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This image taken from video issued by Mariupol City Council shows the aftermath of Mariupol Hospital after an attack on Wednesday.

‘Colossal’ damage after Ukraine says Russian attack hits children’s hospital, maternity ward

President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter that there were “people, children under the wreckage” of the hospital and called the strike an “atrocity.” Authorities said they were trying to establish how many people had been killed or wounded.

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A Russian strike has hit a children’s hospital and maternity facility in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials say.

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Brigham & Women’s doctors with ties to Ukraine create video to help Ukrainians respond to traumatic injuries

“The idea is to get this out to as many people as possible, to empower them and help them save lives,” said Dr. Goralnick, an emergency medicine specialist.

Besieged Ukraine city of Mariupol buries dead in mass grave

With morgues overflowing and more corpses uncollected in homes, city officials decided they could not wait to hold individual burials.

Brad Stevens clears the air after Enes Freedom calls Celtics ‘hypocrites’ for wearing Ukraine pins

Freedom, who was traded away last month, said the team acted differently when he wore shoes protesting human rights violations in Taiwan.

‘She had the most beautiful soul.’ Winchester woman, 21, stabbed to death by alleged stalker in the Netherlands, according to reports

The family of Mieke Oort, 21, a 2019 Winchester High graduate who was fatally stabbed Sunday in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, is mourning the loss of a young woman described by her sister as having “the most beautiful soul.”

The helm of the Endurance.

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found after a century

The vessel lies 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea after it sank in 1915 and appears to be in remarkably good condition.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Snow will arrive later this morning or early afternoon

Greater Boston should get 1 to 3 inches of snowfall, with less on the roads, and a few spots in hillier terrain southwest of Boston and into parts of Rhode Island and Connecticut might reach 4 inches.

Faculty applicant sues Bridgewater State, saying she was asked to defend her ‘whiteness’

According to the university, race played no factor in the hiring decision.

Stock-trading boom boosts Fidelity

Fidelity Investments says it saw revenue jump 15 percent last year in part due to social media-driven surges of trading in stocks like Gamestop.

North Kingstown school superintendent resigns in wake of coach Aaron Thomas ‘fat-test’ allegations

It’s unclear whether Phil Auger had been asked to resign.

Worcester native Jimmy Cash lives a double-life. By day, he's an elementary school custodian. By night, he entertains crowds doing standup.

Meet Jimmy Cash, the school custodian who moonlights as a stand-up comedian and TikTok star

Jimmy Cash has broken serious ground on TikTok, where millions of people worldwide have watched — and connected with — his videos about his life scrubbing surfaces and interacting with young minds.

Newton Superintendent David Fleishman, left, and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller handed out COVID-19 home tests to teachers Melissa Kelliher, right, and Deanna Mustachio, second from right, at Newton City Hall in January.

Newton schools may cut up to 74 positions amid budget shortfall, enrollment decline

Newton’s public schools could cut as many as 74 positions next year amid declining enrollment and a projected $5.2 million budget shortfall, the superintendent warned staff members Tuesday.

In back-to-back wins over the Grizzlies and Nets, Jayson Tatum had a total of 91 points.

Yes, Jayson Tatum is racking up points, but in a remarkably unselfish way

Tatum has unlocked his potential — all of it — and part of that has meant emerging as a willing and creative passer.

Nik Stauskas was ready to give up on basketball before Celtics called

Opinion

Newly arrived refugees seek assistance from Polish army soldiers after crossing the border from Ukraine into Poland at the Medyka border crossing, eastern Poland, on March 9.

An American escapes Ukraine and says: Send humanitarian aid, not weapons

“The best thing we can do is help the Ukrainians, help this growing refugee crisis, so they can survive.”

Sharon E. Burke

Russia is a mineral powerhouse — and its war with Ukraine could affect global supplies

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

We shouldn’t be even this close to nuclear war

Another BPS blunder raises questions about the district’s competence

Pols, presidents, and Putin

The Globe turns 150

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150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

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

A note from CEO Linda Henry and publisher John Henry Globe editor Brian McGrory reflects on the work of earlier generations of journalists, and the work still to come Explore the full feature ⟶

150 years, 150 front pages

150 of the Globe’s most significant front pages

A composite of the 1848 engraving of Boston, as seen from Bunker Hill, and the 2022 panoramic photo.

