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Jonathan Abbott plans to step down as chief executive of GBH at the end of 2022.

GBH’s Jonathan Abbott to step down as CEO at the end of the year

During his 15 years in the top job, Abbott has guided the public media pioneer’s shift to digital platforms, expanded local news, and boosted its endowment by 800 percent.

These maps show how much snow is expected to fall during Friday’s storm

A winter storm will barrel into the region late Thursday night, bringing “significant snowfall” on Friday. Boston and areas north of the Mass. Pike could see between 6 and 12 inches of snow.

A snow-covered Comm. Ave. Mall in Boston.

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Spring today, gone tomorrow 😭

Wednesday will feel like spring before an impactful storm arrives Friday, potentially bringing 6 to 12 inches of snow. Here’s the full forecast.

How a Taylor Swift song became an anthem for top-ranked Providence College Friars

“You Belong With Me” has become the “Sweet Caroline” of Rhode Island. Here’s how it happened.

Wu announces new Office of Early Childhood aimed at streamlining child care process

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new Office of Early Childhood to help parents navigate the often complicated process of finding childcare for kids under 5.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE: THE LATEST

Ukraine to impose state of emergency as Biden condemns ‘invasion’

Sanofi says its vaccine results show 100 percent efficacy against severe disease

The vaccine, made by the Europe-based pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GSK, is one of four candidates that received billions of dollars for development from Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s program to accelerate vaccines.

Dropping masks could have an unintended side effect: the return of sniffles and stomach bugs

As mask recommendations are loosened in Massachusetts and other parts of the country, doctors expect to see a resurgence of non-COVID infections this spring such as the common cold and flus.

COVID-19 lockdown measures may affect brain health of people who aren’t infected, MGH study shows

Woman’s body found on cliff walk in Scarborough, Maine

Mass. boy drowns off Puerto Rico, Coast Guard says

Brian Flores (left) and his new boss, Mike Tomlin, after a Dolphins-Steelers game in 2019.

ben volin | on football

Steelers and Roger Goodell made sure Brian Flores didn’t get the Kaepernick treatment

Flores's hiring as a Steelers assistant made perfect sense, and it confirms that he will not be treated as an NFL outcast.

As they prepare to resume play Thursday, the Celtics have won nine of their last 10.

christopher l. gasper

These Celtics are definitely an improved team, but they are not title contenders

Reeling off regular-season wins is one thing; building a team that can withstand the rigors of the playoffs is quite another.

Phil Mickelson now says he needs time away to focus on things that are truly meaningful to him.

Phil Mickelson took his shot with an apology, and he wound up way out of bounds

In his lengthy explanation Tuesday, Mickelson depicted himself as part victim, part martyr, part hero, and part sinner.

Opinion

Whoever doused that bust of Angelou could have used water instead of gasoline. I’m guessing that the perpetrator used a flammable liquid as a symbol of immolation, something history shows has been done both to books and Black people.

Why a bust of Maya Angelou was vandalized at BPL during an anti-vaccine protest

Opposition to COVID mandates is a modern version of "state’s rights" — a cloaked excuse for white grievance.

Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks

The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.

Dial up sanctions on Russia as it dials up its Ukraine war

IDEAS | H. GILBERT WELCH

A contradiction in cancer screening

Michelle A. Williams

Paul Farmer taught us not to accept the status quo in public health

Butter miso noodles with chicken and vegetables from Dumpling Daughter.

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Signs on Kancamagus Scene Byway vandalized in White Mountain National Forest

The vandalism began about two weeks ago and rendered an iconic sign marking the entryway to the forest severely damaged, a spokeswoman for the forest said. Officials believe the vandalism was done using a chainsaw and a shotgun.

Boston will put young people to work as part of city’s Green New Deal

The green economy could bring thousands of new jobs to Boston. An upcoming city project aims to speed up the process — and ensure positions go to those who need them most.

Boston Athletic Association CEO Tom Grilk to step down after 2022 Boston Marathon

During Grilk’s tenure, the world’s most fabled footrace endured historic challenges, including extreme heat, the 2013 bombing, and the pandemic.

Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate some transgender medical treatments as ‘child abuse’

Governor Abbott said Texas doctors, nurses and teachers have an obligation to report instances of child abuse and that existing law "provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse." Members of the public have similar requirements, Abbott wrote.

DEVRA FIRST

A lawsuit over waffles? It’s time for a taste test.

In the case of Burgundian v. Eastern Standard Provisions, let’s see how the waffles stack up.

Love Letters

‘It started to feel like I was making all the effort. I broke off our relationship.’

I really don’t want to go through that again. How do I avoid a repeat?

