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The empty encampment after it was cleared out overnight at MIT.

After nearly three weeks on campus, MIT’s pro-Palestinian student encampment ends with arrests

Ten people were arrested, according to protest organizers and MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

MIT president says she ordered police action due to ‘outside threats’ triggered by pro-Palestinian encampment How the dismantling of the MIT encampment unfolded this morning Timeline: The events leading up to the dismantling of the encampment at MIT

Colson Whitehead, pictured at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2021, announced his withdrawal from speaking at UMass Amherst's 2024 commencement ceremony after the arrests of campus protesters.

UMass Amherst commencement speaker withdraws after police arrest campus protesters

“Calling the cops on peaceful protesters is a shameful act,” said author Colson Whitehead in a message to the UMass administration, which he shared on social media Thursday.

Pro-Palestinian student group rejects Harvard president’s proposal to end encampment

Protesters at Rhode Island School of Design vacate campus building after threat of expulsion

Police move to clear Philadelphia and Arizona protests

Kore Anderson, a pediatric ER doctor at Salem Hospital, said, "We keep coming to take care of the patients and each other. But I think so many of us are so, so close all the time to saying, I’m not going to come here anymore.”

‘It feels pointless sometimes’: As hospitals grow more corporate, fed-up doctors are pushing back

Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.

Watch: Reporter Katie Johnston talked to providers who are frustrated over shortages and capacity constraints

The Celtics' Jo Jo White got off a shot against the Knicks in a playoff game at Boston Garden in 1973.

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Celtics-Knicks and Bruins-Rangers? The Boston-New York playoff duels would be good times, and other thoughts.

It could happen this spring: Celtics-Knicks and Bruins-Rangers in conference finals at the two Gardens.

Chad Finn: In Game 3, the Celtics cannot repeat Game 2’s subpar shooting performance Donovan Mitchell was a playmaker as well as a scorer, and that made the Cavs dangerous

Jayson Tatum displayed his frustration on a play in the second quarter of Game 2.

Gary Washburn | CAVALIERS 118, CELTICS 94

Celtics were embarrassed by Cavaliers in Game 2, and an old question resurfaces: Are they tough enough?

The Celtics missed shots, got frustrated, then essentially gave up when the Cavaliers continued to mount resistance.

Your view: Will the Celtics be able to bounce back in Game 3? Garden Party: Well, that one hurt

no stupid questions

Introducing No Stupid Questions, how-to guides for navigating adult life in Boston
The first installment of this series will cover five topics: Traffic, taxes, networking, finding a neighborhood to call home, and locating trustworthy services. It launches on May 13.

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

We’re not even at the midway point of the year, but a lot of great albums have already arrived in 2024, and Globe music writers have been listening closely. Here are 20 of their favorites.

Testimony continues in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

This week, jurors heard the account of porn actor Stormy Daniels, while prosecutors gear up for their most crucial witness: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney.

Tracker: Who has testified in the trial so far?

LIVE UPDATES

‘They never came into my home.’ Nicole Albert, who owned Canton home where John O’Keefe was found, testifies at Karen Read trial.

This week, John O'Keefe's friends have testified about meeting at a Canton bar the night before O'Keefe was found dead and their shock at learning he was missing.

‘Something’s happened to John’: Witness at Karen Read trial recalls learning that O’Keefe had been left for dead

The T is paying consultants up to $610 per hour — to figure out how to save money

The MBTA entered into a $450,000 contract with a consulting firm last month, with consultants charging between $244 and $610 per hour.

Feds say Providence is failing to teach English to immigrant students at new high school

The US Department of Justice says the 180 multilingual learners at the Newcomer Academy have not been properly receiving English language development, in violation of federal civil rights law.

Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’
The researchers, with Google and other partners, spent a decade deciphering 1 cubic millimeter of tissue.

Northern Lights to make an appearance over New England tonight in ‘extraordinary’ solar event. Here are the best times to view it.

WNBA franchise reportedly awarded to Toronto for 2026 season

UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid

Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 110,000 civilians fleeing

The Biden-Netanyahu relationship is strained like never before. Can the two leaders move forward?

The mortgage note from 1957 between John F. Kennedy and his father, Joseph P. Kennedy.

John F. Kennedy’s $50,000 mortgage note for Cape Cod house up for auction

In the note, signed on Jan. 2, 1957, John F. Kennedy agrees to pay his father back within five years.

A painter worked on the Motif Number 1 fish shack in Rockport.

In Rockport, the iconic red fishing shack gets a new look

Motif Number 1, said to be the most painted and photographed building in America, is getting a fresh coat of paint. But is the color right?

This week's daters: Ben and Gabe

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I really wish I asked him what his skin care regimen was’

Will these daters scratch below the surface?

