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‘I am who I am — a gangsta.’ The long, sordid history of the man charged in Tyler Lawrence’s killing.

The shooting death of a child — for no apparent reason and with no apparent motive — has shaken the city like few other crimes in modern times.

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We’re feeling left out of the men’s March Madness — and it wasn’t always like this
Vermont, Providence, and UConn are in the men's bracket, but no Massachusetts college got an invitation to this dance.

Charlie Baker discusses new job as NCAA president on CNN

Men's bracket

Women's bracket

Jackie Kennedy’s former D.C. estate hits the market for $26.5 million
If the grand 13-bedroom, 13-bath Georgetown property sells at the asking price, it would be the most expensive residential real estate transaction in Washington, D.C., history.

Barney Frank, coauthor of landmark banking reform, defends his positions after SVB collapse, Signature Bank seizure

Former US representative Barney Frank defended Signature Bank’s business and said it was seized due to an overreaction by a New York state regulatory agency.
Stocks fall on Wall Street on renewed fears about banks Analysis: With collapse of SVB, the most politically charged word of the era is back
Forecast | Dave Epstein

This historic storm (for some) loosens its grip on New England

Tuesday's nor’easter has now moved farther into the Atlantic after walloping the region with heavy rain and epic snow.
Some 30,000 residents still without power as Mass. recovers from long-duration storm See snow totals for New England. See where the power is out in Mass.

Wynn Resorts buys Everett power plant site. Is a Revs stadium on the Mystic next?

The gaming operator closed a deal to acquire 45-acre site across Broadway from its casino, where Everett’s mayor envisions an entertainment district, perhaps anchored by a soccer stadium.

‘No plan’ to change Wellesley College admissions after students support referendum to admit transgender men

Wellesley President Paula Johnson says the school's mission as a women’s college remains relevant, even as the student body has become more diverse in recent years.

Governor Healey announces end of state COVID-19 public health emergency

The end date of May 11 for the state's COVID-19 public health emergency aligns with the end of the federal public health emergency.
With new appointments, Healey administration aims to create ‘a 21st century DPU’

Abortion pill challenge goes before conservative Texas judge

A Christian conservative group asked a judge appointed by former president Donald Trump on Wednesday for an immediate order that would revoke or suspend the drug’s approval.
Four charts that show what’s at stake in the lawsuit targeting medication abortion

Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea

Russian authorities say that they will try to recover the fragments of a US surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian fighter jets.

Concord retirement community evacuated after carbon monoxide leak; third alarm struck, officials say

DeSantis has promised to make every state like Florida, but Iowans say he’s a little late

Two dozen endangered right whales spotted off Martha’s Vineyard

National Audubon Society will keep its name despite ties to slavery

Patriots reportedly add offensive tackle Riley Reiff, but still need help on the line

The 34-year-old Reiff has played for four teams in his 11-year career, earning a starting role on each.
On football: Free agency is here, and the Patriots aren’t showing enough urgency to fix their team
REDDIT AMA

‘How do we outlaw brokers’ fees?’ Answering your Boston housing questions.

Globe business correspondent Andrew Brinker answered questions on the struggle of living in a city where the market and overall housing affordability is shifting rapidly.
MISS CONDUCT

If I’m invited to my niece’s wedding, I’d like to bring a guest. But what if I’m not allowed to bring someone?

Plus, a Miss Conduct travel tip.
Opinion
Daniel K. Tarullo

Was Silicon Valley Bank — the 16th largest US bank — really too big to fail?

Even in a period of relative economic calm, a bank less than one-tenth the size of JPMorgan Chase was not allowed to fail without some special protection for one group of creditors — those large, uninsured depositors.
SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, what does it mean to be a good US citizen?
JEFF JACOBY

Michigan is poised to revive compulsory unionism

NEWSLETTER

Stanford Law School disgraces itself
Peter Schiff

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse wasn’t unique, it was just first
The Emancipator

Who’s going to check them?

