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Jurors in Donald Trump hush-money trial end first day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

The jury ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict but asked to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush-money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.

Here's how jury deliberations unfolded What happens now that the jury is deliberating?

This is the testimony jurors in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial want to rehear

Trump's former Cabinet officials and aides include, from top left, Mike Pence, John Bolton, Mark Esper, Ty Cobb, Stephanie Grisham, and Sarah Matthews.

Here’s what former Trump Cabinet officials and aides have said about him

Cambridge School Committee votes in favor of superintendent’s resignation
Victoria Greer joined Cambridge as interim superintendent in July 2021 and was named permanent superintendent in 2022.

Vineyard police reports detail erratic behavior of man accused in stabbing rampage

Police sought to have Jared Ravizza held over his mental-health issues, but an evaluator declined to do so.

What to know about Jared Ravizza Attacker ‘had a smile on his face’ and ‘laughed like the Joker,’ victim told police after Braintree movie theater stabbings

Massport offers CEO job to Rich Davey, longtime Boston-area transportation leader

Assuming he takes the job, Davey would replace Lisa Wieland, who left Massport in November to become the New England president for National Grid.

Renters hit with no-fault evictions as investors and corporate owners gain hold, advocates say

Even if tenants win in housing court, the matter remains on their record. Landlord group says economy is hard on landlords, and many of these cases were brought after for-cause evictions failed.

Charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler are dropped after arrest at PGA Championship

Man, 23, hospitalized after barricading himself in Dracut basement, officials say

Authorities destroy old explosives found in Harwich home, officials say

Jeanne Blake, co-founder of The Perfect Storm Foundation greeted author Sebastian Junger, following a reading from his new book "In My Time of Dying," at Gloucester City Hall.

‘He’s an adopted son’: the three-decade love affair between Gloucester and Sebastian Junger

When "The Perfect Storm" came out in 1997, it forever changed the story of Sebastian Junger, and the city of Gloucester.

Stop & Shop to close underperforming stores, but company won’t release locations
Top managers have recently completed a review of its business operations, leading to the conclusion that some stores have to go.

A mozzarella and tomato sauce pizza at Sally’s Apizza in Woburn.

Sally’s Apizza to open in Dorchester and Concord

Another shop is already underway in the Seaport. Plus, Bow Market gets bigger.

The Deer Island waste water sewage treatment plant.

Levels of COVID in Mass. waste water tick up with arrival of new ‘FLiRT’ variants

Here’s what experts say you need to know about KP.2 and KP.3.

patriots notebook

For safeties coach Brian Belichick, staying with Patriots was more awesome than awkward
The assistant coach returned to the team despite the fact that his father and brother both left this offseason.

98.5 The Sports Hub reaches 10-year extension to continue carrying Patriots games on radio

Bailey Zappe took his turns with the other quarterbacks at the OTA practice Wednesday.

Bailey Zappe’s attitude is that he is competing for the Patriots’ starting quarterback job

The team invested significant resources in the quarterback position this offseason, but Zappe doesn't plan to alter his approach.

Benedict Cumberbatch and the titular puppet in "Eric."

TELEVISION REVIEW

In ‘Eric,’ a distraught puppeteer turns to his right-hand man

An overloaded story line weighs down this Netflix miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch, who is excellent as the father of a boy who goes missing.

Addy Herman, 18, of Pembroke competes in the qualifiers for "American Ninja Warrior."

A whole bunch of New Englanders battle it out on this season of NBC’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’

The field includes big talents from a Fall River gym.

Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think.

Public schools in other states offer more support for gifted children than Massachusetts does. It doesn’t have to be that way.

ATF Agent Brian Higgins spoke at the Karen Read murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court on Tuesday, in Dedham.

Karen Read trial: Testimony focuses on destroyed phone, blood-alcohol content

Tuesday was the only day this week when Read’s trial is scheduled to be in session.

