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Rauw Alejandro, Eugene Mirman’s special recording, and more to do around Boston this weekend. trib.al/Z8o7eRK

Bernie Sanders described Donald Trump as "the most dangerous president perhaps in American history,” during a sit-down with Stephen Colbert. trib.al/hG8taPs

The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. trib.al/uthy900

R&B singer Cassie delved into text messages with her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs as she resumed testifying in his sex trafficking trial. trib.al/KBcAzoJ

A Cambridge city councilor and several other men charged with paying for sex through a Cambridge-area brothel ring appeared in court, where they pleaded not guilty and were released on personal recognizance. trib.al/tg6ea1d

Brown University officials are investigating after a swastika was found carved into a restroom door on campus, according to a university administrator. trib.al/FBTTECO

Bill Belichick can’t escape questions about his relationship with Jordon Hudson. On “Good Morning America,” he didn’t really answer them. trib.al/NW7SxSd

A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state’s strict anti-abortion law. trib.al/MSHds6E

Bob’s Discount Furniture announced the opening of 20 new stores this year, including one in Dorchester’s South Bay Center, at a time when other retailers are shuttering locations and bracing for tariffs. trib.al/v1TlCuA

A judge dismissed criminal charges against a Haitian mother who had been accused of throwing her child at a state shelter worker following a dispute over her eviction. She remains in ICE custody, and is at risk for deportation. trib.al/uWoLvoI

Watch Party: ‘Paddington in Peru,’ Eurovision, and more weekend streaming picks trib.al/kPgDtib

In a massive setback, House Republicans failed to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats voting against it. Follow live updates. trib.al/9Q4Cowm

More black bears need to be hunted in Massachusetts, regulators decide trib.al/1XU8jon

A former Harvard graduate student who sued the university over its alleged mishandling of campus antisemitism has settled with his alma mater, he and Harvard said. trib.al/YSSv3Zt

President Trump’s administration must put the brakes on slashing billions in federal money for public health departments, a federal judge said. trib.al/LZe7uPR

A woman charged in the January killing of a US Border Patrol agent during a Vermont traffic stop fired the bullet that struck him in the neck, authorities say in a new report. trib.al/f9tKxxw

Parenting Unfiltered | There’s a nap for that: How to manage the distracting devices of digital-era parenthood trib.al/MkJKd1T

Seat stealers have been around since the advent of commercial aviation, but in the universe of viral TikTok videos, it seems to be more omnipresent. trib.al/gdMrNq3

Blind date: Will these two scientists find chemistry? trib.al/71EVgwz

Despite legal setbacks, the Trump administration appeared to be moving forward with its campaign against elite law firms that have chosen to fight the president’s executive orders that threaten to upend their business. trib.al/cTusryo