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Business

‘Practically impossible’: As the White House pushes women to have more babies, the women who want them can’t afford it

The Globe spoke with more than 20 women who harbor an interest in starting or expanding their families, but feel they’ve been priced out of parenthood by the region’s sky-high cost of living. Continue reading →

Metro

‘We’ve got to do this’: How a week in the jungle with a chess prodigy helped Joe Mazzulla become the coach the Celtics needed

Josh Waitzkin, whose childhood was immortalized in "Searching for Bobby Fischer," took Mazzulla on a life-changing trip in Costa Rica in the summer of 2023. Continue reading →

Politics

In ‘millionaires tax’ bill, House speaker carved out $25m for a parking garage in his hometown. Critics call it a ‘power play.’

Massachusetts House leaders tucked $25 million for a parking garage in downtown Quincy into a spending bill backed by revenue from the so-called millionaire tax. Continue reading →

Immigration

Detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk sounds alarm on conditions in Louisiana detention facility

Rümeysa Öztürk says she has endured crowded and contaminated dorms, 45-minute asthma attacks, and uncontrollable coughing. Continue reading →

World

Israel plans to seize Gaza under new plan, officials say

The new plan would push hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to southern Gaza and likely exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump sons’ deals on three continents directly benefit the president

A contest of sorts has played out across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East in recent days as President Trump’s two older sons have pursued a blitz of family moneymaking ventures capitalizing on their father’s name and power, each seemingly trying to outdo the other. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump administration asks court to dismiss abortion pill case

The court filing by the Justice Department is striking, given that President Trump and a number of officials in his administration have forcefully opposed abortion rights. Continue reading →

Nation

These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump’s policy plans

As Republican lawmakers hammer out a “big, beautiful bill” to enact President Trump’s policy plans, they’re running into a problem: their colleagues’ growing list of red lines. Continue reading →

The World

World

Survivors urge cardinals to discuss sex abuse crisis in choosing next pope

Cardinals are not the only ones who have arrived in Rome for the conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor. Continue reading →

World

Rwanda in early talks with US to take expelled migrants

Rwanda is in talks with the Trump administration to take in migrants deported from the United States, the central African nation’s foreign minister said. Continue reading →

World

Bombed by Russia, Odesa now wages a cultural battle

The city is already enduring the ordeal of Russia’s invasion, with drones and missiles hitting it every other night. Now a cultural battle is dividing Odesa, with the Babel statue a flash point. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

To hoard or not to hoard?

Should you be panic-buying toilet paper? Continue reading →

Editorials

House speaker reels in last-minute pork from Fair Share funds

Earmarks shouldn’t be par for the course as economic clouds gather. Continue reading →

Columns

Will the next pope do more than Pope Francis to fight clergy sexual abuse?

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

‘We’ve got to do this’: How a week in the jungle with a chess prodigy helped Joe Mazzulla become the coach the Celtics needed

Josh Waitzkin, whose childhood was immortalized in "Searching for Bobby Fischer," took Mazzulla on a life-changing trip in Costa Rica in the summer of 2023. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Politics

In R.I. federal court, 20 attorneys general sue Trump administration for ‘dismantling’ HHS

“These actions may save money, but they’re going to kill people,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. collected $1.1 billion more in taxes than it expected to in April. But warning signs remain.

Those warning signs include federal funding cuts under President Trump and a looming economic recession. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Krafts pledge more development will follow soccer stadium in Everett

In an unusual appearance at a community meeting in Everett, Robert Kraft and Jonathan Kraft made the case for why the city should embrace their plans for a new soccer stadium. Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins have no luck in lottery, land No. 7 pick in NHL Draft

Boston went into the night with an 8.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick. The franchise hasn’t had the top selection since 1997, when it picked Joe Thornton. Continue reading →

Patriots

Julian Edelman to be inducted into Patriots Hall of Fame

Edelman played 11 seasons, all with the Patriots, after being a lightly regarded quarterback prospect. He won three Super Bowls and earned MVP honors in his final one. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘Practically impossible’: As the White House pushes women to have more babies, the women who want them can’t afford it

The Globe spoke with more than 20 women who harbor an interest in starting or expanding their families, but feel they’ve been priced out of parenthood by the region’s sky-high cost of living. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Trillium cofounders raise spirits at Brewers Association annual meeting

C-suite changes coming to Citizens, State Street; Boston Arts Academy lands $2m anonymous gift; Greater Boston Chamber rallies to protect research funds. Continue reading →

AI/Robotics

Wilmington automation firm laying off 400 workers after merger

The job cuts come from the Andover-based robotics unit of Walmart that Symbotic acquired in January. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Mike Peters, Alarm frontman and voice in cancer fight, dies at 66

His Welsh post-punk band the Alarm drew comparisons to U2 for its passion and its clarion-call anthems. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Julia Parsons, Navy code breaker during World War II, dies at 104

Julia Parsons, a US Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania. She was 104. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Television

Jason Mantzoukas is bringing his own flair to ‘Taskmaster’ this season

The show, which became a pandemic hit stateside, asks comedians to manage a list of absurd tasks. Continue reading →

Love Letters

I show more love than the people I date

"Often, I find myself in relationships with people who are verbally validating but lack the action-based follow-through." Continue reading →

Performing Arts

At Boston Fringe, ‘Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse’ elevates absurdity into art

Interview with Jackie Skinner, the Waltham native and one-half of the two-woman clown comedy show performing at the first ever Boston Fringe this week at Somerville's Rockwell Theater. Continue reading →