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Biden proposes budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade

In addition to deficit reduction, Biden’s 10-year budget largely revolves around the idea of taxing the wealthy to help fund programs for the middle class, older adults, and families.

Here are the highlights of Biden’s new budget proposal

Catholic schools in Newton, Fall River closing

An all-girls Catholic school in Newton for grades 7 through 12 will close after the academic year and its 23-acre property will be sold, officials said, and a parochial school in Fall River is also shutting its doors.

‘It’s a significant risk.’ Weeks into term, DiZoglio’s move to audit Legislature marks a political gambit.
“This is exactly one of the reasons why she wanted to run," said Doug Rubin, who advised state Auditor Diana DiZoglio during her campaign. "For her, this is very personal."

Topol, star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the screen and the stage, dies at 87

Mr. Topol charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Arkansas Governor Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law this week legislation that rolls back significant portions of the state's child labor protections.

BMC’s head of spine surgery identified as recipient of alleged kickbacks

South End consultant, community advocate latest to announce candidacy for Santiago’s Boston state House seat

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall

Norfolk Southern brings apology, aid to derailment hearing

95th academy awards

An illustration of the Oscar statuette lying on a therapist's couch with a male therapist, with glasses, a balding head, and a black moustache, sitting on a chair behind the statuette's right shoulder taking notes. The illustration is on a white background and the color palette for the drawing is gold, a dark red, and black.

After a bruising 2022 Academy Awards, Oscar could use some professional advice

Here’s how a conversation between Hollywood’s favorite golden statuette and a therapist might have gone.

Why I reserve special, ornery ire for the ‘we owe you’ Oscar nomination

2023 Oscars: Who will win, who should win, and who shouldn’t be here

How to watch 2023 Oscar-nominated films for best picture

stan grossfeld

What’s cooking with Triston Casas? The Red Sox rookie has the fires burning this spring.
Casas is fanatical about nutrition and loves to prepare food. He also is dedicated to improving his craft on the field. And he has some quirks, too.

Chad Finn: There are a lot of ‘ifs’ and ‘maybes’ on the Red Sox roster, and other observations from spring training

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Michele Blackburn trained for this year’s Boston Marathon.

She survived Boston Marathon bombing. Now, with help from Peloton’s Jess Sims, she’ll be back at the Hopkinton start.

Last year, Michele Blackburn returned to the marathon to watch Peloton instructor Jess Sims run in her honor. Next month, Blackburn is running the long road from Hopkinton to Boston.

Tell us: What memories have stuck with you from the 2013 Marathon bombing?

Tuna Crudo at Season to Taste restaurant in Cambridge.

It’s a new season for Season to Taste

They’re in a roomier location, with craft cocktails.

Tables: D.C. standout Del Mar will open downtown; Hue brings colorful nightlife to the old Storyville space

Marchers bearing insignias of the white supremacist group Patriot Front pause during a gathering on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Boston.

White supremacist propaganda activity surged in New England in 2022

New Hampshire saw the largest increase in hateful messages delivered through fliers, banners, and graffiti, according to a new assessment by the Anti-Defamation League.

Eastern Bank is launching a new lending program aimed at small business owners from underrepresented groups.

New Eastern Bank program aims to boost underrepresented business owners

Eastern Bank launches program to boost financing for underrepresented business owners.

Tucker Carlson, left, and former president Donald Trump, right, during the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 31, 2022.

‘I hate him passionately,’ Tucker Carlson said in a text about Donald Trump, court papers show

Tucker Carlson's private text conversation was revealed in court papers at virtually the same time that the former president was hailing the Fox News host on social media.

Tucker Carlson’s show on Jan. 6 attack reopens a rift among Republicans

Opinion

Elder Sharon Hammond prays during a vigil for a group of Americans recently kidnapped in Mexico, at Word of God Ministries in Scranton, S.C., on March 8.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Is Mexico a lawless place?

The kidnapping of four Americans in Matamoros — and the killing of two of them — exposes the violence that ordinary Mexicans face on a daily basis and the danger that asylum seekers, particularly those who are Black, face in some Mexican border towns.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The incalculable moral cost of proxy wars

In Israel, the rule of law teeters on the brink

The culture war targets libraries

IDEAS | JASON MIKLIAN

Crazy rich autocracies: What are they doing better than democracies?

Thumbnail for Health Equity Tour of Hayti in Durham, North Carolina.

The Emancipator

Health Equity Tour: Durham’s Hayti Neighborhood

Once one of the most vibrant Black business districts in America, Durham’s Hayti neighborhood was dismantled by urban renewal efforts. Despite challenges, its residents haven’t given up on the promise that Hayti represents.

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Special reports

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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Are chatbots useful tools, game changers, or a threat to democracy? All of the above, AI experts say.

The tech industry may be moving too fast to be able to distinguish between safe uses and dangerous applications, according to experts in AI and security.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The plane truth: The sky is not falling. Air travel is still safe.
A handful of near-misses, turbulence, and a violent traveler do not signal the end of civilization, or air travel, as we know it. But there is more we can do to make things even safer going forward.

