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Nabil and Sungida with their newborn daughter, Otindria, the morning of her birth.

Steward’s medical devices were repossessed. Weeks later, a new mother died.

Some patients of the nine-hospital system say they have struggled to access care, with doctors blaming Steward's financial problems as the cause.

At the only active hospital left in Brockton, patients fear Steward financial crisis could spell more trouble Tell us: Have you or a loved one been affected by Steward Health Care’s financial challenges?

More rain will cross New England Thursday night into early Friday.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

‘Strong probability’ of accumulating snow this weekend

It’s been an incredible pattern of storminess so far this winter as rounds of precipitation soak New England.

Weather look-ahead: 5 things to know through the weekend

GLOBE MAGAZINE

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.
Flagg’s rise has been accompanied by two recurring questions: How good is he really? And how did this happen?

New Patriots coach Jerod Mayo recently addressed team spending and draft philosophy.

ben volin | on football

If Jerod Mayo means what he says, Patriots fans should be concerned about the future

A couple of statements by the new coach indicated that the Patriots might not have learned anything from recent mistakes.

Falcons, who interviewed Bill Belichick, reportedly hiring Rams DC Raheem Morris as head coach Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte arrested in Louisiana on illegal gambling charges

State law requires that Newton Public Schools make up for the days missed during the teacher strike.

Newton teachers remain on strike. How do students make up the missed school days?

As the Newton strike drags on, what will it mean for students? Families may not welcome the answer.

A wave of kids and preteens are frequenting retail stores like Sephora and Ulta in search of expensive skincare products.

‘Skincare kids’ are everywhere right now. Should parents be concerned?

“There’s no problem with kids taking care of their skin,” said one Rhode Island dermatologist. “It becomes a problem when they feel that they need an expensive, multi-step skincare regimen.”

MATTHEW GILBERT

From ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘Succession’: Ranking the 10 best HBO drama series

For more than a quarter-century, the cable channel has set a standard of excellence for longform storytelling. These are the 10 shows that rise to the very top.

Donald Trump testifies for less than 3 minutes in defamation trial and is rebuked by judge

Former president Donald Trump has testified for a total of less than three minutes at a New York trial where an advice columnist seeks over $10 million in defamation damages against him.

Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets 4-month sentence for defying House Jan. 6 subpoena

Naomi Biden, daughter of Hunter Biden, calls out Fox News host for ‘ugly’ remarks about family

The president’s granddaughter, Naomi Biden, called out Fox News host Jesse Watters late Wednesday for “ugly” remarks he made about her family during a segment on border security. “This crosses the line,” she wrote on social media.

The William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., in 2016. The state is planning to execute Kenneth Smith at the prison with a method that has never been tried before, nitrogen hypoxia.

Alabama prepares to carry out the first US execution by nitrogen gas

Can Healey’s budget proposal ease the health and social services staffing crisis in Mass.?

Mental health services also got a boost, but a home care program is facing cuts that worry advocates for the disabled.

‘Turtleboy’ blogger seeking evidence of accuser’s possible impairment in domestic assault case, court filing says
Aidan Kearney, who’s charged with domestic assault and battery of a former girlfriend, wants discovery evidence in the case and details on anything investigators may have offered in exchange for her cooperation, legal filings show.

The Engaging Heaven church collapsed on Thursday in New London.

Church collapses in New London, Conn., no injuries reported, officials say

Plymouth firefighter charged with secretly videotaping former girlfriend, sharing image

WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks to an audience during a WWE fan appreciation event, Oct. 30, 2010, in Hartford, Conn. A former WWE employee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, accusing McMahon and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct.

Former WWE employee files sex abuse lawsuit against the company and Vince McMahon

Teacher at Saugus Middle High School arrested on drug charge after ‘suspicious substance’ found in faculty bathroom, police say

3,466 confirmed cases and 34 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

A worker looks out the window as smoke pours out of the Saugus waste-to-energy incinerator.

‘Long overdue’: As seas rise on Massachusetts’ North Shore, advocates call for closure of coastal ash landfill

Environmentalists view 2024 as a critical last push to finally achieve the closure of the WIN Waste Innovations Saugus waste-to-energy ash landfill. As sea levels rise, advocates say industrial facilities on Massachusetts’ coastline are at an increased risk of flooding.

Governor Maura Healey spoke at the State House earlier this week. On Thursday, she filed an executive order to ensure most state government job listings do not include degree requirements.

Governor Healey drops degree requirements from most state job listings

Healey made the announcement at a business event in Newton, with the aim of spurring private-sector employers to follow her lead.

Music teacher Michael Coelho conducts the orchestra during a rehearsal at Ipswich High School in Ipswich Thursday.

