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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court
The Senate on Thursday voted 53-47 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court in a bipartisan endorsement of President Biden’s historic pick.

See how each senator voted on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation

Watch: Senate Democrats erupt in cheers as Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed

Opinion | Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The gift that will benefit Jackson, and the nation, after her confirmation: Time

Medicare officially limits coverage of Aduhelm to patients in clinical trials

The program will cover Aduhelm, which costs roughly $28,000 a year, in just a small percentage of the people with Alzheimer’s-related cognitive decline.

MCI Cedar Junction will ‘suspend’ housing prisoners over a two-year period, state officials say
The state Department of Correction on Thursday said it plans to “suspend housing operations” at MCI-Cedar Junction, a prison in Walpole, over a two-year period to be implemented in three phases.

Firefighters rescue two window washers from 42nd floor of downtown Boston building
Two window washers were rescued by Boston firefighters Thursday who removed a window on the 42nd floor of a downtown Boston office building and pulled the workers safely inside, the Boston Fire Department tweeted on its official account

Russian retreat reveals destruction as Ukraine begs for help

Russian troops left behind crushed buildings, streets littered with destroyed cars, and residents in dire need of food and other aid in a northern Ukrainian city.

Congress votes to ban Russian oil and revoke trade status

Chicopee superintendent worked her way up to the school system’s top job
Chicopee School Superintendent Lynn Clark, who is facing charges of lying to the FBI, worked her way up from substitute teaching to the school system’s top job.

‘A huge dark cloud over the city.’ Chicopee officials place superintendent on paid leave, ask for her resignation following arrest

Man shot and killed outside courthouse in Medford

A man was arrested following the shooting that occurred around 5 p.m. Thursday outside of Cambridge District Court on Mystic Valley Parkway, the Middlesex district attorney's office said.

Diners at a Manhattan restaurant after New York City lifted mask and vaccine requirements. People are trying to get back to normal - and that will mean fewer arguments about COVID-19 policies.

COVID-19 politics appear to be over. And it’s hard to see how they come back — even if the virus does.

With COVID levels low and exhaustion high among the American public, COVID-19 is fading into the background in both life and politics.

1,760 confirmed cases and 7 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass. Mass. reports 2,782 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 984 among staff Maine Senator Susan Collins tests positive for COVID-19

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health releases new town-by-town data for coronavirus cases every week. Here is the latest set of such data showing how the coronavirus has ravaged individual communities throughout the state.

PLAY LOCAL / STAY LOCAL

For a change of scenery minus the hassle, think Gloucester
We put on our tourist goggles, and approached this gem of a city as wide-eyed tourists from Dubuque, Iowa, as opposed to kinda-locals who once lived a mere 20 miles away. Here’s what we found.

A vegan seafood restaurant opens in Quincy (and its patio is no shrimp, either)

Which of these common foods and products can cause cancer? Test your knowledge.
A new website by experts from Harvard and Dana-Farber separates fact from myth. Think you’re up to speed on the latest research? Take this quiz.

Scented candles or burnt marshmallows — which one can cause cancer? The answer might surprise you.

Three airline flight attendants packed their belongings into a white sport utility vehicle in East Boston on Thursday.

East Boston garage used as illegal crash pad by flight attendants, city officials say

The city's Inspectional Services Department said they have discovered an illegal crash pad built in an East Boston garage where flight attendants used bunk beds and shared a kitchen in a space without smoke detectors or a second exit.

Abigail Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of Fidelity Investments.

Here are the 26 locals on the Forbes billionaires list

The 26 billionaires who live in Massachusetts or have close ties to the state are worth nearly $94 billion combined, according to the 2022 Forbes world’s billionaires list, which came out this week.

We learned the hard way that Iceland requires passports be valid for at least 90 days past your departure date from Iceland.

When a passport problem feels like a parenting fail

Turns out, I’m no superhero. I can’t even get my kid on a plane to Iceland.

Opinion

Former President Barack Obama talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Tom Carper as President Joe Biden stands left and Representative Susan Wild, center, during an Affordable Care Act event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 5, 2022.

Affordable Care Act could become a midterm election albatross

Democrats need to extend the American Rescue Plan’s higher subsidies, and soon.

