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MBTA’s ‘aggressive’ year-long bus driver hiring campaign failed. Black and Hispanic riders are paying the price.

The MBTA’s failure to retain and attract bus drivers is worsening racial inequity in Boston, new data shows, as service cuts reduce residents’ access to jobs.
Federal prosecutors investigating contested MBTA Transit Police case following Globe investigation

Heavy rain and winds in Massachusetts to affect morning commute
“Some areas could have standing water, and the risk of hydroplaning is there,” said Andrew Loconto, a meteorologist with the weather service in Norton. “It could cause some street flooding where water doesn’t drain very well.”

See where power is out in Mass.

Power to the people: How activists are working to change New England’s grid operator from the inside

In between meetings about how to block coal trains, a group of climate activists hatched a plan to take on a little-known group at ISO-New England.

THE FINE PRINT
Insurance giant reverses position, will now pay claim
For more than a year, Cigna, one of the country’s largest insurers, refused to reimburse Alan Cregg, who was 66 years old when he paid $20,000 out of pocket for knee surgery.

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Legal sports betting begins next week in Mass., and the casinos are bracing for … whatever
There are some unknowns surrounding the onset of legal sports betting next Tuesday, as the state's three casinos get a month's head-start on phone wagering.

‘Fatherly chat’ or ‘blowing a gasket’? Jury deliberating in trial of Pawtucket officer who shot teen driver.

Manchester boy, 7, who sustained burns allegedly inflicted by father, has died, prosecutors say
YVONNE ABRAHAM

How to survive in a country drowning in guns

Gun violence can happen anywhere in this country. Is anywhere safe?

Dude, where’s my car? Brigham researchers find we’re good at recalling approximate location of objects.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital sought to capture the brain’s capacity to store such details, suggesting in a new study that people automatically encode vast amounts of data on not only where, but when, they saw something.
SURVEY SAYS | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Boston City Hall was declared the 4th ugliest building in the world — and other ‘facts’ you don’t really need to know about Boston

This week, a collection of travel surveys — about bagels, music, and fishing — paints a unique picture of our lovely city.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston has never elected a Black mayor. A quiet experiment could change that.

Black voter turnout in Massachusetts isn’t nearly as high as it could be.
EDITORIAL

Germany steps up for embattled Ukraine
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

When it comes to Twitter, Supreme Court is tying itself into knots
Joan Vennochi

Will taking kids out of buses guarantee a good school for every Boston student?
IDEAS | DANA RAMOS

A new domestic violence prevention hotline — for abusers

The Emancipator

Community Health Equity Tour

Family, heritage, and community all play a powerful role in maintaining the health and wellness of a city’s residents. Our health equity tour of Chicago’s Little Village shows a neighborhood emblematic of these ideas. Next up: Durham, North Carolina.
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For comedian Taylor Tomlinson, stand-up success means having it all
Tomlinson is currently on her Have It All Tour, which comes to the Boch Center Wang Theatre for four shows Feb. 1-3. A Wang spokesman says Tomlinson has smashed the record for ticket sales by a female comedian at the theater.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
To new Mass. economic development chief, the proof will be in the people
Yvonne Hao sees giving people good reason to stay in Massachusetts as key to growing the state’s economy in a work-from-anywhere world.

New Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall looks well-suited to Fenway Park, both with his bat and his glove
An overall plus defender and a lefty that likes to pull the ball profiles well in Boston.

MBTA to close part of Orange Line this weekend to work on slow zones
At least three of the six slow zones that the MBTA said it eliminated after the shutdown still had speed restrictions in place as of Jan. 4, according to an internal log obtained by the Globe.

Winning $31 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Belchertown
The ticket was sold at a Stop & Shop supermarket on George Hannum Street, which will receive a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, state lottery officials said.

Lynn’s Nightshade Noodle Bar, Lowell’s Red Rose, and Cambridge’s Pagu among James Beard semifinalist nods
Plus more local accolades and the complete list of chefs up for Best Chef: Northeast.

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Roomba, SharkNinja, and the $3 billion battle of the robot vacuums

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Lapses persist for Capitol Hill panic buttons two years after insurrection
Multiple members of Congress still find themselves without them, sometimes for weeks at a time, according to a Globe investigation, leaving some on Capitol Hill unsettled as Congress opens back up to the general public.

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MBTA’s ‘aggressive’ year-long bus driver hiring campaign failed. Black and Hispanic riders are paying the price.

The MBTA’s failure to retain and attract bus drivers is worsening racial inequity in Boston, new data shows, as service cuts reduce residents’ access to jobs.

These maps show how much snow to expect across New England

More snow is in store for New England on Wednesday, with heavy rain and strong winds also in the forecast for Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

In first State of the City address, Michelle Wu pledges to overhaul Boston’s planning process

Mayor Wu’s address, delivered Wednesday evening at the MGM Music Hall in Fenway to an audience of several thousand, signaled that her second year as mayor will be focused largely on housing, development, and climate goals.