Matthew Gilbert | 'SNL' Showdown

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 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.

‘SNL’ originals make a strong showing in Round 1

These first results are not surprising, as they skew toward the classic casts from the early years of “SNL” rather than more recent players. They fit into that oft-heard narrative that the show “isn’t what it used to be.”

AAPI Heritage Month

Anne Nishimura Morse, the William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, sits for a portrait in one of the newly renovated galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure

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 oxtail pho with bone marrow at Le Madeline in Quincy.

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

Providence’s new Japanese grocery store Maruichi.

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

Opinion

Renderings for the White Stadium renovation proposal

Despite shaky rollout, Wu’s White Stadium plan is good for student athletes

The administration answers more of the community concerns about the proposal.

I’m a conservative student. Freedom of speech protects pro-Palestinian protesters too.

Readers respond: There are ways to talk to family and friends who support Trump

IDEAS | MAURA KELLY

How to hang out better

I’m boring. So are you.

More recent News

Dr. Jerome Larkin nominated as R.I. state health director
Governor Dan McKee has nominated Dr. Jerome M. Larkin as the next state health director, McKee spokeswoman Andrea Palagi confirmed to the Globe on Friday.

Tractor-trailer ‘storrowed’ underneath Bowker Overpass in westbound lanes of Storrow Drive
The truck slammed into the overpass while traveling on Storrow Drive around 7:10 a.m., according to MassDOT. Crews were still on the scene hours later working to remove the tightly wedged vehicle from the overpass.

Is Google trying to buy HubSpot? Here’s why it might not happen.
The Cambridge firm would likely be Google’s biggest acquisition to date. But the deal would draw intense scrutiny from regulators.

Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction
A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol.

Representative Katherine Clark unveils child care push at business event in Cambridge
After failing to move a GOP-led Congress last year to reup federal assistance for childcare centers, Clark is turning to the business community for help in making her case.

The United States is expected to announce a new $400m package of weapons for Ukraine
This is the third tranche of aid for Ukraine since Congress passed supplemental funding in late April after months of gridlock.

PARENTING UNFILTERED | KARA BASKIN

What Mother’s Day cards should really say
We have a lot on our plates, and some of us are worried we're doing it all wrong. If that sounds familiar, I see you! Here are a few important reminders.

MATTHEW GILBERT | BUZZSAW

TV’s Holocaust dramas are part remembrance, part warning
These shows — including Peacock’s “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” Apple TV+’s “The New Look,” and Hulu’s “We Were the Lucky Ones” — are built to shock and morally sicken the viewer.

BLOTTER TALES

A new police dog joins the force, two guys fall asleep in the wrong hotel room, and arguments ensue over an Asteroids video game
Two men fall asleep in the wrong hotel room, people argue over an Asteroids video game, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Recommended reads

People are silhouetted behind closed doors inside a lawmakers-only hallway off the House chamber.

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?

Adam Montgomery sentenced to 56 years to life in prison for daughter Harmony’s murder
The judge imposed the sentence after hearing heart-wrenching victim impact statements from Harmony’s mother, stepmother, and other family members.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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.

Conductor Keith Lockhart is in his 29th year leading the Pops, whose spring season begins Friday.

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

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’

Claire Messud, author of "This Strange Eventful History," will be among the authors appearing at local venues this week.

Author readings around Boston through May 18

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.

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Testimony continues in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

This week, jurors heard the account of porn actor Stormy Daniels, while prosecutors gear up for their most crucial witness: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney.

‘They never came into my home.’ Nicole Albert, who owned Canton home where John O’Keefe was found, testifies at Karen Read trial.

This week, John O'Keefe's friends have testified about meeting at a Canton bar the night before O'Keefe was found dead and their shock at learning he was missing.

A timeline of events that led to police dismantling a protest encampment at MIT on Friday

Students at MIT occupied a campus lawn for nearly three weeks. But after they ignored repeated warnings to leave and what MIT President Sally Kornbluth called “a series of escalating provocations,” police were sent in Friday to dismantle the encampment.

Pro-Palestinian student group rejects Harvard president’s proposal to end encampment

Members of the pro-Palestinian encampment, Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine, rejected an offer from Harvard University’s president to end their protest on early Friday morning.

Sports

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has indicated she'd like the league to expand to 16 teams by the 2028 season

WNBA franchise reportedly awarded to Toronto for 2026 season

The new Toronto club would be the 14th team in the WNBA. An expansion franchise in Golden State is set to join the league in 2025.

Andrew Peeke joined the Bruins at the trade deadline. He returns from injury with a chance to face his hometown team.

Andrew Peeke’s hockey life began with the Panthers. Can the Bruins defensemen help end Florida’s season?

