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Foundation gives $12.5 million to Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in transformative gift

The gift is the largest in the history of the school, which trains a largely nontraditional student body for a host of technical careers.

12-year-old boy from Mass. drowns off Puerto Rico, Coast Guard says

A dive unit from San Juan police found the boy's body near the shoreline of Condado Beach early Tuesday morning, following a nearly two-day search according to the San Juan sector of the US Coast Guard.

Video footage sheds light on BU professor’s fatal fall at MBTA station, but key details remain unclear

The Globe analyzed video footage and photos of the staircase that provided a fuller reconstruction of what happened to the professor in the moments leading up to his death.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

US and allies impose sanctions on Russia as Biden condemns ‘invasion’ of Ukraine

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Kyiv government to impose state of emergency
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China blasts US over approach to Ukraine crisis
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Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates

A family crossed Tuesday from separatist-controlled territory to Ukrainian government-controlled areas in Stanytsia Luhanska.

Russian invasion of Ukraine would have global impact, specialists say

The specter of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine is raising fears the conflict will spread, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis, significant economic disruptions, and Russian cyberattacks on the United States.

Biden, Putin signal bigger confrontation ahead over Ukraine Here’s what you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine situation

Three cars plunged into the waters of Lake Winnipesaukee heading to an ice fishing tournament

Two of the recovered cars were fully submerged below the ice, while another, a Ford Explorer, only partially sunk, with its front wheels falling into the lake.

The Massachusetts State House reopened to public Tuesday — mostly

It had been 708 days since legislative leaders closed its doors to the public at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Club NFT founder Jason Bailey (right) is in the business of making it easier to discover, protect, and share NFTs.

A Framingham startup could find a forever home for your NFTs

Club NFT is in the business of protecting the popular and sometimes expensive digital assets in buyers’ collections.

Brian Flores spoke with Bryant Gumbel about his case.

Brian Flores left ‘millions of dollars’ on table by not signing NDA with Dolphins

Flores appeared on “Real Sports” with Gumbel on Tuesday.

As Giants head coach, Joe Judge (right) didn't make great strides in bringing along young quarterback Daniel Jones (left).

christopher l. gasper

Joe Judge is a dubious choice as Mac Jones’s tutor, and other thoughts

It seems as if kissing Bill Belichick's Super Bowl rings and genuflecting are qualities highly valued in Patriots assistant coaches.

J.C. Jackson says he has yet to hear from the Patriots about a new contract

Opinion

Whoever doused that bust of Angelou could have used water instead of gasoline. I’m guessing that the perpetrator used a flammable liquid as a symbol of immolation, something history shows has been done both to books and Black people.

Why a bust of Maya Angelou was vandalized at BPL during an anti-vaccine protest

Opposition to COVID mandates is a modern version of "state’s rights" — a cloaked excuse for white grievance.

Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks

The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.

Dial up sanctions on Russia as it dials up its Ukraine war

IDEAS | H. GILBERT WELCH

A contradiction in cancer screening

Michelle A. Williams

Paul Farmer taught us not to accept the status quo in public health

Butter miso noodles with chicken and vegetables from Dumpling Daughter.

PROJECT TAKEOUT

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MBTA, Keolis pledge to improve safety at Wilmington crossing where woman was killed

The agencies will enhance testing protocols for the gate at the Middlesex Avenue crossing, which they say has performed as designed, despite the criticisms from local officials, according to a statement from the MBTA and Keolis, which operates the commuter rail.

TECH LAB

Littleton tech startup wants to make drunken driving impossible

KEA Technologies is working on a system that will prevent a car from moving if there’s an intoxicated driver at the wheel. A new federal law will make this technology mandatory in cars starting in 2026.

Appeals court upholds murder convictions and death sentence of Gary Lee Sampson, who died before execution

The court said Sampson’s convictions could not be erased because he admitted killing Jonathan Rizzo, 19, and Philip McCloskey, 69, and had only appealed the jury’s 2017 death penalty verdict.

Hank the Tank, a 500-pound bear, ransacks a California community

Since summer, a black bear known as Hank the Tank has made a 500-pound nuisance of himself in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., breaking into more than two dozen homes to rummage for food and leaving a trail of damage behind.

This TV reporter delivered a flawless news report — in six different languages

An Associated Press television reporter delivering the news in six languages drew praise on Twitter Monday after posting a supercut of himself reporting in English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

In $2.8 billion deal, Houghton Mifflin heads back to private equity ownership

The famed Boston textbook publisher is turning the page on a nearly nine-year chapter as a public company with a deal to be acquired by Veritas Capital.

Recommended reads

Dr. Farmer spoke with an HIV patient at the Partners in Health hospital in Cange, Haiti, in 2003.

