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Crowds gather peacefully at 250th anniversary celebrations despite divided political climate

At a peaceful Lexington reenactment marking 250 years since the Revolution’s first battle, echoes of America’s founding ideals clashed with today’s political tensions, drawing parallels between Colonial resistance and modern debates over democracy.

Attendees raised a sign above the crowd during the Concord250 North Bridge Ceremony Saturday. The event marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War 250 years ago, with the first skirmishes in Lexington and Concord.

Lexington and Concord mark 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War

Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office
Some of the rioters who tried to take over the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now considering running for office after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.

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In the midst of a messy ice cream divorce, Ben & Jerry are sticking to their principles
The eponymous founders of Ben & Jerry's now want their company — and its social conscience — back.

How the Cambridge brothel ring case could stop future illegal sex businesses
Brothel operator Han Lee was sentenced to four years in prison, a harsher penalty than others have received, and one that the judge hopes will send a message of deterrence.

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer.

Hundreds of nails found on roads and driveways in Falmouth, police say

President Trump listened as White House trade adviser Peter Navarro (center) spoke in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Top Republicans who graduated from Harvard aren’t lining up to defend it. Quite the contrary.

Since the beginning of the Trump administration's battle with the university, alums in the upper echelons of the administration and the Republican Party have had no kind words to say in any public forum about Harvard.

How Harvard president Alan Garber came to lead the higher ed resistance against Trump

‘No kings’ anti-Trump demonstrations around Boston invoke American Revolution
In a spate of demonstrations around the Boston area Saturday, anti-Trump protestors invoked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord as they chanted for “no kings” in America.

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the countryThree ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch

Mass. lawyer and his wife say they were handcuffed, detained for hours at Canada border: ‘It was a shock’
Bachir Atallah, who is a US citizen and lives in Methuen, said Customs and Border Protection officers would not say why he and his wife were being held.

US citizen held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country

How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison
To date, the only evidence federal authorities have produced to support allegations against Abrego García comes from a 2019 gang sheet written by a Maryland detective.

Inside the urgent fight over the Trump administration’s new deportation effort

The Boston Marathon

Tara Sullivan
Tom McCall started running on the dirt track of an Illinois prison. On Monday, he’ll take on the Boston Marathon.
That McCall is Boston bound is a story of resilience, his ability to use six years of incarceration to find a way forward rather than sinking into more dismay.

The BAA received 36,393 applications for 2025, and 12,324 qualified were rejected — more than 1,000 more than the 2024 race.

Once again, the Boston Marathon field is incredibly fast. Here’s what you had to run to get a bib.

Runners at the 26.TRUE Marathon in Boston, MA in 2024.

More than 200 runners race in 26.TRUE, the ‘real Boston Marathon’

Carlos Narváez (left) was the first to greet the walkoff hero after Triston Casas singled in the winning run in the 10th inning.

RED SOX 4, WHITE SOX 3

Triston Casas delivers Red Sox a fourth straight win with walkoff wall-ball single in 10th inning

Casas was quick to credit others for setting up his walkoff hit. Garrett Crochet gave the Red Sox six scoreless innings before the White Sox took advantage of an error to tie.

Nobody argues both sides of an argument like Michael Felger on 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

98.5 The Sports Hub should dominate winter radio ratings, but WEEI might be closing the gap slightly

The Jones and Keefe Show is working on WEEI, and the hosts come across as real friends.

Will Campbell started 38 games at left tackle over three years at LSU.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

All roads lead to the Patriots taking LSU left tackle Will Campbell in NFL Draft

The three picks before the Patriots are gaining clarity as well.

Ashton Jeanty may be a star the Patriots can’t pass up

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived at a news conference about autism in Washington, D.C., on April 16.

The rise of RFK Jr. is a wake-up call for out-of-touch liberals

Kennedy may be wrong about vaccines, autism, sunscreen, and raw milk, but his ability to tap into ambient feelings of rage and powerlessness has been remarkable. And it’s an anger that Democrats and liberals have failed to address.

Louise Richardson

As Harvard stands up to Trump, history offers valuable lessons on university autonomy

IDEAS | JASON MARGOLIS

Marathon mystery: Did I really run 27 miles?

Jonathan Feingold

Don’t praise Harvard just yet

Conservatives, be careful what you wish for at Harvard

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

Listen to the Snitch City podcast

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Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza
The prime minister spoke after Israeli strikes killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday.

Russians wonder: Can Trump really negotiate peace in Ukraine?

