fb-pixel
The Boston Globe
TRENDING:
? ? Election 2020 ? ?

What to watch for in the most consequential presidential debate in 40 years

Not since Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan?s second general election debate could a television forum be this important, both in terms of its impact on the race in the short term, and the country in the long term.
N.H. independent voters could hold the key to next week?s primary Joe Biden criticized after awkward encounter with N.H. student

Buttigieg continues to surge in N.H. polling, challenging Sanders for lead

 Read the full results from Thursday?s Globe/WBZ/Suffolk tracking poll In N.H., Bernie Sanders criticizes Buttigieg, Bloomberg over billionaire cash flowing into Democratic race

The best individual seasons in Red Sox history, and where Mookie Betts fits

A look at the numbers helps illuminate just how great a player the Red Sox are about to lose. 2:36 p.m.

Boston Fire Dept. responds, streets closed in North Station area after object falls due to high winds

Opinion

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

Impeachment is a valuable tool. Congress should use it more often
OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Will Hollywood celebrate Tarantino?s sick joke?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Welcome to New Hampshire, where the rural areas vote blue, the suburbs go red, and the conservatives are from. . . Massachusetts?
EDITORIAL

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

Alexander Vindman, who testified against Trump, is escorted out of White House
The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday, according to his lawyer, who said he was asked to leave for ?telling the truth.? 2 hours ago

Walkers and cyclists worry that an Everett gondola would cost them a ?crucial connection?
For cyclists and pedestrians, the long-proposed footbridge between Assembly Square in Somerville and Encore Boston Harbor would tie together the network of biking and walking paths along both sides of the Mystic River. 2 hours ago

Another development project could rise above the Mass. Turnpike
Long-stalled plans to build a hotel and condo complex in the Back Bay finally are moving forward. 24 minutes ago

After MLB concludes investigation into sign-stealing, Red Sox plan to name Ron Roenicke manager
Roenicke has spent the last two seasons as Boston?s bench coach and managed the Brewers for five years. 27 minutes ago

BUZZSAW
?Ray Donovan? fans deserved a better ending
The surprise cancellation left a lot of loose ends. That's not fair to viewers who were invested in the show.

More recent headlines

Tens of thousands without power as high winds rake the state

Laney Clement-Holbook delivers winning message at MIAA Girls and Women in Sports Day

NH man caught with loaded gun at Logan airport

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.

Recommended Reads

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.

Valentine's Day | Globe Magazine
Valentine?s Day gift guide: 13 ways to treat yourself
Shop for a loved one if you must, but who deserves an indulgence more than you?

State Police overtime scheme, illegal ticket quota 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.

Rhode Island

Police searching for man who stole from the elderly and disabled in Quincy

Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole from several senior citizens and disabled people after he broke into their apartments Tuesday, Quincy police said.

It?s been a REALLY long week. Here are some puppies to make you ??

?I view myself as an activist AG,? R.I.?s Peter Neronha says
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.
Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

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

EDITORIAL

Lingering lock-down at Mass. prison a black eye for Baker
OPINION | Andru Volinsky

Andru Volinsky: Sanders is the one
OPINION | Michael A. Cohen

Thank you, Mitt Romney
OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

Kudos to Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, for standing up
OPINION | Diane Hessan

Fear and loathing in the Democratic Party
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Welcome to New Hampshire, where the rural areas vote blue, the suburbs go red, and the conservatives are from. . . Massachusetts?

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

CAMPUS ANGLE
Easton?s Kayla Raymond soaring on the court at Stonehill
The Northeast-10?s reigning Rookie of the Year is pacing the Skyhawks in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore.

?Matty? joins growing ranks of school therapy dogs

Foxborough?s Igo Elementary School will soon be going to the dogs ? or rather to the dog ? as the school gets ready to welcome Matty as its official therapy canine.
LOCAL FARE

Cheesy Street Grill satisfies comfort-food cravings

?Who doesn?t like grilled cheese and other comfort foods? It?s nostalgia,? said Lisa Dowd.

