Boston Globe Today Sports | April 28, 2023

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Boston Globe writers break down the first round of the NFL Draft, plus NHL and NBA playoffs

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Occupational Hazard! Our Globe sports experts try to predict Monday’s headlines

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Nation

Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska

The Nebraska proposal, backed by Republican Governor Jim Pillen, is unlikely to move forward this year. And in South Carolina, where abortion remains legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy, the vote marked the third time a near-total abortion ban has failed in the Republican-led Senate chamber since the US Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last summer. Continue reading →

Nation

Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls

Millions are expected to be left without insurance after getting a reprieve for the past three years during the coronavirus pandemic, when the federal government barred states from removing anyone who was deemed ineligible. Continue reading →

Nation

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

The new laws, which Democrats pushed through despite late-night filibusters from Republicans, are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings, and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry. Continue reading →

World

China flies 38 warplanes near Taiwan; 6 navy vessels in area

Naval vessels were also seen in the area as part of China’s long-running campaign of intimidation against Taiwan. Continue reading →

World

Cease-fire is extended in Sudan, but bombardments and gunfire ensue

A convoy of buses carrying about 300 Americans left the war-torn capital on Friday, starting a 525-mile journey to the Red Sea that was the United States’ first organized effort to evacuate its citizens from the country. Continue reading →

World

BBC chairman resigns over role in $1 million loan for Boris Johnson

His departure intensifies the pressure on the BBC, a revered institution that once anchored Britain’s media with its reliable public funding and commitment to impartial journalism, but now seems to lurch from crisis to crisis. Continue reading →

OPINION

Family and friends of Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, missing for 5 months, cling to hope

The 41-year-old Salvadoran immigrant was last seen the evening of Nov. 26. She got into a vehicle on Bennington Street in East Boston and was later dropped off in Somerville. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Justice for Holyoke home victims back on track

Supreme Judicial Court says former administrator, medical director can stand trial for elder abuse. Continue reading →

LETTERS

2024 shaping up to be a race between a guy in his 80s and a guy in his 70s (and their running mates)

The main question in 2024 is: Do we want to get rid or retain the services of the current administration? Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Dozens of Haitians fleeing turmoil shelter at Boston Medical Center

After a winter lull, the numbers of homeless refugees seeking shelter at the South End hospital has “risen dramatically,” in recent weeks, Boston Medical Center said in a statement. Continue reading →

RI NEWS

Brown senior jumps at his chance to compete in jump rope championship

Connor Kraska is a two-time grand world champion jump roper headed to the National Championship this summer. Up next: The world? Continue reading →

Metro

‘If I were a fish’: These two Berklee College grads wrote the hit song that’s taken over social media

If you’ve heard it — and it's very likely that you have — there’s a strong chance it’s been swimming around in your head ever since. Continue reading →

CELTICS

Is Joel Embiid healthy? Will anyone step up? What to watch as the Celtics prepare to take on the 76ers.

Embiid (knee) was out of the lineup when Philadelphia completed a first-round sweep of the Nets. The Sixers will also need to find answers to secondary-scoring issues and figure out how to stop key components to the Celtics' offense. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Will Bruins stick with Linus Ullmark in the net after he allowed six goals in disastrous Game 6?

Nothing is more troubling than Ullmark’s obvious struggles in net, the inability he had early to handle the puck with any confidence, or the inability he had late to protect multiple Bruin leads. Continue reading →

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox place pitcher Garrett Whitlock on 15-day IL with elbow injury

The Sox called up Brayan Bello to replace Whitlock, who felt tingling in his arm a couple of bullpen sessions ago. Continue reading →

Business

Stephen Weiner used unauthorized ‘memory refreshers’ during deposition, judge says

The judge in John Fish’s lawsuit over failed condo project says Weiner violated protocol and rules agreed to by both parties. Continue reading →

innovation beat

Tiny New Hampshire startup builds droids for space

Rogue Space Systems Corp. is building “orbots” — satellites with robotic arms that can fly up to a disabled satellite and fix it, or clean up space junk. Continue reading →

Technology

NYC transit agency ends Twitter alerts, says it’s unreliable

Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of train delays, news, and weather alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department. Continue reading →

Obituaries

April Stevens dies at 93; her ‘Deep Purple’ became a surprise hit

Producer Ahmet Ertegun said his partners told him that they “think it’s the worst record you’ve ever made.” Yet, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late fall of 1963. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Former New Mexico governor Jerry Apodaca remembered as Hispanic role model

Jerry Apodaca was a Democrat who became New Mexico’s first Hispanic governor in 54 years when he took office in 1975. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Stew Leonard Sr. dies at 93; founded ‘Disneyland of Dairy Stores’

A folkloric retailer, Stew Leonard Sr. expanded his namesake stores into merchandising meccas replete with petting zoos and mechanical singing farm animals. Continue reading →

Travel

Family of Milton teen killed in Aruba boating incident joins with US officials to press for safety reforms

The family of 13-year-old Cassidy Murray, a Milton girl killed last year in a tubing incident while on vacation in Aruba, has joined forces with Congressman Stephen Lynch to push for recreational safety reforms on the Caribbean island. Continue reading →

Theater

‘Little Women’ musical to be performed by theater group Louisa May Alcott and her sister founded

The once-every-decade performance by the Concord Players celebrates Alcott’s birthday. Continue reading →

Books

Children’s book author Sarah Maslin Nir embarks on an unconventional book tour — reading from barn to barn

The New York Times reporter visits a horse center in Littleton Saturday to read from her children’s book, "The Flying Horse." Continue reading →