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Shocks, surprises, and best moments from the Oscars

WATCH: Much of the big awards played out as expected, but there were some surprising winners. Assistant digital editor Matt Juul recaps the 96th Academy Awards.

The shocks, surprises and best moments from the Oscars

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Governor Healey to seek ‘blanket’ pardons of marijuana possession convictions

The governor will announce plans this week to seek pardons for those convicted of simple marijuana possession in Massachusetts, in a sweeping move that could impact thousands of people statewide.

UVM student who died in Mount Washington fall remembered as athletic, determined person with a ‘heart of gold’
Madison Saltsburg, a 20-year-old landscape design major, had "ambition no one could ever beat," her mother said on Monday.

The Patriots are signing Washington running back Antonio Gibson.

NFL free agency live tracker: Patriots signing RB Antonio Gibson in New England’s first move

Teams can start negotiating with free agents on Monday afternoon.

Your view: What do you think of the Patriots’ decision to trade Mac Jones? Patriots trading away Mac Jones leaves new regime to not repeat mistakes of its predecessor

Special delivery: Woman gives birth on Tobin Bridge

The woman's husband was driving her to the hospital for the delivery, but their baby had other plans.

Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for altering family photo that fueled rumors about her health

A photo of her with her children was intended to calm concern and speculation about the princess’s health but had the opposite effect.

As trial begins, Boston police captain described as key player in fraudulent overtime scheme

“This is not a case of someone leaving early one day or leaving early for a long weekend," Assistant US Attorney Kunal Pasricha told jurors in his opening statement. "This was a standardized system of padding overtime and stealing overtime pay."

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

Biden calls for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy

GOP congresswoman requests documents from MIT about antisemitism

The town of North Hampton Beach, N.H., had significant flooding after storm surge from a third winter storm in three months on Sunday, March 10, 2024.

Residents watch ‘water flowing right into their house’ as floodwaters again overwhelm N.H., Maine

Gusty rainstorms whipped up strong surges that washed over communities up and down the coastline.

Forecast | Dave Epstein: Sunshine abounds this week as gusty winds begin to subside Tuesday

Steward hospitals are on the brink of financial disaster. Health care executives say it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
While Steward’s for-profit ownership structure has put its hospitals at a disadvantage, the system’s troubles, in many ways, represent a symptom of bigger problems.

‘It’s hard to know from anecdotes’. New study tests ‘narrative’ of campus antisemitism
More than a quarter of Jewish college students surveyed feel they need to hide their Jewish identity to fit in. Some of their peers say they won't befriend Israel supporters

2024 Oscars

Odie Henderson

With ‘I’m Just Ken,’ Ryan Gosling brings down the Mojo Dojo Casa House at the Oscars
The Globe’s film critic’s post-mortem on the winners and losers, plus a kvetch about the moment the Oscars never gets right.

Matthew Gilbert: Everything we liked about the Oscars telecast

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’
"It’s going to be great to be back in Boston," said FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. ‘The Boston support’s been incredible.”

96th Academy Awards: See the full list of winners and nominees

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt arrive at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Pretty in pale: Our favorite looks (and one flop) from the Oscars red carpet

Bold hues took a back seat to peach, blush, seafoam, baby blue, and cream. What were your favorites?

Photos: See Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, and more stars hit the Oscars red carpet

With all the talk about the impacts and threats of AI, is there enormous upheaval coming to software jobs — and the people and places that rely on them?

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

So you think coding can make you lots of money? AI may change that.

With all the talk about AI’s promise and peril, there may be enormous upheaval coming to software jobs — and the people and places that rely on them.

Yvens Jean Batiste, manager of Frugal Furniture, looked out onto Blue Hill Avenue, where his store is located.

Nervousness, suspicion, and cautious optimism among Mattapan’s Blue Hill Ave. businesses about center bus lanes

“We will work with the business community in our block-by-block planning to ensure that the spaces near their establishments match their needs,” a city transportation department spokesperson said.

In a series of land transactions decades ago, the message was clear: People of color weren’t welcome. Their exclusion was spelled out in hundreds of land deeds recently discovered across the North Shore.

Money, Power, Inequality

In deeds, people of color were barred from buying homes. Now, they could validate reparations programs.

The racist practice has left a lasting imprint, playing a large part in why so much of the state is segregated along racial lines, with economic disparities that still resonate.

Imam Abdullah Faaruuq greeted a congregant after Friday Mosque at the Mosque for Praising Allah in Roxbury, two days before the start of Ramadan. Muslims across the nation will welcome the start of Ramadan on Monday, marking the annual holy month of prayer, fasting, and reflection.

Hunger, suffering in Gaza, Sudan at forefront of Ramadan celebrations

For many Muslims across Greater Boston, the joy of this year’s Ramadan is marred by hunger, loss of home, and insecurity affecting Muslim populations in Gaza and Sudan.

Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war

Opinion

Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York, joined by TikTok supporters, led a rally to defend the social app at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 22.

MARCELA GARCÍA

What would we lose if TikTok were banned?

As a TikTok user, I stand in stark defense of the ubiquitous video-sharing app.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Was Biden’s ‘illegal’ remark a mistake or a signal?

LETTERS

The State of the Union and the state of the presidential race

IDEAS | MATTIA FERRARESI

A rare example of art worth canceling

Marissa Shackleton

Prioritize patients over insurer profits

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As higher-education unions grow, library employees at Smith College form one
Employees sent a letter to the Northhampton university Friday, asking it to voluntarily recognize the Smith College Libraries Workers Union.

NH POLITICS

Scandal with N.H. lawmaker leads to ‘new protocol’
The newly reached agreement marks the latest chapter in a scandal that erupted in September, when Republican Representative Troy E. Merner resigned abruptly.

Seeking justice, mother of Harmony Montgomery heads back to court: ‘I’m her warrior’
Crystal Renee Sorey has asked to be named the administrator of her 5-year-old daughter’s estate, so she can pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.

12-year-old arrested in connection with text threatening mass shooting at Norwood middle school

The student, whose identity was not released because of their age, allegedly confessed to making the threat in the presence of their family and will not be in school Monday, Norwood police said.

Divers search Charles River in Needham after two unexploded ordnances found

No additional pieces of ordnance were found but divers did recover a large tank containing a non-hazardous substance, officials said.

New photos released of fugitive wanted in connection with Worcester murder of mother, daughter

Dejan Belnavis is wanted on charges of armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license in connection with the deaths of Chasity M. Nunez and Zella Aria Nunez, officials said.

Life-saving addiction treatment medicine is vastly underprescribed for youths

Buprenorphine, a synthetic opioid that goes by the brand name Suboxone, quells cravings and reduces painful withdrawal.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Apples Never Fall,’ a Paul Simon doc, and a crackdown on password sharing
One by one, streaming services are starting to scrutinize subscribers who share their accounts with too many other people.

Four years of COVID: Fewer people are dying but the virus ‘is still with us’
While most people have resumed their normal lives, high “excess deaths” persist in Massachusetts.

A Mass. fund was meant to help human trafficking victims. Over a decade later, there’s little money coming in.
The Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund is supported by fines against pimps, human traffickers, and people buying sex. But it has been stymied, experts say, by the realities of prosecuting such crimes.

Culture & Lifestyle

Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Derl McCrudden pose with the Oscars they won for best documentary for "20 Days in Mariupol" at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday night.

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’

Catherine Allgor, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society (left), and Senate President Karen Spilka (right) unveil a portrait of Abigail Adams in the Senate Reading Room on March 1, 2024.

Which trailblazing woman with Massachusetts ties should be memorialized with a permanent bust in the State House?

Living Root Bridge of The Khasi, Mawlynnong village, India. (Amos Chapple)

An urgent call to save the planet at Peabody Essex Museum

A scene from "They Shot the Piano Player."

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ tells tale of samba-jazz pianist who vanished — or was he ‘disappeared’?

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.

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

Michelle Obama for president? No. These buttons were among the memorabilia sold for Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Michelle Obama is not coming to save us

Demonstrators from the Taiwan Action Front for Palestine displayed a portrait of Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside the Israel Embassy in Washington.

JEFF JACOBY

There was nothing heroic about Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation

Maryann Noddin from Osterville asked questions at an October 2023 public meeting at Barnstable High School as the public voiced concerns about the transmission cables from offshore wind projects that will wind through residential neighborhoods and beach areas.

EDITORIAL

Hybrid public meetings are a pandemic innovation worth keeping

After some School Committee members suggested that the National Guard be brought into Brockton High School to quell violence, advocates, parents, and community members rallied outside the school to show support for students and staff on Feb. 26.

Susan Szachowicz

How to transform Brockton High School back to a national model

Northern Essex Community College student Riya Patel wrote on a white board during her freshman year pre-calculus class.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Fugitive sought in Worcester killing of woman and 11-year-old daughter arrested in California, police say

Dejan Belnavis, 27, was wanted on charges of armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license in connection with the fatal shootings of Chasity M. Nunez, 27, and 11-year-old Zella Aria Nunez on March 5.

college basketball

Can Providence make it to the Big Dance? What the experts say about their NCAA Tournament chances.

A win in Wednesday's Big East tournament game against — yep, you guessed it — Georgetown will go a long way in helping the Friars make their third straight appearance.

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

“OSHA inspectors found that the company failed to ensure the worker wore a seat belt while operating the forklift, exposing him to rollover and crushing hazards,” officials said.

