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Trevor Story has hit at least 24 home runs in five of his six seasons with the Rockies.

Dan Shaughnessy

By signing Trevor Story, Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox finally show they’re willing to play ball

After two years of "payroll flexibility" and "fiscal conservatism," baseball boss Chaim Bloom showed he isn't afraid to sign a big-time player to a big-time deal.

Red Sox sign Trevor Story in first big move of free agency Four things to know about new Red Sox signing Trevor Story Sunday’s Red Sox spring training report: Three-run third beats Orioles, keeps Boston perfect

St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to South Boston
Participants and onlookers, decked out in green and a range of costumes, were ready as the St. Patrick's Day Parade was back in Boston after a COVID-fueled hiatus.

See photos as Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches again

Attorney General Maura Healey got a laugh from Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, left, and Governor Charlie Baker, right, as she spoke at the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast.

St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast, a Boston political institution, returns in person

Held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and hosted by Nick Collins, the state senator who represents South Boston, Sunday's event featured bagpipes, glad-handing, and the requisite jokes about Tom Brady’s retirement reversal.

Thank God it’s . . . Wednesday? Hybrid work is scrambling the days as we knew them.
What happens when my “bad case of the Mondays” is your “hump day”?

David Ortiz was targeted by drug kingpin in 2019 shooting, according to Ed Davis’s findings

Ed Davis, the former Boston police commissioner hired by Ortiz, said César Peralta came to feel disrespected by Ortiz, prompting Peralta to sanction the ragtag hit squad that tried to kill the former Red Sox player.

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Nearly 40,000 people have fled Mariupol over the past week

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Truth is another front in Putin’s war
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After about 600 hours, 64 workers at Chernobyl plant have been relieved

Amid new Russian bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

BPD officer under investigation in Jan. 6 insurrection is now living in N.H. and protesting vaccine mandates in Boston
Joe Abasciano is on paid medical leave from the Boston Police Department. He remains under investigation by the force for his involvement in the insurrection at the US Capitol and for attacking former Vice President Mike Pence on Twitter.

Doctors and patients grapple with uncertainty as Tufts moves ahead with plans to shut hospital services for children
Tufts leaders initially said they would keep inpatient beds for children open until July 1, but the pediatric hospital may be forced to shut down sooner, doctors and nurses said.

Nurse Cristhel Morin prepared to turn an intubated patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center in December.

A ‘huge anxiety reducer’: Most COVID patients regain consciousness even after weeks in a coma, new research shows

Researchers found that most patients with severe COVID-19 regained consciousness even after spending weeks in a coma.

Rise in US COVID-19 infections is unlikely to cause surge, Fauci says

State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz and Attorney General Maura Healey attended a Democratic caucus this month.

For some Democratic activists, Healey’s positions on criminal justice give them pause

Some liberal voters see a bright line difference between front-runner Attorney General Maura Healey and underdog state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz. But will it make a difference?

From left: Chrishell Stause, Heather Rae Young, Emma Hernan, and Mary Fitzgerald in "Selling Sunset."

From the South Shore to Hollywood, ‘Selling Sunset’ breakout star Emma Hernan aims to inspire

The Scituate native has quickly made a name for herself on the popular Netflix series "Selling Sunset," which follows elite Los Angeles real estate agents as they sell Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard’s most lavish properties.

Opinion

A supporter carries a Confederate flag during the "Freedom Convoy" protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, in front of the Canadian Parliament building, Jan. 29, in Ottawa.

There is no silver bullet against misinformation. But there are solutions.

Policy makers have to start thinking of radicalization and the spread of conspiracy theories as a long-term problem — one that requires a solution that spans a generation or more.

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

That time when songs about abortion were big hits

IDEAS | BEN JACQUES

14 women and the 19th century’s big lie

New state audit is an opportunity, not a threat, for BPS families

Make no mistake: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism

Spring Travel | Globe Magazine

The Land’s End Inn in Provincetown.

Where to stay in 4 of New England’s most-charming bed and breakfast towns

B&Bs encapsulate many of the joys of travel and spring is an ideal time to stay at one. Here’s where to go and what to do when you’re there.

connecticut

Exploring Mystic, Stonington, and more of Connecticut’s southeast coast

With its seaside feel, foodie opportunities, and attractions for all ages, the area is ideal for reacquainting oneself with the joys of travel.

