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Mass. officials: Masks will no longer be required on the MBTA or at airports

People will no longer be required to wear masks on the MBTA or at Logan International Airport, officials announced Tuesday in the wake of a Florida judge’s voiding the national mask mandate for public transportation.

Christopher Muther: Why I’ll continue to wear a mask while traveling

Biden administration says it will appeal ruling mask mandate if CDC believes it’s still needed

After the federal court ruling, where are you required to wear a mask?

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 6,514 confirmed cases, 2 deaths
Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

CDC estimates new Omicron version accounts for 20 percent of New England COVID-19 cases

ADRIAN WALKER

Is time running out for the Chang-Diaz campaign for governor?
If polling is to be believed, Sonia Chang-Diaz is at least six touchdowns behind in her race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Russia assaults cities and towns in Ukraine’s east

Russian forces attacked along a broad front in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as part of a full-scale ground offensive to take control of the country’s eastern industrial heartland in what Ukrainian officials called a “new phase of the war.”

President Biden spoke at the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth on Tuesday.

TOPIC: 20groundgame

Biden pushes infrastructure plans in visit to New Hampshire

The property for sale pictured here has found itself in a tough market. A combination of tight supply and strong demand have been projected to drive prices on homes ever higher despite quickly rising interest rates.

Homes in the Boston area are growing even more expensive this spring

The median price hit $789,500 in March, even as the number of properties for sale fell and interest rates rose.

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‘Really freaking disappointed’: Molly Seidel expands on why she dropped out of the 2022 Boston Marathon
In an Instagram post on Tuesday morning, the former Boston resident dived in to what went down that led her to drop out around Mile 16.

Race director Dave McGillivray’s long-running Boston Marathon tale reached 50 years in 2022 Video: He dreamed of running the Boston Marathon. On Monday, this Guatemalan native lived out his dream. See more marathon coverage, including full results from Monday's race

What Wu’s pick to lead planning signals about the future of development in Boston
James Arthur Jemison II, a senior official with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development who worked in the Menino and Patrick administrations, is Mayor Michelle Wu’s choice to serve as Boston’s top planner.

The Encore Boston Harbor Casino in Everett.

Alleged loan shark targeted high rollers at Everett casino, prosecutors say

The 50-year-old Quincy woman would slide close to the losing gambler, reach into her purse, and hand over a wad of cash, or maybe some casino chips, after the gambler agreed to pay as much as 10 percent a week in interest on thousands of dollars she loaned them, authorities allege.

The Kennedy brothers - Bobby (left), Ted, and Jack - posed for a photo in September 1962.

John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby shared the same address on Beacon Hill in the 1950 Census

JFK and his brother Bobby were listed as living on Bowdoin Street in Boston, according to the 1950 census.

Many employers continue to struggle to hire qualified workers.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

It’s almost impossible to get fired from some jobs these days

With openings hard to fill, are "incompetent" employees getting a pass from employers?

Opinion

Passengers wearing protective masks onboard a Boeing 737-800 operated by Avelo Airlines ahead of the airline's inaugural flight at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, on Wednesday.

The unmasking of a selfish nation

COVID-19 didn’t change America. It revealed our cruelties and churlishness in a time of unprecedented crisis.

Another tax day, and high time for a tax break

Democrats dither as their problems swell

A Marine Le Pen win in France would ‘create a shock that would shake the world’

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The weaving, careening menaces on our highways

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.

Explore the full feature ⟶

More recent stories

Johnny Depp testifies in trial, denies ex-wife’s domestic violence claims
Actor Johnny Depp took the stand Tuesday in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, saying her domestic abuse allegations against him were disturbing, heinous, and “not based in any species of truth.”

WHAT SHE'S HAVING | SHERYL JULIAN

Please stop overcooking asparagus
Bright green spring spears need very little time in a skillet of water, not in one of those silly tall pots. (And read on for the rules about eating them with fingers.)

As Earth’s temperature rises, Massachusetts residents’ sense of urgency on climate change declines

Despite increasingly urgent international warnings and an onslaught of catastrophic wildfires and weather linked to global warming, fewer Massachusetts residents see the climate crisis as a very serious concern than they did three years ago, according to a new poll from MassINC and the Boston Globe.

How Mass. feels about climate change in 12 graphics

Steven Tyler stops by Boston restaurant over the weekend
The Aerosmith frontman walked his way into The Barking Crab on Saturday night, and stopped to pose for photos with fans and staff.

