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Sunday, May 21, 2023
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Crime & Courts

The rise and fall of Rachael Rollins

Critics and supporters alike have pored over Rollins’s record, highlighting her successes and missteps, and reexamining warning signs that might have foretold her spectacular fall. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency has run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead.

Some people in the real estate world warn now is not the time to overhaul the powerful Boston Planning & Development Agency. The mayor disagrees. Continue reading →

Climate

Plan to expand hangar space for private jets at Hanscom sparks concerns about a surge in climate pollution

Private jets are among the most polluting forms of transportation on the planet, catering mainly to the wealthy and powerful, and in recent years, their use has soared at airports such as Hanscom Field. Continue reading →

FOOD

A new kind of Jewish space, where all are served

Lehrhaus, a "Jewish tavern and house of learning" in Somerville, connects all comers in a cultural celebration. “No space exists like this in the world." Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed

“Mobile homes are a much bigger part of our affordable housing stock than people know,” said Mark Stapp, who directs Arizona State University's master's degree program in real estate development. “Once it’s gone, a lot of people will have no place to go.” Continue reading →

Nation

An auction of prosthetics, mermaids, and creepy dolls to benefit sea turtles

Curious pieces salvaged from among the tons of marine debris that wash up on the beaches of Texas every year were to be auctioned off, with the proceeds benefiting the Amos Rehabilitation Keep, a rehabilitation center for marine turtles and birds in the reserve. Continue reading →

Nation

Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas for hospital care were denied

Agents said her daughter's diagnosis of influenza did not require hospital care, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks said in an emotional phone interview. They knew the girl had a history of heart problems and sickle cell anemia. Continue reading →

The World

World

After a show-stopping entrance at the G-7, Zelensky pleads for more aid

Zelensky, US and British officials say, seems to sense that when he shows up in person, he can both break through US resistance to sending more powerful weapons and pressure nations like India and Brazil that have stayed on the sidelines. Continue reading →

World

‘I thought I was done’: Africans evacuated from Sudan conflict share their stories

Many Africans escaping the conflict in Sudan that erupted with little warning last month faced a long wait — three weeks for some — to get out, and severe challenges on the way, as their governments stuggled to mobilize resources. Continue reading →

World

Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 to secure the fundamental rights of transgender Pakistanis. It ensures their access to legal gender recognition, among other rights. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Availability of alternatives should guide decision on skin shock treatment

The use of electric shocks at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been controversial for decades. It would be irresponsible for the court to lift the consent agreement without addressing the core question of whether electric shock therapy should remain legal. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Chorus of voices urge Healey to revamp state’s clemency system

Proper exercise of clemency is critical in an imperfect criminal legal system. Governor Healey has the opportunity to modernize and restore clemency by overhauling the present guidelines. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Our bonus years: in other words, more time to be fully engaged

There are too many "bonus years" adults who look at the many inspiring things younger people are doing to save the world and use that as an excuse to sit back and watch. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Boston Common rally protests GOP efforts to force US to default on debt

“You shouldn’t have to demand that the GOP stop extorting American families and yet here we are, less than two weeks from unprecedented catastrophe,” said Representative Katherine Clark, the House Democratic Whip. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Charlie Baker tells Bentley graduates life is a series of choices and challenges

The former governor said he’s drawn purpose from aspects of his life beyond the public sphere, like his marriage and children. Continue reading →

Higher Education

For one Somali immigrant, graduating college is just the start of his American Dream

Abdi Nor Iftin, the Somali immigrant well known for his 2018 memoir of growing up in a war torn country and resettling in the US, is graduating from Boston College. But for the 37-year-old, his work is not over yet. Continue reading →

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s put up or shut up time for Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and other thoughts

The two Jays were no-show, turnover machines in crunch time of the stunning losses to the Heat in Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Continue reading →

On baseball

Rob Refsnyder may be a part-time player, but the Red Sox have the utmost confidence in him

Refsnyder entered Saturday night hitting .354 with four extra-base hits, 12 RBIs, and a .926 OPS in 56 plate appearances against lefthanded pitchers this season. Continue reading →

Chad Finn

It’s not over, but there’s not much reason to still have faith in the Celtics

The Celtics’ stars played like role players, and the Heat role players were permitted to play like stars in Game 2. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

When someone close to you has done very bad things

The unexpected rewards that come from reckoning with crimes committed by friends and family. Continue reading →

IDEAS

America broke George Clooney’s ER

Working in a short-staffed, crammed emergency room feels like you’ve been set up to fail. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Robin Guenther, architect of healthy hospitals, dies at 68

An architect and environmental health advocate, Robin Guenther designed green, sustainable health care facilities and co-wrote the first guide to building them. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Martin Amis, acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73

Martin Amis's caustic, erudite, and bleakly comic novels redefined British fiction in the 1980s and ’90s with their sharp appraisal of tabloid culture and consumer excess, and his private life made him tabloid fodder himself. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

On the train to Gillette with thousands of Swifties, and the looks we saw along the way

“This is our Super Bowl,” said Marie Kurzner, who was among a group of friends who brought bejeweling stickers to adorn themselves and fellow fans. Continue reading →

TABLES

Bar Toscana and Stubbys arrive in the Seaport; Mass Hole Donuts debuts in Somerville

Plus, an Inman Square original shuts its doors. Continue reading →

QUICK BITE

At Kendall Square’s new Row 34, you can talk IPOs — and IPAs

The air-conditioning is cold, the ceilings are high, and the tables are spaced far enough apart to do business in peace. Seafood is the star. Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A Kennebunk for every budget

In this Maine seaside town, you can go as high-end or budget-friendly as you please. Just make sure you save time to stop and smell the rose hips. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

How a former boys boarding school became one of the most unique hotel bargains in Southern Maine

The Franciscan Guest House has a lot of wonderfully idiosyncratic features, but one of the most surprising is the price. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency has run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead.

Some people in the real estate world warn now is not the time to overhaul the powerful Boston Planning & Development Agency. The mayor disagrees. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home repair crisis? Keep your cool and don’t get ripped off

Lessons from a sewer pipe leak: Cultivate relationships with trusted tradespeople, particularly a plumber, before an emergency occurs. Continue reading →