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A SUV in Sandwich encrusted in ice from ocean spray during the weekend storm that slammed Greater Boston.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Beware icy travel with Friday’s storm

There’s a lot going on in the atmosphere over the next 24 hours, none of it really good.

A list of Massachusetts school closings

With the latest winter storm set to bring icy conditions, schools around Massachusetts announced closures for Friday.

A woman played fetch with her dog, Daisy, at the M Street Beach in Boston in 2019.

Maps: Rain, sleet, snow on the way as winter storm warning issued for parts of Mass.

Winthrop Center tower wins its first tenant

The 15-year lease is among the largest office deals downtown since the arrival of COVID-19 in Boston nearly two years ago, and the first major tenant for a tower that was almost halted mid-construction when it lost construction financing in the pandemic’s first year.

‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video

Brady shared a video montage of his career achievements that included footage from several of his Patriots Super Bowl wins.

Baker says he has no ‘hurt feelings’ over Tom Brady’s Patriots snub in retirement announcement Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

The science behind the state’s school mask policy is outdated, some experts say. Should the benchmarks change?

Debate is growing about whether the mandatory school mask rules should be revised or removed entirely.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

Flashes still of violence, guns, drugs, and vandalism at Mass. and Cass

Residents and business owners in the area bemoan the pervasiveness of drug dealing and other crime weeks after city officials cleared the neighborhood of a homeless encampment.

‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

As President Biden has attempted to highlight positive developments about the economy, polls suggest many Americans aren’t listening. They’re more focused on rapidly rising prices.

Christopher L. Gasper

Brian Flores just revealed what Black coaches have known all along: The odds are always stacked against them

Flores took what was an open industry secret and brought it into the legal light of day.

Giants say Brian Flores was ‘irresponsible’ to base accusations on texts from Bill Belichick

People inspected a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria on Thursday.

US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader, Biden says

US officials called the operation a “significant blow” to the organization, which has been trying for a resurgence with attacks in the region, including an assault late last month to seize a prison in northeast Syria holding at least 3,000 IS detainees.

Political leaders and experts praise special forces raid on ISIS that left leader dead

Chloe Kim took the world by storm when she won gold as a 17-year-old in PyeongChang. After two years away from snowboarding, can she make a triumphant return to the podium?

A guide to the 2022 Beijing Olympics: How (and when) to watch, Team USA stars, and more

The second Olympic Games in six months officially kick off Friday. Here's everything you need to know.

2022 Beijing Olympics: Day-by-day TV schedule and results

A visitor takes photographs of Meta Platforms signage outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

Meta plunges and sets off Wall Street’s worst drop in nearly a year

Stocks on Wall Street tumbled Thursday, with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, leading the way with a drop of 26.4 percent, a loss that erased more than $250 billion of its market value.

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we?

There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks

They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West

You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Opinion

Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated to be a US Appeals Court judge for the Seventh Circuit (right) and Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a US Appeals Court judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, are sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations, April 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The extra unseen talent of Biden’s Supreme Court nominee and all Black women in law

They are beyond qualified. They’ve had to be super-qualified their entire careers.

Moderate politics is the right path, even in Mass.

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Michelle Holmes

We need to school ourselves as to what safe in-person education looks like

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

Takeout from Leena's Kitchen in Plymouth.

Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.

Browse a map of reader-recommended takeout spots Explore the full project

More recent stories

Hate crimes trial to proceed after failed plea deal with Arbery’s killers

Gregory McMichael, one of Ahmaud Arbery’s three killers, reaffirmed his plea of not guilty in a federal hate crimes case Thursday after his proposed plea deal was rejected by a judge, court records show.

Brother of Fall River man fatally shot by police sues DA for release of evidence

Eric B. Mack’s suit was filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court under the Massachusetts Public Records Act and calls for the release to his family of all evidence related to the Nov. 22 death of his brother, 30-year-old Anthony Harden, according to court documents.

RI EDUCATION

Brown University president defends affirmative action, legacy admissions

“We haven’t found a good alternative” to affirmative action in ensuring a diverse student body, Brown University President Christina Paxson said. "The moves against taking race into account as one of many factors in admissions basically blocks out a really important piece of information about a person in the life that they've experienced."

Truro house that was on brink of collapse has been moved back to safety

The oceanfront home on Cape Cod that was teetering on the brink of destruction has been moved farther back to a safer spot, so the structure will survive to see another day.

Two educators injured while breaking up fight at Dorchester school

One of the staff members sought additional medical evaluation after leaving the school, according to a letter to Henderson School families from Boston Public Schools Secondary School Superintendent Eugene C. Roundtree II.

