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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Could Boston?s tourism industry become a victim of coronavirus?
The Chinese market makes up Boston?s largest group of overseas travelers. And they?re the biggest spenders, dropping $616 million into the local economy in 2018.

China?s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall Coronavirus creating havoc with NHL stick supplies

Republican senators tried to stop Trump from firing impeachment witness
A handful of Republican senators tried to stop President Trump from firing Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union who testified in the House impeachment hearings.

Collins is getting death threats after impeachment acquittal

Parents of man killed in Brookline after chase speak out: ?He was a very sensitive boy with a gentle soul?

The parents of the man who was shot and killed by police after a car chase that started at a Boston hospital ended on Route 9 in Brookline Friday said their son had a history of mental illness that included many hospitalizations, but that they did not think he owned a gun.
Two shot, one killed, in related incidents near Brigham and Women's Hospital, Route 9 shopping area For Brigham staff, an active shooter alert brought traumatic memories

Thomas Farragher
He ditched the world of high finance for his true love: woodworking
As a little kid growing up in the Boston suburbs, Lee McColgan had a gift. He could draw. He could paint. He could sculpt. But mostly, he could build things.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

The rising threat of ?gun sanctuaries?
OPINION | Kathy Sullivan and Ron Abramson

Kathy Sullivan and Ron Abramson: The case for Elizabeth Warren
EDITORIAL

Not so fast moving on from State Police scandal
EDITORIAL

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

?SNL? takes on Democratic presidential debate ahead of New Hampshire primary
After the Senate voted to acquit President Trump in his impeachment trial, ?Saturday Night Live? turned its attention to who might challenge him for president by parodying the Democratic debate ahead of Tuesday?s New Hampshire primary in its cold open.

Tale revealed of 8-year-old veteran of USS Constitution
David Debias left his Beacon Hill home at the age of 8 to join the USS Constitution crew and fight off Portugal in its final victories of the War of 1812.

RED SOX
Source: Twins ?very likely? are backing out of Mookie Betts deal
According to multiple major league sources, the Red Sox had some concerns related to the health of Minnesota pitcher Brusdar Graterol.

Baseball scouts weigh in on Alex Verdugo Benintendi, Red Sox agree on two-year $10m deal

Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history
Buoyed by his impeachment acquittal and the muddled Democratic primary race, President Trump and his campaign are turning to address his reelection bid?s greatest weaknesses.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Celtics? three wings can coexist and thrive, and other thoughts
But Danny Ainge not making a trade at the deadline was a mistake.

Celtics begin tough stretch against Western Conference opponents

92nd Academy Awards | 8 p.m.

Jeneé Osterheldt
Oscar-nominated ?Hair Love? helps detangle stigma around Black hair
Societal messaging around Black hair is not so different from dialogues around Black skin. The false but pervasive narrative is you can only be beauty if you?re also the beast.

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

The full list of nominees

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM
Will Hollywood celebrate Tarantino?s sick joke?
In the many rapturous reviews for ?Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood," more has been written about Brad Pitt?s ageless abs than how his character?s act of violence against a woman amounts to little more than a cheap laugh.

Analysis | Ty Burr
Oscars celebrate the Hollywood boys? club
It?s a man?s, man?s, man?s world, according to the Oscars.

More recent headlines

New England College put on lockdown after nearby shooting

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand

US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack

MBTA employee killed in accident at Quincy Center Station busway

Monday at noon: Join a live Q&A conference call with James Pindell

We?re inviting readers to join us for a live conference call Q&A on Monday, Feb. 10 at noon with Globe political reporter James Pindell on the state of the New Hampshire primary.

Recommended Reads

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.

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.
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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

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 | JEFF JACOBY

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

Who won the last 24 hours in the presidential race?
Senator Bernie Sanders has been in first place, or statistically tied for first place, in 32 consecutive New Hampshire polls going back three months.

sunday?s child

Henny is ready for a family of her own

Henriette, or Henny as she likes to be called, enjoys playing the piano and is interested in learning karate and sports.

Democratic candidates pitch themselves at raucous New Hampshire dinner

Saturday night?s New Hampshire Democratic Party dinner, held in a cavernous sports arena, had the feel of a series of pep rallies for competing teams, with supporters of each candidate shouting over each other and cheering to outdo each other over the course of three hours.

Quincy, State police searching for missing 78-year-old man

Driver looking at cell phone crashes into N.H. State Police cruiser

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

BRUINS 4, COYOTES 2

Bruins have enough to turn away Coyotes

Charlie Coyle scored twice as the Bruins won their sixth straight game.
Boston College 77, Virginia Tech 73

Steffon Mitchell, BC pull out overtime victory over Virginia Tech

Mitchell had scored just 17 points in Boston College?s previous four games, but he tied his career highs in points (21) and rebounds (15).
Sports Log

Indiana gives Bob Knight a warm homecoming

Whitman?s Mark DeLuca KO?d in seventh round

Politics

Read the full results of Saturday?s Globe/WBZ/Suffolk tracking poll

Business

The state?s clean energy efforts face new setbacks

Marijuana

Marijuana giant Acreage concedes Mass. contracts are ?inoperable?
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

Benintendi, Red Sox agree on two-year $10m deal

St. John?s Prep wrestling pins down near-perfect 34-0-1 finish in D1 Duals

Ageless Zdeno Chara is honored before Bruins? victory

metro

Who won the last 24 hours in the presidential race?

Henny is ready for a family of her own

Democratic candidates pitch themselves at raucous New Hampshire dinner

Nation

Women with deer in their sights

On Trump?s to-do list: Take back the suburbs. Court Black voters. Expand the electoral map. Win.

Collins is getting death threats after impeachment acquittal

World

Where?s Xi? China?s leader commands coronavirus fight from safe heights

To survive, Venezuela?s leader gives up decades of control over oil

American in China dies of coronavirus as toll grows to 722

politics

Photos: The final days of the race for the New Hampshire primary

Warren, out of spotlight after Iowa, undeterred

New Hampshire voters agonize over which Democratic candidate to support

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

Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose

Oscar-nominated ?Hair Love? helps detangle stigma around Black hair

Oscar-nominated ?Hair Love? helps detangle stigma around Black hair

marijuana

Marijuana giant Acreage concedes Mass. contracts are ?inoperable?

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

Hawaii helicopter crash pilot lost license for 2010 marijuana use

opinion

The rising threat of ?gun sanctuaries?

No traffic fix without taxes

Readers offer their own assessment of Mass. model

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

?SNL? takes on Democratic presidential debate ahead of New Hampshire primary

?Thirtysomething? sequel is sure to be something else

?Ray Donovan? fans deserved a better ending

music

Cecile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl a dynamic duo at Jordan Hall

Jordi Savall and company spark joy with Iberian program

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

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

Robert Conrad, star of ?The Wild, Wild West,? dies at 84

Orson Bean, free-spirited actor of stage and screen, dies at 91

Dr. John A. DiBiaggio, Tufts University president who advocated for students? public engagement, dies at 87