RI POLITICS

R.I. legislation targets deepfakes in elections

Advocates cite fake Biden robocall in N.H. in proposing a ban on deceptive “synthetic media” within 90 days of any election unless it discloses the manipulation or use of artificial intelligence.

Sports

Live Updates

NFL free agency live tracker: Patriots signing RB Antonio Gibson in New England’s first move

Teams can start negotiating with free agents on Monday afternoon.

Ceddanne Rafaela rounds third base after hitting a solo home run, his second long ball of the spring, in the fifth inning of Sunday's game in the Dominican Republic.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Ceddanne Rafaela forcing Red Sox to consider their options in the outfield

Alex Cora has said since the start of camp that the 23-year-old would either open the season as the starting center fielder or be sent to Triple A. He’s in the process of doing the former, the manager noting "he’s playing well."

Devin Carter (left) was named to the All-Big East first team.

college basketball

Can Providence make it to the Big Dance? What the experts say about their NCAA Tournament chances.

A win in Wednesday's Big East tournament game against — yep, you guessed it — Georgetown will go a long way in helping the Friars make their third straight appearance.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Second opinion confirms first: Lucas Giolito to have elbow surgery and is lost for 2024

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

With NCAA basketball tournaments approaching, UConn has a pair of top 10-ranked teams

patriots

See where the Patriots will pick in the 2024 NFL Draft

Business

At least 67 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Ramadan begins

Families would ordinarily break the daily sunrise-to-sundown fast with holiday feasts, but even where food is available, there is little beyond canned goods, and the prices are too high for many.

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

“OSHA inspectors found that the company failed to ensure the worker wore a seat belt while operating the forklift, exposing him to rollover and crushing hazards,” officials said.

bold types

Frank McCourt goes from real estate magnate to tech-book author

Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds

magazine

MISS CONDUCT

A friend gave me a ticket to an event, then nearly accused me of stealing

Judith Carr holds her new baby, Elizabeth, in 1982.

Perspective

I was America’s first IVF baby. After attending the State of the Union, here’s what I want you to know.

Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day at the Irish Culture Centre Greater Boston from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 11-17

Artist Roger Kastel pictured in his studio in this undated photo.

CONNECTIONS

The shocks, surprises and best moments from the Oscars

Governor Healey to seek ‘blanket’ pardons of marijuana possession convictions

UVM student who died in Mount Washington fall remembered as athletic, determined person with a ‘heart of gold’ Madison Saltsburg, a 20-year-old landscape design major, had "ambition no one could ever beat," her mother said on Monday.

NFL free agency live tracker: Patriots signing RB Antonio Gibson in New England’s first move

Special delivery: Woman gives birth on Tobin Bridge

Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for altering family photo that fueled rumors about her health

As trial begins, Boston police captain described as key player in fraudulent overtime scheme

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

Biden calls for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy

GOP congresswoman requests documents from MIT about antisemitism

Residents watch ‘water flowing right into their house’ as floodwaters again overwhelm N.H., Maine

Steward hospitals are on the brink of financial disaster. Health care executives say it’s just the tip of the iceberg. While Steward’s for-profit ownership structure has put its hospitals at a disadvantage, the system’s troubles, in many ways, represent a symptom of bigger problems.

‘It’s hard to know from anecdotes’. New study tests ‘narrative’ of campus antisemitism More than a quarter of Jewish college students surveyed feel they need to hide their Jewish identity to fit in. Some of their peers say they won't befriend Israel supporters

Odie Henderson With ‘I’m Just Ken,’ Ryan Gosling brings down the Mojo Dojo Casa House at the Oscars The Globe’s film critic’s post-mortem on the winners and losers, plus a kvetch about the moment the Oscars never gets right.

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ "It’s going to be great to be back in Boston," said FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. ‘The Boston support’s been incredible.”

Pretty in pale: Our favorite looks (and one flop) from the Oscars red carpet

So you think coding can make you lots of money? AI may change that.

Nervousness, suspicion, and cautious optimism among Mattapan’s Blue Hill Ave. businesses about center bus lanes

In deeds, people of color were barred from buying homes. Now, they could validate reparations programs.

Hunger, suffering in Gaza, Sudan at forefront of Ramadan celebrations

What would we lose if TikTok were banned?

Was Biden’s ‘illegal’ remark a mistake or a signal?

The State of the Union and the state of the presidential race

A rare example of art worth canceling

Prioritize patients over insurer profits

More recent News

As higher-education unions grow, library employees at Smith College form one Employees sent a letter to the Northhampton university Friday, asking it to voluntarily recognize the Smith College Libraries Workers Union.

NH POLITICS Scandal with N.H. lawmaker leads to ‘new protocol’ The newly reached agreement marks the latest chapter in a scandal that erupted in September, when Republican Representative Troy E. Merner resigned abruptly.

