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Drone strike kills US contractor in Syria; US retaliates

The Pentagon says a US contractor was killed and five US service members and one other US contractor were wounded when a drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday.

Somerville celebrates another first for polyamorous people
The City Council, which passed the first ordinance allowing for more than one domestic partner, approves a new policy to prevent discrimination.

A Boston city councilor, frustrated with redistricting, is bankrolling litigation against it

City Councilor Frank Baker made the $10,000 contribution to support the redistricting lawsuit, which names the city, Mayor Michelle Wu, the City Council, and the election head as defendants.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Republican removed from committee after asking Democratic colleague ‘Are you a pedophile?’
House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi removed Representative Robert Quattrocchi, a Scituate Republican, after his comments to Representative Rebecca Kislak, a Providence Democrat who is a lesbian.

After Chris Curtis uses ethnic slur against Mina Kimes, sports media figures fire back in her defense
People across sports media have coalesced around Kimes, championing her for her in-depth analysis of the NFL, impressive talent, and ability to stand up for herself in a largely male-dominated field with humor.

WEEI host Chris Curtis suspended for on-air comment involving ethnic slur, ESPN analyst Mina Kimes

‘Elaborate human smuggling scheme’ allegedly uncovered in Maine town, authorities say

Channel 5 sports anchor/reporter Bob Halloran to retire at the end of May

Silicon Valley Bank — or SVB, as pictured here — became a major financier of affordable housing developments in Boston after its acquisition of Boston Private Bank & Trust two years ago. Among the current projects SVB financed is 1599 Columbus Ave., a 65-unit apartment building under construction in Jackson Square.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

In Silicon Valley Bank collapse, affordable housing all over Boston hangs in the balance

Boston Private Bank & Trust grew into one of the biggest financiers of affordable housing in Boston. Then they were acquired by Silicon Valley Bank. So what happens now?

Black leaders are developing Nubian Square. Can they revitalize the economic heart of Black Boston?
The Globe spoke with 10 leaders involved in redeveloping Nubian Square, most of them Black and with longstanding ties to the community, who believe there’s an opportunity to restore the square to its former glory.

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.

Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron delivered an open-ice hit to Canadiens right wing Brendan Gallagher in the first period.

Bruins 4, Canadiens 2

Bruins far from their best, but they still beat Canadiens

David Pastrnak was among the goal scorers for the Bruins, setting a career high with his 49th of the season.

David Pastrnak about to join an elite group of Bruins as he notches goal No. 49 against the Canadiens

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, circa 1870. He was among the leaders of the transcendental movement in Boston.

Tom Brady quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson in Instagram post, one day after Gisele’s tell-all interview with Vanity Fair

One day after supermodel Gisele Bündchen’s tell-all interview with Vanity Fair dropped, former husband Tom Brady took to Instagram to post a famous quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, in which the 19th century author references “the betrayal of false friends.”

Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Ind-Ariz., right, and Senator Todd Young, R-Ind., left, stood in the House chamber before the State of the Union address at the Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.

Sinema reportedly ridicules former Democratic colleagues: ‘Old dudes eating Jell-O’

Sinema has allegedly “belittled her Democratic colleagues” and "showered her GOP allies with praise,” according to a piece published Thursday in Politico.

Governor Dan McKee.

‘I have a lot of faith’: McKee still believes Tidewater stadium project will happen

R.I. Governor Dan McKee said Thursday he remains optimistic about the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium project in Pawtucket, even after news that Pawtucket had not yet gone out for financing on a big chunk of the public’s support for it.

A Red Line train driver checked the platform before departing Park Street Station in Boston last week.

MBTA’s subway tracks are far more broken than previously disclosed

The T’s new speed restrictions dashboard unveiled Thursday showed the slow-zone problem has only grown worse, with 27 percent of all subway track under some kind of speed restriction, a big jump from 7.5 percent at the end of February.

Opinion

Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, dressed in his raccoon coat, handed out flowers during South Boston's traditional Evacuation Day parade on March 17, 1947. Mayor Curley's wife, Gertrude, was sitting to his left and Edward J. "Knocko" McCormack in his Yankee Division uniform is in front.

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley

How long will the faithful remain faithful to Trump because of some deeper, darker, political self-interest? Loyalty to Curley, after all, lasted a long time.

OPINION | BRIAN MCGRORY

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

M. Lee Pelton and Pam Eddinger

Investing in higher education is good for students — and the state

Interpreters are necessary for health equity

Joshua Pederson

ReGronkulous! Bonus bets are a bad bet for Massachusetts.

