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US prosecutors ask judge to hold Stash’s Pizza owner charged with exploiting workers pending trial

US Magistrate Judge Judith Dein took the question of whether to release Stavros Papantoniadis on bail under advisement Monday after a three-hour hearing in federal court in Boston.

Owner of Dorchester pizza shop charged with exploiting undocumented workers

Skier dies after hitting tree on Wachusett Mountain Ski Area trail

The Monday morning crash happened on an advanced trail, mountain officials said, and ski patrollers "gave emergency care and evaluation to the skier before handing his care over to first responders." He was pronounced dead at the scene.

New York authorities prepare for unprecedented arrest of an ex-president

The unprecedented arrest of a former commander in chief — one whose devoted supporters once staged a violent attack on the Capitol — will be anything but routine.

Trump’s call for protests gets muted reaction Mike Pence, unmoored from Donald Trump, finds his old voice

Bay State College to lose accreditation after appeal fails

After Aug. 31, students will not be able to access federal financial aid and credits may not transfer to other institutions.

Company offering new AI body scans slated to open in Mass. Experts warn about cost, false positives.
Some experts are concerned that these new body scans for the “worried well” are surging ahead of the current science on AI.

Monica Cannon-Grant arraigned in federal court on new fraud charges

Police ask for public’s help after Newton pizza shop broken into twice in 9 days

Five Conn. children, ages 8-17, dead after New York crash

Dog snatched from owner on Beacon Hill, police say

Boston Latin School student Lauren Choy (second from right) led a discussion on the experience of Asian American students at Boston Public Schools. She was joined by (from left) Boston Latin Academy student Phuong To, Josiah Quincy Upper School student Qiwen Su, and John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science student Ngan Huynh. The discussion was part of an event at VietAID in Dorchester.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘Asians are an afterthought’: Asian American students at BPS report feeling less safe, more undervalued

“The dominant narrative out there in Boston Public Schools, as well as many other places, is that Asian students are doing fine,” said former BPS teacher Go Sasaki. “Based on our experiences and anecdotes, we know that is not the case.”

Waterfront mansion in Beverly sells for $18.2 million. See the photos.
Known as “Rock Edge,” the Georgian Revival-style mansion spans about 28,000 square feet on a rocky bluff above 400 square feet of private beachfront, according to marketing materials.

christopher l. gasper

Patriots’ offseason moves have been OK, but they aren’t nearly enough to make the team a contender
Bill Belichick may be making the mistake — again — of thinking his team isn't that far from challenging the Bills for AFC East supremacy.

A closer look at the Patriots’ biggest moves in free agency so far

Roger Berkowitz showed off some of the new items from his new online food company.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Roger Berkowitz’s next act

The former CEO of Legal Sea Foods is taking the wraps off Roger's Fish Co., an online purveyor of flash-frozen fish, live and cooked lobsters, and ready-to-heat meals for the let’s-eat-out-at-home set.

A member of staff cleaned ATMs at the headquarter of Credit Suisse bank in Zurich on Monday.

kara miller | the big idea

After another week of turmoil, how safe are banks?

First, we’re likely to see more consolidation and regulation. And second, there is the potential for more pain as banks adjust to a new, higher-interest-rate reality.

Senator Elizabeth Warren says she favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance cap

Ed Cooley's Friars lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last week.

college basketball

Providence native Ed Cooley jumps at chance to rebuild Georgetown men’s basketball program after 12 seasons with Friars

Cooley, who was named the national coach of the year in 2022, coached the Friars to their first Big East regular-season title and seven NCAA Tournament appearances.

Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on Monday. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is at left and fellow cast member Hannah Waddingham is at right.

‘Ted Lasso’ cast visits White House to promote mental health care

Ted Lasso was at the White House on Monday, where Jason Sudeikis and other cast members talked about mental health. That topic is one of the themes of the award-winning show.

Doctor David Enze Wang talked with a patient's family member on the phone in the Special Pathogen Unit ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on April 27, 2020. The hospital converted the cardiovascular center into a COVID-19 intensive care unit.

Three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, how cautious are the experts?

