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A courthouse circus surrounds his alleged killer. But John O’Keefe’s loved ones are focused on remembering a ‘good man.’
O’Keefe’s friends and family members told the Globe the spectacle surrounding the Karen Read case has detracted from what should be the focus: that a loving uncle, a generous friend, a police officer dedicated to serving Boston’s communities, lost his life.

Trump’s lawyers told the court that no one would give him a bond. Then he got a lifeline, but they didn’t tell the judges.

A billionaire lender approached Donald Trump about providing a bond for the full $464 million judgment in his civil fraud case. The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court, a failure that may have violated ethics rules, legal experts say.

Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

Judge says Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over materials related to ‘Stormy’ documentary

Academic workers at Harvard unionize after six-year effort
More than 3,000 non-tenured faculty and researchers are now affiliated with the UAW.

women's college basketball | iowa 71, uconn 69
In a Final Four classic that lived up to the hype, Caitlin Clark’s Iowa bests Paige Bueckers’s UConn
The Hawkeyes, trailing by 6 at halftime, got a game-high 23 points from sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke. Clark finished with 21 points as Iowa faces South Carolina for the championship Sunday.

Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.
The long-term lease deal with Boston Properties would enable the developer to build a long-planned 27-story office tower at 171 Dartmouth St.

A disgraced Holyoke city councilor fled the country before his trial. A new video reportedly shows him joining the Russian army.

A video posted Wednesday to a Russian social media channel reportedly shows the 28-year-old signing a contract to officially join the country’s armed services as it enters its 25th month of war against Ukraine.

Biden urges Egypt, Qatar leaders to press Hamas to come to agreement for Israeli hostages in Gaza

Israel dismisses two officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

Three officers injured trying to arrest man at Boston City Hall

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Several of these devotees returned to the ballpark last week to wax nostalgic about the magical season.
Red Sox 8, Angels 6

Red Sox recover from blown four-run lead in victory over Los Angeles Angels

The Sox jumped out to an early 4-0 advantage thanks to three homers in the second inning, but the team seemed deflated after Trevor Story left the contest after suffering a potentially significant shoulder injury in the fourth inning.
Peter Abraham: Trevor Story’s injury could put Red Sox in a bind

This nonprofit started an after-school program to teach woodworking. Then a new mission arrived.
A Gloucester woodworking shop provides mentorship through craftsmanship.

Beth Teitell | Commentary

An earthquake in Boston? Really? We can’t catch a break.

The ripples of a rare earthquake hit Boston Friday morning. Did one Dunkin’ open too close to another? Did the MBTA make its trains go too fast?
East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage Map: Did you feel the earthquake in Mass.? Data show you weren’t alone.

At Rodent Academy in Cambridge, you have one assignment: Kill the rats
To beat the pests, we have to be smarter than them. And sometimes, participants at the academy learn, we have to unleash the rat-killing dogs. Really.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Your complete guide to the total solar eclipse in New England

Here's everything you need to know about the April 8 eclipse in order to see the spectacle safely no matter where you will be viewing it from.
Eclipse Forecast | Ken Mahan

Historical cloud cover along the path of totality does not bode well for New England

Will clear weather prevail or will cloud cover block out this once-in-a-lifetime event come showtime?

‘Doesn’t scare us’: From tattoo studios to porta-potty vendors, New England businesses go all-in on eclipse

Though there are looming anxieties about traffic, safety, or — god forbid — cloudy skies, businesses feel a pressure to cash in on off-season crowds, especially following a year of weather-related setbacks.

Stock market FOMO? Instead, indulge your ‘FOMU’: fear of messing up.

Picking the perfect time to buy or sell individual stocks is exceptionally difficult even for professional money managers.
LOVE LETTERS

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

He’s in his 40s.
Blind date: ‘We shared roommate stories — a classic Boston experience’
CELTICS 101, KINGS 100

Celtics’ reserves play Kings for a day, finish out narrow victory

Xavier Tillman's floater with seven seconds left put the Celtics ahead after the Kings mounted a comeback from down 18 to take the lead in the fourth quarter.
Gary Washburn: Joe Mazzulla has kept the Celtics reserves involved, which could prove to be a playoff factor
Opinion
IDEAS | BART TOCCI

I can’t afford you anymore: A letter to the place where I was born

We bought and renovated a house in Boston. That was only one of the ways we've set ourselves up for financial ruin.
Jon Kingsdale

How to prevent another Steward-like health care crisis

Sarah Iselin

Massachusetts needs comprehensive, long-term health care planning today

MARCELA GARCÍA

Here’s how Biden can help Haitians who have fled a nation near collapse

LETTERS

Energy is being expended to reform electricity market in Mass.

