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Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement

Congress has passed another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22.

Newburyport mourns beloved Unitarian minister fatally struck by pickup truck
The Rev. Helen M. Sampson Murgida was headed to City Hall to deliver the opening prayer of the mayor's State of the City Address Wednesday when she was fatally struck by a pickup truck outside City Hall.

Jack Teixeira plans to plead guilty in leaked documents case

The judge in the case was asked to schedule a change-of-plea hearing for Monday in the case. Jack Teixeira initially pleaded not guilty in federal court to leaking classified material.

With Cambridge College acquisition, Bay Path University gains a foothold in Eastern Massachusetts

The deal, which still must be approved by state higher education officials, will bring together two nonprofit leaders in career-focused education, and give Longmeadow-based Bay Path a foothold in the competitive adult education market in Eastern Massachusetts.

Romney was asked if he’d vote for Trump over Biden. He did not mince words.

“Having a president who is so defaulted of character would have an enormous impact on the character of America, and for me, that’s the primary consideration,” the former Massachusetts governor said.

Friday is the last day for early voting for Super Tuesday in Mass. Here’s what to know.

Boston Teacher Union contract talks kick off amid budget cutting
The talks are starting up as Boston Public Schools prepares to slash hundreds of positions and close dozens of classrooms in an effort to balance next year’s budget.

Man, 85, dies after crashing car head-on into a vehicle in Seekonk

Jon Lester acknowledged the Fenway Park crowd after throwing a no-hitter in 2008.

red sox notebook

Jon Lester gets back in a Red Sox uniform, and not just for old times’ sake

The World Series-winning lefty was invited to camp as a guest instructor by former teammates Craig Breslow and Alex Cora.

Charlie Peachey, of the Mount Washington Observatory, braces himself against hurricane-force winds to take weather readings on top of the mountain Thursday.

‘Toilets were gurgling’ and ‘windows flexing’: Hurricane-force winds rattle Mount Washington

Notorious for its extreme weather conditions, the Northeast’s highest peak recorded a 147 mph wind gust early Thursday.

Flash floods are increasingly dangerous and expensive in the Northeast. These charts and maps show why.

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the pilot program during her annual State of the City address in January.

Proposal to expand free museum access for Boston students appears dead; Wu says it’s too soon

Wu said it is too soon to add students from other schools and homeschooled students to the fledgling initiative before the city and the participating institutions have more data on how it affects their bottom lines.

Free swimming lessons expanding in Boston, Wu announces more funding

An ice climbing disaster on Mount Katahdin. A desperate rescue mission.
It was a mild winter day in 1974 when six climbers set out on a route no one had ever attempted. Then came a storm of unimaginable fury.

Jennifer Lopez in "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story."

No one’s ever accused Jennifer Lopez of making fame, or longevity, look easy

But she’s taken her flops in stride and emerged as more than a sum of her famous parts — an OG influencer who’s associated as much with failure as she is with success.

Mason Lohrei celebrated after giving the Bruins the lead for good with the fourth goal of his rookie season.

BRUINS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4

Mason Lohrei’s goal finishes what Morgan Geekie’s hat trick started for the Bruins in a win over the Golden Knights

The Bruins led by three goals after one period but were tied with the defending Stanley Cup champions when Lohrei scored on a power play in the third.

Kate Winslet in HBO's "The Regime."

TELEVISION REVIEW

Kate Winslet stars as an Eastern European dictator in an HBO Max miniseries ‘The Regime’

The miniseries, which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m., was created by Will Tracy, who, with writing credits that include “Succession,” “The Menu,” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” is no stranger to satire.

Kristaps Porzingis and the Celtics are in fact No. 1 in the NBA's overall standings.

CELTICS BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

The Celtics won’t be caught in the East, which leads to a look at playoff possibilities, and other thoughts

The guess here is that among potential opponents in each round, the Celtics wouldn’t mind a Hawks/Pacers/Cavaliers route to the Finals.

Opinion

The Massachusetts Republican Party met to elect a new chair on Jan. 31, 2023. Then-chair Jim Lyons (right) is pictured walking by as Amy Carnevale (left), a candidate for the position is interviewed before the meeting began. Carnevale is the current chair of MassGOP.