Peeke's father changed young Andrew's diapers in the bathroom at the Panthers' arena between periods. Now, Andrew is back from injury and hoping to contribute to Boston's playoff run.

Jeremy Swayman (left) and Linus Ullmark celebrate after the Bruins beat the Maple Leafs in Game 1.

It’s Bruins vs. Panthers in the second round of the NHL playoffs. See the schedule and results here.

Boston will look to avenge its early exit last season, when it entered the postseason on an historic run and was bounced in seven games.

Garden Party: Well, that one hurt

Nationals at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 38: Nationals at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

Dr. Jerome Larkin nominated as R.I. state health director

Governor Dan McKee has nominated Dr. Jerome M. Larkin as the next state health director, McKee spokeswoman Andrea Palagi confirmed to the Globe on Friday.

no stupid questions

Introducing No Stupid Questions, how-to guides for navigating adult life in Boston

The first installment of this series will cover five topics: Traffic, taxes, networking, finding a neighborhood to call home, and locating trustworthy services. It launches on May 13.

For Providence Brewing Company, the American Dream is within reach

Representative Katherine Clark unveils child care push at business event in Cambridge

magazine

Tech Power Players 2024

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

After more than a half century in business, the Christmas Tree Shops closed its remaining stores last summer to the dismay of devoted customers.

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

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

metro

The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) as seen near the coast of Norway on March 3.

Northern Lights to make an appearance over New England tonight in ‘extraordinary’ solar event. Here are the best times to view it.

Tractor-trailer ‘storrowed’ underneath Bowker Overpass in westbound lanes of Storrow Drive

MIT president says she ordered police action over ‘outside threats’ at pro-Palestinian encampment

sports

David Pastrnak (left) and Sam Reinhart tangled in the third period on Wednesday.

Panthers at Bruins Game 3: One way or another, this is probably going to be a slugfest

Jim Montgomery wants Bruins to reduce too-many-men penalties, even if he has to ‘start grabbing people’s pants’

Celtics taking on Cavaliers in second round. See playoffs schedule and results here.

business

Kore Anderson, a pediatric ER doctor at Salem Hospital, said, "We keep coming to take care of the patients and each other. But I think so many of us are so, so close all the time to saying, I’m not going to come here anymore.”

‘It feels pointless sometimes’: As hospitals grow more corporate, fed-up doctors are pushing back

Senate passes bill improving air safety and service for travelers, a day before FAA law expires

TikTok to label content created with AI

politics

Steve Bannon speaks to the media.

Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction

Testimony continues in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Follow live updates.

Third week of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial draws to a close, with Michael Cohen yet to come

Nation

Demonstrators locked arms after retreating out of their encampment as law enforcement officers pushed them down Park Avenue and off the University of Arizona campus, Friday, May 10, 2024, Tucson, Az.

Police arrest over 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian protest camps at Penn, MIT and Arizona

Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life.

California’s budget deficit has likely grown. Governor Gavin Newsom will reveal his plan to address it.

World

The results of a vote on a resolution for the UN Security Council to reconsider and support the full membership of Palestine into the United Nations is displayed during a special session of the UN General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York City on Friday.

UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid

Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 110,000 civilians fleeing

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region

opinion

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on May 6.

On the nature of the protests themselves

The way to a young person’s vote is through their browser

Why is Healey pretending everything at Steward will be OK?

lifestyle

But you aren’t alone. Ever. Happy Mother’s Day.

What Mother’s Day cards should really say

My partner doesn’t like babies

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

food & dining

A neon sign at the Providence Brewing Company.

For Providence Brewing Company, the American Dream is within reach

What is ‘queer food’? A conference at BU explores that question and others.

New rooftop dining in Eastie and Bay Village; Needham’s The James expands north

travel

Airbnb, which specializes in shared homes and vacation rentals both in urban cities and rural destinations, saw a deceleration in North American nights booked in the first quarter.

Airbnb posts biggest decline in a year on weak travel outlook

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

Road Scholar downgrades traveler from business to economy

Arts

A view of the gallery of "The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury" at the Colby College Museum of Art.

Two shows in Maine highlight Louise Nevelson, a giant of American Modernism

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

Books

From left: Jamaica Kincaid and her daughter, Annie Shawn; the cover of Kincaid's new book "An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children"; and Kara Walker, the book's illustrator.

Jamaica Kincaid’s primer on colonialism’s flora resonates with history behind Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s honeyed memories

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

Movies

A scene from "Evil Does Not Exist," directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi on letting real life frame his new film, ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

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

Television

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

TV’s Holocaust dramas are part remembrance, part warning

‘SNL’ originals make a strong showing in Round 1

music

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers: attitude with a twang

Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot on Neil Young, the ragged glory of their live shows, and the road ahead

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