More recent News

Senator Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear.
Authorities are seeking a suspect who allegedly started a fire outside the Vermont office of Sanders.

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs
The climate-tech incubator, which was an early symbol of the region’s promise as a hub for addressing the climate crisis, is laying off 30 percent of its staff, the company announced Friday.

Police investigating after human remains found on Nantucket
The remains were discovered by two men who were searching for deer antlers, police said.

Almost 100 new great white sharks — including 36 in Cape Cod waters — added to conservancy catalog
With its latest additions, the White Shark Catalog has over 700 individual sharks, one of the largest photo ID catalogs of great white sharks in their global range.

Senator Elizabeth Warren calls on GOP opponents to release tax returns
The challenge marked perhaps the most direct engagement Warren has had with the two GOP challengers who have emerged to her candidacy in recent months.

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges
A federal appeals court says a Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful.”

How to save $25 by recycling liquor and wine bottles at N.H. outlets

New Hampshire bar and restaurant owners can save up to $1,000 through the six-week “Bring Back Jack” promotion.

At Boston’s new Google store, a play to reach more consumers
The Newbury Street storefront, which opened Friday, has the tech giant's latest phones, tablets, watches, and earbuds displayed on tables and shelves of beige wood.

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in alleged road rage incident in Hopkinton
The 26-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was hit around 6:20 p.m. on Route 85 in Hopkinton, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office.

Recommended reads

KARA BASKIN

Boston’s best patios for outdoor dining in 2024

Save this roundup of al fresco dining options in the city. We promise it will get warmer out soon! And we’ll update this list routinely.

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.
Rowe, the BSO’s principal flutist for the past two decades, will leave the orchestra in August to pursue a full-time career as a leadership coach.

Your Home: Renovations
Eight common interior design myths and mistakes, and how to fix them
Boston-area design pros to demystify common issues people encounter when trying to update their homes — and explain how to fix them.

Boston’s defenses against rising seas lean on private development. What happens when the money dries up?
Several flood-protection projects like sea walls, berms, and elevated land are tangled up in large developments that now face slowdowns.

Culture & Lifestyle

On the 50th anniversary of ‘Carrie’, Stephen King talks about how his first horror novel came to be

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

There’s something in the way other artists cover Beatles songs

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

William McNulty and Drew Lewis

To save US lives, Congress should provide aid to Ukraine

Renée Graham

Lauryn Hill deserves to be more than a social media punchline

Michael R. Bloomberg and Gina McCarthy

The end of the coal era, the beginning of a cleaner era

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Biden’s border bungle is souring America on immigration

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The powerful aura of throwback places that defy the algorithms

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

AS I SEE IT

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Several of these devotees returned to the ballpark last week to wax nostalgic about the magical season.

A courthouse circus surrounds his alleged killer. But John O’Keefe’s loved ones are focused on remembering a ‘good man.’

O’Keefe’s friends and family members told the Globe the spectacle surrounding the Karen Read case has detracted from what should be the focus: that a loving uncle, a generous friend, a police officer dedicated to serving Boston’s communities, lost his life.

Court-appointed manager aims to save a historic Boston nursing home

Staff at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center in Mission Hill were ebullient Friday at the arrival of the facility's new leader.

Michael Singer, sculptor who used nature as his medium, dies at 78

Michael Singer was often characterized as a landscape architect, and an accomplished one at that, with public commissions at sites as varied as a recycling center in Phoenix, the Denver International Airport, and a Whole Foods supermarket in Jacksonville, Fla.

Sports

AS I SEE IT

How 2004 Red Sox fans helped break the curse (or at least believed they did)

Several of these devotees returned to the ballpark last week to wax nostalgic about the magical season.
Red Sox 8, Angels 6

Red Sox recover from blown four-run lead in victory over Los Angeles Angels

The Sox jumped out to an early 4-0 advantage thanks to three homers in the second inning, but the team seemed deflated after Trevor Story left the contest after suffering a potentially significant shoulder injury in the fourth inning.
ON BASEBALL

Trevor Story’s injury could put Red Sox in a bind

The Red Sox are likely to need a new shortstop for at least a few weeks and potentially much longer, but there’s no one player who profiles as a good choice to replace Story. It would be more making the best of a bad situation.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Trevor Story suffers ‘frustrating’ left shoulder injury, exits game against Angels

RED SOX

Trevor Story departs Red Sox’ series opener vs. Angels with shoulder injury

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Reese McGuire emerges from behind the plate to fight for more playing time with Red Sox

Business

Stock market FOMO? Instead, indulge your ‘FOMU’: fear of messing up.

