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Saturday, April 23, 2022
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Crime & Courts

Family terrorized by golf balls wins nearly $5 million from neighboring country club

When the Tenczars moved into their dream home overlooking a golf course in the spring of 2017, the family savored the idyllic views of the 15th fairway and the serenity of Indian Pond Estates. Then the golfers showed up in force. Continue reading →

Economy

Behind the empty storefronts, is Boylston Street about to bloom?

Retail rents around Boylston Street are back above pre-pandemic levels, though business hasn’t come back for everyone. Continue reading →

Health

Hospitals seek to solve their own staffing shortages

A number of hospitals have started or expanded programs to recruit staff in response to growing workforce shortages and mounting costs of hiring temporary workers. Continue reading →

Health

A ‘scary man,’ or someone like your uncle? Mass. requires doctors to undergo implicit bias training in an effort to address health care inequities.

Starting June 1, the state’s Board of Registration in Medicine is requiring all doctors seeking or renewing their medical license to take two hours of instruction in implicit bias — beliefs and prejudices that people have without realizing it. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine: Russians shift elite units to the new battleground

Russia shifted a dozen crack military units from the shattered port of Mariupol to eastern Ukraine and pounded away at cities across the region, Ukrainian authorities said Friday, as the two sides hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland. Continue reading →

The Nation

Political Notebook

Trump describes his threat to NATO allies

Appearing at an event held by the Heritage Foundation in Florida, former president Donald Trump claimed that he told fellow NATO leaders that he might not abide by NATO’s Article 5 collective-defense clause if those countries didn’t pay more for the alliance. Continue reading →

Nation

McCarthy’s lie puts GOP hypocrisy on Trump on display

Representative Kevin McCarthy, who is campaigning to be speaker of the House if his party wins the majority in November, dismissed a report that said he had told fellow GOP leaders he would urge Trump to resign from office after the Capitol riot. But an audio recording of the conversation revealed McCarthy’s denial to be a lie. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from fire

President Biden on Friday signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires, drought, and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to press for more action on the environment. Continue reading →

The World

World

Taliban vows crackdown on ISIS as violence surges in Afghanistan

A four-day blitz of terrorist bombings across Afghanistan has left the country reeling after months of relative calm, raising fears that the Taliban will be unable to maintain the peace. Continue reading →

World

Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing

The renewed violence at the site, which is sacred to Jews and Muslims, came despite Israel temporarily halting Jewish visits, which are seen by the Palestinians as a provocation. Continue reading →

World

UN details a ‘horror story’ of abuses in Ukraine

The United Nations listed possible war crimes and suspected abuses unfolding in Ukraine, citing indiscriminate shelling, summary executions en masse, and the expansive devastation of civilian lives Friday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Why this Malden resident went to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees

Julio Salado is in Przemyśl, Poland, where he’s been working 12-hour daily shifts as a volunteer for World Central Kitchen. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court needs a code of ethical conduct

Clarence Thomas isn’t obligated to recuse himself from cases concerning attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. But he should be. Continue reading →

OPINION

Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston, April 23-29

Panel discussions around Boston, April 23-29. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

On Earth Day, UMass Amherst unveils major renewable energy overhaul

The University of Massachusetts Amherst officials on Friday rolled out a big Earth Day pledge, unveiling a plan to reach 100 percent renewable power within about a decade. Continue reading →

Metro

Wu announces plan to prepare Boston for extreme heat

The new Heat Plan aims to help Bostonians beat the heat and includes strategies such as expanding shade-providing tree coverage, installing water bottle filling stations in schoolyards, and investing in cooling infrastructure. Continue reading →

Metro

A blip or the beginning of a trend? Encouraging signal emerges in COVID waste-water numbers.

The levels of coronavirus in Eastern Massachusetts waste water, considered an early warning for future COVID-19 increases, have dipped slightly, according to the latest data. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins

Time is running out for the Bruins to fix their sagging offensive attack

The Bruins have just 24 goals in 10 games this month, and as coach Bruce Cassidy put it, “Some of our lines have gone stale.” Continue reading →

celtics

Robert Williams could return to Celtics as soon as Game 3 Saturday

Williams, who had surgery March 30, is expected to test his knee prior to the game, and if there are no issues, he could be cleared. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox’ versatile Garrett Whitlock starting a new role Saturday against Rays

The righthander, who has a 0.93 ERA in 9⅔ innings the season out of the bullpen, will take Rich Hill's place in the rotation. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Boston’s Ginkgo and German giant Bayer AG strike partnership

The announcement signals the winding down of Joyn Bio, a joint venture the two companies started in 2017 to explore how to make more sustainable agricultural products through biology. Continue reading →

Business

‘Everyone wants to get back to normal’: As COVID wanes, conventions make a comeback

PAX East is the latest evidence that Boston’s convention business is on the rebound. The gaming expo routinely attracted tens of thousands of visitors before COVID forced its cancellation in 2021. Continue reading →

Business

France issues international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of Nissan and Renault, is living as a fugitive from the Japanese justice system and is part of an investigation into alleged abuse of corporate assets and money laundering. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Nicholas Angelich, acclaimed classical pianist, dies at 51

Nicholas Angelich, a pianist renowned for the uncommon skill and sensitivity that he brought to the works of Romantic composers including Beethoven and Brahms, died April 18 at a hospital in Paris. He was 51. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

At BSO, Nelsons returns to Strauss

On Thursday night at Symphony Hall, the conductor led two familiar Strauss works and reprised a Symphonic Fantasy from earlier in the season. Continue reading →

Names

Boston storytellers to compete for champion’s title at the Moth GrandSLAM

Each of the 10 GrandSLAM participants is a past winner of a StorySLAM from around the Boston area. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Struggling to build a better world in ‘Parable of the Sower’

Created by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon, this operatic adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s post-apocalyptic novel is built on a dynamic fusion of blues, gospel, folk, and funk. Continue reading →