Boston Fire Dept. responds, streets closed in North Station area after object falls due to high winds

Walkers and cyclists worry that an Everett gondola would cost them a ?crucial connection?

STAT

Lottery like no other offers a cutting-edge medicine ? with lives on the line

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

sports

After MLB concludes investigation into sign-stealing, Red Sox plan to name Ron Roenicke manager

Roenicke has spent the last two seasons as Boston?s bench coach and managed the Brewers for five years.
WEDNESDAY?S SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Boston Latin?s Owen O?Brien tears up the net in 5-5 tie with Tewksbury in boys? hockey

O?Brien scored five goals for the Wolfpack to earn the point.
MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN AND GIRLS DAY | FANUEIL HALL

Laney Clement-Holbook delivers winning message at MIAA Girls and Women in Sports Day

A guide to the NWHL All-Star Weekend in Boston

Politics

Alexander Vindman, who testified against Trump, is escorted out of White House

Business

The state?s clean energy efforts face new setbacks

Marijuana

Drug dog sniffs out 220 pounds of pot in 2 traffic stops in Missouri
magazine

Valentine?s Day gift guide: 13 ways to treat yourself

Your Home

Best grandparents ever? This couple remade their home to welcome their adult children and grandkids
DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: ?We also touched upon the trendy subject of serial killers?
Things to Do

37 must-see events in Greater Boston this winter

sports

Tom Brady?s free agency: Tracking offseason updates, rumors and more

Jessica Mendoza out as ESPN?s Sunday night analyst and Mets adviser, but will remain at network

The Bruins should go all-out to acquire Chris Kreider

metro

Easton?s Kayla Raymond soaring on the court at Stonehill

?Matty? joins growing ranks of school therapy dogs

Cheesy Street Grill satisfies comfort-food cravings

Nation

Joe Biden campaigns in New Hampshire

New Hampshire independent voters could hold the key to next week?s primary

Post-acquittal, Trump repeats inaccurate claims about impeachment and Ukraine

World

Lawyers to ICC: Free Ivory Coast?s Gbagbo unconditionally

Iraqis question US claim that Iran-backed militia attacked base

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

politics

In N.H., Bernie Sanders criticizes Buttigieg, Bloomberg over billionaire cash flowing into Democratic race

Bernie Sanders campaigns in New Hampshire

Pete Buttigieg campaigns in New Hampshire

business

Another development project could rise above the Mass. Turnpike

Lottery like no other offers a cutting-edge medicine ? with lives on the line

Hood?s Planet Oat is hot on frozen desserts

lifestyle

Made in Mass. hit ?Knives Out? will get a sequel. Here?s hoping Boston artist Rebecca Greene will have a role in it

Conn.-raised jazz-rock singer Sammy Rae brings her Friends to the Sinclair this weekend

Could Boston?s tourism industry become a victim of coronavirus?

marijuana

Drug dog sniffs out 220 pounds of pot in 2 traffic stops in Missouri

Hawaii helicopter crash pilot lost license for 2010 marijuana use

Here?s what to know about Massachusetts? 3 newest pot shops

opinion

?Birth tourism? isn?t a serious problem ? the White House attack on it is

Readers respond to ?Massachusetts Works?

?Mark my words, this is going to be a winner?

food & dining

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

Reusable sandwich bags make going green easy

In like Black Lamb

travel

Could Boston?s tourism industry become a victim of coronavirus?

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

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

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

Among the Taliban, Zeppelin obsessed, dutiful grandsons, Parkland survivors

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

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

Television

?Thirtysomething? sequel is sure to be something else

?Ray Donovan? fans deserved a better ending

Holding out hope for Edie Falco?s ?Tommy?

music

With dynamism, discipline, and imagination, drummer Bob Gullotti drove the Fringe

With its tour canceled, Boston Symphony Orchestra offers free concerts

The ?astral folk? of Bonny Light Horseman

Theater/Dance

In ?Sweat,? the destruction of livelihoods and friendships

A young Malcolm X, searching for his identity in Boston

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

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