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After a turbulent week for JetBlue, the long-loved airline is at a crossroads
The biggest carrier at Logan Airport is facing delays and operational challenges after decades as one of the airline industry’s shining success stories.

As cancellations pile up, airline passengers feel the jet blues

Fauci says it’s up to each person to assess their COVID risk now

Americans need to make their own medical risk assessments as COVID-19 cases accelerate in the US, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday, reflecting a less virulent virus and public exhaustion with restrictions.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19 Should you get that second booster shot? Here’s what you need to know.

Texas DA says murder charge in abortion case will be dropped
A Texas district attorney said Sunday that he will ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against a woman who allegedly gave herself an abortion.

Ukrainian defenders dig in as Russia lines up more firepower

Man killed after becoming trapped in Red Line train door in South Boston

Twitter CEO says musk declined to join social media firm’s board

Governor Charlie Baker meets with staff twice a week to go over COVID data.

Groundbreakings and potholes, Charlie Baker’s public schedule looks like 2019. Behind the scenes, COVID looms.

What the governor calls the Massachusetts’ “giant surveillance effort,” the largely behind-the-scenes work tracking COVID-19, has trudged on after the daily press conferences and regular mandate announcements have steadily fallen away.

celtics 139, grizzlies 110

Celtics stick to their plan against Grizzlies, grab No. 2 seed in Eastern Conference
Boston played its starters in the regular-season finale and now await the winner of Tuesday's play-in game between Brooklyn and Cleveland.

Red Sox 4, Yankees 3

Red Sox avert a sweep — thanks to the much-maligned bullpen — and tip Yankees in series finale
Jake Diekman struck out the side, against the heart of the New York order, for Boston's first win of 2022.

The US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jan. 6 panel has evidence for criminal referral of Trump, but splits on sending to Justice Department

The leaders of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are debating whether making a criminal referral of former president Trump would backfire by politically tainting the Justice Department’s expanding investigation into the assault.

People walked to the San Ysidro Port of Entry on their way to cross the southern border into the United States on March 22 in Tijuana, Mexico.

Disagreement and delay: How infighting over the southern border divided the Biden White House

The Biden administration has seen intense internal debate about how to manage immigration at the southern border, including an expected surge this summer.

Home owner Tom Simon watched as Weatherization Works technician Paul Lawson installed one of three cold-climate heat pumps at Simon's house. These heat pumps heat homes in the winter and cool them in the summer by circulating fluid like an air conditioner.

A Cold War law could be used to boost heat pump production

Democratic lawmakers and climate advocates are demanding the White House invoke a Cold War-era law to boost domestic manufacturing of heat pumps and other clean energy technologies, arguing it could simultaneously counter Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and fend off climate change.

Opinion

The conspiracy postcard that many people in the Boston area received in the mail. The QR code on this mailer has been blacked out.

What is QAnon doing in my mailbox?

A conspiracy theory bingo card from the unhinged group is landing on American doorsteps.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Dear Governor Baker: You’re wrong on driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

IDEAS | DAN MCKANAN

A century before the first Earth Day, there was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells

Let Russians run in the Boston Marathon

Biden’s delicate dance on weed is getting clumsy

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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For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows
The roughly 20 percent of working adults who comprise the “invisible backbone” of society — caregivers — are increasingly being pushed the edge of what is possible and healthy.

Mack Wilson, getting a fresh start with the Patriots, wants to pay it forward by remembering his Alabama roots
Wilson hosted a charity softball game to raise money for a local nonprofit in Alabama serving underprivileged youth through athletic training and mentorship.

Masters

Scottie Scheffler completes Masters romp
The green jacket goes to the 25-year-old Texan.

Man killed in shooting involving police in Derry, N.H. died of single gunshot wound, officials say
Christopher Coppola, 43, allegedly fired a shotgun into a neighbor's home at 1 Driftwood Road just after 2:15 p.m. Saturday.

THE GREAT DIVIDESchool construction in Boston takes two steps forward, one step back
In an effort to modernize its decades-old buildings, Boston school officials are planning to renovate or replace a South End elementary school and are moving forward with a new elementary school in East Boston after years of delays.

Man killed in Roslindale shooting identified as Dreshaun Johnson, 23

A man who was killed in a Friday night double-shooting in Roslindale has been identified as Dreshaun Johnson, 31, of Mattapan, police said.