Ipswich ‘instructor in life’ and music scores Grammy nomination for second time

Michael Coelho, a Fall River native who teaches in the Ipswich Public Schools, was the only New Englander to reach the final round for the Grammy Music Educator of the Year Award.

Opinion

Icicles hung from an electric vehicle parked at a charging station in Oregon on Jan. 17.

IDEAS | MICHELINE MAYNARD

Broken chargers, frozen cars: The EV market is getting crushed

It’s not clear automakers really had their hearts in the EV revolution.

Can Donald Trump control his inner caveman?

High-potency marijuana carries health risks

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Deepfake political messaging is light-years ahead of the law. It’s past time to change that.

IDEAS | HOWARD AXELROD

College students’ fastest-vanishing freedom? Curiosity.

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Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year ceremony delayed due to ‘unforeseen conflicts’
This year’s roast and parade through Harvard Square will now take place at a later date, according to a Hasty Pudding Theatricals spokesperson.

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump signals opposition
A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid faced potential collapse as Senate Republicans grew increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that Donald Trump seems likely to oppose.

Chinese national convicted of cyberstalking fellow Berklee College of Music student who advocated for democracy in China
A federal jury in Boston on Thursday convicted a Chinese national of cyberstalking and threatening a fellow Berklee College of Music student in 2022 who also hails from China and who had angered the defendant by posting a flier near campus calling for freedom and democracy in their home country, officials said.

After coach’s ‘naked fat tests,’ US Attorney says North Kingstown schools fixed sexual harassment reporting, training
Where a popular coach once conducted ‘naked fat tests’ for years, the school district under new leadership has taken steps to address its failures, and ensure that sexual harassment complaints are investigated appropriately, the US Attorney’s Office said.

men's college hockey notebook

This weekend marks the first time Boston University and Boston College meet as the top-ranked men’s college hockey teams
The teams enter with 16-4-1 records, with the Terriers holding down the top spot in the national polls, as well as the PairWise.

An Olympic dream falters amid track’s shifting rules
Maximila Imali, a top Kenyan sprinter, did not lose her eligibility to compete in the Paris Olympics because she cheated. She did not fail a doping test. She broke no rules.

Recommended reads

Donald Trump signs next to Nikki Haley signs outside of Milford High School in New Hampshire.

N.H. is a swing state. So what did the primary results tell us about the general election?

Exit polls, broader surveys of the electorate, and interviews with New Hampshire voters show that this purple state — and its four electoral votes — could be challenging for Donald Trump to carry.

Maps: Breaking down the results of the New Hampshire primary, town-by-town How many write-in votes did President Biden get in the N.H. primary?

THE FINE PRINT

$Al Norman is pictured near Stephen Woodbridge’s former Greenfield property Wednesday. Norman is a community activist fighting against so-called "home equity theft," when municipalities take all the home equity in a house where the back taxes are only a fraction of the property's value.$

‘Home equity theft’ in Massachusetts is the focus of federal lawsuit
A pending lawsuit may go a long way in deciding whether the US constitution prohibits municipalities in Massachusetts from confiscating homeowner equity in tax foreclosure cases.

Odie Henderson review | ★★★½

Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor are equal allies in ‘Origin’ vision
Ellis-Taylor plays “Caste” author Isabel Wilkerson in this ambitious attempt to imagine the creative process.

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‘All the hallmarks of a political hit job’: Historian explains how Claudine Gay became a conservative target
Nancy MacLean, who studies conservative social movements, says that the unceremonious departure of the Harvard president is part of a longstanding, well-funded campaign to overhaul higher education.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jeffrey Wright arrived at the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. The actor recently took to social media to reminisce about his days at Amherst College.

Amherst is ‘where it all began’ for Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright

Simone Zimmerman holds up American and Israeli flags she made when she was a child at a Jewish day school in Los Angeles.

‘Students do not like being censored’: ‘Israelism,’ a new doc with New England roots, is film flashpoint

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Scenes from a career: Remembering Norman Jewison

Callum Turner (left) and Austin Butler in "Masters of the Air." The nine-part Apple TV+ series, a companion to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific," premieres Friday.

A mission (mostly) accomplished in ‘Masters of the Air’

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

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.

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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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A woman held up a flag during a Donald Trump campaign rally at the Rochester Opera House on Jan. 21, in Rochester, N.H. In an independent survey, 70 percent of "elites" surveyed expressed confidence that government officials will do the right thing most of the time, while less than 25 percent of the general public has that kind of trust.

America’s elites live in a world of their own

Governor Maura Healey last week proposed legislation that would lead to tax hikes estimated to cost more than $150 million a year.

Read Maura Healey’s lips: No new taxes. Except...

