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Maura Healey sworn in as Massachusetts' 73rd governor

Maura Healey made history as the first woman ever elected to the post here and one of the nation’s first openly lesbian governors.
Charlie Baker takes ‘Lone Walk’ out of State House and into the next chapter

Bills safety Damar Hamlin shows ‘remarkable improvement’; agent says he is awake
Hamlin has been able to grip the hands of family members at his hospital bedside, and the team said he is "neurologically intact."

On football: Should the NFL reschedule the Bengals-Bills game? Cancel it? There are no easy answers.

SJC rules DiMasi’s federal corruption convictions do not disqualify him, or others, from getting paid to lobby on Beacon Hill

The state's highest court said said amendments enacted in 2009 specified state corruption convictions as the only crimes that could be used to delay someone from working as a lobbyist for 10 years.

N.H. Dems call DNC criteria for primary a ‘poison pill’ and formally seek a waiver

The N.H. Democratic Party said in a letter to the DNC released Thursday that in order for the Granite State to have a sanctioned primary, state laws would have to be changed dramatically — and in ways unlikely to happen.

Federal government again rejects Cape bridge replacement funds

A plan to replace two aging bridges that carry traffic onto and off Cape Cod was dealt another setback this week as the federal government rejected a significant grant application that sought to fund nearly half of the $4 billion project, officials said.

Gas stoves are contributing to childhood asthma in Massachusetts, study finds

Gas stoves are responsible for 15.4 percent of childhood asthma cases in Massachusetts — more than the national average — a new peer-reviewed study says.

Dr. Jha warns latest XBB subvariant of COVID-19 is more contagious; urges people to get bivalent booster

The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said Wednesday that the COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 “may be” more inherently contagious than other variants, and he urged people to get the bivalent booster vaccine to protect themselves.
Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste

President Biden restricting Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians at border

Last sheriff’s office in New England ends enforcement agreement with ICE

Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says she won’t seek reelection

With pressure mounting, House reconvenes for seventh vote to elect House speaker

Kevin McCarthy emerged from a huddle with GOP colleagues determined to persuade holdouts to end the stalemate. But despite endless talks, signs of concessions and a public spectacle unlike any other in recent political memory, the path ahead remained highly uncertain.
Tracker: See the Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid
LIVE UPDATES

Watch live: House reconvenes for third day after failing to elect a speaker

House Republicans are at a crossroads as leader Kevin McCarthy has failed over and over again to become House speaker. Watch live as the chamber meets again.

‘Frankenstein created a bunch of mini-Frankensteins’: With GOP speaker battle, Trump loses control of Trumpism

Here’s what AOC was saying to two far-right Republicans during House speaker votes

Globe Magazine
In 1848, an enslaved couple fled to Boston in one of history’s most daring escapes
Risking their lives for liberty and for love, Ellen and William Craft devised a bold plan: They’d don disguises — she as a white man — and embark on the perilous journey north.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★

‘M3GAN,’ worth its weight in memes, is a scream

Violet McGraw and Allison Williams star in this horror movie about a doll-like killer robot. You know better than I do if this one’s your cup of tea.
1983 at the movies: from A (‘All the Right Moves’) to Z (‘Zelig’)

With cold and flu medicine shortages, not enough relief for sick kids — and some adults

Local pharmacies are reporting shortages of children’s products like liquid Tylenol and ibuprofen, and even some adult medications seem to be in short supply.
LOVE LETTERS

I have trouble being alone

“I dated the same girl four separate times.”

The outskirts are in as more cities promote neighborhoods beyond downtown

Travelers are gravitating toward neighborhoods outside of center cities in search of authenticity and the experience of living like a local.
TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Can Windstar Cruises keep my $17,000 airfare after I canceled?

When Priscilla McMurtry and her husband cancel their cruise to New Zealand, their cruise line decides to keep their $17,000 airfare. Can it do that?
Opinion
IDEAS | WILLIAM DEVINE

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

College football and basketball have become massive enterprises that appear to be on shaky ground. Can Charlie Baker save the NCAA from itself?
IDEAS | NADJA HALILBEGOVICH

During wartime, finding beauty is the key to survival
EDITORIAL

The math is clear: McCarthy should start courting Democrats
Joan Vennochi

Has the company building MBTA trains ‘completely abandoned its core responsibilities’?
NEWSLETTER

Most schools celebrate standout students. This one sabotages them.
The Emancipator

The art of the denial

Racism denial is a political strategy and a coping tool, used by those who benefit from racism and those unwilling to confront the dire contradictions in our society. Phillipe Copeland walks us through its different forms so we can recognize and counter them.
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Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine during the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday

The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day, which was dismissed by an official in the Ukrainian presidential office as propaganda.

