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150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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38 big stories from 150 years of coverage

People celebrate outside the Massachusetts State House on June 14, 2007, after the Legislature voted against a proposed 2008 ballot question to ban gay marriage.

5 times the Globe’s editorial board was out in front

150 of the Globe’s most significant front pages

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Unsung Globe heroes

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A changing skyline

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A century of gridlock

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150 years of nor’easters

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Sports memories

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Advice from the ’30s

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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.

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.

Worker who fought for union at Logan Airport restaurants is fired after union win

Sophia Gluskin-Braun had just helped propel the union to victory at the airport last week when she reported to work — and was immediately fired.

Charlie Baker skeptical of Michelle Wu’s Boston real estate fee proposal

Governor Charlie Baker said on Thursday that he is unlikely to support a proposal from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to impose a new fee on high-dollar real estate transactions to fund affordable housing.

Baker is hopeful feds will OK request to drop overpayments of jobless benefits

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.

A Ukrainian commander carried a young girl as he helped people flee across a destroyed bridge on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.

As Russian forces gain ground in Ukraine, military attack on key nuclear plant spurs worldwide concern

Ukrainian firefighters on Friday extinguished a blaze at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant that was ignited by a Russian attack and no radiation was released, UN and Ukrainian officials said, as Russian forces pressed their campaign to cripple the country despite global condemnation.

How dangerous was Russia’s nuclear plant strike? What to know on Day 9 of Russian assault

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Fire out at plant following attack, no radiation released

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Three Ukrainian troops were killed and two wounded in the Russian attack
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UN human rights body sets up panel on Ukraine
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UN warns of plight of children in 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.

Washington’s newest worry: The dangers of cornering Putin

Surprised by the speed at which sanctions have been poured on Russia, President Biden’s top aides suspect that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction will be to double down and lash out — and perhaps expand the war.

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, Donald Trump was a complicating factor.

Newport’s Cliff Walk experienced a significant landslide and partial collapse in the vicinity between 40 Steps and Webster Avenue on Thursday.

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.

This week, word came from baseball commissioner Rob Manfred that each team's first two series would be canceled.

Make no mistake, baseball fans: Rob Manfred does not act in your interests, or the players’

The commissioner is not a unifier or an independent arbiter; in baseball’s contentious ownership-vs.-players structure, he’s not supposed to be one. He works for the owners.

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?

Opinion

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listens as Representative Tom Cole closes his eyes as President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington on March 1.

Hey Congress, blue and yellow ribbons won’t save Ukrainian lives

US military and humanitarian aid now hinge on putting aside petty partisan squabbles.

IDEAS | PATRICK COLE

Now we see how history works

The doctor poets of COVID

Hit Russia where it hurts — its energy sector

Philip K. Verleger Jr.

Putin may save us from global warming

A La Esh barbecue pork plate

5 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.

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Gary Washburn | On Basketball

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

With 20 wins in 26 games, the Celtics have surged to fifth in the Eastern Conference with 17 games left, thanks to Udoka’s coaching, patience, and unwavering insistence on changing years of middling habits.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

Recommended reads

The corporate offices of Massachusetts General Brigham hospitals in Assembly Square in Somerville.

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.

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.

‘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.

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

Elle King (pictured last month in Nashville) performs March 5 at the Orpheum Theatre.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

The Weeknd performed during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl in 2021.

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

The board during Tuesday's episode of "Wheel of Fortune."

‘Wheel of Fortune’ whiff after whiff baffles the Internet

Boston, MA - 2/23/2022 High Street Place will be Boston's newest food hall to open. It has a aray of vendors for guest. (Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

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

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

Like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, right, is a grandiose man with grievances, feelings of humiliation, and enormous power.

Leonard L. Glass and Edwin B. Fisher

The dangerous case of Vladimir Putin

Emmanuel Nwulu, right, a Nigerian studying in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with other fellow students who crossed the Ukrainian border into Zahony, Hungary, on Feb. 27. Africans who had been living in Ukraine say they were stuck for days at crossings into neighboring European Union countries, held up by Ukrainian authorities who pushed them to the ends of long lines and even beat them, while letting Ukrainians through.

