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Two years of COVID: A new analysis reveals a heavy toll on young families of color in Massachusetts

Data obtained by the Globe shows Black and Latino people in the prime of their lives died at rates up to three times higher than white people.

COVID-19, 2 years later: These 11 charts show the toll of the pandemic

Prosecutors drop homicide charge against man accused of driving into a State Police trooper, who later died

The decision came days after the chief medical examiner’s office reversed its findings in the case, writing that Thomas W. Devlin‘s death was not only caused by injuries he suffered — as it originally found — but also a rare and fatal brain disease.

Chanel store on Newbury Street robbed by thieves who used car to smash through windows
A group of thieves crashed a car into the Chanel store on Newbury Street early Friday morning, grabbing about 20 bags before fleeing in a waiting Jeep SUV, Boston police said.

FORECAST | Dave Epstein

A storm will blow through Saturday, followed by cold, blustery weather Sunday

The work week will conclude on a sunny and mild note, but the weekend will be less favorable.

BPDA approves hotel in North End along Kennedy Greenway
Despite some objections from neighborhood residents, the BPDA board on Thursday approved a 134-room hotel on Cross Street in the North End, along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

A shortage of college students will soon hit the Northeast

The declining birth rate in America could mean economic turmoil for the higher education industry, and for cities and towns that depend on local colleges.

US, allies move to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

President Biden also said the US would ban imports of Russian alcohol, seafood, and diamonds.
Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill War in Ukraine: Key developments in the ongoing conflict
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Airstrikes hit several Ukrainian cities; US, allies to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

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Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens
Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking near airports in the west of the country for the first time, as observers and satellite photos indicated that its troops, long stalled in a convoy outside the capital Kyiv, were trying to maneuver to encircle the city.

Representative Madison Cawthorn calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘thug’
Cawthorn was heard calling Zelensky a “thug” in video that was published by a North Carolina TV station this week, marking a departure from congressional support for Ukraine and the country’s leader amid the Russian invasion.

Massachusetts students plan walkout to protest anti-queer legislation in Florida and Texas
Some Massachusetts high school students are planning to walk out of their classrooms Friday afternoon to protest a wave of anti-queer government actions in Florida and Texas.

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill heads to governor’s desk amid wave of anti-LGBTQ bills nationwide
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UMass women’s basketball is on a roll as it awaits word on first NCAA opponent

The Minutewomen set a program record with 26 wins and ran the table in the conference tournament, securing their first NCAA bid since 1998.
Dan Shaughnessy

We finally get to talk about actual baseball, and other thoughts

We'll miss watching pitchers hit, but we won't miss those seven-inning doubleheaders.
Baseball’s free agency is open for business. Here is a look at players the Red Sox could consider.
CONNECTIONS

Losing a longtime friend to COVID changes the stakes, even for an obit writer

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t enjoy!” my college roommate often said. Words for me to live by, now that he’s gone.
Opinion
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The memory hackers

It’s not quite “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but scientists are exploring what memories are made of — and how to dial down the pain of bad ones.
IDEAS | ROBERT SULLIVAN

Jack Kerouac’s road from bum to hometown hero
EDITORIAL

Ukraine crowd-sources evidence of war crimes
RENÉE LOTH

Attorneys general: A study in contrasts
SCOT LEHIGH

One way we can help Ukraine: Work from home
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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Lobstermen to get federal help to comply with whale rules
A funding package approved by federal lawmakers includes more than $17 million to help the lobster fishing industry adjust to new rules designed to protect rare whales.

Whistleblower alleges bullying, ethical lapses at White House science office
Eric Lander, the former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, violated ethics rules, created a toxic workplace, and retaliated against staff who raised concerns about his behavior, according to a new whistleblower complaint filed Thursday.

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The double standards at work in the troubling Brittney Griner case
The fact that the WNBA star has to go overseas to supplement her salary is bad enough. Her case should be getting more attention, too.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘After our date he was going line dancing’
Will this math teacher find her perfect plus-one?

One person killed in three-family house fire in Springfield
Firefighters responded to 63 Wilmont St., where they were able to knock down the fire but unable to save one person, the department reported on its official Twitter account.

58-year-old pedestrian struck and killed in Quincy
The victim was identified as Donald Bowes of Quincy, police said. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and was cooperating with the investigation.

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Doughnut dispute: The family that runs Kane’s is heading to court

Its president and CEO Paul Delios filed a lawsuit against his four siblings, alleging that they’re trying to oust him from the beloved business.

Troopers sue Mass. State Police for alleged discrimination against new parents
Five troopers filed a class action lawsuit against the State Police, alleging that troopers who take time off to care for newborn babies or other family members face loss of key seniority rights.

‘What the hell is going on with Ticket?’: The wild, intense, expletive-laced tales of Kevin Garnett
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25 years after Ellen, is it easier to be gay in Hollywood?
It really is a new era for LGBTQ actors in America. But don’t misunderstand me: There are many haters, and the fight for equality is still turbulent.

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

After two years of upheaval, the arts need audiences to get in the act

A study ranked the 10 best US Wordle cities. Two are in New England.
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Support Ukrainian humanitarian aid at these Boston-area restaurants

PODCASTS

Four excellent podcasts for Beatles fans

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.

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RENÉE GRAHAM

Gas for $5 a gallon? That’s a small cost to save a democracy.

