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US claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion

Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that US leaders said put Russia another step closer to launching what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine.
Harris says there is a ‘real possibility of war’ in Europe as Russia threatens Ukraine Russia may target multiple cities in Ukraine, US says

‘We’re not going to back down’: As threat of Russian invasion looms, local Ukrainians remain resilient

COVID-19: THE LATEST

UK to scrap all remaining COVID restrictions next week

Threats and outbursts directed at local health leaders are driving many to quit

One dead, five wounded in shooting at a Portland protest against police violence

The shooting appeared to be “a confrontation between armed protesters and an armed homeowner,” Lt. Nathan Sheppard said Sunday. “That’s what the preliminary investigation is indicating.”

Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard hits Wisconsin assistant in handshake line after Badgers’ victory
Howard became upset after Wisconsin called a timeout in the closing seconds of a game it already put of reach.

Murders of two Black Winthrop residents cited among white supremacist killings in ADL report

The murders of two Black people gunned down in Winthrop last year by a man who wrote white supremacist screeds was cited by the Anti-Defamation League in a report that warned of the threat posed by domestic extremists.
THE FINE PRINT

A leaky oil tank could cost a young couple their dream home

A leaky oil tank could cost a young Wareham couple their dream home

Why are beef prices so high? Some ranchers and the White House say it’s more than just inflation.

Beef and veal at grocery stores cost 16 percent more in January than they did a year earlier, and the profit margins of the four largest meatpackers have tripled in the past two years. But ranchers aren’t cashing in.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Baker’s first T board was a success. His new one still needs to prove itself.

Thus far, the new board has shown a lack of urgency in facing critical issues like safety and reduced ridership.
IDEAS | ALOLIKA DUTTA

A poet in India finds inspiration in photographs of polar bears in Russia

RENÉE GRAHAM

Turning the Sunshine State into a state of hate

LETTERS

Winter Olympics stagger to a close

JEFF JACOBY

The ‘Little Magician’ who transformed American politics

Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health
PROJECT TAKEOUT

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.
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Grafton man, 21, killed when car plunges into water off Menauhant Beach

State Police divers entered the water around noon, and found the car 15 to 20 feet from the shore in about 5 feet of water, a spokesman said.

MUSIC REVIEW
A decadent 25th birthday for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Perhaps it’s fitting that for its 25th birthday celebration, Boston Modern Orchestra Project chose to champion Symphony Hall’s often seen but rarely heard 1950 pipe organ, throwing open the doors for a free concert.

love letters
We’re never single at the same time
"He’s married, but he says he has always been in love with me."

Queen Elizabeth’s COVID diagnosis spurs an outpouring of support and concern for her
News that Queen Elizabeth II had contracted the coronavirus spread around the world on Sunday.

Elizabeth N. Smith trailblazed through an integrated Boston Public Schools first as a student, then as a teacher

In the 1870s, Smith started teaching at The Phillips School in Boston’s West End, one of the first schools to teach both Black and white students in the city. There, Smith became the first Black educator to teach in an integrated Boston public school.

Four injured, including 8-year-old girl, when SUV crashes into Five Guys in Framingham

A driver was pulling into a spot at the restaurant Saturday on Cochituate Road when she hit the accelerator, drove through the windows, and into the dining area. People were struck by both the SUV and broken glass from the windows, causing injuries.

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Spotlight Follow-up

Mass. General pays $14.6 million to settle whistle-blower suit over concurrent surgeries

Anesthesiologist Lisa Wollman alleged that at least five orthopedic surgeons regularly kept patients under anesthesia longer than medically necessary because the doctors were juggling two operations at once.

In N.H., a ski race that doesn’t really get going until the hallucinations start
All you have to do is ski a mile and a quarter up to the top of Black Mountain, to the spot where the beloved vintage double chair lift unloads, and then ski back down.

Some on the right have first Black woman justice’s qualifications under a microscope. It’s not a new strategy.
Insinuating that the bar has been lowered to nominate a person of color to the Supreme Court happened with Thurgood Marshall in 1967, and will likely happen again with Biden’s yet-to-be-named pick.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Boston has had a turnstile of superintendents. Why can’t BPS hold onto them?
Boston will search for a superintendent during a time of great upheaval in public schools across the country.

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Culture & Lifestyle

MATTHEW GILBERT

‘Law & Order’ should have remained a closed case

Paul McCartney has a date at Fenway Park on June 7

New York and Boston mix when Dance Now returns to Cambridge for two weekends

BOOKS

Boston teacher creates online bookstore for Black children

Special Projects

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

MARCELA GARCÍA

Oh my guac! The truth behind the short-lived avocado crisis of 2022.

EDITORIAL

Let police in Mass. snoop more often — with judicial approval

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Bring back the woolly mammoth? Steal DNA? The prospects and pitfalls of rewriting life.

IDEAS | HEATHER E. GOODMAN

In spelling, there’s always room for ‘improvemeant’

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

I don’t need Eminem’s knee. I need the NFL to own its systemic racism problem.

IDEAS | JOE KEOHANE

Why does parenthood make us nostalgic?

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

UK to scrap all remaining COVID restrictions next week

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.

Threats and outbursts directed at local health leaders are driving many to quit

Across Massachusetts, the exodus from such battering from critics and burnout includes health directors from Framingham, Oak Bluffs, and East Longmeadow, which also saw two of its three health board members resign amid mask debates.

Weston man suffers severe injury in snowmobile crash in New Hampshire

The man suffered a severe leg injury while his young son, who was a passenger on the snowmobile, was not hurt, New Hampshire officials said.

