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

The president has long promised to boost what he calls “beautiful” coal to fire power plants and for other uses, but the industry has been in decline for decades.

Wall Street sees a big early gain of 4 percent vanish as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffs

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

‘Wreaking havoc’: Boston Mayor Wu criticizes Trump’s student visa cancelations, praises recent protests

“We shouldn’t just think of this as ‘the problem for international students’ or the problem for ‘those people’ who might not have paperwork or documentation,” Wu said.
Trump administration revokes more than two dozen visas of students at Mass. schools

Calls grow for Harvard to take a stand against Trump

The university borrowed $750 million, an indication that is preparing for funding cuts from the federal government.
Brown faculty alumni petition university to resist Trump administration amid funding cuts

Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy are among the Trump backers now questioning his tariff policies

As President Trump’s tariffs roil global markets, some of the leaders and podcasters who backed the Republican’s campaign are voicing doubts.

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will plead guilty in federal corruption case against her

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Fernandes will plead guilty to two counts — one count of wire fraud and one count of theft from a program receiving federal funds.

Boston police officers chased a car after being told to stop. Minutes later, three teens died in a crash.
Boston and State Police reports and related video show that the fatal crash occurred after the officers continued to follow the car with lights flashing, after being told to stand down.

Authorities identify snowboarder who died in accident, falling 800 feet down closed trail at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

Kendall Willard was trying to retrieve a glove he had dropped from a chair lift when he slipped and fell, police said.

Dozens dead and more than 150 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic
Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at the one-story Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

‘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.

Injured Canadian hiker rescued in windy conditions in White Mountains after falling off trail, officials say
Twenty rescuers took turns carrying the injured hiker uphill in 40 to 60 mile an hour headwinds across ice-covered rocks, New Hampshire Fish and Game said.

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

Former Marine who killed woman in New Bedford in 1980 granted parole; victim was stabbed 11 times

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.

Mike Birbiglia is living ‘The Good Life’ on Netflix

The Shrewsbury native brings his latest comedy special to the streaming service this spring.
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‘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.
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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.

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.

Americans worry AI is coming for these jobs
Generative artificial intelligence is going to have a big impact on white collar work because it’s able to summarize complex and lengthy documents, crunch large sets of data, and interact conversationally.

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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will plead guilty in federal corruption case against her

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Fernandes will plead guilty to two counts — one count of wire fraud and one count of theft from a program receiving federal funds.

Victim in R.I. naked ‘fat testing’ trial testifies he saw coach with ‘bulge’ in his pants

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Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock

West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases reported. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10.

Calls grow for Harvard to take a stand against Trump

The university on Monday gave the first public indication its leaders are at least preparing for the possibility of losing federal funding by borrowing $750 million to prepare “for a range of financial circumstances,” spokesperson Jason Newton said.

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Why does the Boston Marathon start in Hopkinton?

The father of the founder of the Celtics was instrumental in getting the race's start to be in Hopkinton.
NBA

Nuggets fire coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth with team holding No. 4 seed in West

Denver is 47-32 this season with three games left but has dropped four consecutive games.

Authorities identify snowboarder who died in accident, falling 800 feet down closed trail at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

Kendall Willard was trying to retrieve a glove he had dropped from a chair lift when he slipped and fell, police said.

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

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Americans worry AI is coming for these jobs

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Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

The effect of the high court’s order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now.

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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson will plead guilty in federal corruption case against her

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Authorities identify snowboarder who died in accident, falling 800 feet down closed trail at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

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Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters

Trader Joe’s to open location in West Roxbury

Wall Street sees a big early gain of 4 percent vanish as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffs

politics

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

Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

Trump meets with the House GOP as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts teeters

Nation

Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock

A Florida man faces execution for killing a Miami Herald employee abducted on her lunch break

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

World

Dozens dead and more than 150 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic

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

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

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Books

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

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Movies

‘The Amateur’: Vengeance for beginners

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

Television

Mike Birbiglia is living ‘The Good Life’ on Netflix

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

music

Clem Burke, versatile, hard-driving drummer for Blondie, dies at 70

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

Toad is hosting bands once more

Theater/Dance

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

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

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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

Clem Burke, versatile, hard-driving drummer for Blondie, dies at 70

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

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