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‘He loved and cared about everyone’: Expert hiker who died in N.H. snowstorm recalled by family, friends

Christopher Roma, 37, an experienced hiker and professional trail guide widely known in the outdoors community, set off around 4 a.m. Tuesday on the Lincoln Woods Trail, a path he’d taken countless times. He didn't return.
Hiker, 37, dies in White Mountains of N.H. amid high winds, frigid temperatures
The New Hampshire Primary

How the New Hampshire primary became a two-person race — and never-Trumpers’ last, best hope
Once undecided, voters like these have effectively whittled a crowded GOP field into a two-person race, and cranked the stakes here as high as in any first-in-the-nation primary in recent memory.

Mayor Michelle Wu, Representative Annie Kuster campaign for Biden in New Hampshire

‘That’s a lie’: Nikki Haley sharpens attacks on Trump in final days of N.H. primary

Trump confuses Haley and Pelosi, accusing rival of Jan. 6 lapse

Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race.

They were arrested at a pro-Palestinian sit-in. Now, three UMass students aren’t allowed to study abroad.
The students say they’re being treated unfairly because of their political views. The university says it’s just standard procedure.

Jacob Elordi talks about filming ‘Saltburn,’ takes audience questions, and confirms ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Elvis is the best Elvis on ‘Saturday Night Live’

“SNL” on Jan. 21 was hosted by “Saltburn” actor Jacob Elordi and “Mean Girls” star Reneé Rapp was the musical guest.
STAT Investigation

Dana-Farber cancer researchers moving to retract one paper, correct others in broad investigation of manipulated data

The investigation, which can be read in full on statnews.com, includes scores of papers authored by four top Dana Farber scientists, including CEO Laurie Glimcher.

‘Being on strike absolutely pains me’: Newton teachers, School Committee unable to reach deal

The two sides resumed negotiations with the help of a mediator Saturday morning and were at the table all day.

Wilbraham police officer shot; SWAT team takes man into custody after hours barricaded in home, official says

A Wilbraham police officer was shot in an exchange of gunfire while responding to a call at a home Saturday night, and a State Police SWAT team later took the suspected shooter into custody after he was barricaded inside the home for hours, an official said.

Steward Health Care’s financial issues could spell catastrophe for the state
The fast-moving crisis has left regulators racing to prevent the massive layoffs and erosion of care that could come if hospital services were to suddenly cease.

Here’s what to do if you’re worried your health care practice might close

Those around Women’s Beanpot thrilled with title game to be played at TD Garden
Getting the women onto the same ice the men have played on since 1954 is an important step toward equity.

Bitter cold weather grips Massachusetts, amid warnings about dangerous windchills

A windchill advisory is expected to remain in place until late Sunday morning, when temperatures could fall to 18 degrees below zero in Western Massachusetts. And Boston will be icy cold as well.
Dave Epstein: A cold weekend, and then warmer days are around the corner

Three hikers, including 2 from Mass., rescued from Mount Monadnock during extreme cold

Multiple people seriously injured after four-vehicle crash on Route 110 in Dracut, officials say

Former Martha’s Vineyard fire chief arrested for allegedly recording sex act without consent

Adam Harrison, a son of ‘Pawn Stars’ celebrity Rick Harrison, has died in Las Vegas at age 39

Archdiocese of Boston lowers confirmation age from 10th grade to eighth

BRUINS 9, CANADIENS 4

Bruins honor their past, and delight in the present with another thrashing of the Canadiens

The Bruins hung nine goals on their longtime bogeymen for the first time since October 1998 — and for just the second time ever in Boston — and moved to 12-0-1 in their last 13 meetings with the Habs.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Tenants facing eviction need legal representation. Let’s give it to them.

So many parts of this state’s crippling housing crisis seem impossible to solve. Here’s something that works, and we can do right now.
WINTER ARTS GUIDE

10 new TV shows to watch when you need to chill out this winter

Kate Winslet, Donald Glover, Nicole Kidman, and Kristen Wiig bring star power to new series debuting in the weeks ahead, including “The Regime,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Expats,” and “Palm Royale.”
More from the Globe's Winter Arts guide
Opinion
EDITORIAL

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Independents can vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. On Tuesday, they should help anti-Trump Republicans defeat the former president as he seeks the nomination again.
RENÉE GRAHAM

To distinguish herself from Trump, Haley needs to renounce racism instead of denying its existence

IDEAS | Reiko Hillyer

Healey’s plan for clemency is courageous, but it once would have been unremarkable
JEFF JACOBY

A pandemic mea culpa from Francis Collins
LETTERS

‘A last indignity’ at Fernald: records strewn about crumbling site
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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.

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patriots
Bill Belichick built a dynasty here, and did it his way
His 24-year reign with the Patriots will be remembered for an uncompromising approach, occasional controversy, and six Super Bowl triumphs.