Comparing a view of Boston’s skyline from 1848 to now

Globe 150 share crosswords

Can you solve this crossword puzzle from 1917?

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Sports memories

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Arts milestones

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18 groundbreaking innovations

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A century of gridlock

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150 years of nor'easters

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Remaking old recipes

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Advice from the '30s

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Takeout from Aguardente.

3 places we supported this week

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

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Colorado elections clerk indicted in voting system breach

Tina Peters, a Republican elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Mesa County, was charged with 13 counts, including attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and first-degree official misconduct.

Conrad Janis, father on ‘Mork & Mindy,’ jazz musician, dies at 94

Mr. Janis was also a gallerist well known in the New York art world.

Man issued summons after attempting to climb pole near Fenway Park

Officers responded to 82 Lansdowne St. at approximately 2:20 a.m. for a report of a breaking and entering in progress, according to a redacted police report.

Love Letters

He ended it by ghosting me. Now friends say he misses me.

Should I make one final attempt with a man who ghosted me?

MISS CONDUCT

My therapist has a double-standard on missed appointments

Plus, advice for dealing with a spouse who thinks out loud.

The next big thing in Boston nightlife may be NFTs

Digital characters and cryptocurrency are becoming part of Boston’s nightlife scene.

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Boston City Hall

‘The good old boy network has worked very well’: Boston city workers of color decry culture of nepotism

Boston city employees of color Tuesday spoke out against a culture of nepotism and unfair treatment within city departments during a hearing that probed hiring and promotional practices.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

A pregnant counselor with medical conditions asked to work remotely. Then the Bourne superintendent fired her.

By refusing her request to work remotely, Bourne Public Schools violated federal and state laws that protect disabled and pregnant workers, a school counselor contends.

Palm-size invasive spiders could eventually colonize East Coast, including Boston

The joro spider, native to Japan, is spreading throughout the southeastern United States, though it isn’t dangerous or aggressive to humans. By one expert’s estimate, it would take 5-10 years for the spider to make its way to New England.

At last, work begins on huge re-do of Suffolk Downs

Construction is finally underway on the first building at Suffolk Downs, the 161-acre former horse racing track straddling East Boston and Revere set to someday hold 16.5 million square feet of new development.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Orange-Cranberry Soda Bread With White Chocolate Chunks.

Recipes: Three takes on Irish soda breads

Beyoncé's "Love on Top" is the song that Boston radio personality Pebbles plays when she needs "an instant pick-me-up."

The songs these 11 Bostonians play to chase the winter blahs

Karen MacDonald in "Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End" at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

In ‘Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End,’ domestic affairs with a light touch

Books about the conflict in Ukraine.

A list of books that can help you understand the crisis in Ukraine

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

A single flower rests in a paper cup on the finish line of the Boston Marathon after the verdict in the penalty phase of the trial of Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on May 15, 2015, in Boston.

Execute Tsarnaev

An empty space is seen on a shelf where Russian vodka used to be displayed for sale at a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority store in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 28.

This is Putin’s war. Anti-Russian xenophobia won’t save Ukraine.

An illustration from Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat," published in 1871.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Considering the owl and the pussycat’s favorite utensil

Tonya Freeman Brown, right, of the national nonprofit Resilience Force, comforts Darlene Poole, who helps run a family-owned nonprofit business engaging youth, as Tonya distributes flyers for COVID-19 testing to businesses in New Orleans on Oct. 5, 2020.

Reimagining philanthropy’s commitment to racial equity

Private security guards stand in front of Uber headquarters on June 13, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Darlene Lombos and Ayanna Pressley

Economic justice is racial justice

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

Faculty applicant sues Bridgewater State, saying she was asked to defend her ‘whiteness’

According to the university, race played no factor in the hiring decision.

Man issued summons after attempting to climb pole near Fenway Park

Officers responded to 82 Lansdowne St. at approximately 2:20 a.m. for a report of a breaking and entering in progress, according to a redacted police report.

