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State of the Union

For the first time at a State of the Union address, two women — Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi — were behind the president.

Amid fast-changing events, Biden looks ahead in State of the Union

The president looked to project strength and resolve amid a backdrop of crises that could define his presidency.

President Joe Biden.

Five takeaways from Biden’s first State of the Union

In case you missed it, here is a quick recap of what people will be talking about.

Representative Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., left, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., right, screamed "Build the Wall" as President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on March 1, 2022, in Washington.

Boebert blames deaths of US soldiers during Afghanistan withdrawal on Biden as he discusses late son

In a rare discordant moment at President Biden’s first State of the Union address Tuesday, Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado yelled out that Biden was to blame for the 13 service members who were killed during last August’s chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Boston to lift mask mandate for some indoor spaces Saturday

The Board of Health chose to end the requirement for face masks inside stores, restaurants, gyms, event spaces, and municipal buildings after a brief discussion, based on the advice of the city’s commissioner of public health, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, who said the numbers are headed in the right direction.

Here’s what to know about Boston lifting its indoor mask mandate

‘I personally think he’s unhinged’: Analysts question Putin’s mental state after Ukraine invasion

Questions about the Russian leader’s stability and rationality that have been raised in quiet conversations among global leaders are spilling into public view.

As Russia intensifies assault against key Ukrainian cities, Biden vows Putin will ‘pay’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky decried Russia’s escalation of attacks on crowded cities as a blatant terror campaign, while President Biden warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t “pay a price” for the invasion, the aggression wouldn’t stop with one country.

What to know on Day 7 of Russian assault

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Russian delegation prepared to resume talks with Ukrainian officials about the war, Kremlin spokesman says

Gary Washburn | Celtics 107, Hawks 98

Jaylen Brown’s injury leaves the thin Celtics in even greater need of depth

Brown went down with an ankle injury on Tuesday, leaving Ime Udoka even more shorthanded on the wing.

The Bruins trimmed their deficit to 3-2 with a goal in the second period.

Ducks 4, Bruins 3

Bruins’ five-game winning streak ends with sloppy loss to the Ducks

The Ducks scored on the power play with 21.6 seconds left in the game.

Michael O'Brien of Southborough and his daughter, Kasia. O'Brien sent a $1,200 iPhone to his daughter in a FedEx package sent to New York City, but the phone was missing on arrival.

He shipped his daughter’s new phone to her in NYC. But on arrival, it was gone.

When Kasia O’Brien opened the FedEx delivery in New York, she found a couple of books, a picture of the family cat, candy, and pretzels. There was no iPhone to be seen.

In this undated photo provided by the Portuguese Navy on Feb. 18, smoke billowed from the burning Felicity Ace car transport ship as seen from the Portuguese Navy NPR Setubal ship southeast of the mid-Atlantic Portuguese Azores Islands.

Huge car carrier bound for Rhode Island sinks in mid-Atlantic

On a journey from Germany to the United States, The Felicity Ace, a large cargo vessel carrying a variety of expensive cars sank Tuesday in the mid-Atlantic, almost two weeks after a fire broke out on board, the ship’s manager and the Portuguese navy said.

Opinion

A cafe in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, has a sign reading "Russian ship, go [expletive] yourself," alluding to the 13 Ukrainian guards who challenged Russian invaders rather than surrendering to them.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

The heroes without capes in Ukraine

Courageous acts of everyday people can be contagious.

To avoid Ukraine’s fate, Taiwan needs nuclear missiles — now

When an attorney’s racism tilts the scales of justice, the courts must correct with a new trial

History’s long shadow in Ukraine’s fight for its democracy

The world is being wrenched between liberal democracy and illiberal strongmen

Butter miso noodles with chicken and vegetables from Dumpling Daughter.

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Vesalius Therapeutics launches to develop treatments for common diseases

The Cambridge startup is backed with $75 million from Flagship Pioneering, the firm behind Moderna.

Texas primary sets up Abbott-O’Rourke race as midterms begin

Former congressman and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke won the Democratic primary for Texas governor Tuesday. Current Governor Greg Abbott won the Republican primary.

