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Beijing Winter Olympics

Russia's Kamila Valieva (center) is consoled by her coach (left) and choreographer after completing her error-filled routine.

john powers | on the olympics

Kamila Valieva’s fourth-place finish averted a very awkward situation for several parties

Had the Russian figure skater won an Olympic medal, it would have been a nightmare for the IOC, the ISU, the WADA, and her own federation.

Mikaela Shiffrin made a turn during the women's combined downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday.

‘I just feel like a joke.’ Mikaela Shiffrin opens up after her third DNF at Olympics.

There are now more questions than answers for Shiffrin, who was hoping a medal in the Alpine combined, her fifth and final individual event in Beijing, could salvage her 2022 Winter Games.

‘Narcissist.’ ‘Dumb blonde.’ Mikaela Shiffrin hits back at detractors. See more Olympics coverage

GLOBE MAGAZINE

No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.

Two researchers spent five years visiting 10 vastly different campuses. Their sobering conclusion: The field of higher education is going to need some big changes.

TABLES

Mooo moves into the Seaport; Ruckus returns to Chinatown

Plus, the Thirsty Scholar is back. And did we mention Levain Bakery opens this weekend? Celebrate with a cookie on opening day. Proceeds will benefit the Women’s Lunch Place.

Quick Bite: A friendly Brookline spot serves traditional food the way it’s made in Anatolia

‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine, Biden says as US diplomat is expelled

Concerns escalated in the West over what exactly Russia is doing with its troops around Ukraine — including an estimated 60% of the overall Russian ground forces — and about President Vladimir Putin’s overall intentions.

R.I. Attorney General denies Lifespan-Care New England health care merger

The attorney general's decision noted that nearly all Rhode Islanders would see healthcare costs rise and healthcare workers would be harmed by the deal.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mother faults Boston Public Schools for son’s alleged assault: ‘I had trust and faith they would keep my son safe but they didn’t’

BPS agreed last summer to pay $650,000 to five families who alleged that the school failed to protect their children from a student who they accused of sexually assaulting them.

Student says he was called ‘transgender freak’ during Feb. 8 attack outside N. Attleboro High School

The student suffered injuries to his forehead, cheek, and knuckle, and told police he was called a “transgender freak” and an anti-lesbian slur during the encounter, legal filings show.

Maps: Here’s how windy — and warm — it’s expected to get in Mass.

A high wind warning will be in effect for a stretch of Eastern Massachusetts that includes Boston, the south coast, and Cape Cod.

Dave Epstein: Warm temperatures and a high wind warning

COVID-19: THE LATEST

‘Incredibly encouraging.’ Coronavirus level in Eastern Mass. waste water is down 98 percent from peak

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With Omicron as a ‘golden ticket,’ American travel fears fade
11:17 a.m.
Ontario police mobilize in possible preparation to disperse protesters

Richard Bell walked with his daughter Christy Bell through Hynes Auto Repair Shop, where owner Michael Hynes gave him a Subaru because his Buick was destroyed. Bell describing the November attack by a mob of bikers and ATV riders. “I did nothing to provoke them, but I know there’s crazy people out there,” he said.

Elderly victim of ATV riders says he expected to die in assault

No arrests have been made in the brazen Nov. 18 attack at a stoplight in Allston.

Freshman Alyssa Holguin at her high school in San Francisco, in front of a mural about resistance.

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

Will these classes help students? We looked to established programs in Holyoke and San Francisco to find out.

Tom Holland in "Uncharted."

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg star in ‘Uncharted,’ a part heist, part adventure story

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg are out to get a hoard of 16th-century Spanish gold in a movie that is based on a popular video game.

See more Boston Globe movie reviews

Opinion

In this 2017 photo, Razor wire surrounds the Bridgewater State Hospital grounds.

Mold, Benadryl, and antipsychotic drugs: New report raises alarms about a state mental facility

Potent drug cocktails replace physical restraints at the medium-security facility for people with mental illness.

IDEAS | HEATHER E. GOODMAN

In spelling, there’s always room for ‘improvemeant’

Protests at the homes of Wu and Baker have crossed a line

Baker, Wu, and other politicians shouldn’t live in a bubble

Ava Callender Concepcion

The state Cannabis Control Commission seeks to right the wrongs of the war on drugs

Dragon Breath ramen from Red White.

PROJECT TAKEOUT

3 places we supported this week

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

See more from Project Takeout

More recent stories

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

Aaron Rogers and Shailene Woodley are reportedly calling it quits a little more than a year after announcing their engagement, according to multiple reports.

FAA head resigns after effort to rebuild agency’s reputation

The Federal Aviation Administration has been criticized for its oversight of Boeing and handling of questions surrounding 5G interference with aircraft.

INNOVATION BEAT

Boston tech experts make sense of the crypto ‘hype’

Their advice to newcomers: Start small, learn the fundamentals, and be leery of investing in a cryptocurrency simply because it’s trending on Reddit or a celebrity is touting its qualities.

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The Massachusetts pension fund is joining the climate fight

The board that oversees the state’s $104.1 billion pension fund voted unanimously to start using its shareholder power to pressure companies to act on climate change.

Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106

A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died at age 106.

Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance

The Black history I carry with me: Mo Knows Hair

Stylist and entrepreneur Monica Stevens shares her beautiful resistance.

Recommended reads

" I’m very comfortable that the Boston startup scene . . . will be the right home for whatever I do next," said Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer.

‘I have one more new adventure left in me’: Amid the Great Resignation, Tripadvisor’s Steve Kaufer moves on to next act

The 59-year-old fixture of the Boston tech scene isn’t heading off into retirement. But he is leaving the company he built at a time of great change. And his story — particularly how he has dealt with the existential crisis of the pandemic — holds lessons for the business community.

THE FINE PRINT

Angry that your cable bill went up again? Here’s how to save.

The costs of Internet service, equipment rentals, fees, and taxes can add up. But you can pay less, while possibly getting more, by taking charge of how live TV gets into your house.

Burnt out, she quit her job in the ICU. After a fall off a cliff in Puerto Rico, she’s now a patient herself.

Beth Callahan was intubated in a San Juan hospital intensive care unit after she slipped atop a waterfall and fell into the pool below during an excursion on the island last Wednesday.

Family dispute between Boston police officer and two sons ended with gun drawn, prosecutor said

Dana Lamb became angry at his sons over the volume of the television and shouted at them to turn it down before allegedly pointing a gun at them, prosecutors said.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Brianna Perkins, founder of Lit for Black Kids, an Instagram page and online bookstore. She runs the business from a room in her home.

Boston teacher creates online bookstore for Black children

From left to right, top to bottom: Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Avril Lavigne, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Angelique Kidjo and Johnny Venus of EARTHGANG, and Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica.

Boston Calling 2022 single-day tickets go on sale, with festival headliners Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Metallica

19th-century lithograph of downtown Amherst featuring the Carriage House (center right).

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives $600,000 pledge for restoration of Carriage House

David Parker's New York-based The Bang Group brings Dance Now to Cambridge for two weekends.

New York and Boston mix when Dance Now returns to Cambridge for two weekends

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

Bumeryem Rozi, 55, an ethnic Uyghur who fled from China to Turkey, cries as she talks to The Associated Press at her home in Istanbul on June 1.

Instead of the world championing the Olympics in China, nations should champion human rights for Uyghurs

A march in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 12.

IDEAS | JASON PACK

When the US shrinks from the stage, things fall apart

In this Sept. 5, 2017, file photo, Senator Mitch McConnell, right, listens to then-president President Donald Trump sat the White House.

Mitch McConnell’s no longer useful idiot

David Tello and his father, David Tello Sr. attend an event advocating for driver's licenses for unauthorized immigrants outside the State House on Sept. 14, 2019.

What does immigration status have to do with a driver’s license?

Glasnost on Beacon Hill

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Loving sports can make you a better person

Metro

Maps: Here’s how windy — and warm — it’s expected to get in Mass.

A high wind warning will be in effect for a stretch of Eastern Massachusetts that includes Boston, the south coast, and Cape Cod.

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

Will these classes help students? We looked to established programs in Holyoke and San Francisco to find out.

R.I. Attorney General denies Lifespan-Care New England health care merger

The attorney general's decision noted that nearly all Rhode Islanders would see healthcare costs rise and healthcare workers would be harmed by the deal.

Coronavirus Live Updates

‘Incredibly encouraging.’ Coronavirus level in Eastern Mass. waste water is down 98 percent from peak

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

Sports

Russia's Kamila Valieva (center) is consoled by her coach (left) and choreographer after completing her error-filled routine.

john powers | on the olympics

Kamila Valieva’s fourth-place finish averted a very awkward situation for several parties

Had the Russian figure skater won an Olympic medal, it would have been a nightmare for the IOC, the ISU, the WADA, and her own federation.

Eileen Gu competes during the halfpipe qualification.

2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

2022 Winter Olympics: See tonight’s primetime schedule

View the official 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games event schedule. Find out how to watch your favorite Olympic winter sports.

Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106

A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died at age 106.

‘Narcissist.’ ‘Dumb blonde.’ Mikaela Shiffrin hits back at detractors as she announces she’ll compete in team event.

Olympics: Kamila Valieva, Russian figure skater mired in doping scandal, does not medal in women’s event

2022 Winter Olympics: See all the women’s hockey results

Business

With Omicron as a ‘golden ticket,’ American travel fears fade

“I think this is the busiest our agency has ever been,” says Laura Worth, a travel consultant with Embark Beyond. “The floodgates have really opened in the last few weeks. Now the requests are just crazy, crazy, crazy coming in.”

FAA head resigns after effort to rebuild agency’s reputation

The Federal Aviation Administration has been criticized for its oversight of Boeing and handling of questions surrounding 5G interference with aircraft.

INNOVATION BEAT

Boston tech experts make sense of the crypto ‘hype’

DoorDash surges as pandemic causes record-high food deliveries

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

If we love our pets so much, why do we treat their veterinarians so poorly?

My partner went behind my back. Can I trust him?

He’s very into me. He’s also married.

Portuguese-Style Rice With Kale and Plum Tomatoes.

