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Man sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole after 15 years for murder in 2021 racist attack in Belmont

Dean Kapsalis was convicted last May of second-degree murder. In January 2021, he ran over Henry Tapia with his car in what prosecutors have called “a racially motivated murder."

Jerod Mayo is introduced as the next Patriots coach. Watch and follow live updates.

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Looking for ‘creative ideas,’ the T signed a $325,000 deal. It got nothing of value, investigators say.

The MBTA’s little-publicized 2018 agreement with the startup accelerator MassChallenge produced virtually nothing of value for the T, nor did the agency keep records that could explain many of its decisions, the state inspector general’s office found.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
A brisk winter week with a chance for more snow this weekend
The next snowstorm is set to arrive Friday night into Saturday with a few inches forecast.

Both Healey and Wu say we need to tackle the region’s housing crisis. Here’s how that’s going.

The housing crisis has finally grabbed the attention of top elected officials such as Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and 2024 could prove a crucial year for efforts to dig out of the shortage.

Trump ramps up attacks against Nikki Haley in New Hampshire

The former president sprinkled a variety of jabs at Nikki Haley into a sprawling speech Tuesday, casting the former United Nations ambassador as “unelectable” and a beneficiary of Democratic support.
Trump continues to dominate New Hampshire, leading Haley by 16 points, new Globe/Suffolk/NBC-10 poll shows N.H. Republican primary tracking poll results

About 22 percent of voters in N.H. have never voted there before, study finds

Donald Trump warned to quiet down as sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll testifies at defamation trial

Taunton man identified as person struck and killed on Route 1 in Wrentham

The Great Divide

Dozens of Massachusetts districts have faced attempts to remove books from schools

Most of those challenges come from parents, records obtained by the Globe showed, and some parrot objections made in other states, which include summaries of passages they find objectionable.

Charts: See which Mass. districts have banned books, what books are most common targets of challenges

Ten Massachusetts districts removed or placed restrictions on books in their classrooms, curriculums and libraries in the last five years, according to data collected by the Boston Globe.

METCO students have better classroom, job outcomes than BPS peers, Tufts study finds

The study found that students are more likely to attend college, graduate from four-year schools, and earn more after graduation.
Across Massachusetts, outmoded methods of reading instruction leave students struggling

Tara Sullivan
With his father no longer Patriots coach, the question is: Should Steve Belichick stay or should he go?
He could leave his job and follow his father to his next football stop. Or he could remain on the staff of the only NFL employer he’s ever known.

Your view: Should Steve Belichick stay with the Patriots?

Tom Brady reflects on Bill Belichick’s impact during their time with Patriots

“We’re all better players for having him as our coach,” Brady said of Belichick.
Chad Finn: The Bill Belichick Era ends on a queasy note, but we’re grateful that we had it
KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

We don’t have a lot of babies in Mass. Here’s how that will impact the economy.

Who will consume goods and services? What happens when more and more of the population is over 50? And when older adults have fewer children to help them as they age?
college football

Tim Murphy, winningest football coach in Harvard history, retires after 30 seasons

Murphy, who grew up in Kingston, compiled a 200-89 record with the Crimson — including a 19-10 record in “The Game” vs. Yale.
MISS CONDUCT

Will my toddler granddaughter pick up her mom’s bad grammar habits?

Miss Conduct takes a deep dive into the rules of the English language.

‘The fish rots from the head’: Democrats, Republicans point fingers as Congress retreads same old battles

As the new election year kicks off, members of Congress are describing a sense of déjà vu as they retread the fights they’ve been having, in some cases, for the better part of a decade.

Watch Lexington native Rachel Dratch compete in ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ semifinals

The former "Saturday Night Live" star faced off against Mo Rocca and Heather McMahan Tuesday night.

‘I live in the best state.’ And yet, for many living in Mass., the state of the Commonwealth is a complicated one.

As Governor Maura Healey prepares to deliver her first State of the Commonwealth speech on Wednesday, residents offered a divided picture of the state’s trajectory.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Nikki Haley was right all along

Her careful, clever challenge may not succeed in the Republican primary, but it points the way to a post-Trump GOP.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Why are men so triggered by Taylor Swift?
EDITORIAL

Scrutinize private equity’s involvement in health care
JEFF JACOBY

The safest way to travel
ALAN WIRZBICKI

Students chart a vision for the T
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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

Kate, the Princess of Wales, hospitalized for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery

The Princess of Wales is expected to return to public duties after Easter, the palace said. The 42-year-old future queen was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.
King Charles III to undergo a ‘corrective procedure’ next week for an enlarged prostate

Tom Cruise to return to the cockpit for ‘Top Gun 3′
The third installment will reportedly reunite Cruise with "Maverick" costars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.

