Boston Globe Today | May 4, 2023

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Developments in Karen Read court case

Reporter Travis Andersen brought us the latest developments in the Karen Read court case, Watch →

GOP struggling to find abortion stance

National politics reporter Lissandra Villa de Petrzelka​ talks about how the GOP’s stance on abortion could play out in the 2024 presidential race. Watch →

Nation

Justice’s friend defends tuition payments by GOP donor

A Republican donor from Texas paid for two years of private-school tuition for Justice Clarence Thomas’s great-nephew, a gift that Thomas did not disclose, a friend of the justice’s acknowledged in a statement Thursday. Continue reading →

Nation

GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion, and more

Most Republican members of the Oregon Senate failed to show up for the second-straight day Thursday, delaying action by the majority Democrats on bills on gun safety, abortion rights, and gender-affirming health care. Continue reading →

Nation

No arrest in New York subway chokehold death, and many want to know why

Three days after a man choked another passenger to death in a New York City subway car, law enforcement officials said they are still sorting out what happened and whether he should be criminally charged. Continue reading →

World

Zelensky wants Putin trial; Russia accuses US on drones

Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes, and the Kremlin alleging that the United States was behind what it called an assassination attempt against the Russian president. Continue reading →

World

Day after school shooting, Belgrade is consumed with grief

Thousands of students packed a neighborhood in central Belgrade on Thursday afternoon to mourn the eight children and one school guard gunned down by a 13-year-old boy in a shooting rampage that has plunged the Serbian capital into grief and stunned the entire country. Continue reading →

World

Israelis decry perks for ultra-Orthodox in latest protests

Israel’s protest movement, having forced the government to pause its attempt to overhaul the national judiciary system, pivoted to other targets in demonstrations across the country Thursday, including the exemption from military service and other special privileges long granted to the growing ultra-Orthodox community. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Ending the culture of police overtime abuse

Better management, contract reforms at the heart of a solution. Continue reading →

OPINION

Gate change: Can airport architecture get any better — or worse?

‘Airports are the cathedrals of the 21st century,’ claims Luis Vidal, the architect of Logan Airport’s Terminal E. Well, maybe, if your religion is shopping and your sacrament is one of those Biscoff wafer cookies washed down with a Starbucks skinny latte. Continue reading →

OPINION

Novelist Richard North Patterson defies the publishing world’s stay-in-your-racial-lane dictates

The public must reject myopic modern pieties that would limit artistic freedom. Continue reading →

Metro

Worker’s body located after ‘violent explosion’ tears apart Newburyport factory, officials say

The man killed in the explosion was identified as Jack O'Keefe, 62, of Methuen, the Essex district attorney's office said late Thursday night. Continue reading →

Politics

Outdoor dining patios and beer gardens in Boston will have ‘Dog Friendly Spaces’

Boston’s beer gardens and outdoor dining patios can now apply for a special “Dog Friendly Spaces” variance so customers can bring their canines to the al fresco spots, in an effort to make the city “more family-friendly and dog-friendly,” Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said Thursday. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Lindsay Clancy ‘forever’ paralyzed from waist down after jump from window of Duxbury home, lawyer says

The Duxbury woman who allegedly killed her three young children and then tried to kill herself remains paralyzed from the waist down, Kevin Reddington, her defense attorney, told the Globe. Continue reading →

on football

Ranking the 16 AFC teams: Patriots have a ways to go to reach the top

The conference is brimming with championship contenders, and the East shapes up as the toughest division in the NFL. Continue reading →

Bob Ryan

Where does Steph Curry rank among the all-time NBA greats? There’s not a simple answer.

Circumstances can change so drastically across the eras that accurate comparisons become problematic. Continue reading →

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox catcher Connor Wong started hitting home runs soon after talking with teammate Adam Duvall

Roughly two weeks ago, Wong decided to start pulling the ball more after his conversation with Duvall, a notorious pull hitter. Continue reading →

Retail

Back Bay could soon get a new, bigger Trader Joe’s

The beloved purveyor of viral ready-made meals and lower-cost brand-name dupes was approved for a package store and liquor license for a proposed location at 500 Boylston Street. Continue reading →

tech lab

Is AI a job killer? IBM may think so, but it’s all in how you use it.

IBM's chief executive said his company expects to hire 7,800 fewer workers in the next five years, in favor of AI systems. But others say AI can be tailored to help workers rather than replace them. Continue reading →

Residential

On Nantucket, another round in long-running debate over short-term rentals

A measure going before the Town Meeting this weekend would sharply restrict short-term rentals on the housing-starved island, and some worry it will force them to sell their family homes. Continue reading →

NHL

Petr Klima, whose triple-OT goal vs. Bruins propelled Oilers to a Stanley Cup in 1990, dies at 58

Klima's strike in Game 1 of the 1990 Finals was a signature moment of heartbreak for Boston hockey fans. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Patrick, early, and prolific, playwright of gay life, dies at 85

Over the decades he wrote hundreds of plays as well as countless songs, poems, and short stories, a memoir, and at least one novel. Continue reading →

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Arts

Six art-school stars to watch

From painting to photography to performance, these MFA students are all standouts. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

In the Huntington’s ‘Joy and Pandemic,’ the scourge of sicknesses seen and unseen

Taylor Mac's play begins during the early days of the influenza pandemic of 1918, but its real subject is an insidious disease of the mind: racism and white entitlement. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’: Things that make you go meh

A mediocre villain and unwieldy shifts in tone make Vol. 3 the least engaging of the trilogy. Continue reading →