Yeti recalls 1.9 million coolers and cases for magnet hazard
US product regulators said Thursday that Yeti has recalled 1.9 million coolers and gear cases because magnets can come detached from them, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

Will censors come for our e-books? There’s nothing to stop them.

The Roald Dahl e-books controversy raises a question: What gives publishers the right to alter a book that you’ve already purchased? Actually, they’ve always had that right.

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63
His bossy, brassy porcine star of a series of books charmed her way into millions of children's imaginations.

Former Trump lawyer censured for falsehoods about election

Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for Donald Trump ‘s reelection campaign, has been censured by Colorado legal officials after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 presidential election.

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Josh Stein outside his home in Newton, which he bought with Katherine Pocius in 2019.

‘Stalemate’: Sellers aren’t selling, and buyers aren’t buying. Rising interest rates are locking up Boston’s housing market.

The rapid rise in interest rates over the last year has forced homeowners who were entertaining a possible move to reconsider, meaning fewer homes are coming on the market.

Tell us: How has the housing market impacted your living situation in recent years?

North End restaurant owners add a new claim to outdoor dining lawsuit: anti-Italian discrimination
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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

This 19th-century lithograph tells a familiar tale of the California Gold Rush: miners panning for gold and camping in a bucolic setting. The real legacy is not so benign.

IDEAS | LEAH CAMPBELL

The toxic myth of the Gold Rush

A group of antiabortion protesters crashed the Women's March Action Rally for Reproductive Rights in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2022.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Abortion foes twist criminal laws in push for fetal personhood

I’m glad the politicians didn’t release their texts. Maybe what’s wrong here is not the behavior of the politicians but rather the rules that say anything as pedestrian as a text should be deemed a public record.

Texts between Boston politicians shouldn’t be public record

The Tennessee Equality Project's Dahron Johnson spoke during a news conference by the Human Rights Campaign drawing attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee Legislature, on Feb. 14 in Nashville.

Understanding the intersectionality of hate

Since 1960, more than 350,000 new chemicals purporting to make our clothing, dishes, and skin cleaner have been introduced.

IDEAS | CEZMI A. AKDIS, MD

Scrubbing away our collective health

Wei Huang applies the final press on Army dress pants in the factory in Lawrence.

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

Threading the needle to keep clothing manufacturing alive in Massachusetts

Metro

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63

His bossy, brassy porcine star of a series of books charmed her way into millions of children's imaginations.

Topol, star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the screen and the stage, dies at 87

Mr. Topol charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof.”

‘It’s a significant risk.’ Weeks into term, DiZoglio’s move to audit Legislature marks a political gambit.

“This is exactly one of the reasons why she wanted to run," said Doug Rubin, who advised state Auditor Diana DiZoglio during her campaign. "For her, this is very personal."

White supremacist propaganda activity surged in New England in 2022

New Hampshire saw the largest increase in hateful messages delivered through fliers, banners, and graffiti, according to a new assessment by the Anti-Defamation League.

Sports

Grace Oliver (32) helped power the Noble & Greenough girls' basketball team to a 29-3 record and the NEPSAC Class AA title.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

Nobles junior forward Grace Oliver is the state’s Gatorade Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year

A 6-foot-2 wing from Norwell, she averaged 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 4.1 blocks per game in leading the Bulldogs to a 29-3 record and the NEPSAC Class AA championship.

The Boston Pride celebrated after winning the Isobel Cup in 2022.

Premier Hockey Federation will hold 2023 Isobel Cup Championship in Arizona

The league's top two teams will face off for the title at Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State, with the game airing on ESPN2.

Adam Duvall led the National League in runs batted in just two years ago but is coming off a wrist injury that ended his 2022 season in July.

There are a lot of ‘ifs’ and ‘maybes’ on the Red Sox roster, and other observations from spring training

This is more uncertain than 2013, when Ben Cherington loaded up on inexpensive veterans to surround David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, and Jon Lester.

🏀 It’s PC/UConn Day at the Big East Tournament

She survived Boston Marathon bombing. Now, with help from Peloton’s Jess Sims, she’ll be back at the Hopkinton start.

What’s cooking with Triston Casas? The Red Sox rookie has the fires burning this spring.

Business

Yeti recalls 1.9 million coolers and cases for magnet hazard

US product regulators said Thursday that Yeti has recalled 1.9 million coolers and gear cases because magnets can come detached from them, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

Here are the highlights of Biden’s new budget proposal

Many of the key proposals are designed to draw sharp contrasts with Republicans.

New Eastern Bank program aims to boost underrepresented business owners

Norfolk Southern brings apology, aid to derailment hearing

magazine

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events in New England this spring

James Tellin and John O’Reilly in a 2017 photograph by Seth David Rubin.

In the ’60s, a gay couple made their Worcester home into a refuge of art and community

My husband tells me I need to budget better and not buy coffees. Meanwhile, he’s buying a fancy car and bike.