A cabin at Getaway.

Sometimes parents need just a little peace. I found mine in a tiny cabin.

How I escaped my husband’s living room Zoom calls, my kids’ meltdowns, and the dog barking for a blissful weekend in New Hampshire.

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. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.

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Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

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

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Hampus Lindholm plans to be in town for a while, agreeing to eight-year, $52 million pact with Bruins
The defenseman, acquired from Anaheim on Saturday, could have been an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Boston firm wants to become a household name for protecting cybersecurity
Aura's service hopes to leapfrog rivals with a more comprehensive app that will do everything from block computer viruses to lock down the privacy settings on a social media account.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Startups aim to bring music-making to the masses
ToneStone and Vinyl Dreams offer production tools designed to be less intimidating than existing software.

In an effort to ease fossil-fuel reliance, an MIT spinoff plans to dig the deepest holes on Earth
A firm says it has figured out how to drill as deep as 12 miles into the Earth’s crust to capture the steam and use it to run turbines at power plants.

1 teen dead, 2 others seriously injured, in Marshfield crash

Nicholas Wanderley, 17, of Norwell was killed in the crash that happened shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday on Forest Street in Marshfield. The 16-year-old driver and a 16-year-old passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries, the Plymouth District Attorney's office said.

LOVE LETTERS

He says she means nothing to him
"His words and his actions are completely opposite."

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Activists kneel during a moment of silence during a protest against Russia's war on Ukraine war Saturday in Washington. The war has roiled world energy prices and created a massive refugee crisis, promising to slow economic growth in a key export market.

A war on top of a pandemic lends uncertainty to US economic outlook

These latest challenges pose a formidable new test for the US economy to navigate, and there's not much of a back-up plan if it can't.

Globe Magazine

Inside an ugly battle over the future of Gunstock ski resort in New Hampshire
Everyone involved can agree that the region’s only county-owned ski resort is something special. But that might be the only thing they can agree on.

President Biden draws on long history with ‘war criminal’ Vladimir Putin in Ukraine crisis
Joe Biden is seeking to contain Vladimir Putin and shore up the global order he spent years tending as a senator and as vice president without pulling the United States into a war.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Startups aim to bring music-making to the masses
ToneStone and Vinyl Dreams offer production tools designed to be less intimidating than existing software.

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Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Chris Sullivan, Wayne Brady, Anthony Veneziale, and Aneesa Folds in the Broadway production of "Freestyle Love Supreme." Sullivan, Folds, and Veneziale are among the cast performing during the show's run at the Emerson Colonial Theatre.

At the Colonial, the inspired improv of ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’

Boston Ballet in George Balanchine's "Chaconne."

Boston Ballet takes audiences to a blessed ‘DREAMstate’

Clockwise (from top left): Maya Erskine as Maya and Anna Konkle as Anna from “PEN15”; Lee Jung Jae (center), Park Hae Soo (right), and Oh Young Soo from “Squid Game”; Reneé Elise Goldsberry as Wickie Roy from “Girls5eva”; Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in “WandaVision”; and Sam Richardson (left) and Ben Schwartz in “The Afterparty.”

MATTHEW GILBERT

A guide to streaming services for mixers and matchers

Peli Naomi Woods and the cast of SpeakEasy Stage's "Once on This Island," which runs through April 16 at Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

Boston-area drivers face high gas prices.

Higher gas prices could be just what we need

Pedestrians walk under a pair of gas streetlights on Beacon Hill in Boston on March 14.

Boston’s gas-burning street lamps overdue for a greener option

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The only way to fix Boston schools once and for all

Concrete blocks spray painted with the French national motto "liberty, equality, fraternity" form a barricade in front of the National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet in Odessa on March 17.

Finlandization of Ukraine

Sandbags fortify a market where food is prepared for thousands of people in Kyiv, Ukraine.

IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

The last four weeks could upend our view of the last four decades

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The only way to fix Boston schools once and for all

Metro

South Boston shines in St. Patrick’s Day parade

Visitors from around the world stood alongside local residents as thousands of spectators packed the sidewalks along the parade route, cheering and dancing as marching bands passed down West Broadway Street.

