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State Police overtime scheme was devised by higher-ups 20 years ago, former trooper says

Federal prosecutors have previously mentioned the existence of a State Police ticket quota system, but the court filing provides the most detailed window into the roots of the payroll scandal.
Read the court filing that describes the breadth of the State Police overtime scheme
Alex Speier

Red Sox seeking more compensation for Mookie Betts as Brusdar Graterol?s medical issues hold up trade

The deal isn?t expected to be in jeopardy, but Graterol does not appear to project as a starter in the way the Red Sox anticipated.
How do baseball teams exchange medical information after agreeing to a trade? Dan Shaughnessy: It could have been so much better for David Price in Boston Alex Speier: Why trade Mookie Betts at all? Why now? Answering the lingering questions Jackie Bradley Jr. all business despite trade of Mookie Betts

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Lingering lock-down at Mass. prison a black eye for Baker
OPINION | Michael A. Cohen

Thank you, Mitt Romney
OPINION | Andru Volinsky

Andru Volinsky: Sanders is the one
EDITORIAL

Kill the tradition: N.H. and Iowa should not vote first

After acquittal, Trump unleashes fury at impeachment in White House speech
A day after he was acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump called the investigations into his conduct ?a disgrace,? and ?evil.? Trump, who came out to cheers from a friendly crowd, listed a litany of complaints stretching back to special counsel Robert Mueller?s Russia investigation.

Yvonne Abraham
I?m Susan Collins, and I approve this message
I think the president has learned a lot. That?s enough for me, and it should be for you, too. There?s no need for removal, or censure, or any of the unpleasantness that would require me to go against the wishes of the Senate leader and court political consequences here. Who do you think I am, Mitt Romney?

New York just banned apartment broker fees. Why not Boston?
They're the bane of renters in Boston, that extra month's rent you pay some broker just for the privilege of renting an apartment. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he'd form a "working group" to study the fees and how they impact renters.

Should Boston follow New York City?s lead and kill broker fees?

Parts of the Green Line will shut down for a month at a time this year
Regular Green Line riders will bear the brunt of the disruptions across the MBTA later this year, when the C and E branches each go offline for a month at a time to allow workers to quickly replace tracks.

Everett officials envision aerial gondolas from City Hall to the casino to Assembly Station
The city just applied for a $200,000 grant to study an aerial tramway along the Broadway corridor, a 1.5-mile line that would stretch from the Encore Boston Harbor casino to Everett City Hall.

More recent headlines

Two correctional officers at Devens medical center charged with injuring inmate, obstructing probe

Cruise liners quarantined, turned away from ports across Asia amid coronavirus spread

Cornell dean to become Simmons? first Black president

Join a live Q&A conference call with James Pindell

We?re inviting readers to join us for a live conference call Q&A with Globe political reporter James Pindell ahead of the New Hampshire primary.

The Great Divide
Feud between BPS and test maker continues with release of e-mails
The organization that administers the admissions test to Boston?s exam schools released e-mails Thursday showing that it prodded Boston Public Schools officials several years ago to collaborate on studies to gauge if the test was being used appropriately.

Firefighters union files suit against Walsh administration
Boston Fire Fighters Local 718, one of the city?s largest unions and a big supporter of Walsh in his inaugural 2013 mayoral run, has sued the administration in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging repeated violations of the union?s collective bargaining agreement.

Andrew Lelling says arrests will cause academia to take China threat seriously
At a conference, the US attorney for Massachusetts discussed the charges against Harvard chemistry chairman Charles Lieber.

Two named to run Harvard chemistry department in wake of academic?s arrest on criminal charge in China case

Shirley Leung
Diane Patrick: A reluctant political wife no more
?This was not going to be him going out on this journey without me,? she said about husband Deval Patrick?s presidential run. ?We were going to do this together.?

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The Great Divide

Test maker accuses Boston schools of misusing exam

Boston Public Schools have for years misused the test results that help determine admissions to its coveted exam schools, in a way that makes it harder for ?underrepresented? students to win admissions, according to the organization that administers the controversial exam.

The Oscars: Who?ll win, who should win, who shouldn?t
Ty Burr handicaps this year?s Academy Awards.

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Super Bowl Parade in Kansas City? Impossible feat without the cheerleaders who knew they could win
When the Chiefs march through Kansas City today to celebrate their Super Bowl win, I?ll be happy for the city and the team. But it?s a big win for the cheerleaders, too, who often don?t get the love or recognition they deserve.

Rhode Island

Coastal Medical agrees to join Lifespan

The two health providers hope to finalize a deal within six months.

R.I. legislature waits until end of session to act on many acts, data show

R.I. leaders discussing options for saving ?Superman? building
Newton

For Newton co-op, boys? gymnastics remains a must-see event

The sport may not be as popular as its glory days of the ?60s, but coaches Bill Martin and Tom Steeves have Newton North in position to make a run at a seventh straight MIAA title.

Newton City Council sets March 3 special election to decide Northland mixed-use development

League of Women Voters to hold climate change forum in Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship

The danger in our salad bowls

Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | John Ellis

The gathering gloom for Democrats
OPINION | Shanika Amarakoon

Shanika Amarakoon: The case for Pete Buttigieg
OPINION | Latha Mangipudi

Latha Mangipudi: Amy Klobuchar can bring our country together
EDITORIAL CARTOON | PATRICK CHAPPATTE

Let ?er rip
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Pelosi had the last word on Trump?s speech ? but not on Trump
IDEAS

What Massachusetts can teach America

VISUAL STORIES

12 days in Iowa

Globe staff photos of the month, January 2020

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

metro

Greater Boston set for a wet, gusty day
After a day of wintry precipitation Thursday, Greater Boston will get hit with rain and some high winds Friday and Western Massachusetts could get a few more flakes before all is said and done.

Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in N.H. polling

Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg, building on his strong showing in Iowa, has continued his surge among likely Democratic New Hampshire primary voters, closing in on Senator Bernie Sanders as the Vermont independent?s numbers dropped in a new Boston Globe/WBZ-TV/Suffolk University poll.

State Police overtime scheme was devised by higher-ups 20 years ago, former trooper says

Federal prosecutors have previously mentioned the existence of a State Police ticket quota system, but the court filing provides the most detailed window into the roots of the payroll scandal.
The Great Divide

Feud between BPS and test maker continues with release of e-mails

Warren still struggling with some voters? fears a woman can?t defeat Trump

STAT

In race to develop coronavirus treatment, Regeneron sees an inside track

Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn?t contained

Brain ?hot spot? may explain why African-Americans feel greater pain

Walmart places a big bet on cheaper, less intimidating primary care

sports

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

With trade deadline passing, nothing has changed for the Celtics, who are still among the favorites to win the East

The Green shouldn?t be threatened by the moves of the Heat and 76ers.

Hectic end to NBA?s trade window, but some teams sat out

Most of the top NBA playoff contenders stayed out of the down-to-the-wire frenzy at the trade deadline.
High school Swimming & Diving

Making a splash: Weston?s Charlotte Martinkus follows path blazed by her diving mentor, Mikaela Thompson
RED SOX

Rob Manfred: No Red Sox players will be punished

Politics

Trump says U.S. operation killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen

Business

Au pair agency leaving Massachusetts in wake of minimum wage ruling

Marijuana

State Police find more than 360 pounds of pot during traffic stop in Sturbridge
magazine
Cover story

The 29 best new restaurants in Boston and the suburbs
Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ?At our age, you never know what might happen?
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Greater Boston, Jan. 27-Feb. 2
Cooking

Recipes: Three bold snacks for a memorable Oscar party

sports

Five years removed from his playing days, Kyle Nelson is now Rockport?s energetic first-year coach

Bruins? Sean Kuraly has responded well to recent one-game benching

Max Muncy, wheeling-and-dealing Dodgers agree to three-year, $26 million deal

metro

Greater Boston set for a wet, gusty day

Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in N.H. polling

State Police overtime scheme was devised by higher-ups 20 years ago, former trooper says

Nation

Trump to auction drilling, grazing rights on Utah sites once off limits to development

Governors warn Trump rule could lead to big Medicaid cuts

After acquittal, Trump unleashes fury at impeachment in White House speech

World

Chinese doctor who tried to raise alarm on coronavirus in Wuhan dies from disease

UK reconsiders plan to fly flags on Prince Andrew?s birthday

Chinese doctor who warned of early coronavirus infections has died

politics

After acquittal, Trump unleashes fury at impeachment in White House speech

Joe Biden criticized after awkward encounter with N.H. student

A full transcript of Trump?s remarks from the White House on impeachment acquittal

business

Au pair agency leaving Massachusetts in wake of minimum wage ruling

Everett officials envision aerial gondolas from City Hall to the casino to Assembly Station

Encore Boston Harbor casino slows its financial losses, but revenue remains sluggish

lifestyle

Grand Tour: a modern French bistro from a chef known for seafood

More Mexican Food in the South End, and Fields Corner gets Asian-Southern fusion

For this duo, paddling in paradise sure beats snow in Lynn

marijuana

State Police find more than 360 pounds of pot during traffic stop in Sturbridge

Hemp bill approved by South Dakota House committee with governor?s support

Top Connecticut lawmakers file marijuana legalization bill on behalf of governor

opinion

Impeachment is a valuable tool. Congress should use it more often

Lingering lock-down at Mass. prison a black eye for Baker

Andru Volinsky: Sanders is the one

food & dining

Reusable sandwich bags make going green easy

In like Black Lamb

Seven simple ways to reduce E. coli risk

travel

For this duo, paddling in paradise sure beats snow in Lynn

Hard to believe the Omni Mount Washington Hotel was once on shaky ground

Here?s what it?s like to cruise on the tallest, longest sailing ship in the world

Books

In Daniel Kehlmann?s darkly brilliant ?Tyll,? a fool worth following

Author Craig Fehrman stacks up books penned by presidents

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo prefers poetry to plot

Movies

In flightless ?Birds of Prey,? Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn

The Oscars: Who?ll win, who should win, who shouldn?t

Kirk Douglas was Spartacus ? and much, much more

Television

?Ray Donovan? fans deserved a better ending

Holding out hope for Edie Falco?s ?Tommy?

Ensemble comedy ?Mythic Quest? has got game

music

With its tour canceled, Boston Symphony Orchestra offers free concerts

The ?astral folk? of Bonny Light Horseman

At a small Foxborough venue, Garth Brooks raises the bar

Theater/Dance

A young Malcolm X, searching for his identity in Boston

In ?Nina Simone: Four Women,? the singer, the song, the outrage

Courtney O?Connor named artistic director at Lyric Stage

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Kirk Douglas, intense star of dozens of movies, dies at 103

Nathaniel R. Jones, rights lawyer and federal judge, dies at 93

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi is dead at age 95