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Twenty-one first-degree murderers set free under state’s new compassionate release law
In all, 21 convicted murderers sentenced to life without parole have been released under the state’s three-year-old medical parole law, state records show. Most of them were released as COVID-19 swept through the state’s prisons.

Grammy Awards
Who run the Grammys? Women. Beyoncé, Swift make history
Female performers including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards, a jam-packed but socially distanced show highlighted by live music sorely absent during the pandemic era.

Jeneé Osterheldt: With ‘Black Is King,’ Beyoncé crowns the culture Jeneé Osterheldt: Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ Netflix documentary is black history

An energetic Grammys, with nods to the real world
Host Trevor Noah seemed determined that the novelty of the entire night could be a water cooler moment in itself.

Photos: What the stars wore on the red carpet A complete list of the winners (and nominees)

Celtics 134, Rockets 107
Celtics cruise past hapless Rockets in Houston
Boston stumbled out of the gate, but quickly took control against a team which was severely shorthanded and lost for the 16th straight time.

Gary Washburn: Williams gives the Celtics elements Theis and Thompson just can’t

MARVIN HAGLER: 1954-2021
Marvin Hagler, dominant middleweight boxer, redefined fortitude in a ring
Renowned for his punishing fists and for treating bouts as battles, Mr. Hagler was the undisputed world middleweight champ for seven years.

Appreciation: Marvin Hagler’s legendary career was truly marvelous, indeed
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Oscar nominations Monday could belong to ‘Mank’ and Netflix

Nominations to the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday will look — in more ways than one — unlike they ever have before.

A year when how you watched mattered as much as what you watched

The pandemic radically changed the movies. What will the future bring?

Why rewatching your favorite TV show feels so good right now

By returning to beloved storylines and characters, we come to what experts call a “stable site of self-presence.” Researchers explain it as acknowledging our past and current situation and being able to confront what comes next.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

A wave of evictions is not inevitable. It’s a policy choice.

The solution to the looming eviction crisis is as simple as giving renters cash.
Abdallah Fayyad

Biden wants to cancel $10,000 in student debt. That’s not enough.
Adam Looney

Student loan debt relief should be targeted to those who need it
LETTERS

Family of victim in Newton police shooting wants crisis training to be mandatory
EDITORIAL

Let’s make a deal. Again.

The Fine Print
Billed for a college class she never took
Maya Hazarika said she logged into her student account once and only briefly. She doesn’t remember seeing a bill. She said she assumed she would not be considered enrolled until she paid for the class.

Patriots trade OL Marcus Cannon to Houston Texans for draft picks
The Patriots get picks in the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds of next month's draft — but its unclear which ones they'll be exchanging with Houston.

Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe
President Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is under investigation after multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Fauci says vaccine hesitancy among Republicans poses a risk: ‘I just don’t get it’
Reluctance among certain parts of the population to receiving a vaccine is one of the biggest risks to coronavirus control efforts, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Polling shows that many Republicans, especially men, don’t want a vaccine.

Tiny town, big decision: What are we willing to pay to fight the rising sea?
The people in the town are facing a question that is starting to echo along the US coastline as seas rise and storms intensify.

Dr. Carola Eisenberg, human rights group founder and groundbreaking woman dean at MIT and Harvard, dies at 103
“I like to persevere,” Dr. Eisenberg said of what she faced as a woman in medicine and risking her life as a human rights advocate.

Recommended reads

What we lost, what we found

One year ago, our world shut down. We went home. Schools and stores closed. We lost jobs and loved ones, went mad with loneliness, took risks to help others, waited on God, forestalled futures. We learned to fear. What we didn’t always realize: We were together in isolation, and our many private moments would tell a story of discovery and resilience, and of an indelible mark made upon us.

‘It is surreal’: Kim Janey, nearing mayoral history, reflects on her life in Boston
For the first time since the Boston mayoralty was established in 1822, there will be a mayor who is both Black and a woman.

