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Trump’s lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454m civil fraud judgment

Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court on Monday that it’s impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.

ACLU, North Brookfield reach settlement in drag show lawsuit

The settlement was reached after local officials approved a permit for a pride event in June that will include a drag show.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Forget everything you know about real estate commissions

A change by the National Association of Realtors is expected to lead to lower selling commissions. Homebuyers and their agents are likely to get squeezed.

Melrose fire chief placed on leave due to ‘alleged violation of city policy’

Fire Chief Ed Collina was placed on leave as of March 15, officials said.

Earliest ice-out on record declared at N.H.’s Lake Winnipesaukee
Ice-out marks the unofficial start of spring — and the beginning of boating season — in the state's Lakes Region.

Early spring 2024 | Ken Mahan

Buds, birds, bugs abound. So what’s behind this already active spring?

Dave Epstein | Forecast: Another mild, partly sunny day is in store for Greater Boston before a quick cooldown

The Karen Read murder case has become a media sensation. Here are the people involved.
The high-profile Karen Read trial is slated to begin in April. Here’s an overview of who's who in the case, which has drawn intense public interest and sparked a range of conspiracy theories and coverup claims.

New questions have emerged in the Karen Read case More: High-profile prosecution divides Canton

Newton police investigating hate crime after posters of Hamas hostages were vandalized

Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital as UN says ‘famine is imminent’ in north

Isabela Katzki, a sophomore at Brockton High School, voiced her concerns during a Brockton High Community town hall meeting.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Brockton High School was once a model for the nation. So what went wrong?

The city’s flagship high school is in turmoil: Fights break out multiple times a week, attracting stampedes of students, eager to record the melees on their cell phones. Scores of teens roam the halls during class. But it wasn't always this way.

The front pages of some of Britain's national newspapers, dominated by stories about the altered Mother's Day photo released by Kensington Palace on March 10, of Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and her children, in London on March 12.

Beth Teitell | Commentary

If anyone is left outside the Kate Middleton rabbit hole, please come save us

Conspiracy theories about the Princess of Wales have turned bonkers. And so have we.

For sale: 7-bed mansion in Atlanta with ... a Rembrandt stolen 34 years ago in the Gardner heist?
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum received about 20 tips over the past year from people who thought they saw stolen paintings in real estate listings, according to Anthony Amore, the museum’s security director.

Quiz: Do you recognize the art stolen in the Gardner museum heist? Read more Globe coverage of the Gardner art heist coverage

St. Patrick’s Day breakfast features music, roasts, and a surprise Dunkin’ ad parody
In head-to-toe “DunKings” tracksuits and pink bucket hats, Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll declared themselves the “DunQueens.”

Kennedy family attends President Biden’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration at White House

Charlotte Tennis, left, helps Jack and Riley MacIver register for the Barrington Kids Vote in Barrington, N.H., on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A total of 424 children participated in the vote, which decided what color the town would use for its 2025 dog tags, what it would name its forestry truck, and when it will allow trick-or-treating for Halloween 2024.

Barrington, N.H., kids vote overrides Halloween tradition

More than 400 children voted on 2024 trick-or-treating, renaming the town’s forestry truck, and the color of next year’s dog tags.

Illustration of a man and woman standing.

Tell us: Are you in your 30s or 40s and choosing to live a childfree life?

We are hoping to get different perspectives, and would especially like to hear from people in childfree couples, as well as men who are childfree.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez look on from the front row during the first half of a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Watch: Ben Affleck suffers through Lakers-Warriors’ brutal 19-minute clock delay

Saturday’s NBA game in Los Angeles was an unprecedented slog thanks to a shot-clock malfunction at the Lakers’ home arena.

Billboards, rented by Curie.bio, a young venture capital firm with offices in Kendall Square, are advertising to attract entrepreneurs who might need $5 million or $10 million to get a company started.

innovation economy

The venture capital landscape in Boston has changed over the last decade. Just look to the billboard over Mass. Pike.

