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Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15.

An ‘antiabortion screed:’ Health care providers in Mass. react to Texas decision

Some stockpile pills and prepare to perform more surgical abortions.

Abortion medication rulings raise question of access in Massachusetts What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills? Who is Thomas Rice, the Washington judge who ruled mifepristone is safe?

‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill

Maria Sanchez of Boston speaks through a bullhorn during a demonstration organized by Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, outside a Walgreens Pharmacy after a federal court ruling threaten the availability of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

Protesters blast abortion medication ruling in rally on Boylston Street

There’s lots of talk about millionaires leaving Massachusetts. But will they?
Some say the new "millionaires tax" — along with other rarefied concerns — is driving wealthy residents to flee. But leaving the state behind may be harder than it seems.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

A Marathon bombing survivor – and a promise kept to her doctor
A doctor. A patient. Once total strangers. And, now, something else: Friends who had lived through something no one should ever have to live through.

Hundreds gather at dawn on Castle Island for sunrise Easter Mass
People gathered at the foot of Fort Independence early Sunday, as the dew formed and the moon still hung overhead, to welcome Easter with a sunrise Mass.

MBTA falls behind peer transit agencies on hiring bus drivers, restoring service
A Globe review of six large US transit agencies found the T’s peers have had more success digging themselves out of the crisis.

An alleged assault by a police captain, and a long, long wait for justice
Despite repeated vows to do better, the Boston Police Department continues to fail to discipline officers in a timely fashion.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

The power of a name — and the lack thereof
Without his name, Kennedy would be just another fringe-dwelling extremist. But how much power does that name really carry any more, even around here?

Intelligence leak exposes US spying on adversaries and allies

On Saturday, as US officials and their foreign allies scrambled to understand how dozens of classified intelligence documents had ended up on the internet, they were stunned — and occasionally infuriated — at the extraordinary range of detail the files exposed about how the United States spies on friends and foes alike.

Why leaked Pentagon documents are still circulating on social media

R.I. culinary community grieves senseless death of Leah Rosin-Pritchard: ‘It was her passion to take care of a whole person’
“We are all reaching out to each other really stricken in grief and shock,” said Lisa Raiola, founder of Hope & Main, where Rosin-Pritchard developed her snack brand, Leah’s Recipe.

Woman arrested in killing of Vermont homeless shelter coordinator with axe

Celtics 120, Hawks 114

Payton Pritchard caps Celtics season in style with 30 points, first career triple-double
The Celtics finish the regular season with 57 wins, their most since the 2008-09 team won 62.

As Joe Mazzulla enters his first postseason at the helm, he’s got the full backing of Brad Stevens and the Celtics Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla aimed for balance on the team and for players to take ownership of their game

Copley Square demonstrators rally for Palestine after Jerusalem violence

After each win, goalies Linus Ullmark (right) and Jeremy Swayman celebrate with a big hug. It always brings cheers.

With these Bruins, it’s all for one and one for all

Their unique team chemistry — "everyone loves playing for each other," one said — has shown on the ice and off. It has Boston on the cusp of something special.

Pavel Zacha sparks Bruins to 62nd win, tying NHL record The Bruins are bringing in some help from Providence, with an eye on the playoffs and the other on history

In his second start, Kutter Crawford allowed a run on five hits and struck out six, with no walks, on 65 pitches over five innings.

Red Sox 4, Tigers 1

After a disappointing sweep against the Pirates, the Red Sox brought out the brooms themselves in Detroit

The Sox clinched their first sweep of the season on Sunday with another solid win over the Tigers. Starter Kutter Crawford had a bounce-back performance of his own to earn the win.

Red Sox’ Adam Duvall leaves game with wrist injury after a sliding catch attempt

Abigail P. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments.

Here are 25 locals on the Forbes billionaires list

Forbes Magazine released its 2023 list of billionaires this week, and it includes 25 people in Massachusetts.