Some say they’ve loosened up, at least in their personal lives, but there are things they’re still keeping an eye on.

Inside the weird, wonderful world of ‘Buy Nothing’ groups

The offbeat giveaway groups on Facebook flourished during the pandemic, with membership numbers more than tripling.

Tell us: What items have you picked up or given away for free on Facebook?

Opinion

Protesters gather to demand justice for Arif Sayed Faisal during a protest held by The Bangladesh Association of New England in January.

Protesters won’t let Cambridge sweep fatal police shooting ‘under the rug’

A coalition of college students is helping to keep the cause for more transparency alive.

Twenty years after Iraq War, what happened to the children?

Timothy Scalona

I am a survivor of the child welfare system. Family surveillance is not the solution to poverty.

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

The quietly radical genius of Phillis Wheatley

The financial fragility of single parents who need child care

Actor Shameik Moore poses with young movie-goers during the ‘Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse’ Atlanta screening at Regal Atlantic Station on Dec. 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Emancipator

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

While conversations about representation are essential, we also need to talk about the way racism itself is portrayed. The stories we tell can help solve the problem — or can perpetuate it.

A Beautiful Resistance

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The women’s history I carry with me is love: Chardline Chanel

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

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Love is Freedom: The Embrace of Imari & Miriam

Imari Paris Jeffries and Miriam Ortiz understand liberation as a love language, not just in their community work, but with one another, too.

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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)

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Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

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MUSIC REVIEW

With Dropkick Murphys at full roar, it must be that time of year again
Night three of the band's annual hometown St. Patrick's Day extravaganza — this year, a run of four sold-out shows — featured their big-hearted songs played with customary ferocity.

World on ‘thin ice’ as UN climate report gives stark warning
Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Succession’ is back, a Dickens adaptation arrives, and Kiefer Sutherland stars in new thriller
HBO’s “Succession” is back for a fourth season Sunday only to say goodbye forever. Who’s going to rule the evil empire after Logan? That will be the big question.

North Atlantic right whale and her calf seen in Cape Cod Bay
The sighting of a North Atlantic right whale named Porcia and her calf on March 18 was the first North Atlantic whale sighting in Cape Cod Bay this year.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Spring arrives with some precipitation expected later in the week
For the first few days of spring, temperatures are expected to be above average along with at least partial sunshine.

Tick-borne disease babesiosis now considered endemic in northern New England
Most cases are transmitted to humans by bites from blacklegged ticks also known as deer ticks, the same insects that carry Lyme disease.

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A proposal to build the ‘world’s tallest flagpole’ looms over a small community in Maine

What would become of this picturesque community five hours north of Boston if a powerful local family’s proposal to turn hundreds of acres of nearby wilderness into a billion-dollar patriotic theme park — complete with a 1,461-foot flagpole — moves ahead?

Hampshire College extends warm welcome to students from New College of Florida, a DeSantis target
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The cost to see Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and other megastars is widening the gulf between haves and have-nots, and fraying the connection between artists and their fan bases.

Medical residents at Mass General Brigham could soon unionize. Here’s why.
The health system is pushing back, with program directors holding individual meetings with residents to discourage the effort.

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Eunji Lim and Jeffrey Song in "Wild Goose Dreams" at SpeakEasy Stage Company.

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Sulaiman Fayadh Sulaiman, who has been paralyzed from the waist down since he was shot as a 3-year-old in 2003, lives in Baghdad and is a member of the Iraqi Paralympic archery team, competing internationally.

Twenty years after Iraq War, what happened to the children?

A mother is reflected in the mirror as she cleans her children's room before a visit from a DCF worker at her home in Revere in 2019.

Timothy Scalona

I am a survivor of the child welfare system. Family surveillance is not the solution to poverty.

The Phillis Wheatley statue on Commonwealth Avenue.

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

The quietly radical genius of Phillis Wheatley

Teacher Dina Gomes held Rory as she rocked Railey (bottom) in the infant room at the Nurtury Center in Roxbury, Feb. 7. In Massachusetts, child care for the youngest residents is more difficult to find and harder to afford than most other places in the country.

