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Walsh says 13 percent of Boston residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Mayor Walsh also said 23 percent of city residents age 16 or older had received at least one dose of the vaccine as of March 10.

Federal prosecutors charge two men with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after Jan. 6 attack
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with assaulting US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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.

Dave Epstein | Weather
It’s frigid out there — a fresh reminder of spring’s volatile weather
Temperatures Monday will stay in the subfreezing range for one of the colder March 15ths on record.

Man arrested for alleged attempted kidnapping of toddler in Amherst
A 35-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly breaking into the home of an Amherst couple and trying to kidnap their 20-month-old toddler the day before, police said.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’
The decree distinguished between the church’s welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions.

Police hunting for suspect in vandalism at Catholic churches in South Boston and Dorchester
Boston police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly put an unknown substance on the locks of buildings at two Catholic parishes in Dorchester and South Boston Friday morning.

US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit
The Transportation Security Administration said 1.34 million people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday, topping the 1.26 million people that TSA screened on the comparable Sunday a year ago.

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.
Here were some of the top moments from the Grammys See the full list of winners

Northeastern to hold graduation ceremonies at Fenway on May 8
The university reported that graduates will be physically distanced, sitting in the storied ballpark’s outfield and other areas both on and near the field.

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.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This week’s TV: The ‘Genius’ of Aretha, untangling QAnon, and the college admissions scandal re-enacted
Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

Tom Brady calls Drew Brees an ‘inspiration’ in message congratulating him on retirement
Brady praised Brees – the NFL’s leader in career completions and yards passing – after the 42-year-old Saints quarterback called it a career.

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.

Recommended reads

When are we going back to the office? Big employers set timelines but remain cautious
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the timeline for our return to the office is still hazy. Boston-area companies are suggesting a wide range of dates, mostly between June and September.

‘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.

Think daylight saving time should be year-round? Ed Markey, other senators do, too

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and a bipartisan group of his colleagues in the Senate have reintroduced legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.

‘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.
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.

metro

Two alarm fire strikes Jamaica Plain home

The fire at 8 Sunnyside St. in Jamaica Plain broke out around 10:45 a.m., the Boston fire department wrote in a tweet. A second alarm was struck after the fire spread up the walls to the first and second floors of the building.

Police hunting for suspect in vandalism at Catholic churches in South Boston and Dorchester

Walsh says 13 percent of Boston residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Sports

NFL free agency is here. Why should Bill Belichick have all the fun? It’s time for you to rebuild the Patriots roster

With ample cap space and the No. 15 draft pick, which players would you add? It's harder than you think.
bruins at penguins | 7 p.m. (NESN)

Will Bruins have new faces in the lineup as they take on Penguins?
college basketball

UMass men’s basketball star Tre Mitchell enters transfer portal

business

US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit

Eli Lilly presents trial data on Alzheimer drug showing promise

ElevateBio raises $525 million to fuel growth in cell and gene therapy

politics

Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia, FBI says

Federal prosecutors charge two men with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after Jan. 6 attack

South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle

Living Arts

Here’s the full list of 2021 Oscars nominees
Oscar nominations

In an Oscars first, two women are nominated for best director; Mank leads with 10 nominations

Here were some of the top moments from the Grammys

education

With stimulus, federal government makes a massive investment in child care

Salem State professors, librarians to be furloughed

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

rhode island

RHODE MAP

‘The future is now,’ Rhode Island’s new Legislative Black and Latino Caucus leader says
INNOVATORS Q&A

Curated gift boxes support Rhode Island businesses and social missions

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

Newton

Newton City Council backs plan to restore Grace Church bell tower

Despite pandemic, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters fosters new connections

At many Newton venues, the live music scene is still on hold

video

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.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Roger Lowenstein

Democrats should stop their lockstep support of teachers unions

Renée Graham

Like Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle has become a Rorschach test
EDITORIAL

Let’s spring forward — and not turn back
Scot Lehigh

Richie Neal celebrates Democrats’ big win on relief bill
Kimberly Atkins

There is no God-given right to discriminate against LGBTQ people
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

So you think you could use the Patriots’ cap space wisely? Here are the moves I’d make as GM

Northeastern’s women’s hockey team thought it could win it all last season. Now it gets its chance

Tom Brady calls Drew Brees an ‘inspiration’ in message congratulating him on retirement

metro

Watch live: Mayor Walsh speaks about COVID relief bill

‘The future is now,’ Rhode Island’s new Legislative Black and Latino Caucus leader says

It’s frigid out there — a fresh reminder of spring’s volatile weather

Nation

Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia, FBI says

Federal prosecutors charge two men with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after Jan. 6 attack

Vaccine FOMO, we’ve got it bad

World

Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’

Italians prepare for widespread lockdown Monday

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

politics

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

White House weighs new cybersecurity approach after failure to detect hacks

Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe

business

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

Billed for a college class she never took

IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way

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 decade ago, students were already showing their preference for online classes

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.

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

Here’s the full list of 2021 Oscars nominees

In an Oscars first, two women are nominated for best director; Mank leads with 10 nominations

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

Television

This week’s TV: The ‘Genius’ of Aretha, untangling QAnon, and the college admissions scandal re-enacted

New Showtime series to be based on ‘Ripley’ novels

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

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