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Republicans try to scare Americans about the impact of new investing rule that allows retirement funds to consider climate risks

A dispute in Washington over the practice of environment, social, and governance investing, or ESG, has become the latest flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars.

In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
President Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy.

US Attorney Rachael Rollins leads delegation in march across bridge Sunday in Selma, Ala.

North Weymouth man dies on snorkeling trip in Florida Keys

Patrick Alan Martinec was snorkeling at Alligator Reef with Sundance Watersports on Saturday afternoon when he began signaling for help in the water about 2:20 p.m., officials said.

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.

Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks

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

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

In one version of a not-very-distant future, specially engineered planes about the size of Boeing 737s dim the sun's rays to help cool the planet by dispersing loads of molten sulfur in great mists across the sky.

Inside the high-stakes battle over dimming the sun’s light to cool the planet

In recent days, letters from dozens of climate scientists argue for increased research into altering the sun’s rays to save the planet. Others say doing so could doom us all.

Nations reach agreement on a treaty to protect marine life biodiversity in the world’s oceans

‘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.

Globe Magazine

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.

Ceddanne Rafaela collected two hits in a spring training win over the Marlins on Sunday.

RED SOX 4, MARLINS 1

Sunday’s spring training report: Red Sox speedster David Hamilton shows off bat in win over Marlins

After nabbing 70 bases in the minor leagues last year, Hamilton, an infielder who played shortstop Sunday, showed off his speed with a steal and a two-run double.

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.

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

Viewers had to wait until the very end of his hour-long comedy special “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” to hear him address the attack, and he didn’t hold back on his thoughts.

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

The two-time Super Bowl winner hosted 'SNL' for the first time, and his brother, Jason, was on hand to share in the laughs. Kelsea Ballerini was the night's musical guest.

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

More recent News

New Bedford man charged with attempted unarmed robbery at Back Bay station

Transit Police officers at Back Bay station heard screams of, “Police ... help ... police,” and soon found a male victim, who pointed out Jamaal Rahmeen and accused him of forcefully attempting to steal a suitcase the victim was carrying.

House approves $1 million public education campaign on the dangers of crisis pregnancy centers

An identical proposal was vetoed by then-Governor Charlie Baker in November.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Top Healey aide chastizes Avangrid for falling short of offshore wind promise
The state’s new energy and environmental affairs secretary said Avangrid's CEO and his company misrepresented the status of its contracts for the massive Commonwealth Wind project.

Prince Harry contacted about coronation; attendance unclear
King Charles III’s office has been in touch with Prince Harry about the new monarch’s coronation, raising the possibility the prince will attend the historic ceremony despite tensions within the royal family.

Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75
The renowned activist was one of the architects to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

LOVE LETTERS

We’ve gained weight — as a couple
“We’re in too-tight clothing and snacking.”

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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.

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Peter’s quality of life was gone, but, still sharp, he chose to end his own suffering. Legalized physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts would have given him a far more merciful death.

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Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performed in Nashville on New Year's Eve 2022.

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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

Police seek to identify suspect in breaking and entering, assault at Roxbury McDonald’s

Once he was inside, the suspect allegedly was confrontational with the restaurant’s staff and pushed one worker while demanding cash, police said.

What does Eli Lilly’s insulin cap mean for Massachusetts?

The company announced Wednesday that it would lower the price of Humalog, its most commonly prescribed insulin, and another insulin called Humulin, by 70 percent.

Artist Alex Cook hides ‘illusion’ paintings along nature trails in Boston’s Franklin Park

If you look at the murals at just the right angle, it's almost as if they aren't there.

House approves $1 million public education campaign on the dangers of crisis pregnancy centers

An identical proposal was vetoed by then-Governor Charlie Baker in November.

Sports

For 14 seasons, the Bruins' forward duo of Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron have been making connections on the ice, like this pass from Marchand to Bergeron in a February victory over the Kraken.

Bruins Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron have forged an on-ice partnership without parallel

The duo has factored into 406 goals together in their careers, that is tied with Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge for the most of any Bruins duo.

Kurt Kitayama edged Rory McIlroy and Harris English by one shot at 9-under 279 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

Kurt Kitayama breaks through for first PGA victory, topping a star-studded field at Bay Hill

Kitayama pulled ahead with a birdie putt from just inside 15 feet on the par-3 17th hole.

Kutter Crawford had a stretch of six games in 2022 in which he posted a 2.38 ERA with 32 strikeouts over 34 innings and batting average against of .218.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Kutter Crawford improves his chances in a bid to open the season in the Red Sox’ starting rotation

In his second outing of the spring, Crawford worked three more scoreless innings against the Marlins without allowing a baserunner.

BOYS' HOCKEY: CATHOLIC MEMORIAL 3, ST. MARY'S 0

With forecheck and finish, Catholic Memorial hockey shuts out St. Mary’s in Division 1 tournament

Bryce Harper, on the comeback trail following elbow surgery, will report to Phillies camp

RED SOX 4, MARLINS 1

Sunday’s spring training report: Red Sox speedster David Hamilton shows off bat in win over Marlins

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Top Healey aide chastizes Avangrid for falling short of offshore wind promise

The state’s new energy and environmental affairs secretary said Avangrid's CEO and his company misrepresented the status of its contracts for the massive Commonwealth Wind project.

‘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

Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather

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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

Wyatt enjoys reading books and listening to music.

Wyatt is ready for his forever family

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

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

sports

Saint Louis celebrates its first trip to the NCAA Tournament after knocking off top-seeded UMass in the Atlantic 10 championship game.

Despite Sydney Taylor’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer, UMass women’s basketball falls to Saint Louis in overtime in Atlantic 10 championship game

Fresh off another Hockey East title, Northeastern receives No. 5 seed and will face No. 4 Yale in NCAA women’s hockey tournament

Texas Tech suspends coach Mark Adams over racially insensitive comment

business

A photo provided by Patrick Long showed whiskey fungus on tree branches in Lincoln County, Tenn.

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

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

politics

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth stops at an Army recruiting display after a speech to students at the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, on Feb. 14, 2023. Army recruiters are struggling to meet enlistment goals, and they say one of their biggest hurdles is getting back into high schools so they can meet students one on one. During three days of back-to-back meetings across Chicago last month, Wormuth met with students, school leaders, college heads, recruiters and an array of young people involved in ROTC or JROTC programs. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Army boss’s mission: Persuade schools to welcome recruiters

In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

Republicans try to scare Americans about the impact of new investing rule that allows retirement funds to consider climate risks

Nation

Florida legislators have introduced and proposed several new laws that would reshape education in the state.

Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks

Prince Harry contacted about coronation; attendance unclear

Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks

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

TikTok celebrity Coinneach MacLeod, a baker who shares recipes and stories from his hometown in the Hebrides off the coast of Scotland.

The TikTok star known as ‘The Hebridean Baker’ dishes on the story behind traditional Scottish cuisine

Women’s History Month events include panels with local female changemakers, a festival featuring women-directed films, and art celebrating important women

We’ve gained weight — as a couple

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

Ms. Heumann, a former state of California rehabilitation agency employee, with Ed Roberts, director of the California State Department of Rehabilitation, joined a news conference on Oct. 21, 1982, in Washington.

Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75

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

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