Curie.bio is advertising to attract entrepreneurs looking for money to start companies. It speaks to a local funding shift from tech to life sciences.

Playing a desperate social climber, Kristen Wiig heads an all-star cast in the Apple TV+ comedy "Palm Royale," premiering Wednesday.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Kristen Wiig’s ‘Palm Royale,’ the ‘Game of Thrones’ team goes sci-fi, and a favorite gets a Netflix boost

With its move from Peacock to Netflix, the giddy comedy “Girls5eva” might finally get the audience it deserves.

Opinion

In 2022, Massachusetts disposed of approximately 900,000 tons of plastic waste.

Jason Lewis and Michelle Ciccolo

Massachusetts has a plastics problem

Many cities and towns across Massachusetts have been leading the way in tackling the single-use plastics crisis, but more can be done.

Ending veteran homelessness is achievable

The pharmacist and the amaryllis

David Scarlett Wakelyn and Michael Hartney

To improve literacy, Massachusetts should look to Mississippi

IDEAS | MICHELINE MAYNARD

Washington is holding up a future of inexpensive EVs

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Rob Gronkowski wants to whoop you at a pickleball game in Southie (for charity)
Gronk plans to bring his A game for an upcoming charity event, where winning fundraising teams will get to play pickleball against him.

Celtics’ Sam Hauser avoids serious injury to ankle, as X-rays are negative
The third-year forward's injury against the Wizards Sunday cut short a potentially historic night.

Celtics 130, Wizards 104: Long shot leader Sam Hauser buries 10 3-pointers before ankle injury

Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken in their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over the food crisis in Gaza and the conduct of war.

Crafts retailer Joann files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Joann's more than 800 stores and its website will continue to operate normally during the bankruptcy process.

EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted

The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.

Sports Illustrated’s owner reaches deal with Minute Media, which publishes Players’ Tribune, to take over
Minute Media is not acquiring SI but rather buying the publishing rights from SI’s owner, Authentic Brands Group, a brand ownership firm that owns the intellectual property.

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Mireille Pierre comforted her son Marventz, 3, while Dieufort Fleurissaint, aka "Pastor Keke," spoke to a group of Haitian migrants at the state's emergency overflow shelter for migrants at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Boston. Pastor Keke was helping distribute donations with Pastor Miniard Culpepper of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church.

‘They are assets, they are not liabilities’: Haitian-American pastor’s leadership shines amid migrant crisis

With Pastor Keke, no one is a stranger for long. Among the items and information he provides newly arrived immigrants is a business card, with his personal cellphone number. For many, those 10 digits are a lifeline.

The Boston area built a ton of lab space. Now many of those buildings are opening empty.
The region's supply of life science real estate exploded just as the once-booming industry hit a slow patch. Now what?

As crypto industry looks to widen its influence in Washington, Elizabeth Warren emerges as a target
The senator is a major critic of the wealthy industry, but toppling her in Massachusetts would be a challenge.

As more couples struggle with infertility, IVF business is booming
IVF is a growing business worldwide, especially in Massachusetts where the law requires insurance coverage.

Culture & Lifestyle

At the Orpheum Theatre, Jon Batiste dispatched heart-swelling optimism and dynamic excerpts from “We Are” and “World Music Radio.”

Jon Batiste transmits a joyful ‘World Music Radio’ at the Orpheum

The cast of "Girl From the North Country."

‘Girl From the North Country’: Tangled up in Bob

Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda and Selina Zahednia as Mona in "Shayda."

‘Shayda’ is a tribute to writer-director Noora Niasari’s own mother

Remember four years ago? When TV was our best friend?

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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Joe Biden ahead of a debate with Donald Trump in September 2020.

Trump says he’s ready to debate Biden. Don’t believe him.

The Wendy’s beef was a nothingburger

Taylor Lashua reached for a dose of methadone at the Behavioral Health Network opioid treatment clinic in Orange.