Recipes: Sturdy and sweet, kale amps up the flavor and texture of 3 dishes

metro

Richard Bell walked with his daughter Christy Bell through Hynes Auto Repair Shop, where owner Michael Hynes gave him a Subaru because his Buick was destroyed. Bell describing the November attack by a mob of bikers and ATV riders. “I did nothing to provoke them, but I know there’s crazy people out there,” he said.

Elderly victim of ATV riders says he expected to die in assault

Warm temperatures and a high wind warning

Rhode Island Democrats once snubbed Allan Fung. Now he might be their worst nightmare.

sports

Mikaela Shiffrin made a turn during the women's combined downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday.

‘I just feel like a joke.’ Mikaela Shiffrin opens up after her third DNF at Olympics.

The US-Canada women’s hockey gold-medal game was a clash of titans, and we can’t wait until they do it again

Takagi wins 1st individual Olympic gold, Bowe breaks through

business

Tina Meier, founder of the Megan Meier Foundation, poses for a photo in the foundation's office Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in St. Charles, Mo. Meier's daughter, Megan, committed suicide in 2007 at the age of 13 after being harassed by a "friend" on MySpace who later turned out to be the mother of a classmate who was using the fake account to bully the unsuspecting teen.

Online harassment, real-life harm: Fixing the web’s biggest bug

Weekly US jobless claims rise for the first time in a month

Crypto up, SPACs down: This Boston deal captures biggest trends in tech

politics

Ukrainian soldiers at a front line position near Katerynivka, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 16, 2022.

‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine, Biden says as US diplomat is expelled

Rhode Island Democrats once snubbed Allan Fung. Now he might be their worst nightmare.

San Francisco recalls 3 members of city’s school board

Nation

Ukrainian soldiers at a front line position near Katerynivka, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 16, 2022.

‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine, Biden says as US diplomat is expelled

‘Incredibly encouraging.’ Coronavirus level in Eastern Mass. waste water is down 98 percent from peak

High-risk Americans disheartened as the US moves on from COVID precautions

World

Ukrainian soldiers at a front line position near Katerynivka, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 16, 2022.

‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine, Biden says as US diplomat is expelled

Ontario police mobilize in possible preparation to disperse protesters

‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine within ‘several days,’ Biden says as US diplomat is expelled

opinion

Remembering Frida Kahlo

Glasnost on Beacon Hill

What does immigration status have to do with a driver’s license?

lifestyle

The zipline canopy tour at Bretton Woods in northern New Hampshire is a wild and woolly ride through thick woods, soaring 165 feet above the forest floor.

These days, apres-ski can mean coaster rides and ziplining

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

I accidentally booked two rentals on Hotwire. Can I get a refund?

food & dining

Levain's famous chocolate chip cookies.

Mooo moves into the Seaport; Ruckus returns to Chinatown

A friendly Brookline spot serves traditional food the way it’s made in Anatolia

5 restaurants to visit when you want to get away

travel

The zipline canopy tour at Bretton Woods in northern New Hampshire is a wild and woolly ride through thick woods, soaring 165 feet above the forest floor.

These days, apres-ski can mean coaster rides and ziplining

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

I accidentally booked two rentals on Hotwire. Can I get a refund?

Arts

A video still from Kerry Tribe's "Afasia," 2017. Installation view by Emerson Contemporary.

Kerry Tribe uses language as a medium in ‘Onomatopoeia’

At the Gardner, Zanele Muholi contains and represents multitudes

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born artist who won fame at 89, dies at 106

Books

‘Moon Witch, Spider King’ turns African fantasy on its head

She follows her hunches for what to read next

The creation and the critique in ‘Pure Colour’

Movies

The curtain call for "Alien," as shown in the film “Alien on Stage."

Volcanic activity, an ‘Alien’ sighting, inscrutable icons

A Baltic state of mind

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

Television

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and actor Shailene Woodley have reportedly split.

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

Lots to look forward to on HBO, HBO Max

In the sci-fi thriller ‘Severance,’ to halve or halve not

music

Lilly Hiatt's "Lately" is more subdued than her previous albums.

Singer Lilly Hiatt shares moments of introspection from the ‘unrest’ in her soul

Boston Calling 2022 single-day tickets go on sale, with festival headliners Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Metallica

Not only can Sarah Borges deliver a song, she does packages too

Theater/Dance

Somi Kakoma as Miriam Makeba in "Dreaming Zenzile."

A vision of Miriam Makeba in ‘Dreaming Zenzile’

Logan Marks swings home to PPAC in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’

New York and Boston mix when Dance Now returns to Cambridge for two weekends

globe local

Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller greets Jonathan Vershbow, a driver for the city’s NewMo service.

With NewMo, Newton’s rideshare service continues to grow

‘The Gath Pool is past its end of life.’ Newton debates how best to renovate the facility

Teen ‘ambassadors’ volunteer at Newton Food Pantry and learn how to make a difference

Obituaries

P. J. O'Rourke.

P.J. O’Rourke, outspoken political satirist, dies at 74

Ian McDonald, of the bands King Crimson and Foreigner, dies at 75

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born artist who won fame at 89, dies at 106