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Climate activists protested outside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Saturday, but the museum had decided to close.

A climate protest targeting the Gardner was foiled, but area museums are on alert

“I don’t think there’s anything you can do to completely avoid those kinds of happenings from a security standpoint,” said Kurt Steinberg, chief operating officer at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum.

Andrew’s Point in Rockport has long been open to the public. Now, an oceanfront homeowner is suing to end that.
Coastal access advocates up and down Massachusetts say it's an all-too-familiar story: a wealthy oceanfront homeowner brings a costly lawsuit in an attempt to pressure a cash-strapped local government into a compromise.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Fewer Boston high school graduates are enrolling in college, while completion rates stagnate
The downward trend, beginning before the pandemic, is erasing one of the more impressive accomplishments for Boston Public Schools, which had relatively high college enrollment rates.

Boston School Committee approves budget, school building, bus contract at contentious meeting

Gisele Bundchen gestures during 2023 Carnival parades at Marquês de Sapucaí Sambodrome on Feb. 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ten things we learned from Gisele Bündchen’s Vanity Fair interview

In a wide-ranging conversation with the magazine, the supermodel dispels the rumors and gets emotional.

Two Boston police officers were at the Jan. 6 insurrection. Only one was fired.

Despite officers Joseph Abasciano and Jose Diaz’s actions on Jan. 6 nearly mirroring each other, only one of them — Abasciano — was fired. The difference in outcome appears to be a series of tweets.

Will this trio of Boston police officers stay fired?

Spotlight Follow-Up

N.H. licensing agency launches investigation into former administrators at Catholic Medical Center
Some doctors have already been subpoenaed to provide testimony about the hospital’s oversight of Dr. Yvon Baribeau’s surgery practice.

Read the Spotlight report: A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Amid banking uncertainty, Federal Reserve increases key interest rate by a quarter point
The move, the most pivotal interest rate decision in years, came after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have shaken the industry, roiled financial markets and forced federal intervention to prevent a broader contagion.

Larry Edelman: With new interest rate hike, the Fed signals health of the US financial system

WEEI’s Chris Curtis makes an ethnic slur during show

Curtis, an executive producer and on-air personality on WEEI’s “Greg Hill Show," made the remark in a reference to ESPN's Mina Kimes.

Number of homeless and migrant families living in emergency hotels rises in Massachusetts

Skier who died after crashing into a tree at Wachusett identified

Mac Jones backslid in 2022, though there were mitigating circumstances. The Patriots have addressed the problems.

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Patriots have improved the pieces around Mac Jones. There are no excuses for him now.

With better receivers and coaches to work with — and with his ankle healed — Jones needs to produce results in 2023.

Filming outside Bova's Bakery in the North End on Wednesday, which is usually open around the clock 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but closed this week for a Matt Damon-Casey Affleck movie shoot.

‘Can my dog be an extra?’: Filming for Damon, Affleck movie begins at North End’s Bova’s Bakery

The 24-hour bakery shut its doors for the first time in its 97-year history to accommodate the shoot for “The Instigators,” sending loyal fans of its signature cannolis to competing bakeries — if only for the week.

Movie review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is wicked fun — and extremely violent

Barry Kamara wiped his eyes while talking about his wrongful conviction.

Two bad apples? Let’s look at the whole barrel.

Former Suffolk assistant district attorney James Larkin and former Boston police sergeant detective Daniel Flynn were central to Kamara’s wrongful conviction, as they were to Robert Foxworth’s.

Opinion

Taylor Foehl, left, of Boston, looked at the mobile betting app on his phone after placing a wager, while watching a men's college basketball game at the Cask 'N Flagon sports bar near Fenway Park on March 10.

Joshua Pederson

ReGronkulous! Bonus bets are a bad bet for Massachusetts.

If you know anything about gambling, you know that the house never loses.

Schools need standards, resources to improve cybersecurity

Gannett’s CEO is getting rich by gutting a newspaper near you

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

GOP’s true agenda in targeting trans students? Courting white evangelicals.

Actor Shameik Moore poses with young movie-goers during the ‘Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse’ Atlanta screening at Regal Atlantic Station on Dec. 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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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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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When everything isn't clicking on offense, the Celtics have to find another way to win, and too often they look like a team without a Plan B.

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Shana Cottone protested in front of the mayor’s home, yelling and screaming through a bullhorn, and on at least one occasion, followed Wu in a car, according to a summary of an internal affairs investigation.

Little funding for Cape Cod bridges but planning moves forward
State transportation officials still hope to secure funding by September 2025 for what’s anticipated to be a $4 billion project.