To transform public health, invest in behavioral research

A big American company is using bankruptcy to get the upper hand on cancer patients. Congress should ban the practice.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

That time 6 million Reddit users came together and created something, together

When it comes to solving the problem of ‘Mass. and Cass,’ Boston is on its own

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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BC High lands $49 million donation to build wellness center
BC High receives $49M donation to fund improvements at its Dorchester campus.

A $250m demand for 1,000 affordable homes

Housing advocates Thursday called for a $250 million commitment from the city and state to protect 1,000 homes from the speculative housing market and to preserve them as permanently affordable.

Coming soon to the corner of Mass. Ave and Boylston: Lab space and affordable housing

red sox notebook

Xander Bogaerts, with no extension in hand, says his focus is on the season, not his contract
The Red Sox had made an offer this offseason, but it was not to the shortstop's liking. "It didn’t work out, and that’s behind us,” said Bogaerts.

Read the Globe's 2022 Red Sox season preview

Dartmouth unveils designs for $88 million expansion of Hopkins Center for the Arts
Dartmouth College revealed Thursday the first design images for the $88 million renovation and expansion of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, which will include a new outdoor plaza, performance lab, and dance studio.

Coming soon to the corner of Mass. Ave. and Boylston: Lab space and affordable housing
Developer re-works long-stalled project on a key corner of Back Bay.

How Boston volunteers are providing first aid for Ukraine’s cultural treasures
"People look to heritage as their wayfinding sign," says BPL’s Kristin Parker, whose attention is now on Ukraine.

Recommended reads

An employee at a Canadian marijuana company trimmed leaves from cannabis plants.

Consumers say Massachusetts weed stinks — and not in a good way

Recreational marijuana sales are well into their fourth year in Massachusetts. But is our weed any good?

This map shows which Boston public pools are open and closed
Here is a map showing which Boston Centers for Youth & Families pools are still open and which ones are closed.

Larry Edelman

The one where I try to clear up confusion over unemployment overpayments
If you have appealed an overpayment or filed for a financial hardship waiver, hang in there. If you have done nothing, do yourself a favor and file for a waiver now.

Should you get that second booster shot? Here’s what you need to know.
Federal health officials say anyone 50 and older can get a second booster shot to protect themselves against COVID-19. But if you fall in that group, should you get one?

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Superchunk plays Paradise Rock Club April 14.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

With this ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a classic remains a classic

Tanya Donelly will be joined by the Parkington Sisters at The Town and the City Festival. "This whole event is going to feel celebratory,” she says.

After a long pause, Lowell’s The Town and the City music festival is back

An illustration by Kelsey Wroten from 'The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend,' by Maddy Court

A friendly self-help book for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women that answers all the big questions

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

A posted sign indicating a "Medical Facility Quiet Zone" is displayed outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic, Nov. 18, 2020, in Jackson, Miss.

Mississippi’s mainstream abortion law

A group of friends dined outdoors at Piattini on Newbury Street on May 17.

Did Boston’s new outdoor dining rules have to be so cumbersome?

The War Room where everything is revealed in “Dr. Strangelove.”

IDEAS | MATT BIVENS

The end of privacy could also mean the end of nuclear weapons

Detail of r/place on the fourth day, with probably all the curse words redacted.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

That time 6 million Reddit users came together and created something, together

Russian Pime Minister Vladimir Putin in 2008.

If Putin’s Russia can’t fulfill his autocratic goal, who will he turn to for help?

IDEAS | BEN KISSAM

Confessions of a professional clickbait writer

Metro

Former Patriot Matt Light running for school committee in Foxborough

In a March 31 interview on conservative news outlet Newsmax, Light said he was inspired to run after conversations with friends and family about Foxborough school pandemic policies.

In landlocked Vermont, an ambitious flatlander makes waves

In southern Vermont, where antiwar sentiment runs deep, an article and headline in a paper Belogour owns touched a raw nerve. Some readers thought it was satire. But Belogour meant every word, and the outcry was genuine, too.