The financial fragility of single parents who need child care

Even at an annualized rate, health care costs rose on average 3.2 percent a year since 2019 — higher than the state’s 3.1 percent target.

Health care costs need to be contained

IDEAS | ELOISE DAVENPORT

My fitness trackers took me hostage

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘Asians are an afterthought’: Asian American students at BPS report feeling less safe, more undervalued

“The dominant narrative out there in Boston Public Schools, as well as many other places, is that Asian students are doing fine,” said former BPS teacher Go Sasaki. “Based on our experiences and anecdotes, we know that is not the case.”

Bay State College to lose accreditation after appeal fails

After Aug. 31, students will not be able to access federal financial aid and credits may not transfer to other institutions.

Carol Sloane, graceful jazz singer for decades, dies at 85

In a 60-year recording career, Ms. Sloane said she would only sing "the most beautiful songs."

A new proposal would replace R.I.’s controversial coastal regulator

If approved, the CRMC would be replaced with a state agency whose leader reports directly to the governor.

Sports

Adam Thielen caught 70 passes for 716 yards and 6 touchdowns with the Vikings last season.

Wide receiver Adam Thielen agrees to terms with rebuilding Panthers

Thielen, 32, a two-time Pro Bowler, was released this offseason after spending the past nine seasons with the Vikings.

Rick Pitino decided to make a move of some 20 miles from Iona to St. John's.

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

St. John’s hires Rick Pitino away from Iona to coach its men’s program back to prominence

The 70-year-old Hall of Famer, who has coached two programs to titles, started off as a head coach at Boston University in 1978.

Garrett Whitlock has been working hard to get into the Red Sox rotation as soon as possible and might miss just one turn.

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Garrett Whitlock feeling strong and hitting 95 as he ramps up, could miss just one turn in Red Sox rotation

In his second Grapefruit League start, Whitlock worked mostly at 92-94 miles per hour and topped out at 95, though he gave a mixed review of his arsenal.

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Monday’s spring training report: Justin Turner gets a hit in return to Red Sox lineup

christopher l. gasper

Patriots’ offseason moves have been OK, but they aren’t nearly enough to make the team a contender

college basketball

Providence native Ed Cooley jumps at chance to rebuild Georgetown men’s basketball program after 12 seasons with Friars

Business

Mass. General Hospital grant enables West End Museum to hire its first salaried executive director

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Roger Berkowitz’s next act

The former CEO of Legal Sea Foods is taking the wraps off Roger's Fish Co., an online purveyor of flash-frozen fish, live and cooked lobsters, and ready-to-heat meals for the let’s-eat-out-at-home set.

Silicon Valley Bank successor’s auction extended by FDIC

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The governor needs a transportation czar

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London's Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben.

How to get the most out of a visit to London, before the coronation crowds take over

Practicing a yoga pose by the Stockbridge Bowl, which is also called Lake Mahkeenac.

Learning to relax at the Kripalu retreat in the Berkshires

The town of Myrina, capital of Lemnos island.

Looking for a gorgeous Greek island you can actually afford to visit?

This week's daters: Anna and Chris

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both enjoy music; he is much more into classical music’

metro

This North Atlantic right whale named Porcia and her calf were seen in Cape Cod Bay on March 18.

North Atlantic right whale and her calf seen in Cape Cod Bay

Company offering new AI body scans slated to open in Mass. Experts warn about cost, false positives.

Man arrested on gun possession charge in Roxbury, police say

sports

Worcester North's Ty Tabales hoists the Division 1 boys' basketball trophy with teammate Joseph Okla.

Title towns: See the results from the high school basketball and hockey state finals

Bruins see no reason to stray from their 1-2 goaltending punch

A closer look at the Patriots’ biggest moves in free agency so far

business

Howard Schultz speaks at the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting on March 22, 2017, in Seattle.

New Starbucks CEO takes reins early from Howard Schultz

Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000

Need to return a sweater you don’t want? A new startup is here for you.

politics

Former President Donald Trump speaks at an election campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, March 13, 2023.

