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Nantucket billionaires, including Charles Schwab, battle proposed clam shack

Two local men are attempting to revive a popular fish market, riling the wealthy owners of neighboring waterfront cottages. On Wednesday night, the Select Board voted to approve the restaurant with certain conditions.
Nantucket Select Board approves clam shack opposed by billionaire neighbors

A developer proposed housing in Peabody. To stop it, the city bought the land.
The city will pay $7.2 million for the 80-acre parcel, with plans to maintain it as an open space, instead of allowing a large-scale housing development to move forward.

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

Wellesley president Paula Johnson said the school's mission as a women’s college remains relevant, even as the student body has become more diverse.
Survey Says | Christopher Muther

Would you pay more to be on a plane without children? A majority of Americans say they want adult-only flights.

A study found that 80 percent of travelers crave adult-only flights. A majority of these travelers (64 percent, to be precise) said they would even pay a higher ticket price for the luxury of a child-free flight.
Celtics 104, Timberwolves 102

With Jayson Tatum scuffling, Jaylen Brown takes over — and Grant Williams pitches in — to grind out a Celtics win

Brown put up 35 points in a chippy affair on the road, while Williams made some late hustle plays to seal the victory.

Months-long waits accessing care leave patients sicker and in anguish

A fourth of Massachusetts doctors plan to leave the field in the next two years, according to a survey.

Two months in, Healey faces a familiar challenge for past governors: an MBTA in disarray

While the new governor says she now owns the T, some advocates believe she could be more vocal by forcibly calling out the problems and her plans to address them.
Felt debris falls onto platform at Forest Hills station

Feeling betrayed by the powerful again, sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout is fighting back
“I am determined to have some sort of good, or some sort of change, come out of all the horrible things that have happened to me and my family,” she said, as she fights Michael Delaney's nomination to be a federal judge.

ADRIAN WALKER
Once condemned, Ramadan Shabazz enjoys his first taste of freedom in more than 50 years
“I feel like a bird that’s just been born and flying the coop for the first time,” he said. “He’s free, he realizes he’s free, and he sees everything around him is free.”

Pentagon shows footage of aircraft dumping fuel on US drone

The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a US Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea.

Resident doctor accused of child pornography possession ordered held without bail in federal court

Skiers, hikers in Mass. rescued amid Tuesday storm, officials say

Comparing new Patriots receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and departed receiver Jakobi Meyers

Both are accomplished slot receivers who can dance outside the numbers on occasion to exploit favorable matchups. Both are consistent: If the ball is in their vicinity, they’ll catch it.
Patriots agree with RB James Robinson on two-year, $8 million deal
ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

As traditional leadoff role evolves, Triston Casas is showing himself as a possible solution there for the Red Sox

“He swings at the right ones and takes the right ones,” said manager Alex Cora of Casas, who had never hit leadoff in a game before this spring, but sports many of the qualities now favored for the top spot in the order.

Towns that defy new MBTA housing law could face state legal action, Campbell says

Attorney General Andrea Campbell's warning comes as a number of communities have openly balked at the new rules.
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EDITORIAL

Lift the FDIC’s insurance cap — permanently

What good is the limit on deposit insurance if the government repeatedly lifts it when crisis strikes?
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The AI doctor will charge you now
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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

I’m in my prime, and I’m done hiding my age
JOAN VENNOCHI

With latest bank failures, Senator Elizabeth Warren can say ‘I told you so’
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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Director and writer Matt Ruskin on getting the story, characters, and setting right in ‘Boston Strangler’
The Watertown native’s movie, premiering on Hulu on Friday, revolves around two female reporters who pursued the case.

More than 2,000 still without power as Mass. digs out after snowstorm
The heaviest snowfall was reported in Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties, as well as a portion of Middlesex County.

Dracut dairy farm finds new shelter for cows after snow brings down barn roof during storm

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Reversing Roe was never going to be enough
The extremists have always wanted a national ban, and one that goes beyond surgical abortion to medication-assisted abortion.

As public health emergency ends, COVID vigilance should remain, public health experts say

Governor Maura Healey announced on Wednesday that she would end the state’s public health emergency, marking the beginning of what public health officials say is the next phase of life with COVID-19.

