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Off Portugal’s beaten path, I found culture, family — and belonging

Tucked away from the country’s more touristy destinations, there’s tradition, beauty, and for this writer, a sense of belonging.

The most Irish state in America? It’s not Massachusetts.
Nearly 10 percent of the US population claims at least some Irish ancestry. See where they live today.

11 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Boston and beyond

Braintree invested nearly half a million dollars in pickleball courts. Now it’s paying the cost of angry neighbors.

Braintree spent $443,000 on eight new pickleball courts. The town recently approved another $22,000 to install acoustic panels because of noise complaints. But neighbors say it won’t be enough.

‘Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away,’ the result of a 20-museum partnership, opens in Boston this week
Of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War, nearly 20 percent died at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious death camp.

Beth Teitell | Commentary

As Boston’s winters melt away, an identity crisis looms: Without our snow and cold, who are we?

Our winters are famous in movies and literature, and they’ve forged legends of the chilly New England temperament. Now, we’re what? Delaware?
Forecast: Warmer, springlike day on tap, breaking into the 60s in some areas Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri

See the schedule for this weekend’s high school championship games in basketball and hockey

Basketball title games will take place at the Tsongas Center, while hockey games will be played at TD Garden.
ben volin | on football

Analyzing the NFL’s quarterback moves a week into free agency

More than a dozen QBs were snapped up quickly. Many may not start in Week 1, but they will likely make an impact.
Tara Sullivan: The Patriots can’t expect another Tom Brady in the draft, but Jerod Mayo has a chance to find a QB he can trust

If White Stadium deal with professional soccer team falls apart, Mayor Wu suggests the city would spend its money elsewhere

Should the project fall through, the city will likely spend the $50 million it’s committed on other badly needed renovation projects in Boston Public Schools, Mayor Michelle Wu said.

Lead State Police investigator in Karen Read case is subject of internal affairs probe; defense cited trooper during hearing
A spokesperson for the State Police, confirmed Wednesday that the agency has “opened an internal investigation into a potential violation of department policy by Trooper Michael Proctor.”

School bus driver charged after allegedly driving drunk with children on board in Westborough, police say

Westborough police Chief Todd C. Minardi said in a statement that “concerns were brought to our attention regarding the behavior of a school bus driver while children were onboard.”

Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace

Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US, strongly criticized Netanyahu in a 40-minute speech Thursday morning on the Senate floor.
After cease-fire votes, some city councilors wonder if they should be debating foreign policy
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Mass General Brigham’s CEO stakes her legacy on making two hospitals work as one

The scale of Dr. Anne Klibanski’s integration proposal is sweeping and its implications are profound.
Salem Hospital physicians vote overwhelmingly to unionize

Battle of the ban: TikTok fight is just getting started

Courts may eventually have to decide whether Congress can compel ByteDance to sell TikTok, and whether the law would violate the free speech rights of millions of TikTok users.
TikTok is how retailers reach younger consumers. A ban would be devastating.

Vice President Harris will visit a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions Thursday

Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it

 Why everything changed in Haiti: The gangs united

Third test flight of SpaceX’s mega rocket ends with loss of spacecraft

On the slopes, more close calls than usual this year. Can’t we just be kinder skiers?

Sliding down a mountain is exhilarating, to be sure. But it’s risky enough in itself. Must we all make it more so? Efforts are underway to keep everyone safe.
Travel Troubleshooter: What’s a Delta SkyMile worth in the case of a refund?
LOVE LETTERS

I think he’s still on Hinge

Maybe? Should I ask?

A twist of fate brought Macklin Celebrini to BU. Now he’s the top prospect for the 2024 NHL draft.

The star freshman's college choice had a lot to do with the 2022 NBA playoffs and the Celtics.
Opinion
IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Milton isn’t a ‘rapid transit community,’ no matter how many times the state says it is

The requirement that Milton zone for thousands of new housing units is based on a false premise.
IDEAS | BENJAMIN RACHLIN

Can one official move the needle on our state’s carbon emissions?
EDITORIAL

Wu should be making the pitch for school consolidation
JOAN VENNOCHI

Bad feelings over Mayor Wu’s rejected vision for O’Bryant School
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Hur’s testimony was another blow to the Justice Department’s reputation

More recent News

Landslide destroys Los Angeles home and threatens at least 2 others
There was no immediate word on the cause of the landslide, but numerous slides have happened in Southern California due to drenching winter storms that saturated the ground.

‘Nothing else that has had this effect’: New treatment shrinks brain tumors in small clinical trial at Mass. General

The treatment involved a new form of CAR-T cell therapy, which extracts and reprograms a patient’s immune cells to help fight the disease.