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“What it will do for the college is it tells people that we are worthy of this level of philanthropy,” said president Aisha Francis.

Foundation gives $12.5 million to Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in transformative gift

The gift is the largest in the history of the school, which trains a largely nontraditional student body for a host of technical careers.

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62

A cofounder of Partners in Health, Farmer believed that “medicine should be viewed as social justice work in a world that is so sick and so riven by inequities.”

Video footage sheds light on BU professor’s fatal fall at MBTA station, but key details remain unclear

The Globe analyzed video footage and photos of the staircase that provided a fuller reconstruction of what happened to the professor in the moments leading up to his death.

In $2.8 billion deal, Houghton Mifflin heads back to private equity ownership

The famed Boston textbook publisher is turning the page on a nearly nine-year chapter as a public company with a deal to be acquired by Veritas Capital.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Celebrity guests who appeared on "Arthur" included (clockwise from top left) Matt Damon, Michelle Kwan, Fred Rogers, Idina Menzel, Ming Tsai, and John Lewis.

10 unforgettable guest stars who appeared on ‘Arthur’

The new PlantPub will open near Fenway Park in the former Boston BeerWorks space. Pat McCauley and Mary Dumont, owners of PlantPub in Cambridge, have teamed up with Matthew Kenney to open the second location.

PlantPub is coming to the Fenway this spring

Billie Eilish, backed by her brother Finneas, performs at the TD Garden Sunday night.

At TD Garden, Billie Eilish is in her happy place

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, who'll perform in Boston April 3-6.

LCD Soundsystem announces Boston residency at Roadrunner in April

Special Projects

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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

Russian howitzers are loaded onto train cars at a station outside Taganrog, Russia, near the border with Ukraine, on Feb. 22.

Alexandra Vacroux

What does Putin want?

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: In search of English’s missing words

IBM e-mails about making ‘dinobabies’ extinct confirm what older workers already know

Lakesha Hall, center, and her son, Calvin Simms, right, participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 22, 2012.

IDEAS | KHARI THOMPSON

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, the burden of Blackness persists

Former Florida State and Tennessee Titans defensive back Myron Rolle is a neurosurgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Apply the 2% way to systemic racism

IDEAS | JOE KEOHANE

Why does parenthood make us nostalgic?

Metro

Signs on Kancamagus Scene Byway vandalized in White Mountain National Forest

The vandalism began about two weeks ago and rendered an iconic sign marking the entryway to the forest severely damaged, a spokeswoman for the forest said. Officials believe the vandalism was done using a chainsaw and a shotgun.

Crossroads wants to build long-term housing in South Providence. Some neighbors aren’t pleased

The building at 94 Summer St. would house formerly homeless people who currently stay in “the tower,” the housing service agency’s Travelers Aid Housing building

Wu announces new Office of Early Childhood aimed at streamlining child care process

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new Office of Early Childhood to help parents navigate the often complicated process of finding childcare for kids under 5.

COVID-19 lockdown measures may affect brain health of people who aren’t infected, MGH study shows

Lockdown measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 may have an adverse affect on the brain health even of people who’ve avoided infection during the pandemic, according to a new study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Sports

As they prepare to resume play Thursday, the Celtics have won nine of their last 10.

christopher l. gasper

These Celtics are definitely an improved team, but they are not title contenders

Reeling off regular-season wins is one thing; building a team that can withstand the rigors of the playoffs is quite another.

Phil Mickelson now says he needs time away to focus on things that are truly meaningful to him.

Phil Mickelson took his shot with an apology, and he wound up way out of bounds

In his lengthy explanation Tuesday, Mickelson depicted himself as part victim, part martyr, part hero, and part sinner.

Tom Grilk became CEO of the Boston Athletic Association in 2011.

Boston Marathon

Boston Athletic Association CEO Tom Grilk to step down after 2022 Boston Marathon

During Grilk’s tenure, the world’s most fabled footrace endured historic challenges, including extreme heat, the 2013 bombing, and the pandemic.

ben volin | on football

Steelers and Roger Goodell made sure Brian Flores didn’t get the Kaepernick treatment

How a Taylor Swift song became an anthem for top-ranked Providence College Friars

Brian Flores left ‘millions of dollars’ on table by not signing NDA with Dolphins

Business

GBH’s Jonathan Abbott to step down as CEO at the end of the year

During his 15 years in the top job, Abbott has guided the public media pioneer’s shift to digital platforms, expanded local news, and boosted its endowment by 800 percent.

Intellia leases space for 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Waltham

Biotech companies have long considered Massachusetts a global hub for drug research, and increasingly, they are choosing to make their products here, too.

