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Oscar night

Jada Pinkett Smith (left) and Will Smith appear in the audience at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Jeneé Osterheldt

Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the hypocrisy of us all

At the Oscars, in the midst of a slap, we missed the deep pain of how we ignore a certain kind of violence.

Academy condemns Will Smith’s actions, launches review

Will Smith, with his award for Best Actor and his family, from left: his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, his daughter, Willow, and his sons, Jaden and Trey.

Kevin Cullen

Love will make you do crazy things? So will arrogance.

Will Smith grew up in a household where domestic violence deeply affected him. He made a career in an industry that celebrates violence. Still, his physical assault on Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, and the support voiced for it, was shocking.

What happened? Will Smith hits Chris Rock in the face, curses him out Matthew Gilbert: An ugly moment makes the wrong kind of Oscars history

Mikaela Teixeira, center, reacts to "CODA" winning best picture at an Oscars viewing party held at Berklee College of Music. Berklee is featured prominently in "CODA," a shot-in-Massachusetts movie that won all three awards for which it had been nominated.

From Gloucester to Berklee, ‘CODA’ Oscar triumphs are a cause for celebration

Behind the film’s groundbreaking night were folks from the Bay State — from the Gloucester maritime community, to Berklee College of Music students and alumni, to the local crew members — who helped propel it into history.

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

PERSPECTIVE

I was convinced I didn’t have Lyme disease. But guess what?
The tick-borne illness can manifest in mysterious ways — which is why we should test for it more often.

Coming soon to your benefits package: student debt relief
As companies struggle to hire and retain workers during a nationwide labor shortage and waves of post-pandemic turnover, nearly one-third of large employers are offering to help pay off one of the biggest debts young people owe.

Biden says remark on Putin’s power was about ‘moral outrage,’ not policy change

President Biden said Monday that he is “not walking anything back” after his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” although Biden insisted he’s not calling for regime change in Moscow.

Ukrainians claim to retake ground ahead of latest talks

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Russia shifts strategy, targets Ukraine’s eastern defenses

6:07 p.m.
Russia deploys mercenaries to Ukraine, UK says
5:35 p.m.
As Ukrainian refugees near 4 million, the exodus slows
4:52 p.m.
Missile hits west Ukraine oil depot, official says

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 2,430 confirmed cases; 3 deaths reported on Friday

Judge sees likely Trump crimes in attempt to stop certification of 2020 election

“Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” a federal judge wrote in a ruling on Monday.

Jan. 6 committee to seek interview with Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice

Family of worker killed in garage collapse ‘overwhelmed’ by gestures of support

A cousin of 51-year-old Peter Monsini, the construction worker who died Saturday in a nine-story fall at a job site at Boston’s Government Center Garage, said Sunday that the family has been “overwhelmed” by the outpouring of community support following the tragedy.

Government Center Garage has troubled safety history Boston detail officer witnessed fatal garage collapse

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 Yvonne Abraham: Flawed justice, but we can fix this

Felony murder explained

An explainer about how the Massachusetts felony murder law had worked -- and why some say current reforms aren't enough. ( Video Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff, Animation by Dominic Smith )

Robert Williams left Sunday's game in the third quarter.

Celtics’ Robert Williams has a torn meniscus, and the team has no timeline for a return yet

Williams has been a defensive bright spot for the Celtics, who just jumped into a tie for the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference.

Xander Bogaerts recently was coaxed into his first trip to Sanibel Island, off Florida's Gulf Coast. Here he watches pelicans fly overhead as he towels off after a dip in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Chilling at Sanibel Island beach with Aruba native Xander Bogaerts

On a rare day off, the Red Sox All-Star shortstop fielded an array of questions about the upcoming season, his leadership role, and other off-the-field topics.

Dear home staging client, your house is lovely, but please throw away everything you own immediately!

As home sellers fall under the influence of TikTok staging stars and throw-pillow-focused reality TV shows, a home-staging arms race is building.

