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Saturday, March 2, 2024
Today's Headlines

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Lifestyle

There’s a perfect little model train world hiding in Roslindale, and this weekend it’s open for all to see

The Bay State Model Railroad Museum and the club that runs it connect people as much as train tracks. “There’s definitely a bigger thing [here] than just building models." Continue reading →

World

Biden Says U.S. Will Airdrop Aid Into Gaza

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States would begin airdropping humanitarian relief supplies into the Gaza Strip, a decision prompted by the dozens of Palestinians who were killed as Israeli forces opened fire near an aid convoy in Gaza City a day earlier. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Three former Stoughton officers passed Sandra Birchmore ‘around like she was a toy,’ lawyer says

Among the new allegations recently disclosed are text messages showing one officer initiated sexual contact with Sandra Birchmore when she was 15 and he was 27; that two other officers had sex with her in patrol cars when she was an adult; and that the department once used its authority to seek a psychiatric evaluation for her. Continue reading →

Politics

Some cities, states are handling migrant arrivals a different way: Paying for their travel elsewhere

Officials insist their programs are a more humane way to treat migrants who are dropped off in buses from the border. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Not a fair fight.’ Advocates, officials push to provide free legal aid to low-income tenants fighting eviction.

Governor Healey has allocated $3.5 million for an access to counsel program in her proposed budget for the next fiscal year, and the Boston City Council is exploring the possibility of implementing a pilot program. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | March 1, 2024

WATCH: Friday's sports show. Stories include: Gillette ranks near bottom in NFL players survey, and can the Bruins upgrade before the NFL trade deadline? Continue reading →

NFL Combine: The Patriots' new approach this off-season

WATCH: Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf revealed culture changes. Boston.com’s Conor Ryan has what he thinks the Patriots will do with the 3rd overall draft pick. Continue reading →

The key to the Celtics hot stretch

WATCH: The C’s nearly swept the month of February. Senior NBA writer Gary Washburn explains what we’re learning about the team’s new winning strategy. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Judge considers timing of Trump classified documents trial

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida held a hearing Friday to consider a new date for former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of mishandling classified documents, but made no immediate decision about a choice that could have major consequences for his legal and political future. Continue reading →

Nation

CDC shortens isolation period for people with COVID

Americans with COVID or other respiratory infections need not isolate for five days before returning to work or school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, a striking sign of changing attitudes toward the coronavirus. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

N.J. businessman agrees to cooperate in senator’s corruption case

Roundup of national political news. Continue reading →

The World

World

Thousands turn out for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow

BERLIN — Thousands of people crowded a neighborhood on Moscow’s outskirts Friday — some bearing flowers and chanting, “No to war!” — as they tried to catch a glimpse of the funeral for Alexei Navalny. The outpouring turned the opposition leader’s last rites into a striking display of dissent in Russia at a time of deep repression. Continue reading →

World

South Korea’s Yoon calls for unification, on holiday marking 1919 uprising against colonial Japan

South Korea’s president lambasted North Korea on Friday over what he called its repressive rule and vowed to achieve a free, unified Korean Peninsula, weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rejected the idea of peaceful unification and threatened to occupy the South in the event of war. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

If Biden wanted to see the migrant crisis up close, he should have come to Massachusetts

Instead he went to Texas. Continue reading →

OPINION

For Lent (or any other time), I’m giving up on giving up

It’s time to strike a blow against Americans’ obsession with self-denial. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Two cheers for Boston’s bid to overhaul White Stadium

While the Emerald Necklace Conservancy is suing to block a public-private plan to renovate the facility, two readers welcome the rare opportunity the city is seizing to revive a decrepit site. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

On Feb. 29, leap-year babies share a unique and special birthday

In all, Boston-area hospitals reported more than two dozen leap-day babies born this year. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Harvard taps its law school dean as interim provost

John Manning will succeed former provost Alan Garber, who was named interim president after Claudine Gay’s resignation on Jan. 2. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

25,000-pound whale euthanized after becoming stranded in R.I. pond

A local resident spotted the roughly 42-foot fin whale in a South Kingstown pond Thursday morning and called the Mystic Aquarium's rescue hot line, but staffers and veterinarians determined the "emaciated" creature could not be saved. Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS 138, MAVERICKS 110

Celtics pull away from the Mavericks to push winning streak into double digits

Jayson Tatum finished with 32 points after a quiet beginning to the Celtics' 10th straight victory, which is a high for the NBA this season. Continue reading →

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Jrue Holiday would be honored to represent Team USA in another Olympics

Holiday played a key role on the U.S. team that won at the Tokyo Games. With a second gold medal, he'd match "rock star" wife Lauren Cheney Holiday. Continue reading →

ON BASKETBALL

‘You’ve got to give them credit:’ Kyrie Irving, after another rough return to Boston, sounds increasingly Zen about it all

Irving played ball on Friday night, with 19 points on 9-for-23 shooting. He’s played better. He’s been more dazzling. But there was no bitterness and anger about another night of heavy boos at TD Garden. Continue reading →

Business
Obituaries

Obituaries

Ramona Fradon, longtime force in the world of comic books, dies at 97

In a long career as a comic book artist, Ramona Fradon added to the mythology of Aquaman and helped create the eccentric superhero Metamorpho. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ole Anderson, original member of Four Horsemen wrestling team, dies at 81

In his retirement, Mr. Anderson was increasingly critical of professional wrestling's corporate greed. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Niklaus Wirth, software developer who saw power in simplicity, dies at 89

Dr. Wirth's coding language, Pascal, helped power the personal-computer revolution at Apple in the 1980s and elsewhere and profoundly streamlined how programmers built their instructions. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Museums

This Mass. attraction named the country’s top ‘open-air museum’ by USA Today

The museum draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year and is a popular destination for school field trips. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

BLOWW: A queer community built on trust and taking up space in the world of professional wrestling

The Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers has come a long way over 20 years, and hosts another sold-out show at the Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville this Sunday. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

On Leap Day, couples leaned into novelty at micro wedding venue Dearly Studio

The Union Square event space had its busiest month in February, with four pairs tying the knot Feb. 29. Continue reading →