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14-year-old boy dies, woman critically injured in overnight shooting in Brockton

A 14-year-old boy died and a 39-year-old woman was critically injured in an overnight shooting in Brockton, authorities said.

Suspect shot 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence in Mattapan, fled in just over a minute, prosecutors say
Csean Alexander Skerritt, 34, the alleged shooter of 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court. Lawrence’s family sat in the front row of the courtroom during the proceedings.

EPA proposes rules to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

For the first time, the federal government will require utilities to remove from drinking water two toxic chemicals found in everything from waterproof clothing to dental floss and even toilet paper.

Boston Police Department fires sergeant, officer who had fought city’s COVID mandates

The police department confirmed Monday night that Sergeant Shana Cottone and Officer Joseph Abasciano had been terminated.

Elizabeth Warren wrote a scathing letter to Silicon Valley Bank’s CEO. Read it here.

"You have nobody to blame for the failure at your bank but yourself and your fellow executives," the Massachusetts Democrat wrote in a letter Wednesday to Silicon Valley Bank’s former president and CEO.
Boston’s tech, life science, and nonprofit communities hail SVB rescue, but worries persist

Back-to-back bank collapses came after deregulatory push supported by Barney Frank

Man chased by turkey in Dorchester after trying to shoo it from road. ‘It just started going at him.’
Jeremy Harding, 32, started recording video from his window on Savin Hill Avenue when he spotted a man getting out of his car to confront the brazen bird that was blocking traffic.

Man fatally shot in New Bedford
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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

Health insurance companies have rejected medical claims for as long as they’ve been around. But a STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is now driving denials to new heights.
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There’s an easy way to retrain the nasty internal voice telling you you’re not good enough

Negative self-talk can color how we and our kids interact with the world.

Another beach house collapses into the ocean in Outer Banks, N.C. town

It was the fourth home in Rodanthe, N.C. to collapse into the ocean in the past year.
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Charlestown is too isolated

I-93, which runs through an underdeveloped tract of land, almost entirely isolates Charlestown from its surrounding neighborhoods.
LETTERS

Readers throw cloak over bid to make daylight saving time year-round
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If algorithms can read our minds, can we preserve freedom of thought?
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DCF needs more resources to serve kids with medically complex needs
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Racial equity audits, when done right, can provide the knowledge and data for organizations to make real improvements in racial equity.
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Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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Facebook parent Meta slashes another 10,000 jobs

Meta and other tech companies have been hiring aggressively for at least two years and in recent months have begun to let some of those workers go.

Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

President Biden plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, Calif., where a gunman in January stormed a dance hall and killed 11 people following a Lunar New Year celebration.

Conn. woman is first non-Vermonter granted assisted suicide right

A 75-year-old from Bridgeport, Conn., reached a settlement with the state of Vermont that will allow her to be the first non-resident to take advantage of its decade-old law that allows people who are terminally ill to end their own lives.

‘Well, what if Harvard wins?’ 25 years later, the Crimson’s epic upset of No. 1 Stanford shines bright.
On March 14, 1998, the Harvard women's basketball team did something no other team had done in NCAA history. We spoke with the players and coaches who where there.

Patricia Schroeder, congresswoman who wielded barbed wit, dies at 82
Ms. Schroeder was outspoken on issues that ranged from women’s rights and family matters to military policy.

Biden reveals that he’ll deliver a eulogy for Jimmy Carter

President Biden inadvertently revealed that he has been asked by former president Jimmy Carter, who entered home hospice care last month, to deliver a eulogy.
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People who've received expanded food benefits for the past three years face the program's end, even as food prices remain sky-high.

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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.

Waltham paid $17.4m for historic farmland. Now the city is placing a longtime community farm at risk, advocates say.
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Elizabeth Warren wrote a scathing letter to Silicon Valley Bank’s CEO. Read it here.

"You have nobody to blame for the failure at your bank but yourself and your fellow executives," the Massachusetts Democrat wrote in a letter Wednesday to Silicon Valley Bank’s former president and CEO.

