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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Why would the Patriots hire Jerod Mayo? A lot of questions follow Robert Kraft’s decision.

Mayo was a terrific player, and may end up being a great coach, but his résumé is light with only five years of coaching experience.
See complete coverage of Belichick’s departure

Five things worth knowing about Jerod Mayo, the Patriots’ successor to Bill Belichick

Mayo's ascension to Patriots head coach feels natural following his time playing for and later working alongside Belichick.
Patriots name Jerod Mayo as Bill Belichick’s replacement as head coach Patriots past and present comment on Jerod Mayo

dan shaughnessy
Reading between the lines at Bill Belichick’s Patriots farewell, and other thoughts

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Bill Belichick couldn’t quit. So Bob Kraft fired him.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Saturday storm details: When it starts and how bad it will be
Looking ahead, the next system could bring snow, rain or a mix on Tuesday.

These maps show what to expect from the upcoming rainstorm Winter storm to bring snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill to US, forecasters warn

Meet the Globe’s Fall 2023 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in seven fall sports. Click on each sport to read about the honorees. Find the All-Scholastics section in print on Sunday, Jan. 14.

It seems like hardly anyone still cares about COVID. Does it matter?
Doctors differ on the question, with some saying long COVID remains a significant risk, while others say that concern is overblown.

4,999 confirmed cases and 29 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.
WINTER GETAWAYS

What it’s like to rent a winter RV and head off with friends down the famed Powder Highway

All didn't go as planned on our 1,000-mile drive, but we discovered a lot about this cool part of the world (Canada’s Kootenay Rockies) and about winter RV travel.
Winter in London is cold and rainy, but it’s also a great time to visit. Here’s why. These New England ski resorts are re-inventing the ski vacation

The kids are meh: Apathy among younger voters in New Hampshire fits a national trend
Young people said that while they may be interested in the primary, they feel their peers are either not engaged in the process or are simply disillusioned with the two front-runners.

N.H. voters support Israel, Biden in war against Hamas, according to Globe poll On eve of N.H. primary, Senator Joe Manchin stops short of running for president. Again.

For-profit biomedical institute, backed by billionaires, launches in Cambridge to speed drug discovery
The institute will be led by cofounder Stuart Schreiber, a Harvard scientist who was also one of the founders of the Broad Institute.

US military strikes another Houthi-controlled site after warning ships to avoid parts of Red Sea

The U.S. military has struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that they have determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk.
Who are the Houthis and why is the US attacking them? In 100 days, the Israel-Hamas war has transformed the region. The fighting shows no signs of ending.

As Iowa Republicans get ready to caucus, Democrats are feeling ‘abandoned’ and written off
Iowa Democrats are used to being courted by national Democrats, but without a presidential primary race to speak of and their first in the nation status removed, they can't help but feel a little left out in the cold.

Boston Public Schools will close its last middle school at end of next school year
More than 300 students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, one of the newer buildings in the district. BPS said it will likely use the building for another school.

US Representative Jake Auchincloss demands Boston City Council accept $13 million in federal antiterrorism funding

In a letter to the City Council president, the Massachusetts representative described the funding as crucial “considering heightened threats of terrorism fueled by antisemitism and anti-Zionism.”

School sues to stop housing development at Shawmut Red Line station in Dorchester
The BPDA board in November approved the 72-unit development at 150 Centre St., a site that’s currently home to the Fitzpatrick Bros. auto-body shop and an adjacent parking lot.

‘He was my brother and I loved him.’ Third teen dies after rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

Police investigate fatal shooting in Brockton restaurant
Bob Ryan

An idea whose time has definitely come: Team International vs. Team USA in the NBA All-Star Game

Imagine the possible matchups a format change could lead to – an international team featuring Jokic, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid vs. a US team with LeBron, Tatum, and Curry.
LOVE LETTERS

How do I tell my husband the marriage is over?

"I ... think we both would be better off with other partners.”

Emmy Awards: How to stream all of the nominees for outstanding drama, comedy, and limited series

From "The Bear" to "The White Lotus," here’s how to stream this year’s major nominees.
Amid some deserving Emmy nominees, snubs, surprises, and head scratchers
Opinion
Harvey Silverglate

To restore trust, Harvard Corporation must make these changes

Without radical change at the top, the reputation and quality of one of the nation’s premier educational institutions will continue to sink.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Is Nikki Haley up to it, or will she ‘get smoked’?
Tara D. Sonenshine

US and allied strikes on Houthi targets were necessary
IDEAS | THE EDITORS

Help us reimagine downtown Boston
LETTERS

We’re poised to enter a whole new phase in the race for president
Listen

The Stump: Audio dispatches from James Pindell on the campaign trail

Listen to the latest updates from Globe political reporter James Pindell as he outlines what to watch as presidential contenders enter the final sprint to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

More recent News

More than 30 Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip
Health and rescue officials say more than 30 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip as concerns grow over a lack of fuel and supplies for overburdened hospitals.

