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Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules

Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a judge ruled Thursday.

5 things to know about the possible depositions of Donald Trump and two of his children

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

World dignitaries raced for solutions but suspicions between East and West only seemed to grow, as NATO allies rejected Russian assertions it was pulling back troops from exercises that had fueled fears of an attack.

What to know about the Russia-Ukraine situation

A burning cargo ship bound for Rhode Island is adrift in mid-Atlantic without crew

A burning car transport ship drifted in the mid-Atlantic on Thursday after the huge vessel’s 22 crew members were evacuated due to the blaze, the Portuguese navy said.

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.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

COVID patients may have increased risk of developing mental health problems

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.

Beijing Winter Olympics

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 makes a turn during the combined downhill 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 that a medal in the Alpine combined, her fifth and final individual event in Beijing, could salvage her Games.

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

Analysis

Schools are now at the frontline of American politics

It is public schools and school boards that are the center of the debate this election year, and for good reason.

After World War II, when the Soviet Union blocked West Berlin, Mr. Halvorsen volunteered to fly in supplies on humanitarian missions.

‘Candy Bomber’ of Berlin blockade, Gail Halvorsen, dies at 101

The US military pilot brought joy to Berlin's children by dropping candy in tiny handkerchief parachutes from his plane when the Soviet Union blockaded the divided city during the Cold War.

Rhode Island Hospital, which is owned by Lifespan.

Stakeholders react to R.I. attorney general blocking Lifespan-Care New England health care merger

Executives at the two health care systems, as well as Brown University, expressed disappointment. It is unclear whether lawmakers could consider an agreement that would circumvent the attorney general’s decision.

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

This map shows the maximum wind gusts in parts of New England.

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.

Opinion

Parked trucks lined up on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Thursday.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Canada declared a national emergency for this?

Truckers clogging downtown Ottawa to protest COVID-19 mandates have attracted worldwide attention and provoked unprecedented security measures in Canada. But on the ground, there’s not that much to see.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

I don’t need Eminem’s knee. I need the NFL to own its systemic racism problem.

David Allen Sibley

A Steller’s Sea-Eagle is one for every birder’s life list

IDEAS | HEATHER E. GOODMAN

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

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

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

Boston police officer charged with assault allowed to return home to family

Dana Lamb, who was already on paid leave from the department due to an ongoing internal affairs investigation, was arrested Tuesday after an argument with his two adult sons in the family’s home.

Amid crypto tumult, Boston startup Circle plans to go public in new deal

The crypto technology startup is trying to raise money and go public while navigating its way through a potential bubble in Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Before she left Boston, Donna Summer found her voice

With “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” on its way to its namesake's hometown, family members, teachers, and bandmates recall a singer whose talent was apparent from the start.

An array of Donnas in ‘Summer,’ a musical that sets out to capture a rich and complex life

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

A new report says aging, depressed commercial properties can be reenergized by converting them to mixed-use sites that include housing.

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.

Logan Airport passenger hid about $10,000 in slow cooker, TSA says

A passenger at Logan International Airport on Thursday hid some $10,000 inside a slow cooker packed with their luggage, the Transportation Security Administration said.

Recommended reads

Students are off to the start of classes at Mission Hill School Jamaica Plain in the morning. Controversy and allegations of mismanagement at Mission Hill School in light of allegations that administrators there improperly dealt with student bullying and other incidents.

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.

Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance

The Black history I carry with me: Mo Knows Hair

Stylist and entrepreneur Monica Stevens shares her beautiful resistance.

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.

‘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.

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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

Sometimes, a misspelling better conveys a word's essence.

IDEAS | HEATHER E. GOODMAN

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

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

Demonstrator Melissa George bangs on a toy drum outside the Roslindale home of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Jan. 25. The group was protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Boston.

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

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

Marquise Cummings, an employee at Pure Oasis Cannabis Shop, watched a line of customers that wrapped around the block on May 25, 2020.

Ava Callender Concepcion

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

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Loving sports can make you a better person

Metro

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

The charts break down vaccination recipients by age, vaccination date, location, and race/ethnicity, while also outlining vaccination brand and administration site type.

A belated thanks to some profiles in courage

Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, and Kelley Gossett, lead organizers of No Boston Olympics, who took on business and political orthodoxy, risked ridicule, and won.

Coronavirus Live Updates

COVID patients may have increased risk of developing mental health problems

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

Mass. reports 3,251 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 670 among staff

For the fifth consecutive week, public schools in Massachusetts reported fewer new COVID cases among students and staff, with 3,251 among students and 670 among staff for the week that ended Wednesday.