Why is it still so difficult to get life-saving addiction medications?

Leis and flowers adorn crosses at a memorial for victims of the August wildfire above the Lahaina Bypass highway in Hawaii.

IDEAS | AARON REGUNBERG AND DAVID ARKUSH

It’s time to charge oil companies with homicide

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘My personal life is my personal life.’ Healey defends decision not to disclose four-day trip.

Governor Maura Healey told reporters Monday that she intends to share information publicly about her “work-related travel."

Olga Murray, who changed the lives of children in Nepal, dies at 98

Ms. Murray was recognized by the Dalai Lama in 2001 as an “unsung hero of compassion.”

Byron Janis, pianist of romantic passion, dies at 95

Byron Janis, an American pianist renowned for his commanding performances of the romantic repertory and for his discovery of manuscript copies of two Frédéric Chopin waltzes, died Thursday in the New York City borough of Manhattan. He was 95.

Melrose fire chief placed on leave due to ‘alleged violation of city policy’

Fire Chief Ed Collina was placed on leave as of March 15, officials said.

Sports

NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin will take a turn in an unfamiliar role as the color analyst for Monday's Celtics-Pistons broadcast.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin ‘excited and a little anxious’ for Monday’s all-women Celtics broadcast

In the search to find the best talent fits for the broadcast, NBC Sports Boston collaborated with the Celtics and the Connecticut Sun.

Rob Gronkowski is heading to South Boston on April 9 for Pickleball for a Purpose, a charity event where winning fundraising teams with square off against Gronk and Patrick Chung.

Rob Gronkowski wants to whoop you at a pickleball game in Southie (for charity)

Gronk plans to bring his A game for an upcoming charity event, where winning fundraising teams will get to play pickleball against him.

It's early in the season, but the Revolution are already keeping an eye on the minutes played by Carles Gil (left).

Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

The Revolution aren’t as bad as their MLS record, but not as good as their CONCACAF record, either

The schedule has been demanding, and it will continue to be so as they face Las Aguilas in the Champions Cup quarterfinals.

Sports Illustrated’s owner reaches deal with Minute Media, which publishes Players’ Tribune, to take over

Four takeaways as the Revolution fall at home against FC Cincinnati

Watch: Ben Affleck suffers through Lakers-Warriors’ brutal 19-minute clock delay

Business

EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted

The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.

Crafts retailer Joann files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Joann's more than 800 stores and its website will continue to operate normally during the bankruptcy process.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Forget everything you know about real estate commissions

Supreme Court weighs how far federal officials can go to combat controversial posts on hot topics

magazine

Portugal Gif

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

Ten great New England spas for hydrotherapy, massage, and more

The best sandwich in Philadelphia might not be a cheesesteak

This week's daters: Giulio and Amanda

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I ordered the garlic soup (I know, dating faux pas right there)’

metro

Illustration of a man and woman standing.

Tell us: Are you in your 30s or 40s and choosing to live a childfree life?

A PC soccer great is now playing with the GOAT

Barrington, N.H., kids vote overrides Halloween tradition

sports

Julian Gressel, left, of Inter Miami dribbles against Mathieu Choinière of CF Montréal during the first half at DRV PNK Stadium on March 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

A PC soccer great is now playing with the GOAT

Red Sox reassign second baseman Nick Yorke and nine others as Opening Day approaches

Pistons at Celtics: Boston hosts another struggling team, looks for sixth straight win

business

Billboards, rented by Curie.bio, a young venture capital firm with offices in Kendall Square, are advertising to attract entrepreneurs who might need $5 million or $10 million to get a company started.

The venture capital landscape in Boston has changed over the last decade. Just look to the billboard over Mass. Pike.

How does Paris stay Paris? By pouring billions into public housing.

‘Drinks-to-go’ could become permanent, but liquor stores are pushing back

politics

This combination photo shows President Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war

Trump’s lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454m civil fraud judgment

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

Nation

The Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Supreme Court weighs how far federal officials can go to combat controversial posts on hot topics

Three people killed, infant in critical condition after SUV slams into bus shelter in San Francisco

Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestured while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, on March 18.

