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Biden budget includes some funding for Cape Cod bridges — but a long path awaits in Congress
President Biden included long-awaited funding to replace two aging Cape Cod bridges in his $6.8 trillion budget. But as the president confronts a Republican-dominated House of Representatives, that funding isn't guaranteed.

Here are the highlights of Biden’s new budget proposal

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

Catholic school in Newton will close at year’s end and its 23-acre property will be sold

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.

2,703 confirmed cases and 61 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Several people killed in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany

An unspecified number of people were killed in the shooting, police said. The shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few miles north of the downtown area of Hamburg, Germany’s second-biggest city.

Lasell University student charged with stealing $500,000 from employer; allegedly bought Tesla, trip to Hawaii with funds

Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico

NH lodge apologizes after accidentally destroying box of English students’ passports

A new cafe in Peabody is the cat’s pajamas

People are waiting up to a month for a chance to hang at the Kitty Cat Cafe. ( Produced by Anush Elbakyan/Globe Staff )

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Coffee, tea, or cats? A new cafe in Peabody caters to feline fanatics.

People are waiting weeks for a reservation to hang at the Kitty Cat Cafe.

The Newport Car Museum is full of beautiful treasures, including classic fin cars.

The Newport Car Museum is ‘not only a car museum . . . it’s an art museum’

Once you pay the $20 fee and walk inside, it’s impossible to not go all googly eyes. The collection is 90 of the most beautiful muscle cars, classic fin cars, and sleek race cars ever built.

‘It’s a significant risk.’ Weeks into term, Diana 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."

Good Will (Apartment) Hunting: Unit in triple-decker where Damon’s character lived costs $4,500 a month
The rent for the second floor unit in the three-decker at 190 W 6th St. — made famous by the iconic Boston film — is likely a bit steeper than what the fictional MIT janitor could afford.

New England Patriot Devin McCourty cuts Governor Maura Healey's hair. They attended the annual Saving by Shaving event to support Boston Children's Hospital.

Maura Healey has sides of her head buzzed to raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital

“[Healey] is brave letting a bald guy cut her hair,” quipped New England Patriots player Devin McCourty.

Anthony Bova, co-owner of Bova's Bakery.

Movie starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck to film at Bova’s Bakery in the North End

The family-owned bakery on Salem Street will close March 20-25 while “The Instigators,” an upcoming movie starring Damon and Affleck, shoots scenes in the space.

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman was on hand at the series' first event of 2023 in Mexico.

Momentum is all on PGA Tour’s side in its ongoing battle with LIV series

There are still kinks to be worked out, but the PGA Tour is making it clear that the loyalists who hung around ended up with a much better deal than those who walked away.

Have you seen this ad? The strange billboard in Allston is reportedly an ad for a new Jennifer Lawrence movie. (@Frosty_Friendship157)

Seen this strange billboard? It’s apparently an advertisement for a new Jennifer Lawrence film.

“NEED A CAR? ‘DATE’ OUR SON.” That’s the strange billboard advertisement greeting drivers on local roadways, including the Massachusetts Turnpike East in Allston.

Opinion

Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit has revealed how little weight factuality carries at Fox.

The GOP’s two wings: Reality-based vs. bamboozled

The split presents a huge dilemma for the conservative party as the 2024 campaign cycle commences.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Is Mexico a lawless place?

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The missing puzzle piece

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The incalculable moral cost of proxy wars

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

More recent News

Mobile sports gambling goes live at 10 a.m. Friday in Massachusetts. Here’s everything you need to know.

Six operators initially will accept mobile bets, ushering in a new era of sports wagering in the Commonwealth.

10 students charged after fight breaks out following high school basketball game in Nashua, NH

An officer working a detail at the game was “overwhelmed by the number of students involved” as the fight quickly escalated, police said.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for concussion after fall, remains hospitalized
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after he tripped and fell at a local hotel, where he attended a private dinner.

KEVIN CULLEN

When your apartment is a history lesson
After learning her South End apartment was the office of Dr. Cornelius Garland, who ran the city’s first and only Black hospital, Lisa Gordon embarked on a journey of discovery.

UMass biotech to lay off 25 workers

The university says the job cuts will not affect its work on an alternative treatment for Lyme disease.

Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan
School staff will primarily handle altercations between students in schools, but incidents including “substantial harm” to physical safety, destroying school property, and stealing, would rise to the level of calling police, under the new guidelines.

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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?

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.

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.

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

Tony Tannoury, who was once disciplined for leaving a patient on the operating table, allegedly received free medical devices for operations he performed on patients overseas.

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Bill Janovitz (above) conducted more than 130 interviews, including Eric Clapton and Randy Newman, for his biography of Leon Russell.

Bill Janovitz goes deep to tell the story of Leon Russell, a rock showman teetering on a tightrope

"The Monkees" TV series turned a group of actors into a hit-making band in the 1960s.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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?

One missing puzzle piece unites a group of strangers, a secret community of enthusiasts who frequent the games corner of the thrift store. We leave notes for one another hidden in the boxes.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The missing puzzle piece

Ukrainian soldiers manned a checkpoint in Donetsk with a donated American .50-caliber machine gun in May. Since the Russian invasion, the Biden administration has approved hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of private arms sales to Ukraine and sped up the approval time for deals that get weapons to the front lines.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The incalculable moral cost of proxy wars

People gather with Israeli flags during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul bill near the Knesset in Jerusalem on Feb. 20, ahead of the first reading of legislation to change the way judges are picked, which they say threatens democracy.

In Israel, the rule of law teeters on the brink

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family, and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, posed with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in Salt Lake City.

The culture war targets libraries

The Central Business District and the Chinatown in Singapore, which has an autocratic government and is known for its cleanliness and low rates of crime.

IDEAS | JASON MIKLIAN

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Metro

New Hampshire Senate rejects codifying abortion rights

The Republican-led Senate voted 14-10 along party lines to reject a bill that would have codified abortion in state law, saying current law, which prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy, is clear

National Guard deployed to staff N.H. men’s prison

According to the Department of Corrections, the vacancy rate for all corrections officers is about 34 percent, but vacancies at the entry level are much higher. The deployment “is a situation of last resort,” the governor said.

MEN: UCONN 73, PROVIDENCE 66

UConn holds off Providence rally to advance at Big East tourney

With 19 points from Jordan Hawkins, No. 11 Connecticut held off a furious second-half Friars campaign to beat Providence 73-66 in the tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.

Active shooter drill at Merrimack College aims to prepare emergency responders to act quickly

The goal was to simulate the chaos and adrenaline of a real experience so that emergency responders are ready to act, not just sit and wait.

Sports

From left, Lexington High's "Bomb Squad" includes Kaden Cassidy, Coach James Hall, Allen Jiang and Jack Ngo.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK

Rising above its spartan surroundings, Lexington High’s track team builds a powerhouse in weight throwing

Led by the passionate coaching of James Hall, Lexington's "Bomb Squad" will send the state's top three boys’ throwers and top girls’ thrower to the New Balance Nationals this weekend in Brighton.

Patrick McEnroe is also a former US Davis Cup captain.

Tennis Hall of Fame

Patrick McEnroe chosen new Tennis Hall of Fame president

McEnroe, the younger brother of John McEnroe, is a former player and current TV analyst. Dan Faber was chosen as the Hall’s new CEO.

Providence's Ed Croswell (5) drives past Connecticut's Jordan Hawkins (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference Tournament Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Connecticut won 73-66.

MEN: UCONN 73, PROVIDENCE 66

UConn holds off Providence rally to advance at Big East tourney

With 19 points from Jordan Hawkins, No. 11 Connecticut held off a furious second-half Friars campaign to beat Providence 73-66 in the tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

More small, but positive steps as Justin Turner works back from getting hit in the face

men’s college hockey notebook

Boston College faces formidable Merrimack next in men’s Hockey East tournament

Mobile sports gambling goes live at 10 a.m. Friday in Massachusetts. Here’s everything you need to know.

Business

Mobile sports gambling goes live at 10 a.m. Friday in Massachusetts. Here’s everything you need to know.

Six operators initially will accept mobile bets, ushering in a new era of sports wagering in the Commonwealth.

GM offers buyouts to most US salaried workers to trim costs

The Detroit automaker wouldn’t say how many workers it is targeting but confirmed that the move is aimed at accelerating attrition to meet a previously announced goal of $2 billion in cost cuts by the end of next year.

Senate confirms Daniel Werfel as IRS commissioner

UMass biotech to lay off 25 workers

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

Somerville High School.

Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan

R.I. Lieutenant Governor Matos plans to run for Congress

Seen this strange billboard? It’s apparently an advertisement for a new Jennifer Lawrence film.

sports

Narciso Crook appeared in four games last summer for the Cubs, including all three of Boston's visit to Wrigley Field.

Thursday’s spring training report: Patchwork Red Sox lineup mashes Yankees

Tonight’s big Bruins-Oilers matchup won’t be on NESN. Here’s how to watch.

Brad Marchand says his game is not where he would like it to be

business

The YETI Hopper M20 Soft Backpack Cooler. 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. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said consumers should immediately stop using the four recalled products and contact Yeti for refund information.

Coolers and gear cases recalled over magnets

7 key takeaways from President Biden’s $6.9 trillion new budget plan

Recent surge in US women with a disability may be due to long COVID

politics

A garden on the grounds of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington.

Cloistered at Walter Reed, Fetterman runs his Senate operation from afar

Biden budget includes some funding for Cape Cod bridges — but a long path awaits in Congress

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for concussion after fall, remains hospitalized

Nation

The Senate Chamber inside of the New Hampshire State House.

New Hampshire Senate rejects codifying abortion rights

Biden lays out his budget plan, challenges GOP to follow suit

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

Armed police officers near the scene of a shooting in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday March 9, 2023 after one or more people opened fire in a church.

Several people killed in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany

Several people killed in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany

Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico

opinion

Claude Monet’s “Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement effet de soleil),” 1903. A study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argued that Monet and his contemporary, Joseph Mallord William (J.M.W.) Turner, were chronicling the worsening effects of air pollution on London and Paris during the Industrial Revolution.

The dirty truth: Pollution makes the world its canvas

Freedom to pay for pricey cancer care closes gap between healthy and ill

Abortion foes twist criminal laws in push for fetal personhood

lifestyle

A new cafe in Peabody is the cat’s pajamas

What went wrong this time around?

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

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

Ice prepares to greet admirers at the Kitty Cat Cafe in Peabody. He was recently adopted and will soon be in a permanent home.

Coffee, tea, or cats? A new cafe in Peabody caters to feline fanatics.

The Newport Car Museum is ‘not only a car museum . . . it’s an art museum’

A Costa Rican getaway turns into a 17-hour road trip to Texas

Arts

Installation view of "Women and Abstraction: 1741-Now," at the Addison Gallery of American Art, 2023.

Abstraction is women’s work, too, at Addison Gallery of American Art

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

Books

Nancy Hopkins and her colleagues challenged a culture of male dominance at MIT in the 1990s — and won. Kate Zernike’s ‘The Exceptions’ tells us how.

Sabrina Orah Mark seeks the place where old and new collide

An eccentric matriarch takes in the family black sheep in Cathleen Schine’s tender ‘Kunstlers in Paradise’

Movies

Ben Affleck (front) and Matt Damon appear in a scene from “Good Will Hunting.” An apartment in the building where Damon’s character lived is available to rent.

Good Will (Apartment) Hunting: Unit in triple-decker where Damon’s character lived costs $4,500 a month

Basketball comedy ‘Champions’ misses the shot

Seen this strange billboard? It’s apparently an advertisement for a new Jennifer Lawrence film.

Television

"The Monkees" TV series turned a group of actors into a hit-making band in the 1960s.

Hey, hey we’re the bands TV invented

Good Will (Apartment) Hunting: Unit in triple-decker where Damon’s character lived costs $4,500 a month

Upcoming documentary will revisit ‘Lost’

music

Bill Janovitz (above) conducted more than 130 interviews, including Eric Clapton and Randy Newman, for his biography of Leon Russell.

Bill Janovitz goes deep to tell the story of Leon Russell, a rock showman teetering on a tightrope

In demand and on the move, Ambrose Akinmusire’s explorations lead to Boston and beyond

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

Theater/Dance

Fortune Feimster is performing four shows at the Chevalier and Wilbur theaters March 16-18.

For comedian Fortune Feimster, ‘live, laugh, love’ is a way of life

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’

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

US Army soldiers presented a birthday cake to Ms. Mion in Vicenza on April 28, 2022, to replace the one US soldiers ate as they entered her hometown 77 years earlier.

Italian woman who ‘got back’ stolen WWII birthday cake dies

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