There’s a renewed effort to make private universities pay property taxes in Rhode Island

This legislation only impacts 'nonprofit institutions of higher education,' but does not change the tax-exempt status of other nonprofits.

A $250m demand for 1,000 affordable homes

Housing advocates Thursday called for a $250 million commitment from the city and state to protect 1,000 homes from the speculative housing market and to preserve them as permanently affordable.

Sports

Red Sox Opening Day starter Nate Eovaldi faced the Yankees seven times last season counting the playoff game and had a 3.43 ERA.

2022 Red Sox season preview | Peter Abraham

Red Sox vs. Yankees: Starting the season with baseball’s best rivalry

The Yankees made a wise move pushing the game back a day. A steady rain pelted the Bronx all afternoon Thursday.

Matt Light at event on Lansdowne Street in Boston on Monday, May 18, 2015.

Former Patriot Matt Light running for school committee in Foxborough

In a March 31 interview on conservative news outlet Newsmax, Light said he was inspired to run after conversations with friends and family about Foxborough school pandemic policies.

Sean (9) and Patrick Crogan (28) have taken their backyard games to the varsity at Lexington High this spring.

BOYS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

Brothers Sean and Patrick Crogan hone skills in their backyard that transfer to the lacrosse field for Lexington

Said Sean, a sophomore who has five goals in Lexington's 1-1 start: “We go mess around out there, jokingly sometimes, but then you’d be surprised how often we do the same thing on the field.”

Marcus Smart was glad to know Barack Obama was in the house to watch the Celtics beat the Bulls

red sox notebook

Xander Bogaerts, with no extension in hand, says his focus is on the season, not his contract

Read the Globe’s 2022 Red Sox season preview

Business

Newton Schools chief stepping down to run workforce training nonprofit

Head of Newton Schools stepping down to lead workforce training nonprofit.

BC High lands $49 million donation to build wellness center

BC High receives $49M donation to fund improvements at its Dorchester campus.

Yellen calls for crypto regulation to reduce risks, fraud

Medicare officially limits coverage of Aduhelm to patients in clinical trials

magazine

Are young women catching ‘TikTok tics’ from social media? The answer is complex.

A woman’s reflection is seen through a colored sticker adhered to a window in Kendall Square.

Kendall Square has a diversity problem. These women are trying to solve it.

Love Letters Meredith Goldstein

‘He said we are still together . . . but not dating.’ What?

Ham, Gruyère, and Asparagus Tartines

Recipes: Ham, gruyère, and asparagus tartines make Easter brunch easy

metro

Students raise their hands at the Donovan Elementary School gym in Randolph for a silent applause.

Mass. reports 2,782 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 984 among staff

Rhode Island political news: April 2022

Federal prosecutors announce charges against group that allegedly arranged sham marriages to circumvent immigration laws

sports

TD Garden will host the Frozen Four once again, after hosting in 1998, 2004, and 2015.

College hockey’s best will face off in the 2022 Men’s Frozen Four at TD Garden. Here’s what you need to know.

Steve Wilks, Ray Horton join Brian Flores’s discrimination lawsuit against the NFL

Why Kevin Youkilis decided to get into broadcasting after all

business

Don Peebles (center), chief executive of real estate development company The Peebles Corp., along with Scott Bosworth, Undersecretary and Chief Strategy Officer of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and Cheryl McKissack Daniel, the President and CEO of architecture firm McKissack & McKissack, Peebles is proposing to build a complex of lab space and affordable housing on what's known as Parcel 13, an "air rights" site above the Massachusetts Turnpike at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Boylston Streets in Back Bay.

Coming soon to the corner of Mass. Ave. and Boylston: Lab space and affordable housing

Vineyard Wind investor branching out

Consumer groups push FTC to investigate gun marketing

politics

Diners at a Manhattan restaurant after New York City lifted mask and vaccine requirements. People are trying to get back to normal - and that will mean fewer arguments about COVID-19 policies.

COVID-19 politics appear to be over. And it’s hard to see how they come back — even if the virus does.