Health officials report an overdose death at Roundhouse

The woman's death was disclosed during a community meeting Tuesday by a representative of Boston Medical Center, which is operating the transitional housing site and healthcare clinics, including an acute care clinic, at the hotel on Massachusetts Avenue.

MLB cancels first two series of 2022 season after players reject owners’ proposal for a new CBA

The first six Red Sox games have been canceled, as the sport's first work stoppage in 26 years — prompted by an owner-imposed lockout — entered its 90th day.

Recipe: The viral culinary sensation called custard yogurt toast is insanely easy and delicious

This recipe is for Custard Yogurt Toast from the food section of The Boston Globe.

Meet Emma Eun-joo Choi, NPR’s newest (and youngest) host

NPR's newest and youngest host, Emma Eun-joo Choi, a junior at Harvard University, views herself as the "vibe curator" of her show, “Everyone & Their Mom.”

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A flamethrower was among 211 firearms that Burrillville police and ATF agents seized from the home of Ronald A. Andruchuk on Feb. 25.

One man, more than 200 guns, and a neighborhood on edge

The shooting didn’t stop. Ronald Armand Andruchuk didn’t respond to police when they tried to contact him, even when they could tell he was home.

Preston Settles, Newton teenager who collapsed during basketball game, died Sunday after 22-day fight for life

Whether at the basketball court, hockey rink, or football field, Settles was a “grinder” with a deep reservoir of “grit and tenacity,” traits the 15-year-old also displayed during his three-week fight for life that ended Sunday night, his family said.

‘This is the stuff of childhood dreams,’ says writer-director of ‘CODA,’ shot in Massachusetts

The film, about the musical aspirations of a child of deaf parents, bagged a top SAG Award and is up for three Oscars, including best picture.

Five things you can do to fight climate change right now

Though individual action only goes so far, there are steps people can take to try to lower carbon emissions, mitigate their own impacts, and call on their governments to do more. Here are a few suggestions.

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Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Joshua Wolf Coleman, Ed Hoopman, and Scot Colford in "The Book of Will" at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.

Averting a Shakespeare tragedy in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Book of Will’

Larry David (pictured last October) put the kibosh on the two-part documentary about him that was set to premiere Tuesday night on HBO.

We’ll have to ‘stay tuned’ for ‘The Larry David Story’

At 22, Emma Eun-joo Choi is NPR's first Gen Z host, helming a "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" spinoff called "Everyone & Their Mom."

Meet Emma Eun-joo Choi, NPR’s newest (and youngest) host

Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child in HBO Max's "Julia."

HBO releases first look at new comedy series ‘Julia’

Special Projects

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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

Damage from a missile in an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25.

Watching war in real time, one TikTok at a time

Flowers and messages are piled together outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.

IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

Can a shared outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unite a divided America?

Thousands of protesters gathered in Budapest to demonstrate against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 26. Hungary’s right-wing nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, has nurtured close political and economic ties with Russia for more than a decade. But following Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Hungary's neighbor, Orban is facing growing pressure to change course.

How to defend democracy

Mercy Otis Warren, around 1763, in a portrait by John Singleton Copley that now belongs to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

IDEAS | JON MAEL

The woman whose subversive writing spurred the American Revolution

Former President Donald Trump speaks at CPAC in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. While RussiaÕs invasion of Ukraine has the whole world transfixed, it is a distant matter at CPAC, where the focus is on Trump and the widespread sense of victimization that has replaced traditional conservative issues as the main agenda items. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)

Trump embodies what he says is the biggest danger — ‘people from within’

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain.

IDEAS | MICHAEL MURPHY

What Paul Farmer taught me about ‘dignity construction’ in health care

Metro

Gov. Baker gets clipped for a good cause -- Boston Children’s Hospital

Governor Charlie Baker had his head shaved Tuesday morning during a charity event in Quincy for pediatric research and treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Secretary Raimondo tapped as designated survivor during State of the Union

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been selected as the designated survivor for President Biden’s first State of the Union address.

