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‘They did nothing for Madelyn,’ says lawyer for family of woman who died after Springfield arrest

A lawsuit brought by the estate of Madelyn E. Lisenmeir targets the City of Springfield, Hampden County Sheriff's Office, and some of their employees. The defendants deny the allegations and are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor and close the case.

The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza

Yazan Kafarneh has died, and aid groups have warned that deaths from malnutrition-related causes have only just begun for Gaza’s more than 2 million people.
Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis As US rushes to build Gaza port, major challenges loom

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Rain and blustery winds are expected for Sunday, and ski country is set for snow
Significant coastal flooding is possible in Maine and New Hampshire with the high tide. Parts of Southern New England may see up to an inch of precipitation.

New Hampshire, Vermont just had their warmest winters on record, latest data show

MBTA Green Line service resumes after derailment near Kenmore

Boston City Council abruptly cancels hearing on expanding free museum program

A notice canceling the March 18 hearing arrived after 5 p.m. Friday, according to the filings with the clerk’s office.

Locals and influencers share their thoughts on a potential TikTok ban

DOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says

Will brie and Camembert cheeses go extinct? Here’s what scientists say.

Doug Marrone joins Boston College football program, reunites with Bill O’Brien

Driver pleads guilty to reduced charge in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams

‘COVID changed us more than we realize’: What the pandemic taught us about the costs of loneliness

The coronavirus hit amid an explosion of research into the negative consequences of social isolation.
Dave Epstein

Top 5 spots to catch April’s solar eclipse in New England

The weather will be the most important aspect of the eclipse because if it’s cloudy we just won't see any of it.
More coverage ahead of the 2024 total solar eclipse

This Cape Cod golf course was going to be 300-plus apartments. Now, it’s set to be a private school.
The project ignited a contentious debate that pitted housing advocates and environmental interests against each other, and framed a broader conversation about the future of the Cape.

To give now or to give later? That’s the debate roiling philanthropy today.

Thanks to donor-advised funds, Fidelity Charitable is now the country’s largest public charity. But critics say these accounts can warehouse billions of dollars indefinitely without reaching charities.

CONNECTIONS
My dad was famous for painting the ‘Jaws’ poster. But his real masterpiece was his life.
While he was in and out of hospitals, Dad was itching to get back home to finish his last painting — a portrait of me.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

The grim toll of brain injuries

BU researchers found profound damage in the brain of the reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, before killing himself. Add that to the warning signs too many still ignore.

‘American Fiction,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ and more 2024 Oscar nominees with New England ties

Here are the films and stars from Boston and beyond nominated at the 96th Academy Awards.
Academy Awards predictions from Odie Henderson How to watch the Oscars More Oscars coverage
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

What to expect with the start of NFL free agency

The beginning of free agency Monday will launch an exciting week in the NFL.
Christopher Gasper: Former Patriots executive Scott Pioli’s new passion is more patriotic than ever
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Taking a closer look at local programs and personalities in the New England Sports Survey

I’ll note the top three finishers this year, the top three last year for comparison’s sake, and a thought or two on each category.
Bruins 5, Penguins 1

Linus Ullmark backstops Bruins to matinee win over Penguins at Garden

David Pastrnak opened the scoring with his 40th goal — the third straight season he’s reached that number — and Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist.
Rangers strongman Matt Rempe is almost as big as Zdeno Chara, but that’s likely where the comparison ends
Opinion
Susan Szachowicz

How to transform Brockton High School back to a national model

As the former principal, I would urge everyone to change the narrative and instead ask, "How do we bring the focus back on learning, on student achievement, and on student success?"
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra

CARINE HAJJAR

Mass. Republican voters turn their backs on Jim Lyons — and his hard-edged style of politics
LETTERS

The MBTA Communities Act foes are stirring
Christopher Weyant

State of the Biden

More recent News

Spring forward: Daylight saving time starts this weekend, be prepared
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10, we will lose an hour of sleep as clocks in most parts of the United States spring ahead one hour.

For Navajo and Hopi tribes, daylight saving is a time of confusion

Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role in the home were headed toward rejection.

‘Shifted the discourse to how bad she did’: Katie Britt’s SOTU rebuttal baffles Republicans
Many blasted the decision to have Senator Katie Britt deliver the Republican response from her kitchen, arguing that it played into gender stereotypes and pulled focus away from the substance of her speech and credentials as a lawmaker.