Judge rules against Marjorie Taylor Greene, says case to disqualify her can continue
A federal judge ruled Monday that a group of Georgia voters can proceed with their legal effort to disqualify Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, from running for reelection because of her role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Former eBay exec who ran bizarre harassment campaign against Natick couple to plead guilty
Jim Baugh is giving up his legal battle after a judge declined to dismiss the charges in the criminal case.

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Arthur Glasgow is a volunteer for the Newton at Home village organization. He picked up 98-year-old Estelle Lindner at her home to take her to a doctors appointment at Beth Israel in Boston.

Pandemic’s lesson for many older folks: Stay in your home as long as you can

As the pandemic grinds into its third year, a loose-knit society of technology gurus, gerontology researchers, and community “villages” powered by volunteers is trying to gauge how realistic it is for large populations to age in place.

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See full results from the 2022 Boston Marathon
See the results of every runner in this year's race.

With new climate plan, AG Healey aims high
Attorney General Maura Healey spelled out a plan for addressing the climate crisis if she’s elected governor that includes appointing a cabinet-level climate chief and pledging to achieve a 100 percent clean electricity supply by the end of the decade.

Mother of Elijah Lewis, N.H. boy found dead in Mass., indicted on murder charges
The mother of the 5-year-old, whose body was found in a wooded area of Abington in October 2021, has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the case, N.H. Attorney General John Formella’s office said Monday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Comedian Bill Burr.

Bill Burr announces August show at Fenway Park

Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond in "Minx."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Stealth powerhouse makes ‘Minx’ compelling viewing

"Saints, Sinners & Serial Killers" podcast hosts Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge will bring a live stage version of their true crime show to the Wilbur on April 20.

Boston’s true crime takes center stage with the ‘Saints, Sinners & Serial Killers’ live show

Sebastian Stan and Lily James play Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson in "Pam & Tommy."

Was ‘Pam & Tommy’ fair to the real Pam?

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

Ordalis Rodriguez, 26, a migrant transported on a bus from Texas, with daughter Luciana, 1, and husband Víctor Rodriguez, 27, outside Union Station in Washington, D.C.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The high costs of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s political stunts

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson runs a jail that’s regularly decried by prison reform advocates, and he’s all-in with Trump’s anti-immigration policies.

Why is Governor Charlie Baker giving his blessing to the sheriff of Trumpachusetts?

An injured woman evacuated from Irpin lies on a stretcher in an ambulance on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26.

How you can help Ukraine and its refugees

Nighttime traffic on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The weaving, careening menaces on our highways

"No to Le Pen." A demonstrator at a protest in Paris against far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022.

A Marine Le Pen win in France would ‘create a shock that would shake the world’

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

Is time running out for the Chang-Diaz campaign for governor?

If polling is to be believed, Sonia Chang-Diaz is at least six touchdowns behind in her race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 6,514 confirmed cases, 2 deaths

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

After the federal court ruling, where are you required to wear a mask?

A federal judge on Monday voided the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation and airlines, prompting a raft of businesses and agencies to drop their own mask requirements.

John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby shared the same address on Beacon Hill in the 1950 Census

JFK and his brother Bobby were listed as living on Bowdoin Street in Boston, according to the 1950 census.

Sports

Peres Jepchirchir (left) likes to have company when she runs, and she was joined on Heartbreak Hill by Ababel Yeshaneh (center) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (right) Monday.

john powers | on marathoning

After conquering the Boston Marathon, Peres Jepchirchir sets her sights on a world record

Nothing seems out of reach for the Kenyan star, who added Boston to her wins in the Olympics and New York in the last nine months.

Senior Alana DeLisle does it all for Amesbury.

GIRLS' SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK

Amesbury’s Alana DeLisle has always had hope, and continues to inspire others

Her childhood doctors once feared DeLisle would be unable to walk, and even considered amputating her left leg because of a tumor.

Linebacker Mike Vrabel caught 10 passes in his career, each for a TD, including this one in Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Vrabel, Mankins, Wilfork finalists for Patriots Hall of Fame

Patriots fans now get to choose which player will be honored by voting online through May 16.

Baseball Notebook

Padres are first MLB team to reach uniform ad deal with Motorola sponsorship

Red Sox add Christian Vázquez and Jonathan Araúz to COVID-19 injured list

Kyrie Irving fined $50,000 for vulgar gestures toward TD Garden fans

Business

Ads are on the way to streaming services

To reach more people streamers are offering a deal: exposure to ads in exchange for lower prices.