Cambridge police officer fatally shoots man allegedly armed with kukri knife, authorities say

A police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old UMass Boston student after he allegedly charged at the officer with a long knife following a foot chase over several blocks Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Midnight bowling? Southie lanes aim for late night license, but neighbors have their doubts.
It’s the latest episode in the seemingly endless debate between neighborhood bars and their neighbors over the boundaries of nightlife in Boston.

FTC proposes a ban on non-compete contracts for employees

The proposal would bar employers from entering into or enforcing such clauses with employees or independent contractors and require companies to nullify any existing ones within six months.

World War II ‘Code Girl’ celebrates 99th birthday in Maine
Leona Chasse, a World war II veteran from Maine, marked an important milestone on Wednesday: she turned 99 years old.

Cambridge police officer fatally shoots man allegedly armed with kukri knife, authorities say

A police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old UMass Boston student after he allegedly charged at the officer with a long knife following a foot chase over several blocks Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
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Recapping 2022

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Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

Recommended reads

YVONNE ABRAHAM

The outgoing governor’s ‘number one adviser’: Dad

After two terms, Charlie Baker leaves the job that he hopes has been the distillation of the values his father spent a lifetime imparting to his three beloved sons.

As Janet Wu and Alison King sign off, they talk about favorite politicians and the future of local TV news
As a new era on Beacon Hill begins, it’s the end of another as two doyennes of the political press corps ― Janet Wu and Alison King — sign off.

The Great Divide
Here’s what is on the horizon for Boston Public Schools in 2023
It will also be the district’s first full calendar year under Superintendent Mary Skipper, who took charge in September.

Welcome to the great Marblehead newspaper war
Three outlets — adhering to three different business models — are in the unexpected position of battling it out for the readers of the North Shore town.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Don’t laugh. New travel poll finds Massachusetts families want to relocate to N.H. in 2023.

Instead of waiting for their Netflix moment, Boston comics are creating their own specials

First look at ‘Boston Strangler,’ which starts streaming on Hulu March 17

I’m starting the year with ‘The Stress Prescription’

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

Assisted suicide’s slippery slope
SCOT LEHIGH

A new year’s nudge toward political reasonableness

EDITORIAL

Wu’s affordable housing plan needs a reboot
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

As Turkey turns 100, its democratic future still has not arrived
RENÉE GRAHAM

Remembering Anita Pointer, a country music pioneer
IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

The ‘Mozart effect’ is bunk. But your brain on music is still a wondrous thing.

Metro

Live updates: House speaker vote

House meets again and opens seventh vote to elect speaker

We’re gathering the latest news and updates from the vote for the House speaker. Follow along.
INFORMER

A chocolate festival, a winter gala, and a wrestling smackdown

The “Underwater in Salem Sound” lecture series returns to Marblehead’s Abbot Public Library beginning at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 18.

N.H. Dems call DNC criteria for primary a ‘poison pill’ and formally seek a waiver

The N.H. Democratic Party said in a letter to the DNC released Thursday that in order for the Granite State to have a sanctioned primary, state laws would have to be changed dramatically — and in ways unlikely to happen.

Dr. Jha warns latest XBB subvariant of COVID-19 is more contagious; urges people to get bivalent booster

The White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said Wednesday that the COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 “may be” more inherently contagious than other variants, and he urged people to get the bivalent booster vaccine to protect themselves.

Sports

NFL

Bills safety Damar Hamlin shows ‘remarkable improvement’; agent says he is awake

Hamlin has been able to grip the hands of family members at his hospital bedside, and the team said he is "neurologically intact."
Patriots

‘Damar has been on everyone’s mind’: Bill Belichick extends prayers for Bills in first comments about Hamlin’s injury

The coach pointed to former-players-turned-coaches Troy Brown and Jerod Mayo, who have been a great resource to the team as it prepares to play Buffalo.
Bruins

Bruins place Jake DeBrusk, playing his best hockey as of late, on long-term injured reserve

The team said DeBrusk will miss approximately four weeks after suffering hand and lower-body injuries in the Winter Classic Monday. The Bruins recalled veteran winger Chris Wagner from Providence.

Georgetown suffers a record 25th straight Big East loss in men’s college basketball
NFL

NFL players say Damar Hamlin’s injury wasn’t Tee Higgins’s fault
Providence 73, UConn 61

Providence men upset No. 4 UConn, 73-61, for eighth straight win

Business

Want to live at the Greater Boston’s biggest mall?

If approved, the 495-unit apartment and senior living development on parking lots and wooded residential property at the rear of the South Shore Plaza would be Braintree’s largest housing development in decades.

