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Think daylight saving time should be year-round? Ed Markey, other senators do, too

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and a bipartisan group of his colleagues in the Senate have reintroduced legislation that would make daylight saving time, which begins this Sunday, permanent nationwide.

Analysis
The senator who is breaking the Internet (and liberal hearts) has a wild backstory
As many Americans noticed, on Friday as the Senate voted on whether raise the federal minimum wage, one senator decided to make a little spectacle out of her vote.

Meteor that streaked across New England broke apart with force equivalent to 440 pounds of TNT, NASA says

The meteor that roared across New England skies on Sunday night was the size of a bowling ball, and its fragmentation was equivalent to 440 pounds of TNT, according to NASA.

Florida police release body cam footage of Johnny Damon’s DUI arrest
The former Red Sox star was charged with driving under the influence and resisting an officer without violence.

Perspective | Magazine
When the Boston theater curtains reopen, let’s not go back to how it was
The theater will thankfully again provide the opportunity to bring us together in person to heal. But let’s also remember the “good old days” weren’t good for everyone.

Commentary
How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ saved me
Norton Juster died this week at 91. His remarkable novel helped ease my childhood loneliness in Petersham.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

In honor of National Pi Day, here’s a look at some of the best pizza around.
Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont

Right whale mother, calf spotted in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard

Scientists at the New England Aquarium spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and her calf in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, the first time this season right whales have been spotted in the area, officials said.

They’re back: A running list of Boston-area restaurant reopenings

Warmer weather is on the way, and restaurants are coming out of hibernation. Here’s a list of restaurants reopening around Boston.
Bars and clubs wonder why they’re last to reopen in Mass.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

Biden, like Trump, embraces the ‘Buy American’ folly

Yet another president doubles down on Herbert Hoover’s disastrous policy.
Jim Stergios and Christopher Anderson

A wealth tax, a SCOTUS case, and a likely Mass. exodus
EDITORIAL

Police reform: The long, hard slog ahead
Alan Wirzbicki

Why Americans should hope Britain ditches its monarchy
Marcela García

A proxy culture war in Newton

Love Letters
How do you overcome an awkward first kiss?
They had a bad experience, and haven’t tried again. But she’d like to.

TY BURR
In ‘Cherry,’ on Apple TV+, love and war and addiction
Nico Walker’s acclaimed novel about a heroin-addicted Iraq War vet becomes an interminable multi-chapter slog courtesy of directors Anthony and Joe Russo (“Avengers: Endgame”), who confuse grinding our faces in misery with seriousness of purpose.

Dam overflows in Hawaii, forcing evacuation
Torrential rain caused a dam in Hawaii to overflow Monday, forcing the evacuation of about 150 households in the area and badly damaging or destroying at least a half-dozen homes, authorities said.

OBITUARY
Carl J. Shapiro, expansive philanthropist who supported hospitals and universities, dies at 108
Once known as the “cotton king” for the popular dresses sold by his Kay Windsor Inc. garment company, Mr. Shapiro initially ran the business with his father, selling it in 1971 for $21 million.

Nonprofit will operate and program planned 300-seat theater in Kendall Square
Global Arts Live and BioMed Realty are teaming up on an ambitious plan to fill the calendar with cultural events, beginning in 2025.

Kia tells owners of nearly 380,000 recalled cars to park them outside until repairs are made
Plus more stories you may have missed from the world of business.

‘Married at First Sight’ is casting in Boston
Marriage therapist Viviana Coles, who works for the show, describes how they choose singles.

Trump, hungry for power, tries to wrestle away GOP fundraising

The former president this week escalated a standoff over the Republican Party’s financial future, blasting party leaders and urging his backers to send donations to his new political action committee — not to the institutional groups that traditionally control the GOP’s coffers.

Recommended reads

On remote Maine islands, a mission to vaccinate

Ministering to the hardy Mainers who live among the 10 unbridged, inhabited islands east of Boothbay Harbor are the staff members and volunteers from the Maine Seacoast Mission, who have traveled by boat and by plane to give coronavirus vaccines to rural residents.
Photos: Vaccine distribution on the far-flung isles of Maine

THE FINE PRINT
Need a parking space reserved for the disabled? Revere woman’s fight for one offers some lessons
When she lived in Everett, Paula Yebba had a handicapped-only parking space on the street in front of her rented apartment. But when she moved to Revere, the city said no. She needed to own her home, she was told.

