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Fallon Co. teams up with two Black-owned businesses to redevelop key Wentworth parcel

Wentworth Institute of Technology is trading in lacrosse balls for labs and soccer goals for centrifuges, with an ambitious plan to build a life sciences complex on the site of its main athletic field along Huntington Avenue.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Nor’easter will hit southern New England late Monday, continue into Tuesday

The most intense part of the storm for Greater Boston is Tuesday afternoon and early evening.

Winter storm expected to bring high tides, some coastal flooding to Mass. and R.I.

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

These maps show how much snow New England can expect from the nor’easter

Dr. Fauci comes to the aid of two women in need of medical assistance at D.C. gala. He’s ‘the real deal.’
“It was an eventful evening for medical emergencies,” Anthony Fauci said of the Gridiron Dinner on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

Vermont shocked by decision to remove books from state college libraries: ‘It’s an embarrassing decision’
Leaders of Vermont’s public colleges are taking an extraordinary step to save money: getting rid of most of the books in the campus libraries.

Add 40 minutes to your commute for now if you are taking the MBTA, officials say
The MBTA Green Line and the Mattapan high-speed trolley continue to operate with a top speed of 25 miles an hour, while numerous "block speed" restrictions remain in effect on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines.

Investors continue to dump shares in bank stocks, despite Biden reassurance that US system is safe

Lines outside the SVB Private branch in Wellesley, Mass., on March 13, 2023.

‘We should have got the hell out of dodge’: SVB customers line up at Wellesley branch

The Wellesley branch of Silicon Valley Bank was a scene of crowding and confusion on Monday morning, as dozens of customers lined up to withdraw money and close accounts at the failed California-based bank.

SVB failure sparks blame game over Trump-era regulatory rule From STAT: How SVB’s collapse rattled the biotech industry The Silicon Valley Bank collapse: How it happened and what you need to know

Massachusetts affordable housing projects roiled by SVB meltdown

Larry Edelman

Bank blowups are dangerous, but this isn’t 2008

What questions do you have about the SVB collapse?

Jimmy Garoppolo spent the last 5½ seasons with the 49ers.

NFL free agency: Jimmy Garoppolo headed to Raiders, where he’ll reunite with Josh McDaniels

The Patriots re-signed Jonathan Jones, their most important free agent, and dealt Jonnu Smith to the Falcons. Follow along.

Tell us: What are your thoughts on this season's free agency moves?

Patriots re-sign cornerback Jonathan Jones, their most important free agent, to a two-year deal

Patriots trade tight end Jonnu Smith to the Falcons

Kyle Klewin (left) and Jeffrey Londregan are former graduates of St. Bernard High School in Montville, Conn. They are part of an alumni group that is pushing a plan to buy their old school to ensure its future.

Their school faces bankruptcy, so St. Bernard alumni step up to buy it for $6.2 million

“It seemed like they were just punishing the kids. It seemed that way.”

Casey Affleck attends the Vanity Fair 95th Oscars Party at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 12, 2023.

95th Academy Awards

At glitzy Oscar parties: Casey Affleck’s about to start filming in Boston; Kraft still hoping Brady will retire a Patriot

Massachusetts was not only well represented at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, but at swanky viewing parties and after-parties, too.

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins best picture, plus six more Oscars More Oscars coverage

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington.

It’s tax season. Here’s what you need to know when filing this year.

The Internal Revenue Service is promising a much smoother tax season this year, including readily available phone assistance and quick refunds.

The old Harbor Tunnel administration office in the North End will soon be redeveloped as a single-family home for developer and pizza magnate Sal Lupoli.

How developer and pizza magnate Sal Lupoli found his dream home, atop the harbor tunnels

A grand old state office building in the North End is set to become a prominent Merrimack Valley businessman's home in Boston.

Opinion

Capitol Hill in Washington on March 15, 2022. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida reintroduced legislation that would end the practice of turning clocks back one hour every November.

Charles A. Czeisler and Elizabeth B. Klerman

Making daylight saving time permanent would mean losing sleep — and lives

This legislation is not about protecting sunshine. Instead, it should be called “An Act to Force Americans to Wake Up an Hour Earlier Each Day.”

MARCELA GARCÍA

Confronting the teen mental health crisis, one anonymous post at a time

Auditor Diana DiZoglio is taking on Beacon Hill — as promised

Andrew Bacevich

The self-deceived deceivers of war

How to prevent MassHealth enrollees from losing their coverage

Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár in director Todd Field's Tár.