Opinion

There’s an element of unfairness to the fee Boston Mayor Michele Wu plans to impose on North End restaurants that want to set up outdoor seating.

Joan Vennochi

From vaccines to North End restaurants, Mayor Michelle Wu creates her own equity problems

She created problems for herself, ironically, in a realm she said she champions — equity.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Who wouldn’t want tacos at midnight on Newbury Street?

Rachelle G. Cohen

Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the slap heard round the world

SHARON E. BURKE AND BRAM GOVAERTS

Multiple breadbasket failures: Nations must address looming food emergencies

Tim Fitzgerald

We can eat our way out of climate change

The Globe turns 150

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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Takeout from Shanti. This is Chicken Biryani.

Project Takeout

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

Here are three local, independent restaurants we supported this week.

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Governor Charlie Baker makes first statewide endorsement this year, backing Anthony Amore in auditor race
Baker is backing Republican candidate for auditor Anthony Amore, the director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2018.

Bill Belichick declines to address Malcolm Butler’s Super Bowl benching, calling it ‘old news’
The Patriots coach met with reporters at the NFL meetings and answered questions on a variety of topics.

Needham man, 28, sentenced to life in prison for 2018 murder of girlfriend
A Needham man will spend at least 25 years in state prison for the fatal 2018 stabbing of 20-year-old Olivia Bergstrom after he pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the case, Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office said.

Probate court judge suspended for groping employee resigns in letter to governor
Judge Paul Sushchyk resigned as an associate justice of the Probate and Family Court on Monday after he was suspended last week in a ruling by the state’s highest court that found he groped an employee during a 2019 judicial conference and lied about it.

More people need mental health care. But those who want to help them pay dearly.
At a time when people wait weeks or months for mental health treatment, the people training to be therapists confront one hurdle after another — most of them financial.

Love Letters

Should we give it another shot, now that we live in the same area again?
We broke up after he got a job transfer, but we stayed in touch.

Mass. employers pick up hiring but jobless rate remains above the US average

Like New York, California, and other states hit hard by COVID-19, Massachusetts was slower to drop pandemic restrictions, and that has held back job growth.

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

‘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.

Hospitals on high alert for possible Russia cyberattacks
Health care entities in Mass. have been victims of Russia-based cyberattacks in the past and more could be on the way.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Azniv Korkejian, who performs as Bedouine, has recorded three albums, including 2021's "Waysides."

Bedouine launches her spring tour at City Winery

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

DEVRA FIRST

We are all Chowhounds now

A scene from the Broadway production of "Six." A touring version of the show will come to the Emerson Colonial Theatre Nov. 9-Jan. 15, 2023.

Broadway In Boston’s new season to include ‘Tina,’ ‘Six,’ ‘Jagged Little Pill’

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Elena Suazo carries the hospital sheets she replaced for her father, and the protective medical gear she wore to attend to him at José Gregorio Hernández Hospital as she walks home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, in 2020. A shortage of doctors and nurses left families rushing to fill the void at facilities that treat the poor, to feed them, bathe them, and change their bedsheets.

EDITORIAL

Tapping Venezuela’s oil wealth to help its impoverished citizens

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

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?

Lew Zackin shops in Newton on March 16 with his mask on. He is not planning to go maskless in public even though the guidelines say he can.

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

The science says we need to remain vigilant about COVID

Misinformation in Spanish has rapidly spread on social platforms — and often gone unchecked or left up longer than it survives in English.

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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.

IDEAS | JULIA HOTZ

Take this cash and call me in the morning

Metro

Boston detail officer witnessed fatal garage collapse

A Boston police officer witnessed the Government Center Garage collapse that sent a piece of construction equipment plummeting about 100 feet Saturday afternoon, killing the operator, a police report said.

