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Ana Walshe and her husband, Brian.

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Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money

What made Brian Walshe so believable? “His likability, communication, his reassurance,” prosecutors said. Walshe was a skilled con man.

How Globe reporters uncovered the backstory of Brian Walshe In Serbia, Ana Walshe’s mother says Ana pleaded with her to visit a week before disappearance

Investigators searched a garbage transfer station in Peabody on Monday.

Investigators in missing Cohasset woman case found hacksaw and blood evidence during search of trash at Peabody transfer station on Monday

Authorities said they searched dumpsters in Swampscott near the home of Brian Walshe’s mother, a transfer station in Peabody, and a waste-to-energy facility in Wareham.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Woburn, a diversifying school district works to become more welcoming
For Kafui Kemeh, a Black high school senior in Woburn, life in the suburbs has brought the quality education her family sought, but the isolation and racism she has experienced as one of the very few Black students in her classes weigh on her.

80th Golden Globe Awards

80th Golden Globes: A full list of winners (and nominees)
The Golden Globes are back in 2023, honoring the best in movies and television. Here’s a list of winners at the 80th awards show.

Michelle Yeoh accepting the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

At rehabbed Golden Globes, top awards go to ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Jerrod Carmichael during his monologue at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Jerrod Carmichael addressed the controversy head-on in his Golden Globes monologue

Quinta Brunson arrives at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Photos of stars arriving on the red carpet at the 80th Golden Globes

A debt limit fight could cause financial chaos and push the economy into recession, experts warn

The economic fallout would be even worse if, unlike in previous showdowns, Congress doesn’t ultimately raise the limit in time to avoid a first-ever US government default on its bills.

‘No election is safe.’ Amid rise of election deniers, House decision to delay Democrats’ swearing-in touches nerve in party.
Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano’s decision to delay the swearing-in of two Democratic representatives-elect, and appoint a special committee to review the “legal issues” raised in their narrow victories, has quickly sparked fissures in the state’s dominant party.

The latest challenge for the beleaguered Massachusetts state GOP: Tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills
The Massachusetts Republican Party now appears to have mounting financial and legal problems, including a pile of overdue bills.

Harvard’s decision to not offer fellowship to leading human rights activist brings uproar
Kenneth Roth said Harvard rejected his fellowship because his work has included criticisms of Israel.

Biden ‘surprised’ government records found at old office

President Biden said his attorneys “did what they should have done” when they immediately called the National Archives about the discovery at the offices of the Penn Biden Center.

Biden, Trump, and classified documents: An explainer

Black and Hispanic patients with terminal cancer receive fewer opioids for pain, new study finds

The research builds on more than 20 years of evidence showing racial disparities in pain management.

Special prosecutor says no one should face state charges in MBTA Transit Police coverup

Worcester fuel dealer faces class-action suit over home heating oil mixture

Kiké Hernández has only 10 starts at shortstop the last three seasons, but he stands as a possible solution there as the Red Sox scramble to add players following the surgery on Trevor Story's elbow.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

With Trevor Story’s injury, the Red Sox roster tightrope has unraveled

Historically, teams must be strong up the middle to succeed. Other than Kiké Hernández, the 2023 Red Sox do not have a regular who has started at least 81 games at catcher, second, shortstop, or center field in a season.

When it came to the postseason, Bill Belichick's team was out in the cold again.

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Bill Belichick is finding out that The System has a serious flaw in it

After a painfully unsuccessful season, the buck has to stop with the coach, but he mostly has been passing it.

Ben Volin: Are Bill Belichick and the Krafts ready to make the bold moves the Patriots need?

Marty Bearnard, a black bear living under a family's deck in Connecticut.

A Connecticut family found a hibernating bear under their deck. Now Marty is ‘part of the family.’

The black bear was spotted sleeping under the deck of a Connecticut home at the end of December. A video of the animal on TikTok has since racked up more than 15 million views.

Opinion

Surely George Santos, the newly seated New York Republican, isn’t the only House member whose behavior merits scrutiny from the independent panel set up precisely to handle that kind of investigation.

Drain the swamp? New GOP majority defangs ethics panel instead.

Just as the ethically challenged George Santos arrives in Congress, the House GOP undermines its own ethics panel.

Kevin McCarthy’s allies may imperil his speakership more than his opponents

The future for Kevin ‘The Conceder’ McCarthy

Legislators should be free

Royal secrets, lies, and the weight of families

Thumbnail for We've Been Here Before with Dr. William Horne.

The Emancipator

We’ve Been Here Before: Insurrections and White Supremacy

As we remember and assess the damage of the January 6th Insurrection on America today, it’s valuable to take a hard look at the impact and consequences that white conservative election denialism played in our shared history.

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Special reports

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

More recent News

Ben Affleck serves up Dunkin’ orders at Medford drive-through
“He was super nice and very quick witted,” said Malden resident Lisa Mackay. “Of course, handsome too!”

