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Higher Education

Tensions between pro-Palestinian campus protesters, college officials ratchets up

More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses in at least eight states, including at Emerson College and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, following confrontations with police in recent days. Continue reading →

Commentary

The email came from France. ‘Do you think Karen Read killed her boyfriend?’ it asked.

Inside the intense world of Karen Read supporters: Psychic readings, estranged friends, the dirt on where to buy the defendant’s courtroom wardrobe. Continue reading →

Technology

How a Tesla EV charging station ended up next to a shelter for migrant children

The strange scene in Foxborough reflects the state’s efforts to address two of its biggest challenges: migrants and climate change. Continue reading →

Spotlight

Former MIT biologist David Sabatini, forced out after sexual harassment accusations, to lead new Boston team

Sabatini, forced out of the Whitehead Institute after being accused of sexual harassment in 2021, is part of a new Boston-area research laboratory affiliated with the Czech scientific institute that hired Sabatini last fall. Continue reading →

Politics

Justice Department recommends easing restrictions on marijuana

The Justice Department said Tuesday that it had recommended easing restrictions on marijuana in what could amount to a major change in federal policy. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today: 'Cold Case' edition | April 30, 2024

WATCH: Co-hosts Segun Oduolowu and Emily Sweeney explore unsolved cold cases, offering new information and evidence with the hope that you can help solve them. Watch →

Teenage girl disappears riding her bike

WATCH: Reporter and co-host Emily Sweeney returns to Stow, Mass., where 16-year-old Catherine ‘Cathy’ Malcolmson vanished without a trace in 1985. Watch →

1974 murder of a Swampscott teenager

WATCH: The brutal murder of 15-year-old Henry Bedard shocked the community and baffled investigators. Reporter and co-host Emily Sweeney details what happened. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

In reversal, expert panel recommends breast cancer screening at 40

The panel, the US Preventive Services Task Force, finalized a draft recommendation made public last year. The group issues influential advice on preventive health, and its recommendations usually are widely adopted in the United States. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump is fined for contempt before a witness reveals seamy deal-making

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan held him in contempt Tuesday, fining the former president $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order and warning that he could go to jail if he continued to attack witnesses and jurors. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Democrats announce that they will rescue Johnson if he faces ouster vote

In a joint statement after a closed-door party meeting, the three top Democrats said they would side with Republicans supportive of Johnson and vote to table any motion to vacate him from the speaker’s chair, blocking it from coming up. Continue reading →

The World

World

UN’s top court issues interim ruling in case involving Germany’s weapons sales to Israel

The International Court of Justice on Tuesday decided against ordering Germany to stop supplying arms to Israel, issuing an interim ruling in response to a request from Nicaragua. Continue reading →

World

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Continue reading →

World

Blinken praises new aid corridors for Gaza, but says residents there need more help

“This is real and important progress, but more still needs to be done,” he told reporters traveling with him across the Middle East this week. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Campuses buffeted by winds of unrest over the war in Gaza

Readers share a wide range of opinion and perspective on the protests that have roiled college campuses. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Healey’s ADU proposal: small homes, big impact

A change to the state’s zoning rules could yield thousands of new homes — if legislators can see past the complaints of some local officials. Continue reading →

OPINION

Try telling out-of-work journalists the economy is booming

Unemployment is low, employers are bullish, and people are back to work. So why are my social media feeds full of people saying they can’t find a job? Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

National Guard armory in Lexington to be converted into emergency housing, officials say

The site will be renovated to provide shelter for 55 families. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

First responders testify during trial day two in Karen Read case

The second day of testimony in the high-profile case centered on prosecution witnesses who set the scene of O’Keefe’s body being discovered that snowy morning on Jan. 29, 2022. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Prosecutors will not seek charges in case of four infants found dead in freezer in South Boston apartment

“This investigation, which is one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered, is now complete,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said in a statement. Continue reading →

Sports

bruins notebook

Bruins riding hot hand in Jeremy Swayman, so Linus Ullmark is busy cheering on the team

Ullmark was at the end of the bench for a third straight game Tuesday night, watching fellow goalie Swayman and the rest of his teammates face the Maple Leafs in Game 5. Continue reading →

Game 5: Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 (ot)

Uninspired effort bites Bruins as Maple Leafs stave off elimination with overtime win in Game 5

Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into overtime to send the first-round playoff series back to Toronto with Boston holding a 3-2 lead. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

This series has suddenly taken a nightmarish turn — just like last year

The Bruins found themselves on the wrong end of a Game 5 overtime loss on home ice (just like last year), unable to close out the series at home (just like last year). Continue reading →

Business

THE FINE PRINT

$5.6 million settlement proposed for consumers in home heating oil suit against Peterson Oil

Peterson Oil is accused of of misrepresenting the amount of biodiesel mixed with the heating oil sold to consumers, causing sudden shutdowns and damage to heating equipment. Continue reading →

innovation beat

Face ID for Android phones? Here it comes, says Boston startup.

Metalenz says its tiny, inexpensive “metasurface” lenses can replace thicker and more complex lenses in a variety of tasks. Continue reading →

Trendlines

As inflation picks up, small businesses are feeling the squeeze

The cumulative impact of higher prices is mounting. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, ‘The Rose of Soweto,’ dies aged 57

A two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” Dingaan Thobela won the WBO lightweight title in 1990 and the WBA lightweight title in 1993. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

MFA returns Egyptian child’s coffin to Sweden after determining it was stolen

“I kind of had a feeling about which way this is going to go,” said Victoria Reed, senior curator of provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts. “It’s very clear that we didn’t necessarily have the documentation that we thought we did.” Continue reading →

Arts

Anonymous donor is gifting $5.2 million to West Newton Cinema

The gift, split in two parts, will put $3.2 million toward the purchase of the theater and an additional contribution of up to $2 million in matching funds to incentivize support from other donors. Continue reading →

Music

Bill Banfield’s ‘Edmonia’ celebrates a sculptor who carved her own niche

Banfield, a composer and guitarist who founded Berklee’s Africana Studies department, says the story of Edmonia Lewis is “a true American story.” Continue reading →