Opinion

In November, the state’s acute care psychiatric hospitals, meant for short-term care, had 110 patients who were ready to be discharged but who couldn’t be because the patients needed long-term inpatient care and the Department of Mental Health, the sole provider of such continuing care, didn’t have enough available beds. In January, one patient from Tufts Medical Center was admitted to long-term inpatient care, at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital.

Lack of long-term mental health beds is harming patients

In November, the state’s psychiatric hospitals had 110 patients who were ready to be discharged to inpatient care but couldn’t be because there was no place for them to go.

Alexis Bernstein

How Texas’ ban on an abortion harmed my health in Massachusetts

Our planet groans, and you want to live to 150? And go planet-hopping?

MARCELA GARCÍA

The Red Sox’ newest ‘coach’ helps players make the US their home

Calls to defund FBI, DOJ erode public trust

The Emancipator

Move over cancel culture: Gen Z is seeking its due process

A New York firm hopes a lawsuit will bring lasting change to a hostile work environment at Dos Toros, a popular Mexican-style food chain allegedly engaging in unchecked bigotry and casual use of the N-word.

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Special reports

photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

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)

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

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

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

Russia nearly shot down British spy plane near Ukraine, leaked document says
A Russian fighter jet nearly shot down a British surveillance plane last year, according to a leaked US military document circulating online, an incident more significant than was previously disclosed and that could have drawn the United States and its NATO allies directly into the Ukraine war.

This Boston startup is chipping away at animal testing
Emulate Bio has raised more than $200 million to develop its "organ-on-a-chip" technology: Small, flexible devices with tiny channels that house living human tissue designed to imitate cells in an organ such as the brain, kidney, or liver.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

A dilemma for the Carolina Panthers with the No. 1 draft pick: Take the best quarterback or the safest quarterback?
Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud will almost certainly be selected 1-2, but the order in which they are drafted will depend on the Panthers’ appetite for risk.

Some legal experts compare Justice Thomas’s acceptance of lavish trips to a 1969 Supreme Court scandal

ProPublica reported Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from deep-pocketed Republican donor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms.

A dive into archives reveals stories of Boston’s first women voters
Researchers from the Boston Archives and Simmons College presented their growing database of women in Boston who registered to vote in 1920.

Vermont father arrested in connection with his toddler’s death

Darel Galorenzo was charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment of a child, and was being held on a $100,000 bail, according to a statement by the Berkshire district attorney’s office and State Police.

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Are you at risk for using the word ‘ladies?’ Or other, even worse, words? This diagnostic quiz may help.

Is it OK to call someone a “lady doctor?” Should you address the governor and lieutenant governor as “girls?” Is “babe” always wrong in a work setting?

A Maine jury will decide whether a transmission line can go forward
After years of planning, false starts, lawsuits, and a bitterly fought campaign to kill it, the fate of one of Massachusetts’ most important carbon-free energy projects is set to be decided in a Portland, Maine, courtroom where a trial begins Monday.

‘There’s no easy fix to this:’ Police face quandary in dealing with ‘swatting’ calls
Police experts say more training is necessary to help officers respond appropriately in such circumstances, to maintain their guard while deescalating the situation quickly until it is peacefully resolved.

As burnout mounts, push for a four-day work week grows
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Culture & Lifestyle

Photos from the casts of “Sweeney Todd,” “Parade,” and “A Doll’s House.”

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

06ica - Installation view, “Simone Leigh,” the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023. (Photo: Timothy Schenck)

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Vito Perrone, the top candidate for superintendent of the Easthampton Public Schools, said his job offer was abruptly rescinded after he wrote an e-mail to the School Committee chairwoman and another female colleague, addressing them as “ladies.”