The Emancipator

We need to talk about Tár’s racist ending

In a time of rising anti-Asian hate, Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as a world-famous conductor, carelessly relies on Asian stereotypes to portray its White protagonist’s fall from grace.

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photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

McConnell is released from hospital and is headed to inpatient rehab
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital Monday after treatment for a concussion and will continue to recover in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a spokesman said.

Woman, 35, charged with attacking 13-year-old boy at Andrew MBTA station in South Boston

“Without provocation, the woman walked up to the boy and hit him in the face with a soda can that had jagged edges,” prosecutors said.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso,’ Bob Odenkirk’s new dramedy, and an Elvis cartoon
“Ted Lasso” returns for its third, and possibly last, season, while new shows premiering this week include Bob Odenkirk in “Lucky Hank,” the horror thriller “Swarm,” and the animated series “Agent Elvis,” with Matthew McConaughey voicing Elvis.

Colleges have been a small-town lifeline. What happens as they shrink?
As Americans have fewer children and a diminishing share of young adults pursue a degree, the once-burgeoning market for college slots has kicked into reverse.

Biden backs $8 billion Alaska oil project despite climate peril
President Biden authorized a giant ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska that environmentalists argue has no place in a warming world, even as he sought to bar future drilling across US Arctic waters and lands.

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Four days in startup land: Boston entrepreneurs, VCs reflect on SVB and what’s ahead
Startups and tech investors are accustomed to dealing with a dozen types of risk daily. Now, there's a new one they have to plan for.

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Violence has been on the rise in the Talbot Avenue corridor, especially 10 Helen St.

Tiny street in Dorchester is magnet for street violence. Police say one house is the source of so much trouble.

A teal-colored house on Helen St. has served as a hive of gang activity, raided by police at least three times in as many years, and has been shot at multiple times amid conflicts between rival street crews, police records and court documents show.

As food aid program winds down, another piece of the COVID-era safety net gets snipped away
People who've received expanded food benefits for the past three years face the program's end, even as food prices remain sky-high.

Waltham paid $17.4m for historic farmland. Now the city is placing a longtime community farm at risk, advocates say.
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Nick Mohammed (left) and Jason Sudeikis in "Ted Lasso."

This week’s TV: The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso,’ Bob Odenkirk’s new dramedy, and an Elvis cartoon

On Thursday night in Symphony Hall, (from left to right) conductor Thomas Wilkins, guest artist Earl Howard, composer Anthony Davis, and clarinet soloist Anthony McGill took a bow after the BSO's performance of Davis's work "You Have the Right to Remain Silent."

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GBH produces a yearly St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn every March.

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Anthony Bova, co-owner of Bova's Bakery.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Capitol Hill in Washington on March 15, 2022. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida reintroduced legislation that would end the practice of turning clocks back one hour every November.

Charles A. Czeisler and Elizabeth B. Klerman

Making daylight saving time permanent would mean losing sleep — and lives

Former secretary of state Colin Powell, right, took part in a meeting with President George W. Bush and former secretaries of defense and state to discuss the Iraq War at the White House on Jan. 5, 2006. Shown are former secretary of state (Reagan administration) Alexander Haig Jr., from left; former secretary of defense Robert McNamara (Kennedy/Johnson administrations); former secretary of defense Melvin Laird (Nixon administration); former secretary of defense James Schlesinger (Nixon/Ford administration); former secretary of defense Frank Carlucci (Reagan administration); former secretary of defense William Perry (Clinton administration); chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace; former secretary of defense William Cohen (Clinton administration); Commanding General Multi National Forces Iraq George Casey; secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld; Vice President Dick Cheney; President George W. Bush; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Powell.

Andrew Bacevich

The self-deceived deceivers of war

MassHealth and the Massachusetts Health Connector have partnered with Health Care for All and other community organizations to knock on doors and talk to members in communities across the state about the need to update their personal information and complete the redetermination process.

How to prevent MassHealth enrollees from losing their coverage

"You can’t love poutine in the summer or in the south. It’s calorie-dense survival food for the darkest days of winter, those subzero stretches that make us dream of fat and salt and warmth."

IDEAS | GEORGE ROGERS

Lost winter: A season on thin ice is a bad time for poutine

Lawmakers reconsider the secrecy of the confessional

The Central Business District and the Chinatown in Singapore, which has an autocratic government and is known for its cleanliness and low rates of crime.

IDEAS | JASON MIKLIAN

Crazy rich autocracies: What are they doing better than democracies?

