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Mother sues city of Northampton over teen’s suicide after years of alleged bullying

“What you have here is a systematic failure on behalf of a school district to fulfill its obligation to students to protect their physical and mental well-being,” Laura Mangini, an attorney representing the girl’s family, said Tuesday.

Seven utility poles fall in Stoneham, trapping person in vehicle, officials say
Stoneham police and fire began receiving over two dozen 911 calls Wednesday morning reporting several fallen poles and the trapped occupant on Montvale Avenue.

Free community college for Mass. adults is a key part of Governor Healey’s budget proposal

The budget for fiscal year 2024 will include $20 million to fund the MassReconnect program, which will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and supplies for Massachusetts residents 25 and over who do not have a college degree, the governor announced Wednesday.

Greek stationmaster arrested; transport minister resigns after head-on train crash kills at least 36

The passenger train was carrying hundreds, including many university students returning home from holiday.

After long ride atop A Better City, Rick Dimino is handing over the steering wheel
Longtime head of prominent downtown business group is stepping down.

Charlie Baker begins his new job as NCAA president today. He’s got a lot on his plate.

FAA investigating close call at Logan Airport; JetBlue pilot takes evasive action to avoid collision with Learjet

Missing Hopkinton teen found dead in Milford woods

This Maine beach named one of the 10 best in the US, according to new rankings

It’s the only beach in New England to make the top 10 — or for that matter, the top 25, according to the 2023 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best list from Needham-based Tripadvisor.
LOVE LETTERS

Her boyfriend doesn’t want her to have any male friends

She feels bad about ghosting some longtime friends, and wonders what to do.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

March arrives, bringing an end to a mild meteorological winter

A storm will sweep through the region at the end of the week but depending on the rain-snow line it may leave Boston with another wet day and no snow accumulation.
You call that a snowstorm? Here’s what’s happening to winter snowfall in Boston.
Opinion
IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

Threading the needle to keep clothing manufacturing alive in Massachusetts

“Left with scraps” after Brooks Brothers shut down its Haverhill factory in 2020, some workers have found new opportunity in a Lawrence startup.
Ro Khanna

How US can keep the peace between Taiwan and China
EDITORIAL

Last year’s BPS agreement with the state begins to bear fruit
NEWSLETTER

I opposed Jimmy Carter, but I praise him
JEFF JACOBY

Let Nikki be Nikki
The Emancipator

Saving Black homes lost to tax inequity

For decades, the sale of tax debt and unfair property assessments have disproportionately caused Black Americans to lose their homes across the United States. A Chicago program is helping some Black families keep their homes, but its leaders say structural change is needed.
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Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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More recent News

NWSL’s Orlando Pride swaps out white uniform shorts after players expressed concerns about periods
Orlando is the first team in the National Women's Soccer League to alter its uniforms after English club Manchester City announced last fall that it was doing away with white shorts.

A Conn. man took his shoes off 20 years ago. He hasn’t put them back on.

Joseph DeRuvo Jr. has become a litmus test of people’s forbearance and their willingness to tolerate a stranger’s unconventional lifestyle and perhaps even try to understand it.

Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap
The drugmaker will immediately cap monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for people who are not covered by Medicare’s prescription drug program.

Man dies after vehicle goes off road into river in Errol, N.H., State Police say

At around 5:40 p.m., the vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 16, about two miles from the Route 26 intersection, when the driver lost control, according to a statement from N.H. State Police.

Attorney General Merrick Garland champions Justice Department at Senate hearing

The hearing marks Merrick Garland’s first time testifying publicly before the new Congress. He’s likely to be criticized and pressed by Republicans over a disparate set of issues.

Long-lost shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story
The 191-foot cargo vessel Ironton collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both.

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Women are much more likely to say no to cholesterol-lowering drugs, Boston researchers find

The new study found that women were about 50 percent more likely than men to refuse a doctor's recommendation to take statins.