Conrad Janis, father on ‘Mork & Mindy,’ jazz musician, dies at 94

Mr. Janis was also a gallerist well known in the New York art world.

‘She had the most beautiful soul.’ Winchester woman, 21, stabbed to death by alleged stalker in the Netherlands, according to reports

The family of Mieke Oort, 21, a 2019 Winchester High graduate who was fatally stabbed Sunday in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, is mourning the loss of a young woman described by her sister as having “the most beautiful soul.”

Sports

Nik Stauskas, who has played for five NBA teams, was mired in the G League before getting a call from the Celtics.

Nik Stauskas was ready to give up on basketball before Celtics called

"I was like, 'Damn, I don't know if I want to keep doing this,'" Stauskas said of his vagabond lifestyle as a borderline NBA player.

In back-to-back wins over the Grizzlies and Nets, Jayson Tatum had a total of 91 points.

Yes, Jayson Tatum is racking up points, but in a remarkably unselfish way

Tatum has unlocked his potential — all of it — and part of that has meant emerging as a willing and creative passer.

Enes Freedom wore sneakers protesting human rights violations during a December 2021 game, before he was traded from the Celtics.

Brad Stevens clears the air after Enes Freedom calls Celtics ‘hypocrites’ for wearing Ukraine pins

Freedom, who was traded away last month, said the team acted differently when he wore shoes protesting human rights violations in Taiwan.

Six ways the Patriots can free up some salary-cap space ahead of free agency

MLB lockout: Owners, players pause early-morning negotiations as deadline blows by

A new name for The Dunk?

Business

Stock-trading boom boosts Fidelity

Fidelity Investments says it saw revenue jump 15 percent last year in part due to social media-driven surges of trading in stocks like Gamestop.

Some 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in January, the fewest in three months

The number of available positions decreased slightly to 11.3 million in the month from an unprecedented 11.4 million in December, according to the Labor Department.

BPDA bids to streamline process of developing city-owned land

The next big thing in Boston nightlife may be NFTs

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Debbie Chase shakes Ringo Starr's hand at the Beatles press conference before their Boston Garden concert in 1964. Chase, then 14, was brought to the press conference by Globe reporter Jack Thomas for a story.

150th Anniversary

How a Globe reporter made a Beatles fan's dream come true

The “Saturday Night Massacre” happened in October 1973 when the US attorney general and the deputy attorney general both resigned rather than follow President Nixon's order to fire the Watergate special prosecutor -- who was then fired anyway, by the US solicitor general. Cartoon by Paul Szep.

150th Anniversary

The editorial cartoons that won Paul Szep acclaim -- and got him sued

An image of Dorothy Dix that appeared with her column. The Globe became her exclusive publisher in 1917.

150th anniversary

Advice from the 1930s on problems with a mother-in-law, plus bad table manners

Paul Pierce during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on June 5, 2008, when the Celtics beat the Lakers 98-88.

150th anniversary

Nine letters to the editor of the Globe, over more than a century

metro

North Kingstown superintendent Phil Auger speaks during a North Kingstown school committee on Nov. 16, 2021.

North Kingstown school superintendent resigns in wake of coach Aaron Thomas ‘fat-test’ allegations

Rhode Island business news: March 2022

Newton schools may cut up to 74 positions amid budget shortfall, enrollment decline

sports

Xavier McKenzie overcame a packed house at Beverly High, as well as the Panthers defense to put up 39 points.

Xavier McKenzie, Central Catholic boys’ basketball make big statement in silencing Beverly

Seahawks to release linebacker Bobby Wagner, 31, after trading Russell Wilson

Bryant beats Wagner for first Northeast Conference title in game marred by fight in stands

business

An elderly couple and medical staff walked out of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong.

COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to drop globally, WHO says

Biden signing order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes

Biden bans Russia oil imports, toughening toll on Russian economy in retaliation for invasion of Ukraine

politics

Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters spoke at a rally in December, 2021, in Grand Junction, Colo.

Colorado elections clerk indicted in voting system breach

Biden signing order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes

Harris heads to Poland amid turbulence over jets for Ukraine

Nation

Mr. Janis, on the set of "Mork & Mindy."

