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Friday, April 21, 2023
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Business

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

Two deaths on the staff at Menton, and the famous chef’s response, are triggering a reckoning in one of Boston’s best-known restaurant groups. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The interior-design world has turned on gray. What finally killed the color?

Was it gray fatigue? The pandemic — when everyone was home alone staring at their gray walls? Either way, the world’s drabbest tyrant has been toppled. Continue reading →

Maine

Maine jury rules clean energy transmission line from Canada to New England can proceed

The decision bolsters Massachusetts' efforts to shift its electricity consumption away from carbon-emitting fossil fuels. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign next week

President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his reelection campaign next week, with aides finalizing plans to release a video for the president to officially launch his campaign, according to three people briefed on the plans. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | April 20, 2023

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“Things to Do” in Boston: Earth Day

Boston.com entertainment and culture writer Kevin Slane stopped by to share the best things to do in Boston this weekend. Watch →

Eye catching or eye sore? A look at the unique design of Boston University’s Data Science Building.

Boston Globe Today takes a tour around Boston University’s Data Science Building. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Alec Baldwin charge to be dropped in movie set shooting case

Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “Rust,” Baldwin’s attorneys said Thursday. Continue reading →

Nation

Justice Department presses local courts to reduce fines

The Justice Department is stepping up pressure on state and local judges to reduce fines and fees charged in their courts, practices that leave the poor, juvenile offenders, and people of color disproportionately saddled with debt. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden pledges $500 million to stop deforestation in Brazil

President Biden on Thursday pledged $500 million to fight deforestation in Brazil and more than $1 billion to help developing countries transition from fossil fuels and become more resilient to the impacts from climate change. Continue reading →

The World

World

Sudan army demands rivals’ surrender as cease-fire runs out

A tenuous 24-hour cease-fire that began the previous day ran out Thursday evening with no word of extension. The military’s statement raised the likelihood of a renewed surge in the nearly week-long violence that has killed hundreds and pushed Sudan’s population to the breaking point. Continue reading →

World

NATO chief: Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in the alliance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Stoltenberg, who has been instrumental in marshaling support from NATO members, to push for even more from them, including warplanes, artillery, and armored equipment. Continue reading →

World

Texan princess evicted from Rome villa, but the Caravaggio stays

The dramatic exit of Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi, capped a remarkable, years-long soap opera that exposed the dirty laundry of one of Rome’s aristocratic families. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

US needs to protect Ukrainian refugees in the United States

Congress should pass a Ukrainian Adjustment Act, giving Ukrainian migrants who have entered the United States during the war the right of permanent residency and work status. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Feinstein resignation holds key to Biden’s judicial nominees

Her absence leaves judgeships in limbo, Judiciary Committee in stalemate. Continue reading →

OPINION

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax 2024 presidential campaign

His clown train rolls into Boston. Continue reading →

Metro

Transportation

‘You people are evil’: Voicemails aired at MBTA board meeting show riders’ rage against slow subway service

T officials sat largely silent as the voicemails, which were played at the start of the board meeting as part of public comment, expressed the deepening helplessness some riders feel as they recount how their daily commute was ruined — again — by dysfunction. Continue reading →

Politics

After more than a decade on Boston City Council, Frank Baker won’t seek reelection

Baker, who was first elected to the council in 2011, is known as the most conservative voice on a legislative body. Continue reading →

Metro

Clearing the path that leads to the light

The pain of their loss is acute but from grief comes an opportunity to build a new friendship. Continue reading →

Sports

Boston Marathon

BAA says it ‘did not deliver’ on promise of inclusive Marathon after police interaction with racially diverse run clubs

Members were cheering near Heartbreak Hill when a large group of Newton police officers blocked the spectators from interacting with runners. Continue reading →

nfl draft

Boston College has never had a receiver drafted in the first round. Zay Flowers is about to change that.

The Eagles have never had a receiver drafted higher than the fourth round, but the talented Flowers is expected to change that next week. Continue reading →

sports

When No. 1 isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: How do the top playoff seeds fare in the postseason?

The one that historically has been most likely to have its top team eliminated early is baseball. Continue reading →

Business

Business

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

Two deaths on the staff at Menton, and the famous chef’s response, are triggering a reckoning in one of Boston’s best-known restaurant groups. Continue reading →

Business

Biden’s labor secretary nominee faces doubts in Senate

President Biden’s nominee to be the next labor secretary, Julie Su, will testify to the Senate Thursday with key Democrats unwilling to voice support for her confirmation, creating uncertainty about her prospects in the narrowly divided chamber. Continue reading →

Commercial

SimpliSafe settles into much bigger downtown digs, a rare office expansion in COVID era

The provider of alarms, cameras, and other home-security devices recently opened its new headquarters at 100 Summer St., nearly doubling its space to 150,000 square feet. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Blair Tindall, whose music memoir scandalized, dies at 63

The book set tongues wagging in the classical music world and divided critics. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Todd Haimes, who rebuilt powerful NYC nonprofit theater company, dies at 66

Todd Haimes rescued New York’s Roundabout Theater Company from bankruptcy and built it into one of the largest nonprofit theaters in America. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★½

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ captures what the cameras left out

Lisa Cortés’s smartest move is to let her subject tell his own story whenever possible in this exceptionally well-made documentary. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Ultimately, this ‘My Fair Lady’ is quite ‘loverly’

Despite a faltering start, the production at the Opera House managed to hit its stride midway through Act One, and a vocally impressive cast was able to tap into the built-in strengths of the Lerner and Loewe classic. Continue reading →

Music

In Medfield, music will fill this empty space

The Bellforge Arts Center is on track to open at the end of 2025 on the grounds of a former state psychiatric hospital. The venue will host a series of outdoor concerts until those plans reach fruition. Continue reading →