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Dunster House on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

Trump administration announces it will review 9ドル billion in federal funding for Harvard. Follow live updates.

The departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and the US General Services Administration said that it would begin a "comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and its affiliates."

University presidents aren’t capitulating to Trump, they say. They’re ‘adapting.’

A screen grab from a video shows Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk being detained by federal immigration authorities on March 25 in Somerville.

A timeline of how the arrest of a Tufts student by federal agents unfolded, and where the case stands

‘If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.’ Takeaways from Trump’s stunning NBC interview.

No, Trump can’t run for a third term in 2028. Here’s what the law says.

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The recession drumbeat grows louder as Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

AS I SEE IT
An excavator attacks debris in centerfield looking toward home plate at McCoy Stadium.
Field of Pawsox dreams falls to the wrecking ball
"As I See It," a photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week: the demolition of McCoy Stadium.

Jazz Chisholm is among the Yankees using a new bat design known as "The Torpedo."

Major League Baseball

Why is everyone talking about the Yankees’ new bat design, ‘The Torpedo’?

It has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact, then narrowing at the end.

Drake Maye had an impressive rookie season. The next step is developing his voice and making him the unquestioned leader of a young, building team.

Ben Volin | On football

The new-look Patriots suddenly have a leadership void, and that seems to be OK with coach Mike Vrabel

The Patriots may regret ridding themselves of so much leadership in one fell swoop.

Mike Vrabel talks the options at left tackle, the No. 4 pick, and joint practices

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all

Developer Tom O'Brien will drop his bid for mayor of Boston before it started. Josh Kraft remains Wu's only major rival.

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer listens during a briefing.
‘Obstructing justice’: Judge holds ICE agent in contempt over detention of defendant mid-trial
The judge accused an ICE agent of violating the defendant's rights to due process and a fair trial.

Karen Read and her defense team sat in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on Feb. 25.
As second Karen Read trial begins, legal experts expect new approach from prosecutors
More than three years after John O’Keefe’s snow-covered body was found outside a Canton home, Karen Read will face a jury once again.

See a timeline of the Karen Read case Former FBI agent can’t testify for Karen Read’s defense, judge rules

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

The dismissals come as the the state’s second-largest insurer grapples with heightened health care spending and a market that is increasingly unable to afford the high health care premiums required to pay for it.

Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt.
Some believe Monica Tibbits-Nutt has lost her voice as transportation secretary. Can she find it again?
Major projects, including the construction of new Cape Cod bridges and the restructuring of the Massachusetts Turnpike through Allston, may hang in the balance.

Three workers repairing highway guardrails killed by alleged drunk driver in West Springfield

The suspect was ordered held on 1ドル million bail.

A view from inside 399 Washington Street, a long-empty office and retail building that recently sold at a large discount. The new owners say they'll be able to charge lower rents than prior owners, potentially bringing new tenants to Downtown Crossing.

This Downtown Crossing building just sold for one-fifth of its pre-pandemic price. Here’s why that may be a good thing.

Police investigating traveling con man fraud group in 4 R.I. cities

Teen killed in Falmouth crash identified; two others still hospitalized

Utility company National Grid is waiving some gas bills for customers whose bills were delayed this winter.

THE FINE PRINT

If your National Grid gas bills were delayed this winter, you’ll pay for only two months

The Mass. Department of Public Utilities has ordered National Grid to charge for only two months if customers went longer periods without a bill.

Although recent rain has improved conditions, much of New England remains in a drought, according to the US Drought Monitor.

If the drought doesn’t resolve soon, New England could be in for a rough summer

New England is thirsty for more rain. Even with this weekend's wet weather, precipitation over the past month or so still hasn't been enough to pull the region out of its persistent drought.

Hava Horowitz, lead singer for Sidebody, performed during Somerville's PorchFest in 2023.

Somerville’s PorchFest clogged the streets of the 80,000-person city. Now, the event will have more rules.

When it started in 2011, PorchFest was all about thinking small. Last year, it drew hundreds of bands, and tens of thousands of concertgoers.

Opinion

Freight trucks queue to enter Mexico via the border crossing in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, Feb. 1.