Sanofi says its vaccine results show 100 percent efficacy against severe disease

Critics say UK sanctions on Russia too mild

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

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

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

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

Portuguese-Style Rice With Kale and Plum Tomatoes.

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

metro

Providence College students Reilly Sweeney (left), Daisy Donovan (second from right) and Madeleine Walsh (right) pose for a portrait with DJ Finesse, aka Mason Santos, outside the Dunkin’ Donut Center in Providence on Feb. 22, 2022. The group is responsible for making Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me" a Providence College home game sing-along at the Dunk.

How a Taylor Swift song became an anthem for top-ranked Providence College Friars

Maine votes no on fund to fight lobstering restrictions

Providence settles lawsuit with state senator

sports

Daniil Medvedev won his second-round match in straight sets.

Daniil Medvedev moves into second round in Acapulco; a win will move him to No. 1 in tennis

After following her brothers, Quincy’s Maggie Lynch now a record-setting leader on the ice

Led by Kate Olenik, Medfield girls’ basketball effort adds up to big victory over Oliver Ames

business

The automated handling system made by Somerville's RightHand Robotics.

Somerville warehouse robotics company picks up new cash

Climate activists try to block access to three German airports

‘Thugs and bullies’: Nations sanction Russia over Ukraine

politics

The US Capitol and US Supreme Court are seen in this aerial photograph taken above Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2019.

National Guard to help DC control traffic for truck convoys

US and allies impose sanctions on Russia as Biden condemns ‘invasion’ of Ukraine

Biden interviews trio of candidates for Supreme Court

Nation

A lab technician took reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests at a French pharmaceutical company Sanofi's laboratory in Val de Reuil.

Sanofi says its vaccine results show 100 percent efficacy against severe disease

Four dead in helicopter crash on Hawaiian naval base

Maine votes no on fund to fight lobstering restrictions

World

Firefighters extinguished a fire in a house, which is said was hit in the shelling by Russia-backed separatists, in the settlement of Muratovo in the Lugansk region on Feb. 22, 2022.

Ukraine to impose state of emergency as Biden condemns ‘invasion’

Russia vows to resist US sanctions; Ukraine prepares state of emergency

Climate forecasters warn of a ‘global wildfire crisis’

opinion

Lakesha Hall, center, and her son, Calvin Simms, right, participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 22, 2012.

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, the burden of Blackness persists

IBM e-mails about making ‘dinobabies’ extinct confirm what older workers already know

Boston has what it takes to end homelessness

lifestyle

‘It started to feel like I was making all the effort. I broke off our relationship.’

A lawsuit over waffles? It’s time for a taste test.

Florida GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in House

food & dining

Eastern Standard Provisions' waffles (left) and Burgundians' waffles (right).

A lawsuit over waffles? It’s time for a taste test.

A slicer that’s easy on the eyes (and the wrist)

Recipe: Turn a gyro into a vegetarian version with roasted eggplant as the main ingredient

travel

Tourists waited in line to purchase tickets to Broadway shows in New York's Times Square on Nov. 12, 2021, the first weekend that travel restrictions into the US were lifted for fully vaccinated travelers.

Expedia CEO predicts the ‘busiest travel season ever’ this summer

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

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

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

Ben Mezrich stops by his Boston office in this May 26, 2015 file photo.

Best-selling author Ben Mezrich goes behind the scenes of his new book, ‘The Midnight Ride’

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

Garrett Hongo: reading through Los Angeles and Hawaii

Movies

Haley Bennett and Peter Dinklage in "Cyrano."

Sing a song of ‘Cyrano’ — several, in fact

Oscars slim down, will hand out 8 awards ahead of broadcast

‘Augmented’ documentary charts what is gained from a reimagined amputation

Television

Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass in "The Chair."

Sandra Oh indicates that ‘The Chair’ won’t return

This week’s Euphoria explores viewpoint in a whole new way

This week’s TV: A ‘Beat the Press’ podcast, Uber CEO’s wild ride, and the words of Frederick Douglass

music

Mr. Lanegan, performing at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, in 2019.

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57

At TD Garden, Billie Eilish is in her happy place

LCD Soundsystem announces Boston residency at Roadrunner in April

Theater/Dance

Jeffrey Cirio in "Manon" with English National Ballet.

Jeffrey Cirio returns to Boston Ballet

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

globe local

Jack Berry's "Goodnight Moon" story box contains items that are written about in the story and an information sheet where families can access the audio recording and description of its contents.

Framingham Eagle Scout gives back to Perkins School for the Blind

Maynard’s Pollinator Meadow puts native species first

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

Obituaries

Mr. Lanegan, performing at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, in 2019.

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57

Joe Tom Easley, 81, prominent gay rights activist

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62