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The GiveSendGo site has hosted fund-raisers for people such as Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.

Crowdfunding haters

It’s one thing to help fund white supremacists and other haters. It’s entirely another to do it in God’s name.

ben volin | on football

A secret plan, a bombshell lawsuit, and a soccer match: Inside Tom Brady’s un-retirement
If Brady had his way, he would have been running — and potentially quarterbacking — a Patriots division rival. Instead, a series of unforeseen events led him back to Tampa.

Here are the 27 locals on the Forbes billionaires list
The 27 billionaires who live in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, or have close ties to the states, are worth nearly $96 billion combined, according to the 2022 Forbes world’s billionaires list, which came out this week.

Secretary of state races are suddenly in the spotlight. But no state has what Massachusetts does: a Democratic primary.
Tanisha Sullivan's challenge of longtime incumbent William Galvin is quickly becoming rooted in a familiar question: What more, if anything, do voters want from an office that’s had the same leader for nearly three decades?

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Culture & Lifestyle

An aerial performer in Cirque du Soleil's “'Twas the Night Before …”

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

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

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

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

Kristin Parker is a trained "cultural heritage first responder" who is involved in preserving Ukraine's imperiled cultural heritage. Massachusetts culture workers are pitching in to safeguard and archive Ukrainian treasures in the face of war. Parker is BPL's lead curator and manager of the arts.

As the war unfolds, this Boston Public Library curator is helping preserve Ukraine’s cultural treasures

Superchunk plays Paradise Rock Club April 14.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

State Attorney General Maura Healey (right) and state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz at a Democrat Caucus event in Worcester on Tuesday. In their race to be the Democratic nominee for governor, Chang-Díaz has proposed three live televised debates before the Democratic party convention in June. Healey has proposed two, which would take place after the convention.

What’s Maura Healey afraid of?

Pedestrians walks past Modern Pastry on a sidewalk along outdoor dining areas in the North End on May 26, 2021, in Boston.

The streets belong to the people

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

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's representative to the United Nations, awaited the outcome of Thursday's vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.

The UN Human Rights Council makes a mockery of human rights

IDEAS | BEN KISSAM

Confessions of a professional clickbait writer

Metro

As cancellations pile up, airline passengers feel the jet blues

As of late Sunday night, JetBlue had canceled 49 flights and delayed 105 flights, according to FlightAware.

Palm Sunday in Boston in photos

Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week for Christians around the world, was celebrated in Boston Sunday. In Copley Square, the faithful processed outside Trinity Church, waving palms during a morning service. At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley blessed palms at the start of an 11:30 a.m. Mass. Services at the iconic churches, as well as parishes across Greater Boston, will be held this week.

A Jewish-Ukrainian rally for peace in Brookline

The Jewish community in Brookline comes to the aid of Ukraine with a day of culture and celebration Sunday.

Memories of Bedford woman’s 1971 slaying haunt victim’s relatives

Jon Fredriksen still remembers the moment his father told him that his aunt had been murdered. It was 1971, and he was 18 years old.

Sports

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the rest of the Celtics will open the playoffs at home on Sunday.

Celtics will open playoffs at home Sunday against winner of Nets-Cavaliers play-in game

The Celtics will open the playoffs Sunday, April 17 at home against the winner of the Brooklyn-Cleveland play-in game.

Bobby Dalbec's solo home run gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning.

Red Sox 4, Yankees 3

Red Sox avert a sweep — thanks to the much-maligned bullpen — and tip Yankees in series finale

Jake Diekman struck out the side, against the heart of the New York order, for Boston's first win of 2022.

Jayson Tatum, who scored a game-high 31 points in his regular-season finale, celebrated after the Celtics clinched the No. 2 seed in the East following Sunday's dominant 139-110 over the Memphis Grizzlies, who rested most of their starters.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics did things the right way and earned the No. 2 seed in the East

The Celtics (51-31) didn't duck anyone and positioned themselves to take on all comers in the playoffs, including a potential first-round matchup against the Nets.

Red Sox Notebook

Red Sox sign pitcher Garrett Whitlock to four-year contract extension

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s easy to root for a Celtics playoff match with Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and the Nets

Tiger Woods will play in British Open at St. Andrews

Business

Twitter CEO says musk declined to join social media firm’s board

Billionaire Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter Inc.’s board.

