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Russia forces attack outskirts of Kyiv; port city under siege

The port city of Mariupol has endured some of Ukraine’s worst punishment since Russia invaded. Unceasing barrages have thwarted repeated attempts to bring food, water and medicine into the city of 430,000 and to evacuate its trapped civilians.
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

Official Pentagon policy states that its system is only designed to protect the nation from nuclear missiles fired by a rogue state like North Korea. For a military superpower like Russia, the US depends on its own vast nuclear arsenal of about 5,400 warheads as a deterrent.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

With bombings and a funeral, the war arrives in Ukraine’s west

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Ukraine war revives anxiety about nuclear conflict
The specter of nuclear war has entered the national psyche in a way unseen since President John F. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba in response to the discovery of Soviet missiles there.

‘That’s what dads do’: Massachusetts man goes to Ukraine for daughter
As millions of refugees flee Ukraine, a Mass. man has gone to the country to help his daughter and grandson escape.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

For this federal judge, the war in Ukraine is personal

For more than a decade, Senior US District Judge Mark Wolf has been working to help end corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere. And his local partners in that work — people he has grown to know and love and call friends — are now in grave danger.

Dan Shaughnessy
Jackie Bradley Jr., back with the Red Sox, plans to ‘just do the opposite of what I did last year’
Bradley's 2021 was one of the worst single-season offensive performances in major league history.

Nick Pivetta showed up to Red Sox spring training prepared, and he made sure teammates did too Marcelo Mayer, the Red Sox’ top prospect, already looks destined for the big leagues

Hidden inside a Boston photographer’s 3,000 rolls of film are unseen photos of 1960s-70s rock gods

For decades, a singular photographic collection has lain nearly unseen in the Somerville home of photographer Charles Daniels. Now, more than five decades later, Daniels and his supporters are seeking to bring these images to life.

For this high-end watch dealer, there’s no time like the present
The European Watch Company on Newbury Street sells about 400 watches a month at an average value of $40,000. Many sell for far more. And the pandemic hasn’t hurt business one bit.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

We’re going to see rapid changes in the weather with rain, snow, and wind — and warm temperatures ahead

Rain is expected and snow is possible, and winds will be gusty into Sunday. But spring-like temperatures are in the forecast.

obituary
Everett Poole, Chilmark institution at Town Meeting and his fish market, dies at 91
Mr. Poole was town moderator for Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard for more than 40 years and was the longtime proprietor of Poole's Fish market in town.

Federal investigation into potential fraud in Methuen police contract intensifies

Prosecutors are investigating whether former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon and a former union leader duped city officials into signing a bloated contract that would have paid senior officers more than $432,000.
Gary Washburn I On basketball

A major part of Jayson Tatum’s growth has been as a vocal leader for Celtics

Jayson Tatum is just approaching his prime, despite three All-Star appearances and an early resume that matches any player of his age in the NBA.

12 St. Patrick’s Day events in Boston, online, and beyond

Here’s our list of ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, with everything from traditional Irish music and food to bar crawls and road races.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

How Chris Russo and Stephen A. Smith actually made a sports-debate show enjoyable

Russo has joined Smith on ESPN's "First Take" for the past three Wednesdays.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Achtung, Germany: Can you get serious about ditching Russian gas now?

Europe’s increased reliance on Russian natural gas has not only contributed to climate change but has also put the continent in the position of financing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war machine.
LETTERS

Our collective Holocaust memory, preserved yet fragile
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why does Dartmouth High School still have a Native American mascot?
Laurence H. Tribe and Elizabeth B. Wydra

Confederate Amnesty Act must not insulate the Jan. 6 insurrectionists
IDEAS | ROBERT SULLIVAN

Jack Kerouac’s road from bum to hometown hero
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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Police searching for missing 71-year-old man on grounds of Quabbin Reservoir

An ongoing search effort for the man, who resides in Sturbridge, began Friday night when his wife reported him missing.

Boston Latin School head will step down
Rachel Skerritt made history in 2017 when she took on the job, becoming the first person of color to lead the nation’s oldest public school.

CVS executives ousted after internal investigation showed mishandling of sexual harassment complaints
Karen Lynch, the chief executive officer of CVS Health, removed “several” executives following the investigation. She said the company will now overhaul how it handles complaints in the future.

Christopher L. Gasper
The NFL is a quarterback league like never before
Teams are doing everything they can to acquire elite quarterbacks or bending over backward to keep them.

Worcester girl, 14, fourth teenager reported missing from city in last week; 2 found safe

Sadie Beauregard, 14, on Friday became the fourth young teenager reported at least temporarily missing out of Worcester this week.

Singer Traci Braxton of ‘Braxton Family Values’ dies

Braxton, who was featured with her family in the reality television series “Braxton Family Values,” died at age 50 on Saturday.

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Headquarters in Boston. Based in Kyiv. CEO now works from a Ukrainian farmhouse.

Andrii Bezverkhyi, who runs SOC Prime, fled Ukraine’s capital when Russia attacked. His new office has chickens, geese, pigs — and a fast Internet connection.

Michelle Wu and business leaders turn their focus to reviving downtown
After two years of the pandemic, City Hall hopes to launch a “Return to Downtown” campaign this spring.

