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Biden announces $800 million in new military aid for Ukraine

President Biden is announcing plans to send an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian President Zelensky, Rep. Liz Cheney among 5 recipients of JFK Profile in Courage Award

Shoppers browsed at Tony’s stall at Ridley Road Market in Hackney, East London. Many in Britain are struggling to pay their bills.

Shared baths and extra jumpers: Brits stare down cost of living crisis worsened by Russia

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Charts: What’s the wealthiest town in Massachusetts? See Census data on income and poverty.

A puzzling phenomenon: Patients report a rebound of COVID-19 symptoms after taking the antiviral Paxlovid

The issue has captured the attention of at least two teams of Boston-area scientists, who are trying to understand what might be fueling the problem.

Boston Health Commission urges residents to mask up in indoor public settings in wake of rise in COVID-19 cases

Yes, Republicans are now at war with Disney. Here is why the latest culture war may backfire on the GOP.

What began months ago as just another salvo in the culture wars suddenly became about threatening a major part of the Florida economy, in a major political gamble by Republicans.

GOP leaders blast Trump after Jan. 6 privately, praise him in public

Some white-footed mice would be genetically altered to resist Lyme disease, then released on the island.

In an effort to curb Lyme disease, scientists hope to release thousands of genetically altered mice on Nantucket

A team of local scientists wants to use recent advances in powerful gene-editing technology to release hundreds of thousands of mice they’ve genetically altered to be resistant to Lyme disease, in hopes of interrupting its spread on Nantucket and on Martha’s Vineyard.

Methuen man to split $1 million lottery prize with friend who did good deed for his son
A Methuen man is holding true to his word and plans to split a lottery prize with a friend who did a good deed for his son.

Christopher Muther | Travel

Want to feel like you’re in some kind of CGI fantasy dreamscape? Visit Vancouver.
No matter where you turn, there are mountains, beaches, rain forests, public art, and parks. How can one city be surrounded by so many snow-capped mountains?

This sculpture, "Memory Vessel," was created by New Brunswick artist Peter Powning. It was installed in 2011 at this high overlook of the city near Reversing Falls.

So that’s where our neighbors went! Exploring Loyalist legacy of Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John is so conscious of its roots that it established a Loyalist Trail walking tour that weaves in and around the historic center of the now-sprawling city.

Put Victoria-by-the-Sea on your must-see bucket list

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 22 points in Game 2.

christopher l. gasper

In a Celtics-Nets series brimming with star power, Jaylen Brown is shining brightest

Brown has scored 20 or more points in seven straight playoff games, but he is quick to deflect the credit to teammates and cite the overall team effort.

Dan Shaughnessy: Kevin Durant has another clunker, and that’s a big problem for the Nets

Several of Jerry Remy's former Red Sox teammates gathered to honor him at Fenway Park Wednesday

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Here’s why Don Orsillo wasn’t part of the Jerry Remy tribute

The Red Sox were caught in a maelstrom of backlash after Remy’s former play-by-play partner on NESN tweeted that the team did not use his video message.

‘Nothing about it makes sense’: After years of ‘coaching’ T-ball, one dad thinks it’s time to stop play

Little kids want to run, jump, climb, roll around, not stand around waiting for a ball that rarely comes to them.

Opinion

Airline passengers and crew members, some not wearing face masks following the end of COVID-19 public transportation rules, walk to flights in the Denver International Airport terminal on April 19.

Judge’s mask ruling could make fighting the next pandemic harder

As uncertainty remains about the trajectory of the virus and future variants, the federal government should not lose one of its key tools to help contain its spread.

Katherine Gergen Barnett

Primary care is on life support

CHRISTOPHER RHODES

The feminizing of fascism in Europe

H.D.S. Greenway

Given US policy in Ukraine, what would the US do if China tried to take Taiwan?

The race for lieutenant governor should be about ideas and experience. Not about $1 million.

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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Amber Heard’s lawyers interrogate Johnny Depp at libel trial

Attorneys for actor Amber Heard resumed their cross-examination of her ex-husband Johnny Depp in a Virginia courtroom on Thursday as they try to derail his libel lawsuit against Heard over allegations that he abused her.

Peloton instructor Jess Sims had never run more than eight miles. Then she agreed to do the Boston Marathon for 2013 survivor Michele Blackburn.

Blackburn went nine years without attending the Marathon after the bombing in 2013 nearly claimed her legs. But on this past Monday, she returned for the first time.

Larry Edelman

How high will mortgage rates go? It depends on the Fed’s inflation fight.
Here’s why home loans rushed past 5 percent and what may be in store for buyers and sellers.

Mortgage rates march higher, stoked by rising Treasury yields

Former student athlete files lawsuit against North Kingstown school officials, athletic directors

The former student, identified as John Doe 42 in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Providence County Superior Court, is seeking damages for negligence for being subjected to the “naked fat tests” and alleges that former coach Aaron Thomas is not the only one who abused a position of power.