18-year-old arrested in connection with stabbing in Milford

Police have arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly stabbing a man in Milford on Wednesday, officials said.

Opening statements begin in retrial of man accused of killing Weymouth officer and 77-year-old woman

Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Tracey Cusick said Lopes was behaving rationally at the time of the killings; the defense asserts that Lopes was in the throes of a mental health episode.
2024 boston marathon

Two-time defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet returns to headline men’s pro field

The 35-year-old Kenyan will try to become the first man in 16 years — and just the fifth ever — to win the world’s oldest marathon three times in a row.

Child with Mass. ties who died in New Mexico suffered a head injury, police say

A mother's Massachusetts family had little information about why she ended up in New Mexico, and why her daughter died there.

Recommended reads

‘I support him no matter what’: Trump remains hugely popular among N.H. Republicans

A core group of supporters has powered his campaign through challenges that might have ended any other candidate’s career.
Ron DeSantis went all in on Iowa to finish a distant second to Trump. What is he going to do next?

John Fish and Stephen Weiner settle 2019 lawsuit over failed condo project
Neither side would discuss terms of the settlement, which concludes the four-year legal battle.

Attaching EV chargers to utility poles is cheap, easy — and illegal in Massachusetts
The state’s 2022 climate law outlawed a preferred method of juicing up electric cars.

Craig Breslow acknowledges that ‘it’s been a challenge’ to find starting pitching for the Red Sox
The team's new chief baseball officer said the cost in trades has been high because “starting pitching is highly, highly desirable.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Janet Jackson to play TD Garden this summer

‘In the Whale’ and ‘Inundation District’ tackle two separate horrors from the deep

Welcome to Winter Soup Club

James Taylor returning to Tanglewood for two shows in July

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

Steve Wessler

I have Alzheimer’s disease. This is what I need from you.
SCOT LEHIGH

Iowa deals Ron DeSantis a near-lethal blow and gives Nikki Haley a shot against a dominant Donald Trump
Gang Chen

I was wrongly charged under the DOJ’s failed China Initiative. A House bill would reinstate it.
Alex Beam

‘We are all plagiarists now’: What I learned from checking my own writing, and Bill Belichick’s
Roger J. Kreuz

Blurred lines: Universities need to define academic plagiarism — many don’t
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

RI BUSINESS

Dale Venturini, leading voice of R.I. restaurant and tourism industries, to retire

Heather Singleton, the hospitality association’s current chief operating officer, will serve as the interim president and CEO while the association’s executive committee oversees a search process to appoint a new leader.
RI SPORTS

Newport Pickleball, an 11-court indoor complex, to open this summer

The complex going in at the Island Cinemas location will include a restaurant, bar and event space. “Hopefully people embrace it as a full service community center,” said entrepreneur John Theberge.

Trump ramps up attacks against Nikki Haley in New Hampshire

The former president sprinkled a variety of jabs at Nikki Haley into a sprawling speech Tuesday, casting the former United Nations ambassador as “unelectable” and a beneficiary of Democratic support.

About 22 percent of voters in N.H. have never voted there before, study finds

The surge of new voters -- some of whom were too young to vote in 2020, others who moved New Hampshire since then -- add uncertainty to the outcome of the Jan. 23 presidential primary

Sports

live updates

‘I’m not trying to be Bill’: Jerod Mayo is introduced as the next Patriots coach. Watch and follow live updates.

Mayo will be the 15th coach in franchise history, and will be tasked with succeeding the legendary Bill Belichick. Mayo and team owner Robert Kraft are taking questions from reporters at noon.
2024 boston marathon

Two-time defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet returns to headline men’s pro field

The 35-year-old Kenyan will try to become the first man in 16 years — and just the fifth ever — to win the world’s oldest marathon three times in a row.
Patriots

Tom Brady reflects on Bill Belichick’s impact during their time with Patriots

“We’re all better players for having him as our coach,” Brady said of Belichick.
college football

Tim Murphy, winningest football coach in Harvard history, retires after 30 seasons
celtics at spurs | 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)

Spurs at Celtics: Lowly San Antonio — and phenom Victor Wembanyama — come to town
Tara Sullivan

With his father no longer Patriots coach, the question is: Should Steve Belichick stay or should he go?

