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Shelter for migrant families in Roxbury sparks mixed reactions
The Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex will begin serving as a temporary overflow shelter for families starting on Wednesday, with space to hold up to 400 people.

Healey to open overflow shelter for migrant families at Roxbury recreational center

Mayor Michelle Wu discusses migrant influx with US Homeland Security officials

‘I’m actually angry right now’: Newton striking teachers speak out from the picket line
Behind each handmade sign, and every echoing chant, is an individual, with their own reasons for teaching — and for joining the longest teachers strike in recent Massachusetts history.

Newton schools to remain closed Wednesday as teacher strike persists

Striking Newton teachers are breaking the law. Here’s what could happen to them.

‘There’s just a lot of vilification going on’: The teachers strike is divisive — and tearing Newton apart

Internal emails shed light on R.I’.s response to critical failure of Washington Bridge
RIDOT deputy chief engineer Keith Gaulin noted the failure may have previously existed.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 129, PACERS 124

It wasn’t pretty, and that’s exactly the kind of games the Celtics are going to have to win moving forward
A day after grinding out a win over the Pelicans, the Celtics found themselves again in a situation where attractive had to be replaced by gritty.

Celtics look hot, then not, but find a way to win finale — for now — with the pesky Pacers

Maine Governor Janet Mills pledges $5 million for fund to pay costs for victims of Lewiston mass shooting

Gary Cederquist, who prosecutors say was in charge of the State Police commercial driver’s licensing unit, after appearing in US District Court in Boston.

Bribes in trooper license scheme included snow blower, bottled water, a new driveway, prosecutors say

Four current and former State Police troopers and two civilians are accused of accepting bribes to give some applicants passing scores on commercial driving license tests, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

The headquarters of the Massachusetts State Police

ADRIAN WALKER

State Police indictments for dumb and corrupt behavior are on-brand

You’d like to think that public officials on the take would have some standards about what is worth risking one’s career over.

As fury with Harvard grows, aggrieved students and alums look for new ways to change university’s course
A top donor has stopped giving. Palestinian students are pushing for a federal investigation. And angry alums are trying to elbow their way onto a key oversight board.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Why the latest MAGA conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift, the Super Bowl, and the 2024 presidential election matters
The urge to dismiss this latest conspiracy theory as nonsense is understandable. But the threat of disinformation is very real.

Innovation Beat: Taylor Swift image controversy fuels push to ban ‘deep fakes’ Beth Teitell: Is Taylor Swift going to the Super Bowl? Or is the Super Bowl going to Taylor?

Luke Getsy spent the last two season as the Bears' offensive coordinator.

Updating the Patriots’ search for an offensive coordinator

Nick Caley and Luke Getsy are the two known candidates to have interviewed in-person.

Tom Brady backs Jerod Mayo, talks Belichick and broadcasting on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’

Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

2024 Grammys Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday’s award show.

The 66th annual Grammy Awards are on Sunday, airing live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on CBS and Paramount+. So, what can viewers expect?

The apartment building was seriously damaged in the fire, but "The Barn," shown on the left of the photo, appears unscathed.

Aerosmith fans recall ‘The Barn’ that survived 5-alarm fire in Sunapee, N.H.

The Barn on Prospect Hill Road is where Aerosmith got its start before heading south to Massachusetts, where they became the legendary “Bad Boys from Boston.”

Scrappy forward Danton Heinen is 9-9—18 through 41 games this season.

Who are the Bruins’ biggest surprises in the first half?

Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, and Danton Heinen are among the players who have exceeded expectations.

Opinion

Donald Trump tossed a pen as he addressed members of the press during a campaign stop in Londonderry, N.H., on Jan. 23.

SCOT LEHIGH

Trump’s mysterious force of accomplishment

Many credit him with unbelievable power and influence.

EDITORIAL

Newton teachers should end illegal strike

Don Siegel and Jerome Weinstein

How to get Newton teachers back to work

JEFF JACOBY

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LETTERS

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Right whale found dead off Martha’s Vineyard to undergo necropsy Thursday
The body of the North Atlantic right whale found off Martha’s Vineyard is scheduled to be towed in from the water Wednesday so experts can determine what caused its death, officials said.

Girl, 15, charged with stabbing 14-year-old student at Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester
Police on Tuesday arrested a 15-year-old girl at Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester for allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old girl, officials said.

Judge rules that Turtleboy communications with lawyer cannot be monitored by special prosecutor
“Monitoring privileged communications may substantially interfere with the attorney-client relationship and substantially prejudice Kearney," Norfolk Superior Court Judge Debra Squires-Lee wrote in her decision.

