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Supreme Court says Trump administration doesn’t have to reinstate fired probationary federal employees

The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a judge ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out.
Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different.
James Pindell | Analysis

Trump is attempting to gaslight Americans on the market crash he created

Since the tariffs took effect, the administration — along with many conservative media allies — has engaged in a kind of collective cognitive dissonance.
Aaron Pressman | Analysis

How worried should you be about the stock market? Here are three things to consider.

‘A war on the poor’: How tariffs hit low-income residents hardest
chesto means business

This Boston law firm helped bring down Senator McCarthy in 1954. Now it’s taking on Trump.

Stocks rise worldwide and S&P 500 adds 2 percent as hopes for tariff negotiations deliver some relief

Stocks are rising worldwide as some relief flows through financial markets.

Trump administration revokes more than two dozen visas of students at Mass. schools

Government revokes visa of international student at Bridgewater State University

Jimmy Kimmel questions why the Dodgers visited the White House

He wondered why the team would visit after Trump's response to the LA wildfires.

USDA solar program restarts with new rule for farmers: No DEI or climate focus

The solar program now has a requirement that farmers remove any DEI or climate references from their proposals.

At least 27 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic
Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set after the roof caved in on the crowd during a performance.

Sale of former Red Sox president Larry Lucchino’s $7.5m home to support charitable causes
Aside from agents’ fees, 100 percent of the sale will support charitable causes, said Chris Sintetos, a lawyer for Lucchino’s trust.

Two electrical workers injured by ‘electrical flash’ in manhole outside Belmont High School

The workers were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where they were listed as stable, the utility said.

‘It’s very disheartening.’ Violent assaults leave educators reeling in Massachusetts schools.

Injuries to educators can carry financial costs to school districts as they file for workers’ compensation to help pay for medical expenses and time off.

‘This looks bad.’ A Harvard infectious disease researcher is targeted in Trump’s review.

Sarah Fortune’s tuberculosis research was the number one project on a list of threatened funding.

Massachusetts will get some federal money for EV chargers after all

Three arrested for stealing over 300 pieces of mail, including checks, from Milton mailboxes

A Harvard student’s guide to the best Harvard Square coffee shops

I recently spent a month sampling cafés to find the best Harvard Square has to offer. Here are my recommendations and ratings.

Every year, they live and die as Revolutionary War reenactors. This year, it’s special.

Meet the soldiers on both sides of the Lexington and Concord skirmishes.
Odie Henderson review | ★★

‘The Amateur’: Vengeance for beginners

Rami Malek stars as an introverted CIA decoder seeking revenge for his wife's death. Laurence Fishburne plays his Morpheus-like mentor.
Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.
Listen to the Snitch City podcast
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‘This is all about urgency’: Slamming Boston Mayor Wu, Kraft unveils plan to tackle Mass. and Cass, city’s opioid crisis

Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft on Monday announced his plans to tackle the city’s stubborn opioid and homelessness crises.

US scholar in Thailand jailed pending trial on charges of insulting the monarchy

A US political science scholar accused by the Thai Army of insulting the Southeast Asian nation’s monarchy has been jailed pending trial.

Pope names new bishop at Providence Diocese

The Most Reverend Bruce Alan Lewandowski has served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore since 2020.

Ukraine’s Zelensky says 2 Chinese men were caught fighting for Russia
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army.

Florida 65, Houston 63
Florida overcomes Houston’s stingy defense, rallies to win NCAA men’s basketball championship
It was the third national title for the Gators, who trailed by 12 points early in the second half, and their first since 2007.

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
Scientists took blood cells from a living gray wolf and used CRISPR to genetically modify the DNA with dire wolf traits.

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Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds
Two young reporters at the Cape Cod Times began writing their own love story in 2015. They found their happy ending at their Peabody Essex Museum wedding in March.

Linda McMahon says the Education Department has failed students. Is it true? Here’s what the data show.
The department has been strikingly ineffective at reversing declining test scores over the last decade — but experts argue it still has its benefits.

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I went looking to see if any Karen Read supporters had secretly flipped. Here’s what happened next.
Some former Karen Read super fans secretly think she’s guilty. And they’re afraid.

Culture & Lifestyle

Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds

‘The Last of Us’ season 2 is a slow-burn tale of love and vengeance

Anne Bogart’s Boston Lyric Opera ‘Carousel’ spins in circles

AMC to adapt ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as a TV show

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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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Joan Wickersham

13 ways of looking at Cory Booker’s speech

MARCELA GARCÍA

This deportation ‘shocks the conscience.’ So why is he still in prison?

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Ukraine wouldn’t be the first country, or the last, to accept an ugly peace

Suzanne Preston Blier and Mary Jane Kornacki

Cambridge’s new housing plan is deeply flawed

Jon D. Michaels

From de-escalation to defiance: Judges must confront Trump’s constitutional overreach

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Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Two electrical workers injured by ‘electrical flash’ in manhole outside Belmont High School

The workers were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where they were listed as stable, the utility said.

Every year, they live and die as Revolutionary War reenactors. This year, it’s special.

Meet the soldiers on both sides of the Lexington and Concord skirmishes.
Globe Magazine

College decision day is looming. Trump has students more stressed than ever.

