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N.H. licensing agency launches investigation into former administrators at Catholic Medical Center

Some doctors have already been subpoenaed to provide testimony about the hospital’s oversight of Dr. Yvon Baribeau’s surgery practice.
Spotlight: A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Fewer Boston high school graduates are enrolling in college, while completion rates stagnate

The downward trend, beginning before the pandemic, is erasing one of the more impressive accomplishments for Boston Public Schools, which had relatively high college enrollment rates.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee approves budget, school building, bus contract at contentious meeting

Number of homeless and migrant families living in emergency hotels rises in Massachusetts

The state’s emergency assistance program has effectively reached capacity, with about 600 homeless and migrant families living in state-subsidized hotels.

Amid banking uncertainty, Federal Reserve increases key interest rate by a quarter point

The move, the most pivotal interest rate decision in years, came after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have shaken the industry, roiled financial markets and forced federal intervention to prevent a broader contagion.
Larry Edelman | Analysis

With new interest rate hike, the Fed signals health of the US financial system

‘We’re going first whether they like it or not,’ NH Governor Sununu on retaining first-in-the nation presidential primary in 2024

New Hampshire Governor Chris T. Sununu isn’t prepared to relinquish his state’s status as the first in the nation to hold the presidential primary without plenty of pushback.

Little funding for Cape Cod bridges but planning moves forward
christopher l. gasper

The Celtics looked unbeatable in Sacramento, so why am I still worried?

When everything isn't clicking on offense, the Celtics have to find another way to win, and too often they look like a team without a Plan B.
ben volin | on football

Patriots have improved the pieces around Mac Jones. There are no excuses for him now.

With better receivers and coaches to work with — and with his ankle healed — Jones needs to produce results in 2023.
TELEVISION REVIEW

Brawl in the family: The final season of ‘Succession’ is as fierce as it gets

The gloves, always off, have been cut to shreds.
Opinion
RENÉE LOTH

A loss for Fox would be a win for the First Amendment

Fox reporters in the news division who held on to a shred of ethics were scolded for casting doubt on the Big Lie.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

GOP’s true agenda in targeting trans students? Courting white evangelicals.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley
Lori Trahan

Congress should target TikTok but not let US social media companies off the hook
IDEAS | GARRET KEIZER

Vermont’s outrageous library plan speaks volumes about our illusions
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.
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More recent News

State officials issue guidance to Mass. pharmacies: stock abortion pills

Officials said Mass. pharmacies must stock all reproductive health medications including mifepristone, a drug that can safely end a pregnancy in its early stages.

Fired anti-vax Boston police officer followed Wu in a car after protesting at her house, documents say

Shana Cottone protested in front of the mayor’s home, yelling and screaming through a bullhorn, and on at least one occasion, followed Wu in a car, according to a summary of an internal affairs investigation.

At Senate hearing, Bernie Sanders grills Moderna CEO for quadrupling COVID vaccine price

Moderna has previously said it will make its COVID shots freely available to anyone without insurance, but senators were skeptical about how that would work.

IRobot wins patent dispute with SharkNinja, sort of
On Tuesday, the US International Trade Commission ruled that SharkNinja had violated an iRobot patent, and barred SharkNinja from importing any products that contained the patented technology, which enables a robotic floor cleaner to navigate the user’s floors.

Skier who died after crashing into a tree at Wachusett identified
The skier who died Monday morning at the Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton was identified as 67-year-old John Lapato of Shrewsbury.

Former WBZ-TV news anchor from the 1960s has film clip in new ‘Boston Strangler’ movie
Former WBZ news anchor Joanne Desmond is featured in the new “Boston Strangler” movie.

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Amid plans to expand education for inmates, Healey administration tours state’s School of Reentry
In the six years since the school opened, 81 percent of students have earned the equivalent of a high school diploma and 92 percent have held down a job more than a year after being released.

State board allowed woman accused of abusing foster children to keep nursing license for more than a decade
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Renowned ballerina Misty Copeland to receive 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

During Ramadan, restaurants help break the fast

Community members restore mural in Chinatown

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

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

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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A loss for Fox would be a win for the First Amendment

Lori Trahan

Congress should target TikTok but not let US social media companies off the hook
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Vermont’s outrageous library plan speaks volumes about our illusions
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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Fewer Boston high school graduates are enrolling in college, while completion rates stagnate

The downward trend, beginning before the pandemic, is erasing one of the more impressive accomplishments for Boston Public Schools, which had relatively high college enrollment rates.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee approves budget, school building, bus contract at contentious meeting

Boston school officials are set to vote Wednesday on a slate of high-profile items with reverberations for years to come as the district tries to turn itself around.