Sports

Men's International Friendly | Serbia 2, US 1

Vazquez scores for youthful US lineup in 2-1 loss to Serbia

Interim head coach Anthony Hudson saw tenacity, bravery and attacking excitement from the youngsters and newcomers he sent out for the United States’ first match since the World Cup.
BC 75, Louisville 65

Boston College takes down Louisville in men’s college basketball

BC ended a three-game skid against Louisville.
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Mashpee girls’ basketball team is right at home embracing the Wampanoag heritage, culture, and community

Senior captains Hialeah Turner-Foster and Amiyah Peters, members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, have become figureheads for Mashpee, helping to revitalize a struggling team while also becoming young leaders within their tribe.
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New Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall looks well-suited to Fenway Park, both with his bat and his glove
Australian Open

Tommy Paul tops Ben Shelton in all-American matchup at Australian Open; faces Novak Djokovic next
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Patrick Mahomes ‘ready to go’ for AFC Championship game despite high ankle sprain

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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to step aside, become chairman

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that its CEO and president, Akio Toyoda, will become chairman. He will be replaced as CEO by the automaker’s chief branding officer, Koji Sato.

Tesla reports record income; confirms Nevada truck expansion

The company confirmed it plans to produce high volumes of semi-trucks and make enough cell batteries for 2 million light-duty vehicles annually in Nevada.

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Panama ex-president, sons, barred from US for corruption
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The big stink: How a proposed landfill is roiling a tiny New Hampshire town

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Takeaways from Mayor Michelle Wu’s State of the City address

Winning $31 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Belchertown

How could a mother allegedly kill her children? Experts say mental health can distort thinking.

sports

With team leaders showing the way, Bruins continue to adjust — and win

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor investigated for physical assault in Spain

Mikaela Shiffrin adds to record total with 84th win

business

Donald Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban

Manchin bill would delay tax credits for electric vehicles

To new Mass. economic development chief, the proof will be in the people

politics

McCarthy blocks two Democrats from Intelligence Committee

Senator Reed provides insights on sending tanks to Ukraine

US, Germany sending battle tanks to back Ukraine war effort

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Gunman who killed 11 didn’t know dance hall victims, sheriff says

Justices weigh effort to balance Washington state’s tax code

Chief defends delay telling public of mass shooter at-large

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Russian attacks on Ukraine reported; tank training to start

Community reels from Spanish machete church attack horror

Eight confirmed dead in ship sinking off Japan and South Korea

opinion

Open the State House — and legislators’ votes and committee proceedings

Evangelicals finally grasp the obvious about Donald Trump

‘Millionaires tax’ passed. Mass. business leaders still push back.

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Jennifer Coolidge will be the Hasty Pudding’s 2023 Woman of the Year

Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week

Do we take a leap of faith?

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Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, who taught Americans how to cook Chinese food, dies at 85

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Kin and kinship at the Griffin Museum of Photography

Shelburne Museum hires curator of Native American Art

10-plus eye-catching art exhibitions from Boston to the Berkshires to Portland

Books

Her debut novel was a bestseller. Then her agent told her to stop writing fiction. Now, Laura Zigman is back.

A fragile island community faces destruction in Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Harding’s ‘This Other Eden’

In Selby Wynn Schwartz’s ‘After Sappho,’ long-listed for the 2022 Booker Prize, the Greek poet empowers women artists to push against traditional boundaries

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‘Shotgun Wedding’: Something old, nothing new from J.Lo and Josh Duhamel

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Jennifer Coolidge will be the Hasty Pudding’s 2023 Woman of the Year

Television

For comedian Taylor Tomlinson, stand-up success means having it all

In ‘Shrinking,’ the therapist is completely unfiltered. How does that make you feel?

Surprises along the way in ‘The Last of Us’

music

The pandemic not only inspired Murray Hidary’s ‘Distanced Together,’ it gave him time to write it

Branford Marsalis will happily meet his audience where they are

Songs of a weary heart: A box set revisits Bob Dylan’s luminous ‘Time Out of Mind’

Theater/Dance

Alex Edelman is bringing his hit solo show ‘Just for Us’ home to Boston

Hervé Koubi revisits his Algerian roots at the Majestic

LaTasha Barnes’s ‘The Jazz Continuum’ can’t stop moving

globe local

Newton Community Pride announces Black History Month events

Nominations sought to honor business leaders of color in western suburbs

City of Newton’s NewMo rideshare service offering all customers one free trip until Feb. 15

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Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch ‘Sesame Street,’ dies

Victor S. Navasky, a leading liberal voice in journalism, dies at 90

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, who taught Americans how to cook Chinese food, dies at 85