Jeff Bezos’s superyacht to force temporary dismantling of Dutch bridge

Bezos’s massive new superyacht is nearing completion, but getting it to its owner will require taking out a bridge.

Recommended reads

Taylor Ogan and his Tesla in self driving mode, which he says fails to navigate city streets properly.

INNOVATION BEAT

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

Amid ongoing safety and regulatory issues, our intrepid tech reporter tries out the automaker's new "full self-driving" feature.

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‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

As President Biden has attempted to highlight positive developments about the economy, polls suggest many Americans aren’t listening. They’re more focused on rapidly rising prices.

‘If there’s a definition for a hero, he’s one’: Friend of Boston police officer recalls his devotion to family

A friend of the family of Boston police officer John O’Keefe recalled him as a “hero” who adopted his niece and nephew following the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Black history I carry with me: Cole Arthur Riley

The creator of Black Liturgies shares her beautiful resistance.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Which sugar cereal is superior?

Vote in round two of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

Cécile McLorin Salvant will be performing songs from her upcoming album, "Ghost Song," at the Berklee Performance Center.

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

Oludara Adeeyo's new book is "Self-Care for Black Women"

‘Self-Care for Black Women’ offers strategies for nurturing mind, body, and soul

A wheel of donated paraphernalia at the Core Social Justice Cannabis Museum in Jamaica Plain, a social justice museum inside the Seed dispensary.

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

Special Projects

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Students arrive with their families on the first day of in-person classes at a public school in the Bronx borough in New York on, Sept. 13.

Michelle Holmes

We need to school ourselves as to what safe in-person education looks like

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is taking on the league and team ownership, and sacking his old boss, Bill Belichick, in the process.

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

An exhibitor demonstrates plugging in a charging port for a Ford Motor Co. Mustang during the Washington Auto Show on Jan. 21.

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

A man walks through the snow in Boston on Jan. 30.

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Hey, Boston! Take this snow and shovel it.

The "Futures" exhibit at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building runs through July 6.

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

A list of Massachusetts school closings

With the latest winter storm set to bring icy conditions, schools around Massachusetts announced closures for Friday.

Coronavirus Live Updates

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.

Truro house that was on brink of collapse has been moved back to safety

The oceanfront home on Cape Cod that was teetering on the brink of destruction has been moved farther back to a safer spot, so the structure will survive to see another day.

Two educators injured while breaking up fight at Dorchester school

One of the staff members sought additional medical evaluation after leaving the school, according to a letter to Henderson School families from Boston Public Schools Secondary School Superintendent Eugene C. Roundtree II.

Sports

Nick Kim helped Burlington capture the MIAA boy’s gymnastics state championship.

MIAA BOYS' GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

Nick Kim set a high bar in leading Burlington to the MIAA boys’ gymnastics state championship

The senior captain captured three event titles: high bar, floor exercise and parallel bars to earn the all-around title (47.8 points).

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones throws a pass during Pro Bowl practice Thursday in Las Vegas. He also played in the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown.

Mac Jones, AFC come up short in Pro Bowl Skills Showdown

The Patriots quarterback had his moments, including winning the Thread The Needle contest.

Emiko Kamiya of Latin Academy is pictured competing in the Mixed 200 Yard IM during the Boston City League swimming championships held at Madison Park High School.

BOSTON CITY LEAGUE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Amiri Sulker leaves all in his wake in leading Latin Academy to Boston City League coed swimming title

The senior won the 100 breaststroke, the 100 freestyle, and swam a leg on the winning 200 medley and 200 freestyle races.

Men’s college hockey notebook

After slow start, Merrimack men’s hockey is where it wants to be

Jayson Tatum lands third straight NBA All-Star berth, fellow Celtic Jaylen Brown not selected

Giants say Brian Flores was ‘irresponsible’ to base accusations on texts from Bill Belichick

Business

Meta plunges and sets off Wall Street’s worst drop in nearly a year

The stock price of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, sunk down 26.4 percent, a dive that eradicated more than $250 billion off its market value, the biggest tumble in American stock market history. Thursday also saw an overall downturn in tech stock prices during regular trading hours.

Winthrop Center tower wins its first tenant

The 15-year lease is among the largest office deals downtown since the arrival of COVID-19 in Boston nearly two years ago, and the first major tenant for a tower that was almost halted mid-construction when it lost construction financing in the pandemic’s first year.

Biden’s Fed nominees questioned on inflation, climate issues at confirmation hearing

Jeff Zucker’s ouster at CNN rattles prominent staff at a pivotal time

STAT

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‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine

Mitchell (front) and astronomy students in front of the Vassar College Observatory, 1878.