Mariana Budjeryn

In Ukraine, there’s no second Chernobyl disaster in the making — not yet
EDITORIAL

As Harvard looks to build in Allston, how about a university-affiliated public school?
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Make a green future work for all Bostonians
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An American escapes Ukraine and says: Send humanitarian aid, not weapons
IDEAS | JULIE WITTES SCHLACK

Leaving Cambridge for the comfort of strangers

Metro

Contest aims to bridge digital divide by expanding computer access and literacy

UMass Lowell is teaming up with Essex County Community Foundation to seek new strategies for expanding computer and Internet access and literacy.

Longest ski jump in world in Ayer, MA

Nasty spills, splintered skis: remembering the infamous (and dangerous) Ayer Ski Jump
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

URI fires men’s basketball head coach David Cox

Cox -- Rhode Island’s highest-paid state employee -- was appointed in 2018. He had two more years on his $3.5 million contract.

Brockton student is honored for his poem ‘A Different Black’

Del’or Ehade is a senior at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in South Easton.

Sports

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

URI fires men’s basketball head coach David Cox

Cox -- Rhode Island’s highest-paid state employee -- was appointed in 2018. He had two more years on his $3.5 million contract.
Patriots

Bill Belichick’s best defensive free-agent signings by position

From Rodney Harrison to Darrelle Revis, here's our starting 11.
ncaa women's basketball

UMass women’s basketball is on a roll as it awaits word on first NCAA opponent

The Minutewomen set a program record with 26 wins and ran the table in the conference tournament, securing their first NCAA bid since 1998.
Dan Shaughnessy

We finally get to talk about actual baseball, and other thoughts
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Baseball’s free agency is open for business. Here is a look at players the Red Sox could consider.

Mike Tyson visits Lowell cannabis dispensary, Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions

Business

BPDA approves hotel in North End along Kennedy Greenway

Despite some objections from neighborhood residents, the BPDA board on Thursday approved a 134-room hotel on Cross Street in the North End, along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

US, allies move to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

President Biden also said the US would ban imports of Russian alcohol, seafood, and diamonds.
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R.I. Senator Whitehouse pitches stiff new tax on oil-company profits
THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

A shortage of college students will soon hit the Northeast
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150th Anniversary

How a Globe reporter made a Beatles fan's dream come true
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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
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Nine letters to the editor of the Globe, over more than a century

metro

Concord Museum exhibit comes ‘Alive With Birds’

Prosecutors drop homicide charge against man accused of driving into a State Police trooper, who later died

Rhode Island political news: March 2022

sports

The Bruins have been on the wrong end of some last-minute goals, but this time they flipped the script

As baseball returns, stay updated on the latest MLB free-agency news

Top-seeded St. John’s Prep boys’ hockey has eyes on big prize after reaching Divsion 1 semifinals

business

Wu and business leaders turn their focus to reviving downtown

Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San Francisco

EU united on Ukraine, but won’t offer fast-track membership

politics

US, allies move to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

Representative Madison Cawthorn calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘thug’

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill heads to governor’s desk amid wave of anti-LGBTQ bills nationwide

Nation

US, allies move to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

Brown University lifts mask mandate, makes COVID-19 testing optional for undergraduates

Lobstermen to get federal help to comply with whale rules

World

Airstrikes hit several Ukrainian cities; US, allies to revoke ‘most favored nation’ status for Russia

Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens

EU foreign policy chief says ‘pause’ needed in Iran talks

opinion

As Harvard looks to build in Allston, how about a university-affiliated public school?

Make a green future work for all Bostonians

Leaving Cambridge for the comfort of strangers

lifestyle

Where to eat outside with kids

At Cambridge’s La Royal, a party thrown by your coolest friends

A study ranked the 10 best US Wordle cities. Two are in New England.

food & dining

Where to eat outside with kids

At Cambridge’s La Royal, a party thrown by your coolest friends

Support Ukrainian humanitarian aid at these Boston-area restaurants

travel

Curling on the Cape, stars in Sun Valley, and Americans in Australia

How do you actually get those cheap flights from airline sales? We asked deal experts.

It’s better for the future of Yellowstone if tourists spread out their visits. Here’s how and why to go in winter.

Arts

In ‘Wonder Women Now,’ artists from around the world shine a light on domestic violence

36 of the best arts events coming to New England this spring

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

Books

You don’t want to miss Mark Arsenault’s new book

Chasing out the old horse

The art of listening in Susan Straight’s ‘Mecca’

Movies

‘Why was it ever not normal?’

Doc Talk: Two films, three master musicians, one of them a whole lot younger than the others

Travels near, travels far, and travels very, very far

Television

Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies

25 years after Ellen, is it easier to be gay in Hollywood?

Andre Braugher takes his talents to ‘The Good Fight’

music

Inside the workshops of some of the region’s premier musical instrument makers

This year, Dropkick Murphys plan a proper St. Patrick’s Day celebration

Beethoven old and new from Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Theater/Dance

‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ returns Lin-Manuel Miranda and friends to their roots

After two years of upheaval, the arts need audiences to get in the act

Love, illness, and the stuff of ‘Everyday Life’

globe local

Contest aims to bridge digital divide by expanding computer access and literacy

Brockton student is honored for his poem ‘A Different Black’

Concord Museum exhibit comes ‘Alive With Birds’

Obituaries

Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies

Evgeny Maslin, Russian general who secured nuclear arsenal, dies at 84

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