All the singled-out ‘ladies’: the curious sting of a salutation

DALLAS, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers reacts towards Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes during the fourth quarter during the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship game at American Airlines Center on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

A double standard in Black and white at the NCAA women’s basketball championship

Only after photographing some of the weirder objects in my home did I start to question whether some of this kitsch traffics in stereotypes I'd like to see consigned to history.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

A reckoning with my attraction to kitsch

Nurses made their rounds at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas. A ruling by a Texas judge eliminates no-copays screenings for cancer, prescriptions to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and other preventive care.

Ending ACA’s free preventive services will make America sicker

A view from the Buckman Tavern across the Lexington Battle Green in Lexington.

Lexington’s proposed zoning changes set the bar

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Copley Square demonstrators rally for Palestine after Jerusalem violence

The large group of protesters held signs and waved flags, chanting “Free, Free Palestine,” and “Long Live the Intifada,” referring to the conflict against Israel.

Dr. Sidney Wanzer, pioneering advocate for physician-assisted death, dies at 93

For decades, Dr. Wanzer supported polices and laws to let patients "maintain control and dignity."

MBTA falls behind peer transit agencies on hiring bus drivers, restoring service

A Globe review of six large US transit agencies found the T’s peers have had more success digging themselves out of the crisis.

Hobie Landrith, the first New York Met, dies at 93

Mr. Landrith was the first pick of the New York Mets in the expansion draft in 1961.

Sports

Rafael Devers and the Red Sox are entering a key stretch.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox to be tested in many ways over next week, starting with four against undefeated Tampa Bay

The Sox play four games at Tropicana Field starting Monday, then four against Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and the Angels, followed by three against the 6-3 Twins.

The biggest question mark for the Celtics entering this season was Joe Mazzulla, who was suddenly thrust into the head coaching position when Ime Udoka was suspended.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla aimed for balance on the team and for players to take ownership of their game

Mazzulla said his primary goal was for the Celtics to flourish on both sides. Teams who can score but can’t defend and vice versa rarely make deep playoff runs.

Rob Refsnyder tossed aside his bat following one of his two walks, to go with an RBI single, out of the leadoff spot.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

All of a sudden, the Red Sox are lined up to face a plethora of lefthanded starters

Against lefty starters, Alex Cora's plans include using Rob Refsnyder as the Sox' leadoff hitter, and he came through in the series finale against the Tigers. “I feel like it’s a rare thing to see so many lefties kind of bunched up together,” Refsnyder said.

MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY

How Rand Pecknold transformed Quinnipiac men’s hockey from ‘a bad D3 team’ to one of the sport’s elite programs

Tiger Woods withdraws from Masters early Sunday, citing foot injury

Hobie Landrith, the first New York Met, dies at 93

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Mass. is banking on CHIPS money, though big projects have been slow to materialize

Massachusetts hopes to boost semiconductor industry amid massive federal investment in the sector.

This Boston startup is chipping away at animal testing

Emulate Bio has raised more than $200 million to develop its "organ-on-a-chip" technology: Small, flexible devices with tiny channels that house living human tissue designed to imitate cells in an organ such as the brain, kidney, or liver.

Why leaked Pentagon documents are still circulating on social media

There’s lots of talk about millionaires leaving Massachusetts. But will they?

magazine

An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events

An illustration showing two women in separate panels. One panel shows a woman standing near a hospital bed in a hospital setting. The second shows a woman standing by herself with her head bowed as if sad.

When I lived too far to help my dying dad, a stranger stepped in to help

Baked Zucchini and Gruyère Omelet

Recipe: A make-ahead baked omelet for a no-fuss Easter menu

metro

Ronnie Elliott (left) hugged Marvin Stokes while attending the first community meeting of We Are Joint Venture, a prisoners’ rights organization.

Families and friends of those incarcerated gather with activists for teach-in

‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill

An ‘antiabortion screed:’ Health care providers in Mass. react to Texas decision

sports

In his second start, Kutter Crawford allowed a run on five hits and struck out six, with no walks, on 65 pitches over five innings.