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.

Private island off Connecticut is being sold for $85 million
Great Island, a private 60-acre island, was previously listed for $100 million, according to the property listing, which touts it as “the largest private island ever to be offered for sale on the East Coast.”

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Developers pitch new wind power project, enough to power 500,000 R.I. homes

The proposal from Ørsted and Eversource, in response to a request from Rhode Island Energy, would be within the same lease area south of Martha’s Vineyard where the no long active Bay State Wind project had been proposed.

More than 2,000 still without power as Mass. digs out after snowstorm

The heaviest snowfall was reported in Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties, as well as a portion of Middlesex County.

Months-long waits accessing care leave patients sicker and in anguish

A fourth of Massachusetts doctors plan to leave the field in the next two years, according to a survey.

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US advances to quarterfinals of World Baseball Classic with win over Colombia

Mike Trout had three hits and three RBIs, and the United States used a stellar night from its deep bullpen to beat Colombia 3-2 and advance to the quarterfinals.
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Comparing new Patriots receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and departed receiver Jakobi Meyers

Both are accomplished slot receivers who can dance outside the numbers on occasion to exploit favorable matchups. Both are consistent: If the ball is in their vicinity, they’ll catch it.
Women: Sacred Heart 57, Southern 47

Sacred Heart women defeat Southern for first NCAA Tournament victory

Sacred Heart plays fifth-ranked and top-seeded Stanford in the first round Friday.
MIAA boys' D1 semifinal: Needham 60, North Andover 43

Henry Bickford leads fifth-seeded Needham in romp over No. 9 North Andover to reach Division 1 state final against No. 6 Worcester North
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Mets closer Edwin Díaz leaves in wheelchair after injuring right knee in World Baseball Classic celebration
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Pushing the tempo in second half, Cathedral girls’ basketball cruises into Division 4 state final

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A developer proposed housing in Peabody. To stop it, the city bought the land.

The city will pay $7.2 million for the 80-acre parcel, with plans to maintain it as an open space, instead of allowing a large-scale housing development to move forward.

Credit Suisse shares soar after borrowing $54 billion from Swiss central bank

Credit Suisse’s shares have soared 30 percent after it announced it will move to shore up its finances by borrowing up to nearly $54 billion from the Swiss central bank.

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Nantucket Select Board approves clam shack opposed by billionaire neighbors

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

R.I. takes legal action against City of Woonsocket, operators of faulty facility that processes region’s wastewater

sports

With Jayson Tatum scuffling, Jaylen Brown takes over — and Grant Williams pitches in — to grind out a Celtics win

NFL free agency: Patriots finally make a big splash, signing wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster

Central casting: Bishop Fenwick and St. Mary’s will square off for Division 3 girls’ basketball title

business

California regulators could decide oil profits penalty

Credit Suisse, battered lender, borrows $54 billion from Swiss central bank

TikTok dismisses calls for Chinese owners to divest in US

politics

Feeling betrayed by the powerful again, sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout is fighting back

Biden says he’s focused ‘intensely’ on lowering drug costs

Porn actor Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors investigating hush money

Nation

Kentucky lawmakers struggle to finish transgender bill

Thousands of LA school district workers to hold three-day strike

US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

World

US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone

Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects compromise

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DiZoglio’s audit of Legislature should follow the money

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Private island off Connecticut is being sold for $85 million

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

March Madness is for all levels of basketball enthusiasts

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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

Would you pay more to be on a plane without children? A majority of Americans say they want adult-only flights.

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’

Arts

At the Griffin, layers upon photographic layers

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

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

Director and writer Matt Ruskin on getting the story, characters, and setting right in ‘Boston Strangler’

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?

Television

Daisy May Cooper gives you someone to root for in HBO’s ‘Rain Dogs’

For ‘Swarm’ star Dominique Fishback, playing a twisted superfan is what dreams are made of

‘Lucky Hank’ gives a tale of midlife crisis the old college try

music

Banned by the Taliban, Afghan musicians play on in Cambridge

Celebrating change — and calling for more — in classical music

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

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

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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?

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Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91

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

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