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Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Mass., in September 2024.

Yale and Harvard remove employees under pressure from Trump administration

The federal government has threatened to withhold funding after GOP lawmakers and President Trump accused universities of fostering antisemitism.

Columbia president is replaced as Trump threatens university’s funding

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at his Senate confirmation hearing for for secretary of Health and Human Services on Jan. 30.

Top FDA vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Kennedy's stance on vaccines poses a danger to the public.

President Trump greeted justices of the Supreme Court (from left) Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol early in March.

Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda

Three times in the past week, and six since Trump took office, the Justice Department has asked the high court to step into cases much earlier than usual.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls for ‘fearlessly independent’ judges

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, locals passed by a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday.

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial cease-fire

In neighboring Thailand, the death toll increased to 10.

See photos of the earthquake that devastated Myanmar and Thailand

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

Locals and visitors had a chance to catch the superstar singer-songwriter visiting shops and cafes and filming in multiple locations in town.

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.

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

Republicans in other states celebrated the exodus from the ALA. In New Hampshire, they didn’t even realize it had happened.

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.

Dan Shaughnessy
Something’s amiss in Rafael Devers’s move to DH

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes
Alex Bregman’s Spanish language skills helping break barriers with new Red Sox teammates

Pro-Israel groups take credit for aiding 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.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Democracy dies in silence – Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest is a warning
Democracy isn’t something we are. It’s something we do. And too few people in this country are doing it right now.

Who are the international students the Trump administration has targeted for deportation across the country?

For visa and green card holders, immigration lawyers offer advice: Don’t travel outside of the US right now

“The impact on immigrants is dramatic,” one immigration lawyer said. “I can’t overstate that, and it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen in my 25 years of practice.”

What are your rights if you’re detained by immigration authorities?

‘Absolutely unacceptable’ New Bedford residents call on local officials to protect immigrants

New Bedford residents lined the steps and surrounding sidewalks in front of their City Hall to denounce immigration raids and demand that the mayor and City Council take action to protect immigrants.

Boston judge launches inquiry after ICE agents apprehend defendant mid-trial

ICE has arrested hundreds of people across Massachusetts in recent days, sending shockwaves through the state’s immigrant communities.

A doctor, a pharmaceutical head named as frequent customers of Cambridge brothel

Friday is the third and final day of initial hearings for the more than two dozen men who authorities say are among the most frequent patrons of the brothel network.

Teenager killed and two others injured in Falmouth crash

Youth jobs fair canceled after fight breaks out at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center

Developer Thomas O’Brien set to jump in to Boston mayor’s race, sources say

Alysa Liu of the United States high-fives fans at TD Garden after her winning the women's free skate program at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday.

John Powers | On figure skating

US women poised to take over after Alysa Liu’s victory at World Figure Skating Championships

After the Americans' showing Friday, for the first time since 2002, when Michelle Kwan was reigning world champ, an American woman will be favored going into the Olympic Games.

Tarvarius Moore successfully recovered an onside kick to keep the Bears' hopes alive against the Vikings in November.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The onside kick is broken and needs to be fixed, and other thoughts ahead of the NFL meetings

The NFL’s 32 owners won’t have many rule changes to vote on this week when they gather in Palm Beach, Fla., for the annual league meetings.

Helping bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy back to Boston last year brought a smile to Jayson Tatum's face.

Christopher L. Gasper

As long as Jayson Tatum chases NBA titles instead of MVP awards, he’ll be just fine

Leading the Celtics to back-to-back NBA titles would do more for Jayson Tatum’s legacy than bringing home the MVP.

Opinion

THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT

Vanishing protectors and predators

Tuna fishing ships in the Saya de Malha Bank are pulling up sharks in huge numbers. Catching them is not easy, nor is it usually inadvertent.

Part 1: Robbing a bank when no one's looking

Matthew Bunn

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

LETTERS

A host of ways to lower Mass. health care costs

Rob Henderson

The paradox of social media: So connected, so autonomous

Illustration of 2 people talking in a parking garage

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

Listen to the podcast

Episode 4:
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The forecast is looking quite active, bringing all types of wintry precipitation mainly to Northern New England.