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital as UN says ‘famine is imminent’ in north

Blinken tells democracy summit that technology must sustain democratic values

opinion

Leis and flowers adorn crosses at a memorial for victims of the August wildfire above the Lahaina Bypass highway in Hawaii.

It’s time to charge oil companies with homicide

Compelling ourselves to look again at airman’s self-immolation

Trump’s locker room talk (and walk)

lifestyle

Rob Gronkowski is heading to South Boston on April 9 for Pickleball for a Purpose, a charity event where winning fundraising teams with square off against Gronk and Patrick Chung.

Rob Gronkowski wants to whoop you at a pickleball game in Southie (for charity)

Turns out, she’s engaged

In Roslindale, Riot Improv mixes true live storytelling and improv, with silly, surprising results

food & dining

Manager and bartender Anna Puiia prepared a to-go cocktail behind the bar at Brassica Kitchen in Jamaica Plain in 2021.

‘Drinks-to-go’ could become permanent, but liquor stores are pushing back

Staying in for St. Patrick’s Day? Here’s what to make.

Restaurant deals to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in and around Boston ☘️

travel

Nantucket is known for its idyllic waterfront, and its pricey real estate.

As summer nears, judge’s ruling could spell trouble for Nantucket short-term rentals

Manhattan for a month: Mastering the mind-set of a temporary local

What should you do if a disaster hits a destination you were planning to visit?

Arts

People looked at a new Banksy painting on a wall in London, Monday, March 18, 2024.

A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental message.

A timeline of the Gardner Museum art heist

FBI returns 22 historic artifacts to Japan after they were discovered in a Mass. home

Books

Katya Apekina, author of "Mother Doll."

Katya Apekina reconsidered her early experience as a Russian immigrant in writing her novel ‘Mother Doll’

David Breashears, climber, cinematographer brought Mount Everest to the masses, dies at 68

Dan Wakefield, multifaceted writer on a spiritual journey, dies at 91

Movies

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez look on from the front row during the first half of a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Watch: Ben Affleck suffers through Lakers-Warriors’ brutal 19-minute clock delay

The 17th Salem Film Fest cast a global net for a tight-knit community

Joe Camp, filmmaker behind ‘Benji’ franchise, dies at 84

Television

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez look on from the front row during the first half of a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Watch: Ben Affleck suffers through Lakers-Warriors’ brutal 19-minute clock delay

This week’s TV: Kristen Wiig’s ‘Palm Royale,’ the ‘Game of Thrones’ team goes sci-fi, and a favorite gets a Netflix boost

Upcoming on Netflix: Jason Bateman and Jude Law in ‘Black Rabbit’

music

Mr. Janis, a renowned concert pianist and composer, broke barriers as a Cold War culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities.

Byron Janis, pianist of romantic passion, dies at 95

Jon Batiste transmits a joyful ‘World Music Radio’ at the Orpheum

Dropkick Murphys get the St. Paddy’s party started

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet's Ji Young Chae in Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella."

Boston Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’ is a glass slipper that fits

‘Girl From the North Country’: Tangled up in Bob

Ahead of ‘The Cher Show,’ designer Bob Mackie dishes on those costumes the diva dared to wear

Health

In this May 1966 file photo, a US Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Because of concerns about Agent Orange, more than one-quarter of the 1 million Vietnam veterans receiving disability checks are getting compensation for diabetes and other common ailments of age, with erectile dysfunction among them, according to millions of VA claims records.

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

Ms. Murray in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2022. Her foundation rescued thousands of girls and young women from bonded slavery and secured meals and schooling for impoverished children.

Olga Murray, who changed the lives of children in Nepal, dies at 98

Byron Janis, pianist of romantic passion, dies at 95

Joe Camp, filmmaker behind ‘Benji’ franchise, dies at 84