Boston police rejected a dozen requests for help from ICE in 2022
BPD did so in accordance with a local law that seeks to distance the city from federal immigration enforcement by preventing police from engaging in deportation proceedings.

Holding drug dealers who supply deadly doses accountable

A South Shore family felt helpless after their son died from fentanyl-laced cocaine. Their state senator is trying to create a law to target dealers who sell drugs that kill.

Stoughton High senior calls on School Committee to allow LGBTQ+ Pride flags in classrooms
“These flags do not discriminate against anyone. They do not hurt anyone. So why are they controversial?” Olivia Tran asked the School Committee. “If you choose to hang them, you choose love.”

Larry Edelman

Inflation is cooling off. Will the Federal Reserve ease up on rate hikes?
Home prices and apartment rents are losing altitude. A gallon of gas is cheaper than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine. Price-elevating shortages are largely a thing of the past. What does this all mean to the central bank?

Bay State College students demand answers from struggling for-profit school
Students worry that Bay State College, a for-profit school in Boston's Back Bay, will close abruptly and hamper their career progress. Administrators have sought to allay students' fears.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Republicans Matt Gaetz, right, and Andy Biggs, left, huddled with fellow opponents of Kevin McCarthy's speakership on Jan. 4.

IDEAS | TODD WASHBURN

We’re all to blame for the chaos in Congress

Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses takes on a variety of meanings.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Two ways we cling to fantasy

Joanna Lydgate, partner of Governor Maura Healey, at Healey’s Cambridge apartment on Jan. 6.

How much scrutiny for Governor Healey and her family?

The Supreme Court is seen on the other side of broken glass, photographed from the main hall of the presidential palace, the day after both buildings were stormed by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 9.

Brazil faces its own Jan. 6 moment — and prevails

President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, left, spoke with US Customs and Border Protection officers on the Bridge of the Americas border crossing between Mexico and the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 8.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Here comes the immigration show trial

West Virginia guard Erik Stevenson fouled Kansas State guard Tykei Greene during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Dec. 31,

IDEAS | WILLIAM DEVINE

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Woburn, a diversifying school district works to become more welcoming

For Kafui Kemeh, a Black high school senior in Woburn, life in the suburbs has brought the quality education her family sought, but the isolation and racism she has experienced as one of the very few Black students in her classes weigh on her.

‘No election is safe.’ Amid rise of election deniers, House decision to delay Democrats’ swearing-in touches nerve in party.

Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano’s decision to delay the swearing-in of two Democratic representatives-elect, and appoint a special committee to review the “legal issues” raised in their narrow victories, has quickly sparked fissures in the state’s dominant party.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev‘s attorney urges court to throw out death sentence

His lawyers are challenging issues that weren’t considered by the Supreme Court, including whether the trial judge wrongly denied his challenge of two jurors who defense attorneys say lied during jury selection questioning.

Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81

The cardinal was the third-highest ranked official in the Vatican after Pope Francis tapped him in 2014 to reform the Vatican’s notoriously opaque finances as the Holy See’s first-ever finance czar.

Sports

Jimmy Butler, who scored 35 points and was 23 for 23 from the line, hit Miami's final free throw with 12.9 seconds left.

NBA: Heat 112, Thunder 111

Heat set NBA free throw record, go 40 for 40 in victory over Thunder

Miami topped the 39-for-39 effort by Utah against Portland in 1982.

Malden Catholic's Buckley Moody (right) battles Catholic Memorial's Matthew St. Martin (left) for a loose ball during the third-ranked Lancers' 76-63 Catholic Conference victory over the fifth-ranked Knights in West Roxbury on Tuesday night.

HS boys' basketball: Malden Catholic 76, Catholic Memorial 63

Matt Gaffney, Buckley Moody lead third-ranked and unbeaten Malden Catholic in Catholic Conference showdown vs. No. 5 Catholic Memorial

Gaffney and Moody had 18 points apiece and caught fire from behind the arc, igniting the offense for the unbeaten Lancers (8-0) in a 76-63 win over the host Knights (7-2).

John Calipari's Wildcats could miss the NCAA Tournament without a turnaround.

Men's college basketball

Fan ejected for sign urging Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari to ‘Please go to Texas’

According to a report, Texas has contacted Calipari about its coaching vacancy.

Red Sox schedule Rafael Devers press conference for Wednesday

GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Girls’ hockey notebook: Mikayala Brightman driven by her inspirational work ethic to help Bishop Stang achieve its postseason goals

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

With Trevor Story’s injury, the Red Sox roster tightrope has unraveled

Business

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate, Davos report says

Climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday.

School lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal road

The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month over the extent to which federal law protects the tech industry from such claims when social media algorithms push potentially harmful content.

China halts visas for Japan, South Korea in COVID-19 spat

Powell says Fed ‘will not be’ a climate policy maker

magazine

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

Dr. Jim O’Connell checks on a homeless person on the grounds of the Old West Church in 2017.

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

I distanced myself from a negative friend. So why did I say he could move in?