Florida man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for stealing tuition paid for Boston-area summer camp

Mehdi Belhassan, 53, of Tampa, was also ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution and spend two years of supervised release for defrauding over 300 families across the country, the US Attorney's office for Massachusetts said Tuesday.

A phone call and a lobsterman help first responders rescue man who went missing on skiff in Maine

Authorities in Maine on Sunday rescued a man who had gone missing after setting out on the water on his skiff to view property damage from recent storms, according to St. George Fire and Rescue officials.

Boston restaurant economics are punishing. $600,000 liquor licenses make it worse.

A shortage of licenses makes for a system stacked against small businesses and Black entrepreneurs. Can it be fixed?

Kendall Square is no longer the area’s only biotech hotspot
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More than 20 skiers had to be rescued from the Killington, Vt., backcountry. But how did they all get lost?
Christopher Campanella wound up being one of 20 guests, along with a longtime ski instructor, who’d wandered off the sprawling 1,500-acre resort, requiring a five-hour, multi-agency rescue effort to bring them all to safety.

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Jesse Hinson (left) and De'Lon Grant in "A Case for the Existence of God" at SpeakEasy Stage Company.

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Hush Club fans enjoy their free pizza at Graffiti Pizza and Street Food in Allston. The band had invited ticket buyers to a pizza party after their Jan. 25 show at Brighton Music Hall.

Any way you slice it, indie band Hush Club’s pizza giveaway paid off

Nina Yoshida Nelsen, a Boston Lyric Opera artistic advisor since 2021 and mezzo-soprano, has been appointed BLO's new artistic director effective February 1.

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Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza appear in "My Old Ass" by Megan Park, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

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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.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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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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Justin Hernández Morales, 14, and Kimberling Hernández Morales, 16, are the children of Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, a Salvadoran immigrant who went missing in Massachusetts on Nov. 26, 2022. They posed with a portrait of their mom in Santa Ana, El Salvador, where they live.

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Rotted doors front Howe Hall at the Former Fernald School in 2017.

EDITORIAL

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Striking Andover teachers and their supporters gathered on the Town Common in Andover, Mass., Nov. 13, 2023.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

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Jesse Krotick, an administrator at Newton Schools, showed his support at a Newton teachers strike rally on the steps of Newton City Hall, Jan. 26.

Jim Stergios

Teachers strikes hurt the students

A 2008 issue of Essence magazine featuring an advertisement for menthol cigarettes.

RENÉE GRAHAM

A shady conservative group wants to make Biden’s Black support go up in smoke

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N.H. lawmakers consider multiple bills targeting transgender students and athletes

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Maine Governor Janet Mills pledges $5 million for fund to pay costs for victims of Lewiston mass shooting

The Democratic governor delivered her State of the State address Tuesday evening to a joint session of the Maine Legislature three months after Army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city.

As fury with Harvard grows, aggrieved students and alums look for new ways to change university’s course

A top donor has stopped giving. Palestinian students are pushing for a federal investigation. And angry alums are trying to elbow their way onto a key oversight board.

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Buddy Hield of the pesky Pacers attempted to knock the ball away from Celtics guard Jrue Holiday.

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A day after grinding out a win over the Pelicans, the Celtics found themselves again in a situation where attractive had to be replaced by gritty.

Tom Varnum (center) earned his 300th career win after Lowell Catholic rallied past Northeast Metro in a 43-40 victory Tuesday night.

HS girls' basketball: Lowell Catholic 43, Northeast 40

Lowell Catholic girls’ basketball delivers coach Tom Varnum his 300th career triumph in a narrow Commonwealth victory over Northeast

Meredith Morey scored a team-high 12 points, but senior captain Avery Tucker scored the go-ahead basket off a nice feed from fellow captain Rylie Hogan. in a 43-40 triumph. "Basketball helps you understand that teamwork is the key to success,” Varnum said.

Lowell’s Tzar Powell-Aparicio (left) looks to drive past Lawrence’s Francisco Santanna (right). Powell-Aparicio led the No 7 Red Raiders with 24 points in a 68-54 victory over the No. 5 Lancers in a Merrimack Valley Conference win at Lowell.

HS boys' basketball: Lowell 68 Lawrence 54

Tzar Powell-Aparicio (24 points) ignites Lowell in gritty Merrimack Valley Conference win over Lawrence

The seventh-ranked Red Raiders played with urgency, created steals with their full-court press to defeat the No. 5 Lancers, 68-54.