Mass. Republican voters should give party chair Amy Carnevale a vote of confidence

Here’s how to support the current GOP chair against the party’s pugnacious old guard.

IDEAS | RACHEL SLADE

Turn empty offices into little factories

Mitch McConnell has already been defeated — by Trump

The Green Line shutdown has made me appreciate the journey

Steward Health Care should face a full-scale criminal investigation

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Healey aims to invest $1b to boost Mass. climate-tech economy
The investment is designed to make Massachusetts a climate-tech epicenter, much like how similar public investments launched about 15 years ago solidified this state’s leadership in life sciences.

Biden nominates former Boston mayor Martin Walsh to Postal Service board of governors
Former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh has been nominated by President Biden to serve on the United States Postal Service’s board of governors, the White House said Thursday.

Rumors swirl amid concern over Catherine, Princess of Wales
Little is known about her recent medical procedure, leading to plenty of conjecture, concern and conspiracy theories.

Justin Amash announces Republican bid for Michigan US Senate seat after having previously left GOP
The decision to jump into the Republican primary comes after Amash left the party to become an independent. He had been the lone House Republican to support a Trump impeachment inquiry in 2019.

Judge holds veteran journalist Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source
A federal judge has held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged

Odie Henderson review | ★1/2

‘Dune: Part Two’: When sand gets in your eyes
Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, and sandworms star in this hazy continuation of the sci-fi story.

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Ron Aquino and Hung Nguyen Environmental Health Inspectors checked traps in an alley behind Newbury Street in Boston.

In Boston’s battle against rats, the rodents appear to be winning: ‘They seem quite content coexisting’

Boston has long battled this stealthy foe, but by many accounts, the city’s rat problem is getting worse. With trash providing bountiful food, rats seem to be more visible, almost brazen, as they make their rounds.

New research jumbles SAT requirements at top colleges
The recent move by a few elite universities, including Yale and Dartmouth, to reinstate standardized test requirements has reignited the long-running debate over the SAT and whether it is helpful or harmful to applicants.

Composer Matthew Aucoin is bringing his slimmed-down ‘Eurydice’ opera to Boston
Aucoin returns to Boston to conduct a new chamber version of his opera "Eurydice," which had its New York premiere at the Met in 2021.

Seeing sports in all 50 states? Bob Ryan completes journey with a flourish in South Dakota.
The author's vocational duties and avocational interests have taken him to games all over the country — quite literally.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jennifer Lopez in "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story."

No one’s ever accused Jennifer Lopez of making fame, or longevity, look easy

Mindy Kaling attended the Sephora Soho x Lion Pose PA at Sephora Soho on Oct. 2, 2023, in New York City. The Cambridge native recently opened up to the Wall Street Journal about motherhood and more.

Mindy Kaling talks motherhood, Celtics, and advice she got from Oprah

"Four Daughters," directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, recounts the saga of a single mother from Tunisia who rules her growing daughters with an iron fist, and loses her two eldest to radicalization.

A single mother from Tunisia lost two of her daughters to ISIS. ‘Four Daughters’ tells their true story — using actors.

Sean McShane (right) with "Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings

How a Boston Freedom Trail tour guide ended up on the ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Frozen embryos at the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2015.

Republicans need to put up or shut up over the IVF mess they created

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis and lawyer Nathan Wade at a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.

Healey, Willis, and the dangers of hiring someone you slept with

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Women & Infants Center halted in vitro fertilization procedures after a state Supreme Court's ruling that embryos in test tubes should be considered children, on Feb. 22.

Antonio Gargiulo

Six lessons the US can learn from Italy’s restrictions on IVF treatments

Human eggs on a computer screen during the fertilization process in a laboratory for in vitro fertilization.

Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos

Alabama lawsuit reveals what happens when IVF industry wants it both ways

Dominic Sessa, left, and Paul Giamatti in a scene from "The Holdovers."

Will ‘The Holdovers’ return us to a time when exalted public school buildings were valued?

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Newburyport mourns beloved Unitarian minister fatally struck by pickup truck

The Rev. Helen M. Sampson Murgida was headed to City Hall to deliver the opening prayer of the mayor's State of the City Address Wednesday when she was fatally struck by a pickup truck outside City Hall.

