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Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Massachusetts

US Supreme Court reinstates Tsarnaev death penalty

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Friday voted to reinstate the death penalty handed down to Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Ukraine president, unlikely and unbowed, galvanizes the West

A sleep-deprived Zelensky moves secretly among bunkers in the capital, Kyiv, as he shares his defiance — and, by extension, his country’s — with a riveted global audience via video selfies and social media. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

State Police Trooper Tamar Bucci remembered for her passion for helping others and competitive streak

Just two years after starting her “dream” job as a trooper, Bucci was fatally injured when a tractor-trailer hauling 10,000 gallons of gasoline slammed into her marked cruiser on Interstate 93 in Stoneham late Thursday, State Police said. Continue reading →

Health

Pandemic forces primary care doctors to adapt, and patients take notice

A new survey suggests that despite the disruptions of the COVID era, primary care offices actually improved in how they communicated with patients and coordinated care last year, compared with before the pandemic. Continue reading →

World

As Russian troops gain ground, more than 1.2 million refugees flee Ukraine

Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Florida lawmakers vote to ban abortions after 15 weeks

The bill — modeled after a similar abortion ban in Mississippi that the US Supreme Court appears poised to uphold — now heads to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis as part of a sweeping push by Republicans to put the state at the forefront of the nation’s culture wars. Continue reading →

Nation

Florida Senate passes voting bill to create election crimes agency

The Florida Senate passed a sweeping new bill overhauling the state’s electoral process, adding new restrictions to the state election code and establishing a law enforcement office dedicated solely to investigating election crimes. Continue reading →

Nation

Student shoots, wounds 2 at Kansas high school, police say

A student shot and wounded an administrator and a school resource officer Friday at a suburban Kansas City high school, and the student also was wounded when the officer returned fire, authorities said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Suicide bombing kills 56 at Shiite mosque in Pakistan

No armed faction immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both Islamic State and the Pakistani Taliban — a militant group separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan — have orchestrated similar attacks in the past in that area of Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan. Continue reading →

World

Russia steps up censorship with law against ‘false information’

The crackdown comes as the Kremlin scrambles to contain discontent over the war in Ukraine and to control the narrative. Continue reading →

World

As Ukrainians flee, ‘we even feel a bit guilty we are OK’

The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine has now reached 1.2 million, the International Organization for Migration said Friday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston March 5 - March 11

A calendar of public panel discussions around town this week. Continue reading →

OPINION

How the ‘Freedom Convoy’ managed to shut down Ottawa for three weeks

The protest was right-wing and predominantly white, so the police’s initial reaction was simply to back off. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Secretary Walsh: Do the right thing and waive unemployment benefit overpayments

Recipients shouldn’t have to pay back federal benefits that they applied for in good faith. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Tsarnaev’s death penalty has been reinstated. But it’s still the wrong punishment.

As far as I’m concerned, killing Tsarnaev solves nothing. Continue reading →

Politics

State House to drop COVID-19 mask, vaccine requirements for visitors

The announcement late Friday by Senate President Karen E. Spilka and House Speaker Ronald Mariano puts the State House in line with other public spaces in Boston and other communities, where officials have relaxed various rules amid a decline in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Continue reading →

RI NEWS

‘We’re calling this a catastrophic event’: Collapsed section of Newport Cliff Walk was not an ‘area of concern,’ city says

The tourist attraction undergoes routine maintenance regularly, but last had a major assessment in 2014 after Superstorm Sandy. The area that collapsed was not thought to have been affected by that storm. Continue reading →

Sports

MLB

Here’s a simple explanation of the underlying reasons behind the baseball labor dispute

With the work stoppage bleeding from the offseason into the regular season, it’s worth taking stock of how the industry got to this point. Continue reading →

christopher l. gasper

The 49ers wouldn’t be foolish enough to pass on Tom Brady a third time, would they?

If he is coming back to play, San Francisco is the perfect spot. It would be the height of hubris and obstinance for Kyle Shanahan to pass this time. Continue reading →

Sports

Tragedy struck while she was training for the 50th Iditarod. But this Waltham native isn’t backing down.

Jaye Foucher moved to Alaska to prepare for the legendary race, but when her dog was killed and several were injured during a training run, she thought she'd lose out on her dream. Instead, she'll participate in a "small way" when the race begins on Saturday. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Strong job growth points to COVID’s fading grip on economy

Employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, the largest monthly total since July, the Labor Department reported Friday. Continue reading →

Business

Another downtown office tower could soon fill up

Medical tech firm InterSystems is in talks to lease roughly 400,000 square feet in the One Congress office tower under construction downtown. Continue reading →

TECH LAB

Here’s why Maura Healey is taking on TikTok

The new Massachusetts probe and a separate investigation by Texas officials could force some major changes in how the hugely popular media company does business. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84

As a 20th Century Fox executive, Mr. Ladd facilitated the production of “Star Wars.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Hicks, blockbuster author and battlefield savior, dies at 71

Mr. Hicks also was an agent to several of the budding stars of the Nashville music scene. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Names

Michael Chiklis talks ‘Winning Time’ and preaching the ‘gospel of Red Auerbach’

Chiklis believes there is so much more to Auerbach, whom he praises as a “benevolent dictator” who was also “progressive and forward thinking,” having helped usher in a new era for basketball. Continue reading →

DANCE REVIEW

Magnificent moves by women in Boston Ballet’s ‘ChoreograpHER’

In 2018, Boston Ballet launched an initiative to encourage more women to create dances as well as perform them. Continue reading →

Names

Lenny Clarke ‘feeling great’ after irregular heart rhythm draws first responders

Comedian Lenny Clarke gave fans a scare on Thursday, sharing a photo on Facebook where he was surrounded EMTs and thanking them for “zapping [him] back to life.” Continue reading →