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Tara Forrest is worried about where her 15-year-old daughter, Alexa Pantoja, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2020, will receive care.

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.

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.

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

South Boston shines in St. Patrick’s Day parade
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.

Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, high court says
Thomas has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since Friday after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” the court said in a statement.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

White House: Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week

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Russian soldiers took their city, then their homes

Russia demands Mariupol lay down arms but Ukraine says no

Mass. Marine among 4 killed in NATO exercise crash

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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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.

Celtics 124, Nuggets 104

Celtics, once in danger of missing the playoffs, rout Nuggets in Denver, making everyone wonder what could be possible

US Marine from Leominster among 4 killed in crash during training exercise

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?

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”?

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Norwell 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.

Biden’s high-wire act with Putin: ‘This is like handling Chernobyl’
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.

As Green Line comes in, Union Square residents worry they’ll be pushed out
The new Green Line service — its first spur to Union Square opens Monday — is quickening the transformation of Somerville, where two-thirds of residents rent. Many worry that by the time the train is fully operational later this year, the working-class residents who could benefit from it most might be gone for good.

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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

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

After a COVID-fueled two-year hiatus, South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is returning today. Participants and onlookers, decked out in green and a range of other costumes, were ready for the famous event. Here are some photos.

US Marine from Leominster among 4 killed in crash during training exercise

Captain Ross Reynolds was remembered as a young man who had contributed much to his community and long dreamed of being a pilot.

Bath Iron Works aiding US push to develop hypersonic weapons, like those used by Russia in Ukraine

The General Dynamics subsidiary has begun engineering and design work on changes necessary to install the weapon system on the three destroyers built there.

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.

Sports

Cole Blaeser (8) of St. John's Prep beats Xaverian goaltender Brendan Flanagan for a second-period tally off a juicy rebound to tie the game, 2-2, in Sunday night's Division 1 boys' hockey state final at TD Garden.

MIAA D1 boys' hockey final | St. John's Prep 6, Xaverian 2

Tommy Sarni sparks St. John’s Prep to Division 1 state championship over Xaverian

Senior captain Tommy Sarni led the way for the Eagles (22-3) with four goals and two assists in a 6-2 victory over Xaverian

Jayson Tatum (left) nailed a 3-pointer as the Celtics took a 68-43 lead to halftime.

Celtics 124, Nuggets 104

Celtics, once in danger of missing the playoffs, rout Nuggets in Denver, making everyone wonder what could be possible

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown finished with 30 points apiece to lead the Celtics’ rejuvenated offense.

Austin Prep's Kylie McDonald (bottom left), Madison Vittands (3), Katrina Michalak (22) Sabrina Axelrod (19) And Jessica Martinson (top right) celebrate their team's 4-1 victory over Arlington that capped a perfect 27-0 season.

MIAA D1 GIRLS' HOCKEY FINAL | AUSTIN PREP 4, ARLINGTON 1

Austin Prep girls’ hockey departs MIAA stage with a perfect run to the Division 1 state title

With its 4-1 victory over Arlington, top-seeded Austin Prep put the finishing touch on a dominant unbeaten season (27-0) with the Division 1 championship Sunday night at TD Garden.

MIAA D1 BOYS' BASKETBALL FINAL | BC HIGH 71, NEWTON NORTH 59

BC High basketball nets a 25-0 season with Division 1 title over Newton North

MIAA D1 GIRLS' BASKETBALL FINAL | SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 43, ANDOVER 40

Sizzling start sparks Springfield Central girls’ basketball to a big W in Division 1 final

ncaa men's hockey tournament

UMass will start NCAA Tournament title defense against Minnesota in Worcester Regional on Friday

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

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

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

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

sports

Tewksbury goaltender Ben O'Keefe (left) is mobbed by his teammates after Sunday's 3-1 victory in the Division 1 state championship Sunday at TD Garden.

Ben O’Keefe backstops Tewksbury boys’ hockey to Division 2 state title victory

Celtics’ Aaron Nesmith misses seventh consecutive game with an ankle sprain

Kyle Schwarber and Phillies officially agree to four-year, $79 million deal

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

A member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery.

Biden fortified Saudi’s Patriot missile supply

White House: Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week

Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, high court says

Nation

Crime scene tape lies on the ground, Sunday, March 20, 2022 at the scene where a shooting that left over 20 injured and one dead occurred Saturday night in Dumas, Ark. (Staci Vandagriff/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Gunfire at Arkansas car show leaves 1 dead, 27 wounded

Biden fortified Saudi’s Patriot missile supply

White House: Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week

World

President Joe Biden.

White House: Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip this week

Russian soldiers took their city, then their homes

Russia demands Mariupol lay down arms but Ukraine says no

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