State officials issue guidance to Mass. pharmacies: stock abortion pills

Officials said Mass. pharmacies must stock all reproductive health medications including mifepristone, a drug that can safely end a pregnancy in its early stages.

‘We’re going first whether they like it or not,’ NH Governor Sununu on retaining first-in-the nation presidential primary in 2024

New Hampshire Governor Chris T. Sununu isn’t prepared to relinquish his state’s status as the first in the nation to hold the presidential primary without plenty of pushback.

Can light reset brainwaves to treat Alzheimer’s? This Boston startup has $73 million to find out.

Cognito Therapeutics has started an advanced clinical study of its experimental device based on groundbreaking research at MIT.

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Misty Copeland will accept the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award in June.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Recently unsealed court filings suggest Fox News practiced “reckless disregard” with abandon in the weeks after the 2020 election.

A loss for Fox would be a win for the First Amendment

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew

Congress should target TikTok but not let US social media companies off the hook

Students at Castleton University in Vermont expressed their opposition to a proposal to eliminate library books as a cost-cutting measure.

IDEAS | GARRET KEIZER

Vermont’s outrageous library plan speaks volumes about our illusions

In the arena of public policy and legislation, Kamala Harris's achievements have been close to nonexistent.

Should replacing Kamala Harris really be unthinkable?

The zoning reforms demanded by the law impose what Campbell called “reasonable levels of multifamily housing development” near transit stations in the communities that benefit from MBTA service, including commuter rail service.

Campbell puts towns on notice: MBTA housing law isn’t optional

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

Metro

Homeless in R.I.: ‘Oh, it can happen to you. It can absolutely happen to anybody.’

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Holly Barchie says even a hard-working, middle-class family like hers can end up without a home amid the state’s housing crisis.

Two Boston police officers were at the Jan. 6 insurrection. Only one was fired.

Despite officers Joseph Abasciano and Jose Diaz’s actions on Jan. 6 nearly mirroring each other, only one of them — Abasciano — was fired. The difference in outcome appears to be a series of tweets.

A climate protest targeting the Gardner was foiled, but area museums are on alert

“I don’t think there’s anything you can do to completely avoid those kinds of happenings from a security standpoint,” said Kurt Steinberg, chief operating officer at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Fewer Boston high school graduates are enrolling in college, while completion rates stagnate

The downward trend, beginning before the pandemic, is erasing one of the more impressive accomplishments for Boston Public Schools, which had relatively high college enrollment rates.

Sports

Gisele Bundchen gestures during 2023 Carnival parades at Marquês de Sapucaí Sambodrome on Feb. 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ten things we learned from Gisele Bündchen’s Vanity Fair interview

In a wide-ranging conversation with the magazine, the supermodel dispels the rumors and gets emotional.

Among Tanner Houck's 10 hits allowed on Wednesday night were three home runs.

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Wednesday’s spring training report: Tanner Houck, Red Sox pounded by Twins

Houck’s putrid spring continued, as the righthander was shellacked for eight runs in 4⅔ innings.

Keegan Bradley, reacting to a missed putt on the second hole, rallied from 4 down with five holes to play to salvage an opening-day halve against Denny McCarthy at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club on Wednesday.

Keegan Bradley’s latest tie in Match Play feels like a win

Bradley, who still has not won a match in 16 tries over 11 years at the Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, rallied from 4 down with five holes to play to halve his opening-day round against Denny McCarthy.

With Bobby Dalbec’s path to a Red Sox roster spot at the corners blocked, could he carve out a role up the middle?

Top-ranked women’s tennis player Iga Swiatek withdraws from Miami Open with rib injury

Texans make Laremy Tunsil league’s highest-paid left tackle with three-year, $75 million extension

Business

Credit Suisse deal halted crisis, Swiss national bank says

The Swiss central bank has hiked its key interest rate and insisted that a government-orchestrated takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by rival bank UBS ended the financial turmoil.

TikTok CEO faces off with Congress over security fears

The CEO of TikTok will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a US Congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned.

California lawmakers to vote on possible gas price penalties

Launch debut of 3D-printed rocket ends in failure, no orbit

magazine

Can we lose COVID — but keep the new outlook it gave us?

She wants to get together, but I don’t have time for new friends

Italian Sausage and Mushroom Ragù
With Pappardelle

Recipes: Perk up your pasta with Italian sausage and fresh herbs

The Gently Used Book Sale will be held at Gore Place in Waltham on Saturday and Sunday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, March 20-26

metro

The Bourne Bridge rises above the Cape Cod Canal with the Cape Cod Railroad Bridge in the distance.

Little funding for Cape Cod bridges but planning moves forward

N.H. licensing agency launches investigation into former administrators at Catholic Medical Center

Market challenges complicate Tidewater Landing financing

sports

The Hornets have reached the playoffs twice in 13 seasons under Michael Jordan and have never advanced to the second round.

