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2024 Oscars: Who will win, who should win, and who shouldn’t be here

Will "Barbie" get shut out? Will "Oppenheimer" dominate? Will "Poor Things" reap rich rewards? Our critic has the answers.
Super Tuesday

Massachusetts election maps: See how Trump and Biden’s support has changed since 2016
A closer look at the town-by-town results as of Wednesday morning, with 91 percent of precincts reporting, offers some hints at the 2024 electorate.

Nikki Haley suspends presidential bid, clearing path for Donald Trump

 Amid big wins on Super Tuesday, North Carolina shows Trump’s tightening grip on his party Mass. voters who picked ‘no preference’ hope to send a message to Biden

Republican primary election results

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James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Down-ballot races mattered more than the presidential race on Super Tuesday. Here are some examples why.

The results included the Republican nomination of a Holocaust denier to lead a swing state, the end of a Senator Elizabeth Warren protege’s tenure in Congress, and made the path to the majority clearer for House Democrats.
Watch: James Pindell analyzes Super Tuesday results. What did we learn? Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump for president

This N.H. teen started a podcast to get his peers to vote

Among his friends, no one is really interested in politics, but Owen Simões, 17, is on a quest to spread his love for politics to other young people.
ben volin | on football

NFL Draft: An (early) prediction of where the top six quarterbacks will land

There are six quarterbacks who could be selected within the first 50 picks, and maybe even all in the first round.
Five thoughts on the Patriots following a week at the NFL Scouting Combine

Teen charged with triple murder in Northfield, N.H., floats insanity defense

Eric Sweeney is being tried as an adult on charges that he fatally shot his sister-in-law and her two young sons in their home.
Money, Power, Inequality

Black and Latino Bostonians’ homes valued less than white-owned houses, Zillow data finds

Homeownership remains one of the primary drivers of wealth, but exclusionary roadblocks have prevented many people of color from buying homes that are worth as much as white-owned homes.

Massachusetts’ top appeals court judge to retire early, offering Healey another high-profile opening

Mark V. Green, the chief justice of the Massachusetts appeals court, told Governor Maura Healey he will resign Sept. 1 — the day of his 68th birthday.

‘The Karen Read case lit a match and started a wildfire.’ Canton split over high-profile prosecution.
The sensational case has divided families and friends and put the town in the spotlight.

A Mass. man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5 million

“The last five years, there’s been surgery, recovery, surgery, recovery,” said Jeff Smith, who lost the use of his left arm, suffered respiratory issues since the crash, and hasn't been able to work full time.

Former Northeastern track coach to be sentenced in ‘sextortion’ scheme

A US District Court is scheduled to sentence Steve Waithe in a long-running scheme in which he convinced women across the country to share nude and semi-nude photographs of themselves, according to court records.

Federal judge orders minority business agency opened to all races

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a 55-year-old federal agency created to help minority-owned businesses must now open its doors to every race, siding with a group of White plaintiffs who argued that the agency discriminated against them.

Man shot in Roxbury, police say

Officers responded to 12 Marcella St. around 10:30 a.m. and found the wounded man, according to Sergeant Detective John Boyle, a police department spokesperson.

Mayor Wu: ‘May have been breach of existing policy’ when 3 year old strapped to chair at Condon School

Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says

 US destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Justice Amy Coney Barrett stakes out distinctive stance in Trump case

WBUR weighs hiring freeze, job cuts as advertising revenue plummets

“This is a different story than we’ve told before. It’s unlike our usual on-air fundraising appeals,” chief executive Margaret Low wrote in an email to donors.

Rev up your engines, Boston: F1 Arcade announces spring opening date for Seaport venue

Channel your inner Lewis Hamilton while enjoying brews and bites.
DEVRA FIRST | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

I ate at Table in the North End. I had a nice time.

I am not the sort who enjoys drama, but I do enjoy dinner, and so last week I made reservations at Table. You’ll never believe what happened next.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Republican voters embrace a disgrace in Trump

Super Tuesday highlighted the chasm that divides the American electoral middle, with a sharp wall of revulsion facing a steeply pitched slope of fear.
EDITORIAL

Getting to the bottom of the safety crisis at Brockton High School
LEHIGH, VENNOCHI, AND HAJJAR

Super Tuesday reactions: Is the old Republican Party dead?
Amie Shei

Learning from Steward crisis, focus needs to turn to good stewardship of health care resources
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The Gaza war is widening rifts even in Latin America

More recent News

christopher l. gasper
Tuesday’s loss to Oilers was symbolic of Bruins’ season, and of Linus Ullmark’s
All of Ullmark’s work — and that of his dogged teammates — was undone by the type of top-end talent the Bruins are short on.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

Basketball players at Dartmouth College vote to join a union, a precedent that could open the door

The move to join a union makes the basketball players eligible to receive compensation and other benefits, a historic precedent that is expected to change the face of American collegiate athletics.

Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k to N.H. priest in defamation case

The outlet and its parent company, St. Michael’s media, is not authorized to represent the Catholic Church, according to the Archdiocese of Detroit, in whose territory it is based.

Body of man found inside tractor-trailer on I-495 in Chelmsford.

Around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, troopers at the Concord barracks received a request for a well-being check on a truck driver “who had not been answering his phone,” according to State Police.

Five Barnstable schools on modified lockdown amid ‘ongoing situation’ at a home in Hyannis

Barnstable police Sergeant Kevin Fullam said there was an “active, ongoing situation at a residence in Hyannis” but it posed “no danger to the public.”

New York will deploy National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to deploy the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.

Recommended reads

How should universities quell campus turmoil? Some say the answer is silence.

After months of controversies over the Israel-Hamas war, some university leaders have concluded that their schools should not “have a foreign policy.”

Low-cost versions of Humira, the nation’s top-selling drug, are off to a sluggish start
The failure of Humira’s competitors to gain much traction — so far, at least — helps illustrate the market grip maintained by brand-name drug makers like AbbVie, despite the $84,000-a-year price tag of its wildly successful anti-inflammatory drug.

Billy Baker
Marbles ignite a war in beachcombing
A Revere man is working to stop sea glass collectors who “seed” marbles by tossing them into the ocean so they can be transformed and found again.

Beth Teitell | Commentary
A ‘shaman’ told me a cold plunge would fix me. But would it?
A cold plunge tub has touched down on Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. It’s cold, popular — and daunting.

Culture & Lifestyle

The platform of this ‘Party’ calls for tyranny

Eight ways to celebrate Women’s History Month in the Boston area

Worcester Public Library will waive overdue fees in exchange for cat photos

Rapper Ludacris to perform at The Big E this fall

Special Projects

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.

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Diane Foley with Colum McCann

A decade after my son was killed by ISIS, a renewed hope has begun to shine

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

What it will take for robots to start doing our chores
Lydia Edwards and James Jennings

Housing for all must include equity
EDITORIAL

All eyes on the state’s next move on prison health care
Ron Currie

Behind the battle over what children can read

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

POLITICS

This N.H. teen started a podcast to get his peers to vote

Among his friends, no one is really interested in politics, but Owen Simões, 17, is on a quest to spread his love for politics to other young people.
MEDIA

Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k to N.H. priest in defamation case

The outlet and its parent company, St. Michael’s media, is not authorized to represent the Catholic Church, according to the Archdiocese of Detroit, in whose territory it is based.

Mayor Wu: ‘May have been breach of existing policy’ when 3 year old strapped to chair at Condon School

Wu’s comments in a radio interview Wednesday came two days after the child’s mother, Anacelia Cuevas, told the Globe she was “furious” over the way her son was treated.
Money, Power, Inequality

Black and Latino Bostonians’ homes valued less than white-owned houses, Zillow data finds

Homeownership remains one of the primary drivers of wealth, but exclusionary roadblocks have prevented many people of color from buying homes that are worth as much as white-owned homes.

Sports

christopher l. gasper

Tuesday’s loss to Oilers was symbolic of Bruins’ season, and of Linus Ullmark’s

All of Ullmark’s work — and that of his dogged teammates — was undone by the type of top-end talent the Bruins are short on.
Celtics

Celtics to face Nuggets in Abu Dhabi in October

Boston will face Denver in a pair of preseason matchups in the Middle East.

Former Northeastern track coach to be sentenced in ‘sextortion’ scheme

A US District Court is scheduled to sentence Steve Waithe in a long-running scheme in which he convinced women across the country to share nude and semi-nude photographs of themselves, according to court records.

