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Fort Point Channel floodgate idea advances, but how to pay for it?

A new report makes the case that the storm barrier could prevent billions of dollars in property damage if a catastrophic storm hits Boston when the tide is perilously high.

Several thorny political corruption cases await new Attorney General Andrea Campbell

Andrea Campbell is painting a new vision for her first term.

Once hailed as the antidote, bodycams now considered a baseline for police accountability

Three years after widespread demands for body cameras across the state, implementation by local police departments continues to inch along.

A year later, city office for Black men and boys laying foundation for their future
During its first year, the Office of Black Male Advancement has prioritized “laying the foundation” for its future operations. The office awarded $100,000 in grants to 25 local organizations focused on providing support and programming positive outcomes for the city’s Black men and boys.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY
Linus Ullmark, no longer content to just stop the puck, adds goal scoring to game for Bruins
Ullmark adding scoring to his goalie game could be enough for David Pastrnak, on target as a soon-to-be free agent to sign the richest deal in franchise history, to scribble on the dotted line before his stock plummets.

APPRECIATION

‘A humble and generous mentor and a friend’ — Hall of Fame football coach and athletic director Jim O’Connor remembered by friends and family

“Massachusetts has lost a great champion for athletics,” said former Xaverian football coach and athletic director Charlie Stevenson.
TRAVEL

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

I'd spent a lot of time there as a kid. I was happy to go back with my own kids and find there's plenty to see, eat, drink, and do.

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.
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

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Stressed about tax season? 7 money podcasts for commiserating, consolidating, and planning for the future
From budgeting tips to real stories about money — these podcasts are here for the journey to April 18.

Man, 65, injured in snowmobile crash in Clarksville, N.H.

Marc Labrecque, who said he had not ridden a snowmobile in about 55 years, lost control when the trail’s surroundings changed from an open field to a cluster of trees and he crashed into the tree line, officials said.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Alex Cora not racing to put Masataka Yoshida in Red Sox leadoff spot
"He might lead off, but he might hit in the middle of the lineup. That’s what he’s done his whole career," the manager said Sunday. "I think it’s about personnel and who we have.”

Meet Aaron Al-Marayati, who sees the game his own way as a legally blind goalie for the Everett co-op boys’ hockey team
Al-Marayati and his father, Ghazi, employ a Bluetooth headset that allows Ghazi to stand behind the net and communicate with Aaron through an MIAA-approved earpiece.

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.

China’s red-hot online store, Temu, plants its flag in Boston
The retail app — which sells a vast selection of clothing, electronic gadgets, tools, and more at remarkably low prices — chose Boston as its US outpost partly because of the supply of high-tech talent.

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Does the restaurant kitchen of the future run on electricity?

Chefs have mixed feelings about giving up gas, but ultimately they may not have a choice.

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.

‘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.

‘It’s flooding an already completely congested market.’ Nursing home closures in Western Mass. leave families and hospitals scrambling.
The abrupt announcement of four nursing homes closing in Western Massachusetts underscores the precarious condition of the state’s overwhelmed health care system.

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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

John Reed, teacher and ‘guiding force for unity’ on Cape Cod, dies at 72

"John taught people to walk with dignity," said Jeanne Morrison, who chairs the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission.

Once hailed as the antidote, bodycams now considered a baseline for police accountability

Three years after widespread demands for body cameras across the state, implementation by local police departments continues to inch along.

Several thorny political corruption cases await new Attorney General Andrea Campbell

Andrea Campbell is painting a new vision for her first term.

A year later, city office for Black men and boys laying foundation for their future

During its first year, the Office of Black Male Advancement has prioritized “laying the foundation” for its future operations. The office awarded $100,000 in grants to 25 local organizations focused on providing support and programming positive outcomes for the city’s Black men and boys.

Sports

TARA SULLIVAN

Learning the ins and outs of striking a leadership balance with Justin Turner

Baseball has been good to the 38-year-old, the onetime Mets castoff who turned a surprising non-tender into an improbable, impressive rise to World Series champion with the Dodgers.
APPRECIATION

‘A humble and generous mentor and a friend’ — Hall of Fame football coach and athletic director Jim O’Connor remembered by friends and family

“Massachusetts has lost a great champion for athletics,” said former Xaverian football coach and athletic director Charlie Stevenson.
CELTICS

Eight observations left over from Philadelphia, where the Celtics scored a wild win over the 76ers

Al Horford had one of his finest moments of this season in a hostile environment and against his former team.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Alex Cora not racing to put Masataka Yoshida in Red Sox leadoff spot
mlb

Manny Machado, Padres reportedly agree on new 11-year, $350 million contract
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Linus Ullmark, no longer content to just stop the puck, adds goal scoring to game for Bruins

Business

Boston’s residential neighborhoods are thriving, while downtown struggles

While the Financial District and Downtown Crossing trudge through the pandemic recovery, farther-flung corners of Boston are alive with activity that rivals the Before Times.

China’s red-hot online store, Temu, plants its flag in Boston

The retail app — which sells a vast selection of clothing, electronic gadgets, tools, and more at remarkably low prices — chose Boston as its US outpost partly because of the supply of high-tech talent.
chesto means business

Fort Point Channel floodgate idea advances, but how to pay for it?

Where did all these bookstores come from?
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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

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

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

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

sports

Sunday’s Red Sox spring training report: Hosts walk it off one day after they clock it off

Meet Aaron Al-Marayati, who sees the game his own way as a legally blind goalie for the Everett co-op boys’ hockey team

‘I’ll be his big brother.’ For Curaçaoans Kenley Jansen and Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox spring is a full-circle opportunity

business

Why do AI chatbots tell lies and act weird? Look in the mirror.

US sees China in ‘awkward’ international position over Ukraine

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

politics

Student loan case before Supreme Court poses pressing question: Who can sue?

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program

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

Nation

Northern border immigrant death highlights crossing spike

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

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

World

In Ukraine war, talking about peace is a fight of its own

Deadly Russian artillery strikes reported in Ukraine’s east and south

UK nears deal on Northern Ireland trade, a Brexit sore point

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

Medford students learn the power of podcasts

Stressed about tax season? 7 money podcasts for commiserating, consolidating, and planning for the future

Clothing swaps build community and bring sustainable fashion to Greater Boston

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

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

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

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

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

Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic do it Beethoven’s way at Symphony Hall

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

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

John Reed, teacher and ‘guiding force for unity’ on Cape Cod, dies at 72

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

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