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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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

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Art Review

At the MFA, Hokusai’s oceans of influence
The museum’s expansive new show dives into the art and artists the Japanese master painter inspired.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

‘He guided me from heaven.’ A Rockport man retraces his grandfather’s path through WWI France.
Brett Hawkes used stacks of old photos to re-create his grandfather’s 600-mile route through the French countryside.

Globe Magazine

What do Boston’s college students worry about today? And what gives them hope?
We spoke to dozens of students from across Greater Boston, to learn about the anxiety of affording life after school, competing with AI, making a difference with climate change, and more.

Mass. lawmakers pass bill that would pump millions into emergency shelters, food aid — and also extend to-go cocktails
The bill includes $85 million for the state’s emergency shelter system, where the number of families living in state-subsidized hotels has ballooned in recent months.

Lynn police officer repeatedly strikes woman in head during arrest shown on body camera

The Lynn Police Department and the city's mayor are defending the actions of the police officer and released body-worn camera footage of the arrest.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Tina Pedersen needs a hand (actually, a van)
It’s time to step up, Rhode Island, for the woman who has stepped up for us so many times.

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

The Gardner sidestepped a ‘guerrilla climate protest’ over the weekend, 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.

Number of antisemitic incidents in Mass. surged in 2022, report finds
The rise in antisemitic activity in Massachusetts, a 41 percent increase from the previous year, mirrors a trend seen nationally and in most New England states.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Christine Kenneally will read this week at Harvard Book Store.

Author readings around Boston March 26-April 1

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

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

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

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

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The Gannett headquarters in McLean, Va., in 2019. Gannett's stable of newspapers includes USA Today, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and The Providence Journal.

OPINION | BRIAN MCGRORY

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

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.

Catherine Hopkins, Director of Community Outreach and School Health at St. Joseph's Hospital, left, has a fellow nurse translate instructions to a patient in a COVID-19 triage and testing tent in 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y.

Interpreters are necessary for health equity

Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, dressed in his raccoon coat, handed out flowers during South Boston's traditional Evacuation Day parade on March 17, 1947. Mayor Curley's wife, Gertrude, was sitting to his left and Edward J. "Knocko" McCormack in his Yankee Division uniform is in front.

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley

Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown.

M. Lee Pelton and Pam Eddinger

Investing in higher education is good for students — and the state

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

Metro

Number of antisemitic incidents in Mass. surged in 2022, report finds

The rise in antisemitic activity in Massachusetts, a 41 percent increase from the previous year, mirrors a trend seen nationally and in most New England states.

R.I. Republican removed from committee after asking Democratic colleague ‘Are you a pedophile?’

House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi removed Representative Robert Quattrocchi, a Scituate Republican, after his comments to Representative Rebecca Kislak, a Providence Democrat who is a lesbian.

‘I have a lot of faith’: McKee still believes Tidewater stadium project will happen

R.I. Governor Dan McKee said Thursday he remains optimistic about the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium project in Pawtucket, even after news that Pawtucket had not yet gone out for financing on a big chunk of the public’s support for it.

Arlington man arrested for allegedly writing homophobic graffiti on Bluebike station

Albert Silva, 65, was arraigned Thursday in Cambridge District Court and charged with four counts of malicious destruction of property over $1,200, Arlington police said in a statement.

Sports

Bruins winger David Pastrnak scored his 49th goal of the season against the Canadiens and his teammates repeatedly tried to feed him passes to set up his 50th.

Bruins 4, Canadiens 2

David Pastrnak about to join an elite group of Bruins as he notches goal No. 49 against the Canadiens

Only five Bruins have scored 50 goals in a season.

UConn's Jordan Hawkins drives for a first-half basket. Hawkins led the fourth-seeded Huskies with 24 points in an 88-65 romp over Arkansas Thursday night in Las Vegas.

NCAA men's basketball

UConn men romp Arkansas to reach NCAA Elite Eight berth

Jordan Hawkins scored 24 points to lead the fourth-seeded Huskies (28-8) in an 88-65 romp to earn an Elite Eight matchup Saturday against the winner of UCLA or Gonzaga.

To compete at next year’s Olympics, Caster Semenya would have to undergo hormone-suppressing treatment for six month.

Track and field

Track bans transgender athletes, tightens rules for Caster Semenya

The World Athletics Council adopted the same rules as swimming did last year in deciding to bar athletes who have transitioned from male to female and have gone through male puberty. No such athletes currently compete at the highest elite levels of track.

Bruins 4, Canadiens 2

Bruins far from their best, but they still beat Canadiens

Watch Rory McIlroy drive the 18th green to seal his victory at the Match Play

Tom Brady acquires ownership stake in WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces

Business

Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for second time

The company that owns a nuclear power plant northwest of Minneapolis says water containing a radioactive material is leaking from the plant for a second time.