Campbell wants to accelerate Milton housing lawsuit. Milton has other plans.
The attorney general has moved to have the high-profile lawsuit heard by the Supreme Judicial Court, this spring, to send a message to other towns considering plans of their own.

Ousted Wayland school superintendent files lawsuit against town, alleging hostile racial environment

Omar X. Easy is suing the town, a former School Committee chair, and a current committee member for allegedly fostering a racially hostile environment that made it impossible for him to perform his duties, legal filings show.
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Why the crisis of men and boys is so hard to talk about

Men are less likely to go to college. Boys have higher rates of suicide and drug overdose. Richard Reeves, founder and president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, wants to get us talking and finding ways to help.

Coastal flooding washes away half of $600,000 effort, paid for by property owners, to save sand dunes on Salisbury Beach

Just three days after the privately funded “dune rebuilding project” was completed on March 7, a storm washed away half of the 15,000 tons of sand dumped on the beach.

What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies, and more.

Six-vehicle car crash causes backup on I-93

Cyclist pinned under MBTA bus after collision near South Station

Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed ‘giant’ sheep for sale to hunting preserves

Elon Musk abruptly cancels ‘The Don Lemon Show’ on X after he sits for the program’s first interview

One big reason Gen Z is still on Facebook? To save money.

Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits remains low in a thriving labor market

Recommended reads

ADDRESS

Signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours. Baby boomers rediscover the joy of having a roommate.

“Financially, it works out great. And I don’t think I want to live alone.”

Keurig is taking the cup out of the K-Cup
With its latest product, the java juggernaut is doing away with single-use plastic cups filled with grounds, replacing them with disk-like "K-Rounds."

‘It was getting impossible to live’: In Mattapan, a front line of the humanitarian crisis fueled by Haiti’s unrest
Here, in a nondescript office building on Blue Hill Avenue, newly arrived migrants learn to navigate the bureaucracy of their new world while recounting the terrors that forced them to flee the old one.

Mass General Brigham to integrate clinical operations
Thirty years after joining forces, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals are taking their most ambitious step toward creating a more unified hospital system.

Culture & Lifestyle

In Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ Jim from ‘Huckleberry Finn’ moves out of the shadows and into full personhood

A two-night Gary Smith tribute celebrates the Fort Apache studios community he built

Mary Mazzio’s ‘Bad River’ chronicles Wisconsin Native American community’s pipeline fight

For Sleater-Kinney and Carrie Brownstein, it’s been 30 years and change

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

Robert A. Pape

Understanding antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses
CARINE HAJJAR

Iran is a menace. The Biden administration can do more to deter it.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Katie Britt isn’t the only one who owes a sex trafficking survivor an apology

JEFF JACOBY

How to ‘feel better’ about Ukraine (according to John Kerry)
MARCELA GARCÍA

What would we lose if TikTok were banned?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Six-vehicle car crash causes backup on I-93

A six-vehicle car crash in a downtown Boston tunnel backed up traffic Thursday morning during the rush-hour commute, officials said.

School bus driver charged after allegedly driving drunk with children on board in Westborough, police say

Westborough police Chief Todd C. Minardi said in a statement that “concerns were brought to our attention regarding the behavior of a school bus driver while children were onboard.”
RI FOOD & DINING

Service charges in restaurants: Equity for workers or ‘junk’ fees that should be eliminated?

President Biden has he wants to eliminate “junk” fees that are costing Americans billions each year. Most assume that he’s referring to credit card companies and ticket sellers, but regulations would also include independent restaurants.

Lead State Police investigator in Karen Read case is subject of internal affairs probe; defense cited trooper during hearing

A spokesperson for the State Police, confirmed Wednesday that the agency has “opened an internal investigation into a potential violation of department policy by Trooper Michael Proctor.”

Sports

ben volin | on football

Analyzing the NFL’s quarterback moves a week into free agency

More than a dozen QBs were snapped up quickly. Many may not start in Week 1, but they will likely make an impact.
high schools

See the schedule for this weekend’s high school championship games in basketball and hockey

Basketball title games will take place at the Tsongas Center, while hockey games will be played at TD Garden.

If White Stadium deal with professional soccer team falls apart, Mayor Wu suggests the city would spend its money elsewhere

Should the project fall through, the city will likely spend the $50 million it’s committed on other badly needed renovation projects in Boston Public Schools, Mayor Michelle Wu said.