Amid flurry of new info, judge gives a “redo” to Natick couple suing eBay for harassment

A Natick couple suing eBay over a bizarre harassment scheme will get a chance to expand the lawsuit with new information, such as a company presentation admitting some employees’ actions were “clearly criminal.”
innovation beat

Seaport software company PTC expands reach with $1.5 billion deal

FTC proposes a ban on non-compete contracts for employees
magazine
Globe Magazine

‘If you want to solve homelessness in Boston, you’ve got to take a look at the real estate market’
PERSPECTIVE

We can fix the housing crisis. But we have to act now.
CONNECTIONS

My father-in-law recently turned 100. His life has been quietly extraordinary.
LOVE LETTERS

I moved out of his house. Do I leave all my stuff behind?

metro

Last sheriff’s office in New England ends enforcement agreement with ICE

SJC rules DiMasi’s federal corruption convictions do not disqualify him, or others, from getting paid to lobby on Beacon Hill

Meet Hina Musa, Rhode Island’s next big thinker (and leader)

sports

Emma Holmes nets 100th career point for unbeaten Winthrop girls’ hockey, and her sister Julia is eyeing the mark too

Canada beats US men 6-2 in world junior hockey semifinals

Darrelle Revis among finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame in first year of eligibility

business

US jobless claim applications fall to lowest in 14 weeks

Meet Hina Musa, Rhode Island’s next big thinker (and leader)

With cold and flu medicine shortages, not enough relief for sick kids — and some adults

politics

With pressure mounting, House reconvenes for seventh vote to elect House speaker

President Biden restricting Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians at border

Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says she won’t seek reelection

Nation

Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water

Hearing, document release likely in Idaho slayings case

Biden’s agenda, lithium mine, tribes, greens collide in Reno

World

Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine during the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday

Prince Harry says William attacked him during row, report says

Kim Jong Un’s daughter reveal hints at prolonged family rule in North Korea, Seoul says

opinion

As Turkey turns 100, its democratic future still has not arrived

Healey’s sexual orientation is worth noting — it’s disingenuous to say it isn’t

What does fact Eckersley’s daughter was ‘adopted’ have to do with anything?

lifestyle

I have trouble being alone

I’m starting the year with ‘The Stress Prescription’

Robert Kraft buys $23.75 million penthouse in Palm Beach

food & dining

Johnny Pomodoro serves Detroit-style slices in Charlestown; Formaggio Kitchen has a new big cheese

Cuba, modern and graceful, is on the plate at Gustazo

10 simple things you can do to start fresh in the kitchen

travel

Akaash Singh is on Team Travel Agent and wants to flush his phone but can’t

Skijoring at Snowfest, art with attitude, and Caribbean charms in St. Croix

The outskirts are in as more cities promote neighborhoods beyond downtown

Arts

‘The Glory of Handiwork’ gives new meaning to the domestic arts

R.I. engineer is creating live wall art that breathes

At Mass MoCA, Jason Moran’s ‘Black Stars’ pays tribute to the ghosts of jazz history

Books

In 1848, an enslaved couple fled to Boston in one of history’s most daring escapes

Here are some of the works that entered the public domain in 2023

In Tracey Rose Peyton’s ‘Night Wherever We Go,’ enslaved women on a Texas plantation struggle with their desperate white captors

Movies

1983 at the movies: from A (‘All the Right Moves’) to Z (‘Zelig’)

‘M3GAN,’ worth its weight in memes, is a scream

First look at ‘Boston Strangler,’ which starts streaming on Hulu March 17

Television

Appearances can be quite deceiving in ‘The Capture’

Most cancellations seem warranted. These 3 did not.

This week’s TV: Anne Rice’s ‘Witches,’ the history of soft rock, and the return of ‘All Creatures’

music

Son Rompe Pera give Mexican marimba music a punk edge

Here are some of the works that entered the public domain in 2023

WUMB will stream its Dick Pleasants tribute concert live

Theater/Dance

The Huntington stage is set for Kate Snodgrass’s ‘The Art of Burning’

Instead of waiting for their Netflix moment, Boston comics are creating their own specials

Comedy headliner Lamont Price will let the most wonderful time of the year linger a bit longer

globe local

A chocolate festival, a winter gala, and a wrestling smackdown

Newton City Council approves 50-unit housing, restaurant development

Newton to hold MLK celebration; weeklong community food drive

Obituaries

Walter Cunningham, an astronaut who helped clear the way to the moon, dies at 90

Bill White, who lost a leg in the Marathon bombings, dies at 81

Former R.I. governor Lincoln Almond dies at 86