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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Transportation

More bus garage delays and blown budgets put T fleet electrification goal in doubt

Advocates and lawmakers say MBTA bus electrification must remain a priority to meet the state’s emissions reduction goals and avoid the worst effects of climate change. Continue reading →

A Beautiful Resistance

Boston’s heart beats at Silk R&B party: All R&B. All love. All night.

How Silk became Boston’s biggest monthly R&B party and changed the city’s nightlife game. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

A look into how AP African-American Studies is taught at a Cambridge school

While much attention has been paid to the fallout in Florida, teachers piloting the class in Massachusetts said the framework revisions will have little impact on how they teach the course. Continue reading →

Transportation

MBTA expands hiring incentives following critical report

In a push to add badly needed new employees to its shrinking workforce, the MBTA said Monday it is raising its signing bonus to $7,500 and expanding the number of jobs that qualify. Continue reading →

Nation

Donald Trump arrives in New York for an arraignment that will make history

Donald Trump traveled to New York from Florida on Monday to face arraignment in the first indictment of a former American president, his trip monitored minutely from the moment he left his Palm Beach estate until he arrived at Trump Tower in midtown. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trans people face hate rhetoric, disinformation after shooting

Anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation in the days following the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have heightened the fears of a community already on edge amid a historic push for more restrictions on transgender people’s rights this year. Continue reading →

Nation

As California salmon stocks crash, a fishing ban looks certain

This week, officials are expected to shut down all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off California for 2023. Much will be canceled off neighboring Oregon, too. Continue reading →

Nation

Members of Congress on TikTok defend app’s reach to voters

As pressure against TikTok mounts in Washington, the more than two dozen members of Congress — all Democrats — who are active on the social media platform are being pushed by their colleagues to stop using it. Continue reading →

The World

World

An arrest in the St. Petersburg bombing could presage a heavier crackdown on antiwar Russians

The Russian authorities blamed Ukraine and Russian opposition activists on Monday for the bombing that killed a popular prowar blogger a day earlier, signaling that the Kremlin could use the dramatic attack in St. Petersburg to escalate its already harsh crackdown against what remains of antiwar activism in Russia. Continue reading →

World

Looming counteroffensive will test Ukrainian army’s resolve

In vicious but mostly static fighting in snowy, artillery-cratered fields and ruined cities, Ukraine rebuffed a Russian offensive over the winter. Now, it is Ukraine’s turn to go on the attack. Continue reading →

World

With no peace in sight, NATO countries eye more Ukraine help

Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the country 65 billion euros ($70 billion) in military aid to help thwart Russia’s full-scale invasion, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday, and with no peace negotiations on the horizon the alliance is gearing up to send more. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Enshrine Affordable Care Act protections into state law

While a judge’s ruling striking down no-copay coverage of certain types of preventive care could be overturned, Massachusetts needn’t rely on the judiciary to protect its residents’ health. Continue reading →

OPINION

Marty Walsh skates away from his values supporting the LGBTQ community

Walsh is siding with hockey players who don’t want to wear Pride-themed jerseys during warm-up sessions on game night. What a whiffed shot — for Walsh and for hockey. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Seemingly untouchable, Trump finds himself in justice system’s grip

In the interests of our country’s future, and to help deter others from acting like the former president, here’s hoping that the New York indictment is just the first of many. Continue reading →

Metro

Higher Education

‘They had guns pointed at us’: Students recall fear, confusion as Harvard University police responded to hoax emergency call

Jarah Cotton, one of the four students who were forced from their DeWolfe Street suite by officers around 4 a.m., said the ordeal has left them deeply shaken. Continue reading →

Transportation

Pedestrian deaths are up sharply in Mass. Here are five ways to reduce them

After Massachusetts saw a sharp increase in fatal pedestrian crashes in 2022, experts say there are ways the state can improve safety. Continue reading →

Politics

Boston could ban mini-alcohol bottles, as officials cite public health and littering concerns

The proposal states that the sale of alcohol bottles of 100 milliliters or less “can have detrimental impacts on the health and well-being of Boston residents and neighborhoods.” Continue reading →

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

Different versions of what’s really going on with the Patriots speak to the divide between Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft

Both Kraft and Belichick should be smart enough to reach a compromise. Continue reading →

Pirates 7, Red Sox 6

Red Sox pitching again can’t keep the ball in the yard, bats can’t make up the difference in a loss to the Pirates

After Kutter Crawford allowed three homers, Sox starters have surrendered 10 on the season, the most in baseball so far this season. Continue reading →

Alex Speier | On Baseball

For Red Sox, early schedule is theirs for the taking

The schedule could afford the Red Sox greater margin for error while still finding their footing. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Business groups up their focus on supplier diversity

The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership unveiled a new online survey on Wednesday for companies to assess and improve their supplier diversity efforts with a series of measurable standards. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Fanfare this week for new Berklee College president, 21 months after she started the job

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Vanity clashes with common sense in the Ozempic era

Why I take one of the new diet drugs even though it’s not really meant for me. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Yang Bing-yi, who built a soup-dumpling empire, dies at 96

Yang Bing-yi built Din Tai Fung into a soup-dumpling empire, working with his sons as the restaurant chain expanded overseas. The company now has more than 170 locations in 13 countries, including the United States. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Frank O’Brien, Globe sports photographer who ‘dared to be different,’ dies at 82

“It was my job to make pictures,” he said of his decades chronicling Boston sports and champions. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

Should I move to a city with more single men?

The market isn’t great here. Continue reading →

Music

Blending pop with jazz, singer-songwriter Laufey captures young love

The Berklee graduate returns to Massachusetts for a concert at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington. Continue reading →

Music

A punk-era class reunion, with Rick Berlin as its maestro

“We’re All In This Together: A Celebration of the Music of Rick Berlin” at Brighton Music Hall will feature Berlin's bands Orchestra Luna, Berlin Airlift, and the Nickel & Dime Band, plus the Nervous Eaters, the Sheila Divine, and Hallelujah the Hills. Continue reading →