In interviews, people in the Kremlin’s orbit have revealed frustration both with Trump’s whirlwind approach to the talks and with Putin’s apparent inflexibility in the negotiations.

Burlington parents express outrage over detailed sex questions in middle school health survey

Burlington Public Schools is facing two federal complaints after administering a health survey to students that described sexual acts in ways some parents found offensive.

Plumbing issue closes the Brattle, but not for long
The Brattle, a Cambridge institution since 1953 known for showing foreign, classic, and arthouse films, has canceled all screenings through Monday due to a “plumbing emergency,” according to a post on the theater’s website.

Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, who practiced without limitations all week, cleared to play in Game 1 Sunday
Brown has been dealing with a painful bone bruise in his right knee the past month.

City loses court ruling in fight over developing Hyde Park property
The project, which would put up more than 200 apartments in the wooded 24-acre site, now heads back to the city’s planning staff for further review.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

One of the lanterns Paul Revere used as a signal during his famous midnight ride on display at the Concord Museum. Battles may be what people remember best about the Revolution, but it is the words in the nation’s founding documents and the ideas behind those words that have had the most profound and lasting impact.

This is not a drill

The House of Representatives did not include Governor Maura Healey's proposal to impose the sales tax on candy.

Washington’s chaos puts Mass. budget in the crosshairs

A campaign mailer that was distributed during Chris Flanagan’s 2022 campaign for state representative.

Why have a House Committee on Ethics at all?

Components of an Apple iPhone 16 Pro.

Can Trump’s tariffs really bring back US manufacturing?

An artist’s conception of an exoplanet like K2-18b orbiting a red dwarf star.

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Cosmic relief

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

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Metro

‘No kings’ anti-Trump demonstrations around Boston invoke American Revolution

In a spate of demonstrations around the Boston area Saturday, anti-Trump protestors invoked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord as they chanted for “no kings” in America.

More than 200 runners race in 26.TRUE, the ‘real Boston Marathon’

Two hundred and fifty people got bibs for the “unsanctioned” race, which relied on 180 volunteers to direct runners along a 13.1-mile double-loop course through Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and Mattapan.

WEEKEND FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN

Weekend forecast: Saturday soars into the 80s for the first time this year. Easter Sunday looks sunny, cooler.

Any shower activity from Saturday will be done before sunrise on Easter Sunday.

Plumbing issue closes the Brattle, but not for long

The Brattle, a Cambridge institution since 1953 known for showing foreign, classic, and arthouse films, has canceled all screenings through Monday due to a “plumbing emergency,” according to a post on the theater’s website.

Sports

Myles Turner had 19 points and four blocks on Saturday night, and showed no aversion to attacking Giannis Antetokounmpo at the rim.

Pacers 117, Bucks 98

Pacers leave Giannis on an island, hammer Bucks in playoff opener in festive Indianapolis

Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 36 points and 12 rebounds, but he had only one assist and nobody else scored more than 15 points.

Russell Westbrook was on his game, soaring past James Harden for a dunk.

Russell Westbrook helps fuel late Nuggets rally in opening playoff win over Clippers

Westbrook hit an uncontested corner 3-pointer and made a steal with 9.6 seconds left to seal the victory.

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (right) celebrates after scoring a power-play goal during the second period of Colorado's Game 1 series victory over the Dallas Stars.

Big third periods lift Avalanche, Jets to Game 1 victories in NHL playoffs

Colorado earned a 5-1 win at Dallas and Winnipeg rallied past visiting St. Louis, 5-3.

Timberwolves 117, Lakers 95

Timberwolves smash Lakers in playoff opener despite 37 points from Luka Doncic

Stoughton’s Frederick Richard helps lead Michigan to its first men’s gymnastics team title in a decade

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

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Business

Crowds gather peacefully at 250th anniversary celebrations despite divided political climate

At a peaceful Lexington reenactment marking 250 years since the Revolution’s first battle, echoes of America’s founding ideals clashed with today’s political tensions, drawing parallels between Colonial resistance and modern debates over democracy.

Boston Chamber teams up with BPS to allow business leaders to shadow school principals

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City loses court ruling in fight over developing Hyde Park property

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Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I considered the possibility that I was fools-ing myself’

I traveled the world studying climate change. To my surprise, I found reason to hope.

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The minutemen fire back at the advancing British troops on Lexington Battle Green.