Nikki Haley arrives to speak to supporters at a primary election night rally in Concord, N.H., on Jan. 23.

Nikki Haley and the mean boys of the GOP

A fishing boat headed out to sea from the Gloucester harbor in April 2020.

Something’s fishy about the new conservative attack on federal regulators

Migrants were taken into custody by officials at the US-Mexico border, Jan. 3, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

MARCELA GARCÍA

What has Biden gotten right and wrong on immigration?

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

At the only active hospital left in Brockton, patients fear Steward financial crisis could spell more trouble

Good Samaritan Medical Center is one of nine Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care, a for-profit system in grave financial distress.

Can Healey’s budget proposal ease the health and social services staffing crisis in Mass.?

Mental health services also got a boost, but a home care program is facing cuts that worry advocates for the disabled.

The ocean surged several feet at Greenhead Lobsters in Stonington, Maine

At Greenhead Lobsters in Stonington, Maine, the ocean surged several feet in what seemed like a matter of seconds. (Courtesy of Greenhead Lobsters)

Bill Hayes, longtime star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dies at 98

Actor and singer Bill Hayes appeared in 2,141 episodes of “Days of Our Lives” over 5 1/2 decades, and had a top-selling 1955 single, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” that remains seared into the memories of the baby boom generation.

Sports

Top-ranked Boston University is looking to send a message against No. 2 Boston College in a pair of games this weekend.

men's college hockey notebook

This weekend marks the first time Boston University and Boston College meet as the top-ranked men’s college hockey teams

The teams enter with 16-4-1 records, with the Terriers holding down the top spot in the national polls, as well as the PairWise.

Maximila Imali, a silver medalist at the 2022 African championships, at a training session in Nairobi, Kenya on Jan. 19, 2024. She is set to miss this year’s Summer Games because she was born with a rare genetic variant that results in naturally elevated levels of testosterone.

An Olympic dream falters amid track’s shifting rules

Maximila Imali, a top Kenyan sprinter, did not lose her eligibility to compete in the Paris Olympics because she cheated. She did not fail a doping test. She broke no rules.

The Falcons are hiring Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as their next head coach.

Falcons reportedly will hire Raheem Morris as coach — so where does that leave Bill Belichick?

Belichick had two interviews with the Falcons, but they will go with the Rams defensive coordinator, according to reports.

PWHL Boston well represented on US roster for upcoming Rivalry Series vs. Canada

Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte arrested in Louisiana on illegal gambling charges

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Hingham and Wellesley earn top seeds for Ed Burns Coffee Cup boys’ hockey tournament

Business

At the only active hospital left in Brockton, patients fear Steward financial crisis could spell more trouble

Good Samaritan Medical Center is one of nine Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care, a for-profit system in grave financial distress.

State panel calls for further review of proposed Dana-Farber, Beth Israel partnership

By a unanimous voice vote, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission elected to proceed with a cost and market impact review for the planned partnership, keeping the affiliation and a proposed 300-bed hospital on ice for now.

US economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, pointing to continued resilience

Governor Healey drops degree requirements from most state job listings

magazine

Cooper Flagg, a 6-foot-9 basketball player from Maine, turned 17 in December and will not play his first minute of college basketball for months. But he's already captured attention from the basketball world, including NBA stars Jayson Tatum and LeBron James.

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.

‘Death doulas’ and the audacious act of dying well in America

My friend’s driving terrifies me. Get me out of the passenger seat!

If Minnesota can redesign a problematic state seal in 3 months, why can’t Massachusetts?

metro

The Lumina Light Festival in downtown Providence continues through Feb. 20.

Best things to do in Rhode Island: Jan. 26-Feb. 2

‘Skincare kids’ are everywhere right now. Should parents be concerned?

Text Globe Weather HQ during extreme weather events

sports

Derrick White finished seventh among Eastern Conference guards in the third return of the All-Star fan vote, which was released last week.

Kane’s joins the Derrick White All-Star push by naming a doughnut after him

EMass boys’ hockey: Riding an 11-game win streak, St. John’s still No. 1 in Globe Top 20

EMass boys’ hockey: Piling up the points, Sandwich’s Chris Cardillo headlines Players of the Week

business

Turbines of Block Island Wind Farm operate in 2023 off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. Danish energy company Orsted announced it agreed to buy out Eversource’s stake in Sunrise Wind.

Orsted buys out Eversource’s stake in Sunrise

US applications for jobless benefits rise, but layoffs remain at historically low levels

Arnold Worldwide, Havas Media to move into former GE headquarters in Fort Point

politics

Senator Chris Murphy the Democrats' chief negotiator on the border security talks, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump signals opposition

Biden returns to deteriorating bridge to tout achievements

It’s Boom Times for Obamacare. Will They Last?