Former state labor secretary reflects on pandemic benefit payouts: ‘A bit like Hunger Games’
A year ago, Rosalin Acosta and her staff were faced with the unthinkable task of collecting more than $4 billion in pandemic-era unemployment benefits from people who had received errant checks.

Some top Mass. officials got $40,000 raises this year. Now they’re some of the highest paid in the country.
If not for some Massachusetts officials forgoing raises in past years, the pay of all six of the statewide constitutional officers would rank number one among their elected counterparts nationwide, according to a Globe analysis.

PERSPECTIVE
The thing that could finally get us to eat less meat is — meat
We’ll never give up factory farming unless we have better options. Thanks to technology, we might soon have them.

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Culture & Lifestyle

‘Between You and Me’ is a portrait of two portraitists

In playwright Lenelle Moïse’s ‘K-I-S-S-I-N-G,’ a portrait of the artist as a young woman

Fran Lebowitz’s withering view of humankind is kvetched in stone

Is cabbage the new cauliflower (which was the new Brussels sprouts)?

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Two Weeks in America

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

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | LISA WEISS

The spinal curve I’ve come to see as a question mark
RENÉE GRAHAM

Ben Affleck and white liberals’ discomfort with Black history
SCOT LEHIGH

Civic honor is in short supply in America
Joan Fitzgerald, Julie Wormser, and Jonathan Lamontagne

Massachusetts needs a coastal adaptation agency
JOAN VENNOCHI

Is Richard Neal’s cheerleading giving a free pass to the company building MBTA cars?
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Jurors in Murdaugh murder trial visit South Carolina crime scene

On Wednesday, jurors weighing the fate of Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina lawyer charged with murdering his wife and son, traveled past the “no trespassing” signs to see where the killings took place, one of the last stages of the trial before they begin trying to reach a verdict.

Seven utility poles fall in Stoneham, trapping person in vehicle, officials say

Stoneham police and fire began receiving over two dozen 911 calls Wednesday morning reporting several fallen poles and the trapped occupant on Montvale Avenue.

Man dies after vehicle goes off road into river in Errol, N.H., State Police say

At around 5:40 p.m., the vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 16, about two miles from the Route 26 intersection, when the driver lost control, according to a statement from N.H. State Police.

This Maine beach named one of the 10 best in the US, according to new rankings

It’s the only beach in New England to make the top 10 — or for that matter, the top 25, according to the 2023 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best list from Needham-based Tripadvisor.

Sports

soccer

NWSL’s Orlando Pride swaps out white uniform shorts after players expressed concerns about periods

Orlando is the first team in the National Women's Soccer League to alter its uniforms after English club Manchester City announced last fall that it was doing away with white shorts.
bruins

Amid record-setting season, Bruins become the first NHL team to hit impressive milestone

The Bruins need just 8 more points to hit last season's total ... with seven weeks left in regular-season play.
COLLEGE SPORTS

Charlie Baker begins his new job as NCAA president today. He’s got a lot on his plate.

Active court cases and scrutiny over the NCAA's inability to regulate NIL deals will take a lot of attention.
sports media

The Celtics are taking over ESPN today. Jayson Tatum’s candid film breakdown is one reason to watch.
Red Sox

In Chris Sale, Corey Kluber, and James Paxton, the Red Sox have a trio of aging aces. How much can they still contribute?
dan shaughnessy

What happened in 1971 should be a cautionary tale for this year’s Bruins

Business

TikTok sets new default time limits for minors

The company that owns TikTok said every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.

President Biden hails labor secretary nominee Julie Su as a ‘real leader’

Julie Su, the current deputy labor secretary, would replace the departing incumbent, former Boston mayor Marty Walsh, whom Biden hailed by saying, “If I ever want anybody in the foxhole with me, I want Marty Walsh.”

