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Government Center Garage collapse highlights tightrope walk of large real estate developments

Investigations are exploring what caused the accident that killed a demolition worker last month, but questions remain, too, about what it all means for the multi-billion-dollar development.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Zelensky to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths

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Moldova pleads for international support
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Sweden expels three Russian diplomats

The first female Boston police officer shot in the line of duty says her shooter does not deserve a new trial

James Gaines, convicted of trying to kill Boston police Officer Zenaida Flores-Doherty, wants a new trial after learning his lawyer posted racist messages on social media. But Flores-Doherty says Gaines got a fair trial.

Biden and Obama’s White House reunion to celebrate health law
The last time former president Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor — bent on overturning “Obamacare” — to the US Capitol to be inaugurated.

The top 2021 overtime earner in the Boston city workforce? Not a cop.

Thanks in large part to an accounting technicality, the top overtime earner in the city workforce last year was a wire inspector named Keith Barry.

Construction is underway at the opening-someday-soon Ball Square T station.

Green Line extension to Medford was set to open in December. Then May. Now it’s on track to open in summer.

A worker holding a spool of wiring at one under-construction station laughed when asked if they were putting on the final touches. “No,” he said. “But we’re getting there.”

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Seaport traffic is back. So are ideas for new ways to get there.
There’s no better time than now to figure out how best to move thousands of people in and out of the transit-starved business district, surrounded by water, as development continues unabated. Here are a few ideas.

With federal funds in hand, public housing also at play in Mayor Wu’s agenda
Boston faces a difficult question: How to preserve and sustain the existing, dated public housing system, which experts say is a crucial part of any solution to the city’s housing dilemma.

Jake DeBrusk reacts after scoring a tying goal for the Bruins in the first period. He wound up scoring the winning goal in overtime.

Bruins 3, Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Jake DeBrusk helps Bruins bury the Blue Jackets in overtime

DeBrusk scores the first and last goal for the Bruins in a 3-2 overtime win versus the host Blue Jackets.

Christian Braun (center) and Kansas celebrated their national championship win after Caleb Love (right) saw his game-tying three fall short at the buzzer.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP | Kansas 72, North Carolina 69

Kansas tops North Carolina with greatest comeback in championship game history to win fourth national title

The Jayhawks trailed by as many as 16, completing the biggest title-game turnaround in tournament history.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady has a surprising number of thoughts about sunglasses

The former Patriots quarterback and recently un-retired Tampa Bay Buccaneer wants to see you sporting stylish Scandinavian sunglasses.

Opinion

A dead civilian with his hands tied behind his back lies on the ground in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine.

Halting the next genocide

The atrocities in Bucha cry out for a response from the US and the world to stop Putin’s war machine.

Kevin B. Churchwell and Michelle A. Williams

Every child deserves good health. That requires urgent action on equity.

In state auditor race, it’s Diana DiZoglio vs. Chris Dempsey and Robert DeLeo

MARCELA GARCÍA

The long shelf life of Title 42

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: a husband-and-wife controversy

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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New Inclusive Boston ad campaign aims to change perception of city
A new city tourism campaign emphasizes that there is not just one Boston accent, the second phase of an effort to change Boston’s reputation as a city that’s unwelcoming to people of color.

Shooters still at large following mass killing in Sacramento
A suspect believed connected to the mass shooting in Sacramento was arrested, but the multiple shooters police believe fatally shot six people and wounded 12 on a crowded street in California’s capital are still on the loose.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for Supreme Court heads to full Senate with three Republicans saying they will support her

After the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked Monday on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination, the full Senate voted to consider her. Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski said they would vote to confirm Jackson, joining Susan Collins.

Driver who killed two people in 2016 Sweet Tomatoes pizza shop crash in Newton loses appeal

Bradford Casler, who drove his SUV into the Sweet Tomatoes pizza shop in Newton, killing two customers and injuring four employees, lost his effort Monday to throw out two motor vehicle homicide convictions stemming from the 2016 crash.