RI POLITICS
First Providence school board election faces legal problems
A city lawyer says it’s still in question whether the voter-approved charter change to elect some school board members can take effect.

BRUINS
As he tours his old stomping grounds, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery reflects on what brought him to Boston
The Bruins' road trip has brought their coach to Denver, where he won an NCAA title, and now St. Louis, where he salvaged his NHL coaching career.

Effort to remove Trump from Mass. ballot to move forward: State panel to meet Thursday
The Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission will gather Thursday for what’s known as a pre-hearing conference, a procedural step in which the current three-member panel will decide how to handle the two objections.

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket
The gunman is already serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty to state charges of murder and hate-motivated domestic terrorism in the 2022 attack.

Three-week-old seal pup rescued on Nantucket
The baby seal was found wandering on a road near Sesachacha Pond on Wednesday morning. It was rescued by volunteers from the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket.

Recommended reads

THE GREAT DIVIDE

When even text messaging is a struggle: The pain of being a teenager who can’t read well

It’s the experience of likely thousands of teenagers across Massachusetts each year, students who not only are failed by schools in early elementary years, but who are allowed to slide to the end of their public school experience without becoming competent readers.
Read the first in the series: Lost in a world of words

This Senate candidate could help determine control of Congress. Harvard taught him how to navigate institutions of power.
Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego went to Harvard to "change the trajectory" of his working-class family. Twenty years later, he reflected on how his years in Cambridge helped put him on the path to the halls of Congress.

Heat lamps at some T shelters keep Newton, Brookline riders toasty. Elsewhere, they just don’t work.
In recent days, the Globe checked on every heating element location provided by the MBTA. Most needed fixing and the ones that didn’t were concentrated in wealthier neighborhoods.

‘Just to eff with her’: Roots of eBay stalking case finally revealed amid criminal settlement
An agreement announced Thursday between the California e-commerce giant and the US attorney's office in Boston settled new criminal charges over the stalking and harassment of a Natick couple while shedding fresh light on the origins of the debacle.

Culture & Lifestyle

Bebe Wood on making Mass. her ‘home base’ and updating ‘Mean Girls’ for Gen Z

Madonna taught me the word ‘virgin.’ And then some.

The cat’s out of the bag . . . and onto the page, screen, and canvas

Colette Phillips honors white male ‘includers’ in ‘The Includers,’ an anti-exclusion handbook for the C-suite

Special Projects

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Loth

For Trump, every day is Opposite Day
RENÉE GRAHAM

Forget #CoupleGoals. Michelle Obama is talking (again) about relationship realities.
EDITORIAL

For once, Chris Christie eases congestion — this time, on the GOP ballot
LETTERS

Thanks for the memories, coach Belichick
IDEAS | Evan Selinger & Brenda Leong

Getting AI ready for the real world takes a terrible human toll
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Three-week-old seal pup rescued on Nantucket

The baby seal was found wandering on a road near Sesachacha Pond on Wednesday morning. It was rescued by volunteers from the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket.

Colombian immigrant wins first scholarship named for Irishman who came to Boston in 1921

Valentina Ramos, an immigrant from Colombia who goes to Bunker Hill Community College, received the first Tom Brunnick Memorial Scholarship, which honors an Irish immigrant, from First Literacy.

‘Robust’ winter storm packing rain and gusty winds could lead to more flooding, forecasters say

Another wave of rainfall is expected in Massachusetts and Rhode Island early Saturday that could lead to more flooding along rivers and streams and in coastal communities, and more snow in Northern New England, the National Weather Service said Friday.
RI POLICING

City of Providence to pay $11m in settlement with biker injured in police-involved moped crash

The October 2020 crash left Jhamal Gonsalves in a coma for months, and sparked protests throughout the city.

Sports

Bob Ryan

An idea whose time has definitely come: Team International vs. Team USA in the NBA All-Star Game

Imagine the possible matchups a format change could lead to – an international team featuring Jokic, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid vs. a US team with LeBron, Tatum, and Curry.
NWSL DRAFT

Hanson’s Ally Sentnor selected with No. 1 overall pick in NWSL draft

The 19-year-old Sentnor who grew up in Hanson, Mass., and graduated from Thayer Academy, was selected by the expansion Utah Royals.
CELTICS

‘The regret is what could have been’: Ime Udoka’s return to Boston gives former Celtics assistant Damon Stoudamire chance to reflect

Stoudamire, who departed to become the coach at Georgia Tech in March, says that the former head coach is motivated in his "new life" with Houston "and he’s made the best of it."
HS boys' basketball: Andover 65 North Andover 64

Andover withstands milestone effort by North Andover’s Zach Wolinski to survive frenetic finish in a Merrimack Valley triumph
GIRLS' BASKTBALL: BISHOP FEEHAN 52, CATHEDRAL 32

Bishop Feehan’s defense stifles Cathedral’s high-octane offense in marquee Catholic Central girls’ basketball matchup
COLLEGES

Kalen DeBoer is headed to Alabama to replace Nick Saban

Business

US military strikes another Houthi-controlled site after warning ships to avoid parts of Red Sea

The U.S. military has struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that they have determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk.

