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Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions, official says

Law enforcement officials and former associates of a 21-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket described the suspect as someone prone to sudden rage who was suspended from high school for a sudden attack on a classmate that left the student bloodied.
Biden advocates for tightened gun laws Cruz accuses Democrats of playing ‘political theater’
ADRIAN WALKER

Massachusetts proves that we don’t have to live with mass shootings

Many people have forgotten that several assault weapons actually were banned from 1994 to 2004. They remain illegal in Massachusetts.
Jeneé Osterheldt: We need more than thoughts, prayers, and gestures

On her first day as acting mayor, Kim Janey visits Charlestown school where she was bused

Janey returned to Edwards Middle School not as a scared child, but as Boston’s first Black mayor and female mayor. Her presence at that school at this historic milestone captured the progress the city she loves has made in her lifetime. Janey will officially be sworn in this morning in a ceremony beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Walsh sworn in as labor secretary by Vice President Harris

Baker defends vaccine rollout at legislative panel

National statistics show that Massachusetts now ranks among the top states for percentage of residents receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. Governor Charlie Baker highlighted that status and seemed frustrated with Democratic lawmakers who have criticized his approach.
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dan shaughnessy

Duxbury High School should dismiss its football coach after anti-Semitic play calls

The notion that a play-calling system that uses anti-Semitic terminology has been tolerated by a veteran coach at a local school is unacceptable.
ADL seeks investigation into Duxbury High football team for use of Holocaust-related terms on field
peter abraham | on baseball

Some non-statistical observations from Red Sox spring training

The numbers in the Grapefruit League mean nothing, but there are conclusions to be drawn from other things.
City tells Fenway Park street vendors they can open on April 1
celtics

Celtics’ options for the stretch run appear to come down to deal or heal

After falling below .500 again, they continue to explore trades, but the solution may lie in simply getting all of their injured players back in the lineup.

Telesurgery surges to meet pandemic needs. Think of it as Zoom for surgeons
Proximie uses augmented reality to let expert surgeons peer into far-off operating rooms and lend a hand to their less-experienced colleagues.

Obituary
Charley Hill, art detective who found ‘The Scream’ and studied the Gardner heist, dies at 73
Mr. Hill was convinced that South Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger had knowledge of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.

Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency.

Following the money: Police shut down 3 Pawtucket massage parlors
A Lincoln woman has pleaded no contest to racketeering charges and forfeited about $650,000.

Prince Harry joins coaching startup as chief impact officer
Prince Harry has joined the corporate world as employee coaching and mental health firm BetterUp Inc.’s Chief Impact Officer.

Middlesex DA seeks help naming new comfort dog
In honor of National Puppy Day, Middlesex district attorney’s office is asking children across the county to help name their newest member—their first comfort dog, a black male lab.

Opinion

Grading Massachusetts on COVID-19 vaccination
EDITORIAL

A new window for gun reform

With Democrats in control of Congress and the White House, there is no excuse to pass the buck on gun control.
Renée Graham

A shot against COVID-19 — and a fear of needles
IDEAS | Marcel Fafchamps

Was the Soviet Union an idea ahead of its time?
Kim Janey

Hello, Boston — it’s a new day for the city
Martin J. Walsh

Goodbye and thank you, Boston

Announcing: The Emancipator

A collaboration between BU's Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe's Opinion team.
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Alleging state troopers are being cheated out of overtime pay, labor union sues
The union representing Massachusetts state troopers is accusing the State Police of breaking state and federal labor laws by intentionally miscalculating what qualifies as the officers’ regular pay and, it argues, costing rank-and-file members millions a year in overtime pay.

‘Surprise, here’s a pandemic’: For the second time, their birthdays fall during COVID

Sure, things are looking up — the weather’s improving, businesses are reopening, and more people are getting vaccinated by the day — but for the second straight year, many birthdays passed with hardly a hint of fanfare.
Globe Magazine

How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed

Dennis McCarthy, a self-taught scholar working from his dinner table, is challenging decades of scholarship on the origins of the Bard’s greatest work.

Spring fever is real. And it’s a mess

With the clocks moved forward an hour and daylight stretching past 12 hours, the annual phenomenon has arrived in full, fidgety force.

Chart: How much money will each Mass. town receive from the American Rescue Plan?

Massachusetts is set to receive more than $2 billion in direct aid. Where is that money going?

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RI CRIME

Following the money: Police shut down 3 Pawtucket massage parlors

A Lincoln woman has pleaded no contest to racketeering charges and forfeited about $650,000.

George Segal, durable veteran of drama and TV comedy, dies at 87
RI POLITICS

Rhode Island’s Act on Climate bill passes House, 53-22

Sports

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Mashpee makes history, and is making the most of its abbreviated first varsity season

The Falcons, who have 11 players on the varsity team and 24 total in the program, posted their first win last week when they slipped past South Shore League foe Carver in five sets.
sports

Heat opening vaccinated-only sections for fans on April 1
bruins notebook

Bruce Cassidy hopeful that Bruins will be back at practice Wednesday

business

Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans

John Hancock offers customers rewards for getting vaccinated

Boston’s convention industry is anxious for signs of life as other parts of the economy reopen

politics

Cruz accuses Democrats of playing ‘political theater’ for proposing gun safety measures ‘every time there’s a shooting’

Democrats refuse to back nominees until Biden taps more Asian Americans

Dr. Vivek Murthy, newly confirmed surgeon general, to focus on COVID-19, opioids

Living Arts

DEVRA FIRST

Boston has a long tradition of Asian women chefs and restaurateurs. Here are eight standout businesses to support

Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ to debut on Disney+ and in theaters
TELEVISION

Wit and heart are well represented in ‘Call My Agent!’

education

The state board of higher education is pushing community colleges to offer more in-person classes this fall

State approves requests from 58 school districts to delay full-time reopening. Petitions from Boston, other towns still pending

Puerto Rico awarded $900M to help boost island’s education

rhode island

RI CRIME

Following the money: Police shut down 3 Pawtucket massage parlors
RI POLITICS

Rhode Island’s Act on Climate bill passes House, 53-22
RI CRIME

US Supreme Court to hear R.I. case involving warrantless seizure of guns

Newton

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Comfort Zone

ARTS
In Beacon Hill, the Golem rises as ‘a protector of all people’ for Passover
Julie Weitz’s “Golem v. Golem” photo installation graces the façade of Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul Jewish center.

‘Crutch’ star went straight from walking to moonwalking
The documentary follows the work of break dancer, skateboarder, and artist Bill Shannon over two decades.

COMFORT ZONE
With vast streaming libraries, what’s old is new again
The streamers know that if they have a solid catalog of old series, they are more likely to attract — and, more important, keep — subscribers.

COMFORT ZONE
By reading (and stretching, and walking, and cooking), employees are rising to the challenge
Columbia, a North Reading construction management firm, is among many companies setting wellness goals for their workers.

COMFORT ZONE
Sudbury singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on her Nashville dreams and the ‘random thing’ that got everyone’s attention
The TikTok of her singing “She’s Mine,” recorded in her car, has been viewed over 1.7 million times.

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

EDITORIAL

Money talks: The MBTA walks back service cuts
Elizabeth Dugan

How Massachusetts can become a living laboratory for aging
MARCELA GARCÍA

Border ‘crisis’ misses the big picture
Jean Accius

A living laboratory must close the equity and opportunity gaps

Joan Vennochi

Change the system that allowed for 76 COVID-19 deaths at Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Just what is the BettyLab cooking up for girls?

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?

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On the cover

How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed
Globe Magazine

Inside the effort to build trust in COVID vaccines
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I told him to ignore any weird snoring cause my dog was sleeping’
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online, March 22-28

sports

Canadiens games postponed through Sunday due to COVID-19

Ronaldo’s games are moving to CBS next season

Celtics’ options for the stretch run appear to come down to deal or heal

metro

Middlesex DA seeks help naming new comfort dog

We need more than thoughts, prayers, and gestures. We need gun reform

The state board of higher education is pushing community colleges to offer more in-person classes this fall

Nation

Government data show race, region disparities in school reopening

Cruz accuses Democrats of playing ‘political theater’ for proposing gun safety measures ‘every time there’s a shooting’

Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions, official says

World

Israel vote deadlock: Netanyahu appears short of majority

Hong Kong suspends Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines over packaging defects

White House: North Korea conducted short-range missile test

politics

Walsh sworn in as labor secretary by Vice President Harris

Democrats campaigned hard on gun control. Will they follow through?

Three things Kim Janey needs to do right now if she wants a full term as Boston’s mayor

business

‘We don’t know how long people can hang on’: New fund launches to help Chinatown restaurants, residents

Boston Scientific to pay $2.8 million to Massachuetts in multi-state settlement over surgical mesh devices

City tells Fenway Park street vendors they can open on April 1

lifestyle

Recipe: Make an aromatic rice pilaf with chickpeas and olives for the Passover table

Recipe: Almond torte is a tender, orange-scented cake for the Passover table

A kitchen compost bin you won’t want to hide

marijuana

Five will exit White House over past use of marijuana

Marijuana-infused ice cream is coming to a dispensary near you, just in time for summer

A green wave? Mexico’s marijuana market may be middling

opinion

Was the Soviet Union an idea ahead of its time?

A new window for gun reform

When it comes to gun violence, the issue is clear

food & dining

Boston has a long tradition of Asian women chefs and restaurateurs. Here are eight standout businesses to support

Recipe: A juicy braised chicken with crispy skin is a festive Seder dish or a mid-week Passover dinner

From Bundt to bunnies

travel

Janet Wu on Africa, Asia, a bar with good onions, and being a grandmother

Make the most of spring muck

How to use your travel vouchers and credits

Books

From Bowie to Beyoncé, Berklee authors look at musicians as models of innovation

Recalling a medium’s first ladies in ‘When Women Invented Television’

A new biography gives us Francis Bacon in full

Movies

Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ to debut on Disney+ and in theaters

‘Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal’ reenacts and reorients a scandal

The play’s the thing? Not always on screen it isn’t

Television

Wit and heart are well represented in ‘Call My Agent!’

With vast streaming libraries, what’s old is new again

This week’s TV: The life of Tina Turner, ‘City on a Hill,’ and the return of ‘Shtisel’

music

Sudbury singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on her Nashville dreams and the ‘random thing’ that got everyone’s attention

Strike up the band! Live music will return to Tanglewood this summer

The era of genius worship must end with James Levine

Theater/Dance

‘Crutch’ star went straight from walking to moonwalking

‘The Conjurors’ Club’ is not quite magical enough

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

globe local

A president’s visit, Little League heroics, fires and funerals: A small town rallies to save its history

Tom Brady’s one-time condo in Back Bay is now on the market

Should sports betting be legalized in Massachusetts?

Obituaries

George Segal, durable veteran of drama and TV comedy, dies at 87

Charley Hill, art detective who found ‘The Scream’ and studied the Gardner heist, dies at 73

George Bass, archaeologist of the ocean floor, dies at 88