After a disappointing sweep against the Pirates, the Red Sox brought out the brooms themselves in Detroit

Red Sox’ Adam Duvall leaves game with wrist injury after a sliding catch attempt

Payton Pritchard caps Celtics season in style with 30 points, first career triple-double

business

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022.

Biden administration vows to fight Texas abortion pill ruling

What is mifepristone and why is it at risk of being banned in the US?

‘It’s not reasonable at all’: Foreign tech workers struggle to stay in US after layoffs, visa issues

politics

UltraViolet advocates are seen at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Conference at the Phoenix Convention Center.

What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Kamala Harris leads Tennessee rally, backs ousted lawmakers

Nation

In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, British and German air force fighter jets are scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace, Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

Russia nearly shot down British spy plane near Ukraine, leaked document says

With dueling rulings, abortion pill cases appear headed to the Supreme Court

Intelligence leak exposes US spying on adversaries and allies

World

An advertising screen promoted the Wagner military contractor on the facade of a building with the words, "Join the team of victors!" in Moscow, Russia, March 28.

Wagner’s influence extends far beyond Ukraine, leaked documents show

Leaked documents reveal depth of US spy efforts and Russia’s military struggles

On anniversary of Irish peace accords, an exhumation of a tragic past

opinion

Move over cancel culture: Gen Z is seeking its due process

Lexington’s proposed zoning changes set the bar

Why Putin won’t quit Ukraine

lifestyle

Lisa Ann Walter of "Abbott Elementary" will be at Laugh Boston on April 10.

Lisa Ann Walter gets into South Philly’s love for her character in ‘Abbott Elementary’

My ex checked in a year after the breakup

CBS carpools resources for James Corden sendoff

food & dining

Mimi Sheraton, author of "1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die."

Mimi Sheraton, influential food writer and reviewer, dies at 97

In a busy Wilmington shopping plaza, home-cooked barbecue awaits

Allston favorites Our Fathers and Deep Ellum return in new locations

travel

The best-tasting drinks to order on a plane

Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good.

Why Medellín should be your next South American destination

Arts

06ica - Installation view, “Simone Leigh,” the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2023. (Photo: Timothy Schenck)

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

In Concord, the art of celebrating an anniversary

At MassArt, a painter’s feminist homage and a DJ’s sonic installation invite the public in

Books

National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela renders the neurotic complexity of cosmopolitan life with humor and pathos in ‘The People Who Report More Stress’

In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Romantic Comedy,’ the perfect man (and a global pandemic) derails an otherwise smart, funny romance

Sebastian Barry on rescuing orphaned books

Movies

Little Richard at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything," a Magnolia Pictures release.

‘There wasn’t anybody like him,’ says ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ director Lisa Cortés

Owen Wilson plays a toxic public-television artist in ‘Paint’

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ plumbs the depths, and dregs, of fandom

Television

Jason Sudeikis in "Ted Lasso."

Embracing my inner Ted Lasso

True-crime series to look back at Marathon bombings

In ‘Beef,’ a road rage incident, followed by twists and turns

music

Earl Lee, conductor, and Eric Lu, piano, with Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday, April 6.

Earl Lee and Eric Lu prove names to watch with BSO

From Joshua Bell at Symphony Hall, more of the same

Madison Cunningham is trying to master the art of being vulnerable

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in the world premiere of Nanine Linning's "La Mer."

Boston Ballet goes boldly in ‘Our Journey’

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

Eugene Mirman headlines a comedy benefit for Roslindale businesses hit hard by an accident

globe local

Firefighters at Glades Road in Scituate where multiple homes were on fire.

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

“I’m convinced the average person desires the ability to make statements about life-sustaining treatment in as binding a way as possible," said Dr. Wanzer.

Dr. Sidney Wanzer, pioneering advocate for physician-assisted death, dies at 93

Hobie Landrith, the first New York Met, dies at 93

Ben Ferencz, last living prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, dies