All of the headlines from today's paper.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Today's Headlines
Page one

Business

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught. Continue reading →

Health

Boston Children’s Hospital pays $15 million after child dies during sleep study

Jackson Kekula was 6 months old when he died last year after a devastating series of errors by Children’s staff during a fairly routine procedure. Continue reading →

Startups

After a harrowing life journey, Boston entrepreneur looks to build a ‘Waze for accessibility’

A new app, Ahoi, collects ratings and photos crowdsourced from users about accessibility at a level of detail needed to guide people with a variety of physical disabilities. Continue reading →

Business

Regulators prepare to seize and sell First Republic Bank

Federal regulators were racing Saturday to seize and sell the troubled First Republic Bank before financial markets open Monday, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, in a bid to put an end to a banking crisis that began last month with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes

The finding highlights new, potentially fertile areas in the warmer regions of Mars where conditions might be suitable for life to exist, though more study is needed. Continue reading →

Nation

Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches

“Our ancestors put blood and sweat in this place for us to have Jesus present,” said Angelo Sandoval on a spring day inside the 1830s church of St. Anthony, where he serves as mayordomo. “We’re not just a church, we’re not just a religion – we have roots.” Continue reading →

Nation

Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives

After Carter, now 98, entered hospice care at his home in Georgia, The Associated Press reached out to several former political prisoners, asking what it was like to see his influence take hold in countries oppressed by military rule. They credit Carter with their survival. Continue reading →

The World

World

As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400

Foreign countries continued to evacuate their citizens while hundreds of thousands of Sudanese fled across borders. The first convoy organized by the United States to evacuate hundreds of American citizens from the conflict reached the coastal city of Port Sudan Saturday after a dangerous overland journey escorted by armed drones. Continue reading →

World

North Korea insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang. Continue reading →

World

Large fire burns at Crimea fuel depot after suspected drone attack

A drone attack on a fuel depot in the city of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea set off an enormous fire early Saturday, a Russian official said, in the latest assault on a peninsula key to Moscow’s war effort. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston needs more trees

As the City Council considers legislation to protect and expand the city’s tree canopy, it must not let environmental preservation get in the way of development. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Speaking of rent control, state lawmakers, and (ahem) their rental property

By writing about the properties owned by state senators and representatives, the Globe seems to be trying to paint them as greedy and biased against rent control. Continue reading →

OPINION

Republicans can spare the country a rematch it doesn’t want

Biden’s renomination is unavoidable. Trump’s doesn’t have to be — especially if the GOP wants to win. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

Your melatonin gummies may hold higher doses than you realize, new study finds

Researchers say many supplements are mislabeled. Continue reading →

Metro

Historians tell the story of Boston’s Little Syria, which was home to a thriving Arab American community

Until recently, Little Syria’s glory days existed mostly in the memories of those who lived there, and in the stories handed down to their children. But two historians have produced a deeply-researched and beautifully vivid history of the community. Continue reading →

Metro

Marblehead man killed in collision with truck during gravel bike race in Vermont

Richard Wanstall, 54, was participating Saturday in a Rasputitsa gravel bike race in Burke, Vt., when he crashed into a 2007 Dodge truck near the intersection of Brook Road and Carter Road, officials said. Continue reading →

Sports

Ben Volin | On football

Patriots had a great first three rounds in the NFL Draft, but where was the help for Mac Jones?

The Patriots took three defensive players in the first three rounds, but the offense needed the playmakers, not the defense. Continue reading →

red sox 8, guardians 7 (10 inn.)

Alex Verdugo delivers walkoff single in 10th inning, Red Sox edge Guardians after blowing five-run lead

Sox relievers allowed four runs in the seventh, and Kenley Jansen — working through apparent back discomfort — allowed one in the ninth for his first blown save. Continue reading →

On hockey

Will the Bruins rise to the challenge of Game 7 against the Panthers, or fold and likely signal the end of Patrice Bergeron’s career?

The built-for-a-long haul Bruins looked fit to be hauled off to the landfill of shattered Stanley Cup dreams in their back-to-back losses Wednesday (4-3) and Friday (7-5). Continue reading →

Business

Business

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught. Continue reading →

Business

Regulators prepare to seize and sell First Republic Bank

Federal regulators were racing Saturday to seize and sell the troubled First Republic Bank before financial markets open Monday, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, in a bid to put an end to a banking crisis that began last month with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Sweeping new narratives of Native history are reorienting the American story

With a shift in perspective, you’ll never look the same way at the Revolution, the Constitution, and other aspects of America. Continue reading →

IDEAS

How to fix a funny building

The Harvard Lampoon is based in a mini-castle whose quirks are neatly suited to the world’s oldest humor magazine. Now a painstaking 15-year restoration is bringing out more of its architectural genius. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Charles Hull, who brought theater to young audiences, dies at 92

Charles Hull co-founded Theaterworks USA, a touring theater company that has brought professional performances to tens of millions of young people across the country. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

"We can be angry at what has happened to us without feeling that we are angry at God," Rabbi Kushner once said. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

‘Falling Out of Time’: When a novel of loss took flight into song

A conversation with Israeli writer David Grossman and Boston-based composer Osvaldo Golijov about the creation of a "tone poem in voices." Continue reading →

Art Review

At MoMA, a free and fluid Georgia O’Keeffe

A new exhibition steps away from her famous paintings to focus on the fascinating, spontaneous experimentation that spanned her whole career. Continue reading →

Music

The mystery of Connie Converse detailed in new book ‘To Anyone Who Ever Asks’

The New Hampshire-born singer left no professional recordings. She disappeared without a trace almost 50 years ago. Yet her music lives on. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Rhode trip! Some days, it’s all about northern Rhode Island’s simpler pleasures.

You can keep your Newport mansions, your South County beaches, your Providence performing centers of art. The food, the drinks, the walking paths, the people — the little trains! — in this part of the state are just my speed. Continue reading →

SURVEY SAYS

The waiting is the hardest part. These are the airports and airlines with the most delayed flights.

If you’re angered by delays, avoid flying JetBlue out of Chicago on Fridays. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Updated Massachusetts codes give tenants in overcrowded homes a fighting chance

Landlords may be held responsible for relocation costs and more if apartments are deemed uninhabitable. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Remodeler: Should homeowners reglaze their own sinks?

Plus, how do you move a refrigerator handle from one side to the other? Send your home improvement questions to [email protected]. Continue reading →