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Nikki Haley will win the District of Columbia’s GOP primary, the AP projects, marking her first 2024 victory

Haley's victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.

Here's what to know about Super Tuesday in Massachusetts Massachusetts Trump supporters cite border as key issue ahead of Super Tuesday vote

Man and woman found fatally shot inside home in Haverhill, authorities say

Police received a call requesting a well-being check at a home on Broadway Street at about 5:43 p.m. and arrived to find the bodies of the man and woman, officials said.

BPS staff placed on leave after child strapped to chair at Condon K-8 School, officials say

Nylon straps and duct tape were used to restrain the child at the South Boston school, officials said.

‘It’s a nightmare’: One of the most common children’s asthma meds is no longer available, leaving families scrambling
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday accused the drug's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, of 'price gouging.'

Harwich man indicted on 46 charges in connection with alleged sexual abuse of seven people

A Harwich man previously arraigned on 13 charges of rape and other offenses was indicted Friday on nearly four dozen charges in connection with the alleged abuse of seven people between May and November last year, officials said.

The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot

Homes along the ocean in Rockport.

‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law.

The state's new housing law challenges Massachusetts' long, proud history of letting towns control their own zoning, and resistance is growing fast.

Religious leaders, community activists call for increased funding to maintain affordable housing stock

Archaic prostitution laws can hold back those seeking to leave the trade, advocates say. A new bill seeks to change that.
Authorities in Massachusetts have charged nearly twice as many people with selling sex as buying it over the past five years, according to state court data, including bringing dozens of charges under what advocates say are particularly archaic “common nightwalker” and “common streetwalker” laws.

City to launch pilot program to replace gas stoves with electric in Dorchester
Boston received $1 million in federal funding to retrofit 80 gas stoves to electric in two affordable housing communities, the Boston Housing Authority’s Franklin Field Apartments and Talbot Bernard Homes, which is run by the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper proposed a $1.5 billion budget for the 2024-2025 school year.

Boston Public Schools proposed a $1.5 billion budget. Here’s a breakdown of the district’s spending plan.

With the loss of federal pandemic relief funds, the district will experience almost $100 million in cuts, despite the general fund budget increasing by more than $300 million since 2020.

From left, Derrick White, Al Horford, Sam Hauser, and Luke Kornet enjoyed the show from the bench in the fourth quarter.

Gary Washburn | Celtics 140, Warriors 88

With this master class, Celtics showed they learned their lessons from past mistakes against Warriors

Sunday’s game at TD Garden was an opportunity for the Celtics to exorcise demons on a national stage.

‘It was a little disrespectful.’ The Warriors dare Jaylen Brown to shoot, so he leads the Celtics to a rout

Dr. Howard Hiatt practiced and taught medicine at many leading institutions, mentoring thousands of students and physicians in the United States and abroad.

Howard Hiatt, former Harvard dean who championed global health efforts, dies at 98

During his long career, Dr. Hiatt helped advance the practice of medicine in myriad ways, including serving as a mentor to young physicians, which he considered "a sacred commitment."

The Red Sox are hoping they see more of the Masataka Yoshida who hit 10 home runs and had a .874 OPS in the first half last season.

Peter Abraham | ON BASEBALL

Feeling refreshed and healthy, Masataka Yoshida is ready to make an impact in his second season with the Red Sox

The 29-year-old hopes a move to being the team's primary designated hitter and a more settled spring will pay dividends.

Opinion

With the evidence now available, colleges should all be doing a deep dive into their admissions data to determine what role test scores play.

Colleges made standardized tests optional for admissions. Did it work?

Dartmouth, Yale, and MIT are reinstating test score submission requirements. Other colleges should be carefully evaluating their policies.

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

What it will take for robots to start doing our chores

IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Make downtown a great place to raise a family

For Lent (or any other time), I’m giving up on giving up

‘Two-party doom loop’? More like one party tying us in knots

More recent News

Harris is to meet with Israeli Cabinet official who is in Washington despite Netanyahu’s rebuke
Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to host a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who is visiting Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

New Hampshire man dies while snowmobiling with coworkers in Pittsburg, N.H.

The man was riding with a group of coworkers on rented snowmobiles near Diamond Ridge in the northern New Hampshire town about 1:45 p.m. when his snowmobile tipped on its side as he slowly navigated a turn, authorities said.

Caitlin Clark becomes all-time NCAA Division 1 scoring leader, breaking Pete Maravich’s record
Clark entered the game needing 18 points to pass Maravich’s total of 3,667, amassed over three seasons at LSU (1967-70).

Arkhouse and Brigade up Macy’s takeover offer to $6.6 billion following rejection of previous deal
Macy's rejected the previous deal, which was valued at $5.8 billion, in January.

Standoff in Wellesley ends ‘peacefully’ after SWAT team, bomb squad called in, police say

Residents were evacuated from a Wellesley public housing complex Sunday as police and a SWAT team responded to a report of an armed person barricaded inside an apartment, but the situation was “resolved peacefully” after a few hours, officials said.