Boston to lift mask mandate for some indoor spaces Saturday

The Board of Health chose to end the requirement for face masks inside stores, restaurants, gyms, event spaces, and municipal buildings after a brief discussion, based on the advice of the city’s commissioner of public health, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, who said the numbers are headed in the right direction.

Michele McNally, who elevated Times photography, dies at 66

In her 14-year tenure, the paper earned six Pulitzer Prizes for news and feature photography.

Sports

The Bruins trimmed their deficit to 3-2 with a goal in the second period.

Ducks 4, Bruins 3

Bruins’ five-game winning streak ends with sloppy loss to the Ducks

The Ducks scored on the power play with 21.6 seconds left in the game.

The Celtics' Al Horford blocks a shot by the Hawks' Trae Young in the first quarter.

Celtics 107, Hawks 98

Celtics blow past Hawks in second half after losing Jaylen Brown to injury

Brown was injured in the third minute after he took a bad step on a drive to the hoop.

Jaylen Brown turned his right ankle driving to the basket against the Hawks on Tuesday.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jaylen Brown’s injury leaves the thin Celtics in even greater need of depth

Brown went down with an ankle injury on Tuesday, leaving Ime Udoka even more shorthanded on the wing.

MIAA GIRLS' BASKETBALL | DUXBURY 55, MIDDLEBOROUGH 48

With strong rebounding advantage, Duxbury girls’ basketball grabs an opening tournament victory

TUESDAY'S MIAA BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUPs

With solid depth, Bedford boys’ basketball is height of efficiency in opening rout of Wilmington

MLB labor dispute

MLB cancels first two series of 2022 season after players reject owners’ proposal for a new CBA

Business

Inflation in 19 nations using euro sets record for 4th month

Surging energy costs have driven inflation in Europe to another record high, raising questions about when the central bank should step in to ease the pain to people’s wallets while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattles the global economy.

Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 7 of Russian assault

Russia’s escalation Wednesday came as President Biden, in his State of the Union speech to Americans on Tuesday night, warned that if the Russian leader didn’t “pay a price” for the invasion, the aggression wouldn’t stop with one country.

‘Minister No’: Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture

Vesalius Therapeutics launches to develop treatments for common diseases

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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

The Parenting Issue

Kids produce endless stuff. How do you decide what to save?

The Parenting Issue

My daughter had colic and her endless crying made me feel like a failure

The complications of calling the police about loud music from the neighbors

Frederick Douglass

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, Feb. 28 - March 6

metro

A masks-required sign was posted in Roche Bros. Supermarket in Downtown Crossing.

Here’s what to know about Boston lifting its indoor mask mandate

Rhode Island business news: March 2022

Huge car carrier bound for Rhode Island sinks in mid-Atlantic

sports

Chattanooga was Matt Ryan's third college stop before he graduated in 2020.

Celtics are giving G League product Matt Ryan a shot

Russia excluded from more sports as sanctions mount in wake of invasion of Ukraine

Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman named NHL rookie of the month for February

business

Demonstrators confronted the police during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Moscow on Saturday. The Russian government admitted for the first time on Sunday that there are dead and wounded troops, but offered no numbers.

Economic dangers from Russia’s invasion ripple across globe

COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports

China holds talks with Ukraine, further edging away from Russia

politics

Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Texas primary sets up Abbott-O’Rourke race as midterms begin

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds uses GOP response to blast Biden over ‘runaway inflation’

Supreme Court nominee Jackson heading to Capitol Hill

Nation

A man left Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on March 2, 2022.

Sorting fact, disinformation amid Russian war on Ukraine

Texas primary sets up Abbott-O’Rourke race as midterms begin

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds uses GOP response to blast Biden over ‘runaway inflation’

World

A vendor arranges produce on a vegetable stall in Lehel market hall in Budapest.

Inflation in 19 nations using euro sets record for 4th month

Russian delegation prepared to resume talks with Ukrainian officials about the war, Kremlin spokesman says

As Russia intensifies assault against key Ukrainian cities, Biden vows Putin will ‘pay’

opinion

An ox carcass in the Serido region of Brazil on Oct. 31.

