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Calvin, a 25-year-old housing specialist poses for a portrait inside his one bedroom apartment. The pandemic-era policy that prevented evictions while tenants were applying for rental assistance and saved Calvin from being evicted in the fall is set to come to an end.

As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

TOM FARRAGHER

Scituate lighthouse gets a million-dollar face-lift
When Julie and Bob Gallagher applied to live in the lighthouse in 2009, they could only imagine the adventures that would accompany life as the 19th lightkeepers since Scituate Light’s beacon began to sweep the restless sea in 1811.

2023 Baseball Preview

The ultra-competitive Rafael Devers is the cornerstone of the Red Sox — now and for the foreseeable future
After signing a 10-year extension worth more than $300 million, the 26-year-old third baseman is the one sure thing the Red Sox have.

Will the Red Sox make the playoffs? Our staff doesn’t think so.

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez turned to look in the direction of the jury as he reacted to his double murder acquittal at Suffolk Superior Court Friday, April 14, 2017, in Boston.

Spotlight Follow-up

The last words of Aaron Hernandez: Imprisoned Patriots star showed no hints of suicide in final phone calls

Hernandez seemed upbeat and optimistic, while making ominous references to concussions and a dangerous prison drug.

With Elizabeth Warren running again, where does that leave the state’s ambitious young politicians?

The question facing today’s younger and ambitious members of Congress, including Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Jake Auchincloss, Seth Moulton, and Lori Trahan, is just how long they want to wait to rise through the ranks.

Metro Nashville Police officers gather near The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., following a deadly shooting on March 27.

Nashville shooter was ex-student with detailed plan to kill

The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre.

Highland Park survivor heads to scene of shooting See photos from the scene in Nashville

Phillip Eng, former LIRR president, will be the next MBTA general manager, Healey announces

Phillip Eng, former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will take over as general manager of the MBTA starting April 10, the Healey administration announced Monday.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Fidelity’s money market funds are killing it

Customers have added $153 billion to the money market funds of the Boston-based financial services giant since September, bringing its total money fund assets to $1.1 trillion.

39 dead in fire at Mexico migrant facility near US, official says

SVB itself was main cause of bank’s failure, Fed official says

Man killed after being struck by motor coach at Logan Airport

Jayson Tatum needs to find his 3-point shot for the Celtics.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jayson Tatum still searching for his 3-point stroke as the Celtics are finding their footing again

Tatum is shooting just 29.4 percent from beyond the arc since the All-Star break, and the Celtics need him back to his best as the games really start to count.

Celtics Jaylen Brown, Malcolm Brogdon, and Grant Williams meet with Biden administration officials to press social justice issues

Lamar Jackson has lit up the Patriots (107.2 passer rating in three games), and now he's expressed interest in joining them.

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.

On Monday, Jackson issued a trade demand, a couple of days after Kraft received a text from Meek Mill informing him of Jackson's interest.

Tell us: Do you think the Patriots should try to acquire Lamar Jackson? Robert Kraft, at NFL owners meetings, backs Bill Belichick but maintains high standard: ‘You either execute and win or you don’t’

Five planets will align in the night sky late March, roughly falling in a line below the moon, and will be most visible Monday and Tuesday, astronomers said.

Rare ‘planetary parade’ with five planets best visible in Mass. Wednesday night

Most of the celestial display — featuring Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Mars — can be seen for two weeks, though it will get gradually get harder to see all the planets each night, according to Silas Laycock, a UMass Lowell astronomer and associate professor.

Opinion

The living conditions of the migrants who were found in a Lisbon, Maine, home that had allegedly been rented by a Massachusetts-based company.

MARCELA GARCÍA

In the Maine undocumented workers’ case, what about the Mass. company that employed them?

Federal authorities declined to identify the company or say whether it will be subject to any sanctions for its role.

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway

Take me out (on a bus) to the ballgame

IDEAS | LIZ BROWN

The coloring contest that changed my father’s life, and didn’t

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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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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Jury awards $20 million to man who lost a leg after hospital missed blood clot
The patient twice went to Lowell General complaining of pain, but his blood clot was misdiagnosed as sciatica.