Seeking justice, mother of Harmony Montgomery heads back to court: ‘I’m her warrior’ Crystal Renee Sorey has asked to be named the administrator of her 5-year-old daughter’s estate, so she can pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.

12-year-old arrested in connection with text threatening mass shooting at Norwood middle school

Divers search Charles River in Needham after two unexploded ordnances found

New photos released of fugitive wanted in connection with Worcester murder of mother, daughter

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Life-saving addiction treatment medicine is vastly underprescribed for youths

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS This week’s TV: ‘Apples Never Fall,’ a Paul Simon doc, and a crackdown on password sharing One by one, streaming services are starting to scrutinize subscribers who share their accounts with too many other people.

Four years of COVID: Fewer people are dying but the virus ‘is still with us’ While most people have resumed their normal lives, high “excess deaths” persist in Massachusetts.

Culture & Lifestyle

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’

Which trailblazing woman with Massachusetts ties should be memorialized with a permanent bust in the State House?

An urgent call to save the planet at Peabody Essex Museum

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ tells tale of samba-jazz pianist who vanished — or was he ‘disappeared’?

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Nightmare in Mission Hill

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Michelle Obama is not coming to save us

There was nothing heroic about Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation

Hybrid public meetings are a pandemic innovation worth keeping

How to transform Brockton High School back to a national model

Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Fugitive sought in Worcester killing of woman and 11-year-old daughter arrested in California, police say

Can Providence make it to the Big Dance? What the experts say about their NCAA Tournament chances.

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

R.I. legislation targets deepfakes in elections

Sports

NFL free agency live tracker: Patriots signing RB Antonio Gibson in New England’s first move

Ceddanne Rafaela forcing Red Sox to consider their options in the outfield

Can Providence make it to the Big Dance? What the experts say about their NCAA Tournament chances.

Second opinion confirms first: Lucas Giolito to have elbow surgery and is lost for 2024

With NCAA basketball tournaments approaching, UConn has a pair of top 10-ranked teams

See where the Patriots will pick in the 2024 NFL Draft

Business

At least 67 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Ramadan begins

Death of Winthrop man crushed by forklift at Logan Airport could have been prevented, OSHA says

Frank McCourt goes from real estate magnate to tech-book author

Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds

A friend gave me a ticket to an event, then nearly accused me of stealing

I was America’s first IVF baby. After attending the State of the Union, here’s what I want you to know.

Five things to do around Boston, March 11-17

My dad was famous for painting the ‘Jaws’ poster. But his real masterpiece was his life.

metro

‘It’s hard to know from anecdotes’. New study tests ‘narrative’ of campus antisemitism

Bear hugs

Residents watch ‘water flowing right into their house’ as floodwaters again overwhelm N.H., Maine

sports

UVM student who died in Mount Washington fall remembered as athletic, determined person with a ‘heart of gold’
Madison Saltsburg, a 20-year-old landscape design major, had "ambition no one could ever beat," her mother said on Monday.

Steward hospitals are on the brink of financial disaster. Health care executives say it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
While Steward’s for-profit ownership structure has put its hospitals at a disadvantage, the system’s troubles, in many ways, represent a symptom of bigger problems.

‘It’s hard to know from anecdotes’. New study tests ‘narrative’ of campus antisemitism
More than a quarter of Jewish college students surveyed feel they need to hide their Jewish identity to fit in. Some of their peers say they won't befriend Israel supporters

Odie Henderson

With ‘I’m Just Ken,’ Ryan Gosling brings down the Mojo Dojo Casa House at the Oscars
The Globe’s film critic’s post-mortem on the winners and losers, plus a kvetch about the moment the Oscars never gets right.

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’
"It’s going to be great to be back in Boston," said FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. ‘The Boston support’s been incredible.”

As higher-education unions grow, library employees at Smith College form one
Employees sent a letter to the Northhampton university Friday, asking it to voluntarily recognize the Smith College Libraries Workers Union.

NH POLITICS

Scandal with N.H. lawmaker leads to ‘new protocol’
The newly reached agreement marks the latest chapter in a scandal that erupted in September, when Republican Representative Troy E. Merner resigned abruptly.

Seeking justice, mother of Harmony Montgomery heads back to court: ‘I’m her warrior’
Crystal Renee Sorey has asked to be named the administrator of her 5-year-old daughter’s estate, so she can pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Apples Never Fall,’ a Paul Simon doc, and a crackdown on password sharing
One by one, streaming services are starting to scrutinize subscribers who share their accounts with too many other people.

Four years of COVID: Fewer people are dying but the virus ‘is still with us’
While most people have resumed their normal lives, high “excess deaths” persist in Massachusetts.