Over 71,000 without power as storm brings heavy snow, strong winds, and rain to New England

By 8 a.m. Tuesday, some parts of western Massachusetts had already gotten more than a foot of snow. The town of Hawley, in Franklin County, reported 24 inches.

Suspect shot 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence in Mattapan, fled in just over a minute, prosecutors say

Csean Alexander Skerritt, 34, the alleged shooter of 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court. Lawrence’s family sat in the front row of the courtroom during the proceedings.

The failure of Providence’s Fane tower is a lesson in politics and reality

David Salvatore had plenty of reasons to support a 46-story tower downtown when he was council president. But he didn’t think it was financially feasible.

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We’re tracking the latest news from around the league ahead of the official start of free agency on Wednesday.
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‘It’s hard to turn down Las Vegas’: Jakobi Meyers, the Patriots’ leading receiver, is signing with Raiders

After catching passes from Tom Brady, Cam Newton, and Mac Jones, Meyers will now be a target for former Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo.
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Nor’easter forces postponement of all MIAA basketball semifinals to Wednesday night

There are 11 semifinals scheduled for Wednesday, at sites from Scituate to Springfield. Two state finals are already lined up for Friday night at the Tsongas Center: D2 boys and D1 girls.
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Devin McCourty puts up 37 billboards across Massachusetts thanking Patriots fans
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‘Well, what if Harvard wins?’ 25 years later, the Crimson’s epic upset of No. 1 Stanford shines bright.
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Back-to-back bank collapses came after deregulatory push supported by Barney Frank

Since his retirement in 2013, Frank had repeatedly voiced support for softening one of the law’s key planks: that any bank with more than $50 billion in assets should face especially intensive federal supervision.

Facebook parent Meta slashes another 10,000 jobs

Meta and other tech companies have been hiring aggressively for at least two years and in recent months have begun to let some of those workers go.

US inflation eases but stays high, putting Federal Reserve in a tough spot

California court rules for Uber, Lyft in ride-hailing case
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Man chased by turkey in Dorchester after trying to shoo it from road. ‘It just started going at him.’

14-year-old boy dies, woman critically injured in overnight shooting in Brockton

Boston should be prepared for the unexpected with a storm this powerful

sports

Joe Pepitone, rowdy star when the Yankees faded, dies at 82

Mike Trout homers, US routs Canada in World Baseball Classic

In defense of its Division 2 championship, Malden Catholic boys’ basketball marches on to a title showdown vs. Mansfield

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Government officials offer assurances that banking system is safe

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

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politics

Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

Elizabeth Warren wrote a scathing letter to Silicon Valley Bank’s CEO. Read it here.

EPA proposes rules to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

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Biden reveals that he’ll deliver a eulogy for Jimmy Carter

Las Vegas water agency seeks power to limit residential use

Cohen testifies in grand jury as Trump indictment appears near

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Russian missile hits Ukrainian apartment building, killing 1

China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday

Russia: 60-day extension of wartime grain deal acceptable

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

The world needs more water flowing where it’s needed most

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The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso’

How do we explain her past in pornography?

She never left her husband

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Recipe: Cook Irish Soda Farls in a dry skillet till golden, then slather with butter or jam

Recipe: A stewy version of Dublin Coddle, with sausages and potatoes, is ideal for St. Patrick’s Day

Recipe: Serve this lightly sweetened Irish-style apple blackberry sponge pudding warm from the oven

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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

Peeking behind the scenes of ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

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

Books

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

Peeking behind the scenes of ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

How long does a woman get to enjoy her so-called ‘prime?’ A year? A week? A single golden hour?

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

Television

How long does a woman get to enjoy her so-called ‘prime?’ A year? A week? A single golden hour?

The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso’

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

music

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

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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

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High Street will be shut down as bridge is replaced, dam demolished

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

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

Obituaries

Joe Pepitone, rowdy star when the Yankees faded, dies at 82

Patricia Schroeder, congresswoman who wielded barbed wit, dies at 82

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