Here are some of the charges that could arise from the Trump investigations

Mike Pence, unmoored from Donald Trump, finds his old voice

New York law enforcement prepares as speculation builds over possible Trump arrest

Nation

Former Haitian Mayor Jean Morose Viliena departs federal court, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Boston. Viliena, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. who now lives in Malden, Mass., was sued by three Haitian citizens who say they or their relatives were persecuted by him and his political allies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Attorneys make divergent closings in trial of Haitian mayor

States look at harsher fentanyl penalties

School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

World

Far-left lawmakers held papers reading "64 years. It is no" at the National Assembly in Paris on Monday. The French National Assembly rejected a no-confidence motion against the government of President Emmanuel Macron, ensuring that a fiercely contested bill raising the retirement age to 64 from 62 becomes the law of the land.

Macron’s retirement overhaul becomes law of the land

French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions

Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine war

opinion

Wisdom, not ageism, is essential for a healthy society

Delight found in ‘missing puzzle piece’

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

lifestyle

I’m waiting on his divorce

Tooth gems are sparking joy in Greater Boston

She could have been ... my girlfriend in Canada

food & dining

Roger Berkowitz showed off some of the new items from his new online food company.

Roger Berkowitz’s next act

🍳 Learn how to make this delicious Portuguese breakfast

Bar Vlaha prepares to open in Brookline; Lehrhaus debuts outside Inman Square

travel

A rendering from the proposal for Flagpole of Freedom Park near Columbia Falls, Maine. If built, the more than $1 billion attraction would include the tallest flagpole in the world.

A proposal to build the ‘world’s tallest flagpole’ looms over a small community in Maine

Visiting Zermatt and the Mighty Matterhorn

Why you should visit Alexandria, Va.

Arts

Artist Betye Saar at her house in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles.

To search, to seek, to see: Betye Saar brings her travels to the Gardner Museum

A timeline of the Gardner Museum art heist

Darrel Ellis: A fractured life in pictures at the Carpenter Center

Books

Illustration from "Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!" by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura.

Spotlighting Cambridge’s Blacksmith House Poetry Series, Dan Levitt’s ‘What’s Gotten Into You,’ and a new Eric Carle exhibit

Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty by America’ turns its lens on those who profit from it

John Sayles on reading for and during the making of a film

Movies

Anthony Bova, co-owner of Bova's Bakery in the North End, which is usually open 24 hours a day.

Bova’s Bakery closes this week for Damon, Affleck movie shoot

How accurate is Hulu’s ‘Boston Strangler’? Here’s what to know.

Five things we learned from Ben Affleck’s Hollywood Reporter interview

Television

From left: Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin in "Succession."

This week’s TV: ‘Succession’ is back, a Dickens adaptation arrives, and Kiefer Sutherland stars in new thriller

Keri Russell returns to TV in ‘The Diplomat’

Five things we learned from Ben Affleck’s Hollywood Reporter interview

music

Ryan McKinny and Naomi Louisa O'Connell in rehearsal for BLO's "Bluebeard's Castle"/"Four Songs."

Director, dancers, and singers build BLO’s ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ together

James McMurtry lets the characters in his songs do the talking

With Dropkick Murphys at full roar, it must be that time of year again

Theater/Dance

Eunji Lim and Jeffrey Song in "Wild Goose Dreams" at SpeakEasy Stage Company.

Connection and disconnection in SpeakEasy’s ‘Wild Goose Dreams’

Gibney Company’s engaging Boston debut explores what separates us, what brings us together

Boston Ballet presents its best ‘Don Quixote’ yet

globe local

At Dave & Buster’s in the Natick Mall, Joey Lively, 11, plays one of the video games.

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

What else is drifting away from us besides the moon?

Turkish-born faculty at Framingham State mobilize to help earthquake survivors

Obituaries

Carole Sloane, with Peter Bernstein on guitar and Ray Drummond on bass, at a concert of Duke Ellington’s music in New York in 2006. (Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times)

Carol Sloane, graceful jazz singer for decades, dies at 85

Former US representative John Jenrette, jailed in Abscam scandal, dies

Rafael Viñoly, architect who designed the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, dies at 78