Sports

Jake Flynn, a Bridgewater native who played at Thayer Academy, has five assists in his last three games for UConn.

men's college hockey notebook

UConn-UMass weekend series could shake up Hockey East playoff seedings

The top seven teams are within seven points of each other in the conference.

Dan Halem is the chief negotiator for Major League Baseball.

Major League Baseball

Latest negotiating session between MLB owners and players lasts just 15 minutes

A source described the meeting as barely worth the effort it took to walk the couple of blocks from MLB headquarters to union headquarters in Manhattan.

China's Eileen Gu vaulted to the top of the freeski halfpipe field and ensuring a chance at another medal.

Olympics notebook

Eileen Gu, the Californian competing for China, in position for a third Olympic medal

Gu believes the halfpipe is the best of her three events.

JIM CLARK | BOYS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

At Falmouth, a fitting tribute honors the legacy of a pair of leaders lost in a tragic 2016 car accident

Former Angels employee Eric Kay found guilty of providing drugs that killed MLB pitcher Tyler Skaggs

Was Rob Manfred right that owning a baseball team isn’t as lucrative as the stock market?

Business

FAA’s administrator to resign next month

A rare holdover from the Trump administration, Steve Dickson drew praise from industry groups and labor unions after announcing his plans to leave.

From coal to wind. Site of old South Coast power plant to become key spot for offshore wind industry

An Italian cable manufacturer has reached a deal to acquire 47 acres at Brayton Point to build a factory that would make the subsea lines that bring electricity generated miles offshore to the mainland.

Regulators open investigation into ‘phantom braking’ by Teslas

Amid crypto tumult, Boston startup Circle plans to go public in new deal

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

The Boston Police Department continues to defend the program, saying it has proved “indispensable in preventing violent crime.”

Police removed 600-plus names from a Boston gang database. For some councilors, it’s not enough.

2,326 confirmed cases and 37 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Best things to do in RI this week: Feb. 18-28

sports

After losing to Bill Belichick and the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, Rams coach Sean McVay, left, emerged victorious in the Super Bowl three years later.

What sort of advice would Bill Belichick give Sean McVay?

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

2022 Winter Olympics: See tonight’s primetime schedule

business

A hiring sign hangs in the window of a Taco Bell in Sacramento, Calif. US jobless claims rose by 23,000 to 248,000 for the week ending Feb. 12, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Weekly US jobless claims up, but remain historically low

Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules

Agios wins FDA approval for pill to treat rare blood disease

politics

Court lets ruling against Cowboys for Trump stand

5 things to know about the possible depositions of Donald Trump and two of his children

Schools are now at the frontline of American politics

Nation

Court lets ruling against Cowboys for Trump stand

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

See how many people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in your Mass. town

World

Police handed out a notice to protesters in Ottawa on Thursday. Hundreds of truckers clogged the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for a possible police crackdown.

Truckers brace for a possible crackdown in besieged Ottawa

A burning cargo ship bound for Rhode Island is adrift in mid-Atlantic without crew

Russian threat to invade Ukraine is still ‘very high,’ Biden says

opinion

Marquise Cummings, an employee at Pure Oasis Cannabis Shop, watched a line of customers that wrapped around the block on May 25, 2020.

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

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

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

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

In Neal Thompson’s ‘The First Kennedys,’ how one brave widow built an American dynasty

Garrett Hongo: reading through Los Angeles and Hawaii

Maud Casey’s fourth novel takes us inside an asylum for women

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

Sam Waterston returns as DA Jack McCoy for the 21st season of "Law & Order."

‘Law & Order’ should have remained a closed case

Olivia Colman’s presence raises ‘Expectations’ for miniseries

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

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

From left: Charis Michelle Gullage (“Disco Donna”), Brittny Smith (“Diva Donna”), and Amahri Edwards-Jones (“Duckling Donna”) in "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical."

An array of Donnas in ‘Summer,’ a musical that sets out to capture a rich and complex life

Before she left Boston, Donna Summer found her voice

A vision of Miriam Makeba in ‘Dreaming Zenzile’

globe local

Walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods like Woburn Village are the wave of the future, meeting housing needs, bolstering municipal tax revenues, and helping businesses to thrive.

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

Before COVID, there was a freedom that is no more

Should Massachusetts toughen penalties for jaywalking?

Obituaries

In addition to his government work, Mr. Dellinger was a longtime professor at Duke University.

Walter Dellinger, renowned legal scholar who served in Clinton Justice Department, dies at 80

‘Candy Bomber’ of Berlin blockade, Gail Halvorsen, dies at 101

Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106