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Stocks shake while the value of the US dollar and government bonds sink as trade-war fears rise. Follow live updates.

Stocks have been careening hour to hour as investors struggle to make out where President Trump's trade war is heading and whether it will cause a global recession.

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

Immigration agents tackled man inside N.H. courthouse, preventing him from attending his arraignment

ACLU blasts continued detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts graduate student arrested by ICE

12 international students at Clark University have had their visas revoked, college officials say

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

New Trump executive orders aim to stop state climate action

Senator Warren urges SEC to investigate trading around Trump’s tariff pause

Warren has asked the SEC to probe whether President Trump violated securities laws while reversing course on his global tariffs.

The Trump administration is paying close attention to Boston. Why?

In the past, cities like San Francisco and Chicago have attracted the ire of conservatives for their liberal policies; yet Boston tended to fly under the radar. Until now.

Hoping to steel Harvard’s resolve against Trump demands, Cambridge officials will host a rally

Science from this Rhode Island EPA lab is used to prevent water pollution. Will Trump close it?

Maine Governor Janet Mills, staring down Trump, says she is unfazed by ‘loud men’

Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit

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.
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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 indicted on five counts of wire fraud and one count of falsification of records, according to the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office.

Read the indictment charging a Mass. state representative with fraud

Hasbro delays its headquarters move amid tariff concerns

In a video, the CEO of the Rhode Island-based toy company told employees “clarity” is expected by summer, and they will get 12 months of “transition time” before a move.

‘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.

‘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.

Great Scott, it’s alive. BPDA board OKs project that will revive much-loved Allston music venue.

Apartment building a a key intersection in Allston would include space for the shuttered concert venue.

What we know about the Hudson River helicopter crash in N.Y. that killed 6

Police seeking two people in connection to vandalism of Tesla Cybertruck in Brighton

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

On Friday, P&G Gillette filed a long-awaited plan with city officials for its 31-acre campus along the southern edge of the Fort Point Channel.

Unpacking the legacy of William Dawes, the other midnight rider
Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is buried in an unmarked grave.

As Trump’s tariffs hit imported goods, I tried buying only American-made products. Here’s how it went.
Poring over labels at Stop & Shop, Famous Footwear, and Etsy highlighted the ubiquity of the global supply chain — and the perils of imported goods becoming pawns in President Trump’s trade war.

KARA BASKIN

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

La Neta’s Allan Rodriguez and former Barbara Lynch protégé Andrew Simonich will serve European cuisine and gin in sophisticated, but celebratory, surroundings.

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.
Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughts

Across 289 pages, not once does the former Patriots coach mention Robert Kraft or his family.
Patriots mailbag: Even after he was traded to the Cowboys, the Joe Milton conversation continues
Dinner with Cupid

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

Will these two bibliophiles have a storybook ending?
Chad Finn

The Celtics’ ‘real’ season is about to begin. Here’s why they have what it takes to repeat as NBA champions.

As one would expect of a defending champ, this is a superb basketball team, emphasis on team.
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.”
Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.
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More recent News

Forecast | Ken Mahan

First look: Boston Marathon forecast hints at cooler, unsettled weather

We’re almost a week away from the marathon, but we’re starting to see a few weather trends develop that can give us an idea of what to expect come race day.
Watch Party

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

Here are the latest series and films to watch on streaming platforms this weekend.

Dover doctor convicted of voluntary manslaughter for strangling his wife in 2020, but jury clears him of murder

The verdict means the former urology chief at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center avoids a life sentence for killing Kathleen McLean.

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

Ukraine has endorsed a US ceasefire proposal, but Russia has effectively blocked it by imposing far-reaching conditions. European governments have accused Putin of dragging his feet.

Plane carrying 3 people crashes in South Florida near a major highway

The Federal Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Cessna 310 with three people on board, though it wasn’t immediately known if anyone had died.