Metro

Police Commissioner Cox on Southie St. Patrick’s Day festivities: BPD is ‘prepared for almost anything’

Boston police are ready for this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities, which can draw hundreds of thousands of revelers to the city’s streets, officials told the public at a Monday afternoon news conference at Boston Police Headquarters.

R.I. surgeon and former Army colonel travels to Ukraine for trauma surgery on wounded soldiers, civilians

Dr. Roman Hayda, chief of orthopedic trauma at Rhode Island Hospital, has gone to Ukraine twice and helped patients with everything from fractures to more complex injuries.

These maps show how much snow New England can expect from the nor’easter

New England is expected to get hit by a nor’easter starting Monday night, bringing potentially damaging winds, rain, and heavy snow to the region, though forecasts indicate Boston will be spared the worst of the storm.

Winter storm expected to bring high tides, some coastal flooding to Mass. and R.I.

Seas could rise as high as 22 feet Tuesday off Nantucket, and 20 feet or higher in waters off the Gloucester, Winthrop, and Duxbury areas, as well as on the Outer Cape, according to a weather service “surf zone” forecast.

Sports

Jimmy Garoppolo spent the last 5½ seasons with the 49ers.

NFL free agency: Jimmy Garoppolo headed to Raiders, where he’ll reunite with Josh McDaniels

The Patriots re-signed Jonathan Jones, their most important free agent, and dealt Jonnu Smith to the Falcons. Follow along.

The Celtics' Marcus Smart gave Trae Young an earful on Saturday night after the Hawks star's late drive to the basket.

NBA fines the Celtics’ Marcus Smart for initiating altercation with the Hawks’ Trae Young

Saturday night's incident, which included pulling the Atlanta guard to the floor, will cost Smart $25K. Smart appeared to be upset that Young kicked him in the groin area.

Prospect Miguel Bleis will open the season with Single A Salem.

red sox notebook

Deep in the minors, Red Sox have a prospect with eye-catching potential

Miguel Bleis, a 19-year-old outfielder, has the size, speed, and strength to create shoot-the-moon potential.

spring training report

Monday’s spring training report: Blue Jays rout Red Sox

Dick Fosbury, who reinvented high jumping with his ‘Fosbury Flop,’ dies at 76

nfl free agency

The Patriots have 15 free agents — here’s a rundown of what might happen

Business

Bank blowups are dangerous, but this isn’t 2008

We’ve entered a new and risky period for the US economy, which is already under stress from inflation, rising interest rates, and nagging recession fears.

Investors continue to dump shares in bank stocks, despite Biden reassurance that US system is safe

President Biden insisted that the system was safe after the second- and third-largest bank failures in the nation’s history happened in the span of 48 hours.

The Fed’s fight against inflation just got downgraded

Fallon Co. teams up with two Black-owned businesses to redevelop key Wentworth parcel

magazine

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events

James Tellin and John O’Reilly in a 2017 photograph by Seth David Rubin.

In the ’60s, a gay couple made their Worcester home into a refuge of art and community

An illustration of the Oscar statuette lying on a therapist's couch with a male therapist, with glasses, a balding head, and a black moustache, sitting on a chair behind the statuette's right shoulder taking notes. The illustration is on a white background and the color palette for the drawing is gold, a dark red, and black.

After a bruising 2022 ceremony, Oscar could use some advice

Front view Oscar award statue isolated on white background. 3D illustration. The base of the statue has been altered to say "Consolation Prize."

Why I reserve special, ornery ire for the ‘we owe you’ Oscar nomination

metro

F.L. Crooks & Company, a family-owned clothing store, near Clarion University in Clarion, Pa., March 6, 2023. Two apartments above the store have been converted from student housing to Airbnb lodges.

Colleges have been a small-town lifeline. What happens as they shrink?

Vermont shocked by decision to remove books from state college libraries: ‘It’s an embarrassing decision’

Hateful graffiti found in bathroom at Arlington High School

sports

Harvard's Sarah Russell was euphoric after the Crimson's upset of Stanford in 1998.

‘Well, what if Harvard wins?’ 25 years later, the Crimson’s epic upset of No. 1 Stanford shines bright

Patriots re-sign cornerback Jonathan Jones, their most important free agent, to a two-year deal

Previewing the women’s basketball Division 1 NCAA Tournament

business

F.L. Crooks & Company, a family-owned clothing store, near Clarion University in Clarion, Pa., March 6, 2023. Two apartments above the store have been converted from student housing to Airbnb lodges.

Colleges have been a small-town lifeline. What happens as they shrink?