Picking the perfect time to buy or sell individual stocks is exceptionally difficult even for professional money managers.

Progress at Back Bay Station? Builder of long-dormant development signs lease deal with the state.

The long-term lease deal with Boston Properties would enable the developer to build a long-planned 27-story office tower at 171 Dartmouth St.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Academic workers at Harvard unionize after six-year effort

magazine
PERSPECTIVE

When you’re lost, remember your red helicopter — what you once knew as a child

MISS CONDUCT

I’m not sure if we should invite an angry relative to my son’s wedding

Cooking

Fuel up for the Marathon with hearty, healthy meals

CONNECTIONS

Hear me out: Humans should have tails

metro

East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but dense region escapes sweeping damage

N.H. Senate approves bills flagged as ‘harmful’ by state child advocate’s office

Hundreds of couples will tie the knot in the path of darkness on eclipse day

sports

Joe Mazzulla has kept the Celtics reserves involved, which could prove to be a playoff factor

In a Final Four classic that lived up to the hype, Caitlin Clark’s Iowa bests Paige Bueckers’s UConn

Laila Edwards makes history, becoming first Black player to score for USA women’s hockey

business

Somerville’s Greentown Labs announces big layoffs

At Boston’s new Google store, a play to reach more consumers

How a cyber attack disrupted health care in New Hampshire

politics

An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges

Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’

Biden gets a look at bridge devastation

Nation

Senator Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear.

Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

P&G recalls 8.2 million bags of Tide, Gain and other laundry detergents over packaging defect

World

Earthquake aftershocks halt the demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan as death toll rises to 13

Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid

New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

opinion

Holy moly, Trump has made his campaign a religious experience

Chaplains in public schools are not what the Founders envisioned

Fresh from hospital, a fan needed to make one stop at Fenway Park

lifestyle

My husband isn’t brushing his teeth

Where to celebrate graduation season in Boston and beyond

Esther Perel hits Boston for one night to talk love, sex, and relationships

food & dining

Ziggy Bombs opens in Brookline; Nightshade Clam Shack prepares for summertime in Lynn

Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Vermont made a special eclipse beer. (You have to make a special trip to get it.)

No more bright lights, big ziti: Stella, once a South End staple, is all grown up and living in Newton

travel

So much beauty, so many sieges in Girona, Spain

Keep a fresh eye: Six strategies for visiting some of New England’s art museums

Britney Coleman on Oprah, energy bars, travel agents, and getting back to Boston

Arts

At the ICA, the powerful, personal histories of Firelei Báez

The National Black Doll Museum celebrates 20 years and a new home, in North Attleborough

At the Gardner, the riotous maximalism of Raqib Shaw

Books

‘He was without a doubt one of the most fascinating people I’ve interviewed’: Readers share their Stephen King memories

Maggie Nelson contemplates freedom through words and art in ‘Like Love’

Amanda Montell lays bare your ‘mental magic tricks’ in ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking’

Movies

‘Coup de Chance’: Woody Allen revisits one of his go-to themes: men getting away with murder

Don’t mess with Dev Patel in ‘Monkey Man’

A love letter to the local cinema scene: Globe readers share their movie-theater memories

Television

‘Sons of Anarchy’ showrunner heads to Wild West with ‘The Abandons’

The fine whine of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ was vintage Larry David

Propping up ‘The Regime’ required more than Kate Winslet

music

BSO’s Scriabin cloaked in multi-hued spectacle of light

Five things to do around Boston, April 8-14

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe landed the dream job of a lifetime at 29. At 49, she’s walking away.

Theater/Dance

At the Opera House, the pleasure of Sondheim’s ‘Company’

Playwright Christopher Durang mastered the art of misbehaving

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s ‘Driving in Circles’ proves to be an engrossing journey

Health

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

R.I.’s largest hospital system may no longer take Cigna health insurance

Obituaries

Michael Singer, sculptor who used nature as his medium, dies at 78

Celebration of the life and photos of Charles Daniels

John Barth, who expanded the boundaries of postmodern writing, dies at 93