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Rain every weekend in New England. Why can’t we seem to catch a break this spring?

This Saturday and Sunday mark the fifth weekend in a row Boston has seen rainy weather. Is it bad luck, or are we stuck in a crummy weather pattern?

R.I. Supreme Court rules congregation can be evicted from Newport’s Touro Synagogue, the nation’s oldest synagogue

The court ruled a New York congregation can evict Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which has worshipped at Touro Synagogue for more than a century

Feds arrest Cape Cod lawmaker on charges he stole from employer to pay campaign expenses, for psychic services

Christopher Flanagan, a Dennis Port Democrat, was on indicted five counts of wire fraud and one count of falsification of records, according to the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office.
Spotlight follow-up

Prosecutors toss major trafficking case after New Bedford police accused of misconduct with informant

The dismissal stems from a Globe investigation that exposed the troubling ties between a detective and an informant.
Explore the complete Spotlight Snitch City project

From the Globe Magazine archive
A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. A grad student from Maine solved it in days.
“That’s ridiculous,” Lisa Piccirillo thought when she first learned about the Conway knot problem. “We should be able to do that.”

Cold Case Files

A mother of three left her Newton home to return some clothes. She was found dead in a vacant lot in Roxbury.

WHITE SOX 11, RED SOX 1

Red Sox sloppy and out of whack in dropping series opener by 10 runs to previously woeful White Sox

Five Red Sox errors led to six unearned runs for the White Sox. Since the start of last season, the Red Sox have allowed 109 unearned runs, 30 more than any other AL team.
CELTICS 130, HORNETS 94

Celtics dominate Hornets in second half for second consecutive 60-win campaign

Payton Pritchard poured in 22 points and Sam Hauser added 20, with the duo combining to hit 10 of 14 3-pointers.

A Cape Cod lawmaker is trying to bring happy hour back to Massachusetts

State Senator Julian Cyr earlier this year filed his third attempt to overturn Massachusetts’ more than 40-year-old ban on happy hour drink specials meant to lure in customers.
Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.
Listen to the Snitch City podcast

More recent News

BPDA board OK’s project that will revive Great Scott, much-loved Allston music venue
A new zoning district surrounding the Roslindale Village MBTA Commuter Rail station and housing projects in five neighborhoods also got the go-ahead.

Death by poutine? Nah, but we came close. Here’s the skinny on Quebec’s favorite comfort food.
How could such a simple dish become a classic? And how are local chefs giving poutine a creative twist? We spent a long weekend on our own Tour de Poutine to find out.

‘I’m very appalled’: In wake of her guilty plea, constituents express disgust, sadness at Tania Fernandes Anderson
The city councilor's constituents are grappling with a range of emotions after she pled guilty to federal corruption charges.

Tragic New York City helicopter crash hits home in Barcelona where victims were well-known

Condolences were pouring in Friday for the Barcelona family that perished in a helicopter accident an ocean away.

‘Now that I am smarter, I would’ve cheered at that acquittal.’ Karen Read likens her case to O.J. Simpson’s in interview.

“I’m not saying I believe O.J. was innocent, but I believe that it was not a completely above-board investigation," she said.

Family of nonverbal woman with autism who went missing for 5 days files lawsuit against group home operator, caregiver

Co-guardians of Linda DaLomba, 45, filed the civil complaint in Providence Superior Court on Friday, accusing the Seven Hills Foundation of negligence

Recommended reads

After a suicide, running helped a Framingham mother and son cope. This will be their first Boston Marathon together.

Lisa Burgess and her son Ben, 24, have relied on long-distance running for nearly a decade to process their grief and find hope.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Trump backed down on tariffs, but not before scorching investors and damaging the economy
The country faces inflation, less trust in its financial markets, and a long trade fight with China.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Massachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?
The state’s population of English learners has grown 25 percent since 2019, a dramatic uptick fueled by the large number of migrants arriving here in the last several years.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Welcome to Montréal, circus capital of the world, where clowns are sexy and performances are larger-than-life
This summer, North America’s largest circus festival fills Montreal with an artform like nothing you’ve seen before.

Culture & Lifestyle

Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds

Green Monster brews and real-life romance: Jimmy Fallon, Peter Farrelly, and more talk 20 years of ‘Fever Pitch’

‘I won’t work on a more important film,’ says Ken Burns about ‘American Revolution’ series

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

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

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

David Shribman

Eisenhower’s warning echoes in today’s Naval Academy book ban

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

After SCOTUS ruling, new battle begins in Trump’s war on Venezuelan immigrants

Carine Hajjar

Who is the Republican who wants to unseat Maura Healey?

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Tariffs are dumb . . . right?

JOAN VENNOCHI, ALAN WIRZBICKI, AND CARINE HAJJAR

Can a Baker Republican still win? Three writers on the Mass. governor’s race.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Mahmoud Khalil ruling tests Trump deportation tactic of sending detainees to Louisiana

Advocates have accused the Trump administration of strategically isolating college students and professors at remote ICE detention centers in Louisiana and Texas.

Russian scientist detained by ICE warns of shift in US policy: ‘This is not the kind of America I used to know’

For nearly eight weeks, Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist who was recruited to work at Harvard Medical School, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Another round of rain for Boston, light snow across the interior arrives tonight

Southern New England will see a break in the rain today, with mostly cloudy skies but still chilly with temperatures only reaching the 40s.

Trump is revoking student visas. How many foreign students are there in New England?

More than 78,000 international students hold visas in Massachusetts, the third highest in the US.