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

See how each senator voted on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation

Nation

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Senator Susan Collins of Maine tests positive for COVID-19

Trump criminal investigation is continuing, Manhattan DA says

World

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke at the start of a two-day gathering of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 22. Pakistan’s Supreme Court has blocked Khan’s bid to stay in power, ruling that his move to dissolve parliament and call early elections was illegal.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court blocks Khan’s move to stay in power

Turkey transfers Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia

Yemeni leader hands over power as Saudi backers seek to end war

opinion

Russian Pime Minister Vladimir Putin in 2008.

If Putin’s Russia can’t fulfill his autocratic goal, who will he turn to for help?

The content of their character

Did Boston’s new outdoor dining rules have to be so cumbersome?

lifestyle

The TSA's Instragram post captioned this picture: "Talk about deadheading... This crusty ol' chap is actually a prop from the #TexasChainsawMassacre2 movie. His name is Nubbins, and he was brought through a checkpoint at the Atlanta (#ATL) International Airport, where as you can see, he was screened and sent on his jolly way. #TSAOnTheJob."

The TSA isn’t known for its sense of humor. But its Instagram account is.

He’s been deleting my male friends from social media

For a change of scenery minus the hassle, think Gloucester

food & dining

Craig and Travis Somers on the patio of Garden Patch by the Sea, their new restaurant in Quincy.

A vegan seafood restaurant opens in Quincy (and its patio is no shrimp, either)

At Ovenbird Café, a Belmont staple soars even higher

Miznon opens in the Seaport; ‘Top Chef’ sensation Spike Mendelsohn opens a plant-burger spot at Whole Foods

travel

The TSA's Instragram post captioned this picture: "Talk about deadheading... This crusty ol' chap is actually a prop from the #TexasChainsawMassacre2 movie. His name is Nubbins, and he was brought through a checkpoint at the Atlanta (#ATL) International Airport, where as you can see, he was screened and sent on his jolly way. #TSAOnTheJob."

The TSA isn’t known for its sense of humor. But its Instagram account is.

For a change of scenery minus the hassle, think Gloucester

When a passport problem feels like a parenting fail

Arts

An aerial view of the designs for the renovations of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, featuring a new wing and exterior plaza.

Dartmouth unveils designs for $88 million expansion of Hopkins Center for the Arts

From Ukraine to Maine: How Louise Nevelson’s roots shaped her into one of the most important artists of the 20th century

‘Becoming Trees,’ and learning from them, at Concord Center for the Visual Arts

Books

Saving the forests to save ourselves, in ‘Ever Green’

A brutal coming of age in Douglas Stuart’s ‘Young Mungo’

Anne Lamott: Finding an hour a day just to read

Movies

Mr. Persoff, appearing in the ABC-TV movie "The Sex Symbol." in 1974.

Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102

‘Ambulance’ chasing

Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton sharpen ‘All the Old Knives’ on Amazon Prime

Television

Donald Glover will costar in "Mr & Mrs. Smith."

Donald Glover gets new costar for ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’

An April shower of intriguing TV shows

Looking for a fun binge? Try ‘The Afterparty.’

music

Mr. Messina (left), performing with Johnny Griffith, Joe Hunter, Bob Babbitt and Richard "Pistol" Allen at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in the movie "Standing in the Shadows of Motown."

Joe Messina, guitarist, one of last of the Funk Brothers of Motown hits, dies at 93

After a long pause, Lowell’s The Town and the City music festival is back

Roland White, a shaper of bluegrass and country rock, dies at 83

Theater/Dance

Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

With this ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a classic remains a classic

In Kirsten Greenidge’s ‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars,’ family ties get tangled

Cirque du Soleil bringing ‘ ‘Twas the Night Before …’ to the Wang for the holidays

globe local

A scene where two window washers were rescued by Boston firefighters at 100 Sudbury St. in Boston on Thursday.

Firefighters rescue two window washers from 42nd floor of downtown Boston building

A letter to Boston, from the father of Preston Settles

Mothers Out Front Newton has a message: ‘Gas: not safe, not clean, not green.’

Obituaries

Mr. Persoff, appearing in the ABC-TV movie "The Sex Symbol." in 1974.

Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102

Joe Messina, guitarist, one of last of the Funk Brothers of Motown hits, dies at 93

Roland White, a shaper of bluegrass and country rock, dies at 83