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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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Arts

Artisans on Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail fired up for the weekend

Now in its 19th year, the trail has eight stops in Western Massachusetts and will feature 27 potters, including guests. Continue reading →

Restaurants

When their croissants went viral, the pastry chefs started working at 4 a.m. But it wasn’t early enough.

TikTok and Instagram fame has touched down at the Lakon Paris Patisseries in Newton and Brookline. Do you have the fortitude to score a pastry? Do you care? Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Cancellation of Vantage cruises leaves would-be vacationers fuming

The company has canceled at least four cruises in the past month, all for allegedly different reasons. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Nearly eight years of breath test results cannot be used in drunk-driving prosecutions, SJC rules

Roughly 27,000 OUI convictions have been thrown into question, but not automatically dismissed. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

As Teixeira prepares defense, analysts assess damage from leaks on US foreign relations

National security analysts say the potential impact of the revelations could be far-reaching. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

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How scarce labor in the current job market shapes a new economy

Boston Globe 'Ideas' editor, Brian Bergstein, joined us with a trend that could shape a new economy. Watch →

Fenway, Baseball, and Man’s Best Friend

Dave Mellor, Fenway Park's head groundskeeper, and his service dog named "Keeper" prepare the field of dreams, and their bond extends far beyond baseball. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

House Republicans pass US debt bill, push Biden on spending

Biden has threatened to veto the Republican package, which has almost no chance of passing the Democratic Senate in the meantime. Continue reading →

Politics

Writer tells jury in lawsuit trial: ‘Donald Trump raped me’

“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try and get my life back,” Carroll told jurors. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Biden expects voters to take ‘hard look’ at his age

Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, said that his age doesn’t “register” with him. Continue reading →

The World

World

US and South Korea agree to cooperate on nuclear weapons

The United States will give South Korea a central role for the first time in strategic planning for the use of nuclear weapons in any conflict with North Korea, in return for an agreement that Seoul will not pursue its own nuclear weapons arsenal, American officials said. Continue reading →

World

Xi and Zelensky talk at last, but words are chosen carefully

Two months after issuing a vague plan for ending the war in Ukraine, China’s leader, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday acceded to repeated requests from the Ukrainian president to talk. Continue reading →

World

Mystery of ex-dictator’s whereabouts adds to crisis in Sudan

As Sudan is ripped apart in a battle between rival generals, one question was swirling around the country Wednesday: Where is former dictator Omar al-Bashir? Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Americans must save the Supreme Court from its justices

A spate of revelations have laid bare the ways deep-pocketed conservative political activists have befriended, wined, dined, and jet-setted the justices in the court’s majority. Still, as calls for judicial ethics reforms mount, Roberts sees everything as fine. Continue reading →

OPINION

I’m a Charles man, always have been. Long live the king!

Look for a new King Charles stamp, new coins, and new banknotes! Say what you will, the Brits have their currency act together. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The Globe endorses Robert Orthman for state representative in the 10th Suffolk District

The Roslindale lawyer, a straight-talking advocate for housing, early education, and economic development, is voters’ best all-around choice. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

Nearly 30 years after Globe reporter’s shocking accidental chemo overdose, Boston center has plan to reduce medical errors

Despite some strides, progress has been slow. In 2019, one in five Massachusetts residents experienced a medical error in their own care or in the care of a household or close family member. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Former Harvard research scientist Charles Lieber sentenced to six months of home confinement for lying about China ties

US District Judge Rya Zobel granted a defense request to spare Charles Lieber, who is battling cancer, a prison term, instead sentencing him to the two days he already served in jail after his arrest three years ago. Continue reading →

Health

Point32Health, state’s second largest insurer, has yet to restore services following ransomware attack

Over a week after it was targeted in a ransomware attack, Point32Health is still facing technical difficulties that have sidelined payments to providers and forced the insurer to use manual workarounds to meet some patient needs. Continue reading →

Sports

nfl draft

A Patriots mock draft: What they might do with their 11 selections

Bill Belichick usually makes draft-day trades, but for now we'll look at possible picks for all of their current slots. Continue reading →

bruins notebook

Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron returns for Game 5 against the Panthers

The captain has checked “most of” the boxes that would allow him to play, coach Jim Montgomery said Wednesday morning, but he wouldn’t know until close to puck drop. Continue reading →

On Basketball

The Celtics have made things complicated against the Hawks, but the steps to rectify them are simple

The Celtics botched their chance to make things easy in Game 5; can they make things right in Game 6? Continue reading →

Business

Healthcare

FDA approves Cambridge firm’s intestinal drug made from microorganisms in the gut

It’s the first pill to treat a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial condition. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Alnylam deploys gene-silencing in early study aimed at subduing Alzheimer’s

Findings from a small trial are said to be first the RNAi demonstration in the human brain. Continue reading →

Commercial

The last piece of Fan Pier is up for city review. Here’s what it looks like.

The project is the final parcel of the multi-building Fan Pier development that kicked off the Seaport’s development boom. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gail Christian, trailblazing Black news correspondent, dies at 83

Ms. Christian carved out a career as a prominent television journalist and news executive in the 1970s and ’80s, an era when the industry was dominated by white men. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Theater

American Repertory Theater announces 2023-24 season, including an aimed-for-Broadway musical based on an American classic

The Cambridge theater’s four shows are connected by themes of “immigration, the American dream, and what it means to feel welcome in our country,” said artistic director Diane Paulus. Continue reading →

Podcast

Justice itself is on trial in these excellent new podcasts, each revolving around decades-old crimes.

Yohance Lacour’s “You Didn’t See Nothin,” and “Bear Brook Season 2: A True Crime Story,” are powerful listens. Continue reading →

Music

Boston Lyric Opera announces a 23-24 season of love stories across the centuries

The season begins in September with a new production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” set in 1940s California and led by an Asian-American creative team. Continue reading →