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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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Residential

As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94

“What I believe people want more than anything else is a sense of a vision that’s inclusive and respectful,” Mr. King said. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

A ‘way too persistent’ man will get his own electric car charging station. Other Bostonians may not be so lucky.

In the end, it took 2½ years, 37 letters of support, the services of an architect, and the endorsement of four Boston city councilors for Matt Malloy to get what he wanted. Continue reading →

Transportation

Lawsuit aims to overturn train whistle bans in dozens of communities in hopes of reducing tragedies

A former MBTA commuter rail engineer is one of the people asking the state’s highest court to lift whistle bans at railroad crossings across Massachusetts and require horns be sounded to prevent future deaths. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden concedes he is powerless to act on guns without Congress

President Biden on Tuesday declared himself powerless to respond to the scourge of gun violence in America, a remarkably blunt admission one day after an assailant killed six people, including three children, at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Pence must testify to Jan. 6 grand jury, judge rules

In the weeks leading up to the Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, the former president repeatedly pressed Pence to use his ceremonial role overseeing the congressional count of Electoral College votes to block or delay certification of his defeat. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Senate chaplain makes rare plea for action on gun violence

On the Senate floor, the chamber’s longtime chaplain, retired Rear Admiral Barry C. Black, alluded to the fact that three of the victims in Monday’s shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville were 9-year-old students. Continue reading →

Nation

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations

A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia ‘’Ginni’' Thomas collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations, a Washington Post investigation found. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukrainian president extends tour of war’s front-line areas

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with officials and local people in two cities in the region and with border guards at an undisclosed location near the border with Russia. Continue reading →

World

Fire at migrant center in Mexico near US border kills at least 40

A fire at a migrant detention facility just south of the US border killed at least 40 people in one of the deadliest tragedies in years involving foreigners apprehended while trying to reach the United States, Mexican authorities said Tuesday. Continue reading →

World

Seized by more protests, France is caught in a tense impasse

A surge of violence on the fringes of last week’s largely peaceful marches had ratcheted up tensions between Macron and opponents of the move to raise the legal age of retirement — labor unions, almost all opposition parties, and more than two-thirds of the French public. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Republicans retreating from Trump? Now that’s fake news.

Private disgust with Trump has never translated into widespread public GOP denouncements of him. Why would that change now? Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Trump acolytes in Congress willing to trample rule of law

Going after the Manhattan DA would violate separation of powers and New York's sovereignty. Continue reading →

LETTERS

We can boost diversity without pitting teachers against one another

We should be expanding successful programs that are designed to attract and retain diverse educators who bring necessary skills to the classroom, not needlessly pitting one group of educators against another. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Somerville’s current polyamorous people are much, much nicer than the Winter Hill Gang

The people who pushed for this ordinance, and the people it protects, are decent, intelligent, tolerant, and engaged citizens, committed to equality, the sort of people who are a credit to their community. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

With Opening Day near, Red Sox unveil enhancements to Fenway Park, from new lights to crab cake sandwiches

Among the changes are interactive enhancements to the Kids Concourse, making Fenway Park “a great place to bring the family for a baseball game this spring,” team president and CEO Sam Kennedy said at a news conference. Continue reading →

Politics

‘History has blown by’ state Constitution. Why ‘His Excellency and ‘His Honor’ no longer fit

The state’s governing document still only refers to elected officials by male pronouns. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins Notebook

It’s no easy decision to leave college hockey for the pros. Just ask Bruins star Charlie McAvoy.

Mason Lohrei, a sophomore at Ohio State, is the Bruins' top defensive prospect and could soon sign an amateur tryout agreement to begin his pro career. Continue reading →

Wizards 130, Celtics 111

Celtics, still oscillating between contenders and pretenders, suffer blowout loss to tanking Wizards

Washington was without two of its three best players having lost 10 of its last 13, and ran Boston out of the building anyway. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

If the changing landscape of college sports leads to more of what we’re seeing in the men’s Final Four, sign us up

Parity in men's college basketball is at an all-time high, and the resulting madness only amplifies what has always made the NCAA Tournament so special. Continue reading →

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Healey administration gets serious about interstate approach to tackling energy issues

Governor Healey's new environmental chief wants Massachusetts to partner more with its neighbors on developing clean energy projects. Continue reading →

Commercial

Developer proposes lab space where Globe delivery trucks once parked

The 305,000-square-foot project would be next phase of overhaul of the old Boston Globe complex on Morrissey Boulevard. Continue reading →

Business

Somerville startup wants to make period products more accessible

The founders of Egal had an idea: In restrooms, why not distribute period products like toilet paper? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94

“What I believe people want more than anything else is a sense of a vision that’s inclusive and respectful,” Mr. King said. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Margot Stern Strom, 81; with Facing History and Ourselves, taught students worldwide to reject bigotry and hatred

"We have to allow for discomfort in the classroom," she said of the curriculum the nonprofit she cofounded brings to students. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Woods, masterly translator of Thomas Mann, dies at 80

John E. Woods was an award-winning translator of the works of Thomas Mann, one of Germany’s greatest novelists, and of the lesser-known Arno Schmidt, whose complex fiction has been compared to James Joyce’s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Three women’s stories intertwine around a historic fire in ‘Daughters of Nantucket’

Debut author Julie Gerstenblatt discusses fires beyond actual embers. Continue reading →

BOTTLES

When making beer benefits the cows at small N.E. dairy farms, everyone wins

Cows eat often, and they eat a lot — including brewers’ grain, a byproduct of the brewing process that would otherwise be thrown out. Continue reading →

FOOD

North End restaurateur Gianmarco Rinaldi talks about his Gatsby-inspired State Street restaurant and Boston’s best pizza

The Naples native loves his morning espresso and the local seafood at Market Basket. Continue reading →