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62

A cofounder of Partners in Health, Farmer believed that “medicine should be viewed as social justice work in a world that is so sick and so riven by inequities.”

RI NEWS

Providence library booking reading of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ interrupted by group with Nazi flag

The publication of the Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels manifesto is celebrated each year by thousands around the world as “Red Book Day.”

Eli Lilly to turn former GE Fort Point site into genetic research center

The pharmaceutical giant is expanding into 15 Necco St., an under-construction 12-story lab and office building fronting the Fort Point Channel.

All three men involved in murder of Ahmaud Arbery found guilty of federal hate crimes

The jury reached its decision after several hours of deliberation on the charges against father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Celebrity guests who appeared on "Arthur" included (clockwise from top left) Matt Damon, Michelle Kwan, Fred Rogers, Idina Menzel, Ming Tsai, and John Lewis.

10 unforgettable guest stars who appeared on ‘Arthur’

The new PlantPub will open near Fenway Park in the former Boston BeerWorks space. Pat McCauley and Mary Dumont, owners of PlantPub in Cambridge, have teamed up with Matthew Kenney to open the second location.

PlantPub is coming to the Fenway this spring

Billie Eilish, backed by her brother Finneas, performs at the TD Garden Sunday night.

At TD Garden, Billie Eilish is in her happy place

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, who'll perform in Boston April 3-6.

LCD Soundsystem announces Boston residency at Roadrunner in April

Special Projects

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Russian howitzers are loaded onto train cars at a station outside Taganrog, Russia, near the border with Ukraine, on Feb. 22.

Alexandra Vacroux

What does Putin want?

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: In search of English’s missing words

IBM e-mails about making ‘dinobabies’ extinct confirm what older workers already know

Lakesha Hall, center, and her son, Calvin Simms, right, participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 22, 2012.

IDEAS | KHARI THOMPSON

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, the burden of Blackness persists

Former Florida State and Tennessee Titans defensive back Myron Rolle is a neurosurgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Apply the 2% way to systemic racism

IDEAS | JOE KEOHANE

Why does parenthood make us nostalgic?

Metro

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Governor McKee bets that speaking fluent mayor will pay off

As he seeks a full term as Rhode Island governor, McKee will rely heavily on being the guy that local leaders can count on to take their calls, text them back, and deliver when they need it the most.

A running list of school districts keeping or dropping their mask mandates

Massachusetts dropped its statewide mandate, but individual school districts can still decide for themselves what to do.

Northeastern student places third in ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship

Liz Feltner, a senior majoring in political science and business administration, missed out on the ABC network show’s $250,000 prize but won $50,000 for making it to the final two games, which were prerecorded and broadcast back-to-back on Tuesday night.

Rhode Island political news: February 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Sports

Brian Flores spoke with Bryant Gumbel about his case.

Brian Flores left ‘millions of dollars’ on table by not signing NDA with Dolphins

Flores appeared on “Real Sports” with Gumbel on Tuesday.

Daniil Medvedev won his second-round match in straight sets.

Daniil Medvedev moves into second round in Acapulco; a win will move him to No. 1 in tennis

The 26-year-old Russian could become the just the fifth player to hold the top spot since 2004.

Junior Maggie Lynch holds the Quincy/North Quincy record for career goals with 135.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

After following her brothers, Quincy’s Maggie Lynch now a record-setting leader on the ice

The star junior holds the Quincy/North Quincy co-op career mark with 135 goals, and thanks older brothers Owen and Griffin for showing her the way.

TUESDAY'S SCHOOLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Led by Kate Olenik, Medfield girls’ basketball effort adds up to big victory over Oliver Ames

Bruins acquire Providence College defenseman Michael Callahan in trade with Arizona

HS GIRLS' BASKETBALL | ST. MARY'S 63, PENTUCKET 57 (OT)

St. Mary’s girls’ basketball relishes Classic postseason tune-up, tournament championship on home court

Business

Climate activists try to block access to three German airports

Climate activists on Wednesday blocked roads leading to Germany’s three biggest airports, gluing themselves to the ground before police arrived.

‘Thugs and bullies’: Nations sanction Russia over Ukraine

World leaders sought Wednesday to back up their tough words over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans, and other measures meant to pressure Moscow to pull back from the brink of war.

A look at toughest US sanctions facing Russia

Eli Lilly to turn former GE Fort Point site into genetic research center

STAT

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‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine

Freshman Alyssa Holguin at her high school in San Francisco, in front of a mural about resistance.

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.

If we love our pets so much, why do we treat their veterinarians so poorly?

Portuguese-Style Rice With Kale and Plum Tomatoes.

Recipes: Sturdy and sweet, kale amps up the flavor and texture of 3 dishes

metro

A family crossed Tuesday from separatist-controlled territory to Ukrainian government-controlled areas in Stanytsia Luhanska.