Even in the midst of war, racism never rests

A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house that, according to locals, was damaged by a Russian airstrike, in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on Wednesday. Russia renewed its assault on Ukraine's second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new devastating war in Europe.

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

“We are going to be OK,” said President Biden. That’s one line from this State of the Union that’s worth remembering and one that he really needs to deliver on.

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

James Gaines is escorted into a Suffolk Superior courtroom on Oct. 1, 2004 in Boston.

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

Julia, a teacher, wept as she and other Ukrainian volunteers waited to be deployed to defend Kyiv during the Russian invasion last Saturday.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

The heroes without capes in Ukraine

Metro

R.I. towns would have to vote to opt out under marijuana bill

‘Every community is different,’ Middletown Town Council president says. ‘We just didn’t want pot shops in town.’

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.

Sports

Lee Reaney, a Canadian journalist working for the Kyiv Post, poses questions to the panel during the press conference following the official announcement that athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus, who were to compete as neutral athletes under the Paralympic flag, are no longer allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022.

As war rages, Paralympics opening in Beijing without Russia

The 2022 Winter Paralympics open Friday in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get here.

Bostono Celtics coach Ime Udoka has turned the Celtics into a defense-first outfit that wins games with timely scoring while relying on Jayson Tatum in the clutch, such as Thursday, when he scored 21 in the fourth quarter.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

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

With 20 wins in 26 games, the Celtics have surged to fifth in the Eastern Conference with 17 games left, thanks to Udoka’s coaching, patience, and unwavering insistence on changing years of middling habits.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds spoke with journalists after signing House File 2416 at The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 3, 2022.

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

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

Business

Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 9 of Russian assault

Here’s a look at the events unfolding Friday as the war is in its ninth day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

sports

Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drives to the basket in the third quarter between Memphis's Steven Adams (left), Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. (right).

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

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

business

Jobless claims fell by 18,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 26, from 233,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

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

Developers pitch lab in place of Seaport seafood plant

politics

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds spoke with journalists after signing House File 2416 at The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 3, 2022.

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

Damages in a building entrance after the shelling by Russian forces of Constitution Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city on Wednesday.

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

Children who left Ukraine, wait for a bus to take them to the train station in Przemysl, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Friday, March 4, 2022.

Fire out at plant following attack, no radiation released

How dangerous was Russia’s nuclear plant strike?

Bombing of Shiite mosque in Pakistan kills at least 45

opinion

Baseball fans watch as Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during a news conference after negotiations with the Players Association toward a labor deal broke off on March 1 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the season that was set to begin March 31.

No hope, let alone joy, in Mudville as baseball lockout persists

Public health leaders: ‘We are concerned for our colleagues’ safety’

Jaywalking is beside the point — make our roads safer

lifestyle

Negitoro rice with hand-minced bigeye tuna, lobster roe pasta, and scallop handrolls at Judy’s Bay.

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

Negitoro rice with hand-minced bigeye tuna, lobster roe pasta, and scallop handrolls at Judy’s Bay.

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

The Breakers, one of Newport's famed mansions.

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

Visitors take in "Gaia," a 23-foot-diameter inflatable globe, now on display at the Museum of Science.

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

The Corleones, an American family, from "The Godfather."

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

Chris Licht (right) has been named to replace Jeff Zucker (left) as head of CNN.

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

New Edition onstage at TD Garden Wednesday night.

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

Jennifer Kidwell (at the microphone) in "Ocean Filibuster" at American Repertory Theater.

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

Martha Hale Harvey's photograph Marshes Along the Annisquam River, c. 1900, was printed in 2021 by Anne Rearick using glass plates in the Cape Ann Museum collection, and will be on display in the exhibit "Window on the Marsh."

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

At Children's Hospital, Dr. Hardy Hendren checked on Hassan Mohamed after his follow up surgery. He and his formerly attached twin brother Hussein were separated by Hendren years ago, but return for follow up surgery.

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