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Russia attacks Ukraine nuclear plant as invasion advances, prompting reactors to be shut down

The attack on the eastern city of Enerhodar and its Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant unfolded as the invasion entered its second week and another round of talks between the two sides yielded a tentative agreement to set up safe corridors to evacuate citizens and deliver humanitarian aid.
What to know on Day 8 of Russian assault Sorting fact and disinformation amid war on Ukraine Here’s a list of Massachusetts residents and companies aiding Ukraine

What we know about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

In the latest development on Russia’s intensifying attacks on Ukraine, forces pressed on with their invasion by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant in a vital energy-producing city late Thursday.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Ukrainian president pleas for ‘urgent action by Europe’ to stop Russian forces

Baker signs order instructing state agencies not to do business with Russia
“With this order, we hope to build on the sanctions the federal government has already placed on Russia for their unjustified attack on Ukraine,” Governor Charlie Baker said in a statement. “The Commonwealth of Massachusetts condemns the actions of Russia and stands firmly with the free and democratic nation of Ukraine.”

Mass. doctor keeps crusading for peace in a time of war
A Boston doctor pushed for US-Russian health cooperation on the eve of the Ukraine invasion. But his efforts are on hold for now.

Child found dead in Lowell house fire, chief says

Two adults and three children were rescued from the fire on Maude Street., but a child that was missing was later found dead, Lowell Fire Chief Phillip AJ Charron said Thursday night.
Analysis

Trump may have just cost the GOP Senate control (again)

Some of the most promising recruits Republicans eyed for key Senate races are passing. In each case, Trump was a complicating factor.

Florida Republicans send 15-week abortion ban to governor

Abortions after 15 weeks would be banned in Florida under a bill Republican senators sent to Governor Ron DeSantis late Thursday, capping a bitter debate in the statehouse.

State Police troopers may have inflated hours they worked in hundreds of details, inspector general finds

State Police troopers may have claimed to work more hours than they actually did in more than 800 paid details, spurring at least $150,000 in payouts that investigators called “emblematic” of possible abuse, according to the state inspector general’s office.

Part of Newport’s Cliff Walk fell into the ocean
No injuries were reported, but an approximately 20-foot piece of the Cliff Walk experienced a “significant landslide and partial collapse in the vicinity between 40 Steps and Webster Avenue,” according to the city.

Celtics 120, Grizzlies 107

Jayson Tatum scores 37 points as Celtics take bite out of Grizzlies

Bruins 5, Golden Knights 2

Craig Smith’s hat trick helps Bruins beat Golden Knights in Las Vegas

Pickleball is getting intense, but there’s still good news for the lazy: ‘You could literally eat charcuterie as you’re doing it.’

Private coaches. Home courts. Snobbism. Is pickleball the new tennis?

State Senate hires a pay consultant in wake of report that says staff pay ‘breaks with best practice.’

The 144-page report, conducted by the National Conference on State Legislatures and obtained by the Globe, was solicited by the Senate in 2020 with the aim of reviewing job responsibilities and the compensation structure.

Mass General Brigham ads touting expansion are ruffling feathers

The marketing campaign has come under scrutiny from competitors and a legislator, who say MGB is forcing through a frowned-upon regulatory decision. Marketing experts say the plea makes sense for the health system trying to make its case to the public.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Even in the midst of war, racism never rests

Black and brown refugees are facing discrimination even as they flee war in Ukraine, though some refused to believe them.
SCOT LEHIGH

Hit Russia where it hurts — its energy sector

Leonard L. Glass and Edwin B. Fisher

The dangerous case of Vladimir Putin

Philip K. Verleger Jr.

Putin may save us from global warming

Steven Pinker

Is Russia’s war with Ukraine the end of the Long Peace?

Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

5 places we supported this week

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Pandemic forces primary care doctors to adapt, and patients take notice
A new survey suggests that despite the disruptions of the COVID era, primary care offices actually improved in how they communicated with patients and coordinated care last year, compared with before the pandemic.