She was a self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to all

Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.

My boyfriend and his ex weren’t swingers. But not far from it. Help!

Black Bean Tostadas

Recipes: Two secrets to quick and easy Mexican black bean dishes

metro

Ten windows at the Hampton Inn hotel on Massachusetts Avenue were smashed this week, as problems continue in the area.

TOPIC: 04MASSCASS

Flashes still of violence, guns, drugs, and vandalism at Mass. and Cass

The science behind the state’s school mask policy is outdated, some experts say. Should the benchmarks change?

‘We deserve better’: Boston City Council mulls reparations commission

sports

Linda Henry said her investment in the WNBA is private, and not part of Fenway Sports Group.

Linda Henry part of $75 million investment in WNBA

Czech star and former Bruin David Krejci tests positive on arrival in Beijing

Courtney Kennedy’s approach as a player and a coach has led to a key role with the US women’s hockey team

business

Workbar seeks further expansion in the suburbs.

Workbar grows in the suburbs, with hybrid work in mind

Boston Dynamics robot makes an appearance in Sam Adams’ Super Bowl commercial

Amazon is raising Prime fee $20 to $139, first jump since 2018

politics

A marquee displayed gas prices at a Shell station on Nov. 22, 2021, in San Francisco.

‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

In New York City, Biden tries to address the sleeper issue of the 2022 midterms

Biden in NYC: Nation must come together to end gun violence

Nation

A wrestling practice was held at Grand Street Campus High School in New York, Dec. 2, 2021. Due to COVID protocols, some high school teams with big ambitions were barred from playing in the state championships, possibly jeopardizing college scholarships.

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them

Hate crimes trial to proceed after failed plea deal with Arbery’s killers

World

Workers cleaned up an oil spill in Ancon, Peru, on Jan. 27.

Its beaches mired in crude oil, Peru vows to make refinery pay

Putin, facing sanction threats, has been saving for this day

US says new intel shows Russia plotting false flag attack

opinion

A laid-off Massachusetts resident was logged in for a webinar with the Department of Unemployment Assistance on March 26, 2020.

Ordinary people are no match for the jobless aid maze

Pandemic has ushered seniors into whole new world, virtually

Now at the Olympics: Synchronized quarantining

lifestyle

Dorchester Vietnamese restaurant Anh Hong isn't going away after all.

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

CambridgeSide to host Black-owned business pop-up market

food & dining

Dorchester Vietnamese restaurant Anh Hong isn't going away after all.

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

3 places we supported this week

These are the best — and worst — sugar cereals

travel

Maine celebrates winter, Newport enjoys the spotlight, and Arches slows the flow of tourists

Italy is a cut above for this hairstylist to the stars

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West

Arts

"Malum Geminos" (2019) by Courtney Mattison, now on view at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. (This photo is from its presentation at the Florence Griswold Museum in 2019.)

Sculptor Courtney Mattison conjures the sea and its discontents at New Bedford Whaling Museum

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

Textile paintings at Nearby Gallery invite viewers to probe, peer inside

Books

A cold that bites in Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’

A Nobel laureate’s new novel awes in size and scope

Chuck Klosterman: reading a little bit of everything, all of nothing

Movies

Actor Mark Wahlberg is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Long divisions; Hendrix in Hawaii

Coping with loss in ‘After the Rain’

Television

A scene from the Netflix miniseries "Unorthodox."

Miniseries have been thriving on streaming services. Here are the 10 best.

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Netflix adapting ‘All the Light We Cannot See’

music

Courtney Barnett, touring off her most recent album “Things Take Time, Take Time,” stops at the Wang Theatre on Tuesday.

Courtney Barnett is giving optimism a shot

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup

Theater/Dance

Boston tap dance company Subject:Matter and its touring band will perform Saturday at the Somerville Theatre.

Feet make music, too, in Subject:Matter’s ‘Songbook’ at the Somerville Theatre

Coming of age in a hostile world in ‘The Bluest Eye’

Jacob’s Pillow announces 2022 summer festival lineup, and one big change from last year

globe local

A snow-covered school bus traveled in the early morning in Milton a day after a snowstorm hit the Boston area.

A list of Massachusetts school closings

This Valentine’s Day, say ‘I love you’ by doing something together

Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

Obituaries

Avram Goldberg with his wife, Carol, in 2007.

Avram Goldberg, former Stop & Shop chairman who forged a unique approach, dies at 92

Former Celtics coach Bill Fitch dies at 89

Robin Herman, reporter who broke gender barrier in NHL locker rooms, dies at 70