The New Members Show opens at the Copley Society of Art on January 12.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Jan. 9-22

metro

“If any academic institution can afford to abide by principle, to refuse to compromise academic freedom under real or presumed donor pressure, it is Harvard, the world’s richest university,” Kenneth Roth wrote.

Harvard’s decision to not offer fellowship to leading human rights activist brings uproar

Bay State College students demand answers from struggling for-profit school

Ana Walshe’s husband has a history of chasing the good life — with other people’s money

sports

Stetson Bennett's one-of-a-kind college career came to the perfect close on Monday night.

Stetson Bennett, one of a kind, is gone. But Georgia is here to stay.

Colts plan to be patient with head coaching search

Patriots sign 11 to futures contracts

business

The headquarters of GSK in London, U.K.

GSK to expand in Cambridge

Education Department proposes ‘student loan safety net’ alongside forgiveness

Worcester fuel dealer faces class-action suit over home heating oil mixture

politics

President Biden spoke to the press following the 10th North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City on Tuesday.

Biden ‘surprised’ government records found at old office

A debt limit fight could cause financial chaos and push the economy into recession, experts warn

GOP requests intel ‘damage assessment’ of Biden documents

Nation

President Biden listened during a news conference at the 10th North American Leaders' Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

Biden, Trump, and classified documents: An explainer

Storm struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain

School lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal road

World

Ukrainian servicemen take position with a tank on the outskirts of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine on December 30, 2022.

Ukraine says mining town holding out against Russian assault

Six stabbed in Paris train station, attacker shot by police

Police enter German village condemned to let mine expand

opinion

Republicans Matt Gaetz, right, and Andy Biggs, left, huddled with fellow opponents of Kevin McCarthy's speakership on Jan. 4.

We’re all to blame for the chaos in Congress

The 118th Congress has a speaker (pant, sigh, gasp)

Mass. officials in line for pay raises. ‘Have they no shame?’

lifestyle

Quinta Brunson arrives at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Photos of stars arriving on the red carpet at the 80th Golden Globes

Dry January can kick-start healthy habits that last beyond the month, experts say

My home was never a house. It was a dog named Peppermint Patty.

food & dining

Argentine empanadas with classic beef, chorizo, and chicken fillings from Che! Empanada, with a location in Worcester and Newton.

Che! Empanadas for the win

Unlocking Mediterranean secrets on ‘Life of Loi’

There’s a cafe for tots in J.P. ‘It’s magical here.’

travel

Another section of Newport's famous Cliff Walk was damaged in a December 2022 storm. The area is near where a portion of the walk collapsed in March 2022.

Another section of Newport’s Cliff Walk crumbles, city will expand study of area

Europe will soon allow phone calls on flights. Will the US be next?

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

Arts

Maggie Stark, "Children of the Regiment," 2022, Boston Common, video still.

In ‘Playing on a Loop,’ video artist Maggie Stark captures life’s revolutions

Portland Museum of Art announces architects for $100 million expansion

At the Clark, a glimpse of a French cultural storehouse

Books

Laura Zigman’s ‘Small World’ is a love letter to a sisterhood forged through disability and death

Comedic and caffeinated, Kashana Cauley’s debut novel, ‘The Survivalists,’ may give you the jitters

Poet Laureate Ada Limón uses poetry as a way of tuning in to the world

Movies

Tom Cruise stars as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Paramount Pictures' "Top Gun: Maverick."

If you saw these movies at home, here’s your chance to see them the right way

Belmont World Film’s 20th Family Festival fosters a love of film for young audiences

‘Corsage’: All about Elisabeth

Television

This image released by NBC shows Quinta Brunson, foreground, and the cast of "Abbott Elementary" accepting the award for Best Television Series - Comedy during the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

80th Golden Globes: A full list of winners (and nominees)

Jerrod Carmichael addressed the controversy head-on in his Golden Globes monologue

‘Mayfair Witches’ doesn’t stir a very potent brew

music

Lead singer Hayley Williams performs with Paramore at Boston Calling in 2018. The band returns as a headliner this year.

Foo Fighters, The Lumineers, and Paramore to headline Boston Calling

For its first performances of 2023, H&H is directed from within

From modest beginnings to Modest Mouse: Quincy festival takes a big leap in year two

Theater/Dance

Dan Prior and Aimee Doherty in "Preludes" at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.

Lyric Stage’s ‘Preludes’ doesn’t lead anywhere special

A new view of a classic movie inspired choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Look Who’s Coming to Dinner’

In Dave Malloy’s ‘Preludes,’ Rachmaninoff’s career is decomposing

globe local

The Argument: Should Massachusetts expand tolling to alleviate traffic congestion?

Watertown Boys & Girls Club is a success story

Lesson learned: Don’t draw conclusions until you give it a try

Obituaries

Cardinal Pell, shown in 2017, was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia.

Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82

Charles Simic, US poet laureate who won a Pulitzer and taught at UNH, dies at 84