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Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Black Hawk Down’ star, dies
The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager Charles Lago said.

In fatal police shootings, how do Mass. prosecutors respond?
District attorneys are responsible for death investigations across the state, even when the killers are their partners in law enforcement.

At CPAC, election deniers thrive and the Trump train chugs ahead

The conference, best known as CPAC, is unfolding on the banks of the Potomac River at a delicate moment for Republican politics.

With new ownership comes new beginnings for Bay State Banner

“We’re really interested in making the content important beyond just the clicks.”

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life without parole in the fatal shootings of his wife, son

Prosecutors asked for a life sentence to hold Murdaugh responsible for what they say are decades of lying, stealing and using his family’s considerable clout in their tiny county to his advantage.
A Murdaugh family death in 1940 was also suspicious — and eerily similar

NETS 115, CELTICS 105
Celtics allow a 28-point first-half lead to slip away, fail to bounce back, and lose to the Nets
With the loss, the Celtics slipped a full game back of the idle Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Board grants parole for Ramadan Shabazz, convicted of murder in 1971

In federal lawsuit, New York woman alleges her L.L. Bean boots weren’t waterproof as advertised
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Getting baseball up to speed again is reason to rejoice, and other thoughts

In this opinion, the pitch clock is one of the three most important changes in the game over the last 100 years.
Tell us: Do you think recent MLB rule changes will improve the fan experience? Red Sox lefty James Paxton leaves his start after 1⅔ innings with apparent injury

Jayson Tatum turns 25 with impressive numbers at a young age and an eye on future Celtics gains

Tatum scored 9,429 points before turning 25, the most in team history and the seventh-most among all NBA players.
LOVE LETTERS

My wife won’t go back to work

“She does nothing.”
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Haitians are desperately looking for sponsors in Boston

Haitian asylum seekers are not having luck finding financial supporters to apply for a new humanitarian parole program. And Boston’s Haitian diaspora is feeling the strain.
NEWSLETTER

The natural beauty of natural hair
Joan Wickersham

Whose garden is it?
JEFF JACOBY

A national divorce would solve nothing
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Fairness demands a better solution to North End outdoor dining
The Emancipator

The Black opioid crisis reveals that barriers to treatment must come down

Urban Black communities are now ground zero for overdose deaths, yet Black people don’t get the same access to life saving medication. Systemic racism in healthcare is making this epidemic deadlier.
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More recent News

Water main break in Newton slows traffic at Mass. Pike ramps

Drivers are asked to avoid the area as crews worked Friday evening to repair the water main break at the intersection of Washington and Centre streets, according to police.

Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit by Whitey Bulger’s family blaming prison officials for his murder

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. ruled that prison officials have broad discretion about where to house inmates or whether to isolate them from other inmates.

‘It becomes part of your life’: Ukrainians experience grief, resolve as Russian invasion enters second year
“It’s been a lot of pain and grief and just feeling anxiety over the past year,” said Alex Nikanov, 20, a Northeastern University student whose family is in Ukraine. “It’s something that we think about every day. ... It becomes part of your life.”

One dead after fatal North Reading crash

A Ford F-150 pickup truck and a Hyundai Elantra collided on Park Street near Central Street around 1:40 p.m. Friday., North Reading police said.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Quincy to host ‘Remember the Ladies’ program
“Remember the Ladies,” a tea and conversation celebrating five local women, will be held Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Quincy High School, city officials said in a statement.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘It’s like she reads the whole newspaper and I just read the sports section’
Will this retired history buff have a date to remember?

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‘It’s loud and it’s repetitive.’ Some Wellesley residents sour on pickleball and its ‘pop pop pop.’
The Wellesley Recreation Commission held a hearing Friday for residents to air their complaints about noisy pickleball matches being played close to their homes.

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Photos: Maple syrup, a sweet sign of spring in New England

An Auburn man brings jugs of maple syrup to his neighbors who allow him to tap their trees for sap. “When you tap a tree, you give it a little pat and thank it. It’s a spiritual thing,” Bruce Hopper said. “It’s much more than an escape, it’s total serenity. You’re one with nature.'

Water main break in Newton slows traffic at Mass. Pike ramps

Drivers are asked to avoid the area as crews worked Friday evening to repair the water main break at the intersection of Washington and Centre streets, according to police.

With new ownership comes new beginnings for Bay State Banner

“We’re really interested in making the content important beyond just the clicks.”

Want to know what Boston’s electeds text each other? Good luck

In response to a Globe public records request seeking texts from and to Mayor Michelle Wu from Jan. 20-27, the city did not produce a single one, claiming the mayor “does not conduct official City business via text message and does not retain text messages.”