After a turbulent week for JetBlue, the long-loved airline is at a crossroads

The biggest carrier at Logan Airport is facing delays and operational challenges after decades as one of the airline industry’s shining success stories.

The sale of the Hynes is a chance to do something bold in the Back Bay

Macron set to face Le Pen in runoff for French presidency

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

Heather Geraghty-Wright, 49, cried when she mentioned her grandson, whom she hasn't seen in a while.

Life in a Motel 6 brings hope to homeless people. Until the money runs out.

Groundbreakings and potholes, Charlie Baker’s public schedule looks like 2019. Behind the scenes, COVID looms.

‘Precious’ Raelynn is ready to join a family that she can call her own

sports

Jayson Tatum dunks for 2 of his game-high 31 points against Memphis.

Celtics stick to their plan against Grizzlies, grab No. 2 seed in Eastern Conference

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler shares the joy with his family first

Matt Grzelcyk leaves with upper-body injury, further depleting shorthanded defense corps

business

Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke to a Congressional panel on Jan. 11.

Fauci says it’s up to each person to assess their COVID risk now

For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows

Amazon seeks to overturn union win, says vote was tainted

politics

An image provided by federal prosecutors, a seizure of ghost guns, the untraceable firearms assembled from components bought online or at gun shows that are proliferating nationally.

Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns in days

Jan. 6 panel has evidence for criminal referral of Trump, but splits on sending

Disagreement and delay: How infighting over the border divided the White House

Nation

Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Uptick in US virus cases is concerning but not surprising, Fauci says

Texas DA says murder charge in abortion case will be dropped

Fauci says it’s up to each person to assess their COVID risk now

World

A boy searched for his cat as he walked outside a destroyed apartment building in the town of Borodyanka, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Ukrainian defenders dig in as Russia lines up more firepower

Macron set to face Le Pen in runoff for French presidency

Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in Ukraine

opinion

Natanael Monroy participates in a November 2019 protest march from East Boston to Winthrop to build support for legislation that would allow all state residents to apply for driver's licenses.

Dear Governor Baker: You’re wrong on driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

A patina of memories on a rusty souvenir

Russia’s new export

lifestyle

Three books to celebrate National Poetry Month: Melanie Crawford’s “Audacity,” "Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story” by Massachusetts author Maria Gianferrari, and Connecticut author Susan Hood’s “The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics," a picture book in verse."

Eight rhythmic reads to celebrate National Poetry Month with young poets

I was toxic to her

Weddings have ruined my friendships

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

JetBlue planes at Logan Airport last week.

After a turbulent week for JetBlue, the long-loved airline is at a crossroads

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

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

Undated handout photo issued by HarperCollins Publishers of best-selling novelist Henry Patterson, who wrote 85 books, including The Eagle Has Landed, using the pseudonym Jack Higgins, has died aged 92. (HarperCollins Publisher/PA via AP)

‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dies at 92

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

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

Movies

Chris Rock and Will Smith.

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

Mark Wahlberg reportedly puts his Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $87.5 million

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

Television

Jake Gyllenhaal arrives at the premiere of "Ambulance," on Monday, April 4, 2022.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor Jake Gyllenhaal makes a comeback to ‘SNL’

Alfonso Cuarón is bringing a series to Apple TV+

David Letterman thanks Rhode Island Hospital for taking care of him after fall

music

DakhaBrakha describes its sound as “ethnic chaos."

Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha brings a beguiling blend of music from an anguished nation

To have the Vijay Iyer Trio back in Boston? It’s music to our ears

At BSO, a program of the moment

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

The Rev. Morgan S. Allen, rector of Trinity Church, leads the procession around the church in Copley Square before the 10 a.m. Palm Sunday service.

Palm Sunday in Boston in photos

A Jewish-Ukrainian rally for peace in Brookline

‘Very familiar and yet so different.’ Easter brings hope as congregations gather in person again

Obituaries

Undated handout photo issued by HarperCollins Publishers of best-selling novelist Henry Patterson, who wrote 85 books, including The Eagle Has Landed, using the pseudonym Jack Higgins, has died aged 92. (HarperCollins Publisher/PA via AP)

‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dies at 92

Rayfield Wright, Cowboys’ Hall of Fame lineman, dies at 76

Patricia MacLachlan, best-selling author of ‘Sarah, Plain and Tall’ children’s book, dies at 84