Tracker: Here are the notable people who have testified Catch up on the Karen Read trial, in 60 seconds

Opinion

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas on camera during a reelection campaign rally for then-President Donald Trump at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., June 20, 2020.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

No matter who becomes Trump’s running mate, Americans lose

Trump’s veepstakes is proving the corruptible lure of proximity to his despotic power, even for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.

The humbling of Harvard

Do you panic when your flight hits turbulence?

IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships

The law that ruined America’s immigration system

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

Asian American seniors played ping pong at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist church on May 13.

In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

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

More recent News

LOVE LETTERS

My fiancé and I aren’t sure we should go through with the wedding
How do we know if it’s normal pre-wedding jitters?

Bill Walton memories, Wyc Grousbeck’s title optimism, Jaylen Brown’s MVP run, and other Celtics musings
"I think this team is different from teams that have gone before,” said Grousbeck. “They’ve got a warrior mentality and they’re a unified force."

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.
"If we all saw each other naked in more casual settings, it wouldn’t be such a big deal anyway," says one retiree, who’s been drawing at the Boston Figurative Art Center for a decade.

Cabot director addresses Richard Dreyfuss rant that sparked ‘wave of walkouts’
Even the 76-year-old actor's son is distancing himself from strange statements his father made Saturday night that prompted more than 100 people to walk out of a screening of “Jaws” at The Cabot in Beverly.

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area
In addition to the celebrations highlighted here, many towns and businesses in the Greater Boston area are hosting local Pride festivals, block parties, and bar crawls.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Hiker with ‘severely broken leg’ airlifted by Black Hawk helicopter from N.H. White Mountains

A Connecticut man crawled more than three-tenths of a mile from where he initially suffered the injury before he was picked up by the helicopter, officials said.

How dangerous is Mount Washington compared to other peaks in the US?

Recommended reads

Buzunesh Deba played with one of her children at Van Cortland Park in New York. Deba was declared the winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon after Rita Jeptoo, the runner who crossed the line first, was disqualified in 2016 for doping.

boston marathon

‘I’ve been patient for eight years’: There is a void in Buzunesh Deba’s life as she awaits her Boston Marathon spoils

The 2014 Boston winner — elevated in 2016 when Rita Jeptoo was disqualified — is still owed prize money and her trophy.

2024 summer olympics

Wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and threat of terrorism, loom over Paris Olympics this summer
Paris elevated its terror threat to maximum two months ago, and the opening ceremony will be conducted amid the heaviest security in Olympic history.

DEVRA FIRST

In Boston, omakase is having a moment
As sushi tasting menus gain popularity, more chefs are opening restaurants specializing in the format.

PERSPECTIVE

I’m a normal mom, I swear. So how did my kids turn out so bougie?
Despite my best efforts, my offspring have grown up to enjoy, let’s say, the finer things in life.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen, and Robyn Cara in "Bodkin."

‘Bodkin’ can’t get beyond only murders

Fans cheered for a performance by Chappell Roan at Boston Calling on Sunday.

Boston Calling says it was ‘several thousand below’ capacity despite some complaints about crowd size

Conor Holway as the title character in his film "Conrad: The Last Defender."

A Boston filmmaker looks to slay dragons, and Hollywood, with help from Dane Cook

Fans reacted during the Kenny Chesney's Big Revival Tour at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 28, 2015. The country star returns to Foxborough for three nights this summer.

From P!nk to Kenny Chesney, here’s your guide to summer concert season at Gillette

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

A customer has his glass of wine filled while spending the evening at Rebel, Rebel in Somerville

Booze, Boston, and Beacon Hill need to be shaken and stirred

An "Appeal to Heaven" flag, center left, is pictured as people attended a rally in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021, in support of then-President Donald Trump. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy, this time over the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize Christian nationalism and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The flag was seen outside his New Jersey beach home last summer.

Let’s talk about Donald Trump and American flags

Beach erosion on Salisbury Beach caused by recent storms, on March 27.