‘This is a sham:’ Harvard faulted for response to abuse claims in women’s hockey program run by Katey Stone
According to specialists in student rights and safety, the university prioritized its image and financial liability over the student-athletes' charges of abuse.

As Wu mulls incentives for affordability, climate resiliency, BPDA asks developers what they already do
A survey of 250-plus builders asks how projects will incorporate the city’s housing and climate goals.

Flirting with another presidential bid, Chris Christie knocks Trump and DeSantis in N.H.
In a town hall Q&A, the former New Jersey governor told voters that to do better in 2024 than they did in 2022, Republicans need to pick better candidates.

Cause of fire in Scituate that destroyed five beachfront homes is still under investigation
Five homes were destroyed in the blaze on Friday night and three were damaged.

Two teenage boys charged with stealing rifle from State Police cruiser in Malden
The boys, ages 14 and 15, allegedly went into the parking garage of an apartment complex on Overlook Ridge Drive in Malden during the overnight hours of Thursday and stole a rifle from a marked cruiser, authorities said.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Phillip Eng, the latest MBTA general manager, has an engineering degree and 40 years of experience in public transportation.

Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Members of the US military watch television at the Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2002. New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks returned to Afghanistan more than 30 times for over two decades, chronicling almost every chapter of a war that dragged on nearly 20 years.

Thomas J. Brennan

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

A display on a garbage can featured former Boston Bruin Zdeno Chara in a DraftKings advertisement outside Fenway Park on March 10.

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters on March 8 that he wants to introduce legislation to combat Mexican cartels and gangs. "We are going to unleash the fury and might of the US against these cartels," he said.

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Republicans would be wise to drop the talk of bombing Mexico

Walter Cronkite announcing the death of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

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As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

Photos: Police respond, students evacuate after former student fatally shoots six at Nashville school

See photos and videos taken at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., after three children and three adults were fatally shot at the school.

Sports

Rafael Devers is 26 and entering his seventh MLB season.

2023 Baseball Preview

The ultra-competitive Rafael Devers is the cornerstone of the Red Sox — now and for the foreseeable future

After signing a 10-year extension worth more than $300 million, the 26-year-old third baseman is the one sure thing the Red Sox have.

Aaron Rodgers remains under contract with Green Bay but said he wanted the Packers to “do the right thing.”

Packers not requiring a first-round pick for Aaron Rodgers, but want ‘fair value’ from Jets

The Packers and Jets have discussed trade talks involving Rodgers, who has said he intends to play for the Jets in 2023.

Jayson Tatum needs to find his 3-point shot for the Celtics.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jayson Tatum still searching for his 3-point stroke as the Celtics are finding their footing again

Tatum is shooting just 29.4 percent from beyond the arc since the All-Star break, and the Celtics need him back to his best as the games really start to count.

In a bizarre episode involving a pitch clock violation, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto ejected from spring game

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As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

SVB itself was main cause of bank’s failure, Fed official says

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Federal regulators sue Binance, executives

With Denterlein’s help, Main Streets Foundation aims to staff up

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A carefully considered shade of blue helps turn a staid den into an all-day haven

This week's daters: Marissa and Ram.

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The dinosaurs of Jurassic World Tour Live will be on the loose at Agganis Arena through April 9.

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metro

Multiple homes caught fire on Glades Road in Scituate on Friday.

Cause of fire in Scituate that destroyed five beachfront homes is still under investigation

Revere students march against city council’s decision to kill a new high school at Wonderland

Scituate lighthouse gets a million-dollar face-lift

sports

Lamar Jackson has lit up the Patriots (107.2 passer rating in three games), and now he's expressed interest in joining them.

Meek Mill tells Robert Kraft that Lamar Jackson wants to be a Patriot. Don’t count on it.

‘This is a sham:’ Harvard faulted for response to abuse claims in women’s hockey program run by Katey Stone

Robert Kraft, at NFL owners meetings, backs Bill Belichick but maintains high standard: ‘You either execute and win or you don’t’

business

First Citizens Bank, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has acquired Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender at the center of the technology industry, whose rapid growth and sudden collapse this month sent shock waves across the financial sector.