Racial equity audits, when done right, can provide the knowledge and data for organizations to make real improvements in racial equity.
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Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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Chad Finn

Linus Ullmark has little in common with Tim Thomas, but he could soon stand beside him in the Bruins record books

Ullmark entered Tuesday leading the NHL in save percentage at .938 — exactly the same as Thomas had in his transcendent 2010-11 season.

Corey Kluber named Red Sox Opening Day starter
Cora said he made the decision in January that Chris Sale would not start, then told Kluber shortly after he'd be getting the ball.

An online match disappeared before our date. Should I seek her out IRL?
Since I know where she lives, I’m tempted to show up at her door and say, “Can’t we talk about this?”

R.I. fraudster who faked Marine service and cancer gets nearly 6 years in prison
“She preyed on people’s compassion, their sympathy, and their goodheartedness,” federal prosecutor Ronald Gendron said.

Jan. 6, Breonna Taylor, and vaccines: Details emerge about 3 Boston police officers who were fired

Mayor Michelle Wu said she was not involved in the termination decisions but she framed them as necessary to uphold the standards of Boston's police department.

Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
Officials Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.

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Sixty years after JFK, another US president is going to Ireland

Biden confirmed his planned visit Monday alongside Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom’s prime minister, in San Diego, where they were meeting about a nuclear submarine deal with Australia.

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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need
Health insurance companies have rejected medical claims for as long as they’ve been around. But a STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is now driving denials to new heights.

Brockton man ordered held without bail, accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old boy
Prosecutors allege that Justelino Resende, 38, of Brockton, critically wounded Felicia Williams, 39, and killed the teenage boy, identified as Nehemiah Cepeda, whom he had helped raise since he was 2.

Dr. Fauci comes to the aid of two women in need of medical assistance at D.C. gala. He’s ‘the real deal.’
“It was an eventful evening for medical emergencies,” Anthony Fauci said of the Gridiron Dinner on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

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March Madness is for all levels of basketball enthusiasts

A guide to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day if you don’t drink

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A clarinet’s right to remain silent, and to speak out

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We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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DiZoglio’s audit of Legislature should follow the money
RENÉE GRAHAM

Mike Pence, a profile in cowardice
LETTERS

A shock to the banking system
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Charlestown is too isolated
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Readers throw cloak over bid to make daylight saving time year-round
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Crazy rich autocracies: What are they doing better than democracies?

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Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

Officials Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.

Jackie Kennedy’s former D.C. estate hits the market for $26.5 million

If the grand 13-bedroom, 13-bath Georgetown property sells at the asking price, it would be the most expensive residential real estate transaction in Washington, D.C., history.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

This historic storm (for some) loosens its grip on New England

Tuesday's nor’easter has now moved farther into the Atlantic after walloping the region with heavy rain and epic snow.

With March Madness set to begin, Charlie Baker discusses new job as NCAA president on CNN

Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who recently started his new job as president of the NCAA, said Tuesday that the body is making strides in leveling the playing field between investments in women’s and men’s college sports.

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NFL free agency: Baker Mayfield signs with Bucs, will succeed Tom Brady at QB

We’re tracking the latest news from around the league ahead of the official start of free agency on Wednesday.
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Patriots reportedly add offensive tackle Riley Reiff, but still need help on the line

The 34-year-old Reiff has played for four teams in his 11-year career, earning a starting role on each.
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Men’s NCAA Tournament bracket breakdown: Dark horses, games to watch, and our pick to win each region

A look at the local connections and most intriguing first-round games, plus Final Four picks and more.

Wynn Resorts buys Everett power plant site. Is a Revs stadium on the Mystic next?
Chad Finn

Linus Ullmark has little in common with Tim Thomas, but he could soon stand beside him in the Bruins record books
Red Sox

Corey Kluber named Red Sox Opening Day starter

Business

Stocks tumble on Wall Street on renewed fears about banks

Wall Street’s harsh spotlight has intensified across the banking industry recently on worries about what may crack next following the second- and third-largest bank failures in US history last week.

