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United House approves $13.6b for Ukraine in huge spending bill

The House approved a massive spending bill Wednesday night that would rush $13.6 billion in US aid to battered Ukraine and its European allies, after top Democrats were forced to abruptly drop their plan to include fresh funds to battle COVID-19.
House approves ban on Russian oil to US, bolstering Biden War in Ukraine: Key developments in the ongoing conflict

Russian attack on maternity hospital in Ukrainian city results in massive damage, more than a dozen injuries

A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM
This is not a drill
The horrors Vladimir Putin is unleashing upon Ukraine have confronted us with uncomfortable facts too many refused to see before now. Among them: The dangers of our continued reliance on the fossil fuels that give this despot the resources and impunity to visit misery upon innocents.

How a family’s dash toward safety in Ukraine ended tragically
Tetiana Perebyinis and her two children, Mykyta, 18, and Alisa, 9, along with a church volunteer who was helping them, Anatoly Berezhnyi, 26, were killed Sunday as they dashed across the concrete remnants of a damaged bridge in their town of Irpin, trying to evacuate to Kyiv.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons; Zelensky calls on West to impose tougher sanctions

Citing withheld evidence, judge frees Boston man who served 28 years in prison
“This is what wrongful convictions look like,” Stephen Pina, 54, said after he was released. “This has to stop now.”

Federal COVID funds offer Boston Mayor Michelle Wu a big boost with her big plans

Boston is sitting on what could be a transformative sum of money just as it welcomes a mayor intent on transforming the city.

Boston public health officials rescind public health emergency, take steps toward ending school mask mandate

The Boston school system is one of a dwindling number of districts statewide that currently requires students and staff to wear masks.
Boston will lift state of emergency declaration on April 1 Mass. reports 775 confirmed cases and 28 deaths

‘She had the most beautiful soul’: Winchester woman stabbed to death by alleged stalker in 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.”

Overhead-electric buses have been in Cambridge for nearly 90 years. This weekend they’ll take their last trips.
The MBTA’s last Harvard Square-based electric trolley-buses will be permanently disconnected from their overhead wires and replaced for a while with buses that belch diesel fumes.

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 pleads guilty to murder in attack on fishing vessel off Nantucket in 2018
Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, the US attorney’s office for Massachusetts said in a statement.

Democratic-led Mass. House nixes GOP effort to suspend state’s gas tax

House Democratic leaders derided the proposal, calling it a “gimmick” and arguing it was a short-sighted move that could have wider financial ramifications for the state’s ability to borrow money for road projects.
Celtics 115, Hornets 101

Jayson Tatum (44 points) stays hot as Celtics pull away to beat Hornets

Jayson Tatum followed up his 54-point outburst Sunday with 44 more.
Gary Washburn: Jayson Tatum transforming into complete player right before our eyes

As talks continue between MLB players and owners, is there cause for hope on key issue?

If the current talks result in a resolution, the sides could re-engage on the rest of their issues, and then, re-evaluate how many games will be played this season.
Dividing baseball’s growing revenue streams still at issue

Finding the Endurance, long sunk in the Antarctic, thrills Shackleton descendant

“This is a miracle,” Charlie Shackleton of Vermont, a woodworker and cousin of the Anglo-Irish explorer, said of the discovery of one of the modern world’s most famous ships.
Here’s what happened on Shackleton’s harrowing expedition — and how he and his men survived
Opinion
Joan Vennochi

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
EDITORIAL

Another BPS blunder raises questions about the district’s competence
SCOT LEHIGH

Pols, presidents, and Putin
The Globe turns 150

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 of the Globe’s most significant front pages

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

Can you solve this crossword puzzle from 1917?

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Fall River police issue alert for woman missing since January 2020
Stephanie Huff, 39, is considered an endangered missing person due to a medical condition, Fall River police said Wednesday.

Six female troopers serve as pallbearers at State Trooper Tamar Bucci’s funeral
Family members, officials, and approximately 2,000 members of law enforcement honored the life of State Trooper Tamar Bucci at her funeral in Revere on Wednesday. Six female troopers, all of whom were Bucci’s classmates in the 85th Recruit Training Troop, served as pallbearers.

Here’s a look at snowfall totals from the storm
Find town-by-town snowfall totals from across Massachusetts over the last 48 hours.

A storm will bring rain and wind to New England this weekend

Teenager dies, adult injured, in 2-alarm fire in Agawam

Agawam firefighters received a 911 call shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday reporting the fire at a home on Squire Lane, officials said.

‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta
Bank of America has apologized to director Ryan Coogler after he was assumed to be a bank robber and briefly handcuffed by police while trying to withdraw money from a branch in Atlanta in January.

