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Friday, May 31, 2024
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ANALYSIS

What now? Here’s what Trump’s conviction means for the election.

Here is the bottom line: The direct implications of Trump's convictions on the 2024 race are murky at best. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Hallelujah!’ Democrats seek to mirror Biden’s restraint over Trump verdict, but not everyone could contain their glee.

The president and Democratic leaders somberly approached the first-ever criminal conviction of a US president, but for an elated anti-Trump faction, it was time to celebrate. Continue reading →

Politics

‘I’m not sure people are actually paying attention’: Wu struggles to rally popular support for property tax push

By pushing the proposal, Wu has stirred up further animosity with the broader business community, which was already unhappy with some of her policy moves. Continue reading →

Business

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston

The measure emerges from the House with fewer new licenses, a set aside for nonprofits, and the addition of full-value licenses that can be used anywhere in the city. Continue reading →

Nation

Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in New York hush money trial

A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to an adult-film actress, delivering a historic verdict that could shape the November election and that makes Trump the first former US president convicted of a crime. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Josh Kraft drafted into politics?

WATCH: Son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft considers a challenge to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. Reporter Niki Griswold explains. Watch →

Trips to the supermarket are breaking the bank

WATCH: Business enterprise reporter Thomas Lee dives into the high prices of food and what grocery stores are doing to lure shoppers in. Watch →

Strange scene: Tesla chargers next to a migrant shelter

WATCH: Reporter Aaron Pressman highlights the debate surrounding a much needed local charging station and what, if anything, can fix the issues. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Experts question Alito’s failure to recuse himself in flag controversy

Supreme Court justices seldom give reasons for their decisions to recuse themselves. Even rarer are explanations for deciding to participate in a case when they have been accused of conflicts of interest. Continue reading →

Nation

Supreme Court rules official likely violated NRA’s free speech rights

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously found a New York state official likely violated the free speech rights of the National Rifle Association by pressuring banks and insurers to cut ties with the gun-rights organization after the Parkland, Fla., high school massacre in 2018. Continue reading →

Nation

At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’

Andrew “Andy” Negra Jr., of Helen, Ga., who just turned 100, is one of a dwindling number of veterans who took part in the Allies’ European war effort that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden agrees to allow use of US weapons to attack Russia

The United States, the most important supplier of weaponry to Ukraine, had been reluctant to take the step, worried about provoking Russia into an escalation that could drag in NATO and set off a wider war. Continue reading →

World

Hong Kong convicts democracy activists in largest national security trial

Fourteen democracy activists in Hong Kong were convicted Thursday on national security charges, adding to the ranks of dozens of others — once the vanguard of the city’s opposition — who may now become a generation of political prisoners. Continue reading →

World

Catastrophic floods in Brazil set off another crisis: Homeless pets

More than a month after catastrophic floods battered southern Brazil, its worst disaster in recent history, the region is still reeling. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Will Trump’s convictions matter?

Running for reelection to the presidency as a convicted felon should be a big deal, not to mention a deal-breaker, to a big chunk of voters in the 2024 presidential election. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Trump the convicted felon finally makes history

A jury of his peers finds the ex-president guilty of conspiring to deceive the American public as election day neared. Continue reading →

OPINION

Former State Dept. officials: Israel has crossed the red line

Enforcing President Biden’s red line on Rafah by halting the US supply of offensive weapons to Israel could open a path to peace. Failure to do so will lead to an expanded conflict. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Politicians, notables react to guilty verdict in Trump hush-money case

Reactions from across New England began pouring in after news broke that former president Trump had been convicted of falsifying business records. Continue reading →

K-12

Ousted Cambridge superintendent Victoria Greer tells families, ‘I am saddened to leave’

In an email, Greer also told Cambridge Public Schools parents did not have any regrets the three years she’s held the position. The Cambridge School Committee on Wednesday voted to oust her. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Chairs of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Memorial Committee resign

Two Harvard University professors overseeing the creation of a public memorial dedicated to the enslaved people who helped shape the Ivy League institution resigned as co-chairs of the committee. Continue reading →

Sports

patriots

Meet coordinator Alex Van Pelt, the man charged with reviving the Patriots offense

A veteran player and coach in the NFL, he is adept at building relationships, gaining trust, and developing confidence. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox manager Alex Cora expresses interest in working with brother and mentor Joey

The younger of the brothers, 48-year-old Alex resisted working with Joey, 59, when first hired in Boston and is now in the final year of his contract. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

Why Jrue Holiday is more than Marcus Smart ever was, and other Celtics thoughts as we wait on the NBA Finals

Holiday, a two-time All-Star, is an explicit winner who should have garnered some votes for series MVP against the Pacers. Continue reading →

Business

Business

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston

The measure emerges from the House with fewer new licenses, a set aside for nonprofits, and the addition of full-value licenses that can be used anywhere in the city. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Steward was fired from a health plan for the military. It has refused to give up the contract.

Brighton Marine, a Boston nonprofit, filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging that Steward was interfering with its efforts to replace the bankrupt hospital company as its main subcontractor on a health plan. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Tufts Medicine extends its financial losses, another alarming sign for Mass. health care

The state’s sixth-largest health system is growing revenue but is failing to keep pace with labor expenses amid a severe worker shortage. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Stanley Goldstein, who helped start and build the CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89

With his brother Sidney and a third partner, Ralph Hoagland, Goldstein started the health-care conglomerate, now with revenues of more than $350 billion, at a single, open-layout store in Lowell. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

Staff at Coolidge Corner Theatre seek to unionize

If the union drive is successful, the Coolidge would join a host of other cultural institutions where workers have unionized in recent years, including the Museum of Fine Arts and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Bigfoot believers and skeptics, united in curiosity about the unknown

While the topics at this spring's fourth International Cryptozoology Conference might have been unconventional, attendees grappled with some of the same questions humankind always has: What does it mean to believe? And what does it mean to exist? Continue reading →

PARENTING UNFILTERED

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so let’s talk. (I’ll start.)

Can we all just stop meditating and get affordable daycare, health insurance, and supportive workplaces instead? Continue reading →