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FDA authorizes another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people age 50 and up

US regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds.

Russia says it will cut back military activity near Ukraine capital as talks to end fighting continue

Russia’s military said Tuesday it would “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, potentially a significant concession by Moscow amid talks aimed at ending the war that began more than a month ago.

Biden defends unscripted remark about Putin, saying he ‘was expressing moral outrage’

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Russian troops cut back in key cities ‘to increase trust’

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As talks progress, Russia says it will reduce attacks in northern Ukraine
10:32 a.m.
Belgium expels 21 Russian diplomats, Netherlands ousts 17
10:08 a.m.
German unions say Russian energy embargo would shutter industries

Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show more than 7-hour gap in Trump calls
The gap extends from a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and involves White House calls. It’s widely known that Trump had conversations on Jan. 6 with Republican lawmakers.

Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt

Analysis

Think Trump is a lock for the 2024 GOP nomination? What happens in this 2022 contest may raise questions about that.

The results of one particular contest in this year’s midterm elections could shape the early contours of the presidential primary campaign more than any other.

Outdoor dining lining was popular on Hanover Street in the North End last year.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

North End restaurants’ food fight with Wu is absurd

It shouldn’t take high-priced lawyers and a waste of political capital to settle the dispute over outdoor dining.

Outdoor dining tables in the North End in 2021.

Boston will offer flexibility on North End outdoor dining, Wu says

‘Gentrification is destroying the community’: In Eastie, first-generation Bostonians lament a changing neighborhood
Pricey development continues to rapidly transform the neighborhood, long known as a landing pad for immigrants, but drawing more affluent white-collar workers and students by the day.

MBTA inspectors get first look at Green and Orange Line tunnels closed due to Government Center garage collapse
“We have begun the first round of inspections,” T General Manager Steven Poftak said in a telephone interview with the Globe Tuesday. “But we don’t have a specific timeline [for resumption of Green and Orange Line service]. Because we don’t know what we don’t know right now.”

An undated photo of Peter Monsini, who was killed in a weekend construction accident at the Government Center Garage.

Brockton mayor mourns death of Peter Monsini, worker killed in garage collapse in Boston

Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan on Monday mourned the loss of his high school classmate Peter Monsini, the 51-year-old man who fell nine stories to his death Saturday at a construction site at Boston’s 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 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 )

South Boston-03/15/22 Monica Cannon-Grant leaves the Federal Courthouse after she was arrested and indicted in connection with a series of schemes to defraud the Mass Dept of Unemployment Assistance.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband plead not guilty to defrauding donors to anti-violence nonprofit

Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court to an 18-count indictment accusing them of spending money donated to their nonprofit on themselves

Damon Cox, who was the Assistant Secretary for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker, joined startup accelerator MassChallenge as head of next practice and inclusive growth.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Commonwealth’s innovation official joins startup accelerator MassChallenge

Damon Cox will have dual responsibilities as the head of next practice and inclusive growth, hoping to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the startup economy.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith appeared in the audience at the Oscars on Sunday 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.

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, says he was ‘out of line’ and ‘wrong’

Opinion

The Equality Parade, the largest gay pride parade in central and eastern Europe, in Warsaw, June 19, 2021.

EDITORIAL

Ukraine war poses a challenge for Europe’s right-wing populists — and ours

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has strengthened the resolve of Europe’s liberal democracies and given pause to its illiberal populists.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Chile’s president could be a new model for the left

Paula A. Johnson

How to build an economy that works for women

Rachelle G. Cohen

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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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Overwhelming majority of 2021 child abuse cases in R.I. were due to neglect
About 200 cases of neglect were due to inadequate food or shelter and more than 180 cases were linked to drug and alcohol abuse.

Former UMass student found guilty of 2017 rape in campus dorm

The jury convicted Ryder Chilcoff of Villa Park, Calif., who faces up to 20 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan’s office said.

Man charged in fire that damaged popular Chinese restaurant in Webster
Police have arrested a 42-year-old Webster man on several charges stemming from a three-alarm fire tore through a popular local Chinese restaurant on March 18, authorities said Tuesday.

BOTTLES

Greatest pivot of all time? Sam Adams’ beer celebrates Tom Brady’s return instead of retirement

Samuel Adams Brewing had announced the release of a special beer to honor the retiring quarterback. Three days later, he announced his comeback. Can you release a beer marking the end of an all-time great’s career if his career isn’t actually over yet?

The art of tattooing on ‘an ever-changing canvas’
The Globe spoke with several local tattoo artists about how the other artistic mediums they practice influence how they ink — and vice versa.

