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‘A housing market for almost no one’: Rising prices and interest rates have made home buying feel impossible

Two-plus years of seismic shifts in Boston’s housing market knocked the prospect of buying out of reach for tens of thousands more families here.

Ed Markey helped make Elon Musk. Now, Markey is working to slow him down.

Musk has benefited from Markey’s environmental foresight. And Musk, in turn, has helped Markey realize some of his dreams as an elected official.

State judge orders Harvard to turn over patient records in doctor investigation

The state Board of Registration in Medicine had sought the university’s records, including the medical reports of at least four alleged victims, as part of its own investigation into the doctor after the university notified the board of his termination.

On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Woody Harrelson muses about marijuana and vaccine mandates in opening monologue
Five-time host Harrelson delivered a wide-ranging monologue as he reminisced about reading a script in Central Park after hosting "SNL." Fellow five-timer Jack White was the night's musical guest.

US sees China in ‘awkward’ international position over Ukraine

New Hampshire woman’s death in Virgin Islands under investigation

CDC issues warning about rise in highly drug-resistant stomach bug
BRUINS 3, CANUCKS 1

Linus Ullmark finishes the Bruins’ win over the Canucks with a rare goalie goal

Ullmark scored career goal No. 1 into an empty with 48 seconds to play in his league-high 30th victory.
New Bruins Garnet Hathaway and Dmitry Orlov jump right in to play against the Canucks
Red Sox notebook

An automatic strike call ended the Red Sox’ spring training game as MLB’s new rules are put to the test

The game ended on an automatic strike as Atlanta's Cal Conley was called out for not being set in the box with eight seconds left on the timer.
‘[It] was a big day for me’: Red Sox lefthander Chris Sale faces hitters for the first time this spring
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

What is the NBA going to do about load management and star players missing games?

The designation “DNP-rest” was popularized by Spurs coach Gregg Popovich more than a decade ago and has become widespread.
The NBA All-Star Game was difficult to watch, unless you’re a Celtics fan
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Tax breaks, reforms can reshape Massachusetts

Governor Healey’s proposals will be key to a post-pandemic recovery.
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

In war-torn Ukraine, orphanages on the brink
EDITORIAL

Letting Tucker Carlson review the Jan. 6 security video is the opposite of transparency
LETTERS

2014 law should be a boon, but DDS leaves families struggling
MARCELA GARCÍA

Still no answers three months after Reina Carolina Morales Rojas went missing
The Emancipator

Saving Black homes lost to tax inequity

For decades, the sale of tax debt and unfair property assessments have disproportionately caused Black Americans to lose their homes across the United States. A Chicago program is helping some Black families keep their homes, but its leaders say structural change is needed.
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Black History Month

Black veterans close out Black History Month with appreciation brunch in Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu and the city's Office of Veterans' Services presented awards to honor three Black veterans for their years of continued service to the Boston community.
When Martin met Coretta in Boston, he found his match in more ways than one

Special reports

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

5-year-old boy seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Foxborough

The boy was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., with injuries that are believed to be life-threatening, police said Saturday evening.

Navy SEAL, who grew up in Cohasset, dies following training exercise in Arizona

Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael T. Ernst was participating in a parachute training exercise at an airfield in Marana, northwest of Tucson, according to the Unites States Naval Institute. He was 36, a father of two young children, and a graduate of Thayer Academy in Braintree.

R.I. joins lawsuit to make abortion drug mifepristone more accessible

The FDA’s restriction “only serves to make mifepristone harder for doctors to prescribe, harder for pharmacies to fill, harder for patients to access, and more burdensome for [states] and their health care providers to dispense,” the lawsuit said.

Snow falls in Los Angeles area, 1,000s still without power
A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles.

A sign of spring on a frigid day as Sullivan’s Castle Island opens for the season
The popular eatery and Boston institution kicked off its 72nd year as customers braved the bitter cold to come out and get their favorite hot dogs, fries, ice cream, and other food and frozen treats.

Legal clinic in Somerville offers free aid to help people clear their records of marijuana crimes
The program, called Changing Legacies, offered free legal assistance to people who hope the easing of marijuana laws have made them eligible to expunge state marijuana offenses from their criminal records or seal them from public view.