Lots of veteran quarterback choices will be available for new-look Falcons

Complaint asks state watchdog to probe Boston police captain, internal affairs process after new video surfaces
A complaint filed with the POST Commission says surveillance video discredits Captain John Danilecki's assertion that he ripped apart a sign from "a looter," not a protester.

ON WOMEN'S HOCKEY
These Bay State natives were a Magnificent Seven for the gold-winning US at the U18 Women’s World Championship
"It’s nice to see that girls from Massachusetts are successful at this level. I don’t think this many girls from the state have ever made the team.” — Westford native Kassidy Carmichael, who scored twice in the third period of a 5-1 win over Czechia in the gold medal game.

Man arrested on charges of selling drugs at West Roxbury convenience store
A man was arrested at Familia Grocery in West Roxbury Friday after a community complaint started an investigation into the illegal distribution of drugs from the convenience store.

Lakeville man, 73, charged with OUI, vehicular homicide following fatal multi-vehicle crash
David Delorenzo is facing a half-dozen charges, including motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence of liquor causing serious bodily injury, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, Lakeville police said.

Three teens arrested after investigation into Roxbury armed robbery, officials say
Sonai Lattimore, 18 of Worcester, Hayden Vital-St. Louis, 18 of Dorchester, and a 17-year-old girl from Dorchester were arrested and charged Thursday in connection to an armed robbery in Roxbury.

Recommended reads

Commentary | Beth Teitell

Is it fair for Dunkin’ to charge more for vegan milk? A class action lawsuit by the lactose intolerant says no.

Plaintiffs allege that Dunkin' charges as much as $2.15 extra for almond or oat milk. But people need their oat milk lattes.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Boston’s most expensive hotel is now open. Is it worth the steep nightly rate?
Luxury chain Raffles offers a room with a view and a butler. We checked in and checked it out. Here's what it's like.

Amid Harvard’s attempts to restore calm, new details emerge on university’s review of plagiarism allegations against Claudine Gay
Interim Harvard president Alan Garber announced steps aimed at bringing peace to a campus that has been roiled for months by protests and disputes over bigotry and the Israel-Hamas war.

Bill Iffrig, runner in iconic Marathon bombing photo, dies at 89
"I felt myself falling to the pavement," Mr. Iffrig said of the moments after the first bomb exploded. "As I fell I thought, ‘This might be it. This will be the end of me.’ "

Culture & Lifestyle

Personal fact and epic fiction merge in Elizabeth Gonzalez James’s border-spanning tale of robbery, family, and redemption

In ‘Trouble in Mind,’ a Black actress is done compromising

Welcome to Winter Soup Club

New ‘micro wedding’ spot in Somerville’s Bow Market offers an alternative to City Hall

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

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 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

SCOT LEHIGH

Haley calls out Trump’s ‘temper tantrums’ but will NH voters put him in time out?
IDEAS | PAUL LEWIS

Hamlet, Prince of Pickleball
Rachelle G. Cohen

Tufts prison initiative gives grads the gift of hope
MARCELA GARCÍA

Blame the victim: Immigrant faces charges in death of Florida policeman
Nathaniel Manderson

Democrats, let me (re)introduce you to the working class
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

EDITORIAL

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Independents can vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. On Tuesday, they should help anti-Trump Republicans defeat the former president as he seeks the nomination again.

‘He loved and cared about everyone’: Expert hiker who died in N.H. snowstorm recalled by family, friends

Christopher Roma, 37, an experienced hiker and professional trail guide widely known in the outdoors community, set off around 4 a.m. Tuesday on the Lincoln Woods Trail, a path he’d taken countless times. He didn't return.

‘Being on strike absolutely pains me’: Newton teachers, School Committee unable to reach deal

The two sides resumed negotiations with the help of a mediator Saturday morning and were at the table all day.

Three hikers, including 2 from Mass., rescued from Mount Monadnock during extreme cold

Sirin O’Connor, 63, and Somjak Weerapit, 50, both of Quincy, Mass., and Phromthep Khankaew, 37, of Thailand, did not have warm clothing or lights to guide them, officials said.

Sports

Tara Sullivan

Those around Women’s Beanpot thrilled with title game to be played at TD Garden

Getting the women onto the same ice the men have played on since 1954 is an important step toward equity.
49ERS 24, PACKERS 21

49ers rally past upset-minded Packers in fourth quarter to reach NFC Championship game

After a field goal closed the gap on Green Bay, Christian McCaffrey's 6-yard touchdown run with 1:07 remaining provided the winning points for San Francisco.
UCONN 66, VILLANOVA 65

UConn slips past former Big East behemoth Villanova for second win since moving to No. 1

The Huskies (17-2) have won seven straight games and won’t play against a ranked team — as of this week’s poll — until Feb. 17 against No. 17 Marquette.
BRUINS 9, CANADIENS 4

Bruins honor their past, and delight in the present with another thrashing of the Canadiens
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

Mike Whalen seals the deal for host Natick in super-quad sweep of Andover, Walpole, Whittier, and Catholic Memorial
NFL

Bill Belichick has more competition for the Falcons’ head coaching job

Business

STAT Investigation

Dana-Farber cancer researchers moving to retract one paper, correct others in broad investigation of manipulated data

The investigation, which can be read in full on statnews.com, includes scores of papers authored by four top Dana Farber scientists, including CEO Laurie Glimcher.

