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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, step-mother, and other family members.

Trump’s hush-money trial hinges on business transactions, not on Stormy Daniels’ shocking testimony
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?

Judge denies second request from Trump’s lawyers to declare a mistrial in hush-money case over Stormy Daniels’s testimony

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

“If you are not involved in the fight, please exit the plane,” the flight attendant said.

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

A witness recounted driving to her relative’s Canton home only to learn Read’s boyfriend had been found left for dead on the front lawn of the property hours earlier.

How Thursday's testimony unfoldedTracker: Who has testified in the trial so far?

Maine man sentenced to 27 years in prison in New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square

A Maine man who admitted trying to kill three police officers with a machete in a terrorist attack near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve 16 months ago was sentenced to 27 years in prison.

Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed

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

Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican convention

The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship 350 miles off the eastern coast of U.S. May 4.

Templeton boy, 12, and mother hoisted to Air Force helicopter from cruise ship 350 miles off US coast

The OG’s Josh Fernandes, left, and Jabir Pope sang together rehearsed for their upcoming Mother’s Day show at a studio in Roxbury. Pope spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

After being wrongly incarcerated for nearly four decades, Jabir Pope is back in Dorchester performing

Younger inmates dubbed them The OG’s. “It became our therapy, to a large extent,” Pope says.

The sun emitted a strong solar flare shortly before 2 p.m. ET Thursday.

Northern Lights to make an appearance over New England Friday night

The night sky should be partly cloudy a bit overnight Friday, providing a decent chance to see the aurora before Saturday's sunrise.

Police confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had allegedly blocked traffic outside MIT building
Robert Goulston, a Cambridge police spokesman, said the department had no reports of arrests as of about 3:50 p.m.

Protesters at RISD vacate campus building after threat of expulsion

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

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.

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?

Jonah Hauer-King and Anna Próchniak in Peacock's "The Tattooist of Auschwitz."

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.

Guster performing in 2015.

‘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.

Kyle Teel, Roman Anthony, and Marcelo Mayer (left to right) sound determined to do special things for the city of Boston someday.

alex speier | minor details

Dreams of duck boats foster a winning attitude among Red Sox’ three big prospects

Good things are happening in Portland, where Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony, and Kyle Teel are bonding as much through team success as individual achievement.

HubSpot may be an acquisition target for tech giant Google.

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.

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.

‘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

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

President Biden speaks before a screening of the series "American Born Chinese" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 8, 2023.

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

Former vice president Mike Pence, left, and former national security adviser John Bolton, right, shown with then-president Donald Trump at the White House in 2018, are on the long list of former Trump administration alums who have made it clear that they won’t support Trump again.

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

It takes a patient, nonconfrontational approach. And don’t expect miracles.

Why is Healey pretending everything at Steward will be OK?

The very unfunny roast of Tom Brady

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

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

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

More recent News

Failure to oust Speaker ‘MAGA Mike’ Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump

The outcome puts on display the fragility of the unexpected but strategically beneficial alliance that Trump and Johnson have formed ahead of the November election when both hope to be returned to power.

Why Johnson's job is far from safe

498 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Moderna’s mRNA dreams meet reality with first post-COVID shot

Former Celtic Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis sentenced to 40 months for defrauding NBA insurance plan
Davis will have three years of supervised release after he serves his term, and he has been ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution.

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

Three men arrested in $436,000 armed robbery of courier in Swansea, carrying cash from cannabis dispensaries
Two 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.

Court rejects Hunter Biden’s appeal in gun case, setting stage for trial to begin next month

Hunter Biden’s federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the trial to begin next month in Delaware.

bruins notebook
Bruins are committing far too many too-many-men penalties
"If I have to start grabbing people’s pants so they don’t jump when they shouldn’t, I’ll start doing that," declared coach Jim Montgomery.

What is ‘queer food’? A conference at BU explores that question and others.
Maybe it's as simple as this: "Be yourself. Throw in a pinch of this. It will be different, and that’s fine,” as Clear Flour Bread baker and BU student Anna Salzman said at the gathering.

Cruise ship sails into New York City port with 44-foot dead whale across its bow
The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship's bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, officials said.

Patriots beat writer's notebook
Center David Andrews discovered this offseason that he still has the passion to play, and other Patriots thoughts
As a multiyear captain and now the longest-tenured Patriot, Andrews said he wants to be part of the process in getting the team back on track.

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St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River is one of the hospitals Steward is seeking to unload.

Steward’s landlord sees new hospital operators lined up by September

Medical Properties Trust also reported a big loss on loans to the bankrupt health system.

Steward can’t even get bankruptcy right, state says

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Police confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had allegedly blocked traffic outside MIT building

Robert Goulston, a Cambridge police spokesman, said the department had no reports of arrests as of about 3:50 p.m.

