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Monday, April 22, 2024
Today's Headlines

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Celtics

The TD Garden crowd was in full throat as the Celtics went full throttle to beat Heat in playoff opener

The energy during player introductions carried directly into the game, and the crescendo reached its peak as the final seconds of the third quarter ticked away. Continue reading →

Health

Massachusetts commits $1 billion to move thousands out of nursing homes in wake of lawsuit settlement

The settlement could allow more than 2,000 people to leave nursing homes over the next eight years. Continue reading →

Elections

There’s a rise in the use of A.I. in campaigning— are Mass. congressional candidates prepared?

A survey of the Massachusetts delegation raises doubts that campaigns are ready for the challenges presented by artificial intelligence. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?

Growth made Rhode Island’s capital city vibrant, but working-class, multicultural neighborhoods were sacrificed in the process. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Will a mountain of evidence be enough to convict Trump?

On Monday, the prosecutors will formally introduce their case to the 12 jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial, and his defense attorneys are ready to focus on the credibility of a key witness. Continue reading →

Nation

The town at the center of a Supreme Court battle over homelessness

Many states and cities that are increasingly overwhelmed by homelessness are hoping the Supreme Court overturns that decision — or severely limits it. Continue reading →

Nation

A Utah mountain town brings back an old idea: the one-room schoolhouse

Now the Alta School not only educates the children of the ticket sellers, avalanche forecasters, hotel reservationists, and chai latte makers, it is also a source of town pride. Continue reading →

The World

World

Haitians scramble to survive, seeking food, water, and safety as gang violence chokes the capital

Life in Port-au-Prince has become a game of survival, pushing Haitians to new limits as they scramble to stay safe and alive while gangs overwhelm the police and the government remains largely absent. Continue reading →

World

Vote to resume US military aid is met with relief in Ukraine

The decision by US lawmakers to resume military assistance meant more than bullets and bombs to those on the front lines. It offered something equally important: hope. Continue reading →

World

Crackdowns, attacks, and threat of war put Iranians on edge

The heightened tensions with Israel come as Iran teeters from crisis to crisis. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Lost in the debate: Only tiniest fraction choose aid in dying

All should unite in demanding legislation that ensures that no one has any reason to want to end their life because of well-grounded fears that they will lack the services and support they need to live their last days with comfort, respect, and dignity. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Mass. needs to ensure funds aimed at primary care are spent wisely

Medicaid funds for graduate medical education could have unintended consequences in which the money is diverted to support specialists rather than primary care providers. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Keeping kids out of foster care saves families — and state money

Programs that stabilize families as soon as DCF gets involved can head off traumatic, expensive removals. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Federal judge allows ADA complaint brought by Vermont woman’s family against Hampden sheriff’s office, but dismisses wrongful death claims against workers

The family of Madelyn E. Linsenmeir, 30, who died in the custody of law enforcement in Western Massachusetts in 2019, drew national attention when her family wrote of her opioid addiction in her obituary, encouraging the public to treat addiction as a disease rather than “a choice or a weakness.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man convicted in murder linked to 1995 beating of BPD Commissioner Michael Cox seeks internal police records

John Evans, 54, who is serving life in prison for a fatal shooting, wants records from the investigation into the attack on Cox as part of his push to get a new trial. Continue reading →

HOMELESSNESS

A small clinic in tiny Central Falls, R.I., takes a giant step to tackle the state’s housing crisis

A new 30-unit transitional housing program for women and children facing homelessness opened on Friday, thanks to a pediatrician in the majority-Latino city. Continue reading →

Sports

Game 1: celtics 114, heat 94

With an opening 17-2 run, the Celtics left no doubt they are the better team in Game 1 rout of the Heat

Boston raced to an early lead, led by as many as 34 points, and pushed back a minor but hardly concerning fourth-quarter Miami rally before securing a wire-to-wire win Continue reading →

on basketball

The Heat would not go down easy, but the Celtics withstood every punch en route to Game 1 victory

Boston responded with a push they lacked during last year’s Eastern Conference finals against Miami. Continue reading →

BRUINS

Offered a clean slate during playoffs, Jake DeBrusk delivers against Maple Leafs

Looking for a fresh start after a personally disappointing regular season, the Bruins winger started the playoffs with a three-point night. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America

The historian and her late husband, Richard Goodwin, were among Boston’s legendary power couples. Her new book fulfills a promise to write the book he never got to finish. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Mass. judge rules that state’s method of taking property for unpaid taxes is unconstitutional

A ruling by a superior court judge is one more blow to a century-old practice in Massachusetts of municipalities taking the total value of a property even when only a small fraction of that amount is owed in taxes. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Joyce Spector Mekelburg, second-to-last known survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 100

"The whole place was one mob — shouting screaming, pushing," Mrs. Mekelburg said the day after she crawled along a floor to escape the Cocoanut Grove blaze that killed 492 people. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Maurice El Médioni, Jewish Algerian pianist, dies at 95

An Algerian pianist who fused Jewish and Arab musical traditions, Maurice El Médioni was a last representative of a once vibrant Jewish-Arab musical culture that flourished in North Africa before and after World War II. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died

Anderson was an Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid ‘pointless plastic’

Tips among the aisles for Earth Day 2024, which carries the global theme of planet vs. plastic. Continue reading →

Names

Not your average DIY: Flower crowns, moss art, and liquid pour painting

Crafting spaces in Greater Boston are helping people try their hand at unique hobbies, find solace from stress, and form connections. Continue reading →

Television

Jonathan Knight helps historic New England homes find the right stuff on ‘Farmhouse Fixer’

The New Kids on the Block star and designer Kristina Crestin open up about the new season of their hit HGTV series. Continue reading →