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Beth Teitell

When a loved one contracts Pickleball Derangement Syndrome

It’s one thing to read that nearly 5 million people played pickleball last year. It’s another to watch a loved one flying to pickleball camp, eyeing a $145 pickleball dress, playing through the pain of pickleball elbow.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
BPS bus failures violated rights of special education students, state finds
In a Friday letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper, state officials said the district's dysfunctional transportation system put an undue burden on families.

‘People are leaving’: Massachusetts has lost 110,000 residents since COVID began. Is life better out there?
Between the rise of remote work, the stifling cost of housing, and a host of other issues from child care to transportation to the new so-called “millionaires tax,” there is a growing worry that migration will only mount in the years to come.

Martha’s Vineyard home teetering on bluff’s edge will soon be demolished, official says
The owners had for years seen erosion encroach upon their Chappaquiddick home, which is located at the western edge of the Wasque Reservation. Over time, the shoreline crept ever closer, imperiling the shingled structure.

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Culture & Lifestyle

‘Disney Animation: Immersive Experience’ opens in Boston

In her art, the impossible world of an Alzheimer’s caregiver

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

In ‘Shrinking,’ Harrison Ford is acting his age, and it’s a revelation

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Jimmy Carter’s exemplary life
IDEAS | MICHAEL LEVIN

Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended
SCOT LEHIGH

Kevin McCarthy lets a rabid Foxer into the hen House
Judith Enck

The East Palestine disaster was a direct result of the country’s reliance on fossil fuels and plastic
IDEAS | Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Opponents of my kids’ math program have their calculus all wrong
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Ironworkers Local 7 donates school supplies to Boston Public Schools teachers and families

The union teamed up Saturday with Boston city councilors and community organizations to donate more than $10,000 worth of school supplies to teachers, students and their families.

Legal clinic in Somerville offers free aid to help people clear their records of marijuana crimes

The program, called Changing Legacies, offered free legal assistance to people who hope the easing of marijuana laws have made them eligible to expunge state marijuana offenses from their criminal records or seal them from public view.

A sign of spring on a frigid day as Sullivan’s Castle Island opens for the season

The popular eatery and Boston institution kicked off its 72nd year as customers braved the bitter cold to come out and get their favorite hot dogs, fries, ice cream, and other food and frozen treats.

Black veterans close out Black History Month with appreciation brunch in Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu and the city's Office of Veterans' Services presented awards to honor three Black veterans for their years of continued service to the Boston community.

Sports

Red Sox notebook

An automatic strike call ended the Red Sox’ spring training game as MLB’s new rules are put to the test

The game ended on an automatic strike as Atlanta's Cal Conley was called out for not being set in the box with eight seconds left on the timer.
Gary Washburn | On Basketball

76ers still trying to escape the pretender tag and prove they are capable of winning three playoff rounds

It was Philadelphia looking to make a statement Saturday. The 76ers led by as many as 9 points in the first half and 15 in the second. Yet, it wasn’t good enough.
BRUINS 3, CANUCKS 1

Linus Ullmark finishes the Bruins’ win over the Canucks with a rare goalie goal

Ullmark scored career goal No. 1 into an empty with 48 seconds to play in his league-high 30th victory.
MIAA ALL-STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gloucester’s Jayden Toppan flips the script — and his opponent — to win 220-pound title at MIAA all-state wrestling championship
CELTICS 110, 76ERS 107

Jayson Tatum was struggling in front of a hostile Philadelphia crowd. But in the biggest moment, the Celtics star delivered.
revolution 1, charlotte fc 0

Henry Kessler’s goal in the 89th minute gives Revolution a lift in season-opening win at Charlotte

Business

US sees China in ‘awkward’ international position over Ukraine

China’s stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine puts it in an “awkward” position internationally and any weapons support to Russia would come with “real costs,” said Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser.
TOM FARRAGHER

A remarkable journalistic endeavor: In Portland, Maine, a rich story unfolds in the pages of a free newspaper serving the African diaspora

Editor Kit Harrison and publisher Georges Budagu Makoko run Amjambo Africa! a free publication about the African diaspora and immigration. It’s intended for the eyes of newcomers to Maine with this lofty goal: to build a community by spreading information about its readership throughout Maine.