Kris James Mitchener

Trump’s tariff brinkmanship echoes a 1930s mistake

President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs on the nation’s major trade partners are a surefire way to kick off a trade war.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Press is folding to Trump, not fighting him

EDITORIAL

The othering of a Lynn charter school

IDEAS | Christine Mehta

First, they came for the foreigners

IDEAS | Mary Ziegler

Sorry, Republicans. Exceptions to abortion bans don’t make any sense.

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Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants. This new Spotlight series begins in an American city that, like so many others, is enmeshed in the war on drugs.

Part 1:
A rogue cop

Part 2:
The police chief

Part 3:
The informant

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Episode 4:
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Willard, the ‘magnificent’ Highland steer of Allandale Farm in Brookline, has died

"We are so grateful for his 17 years of life on this farm and for the gift that this magnificent being was to the whole community," the farm wrote.

In Lithuania, 3 US soldiers found dead in an armored vehicle. 1 is still missing.

The three soldiers were been found dead in their armored vehicle that was pulled from a swampy area early Monday, the Army said.

Bluebikes sponsor offers riders 20ドル in credit ahead of MBTA closures

The bike-sharing system is offering 20ドル credits to help commuters affected by MBTA service disruptions.

State medical examiner still considers Sandra Birchmore’s death a suicide despite prosecution of ex-Stoughton officer

The conflicting views about what caused Birchmore’s death raise the possibility the medical examiner could become a face of Matthew Farwell’s defense.

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

The justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to pay unemployment taxes because the work of the social services agency is motivated by religious beliefs.

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This week’s TV: Michelle Williams in ‘Dying for Sex,’ Kevin Bacon in ‘The Bondsman,’ and more

Plus, Netflix premieres the medical drama "Pulse."

After IVF success, a painful dilemma: What to do with the remaining embryos

For fertility patients who never dreamed they’d have extra embryos, decisions about what to do with the surplus are personal — and increasingly political.

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Employee Walter Ragoza works at Pleasant Street Autobody in South Hadley.
Trump could reshape the economy. These Massachusetts business owners are betting on it.
Even amid the uncertainty, not everyone is bracing for bad times.

Demonstrators held a Palestinian flag during a protest at Powder House Park in Somerville, where hundreds gathered in response to the detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student.
Pro-Israel groups credited for guiding Trump in arrests of international college students
Organizations that created lists of campus activists said they provided the Trump administration with a roadmap for locating international students to detain and deport.

Karen Coughlin is a retired nurse who says she was bitten, kicked, punched, slapped, stabbed, spit on, threatened, and had weapons pulled on her during her time as a nurse at Taunton State Hospital.
As assaults by patients become increasingly ‘part of the job,’ nurses and hospitals lobby for new law
Workers and health care facilities say assaults by patients is a growing problem, amid a ballooning mental health crisis and strained emergency departments.

Culture & Lifestyle

Founding artistic director Rubén Polendo adapting the audio and visual components of "Utopian Hotline" for the Museum of Science Planetarium. The production started with the question, "How will we imagine the future as communities, as people, as individuals, or families?," he said.

For the team behind ‘Utopian Hotline,’ disagreement is ‘the space that’s interesting to us’

The Ballet Folklorico VROCC will be performing traditional Chilean dances at this Saturday's Viva Chile event.

Free events this week: Sculptural ‘nightmares,’ ‘Godfather’ screening, brewery jazz

Ed Sheeran performed in Ipswich Friday at his pop-up pub The Old Phone.

Ed Sheeran charms Ipswich, performs in streets and pop-up pub as he films music video

From left: Musical guest Morgan Wallen, host Mikey Madison, and Chloe Fineman during "SNL" Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

Mikey Madison hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Morgan Wallen performs

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passes Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, LA on August 28, 2024.

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

As domestic stocks of sharks have been decimated, the Sri Lankan fleet moved into the high seas, including the Saya de Malha Bank.

THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT

Vanishing protectors and predators

The Department of Homeland Security’s ICE detention facility in Jena, La.

Matthew Bunn

Trump is attacking free speech. Don’t let him.

Participants filmed original content and collaborated with each other at a Creator Method workshop in Miami on Aug. 17, 2024.

Rob Henderson

A Gen Z paradox: To influence or not influence?

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey at a press conference in 2024 in Boston.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The state stepped in to fix the Boston Public Schools. Now it’s giving up.

Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts (center) greets President Trump as Trump arrives to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

How the Supreme Court can curb one Trump attack on judges

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

As second Karen Read trial begins, legal experts expect new approach from prosecutors

More than three years after John O’Keefe’s snow-covered body was found outside a Canton home, Karen Read will face a jury once again.

A timeline of how the arrest of a Tufts student by federal agents unfolded, and where the case stands

Nearly a week ago, masked agents seized a Tufts student in Somerville and whisked her away in an unmarked SUV. Her arrest has sparked a legal fight, calls for her release, and questions about what could happen next.

Gai Gherardi, who made eyeglass frames fashion statements, dies at 78

Ms. Gherardi was a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could be fashion statements of individuality.

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

More than 1,500 young people attended a city job fair at the Reggie Lewis Center over the weekend. Officials canceled the event after at least one fight broke out about halfway through.

Sports

Jazz Chisholm is among the Yankees using a new bat design known as "The Torpedo."

Major League Baseball

Why is everyone talking about the Yankees’ new bat design, ‘The Torpedo’?

It has a seemingly inflated barrel that is thickest and heaviest where the player most frequently makes contact, then narrowing at the end.

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin's one-timer can give opposing coaches nightmares.

Bruins notebook

Alex Ovechkin’s chase for the NHL’s goals record brings him to TD Garden for Tuesday’s game against the Bruins

With 890 goals, Ovechkin is five short of eclipsing Wayne Gretzky.

BC's Ryan Leonard is the first college player to post consecutive 30-goal seasons since fellow Eagle Cam Atkinson (2009-10, 2010-11).

Men's college hockey

Ryan Leonard has signed with the Capitals. Which of his BC teammates could be next to ink pro contracts?

The signings can come fast and furious in the days following a season-ending loss.

Ben Volin | On football

The new-look Patriots suddenly have a leadership void, and that seems to be OK with coach Mike Vrabel

Patriots

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel talks the options at left tackle, the No. 4 pick, and joint practices

Celtics at Grizzlies | 7:30 p.m. (TNT, NBCSB)

Celtics at Grizzlies preview: Boston wraps up road trip in Memphis seeking ninth straight win

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The recession drumbeat grows louder as Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

The economic outlook has darkened with the president poised to escalate his trade war. Stocks posted their biggest monthly loss since the end of 2022.

THE FINE PRINT

If your National Grid gas bills were delayed this winter, you’ll pay for only two months

The Mass. Department of Public Utilities has ordered National Grid to charge for only two months if customers went longer periods without a bill.

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

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Architect/homeowner Lyle Bradley swapped the home’s exterior siding, rebuilt the porch, and bent wood for the portico’s fan detail.

Your Home | Renovations

An architect with a talent for woodworking remakes his 1840s East Boston home

This week's daters: Nicole and Michael

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘What a relief it was that we saw the world the same way’

A view of the Jamaicaway Tower and Townhouses from across Jamaica Pond.

CONNECTIONS

Unexpected lessons in a Jamaica Plain high rise

Hall of Fame broadcaster Joe Castiglione addresses fans before a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in late September.

PERSPECTIVE

Baseball season is back. It won’t be the same without Joe Castiglione.

metro

Karen Read outside court in November.

Former FBI agent can’t testify for Karen Read’s defense, judge rules

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all

R.I. plays a starring role in forthcoming Rod Serling documentary

sports

Pairs skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates perform during the exhibition gala at the World Figure Skating Championships on Sunday at TD Garden. Chock and Bates won their third straight world title on Saturday.

Figure skating needed a boost. The world championships in Boston provided it, for both the US team and fans.

‘It’s hard to even put a name to what I’m feeling’: How figure skating helped Maxim Naumov cope with death of his parents

In a quiet week at NFL owners meetings, the tush push is generating plenty of debate

business

New Moderna headquarters outside Kendall Square. Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel speaks at the grand opening of Moderna's new Cambridge headquarters on June 26, 2024. Moderna Inc. shares fell as much as 14 percent in Monday trading.

Top vaccine official’s ouster sends biotech stocks tumbling

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

politics

Dunster House on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

Trump administration announces it will review 9ドル billion in federal funding for Harvard. Follow live updates.

‘If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.’ Takeaways from Trump’s stunning NBC interview.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make final push amid high spending, voting

Nation

The US Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, Oct. 18, 2018.

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor

Their kids died at Sandy Hook. Their tip line prevents school shootings.