Sports

NBA

Nikola Jokic becomes third NBA player to average a triple-double for a season

The other players to average a triple-double for a full season: Russell Westbrook, Jokic’s current Denver teammate, and Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Garrett Crochet downplays return to Chicago, his first MLB home, for first time since trade to Red Sox

Crochet, a former first-round pick who pitched four seasons for the White Sox, will start Sunday's series finale. “I didn’t really think much of it, coming back here,” he said.
HIGH SCHOOLS

Eight high school sports takeaways from a Friday marred by the death of Seekonk AD John Moran

Friday featured another action-packed slate with more than 200 games and 100 recaps in our sport-by-sport roundups, making it the third day in a row to reach those marks.
WHITE SOX 11, RED SOX 1

Red Sox sloppy and out of whack in dropping series opener by 10 runs to previously woeful White Sox

CELTICS 130, HORNETS 94

Celtics dominate Hornets in second half for second consecutive 60-win campaign

WNBA

In Monday’s WNBA Draft, it’s Paige Bueckers, but then what?

Business

Expect more fake eggs made of colored marshmallows or even potatoes on this year’s Easter spread

With egg prices stubbornly high, the internet has offered up a host of alternatives, with crafters painting rocks and influencers dyeing everything from marshmallows to potatoes.

US stocks jump and the bond market swings to cap Wall Street’s chaotic and historic week

The S&P 500 rallied 1.8 percent, after veering repeatedly between gains and losses, to cap a week full of monstrous swings.

A Cape Cod lawmaker is trying to bring happy hour back to Massachusetts

Navy veterans’ new startup is building captainless ships

magazine
College in 2025

The return of the college conservative: ‘It’s never been a better time to be a Republican on this campus’

College in 2025

The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)

college in 2025

Trump bump: At least one Canadian university is already seeing surging interest from US students

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We shared a few laughs that helped break the ice right away’

metro

Hurricane names Beryl, Helene, and Milton being retired

Feds arrest Cape Cod lawmaker on charges he stole from employer to pay campaign expenses, for psychic services

Tufts student says she was ‘in pain and very scared’ in ICE detention, suffered 4 asthma attacks with little treatment

sports

Justin Rose maintains place atop star-studded leaderboard after 36 holes at the Masters

Bernhard Langer misses cut by a shot in his final Masters appearance; Fred Couples also out despite opening 71

BU’s Cole Hutson wins national rookie of the year on eve of Terriers’ shot at sixth men’s hockey championship

business

‘Paradigm shift’: FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs

Trump reaches deals with 5 law firms, allowing them to avoid prospect of punishing executive orders

P&G unveils master plan with waterfront park for its Gillette campus in South Boston

politics

Immigration judge rules that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. Here’s how Friday unfolded.

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules

Mahmoud Khalil ruling tests Trump deportation tactic of sending detainees to Louisiana

Nation

US measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in six states. Here’s what to know.

3 people killed and 1 injured when plane crashes in South Florida near a major highway

Judge refuses to dismiss Central Park Five’s defamation case against President Trump

World

50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists

Trump tries to fix the Iran nuclear deal he broke

European countries vow billions in military support for Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin

opinion

Oui, je regrette giving away that rice cooker

After SCOTUS ruling, new battle begins in Trump’s war on Venezuelan immigrants

80 years later, Sinatra’s song about diversity — and an ensuing right-wing backlash — still resonates

lifestyle

We’re twins, but not the same in our dating lives

LeBron James becomes first professional male athlete to have likeness depicted in a Ken doll

I have a crush on a fellow teacher

food & dining

Expect more fake eggs made of colored marshmallows or even potatoes on this year’s Easter spread

A Cape Cod lawmaker is trying to bring happy hour back to Massachusetts

Nine, with a well-known restaurateur and a pedigreed chef, will replace No. 9 Park this spring

travel

Death by poutine? Nah, but we came close. Here’s the skinny on Quebec’s favorite comfort food.

Family origins, an around the world cruise, and travel-sized skincare

A brief (possibly accurate) poutine origin story

Arts

BPL receives major donation of Yousuf Karsh photographs

MFA announces longtime curator Pierre Terjanian as new leader

The Museum of American Finance, coming to the Seaport next summer, tries to put the ‘fun’ in mutual funds

Books

Nancy Kricorian’s novels tell the stories of the Armenian diaspora, exiled but always seeking community

Author readings around Boston through April 19

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 6

Movies

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

M. Night Shyamalan to film ‘supernatural romantic thriller’ in R.I. this summer with Jake Gyllenhaal

‘A Nice Indian Boy’ is an even nicer romantic comedy

Television

‘North of North’ invites you to travel, well, pretty far north

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

Netflix announces cast for its starry ‘Pride & Prejudice’ miniseries

music

Record Store Day comes to Boston

John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83

American music, Symphony Hall’s 125th anniversary, and the natural world: Inside the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season

Theater/Dance

In ‘Shucked,’ an impressive rate of puns per minute

Fresh Ink’s ‘Sugar’ offers a modern look at the oldest profession

The Ufot Family Cycle comes away with 18 Elliot Norton Award nominations

Health

‘Paradigm shift’: FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs

Is Wall Street and Washington, D.C., tumult getting to you? Here are 8 ways to reduce your stress.

‘We just won’t be able to save everyone’: Legislators weigh Healey budget as threats from D.C. loom

Obituaries

John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83

John Peck, underground cartoonist known as The Mad Peck, dies at 82

William Finn, Tony recipient for ‘Falsettos,’ is dead at 73