Spring’s blooming magnolias take off along Boston streets

Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Boston Marathon bomber’s bid to overthrow death sentence
"Recusal would be at odds with the direction of the Court of Appeals," US District Court Judge George O'Toole wrote Friday.

How Deborah Sampson posed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War (and treated her own gunshot wound)
Deborah Sampson dressed in men's clothes and went by the name Robert while serving in the Continental Army.

American woman held in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released, AP source says

Faye Dail Hall, who was detained in February on charges of using a drone without authorization, was released Thursday.

Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport

A jetliner and a military jet were ordered to change their flight paths at National airport near Washington, D.C., on Friday.

New Hampshire ski resort Ragged Mountain put up for sale after 60 years of operation

A listing for the resort, located in Danbury, N.H., was posted by CBRE Golf & Resort Group.

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

The Delta Flight Museum, chock-a-block with airline eye candy, reopens next month after a $16 million refresh.

Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School detained by ICE for undeclared ‘frog embryo samples’
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This town on the Cape is a hub for climate scientists. Under Trump, its local economy is shaking.
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As the consequences of Ralph de la Torre’s Steward reign ricochet across the world, he’s settling nicely in Florida
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Culture & Lifestyle

There’s something for everyone on this playlist, and it’s always upbeat.

Getting ready for the Boston Marathon? Here’s the ultimate playlist for your long run this weekend.

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

“The Yellow House (The Street)” by Vincent van Gogh, 1888.

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

Sarah Messeck and Avery Condon married on Jan. 5 at the Sinclair in Cambridge. Their wedding was one of seven officiated as part of the Queerly Beloved Ball, a micro ceremony event created by a group of Greater Boston wedding professionals.

They wed at the Sinclair in January — and so did six other couples, with a bash for 400 guests

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.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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.

In this image taken from security camera video, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Somerville on March 25.

EDITORIAL

The chilling arrest of a Tufts graduate student

THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT

Vanishing protectors and predators

Josh Kraft, in green tie, needs to paint the picture of who he is before someone else does.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Can Josh Kraft separate from his father’s Trump connections in his bid for Boston mayor?

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

ADRIAN WALKER

Youth jobs fair canceled after fight breaks out at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center

At 12:55 p.m., the police received calls reporting a fight at the athletic center in Roxbury.

‘Absolutely unacceptable’ New Bedford residents call on local officials to protect immigrants

New Bedford residents lined the steps and surrounding sidewalks in front of their City Hall to denounce immigration raids and demand that the mayor and City Council take action to protect immigrants.

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died

Harris was among the last surviving members of the historic 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickles.

Top FDA vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Kennedy's stance on vaccines poses a danger to the public.

Sports

Coach Caleb Porter and his Revolution finally scored a goal, and finally tasted victory with Saturday's 2-1 win over the New York Red Bulls at Gillette Stadium.

REVOLUTION 2, RED BULLS 1

Captain Carles Gil delivers twice to hand Revolution first win of MLS season

The midfield maestro buried a free kick, then finished from the penalty spot in the match's dying minutes to give the hosts a 2-1 win over New York.

Bill Cuthbertson took over the D-R baseball program in 1980 and has led the Falcons to 29 conference championships.

HIGH SCHOOLS

Sunday Sitdown: Dighton-Rehoboth coach Bill Cuthbertson on how high school baseball has changed over his 45 seasons

Our first Sunday Sitdown interview is with Dighton-Rehoboth baseball and boys' basketball coach Bill Cuthbertson, who is entering his 45th baseball season and has the most wins of any active Eastern Mass. baseball coach

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge watches his two-run home run sail into the seats of Yankees Stadium in the fourth inning Saturday against Milwaukee.

YANKEES 20, BREWERS 9

Aaron Judge blasts three as Yankees go deep on Cortes’s first three pitches, hit nine HRs vs. Brewers

Judge combined with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to go deep on the first three pitches from Nestor Cortes, then hit two more homers as host New York set a team record with nine homers in blowout of Milwaukee.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Alex Bregman’s Spanish language skills helping break barriers with new Red Sox teammates

ST. JOHN'S PREP 11, ACTON-BOXBOROUGH 7

Acton-Boxborough was game, but seniors the difference for top-ranked St. John’s Prep lacrosse in opener

John Powers | On figure skating

US women poised to take over after Alysa Liu’s victory at World Figure Skating Championships

Business

Yale and Harvard remove employees under pressure from Trump administration

The federal government has threatened to withhold funding after GOP lawmakers and President Trump accused universities of fostering antisemitism.