Hot and Sour Stir-Fried Cabbage

Recipes: Three alternatives to boiled cabbage for Saint Patrick’s Day

metro

Providence's Noah Locke (10) shot as UConn's Andre Jackson Jr. (44) defended during their Feb. 22 game in Storrs.

🏀 It’s PC/UConn Day at the Big East Tournament

R.I. House Speaker Shekarchi says Raimondo encouraged him to run for Congress

Tell us what memories have stuck with you from the 2013 Marathon bombing

sports

Al Horford and the Celtics took a step in the right direction by beating the Trail Blazers.

Celtics take a small step toward regaining their swagger and realizing their best selves

Former NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp reportedly in police custody after drive-by shooting

Mauricio Souza delivers in the nick of time for Watertown/Wayland boys’ hockey in Division 3 quarterfinal win over Nauset

business

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., spoke during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2023.

Health data breach hitting Congress ‘could be extraordinary’

Local scientists hope to create the ultimate COVID vaccine

Are chatbots useful tools, game changers, or a threat to democracy? All of the above, AI experts say.

politics

Jenna Ellis, a former member of then-president Donald Trump's legal team, spoke during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington.

Former Trump lawyer censured for falsehoods about election

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall

Biden proposes budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade

Nation

In this image taken from a video provided by Nathan Reeves from his YouTube Channel November Romeo, a car crashed into Tout Suite cafe as photographer Alexsey Reyes (left), and Reeves recorded an interview Saturday.

Watch: Video captures dramatic moment SUV slams into Houston cafe

After Breonna Taylor death, DOJ finds Louisville police had a pattern of violating rights

Three Los Angeles K-9 officers wounded; suspect dead in standoff

World

Three Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 9.

Russian missile barrage slams into cities across Ukraine

Malaysian ex-PM Muhyiddin arrested, faces graft charges

Georgia withdraws foreign agent bill after days of protests

opinion

This 19th-century lithograph tells a familiar tale of the California Gold Rush: miners panning for gold and camping in a bucolic setting. The real legacy is not so benign.

The toxic myth of the Gold Rush

Texts between Boston politicians shouldn’t be public record

Marijuana consumers deserve to know what they’re smoking (or eating)

lifestyle

What went wrong this time around?

Harry and Meghan’s daughter christened, will use royal title

Five women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

food & dining

A plate from The Chicken and Rice Guys.

D.C. standout Del Mar will open downtown; Hue brings colorful nightlife to the old Storyville space

It’s a new season for Season to Taste

North End restaurant owners add a new claim to outdoor dining lawsuit: anti-Italian discrimination

travel

Celeste Rubanick loses 80,000 Marriott Bonvoy points when she books a hotel in Scotland. Why won’t the company restore the points?

80,000 Bonvoy points go missing. Can we get them back?

A bike travel film fest, bike tours around the US, and a new place to stay in NYC

The plane truth: The sky is not falling. Air travel is still safe.

Arts

Aimee Gilmore’, “Insiders,” 2019 - ongoing. Reversed stuffed animals, thread.

The politics of play at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360

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

Books

"Olivia" by Ian Falconer was a Caldecott Honor book.

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63

11 Years after ‘Defending Jacob,’ Newton’s William Landay is back with a new Boston-set crime thriller

Pieces of a house lost to the flooding of the Quabbin Reservoir live on inside this author’s home

Movies

Mr. Topol, in 2015.

Topol, star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the screen and the stage, dies at 87

Why I reserve special, ornery ire for the ‘we owe you’ Oscar nomination

After a bruising 2022 Academy Awards, Oscar could use some professional advice

Television

Daisy May Cooper in the HBO series "Rain Dogs."

In HBO’s ‘Rain Dogs,’ desperate times and desperate measures make for a superb series

Series finales in the offing for ‘Barry,’ ‘Succession’

‘Perry Mason’ shows some improvement in season 2

music

Adrian Belew (left) and Jerry Harrison, who are on tour performing Talking Heads' "Remain in Light."

Talking Head Jerry Harrison’s enthusiasm for ‘Remain in Light’ is undimmed

When you’re hearing jazz all-stars of a certain age bringing the heat, that’s the Cookers

Igor Levit returns to the mountaintop

Theater/Dance

Sam Morril

Comedian Sam Morril on elevating his game and teaming up with Julian Edelman

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

Broadway In Boston announces 2023-24 season

globe local

Cohasset residents will decide at their May 1 Town Meeting whether to renovate the original Town Hall and replace the annex (right) built in the 1980s.

Cohasset Town Meeting will consider $22m Town Hall project

Wrentham finalizes Vision of Tomorrow master plan

With new ownership comes new beginnings for Bay State Banner

Obituaries

"Olivia" by Ian Falconer was a Caldecott Honor book.

Ian Falconer, artist who created Olivia the pig, dies at 63

Topol, star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the screen and the stage, dies at 87

Joseph Zucchero, whose Chicago sandwich shop inspired ‘The Bear,’ dies at 69