TikTok’s CEO’s safety assurances doubted by lawmakers

CEO Shou Chew faced pointed questions Thursday about the app’s relationship with its Chinese parent company in his debut appearance before Congress.

Warren wants Fed vice chair pick to be tougher on banks

Fed’s unwanted ally in bid to tame inflation: Credit crunch

magazine

Should I end my long-distance marriage before I move?

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

metro

Michael Mota, president of Bayport International Holdings and CEO of VirtualCons, poses for a portrait in his office in Smithfield, R.I.

Michael Mota, CEO of VirtualCons, is being sued by Harrah’s for $274k

A Boston city councilor, frustrated with redistricting, is bankrolling litigation against it

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: March 24-31

sports

American Ilia Malinin competes during the men's short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama.

Shoma Uno leads Ilia Malinin after men’s short program in world figure skating competition

Patriots sign left-footed punter Corliss Waitman

With five players scoring, BU men’s hockey tops Western Michigan in NCAA regional opener

business

New home sales jump, giving more hope for housing market

Black leaders are developing Nubian Square. Can they revitalize the economic heart of Black Boston?

In Silicon Valley Bank collapse, affordable housing all over Boston hangs in the balance

politics

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, right, speaks about the proposed legislation dubbed the "Parents Bill of Rights," March 1, next to Representative Elise Stefanik, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

GOP sets vote on ‘parents rights’ in clash over schools

Senate Ethics admonishes South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham for campaign solicitations

Budget readies US for possible China confrontation, Pentagon says

Nation

The Xcel Energy's Nuclear Generating Plant in Monticello, Minn.

Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for second time

Prosecutor in Trump hush-money case fires back at House Republicans

New video shows Virginia officers overpowering and punching detainee before he died

World

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Drone strike kills US contractor in Syria; US retaliates

US and Canada reach an agreement on turning away asylum-seekers

Zebra runs loose in Seoul before being taken back to zoo

opinion

Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, dressed in his raccoon coat, handed out flowers during South Boston's traditional Evacuation Day parade on March 17, 1947. Mayor Curley's wife, Gertrude, was sitting to his left and Edward J. "Knocko" McCormack in his Yankee Division uniform is in front.

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley

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

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

lifestyle

From left, Kimberly Rhoten, Dr. Heath Schechinger, Alexander Chen, Diana Adams, and Andy Izenson celebrated outside before the Somerville City Council signed the ordinance.

Somerville celebrates another first for polyamorous people

‘I’ve been waiting my entire life for this moment.’ Lexington native appears on ‘American Idol’ Sunday.

It’s National Puppy Day! Show us photos of your pet

food & dining

Row 34's warm buttered lobster roll.

Row 34 will open in Kendall Square; Borrachito Taqueria and Spirits comes to the Seaport

Stuffed to the gills at Kenmore Square’s Pescador, a New York coastal grill with hometown talent

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

travel

‘He guided me from heaven.’ A Rockport man retraces his grandfather’s path through WWI France.

This Curacao resort is redefining ‘all-inclusive’

Fitness expert Eliza Shirazi talks about all things travel

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

Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

In ‘Dust Child,’ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai uses a silken touch in a tale of those left behind after the occupation of Vietnam

Clint Smith on the poetry of parenthood and reading to his children

Movies

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Martin Scorsese's upcoming film, "Killers of the Flower Moon." Apple is reportedly aiming to partner with movie studios in releasing films, including "Killers of the Flower Moon."

Apple to splash $1 billion a year on films to break into cinemas

‘Rye Lane’ is for lovers

‘Reggie’ tells a parallel story of race and baseball

Television

Shalom Brune-Franklin and Fionn Whitehead in Hulu's "Great Expectations."

‘Great Expectations,’ and how to ruin a classic

In ‘Accused,’ time works against one-off episodes

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

music

Naomi Louisa O'Connell, in the role of Judith, and Ryan McKinny as Bluebeard performing at a dress rehearsal of Boston Lyric Opera's new production of "Bluebeard's Castle" and Four Songs.

Seven operatic doors and the secrets behind them

Blind teenage violinist Julia LaGrand uses ‘From the Top’ to celebrate young disabled musicians

The Sugar Shack brings back sweet memories for these R&B veterans

Theater/Dance

Louis Reyes McWilliams and Cyndii Johnson in "Clyde's."

In Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s,’ comedy is on the menu at a hard-luck cafe

Huntington, SpeakEasy to team up on coproduction of ‘The Band’s Visit’

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

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

Raphael Mechoulam speaks during the Marijuna Conference at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel in New York, on May 20, 1971.

Raphael Mechoulam, ‘father of cannabis research,’ dies at 92

William A. Wulf, pioneering computer scientist, dies at 83

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