Dexter Southfield’s Orlagh Gormley is the state’s Gatorade Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year

gary washburn | on basketball

The Celtics have been waiting for the ‘soft’ part of the schedule. They’ve finally reached it.
college hockey

The Hockey East tournament opening round games are complete. See who advanced to this weekend’s quarterfinals.

Business

One big reason Gen Z is still on Facebook? To save money.

For many 20-somethings who don’t have a lot of disposable income, Facebook Marketplace is a place to get deals on items they wouldn’t normally be able to afford.
RI FOOD & DINING

Service charges in restaurants: Equity for workers or ‘junk’ fees that should be eliminated?

President Biden has he wants to eliminate “junk” fees that are costing Americans billions each year. Most assume that he’s referring to credit card companies and ticket sellers, but regulations would also include independent restaurants.

Third test flight of SpaceX’s mega rocket ends with loss of spacecraft
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Mass General Brigham’s CEO stakes her legacy on making two hospitals work as one
magazine
LOVE LETTERS

I don’t know if I can get past her beliefs about sexual identity
MISS CONDUCT

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

Game plan for March Madness with chicken wings three ways
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 11-17

metro

If White Stadium deal with professional soccer team falls apart, Mayor Wu suggests the city would spend its money elsewhere

Attention coffee lovers!

RIPTA calls off cuts, for now, as driver pay bump takes effect

sports

NFL free agency live updates: Tracking news from around the league

Bruins at Canadiens: Once again, Boston is in need of a bounce-back game

Suns at Celtics: It feels like deja vu as Boston faces Phoenix for second time in five days

business

Battle of the ban: TikTok fight is just getting started

Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits remains low in a thriving labor market

If White Stadium deal with professional soccer team falls apart, Mayor Wu suggests the city would spend its money elsewhere

politics

Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce vice presidential running mate March 26 in California

Vice President Harris will visit a Minnesota clinic that performs abortions Thursday

Nation

Michigan jury returns to decide fate of school shooter’s father in deaths of 4 students

Landslide destroys Los Angeles home and threatens at least 2 others

Trump arrives at Florida courthouse for hearing on whether to dismiss his classified documents case

World

Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it

Why everything changed in Haiti: The gangs united

Russia says Ukraine has fired more missiles at a border region on the eve of election favoring Putin

opinion

Bad feelings over Mayor Wu’s rejected vision for O’Bryant School

Understanding antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses

Mold and mistreatment: The problems at Bridgewater State Hospital call for major changes

lifestyle

At TD Garden, a hometown AEW debut for wrestling star Mercedes Moné

I think he’s still on Hinge

What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies, and more.

food & dining

Meet a friend and grab a bite or a pastry at Mia’s Bakery in Chestnut Hill

Service charges in restaurants: Equity for workers or ‘junk’ fees that should be eliminated?

James Beard award-winner Karen Akunowicz opens a Logan Airport restaurant

travel

Wait, are pilots allowed to sleep during flights?

Off Portugal’s beaten path, I found culture, family — and belonging

On the slopes, more close calls than usual this year. Can’t we just be kinder skiers?

Arts

‘Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away,’ the result of a 20-museum partnership, opens in Boston this week

For artist John Shen, a room of one’s own means a studio that doubles as a giant camera

Exhibit at Rosecliff mansion highlights African heritage stories during Newport’s Gilded Age

Books

In Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ Jim from ‘Huckleberry Finn’ moves out of the shadows and into full personhood

Ramie Targoff gives voice to women writers of the Renaissance in ‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’

Author readings around Boston through March 23

Movies

Plagiarism claims surface against Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’

‘Arthur the King’: Where Camelot is competition

Mary Mazzio’s ‘Bad River’ chronicles Wisconsin Native American community’s pipeline fight

Television

At TD Garden, a hometown AEW debut for wrestling star Mercedes Moné

11 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Boston and beyond

Michael Douglas returning to TV to play Benjamin Franklin in miniseries

music

A two-night Gary Smith tribute celebrates the Fort Apache studios community he built

For Sleater-Kinney and Carrie Brownstein, it’s been 30 years and change

Karl Wallinger, a Waterboys member who formed World Party, dies at 66

Theater/Dance

In Umbrella Stage’s ‘The Minutes,’ it’s time for the truth

Alonzo King LINES Ballet flows together in ‘Deep River’

At SpeakEasy, a moving ‘Cost of Living’ reveals its riches

Health

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

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

Obituaries

Paul Alexander, who spent seven decades using iron lung, dies at 78

David Mixner, fierce fighter for gay rights, is dead at 77

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who challenged neo-Nazis, dies at 102