Business

Both Healey and Wu say we need to tackle the region’s housing crisis. Here’s how that’s going.

The housing crisis has finally grabbed the attention of top elected officials such as Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and 2024 could prove a crucial year for efforts to dig out of the shortage.

Why your mortgage payment went up — and what you can do about it

Rising home values and insurance premiums have caused unusually dramatic increases for some homeowners in recent years. Here’s why and what you may be able to do about it if your payment has increased significantly.
ADDRESS

Home of the Week: Four-bedroom industrial chic condo is a work of art
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Bloomberg to fund new partnership between BPS’ Kennedy Academy for Health Careers and Mass General Brigham
magazine
LOVE LETTERS

I can’t help but compare his last relationship to ours
MISS CONDUCT

Will my toddler granddaughter pick up her mom’s bad grammar habits?
PERSPECTIVE

I’m a climate reporter trying to cut plastics out. But my kid wanted a Barbie Dreamhouse.
COOKING

Mexican-inspired dishes to chase away winter’s chill

metro

N.H. primary voters urged to write in ‘ceasefire’ to send Biden a message

METCO students have better classroom, job outcomes than BPS peers, Tufts study finds

Charts: See which Mass. districts have banned books, what books are most common targets of challenges

sports

This Red Sox outfield is built on belief

The Bill Belichick Era ends on a queasy note, but we’re grateful that we had it

Ons Jabeur and Caroline Wozniacki bounced from Australian Open in second round

business

Bloomberg to fund new partnership between BPS’ Kennedy Academy for Health Careers and Mass General Brigham

Definitive Healthcare CEO out after three rounds of layoffs

The Supreme Court takes up major challenges to the power of federal regulators

politics

Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine and US border deal

Trump ramps up attacks against Nikki Haley in New Hampshire

About 22 percent of voters in N.H. have never voted there before, study finds

Nation

Donald Trump warned to quiet down as sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll testifies at defamation trial

Biden urged to use obscure law to thwart Pacific Northwest pipeline expansion

An ice storm is bearing down on the Pacific Northwest as other US regions battle bitter cold

World

Hostages and residents in Gaza are set to receive medicines as Israel-Hamas war rages on

King Charles III to undergo a ‘corrective procedure’ next week for an enlarged prostate

Kate, the Princess of Wales, hospitalized for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery

opinion

Why are men so triggered by Taylor Swift?

Iowa deals Ron DeSantis a near-lethal blow and gives Nikki Haley a shot against a dominant Donald Trump

Karen Spilka wants to make community college free for all. That may not be a great idea.

lifestyle

Pharrell Williams’ sophomore collection at Louis Vuitton showcases Americana, Native American spirit

Photos: See Jennifer Coolidge, Ayo Edebiri, and more stars on the Emmys red carpet

Dating apps are terrible in college

food & dining

Dale Venturini, leading voice of R.I. restaurant and tourism industries, to retire

The Bluebird Bar is the B-Side, all grown up

Afternoon tea in Boston: a treat and a tradition

travel

A federal judge blocked $3.8 billion merger of Spirit and JetBlue. Here’s why that’s good news for consumers.

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.

Arts

Up close and presidential: The Griffin looks at official White House photographers and their history-documenting practice

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

Books

Charts: See which Mass. districts have banned books, what books are most common targets of challenges

Dozens of Massachusetts districts have faced attempts to remove books from schools

No home to phone in Marie-Helene Bertino’s ‘Beautyland’

Movies

Tom Cruise to return to the cockpit for ‘Top Gun 3′

‘In the Whale’ and ‘Inundation District’ tackle two separate horrors from the deep

‘Deep Sky’ takes Bostonians to deep space

Television

Watch Lexington native Rachel Dratch compete in ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ semifinals

Even with new twists, ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ remains a respite

Harvard graduate student, first active-duty Air Force officer wins Miss America title

music

Janet Jackson to play TD Garden this summer

Pianist and wolf advocate Hélène Grimaud chases ‘a sense of inevitability’

James Taylor returning to Tanglewood for two shows in July

Theater/Dance

Fighting for life, and trying to understand it, in Harbor Stage’s ‘Northside Hollow’

Apollinaire’s ‘Lunch Bunch’ could use a few more calories

As Company One launches its 25th season, its reputation for innovation is reaping rewards

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

Lev Rubinstein, Russian poet and political figure, dies at 76

Shih Ming-teh, Taiwan activist who pushed for democracy, dies at 83

Former NFL quarterback Norm Snead dies at age 84