‘Does COVID only come in when there’s no food?’: Bars and clubs wonder why they’re last to reopen in Mass.
While other businesses talk about a slow return to normalcy, there is no clear timeline for when drinking establishments can reopen. The state on March 22 is scheduled to move into a new phase of reopening, allowing sports stadiums to reopen to small crowds, and permit larger gatherings at weddings and other functions — but not bars.

metro

Right whale mother, calf spotted in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard
Scientists at the New England Aquarium spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and her calf in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, the first time this season right whales have been spotted in the area, officials said.

Meteor spotted across sky over Vermont, NASA reports

Massachusetts to offer educator-only vaccine days at mass vaccination sites

Sports

figure skating
Former Olympic skater Mirai Nagasu looks to jump-start her career in Boston
Nagasu, best known for her triple axels, has recovered from major hip surgery and is now coaching in the area and headed for business school.

Florida police release body cam footage of Johnny Damon’s DUI arrest
Islanders 2, Bruins 1 (SO)

There were some good signs for the Bruins, but in the end, the Islanders had their number again

business

GE, AerCap join air leasing businesses in $30 billion deal
Pushing GE Capital Aviation Services into a separate business puts GE closer to its goal of shedding most of the colossal financial wing that nearly sank it during the 2008 financial crisis.

Maker of Dove soap will drop the word ‘normal’ from beauty products

Boston insurance-tech startup Corvus to double workforce with $100 million investment

politics

Analysis
The senator who is breaking the Internet (and liberal hearts) has a wild backstory
As many Americans noticed, on Friday as the Senate voted on whether raise the federal minimum wage, one senator decided to make a little spectacle out of her vote.

Jimmy Carter says he’s sad, angry over Georgia voting bills

Think daylight saving time should be year-round? Ed Markey, other senators do, too

lifestyle

TRAVEL
Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont
Hard cider is having a moment, and Vermont makers are creating what “Food & Wine” magazine deemed “some of the best out there right now.” We just had to see for ourselves.

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

TRAVEL

A virtual bike travel film festival, a Grand Canyon train adventure, and a pizza oven you can take on the road

arts

At this year’s Salem Film Fest, clashing views when crossing borders
“Missing in Brooks County“ and “The Jump” explore the personal and political aspects of immigration.

TY BURR

In ‘Cherry,’ on Apple TV+, love and war and addiction

How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ saved me

rhode island

SPORTS
Mount St. Mary’s stuns Bryant 73-68 to clinch NCAA bid
Damian Chong Qui scored 21 points and Malik Jefferson scored 10 with 15 rebounds and Mount St. Mary’s stunned Bryant 73-68 on Tuesday night in the Northeast Conference tournament championship game.

RHODE MAP

Providence ‘giving meters’ generate $2 a day, but the city hasn’t donated any of the proceeds
RI BUSINESS

Providence businesses still struggling a year after the R.I. Convention Center was forced to close due to COVID-19

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

WORKING ON IT

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

Nothing is good. These books about "niksen" – the art of doing nothing – help you get there.
PUNK

A JP resident and her punk rock aerobics star in Green Day’s new music video

The band's "Here Comes the Shock" is set to Hilken Mancini's homemade video of moves like the "Iggy punch" and "whack jacks."
MUSIC

Aoife O’Donovan can’t wait for ‘the sweat of performance’

The singer/songwriter will appear Friday with Chris Thile in a Celebrity Series of Boston streaming concert.
COMFORT ZONE

In Gloucester, a place to remember lost lives and ‘a year from hell’

The Cape Ann Museum COVID-19 Memorial opens Wednesday with an online ceremony. The public can visit in person through Sunday.
ART

‘Against all odds,’ Peabody Essex show leads to discovery of second Jacob Lawrence painting

The piece was hanging all these years in a nurse's apartment on the Upper West Side.
COMFORT ZONE

