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Employee Fernando Zambrano working in the kitchen at Democracy Brewing. A little over a year ago, Democracy Brewing instituted a 3.5 percent kitchen appreciation fee, which goes toward padding the wages of back-of-house workers.

More restaurants are adding extra fees to your bill to help tip the balance for back-of-house workers

Eateries are trying to close the long-standing gap in pay for people who serve the food and those who prepare it.

‘Blarney Blowout’ celebrations in Amherst send 28 to hospitals for alcohol intoxication Saturday, officials say

An annual early St. Patrick’s Day celebration by college students Saturday led to more than two dozen people being taken to hospitals following a day of binge drinking.

Five people are dead at a South Yarmouth nursing home after a COVID-19 outbreak

As of Saturday, 75 residents have been infected with the coronavirus, 23 of whom have recovered. Another 19 cases have been reported involving staff, including five who have recovered.

Passenger dies of injuries suffered during severe turbulence on business plane over New England

Extreme turbulence caused the death of a passenger on a business flight that departed from Keene, N.H., on Friday, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Connecticut.

Chris Rock appears at the Television Critics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2020.

Chris Rock addresses Will Smith slap during Netflix comedy special

On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Chiefs’ Travis Kelce pokes fun at rival brother in opening monologue

Ex-Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he won’t challenge Trump for president in 2024

Robert O’Shea, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority’s longtime community liaison, alleged that he was terminated in February after repeatedly standing up on behalf of Black guests and employees.

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority discriminates against Black employees, vendors, and convention guests, employees charge

Four Black employees recently filed formal complaints with the state attorney general charging racial discrimination in hiring, promotion, and working conditions at the agency that runs the state's convention centers.

Enslaved potter David Drake searched for his family. More than 150 years later, they’ve found him.
"He was sending these messages," said Daisy Whitner, David Drake’s great-great-great-granddaughter. "He wanted people to know: I’m a human being; treat me as such." At the MFA, his poem jars are part of an exhibition of enslaved potters’ work.

Foundation stirs controversy by charging cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug
Unlike most people who receive medications yet to be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, none of these patients are getting the vaccines as part of a clinical trial.

An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

With a massive investigation at stake, her allegations have sent shockwaves through New Bedford’s police department, courthouses, and jail cells.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

As DeSantis makes their child a target, a family decides to relocate her to Massachusetts

A mother and her 13-year-old transgender daughter will move from Florida to Massachusetts to flee anti-trans policies.

AJ Dybantsa is rebranding St. Sebastian's as a basketball powerhouse.

Christopher L. Gasper

Meet AJ Dybantsa, who could be the biggest Massachusetts high school basketball sensation since Patrick Ewing

Dybantsa was the No. 1-rated eighth-grader in the nation last year, and is viewed by several basketball sites as the presumptive No. 1 player in the Class of 2026.

Several Chiefs players said head trainer Rick Burkholder, who has been with Andy Reid since they joined the Eagles together in 1999, doesn’t treat players “fairly or consistently, or with personal care.”

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

How do teams really treat their players? The best nuggets from the NFL Players Association’s anonymous survey.

The NFLPA said 1,300 players contributed to the survey, which evaluated treatment of families, nutrition, weight room, strength staff, training room, training staff, and locker room, and travel.

What is wide receiver Jakobi Meyers worth on the open market?

Jorge Alfaro's ability to play multiple positions, as well as a contract that would allow him to leave the Sox if another team offered him a major-league spot, gives him an inside track to making the team out of Fort Myers.

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Injuries add clarity to a second projection at Red Sox Opening Day roster

New issues for Brayan Bello, James Paxton, and Connor Wong, plus Garrett Whitlock's recovery from hip surgery, thin the chases for spots on the 26-man roster.

James Paxton has Grade 1 hamstring strain, likely won’t be ready at start of season

Opinion

Pearl, a 10-day-old newborn twin, is burped by a registered nurse after a feeding at Emerson Hospital.

License midwives to help struggling birth centers

Birth centers give women with low-risk pregnancies a more homey setting than a hospital and can improve patient health outcomes.

For (probably not) the last time: Michelle Obama isn’t running for president

Community college grant program shows early success

MARCELA GARCÍA

Haitians are desperately looking for sponsors in Boston

The natural beauty of natural hair

A protester holds signs in support of supervised injection sites in Philadelphia.