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.

Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to over 1,000 as more bodies recovered from the rubble

New Hampshire ski resort Ragged Mountain put up for sale after 60 years of operation

magazine

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

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

Another storm enters the picture Sunday, bringing snow far north and more rain and a wintry mix across Northern New England into Monday.

These maps show where rounds of rain, snow showers will hit New England this weekend

Who are the international students the Trump administration has targeted for deportation across the country?

Weekend forecast: Raw, wet weather for Boston area, with rounds of snow, wintry mix up north

sports

As a designated hitter, Rafael Devers has a lot of time to himself between at-bats.

Something’s amiss in Rafael Devers’s move to DH

The onside kick is broken and needs to be fixed, and other thoughts ahead of the NFL meetings

Game 3, Red Sox at Rangers preview: Walker Buehler set for his Boston debut

business

The Town of Middleborough agreed to drop its lawsuit against the state over the controversial MBTA Communities housing law.

Middleborough drops lawsuit against controversial state housing law

Trump administration cancels clean energy grants as it prioritizes fossil fuels

As firms sue to stop Trump’s executive orders, a split emerges in Big Law

politics

Top FDA vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda

Columbia replaces president a week after university accepted demands from White House. Here’s how Friday unfolded.

Nation

A police officer interviewed people at a homeless encampment in Atlanta on March 7, after a vigilante slashed several tents.

In cities’ rush to clear homeless camps, people have been crushed to death

After fasting for Ramadan, only doughnuts will do

Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport

World

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial cease-fire

Jailing of presidential candidate energizes the opposition to Erdogan

New US strikes against Houthi rebels kill at least 1 in Yemen

opinion

Big Pharma, big business, and larger questions

Helping hands, warm hearts offer a man hope in Bridgewater

The Signal chat, and the dangers of a president who believes his administration is beyond accountability

lifestyle

An update about relaxing in a relationship

Shy at dinner parties? Afraid to surf? Here’s how to change your personality in five steps.

‘Bachelor’ winner Juliana Pasquarosa can’t wait to bring fiance to family dinners in Newton

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 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

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

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

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

The Sundance Film Festival will move to Colorado in 2027 after spending 40 years in Utah

Television

From left: Tasha Smith as Marley, Michelle Buteau as Mavis, and Tone Bell as Khalil in "Survival of the Thickest."

Michelle Buteau’s ‘Survival of the Thickest’ returns, with trademark heart

Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren anchor Guy Ritchie’s ‘MobLand’

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

music

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

A show of unity with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus

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

Theater/Dance

Jamie Barton (left) performed during a rehearsal of Boston Lyric Opera's production of "Carousel."

‘Carousel’ gets a new look at Boston Lyric Opera

Dawn M. Simmons named new artistic director at SpeakEasy Stage Company

John Krasinski will star in off-Broadway play

Health

As assaults by patients become increasingly ‘part of the job,’ nurses and hospitals lobby for new law

Mass. lawmakers propose sweeping new limits on sports gambling

Wave Life Sciences to submit Duchenne drug for approval after Phase 2 success

Obituaries

This June 2024 photo provided by Tracie Hunter shows Sgt. Joe Harris at his 108th Birthday party in Compton, Calif. (Tracie Hunter via AP)

Yale and Harvard remove employees under pressure from Trump administration

Top FDA vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial cease-fire

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

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

As assaults by patients become increasingly ‘part of the job,’ nurses and hospitals lobby for new law

Dan ShaughnessySomething’s amiss in Rafael Devers’s move to DH

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notesAlex Bregman’s Spanish language skills helping break barriers with new Red Sox teammates

Pro-Israel groups take credit for aiding Trump in arrests of international college students

YVONNE ABRAHAMDemocracy dies in silence – Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest is a warningDemocracy isn’t something we are. It’s something we do. And too few people in this country are doing it right now.

Who are the international students the Trump administration has targeted for deportation across the country?