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines say they will appeal a judge’s ruling that blocked their merger

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines said they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling this week that blocked their plan to combine into a single carrier.
THE FINE PRINT

If your car is towed, it’s about to cost you a lot more to get it back
RI SPORTS

‘The community seems hungry for soccer’: Rhode Island FC steps onto the pitch
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Globe Magazine

The body positivity movement told us to love ourselves. Then came Ozempic.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

‘Don’t let grief dominate’: 9 Alzheimer’s experts on supporting a loved one

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I think at our ages we’ve both “been there, done that”’
PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

Bitter cold weather grips Massachusetts, amid warnings about dangerous windchills

Mayor Michelle Wu, Representative Annie Kuster campaign for Biden in New Hampshire

How the New Hampshire primary became a two-person race — and never-Trumpers’ last, best hope

sports

Acton-Boxborough boys, Franklin and Newton North girls reign in MSTCA Division 1 state track relays

Lamar Jackson throws for two TDs, runs for two more as Ravens eliminate Texans from AFC bracket

Randy Burridge reminisces, relishes Bruins’ hatred of the Canadiens

business

Seaport Hotel workers vote to unionize

Wall Street hits record high following a 2-year round trip scarred by inflation

Sports Illustrated layoffs are the latest blow in brutal month for media outlets

politics

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Biden advisers brainstorm best policy pitch to halt Trump’s rise

Haley ‘absolutely’ could win New Hampshire primary, state GOP chairman says

Nation

AI could flag patients’ dangerous alcohol use before surgery

Pet dog helps rescue owner who fell into frozen Michigan lake

Virginia lawmakers rebuke State Dept. for not paying group that helped Afghans

World

North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date

As missiles strike, a radio station broadcasts the rage of a battered city

Israel’s Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden

opinion

Blame the victim: Immigrant faces charges in death of Florida policeman

Democrats, let me (re)introduce you to the working class

Healey puts her housing bill front and center

lifestyle

I was blindsided by the marriage proposal

‘Joy of missing out,’ or JOMO, is all the rage. But we wouldn’t be so giddy if we could just manage our time in the first place.

Gisele Bündchen gets ‘pushback’ from kids for parenting differently than Tom Brady

food & dining

Ranch-flavored lip balm was an April Fool’s joke. Now it’s sold out.

Smuttynose to buy Wachusett Brewing Co.

Hook + Line, an indie fish house in the Seaport, is just what the area needs

travel

Boston’s most expensive hotel is now open. Is it worth the steep nightly rate?

How to spend a romantic weekend in Portland, Maine

Michael Bobbitt and the beauty of ‘do nothing’ days

Arts

10 compelling art shows to wander through this winter

A homecoming for Roxbury’s trailblazing artist Lorraine O’Grady

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

Books

An experimental biography focuses on Charles Darwin’s grandfather

In Kaveh Akbar’s ‘Martyr!’ a poet seeks faith amid the senselessness of death, and life

Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 14

Movies

Ariana DeBose stars in ‘I.S.S.,’ a space odyssey set aboard the International Space Station

‘Freaky Tales,’ Kristen Stewart and Christopher Nolan help kick off Sundance Film Festival

‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ lead the race for Britain’s BAFTA film awards

Television

Jacob Elordi talks about filming ‘Saltburn,’ takes audience questions, and confirms ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Elvis is the best Elvis on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Mark Ruffalo to star in HBO crime drama ‘Task,’ set in the ‘same universe’ as ‘Mare of Easttown’

Tom Brady teams up with Vince Vaughn, Wayne Gretzky for new Super Bowl ad

music

Biss not to miss: Inquisitive pianist turns focus to Schubert

Max Roach’s centennial brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to town to celebrate a legend

10 classical events to count on this season

Theater/Dance

In ‘Trouble in Mind,’ a Black actress is done compromising

10 standout shows for theater audiences this winter

‘Moulin Rouge!’ is nothing to shout about

Health

Dana-Farber cancer researchers moving to retract one paper, correct others in broad investigation of manipulated data

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

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

Obituaries

Robert Rosenthal, who linked subtle cues to behavior, dies at 90

Tanya Berezin, behind-the-scenes off-Broadway force, dies at 82

Bill Iffrig, runner in iconic Marathon bombing photo, dies at 89