Proposal to expand free museum access for Boston students appears dead; Wu says it’s too soon

Wu said it is too soon to add students from other schools and homeschooled students to the fledgling initiative before the city and the participating institutions have more data on how it affects their bottom lines.

‘Toilets were gurgling’ and ‘windows flexing’: Hurricane-force winds rattle Mount Washington

Notorious for its extreme weather conditions, the Northeast’s highest peak recorded a 147 mph wind gust early Thursday.

Boston police seek to identify individuals allegedly linked to armed robbery in Roxbury

A group of individuals allegedly used a gun to steal a car and other items from a person on Feb. 22 around 7:30 p.m. near Cendar Street and Columbus Avenue, police said Thursday.

Sports

JoJo Lacey, shown earlier this season, cracked 20 points for the second time this month with her 23-point showing in a win over North Carolina.

BOSTON COLLEGE 78, NORTH CAROLINA 74

Boston College women’s basketball breaks 10-game skid, beats North Carolina

JoJo Lacey had her best game in a BC uniform, pouring in a career-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds.

Lexington’s Samantha Fortier (center) and teammate Shea Gallagher (right) celebrate after the Minutemen beat Acton-Boxborough, 74-55, in a MIAA Division 2 first-round girls' basketball matchup in Lexington.

MIAA girls' basketball roundup

Lexington girls survive first-round test vs. Acton-Boxborough, advance to Division 1 second round

The eighth-seeded Minutemen withstood the challenge posed by A-B's Shannon Patrick (35 points, 18 rebounds) to score a 74-55 Division 1 victory.

Carles Gil (left) and Giacomo Vrioni (center), shown last season, each set up goals in New England's 3-0 victory over CA Independiente on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.

REVOLUTION 3, CA INDEPENDIENTE 0

Revolution make strong first impression at Gillette, roll to advance in CONCACAF Champions Cup

Nacho Gil, Tomás Chancalay, and Mark-Anthony Kaye had the goals in a dominant performance by New England, whose buildup was too much for their Panamanian competition after a disappointing start to MLS play.

BRUINS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4

Mason Lohrei’s goal finishes what Morgan Geekie’s hat trick started for the Bruins in a win over the Golden Knights

High school basketball

Christian Sanders doubles up for East Boston boys’ basketball in Division 3 tournament win over Hanover

CELTICS BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

The Celtics won’t be caught in the East, which leads to a look at playoff possibilities, and other thoughts

Business

Local group joins national hunger effort

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

State Street withdraws from $68 trillion climate investing group

State Street said the organization has hamstrung the firm’s own approach to the matter and its ability to interact with corporations.

Airlines could face more fines for mishandling wheelchairs under a Biden administration proposal

Healey aims to invest $1b to boost Mass. climate-tech economy

magazine

How to handle harassment at a restaurant from a fellow diner

Almond-Coconut Cake With Cherries and Pistachios

Bake away the winter blues with two Mediterranean-inspired cakes

I used to live in a Michigan child-care desert. Then I came to Cambridge.

Richard Evans Schultes in the Cerro Campana mountains in Colombia, in June 1943.

The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

metro

A tree fell on a house in Hanson and crushed the porch.

‘The house shook,’ family escapes injury after tree falls on Hanson home during wind storm

With Cambridge College acquisition, Bay Path University gains a foothold in Eastern Massachusetts

Boston Teacher Union contract talks kick off amid budget cutting

sports

Shohei Ohtani is Japan’s biggest celebrity. There has been curiosity about the 29-year-old's personal life, which he has always kept private, including long withholding the name of his dog from the public.

Intensely private Shohei Ohtani shares a little: He’s married

Patriots are in need of tight ends, whether through free agency or the draft

Springing forward, MIAA unanimously lowers victory margin for lacrosse from 10 to seven goals

business

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. Fed policymakers have signaled that they could cut interest rates several times this year.

A key inflation measure moderated in January

In R.I. nursing homes, deficiencies are on the rise. Advocates demand better standards.

Boston nonprofit commits over $60 million to White House anti-hunger effort

politics

Boxes of records being stored on the stage in the White and Gold Ballroom at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case expected to set trial date during crucial hearing

Biden and Italy’s Meloni to hold talks at time of worries about Ukraine, political headwinds at home

Judge holds veteran journalist Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source

Nation

Hunter Cooper helps clean up the Sanchez residence on Feb. 29, in Canadian, Texas.