‘A housing market for almost no one’: Rising prices and interest rates have made home buying feel impossible

Zelensky seeks more sanctions as Ukraine war enters second year and fighting grinds on
magazine
Health & Biotech

From Alzheimer's to Lyme, 12 conditions Mass. biotechs are working on
Globe Magazine

Why Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently retired, will never retire

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Madison did giggle nervously at my stupid jokes. I take that as a courtesy, though.’
MISS CONDUCT

My friend asks for advice then ignores it

metro

Rhode Island, get ready for late-February snow

Navy SEAL, who grew up in Cohasset, dies following training exercise in Arizona

A high-stakes divorce battle over control of iconic Boston real estate — and a really expensive collection of duck decoys

sports

Chris Maher powers Essex Tech to state vocational championship over Diman

Central Catholic gymnastics gets ‘clean-and-neat’ effort to claim MIAA North sectional

After a further review, Ashland’s Nora Quitt capitalizes on her reprieve to win girls’ 136-pound all-state wrestling title

business

R.I. joins lawsuit to make abortion drug mifepristone more accessible

EU slaps sanctions on top Russia officials, banks, trade

Thomas Lee’s death ruled a suicide by gunshot

politics

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program

Ed Markey helped make Elon Musk. Now, Markey is working to slow him down.

Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans

Nation

‘Powder keg’ for 9/11: 1993 trade center bombing remembered

Snow falls in Los Angeles area, 1,000s still without power

Blizzards forecast in California mountains in multiday storm

World

US sees China in ‘awkward’ international position over Ukraine

Top Arab lawmakers in Syria for talks with President Assad

Israel, Palestinian officials to meet over surge in violence

opinion

Jimmy Carter’s exemplary life

Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended

Massachusetts has a plan to increase affordable housing — now it needs the budget

lifestyle

Clothing swaps build community and bring sustainable fashion to Greater Boston

‘Disney Animation: Immersive Experience’ opens in Boston

My ex and I are living separately in the same house

food & dining

Does the restaurant kitchen of the future run on electricity?

Allston gets a new restaurant-gallery; Boston’s top female chefs unite for Women’s History Month

Three years and a pandemic later, these restaurants have reimagined themselves

travel

Skiing Snowbasin, the best ski area you’ve never heard of

Lyft charged me $80 for damage to a car. But it wasn’t me!

I’d heard Pittsfield was experiencing a rebirth. So I went and saw for myself.

Arts

Have camera, will fish

Galleries: A map based on touch and care

At the ICA, childhood lost in transition

Books

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

Publisher to release ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash

Climate change is upon us. Jake Bittle’s ‘The Great Displacement’ is an unsettling look at the personal and financial costs of ever-growing threats.

Movies

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

‘We Have a Ghost’: the unimportance of being Ernest

‘Cocaine Bear’: Some things, like gory mayhem, go better with coke

Television

On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Woody Harrelson muses about marijuana and vaccine mandates in opening monologue

Forget CNN’s ‘formal training.’ Don Lemon needs to be schooled by a bunch of women in their 50s.

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

music

Meet Dreamers’ Circus, Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite Nordic folk trio

Freedom isn’t just another word to Margo Price; it defines how she’s making music now

As winter lingers, Keith Lockhart looks ahead to the Boston Pops’ spring season

Theater/Dance

Ingenuity meets virtuosity in Manual Cinema’s ‘Frankenstein’

In a London pub, ‘The Wife of Willesden’ isn’t holding back

ART to present musical adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ in 2024

globe local

Where all dogs (and cats, rabbits, and birds) go to heaven

Viewpoint: If the state adopts tax relief, what form should it take?

Five candidates are vying to serve as Salem’s next mayor

Obituaries

Shinta Ratri, fighter for transgender rights in Indonesia, dies at 60

James Abourezk, first Arab American US senator, dies at 92

John Olver, longtime US representative in Western Massachusetts, dies at 86