53 frantic hours of searching for survivors after the roof collapses at an iconic Dominican club

Authorities say the disaster killed 221 people and injured more than 200 others.

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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

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

The Boston comedy community rallies for one of their own

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

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

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

New Trump executive orders aim to stop state climate action

A new executive order from the Trump administration aims to stop enforcement of state climate laws, including Massachusetts laws that mandate net zero emissions by mid-century.

12 international students at Clark University have had their visas revoked, college officials say

“The past week has been an especially unsettling one for our international students, with the federal government’s unprecedented process of revoking student visas,” administrators said. “Unfortunately, we expect this will continue.”
Forecast | Ken Mahan

It’s a cloudy, chilly afternoon before another round of rain 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.
Jonah Orion Wheeler

Why I changed my stance on NH transgender bill

Transgender people shouldn’t be isolated from society. And we should listen to women who say that they feel their spaces are no longer theirs.

Sports

Court Sense

Court Sense: The Celtics started who?

Plus: Hey, Denver, what the heck?
red sox at white sox | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 15 lineups and preview: Offense has been hard to come by for Red Sox and White Sox

The White Sox have scored three runs in their past three games, while the Red Sox scored four runs in the first three games of their latest four-game set.
Chad Finn

The Celtics’ ‘real’ season is about to begin. Here’s why they have what it takes to repeat as NBA champions.

As one would expect of a defending champ, this is a superb basketball team, emphasis on team.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

We wondered if Jaylen Brown would try to remain eligible for NBA awards or rest his knee. Now we have our answer.

GOLF

⛳ How to play Rhode Island’s fanciest golf courses

Celtics vs. Hornets | 7:30 (NBCSB)

Celtics vs. Hornets preview: Jaylen Brown out as Celtics approach final regular season games

Business

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

On Friday, P&G Gillette filed a long-awaited plan with city officials for its 31-acre campus along the southern edge of the Fort Point Channel.

Great Scott, it’s alive. BPDA board OKs project that will revive much-loved Allston music venue.

Apartment building a a key intersection in Allston would include space for the shuttered concert venue.

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks hit hard by Trump tariffs during the market meltdown

magazine
College in 2025

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

College in 2025

College decision time is always stressful for students. Trump is making it a lot worse.

college in 2025

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

LOVE LETTERS

Men think I’m coming on to them, but I’m just being friendly

metro

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

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

First look: Boston Marathon forecast hints at cooler, unsettled weather

sports

Boston University defeats Penn State to reach NCAA men’s hockey championship game

Patriots mailbag: Even after he was traded to the Cowboys, the Joe Milton conversation continues

Ben Volin’s NFL mock draft: Cam Ward goes early, but Shedeur Sanders will have to wait ... and who will the Patriots pick?

business

Major nations agree on first-ever global tax on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping

Senator Warren urges SEC to investigate trading around Trump’s tariff pause

Mass. clean energy policies will ‘have to be justified’ based on their cost to consumers, House Speaker says

politics

Stocks shake while the value of the US dollar and government bonds sink as trade-war fears rise. Follow live updates.

Trump wants Congress to end the changing of clocks and keep the country on daylight saving time

New Trump executive orders aim to stop state climate action

Nation

Plane carrying 3 people crashes in South Florida near a major highway

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

What we know about the Hudson River helicopter crash in N.Y. that killed 6

World

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

53 frantic hours of searching for survivors after the roof collapses at an iconic Dominican club

Israel’s army says it will fire air force reservists who condemned the war

opinion

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

Who is the Republican who wants to unseat Maura Healey?

Gavin Newsom is following Ronald Reagan’s playbook

lifestyle

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

I have a crush on a fellow teacher

Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds

food & dining

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

In North End, Chinatown and Latino neighborhoods, will Trump’s tariffs drive up restaurant prices?

The South End’s Kaia offers fresh takes on Aegean classics

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

‘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

Live from London, it’s Saturday night! SNL taking sketch comedy across the pond

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

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

Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly’

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