Federal disaster relief approved for Mass. communities hit by blizzard in January that dumped two feet of snow

The Biden administration has approved federal disaster relief aid to Massachusetts communities affected by the punishing January storm that dumped some two feet of snow on the Boston area, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said this week.

LOVE LETTERS

I want to talk to the person my spouse cheated with
Is there anything to gain by reaching out to this person?

Recommended reads

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Eye-popping cost of MBTA’s new Quincy bus garage outpaces similar projects in US and Canada

The $402 million price tag raises questions about whether the cash-strapped T will be able to upgrade its remaining garages to achieve its goal of switching from fossil fuel to battery-electric buses.

The ‘invisible’ targets of hatred and hardship: Lower-income Asian Americans the focus of new COVID-19 study
A new study by Boston researchers has found that many lower-income Asian Americans, often underrepresented in studies of COVID-19, were hit hard by the pandemic and suffered a triple threat of health risks, financial stress, and racism.

In ongoing beef over alternative ‘meat’ products, Boston’s Motif goes after Impossible Foods’ patent
The two companies have been sparring over the process used to make plant-based products.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Visitors to the United States Pavilion next to the "Satellite," part of the "Sovereignty" exhibition by Simone Leigh at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice.

At the Venice Biennale’s US Pavilion, Simone Leigh brings buried stories to the world

Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar performs onstage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., this month, the first time a drag artist was part of the festival's lineup.

Drag queen Pabllo Vittar has a big voice, and she’s using it to propel herself to pop stardom

David Hyde Pierce as Paul Child in "Julia."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

From Niles Crane to Paul Child, David Hyde Pierce creates characters to remember

Andris Nelsons (pictured conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall last year) will lead 13 programs in the BSO's 2022-23 season.

Boston Symphony Orchestra unveils its 2022-23 season

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

Fish know there's safety in numbers — and they're not the only animal that can count.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH PRESTON

Fish don’t learn it in schools, but they can do math

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One on April 19 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to New Hampshire to promote his infrastructure agenda.

Democrats dither as their problems swell

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

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?

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

Rhode Island political news: April 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Methuen man to split $1 million lottery prize with friend who did good deed for his son

A Methuen man is holding true to his word and plans to split a lottery prize with a friend who did a good deed for his son.

Federal disaster relief approved for Mass. communities hit by blizzard in January that dumped two feet of snow

The Biden administration has approved federal disaster relief aid to Massachusetts communities affected by the punishing January storm that dumped some two feet of snow on the Boston area, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said this week.

Oprah Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club

The Oscar-winning actress and Rhode Island native’s book, “Finding Me,” comes out April 26.

Sports

Jess Sims, left, and Michele Blackburn, right, after Sims finished the Boston Marathon.

Peloton instructor Jess Sims had never run more than eight miles. Then she agreed to do the Boston Marathon for 2013 survivor Michele Blackburn.

Blackburn went nine years without attending the Marathon after the bombing in 2013 nearly claimed her legs. But on this past Monday, she returned for the first time.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 22 points in Game 2.

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In a Celtics-Nets series brimming with star power, Jaylen Brown is shining brightest

Brown has scored 20 or more points in seven straight playoff games, but he is quick to deflect the credit to teammates and cite the overall team effort.

Several of Jerry Remy's former Red Sox teammates gathered to honor him at Fenway Park Wednesday

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Here’s why Don Orsillo wasn’t part of the Jerry Remy tribute

The Red Sox were caught in a maelstrom of backlash after Remy’s former play-by-play partner on NESN tweeted that the team did not use his video message.

Blue Jays at Red Sox | 1:35 p.m. (NESN)

Game 13: Blue Jays at Red Sox preview and lineups

Gary Washburn | On basketball

With his second-half coaching adjustments, Ime Udoka positioned the Celtics to win Game 2

Celtics 114, Nets 107

‘Their window is now’: Kyrie Irving not surprised by Celtics’ performance in Games 1 and 2

Business

Elon Musk says he has $46.5 billion in financing ready to buy Twitter

The Tesla CEO said Thursday in documents filed with US securities regulators that he's exploring what's known as a tender offer to buy all of the social media platform's common stock for $54.20 per share in cash.

INNOVATION BEAT

How commercial spy satellites are changing war

Hundreds of orbiting surveillance satellites — most owned and operated by private corporations — are providing images to news organizations and giving millions a close-up look at the war in Ukraine.

Mortgage rates march higher, stoked by rising Treasury yields

More than half of Rhode Island’s lowest-income renters are at risk of homelessness

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

Want to pay less for a Boston apartment? Move in with a nudist.

Five things every condo buyer should know

Seared Salmon With Chilies, Pickled Ginger, and Snap Peas

Make the most of spring produce with meals starring sugar snap peas

metro

A 92-year-old woman sits at her kitchen table after receiving a meal from Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island.

More than half of Rhode Island’s lowest-income renters are at risk of homelessness

NOAA’s whale protection rules come with a shortage of supply. Maine is calling for a postponement.

