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2023 baseball preview

Chaim Bloom is transforming the Red Sox. What does the future hold?

The chief baseball officer is entering his fourth season amid low expectations and high scrutiny. Are the Sox still big spenders? Is the farm system getting any better? And where will his strategy take the team?
The Red Sox are finalizing their Opening Day roster. Here’s a look. Tell us: How do you think the Red Sox will do in 2023? With Opening Day near, Red Sox unveil enhancements to Fenway Park, from new lights to crab cake sandwiches
dan shaughnessy

Regardless of Red Sox expectations, this is a day to celebrate the return of baseball

On Opening Day, we are all Bart Giamatti, Roger Angell, Ken Burns, and Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Heading to Fenway for Opening Day? You better dress warmly.

Temperatures by Thursday morning will be below freezing and with a brisk flow from the north, wind chills will be in the teens.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
‘This has been devastating’: Wayland is divided over racism allegations after Black superintendent is placed on leave
A series of controversies has erupted since Omar Easy, a former NFL player and Everett school administrator, became the first Black school superintendent in Wayland a year and a half ago.

A ‘way too persistent’ man will get his own electric car charging station. Other Bostonians may not be so lucky.
In the end, it took 2½ years, 37 letters of support, the services of an architect, and the endorsement of four Boston city councilors for Matt Malloy to get what he wanted.

Is it still cheaper to fill up an EV versus a gas car? Yes, but it’s complicated.

A year ago, electric-vehicle drivers were saving a ton of money by avoiding the gas pump. Lately, the calculus has changed.

Nurse staffing shortages could push a fifth more nurses to leave the field

85 percent said the quality of health care in Massachusetts hospitals has declined over the last two years.

Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry
Public outrage is swift following mass shootings. But what comes next from policymakers is likely to depend on which political party is in charge of a state.

Rally for gun safety planned at State House Wednesday

The event comes on the heels of Monday’s shooting in at The Covenant School in Nashville, in which killed 6 people, including three 9-year-olds, were killed by a shooter with a legally-purchased assault-style gun.

New Hampshire court dismisses latest Pamela Smart petition
New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990.

Five charts that show where the housing market’s heading this spring
Sales are down. Mortgage rates are up. And it’s not getting any easier to buy around here.

Tell us: How has Boston’s housing market impacted your decision to sell or buy a house?

Ski fatalities show small but marked increase in recent years, though they remain rare
Skiing and snowboarding fatalities nationwide hit a 10 year high during the 2021-2022 season, with 57 fatalities reported by the National Ski Areas Association.

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what that means.

The FDA on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.
MISS CONDUCT

If I’m in town visiting one friend and don’t tell the other, I feel traitorous

Tips for navigating long-distance friendships, and dealing with interruptions when you’re reading.
Love Letters: I don’t know if we’ve become friends with benefits, or something more
TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Breezy ‘Daisy Jones’ falls squarely in the stream zone

The 10-episode series was an entertaining bit of faux music history, with a vibrant lead performance by Riley Keough.
Chris Muther

My new house saved my life. I decided to return the favor.

A home renovation always puts extraordinary amounts of time and money on the line. Sometimes the stakes are even higher
Opinion
IDEAS | RAIANY ROMANNI

Want to live to 150? The world needs more humans.

Aging may not be inevitable — and believe it or not, we have an underpopulation problem to solve.
EDITORIAL

Trump acolytes in Congress willing to trample rule of law
Christopher R. Knittel

Your electric bill shouldn’t be so high. Here’s how to fix it.
Andrew J. Perrin and Christian Lundberg

People deserve safety on college campuses. Ideas don’t.
NEWSLETTER

Woke is easy to define. It’s harder to fight.
The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.
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Special reports

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

More recent News

US regulators face tough questions on SVB, Signature Bank failures
The acknowledgment from Michael Barr, the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, was the most direct yet by a government official of possible oversight lapses leading up to the bank’s failures.