Russian invasion of Ukraine would have global impact, specialists say

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57

Appeals court upholds murder convictions and death sentence of Gary Lee Sampson, who died before execution

sports

J.C. Jackson had eight interceptions last season.

J.C. Jackson says he has yet to hear from the Patriots about a new contract

After six-year fight, US Soccer settles equal-pay dispute with women’s national team

Not much blinking in face-to-face negotiations between MLB and the players

business

Cox Media Group has owned Dedham-based WFXT since 2014, when it purchased it from Fox.

WFXT sold to hedge fund

In $2.8 billion deal, Houghton Mifflin heads back to private equity ownership

Littleton tech startup wants to make drunken driving impossible

politics

The US Capitol and US Supreme Court are seen in this aerial photograph taken above Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2019.

National Guard to help DC control traffic for truck convoys

US and allies impose sanctions on Russia as Biden condemns ‘invasion’ of Ukraine

Biden interviews trio of candidates for Supreme Court

Nation

Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday.

Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic’s first year

Biden administration suspends right of way for controversial mining road in Alaska, reversing Trump

On Ukraine, Republicans are united on criticizing Biden, but not on how to counter Russian threat

World

Firefighters extinguished a fire in a house, which is said was hit in the shelling by Russia-backed separatists, in the settlement of Muratovo in the Lugansk region on Feb. 22, 2022.

US and allies impose sanctions on Russia as Biden condemns ‘invasion’ of Ukraine

Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates

Climate activists try to block access to three German airports

opinion

Lakesha Hall, center, and her son, Calvin Simms, right, participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 22, 2012.

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, the burden of Blackness persists

IBM e-mails about making ‘dinobabies’ extinct confirm what older workers already know

Boston has what it takes to end homelessness

lifestyle

Members of the Florida House of Representatives convened during a legislative session April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in House

‘Augmented’ documentary charts what is gained from a reimagined amputation

A slicer that’s easy on the eyes (and the wrist)

food & dining

Midnight Slice from Midnight Kitchen Tools.

A slicer that’s easy on the eyes (and the wrist)

Recipe: Turn a gyro into a vegetarian version with roasted eggplant as the main ingredient

Recipe: If you love black pepper, rub it all over the meat in this classic French steak au poivre

travel

Tourists waited in line to purchase tickets to Broadway shows in New York's Times Square on Nov. 12, 2021, the first weekend that travel restrictions into the US were lifted for fully vaccinated travelers.

Expedia CEO predicts the ‘busiest travel season ever’ this summer

These days, apres-ski can mean coaster rides and ziplining

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

Arts

A video still from Kerry Tribe's "Afasia," 2017. Installation view by Emerson Contemporary.

Kerry Tribe uses language as a medium in ‘Onomatopoeia’

At the Gardner, Zanele Muholi contains and represents multitudes

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born artist who won fame at 89, dies at 106

Books

Ben Mezrich stops by his Boston office in this May 26, 2015 file photo.

Best-selling author Ben Mezrich goes behind the scenes of his new book, ‘The Midnight Ride’

In Neal Thompson’s ‘The First Kennedys,’ how one brave widow built an American dynasty

Garrett Hongo: reading through Los Angeles and Hawaii

Movies

Jim Ewing’s robotic climbing foot, as seen in the documentary "Augmented."

‘Augmented’ documentary charts what is gained from a reimagined amputation

What’s up, Doc? Just the Bugs Bunny Film Festival at the Brattle.

Volcanic activity, an ‘Alien’ sighting, inscrutable icons

Television

Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass in "The Chair."

Sandra Oh indicates that ‘The Chair’ won’t return

This week’s Euphoria explores viewpoint in a whole new way

This week’s TV: A ‘Beat the Press’ podcast, Uber CEO’s wild ride, and the words of Frederick Douglass

music

Mr. Lanegan, performing at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, in 2019.

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57

At TD Garden, Billie Eilish is in her happy place

LCD Soundsystem announces Boston residency at Roadrunner in April

Theater/Dance

Jeffrey Cirio in "Manon" with English National Ballet.

Jeffrey Cirio returns to Boston Ballet

An array of Donnas in ‘Summer,’ a musical that sets out to capture a rich and complex life

Before she left Boston, Donna Summer found her voice

globe local

Jack Berry's "Goodnight Moon" story box contains items that are written about in the story and an information sheet where families can access the audio recording and description of its contents.

Framingham Eagle Scout gives back to Perkins School for the Blind

Maynard’s pollinator meadow puts native species first

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

Obituaries

Mr. Lanegan, performing at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, in 2019.

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57

Joe Tom Easley, 81, prominent gay rights activist

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62