Michael Jordan considering sale of Hornets, but no deal is imminent

Boston University, Merrimack, Harvard set to chase NCAA men’s hockey championship

Masataka Yoshida returns to Red Sox camp as a champion after turning heads at World Baseball Classic

business

A bottle of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey (right) is displayed next to a Bad Spaniels dog toy.

Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute

Amid banking uncertainty, Federal Reserve increases key interest rate by a quarter point

Biogen’s ALS drug gets partial backing from FDA panel

politics

A bottle of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey (right) is displayed next to a Bad Spaniels dog toy.

Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute

House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case

GOP operative who advised Youngkin moves to pro-DeSantis PAC

Nation

Gwyneth Paltrow sits in court, March 22, in Park City, Utah.

Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial set for family testimony

Body found near Denver high school shooting suspect’s car

Arizona court declines most of Lake’s appeal over governor’s race

World

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) steams in the Philippine Sea, on March 13.

US denies Chinese claim it drove away American destroyer

EU leaders set to endorse more military support for Ukraine

Russia hits apartments and dorm in Ukraine, killing civilians

opinion

Recently unsealed court filings suggest Fox News practiced “reckless disregard” with abandon in the weeks after the 2020 election.

A loss for Fox would be a win for the First Amendment

Campbell puts towns on notice: MBTA housing law isn’t optional

Vermont’s outrageous library plan speaks volumes about our illusions

lifestyle

Gisele Bundchen gestures during 2023 Carnival parades at Marquês de Sapucaí Sambodrome on Feb. 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ten things we learned from Gisele Bündchen’s Vanity Fair interview

Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial begins over 2016 ski collision

Boston Underground Film Festival screens ‘strange and unusual’ films for the 23rd year

food & dining

Filming outside Bova's Bakery in the North End on Wednesday, which is usually open around the clock 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but closed this week for a Matt Damon-Casey Affleck movie shoot.

‘Can my dog be an extra?’: Filming for Damon, Affleck movie begins at North End’s Bova’s Bakery

During Ramadan, restaurants help break the fast

Recipe: If you’re tired of winter vegetables, try parsnip puree with leeks as a bed for salmon

travel

A rendering from the proposal for Flagpole of Freedom Park near Columbia Falls, Maine. If built, the more than $1 billion attraction would include the tallest flagpole in the world.

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

Visiting Zermatt and the Mighty Matterhorn

Why you should visit Alexandria, Va.

Arts

Steven Trefonides, “Triple Threat (1),” 1990. Oil on canvas, 48” x 48”. On loan from Phyllis Trefonides.

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

At the Met, comparing and seriously contrasting

A doctor and painter shows what life is like ‘In the Fourth Trimester’

Books

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

Spotlighting Cambridge’s Blacksmith House Poetry Series, Dan Levitt’s ‘What’s Gotten Into You,’ and a new Eric Carle exhibit

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

Florence Pugh in a scene from "A Good Person."

Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman are great in ‘A Good Person’

‘Can my dog be an extra?’: Filming for Damon, Affleck movie begins at North End’s Bova’s Bakery

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is wicked fun — and extremely violent

Television

From left: Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Strong in "Succession."

Brawl in the family: The final season of ‘Succession’ is as fierce as it gets

In musical series ‘Up Here,’ cutesy trumps catchy

This week’s TV: ‘Succession’ is back, a Dickens adaptation arrives, and Kiefer Sutherland stars in new thriller

music

Christopher Rountree, artistic director of Wild Up.

New music ensemble Wild Up welcomes listeners where they are

Bruce Springsteen shows a lot of faith, and there’s magic in the night

At TD Garden, Bruce Springsteen loves that ‘Dirty Water’

Theater/Dance

From left: Aymee Garcia as Jack's Mother, Cole Thompson as Jack, and puppeteer Kennedy Kanagawa (with Milky White) in "Into the Woods."

‘Into the Woods’ works its magic in a fairy tale with no happily ever after

Renowned ballerina Misty Copeland to receive 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

‘A Beautiful Noise’ to launch a national tour in the fall of 2024

globe local

Gréta Ásgeirsson showed audience members her harp during intermission at a concert. “The harp is an intriguing instrument for many people. It’s large, and how frequently are you able to get that close to one?”

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

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?

Obituaries

An undated photo provided via the Boroson family shows Warren Boroson, an author and journalist.

Warren Boroson, who surveyed psychiatrists on Goldwater, dies at 88

Stuart Hodes, who danced with Martha Graham, is dead at 98

Willis Reed, Hall of Famer and leader on Knicks title teams, dies at 80