Mass. Senate staffers take step to unionize despite state law that has thwarted such efforts

Representatives from a local chapter of a major union delivered a letter to Senate President Karen E. Spilka’s office last week, saying that a “strong majority” of around 200 Senate staff members had signed union cards and were asking for voluntary recognition.

Search continues for moped group who assaulted couple in Dorchester parking lot

The couple's car was targeted with rocks before attackers pulled out the driver and beat him.

Recommended reads

“When I started making crosswords with my dad, it was just a lot of fun and was something new and interesting for me to do,” said August Lee-Kovach, 14, holding the puzzle he had published in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. “Once we made one we were kind of hooked."

This 14-year-old Carlisle resident is a crossword whiz — and the youngest to build a puzzle for The Sunday New York Times

On March 27, August Lee-Kovach, a freshman at Concord-Carlisle High School, became the youngest known person to have a crossword puzzle published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times.

Can you solve a crossword puzzle designed by a 14-year-old?

‘A file of shame’: Major UN climate report shows world is on track for catastrophic levels of warming
To avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis, the analysis from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says, leaders must make radical, immediate changes. That includes rapidly phasing out the use of fossil fuels.

THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

The college gender gap has transformed the dating world

Women now outnumber men on US college campuses by a large amount. That's led to a numerical mismatch for singles with diplomas: In Suffolk County, there are almost 20 percent more college-educated young women than men.

Eight studies by former Harvard, BIDMC researcher retracted over ethics review
The research studies or abstracts led by ophthalmologist Dr. Jorge Arroyo were retracted by three different medical journals for problems with critical oversight approvals for the research.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Lady Gaga performed onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Grammys broadcast falters after a fast start

Pianist Jeremy Denk, who performed the complete Book 1 of Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier" on Saturday night in GBH’s Calderwood Studio.

A Bach keyboard landmark, scaled to his time and ours

From left: Marc Bamuthi Joseph, KingHavoc, and Daniel Bernard Roumain in Celebrity Series of Boston’s production of “The Just and the Blind” (projected photo by Brittsense Photography).

‘The Just and the Blind’ looks at Black boyhood through a father’s eyes

LCD Soundsystem play the first of four shows Sunday night at Roadrunner.

A booty-shaking blast from LCD Soundsystem at Roadrunner

Special Projects

Paul Gunter.

Spotlight Team 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.

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.

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

Governor Charlie Baker chats with Governor's Councillor Marilyn Petitto Devaney in the Senate President's office, after remotely swearing in senators on Jan. 6, 2021.

Governor’s Council fades to black

Engineers work on installing an Ecoforest heat pump at the Octopus Energy Limiteds heat pump facility in Slough, U.K., on Sept. 28, 2021.

Heat pumps could help ease the climate crisis — and the war in Ukraine

A boy pushes a wheelbarrow with canisters and his younger brother, on their way to collect water from a stagnant pool, about two miles from their home in Kamar Kalagh village outside Herat, Afghanistan, on Nov. 26, 2021. Afghanistan’s drought, its worst in decades, is now entering its second year, exacerbated by climate change.

Michael E. Mann and Wanjira Mathai

UN IPCC report can lead governments to the climate action door, but they must walk through

Minnesota farmers Barb and Gerald Bauer lease some of their land for a community solar garden.

Humans are responsible for climate change and humans have the capacity to solve it

Bruce Willis played a cop on an island in New England in the 2012 movie "Moonrise Kingdom."

Bruce Willis’s nightmare

IDEAS | BEN KISSAM

Confessions of a professional clickbait writer

Metro

State regulators reject plan to use ropeless lobster traps

The plan had drawn support from right whale scientists and environmental groups who say the ropeless gear eliminates the risk of whales becoming entangled in the heavy ropes that are typically used to connect traps on the seafloor to buoys on the surface.

‘Blatant disrespect’: R.I.’s Lighthouse Inn decision blasted in Narragansett

“I question the legality and legitimacy of the (request for proposals) process, and I also question RIDEM’s disregard for local zoning authority,” said the town councilwoman who has been helping lead the town’s efforts to develop the site.