‘You just dig yourself into a hole, and you can’t climb out of it’: In Maine, addiction crisis deepened by the pandemic
Maine, like most states, is beginning to reopen as COVID-19 cases decline. But the collateral damage already done to people struggling with drugs and alcohol — through anxiety, relapse, and death — has been a heavy blow for the state and its recovery community.

metro

INNOVATORS Q&A
Curated gift boxes support Rhode Island businesses and social missions
Giving Beyond the Box curates gift boxes that feature products by Rhode Island businesses and companies with social missions.

In Rhode Island, March Madness means filling out your lieutenant governor bracket

‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler, dominant middleweight boxer, dies

Sports

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
Williams gives the Celtics elements Theis and Thompson just can’t
It’s become painfully obvious that the Celtics’ best big man, their most productive center, plays fewer than 20 minutes per game.

EMass football: Xaverian’s Michael Berluti headlines Players of the Week

In Fall II, the weekly football schedule is a daily exercise in flexibility

business

ElevateBio raises $525 million to fuel growth in cell and gene therapy
The Cambridge firm acts as a holding company that incubates, launches, and runs multiple biotech companies. It also runs a research, development, and manufacturing hub in Waltham.

When are we going back to the office? Big employers set timelines but remain cautious

Billed for a college class she never took

politics

Biden, Harris and others to promote relief plan’s benefits
President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and their spouses are opening an ambitious, cross-country tour this week to highlight the benefits of his $1.9 trillion plan to defeat the coronavirus and boost the economy.

White House weighs new cybersecurity approach after failure to detect hacks

Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe

Living Arts

An energetic Grammys, with nods to the real world
Host Trevor Noah seemed determined that the novelty of the entire night could be a water cooler moment in itself.

Bill Burr predicted feminists will go ‘nuts’ over his Grammys appearance

Photos: What the stars wore on the Grammys red carpet

education

With stimulus, federal government makes a massive investment in child care
The beleaguered Massachusetts child-care system is expected to reap more than $500 million, including money that can be used to stabilize budgets, hire additional staff, or boost pay for overworked employees.

Salem State professors, librarians to be furloughed

‘It feels like whiplash’: After state mandate, districts work to reopen schools

rhode island

INNOVATORS Q&A
Curated gift boxes support Rhode Island businesses and social missions
Giving Beyond the Box curates gift boxes that feature products by Rhode Island businesses and companies with social missions.

In Rhode Island, March Madness means filling out your lieutenant governor bracket
CORONAVIRUS

Frustrations mount as more people try to schedule COVID-19 vaccines

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

ART

MFA lends JFK painting to President Biden: ‘It’s a portrait of steadiness and a portrait of listening’

The museum says the new president personally requested the painting.
COMFORT ZONE

Seven lucky ways to mark St. Patrick’s Day

Boston musicians and nonprofits save the day with a series of fun, safe events.
GALLERIES

Painter Rosie Ranauro is alive to the body’s grief and joy

Her art revolves around the experience of her body, with concurrent shows at LaMontagne Gallery and Brookline Arts Center.
FAMILY

Irish, officially

Citizenship through Foreign Births Registration is open to those with at least one grandparent born in Ireland. Here’s how I used my pandemic downtime to honor my roots.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Our kids were sent home from school a year ago this week. What have we learned?

Google classroom, meltdowns, inertia. All bad. But for parents, a year of firsts also offered lessons that should last.