Wynn Resorts buys Everett power plant site. Is a Revs stadium on the Mystic next?

The gaming operator closed a deal to acquire 45-acre site across Broadway from its casino, where Everett’s mayor envisions an entertainment district, perhaps anchored by a soccer stadium.

Jackie Kennedy’s former D.C. estate hits the market for $26.5 million

Barney Frank, coauthor of landmark banking reform, defends his positions after SVB collapse, Signature Bank seizure
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PERSPECTIVE

There’s an easy way to retrain the nasty internal voice telling you you’re not good enough

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was 15 minutes late ... I did feel bad about that’
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, March 13-19
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30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events

metro

‘No plan’ to change Wellesley College admissions after students support referendum to admit transgender men

Governor Healey announces end of state COVID-19 public health emergency

So many teachers are leaving Providence classrooms

sports

We’re feeling left out of the men’s March Madness — and it wasn’t always like this

Women’s NCAA Tournament bracket breakdown: Dark horses, games to watch, and our pick to win each region

Free agency is here, and the Patriots aren’t showing enough urgency to fix their team

business

‘How do we outlaw brokers’ fees?’ Answering your Boston housing questions.

‘Last of Us’, ‘Angry Birds’, ‘GoldenEye’, ‘Wii Sports’ on ballot for World Video Game Hall of Fame

Honda recalling 500,000 vehicles to fix seat belt problem

politics

With collapse of SVB, the most politically charged word of the era is back

Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after ‘shock and awe’

DeSantis has promised to make every state like Florida, but Iowans say he’s a little late

Nation

Abortion pill challenge goes before conservative Texas judge

National Audubon Society will keep its name despite ties to slavery

At Wellesley College, students vote to admit trans men

World

Chinese businessman arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy

Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea

Honduras will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan

opinion

What if companies could read your mind? Neurotechnology is coming, and your cognitive liberty is at stake.

Readers throw cloak over bid to make daylight saving time year-round

Nursing home woes are a grim window into who we are, what we value

lifestyle

Jackie Kennedy’s former D.C. estate hits the market for $26.5 million

March Madness is for all levels of basketball enthusiasts

The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso’

food & dining

Puritan Oyster Bar in Cambridge isn’t trying too hard but succeeds at everything

10 Irish pubs to eat at this St. Patrick’s Day

A new strawberry just dropped

travel

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

Heads in the cloud: ‘Spatial Disclosures’ considers shared consciousness

Peeking behind the scenes of ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

At the MFA, enslaved Black potters’ work brings lives into the light in ‘Hear Me Now’

Books

Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate and critic of postwar Japan, dies at 88

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

Movies

Peeking behind the scenes of ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

How long does a woman get to enjoy her so-called prime? A year? A week? A single golden hour?

At glitzy Oscar parties: Casey Affleck’s about to start filming in Boston; Kraft still hoping Brady will retire a Patriot

Television

Now that ‘The Bear’ is a hit, expect a bit more in season 2

How long does a woman get to enjoy her so-called prime? A year? A week? A single golden hour?

The warm return of ‘Ted Lasso’

music

A clarinet’s right to remain silent, and to speak out

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

Theater/Dance

Rebecca Bradshaw named artistic director at Gloucester Stage

Bill T. Jones’s ‘Curriculum II’ puts us to the test

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

globe local

High Street will be shut down as bridge is replaced, dam demolished

‘Remember that time when there was nowhere else we needed to be?’

The Argument: Should Massachusetts provide rental assistance for all who qualify?

Obituaries

Joe Pepitone, rowdy star when the Yankees faded, dies at 82

Patricia Schroeder, congresswoman who wielded barbed wit, dies at 82

Dick Fosbury, who reinvented high jumping with his ‘Fosbury Flop,’ dies at 76