1,067 confirmed cases, 27 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data report from Mass. Mass. reports 2,395 new cases among public school students and 689 among staff in last two weeks

Watch: Aaron Nesmith suffers ankle injury against Grizzlies as Celtics wing depth takes another hit
The Celtics ruled Nesmith out for the rest of the game.

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
A Kentucky jury on Thursday cleared a former police officer of charges that he endangered neighbors when he fired shots into an apartment during the 2020 drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor’s death.

Biogen begins cutting jobs following disastrous debut of its Alzheimer’s drug

The Cambridge biotech isn’t saying how many people will be laid off as part of its plan to trim at least $500 million in spending.

Inching closer to shoreline rights bill, R.I. experts settle on 10 feet of dry sand

The draft would declare that Rhode Islanders’ shore rights and privileges can be exercised up to the “recognizable high tide line.”

LOVE LETTERS
We have sex only two or three times a year
“We’ve talked about it a lot and she swears it’s not me.”

Recommended reads

‘I felt like I had to be there,’ says photographer Lisa Kessler, who documented aftermath of clergy sexual abuse crisis in Boston

"Heart in the Wound," at Howard Yezerski Gallery, revisits a painful chapter of the city’s history.

Chesto Means Business
In race for offshore wind jobs, Mass. is falling behind. So now what?
As New York and New Jersey pull ahead in offshore wind, Massachusetts lawmakers are debating how best to spur the fast-growing industry here.

tara sullivan
Here’s why the International Olympic Committee’s current stance on Russia isn’t so heroic
If the IOC truly wanted to make an impact, it should have acted years ago against Russia, when it had something to lose.

Transfer fee will be an early test of how Michelle Wu’s policies fare on Beacon Hill
Facing a crisis in the city’s housing market, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will ask for state sign-off on a proposal to tax high-dollar real estate transactions to raise money to fund affordable housing.

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Culture & Lifestyle

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

The Weeknd to perform at Gillette on his first ever global stadium tour

‘Wheel of Fortune’ whiff after whiff baffles the Internet

What to eat at High Street Place, opening downtown on Wednesday

Special Projects

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Leonard L. Glass and Edwin B. Fisher

The dangerous case of Vladimir Putin

RENÉE GRAHAM

Even in the midst of war, racism never rests

Steven Pinker

Is Russia’s war with Ukraine the end of the Long Peace?

Joan Vennochi

What will people remember about Biden’s speech? Minus the outbursts, not much.

EDITORIAL

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

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

The heroes without capes in Ukraine

Metro

RI POLITICS

Narragansett Electric Company sale on hold

A decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts brings the sale of Rhode Island’s biggest energy provide to a halt.

State Senate hires a pay consultant in wake of report that says staff pay ‘breaks with best practice.’

The 144-page report, conducted by the National Conference on State Legislatures and obtained by the Globe, was solicited by the Senate in 2020 with the aim of reviewing job responsibilities and the compensation structure.

Dr. W. Hardy Hendren III, ‘a legend in the pantheon’ of pediatric surgeons, dies at 96

As a surgeon, Dr. Hendren's "philosophy was to make a definitive fix,” one of the physicians he mentored recalled.

Pickleball is getting intense, but there’s still good news for the lazy: ‘You could literally eat charcuterie as you’re doing it.’

Private coaches. Home courts. Snobbism. Is pickleball the new tennis?

Sports

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics stayed course with Ime Udoka and now it’s paying dividends

Udoka, a basketball junkie, a basket. is the reason for the improvement.

Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Thursday a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, rejecting opponents’ argument that she would harm vulnerable children to solve a nonexistent problem.
Bruins 5, Golden Knights 2

Craig Smith’s hat trick helps Bruins beat Golden Knights in Las Vegas

David Pastrnak scored twice and Trent Frederic added three assists for Boston, which concludes its six-game trip Saturday in Columbus.
Celtics

Nik Stauskas reportedly agrees to a two-year deal with the Celtics

MIAA BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Red-hot Brockton boys’ basketball edges seventh-seeded Lexington

Celtics 120, Grizzlies 107

Jayson Tatum scores 37 points as Celtics take bite out of Grizzlies

Business

TJX to sell stake in Russian stores

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Mass General Brigham ads touting expansion are ruffling feathers

The marketing campaign has come under scrutiny from competitors and a legislator, who say MGB is forcing through a frowned-upon regulatory decision. Marketing experts say the plea makes sense for the health system trying to make its case to the public.