Elton John adds additional Gillette Stadium show to farewell tour
In all, he's adding 11 new performances. Tickets for the additional dates go on sale April 6.

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.

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.

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.

MIT will again require SAT and ACT scores
Students applying to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022 will have to submit SAT or ACT exam scores, the university announced Monday, nearly two years after suspending the requirement because the pandemic had disrupted testing for many applicants.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Elle Fanning portrays Michelle Carter in Hulu's "The Girl From Plainville."

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘The Girl From Plainville’ adds a human dimension to texting suicide case

COOKING | MAGAZINE

Recipes: Make polenta, then fry it, use it in soup, or serve with sauce

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

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

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

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

Farm 8 employees work inside an indoor vertical farm in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2021.

Tim Fitzgerald

We can eat our way out of climate change

A combine harvester is seen in a wheat field on Aug. 17, 2017, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Sharon E. Burke and Bram Govaerts

Multiple breadbasket failures: Nations must address looming food emergencies

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

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 activist Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband plead not guilty to defrauding donors to anti-violence nonprofit

Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court to an 18-count indictment accusing them of spending money donated to their nonprofit on themselves

Man charged in fire that damaged popular Chinese restaurant in Webster

Police have arrested a 42-year-old Webster man on several charges stemming from a three-alarm fire tore through a popular local Chinese restaurant on March 18, authorities said Tuesday.

RI ARTS

PPAC will open 2022-2023 season with ‘The Tina Turner Musical’

Theater-goers can expect classics like “Les Misérables” and family favorites like “Annie” as well as new productions

MBTA inspectors get first look at Green and Orange Line tunnels closed due to Government Center garage collapse

“We have begun the first round of inspections,” T General Manager Steven Poftak said in a telephone interview with the Globe Tuesday. “But we don’t have a specific timeline [for resumption of Green and Orange Line service]. Because we don’t know what we don’t know right now.”

Sports

Bill Simmons is the founder and CEO of The Ringer.

Sports Media

Bill Simmons explains why he doesn’t write columns anymore

The founder and CEO of The Ringer still has his podcast, but he doesn’t produce written content, even on a website he runs.

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk died Monday at the age of 62.

NHL

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies from illness at 62

Melnyk, the Senators owner since 2003, had a liver transplant in 2015 after a public campaign for a donor.

Jillian Dempsey (left), pictured here in February 2021, scored the opener as the Pride won their second consecutive Isobel Cup.

PRIDE 4, WHALE 2 | ISOBEL CUP FINAL

Boston Pride rally with three-goal third period to win second straight Isobel Cup

The Pride overturned a 2-1 deficit after two periods to make it back-to-back.

Raptors 115, Celtics 112 (OT)

Despite being down four starters, Celtics stayed in it vs. the Raptors, but couldn’t finish in overtime

NCAA women's tournament | UConn 91, N.C. State 87

UConn women battle 1-seed NC State through two OTs before breaking through to 14th straight Final Four

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

With start of the season fast approaching, Red Sox continue to work out some of the kinks

Business

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Commonwealth’s innovation official joins startup accelerator MassChallenge

Damon Cox will have dual responsibilities as the head of next practice and inclusive growth, hoping to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the startup economy.

FDA authorizes another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people age 50 and up

US regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds.

Boston will offer flexibility on North End outdoor dining, Wu says

US job openings remain near record high in February

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PERSPECTIVE

I was convinced I didn’t have Lyme disease. But guess what?

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was whispering a prayer to God hoping that she was my date’

Gisela McDaniel, "Created for Such a Time as This," 2020.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, March 28-April 3

Cooking

FDA authorizes another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people age 50 and up

Russia says it will cut back military activity near Ukraine capital as talks to end fighting continue

Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show more than 7-hour gap in Trump calls The gap extends from a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and involves White House calls. It’s widely known that Trump had conversations on Jan. 6 with Republican lawmakers.

Think Trump is a lock for the 2024 GOP nomination? What happens in this 2022 contest may raise questions about that.

North End restaurants’ food fight with Wu is absurd

Boston will offer flexibility on North End outdoor dining, Wu says

Brockton mayor mourns death of Peter Monsini, worker killed in garage collapse in Boston

Unfinished justice

Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband plead not guilty to defrauding donors to anti-violence nonprofit

Commonwealth’s innovation official joins startup accelerator MassChallenge

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

Ukraine war poses a challenge for Europe’s right-wing populists — and ours

Chile’s president could be a new model for the left

How to build an economy that works for women

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

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

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About 200 cases of neglect were due to inadequate food or shelter and more than 180 cases were linked to drug and alcohol abuse.

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