Baseball

Report: Baltimore Orioles to be sold for $1.725 billion

CELTICS 129, PACERS 124

Celtics look hot, then not, but find a way to win finale — for now — with the pesky Pacers

HIGH SCHOOLS

Thanks to helping hands, Newton North boys’ swimmers are able to compete in Bay State Conference meet

Business

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules

Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.

Trump will meet with the Teamsters in Washington as he tries to cut into Biden’s union support

Former president Donald Trump is meeting with members of the Teamsters Union in Washington as he looks past the GOP primary and towards a general election rematch against President Biden.

Meta, TikTok, and other social media CEOs to testify before Senate committee on child exploitation

Federal Reserve is likely to show little urgency to cut interest rates despite market’s anticipation

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Rufus Faulk, Jarvis Adams, and Levi Samedi, co-owners of the Mix restaurant, slated to open this spring.

Globe Magazine

Boston restaurant economics are punishing. $600,000 liquor licenses make it worse.

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My new neighbors want to get together, but I’d rather keep them at arm’s length

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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.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

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Mayor Michelle Wu discusses migrant influx with US Homeland Security officials

‘I’m actually angry right now’: Newton striking teachers speak out from the picket line Behind each handmade sign, and every echoing chant, is an individual, with their own reasons for teaching — and for joining the longest teachers strike in recent Massachusetts history.

Striking Newton teachers are breaking the law. Here’s what could happen to them.

Internal emails shed light on R.I’.s response to critical failure of Washington Bridge RIDOT deputy chief engineer Keith Gaulin noted the failure may have previously existed.

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Maine Governor Janet Mills pledges $5 million for fund to pay costs for victims of Lewiston mass shooting

Bribes in trooper license scheme included snow blower, bottled water, a new driveway, prosecutors say

State Police indictments for dumb and corrupt behavior are on-brand

As fury with Harvard grows, aggrieved students and alums look for new ways to change university’s course A top donor has stopped giving. Palestinian students are pushing for a federal investigation. And angry alums are trying to elbow their way onto a key oversight board.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS Why the latest MAGA conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift, the Super Bowl, and the 2024 presidential election matters The urge to dismiss this latest conspiracy theory as nonsense is understandable. But the threat of disinformation is very real.

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2024 Grammys Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday’s award show.

Aerosmith fans recall ‘The Barn’ that survived 5-alarm fire in Sunapee, N.H.

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Trump’s mysterious force of accomplishment

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Florida man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for stealing tuition paid for Boston-area summer camp

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Newton schools to remain closed Wednesday as teacher strike persists

‘I’m actually angry right now’: Newton striking teachers speak out from the picket line

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Shelter for migrant families in Roxbury sparks mixed reactions
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‘I’m actually angry right now’: Newton striking teachers speak out from the picket line
Behind each handmade sign, and every echoing chant, is an individual, with their own reasons for teaching — and for joining the longest teachers strike in recent Massachusetts history.

Internal emails shed light on R.I’.s response to critical failure of Washington Bridge
RIDOT deputy chief engineer Keith Gaulin noted the failure may have previously existed.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 129, PACERS 124

It wasn’t pretty, and that’s exactly the kind of games the Celtics are going to have to win moving forward
A day after grinding out a win over the Pelicans, the Celtics found themselves again in a situation where attractive had to be replaced by gritty.

As fury with Harvard grows, aggrieved students and alums look for new ways to change university’s course
A top donor has stopped giving. Palestinian students are pushing for a federal investigation. And angry alums are trying to elbow their way onto a key oversight board.

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Why the latest MAGA conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift, the Super Bowl, and the 2024 presidential election matters
The urge to dismiss this latest conspiracy theory as nonsense is understandable. But the threat of disinformation is very real.

Right whale found dead off Martha’s Vineyard to undergo necropsy Thursday
The body of the North Atlantic right whale found off Martha’s Vineyard is scheduled to be towed in from the water Wednesday so experts can determine what caused its death, officials said.

Girl, 15, charged with stabbing 14-year-old student at Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester
Police on Tuesday arrested a 15-year-old girl at Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester for allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old girl, officials said.

Kendall Square is no longer the area’s only biotech hotspot
The next miracle drug for lung cancer or epilepsy is just as likely to emerge from Arsenal Yards in Watertown or the shadow of Fenway Park.

How to convert your home into a small power plant, and make your money back doing it
Mathew Tuttelman is building a net-zero home, a structure that produces the same amount of energy it consumes. Here’s how he’s almost reached his goal.