All of the headlines from today's paper.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

As number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, families are asked to preserve their stories

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will reach out specifically to Holocaust survivors and their descendants in New England to collect and preserve invaluable documents, photos, and other artifacts while survivors remain. Continue reading →

Business

Making that back-to-the-office hybrid actually work won’t be easy

Employers may find reopening the office a lot harder than it was to send everyone home in March 2020 because the pandemic has fundamentally changed our relationship with work. Continue reading →

COVID-19

‘This should not be survival of the fittest.’ For high-risk people, COVID is far from over

Transplant recipients, cancer patients, and others with disabilities cannot bear the level of existing risk from COVID. Now, they feel society is marching forward without them. Continue reading →

Politics

Cryptocurrency could be a way for Russia to evade Ukraine sanctions, some fear

Far from view of the well-coordinated international statecraft, a thriving cryptocurrency market continues to operate in Russia, raising fears that its government, companies, and oligarchs could evade the tough sanctions via bitcoin and other virtual currencies that let transactions be kept strictly anonymous. Continue reading →

Critic's Notebook

Putin’s attack on memory at Babyn Yar

The attack in Kyiv, near the site of a Nazi-era massacre of Jewish people, serves as a reminder that older Soviet dreams of empire — the same dreams now being revived by Vladimir Putin — have always been shadowed by a devastating war on memory itself. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

How the Manhattan DA’s investigation into Donald Trump unraveled

Prosecutors wanted to move ahead with their case against Donald Trump, but the new Manhattan district attorney had doubts. The investigation into the former president was brought to a halt, and the prosecutors resigned. Continue reading →

Nation

California woman is charged with faking her own abduction in 2016

Federal prosecutors said this past week that Sherri Papini’s claims that two masked women had abducted her at gunpoint while she was on a run had been made up, and that she continued her deception when investigators confronted her. Continue reading →

Nation

‘I just can’t stand by’: American veterans join the fight in Ukraine

All across the United States, small groups of military veterans are gathering, planning and getting passports in order. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ahead of election, South Korea’s feminists battle sexist backlash

A gender war has erupted among young South Koreans in their 20s, driven by conflicting perceptions of what it means to be truly equal in today's society. Continue reading →

World

Blinken hears harrowing tales from refugees fleeing Ukraine

While at the border later, Blinken stepped briefly onto Ukrainian soil to meet Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba, who predicted Russia would be defeated but appealed for more military assistance to lower the cost in lives that he said victory will require. Continue reading →

World

In Ukraine’s west, Lviv makes itself a vital rear base

The city of Lviv, no more than 50 miles from the border with Poland, is rapidly becoming an important rear base — channeling supplies and men to the front-line cities and supporting hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the other way. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Even in the midst of war, racism never rests

Black and brown refugees are facing discrimination even as they flee war in Ukraine, though some refused to believe them. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Russia and China put US and its allies on edge

We are reduced to making financial threats against someone who has been salting away national and personal financial assets for years. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Harmony Montgomery case cries out for changes

Baker, Sununu each propose a piece of the solution. Both are needed. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Residents reeling from Lowell fire that left a girl dead and more than two dozen homeless

The blaze has touched off community-wide relief efforts to help the displaced families. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Cape Cod doctor’s quest to legalize medically assisted death goes before SJC

A 70-year-old physician is a driving force behind a drive to allow doctors to prescribe lethal amounts of drugs to terminally ill patients who are deemed to have six months or fewer to live. Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has brought us to a terrifying moment. And one of revelation.

The world appears to be snapping out of its complacency, shaking off its self-absorption. Continue reading →

Sports

NFL Scouting Combine

Patriots might need a cornerback and Washington has two intriguing prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine

Trent McDuffie and Kyler Gordon are considered first-round draft picks. Continue reading →

Bruins notebook

Jeremy Swayman appears to be the clear No. 1 goaltender for Bruins

Saturday's start was Swayman's fourth on the Bruins' six-game road trip. Continue reading →

BRUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 4 (SO)

Even late equalizer can’t deny Bruins from victorious finish to road trip in Columbus

The Bruins surrendered their lead inside the final three seconds, but weathered it to win in the shootout and complete a 5-1-0 trip, extending their double-digit lead on Columbus in the wild-card chase. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Making that back-to-the-office hybrid actually work won’t be easy

Employers may find reopening the office a lot harder than it was to send everyone home in March 2020 because the pandemic has fundamentally changed our relationship with work. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Poetry — and democracy — in motion

Everyone on a bus is in it together. What could be more democratic than that? Continue reading →

IDEAS

The heroes without capes in Ukraine

Courageous acts of everyday people can be contagious. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Pulitzer winner Walter Mears dies, reported on 11 presidential campaigns

Walter R. Mears for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for the Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it. Continue reading →

Obituaries

A master on field, enigmatic off; Shane Warne dies aged 52

A artful and record-breaking bowler, Shane Warne's skill on the cricket field was matched by his impish allure and often controversial career off the pitch. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Farrah Forke, who played a helicopter pilot on ‘Wings,’ dies at 54

Farrah Forke, the actress who catapulted to fame playing a helicopter pilot on NBC sitcom “Wings,” died at her home in Texas on Feb. 25. She was 54. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

‘How can I possibly get to it all?’ The dilemma of an overwhelmed culture vulture.

During all that time when the world was shut down, I naively thought there might be a chance. Continue reading →

MOVIES

A certain movie made an offer we couldn’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’ turns 50

There was never much doubt about “The Godfather” commercially. It would make money. The big question about the movie wasn’t financial but artistic. This seems unimaginable now. It didn’t back then. Continue reading →

QUICK BITE

At Judy’s Bay in Cambridge, find fish, flights, and a fireplace

Owners Lukas Dow and Kim Vo put a cozy New England spin on izakaya-style dining. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

How to immerse yourself in ‘The Gilded Age’ of New York, or at least get a glimpse of it

Put on a comfortable pair of shoes and take a stroll down Millionaire’s Row. (Preferably on a sunny day.) Continue reading →

TRAVEL

It’s ‘The Gilded Age’ in real life: Welcome to Newport

On a recent visit, we decided to live like a Vanderbilt, just for a weekend. Here’s how to do it in style — even if you don’t have an industrialist’s income. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

In search for housing, an uphill climb in New England ski country

It’s no secret that the pandemic has slammed the affordable housing market across the country, but in ski country, it's more pronounced. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: Natural light and neutral tones shine in this renovated Haverhill contemporary

Property offers two bedrooms, two baths, and bonus space. Continue reading →