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Records show Healey interviewed candidate for T general manager in February

Governor Maura Healey’s daily schedules indicate she may be getting closer to naming the next head of the embattled MBTA.

Healey asks Legislature for $20 million to help alleviate MBTA hiring woes

MBTA says Green Line speed restrictions remain in place Saturday morning

Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutor considers charges

Former president Trump said on Saturday that he’s bracing to be arrested on Tuesday in a probe by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and called for protest to “take our nation back.”

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Sale of prime Newton real estate is forcing the closure of a Catholic School: ‘It reeks of Judas’
At the center of the controversy: An aging group of Franciscan sisters who own the land and whose decision to sell the property will force the 7th- through 12th-grade girls school to close in June.

Stash pizza owner allegedly bragged about fatal car crash
As part of what federal authorities allege was his campaign to force a Brazilian native into working long hours for low pay, Stavros “Steve” Papantoniadis pointedly noted he killed a man and had been imprisoned for his crime.

Criminal complaint in forced labor case details allegations of harrowing abuse, intimidation

Brockton bus driver Adolfo Depina said a police officer harassed him while he was driving a school bus full of students at Warren Avenue by Winthrop Street in Brockton.

Brockton school bus driver says police harassed him over stop sign

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closed Saturday due to threatened protest

Skier survives being buried in an avalanche in New Hampshire

Boston man, 38, charged with allegedly trying to throw wife into Fort Point Channel

At Dave & Buster’s in the Natick Mall, Joey Lively, 11, plays one of the video games.

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

A new initiative trains and certifies businesses and nonprofits in how to be “Autism Welcoming.”

Medical residents at Mass General Brigham could soon unionize. Here’s why.
The health system is pushing back, with program directors holding individual meetings with residents to discourage the effort.

‘We’ll look back and say that this was a bargain.’ Takeda reveals first data from its $4 billion autoimmune disease pill.
The experimental drug, which the drug maker bought earlier this year, completely cleared some patients’ plaque psoriasis in a clinical trial.

Keira Knightley in "Boston Strangler."

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A group of 25 students and faculty from Shooting Touch and the Noble and Greenough School went to Rwanda for a trip to help spread Shooting Touch's mission of health advocacy for women and children and, of course, the power of sport.

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Mike Mota sits on a red velvet couch in his office, which features a huge mural of the main character from "The Sopranos."

Mike Mota and the art of the Virtual Con

The secret behind this businessman’s success? Tireless networking, great timing — and some smoke and mirrors.

“I only played one season in Boston but it feels like 10 with everything that happened that season,” said Ryan Dempster, who wound up winning his only World Series in his final big league season.

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A decade after a championship with the Red Sox, Ryan Dempster is starting another run

The righthander, who started on Patriots Day in 2013, will attempt to run his first Boston Marathon this year, all to benefit the Lingzi Foundation

It seems the Giants have learned their lesson from not triggering Daniel Jones’s fifth-year option last year.

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Going deep inside the NFL’s quarterback market after a furious week of free agency

The contracts tell the story of how much teams believe in them, and how the quarterbacks are ranked among the 32 teams.

How the first week of NFL free agency unfolded

Kevin Garnett sees a lot of things in the state of Minnesota that he would like to be addressed.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Kevin Garnett cares more about Minnesota than any honors the Timberwolves may bestow

Garnett is not as interested in getting his flowers from the Timberwolves or a jersey retirement. He expressed disappointment in the direction of the city of Minneapolis since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020.

Opinion

An aerial view shows a soybean plantation that used burning to expand near Porto Velho, Brazil, in 2019.

Saving the Amazon, before it’s too late

The United States should join Europe in halting the import of beef and other goods linked to the deforestation of the critical rainforest region.

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The government wants me to delete TikTok. Here’s why it’s wrong.