Little funding for Cape Cod bridges but planning moves forward

State transportation officials still hope to secure funding by September 2025 for what’s anticipated to be a $4 billion project.
Spotlight Follow-Up

N.H. licensing agency launches investigation into former administrators at Catholic Medical Center

Some doctors have already been subpoenaed to provide testimony about the hospital’s oversight of Dr. Yvon Baribeau’s surgery practice.

Sports

Ten things we learned from Gisele Bündchen’s Vanity Fair interview

In a wide-ranging conversation with the magazine, the supermodel dispels the rumors and gets emotional.
spring training report

Wednesday’s spring training report: Tanner Houck, Red Sox pounded by Twins

Houck’s putrid spring continued, as the righthander was shellacked for eight runs in 4⅔ innings.
Golf

Keegan Bradley’s latest tie in Match Play feels like a win

Bradley, who still has not won a match in 16 tries over 11 years at the Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, rallied from 4 down with five holes to play to halve his opening-day round against Denny McCarthy.
Red Sox

With Bobby Dalbec’s path to a Red Sox roster spot at the corners blocked, could he carve out a role up the middle?
tennis

Top-ranked women’s tennis player Iga Swiatek withdraws from Miami Open with rib injury
nfl

Texans make Laremy Tunsil league’s highest-paid left tackle with three-year, $75 million extension

Business

Launch debut of 3D-printed rocket ends in failure, no orbit

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts has finally taken flight, but didn’t last long.

Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute

A dispute between Jack Daniel’s and the makers of a squeaking dog toy that humorously mimics the whiskey’s signature look gave Supreme Court justices a lot to chew on.

Amid banking uncertainty, Federal Reserve increases key interest rate by a quarter point

Biogen’s ALS drug gets partial backing from FDA panel
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MISS CONDUCT

She wants to get together, but I don’t have time for new friends
COOKING

Recipes: Perk up your pasta with Italian sausage and fresh herbs
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, March 20-26

metro

Market challenges complicate Tidewater Landing financing

Andrew’s Point in Rockport has long been open to the public. Now, an oceanfront homeowner is suing to end that.

‘We’re going first whether they like it or not,’ NH Governor Sununu on retaining first-in-the nation presidential primary in 2024

sports

Michael Jordan considering sale of Hornets, but no deal is imminent

Boston University, Merrimack, Harvard set to chase NCAA men’s hockey championship

Masataka Yoshida returns to Red Sox camp as a champion after turning heads at World Baseball Classic

business

State Street makes its first acquisition since BBH deal fell through

Rescuing First Republic may leave bank stockholders stranded

UK inflation swings upward, in a U-turn

politics

Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute

House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case

GOP operative who advised Youngkin moves to pro-DeSantis PAC

Nation

Arizona court declines most of Lake’s appeal over governor’s race

Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant

NYC neighborhood carries on during wait for Trump grand jury

World

Russia hits apartments and dorm in Ukraine, killing civilians

Ukrainian soldiers speed through US training on Patriot missiles

As Haiti’s police retreat, gangs take over much of the capital

opinion

Buy with the fate of the Amazon in mind

The quietly radical genius of Phillis Wheatley

Prosecuting Trump for hush money undermines more serious investigations

lifestyle

Ten things we learned from Gisele Bündchen’s Vanity Fair interview

Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial begins over 2016 ski collision

Boston Underground Film Festival screens ‘strange and unusual’ films for the 23rd year

food & dining

‘Can my dog be an extra?’: Filming for Damon, Affleck movie begins at North End’s Bova’s Bakery

During Ramadan, restaurants help break the fast

Recipe: If you’re tired of winter vegetables, try parsnip puree with leeks as a bed for salmon

travel

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

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

At the Met, comparing and seriously contrasting

A doctor and painter shows what life is like ‘In the Fourth Trimester’

Books

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

Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman are great in ‘A Good Person’

‘Can my dog be an extra?’: Filming for Damon, Affleck movie begins at North End’s Bova’s Bakery

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is wicked fun — and extremely violent

Television

Brawl in the family: The final season of ‘Succession’ is as fierce as it gets

In musical series ‘Up Here,’ cutesy trumps catchy

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

music

New music ensemble Wild Up welcomes listeners where they are

Bruce Springsteen shows a lot of faith, and there’s magic in the night

At TD Garden, Bruce Springsteen loves that ‘Dirty Water’

Theater/Dance

‘Into the Woods’ works its magic in a fairy tale with no happily ever after

Renowned ballerina Misty Copeland to receive 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

‘A Beautiful Noise’ to launch a national tour in the fall of 2024

globe local

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

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?

Obituaries

Warren Boroson, who surveyed psychiatrists on Goldwater, dies at 88

Stuart Hodes, who danced with Martha Graham, is dead at 98

Willis Reed, Hall of Famer and leader on Knicks title teams, dies at 80