Conrad Janis, father on ‘Mork & Mindy,’ jazz musician, dies at 94

Colorado elections clerk indicted in voting system breach

Man who received first pig heart transplant has died two months after the experimental surgery, hospital says

World

This image was taken from a video issued by Mariupol City Council which showed the aftermath of Mariupol Hospital after an attack Ukraine on Wednesday March 9, 2022. A Russian attack severely damaged the children's hospital and maternity ward in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter that there were “people, children under the wreckage” of the hospital and called the strike an “atrocity.”

A Russian strike has hit a children’s hospital and maternity facility in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials say.

‘Colossal’ damage after Ukraine says Russian attack hits children’s hospital, maternity ward

Besieged Ukraine city of Mariupol buries dead in mass grave

opinion

An empty space is seen on a shelf where Russian vodka used to be displayed for sale at a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority store in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 28.

This is Putin’s war. Anti-Russian xenophobia won’t save Ukraine.

Execute Tsarnaev

May I have a word: Considering the owl and the pussycat’s favorite utensil

lifestyle

He ended it by ghosting me. Now friends say he misses me.

3 places we supported this week

The next big thing in Boston nightlife may be NFTs

food & dining

Takeout from Aguardente.

3 places we supported this week

Two industry vets walk into a bar and imagine a better future

For St. Patrick’s Day, Anna’s Taqueria brings back the corned beef and cabbage burrito

travel

T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I. (Rhode Island Airport Corporation)

R.I.’s airport will get first-ever West Coast flight and 4 other new Breeze Airways routes

‘We’re calling this a catastrophic event’: Collapsed section of Newport Cliff Walk was not an ‘area of concern,’ city says

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

Arts

Martin Parr's "New Brighton, England," from "The Last Resort," 1983-85.

Capturing the full scope of Martin Parr’s career at McMullen Museum of Art

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

Books

Books about the conflict in Ukraine.

A list of books that can help you understand the crisis in Ukraine

Unmasking Lincoln’s assassin

He likes books that blur genre boundaries

Movies

Mr. Ryan (left), visiting with Lee Marvin and his wife, Pamela, backstage of Arthur Miller's play "The Price," at the Playhouse Theater in New York in July 1979. Mr. Ryan had a leading role in the play.

Mitchell Ryan, who played the villain in ‘Lethal Weapon,’ dies at 88

Eliza Dushku attends White House ceremony as Biden signs bill ending forced arbitration in sexual assault, harassment cases

Which actor played Batman best? The votes are in, and we have a winner.

Television

Natasha Lyonne as Nadia in "Russian Doll."

‘Russian Doll’ trailer offers few clues about season 2

This week’s TV: Renée Zellweger as a killer, the return of ‘Upload,’ and Andy Warhol’s diaries

‘SNL’ mocks Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham

music

Elijah McCormack rehearses for the new opera “NIGHTTOWN” at Harvard’s Holyoke Place.

Trans opera singers find their voice in ‘NIGHTTOWN’

At the Paradise, Wet Leg show what the buzz is all about

The songs these 11 Bostonians play to chase the winter blahs

Theater/Dance

Lewis Black brings his "Off the Rails" tour to the Emerson Colonial Theatre on Friday.

The rants and ruminations of Lewis Black

In ‘Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End,’ domestic affairs with a light touch

Andrei Belgrader, director who influenced future stars, dies at 75

globe local

Newton Superintendent David Fleishman, left, and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller handed out COVID-19 home tests to teachers Melissa Kelliher, right, and Deanna Mustachio, second from right, at Newton City Hall in January.

Newton schools may cut up to 74 positions amid budget shortfall, enrollment decline

Newton seeks lifeguards this summer

Funeral arrangements announced for State Trooper Tamar Bucci

Obituaries

Mr. Janis, on the set of "Mork & Mindy."

Conrad Janis, father on ‘Mork & Mindy,’ jazz musician, dies at 94

With indomitable spirit, Nancy Achin, 63, advocated for cancer patients

New Hampshire House Democratic leader Robert Cushing dies