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Hampshire College extends warm welcome to students from New College of Florida, a DeSantis target

Ed Wingenbach, president of Hampshire College, said his team reached out to student organizers at New College in Sarasota, Fla., because the two colleges are “very similar institutions.”

UBS to buy Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion to rein in turmoil

Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking.
Before collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed spotted big problems Elizabeth Warren says she favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance cap

District attorney leading Trump case says rhetoric won’t intimidate office

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president.

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.

Tick-borne disease babesiosis now considered endemic in northern New England

Most cases are transmitted to humans by bites from blacklegged ticks also known as deer ticks, the same insects that carry Lyme disease.

Man and woman killed Saturday night in Holliston crash
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Seven different Bruins score as they wrap up road trip with trouncing of Sabres

When only affluent fans can afford concert tickets, there’s a price to be paid

The cost to see Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and other megastars is widening the gulf between haves and have-nots, and fraying the connection between artists and their fan bases.
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We were told there’d be a wave of home sales once baby boomers turned 65. That isn’t happening.

People are living longer, and high home prices have them hunkering down instead of listing, experts say. For prospective home buyers, the future will be frustrating.
Are empty-nesters really downsizing?

How accurate is Hulu’s ‘Boston Strangler’? Here’s what to know.

We looked at what's fact and fiction in the series premiering Friday. Here's what we found.
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Raise a glass to another year of to-go drinks

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JEFF JACOBY

Ending Saddam Hussein’s reign of terror was the right call
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Saving the Amazon, before it’s too late
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The Emancipator

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

While conversations about representation are essential, we also need to talk about the way racism itself is portrayed. The stories we tell can help solve the problem — or can perpetuate it.
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Methuen police investigating after one car stolen, 15 cars have items stolen

Police are looking for two males possibly connected to the incidents that took place late Friday night and into Saturday. All of the vehicles were unlocked and police are urging residents to lock their cars and roll up windows, among other safety measures.

5 Connecticut children, ages 8-17, dead after New York crash

Police in Scarsdale, N.Y. believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway, hit a tree and caught fire. A 9-year-old boy, the sixth person in the Nissan Rogue, was the only survivor, police said.

Russian President Putin visits occupied city of Mariupol
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, Russian state news agencies reported Sunday, his first trip to the Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September.

Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for lifetime in comedy
Actor-comedian Adam Sandler will be honored by comedic and entertainment royalty when he receives the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night.

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick.

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Lining the route of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Boston, crowds joined in on the celebration of the holiday on Sunday.

Hampshire College extends warm welcome to students from New College of Florida, a DeSantis target

Ed Wingenbach, president of Hampshire College, said his team reached out to student organizers at New College in Sarasota, Fla., because the two colleges are “very similar institutions.”

Rafael Viñoly, architect who designed the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, dies at 78

Among convention center designs, “this may well be the best of its kind in the country,” Globe architecture critic Robert Campbell wrote.

‘It’s a great time to be in Boston:’ Revelers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in South Boston

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Noah Song battling conflicting feelings, lost muscle memory in his return to baseball with the Phillies

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Villanova star Maddy Siegrist, whose shooting style compares to Larry Bird, has WNBA decision to make

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UBS to buy Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion to rein in turmoil

Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking.

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Politicians trade jabs and jokes at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast in Boston

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sports

Aliyah Boston lifts South Carolina out of early funk and back to Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament

Cowboys acquire WR Brandin Cooks from Texans for two late-round picks

Sunday’s spring training report: Nick Pivetta pitches into fifth in windy Red Sox win

business

Elizabeth Warren says she favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance cap

A proposal to build the ‘world’s tallest flagpole’ looms over a small community in Maine

Credit Suisse’s First Boston plan in doubt amid crisis talks

politics

Hampshire College extends warm welcome to students from New College of Florida, a DeSantis target

District attorney leading Trump case says rhetoric won’t intimidate office

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

Nation

School systems sue social media companies for unprecedented toll on student mental health

Trump claims his arrest is imminent and calls for protests, echoing Jan. 6

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Russian President Putin visits occupied city of Mariupol

Syria’s Assad in UAE to mark ongoing thaw in relations

19 die, over 20 injured in bus crash in central Bangladesh

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Ivy League athletes had a choice. They opted for college without athletic scholarships.

A controversial way to protect teachers of color

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

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travel

A proposal to build the ‘world’s tallest flagpole’ looms over a small community in Maine

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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

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

Television

Keri Russell returns to TV in ‘The Diplomat’

Five things we learned from Ben Affleck’s Hollywood Reporter interview

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

music

Sounding ‘Her Story’ and the music of loss

At Roadrunner, Dawes makes a celebratory return to Boston

When only affluent fans can afford concert tickets, there’s a price to be paid

Theater/Dance

Gibney Company’s engaging Boston debut explores what separates us, what brings us together

Boston Ballet presents its best ‘Don Quixote’ yet

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

globe local

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

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Rafael Viñoly, architect who designed the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, dies at 78

Tejano musician Fito Olivares dies in Houston at 75

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