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Prosecution begins redirecting Stormy Daniels’s testimony in Trump’s hush-money trial

Donald Trump's attorneys grilled Daniels, pressing her on why she accepted a $130,000 payment to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump instead of going public.
Tracker: Who has testified in the trial, and what did they say?
Live Updates

‘What do you mean?’ Brother of man who owned home where John O’Keefe’s body was found outside takes stand in Karen Read trial

Prosecutors allege that Karen Read drunkenly backed her SUV into John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer.
Wednesday's recap: Testimony about the night before O'Keefe's death Tracker: Who has testified in the trial so far?

With Steward on the ropes, landlord expects ‘orderly transition’ to new operators

Medical Properties Trust takes hit on loans to Steward and its equity stake in the bankrupt hospital system.
Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says Watch: How the filing could impact patient care

‘It was a scrum going from row to row.’ Framingham woman describes fight on Spirit Airlines flight to Logan Airport.

At one point, a flight attendant announced: “If you are not involved in the fight, please exit the plane."
Forecast | Ken Mahan

A mix of sun and clouds today with possible rain after sunset

 Weather mailbag: Late freezes, nor’easters and more

Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally

 First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus

Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property

A few Mass. Democrats put $5m into the budget for dog parks, a castle, and more. And they did it in secret.

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.
Interactive database

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

The Globe built a database of every state lawmaker and how much they received in earmarks. Explore the data by looking up a lawmaker by city or town, or by name.

Wynn halts planned $400 million casino expansion amid financial dispute with Everett

The mayor and the casino company are at odds over how much more money should be paid to the city.

‘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

UMass Amherst student government issues no-confidence vote in chancellor Reyes after crackdown on protesters

Odie Henderson review | ★★
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is a simian snore
The latest installment blows up the franchise and damns it all to hell.

Never see R-rated films with Mom — and other life lessons I learned movie-watching with my mother

The Globe’s film critic offers some unlikely Mother’s Day picks.

‘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.

Miss USA, Miss Teen USA both resign their posts

UmaSofia Srivastava, who was crowned Miss Teen USA in 2023, resigned her post Wednesday, two days after Noelia Voigt stepped down as Miss USA.
LOVE LETTERS

My partner doesn’t like babies

Does that mean we shouldn’t have any?
MISS CONDUCT

Do I let single guests bring dates to a graduation party?

For my son’s graduation celebration, we only invited people he is close with.
Matthew Gilbert | 'SNL' Showdown

Myers vs. Murray. Poehler vs. Jones. Vote in Round 2 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

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

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

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

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

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

Why is Healey pretending everything at Steward will be OK?

Despite the governor’s reassurance that the "hospitals will remain open and folks should continue to keep their appointments," I would not seek care there. I’m not sure that the governor would either.
PODCAST | SAY MORE

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

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

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

The very unfunny roast of Tom Brady
EDITORIAL

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

More recent News

Adam Montgomery to be sentenced Thursday in N.H. for daughter Harmony’s murder
The defendant, who skipped his own trial, will be forced to attend his sentencing to hear statements from the surviving victims of his crimes.

Jeremy Swayman was hardly to blame for the Game 2 loss, but is the net still his for Game 3?
Wednesday marked Swayman's seventh straight start, and it was a lopsided loss riddled with defensive breakdowns by the Bruins.

Toronto Maple Leafs fire coach Sheldon Keefe

Hornets hire Charles Lee, Celtics’ top assistant, as head coach
Lee, 39, was hired away from the Bucks in 2023 to join Joe Mazzulla on the bench. He is expected to remain with the Celtics for the rest of their playoff run.

Game 2 preview: Boston looks to take a commanding series lead over Cavs

Harvey Weinstein back in court as New York weighs California prison request
The hearing in Queens criminal court on Thursday morning, days after Weinstein left a city hospital, was related to California's request, according to prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Three men arrested in $436,000 armed robbery of courier in Swansea, carrying cash from cannabis dispensaries
Three men suspected of robbing a courier carrying $436,200 in cash from cannabis dispensaries, and their alleged getaway driver, were arrested Wednesday after federal agents executed search warrants at their homes in Bridgewater, Brockton, and Raynham, court records show.

‘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.

Attorney, family of Black airman fatally shot by Florida deputies want a transparent investigation

The family of a 23-year-old Black US Air Force airman who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies last week will join civil rights attorney Ben Crump for a news conference Thursday calling for transparency in the investigation.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
At Worcester Art Museum, photo show gives a different lay of the land
"New Terrain: 21st-Century Landscape Photography" offers a traditional genre seen in non-traditional ways.

How a 16-year-old got her N.H. high school to compost
“I definitely have an opportunity to make a difference even if I can’t vote,” Flo Dapice of Hopkinton, N.H., says.

