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Ukrainians defy Russian deadline to surrender in Mariupol
The port city of Mariupol appeared on the brink of falling to the Russians on Sunday after seven weeks under siege. A Ukrainian officials said that Kyiv prepared to end the war through diplomacy, “but we do not have intention to surrender.”

US and European allies plan for long-term isolation of Russia

Students headed to class at the James P. Timilty Middle School in Boston this month.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Once a crown jewel of BPS, Roxbury’s Timilty Middle School will close in June. Will its history of transformation be remembered?

Timilty's enrollment plummeted from 700 in 2012 to just 200 this year. The district will shut the school's doors in June.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Hope when the world seems hopeless
This spring weekend is all about beginnings, and hope. Yet, the joys of the season fall unevenly upon the world, as we see in Ukraine and elsewhere, testing even the strongest faith.

Crews packed up following a Sunday morning Mass on Castle Island as the sun rose over Boston Harbor .

Sunrise Mass at Castle Island makes triumphant return

Lizzo shined like a star as she hosted and performed on ‘SNL’
The singer was not only the guest, but also the host.

Boylston Street was crowded with people as Sara Beth Keough posed at the Marathon Finish Line on Friday.

As Boston celebrates, new anxiety over COVID creeps in

It's a weekend of festivities with Easter, Passover, and the city preparing for the Marathon. All the while, though, case counts and hospitalizations have been on the rise.

Three Mass. counties have ‘medium’ level of COVID-19, CDC says

Val Rogosheske (right) with her husband Phil and daughters Allie (second from left) and Abby in 1999.

‘Just showing up does have its place.’ Fifty years on, Boston Marathon pioneer Val Rogosheske passes the baton

Val Rogosheske never boasted about her place in history, claiming she "just showed up." But as she takes on Boston again, flanked by her daughters, the significance is hard to play down.

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Celtics ready to counter words with actions on the court in opening series against Nets
The Celtics understand they aren’t the prohibitive favorites in this series despite being the second seed.

‘Let’s go for it. We’re not sellers.’ Inside the Celtics’ February reconstruction that kick-started their revival

State power limits Boston’s vision
Because of a striking concentration of power in the Massachusetts state government, Boston and its neighbors must seek state sign-off for a range of actions, from substantive policy changes to more routine proposals.

Joyciline Jepkosgei, the reigning women's champion of the London Marathon, said, "I was hoping to run Boston when I started my career because it is an iconic race, the oldest race."

2022 boston marathon

With the Boston Marathon back in April where it belongs, its fastest field has flocked here

The elite fields for Monday’s race feature four women who’ve gone under 2:20 and five men who have broken 2:04.

Jacky’s quest: 102 marathons in 102 days Your guide to this year's Marathon

Trevor Story and Xander Bogaerts turned the first of what the Red Sox hope are many double plays together in the fifth inning of Saturday's win against the Twins.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

After frenetic opening weeks, Trevor Story offering signs of why he’s here

Trevor Story showed on Saturday against the Twins that his bat is coming around, and he helped turn a nifty double play as well.

Garrett Whitlock has worked to become an armed threat with the development of four legitimate pitches

Kyler Murray hasn’t won a playoff game in three seasons and has been criticized for a lack of maturity and leadership.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

If Kyler Murray wants out, the Arizona Cardinals should listen to him

Murray has a few concerning traits that should give any team pause about making a big investment.

Opinion

Cocktails at the Yellow Door Taqueria in the South End. The Legislature has shown little inclination to let Boston and the state’s other municipalities set their own rules for liquor licenses.

Waiting for liquor license reform in Boston

Reforming liquor license law isn’t ultimately about booze. It’s about economic opportunity.

‘Putin’s price hike’ is just the latest Biden inflation myth

COVID isn’t making a comeback — it never left

BPDA head leaves big shoes to fill

As more Trump-era outrages come to light, Congress must give the emoluments clause teeth

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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Woman dies in Cape Cod car crash

The driver died on scene and was not transported to a hospital, the fire department said.