After long ride atop A Better City, Rick Dimino is handing over the steering wheel
Tech Lab

New details on LastPass breach mean it’s time for a new password manager
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CONNECTIONS

When cancer forced my pediatrician dad to close his practice, hundreds of letters followed

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Feb. 27-March 5
Style Watch

Design inspiration: Thumbed-through paperbacks make for a nice home library
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Madison did giggle nervously at my stupid jokes. I take that as a courtesy, though.’

metro

March arrives, bringing an end to a mild meteorological winter

It’s March 1. Time to catch up on college 🏀

Crashes, icy roads cause delays during Wednesday morning commute

sports

Weary Bruins were outskated by the Flames but found a way to pull out a gritty win in OT

Kobe Bryant family settles photo lawsuit for $28.5 million

Boston College men’s basketball continues its roll, dumps Wake Forest 71-69

business

Free community college for Mass. adults is a key part of Governor Healey’s budget proposal

Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap

Concord food waste recycler gets $1 billion to expand nationwide

politics

Tucker Carlson called Trump ‘a demonic force.’ Read Fox News employees’ texts about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Attorney General Merrick Garland champions Justice Department at Senate hearing

It might not be obvious, but Ron DeSantis just soft launched his 2024 presidential campaign

Nation

Jurors in Murdaugh murder trial visit South Carolina crime scene

What to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling and its impact on access

Long-lost shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

World

Greek stationmaster arrested; transport minister resigns after head-on train crash kills at least 36

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

China rips new US House committee on countering Beijing

opinion

¿Dónde está Reina Carolina Morales Rojas?

Una inmigrante de East Boston está desaparecida desde noviembre. ¿Dónde está la cobertura constante de los medios?

Ben Affleck and white liberals’ discomfort with Black history

lifestyle

Intimate moments of self-reflection in seemingly ordinary spaces in Helena Wurzel’s solo exhibition

Why ‘Massachusetts’ is misspelled on some new signs in Washington, D.C.

He doesn’t have time for me

food & dining

Redefining Irish pub fare at the Dubliner

There are still barrel-aged beers out there. These are the ones readers like.

Dedham House of Pizza’s George Panagopoulos won’t serve peanut-butter-and-jelly pies

travel

This Maine beach named one of the 10 best in the US, according to new rankings

A new low-cost airline will launch with flights from Boston to London this fall

Skiing Snowbasin, the best ski area you’ve never heard of

Arts

At the MFA, a small photography show leaves a big impression

Intimate moments of self-reflection in seemingly ordinary spaces in Helena Wurzel’s solo exhibition

DeCordova announces suspension of indoor exhibitions for up to three years

Books

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

Publisher to release ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash

Climate change is upon us. Jake Bittle’s ‘The Great Displacement’ is an unsettling look at the personal and financial costs of ever-growing threats.

Movies

‘Creed III’ pulls no punches

Gordon Pinsent, award-winning Canadian actor, dies at 92

Tom Luddy, a behind-the-scenes force in cinema, dies at 79

Television

Production design worth mooning over in ‘Hello Tomorrow!’

Berklee student scores golden ticket at ‘American Idol’ audition

This week’s TV: Chris Rock live, a Fleetwood Mac-like saga, and down with the ‘Succession’-verse

music

With a Tania León commission and ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,’ Boston Symphony Orchestra teases 2023-24 season

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon reckons with loss by embracing life

Making ‘Quincy’ helped Western Mass. singer Kimaya Diggs push through the worst of times

Theater/Dance

Broadway In Boston announces 2023-24 season

Hoops and history converge in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Great Leap’

Fran Lebowitz’s withering view of humankind is kvetched in stone

globe local

Viti has big plans as town’s first poet laureate

Milton asks governor to stop demolition of stairs at MBTA station

Where all dogs (and cats, rabbits, and birds) go to heaven

Obituaries

Gleb Pavlovsky, Putin image adviser who became harsh critic, dies at 71

Bob Richards, 97, pole-vaulting star who landed on Wheaties box, dies

Gordon Pinsent, award-winning Canadian actor, dies at 92