On climate change, there is no ‘try,’ only ‘do’

The woman whose subversive writing spurred the American Revolution

Another new world order quickly takes shape as Ukraine war rages on

lifestyle

One particular Mooncusser at Home Friday selection included Moroccan lamb meatballs, endive salad with pistachios and harissa vinaigrette, semolina cake with saffron poached apricots, couscous, pita bread, and spice roasted carrots.

A menu from Mooncusser, in your own kitchen

Meet Emma Eun-joo Choi, NPR’s newest (and youngest) host

Warming foods and beverages to get you through the rest of winter

food & dining

One particular Mooncusser at Home Friday selection included Moroccan lamb meatballs, endive salad with pistachios and harissa vinaigrette, semolina cake with saffron poached apricots, couscous, pita bread, and spice roasted carrots.

A menu from Mooncusser, in your own kitchen

Warming foods and beverages to get you through the rest of winter

Too chicken to ski? Go to The Hatchery instead.

travel

Street art welcomes visitors to Jackson Ward, the neighborhood that has been called both the Harlem of the South and Black Wall Street.

Exploring and celebrating the uplifting Black stories from Richmond’s painful past

Flowers in Worcester, safety on the slopes, and gear in its rightful place

Lauren Hashian on Hawaii, the window seat, writing it all down, and finding some time alone

Arts

Napoleon Jones-Henderson during a preview of his new exhibition "I Am As I Am — A Man," at the ICA recently.

At the ICA, Napoleon Jones-Henderson lets tapestry do the talking

‘New Horizons’ at Pellas Gallery brings NFTs to Newbury Street

When artist moms team up with their artist children, playful ideas are born

Books

Caught in the trap of chronic illness

On rural America

Julie Otsuka reads for language more than plot

Movies

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in a 2007 file photo. The prestigious film festival released a statement March 1, 2022, that said unless the Russian invasion ends with conditions acceptable to Ukraine, it would not welcome any Russian delegations or anyone connected to the Russian government.

How the entertainment industry is responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

‘This is the stuff of childhood dreams,’ says writer-director of ‘CODA,’ shot in Massachusetts

A quite dark Dark Knight: Robert Pattinson stars in ‘The Batman’

Television

Larry David (pictured last October) put the kibosh on the two-part documentary about him that was set to premiere Tuesday night on HBO.

We’ll have to ‘stay tuned’ for ‘The Larry David Story’

How the entertainment industry is responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

HBO releases first look at new comedy series ‘Julia’

music

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in a 2007 file photo. The prestigious film festival released a statement March 1, 2022, that said unless the Russian invasion ends with conditions acceptable to Ukraine, it would not welcome any Russian delegations or anyone connected to the Russian government.

How the entertainment industry is responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Chicks announce 2022 tour with a stop in Mass. on July 5

Aoife O’Donovan’s fulfilling long-distance relationship with ‘Age of Apathy’

Theater/Dance

From left: Joshua Wolf Coleman, Ed Hoopman, and Scot Colford in "The Book of Will" at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.

Averting a Shakespeare tragedy in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Book of Will’

Kelvin Dinkins Jr. named executive director of American Repertory Theater

Cirque du Soleil bringing its ice show ‘Crystal’ to Amherst and Boston

globe local

Governor Charlie Baker had his head shaved as part of Granite Telecommunications' Saving by Shaving event, which raised 5 million dollars for Boston Children's Hospital's cancer research.

Gov. Baker gets clipped for a good cause -- Boston Children’s Hospital

A yo-yo master teaches about life’s ups and downs

Lexington Historical Society showcases a favorite treat with ‘A Taste for Chocolate’

Obituaries

Ms. McNally, listening to colleague Damon Winter speak after he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2009.

Michele McNally, who elevated Times photography, dies at 66

Richard Blum, husband of California Senator Dianne Feinstein, dies

Legal Sea Foods founder George Berkowitz dies at 97