For-profit biomedical institute, backed by billionaires, launches in Cambridge to speed drug discovery

The institute will be led by cofounder Stuart Schreiber, a Harvard scientist who was also one of the founders of the Broad Institute.

School sues to stop housing development at Shawmut Red Line station in Dorchester

US intensifies oversight of Boeing, will begin production audits after latest mishap for planemaker
magazine
Globe Magazine

‘God, I wish I hadn’t seen that’: On the trail of Bigfoot in the Berkshires
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I got a little lost . . . and was almost late’
Globe Magazine

YouTube poker player Bart Hanson just can't stop winning
PERSPECTIVE

Boston is too expensive, everyone agrees. So what’s keeping you here?

metro

Effort to remove Trump from Mass. ballot to move forward: State panel to meet Thursday

Saturday storm details: When it starts and how bad it will be

‘He was my brother and I loved him.’ Third teen dies after rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

sports

Commanders reportedly find new general manager in 49ers’ front office

At Methuen, the wrestling team and coaching staff are united in one goal: to win it all for Bill James

Five things worth knowing about Jerod Mayo, the Patriots’ successor to Bill Belichick

business

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

Biden administration to fine oil and gas companies for excess methane

Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums

politics

Republicans push back on Biden plan to axe federal funds for anti-abortion counseling centers

As Iowa Republicans get ready to caucus, Democrats are feeling ‘abandoned’ and written off

The key difference between Chris Christie and Chris Sununu

Nation

Winter storm to bring snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill to US, forecasters warn

Federal scientists recommend easing restrictions on marijuana

US to seek death for man who killed 10 in racist supermarket massacre

World

More than 30 Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

In 100 days, the Israel-Hamas war has transformed the region. The fighting shows no signs of ending.

Taiwan voters choosing next president in poll weighing China’s threat and island’s stability

opinion

Healey’s midyear spending cuts are a brutal tug at the safety net

People of Lynn can tell you what it’ll take to stem rise in violence

In piece on Trump and Haley, a gratuitous swipe is taken at Biden

lifestyle

14 events happening in and around Boston on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

How do I tell my husband the marriage is over?

From embracing a mess to Somerville staycations, here’s how local parents want to kick off the new year

food & dining

AG’s office settles with Grubhub for $3.5 million over inflated delivery fees during pandemic

I finally got a seat at Sally’s Apizza, and here’s what I found

Revival Café + Kitchen plans a Watertown opening; Makaroni Pasteria launches at High Street Place

travel

What it’s like to rent a winter RV and head off with friends down the famed Powder Highway

Winter in London is cold and rainy, but it’s also a great time to visit. Here’s why.

These New England ski resorts are re-inventing the ski vacation

Arts

Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums

At 93, American artist Faith Ringgold is finally getting her due

Floating clowns and a unicorn: Art installations aim to draw more foot traffic to downtown Boston

Books

In ‘The Wisdom of Plagues,’ Donald G. McNeil Jr. has some ideas to share about preventing the next pandemic. You might not like them.

The disappointments of age take a dark turn in Katia Lief’s ‘Invisible Woman’

Author readings around Boston through Jan. 20

Movies

Bebe Wood on making Mass. her ‘home base’ and updating ‘Mean Girls’ for Gen Z

John Sayles talks about his ‘Lone Star’ state of mind

Norma Barzman, blacklisted screenwriter, dies at 103

Television

Emmy Awards: How to stream all of the nominees for outstanding drama, comedy, and limited series

Expect ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ to go out on a wry note

How to watch this year’s Emmy Awards

music

‘Stride,’ ‘Rite,’ and a left-hand concerto make for a hot-blooded evening with the BSO

Madonna taught me the word ‘virgin.’ And then some.

Blacklisted on the West Bank, Basel Zayed has settled into his new musical home in Boston

Theater/Dance

Music from the Sole’s ‘I Didn’t Come to Stay’ comes to party

A mix-and-match score of 70-plus songs makes ‘Moulin Rouge!’ pop

One small theater, two very different Boston dance premieres coming up on consecutive weekends

Health

Top 6 health care stories to watch in Rhode Island in 2024

CVS to launch new pharmacy reimbursement model aimed at simplifying drug pricing

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.

Obituaries

Alexis Smith, artist with eclectic eye on American culture, dies at 74

Lynn Yamada Davis, whose cooking TikToks delighted millions, dies at 67

Bud Harrelson, scrappy Mets shortstop who once fought Pete Rose, dies at 79