Sri Lanka police open fire at protesters; 1 dead, 10 injured

Sri Lankan police opened fire Tuesday at a group of people protesting new fuel price increases, killing one and injuring 13 others, in the first shooting by security forces during weeks of demonstrations over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Global economic forecasts drop as Russia’s war in Ukraine takes toll

Netflix loses 200,000 customers, its first decline in a decade

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

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey got a laugh at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast earlier this year.

Maura Healey holds commanding lead in Democratic gubernatorial race, new poll shows

Governor signs bill to boost Maine’s aerospace industry

Ex-chair of Mashpee Wampanoag tribe goes on trial

sports

Since moving from his native Guatemala to Boston in 2005, Estuardo Calel has dreamed of running the Boston Marathon. After connecting with Stride for Stride, a nonprofit that supports low income and immigrant runners, he will finally made his dream a reality in 2022.

Video: He dreamed of running the Boston Marathon. On Monday, this Guatemalan native lived out his dream.

Vídeo: Inmigrante de Guatemala vive su sueño al correr la Maratón de Boston

Inmigrante de Guatemala vive su sueño al correr la Maratón de Boston

business

eBay signage is displayed at the entrance to the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Former eBay exec who ran bizarre harassment campaign against Natick couple to plead guilty

Homes in the Boston area are growing even more expensive this spring

Former eBay security director to plead guilty to cyberstalking

politics

President Biden at the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth on Tuesday.

Biden pushes infrastructure plans in visit to New Hampshire

Biden administration says it will appeal ruling on mask mandate if CDC believes it’s still needed

Biden pushes infrastructure plans in visit to New Hampshire

Nation

Pipeline used to carry crude oil at the Superior, Wis., terminal of Enbridge Energy, June 29, 2018. The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines that were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track the projects.

Biden restores climate to landmark environmental law, reversing Trump

Ukrainian children are being separated from caregivers at US border

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 6,514 confirmed cases, 2 deaths

World

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke in the House of Commons and offered what he called a ”wholehearted” apology for his attendance at an illegal party during the COVID-19 lockdown he and his government imposed.

Johnson is all apologies before Parliament after ‘partygate’ fine

Russia assaults cities and towns in Ukraine’s east

Europe expects to pay bulk of Ukraine’s reconstruction costs

opinion

A sea of marathon runners make their way down the final strech on Boylston Street before crossing the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday.

Welcome, all who enter (including underdressed out-of-towners with running shoes)

Why is Governor Charlie Baker giving his blessing to the sheriff of Trumpachusetts?

The high costs of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s political stunts

lifestyle

"Transient" by Felipe Ortiz depicts the endangered piping plovers. As the piece is eroded, the image of the birds will fade away to reveal their skeletons.

Action Pact Boston kicks off series of six public art installations for climate change awareness

Smile app makes dating a laughing matter

Bill Burr announces August show at Fenway Park

food & dining

Ditch the plastic bag.

20 ideas to help you go green in the kitchen

A French press that’s making news

There’s something deliciously fishy about this chili crisp

travel

Alex Gonzalez and Christopher Muther, masked up and ready to fly early in the pandemic. The two now wear N95 or KN95 masks while flying.

Why I’ll continue to wear a mask while traveling

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

Arts

Frequent gallery patron Christine Kyle of Cambridge looks at "The Space Beyond," the largest piece in the exhibit “Carmelo Midili: Beyond the Shape,” on display at the Boston Sculptors Gallery LaunchPad space through May 1.

One artist’s trash is another’s treasure

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

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

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones arrived at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2019.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had Easter brunch in Rhode Island

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

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

Television

Netflix signage next to the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York.

Netflix loses 200,000 customers, its first decline in a decade

Stealth powerhouse makes ‘Minx’ compelling viewing

Was ‘Pam & Tommy’ fair to the real Pam?

music

Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Donald Berman performed a piece by Robert and Clara Schumann, presented Thursday by Winsor Music at First Church in Boston.

Winsor Music’s deeply satisfying, well-timed evening with Schumanns and Kurtág

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

Theater/Dance

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

Broadway theaters to largely drop vaccine checks but keep mask mandates

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

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 - Composer Harrison Birtwistle, from Britain, congratulates Conductor Pierre Boulez from France and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, on Thursday, Sept 16, 2004, at the Lucerne Festival in the KKL Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland. Birtwistle, widely recognized as one of Britain’s greatest contemporary composers, has died. He was 87. Birtwistle’s publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, said he died Monday, April 18, 2022, at his home in Mere, southwest England. No cause of death was given. Birtwistle created daringly experimental music that sometimes tried the patience of listeners. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler, File)

Groundbreaking composer Harrison Birtwistle dies at 87

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

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