‘What the hell is going on with Ticket?’: The wild, intense, expletive-laced tales of Kevin Garnett
The legendary big man will have his No. 5 retired by the Celtics Sunday. You’ve heard a lot of KG stories, but you haven’t heard these.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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.
FOOD

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.
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

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The memory hackers
SCOT LEHIGH

One way we can help Ukraine: Work from home
RENÉE LOTH

Attorneys general: A study in contrasts
Patricio Belloy, Rebecca Herst, and Antonio Raciti

Make a green future work for all Bostonians
EDITORIAL

Ukraine crowd-sources evidence of war crimes
IDEAS | JULIE WITTES SCHLACK

Leaving Cambridge for the comfort of strangers

Metro

Volunteers from Mass. head to Europe to offer aid to Ukrainians displaced by war

Spurred by the suffering of millions in Ukraine, volunteers from Massachusetts are stepping in to offer care and comfort to people whose lives have been shattered by invading Russian forces.

Donald Pinkel, who developed a cure for childhood leukemia, dies at 95

A pediatrician, Dr. Donald Pinkel developed an aggressive treatment for childhood leukemia that transformed the disease from a virtual death sentence to one that almost every patient survives.

Ukraine war revives anxiety about nuclear conflict

The specter of nuclear war has entered the national psyche in a way unseen since President John F. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba in response to the discovery of Soviet missiles there.

Federal investigation into potential fraud in Methuen police contract intensifies

Prosecutors are investigating whether former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon and a former union leader duped city officials into signing a bloated contract that would have paid senior officers more than $432,000.

Sports

GOLF ROUNDUP

Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge share 6-under 66 lead after first round of rain-drenched and delayed Players Championship

The average score after the first round of Players Championship was 71.9, bumped higher by the play Saturday morning.
Red Sox

Nick Pivetta showed up to Red Sox spring training prepared, and he made sure teammates did too

The 29-year-old helped organize group workouts with Chris Sale, Matt Barnes, Austin Davis, and several minor league pitchers at Florida Gulf Coast University.
College basketball roundup

Vermont men win America East tourney title to punch their ticket to the NCAAs

The Catamounts (28-5) earned an automatic NCAA after claiming their fourth America East tournament title in six years in an 82-43 win over UMBC on Saturday in Burlington, Vt.
Red Sox notebook

Triston Casas among those who will be promoted to Red Sox major league camp on Sunday
Dan Shaughnessy

Jackie Bradley Jr., back with the Red Sox, plans to ‘just do the opposite of what I did last year’
Dan Shaughnessy

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

Business

McDonald’s ice cream woes have inspired memes, mockery, and now, a federal lawsuit

It is a perennial lament of McDonald’s loyalists: Why are the ice cream machines always down?

For this high-end watch dealer, there’s no time like the present

The European Watch Company on Newbury Street sells about 400 watches a month at an average value of $40,000. Many sell for far more. And the pandemic hasn’t hurt business one bit.

Shaming Apple and texting Musk, a Ukraine minister uses novel war tactics

Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand
magazine
Spring Arts Preview

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

We’ve been through a lot. Don’t we deserve daylight saving time all year long?
MISS CONDUCT

My therapist has a double-standard on missed appointments
COOKING

Recipes: Three takes on Irish soda breads

metro

Hidden inside a Boston photographer’s 3,000 rolls of film are unseen photos of 1960s-70s rock gods

Everett Poole, Chilmark institution at Town Meeting and his fish market, dies at 91

For this federal judge, the war in Ukraine is personal

sports

A major part of Jayson Tatum’s growth has been as a vocal leader for Celtics

Isaiah Thomas takes time to reflect with hope his basketball journey continues

Northeastern women’s hockey team earns some respect with victory over two-time defending national champion Wisconsin in NCAA quarterfinal

business

As companies leave Russia, their assets could be seized

CVS executives ousted after internal investigation showed mishandling of sexual harassment complaints

Impossible Foods sues Ginkgo spinout Motif in ‘beef replica’ dispute

politics

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

House Democrats push Biden to build a better midterm message

US pays $2 million a month to protect Mike Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

Nation

Donald Pinkel, who developed a cure for childhood leukemia, dies at 95

McDonald’s ice cream woes have inspired memes, mockery, and now, a federal lawsuit

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

World

With bombings and a funeral, the war arrives in Ukraine’s west

Russia forces attack outskirts of Kyiv; port city under siege

A desperate search for insulin in Kyiv as medicines disappear

opinion

Attorneys general: A study in contrasts

Somerville’s rat population deserves better

Hard hit by both COVID and inequity

lifestyle

As Cairo transforms, Egyptians fight to save their trees

In America, a few days in March 2020 echo two years later

‘Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine’ exhibit to raise funds for humanitarian aid with one-day-only show

food & dining

A R.I. charcuterie heir, a $1m donation to Tufts, and a new way of making meat

Where to eat outside with kids

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

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

‘Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine’ exhibit to raise funds for humanitarian aid with one-day-only show

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

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

Mike Myers returns to TV — in seven guises

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

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

music

Hidden inside a Boston photographer’s 3,000 rolls of film are unseen photos of 1960s-70s rock gods

Bringing Berg’s thunder: ‘Wozzeck’ in concert at the BSO

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

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

Volunteers from Mass. head to Europe to offer aid to Ukrainians displaced by war

Federal investigation into potential fraud in Methuen police contract intensifies

Up and down performance of Brookline High elevator angers students

Obituaries

Donald Pinkel, who developed a cure for childhood leukemia, dies at 95

Everett Poole, Chilmark institution at Town Meeting and his fish market, dies at 91

Elsa Klensch, face of fashion on CNN, dies at 89