‘This has been on my bucket list’: Lexington and Concord mark 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War

How Harvard president Alan Garber came to lead the higher ed resistance against Trump

Vignettes from Lexington, Concord: ‘This is our generation’s time,’ Healey says

sports

Cameron Payne was among the euphoric as the Knicks ripped Game 1 of their first-round playoff series away from the visiting Pistons.

Knicks rip off 21-0 fourth quarter run to save selves in playoff opener against the Pistons

Revolution offense appears, as Leo Campana, Ignatius Ganago each score first in shutout of NYCFC

Triston Casas delivers Red Sox a fourth straight win with walkoff wall-ball single in 10th inning

business

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

Risk of financial panic tempers Trump on firing Powell

Senator Elizabeth Warren says Wall Street ‘cops are gone’ after Trump overhaul

Fishers celebrate Trump’s seafood order while conservation groups fear overfishing

politics

Protesters march against the Trump administration in midtown Manhattan on April 19. More than 700 events were planned nationwide as people turned out to speak against the administration's handling of immigration, civil liberties, and federal job cuts.

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country

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How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison

Nation

Bethany Schoenfeld, an alumna of University of California Berkeley, demonstrated against the Trump administration at her alma mater as part of a Day of Action for Higher Ed on Thursday.

How universities became so dependent on the federal government

Small plane crashes into Nebraska river and kills 3 on board

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

World

People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 19.

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza

Russians wonder: Can Trump really negotiate peace in Ukraine?

US and Iran conclude a second round of nuclear talks

opinion

Harvard paradoxically may feel less pressure to reform, since the government has already used up its main point of leverage.

Conservatives, be careful what you wish for at Harvard

DEI policies in schools remain legally sound

A transgender ‘movement’? Or simply a world with trans people?

lifestyle

This Marathon Monday, runners can claim a free cookie at Levain Bakery with a flash of their medal.

Free things to do this week: Marathon treats, soft rock tribute bands, and Intro to Twerk lessons

My friends expect me to work around their schedules

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food & dining

Café Saint-Germain's coq au vin baguette features tender chicken stewed in red wine layered with potatoes, mushrooms, pearl onions, and roasted carrots in Somerville.

At Somerville’s Café Saint Germain, the chef talks to his French onion soup

Where to eat outside in Boston

A late-night taqueria opens in the Seaport, and the Comfort Kitchen team expands to Allston

travel

The Newport Pickleball Club is huge — it’s got 11 indoor courts, along with a bar and restaurant. You don’t have to be a member to play, but check online or call for availability.

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Arts

From Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier," now on view at Mass MoCA.

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BPL receives major donation of Yousuf Karsh photographs

MFA announces longtime curator Pierre Terjanian as new leader

Books

Author Lori Lobenstine.

A novel for kids tells the true story of a newspaper for dogs

Devoted, united, then separated by history

Author readings around Boston through April 26

Movies

Fans watch opening act during the Star Wars Celebration in Chiba, near Tokyo.

‘Star Wars’ fans wave lightsabers as an upcoming film gets announced in Japan

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‘The President’s Wife’: Causing trouble with Catherine Deneuve

Television

Damon Herriman as Lucky in "The Bondsman."

‘The Bondsman’: Boston meets small-town Georgia in Prime Video’s new horror comedy

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‘This is so bad, so much worse than we thought’: Elizabeth Warren slams Trump on Colbert

music

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Boston Symphony on April 17, 2025.

An old favorite and an oddity from the BSO

The Linda Lindas grow beyond viral fame to headline their own tour

Fyre Festival 2 issues refund for Mexico event, stops ticket sales

Theater/Dance

Paul Reiser

‘It’s just that stand-up is the thing I love’: Paul Reiser on returning to his roots

Hats off to Moonbox’s stirring ‘Crowns’

Merry mayhem in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Health

A surgical technician washed her hands after exiting an operating room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Nurses on the hospital's fifth-floor maternity ward are uneasy about six cases of benign brain tumors among current and former workers.

Six cases of benign brain tumors among nurses at one Newton-Wellesley Hospital unit spark uneasiness among workers

Blue Cross Blue Shield will stop covering popular weight-loss drugs amid surging costs

Hundreds of Massachusetts health care workers urge hospitals to protect immigrant patients

Obituaries

Dr. Boskin, talking to students after his American humor class at Boston University.

Joseph Boskin, scholar of humor and April Fools’ prankster, dies at 95

Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91

Richard Armitage, Powell deputy and foreign policy heavyweight, dies at 79