SJC weighs arguments in Cape Cod doctor’s right-to-die case
Justices question whether issue would be better decided in the Legislature.

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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.

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.

‘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.

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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Four excellent podcasts for Beatles fans

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Recipes: Three takes on Irish soda breads

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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.
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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

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

We shouldn’t be even this close to nuclear war
EDITORIAL

Another BPS blunder raises questions about the district’s competence
SCOT LEHIGH

Pols, presidents, and Putin
JEFF JACOBY

Execute Tsarnaev
RENÉE GRAHAM

This is Putin’s war. Anti-Russian xenophobia won’t save Ukraine.
IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

The heroes without capes in Ukraine

Metro

Fall River police issue alert for woman missing since January 2020

Stephanie Huff, 39, is considered an endangered missing person due to a medical condition, Fall River police said Wednesday.

Man pleads guilty to murder in attack on fishing vessel off Nantucket in 2018

Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, the US attorney’s office for Massachusetts said in a statement.

‘She had the most beautiful soul’: Winchester woman stabbed to death by alleged stalker in 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.”

Boston public health officials rescind public health emergency, take steps toward ending school mask mandate

The Boston school system is one of a dwindling number of districts statewide that currently requires students and staff to wear masks.

Sports

gary washburn | on basketball

Jayson Tatum transforming into complete player right before our eyes

When the Celtics need Tatum to be his best to make a serious run toward a favorable playoff seed, he’s delivered.
MIAA GIRLS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Julianna Taylor’s goaltending heroics help HPNA beat Reading, reach first Division 1 quarterfinal

Freshman goaltender Taylor kept a shutout despite some eye trouble between the pipes.
WEDNESDAY'S MIAA BOYS' BASKETBALL

Florian Kuechen, Newton North boys’ basketball defend their court in Division 1 nail-biter over Westford

The North senior swatted away a shot attempt at the buzzer to secure second-round win. Sophomore Daithi Quinn powers North Quincy past Walpole.
MIAA BOYS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Belmont boys’ hockey recovers from lost lead to beat Marshfield in Division 1
MIAA GIRLS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

North Quincy girls’ basketball holds off Pentucket to stay unbeaten in Division 2
Revolution 3, UNAM Pumas 0

Revolution shut down UNAM Pumas in first leg of CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal

Business

House approves ban on Russian oil to US, bolstering Biden

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday night that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States, an effort to put into law the restrictions announced by President Biden in response to the escalating war in Ukraine.

BPDA to renew license for The Anchor at Shipyard Park

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Biden moves toward regulating cryptocurrencies

Employers still scrambling to fill vacancies, report shows
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150th Anniversary

How a Globe reporter made a Beatles fan's dream come true
150th Anniversary

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

150th anniversary

Advice from the 1930s on problems with a mother-in-law, plus bad table manners
150th anniversary

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

metro

Finding the Endurance, long sunk in the Antarctic, thrills Shackleton descendant

Who in Rhode Island isn’t playing hooky Thursday at noon?

Citing withheld evidence, judge frees Boston man who served 28 years in prison

sports

As talks continue between MLB players and owners, is there cause for hope on key issue?

Dividing baseball’s growing revenue streams still at issue

Jayson Tatum (44 points) stays hot as Celtics pull away to beat Hornets

business

Fitch downgrades Russia’s credit rating, says default is ‘imminent’

Galvin calls for investigation into high gas prices

With $2 billion in new funds, Spark Capital doubles down on tech

politics

United House approves $13.6b for Ukraine in huge spending bill

End of COVID funds? House eyes $15.6b, but outlook dim

White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine

Nation

Jussie Smollett to learn fate in staged attack conviction

United House approves $13.6b for Ukraine in huge spending bill

Russia-Ukraine war: Key developments in the ongoing conflict

World

White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons; Zelensky calls on West to impose tougher sanctions

Russian attack on maternity hospital in Ukrainian city results in massive damage, more than a dozen injuries

‘Australia is getting harder to live in’ as severe rain floods coast

opinion

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

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

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

‘A true world of our own’: Gateway Arts inaugurates new gallery with first in-person show in two years

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

Books

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

Madame, he’s Adam — but, wait, so’s he

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

Television

5 facts about season 2 of ‘Bridgerton’

‘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

music

A reshaping of the city’s live-music scene is happening right before our eyes (and ears)

Trans opera singers find their voice in ‘NIGHTTOWN’

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

Theater/Dance

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 seeks lifeguards this summer

Funeral arrangements announced for State Trooper Tamar Bucci

‘This is a godless war:’ Boston protesters march against war in Ukraine

Obituaries

John Billings, who flew Allied spies behind Nazi lines, sick children to hospitals, dies at 98

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

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