Sports

PRIDE 5, WHITECAPS 4 (SO)

Pride top Whitecaps in shootout

Jillian Dempsey and Loren Gabel scored to answer a comeback attempt by Minnesota, which scored twice in the final minute of regulation to tie it.
MIAA boys' basketball tournament

With a veteran poise, guards Noah Beaudet, Matty Mahoney lead the way for No. 24 seed Norwood in Division 2 first-round win at No. 9 Foxborough

Norwood’s backcourt duo combined to score all the points in the final frame — capped by Beaudet’s four free throws in the last minute — as the Mustangs (18-4) earned a 60-58 win.
NETS 115, CELTICS 105

Celtics allow a 28-point first-half lead to slip away, fail to bounce back, and lose to the Nets

With the loss, the Celtics slipped a full game back of the idle Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: DRACUT 77, NOTRE DAME-HINGHAM 49

With a swift and decisive run, Dracut girls’ basketball pulls away for Division 2 first-round win over Notre Dame-Hingham
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At Bridgewater-Raynham, Nate Leach has lived up to — and even exceeded — all the projections of him as a champion wrestler

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Labs at the mall? Why not. Top floor of CambridgeSide set to become lab space

Boston-based SmartLabs has leased the top floor of 100 CambridgeSide, with a plan to offer turnkey laboratory space that can be customized for life-science companies ranging in size from 10 to 100 employees.

Businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 presidential bid

Johnson tried to run for Michigan governor last year but was deemed by the state’s elections bureau to have filed thousands of fraudulent nominating signatures.

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Blind date: ‘It’s like she reads the whole newspaper and I just read the sports section’

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Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit by Whitey Bulger’s family blaming prison officials for his murder

In honor of Women’s History Month, Quincy to host ‘Remember the Ladies’ program

In fatal police shootings, how do Mass. prosecutors respond?

sports

Kurt Kitayama holds a two-shot lead at Bay Hill Invitational

After jam-packed two weeks, NHL trade deadline passes in relative quiet

Dmitry Orlov has been with the Bruins a week, and he’s already come out firing

business

Back Door Donuts to open Boston pop-up on Lansdowne Street

Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia

In federal lawsuit, New York woman alleges her L.L. Bean boots weren’t waterproof as advertised

politics

At CPAC, election deniers thrive and the Trump train chugs ahead

Businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 presidential bid

Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg announces terminal cancer

Nation

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban

Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Black Hawk Down’ star, dies

Murdaugh’s fall from grace ends in life sentence for murder

World

US, South Korea announce largest field exercises in 5 years

Belarus sentences Nobel Peace laureate to 10 years in prison

King Charles III picks France, Germany for 1st state visits

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The Black opioid crisis reveals that barriers to treatment must come down

Beacon Hill’s royals enjoy exalted raises

Attack of the new rules

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Specialty food and drink, plant and culinary workshops, and vast horticultural displays at Utopia festival

My wife won’t go back to work

March is a popular divorce month. Here’s what to know if you’re considering a breakup

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At Tonino, thoughtful Italian food for the neighborhood

Loco Taqueria aims to open in the Fenway by April; Dine Out Boston launches deals at more than 100 restaurants citywide

travel

$452 bill charged after requesting help for lost engagement ring

Cool classes on the Cape, a winter fest in Portland, and personal alarms for travel and daily life

Howie Day on Alaska, not living in a bubble, and how to make easy iced coffee on the road

Arts

An early climate warning lies in the paintings of JMW Turner and Claude Monet, new research shows

At the MFA, a small photography show leaves a big impression

Intimate moments of self-reflection in seemingly ordinary spaces in Helena Wurzel’s solo exhibition

Books

In ‘Liliana’s Invincible Summer,’ Cristina Rivera Garza gives a searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact

Jenny Odell on breaking free of the ultimate tyranny in ‘Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock’

NoViolet Bulawayo on horror stories and talking animals in Zimbabwe’s culture

Movies

Our movie critic is a sucker for boxing movies. Here are 5 favorites.

‘Return to Seoul’ is a patience-testing trip

New documentary ‘American Bolshevik’ looks at the vilification of the coyote

Television

Reboot trend heads back to court with ‘Matlock’

‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ goes its own way just enough to avoid being secondhand news

With ‘The Last of Us,’ the waiting is the best part

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Saxophone legend Wayne Shorter embodied the tension between the form and freedom of jazz

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Weyes Blood examines contemporary life in times of crisis

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A free spirit soars beyond convention in ART’s ‘The Wife of Willesden’

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