Murders of two Black Winthrop residents cited among white supremacist killings in ADL report

The murders of two Black people gunned down in Winthrop last year by a man who wrote white supremacist screeds was cited by the Anti-Defamation League in a report that warned of the threat posed by domestic extremists.

Sports

Men's College Basketball | Wisconsin 77, Michigan 63

Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard hits Wisconsin assistant in handshake line after Badgers’ victory

Howard became upset after Wisconsin called a timeout in the closing seconds of a game it already put of reach.
red sox

Tanner Houck was like a yo-yo in 2021, going from the majors to the minors, and that’s an issue in baseball’s labor talks

The Red Sox were operating within their rights in bouncing the 25-year-old between their top minor league affiliate and the big leagues throughout last season.

Elusiveness and grace carried Washington WR Charley Taylor to Hall of Fame

When Mr. Taylor finished his career in 1977, he was the NFL’s all-time leading pass catcher.
John Powers | On Olympics

As the curtain falls on another messy Olympics, the Games just aren’t what they used to be

Emile Francis dies at 95; rebuilt NHL’s Rangers as coach and general manager

Olympics

Despite turbulence and controversy, sportsmanship was on display at these Olympics

Business

US claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion

Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that US leaders said put Russia another step closer to launching what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine.

Families may face higher costs when Tufts Children’s Hospital closes

The move will make Boston Children’s Hospital, already the dominant and most expensive pediatric hospital in the region, even more powerful and could force insurers and families with sick children to pay more for health care.

CEO Gerngross resigns from Waltham biotech working on COVID-19 antibody treatment

THE FINE PRINT

A leaky oil tank could cost a young couple their dream home

STAT

‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

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Globe Magazine

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

GLOBE MAGAZINE

No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.

PERSPECTIVE

If we love our pets so much, why do we treat their veterinarians so poorly?

Cooking

Recipes: Sturdy and sweet, kale amps up the flavor and texture of 3 dishes

metro

Elusiveness and grace carried Washington WR Charley Taylor to Hall of Fame

‘We’re not going to back down’: As threat of Russian invasion looms, local Ukrainians remain resilient

Elizabeth N. Smith trailblazed through an integrated Boston Public Schools first as a student, then as a teacher

sports

See photos from the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics

How Team USA fared at the 2022 Winter Olympics: A sport-by-sport analysis

2022 Winter Olympics: See the results and medal winners

business

As companies offering 15-minute grocery delivery grow in Boston, so does scrutiny of how they operate

Russia may target multiple cities in Ukraine, US says

Survivor found in burning ferry off Greek island; 11 missing

politics

Harris says there is a ‘real possibility of war’ in Europe as Russia threatens Ukraine

Biden is still willing to talk to Putin, Blinken says

Why are beef prices so high? Some ranchers and the White House say it’s more than just inflation.

Nation

Harris says there is a ‘real possibility of war’ in Europe as Russia threatens Ukraine

One dead, five wounded in shooting at a Portland protest against police violence

CDC isn’t publishing large portions of the COVID-19 data it collects

World

US claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion

Justice Department set to modify Trump-era program aimed at fighting Chinese threats

Queen Elizabeth’s COVID diagnosis spurs an outpouring of support and concern for her

opinion

Oh my guac! The truth behind the short-lived avocado crisis of 2022.

Wu’s proposed real estate transfer tax deserves Legislature’s blessing

Let police in Mass. snoop more often — with judicial approval

lifestyle

10 unforgettable guest stars who appeared on ‘Arthur’

We’re never single at the same time

The Manchester-by-the-Sea home where Ghislaine Maxwell lived to list for $7.3 million

food & dining

Mooo moves into the Seaport; Ruckus returns to Chinatown

A friendly Brookline spot serves traditional food the way it’s made in Anatolia

5 restaurants to visit when you want to get away

travel

Expedia CEO predicts the ‘busiest travel season ever’ this summer

These days, apres-ski can mean coaster rides and ziplining

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

Arts

Kerry Tribe uses language as a medium in ‘Onomatopoeia’

At the Gardner, Zanele Muholi contains and represents multitudes

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born artist who won fame at 89, dies at 106

Books

In Neal Thompson’s ‘The First Kennedys,’ how one brave widow built an American dynasty

Garrett Hongo: reading through Los Angeles and Hawaii

Maud Casey’s fourth novel takes us inside an asylum for women

Movies

Volcanic activity, an ‘Alien’ sighting, inscrutable icons

A Baltic state of mind

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

Television

With Jeff Bridges in remission, ‘The Old Man’ is set for summer

‘Law & Order’ should have remained a closed case

Olivia Colman’s presence raises ‘Expectations’ for miniseries

music

A decadent 25th birthday for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Dua Lipa dazzles at TD Garden

At BSO, Blomstedt returns with glowing Bruckner

Theater/Dance

An array of Donnas in ‘Summer,’ a musical that sets out to capture a rich and complex life

Before she left Boston, Donna Summer found her voice

A vision of Miriam Makeba in ‘Dreaming Zenzile’

globe local

Framingham Eagle Scout gives back to Perkins School for the Blind

Maynard’s pollinator meadow puts native species first

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

Obituaries

Elusiveness and grace carried Washington WR Charley Taylor to Hall of Fame

Emile Francis dies at 95; rebuilt NHL’s Rangers as coach and general manager

Leslie Parnas, celebrated cellist and musical diplomat, dies at 90