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Friday, May 1, 2026


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Red Sox


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Why did the Red Sox fire Alex Cora? Inside the tension between the manager and front office.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow had concerns about the coaching staff, particularly the training processes employed to develop at the big-league level.
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At Boston’s South Bay, a fight. Then a death. Six months later, there’s still no official medical determination.

Shacoby Kenny, a 32-year-old man with a history of mental health problems, died on Dec. 8, hours after chaotic violence in a house of correction.
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The current darling of the Massachusetts Republican Party is . . . a Democrat

Massachusetts Republican Party members on Saturday rallied around Democratic state Auditor Diana DiZoglio's demand for an audit of the Legislature.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills suspends her campaign for Senate

In a statement released Thursday morning, Mills said she no longer has the financial resources to continue campaigning.
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‘This is going to be a potential battle.’ Court decision gutting voting rights law could reshape map-making in Massachusetts.

Experts say the Supreme Court ruling could change future map-making even in deep-blue Massachusetts, where lawmakers have explicitly considered racial diversity in how they’ve drawn their districts.
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Nation


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Brain scans reveal 3 ADHD subtypes, including a more extreme form

The classic image of a child with ADHD is practically a stock character: the spacey kid staring out the window, distracted by squirrels; the fidgeter who can’t sit still, a leg rattling under the desk.
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Politics


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Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown

The House swiftly voted by voice earlier on Thursday, without a formal roll call, to pass the measure.
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Crop undercount raises questions about reliability of USDA data

The Agriculture Department projected last July that farmers would harvest 86.8 million acres of corn in autumn. The projection was repeatedly revised upward until, in January, the department found 1.3 million more acres of corn.
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Iran’s supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

In a rare public message, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said that the only place Americans belonged in the Persian Gulf is “at the bottom of its waters” and that a “new chapter” was being written in the region’s history.
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Iranians live with pain and powerlessness, beneath a smooth veneer

Four months of traumatic events — a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests followed by a devastating war — have dashed hopes for the future, and left large parts of Iranian society in grief.
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UK raises national terror threat level after the stabbing of 2 Jewish men

The country’s official threat level from terrorism was raised from substantial to severe after Wednesday’s stabbing attack in London, which police have called an act of terrorism.
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Editorials


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Can Baystate save struggling Mercy Medical Center?

The community hospital has played an important role in Springfield.
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A billion-dollar mistake: The case against slashing Mass Save

Some members of the Legislature want to slash the energy-efficiency program’s budget. But Mass Save is exactly the wrong thing to be cutting if the goal is lower utility costs.
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Micromobility commission member: E-bike speeds are a key safety issue

Devices going 20 miles per hour should not be mixed in with slower bikes and other users in protected bike lanes with no wiggle room.
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Politics


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Massachusetts Senate bill would block ICE from making arrests at schools, daycares, and courthouses

Democratic leaders in the state Senate on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging immigration bill they say would serve as a xxxxxx against the Trump administration’s deportation operation.
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Crime & Courts


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‘Unfathomable’: Hundreds mourn at emotional church vigil for slain Wellesley children

They came together to mourn Kai and Ella MacAusland, ages 6 and 7, who were found dead Friday night in their family’s Wellesley home.
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Boston’s next fire commissioner lives in Canton, but ‘will comply’ with city’s residency mandate, officials say

For decades, the city’s municipal code has required that city workers live in Boston as a condition of their employment, but the rule is often disregarded or only selectively enforced.
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Celtics


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Mired in a playoff shooting slump, Derrick White’s aim was to impact Game 6 for the Celtics

The Celtics guard entered Game 6 against the 76ers having made just 14 of 47 shots, including 7 of 33 from 3-point range.
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Red Sox


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How have interim managers, like Chad Tracy for the Red Sox, fared throughout MLB history?

Of the 404 replacement managers (excluding short-term stints), only 21 have led their teams to the playoffs.
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Marat Khusnutdinov has managed to find a way to stick in the Bruins lineup

The Russian forward has recorded career highs for games (77), goals (15) and assists (18) with the Bruins this season.
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Market Basket board appoints Chuck Casassa as the supermarket chain’s new president

The board of directors on Thursday named a new president, picking veteran manager Chuck Casassa for the job long held by popular boss Arthur T. Demoulas until his suspension and subsequent firing last year.
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Mayor Wu renews push for tax on high-dollar real estate sales

Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday renewed her push for a real estate transfer fee, signing a home rule petition that would allow a small tax on high-dollar real estate transactions to fund affordable housing.
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Fidelity is bringing workers back to the office all week, every week. More Boston companies should do it.

Will more companies follow suit now that finding a job is a lot tougher than a few years ago and employees have less leverage to push back?
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Obituaries


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J. Craig Venter, scientist who decoded the human genome, dies at 79

His drive and management skills helped him assemble teams of exceptional scientists; together, they achieved one landmark after another in the nascent field of genomics.
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Lester Wright, the fastest known centenarian, dies at 103

One day after he turned 100, he set what is believed to be a world record in the 100-meter dash.
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Music


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Vivo Performing Arts announces 2026-27 season

The longstanding organization’s first season under its new name includes over six dozen jazz, classical, and dance performances across 20 venues.
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Television


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Apple TV’s New England horror comedy ‘Widow’s Bay’ strikes the perfect tone

The new show, from "The Heat"'s Katie Dippold, stars Matthew Rhys as a small town mayor determined to turn his island home into a tourist attraction despite various supernatural horrors.
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Satan returns to the runway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′

Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is back to torment Anne Hathaway's Andy in this entertaining sequel.
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