Mike Pence’s homophobic ‘joke’

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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

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

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

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Dunkin’ officially retires its Dunkaccino. Fans are devastated.
After more than two decades of the Dunkaccino winning over hearts and tastebuds, no longer will Dunkin’ customers be able to “say hello” to Al Pacino’s “chocolate friend.”

Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, dies at 60
Often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, Lance Reddick regularly played tall, taciturn, and elegant men of distinction.

Putin visits occupied Crimea, a day after war-crimes warrant
President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit on Saturday to occupied Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of the peninsula.

With new commissioners, Healey aims to reshape an agency seen as critical to climate reforms
This week, in what Governor Maura Healey said is a first move in overhauling the department, her administration named two pointedly climate-friendly commissioners to the three-person commission that leads the DPU.

BPDA approves big projects in Nubian Square, Allston-Brighton
An apartment tower on the site of the former Boston Skating Club site and a 12-story laboratory facing the Massachusetts Turnpike were among the green-lit projects.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

From skiers to gardeners, this weekend’s weather has something for everybody
Temperatures during Saturday will reach the lower 50s with perhaps a little sprinkle in the morning. A brief shot of cold air arrives for Sunday with blustery conditions and temperatures only in the ‘30s.

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Sarina Horner, a high schooler, collected more than 17,000 signatures on a petition asking the North Carolina General Assembly to change how it taxes feminine hygiene products.

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In this June 2021 photo, teacher Deborah Garcia Weitz worked with Gianna Adams in her kindergarten classroom at the Mozart Elementary School in Boston.

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A coyote strolled along Francis Street in front of Brigham and Women’s Hospital where it walked onto the grounds.

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Princeton head coach Carla Berube celebrates after cutting down the net after Princeton defeated Columbia in the NCAA Ivy League women's college basketball championship game in 2022 in Cambridge. A federal lawsuit filed by a pair of basketball players from Brown University alleges the Ivy League’s policy of not offering athletic scholarships amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services.

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closed Saturday due to threatened protest

“While it is our mission to uphold Isabella’s values, we do not support this type of tactic that targets art institutions and could possibly put the Museum’s collection, staff and visitors at risk,” Peggy Fogelman, the museum’s director, said in a statement.

MBTA says Green Line speed restrictions remain in place Saturday morning

On Twitter, the agency said in a 4:30 a.m. posting that it would keep the speed restriction in place for the Green Line.

Medical residents at Mass General Brigham could soon unionize. Here’s why.

The health system is pushing back, with program directors holding individual meetings with residents to discourage the effort.

Records show Healey interviewed candidate for T general manager in February

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A group of 25 students and faculty from Shooting Touch and the Noble and Greenough School went to Rwanda for a trip to help spread Shooting Touch's mission of health advocacy for women and children and, of course, the power of sport.

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Blake Wheeler, 36, remains productive with the Jets, with 15 goals and 50 points in 60 games.

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Blake Wheeler, a franchise fixture in Winnipeg, will always wonder what might have been if he remained with the Bruins

It has been a dozen years since Wheeler was dealt to Atlanta in a trade that helped the Bruins win their most recent Stanley Cup title.

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Kevin Garnett cares more about Minnesota than any honors the Timberwolves may bestow

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

A decade after a championship with the Red Sox, Ryan Dempster is starting another run

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CBS’s Jim Nantz has seen it all. So, if he had to choose his one shining moment, what would it be?

Business

‘We’ll look back and say that this was a bargain.’ Takeda reveals first data from its $4 billion autoimmune disease pill.

The experimental drug, which the drug maker bought earlier this year, completely cleared some patients’ plaque psoriasis in a clinical trial.

Sale of prime Newton real estate is forcing the closure of a Catholic School: ‘It reeks of Judas’

At the center of the controversy: An aging group of Franciscan sisters who own the land and whose decision to sell the property will force the 7th- through 12th-grade girls school to close in June.

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BPDA approves big projects in Nubian Square, Allston-Brighton

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London's Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben.