Silicon Valley Bank sold to First Citizens in government-backed deal

Twitter celebs balk at paying Musk for blue check mark

As other pandemic stars stumble, Crocs still stride on

politics

US Vice President Kamala Harris, centre, followed by actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, visits the Vibration studio at the freedom skate park in Accra, Ghana, on March 27.

Harris to pledge support for African innovation in Ghana

House GOP to subpoena Blinken over Afghanistan dissent cable

Flirting with another presidential bid, Chris Christie knocks Trump and DeSantis in N.H.

Nation

Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom for her trial, March 27, in Park City, Utah.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s experts to testify in Utah ski crash case

Nashville shooter was ex-student with detailed plan to kill

Study says warming-fueled supercells to hit South more often

World

Image taken from a video showing ambulances and rescue teams staffers outside an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

39 dead in fire at Mexico migrant facility near US, official says

Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case

Israel tensions ease as Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul

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Want to explore classical music? Let me be your guide.

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

Urgency heightened in Mass. in face of grim UN climate report

lifestyle

Matías Jaime's Malevo dance troupe took the stage at the Berklee Performance Center Saturday night.

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

‘Complicated Identities’ at the forefront of upcoming Belmont World Film series

Six art students receive Stephen D. Paine Scholarship for work exploring personal identities across media

food & dining

Will Guidara, American restaurateur and former owner of Eleven Madison Park, speaking at Johnson & Wales University's College of Food Innovation & Technology (CFIT) Symposium in May 2023.

How a $2 hot dog changed everything for a Michelin-star restaurateur

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

travel

One of the “We ❤️ NYC” campaign ads. This one takes a swipe at Boston.

New York City ad campaign takes a swipe at Boston: ‘We get more done by 8 a.m. than Boston does in a day’

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

This Curacao resort is redefining ‘all-inclusive’

Arts

Tillie Walden, 26, was recently named Vermont's fifth cartoonist laureate. On April 13, she will be crowned during an official ceremony at the State House in Montpelier. In Norwich, she works in a home studio with large windows that give her a view of the woods.

Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

At the Met, comparing and seriously contrasting

Books

Author Jessica Olien's new book centers around a cooking contest and a blueberry buckle cake recipe.

The two sides of author Jessica Olien

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

Movies

Ben Affleck, left, and Matt Damon arrive for the world premiere of "Air," at the Paramount Theatre during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

A shared bank account, taking out the trash, and growing up in Cambridge: Six takeaways from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s interview

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

‘Rye Lane’ is for lovers

Television

Brandi Carlile (left) embraces Joni Mitchell during the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony in Washington, D.C., March 1. The ceremony will be broadcast on GBH 2 on Friday at 9 p.m.

This week’s TV: Apple binge-ables, Rob Lowe and son, and more Joni Mitchell love

Nantucket-set ‘The Perfect Couple’ will have plenty of star power

‘Great Expectations,’ and how to ruin a classic

music

Composer Thomas Adès conducting the BSO on Thursday in the Inferno Suite from "Dante," his new evening-length ballet.

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

At Jordan Hall, Chineke! Orchestra proves worthy of its exclamation mark

Newport Jazz Festival announces its 2023 lineup

Theater/Dance

Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood and Gavin Creel as the Wolf in "Into the Woods."

As Little Red Ridinghood, Gloucester’s Katy Geraghty is living her own fairy tale

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’

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Firefighters at Glades Road in Scituate where multiple homes were on fire.

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

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

Obituaries

Rev. Elinor Lockwood Yeo of Newton, a reproductive rights activist who directed a Milwaukee clinic that provided abortions in the 1970s and '80s.

Rev. Elinor Lockwood Yeo, reproductive rights advocate and clinic director, dies at 88

Greg Wittine, once a hero for disabled Boy Scouts, dies at 67

Intel co-founder, philanthropist Gordon Moore dies at 94