Governor Charlie Baker makes first statewide endorsement this year, backing Anthony Amore in auditor race

Baker is backing Republican candidate for auditor Anthony Amore, the director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2018.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 2,430 confirmed cases; 3 deaths reported on Friday

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

RI Crime

‘Grateful’ Naomi Osaka into Miami Open quarterfinals

Osaka, in the midst of a difficult year, beat Alison Riske 6-3, 6-4 to move into a last eight matchup with Danielle Collins.

Albert Pujols is back with the Cardinals, for whom he starred before leaving as a free agent after the 2011 season.

MLB NOTEBOOK

Albert Pujols returns home, finds fit in a new role with Cardinals

The 42-year-old slugger signed a one-year deal with St. Louis, where he played for 11 seasons, and hopes to be the team's designated hitter against lefthanded pitching.

The current home of the Buffalo Bills, in Orchard Park, N.Y., opened in 1973.

NFL notebook

Bills’ new stadium deal carries $850 million taxpayer tab, governor says

Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agreement preserving the Bills presence in her hometown.

NCAA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Duke, North Carolina ready for first-ever NCAA tourney meeting in Final Four showdown

ncaa women's basketball

Stanford took control of a fast, chippy game against Texas to get back to Final Four

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

With one swing of the bat, Marcelo Mayer makes a fast impression on Nate Eovaldi

Business

A new supply chain risk: 22,000 dockworkers who may soon strike

Threatening to raise the prices of consumer goods even higher, a tense, unresolved conflict between US longshoremen and their employers over labor contracts brews.

US to more than double fines for fuel-efficiency violations

The rule comes as the Biden administration is expected to finalize new fuel economy standards for cars this week.

FedEx names operating chief Raj Subramaniam to succeed founder Fred Smith as CEO

Fast times for New Balance: New Methuen plant to employ 200 by year’s end on strong demand

magazine

Chunky knit valances, a rug with a Greek key design based on a Miles Davis album cover, and pillows made from upholstery salvaged from the couple’s old sofas enhance the living room ensemble.

Home Refresh

They went looking for underused space in a renovation, and found 1,550 square feet

John Revelstoke Rathom was among the most famous journalists in the United States before he was blackmailed by the government in 1918.

PERSPECTIVE

We can’t choose our free-speech heroes. But we need all of them.

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

CONNECTIONS

Why I owe it to my late mother to watch the Oscars all the way through to Best Picture

Roasted Eye of Round With Miso, Orange, and Five-Spice

COOKING

Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the hypocrisy of us all

Love will make you do crazy things? So will arrogance.

From Gloucester to Berklee, ‘CODA’ Oscar triumphs are a cause for celebration

PERSPECTIVE I was convinced I didn’t have Lyme disease. But guess what? The tick-borne illness can manifest in mysterious ways — which is why we should test for it more often.

Coming soon to your benefits package: student debt relief As companies struggle to hire and retain workers during a nationwide labor shortage and waves of post-pandemic turnover, nearly one-third of large employers are offering to help pay off one of the biggest debts young people owe.

Biden says remark on Putin’s power was about ‘moral outrage,’ not policy change

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 2,430 confirmed cases; 3 deaths reported on Friday

Judge sees likely Trump crimes in attempt to stop certification of 2020 election

Family of worker killed in garage collapse ‘overwhelmed’ by gestures of support

Unfinished justice

Celtics’ Robert Williams has a torn meniscus, and the team has no timeline for a return yet

Chilling at Sanibel Island beach with Aruba native Xander Bogaerts

Dear home staging client, your house is lovely, but please throw away everything you own immediately!

From vaccines to North End restaurants, Mayor Michelle Wu creates her own equity problems

Who wouldn’t want tacos at midnight on Newbury Street?

Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the slap heard round the world

Multiple breadbasket failures: Nations must address looming food emergencies

We can eat our way out of climate change

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Governor Charlie Baker makes first statewide endorsement this year, backing Anthony Amore in auditor race Baker is backing Republican candidate for auditor Anthony Amore, the director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2018.