Mass. Senate staffers take step to unionize despite state law that has thwarted such efforts

Representatives from a local chapter of a major union delivered a letter to Senate President Karen E. Spilka’s office last week, saying that a “strong majority” of around 200 Senate staff members had signed union cards and were asking for voluntary recognition.

Green Line extension to Medford was set to open in December. Then May. Now it’s on track to open in summer.

A worker holding a spool of wiring at one under-construction station laughed when asked if they were putting on the final touches. “No,” he said. “But we’re getting there.”

Sports

Christian Braun (center) and Kansas celebrated their national championship win after Caleb Love (right) saw his game-tying three fall short at the buzzer.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP | Kansas 72, North Carolina 69

Kansas tops North Carolina with greatest comeback in championship game history to win fourth national title

The Jayhawks trailed by as many as 16, completing the biggest title-game turnaround in tournament history.

Bruins forward David Pastrnak (left) tries to control the puck in front of Blue Jackets defenseman Jake Bean during the second period of Monday night's 3-2 overtime win in Columbus.

The Bruins OT victory in Columbus may have come at a steep price: Trent Frederic, David Pastrnak hurt

Frederic absorbed a heavy shoulder-to-shoulder hit that buckled him in the second period; Pastrnak took a tumble on the ice during a third-period power play and left with an disclosed injury.

Lincoln-Sudbury's Bobby Haarde slides in with a run as BC High catcher Shea O'Reilly awaits the arrival of the ball Monday afternoon in Sudbury.

MONDAY'S BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Lincoln-Sudbury baseball earns a high five in comeback victory over BC High

Jake Haarde's sacrifice fly sparked a big fifth inning for the No. 9 Warriors, and Aidan Sweeney pitched 4 1/3 solid innings to shut down the No. 7 Eagles.

MONDAY'S SCHOOLS SOFTBALL ROUNDUP

Liv DeLong, Amesbury spin momentum in season-opening win over Peabody

Bruins 3, Blue Jackets 2 (OT)

Jake DeBrusk helps Bruins bury the Blue Jackets in overtime

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Despite report, Yankees and Aaron Judge say no long-term deal yet

Business

France pushing for energy sanctions against Russia

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Tuesday that there is a “total determination” from all 27 European Union countries for sanctions against Russia that could target oil and coal over evidence its troops deliberately killed Ukrainian civilians.

Ukraine says Russia preparing offensive in southeast

Russian forces on Tuesday were preparing for an offensive in Ukraine’s southeast, the Ukrainian military said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to talk to the U.N. Security Council amid outrage over evidence Moscow’s soldiers deliberately killed civilians.

Sudanese go hungry as prices spiral upward in wake of coup

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Seaport traffic is back. So are ideas for new ways to get there.

magazine

What’s a mother supposed to do when Dad’s the ‘fun one’?

This week's daters: Lisa and John.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She loves boating. I get very seasick.’

Adobe Stock

The Medical Issue

How pandemic isolation helped solve a medical mystery with our preschooler

He lost his arm in an accident. A new surgery and a bionic prosthetic are giving him back unprecedented control.

metro

The "Superman Building," center, stands in downtown Providence, R.I., on March 27, 2013.

Rhode Island business news: March 2022

Brockton police seek suspect who slammed stolen car into unmarked police vehicles

Iris Mulholland, nurse who championed midwifery in three countries, dies at 93

sports

With the Celtics facing a formidable three-game road trip to wrap up the regular season, head coach Ime Udoka will try to help the team navigate it way to a favorable playoff seeding.

As playoffs loom, Celtics try to map out uncharted territory on the road ahead

Chris Sale placed on 60-day injured list, out until June with broken rib

After absorbing a heavy hit in his Bruins debut, defenseman Josh Brown back on the ice at Columbus

business

Spanish Civil Guards accompanied FBI agents and a Homeland Security agent from the yacht called Tango. The US government seized the seafaring vessel, one of the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close ally with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin

Government Center Garage collapse highlights tightrope walk of large real estate developments

With federal funds in hand, public housing also at play in Mayor Wu’s agenda

politics

Vice President Joe Biden whispers "This is a big f------ deal," to President Barack Obama after introducing Obama during the health care bill ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 23, 2010.