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Scot Lehigh

Joe Manchin, the Democrats’ indispensable senator
EDITORIAL

A long overdue measure: Mass. drivers without lawful status should get driver’s licenses
Joan Vennochi

Meghan Markle stands up to palace power and white privilege
RENÉE GRAHAM

Meghan Markle was never allowed to fit into the royal family

Mindy Lubber

There’s no time to waste — Baker, Legislature must enact the climate bill

IDEAS | JONATHAN BERK

Streets that put people first, not cars

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Globe Magazine

Chaplains and the rise of on-demand spiritual support

Back to Nature

Eight great places for bird-watching in New England
Back to Nature

‘A shortcut to mindfulness’: Finding a way back to the great outdoors

Back to Nature

A plant lover's guide to 16 gorgeous gardens and arboretums

sports

ESPN reaches seven-year agreement to bring NHL games back to network

Paul Pierce named first-time finalist for 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame; Bill Russell nominated as coach

Natick girls volleyball weathers uneasy times with solid fundamentals, senior core

metro

One year later: The last photos you took on your phone before COVID changed everything

Meteor that streaked across New England broke apart with force equivalent to 440 pounds of TNT, NASA says

Massachusetts announces vaccine preregistration system to ease appointment frenzy

Nation

The senator who is breaking the Internet (and liberal hearts) has a wild backstory

Watch live: Baker gives an update on COVID-19 vaccinations

Dam overflows in Hawaii, forcing evacuation

World

Puerto Rico reopens public schools amid COVID-19 fears

Royals’ comments raise race issue in Commonwealth nations

In royal ‘Firm,’ the family business always comes first

politics

House set to vote on virus relief, Biden on cusp of triumph

Biden’s first 50 days: Where he stands on key promises

House approves pro-union bill despite dim Senate odds

business

Kia tells owners of nearly 380,000 recalled cars to park them outside until repairs are made

Judge rejects partner’s fraud claims against builder John Fish in condo tower case

‘Does COVID only come in when there’s no food?’: Bars and clubs wonder why they’re last to reopen in Mass.

lifestyle

Lara Spencer likes the Brimfield flea markets, rescue dogs, Greece — and cashing in on clutter

‘Married at First Sight’ is casting in Boston

Being banished to the dog house isn’t what these presidential pups deserve

marijuana

A guide to the Rhode Island Senate’s plan to legalize cannabis

Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it

Mass. marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

opinion

A wealth tax, a SCOTUS case, and a likely Mass. exodus

Police reform: The long, hard slog ahead

Biden, like Trump, embraces the ‘Buy American’ folly

food & dining

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

They’re back: A running list of Boston-area restaurant reopenings

Your pet — as a sculpture made from kitchen utensils

travel

Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont

A virtual bike travel film festival, a Grand Canyon train adventure, and a pizza oven you can take on the road

Lara Spencer likes the Brimfield flea markets, rescue dogs, Greece — and cashing in on clutter

Books

How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ saved me

‘Phantom Tollbooth’ author Norton Juster dies at 91

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

Movies

At this year’s Salem Film Fest, clashing views when crossing borders

In ‘Cherry,’ on Apple TV+, love and war and addiction

‘Borat,’ ‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Nomadland’ among Producers Guild Awards nominations

Television

Celebrating the epic and influential ‘Game of Thrones’

‘Generation’ is the newest show for today’s teens

Harry and Meghan going off-script sets the story line for royal dramas to come

music

Aoife O’Donovan can’t wait for ‘the sweat of performance’

Lake Street Dive’s grown-up pop waxes and wanes on ‘Obviously’

For NEC students, it’s been a year of improvising

Theater/Dance

Nonprofit will operate and program planned 300-seat theater in Kendall Square

Boston Ballet celebrates Jorma Elo in a rich program of new work and past highlights

On your screen but outside the box: Theater companies rise to a creative challenge

globe local

Newton to decide two City Council races in Tuesday special election

Record-breaking warmth possible in the upcoming week

A lost year, chronicled through art

Obituaries

Carl J. Shapiro, expansive philanthropist who supported hospitals and universities, dies at 108

Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

Ralph Peterson, jazz drummer who inspired Berklee students as a professor, dies at 58