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Donald Trump indicted

Trump to face charges in New York in hush money scheme; first-ever criminal case brought against a former president
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James Pindell | Analysis

The indictment may end Trump. Trumpism may not go so easily.

If a jury convicts Trump, it will possibly do what Republican opposition in 2016 and the two impeachment attempts from Congress failed to do: End Donald Trump politically. However, even if that happens, Trump-ism may remain.

Trump indictment ‘unprecedented,’ as he faces more legal scrutiny, scholars say

See more coverage about investigations into Trump

Brian Walshe indicted for allegedly killing wife at Cohasset home

Walshe was indicted on charges of first degree murder and misleading police/obstruction of justice for the death of his wife, Ana, by a Norfolk County grand jury, prosecutors said Thursday.

Jury decides Gwyneth Paltrow is not at fault for 2016 Utah ski collision that left man who sued with broken ribs

Attorneys for Paltrow and the 76-year-old man suing her described their clients in closing arguments as aggrieved victims participating in a yearslong legal battle to take a stand for truth.

Former Boston police officer arrested for alleged assault in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

A former Boston police officer who lives in Plymouth was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting a police officer during the US Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said.

Representatives Stephen Lynch and Jim Jordan spar at hearing: ‘This is a mockery and a disgrace’

A hearing led by Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, briefly descended into chaos Thursday after two witnesses were dismissed without being cross-examined, and Democrats, including Lynch, quickly raised concerns.

Two former employees sue Barbara Lynch, alleging famed chef withheld tips during pandemic
The suit alleges the seven Boston restaurants under the Barbara Lynch Collective diverted tips in May and June of 2020 to an employee food-and-supply pickup program.

Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35
Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well after a structure built over it collapsed at a temple in central India where Hindus had gathered to pray at a festival for the widely worshipped deity Rama.

Clark Grant, indicted for fraud alongside activist wife Monica Cannon-Grant, killed in motorcycle crash

SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Dover, N.H. couple died in murder-suicide, officials say

Your Home | Renovations

Nearly 500 feet of found space: Renovating an attic into an art studio

An attic conversion in a Jamaica Plain condo creates a space fit for works of art.
Turning a cookie-cutter town house into a cheerful forever homeAfter a divorce, a mother of three goes all in on her own home style

Two decades later, Brown to rename center after former president who pushed the university to examine its roots to slavery

In 2003, former Brown University president Ruth Simmons appointed a committee to investigate the school’s historical ties to slavery.

Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia is Bowdoin College graduate

Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg, where he was researching a story.

In Vermont, trucks keep getting stuck in Smugglers’ Notch. Locals are at their wit’s end.

Trucks getting stuck in Smugglers’ Notch is the “most unifying thing we have in this state,” one Vermont local said. And like mishaps on Storrow Drive, the problem has also defied efforts to stop it.
Opinion
ERWIN CHEMERINSKY

No one, including a former president, is above the law

If Donald Trump committed a crime, he should be indicted and prosecuted for it.
RENÉE GRAHAM

How Mel King convinced me to stay in Boston

LETTERS

Fish, eggs, wisdom: Breakfast with Mel King

Priscilla H. Douglas

The reawakening of ‘woke-ism’

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Harvard Square was never what it used to be

The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.
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Congressmen shout at each other over gun control following Nashville shooting: ‘Children are dying!’
Representative Jamaal Bowman, a progressive who was a school principal for a decade, told reporters that Republicans are “gutless” and “cowards” for not supporting gun control measures despite a litany of mass shootings.

Michael Mota under scrutiny for potential labor law violations, ordered to stop work at Memorial Hospital
A visit by the Rhode Island Building Trades council noted several issues at the site in February. The city’s stop work order notes “there are no active building permits for the interior demolition” and “a business [is] operating illegally” on the site.

2,023 confirmed cases and 59 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.
Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky
Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, Army officials said Thursday.

KEVIN CULLEN
The long, sweet friendship of Mel King and Ray Flynn
“Mel cared about the dignity of all people,” Ray Flynn said.

Suffolk County has lost 30,000 residents since start of pandemic, according to US Census

The population of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, dropped by roughly 5,000 residents last year, continuing a multi-year trend of declining numbers, according to US Census data released Thursday.
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New York grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump, lawyer says

The felony indictment against Donald Trump, filed under seal by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will likely be announced in the coming days.

Trump indictment ‘unprecedented,’ as he faces more legal scrutiny, scholars say

Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said, “the number of times in my professional life where I’ve had to rethink the word unprecedented continues to grow.”
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Michael Mota under scrutiny for potential labor law violations, ordered to stop work at Memorial Hospital

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The Sachems (1-0) early offensive outburst was enough to hold on for a 8-6 victory over Dighton-Rehoboth (0-1).
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New Hampshire Senate votes to protect presidential primary

Brian Walshe indicted for allegedly killing wife at Cohasset home

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A league of their own: Taunton and Franklin likely to collide again for Hockomock League, Division 1 supremacy

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Celtics adjust after assistant Damon Stoudamire leaves

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AG fines delivery company $6.2 million for misclassifying drivers, other violations

Biden calls to revive bank regulations that Trump weakened

Disney quietly dodged DeSantis’s oversight board, appointees realize

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New York grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump, lawyer says

This is what will happen when Trump is arrested in the coming days

What Trump’s indictment could mean for his third run for president

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Bill to criminalize help for Idaho minors’ abortions passes

Jury decides Gwyneth Paltrow is not at fault for 2016 Utah ski collision that left man who sued with broken ribs

9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky

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Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35

Ukrainians in a hidden command post see Bakhmut going their way

Canada mass shooting inquiry identifies many police failings

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In key ways, child welfare system is the very definition of thoughtless

We need to do all we can to keep teachers of color in the classroom

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Shōjō opens in Central Square; Flavor Boom debuts downtown

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Does Amtrak owe me anything for a forced downgrade?

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Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

Books

The heroine of Victor LaValle’s western gothic ‘Lone Women’ wrestles with a horror from her past

Amid colonial rule and Japanese occupation, young lovers pay the price of modernity in Rachel Heng’s ‘The Great Reclamation’

Blythe Roberson sorts her unread books by color and credits her love of reading to Pizza Hut

Movies

‘Paint,’ starring Owen Wilson, continues a tradition of movies with painter heroes

‘A Thousand and One’: a family drama unspools across a changing city

A.V. Rockwell wants to move people with her Sundance winner ‘A Thousand and One’

Television

On a lot of shows, profanity is a blessing, not a curse

Catch up on ‘Happy Valley’ before the final season arrives

Breezy ‘Daisy Jones’ falls squarely in the stream zone

music

Born into a cult, singer Mikel Jollett is reaching out to students about turning their own trauma into art

Arlo Guthrie on aging, Alice, and why he’s unretiring . . . sort of

Singer with alleged Putin ties withdraws from upcoming BSO performances

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A chef’s kiss for ‘Clyde’s’

After more than 30 years, Central Square’s Dance Complex still has the moves

In ‘Middleton Heights,’ a Filipino American story of assimilation across generations

globe local

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

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Emily Fisher Landau, theft victim turned art patron, dies at 102

British comedian and TV star Paul O’Grady dies at 67

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