Nation

In this courtroom sketch, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, Donald Trump, testifies in Federal Court, as Judge Lewis Kaplan, left, listens, in New York.

Donald Trump testifies for less than 3 minutes in defamation trial and is rebuked by judge

Alabama prepares to carry out the first US execution by nitrogen gas

Former WWE employee files sex abuse lawsuit against the company and Vince McMahon

World

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron (left) sat with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington last month. The UK is pushing its ally to stand firm with Ukraine and against President Vladimir Putin amid fears that Russia poses an existential threat to Europe.

Britain is lobbying US Republicans on Ukraine. Here’s why.

Will a new monument for those enslaved by France heal or divide?

US, sensing opportunity, makes new push for Gaza cease-fire

opinion

Former president Donald Trump at his primary night watch party in New Hampshire on Jan. 23.

Trump goes full grump in N.H. primary victory speech

Read Maura Healey’s lips: No new taxes. Except...

A discount for the right skin color

lifestyle

The first faux option is to go electric.

How to fake a fireplace

I feel angry, sad, embarrassed, betrayed …

Dorchester’s ‘Renovation Husbands’ are in a home design ‘Battle on the Mountain’ on HGTV

food & dining

Blue Ribbon Brasserie, which has opened in the former Eastern Standard space.

At Blue Ribbon Brasserie, a New York name makes a play for Kenmore Square

Old Wives Tale will bring oceanic drinks to the Encore; get Botox with your brunch in the Back Bay

The James Beard 2024 restaurant and chef award semifinalists list is out. Here are the region’s nominees.

travel

The Four Seasons Hotel Boston has launched its new Winter Enchantment Suite package and Very Important Kids (VIK) experience for young visitors. Children receive a golden “kids-only” key (pictured here) that opens a toy closet tucked behind a secret door. The stay also includes a hotel-wide scavenger hunt.

A Very Important Kid experience, an epic cruise around Africa, and an alpaca travel blanket

Jeffrey T. Kelly on playing the villain, loving ‘Ted Lasso,’ and the joy of a smooth-wheeled suitcase

Help, my bed & breakfast doesn’t have a bathroom!

Arts

From left: William Matthew Prior, "Nancy Lawson, Boston," 1843. Shelburne Museum, Vermont, museum purchase, acquired from Maxim Karolik; William Matthew Prior, "William Lawson, Boston," 1843. Shelburne Museum, Vermont, museum purchase, acquired from Maxim Karolik.

An underappreciated American art form conjures history from the void

At MoMA, An-My Lê's photos show the presence, and continuing power, of the past

Carl Andre, austerely minimalist sculptor, is dead at 88

Books

Allen Guelzo, author of "Our Ancient Faith."

For those depressed by current politics, Allen Guelzo’s ‘Our Ancient Faith’ provides hope based in history

My tenants tormented me. I found relief in a story about a woman tormented by her tenants

Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 21

Movies

Herbert "Cowboy" Coward participated in the "Hillbilly Blood" portion of the Discovery 2014 Summer TCA in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Herbert Coward, known for ‘Toothless Man’ role in ‘Deliverance,’ dies in North Carolina highway crash

Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor are equal allies in ‘Origin’ vision

‘Students do not like being censored’: ‘Israelism,’ a new doc with New England roots, is film flashpoint

Television

From ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘Succession’: Ranking the 10 best HBO drama series

‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ adaptation arrives in May on Peacock

A mission (mostly) accomplished in ‘Masters of the Air’

music

Music teacher Michael Coelho conducts the orchestra during a rehearsal at Ipswich High School in Ipswich Thursday.

Ipswich ‘instructor in life’ and music scores Grammy nomination for second time

BSO president Chad Smith and music director Andris Nelsons give glimpse into new era for the orchestra

How ‘Saltburn’ — and Barry Keoghan’s nude dance — resurrected a 23-year-old song and turned it into an American hit

Theater/Dance

Jim Ortlieb is the maestro of "Stand Up If You're Here Tonight" at the Huntington's Maso Studio.

‘Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight’ defies definition, and that’s a very good thing

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter ponders ‘The Existence of God,’ and the existence of hope

At Central Square, a play that explores a tricky father-son-robot relationship

Health

Rhode Island Hospital, the state's largest hospital, in Providence.

After years of deferring investments, R.I.’s largest hospital owner is planning $3.5b in new improvements

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

Obituaries

Bill Hayes, left, and his co-star and wife Susan Seaforth Hayes accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2018.

Bill Hayes, longtime star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dies at 98

Herbert Coward, known for ‘Toothless Man’ role in ‘Deliverance,’ dies in North Carolina highway crash

Lance Larson, swimmer who lost Olympic gold in historic dispute, dies at 83