‘Married at First Sight’ is casting in Boston

Marriage therapist Viviana Coles, who works for the show, describes how they choose singles.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | GREG M. EPSTEIN

A truly inclusive vision of America recognizes the nonreligious, too
IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

Photographer Adam Schluter captures the surprising intimacy of talking with strangers
EDITORIAL

State needs to hurry up with restaurant aid
Christina Severin and Michael Curry

Telemedicine can address historic structural inequities
JEFF JACOBY

Heed the science and abolish daylight saving time
IDEAS | ANDY ROSEN

The next pandemic challenge: Reacquainting ourselves with everyday risks

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
On the cover

Chaplains and the rise of on-demand spiritual support

Threads of Memory

Quilters are weaving personal histories of the Black experience
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I transferred my food to real plates, while my date ate out of the takeout containers’
Cooking

Four recipes that go beyond pork chops and applesauce

sports

Celtics cruise past hapless Rockets in Houston

Lehigh topples BU women’s basketball in Patriot League championship game

Truex wins NASCAR’s race at Phoenix

metro

Coast Guard rescues fisherman experiencing chest pains while at sea

Dr. Carola Eisenberg, human rights group founder and groundbreaking woman dean at MIT and Harvard, dies at 103

Twenty-one first-degree murderers set free under state’s new compassionate release law

Nation

Oscar nominations Monday could belong to ‘Mank’ and Netflix

Who run the Grammys? Women. Beyoncé, Swift make history

Biden, Harris and others to promote relief plan’s benefits

World

Italians prepare for widespread lockdown Monday

On Mexico’s border with US, desperation as migrant traffic piles up

Germany launches election year with losses for Merkel’s party in 2 states

politics

Police shrugged off the Proud Boys, until they attacked the Capitol

Administration’s first Cabinet-level trip abroad will focus on concerns about China, North Korea

Pelosi questions Cuomo’s future and urges him to ‘look inside’

business

IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way

‘For the first time, we can see the other side’: The stimulus and spring are coming for restaurants

State vaccine site is a big improvement, but still hardly perfect

lifestyle

Why rewatching your favorite TV show feels so good right now

Why is it taking so long to move on?

Ready to go al fresco? Outdoor dining in most Boston areas to begin earlier than planned, on March 22

marijuana

Mexico set to legalize marijuana, becoming world’s largest market

A guide to the Rhode Island Senate’s plan to legalize cannabis

Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it

opinion

A wave of evictions is not inevitable. It’s a policy choice.

Biden wants to cancel $10,000 in student debt. That’s not enough.

Student loan debt relief should be targeted to those who need it

food & dining

Ready to go al fresco? Outdoor dining in most Boston areas to begin earlier than planned, on March 22

These patios are open for springtime gatherings

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

travel

After a year of COVID delays, the Langham Boston will return in grand style this summer

These new (and newly remodeled) Boston hotels offer a safe escape from the same four walls

Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont

Books

Thrillers, mysteries, and short stories by women

Amazon is everywhere — and in ‘Fullfillment’ Alec MacGillis looks at how much it has cost us

The making of a classic American film in ‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’

Movies

A year when how you watched mattered as much as what you watched

Doc Talk: The Irish famine remembered; black holes investigated; Truth or Consequences (the town, that is) examined

New Netflix series next month to look at 1990 Gardner art heist

Television

New Showtime series to be based on ‘Ripley’ novels

Lockdown inspired some TV trends that we could be seeing for a long time

Waiting to see if ‘The One’ is a good match for me

music

An energetic Grammys, with nods to the real world

Once, Boston was ‘a special place’ where musicians thrived

Time-traveling with the Grammys

Theater/Dance

Jacob’s Pillow is a go with an all-outdoor dance festival

In ‘A Brimful of Asha’ and ‘The Pink Unicorn,’ mothers grapple with the independence and identities of their children

ART’s ‘The Conjurors’ Club’ brings magic and illusion into your home, ‘secret package’ and all

globe local

After receiving his second COVID-19 shot, Yo-Yo Ma staged an impromptu performance at Mass. clinic

Newton City Council backs plan to restore Grace Church bell tower

Missing Dogs Massachusetts goes all-out to find lost pets

Obituaries

‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler, dominant middleweight boxer, dies

Dr. Carola Eisenberg, human rights group founder and groundbreaking woman dean at MIT and Harvard, dies at 103

Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape, dies at 94