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Practicing a yoga pose by the Stockbridge Bowl, which is also called Lake Mahkeenac.

Learning to relax at the Kripalu retreat in the Berkshires

The town of Myrina, capital of Lemnos island.

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At Dave & Buster’s in the Natick Mall, Joey Lively, 11, plays one of the video games.

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Turkish-born faculty at Framingham State mobilize to help earthquake survivors

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It seems the Giants have learned their lesson from not triggering Daniel Jones’s fifth-year option last year.

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Celtics build enough cushion to survive Damian Lillard’s fourth-quarter scoring spree for Trail Blazers

Matt Copponi wins it in double overtime, lifts Merrimack over UMass Lowell and into men’s Hockey East final

business

Layoffs hit UPS facility in Warwick

Mike Mota and the art of the Virtual Con

Biden calls for tougher penalties for executives of failed banks

politics

Former president Trump spoke in Davenport, Iowa, on March 13.

Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutor considers charges

Officials are preparing security in case of Trump indictment

In the wake of the Ohio train derailment, one California town recalls its past

Nation

A police department Pipe and Drums band marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade along 5th Avenue on Friday in New York City.

St. Patrick’s Day rites: Parades, bagpipes, clinking pints

Farmworkers use Florida march to pressure other companies

Hundreds of Los Angeles schools to close next week as workers strike

World

A damaged restaurant is seen after Russian shelling hit in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 18.

Russian attacks continue in wake of Putin arrest warrant

Pakistan: Police storm Imran Khan home in Lahore, arrest 30

Serbia and Kosovo in high-stakes EU-mediated talks

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Michael Arthur Delaney at his nomination hearing Feb. 15, 2023.

Michael Delaney may or may not be qualified to be a judge, but he shouldn’t be disqualified for legitimate tactics

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Gia Benitez, pictured, is the owner of Gemmed by Gia, a studio offering tooth gems and applications in Brighton.

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Lamb chops are on the menu at Bar Vlaha in Brookline.

Bar Vlaha prepares to open in Brookline; Lehrhaus debuts outside Inman Square

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Puritan Oyster Bar in Cambridge isn’t trying too hard but succeeds at everything

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The famous Matterhorn, rising 14,692 feet above sea level, glows in the afternoon sunlight.

Visiting Zermatt and the Mighty Matterhorn

Why you should visit Alexandria, Va.

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Arts

Artist Betye Saar in her house in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Books

Illustration from "Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!" by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura.

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Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty by America’ turns its lens on those who profit from it

John Sayles on reading for and during the making of a film

Movies

Keira Knightley in "Boston Strangler."

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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are ‘Moving On’ with a little help from their friends

Television

Keri Russell (pictured in "The Americans") will star in a new Netflix political thriller.

Keri Russell returns to TV in ‘The Diplomat’

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With some promising new shows on the horizon, TV has some spring in its step

music

ONE-TIME USE ONLY: Bruce Springsteen performing at the Boston Music Hall, March 25, 1977

‘It was life-changing’: For four scorching nights in 1977, Bruce Springsteen owned Boston

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s March 25, 1977, setlist

MBTA to offer train service to Gillette Stadium concerts this summer

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet performs "Don Quixote" at the Citizens Bank Opera House.

Boston Ballet presents its best ‘Don Quixote’ yet

In ‘K-I-S-S-I-N-G,’ a teen absorbed in a world of possibilities

When ‘Into the Woods’ was revived, the scary stuff was happening offstage

globe local

At Dave & Buster’s in the Natick Mall, Joey Lively, 11, plays one of the video games.

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

What else is drifting away from us besides the moon?

Turkish-born faculty at Framingham State mobilize to help earthquake survivors

Obituaries

Actor Lance Reddick appears at the "White House Down" premiere in New York in 2013.

Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, dies at 60

Jim Gordon, rock drummer convicted in mother’s killing, dies at 77

Lynn Seymour, acclaimed ballerina and a dramatic force, dies at 83