Recommended reads

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

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

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

Author readings around Boston through May 18

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

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

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

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

JEFF JACOBY

Deep in a hole, Kristi Noem keeps digging

Karen Stabiner

A mountain of food at the restaurant? No thanks.
IDEAS | CHRISTOF KOCH

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Prosecutors call Trump Organization bookkeeper to the stand as the next witness in Trump’s hush-money trial

Donald Trump's attorneys grilled Daniels, pressing her on why she accepted a $130,000 payment to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump instead of going public.
Live Updates

‘Something’s happened to John.’ Friends of John O’Keefe testify in Karen Read trial.

Prosecutors allege that Karen Read drunkenly backed her SUV into John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer.

Wynn halts planned $400 million casino expansion amid financial dispute with Everett

The mayor and the casino company are at odds over how much more money should be paid to the city.

UMass Amherst student government issues no-confidence vote in chancellor Reyes after crackdown on protesters

The vote followed the arrests of about 130 people at a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus on Tuesday.

Sports

Red Sox

Red Sox prospect Johanfran Garcia to undergo season-ending surgery

The power-hitting 19-year-old catcher sustained a knee injury last week while running the bases for Single A Salem.
bruins

Jeremy Swayman was hardly to blame for the Game 2 loss, but is the net still his for Game 3?

Wednesday marked Swayman's seventh straight start, and it was a lopsided loss riddled with defensive breakdowns by the Bruins.
NHL

Toronto Maple Leafs fire coach Sheldon Keefe after another early playoff exit

The move had been expected after Toronto lost to the Bruins in Game 7 last weekend, the fourth time in five years under Keefe that the team has lost in the first round.
Cavaliers at Celtics | 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Cavaliers at Celtics Game 2: Boston looks to take a commanding series lead
celtics notebook

Jayson Tatum hasn’t been lighting it up in the playoffs, but Celtics aren’t worried

Business

Wynn halts planned $400 million casino expansion amid financial dispute with Everett

The mayor and the casino company are at odds over how much more money should be paid to the city.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

With Steward on the ropes, landlord expects ‘orderly transition’ to new operators
RHODE MAP

Joy Fox is now a (Rhode Island) media mogul
magazine
Tech Power Players 2024

Meet the CEOs, founders, and investors on the Globe’s third annual list of New England tech leaders
CONNECTIONS

My mom and I butted heads. But never at the Christmas Tree Shops.
Globe Magazine

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

Take your grilling to the next level with these bold sauces

metro

Joy Fox is now a (Rhode Island) media mogul

‘She was just like frantically screaming.’ Wife of John O’Keefe’s friend testified at Karen Read trial. Here’s what happened.

A mix of sun and clouds today with possible rain after sunset

sports

The Panthers punched back in Game 2, and now the series is tied as it heads to Boston

He runs Providence, every mile of it

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

business

US weekly jobless claims hit highest level since August of 2023, though job market is still hot

One year after taking over the Bay State Banner, its co-owners seek to build digital future on print foundation

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

politics

Prosecution begins redirecting Stormy Daniels’s testimony in Trump’s hush-money trial

Stormy Daniels spars with Trump defense attorney in tense exchange over cash-for-silence transaction

Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally

Nation

Attorney, family of Black airman fatally shot by Florida deputies want a transparent investigation

Harvey Weinstein back in court as New York weighs California prison request

Guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, report finds

World

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Malmo against Israel’s Eurovision participation

Ship loaded with aid heads for US-built Gaza pier, but it’s unclear when or how it will be delivered

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

opinion

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

My partner doesn’t like babies

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

food & dining

Podcast: How sustainable are Rhode Island’s food systems?

They wanted their bagels to taste like they do in Manhattan

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

travel

Choreographer Ebony Williams on vacation thrifting, packing light, and Michelle Obama

Road Scholar downgrades traveler from business to economy

A warmer food and wine fest, a bacon tour, and new dog travel gear

Arts

At Worcester Art Museum, photo show gives a different lay of the land

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

Books

An homage to eros in new poetry collection; Roxbury book festival returns for a second year; and more

Lawrence Ingrassia, in ‘A Fatal Inheritance,’ pens a love letter to his family, torn asunder by cancer

Author readings around Boston through May 18

Movies

Never see R-rated films with Mom — and other life lessons I learned movie-watching with my mother

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is a simian snore

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

Television

Myers vs. Murray. Poehler vs. Jones. Vote in Round 2 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

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

Remarkable British actresses pair up in ‘MaryLand’

music

Provincetown’s busiest jazz player is ready to reintroduce himself to Boston

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’

Theater/Dance

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

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