All of the headlines from today's paper.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Today's Headlines
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Health

Dr. Thea James has spent years battling the root causes of health disparities in Boston. Her message is finally resonating.

The BMC doctor has helped shrink gaps in diabetes and postpartum care. Continue reading →

Boston Marathon

Black-led running group sues BAA, Newton police chief, charging it was racially profiled at Boston Marathon

Members of TrailblazHers running group who said they were racially profiled during last year’s Boston Marathon filed suit Thursday in what their lawyers described as an effort to “forestall a repeat” of the alleged discrimination. Continue reading →

Politics

Harris blames Trump for Arizona’s strict abortion law, calling him the ‘architect of this health care crisis’

During a campaign event, the vice president called the law “one of the biggest aftershocks yet” of the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

At final hearing before Karen Read trial, third-party culprit argument takes center stage

Lawyers for Read, who is charged with murder for allegedly hitting her boyfriend with her SUV in Canton, argued Friday that jurors should hear their theory that the victim was fatally beaten inside a home. Continue reading →

World

US targets unlikely to be on list in possible Iranian attack, officials say

US intelligence analysts and officials said Friday that they expected Iran to strike multiple targets inside Israel within the next few days in retaliation for an Israeli bombing April 1 in the Syrian capital that killed several senior Iranian commanders. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today: Sports | April 12, 2024

WATCH: Friday's sports show. Stories include: Who’s to blame for pitchers’ elbow injuries? And, Jaylen Brown’s journey from draft night to stardom. Continue reading →

Celtics' chances ahead of the NBA playoffs

WATCH: Holiday season came early. Columnist Tara Sullivan and reporter Adam Himmelsbach explain why the path to the finals looks a little clearer. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan: Picking the next great Patriots QB

WATCH: All eyes are on what New England will do with the 3rd overall pick. Why the columnist says it needs to be Drake Maye. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

House passes 2-year surveillance law extension without warrant requirement

WASHINGTON — In a major turnaround, the House on Friday passed a two-year reauthorization of an expiring warrantless surveillance law that had stalled this week amid GOP resistance — but only after narrowly rejecting a bipartisan effort to restrict searches of Americans’ messages swept up by the program. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden wipes out another $7.4 billion in student loan debt

The latest round of relief is part of a strategy by the White House to take smaller, targeted actions for certain subsets of borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down a far more ambitious plan to wipe out $400 billion in debt last year. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Senate committee subpoenas activist for gifts to justices

Roundup of national news Continue reading →

The World

World

Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban

Members of the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, voted to work on four separate bills. Two of them propose legalizing abortion through the 12th week of pregnancy, in line with European norms. Continue reading →

World

Israeli settlers rampage through a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25

Palestinian health officials say over 460 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces since the war erupted in October. Continue reading →

World

US, Japan, and South Korea hold drills in disputed sea as Biden hosts leaders of Japan, Philippines

The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Is former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett seeking a comeback?

Bennett describes a right-wing vision for the country that provides an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading →

OPINION

What Biden should be doing better to get Ukraine aid

He should explicitly spell out how it will benefit US interests — and result in a Ukrainian victory. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Debating sex and gender: Whose ‘biological reality’ is it anyway?

An op-ed criticizing the growing acceptance of the term "sex assigned at birth" generated a wave of various reactions from readers. Continue reading →

Metro

Weather

Still got eclipse glasses? Here’s how to easily recycle and donate them.

A number of collection sites have popped up across New England so others across the world can safely experience an eclipse. Continue reading →

NH Politics

Ex-cop who police feared would go ‘postal’ is now a politically connected N.H. lawmaker

His allies, including Kelly Ayotte and Donald Trump, have kept mum after newly released documents say he spoke of killing police and raping the chief’s wife and children Continue reading →

NH Crime

N.H. man who stole police helmet as Jan. 6 ‘war trophy’ pleads guilty to federal charges

Richard Ackerman is among nearly 1,400 people from across the country who have been charged for participating in the mob that attacked Congress while electoral votes were being counted. Continue reading →

Sports

Boston Marathon

What’s open and closed on Patriots Day in Boston

Runners and spectators will fill the streets on Monday, Patriots Day, for the 128th Boston Marathon. Here's what's open and what's closed. Continue reading →

On Baseball

It appeared the Red Sox had addressed their defensive problems, but they’ve taken a turn for the worse

It's only been a short time since shortstop Trevor Story suffered a season-ending injury, but Boston's defense has been poor since his departure. Continue reading →

CELTICS 131, HORNETS 98

There is no substitute for winning, as Celtics prove by routing Hornets with Payton Pritchard-led group

While the starters sat following Thursday's grisly loss to the Knicks, Pritchard's 31 points and 11 assists guided the backups Friday in the Celtics' second to last game before the playoffs. Continue reading →

Business

Business

BU resident assistants start four-day strike on campus already disrupted by striking grad students

The decision to strike came after nearly four months of negotiations with Boston University for the union's first contract. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Norwood lawmaker presses Governor Healey to facilitate a deal to reopen local Steward hospital

Representative John H. Rogers filed a budget amendment calling on the administration to authorize the sale or lease of Norwood Hospital to "Mass General Brigham or any other such high-quality health care provider." Continue reading →

Real Estate

From a scrapyard to a mini-city: BPDA approves huge project in Andrew Square

The project will turn a roughly 21-acre strip of Dorchester Ave. just north Andrew Square into a hub of life-science, retail, and residential buildings. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Ralph Puckett dies at 97; Army Ranger belatedly received Medal of Honor

An Army Ranger, Ralph Puckett received the Medal of Honor in 2021, 71 years after the valiant combat actions in the Korean War for which he was decorated and who became one of the most honored soldiers in US military history. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

Movie based on Boston rocker’s Bruce Springsteen book features ‘The Bear’ star as The Boss

Jeremy Allen White is set to play Springsteen in “Deliver Me from Nowhere,” based on the best-selling book by Warren Zanes. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Roxbury-based artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson awarded fellowship to pursue archival project

He plans to curate an archival collection of the AfriCOBRA collective — a group created in response to the civil rights and Black Power movements — which he cofounded in 1969. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

An exuberant ‘Turangalîla’ from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

If this symphony were a movie, it would be "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Continue reading →