VA to cover new Alzheimer’s drug

It’s tax season. Here’s what you need to know when filing this year.

politics

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

McConnell is released from hospital and is headed to inpatient rehab

At White House, Asian-American liaison juggles celebrations and crises

Biden backs $8 billion Alaska oil project despite climate peril

Nation

Nyhiem Way, of Athens, Ga., posed for a portrait on Thursday in Athens. Changes to how people are identified on surveys and censuses based on race and ethnicity have been proposed by the federal government.

US government ponders the meaning of race and ethnicity

Dr. Fauci comes to the aid of two women in need of medical assistance at D.C. gala. He’s ‘the real deal.’

Cohen to testify before grand jury in Trump hush-money investigation

World

Local authorities try to put out a fire at Royal Residence in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on March 12.

Fire damages part of Cambodian king’s residence near temple

Ukraine steps up calls for evacuation of Kupiansk under relentless Russian shelling

War in Ukraine puts centuries of Swiss neutrality to the test

opinion

The exterior of Boston Public School headquarters, where most administrative departments including those of the superintendent and School Committee, are located, in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury.

Sure, they ask tough queries on Boston school panel, but votes tend to go mayor’s way

There are effective ways to curb rats without killing their predators

Actor Sizemore’s death ought to raise brain aneurysm awareness

lifestyle

How do we explain her past in pornography?

She never left her husband

The envelope (or e-mail), please: How to brace for college admissions season

food & dining

Nick Mohammed (left) and Jason Sudeikis in "Ted Lasso."

The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso’

Looking to buy a restaurant? There’s a ton for sale in R.I.

Where you should eat, drink, and celebrate for Saint Patrick’s Day in Rhode Island

travel

Ice prepares to greet admirers at the Kitty Cat Cafe in Peabody. He was recently adopted and will soon be in a permanent home.

Coffee, tea, or cats? A new cafe in Peabody caters to feline fanatics.

The Newport Car Museum is ‘not only a car museum . . . it’s an art museum’

A Costa Rican getaway turns into a 17-hour road trip to Texas

Arts

A visitor to the Museum of Fine Arts takes in David Drake’s “Storage jar, 1858” at the exhibition “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina."

At the MFA, enslaved Black potters’ work brings lives into the light in ‘Hear Me Now’

Abstraction is women’s work, too, at Addison Gallery of American Art

The politics of play at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360

Books

Mr. Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994.

Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate and critic of postwar Japan, dies at 88

Nancy Hopkins and her colleagues challenged a culture of male dominance at MIT in the 1990s — and won. Kate Zernike’s ‘The Exceptions’ tells us how.

Sabrina Orah Mark seeks the place where old and new collide

Movies

Casey Affleck attends the Vanity Fair 95th Oscars Party at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 12, 2023.

At glitzy Oscar parties: Casey Affleck’s about to start filming in Boston; Kraft still hoping Brady will retire a Patriot

The meaning behind the blue ribbons worn at the Oscars

Watching the Oscars with my friends

Television

Casey Affleck attends the Vanity Fair 95th Oscars Party at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 12, 2023.

At glitzy Oscar parties: Casey Affleck’s about to start filming in Boston; Kraft still hoping Brady will retire a Patriot

‘The Last of Us’ season finale: Tell us what you think

This week’s TV: The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso,’ Bob Odenkirk’s new dramedy, and an Elvis cartoon

music

On Thursday night in Symphony Hall, (from left to right) conductor Thomas Wilkins, guest artist Earl Howard, composer Anthony Davis, and clarinet soloist Anthony McGill took a bow after the BSO's performance of Davis's work "You Have the Right to Remain Silent."

A clarinet’s right to remain silent, and to speak out

Bill Janovitz goes deep to tell the story of Leon Russell, a rock showman teetering on a tightrope

In demand and on the move, Ambrose Akinmusire’s explorations lead to Boston and beyond

Theater/Dance

Rebecca Bradshaw

Rebecca Bradshaw named artistic director at Gloucester Stage

Bill T. Jones’s ‘Curriculum II’ puts us to the test

For comedian Fortune Feimster, ‘live, laugh, love’ is a way of life

globe local

Clare Fortune-Lad plays with her son Benton, 3, in their Billerica home.

‘Remember that time when there was nowhere else we needed to be?’

The Argument: Should Massachusetts provide rental assistance for all who qualify?

Police help the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

Obituaries

Mr. Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994.

Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate and critic of postwar Japan, dies at 88

Lewis Spratlan, who raised funds to premiere his Pulitzer-winning opera, dies at 82

Pat McCormick, 4-time Olympic diving champion, dies at 92