World

Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025.

Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake

In Lithuania, 3 US soldiers found dead in an armored vehicle. 1 is still missing.

opinion

Governor Maura Healey Healey and lawmakers need to make difficult decisions about what programs to prioritize.

With federal funds running dry, Mass. faces tough calls on mental health services

Trump’s second term is fueling the power of boycotts

The odd couple? Nope. My mother and daughter roommates are vibing.

lifestyle

Susie Sheehan and her son, Jacob, 1, in his bedroom.

After IVF success, a painful dilemma: What to do with the remaining embryos

10 years later, does this advice hold up?

An update about relaxing in a relationship

food & dining

Doughnuts are glazed at FanFan Doughnuts in New York last week. For some Muslim Americans, the best (and only) way to celebrate Eid al-Fitr is with a couple dozen doughnuts.

After fasting for Ramadan, only doughnuts will do

A first look at Ed Sheeran’s pop-up Ipswich pub, set to open today

Cisco Brewers Seaport opens for the season; Cardullo’s expands to Chestnut Hill

travel

Vienna is filled with grand buildings and boulevards.

A new-and-improved Vienna waits for you

Now boarding: a dazzling portal into the golden age of aviation

Veteran skiers — let’s call them super seniors — are all around us

Arts

Fitchburg Mayor Samantha Squailia on the Main Street steps of City Hall. Fitchburg is leaning into arts and culture to help revitalize its downtown area.

Fitchburg looks to the arts to jump-start its economy

At the MFA, van Gogh’s brief time in the sun

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’

Books

Arlene Quaratiello, former Republican lawmaker, stands between rows of bookshelves at Kimball Library in Atkinson, N.H. Quaratiello claims she led efforts that resulted in New Hampshire quietly withdrawing from the American Library Association, becoming at least the eighth Republican-led state to leave the nation's oldest library trade organization amid ongoing culture wars over books. xxnhlibrary

N.H. left the American Library Assocation. What does it mean for book bans and other battles in the Granite State?

Author readings around Boston through April 5

Befuddled by ‘adulting’? Gretchen Rubin has some words of wisdom for you!

Movies

Rod Serling, creator of "The Twilight Zone," in an undated photo.

R.I. plays a starring role in forthcoming Rod Serling documentary

‘Holland,’ ‘The Last Anniversary,’ plus more movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ — and our critic likes ‘Bob Trevino’

Television

(L to R) Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller and Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in "Adolescence."

‘Adolescence’ will be shown in schools across the UK to spark conversations on social media harm

This week’s TV: Michelle Williams in ‘Dying for Sex,’ Kevin Bacon in ‘The Bondsman,’ and more

Mikey Madison hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Morgan Wallen performs

music

Ryan Miller from the band Guster performs during the 2024 Sea. Hear. Now festival on Sept. 14, 2024, in Asbury Park, N.J.

Guster on joyfully protesting the Kennedy Center takeover from its stage

Jon Batiste on his Super Bowl performance and the need to be authentically himself

Ed Sheeran charms Ipswich, performs in streets and pop-up pub as he films music video

Theater/Dance

From left: Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Patrice Jean-Baptiste, and Jade A. Guerra in "Her Portmanteau."

Unpacking family baggage in Udofia’s ‘Her Portmanteau’ at Central Square Theater

In ‘Night Side Songs,’ a moving exploration of illness

For the team behind ‘Utopian Hotline,’ disagreement is ‘the space that’s interesting to us’

Health

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester was among the hospitals that almost cut ties with Point32Health over disagreements regarding reimbursement rates during contract negotiations in the fall, however the parties eventually reached a resolution.

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

Top vaccine official’s ouster sends biotech stocks tumbling

The US approved an Alzheimer’s drug. Seven patients subsequently died.

Obituaries

In a photo provided by Sula Bermudez-Silverman, Ms. Gherardi is seen in Venice in 2015.

Trump administration announces it will review 9ドル billion in federal funding for Harvard. Follow live updates.

A timeline of how the arrest of a Tufts student by federal agents unfolded, and where the case stands

‘If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.’ Takeaways from Trump’s stunning NBC interview.

No, Trump can’t run for a third term in 2028. Here’s what the law says.

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it.

The recession drumbeat grows louder as Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

Why is everyone talking about the Yankees’ new bat design, ‘The Torpedo’?