Puffer coat Pope Francis fooled many with his ‘drip.’ But experts say image underscores danger of AI misinformation.
The visual is the latest example of an image produced using an easily accessible image generator powered by artificial intelligence.

Reporter Mike Giardi is let go by NFL Network as part of ongoing budget cuts
The Norwood native worked at New England Cable News and NBC Sports Boston before joining the NFL Network in 2018.

KEVIN CULLEN

Somerville’s current polyamorous people are much, much nicer than the Winter Hill Gang

The people who pushed for this ordinance, and the people it protects, are decent, intelligent, tolerant, and engaged citizens, committed to equality, the sort of people who are a credit to their community.

Newton School Committee votes down controversial advisory panel, calling it ‘a Trojan horse’
Backers of the measure say it’s needed to improve communication between parents and the schools, but critics argue it is a veiled effort to dismantle a district racial equity policy.

Nantucket, Middlesex top list of healthiest counties in Massachusetts, new survey shows

How long you live depends on where you live, according to the new report.
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Recommended reads

As evictions climb in Mass., one last measure to prevent them expires Friday

Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

Lawsuit aims to overturn train whistle bans in dozens of communities in hopes of reducing tragedies
A former MBTA commuter rail engineer is one of the people asking the state’s highest court to lift whistle bans at railroad crossings across Massachusetts and require horns be sounded to prevent future deaths.

Spotlight Follow-up
The last words of Aaron Hernandez: Imprisoned Patriots star showed no hints of suicide in final phone calls
Hernandez seemed upbeat and optimistic, while making ominous references to concussions and a dangerous prison drug.

With Elizabeth Warren running again, where does that leave the state’s ambitious young politicians?
The question facing today’s younger and ambitious members of Congress, including Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Jake Auchincloss, Seth Moulton, and Lori Trahan, is just how long they want to wait to rise through the ranks.

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Culture & Lifestyle

As Little Red Ridinghood, Gloucester’s Katy Geraghty is living her own fairy tale

Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society hosts a British Invasion at Faneuil

Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

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

Welcome Back to Boston

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

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE GRAHAM

Republicans retreating from Trump? Now that’s fake news.
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The latest antiabortion tactic: asserting the rights of men
EDITORIAL

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem
Jennifer Handt

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway
MARCELA GARCÍA

In the Maine undocumented workers’ case, what about the Mass. company that employed them?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

Metro

Ski fatalities show small but marked increase in recent years, though they remain rare

Skiing and snowboarding fatalities nationwide hit a 10 year high during the 2021-2022 season, with 57 fatalities reported by the National Ski Areas Association.
RI POLITICS

R.I. sets dates for First Congressional District special election

The primary will take place Sept. 5 and general election will take place Nov. 7 to fill seat that US Representative David Cicilline is vacating June 1.

Nurse staffing shortages could push a fifth more nurses to leave the field

85 percent said the quality of health care in Massachusetts hospitals has declined over the last two years.

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what that means.

The FDA on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.

Sports

2023 baseball preview

The Red Sox are finalizing their Opening Day roster. Here’s a look.

There are a lot of new faces on the team the Red Sox will send out to start the season. Here's a look at the roster.
sports media

Reporter Mike Giardi is let go by NFL Network as part of ongoing budget cuts

The Norwood native worked at New England Cable News and NBC Sports Boston before joining the NFL Network in 2018.
2023 baseball preview

Chaim Bloom is transforming the Red Sox. What does the future hold?

The chief baseball officer is entering his fourth season amid low expectations and high scrutiny. Are the Sox still big spenders? Is the farm system getting any better? And where will his strategy take the team?
Red Sox

Tell us: How do you think the Red Sox will do in 2023?