Chris Mortensen, ESPN’s longtime lead NFL reporter, dies at 72
Mortensen was diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer in January 2016, the same year he received the Pro Football Writers of America’s Dick McCann Award. He continued working at ESPN until before last season.

Recommended reads

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigned in Grand Rapids, Mich., in February, a billboard launched by the Democratic National Committee said Robert F. Kennedy's Super PAC was receiving millions from Donald Trump's largest donor, Timothy Mellon.

Meet the donor who gave millions to outside groups supporting Trump and RFK Jr.

“He doesn’t come to all the Washington political balls and gatherings,” David McIntosh, president of the conservative Club for Growth, said of the donor.

Photos of the month: February 2024
Some of the best Boston Globe staff photos of the last winter month including Lunar New Year, high school sports, warm weather.

This purple Victorian house in R.I. with buoys out front is actually an animal rescue
Smith & Agli’s Potbelly Manor in North Kingstown, R.I. has rescued pigs and other farm animals in Rhode Island since 1995.

tara sullivan

The tragic deaths of Tim and Stacy Wakefield leave the world to make sense of the senseless
Stacy Wakefield died this week of cancer, the same disease that took her husband five months ago.

Culture & Lifestyle

Sharmin Faeq Sadiq from Kurdistan, Iraq, and Tugba Gula of Turkey contribute to "The Red Dress" in 2022. Created by textile artist Kirstie Macleod,"The Red Dress" was crafted by hundreds of embroiderers around the world. It's on view at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton.

At Fuller Craft Museum, ‘The Red Dress’ speaks intimately to the experiences of women

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

The finale of ‘True Detective: Night Country’ was a reminder that concluding can be hard to do

"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.

stuart landing page illustration

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

A still from “Judy Blume Forever” by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Behind the battle over what children can read

IDEAS | SHIRLEY LEUNG

Downtown advice from other cities

Failure to Communicate

Christopher Weyant

Failure to communicate

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the town of Milton for violating a new state housing law.

Amid a housing crisis, Milton can’t be allowed to flout new zoning law

A passer-by walks through a portion of the Cass Recreational Complex, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, that has been turned into a temporary shelter site for families experiencing homelessness.

If Biden wanted to see the migrant crisis up close, he should have come to Massachusetts

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

BPS staff placed on leave after child strapped to chair at Condon K-8 School, officials say

Nylon straps and duct tape were used to restrain the child at the South Boston school, officials said.

Religious leaders, community activists call for increased funding to maintain affordable housing stock

More than 1,700 community members, many of them representing dozens of advocacy organizations, filled the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Sunday afternoon to discuss the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization’s requests.

Archaic prostitution laws can hold back those seeking to leave the trade, advocates say. A new bill seeks to change that.

Authorities in Massachusetts have charged nearly twice as many people with selling sex as buying it over the past five years, according to state court data, including bringing dozens of charges under what advocates say are particularly archaic “common nightwalker” and “common streetwalker” laws.

Massachusetts Trump supporters cite border as key issue ahead of Super Tuesday vote

Outside of Sully’s, as the restaurant is popularly known, car radios and boomboxes played a mix of patriotic music and Trump rally staples like the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” Flags reading “Trump 2024 Take America Back” and “Trump 2020 (Expletive) Your Feelings” flapped in the mild morning breeze.

Sports

United States defender Jenna Nighswonger (3) celebrates with teammates after her goal during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup women's soccer tournament quarterfinal against Colombia.

US 3, Colombia 0

US women’s national soccer team bounces back with strong victory over Colombia

The US women's team was back in dominant form against an impressive Colombian team that reached the quarterfinals of last year’s World Cup.

The Noble & Greenough bench erupts during its Class AA championship victory.

NEPSAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Noble & Greenough girls put cherry on top of dominant season with second straight NEPSAC Class AA championship

Nasi Simmons earned tournament MVP honors, but Nobles got production from everywhere: Grace Oliver led with 14 points, Simmons added 13, and Jasmyn Cooper and Christina Pham had 12 each.

Kyle Larson (left) celebrates with his son, Owen, after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson hits the jackpot with NASCAR win in Las Vegas

Larson, who swept all three stages and led 181 of the 267 laps, held off Tyler Reddick for his 24th career Cup victory.

NEPSAC BOYS' BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

One year later, Needham’s Henry Bickford secures elusive championship with Phillips Exeter (N.H.) boys’ basketball

gary washburn | on basketball

With this master class, Celtics showed they learned their lessons from past mistakes against Warriors

NEPSAC GIRLS' HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Third time’s the charm as Noble & Greenough gets past Williston Northampton to claim 11th NEPSAC girls’ hockey championship

Business

Arkhouse and Brigade up Macy’s takeover offer to $6.6 billion following rejection of previous deal

Macy's rejected the previous deal, which was valued at $5.8 billion, in January.

‘It’s a nightmare’: One of the most common children’s asthma meds is no longer available, leaving families scrambling

Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday accused the drug's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, of 'price gouging.'

‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law.

