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‘He’s the right person at the right time’: State board backs Chicago Public Schools leader as next Mass. education commissioner

Pedro Martinez, the outgoing chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, was named the next commissioner of the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Tuesday afternoon.

First day of Karen Read retrial’s concludes with testimony from two key witnesses. Here’s how it unfolded.
During the first day of the trial, prosecutors called two key witnesses to the stand.

The Trump administration asked Boston for a meeting about antisemitism. Then it went quiet.
City officials say they have not heard from the Justice Department about the meeting that was to take place Wednesday.

Longmeadow real estate developer pleads guilty to $19m loan fraud using fake tenants, leases
Louis R. Masaschi, 59, and his co-owned dozens of real estate companies in Springfield, Longmeadow, and Enfield, Conn., prosecutors said.

Four people seriously injured in alleged domestic violence attack in Mattapan
A man allegedly shot his wife, a teenage girl, and a young boy and stabbed another teenage girl inside a Mattapan home on Monday night, police said.

Allston man charged with murder after woman found dead in apartment
Omar Riaz, 26, allegedly killed a woman inside an apartment on Glenville Avenue.

Hadley man arrested after allegedly selling plutonium and keeping radioactive materials in his home, authorities say
Jacob D. Miller, 43, allegedly sold depleted uranium on eBay and launched an online business called "Collect the Periodic Table," according to prosecutors.

Mass. state lab struggles as Trump reshapes federal health funding
The Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory is accustomed to strong support from the CDC. Now it is learning to go it alone.

‘Shocking’: Amid Trump deportations, federal judges sound alarms about a constitutional crisis
Federal judges are increasingly warning that President Trump is defying the law and contributing to a constitutional crisis in his efforts to deport millions of immigrants.

Some MBTA escalators have been down for years, testing patience of riders
Some escalators at MBTA stations have been closed for years, causing accessibility issues for passengers.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN
Dominick Ruggerio’s political evolution was personal
There was a noticeable change in Rhode Island's Senate president as he rose in power.

New England leaders mourn Pope Francis: ‘a guiding light of hope for millions across the globe’
Leaders around New England reacted to the death of Pope Francis with praise for his legacy of advocacy for the poor and vulnerable.

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More spring weather is on the horizon for New England on Wednesday

Dave Epstein

Spring gardening: Try something new this year, whether a new perennial, vegetable or a new addition to your landscape

Ken Mahan

How a little movie on kids’ efforts to save the planet shows lessons endure beyond Earth Day

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Money, Power, Inequality | Examining the racial wealth gap

National Park Service scrubs Boston LGBTQ+ history in quiet purge of website

Providence’s NAACP branch in crisis, leaving a void in civil rights fight

‘A job in itself’: The red tape to access food, housing, and help holds back Mass. families

Six public school districts in N.H. and Vt. join lawsuit to challenge Trump’s anti-DEI directives

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Bukele apuesta fuerte con Trump — y podría salirle caro

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¿Viajar o no viajar? El dilema de los residentes legales en EE.UU.

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El límite entre disciplinar a un perro y el maltrato animal

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Abandona gobierno estatal supervisión de BPS

Obituaries

Argentine goalkeeper great Hugo ‘El Loco’ Gatti has died at 80

Dominick J. Ruggerio, R.I. Senate president, has died

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

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Dominick Ruggerio’s political evolution was personal

There was a noticeable change in Rhode Island's Senate president as he rose in power.

New England leaders mourn Pope Francis: ‘a guiding light of hope for millions across the globe’

Leaders around New England reacted to the death of Pope Francis with praise for his legacy of advocacy for the poor and vulnerable.

Today in History: April 21, Prince dead at age 57

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One person killed in Roxbury shooting, police say

The victim, whose identity was not released, was rushed to a local hospital where they were later pronounced dead, police said.

Search continues for 4-year-old boy missing in Merrimack River

The Lowell police and fire departments responded to the riverbank for a report Saturday evening that a boy had gone underwater in the Western Canal behind the Tsongas Center.

Boston Marathon bomber’s appeal of death sentence marked by delays and secrecy

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is on federal death row, but his fate remains uncertain after a decade of legal wrangling as his lawyers continue to challenge his death sentence.

Today in History: April 20, the Columbine High School shootings

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