A ‘huge anxiety reducer’: Most COVID patients regain consciousness even after weeks in a coma, new research shows

Researchers found that most patients with severe COVID-19 regained consciousness even after spending weeks in a coma.

Doctors and patients grapple with uncertainty as Tufts moves ahead with plans to shut hospital services for children

Tufts leaders initially said they would keep inpatient beds for children open until July 1, but the pediatric hospital may be forced to shut down sooner, doctors and nurses said.

BPD officer under investigation in Jan. 6 insurrection is now living in N.H. and protesting vaccine mandates in Boston

Joe Abasciano is on paid medical leave from the Boston Police Department. He remains under investigation by the force for his involvement in the insurrection at the US Capitol and for attacking former Vice President Mike Pence on Twitter.

Sports

Villanova's Caleb Daniels (14) grabs the rebound despite the best efforts of Ohio State's E.J. Liddell (32).

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Villanova hangs on to beat Ohio State, advance to another Sweet 16

Collin Gillespie scored 20 points, Eric Dixon hit a big 3-pointer late, and the Wildcats earned their eighth trip to the Sweet 16 since Jay Wright took the coaching reins in 2004.

Tanner Houck came into Red Sox spring training with no expectations, but the expectation of his manager is that Houck will be part of the starting rotation to begin the season.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Tanner Houck gets the call: He’ll likely start Red Sox season in starting rotation

“Obviously, I’m looking forward to him taking the next step,” manager Alex Cora said. ”It was a different role [last year]. He was really good for us. Now, it’s just a matter of putting everything together and keep improving.”

The Algonquin High girls' hockey team rushes onto the ice at TD Garden to celebrate its first MIAA Division 2 state championship title in a 2-1 overtime victory against Canton on Sunday.

MIAA D2 GIRLS' HOCKEY FINAL | ALGONQUIN 2, CANTON 1 (OT)

Mallory Farrell’s overtime strike delivers Algonquin girls’ hockey its first Division 2 state title

The sophomore from Marlborough, scored her 33rd and final tally of the season 6:02 into overtime to lift No. 10 Algonquin to the Div. 2 state championship in a 2-1 victory vs. Canton.

Hampus Lindholm plans to be in town for a while, agreeing to eight-year, $52 million pact with Bruins

STAN GROSSFELD | POSTCARD FROM SPRING TRAINING

Postcard from spring training: Alex Cora takes a moment to reflect

Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

Sunday’s Red Sox spring training report: Three-run third beats Orioles, keeps Boston perfect

Business

Boston firm wants to become a household name for protecting cybersecurity

Aura's service hopes to leapfrog rivals with a more comprehensive app that will do everything from block computer viruses to lock down the privacy settings on a social media account.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Startups aim to bring music-making to the masses

ToneStone and Vinyl Dreams offer production tools designed to be less intimidating than existing software.

Thank God it’s . . . Wednesday? Hybrid work is scrambling the days as we knew them.

‘Do the right thing’: How US and allies united to punish Putin for his attack on Ukraine

magazine

Skiers at the top of Gunstock in a vintage photo.

Inside an ugly battle over the future of N.H.'s Gunstock ski resort

A woman cries after a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 25.

The invasion of Ukraine reminds me of growing up in Iran

How to talk about the war on Ukraine with sensitivity

Seared Pork Tenderloin With Smoked Paprika and Oregano

Recipes: Three great weeknight meals featuring pork tenderloin

metro

Hospital staff with a two-month-old about to be placed on a ventilator following complications of COVID-19 at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, Aug. 20, 2021.

Hospitalizations of young children with the virus surged during the US Omicron wave

For some Democratic activists, Healey’s positions on criminal justice give them pause

St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to South Boston

sports

Hanover's Michael Munroe (left) and teammate Robbie Hanna embraced the Hawks' 5-3 victory on the TD Garden ice, thanks in large part to their combined four goals against Marlborough.

In return to Garden ice, Hanover boys’ hockey celebrates another Division 3 championship

It’s championship season: See the results from the high school basketball and hockey state finals

By signing Trevor Story, Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox finally show they’re willing to play ball

business

Yoon Suk-yeol.

South Korea president-elect to move office to defense ministry site

As Green Line comes in, Union Square residents worry they’ll be pushed out

Africa mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia

politics

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, and Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, before their meeting on March 9 in Washington. Jackson's confirmation hearing begins March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice.

