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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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Higher Education

Harvard adopts a policy of silence on public matters that don’t ‘affect the university’s core function’

Harvard has been engulfed in controversy over its response to the attacks by Hamas against Israel on Oct. 7, and subsequent protests. Continue reading →

Business

Cannabis businesses can pay up to 80 percent in taxes. Could easing federal restrictions provide relief?

The reclassification of marijuana as a less-dangerous drug could make some companies instantly profitable, a priority for Mass. regulators who aim to spread the industry’s wealth to communities targeted by the war on drugs. Continue reading →

AS I SEE IT

From Haiti to Boston: A look at one migrant family’s long and dangerous journey

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week, a family’s determined journey for a better life. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man charged in Plymouth, Braintree stabbings ordered held without bail, named suspect in Conn. killing

Jared Ravizza is accused of stabbing two workers at a Plymouth McDonald’s and four girls at a Braintree movie theater on Saturday and is wanted in connection with a killing in Connecticut, authorities said Tuesday. Continue reading →

Politics

‘It’s galvanized Republicans’: GOP hugs Trump tighter as hush-money trial comes to close

The pilgrimage to a Manhattan courtroom has become a new litmus test for Republicans of all stripes. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | May 28, 2024

WATCH: Tuesday's show. Stories include: How to protect yourself against identity theft. And, what apartment hunters need to know for a Sept. 1 move in. Watch →

Celtics await potential Kyrie Irving showdown in NBA Finals

WATCH: Boston Globe Today Sports host and columnist Chris Gasper ponders whether the Celtics have faced a true test yet. Watch →

Stolen identity: When the journalist becomes the subject

WATCH: After an imposter stole $5000 from her bank account, Globe Magazine contributor Linda Matchan went on a two-year-long pursuit for answers. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Eyeing Trump, but on the fence: How tuned-out voters could decide 2024

Politically disengaged Americans are emerging as one of the most unpredictable, complex, and potentially influential groups of voters in the 2024 race. Continue reading →

Nation

At Trump trial’s closings, lawyers weave facts into clashing accounts

For nearly three hours on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s lawyer did his level best to persuade the jury to acquit his client, wielding a scalpel to attack nearly every strand of the criminal case against the former president. Continue reading →

Nation

Democrats adopt nomination plan to allow Biden on the Ohio ballot

The party acted as the Ohio Legislature was meeting in special session for the first time in two decades in an effort to pass legislation that would have resolved the ballot problem. Deep divisions among Republicans had stalled any action for weeks. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israel pushes into Rafah as displaced Palestinians search for safety

US efforts to increase humanitarian aid convoys in Gaza have been hampered by a storm. The temporary pier that the US military constructed to facilitate the aid has broken apart in rough seas, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Continue reading →

World

Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

Garry Conille has been named Haiti’s new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position. Continue reading →

World

Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, has a new hurdle: climate change

Threats that had devastated the Spix’s macaws still loom and now the species’ original territory overlaps what has recently been officially designated Brazil’s first arid climate region. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

BPS families deserve better

The Wu administration is avoiding tough decisions and moving too slowly on addressing Boston’s dysfunctional school system. Continue reading →

OPINION

Palestinian lives and Netanyahu’s latest ‘tragic accident’ in Gaza

Israel has one of the world’s most sophisticated militaries. So why are scores of civilians in Gaza being killed by the Israel Defense Forces in places that have been designated as safe? Continue reading →

LETTERS

We should be asking primary care doctors, ‘How was your day?’

"Through legislative reform we must address physician burnout and its drivers," writes the head of the Mass. Medical Society. A pediatrician writes that changes to the "system have conspired to interfere with our ability to care for our patients." Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Attorneys for men accused in brothel cite Read trial in arguing for closed hearings

Lawyers for 18 of the 28 men accused last year of paying for sex at brothels run out of luxury apartments have appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court to keep their names out of the public eye unless they’re formally charged. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston-area pizza shops owner used violence and threats to force immigrants to work, prosecutor tells jurors

The owner of Stash’s Pizza, Stavros Papantoniadis, is facing federal forced labor charges in a trial that started Tuesday in US District Court in Boston. Continue reading →

Metro

Is Mayor Wu beatable? History says the odds are on her side.

As Boston heads into another mayoral election, sharks are supposedly circling around Mayor Michelle Wu. But she has proven an ability to navigate through difficult waters. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics 105, Pacers 102

‘We need to finish this’: The beer and trophies after sweeping the Pacers were nice, but these Celtics want more

Boston's goals are far grander than a conference finals victory. And with four wins to go, an NBA title is in sight. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox outfielder Tyler O’Neill returns to Boston for tests on sore right knee

O'Neill has missed three games since being removed from Saturday's contest against the Brewers. Continue reading →

RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 3

Brayan Bello uses intensity as a strength to settle in after rough start and pitch Red Sox past Orioles

Manager Alex Cora kept Bello focused and confident between innings. “ ‘Hey, man, you’re fine,’ ” Cora said. “ ‘Your stuff is really good tonight.’ ” Continue reading →

Business

Business

Cannabis businesses can pay up to 80 percent in taxes. Could easing federal restrictions provide relief?

The reclassification of marijuana as a less-dangerous drug could make some companies instantly profitable, a priority for Mass. regulators who aim to spread the industry’s wealth to communities targeted by the war on drugs. Continue reading →

Business

Melinda French Gates to donate $1 billion over next 2 years in support of women’s power

French Gates earlier this month announced she would step down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and vowed to focus on women and families. As a part of leaving the Gates Foundation, French Gates received $12 billion from Bill Gates for her philanthropy going forward. Continue reading →

Media

GBH names Dan Lothian as editor in chief of GBH News

His appointment comes after GBH laid off 31 employees last week and the former general manager announced her departure. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Michael Sugrue, whose philosophy lectures were a Youtube hit, dies at 66

“His command of the Western tradition was just off the charts, and he also understood global history in a profound way,” a colleague said of the professor, whose talks from decades ago were reprised during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

La CASA, a Latinx center for arts, education, and community, is being built in the South End

Located in the heart of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción’s affordable housing complex, Villa Victoria, La Casa: The Center for Arts, Self-determination, and Activism aims to foster a space of inclusivity for Greater Boston’s Latinx community and promote arts and education initiatives. Continue reading →

Documentaries

Women talking: New documentary chronicles secret meetings between Boston pro-choice and anti-choice advocates

With “Public Enemies, Private Friends,” filmmakers Sarah Perkins and Josh Sabey hope to inspire others to try to understand those who may strongly disagree with them. Continue reading →

Arts

Cabot director addresses Richard Dreyfuss rant that sparked ‘wave of walkouts’

Even the 76-year-old actor's son is distancing himself from strange statements his father made Saturday night that prompted more than 100 people to walk out of a screening of “Jaws” at The Cabot in Beverly. Continue reading →