Judge denies second request from Trump’s lawyers to declare a mistrial in hush-money case over Stormy Daniels’s testimony

Trump's attorney questioned why Daniels accepted a $130,000 payment to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump instead of going public.

Three men arrested in $436,000 armed robbery of courier in Swansea, carrying cash from cannabis dispensaries

Two 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.

Northern Lights to make an appearance over New England Friday night

The night sky should be partly cloudy a bit overnight Friday, providing a decent chance to see the aurora before Saturday's sunrise.

Sports

Last season, center David Andrews was almost always the first person to address the media after games.

Patriots beat writer's notebook

Center David Andrews discovered this offseason that he still has the passion to play, and other Patriots thoughts

As a multiyear captain and now the longest-tenured Patriot, Andrews said he wants to be part of the process in getting the team back on track.

Senior Carter Lucido, a key cog in a starting rotation that has a combined 1.26 earned run average, was pumped after an inning-ending double play in his two-hit shutout against Hamilton-Wenham Tuesday.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Royals rule: A tight-knit, highly-motivated senior class has propelled Georgetown baseball to a perfect start.

Ranked No. 1 in the MIAA Division 5 power rankings, Georgetown is outscoring foes by 8 runs per game, winning with walkoffs and no-hitters.

The crowd reacts after a Jaylen Brown bucket in Game 1.

The Celtics are taking on the Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Follow along for live updates.

The Celtics got off to a perfect start in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Cavaliers, dominating from wire-to-wire in a 120-95 Game 1 win at TD Garden.

alex speier | minor details

Dreams of duck boats foster a winning attitude among Red Sox’ three big prospects

Former Celtic Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis sentenced to 40 months for defrauding NBA insurance plan

Business

Moderna’s mRNA dreams meet reality with first post-COVID shot

Moderna chief executive Stéphane Bancel has focused solely on mRNA technology in vaccine development.

Airbnb posts biggest decline in a year on weak travel outlook

Revenue for the current quarter ending in June will be $2.68 billion to $2.74 billion, the company said Wednesday in a letter to shareholders. Analysts had been expecting $2.74 billion. In its statement, Airbnb blamed the earlier timing of the 2024 Easter holiday, as well as currency headwinds.

Is Google trying to buy HubSpot? Here’s why it might not happen.

Feds have ‘significant safety concerns’ about Ford fuel leak recall and demand answers about the fix

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

Activists hang a banner from a window of an upper floor of a building at Rhode Island School of Design, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Providence, R.I. RISD students and supporters, who have taken over a portion of the building, are demanding that the school condemn Israel's war effort in Gaza, and that the school divest from investments that benefit Israel. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Protesters at RISD vacate campus building after threat of expulsion

Police clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside MIT building

Adam Montgomery sentenced to 56 years to life in prison for daughter Harmony’s murder

sports

PWHL Boston celebrates after its final regular-season game.

PWHL Boston playoff schedule and results

EMass baseball: With pitching and power, Westford’s Nic Bonica headlines Players of the Week

EMass baseball: BC High, St. John’s (S) still 1-2, but Westford a fast riser in Globe Top 20

business

Wynn Resorts has put on hold plans for a concert venue, poker room and sports-betting center that would be located across Broadway from the Encore Boston Harbor Casino in Everett.

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

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

Steward’s landlord sees new hospital operators lined up by September

politics

Stormy Daniels testifies on the witness stand.

Trump’s hush-money trial hinges on business transactions, not on Stormy Daniels’ shocking testimony

House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here’s why his job is far from safe.

Failure to oust Speaker ‘MAGA Mike’ Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump

Nation

This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo.

Video shows Florida deputy announced himself prior to fatal shooting of Black airman

Stormy Daniels, echoing Trump’s style, pushes back at lawyer’s attacks

Video shows Florida deputy announced himself prior to fatal shooting of Black airman

World

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) spoke during Thursday's joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, following their talks at the PM's office in Budapest, Hungary.

In Budapest, Xi hails a ‘deep friendship’ with Hungary

‘Time, patience, cold blood’: Mexico prepares for a potential Trump win

Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera highlights long-running tensions

opinion

Stormy Daniels spoke outside federal court in New York, April 16, 2018.

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

The outlook isn’t good for Wu’s tax hike plan

A $19 Big Mac meal is a good thing

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

Anna Salzman, a baker and graduate student in gastronomy at Boston University, whose presentation on queering recipes was called “These Cookies Are Going to Change Your Life.”

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

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

travel

Ebony Williams in St. Croix.

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

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

Jonah Hauer-King and Anna Próchniak in Peacock's "The Tattooist of Auschwitz."

TV’s Holocaust dramas are part remembrance, part warning

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

‘SNL’ originals make a strong showing in Round 1

music

Singer-guitarist River Shook of Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, who headline The Cut in Gloucester Friday night.

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

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

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