The new-look Patriots suddenly have a leadership void, and that seems to be OK with coach Mike Vrabel

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer listens during a briefing.‘Obstructing justice’: Judge holds ICE agent in contempt over detention of defendant mid-trialThe judge accused an ICE agent of violating the defendant's rights to due process and a fair trial.

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

Three workers repairing highway guardrails killed by alleged drunk driver in West Springfield

This Downtown Crossing building just sold for one-fifth of its pre-pandemic price. Here’s why that may be a good thing.

Police investigating traveling con man fraud group in 4 R.I. cities

Teen killed in Falmouth crash identified; two others still hospitalized

If your National Grid gas bills were delayed this winter, you’ll pay for only two months

If the drought doesn’t resolve soon, New England could be in for a rough summer

Somerville’s PorchFest clogged the streets of the 80,000-person city. Now, the event will have more rules.

Trump’s tariff brinkmanship echoes a 1930s mistake

Press is folding to Trump, not fighting him

The othering of a Lynn charter school

First, they came for the foreigners

Sorry, Republicans. Exceptions to abortion bans don’t make any sense.

More recent News

Willard, the ‘magnificent’ Highland steer of Allandale Farm in Brookline, has died

In Lithuania, 3 US soldiers found dead in an armored vehicle. 1 is still missing.

Bluebikes sponsor offers riders 20ドル in credit ahead of MBTA closures

State medical examiner still considers Sandra Birchmore’s death a suicide despite prosecution of ex-Stoughton officer

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

This week’s TV: Michelle Williams in ‘Dying for Sex,’ Kevin Bacon in ‘The Bondsman,’ and more

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Culture & Lifestyle

For the team behind ‘Utopian Hotline,’ disagreement is ‘the space that’s interesting to us’

Free events this week: Sculptural ‘nightmares,’ ‘Godfather’ screening, brewery jazz

Ed Sheeran charms Ipswich, performs in streets and pop-up pub as he films music video

Mikey Madison hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Morgan Wallen performs

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Vanishing protectors and predators

Trump is attacking free speech. Don’t let him.

A Gen Z paradox: To influence or not influence?

The state stepped in to fix the Boston Public Schools. Now it’s giving up.

How the Supreme Court can curb one Trump attack on judges

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

As second Karen Read trial begins, legal experts expect new approach from prosecutors

A timeline of how the arrest of a Tufts student by federal agents unfolded, and where the case stands

Gai Gherardi, who made eyeglass frames fashion statements, dies at 78

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

Sports

Why is everyone talking about the Yankees’ new bat design, ‘The Torpedo’?

Alex Ovechkin’s chase for the NHL’s goals record brings him to TD Garden for Tuesday’s game against the Bruins

Ryan Leonard has signed with the Capitals. Which of his BC teammates could be next to ink pro contracts?

The new-look Patriots suddenly have a leadership void, and that seems to be OK with coach Mike Vrabel

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel talks the options at left tackle, the No. 4 pick, and joint practices

Celtics at Grizzlies preview: Boston wraps up road trip in Memphis seeking ninth straight win

Business

The recession drumbeat grows louder as Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’ looms

If your National Grid gas bills were delayed this winter, you’ll pay for only two months

Josh Kraft criticizes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

An architect with a talent for woodworking remakes his 1840s East Boston home

Blind date: ‘What a relief it was that we saw the world the same way’

Unexpected lessons in a Jamaica Plain high rise

Baseball season is back. It won’t be the same without Joe Castiglione.

metro

Former FBI agent can’t testify for Karen Read’s defense, judge rules

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Michelle Wu after all

R.I. plays a starring role in forthcoming Rod Serling documentary

sports

Figure skating needed a boost. The world championships in Boston provided it, for both the US team and fans.

‘It’s hard to even put a name to what I’m feeling’: How figure skating helped Maxim Naumov cope with death of his parents

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer listens during a briefing.
‘Obstructing justice’: Judge holds ICE agent in contempt over detention of defendant mid-trial
The judge accused an ICE agent of violating the defendant's rights to due process and a fair trial.

shirley leung
Employee Walter Ragoza works at Pleasant Street Autobody in South Hadley.
Trump could reshape the economy. These Massachusetts business owners are betting on it.
Even amid the uncertainty, not everyone is bracing for bad times.