Some left helpless to watch as largest wildfire in Texas history devastates their town

With salacious testimony finished, legal arguments to begin over Fani Willis’ future in Trump case

Justin Amash announces Republican bid for Michigan US Senate seat after having previously left GOP

World

Police officers stand guard at the Borisovskoye Cemetery where the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be held on March 1, in Moscow, Russia,

Navalny’s family is laying the opposition leader to rest after his death in prison

Fire at shopping mall in Bangladesh’s capital kills at least 43 people

Palestinian deaths in Gaza pass 30,000 as witnesses say Israeli forces fire on crowd waiting for aid

opinion

Forget the ‘doom loop.’ America’s downtowns are coming back.

Give Quincy Market an unsentimental reboot

Downtown advice from other cities

lifestyle

Mindy Kaling attended the Sephora Soho x Lion Pose PA at Sephora Soho on Oct. 2, 2023, in New York City. The Cambridge native recently opened up to the Wall Street Journal about motherhood and more.

Mindy Kaling talks motherhood, Celtics, and advice she got from Oprah

He lied about blocking his ex

My ex from high school is back in my life

food & dining

The oxtail pho with bone marrow at Le Madeline in Quincy.

A modern Vietnamese remake at Lê Madeline

At Bev’s, a California vibe with a Maine address

A rite of spring on Castle Island in South Boston: Sullivan’s restaurant to open March 2

travel

Jim Ortlieb in Malibu with his wife, Mimi, and their poodles Gina and Margaret.

Film, TV, and stage actor Jim Ortlieb on escaping his phone and living every day like it’s vacation

I paid extra to get to my cruise. Why can’t I get reimbursed?

Getaway spots in New Hampshire and Florida, and a blender for on the go

Arts

Visitors and pilgrims walked the grounds at Plimoth Patuxet, a complex of living history museums in Plymouth founded in 1947.

This Mass. attraction named the country’s top ‘open-air museum’ by USA Today

Yiddish Book Center head to step down

Rothko’s power takes shape on paper, at the National Gallery of Art

Books

An image from "Whale Fall," the award-winning children's book by Massachusetts author Melissa Stewart and illustrator Rob Dunlavey.

Preserving the history of New England’s LGBTQ+ communities online; ‘Whale Fall’ wins children’s science book award

Author readings around Boston through March 9

Nathan Tavares gets a chance to rewrite a story from years ago in ‘Welcome to Forever’

Movies

Jennifer Lopez in "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story."

No one’s ever accused Jennifer Lopez of making fame, or longevity, look easy

Are you ready to place your Oscar bets for best documentary short?

‘Dune: Part Two’: When sand gets in your eyes

Television

Jodie Foster (left) and Kali Reis in HBO's "True Detective: Night Country."

Good show, bad ending

Oscar nominee Randolph was also divine in ‘High Fidelity’

Kate Winslet stars as an Eastern European dictator in an HBO Max miniseries ‘The Regime’

music

Composer Matthew Aucoin returns to Boston to conduct a chamber version of his opera "Eurydice," which had its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021.

Composer Matthew Aucoin is bringing his slimmed-down ‘Eurydice’ opera to Boston

Even with a cold, Audra McDonald shines at Symphony Hall

Paula Cole talks about her new album, ‘Lo’

Theater/Dance

Brian Boruta, producing artistic director of Umbrella Stage in Concord.

Umbrella Stage keeps stepping up

International stars of flamenco music and dance kick off four-night festival on Saturday

In ‘Golda’s Balcony,’ the Israeli prime minister in crisis in 1973

Health

An empty wheelchair at a long-term care center on Oct. 25, 2022.

In R.I. nursing homes, deficiencies are on the rise. Advocates demand better standards.

‘An extremely aggressive timeline’: Rhode Island Life Sciences Hub to hire inaugural CEO by May

Prospect Medical Holdings wants to sell its 2 R.I.-based hospitals. Here’s what a proposed deal could look like, executives say.

Obituaries

Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister of Canada, pictured in 2018.

Brian Mulroney, former Canadian prime minister, dies at 84

Richard Lewis, comedian known for his neurotic, stream-of-consciousness act and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ role, has died

Niklaus Wirth, software developer who saw power in simplicity, dies at 89