Florida rejects math books it says have ‘references’ to critical race theory

In its latest attempt to be the nation's leader in restricting what happens in public school classrooms, Florida said it has rejected a pile of math textbooks submitted by publishers in part because they "contained prohibited subjects," including critical race theory.

Police rescue two people from vehicle submerged in Lake Noquochoke

Three officers removed their duty gear, entered the lake, and swam about 100 feet out to the car, according to Dartmouth police.

Learning driver crashes into Melrose cemetery, toppling gravestones
The woman apparently mistook the gas pedal for the brake, sending the vehicle off the road and crashing into a plot of graves.

Revolution 2, Charlotte FC 1

Revolution hold on for a victory over Charlotte FC
Adam Buksa and Matt Polster scored for New England.

Second-ever Boston youth poet laureate hopes to bring more of the arts into schools
As Boston’s second-ever youth poet laureate, Anjalequa Leynneyah Verona Birkett hopes to give other young people the ability to express themselves through the arts.

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Governor Charlie Baker pointed to campaign volunteer Pamela Valentine as he lent his support for GOP candidate for state auditor Anthony Amore (center). Amore's daughter, Maxine, looked on.

Governor Charlie Baker’s back on the campaign trail. You’ll never guess why.

Baker was on the hustings to support GOP candidate for state auditor Anthony Amore, who has vowed to preserve the governor’s moderate Republicanism on an increasingly liberal Beacon Hill.

Larry Edelman

Larry Summers was right on inflation. Let’s hope his recession forecast is wrong.
As the Federal Reserve scrambles to tame price increases, the Harvard economist and former US Treasury secretary sees the odds of a downturn at about two-thirds within two years.

For the US ambassador to Moscow, a long journey from South Boston
John Sullivan went from South Boston, Medfield, and Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood to one of the toughest diplomatic jobs on the planet — point-man for an outraged US government seeking to punish the Kremlin for the brutal war against Ukraine.

TOM FARRAGHER

On this old diamond, hits and homers — and the memories of a lifetime
Clinton’s claim to fame: Fuller Field, the world’s oldest baseball field in continuous use.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A.I.M's Catherine Kirk dances "Our Indigo: If We Were a Love Song"

Kyle Abraham and A.I.M soldier on at the ICA

ICA director Jill Medvedow on the eve of her departure for the Venice Biennale this month, where her institution is responsible for the US's official entry to the bi-annual "art world Olympics."

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Travis Alabanza in "Burgerz."

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away

Andy Warhol, "Lou Reed (Coke)," 1966.

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

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

Charles Darwin

IDEAS | TOM CHAFFIN

Charles Darwin’s enduring hold on us

Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teachers Union, addressed parents of color, gathered at the Massachusetts State House, who were protesting their exclusion from the discussion of school reopening policy.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston teachers’ demand for a contract reveals the leadership gap at BPS

BLOHARDS members, including the club's cigar-clenching founder, Jim Powers, gathered before boarding a bus from Westport, Conn., to Fenway for the Red Sox home opener on April 16, 1968.

IDEAS | ROBERT SULLIVAN

Elegy for baseball — and for a club of enthusiasts who still love the game

Imran Khan blamed the United States for his ouster, but there was no US conspiracy against him.

The American conspiracy against Pakistan that never existed

Serena Williams holds her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., and the ASB trophy after winning her singles finals match against Jessica Pegula at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan 12, 2020.

Allison Bryant, Makeeba McCreary, and Elsie Taveras

Giving birth while Black should not be a death sentence

A Boston Herald-Traveler article about 14-year-old Rocky Chamberlain, who ran in the 1967 Boston Marathon and whose "Beatle-type" hair style caused some to think he was the third girl running in that year's race.

IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Metro

Sunrise Mass at Castle Island makes triumphant return

Hands stuffed in pockets to resist the bitter wind, hundreds uttered the Lord’s prayer in quiet unison as the sun rose Sunday morning on Castle Island, ushering in one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar in the same way South Boston residents have for decades.

Jaylen, 15, loves to read, listen to music, and create works of art

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Lack of cash takes a toll in R.I.’s 2nd Congressional District race

Republican Jessica de la Cruz and Democrat Edwin Pacheco have dropped out as their rivals rack up big money early in the campaign.

Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, Rosario Ibarra, dies

Rosario Ibarra's long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico’s human rights movement and led her to become the country’s first female presidential candidate.

Sports

Michael Wacha, Sunday's started, struck out seven Twins over six innings of two-run ball in his last start against them, for the Rays back in September.

TWINS AT RED SOX | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 9: Twins at Red Sox lineups and notes

Michael Wacha has the ball on Easter Sunday, hoping to build on a strong first start for the Sox.

Sox pitcher Tanner Houck will likely be unable to pitch in Toronto against the Blue Jays, as he indicated Sunday that he's yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Tanner Houck indicates he’s not vaccinated, won’t be able to start in Toronto next week

“I’m definitely bummed that I won’t be able to make that start,” Houck said. “But the starts that I am able to make, I plan on giving 100 percent for this team."

Val Rogosheske (right) with her husband Phil and daughters Allie (second from left) and Abby in 1999.

‘Just showing up does have its place.’ Fifty years on, Boston Marathon pioneer Val Rogosheske passes the baton

Val Rogosheske never boasted about her place in history, claiming she "just showed up." But as she takes on Boston again, flanked by her daughters, the significance is hard to play down.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

White Sox send fellow division champion Rays to fourth straight loss

Cowboys cornerback not named as a shooter after pair of arrests made

Revolution 2, Charlotte FC 1

Revolution hold on for a victory over Charlotte FC

Business

Disney, built on fairy tales and fantasy, confronts the real world

Both sides of the political divide have been pounding on Disney, endangering one of the world’s best-known brands — one that, for many, symbolizes America itself — as it tries to navigate a rapidly changing entertainment industry.

FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness

The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it.

A 150-year-old church organ receives its Easter tune-up

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show

magazine

This week's daters: Carla and Greg.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Not everyone is comfortable with sharing plates’

The writer (right) on assignment with Ted Williams in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1955.

I spent a week filming Red Sox great Ted Williams fishing. It was a dream.

Children from the Love Canal area protest the lack of immediate relief for families advised to leave their homes in 1978.

She was determined to expose the health risks at Love Canal, whatever the cost

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

metro

Boylston Street was crowded with people as Sara Beth Keough posed at the Marathon Finish Line on Friday.

As Boston celebrates, new anxiety over COVID creeps in

State power limits Boston’s vision

Once a crown jewel of BPS, Roxbury’s Timilty Middle School will close in June. Will its history of transformation be remembered?

sports

James Harden (right) celebrates with Tyrese Maxey during the 76ers' win over the Raptors.

Tyrese Maxey scores 38 points to lift 76ers to a 1-0 series lead against the Raptors

Red Sox post first shutout win of the season against the Minnesota Twins

Celtics ready to counter words with actions on the court in opening series against Nets

business

Rosalin Acosta, secretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Acosta said in March that the state planned to sell $2 billion to $3 billion in bonds for the unemployment insurance trust fund.

State plans $2.6 billion bond sale to bolster unemployment insurance trust fund

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ defense in Musk takeover bid

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to ward off Elon Musk takeover

politics

Greenpeace environmental activists protested a tanker delivering Russian oil to the harbor in Antwerp, Belgium.

Europe has yet to hit Russia where it would hurt the most: banning its oil and gas

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show

Nation

People who were displaced by the war in Ukraine eat at a former maternity hospital turned shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Saturday.