Adding to the angst in choosing a college this year: “What did President Trump just say?”
Globe Magazine

My daughter is considering college in Canada – and she’s definitely not alone

More US students are looking north for higher ed. Here’s what Canadian schools have that ours don’t.

Sports

Sale of former Red Sox president Larry Lucchino’s $7.5m home to support charitable causes

Aside from agents’ fees, 100 percent of the sale will support charitable causes, said Chris Sintetos, a lawyer for Lucchino’s trust.
Court Sense

Court Sense: Luke Kornet’s very own newsletter!

Plus: Definitely stuff that isn't about Luke Kornet.
red sox

‘Talking about this wasn’t easy, but it felt important’: Jarren Duran issues statement on suicide revelation in Red Sox doc

"If my story can help even one person, then it was worth telling," the Red Sox outfielder said a day after the news broke.
RED SOX

Exploring mental health in MLB: What resources do players like Jarren Duran have, and are they used?

celtics

‘Hope I ruffle all the feathers’: Jaylen Brown has sharp criticism for NBA agents

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Bruins at Devils preview: Last-place Boston faces charging Devils

Business

Stocks rise worldwide and S&P 500 adds 2 percent as hopes for tariff negotiations deliver some relief

Stocks are rising worldwide as some relief flows through financial markets.

Trump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source

The orders expected will direct federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on US lands.
chesto means business

This Boston law firm helped bring down Senator McCarthy in 1954. Now it’s taking on Trump.

Tech Lab

Can AI outduel Google for search? It’s won my business.

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Perspective

It starts by silencing the free speech of foreign students like Rümeysa Öztürk. It won’t end there.

MISS CONDUCT

Can I use express checkout with more than 10 items if I’m shopping for an elderly neighbor?

Spring Travel

20+ tips for a budget-friendly vacation (and five costly mistakes)

GLOBE MAGAZINE

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.

metro

Pope names new bishop at Providence Diocese

Why N.H. may still lose $80m in federal health funding despite a judge’s order

Winter rewind continues Tuesday with blustery cold air. Sunshine eventually breaks through.

sports

Celtics at Knicks preview: Boston heads to MSG looking to seal up season sweep of New York

Game 12: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Johnny Gaudreau’s widow welcomes their third child, seven months after NHL hockey star’s death

business

Massachusetts will get some federal money for EV chargers after all

Pope names new bishop at Providence Diocese

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf

politics

Stocks rise worldwide and S&P 500 adds 2 percent as hopes for tariff negotiations deliver some relief

Trump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source

Supreme Court says Trump administration doesn’t have to reinstate fired probationary federal employees

Nation

Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died

Florida man faces execution for killing of woman on break from work at The Miami Herald

Trump administration aims to spend $45 billion to expand immigrant detention

World

Ukraine’s Zelensky says 2 Chinese men were caught fighting for Russia

At least 27 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic

UK Royals meet Italy’s President Mattarella at Quirinale Palace greeted by flyover of aerobatic jets

opinion

When does dog discipline become animal abuse?

Blacklists of campus activists send a chill

Trump turns his attention to Harvard

lifestyle

Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds

I went looking to see if any Karen Read supporters had secretly flipped. Here’s what happened next.

My friend is too picky

food & dining

Recipe: Serve flourless chocolate cake at the Passover Seder or to gluten-free guests the rest of the year

Watertown author tells us why now is the best time to be a beer lover in the US

A feast for the eyes (with a side order of bacon)

travel

The Concordia Eco Resort on St. John is fighting to reclaim paradise

‘We’re starting to get our vibe back.’ A visit to Asheville, N.C., as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene.

If you go ... St. John, USVI

Arts

Marcia Marcus, painter rediscovered in her last decade, dies at 97

Fiber art has long been ‘treated as a little sister’ to fine art. These makers hold it up in all its glory.

At Yale, a David Goldblatt retrospective bears eloquent witness to apartheid-era South Africa and beyond

Books

In Reed’s ‘Terrestrial History,’ homesick for an abandoned Earth

Searching for an unsung hero in your family’s history of thriving after the Holocaust

Prepare for takeoff: In this zippy debut novel, a woman lusts for airplanes

Movies

‘The Amateur’: Vengeance for beginners

‘Opus,’ ‘Y2K,’ plus more new and good movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ is a meditative portrait of traditional, rural life in a changing Ireland

Television

AMC to adapt ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as a TV show

In Lyric Stage’s ‘The Great Reveal,’ a cake whose main ingredient is identity

Jay North, child star from ‘Dennis the Menace,’ dies at 73

music

Anne Bogart’s Boston Lyric Opera ‘Carousel’ spins in circles

Toad is hosting bands once more

‘That’s what music’s for.’ Why the Dropkick Murphys joined Boston’s anti-Trump demonstrations.

Theater/Dance

‘It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure’ satirizes attitudes around disabilities

Huntington’s ‘Mangos’ explores a family’s dark secrets

Onstage, a dearth of mirth

Health

US may be reverting to a time when measles deaths were not very rare, experts warn

Three Boston-area researchers win Breakthrough Prizes, the ‘Oscars of Science’

Trump administration terminates advisory committee guiding states on newborn screening for rare genetic diseases

Obituaries

Jeremiah Ostriker, who plumbed dark forces that shape universe, dies at 87

Marcia Marcus, painter rediscovered in her last decade, dies at 97

Edward Countryman, student of the American Revolution, dies at 80