Aaron Hernandez’s brother faces charges in Connecticut after allegedly throwing brick onto ESPN’s campus
RHODE MAP

🏀 Maybe Kim English should run for Congress

Business

US regulators face tough questions on SVB, Signature Bank failures

The acknowledgment from Michael Barr, the vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, was the most direct yet by a government official of possible oversight lapses leading up to the bank’s failures.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defends union stance before Senate

Schultz said Starbucks respects workers’ right to unionize, but believes the company already provides its workers with industry-leading wages and benefits.

Somerville-based Bluebird Bio expects delay on FDA sickle cell drug application

Is it still cheaper to fill up an EV versus a gas car? Yes, but it’s complicated.
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PERSPECTIVE

I want to yell at a kids' coach but I can't. So what can I do?
COOKING

A make-ahead baked omelet for a no-fuss Easter menu
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Immediately, I was like, Dang — he’s TALL’
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, March 27-April 2

metro

Heading to Fenway for Opening Day? You better dress warmly.

New Hampshire court dismisses latest Pamela Smart petition

Massive fire in New Bedford leaves one man dead and five injured; two people still unaccounted for, officials say

sports

Regardless of Red Sox expectations, this is a day to celebrate the return of baseball

It’s no easy decision to leave college hockey for the pros. Just ask Bruins star Charlie McAvoy.

The Bruins mailed one in vs. the Predators, and now the Presidents’ Trophy will have to wait

business

Five charts that show where the housing market’s heading this spring

Puffer coat Pope Francis fooled many with his ‘drip.’ But experts say image underscores danger of AI misinformation.

UBS brings back former CEO with Credit Suisse deal ahead

politics

Rally for gun safety planned at State House Wednesday

Biden concedes he is powerless to act on guns without Congress

Senate poised to vote on repeal of Iraq war powers

Nation

George Nassar, 86, killer who heard confession in Boston Strangler Case, is dead

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what that means.

Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry

World

Netanyahu and Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul

Taiwan leader’s US meeting plans draw Chinese threat

Biden starts summit with $690 million pledge for democracy programs

opinion

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Growing antisemitism is society’s problem

Where there’s a will, there’s Fenway

lifestyle

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

How to talk to kids about gun violence

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

food & dining

Chowder in a pouch wins Seafood Excellence Award

Local importer is bringing Turkish foods to the Boston area

This book is stuffed with ideas for fans of sandwich cookies

travel

Celebrity chef David Burke adds more whimsy to Rhody’s famed ‘Hobbit House’ property

‘He guided me from heaven.’ A Rockport man retraces his grandfather’s path through WWI France.

This Curacao resort is redefining ‘all-inclusive’

Arts

Gawking at the weird and the wild at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery

Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

‘Visionary Boston’ celebrates undersung trio

Books

The two sides of author Jessica Olien

Loss, feminism, snail metempsychosis, death: the best of Margaret Atwood in ‘Old Babes in the Wood’

In ‘Dust Child,’ Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai uses a silken touch in a tale of those left behind after the occupation of Vietnam

Movies

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’: Just roll with it

A shared bank account, taking out the trash, and growing up in Cambridge: Six takeaways from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s interview

Television

Breezy ‘Daisy Jones’ falls squarely in the stream zone

A look back at the fantasy — and humanity — of ‘Scrubs’

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial is underway. Here’s what to know.

music

Morgan James comes to town with a fresh spin on the R&B she’s always loved

From hell to paradise with a new ‘Dante’

At Jordan Hall, Chineke! Orchestra proves worthy of its exclamation mark

Theater/Dance

As Little Red Ridinghood, Gloucester’s Katy Geraghty is living her own fairy tale

In Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s,’ comedy is on the menu at a hard-luck cafe

Huntington, SpeakEasy to team up on coproduction of ‘The Band’s Visit’

globe local

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

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

Obituaries

Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94

Randall Robinson, founder of influential Africa lobby, dies at 81

Margot Stern Strom, 81; with Facing History and Ourselves, taught students worldwide to reject bigotry and hatred