‘Love Is Blind’ star talks Boston roots, Matthew vs. Clay, and what surprised her on the Netflix series
CAVALIERS 105, CELTICS 104

The Celtics blew a lead, and their winning streak, but mostly aren’t too worried about it
Red Sox

What to know about the Red Sox’ trip to the Dominican Republic: An important homecoming ... and a breath of fresh air

Business

WBUR weighs hiring freeze, job cuts as advertising revenue plummets

“This is a different story than we’ve told before. It’s unlike our usual on-air fundraising appeals,” chief executive Margaret Low wrote in an email to donors.
MEDIA

Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k to N.H. priest in defamation case

The outlet and its parent company, St. Michael’s media, is not authorized to represent the Catholic Church, according to the Archdiocese of Detroit, in whose territory it is based.
Money, Power, Inequality

Black and Latino Bostonians’ homes valued less than white-owned houses, Zillow data finds

As budget season looms, Boston councilors push to examine future of downtown, and city’s tax base
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

An ageist incident at work made my blood boil. Then I realized something essential.
COOKING

Get more greens on the menu with these kale, spinach, and broccoli dishes
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 4-10

Globe Magazine

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

metro

Mass. voters who picked ‘no preference’ hope to send a message to Biden

Nikki Haley drops out of the 2024 presidential race

Massachusetts’ top appeals court judge to retire early, offering Healey another high-profile opening

sports

Spanish prosecutors accuse Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud

NFL Draft: An (early) prediction of where the top six quarterbacks will land

BC High matches Cambridge’s intensity to advance to Division 1 quarterfinals

business

‘It’s a bit like naming a baby — by committee.’

Ask the Remodeler: The walls are gone, and the ceilings are cracking

Home of the Week: This house made its move (nearly 80 miles). Your turn.

politics

Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump for president, despite once blaming him for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6 attack

Nikki Haley suspends presidential bid, clearing path for Donald Trump

Down-ballot races mattered more than the presidential race on Super Tuesday. Here are some examples why.

Nation

New York will deploy National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

Chemical linked to cancer found in acne creams including Proactiv, Clearasil

Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers after frozen embryo ruling

World

A likely Yemen Houthi attack hits a ship, causing the first ‘fatalities’ in the assaults on shipping

Polish farmers, angrier than before, stage large protest against Ukrainian imports and EU policies

Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says

opinion

May I have a word: A cascade of good fortune

Consumers care about inflation. So why do both major parties want to raise costs by abandoning free trade?

Massachusetts needs an early warning system to prevent targeted violence

lifestyle

Get good relationship advice. Send a question to Love Letters.

Eight ways to celebrate Women’s History Month in the Boston area

Avengers, Assemble!

food & dining

Rev up your engines, Boston: F1 Arcade announces spring opening date for Seaport venue

I ate at Table in the North End. I had a nice time.

Recipe: Broccoli crowns, chopped into ‘rice,’ form the base of these sweet and spicy tofu bowls

travel

Miami Beach is breaking up with spring break — or at least trying to

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

Arts

‘Passion for Postcards’ heading to Spellman Museum Sunday

B.J. Novak ‘officially pardoned’ by MFA over 1997 high school prank

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

Books

Worcester Public Library will waive overdue fees in exchange for cat photos

Genealogy site reveals Taylor Swift is related to Amherst poet Emily Dickinson

Five things to do around Boston, March 4-10

Movies

2024 Oscars: Who will win, who should win, and who shouldn’t be here

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

Television

‘Love Is Blind’ star talks Boston roots, Matthew vs. Clay, and what surprised her on the Netflix series

Will ‘Sex and the City’ look dated on Netflix?

B.J. Novak ‘officially pardoned’ by MFA over 1997 high school prank

music

Rapper Ludacris to perform at The Big E this fall

For his new album, Tom Rush goes back to the garden

Genealogy site reveals Taylor Swift is related to Amherst poet Emily Dickinson

Theater/Dance

The platform of this ‘Party’ calls for tyranny

Same day, different journey in Ronán Noone’s ‘Thirst’ at Lyric Stage

Umbrella Stage keeps stepping up

Health

R.I.’s largest hospital system may no longer take Cigna health insurance

‘You’re not taught this in medical school’: R.I. neurosurgeon on advancements in brain tumor treatment, and the need to educate fellow doctors

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

Obituaries

Tech heavyweights remember Ed Roberts, pioneering MIT startup researcher who died at 88

Ross Gelbspan, who highlighted climate change failings of industry and journalists, dies at 84

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