tour for her latest work, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles."

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

‘The Ministry of Time’ relocates immigrants from history to the present day. The future will never be the same.

Lesley Hazleton, writer who tackled religion and fast cars, dies at 78

Movies

Mr. Gelder attended the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2022.

Ian Gelder, ‘Game of Thrones’ actor, dies at 74

Coolidge to honor ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ director Jane Schoenbrun as second annual Breakthrough Artist

‘Evil Does Not Exist’: A battle for the soul of a Japanese mountain village

Television

Disney, Hulu, and Max are combining forces into a streaming bundle.

Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle will soon become available

Remarkable British actresses pair up in ‘MaryLand’

Who’s the best ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member of all time? You decide.

music

Mr. Albini, in the control room of his studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago in 2005.

Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana and the Pixies and an alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61

Boston Ballet orchestra adds live electronics to the mix for ‘The Space Between’

A new season’s afoot as Keith Lockhart and the Pops spring into action

Theater/Dance

Psychotherapist and Gay Sons & Mothers founder Rick Miller (right) used to pose for photos like his mother, Suzanne (left), with a bent knee.

A Boston therapist assumed gay sons and their mothers had strong bonds. Then he heard more of their stories.

From the highest high to the horrific in Apollinaire’s ‘Touching the Void’

Who’s the region’s funniest firefighter? Six hopefuls are warming up their acts.

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

Mr. McCloskey, shown at his law office in Redwood City in 2006.

Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who called for Nixon’s resignation, dies at 96

Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana and the Pixies and an alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61

Ian Gelder, ‘Game of Thrones’ actor, dies at 74