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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photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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Russian forces attack Ukrainian city of Bakhmut from three directions
Ukraine on Sunday said that Russian forces are attacking Bakhmut from three directions, maintaining pressure on the city that has become the focal point of Moscow’s offensive.

Somerville man found guilty of charges related to Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Noah Bacon was convicted Thursday by a federal jury on a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, and five misdemeanor charges, according to the US Attorney's office for Washington, D.C.

Man killed in Roxbury shooting, police say
Officers responded to 109 Weaver Way about 3:30 p.m. Saturday and found a man suffering a gunshot wound, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Milton officials say demolition of stairs will proceed at MBTA station Monday over town objections
The town objects to the demolition plan and sued the MBTA over it during the fall because the transportation agency doesn’t intend to replace the stairs immediately after the deteriorated staircase is removed.

Whiskey fungus fed by Jack Daniel’s encrusts a Tennessee town
For months, some residents have complained that a sooty, dark crust has blanketed homes, cars, road signs, bird feeders, patio furniture and trees as the fungus has spread uncontrollably, fed by alcohol vapors wafting from charred oak barrels of aging Jack Daniel’s whiskey.

Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75
Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The King and Queen of Beacon Hill currently command salaries higher than their counterparts in almost every other kingdom in the land.

Beacon Hill’s royals enjoy exalted raises

A national divorce would solve nothing

Gloria Sweet reached over to look at a monarch butterfly near the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial in Gloucester on Sept. 2.

Joan Wickersham

Whose garden is it?

Management culture of the mid-20th century began to standardize creativity as a stand-alone discipline.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

The surprisingly short history of creativity

A family walks on the street around restaurant barriers where a FedEx truck is parked illegally blocking two-way traffic on Hanover Street in Boston's North End on Aug. 11.

Fairness demands a better solution to North End outdoor dining

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Wyatt is ready for his forever family

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Saturday’s winter storm causes power outages, makes driving dangerous, and snarls air travel in New England

A mess of a storm continued into Saturday, causing thousands of power outages across the state, treacherous roads, and flight cancellations. Snowfall was heaviest in the western and northern parts of Massachusetts.

Mass. man cited for crashing into NH State Police cruiser on I-93

Benjamin Amico, 24, of Saugus, was cited for negligent driving after he sideswiped the parked cruiser and then smashed into a guardrail on I-93 north in Thornton, N.H. during Saturday morning's snow storm, New Hampshire State Police said in a statement.

Man killed in Roxbury shooting, police say

Officers responded to 109 Weaver Way about 3:30 p.m. Saturday and found a man suffering a gunshot wound, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sports

The newest Bruin, Tyler Bertuzzi, joined the third line with Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederic Saturday.

Tyler Bertuzzi played his first game with the Bruins on Saturday. Here’s four things to know about Boston’s newest winger.

Acquired for a pair of draft picks, Bertuzzi turned 28 last month and has shown plenty of skill with his lefty shot over his seven years in Detroit.

Weather conditions changed significantly during World Cup racing Sunday, putting Mikaela Shiffrin at a disadvantage.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s quest for win No. 86 comes full circle to site of her first career victory

Shiffrin rounded off a three-race weekend in Norway on Sunday by finishing seventh in a super-G affected by changing weather conditions.

Jon Jones celebrates after winning a heavyweight championship against Ciryl Gane of France during UFC 285.

After three years off, Jon Jones picked up right where he left off, winning the UFC heavyweight title in the first round

Jon Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC, moved up to its highest weight class and then left no doubt Saturday night about his place in the sport’s history.

New England wrestling championships

St. John’s Prep’s Rawson Iwanicki among five Bay State wrestlers to win titles at New England wrestling championship

revolution 3, dynamo 0

A first for Revolution: A two-game season-opening win streak

WOMEN'S HOCKEY EAST FINAL | NORTHEASTERN 4, PROVIDENCE 1

Northeastern women pick apart Providence to capture sixth straight Hockey East crown

Business

‘The future of restaurants’: How kitchen fees are meeting the economic moment

More restaurants are adding extra fees to your bill in a bid to close the long-standing gap between the take-home pay for those who serve food and those who prepare it.

Foundation stirs controversy by charging cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

Unlike most people who receive medications yet to be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, none of these patients are getting the vaccines as part of a clinical trial.

Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather

Whiskey fungus fed by Jack Daniel’s encrusts a Tennessee town

magazine

An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

The strange story of the man behind the popularization of ‘resilience thinking’

My brother can't stop joking around. It's hard to talk to him.

This week's daters: Fran and Liz

Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

The crumbling concrete staircase at the Milton Station on Adams Street, leading to the platform.

Milton officials say demolition of stairs will proceed at MBTA station Monday over town objections

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority discriminates against Black employees, vendors, and convention guests, employees charge

Higher ed advocates laud Healey proposal, call for more effort to make college affordable

sports

Masconomet's Bella Misiura received a high five after sticking her final vault at the MIAA girls' gymnastics championship in Northborough.

Bella Misiura sticks her landing, Masconomet girls’ gymnastics vaults to fourth straight state title

Logan Valine rises to the occasion — again in OT — to lift fourth-seeded Nauset to Division 3 win over No. 13 Hopedale-Milford

Prompted to ‘shoot the puck’, Steve Faria lifts Marshfield boys’ hockey past Franklin in a Division 1 thriller

business

Signs mark an HOV lane on Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Southern states are more frequently turning to pay-to-use express lanes as a way to address highway congestion without raising taxes. Republican Gov. Bill Lee wants to consider them in Tennessee, one of 16 states without any toll roads. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

Paid express lanes grow more popular in once-reluctant South

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

Businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 presidential bid

politics

Larry Hogan, former Republican governor of Maryland.

Ex-Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he won’t challenge Trump for president in 2024

Ex-Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he won’t challenge Trump for president in 2024

Restoring rights for felons a rare bipartisan voting change

Nation

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a tanker fire on Saturday, March 4, 2023 in Frederick, Md.

Fiery tanker crash kills driver, burns Maryland homes

‘It’s disgusting’: The con artists who exploit mass shootings

In Southern California, snow has trapped people for days

World

A Ukrainian sniper looked towards a Russian position from a frontline trench outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Sunday.

Russian forces attack Ukrainian city of Bakhmut from three directions

With Ukraine under pressure in Bakhmut, fight becomes a battle over roads

In Chernobyl’s stray dogs, scientists look for genetic effects of radiation

opinion

A family walks on the street around restaurant barriers where a FedEx truck is parked illegally blocking two-way traffic on Hanover Street in Boston's North End on Aug. 11.

Fairness demands a better solution to North End outdoor dining

Whose garden is it?

A national divorce would solve nothing

lifestyle

Utopia, a horticulture and epicurean festival, will be held at Flynn Cruiseport Boston from March 2-5.

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

food & dining

Employee Fernando Zambrano working in the kitchen at Democracy Brewing. A little over a year ago, Democracy Brewing instituted a 3.5 percent kitchen appreciation fee, which goes toward padding the wages of back-of-house workers.

‘The future of restaurants’: How kitchen fees are meeting the economic moment

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

At Tonino, thoughtful Italian food for the neighborhood

travel

Carmen Santos thought she lost her engagement ring in an Enterprise rental.

$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

Joseph Mallord William Turner’s “Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway,” 1844, was painted as London's skies were being choked by industrial smog.

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

Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film "Raging Bull."

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

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on against the Philadelphia Eagles during the first quarter in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.

On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Chiefs’ Travis Kelce pokes fun at rival brother in opening monologue

Reboot trend heads back to court with ‘Matlock’

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

music

Wayne Shorter, the saxophonist and composer, at home in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013. Shorter, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers, died in Los Angeles on March 2, 2023. He was 89.

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

BSO amplifying ‘Voices of Loss, Reckoning, and Hope’ with March festival

Weyes Blood examines contemporary life in times of crisis

Theater/Dance

Scott Miller, Marcus Adolphy, Clare Perkins, and the company of "The Wife of Willesden."

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

Broadway In Boston announces 2023-24 season

Hoops and history converge in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Great Leap’

globe local

Bay State Banner founder and publisher, Melvin B. Miller, sold the 58-year-old paper to two longtime Black media journalists, Ron Mitchell and André Stark.

With new ownership comes new beginnings for Bay State Banner

The show must go on — outdoors

The questions I wished I’d asked my father

Obituaries

Actor Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore, intense actor with a troubled life, dies at 61

John Olver, politician and ‘a person of conscience,’ dies at 86

Jerry Richardson, who founded and owned the Panthers until a scandal forced him to sell, dies at 86