Finnish, Swedish people want neutral nations in NATO, poll says

Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

STAT

‘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

MISS CONDUCT

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

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

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

metro

Mass General Brigham ads touting expansion are ruffling feathers

Inching closer to shoreline rights bill, R.I. experts settle on 10 feet of dry sand

State Police troopers may have inflated hours they worked in hundreds of details, inspector general finds

sports

With a pair of goals, James Marshall paces BC High to a Division 1 hockey win over Milton

Watch: Memphis’ Ja Morant delivers an eye-popping dunk in the first half of Thursday’s game against the Celtics

Watch: Aaron Nesmith suffers ankle injury against Grizzlies as Celtics wing depth takes another hit

business

Fed’s Powell: Russia’s war on Ukraine will worsen inflation

Developers pitch lab in place of Seaport seafood plant

EU clears Moderna shot for young kids, Pfizer boosters

politics

Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill

Kimberly Guilfoyle subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee

Biden offers humanitarian relief to Ukrainians in the US

Nation

Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 8 of Russian assault

Texas appeals halt of investigation of trans teen’s parents

Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill

World

Russia attacks Ukraine nuclear plant as invasion advances, prompting reactors to be shut down

Ukrainian president pleas for ‘urgent action by Europe’ to stop Russian forces

What we know about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

opinion

Offshore wind is the future for Massachusetts

Biden confronts strife, foreign and domestic

Turkish journalist tops ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases focused on women

lifestyle

At Judy’s Bay in Cambridge, find fish, flights, and a fireplace

‘Perfect Lobster Salad’ and six more favorite recipes from Globe readers

East Boston gets a new cafe and a speakeasy, too

food & dining

At Judy’s Bay in Cambridge, find fish, flights, and a fireplace

‘Perfect Lobster Salad’ and six more favorite recipes from Globe readers

East Boston gets a new cafe and a speakeasy, too

travel

It’s ‘The Gilded Age’ in real life: Welcome to Newport

How to immerse yourself in ‘The Gilded Age’ of New York, or at least get a glimpse of it

Tips for making a postponed trip feel extra special

Arts

Museum of Science launches climate change initiative with art installation, new exhibits

‘I felt like I had to be there,’ says photographer Lisa Kessler, who documented aftermath of clergy sexual abuse crisis in Boston

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

Books

Unmasking Lincoln’s assassin

He likes books that blur genre boundaries

Finding an old book, searching for its author

Movies

A certain movie made an offer we couldn’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’ turns 50

In the name of the father; itemizing Batcave contents; bearing witness in Romania

A different sort of Desilu production

Television

Shakeup at the top won’t delay launch of CNN+

When a promising series gets twisted out of shape

EMT from Cranston lives his dream on ‘Jeopardy!’

music

A triumphant homecoming for New Edition at TD Garden

She kissed Paul McCartney in 1964! And that’s not even the end of her Beatles story.

He’s George to her Tammy: Teddy Thompson and Jenni Muldaur revisit great country duets

Theater/Dance

Mr. Chairman? I have an objection to ‘Ocean Filibuster’

Boston Ballet presents five innovative world premieres, all choreographed by women

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

globe local

Marsh photos, a revolutionary panel, and a book tournament

Northland proposes 410 more apartments in Newton Upper Falls

From magazines, a Newton artist fashions collages of Boston’s cityscape

Obituaries

Dr. W. Hardy Hendren III, ‘a legend in the pantheon’ of pediatric surgeons, dies at 96

Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84

Robert Hicks, blockbuster author and battlefield savior, dies at 71