Ukrainian President Zelensky, Rep. Liz Cheney among 5 recipients of JFK Profile in Courage Award

sports

In the third quarter, Jaylen Brown stole the ball from Kevin Durant, who had more turnovers (6) than field goals (4).

Kevin Durant has another clunker against Celtics, and that’s a big problem for the Nets

Nick Pivetta still missing his best stuff, Red Sox missing timely hitting in loss to Blue Jays

Contributions from everywhere helped the Celtics take 2-0 series lead, and other observations from Game 2

business

High-end electric carmaker Lucid Motors opened its first showroom in Boston in the Seaport.

Tesla competitor Lucid Motors opens first local showroom in the Seaport

US jobless claims eased last week, showing tight job market

WHO says global COVID cases, deaths declined again last week

politics

Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

‘If this isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what is,’ GOP leaders blast Trump after Jan. 6 privately, praise him in public

Biden announces $800 million in new military aid for Ukraine

This Earth Day, Biden faces ‘headwinds’ on climate agenda

Nation

Actor Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard’s lawyers interrogate Johnny Depp at libel trial

A man boasted about Jan. 6 to his Uber driver, feds say. He’s now charged.

‘Awesome’ April offers welcome California storms, but drought persists

World

Local civilians walked past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine on Tuesday.

Putin tries to claim Mariupol win but won’t storm holdout

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

‘Days or hours left’: Russia ramps up pressure in Mariupol

opinion

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll routinely deals with housing, education, and infrastructure — the nuts and bolts of municipal government.

The race for lieutenant governor should be about ideas and experience. Not about $1 million.

Fish don’t learn it in schools, but they can do math

The blessing of ‘rote’ memory

lifestyle

She didn’t choose me

Bradley Cooper is looking for extras in Western Mass. to be in new film ‘Maestro’

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

food & dining

Hangar 420, a cannabis producer and distributor in Warwick, Rhode Island, has launched a cannabis-infused coffee syrup called Co-Pilot Syrup. The product is to mark the annual celebration of cannabis with a tribute to the official beverage of Rhode Island -- Coffee Milk.

A little cannabis in your coffee milk? New product celebrates 420 and a Rhode Island food staple

Rhode Island foodies, rejoice: Design plans for Union Station food hall have been approved

High Street Place was worth the wait

travel

An Aegean Airlines plane.

Aegean Airlines refunds one ticket but not the other

A new habitat for gorillas, images from Armenia, and ‘Golden Girls’ fans go cruising

Want to feel like you’re in some kind of CGI fantasy dreamscape? Visit Vancouver.

Arts

Michael Eder, "Neponset River," 2022. Oil on canvas.

In ‘Neponset River,’ layers upon layers

Not child’s play

One artist’s trash is another’s treasure

Books

Viola Davis arrives at the premiere of "The First Lady" in Los Angeles on April 14, 2022. The Oscar winner's upcoming memoir, “Finding Me,” is Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick.

Oprah Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club

‘I promise it won’t be boring,’ says Neil Gaiman of his Boston show on April 29

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

Movies

Aubrey Plaza in "Emily the Criminal."

Boston’s Independent Film Festival is back — and back in theaters

This year’s IFFBoston showcases the best in new nonfiction films

‘The Northman’ is brutal, brooding, and often extremely good

Television

From left: Rob Brown, Ham Mukasa, Robert Harley, and Jon Bernthal in "We Own This City."

In David Simon’s ‘We Own This City,’ the thugs who rule the streets wear badges

From Niles Crane to Paul Child, David Hyde Pierce creates characters to remember

Kathryn Hays, soap star for nearly 40 years, dies at 87

music

Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar performs onstage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., this month, the first time a drag artist was part of the festival's lineup.

Drag queen Pabllo Vittar has a big voice, and she’s using it to propel herself to pop stardom

A jewel in a new setting

Joshua Redman’s former quartet is now an all-star team with a date at Symphony Hall

Theater/Dance

Comedian Dane Cook performs at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles in 2021.

Dane Cook returns to Boston with something to prove

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

Broadway theaters to largely drop vaccine checks but keep mask mandates

globe local

During the annual Holocaust Remembrance ceremony, Rabbi Leonard Gordon will tell how his grandmother, Helen Rubinstein, survived the Holocaust, Pictured here (at right) with her husband Leon, her mother, Hannah Meyerson, and daughter Janet (who grew up to become Gordon's mother), circa 1938 in Kielce, Poland. Leon died during the war as part of the resistance to the Nazis.

Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering in Sharon ‘marks a lesson for all humanity’

Newton struggling to make ends meet as new budget year approaches

6-alarm fire in Lawrence displaces 16 families

Obituaries

In 2017, Mr. Lupu performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andris Nelsons.

Radu Lupu, pianist who awed listeners, dies at 76

Kathryn Hays, soap star for nearly 40 years, dies at 87

Leo Marx, pioneering professor and writer in American studies, dies at 102