For visa and green card holders, immigration lawyers offer advice: Don’t travel outside of the US right now

‘Absolutely unacceptable’ New Bedford residents call on local officials to protect immigrants

Boston judge launches inquiry after ICE agents apprehend defendant mid-trial

A doctor, a pharmaceutical head named as frequent customers of Cambridge brothel

Teenager killed and two others injured in Falmouth crash

Youth jobs fair canceled after fight breaks out at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center

Developer Thomas O’Brien set to jump in to Boston mayor’s race, sources say

US women poised to take over after Alysa Liu’s victory at World Figure Skating Championships

The onside kick is broken and needs to be fixed, and other thoughts ahead of the NFL meetings

As long as Jayson Tatum chases NBA titles instead of MVP awards, he’ll be just fine

Vanishing protectors and predators

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

A host of ways to lower Mass. health care costs

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These maps show where rounds of rain, snow showers will hit New England this weekendThe forecast is looking quite active, bringing all types of wintry precipitation mainly to Northern New England.

Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Boston Marathon bomber’s bid to overthrow death sentence"Recusal would be at odds with the direction of the Court of Appeals," US District Court Judge George O'Toole wrote Friday.

How Deborah Sampson posed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War (and treated her own gunshot wound) Deborah Sampson dressed in men's clothes and went by the name Robert while serving in the Continental Army.

American woman held in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released, AP source says

Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport

New Hampshire ski resort Ragged Mountain put up for sale after 60 years of operation

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Culture & Lifestyle

Getting ready for the Boston Marathon? Here’s the ultimate playlist for your long run this weekend.

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

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

They wed at the Sinclair in January — and so did six other couples, with a bash for 400 guests

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

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The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

The chilling arrest of a Tufts graduate student

Vanishing protectors and predators

Can Josh Kraft separate from his father’s Trump connections in his bid for Boston mayor?

How the Supreme Court can curb one Trump attack on judges

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Youth jobs fair canceled after fight breaks out at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center

‘Absolutely unacceptable’ New Bedford residents call on local officials to protect immigrants

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died

Top FDA vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’

Sports

Captain Carles Gil delivers twice to hand Revolution first win of MLS season

Sunday Sitdown: Dighton-Rehoboth coach Bill Cuthbertson on how high school baseball has changed over his 45 seasons

Aaron Judge blasts three as Yankees go deep on Cortes’s first three pitches, hit nine HRs vs. Brewers

Alex Bregman’s Spanish language skills helping break barriers with new Red Sox teammates

Acton-Boxborough was game, but seniors the difference for top-ranked St. John’s Prep lacrosse in opener

US women poised to take over after Alysa Liu’s victory at World Figure Skating Championships

Business

Yale and Harvard remove employees under pressure from Trump administration

As assaults by patients become increasingly ‘part of the job,’ nurses and hospitals lobby for new law

Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to over 1,000 as more bodies recovered from the rubble

New Hampshire ski resort Ragged Mountain put up for sale after 60 years of operation

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

These maps show where rounds of rain, snow showers will hit New England this weekend

Dan Shaughnessy
Something’s amiss in Rafael Devers’s move to DH

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes
Alex Bregman’s Spanish language skills helping break barriers with new Red Sox teammates

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Democracy dies in silence – Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest is a warning
Democracy isn’t something we are. It’s something we do. And too few people in this country are doing it right now.

These maps show where rounds of rain, snow showers will hit New England this weekend
The forecast is looking quite active, bringing all types of wintry precipitation mainly to Northern New England.

Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Boston Marathon bomber’s bid to overthrow death sentence
"Recusal would be at odds with the direction of the Court of Appeals," US District Court Judge George O'Toole wrote Friday.

How Deborah Sampson posed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War (and treated her own gunshot wound)
Deborah Sampson dressed in men's clothes and went by the name Robert while serving in the Continental Army.

Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School detained by ICE for undeclared ‘frog embryo samples’
Kseniia Petrova has spent the last six weeks in immigration detention and is facing possible deportation.

This town on the Cape is a hub for climate scientists. Under Trump, its local economy is shaking.
The small upper Cape community has been a sort of company town for environmental scientists for more than a century.

Spotlight
As the consequences of Ralph de la Torre’s Steward reign ricochet across the world, he’s settling nicely in Florida
The man who helped make — and break — Steward Health Care has carried on with the life of a very wealthy man.