Peace, music, and memories: As the 1960s fade, historians scramble to capture Woodstock’s voices

magazine

Illustrations for magazine's March 3, 2024, cover story about an ice climbing accident on Mount Katahdin in Maine in 1974.

An ice climbing disaster on Mount Katahdin. A desperate rescue mission.

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

My boyfriend is Muslim. I’m a Jewish student at Harvard. The war is testing us.

This week's daters: Molly and David

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We are both devoted to uplifting the world through our work’

metro

‘It’s a nightmare’: One of the most common children’s asthma meds is no longer available, leaving families scrambling

Boston Public Schools proposed a $1.5 billion budget. Here’s a breakdown of the district’s spending plan.

Cassidy is outgoing and funny

sports

Jack Sadowski began his career at Arlington before moving on to Kimball Union, which he led to a NEPSAC Elite 8 championship on Sunday with two goals and an assist.

Arlington’s Jack Sadowski finishes high school career by leading Kimball Union to its NEPSAC Elite 8 championship

Non-contact knee injury for Knicks star Jalen Brunson initially ruled just a bruise

Bruins showed a startling lack of pushback against Islanders. Will the club address issue before trade deadline?

business

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

CVS, Walgreens to dispense abortion pills in R.I., Massachusetts

Lobster catch dips to lowest level since 2009 as fishers grapple with climate change, whale rules

Healey’s life sciences plan: Another $1 billion investment, with some new areas of focus

politics

Four candidates are on the ballot, including former president Donald Trump and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley.

North Dakota Republicans will caucus on the eve of Super Tuesday. Here is what to expect.

Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won’t change.

Harris is to meet with Israeli Cabinet official who is in Washington despite Netanyahu’s rebuke

Nation

A person uses a blower to clear snow during a storm, March 3, in Truckee, Calif.

More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California

Four new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay

Nikki Haley will win the District of Columbia’s GOP primary, the AP projects, marking her first 2024 victory

World

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norway´s King Harald arrived at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on Sunday.

Norway’s King Harald V transferred to Oslo hospital after getting pacemaker in Malaysia

Rival of Netanyahu visits US, signaling wider cracks in Israel’s wartime leadership

Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to sea

opinion

A passer-by walks through a portion of the Cass Recreational Complex, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, that has been turned into a temporary shelter site for families experiencing homelessness.

If Biden wanted to see the migrant crisis up close, he should have come to Massachusetts

Behind the battle over what children can read

Why Democrats need to win Congress

lifestyle

Jusmine Martin, owner of Dearly Studio, talked to a client before officiating a wedding on Leap Day.

On Leap Day, couples leaned into novelty at micro wedding venue Dearly Studio

BLOWW: A queer community built on trust and taking up space in the world of professional wrestling

How do we celebrate our love without getting married?

food & dining

Recipe for Provencal Vegetable Soup with Pistou by Sheryl Julian.

Read all of the Winter Soup Club newsletters

Our final chapter is chowder

Everyone has an opinion about chicken soup

travel

The Bay State Model Railroad Museum opens for only two open houses a year, and the next one is March 2-3. It has an elaborate collection of model trains that run on their several tracks inside.

There’s a perfect little model train world hiding in Roslindale, and this weekend it’s open for all to see

The Caribbean’s overlooked gem: Here’s why Grenada should be high on your list of islands to visit

Why not go solo? How to travel alone . . . and like it.

Arts

The Wawaloam Bee statue outside Wawaloam Elementary School in Exeter, R.I.

One woman’s quest to find every Mr. Potato Head statue in Rhode Island

At Fuller Craft Museum, ‘The Red Dress’ speaks intimately to the experiences of women

Brookline painter Leslie Sills brings women’s art history to life

Books

Prepare for the 96th Academy Awards during a discussion with Robin Young and best-selling author Michael Schulman, on Wednesday.

Five things to do around Boston, March 4-10

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

Movies

A scene from the 1968 science-fiction movie "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Celebrate the music of the movies with these (debatably) 50 best soundtracks of all time

Now that we’re done with that viral Dunkin’ ad, let’s talk about J.Lo

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

Television

From left: Musical guest Kacey Musgraves, host Sydney Sweeney, and Heidi Gardner during promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

Sydney Sweeney hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Kacey Musgraves performs

Talent to spare on Netflix’s ‘Ripley’

The finale of ‘True Detective: Night Country’ was a reminder that concluding can be hard to do

music

Recording artist Burna Boy at TD Garden in Boston on March 2 — the date was also officially declared Burna Boy Day by Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune.

At TD Garden, an undiluted vision from Burna Boy

Excellence goes only so far in ‘Eurydice’

Celebrate the music of the movies with these (debatably) 50 best soundtracks of all time

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

Dr. Howard Hiatt practiced and taught medicine at many leading institutions, mentoring thousands of students and physicians in the United States and abroad.

Howard Hiatt, former Harvard dean who championed global health efforts, dies at 98

Arthur D’Angelo, the all-star of Fenway souvenirs and apparel, dies at 97

Andy Russell, a star outside linebacker who helped turn the Steelers into champions, dies at 82