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Oscar night

"Coda" cast and crew accept the award for Best Picture for "CODA" onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

‘CODA,’ filmed in Gloucester, wins best picture at the 2022 Oscars

After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time.

Other winners: 'CODA,' filmed and set in Gloucester, wins best adapted screenplay Matthew Gilbert: Trio of hosts add up to a bright start for the Oscars

What just happened? Will Smith hits Chris Rock in the face, curses him out
The moment shocked and confused both attendees at the Dolby Theatre and viewers at home, many of whom struggled to comprehend whether the move was scripted or a real show of emotions on the stage.

OSCAR FASHION

The Oscars’ best dressed men, women . . . and salad greens?
Christopher Muther weighs in on red carpet hits and misses.

Here's the full list of 2022 Oscar winners and nominees

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Some Russian troops are moving away from Kyiv area, Ukraine says

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Pulling back the curtain on Boston’s new exam school admission process

School officials are asking families to be patient as they await admission decisions, which might not come out until late April or early May

Worker killed in Boston garage collapse mourned as devoted father, ‘great friend’
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is leading the investigation into Saturday’s collapse at Boston’s Government Center garage that killed a worker, according to a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department.

Worker death latest in string of accidents at construction sites in Greater Boston Green and Orange Line service to remain suspended beneath Government Center Garage

Globe Spotlight Investigation

Unfinished justice

The state’s high court in 2017 struck down a murder law that had condemned men who never killed to die behind bars. But what about those already facing that dire penalty? They are waiting.

Two families, two views of felony murder Video: Here's how the state's felony murder law worked prior to 2017

Sentenced to "forever" A man - who never killed - fights against his felony-murder conviction

Joseph Jabir Pope, 69, tells how he has been incarcerated for more than half his life on felony-murder charges, despite playing no direct role in the killing. ( Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Reporting by Mark Arsenault/Globe Staff and Meghan Irons/Globe Staff, Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff )

Cold temperatures and partly cloudy skies are in the forecast for Monday in the Boston area.

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Cold weather is coming and it could damage your plants

Temperatures are about to drop as arctic air moves into Massachusetts, and your plants outside could feel the effects.

Robert Williams left the game due to a left knee sprain in the third quarter, but still posted his 25th double-double of the season on Sunday night.

CELTICS 134, TIMBERWOLVES 112

Celtics reach No. 1 in the East after shellacking Timberwolves, but Robert Williams injures knee

Boston made it 24 wins in its last 28, breaking open the game by doubling up Minnesota, 38-19, in the second quarter on 50 percent shooting from the field.

Dan Shaughnessy: Ime Udoka is in command of the Celtics

Boston police department sees biggest overtime drop in a decade

And the three other things you should know about last year’s police earnings.

‘There’s no way to get back 22 years’: Black officer wrongly accused of cocaine use plans to build school in Honduras with settlement money

Opinion

Facial recognition technology was demonstrated on a video screen at the World Internet Conference is Wuzhen, China, Nov. 7, 2018.

EDITORIAL

When the bad guys are just a face in the crowd

Striking a balance between privacy and crime fighting is key to the use of facial recognition technology.

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

The science says we need to remain vigilant about COVID

IDEAS | GREGG MITMAN

An empire of rubber and dashed dreams of Black prosperity in Liberia

MARCELA GARCÍA

Social media platforms must address Russia’s Spanish-language misinformation

EDITORIAL

Beacon Hill lags on sexual harassment

The Globe turns 150

150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

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Project Takeout

With patio season upon us, Project Takeout is a wrap. But first, our final batch of Globe staff recommendations.

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‘It’s going down the drain’: Sanctions are taking their toll on Russia’s economy
The sanctions are starting to inflict a toll inside Russia that experts said will continue to increase, ratcheting up the internal pressure on a still-defiant Vladimir Putin to end the war.

Biden’s remarks about Putin continue to elicit criticism

Police investigate hateful graffiti, including swastika, at Middleborough High School
The graffiti was reported about 7:40 a.m. Sunday, the Middleborough Police Department said in a statement. An officer was dispatched to the school and began an investigation after observing the graffiti, which included "hateful language and imagery, including a swastika."

For Wu’s critics, a powerful tool: misinformation
False attacks aimed at undermining the mayor’s ability to lead have jumped from fringe corners of the Internet to the halls of power.

Cuts to COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination worry health care leaders
Medical, public health, and community leaders say that state and federal cuts to COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination initiatives will widen already-yawning gaps between haves and have nots.

Top Places to Work nominations now open
Has your company been putting workers first throughout the twists and turns of the pandemic? We want to know.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

BU’s ‘Jenga Building’ is coming together above the Charles River
The glassy, 19-story computer science building will be a landmark on the city’s western skyline.

Are you a good candidate to own a killer bird?

Falconry, an ancient form of hunting using birds of prey to pursue small game, is today practiced by a small number of devoted falconers with understanding spouses, probably.

A running list of the Boston area’s best patios
Many open by April 1, and some are ready now.

Biden administration plans to offer second booster shots to those 50 and older
The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine without recommending outright that they get one, according to several people familiar with the plan.

Milton girl, 13, killed in boating accident in Aruba, is remembered as ‘an angel’ with ‘an ear-to-ear smile’
Cassidy Murray, a seventh-grader at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, was fatally injured in a boating accident Wednesday evening, her grieving family said Friday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Oscar statuettes appeared backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in 2016.

Everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars

Karoline Boehm Goodnick's recipe for soy-caramel wings.

FOOD

The Oscars are a great excuse to snack in style. Here’s what to make.

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in the Broadway revival of "The Music Man."