US and European allies plan for long-term isolation of Russia

Police arrest suspect in South Carolina mall shooting

Disney, built on fairy tales and fantasy, confronts the real world

World

Russian soldiers walked along a street in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Ukrainians defy Russian deadline to surrender in Mariupol

China sending up next space station crew in June

Iran confirms centrifuge workshop moved to underground site

opinion

Amber Payne, left, and Deborah Douglas co-editors-in-chief of the new online publication of "The Emancipator"

We’ve got big plans for you

Boston teachers’ demand for a contract reveals the leadership gap at BPS

Have Black Americans done enough yet?

lifestyle

Joseph Heineman, left, and his brother Theo Heineman,right, had some fun on Boylston Street at the Boston Marathon Finish line.

11 events for runners, families, and spectators to celebrate the 126th Boston Marathon

He promised he wouldn’t watch porn

‘Stranger Care’ author Sarah Sentilles on foster care, fleeting custody, and enduring love

food & dining

Tuscan Kitchen in Seaport will be serving unlimited servings of bolognese to runners, free of charge, all weekend.

A restaurant guide to Marathon Monday for runners and spectators alike

Si Cara brings canotto-style pizza to Central Square; reaper-hot chicken sets Newton aflame

Benefit dinner at Uni raises $1 million for World Central Kitchen’s Ukraine efforts

travel

Spring is here and romance is in the air at Purity Spring Resort, a sprawling lakeside property nestled between the Lakes Region and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Family fun in N.H., nonstop flights from PVD, and a Dante-inspired hotel in Italy

She doesn’t pack light and that’s just how it is

Is it possible to sleep comfortably on an overnight flight?

Arts

Patti Smith, “The River Ouse, East Sussex, England”

The Photographic Resource Center displays some of its resources

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Winners of this year’s Mass. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards explored themes that range from weighty to light

Books

Investigating a book of the dead in ‘The Unwritten Book’

For Emily St. John Mandel, it’s always fiction, no matter the genre

A mind at work and play, in a critic’s memoir

Movies

Creators and Emerson Alumni Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert bookended cast members Ke Huy Quan (2-L) and James Hong (2-R). They all attended the premiere of A24's "Everything Everywhere All At Once" at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on March 23, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is making its mark at the 2022 box-office

Clothing allowance, blues legend, film studies, 33⅓ revolutions per minute

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

Television

Lizzo.

Lizzo shined like a star as she hosted and performed on ‘SNL’

Lee Daniels to bring Sammy Davis Jr. series to Hulu

10 TV shows that have made this a very good year in entertainment already

music

Alan Gilbert conducts Bernard Rands, Debussy, and Beethoven featuring violinist Joshua Bell at Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on April 14, 2022, in Boston.

Stirring Debussy from Alan Gilbert and Beethoven from Joshua Bell at the BSO

Ex-Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett joins ‘Defeat the Mandates’ rally in Los Angeles

Big Thief at Roadrunner: Intimacy, but with intensity

Theater/Dance

Travis Alabanza in "Burgerz."

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away

Spiro Veloudos guides ‘Gentleman’ in his return to Lyric Stage

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ brings Mary Badham, the original Scout, back to Maycomb 60 years later

globe local

A fire broke out in Lawrence on Friday.

6-alarm fire in Lawrence displaces 16 families

‘Praying that soon we will all be at peace’: Greater Boston’s Jewish community offers support to people of Ukraine

Christmas in April, and the timing was perfect

Obituaries

FILE - Mexico's human rights activist Rosario Ibarra de Piedra shows a photo of her son Jesus who disappeared during Mexico's so called "dirty war", at her home in Mexico City, Nov. 5, 2003. Ibarra, whose long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico's human rights movement and led her to become the country's first female presidential candidate, died Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was 95. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, Rosario Ibarra, dies

Christopher Coover, auction expert in the printed word, dies at 72

Franz Mohr, piano tuner to the stars, dies at 94