Biden and Obama’s White House reunion to celebrate health law

Stacey Abrams reaches millionaire status before 2nd campaign

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for Supreme Court heads to full Senate with three Republicans saying they will support her

Nation

Penelope Scott, center, sobbed as she visits a makeshift memorial for her son, De'vazia Turner, one of the six victims killed in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, Calif..

Shooters still at large following mass killing in Sacramento

Biden and Obama’s White House reunion to celebrate health law

Stacey Abrams reaches millionaire status before 2nd campaign

World

A view of the Mariupol theater damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Monday.

Zelensky to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths

France pushing for energy sanctions against Russia

Ukraine says Russia preparing offensive in southeast

opinion

Minnesota farmers Barb and Gerald Bauer lease some of their land for a community solar garden.

Humans are responsible for climate change and humans have the capacity to solve it

Heat pumps could help ease the climate crisis — and the war in Ukraine

Biden’s tax proposals are a step in the right direction

lifestyle

Tom Brady

Tom Brady has a surprising number of thoughts about sunglasses

Haven Box offers comfort after survivors of sexual violence leave the hospital

Music Collectibles Extravaganza to bring rock history to Boxborough

food & dining

Friendly Toast's green eggs and ham.

A brasserie comes to the Greenway; Grafton Street returns to Cambridge

Pouring out their passion at the Koji Club

10 exciting new restaurants for spring

travel

Melanie Moore in Paris.

Melanie Moore on cappuccino, carbs, and the California coast

The Federal opens in Maine; book highlights accessible national parks; and Colorado gets a hotel/hostel combo

Can I be charged an extra $1,360 for changing my flight?

Arts

Coco Fusco, still from "Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word," 2021, at the 2022 Whitney Biennial, "Quiet as It's Kept."

Restless and uncertain, the first Whitney Biennial since the pandemic began begs the question: Where do we go from here?

Candice Lin turns survival, solitude, and loss into art

The art of tattooing on ‘an ever-changing canvas’

Books

Consciousness raising in Jennifer Egan’s ‘The Candy House’

Reclaiming Black life, and joy, in ‘The Trayvon Generation’

Family politics in Grant Ginder’s ‘Let’s Not Do That Again’

Movies

Lindsay Crouse of The New York Times.

Meet the South Kingstown native who won an Oscar last week

Will Smith resigns from film academy over Chris Rock slap

Issa Rae and the art of making space

Television

Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in "House of the Dragon," the upcoming "Game of Thrones" prequel.

This week’s TV: The ‘GoT’ prequel is coming, Ken Burns on Ben Franklin, and a Chicago thriller

Ukrainian President Zelensky makes appearance at the Grammys

‘SNL’ tackled the Will Smith Oscars incident (of course)

music

LCD Soundsystem play the first of four shows Sunday night at Roadrunner.

A booty-shaking blast from LCD Soundsystem at Roadrunner

‘The Just and the Blind’ looks at Black boyhood through a father’s eyes

Grammy Awards 2022: A complete list of the winners (and nominees)

Theater/Dance

Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch and Yaegel T. Welch as Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin.

How Aaron Sorkin found Atticus Finch’s flaw

No slap-shtick from Chris Rock, just jokes

At Wheelock, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ team is delighted we’re not in lockdown anymore

globe local

Pictured here, damage to the outside of Sweet Tomatoes Pizza after the deadly 2016 crash.

Driver who killed two people in 2016 Sweet Tomatoes pizza shop crash in Newton loses appeal

A niece honors her uncle, a WWII war hero from Revere

Amid climbing Mass. COVID-19 cases, health experts urge booster shots

Obituaries

Iris Mulholland

Iris Mulholland, nurse who championed midwifery in three countries, dies at 93

Tommy Davis, 2-time NL batting champion with Dodgers, dies

Nancy Lane, spirit behind studio museum in Harlem, dies at 88