ON BROADWAY

When Broadway hitches its wagon to a star, the ride can get bumpy sometimes

Jane Campion accepts the award for best director for "The Power of the Dog" at the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards this month. The prevalence of other awards shows on TV might be one of the reasons the Oscars broadcast has lost its hold on viewers.

Matthew Gilbert

Seven reasons why TV audiences are bored with the Oscars

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To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

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How do you respond when something that raw comes out of seemingly nowhere?

SCOT LEHIGH

An ugly incident raises this question: How do you respond to sudden bigotry?

The Parker under construction in July 2021 on Lagrange Street, will feature condos.

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Transfer fees aren’t the solution to Boston’s housing crisis

The demolition of Overlook Terrace at Orient Heights gets underway in January. The Boston Housing Authority-owned apartments will be replaced and modernized.

Dan O’Connell and Megan Sandel

One tool to help create affordable housing — real estate transfer fees

A guard in a protective suit watched over a barricaded community locked down in Beijing on Monday.

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COVID reveals the weakness of China’s authoritarianism

The 1,000-year old Caves Monastery, one of the world's holiest sites for Eastern Orthodox Christianity, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

IDEAS | JULIE ZIGORIS

This ancient monastery in Kyiv is at the heart of Putin’s spurious rationale for the war in Ukraine

As COVID and its consequences intensified poverty, many health care workers became more active in prescribing financial resources. A growing body of evidence says those prescriptions might be just as important as pharmaceutical ones.

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Police investigate hateful graffiti, including swastika, at Middleborough High School

The graffiti was reported about 7:40 a.m. Sunday, the Middleborough Police Department said in a statement. An officer was dispatched to the school and began an investigation after observing the graffiti, which included "hateful language and imagery, including a swastika."

Green and Orange Line service to remain suspended beneath Government Center Garage

On Sunday, the MBTA said rail service through the area will not resume “until a team of structural engineers, examining and assessing infrastructure above and below the surface, confirms that subway service can safely resume.”

‘There’s no way to get back 22 years’: Black officer wrongly accused of cocaine use plans to build school in Honduras with settlement money

Richard Beckers was one of five Black police officers owed millions in backpay after two decades of litigation. Now, he wants to give it away.

Sports

Stanford players, including Haley Jones (30), Hannah Jump (33), and Lacie Hull (24),celebrate as confetti flies after Stanford beat Texas 59-50 in the Elite Eight.

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Stanford dispatches No. 2 Texas to gain Final Four

Stanford's Lexie Hull scored 20 points in front of her hometown crowd.

Minnesota goalie Justen Close earned the shutout in the Gophers' 3-0 victory over Western Michigan in the NCAA Tournament's Worcester Regional.

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It’s the best of the West in the Frozen Four

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Robert Williams was up and about on this dunk, but he limped to the locker room in the fourth quarter.

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Surging Celtics face a dilemma: rest injured players or worry about seeding in the East?

Roberts Williams limped to the locker room and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, both nursing injuries, could use a rest.

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South Carolina bound for Final Four after ending Creighton’s run

World Cup qualifier | US 5, Panama 1

Christian Pulisic leads US men’s soccer to rout over Panama in World Cup qualifier

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Celtics reach No. 1 in the East after shellacking Timberwolves, but Robert Williams injures knee

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‘Everything costs more, and people can’t keep up’

Rising prices for essentials like food and fuel have driven Americans to food pantries and assistance programs in droves.

‘It’s nothing new’: A Mass. politician’s battle with pandemic-fueled online hate

Online trolls, shrouded in anonymity and fueled by the divisive nature of COVID politics, have levied streams of hate against people they dislike, including state Senator Becca Rausch, who has supported vaccines and mask mandates.

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BU’s ‘Jenga Building’ is coming together above the Charles River

Top Places to Work nominations now open

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PERSPECTIVE

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The writer’s mother dressed up to watch the Oscars at home in Florida. She’s holding her grandchild, the writer’s daughter.

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‘CODA,’ filmed in Gloucester, wins best picture at the 2022 Oscars

What just happened? Will Smith hits Chris Rock in the face, curses him out The moment shocked and confused both attendees at the Dolby Theatre and viewers at home, many of whom struggled to comprehend whether the move was scripted or a real show of emotions on the stage.

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Here's the full list of 2022 Oscar winners and nominees

Pulling back the curtain on Boston’s new exam school admission process

Unfinished justice

Cold weather is coming and it could damage your plants

Celtics reach No. 1 in the East after shellacking Timberwolves, but Robert Williams injures knee

Boston police department sees biggest overtime drop in a decade

When the bad guys are just a face in the crowd

The science says we need to remain vigilant about COVID

An empire of rubber and dashed dreams of Black prosperity in Liberia

Social media platforms must address Russia’s Spanish-language misinformation

Beacon Hill lags on sexual harassment

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What just happened? Will Smith hits Chris Rock in the face, curses him out
The moment shocked and confused both attendees at the Dolby Theatre and viewers at home, many of whom struggled to comprehend whether the move was scripted or a real show of emotions on the stage.

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The Oscars’ best dressed men, women . . . and salad greens?
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The sanctions are starting to inflict a toll inside Russia that experts said will continue to increase, ratcheting up the internal pressure on a still-defiant Vladimir Putin to end the war.

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False attacks aimed at undermining the mayor’s ability to lead have jumped from fringe corners of the Internet to the halls of power.

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Medical, public health, and community leaders say that state and federal cuts to COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination initiatives will widen already-yawning gaps between haves and have nots.

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The glassy, 19-story computer science building will be a landmark on the city’s western skyline.

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Milton girl, 13, killed in boating accident in Aruba, is remembered as ‘an angel’ with ‘an ear-to-ear smile’
Cassidy Murray, a seventh-grader at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, was fatally injured in a boating accident Wednesday evening, her grieving family said Friday.