‘She was a light:’ Friend remembers woman killed in apparent murder-suicide
Loren Marino, 24, was found dead inside her Haverhill home on Sunday after her boyfriend shot her, according to the Essex District Attorney’s office.

Helicopter that crashed and killed 3 was on routine border mission, officials say
The crash was unrelated to Operation Lone Star, the border program led by the state of Texas.

State Police fatally shoot man in Rochester, N.H., attorney general’s office says

Joseph Russell, 36, who was allegedly armed with a firearm, was fatally shot by two state troopers in a wooded area off Gooseberry Circle, a residential neighborhood in Rochester, Friday evening, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.

A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US
“Police officers are facing down fully automatic weapon fire in amounts that haven’t existed in this country since the days of Al Capone in the Tommy gun,” said Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. "It’s a huge problem.”

Biden leans into his age and effectiveness in his first post-Super Tuesday ad in battleground states
President Biden is making no excuses for his age in the first campaign ad of a $30 million buy across battleground states after Super Tuesday, casting himself as more effective than his predecessor, Donald Trump.

The Biden-Trump rerun: A nation craving change gets more of the same

Tara Sullivan
Most important aspect of Dartmouth vote to unionize is it represents a pathway for more athletes to be heard
It does feel safe to say the landscape of collegiate athletics is as unstable as at any point in its long, storied history.

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‘An inspiration and a north star’: Brayan Bello’s journey from the Dominican Republic to $55 million man

The righthander's climb was an uphill battle from the age of 15, when he left home to train, and now he stands as an example for other young Dominicans.
Bello is out to prove he’s worth his new $55 million contract

Massachusetts’ highest court upholds novel Brookline rule banning tobacco sales to anyone born this century
“This is a watershed moment in the history of the tobacco wars,” said Laurent Huber, executive director of the advocacy group Action on Smoking and Health.

Blind date: ‘He is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met’
Will this paramedic and his date feel the rush of romance?

Southcoast Health emerges as possible buyer for Steward’s Fall River hospital
Southcoast, a nonprofit system, already operates three hospitals in Massachusetts, including Charlton Memorial in Fall River.

Culture & Lifestyle

Which trailblazing woman with Massachusetts ties should be memorialized with a permanent bust in the State House?

An urgent call to save the planet at Peabody Essex Museum

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ tells tale of samba-jazz pianist who vanished — or was he ‘disappeared’?

The mysterious man behind the musical ‘Girl From the North Country’? Bob Dylan himself.

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Lori Bruce and Art Caplan

Massachusetts’ infant abandonment laws are failing families in crisis
IDEAS | MEREDITHE MCNAMARA

A huge misconception about medical care for trans kids
SCOT LEHIGH

Republican voters embrace a disgrace in Trump
IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The French were watching.
Naomi Schaefer Riley

The chipping away at Safe Haven laws

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

MBTA Green Line service resumes after derailment near Kenmore

Green Line service resumed early Saturday evening, hours after a westbound Green Line trolley derailed west of the platform at Kenmore station just before 9 a.m., the MBTA said.

‘They did nothing for Madelyn,’ says lawyer for family of woman who died after Springfield arrest

A lawsuit brought by the estate of Madelyn E. Lisenmeir targets the City of Springfield, Hampden County Sheriff's Office, and some of their employees. The defendants deny the allegations and are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor and close the case.

Boston City Council abruptly cancels hearing on expanding free museum program

A notice canceling the March 18 hearing arrived after 5 p.m. Friday, according to the filings with the clerk’s office.

David Bordwell, scholar who demystified the art of film, dies at 76

A film studies scholar, David Bordwell's immersive, accessible writing transcended the corridors of academia and illuminated the mechanics of moviemaking to a generation of cinephiles and filmmakers.

Sports

Hockey East women's championship

UConn snaps Northeastern’s run of six straight Hockey East tournament titles with OT stunner

Northeastern, the reigning six-time defending champion, lost on Megan Woodworth’s goal late in the extra session.
Bruins 5, Penguins 1

Linus Ullmark backstops Bruins to matinee win over Penguins at Garden

David Pastrnak opened the scoring with his 40th goal — the third straight season he’s reached that number — and Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist.
golf roundup

Ben Kohles rides late birdies to take two-shot lead in search of first PGA Tour victory

Kohles had four birdies over his last five holes for a 9-under-par 63 and a two-shot lead going into the last round of the Puerto Rico Open.
AUTO RACING

Max Verstappen dominates Saudi Arabia Formula 1 race, leads Red Bull one-two
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Doug Marrone joins Boston College football program, reunites with Bill O’Brien
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

What to expect with the start of NFL free agency

Business

DOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says

The Wall Street Journal reports Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January.

Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline

President Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies.

To give now or to give later? That’s the debate roiling philanthropy today.

Yemen’s rebels target Singapore-flagged ship in Gulf of Aden as US and allies down Houthi drones
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Yo-Yo Ma is on a quest
Perspective

I was America’s first IVF baby. After attending the State of the Union, here’s what I want you to know.
CONNECTIONS

My dad was famous for painting the ‘Jaws’ poster. But his real masterpiece was his life.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met’

metro

‘COVID changed us more than we realize’: What the pandemic taught us about the costs of loneliness

The grim toll of brain injuries

Rain and blustery winds are expected for Sunday, and ski country is set for snow

sports

Denny Hamlin leads a terrific day for Toyota in NASCAR qualifying at Phoenix

Red Sox righthander Brayan Bello is out to prove he’s worth his new $55 million contract

Red Sox reliever Chris Martin’s throwing session halted early because of right groin tightness

business

A bill that could lead to a nation-wide TikTok ban is gaining momentum. Here’s what to know.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

North End restaurants go another round in their bout with Wu over outdoor dining

politics

A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US

The Biden-Trump rerun: A nation craving change gets more of the same

Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South

Nation

Helicopter that crashed and killed 3 was on routine border mission, officials say

The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion.

Will brie and Camembert cheeses go extinct? Here’s what scientists say.

World

Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday

As US rushes to build Gaza port, major challenges loom

‘You can hear a pin drop’: the rise of super strict schools in England

opinion

Home cook superheroes J. Kenji López-Alt and Deb Perelman team up on a new podcast

Biden’s State of the Union address, and the day after

A huge misconception about medical care for trans kids

lifestyle

Their breakup broke the friend group

The modern rules of teen dating

Three stars with New England ties make Forbes highest-paid actors of 2023 list

food & dining

North End restaurants go another round in their bout with Wu over outdoor dining

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream will open a trio of scoop shops; Greenway food trucks roll into town April 1

Ground cinnamon sold at discount stores tainted with lead, FDA warns

travel

My phone got stolen on vacation. It turned out to be a blessing.

When to book, where to go, and how to get there: Everything you need to know about getting away this spring

Headed to the path of totality? Here are some of the events planned in Vt., N.H., and Maine.

Arts

Which trailblazing woman with Massachusetts ties should be memorialized with a permanent bust in the State House?

Rhode Island stained-glass window showing Christ as a man of color finds new home at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

Books

In Cristina Henríquez’s ‘The Great Divide,’ the Panama Canal shifts the topography of land, sea, and culture

Small-town dreams, damaged souls form the backbone of Tana French’s ‘The Hunter’

Keith Haring biographer Brad Gooch is into ‘Goodnight Moon’

Movies

‘American Fiction,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ and more 2024 Oscar nominees with New England ties

Paolo Taviani, half of acclaimed Italian filmmaking duo, dies at 92

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ tells tale of samba-jazz pianist who vanished — or was he ‘disappeared’?

Television

Mindy Kaling’s latest creation a slam dunk

TV has never been more timely

Casting agents seek extras for ‘The Walking Dead,’ set to film in Boston this spring

music

BSO clowns around with Bill Barclay’s ‘Peer Gynt’

04Rocker gallery

Springsteen, Jagger, and rock’s senior citizens: Still rollin’

Theater/Dance

For ‘Cost of Living’ playwright Martyna Majok, the struggle to survive and connect isn’t fiction

In Cambridge, Laura Sánchez dances with words

At Central Square Theater, a tale of bird brains and human hearts

Health

R.I.’s largest hospital system may no longer take Cigna health insurance

‘You’re not taught this in medical school’: R.I. neurosurgeon on advancements in brain tumor treatment, and the need to educate fellow doctors

In R.I. nursing homes, deficiencies are on the rise. Advocates demand better standards.

Obituaries

David Bordwell, scholar who demystified the art of film, dies at 76

Max Hardy, 40, dies; helped bring chef-driven cuisine to Detroit

Estella Bergere Leopold dies at 97; found climate clues in ancient pollen