Bill Belichick declines to address Malcolm Butler’s Super Bowl benching, calling it ‘old news’ The Patriots coach met with reporters at the NFL meetings and answered questions on a variety of topics.

More people need mental health care. But those who want to help them pay dearly. At a time when people wait weeks or months for mental health treatment, the people training to be therapists confront one hurdle after another — most of them financial.

Love Letters Should we give it another shot, now that we live in the same area again? We broke up after he got a job transfer, but we stayed in touch.

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Mass. employers pick up hiring but jobless rate remains above the US average

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

‘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.

Hospitals on high alert for possible Russia cyberattacks Health care entities in Mass. have been victims of Russia-based cyberattacks in the past and more could be on the way.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Bedouine launches her spring tour at City Winery

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

We are all Chowhounds now

Broadway In Boston’s new season to include ‘Tina,’ ‘Six,’ ‘Jagged Little Pill’

Special Projects

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

Under the wheel

A Beautiful Resistance

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Tapping Venezuela’s oil wealth to help its impoverished citizens

When the bad guys are just a face in the crowd

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

The science says we need to remain vigilant about COVID

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

Take this cash and call me in the morning

Metro

Boston detail officer witnessed fatal garage collapse

Governor Charlie Baker makes first statewide endorsement this year, backing Anthony Amore in auditor race

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 2,430 confirmed cases; 3 deaths reported on Friday

More articles about the Burrillville man arrested with 200+ guns

Sports

‘Grateful’ Naomi Osaka into Miami Open quarterfinals

Albert Pujols returns home, finds fit in a new role with Cardinals

Bills’ new stadium deal carries $850 million taxpayer tab, governor says

Duke, North Carolina ready for first-ever NCAA tourney meeting in Final Four showdown

Stanford took control of a fast, chippy game against Texas to get back to Final Four

With one swing of the bat, Marcelo Mayer makes a fast impression on Nate Eovaldi

Business

A new supply chain risk: 22,000 dockworkers who may soon strike

US to more than double fines for fuel-efficiency violations

FedEx names operating chief Raj Subramaniam to succeed founder Fred Smith as CEO

Fast times for New Balance: New Methuen plant to employ 200 by year’s end on strong demand

They went looking for underused space in a renovation, and found 1,550 square feet

We can’t choose our free-speech heroes. But we need all of them.

Why I owe it to my late mother to watch the Oscars all the way through to Best Picture

Recipes: Four boldly seasoned roasts using less expensive eye of round

metro

Burrillville man with massive gun stockpile arraigned on five felony charges

Will Smith, Chris Rock, and the hypocrisy of us all

Brett Smiley launches bid for Providence mayor, calls for ‘getting back to basics’

sports

Czechia native Tomas Nosek worries about the war in nearby Ukraine

PERSPECTIVE

I was convinced I didn’t have Lyme disease. But guess what?
The tick-borne illness can manifest in mysterious ways — which is why we should test for it more often.

Coming soon to your benefits package: student debt relief
As companies struggle to hire and retain workers during a nationwide labor shortage and waves of post-pandemic turnover, nearly one-third of large employers are offering to help pay off one of the biggest debts young people owe.

Governor Charlie Baker makes first statewide endorsement this year, backing Anthony Amore in auditor race
Baker is backing Republican candidate for auditor Anthony Amore, the director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2018.

Bill Belichick declines to address Malcolm Butler’s Super Bowl benching, calling it ‘old news’
The Patriots coach met with reporters at the NFL meetings and answered questions on a variety of topics.

More people need mental health care. But those who want to help them pay dearly.
At a time when people wait weeks or months for mental health treatment, the people training to be therapists confront one hurdle after another — most of them financial.

Love Letters

Should we give it another shot, now that we live in the same area again?
We broke up after he got a job transfer, but we stayed in touch.

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

‘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.

Hospitals on high alert for possible Russia cyberattacks
Health care entities in Mass. have been victims of Russia-based cyberattacks in the past and more could be on the way.