A solution for coastal erosion: managed retreat

The scythe, plumb bob, awl, and very long flathead screwdriver.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

My father’s tools

Drew Gilpin Faust, a former president of Harvard University, outside her office at the Wadsworth House, in Cambridge, on July 22, 2023.

Drew Gilpin Faust

US higher education is endangered

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

The clinical psychologist and bestselling author developed a novel method of couples therapy based on emotional attachment, challenging what had been the dominant behavioral approach.

R.I. neo-Nazi member accused of possessing child pornography

Stephen Thomas Farrea, of Warwick, is a member of the Nationalist Social Club-131 also known as NSC-131.

What to know about Jared Ravizza, the Martha’s Vineyard man charged in multiple stabbings

Jared Ravizza, accused in multiple stabbings and identified as a suspect in a fatal Connecticut attack, presented himself as living a jet-setting lifestyle and touted his success in marketing, professional skiing, and the arts. But many of his claims could not be verified.

Yale University names Maurie McInnis as its 24th president

McInnis, 58, is the president of Stony Brook University on Long Island in New York. She will succeed Peter Salovey, who is retiring and taking a faculty position at the Ivy League school in New Haven, Conn. after having led it for the past decade.

Sports

Tyler O'Neill has struggled at the plate since returning from a concussion, batting .200 with 45 strikeouts in 100 at-bats.

Tyler O’Neill goes on Red Sox injured list with knee inflammation

O’Neill, who missed six games in April due to concussion symptoms, was removed from Saturday’s game and has missed three straight since.

98.5 The Sports Hub remains the radio home of the Patriots.

98.5 The Sports Hub reaches 10-year extension to continue carrying Patriots games on radio

The station has been the flagship home of the Patriots since its inception in 2009, and now will have games through 2033.

Bailey Zappe took his turns with the other quarterbacks at the OTA practice Wednesday.

Bailey Zappe’s attitude is that he is competing for the Patriots’ starting quarterback job

The team invested significant resources in the quarterback position this offseason, but Zappe doesn't plan to alter his approach.

Bronny James, who averaged 4.8 points in a partial college season, remaining in NBA Draft

Iga Swiatek saves a match point and comes back to beat Naomi Osaka at French Open

Business

Authorities arrest man allegedly running “likely world’s largest ever” cybercrime botnet

Justice said in a news release that Yunhe Wang, 35, was arrested May 24. It did not say where and department officials did not immediately respond to a query on that.

After layoffs, Akili Interactive acquired by Seattle-area firm Virtual Therapeutics

The decision to merge comes weeks after Akili Interactive announced possible strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value and laid off 46 percent of its employees

Clean Energy Ventures closes second funding round

ConocoPhillips to acquire Marathon Oil in $22.5 billion deal

magazine

Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think.

My fiancé and I aren’t sure we should go through with the wedding

I’m a normal mom, I swear. So how did my kids turn out so bougie?

Strawberry and Amaretti Fool

Sweet treats for strawberry season

metro

A car crashed through a wall of a historic home in Norwell Tuesday.

Car slams into historic Norwell home causing ‘significant damage,’ officials say

Bill would set statute of limitations for legal action over R.I.’s Washington Bridge

Transgender rights advocates call on N.H. Governor Chris Sununu to veto several anti-LGBTQ bills

sports

Brian Belichick is entering his fifth season as the Patriots' safeties coach.

For safeties coach Brian Belichick, staying with Patriots was more awesome than awkward

High school girls’ lacrosse: Seedings, brackets for MIAA Tournament

High school boys’ lacrosse: Seeds, brackets for the MIAA Tournament

business

Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators remain on US roads today.

How to tell if your older vehicle has a potentially dangerous Takata air bag under recall

Brown University to launch new School of International and Public Affairs

Justice Department objects to Steward’s timetable for selling its doctors network

politics

Justice Samuel Alito at a formal portrait for Supreme Court justices on Oct. 7, 2022. Justice Alito said on Wednesday that he would not recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags flown over houses he owned appeared to support the “Stop the Steal” movement.