On eve of confirmation hearings, Republicans step up attacks on Jackson

What to watch as Jackson’s Supreme Court hearings begin

On eve of confirmation hearings, Republicans step up attacks on Jackson

Nation

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, and Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, before their meeting on March 9 in Washington. Jackson's confirmation hearing begins March 21. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Black female justice.

On eve of confirmation hearings, Republicans step up attacks on Jackson

Time to retool the census? Some think so after minorities missed

A general fights to destigmatize mental health issues: ‘There’s a shame if you show weakness’

World

Ukrainians escaping from the besieged city of Mariupol along with other passengers from Zaporizhzhia gather on a train station platform after arriving at Lviv, western Ukraine, on Sunday, March 20, 2022.

Nearly 40,000 people have fled Mariupol over the past week

Russia is losing tens of thousands of outward-looking young professionals

Amid new Russian bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

opinion

Pedestrians walk under a pair of gas streetlights on Beacon Hill in Boston on March 14.

Boston’s gas-burning street lamps overdue for a greener option

Higher gas prices could be just what we need

The dark side of daylight saving time

lifestyle

From left: Chrishell Stause, Heather Rae Young, Emma Hernan, and Mary Fitzgerald in "Selling Sunset."

From the South Shore to Hollywood, ‘Selling Sunset’ breakout star Emma Hernan aims to inspire

He says she means nothing to him

North End restaurants have to pay $7,500 for outdoor dining

food & dining

Outdoor dining on Hanover Street in the North End.

North End restaurants have to pay $7,500 for outdoor dining

Tiffani Faison and Rebel Rebel earn James Beard finalist nods

Allston’s iconic Silhouette Lounge to reopen

travel

A cabin at Getaway.

Sometimes parents need just a little peace. I found mine in a tiny cabin.

Exploring Mystic, Stonington, and more of Connecticut’s southeast coast

Where to stay in 4 of New England’s most-charming bed and breakfast towns

Arts

Will Wilson’s photographs from the ongoing series "Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange" on view at the Peabody Essex Museum's "On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America," which integrates its Colonial American collection with its Native American collection.

Two collections become one in ‘On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America’ at PEM

Ukrainian American artist Lesia Sochor shares paintings of ‘pysanky’ at Museum of Russian Icons

Georgia O’Keeffe, behind the lens

Books

Making the Emerald Isle modern

Heather Havrilesky on reading memoirs, and writing them

Surviving family in Anne Tyler’s new novel ‘French Braid’

Movies

Anisa Al Raissi (left) and Misba Khan in "Exposure."

Doc Talk: Finding the world in Salem; going underground with Dinosaur Jr.

What’s up at this year’s Boston Israeli Film Festival

In ‘The Outfit,’ Mark Rylance cuts it close as a tailor mixed up with the mob in 1950s Chicago

Television

J.J. Abrams (pictured in September 2021) is developing a scripted series for Netflix about U2.

J.J. Abrams’s next project: a U2 series for Netflix

A guide to streaming services for mixers and matchers

Turturro-Walken subplot adds spark to ‘Severance’

music

Ensembles La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco performed at the Church of the Covenant.

Found freedom and inspired confidence in La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco

After a two-year wait, Dropkick Murphys are back where they belong

Singer Aimee Mann says she was dropped from Steely Dan’s summer tour. Her fans are furious.

Theater/Dance

From left: April Nieves, Benae Beamon, and Ian Berg in "Expensive Nail Polish Dries Fast."

New England Now Dance Platform presents diverse stories of community and globally inspired creativity

At the Colonial, the inspired improv of ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’

In ‘Everyday Life,’ illness is a burden shared by those bound by love

globe local

Confetti flew over the Boston Fire Department’s Honor Guard at the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston on Sunday.

South Boston shines in St. Patrick’s Day parade

Roxbury seventh grader wins Boston’s citywide spelling bee

Saturday storms are expected to clear in time for Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday

Obituaries

Av Westin, left, at the ABC News studios with the correspondent Sander Vanocur in New York, on Aug. 23, 1977.

Av Westin, newsman behind ABC’s ‘20/20,’ dies at 92

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, venerated Talmudic scholar, dies at 94

Representative Don Young, longest-serving congressmember, dies