Alito refuses calls for recusal over display of provocative flags

‘Are you with me?’ Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term.

Jurors in Donald Trump hush-money trial end first day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

Nation

Former president Donald Trump left the courthouse Wednesday after the end of the day of jury deliberations in his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Jury wraps first day of deliberations in Trump hush-money trial

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

Authorities arrest man allegedly running “likely world’s largest ever” cybercrime botnet

World

South Africans waited in long lines to cast their vote at a polling station in Auckland Park Wednesday in Johannesburg. Results will be officially announced on June 2.

South Africans vote, many hoping for change as seismic as Mandela’s rise

Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico’s election

A border runs through their families. Now it’s a front line.

opinion

Palestinians gathered at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp area housing internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27 amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

Palestinian lives and Netanyahu’s latest ‘tragic accident’ in Gaza

May I have a word: A breacher of aisle etiquette

Project labor agreements are bad policy

lifestyle

Thousands took part in the 2023 Pride parade which started in Copley Square.

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area

TikTok rediscovers an old rural beauty secret

My partner’s mother is breaking the law

food & dining

A mozzarella and tomato sauce pizza at Sally’s Apizza in Woburn.

Sally’s Apizza to open in Dorchester and Concord

More than one-third of adults in Mass. experienced limited access to adequate food last year, new report says

In Boston, omakase is having a moment

travel

People enjoy food at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

50 years later, I’m still falling for Taipei

US airports set a new record: The most passengers screened in one day

Memorial Day travelers withstand higher prices in the hurry to kick off summer fun

Arts

Model Collin Cherubim, far right, poses for a life drawing class at the Boston Figurative Art Center.

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.

The many selves of Gearóid Dolan, MIT instructor, activist, and costumed artist

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

Books

826 Boston has published its largest anthology of student work to date, this one offering guidance and advice.

New wisdom from 826 Boston, a memoir of circus life, and a bookstore springs up in Springfield

Author readings around Boston through June 1

Local bestsellers for the week ended May 19

Movies

Richard Dreyfuss in Los Angeles on June 23, 2022.

Cabot director addresses Richard Dreyfuss rant that sparked ‘wave of walkouts’

Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94

A Boston filmmaker looks to slay dragons, and Hollywood, with help from Dane Cook

Television

Addy Herman, 18, of Pembroke competes in the qualifiers for "American Ninja Warrior."

A whole bunch of New Englanders battle it out on this season of NBC’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’

In ‘Eric,’ a distraught puppeteer turns to his right-hand man

We haven’t seen the last of ‘The Last of Us’

music

Fans cheered for a performance by Chappell Roan at Boston Calling on Sunday.

Boston Calling says it was ‘several thousand below’ capacity despite some complaints about crowd size

From P!nk to Kenny Chesney, here’s your guide to summer concert season at Gillette

Variety is the spice of Boston Calling, and Megan Thee Stallion is the spiciest of all

Theater/Dance

"Gatsby" director Rachel Chavkin (left) and the musical's book writer, Martyna Majok, pose for a portrait at the Loeb Drama Center, where the show will receive its world premiere beginning Sunday.

‘Gatsby’ arrives at the ART, driven by a powerhouse creative team

In the Huntington’s ‘Toni Stone,’ a player in a league of her own

ArtsEmerson’s 2024-25 season includes a musical inspired by a viral video of inmates dancing to ‘Thriller’

Health

A sign outside of a CVS pharmacy store on Feb. 7, 2024.

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

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

Obituaries

Dr. Johnson, shown in an undated image, founded emotionally focused therapy.

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

Stanley Goldstein, who helped start and build the CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89

Joseph Slavet, ‘fearless’ and thoughtful watchdog of Boston government, dies at 104