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In affidavit, investigators outline communication between ‘Turtleboy’ and Karen Read

Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of backing her SUV into her boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a blizzard in Canton in 2022, allegedly enlisted Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as “Turtleboy,” to begin reporting on the matter last April, investigators said.

Judge rules that Turtleboy communications with lawyer cannot be monitored by special prosecutor

Biogen plans to shut down its controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm

The controversial approval of the Alzheimer’s disease treatment in 2021 led to scrutiny and outrage.

Meet the negotiators representing Newton’s schools during contract talks with striking teachers
If the sides can broker a deal, this group will pass along its recommendation to the full nine-member School Committee.

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

Video: Will the Newton teacher’s strike influence other districts to follow?

Newton parents file motions to end strike, asking to boost union fines and order arrest of NTA president

Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey performed at Boston Calling last May.

Dropkick Murphys show support for Newton teachers with performance of 'Worker's Song'

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.

Bribes in alleged trooper license scheme included snow blower, bottled water, a new driveway, prosecutors say A timeline of Massachusetts State Police scandals

4 NHL players have been charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say

In addition to the four players charged, a former NHL player surrendered to police to face charges. All five players have taken leave from their current clubs over the past 10 days.

Northern border crisis? In N.H., just 21 encounters over 15 months, data show

Mass. man shot and killed by police officer in Fryeburg, Maine, after chase, allegedly brandishing knife, officials say

Fenway Sports Group-backed consortium strikes $3 billion deal with PGA Tour

Extreme winter weather in warming world

WATCH: Meteorologist Chris Gloninger shares how New England homeowners can prepare and what's being done to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

PERSPECTIVE

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.

Flooded basements, swollen rivers, and battering surf are the new normal in the climate-change era. Be prepared.

How to prevent pipes from freezing when the power goes out

Spotlight follow-up

Boston’s hospital chiefs have turned away from sitting on outside boards
The culture has shifted dramatically since a 2021 Globe Spotlight investigation.

Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level

Former US senator Patrick Leahy, with new photo show, has plenty of company as a celebrity camera enthusiast
‘The Eye of Senator Patrick Leahy’ opens Feb. 1 at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery.

‘They are terrified of Taylor Swift’: Right-wing media targets pop star with bizarre conspiracy theories
The pop superstar isn’t popular with everyone, namely right-wing pundits on networks including Fox News who have been seeing red at the mention of Swift for months.

Innovation Beat: Taylor Swift image controversy fuels push to ban ‘deep fakes’ James Pindell: Why the latest MAGA conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift matters

The rest of the week wil remain cloudy but dry. Above, John Helley and his dog Billie climb the stairs to the Bunker Hill Monument during their morning walk in Charlestown on Jan. 28, 2021.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Overcast skies to dominate the week, but a sunny, pleasant weekend awaits

Saturday and Sunday will be sunny with temperatures in the mid-30s.

Helena Cornwell, 14, used a jade roller on her face while sitting at her vanity in her North Attleboro bedroom. Helena, along with her sister Katie, 8, have extensive skincare collections, applying various serums and lotions every night.

Beth Teitell

Influencers and the skincare industry have convinced middle schoolers they need to spend hundreds on skincare

Doctors are seeing 12-year-olds worried about wrinkles, and kids with irritation from retinol.

"Ego sometimes gets in the way of things," said Tom Brady Sr. "I think it did with Bill."

christopher l. gasper

Tom Brady Sr. is going to bat for Bill Belichick

The senior Brady is not at all inclined to gloat about the struggles the coach encountered after Tom Brady left the Patriots.

The former site of Monet Lounge and the Van Gogh Lounge at 115 Harris Ave., in Providence, R.I., could get a second life as a boutique hotel or one-bedroom residences.

It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

Built in the 1920s, the graffiti-covered Standard Wholesale Liquors Co. building at 115 Harris Ave. has been vacant for years. It could become a boutique hotel or housing.

LOVE LETTERS

My fiancé doesn’t know I’ve been married before

The relationship I had prior to Mr. Right was an absolute train wreck, and he persuaded me to elope. It’s my biggest regret.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Bear Mountain nursing home report alleges neglect, overmedication

The report, while difficult to read, cries out for a response — from Bear Mountain and the state.

JEFF JACOBY

Give Newton’s teachers an ultimatum: Return to work or forfeit your jobs

Don Siegel and Jerome Weinstein

How to get Newton teachers back to work

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The time Ronald Reagan kept the US out of war in the Middle East

RENÉE GRAHAM

Haley won’t be the GOP nominee. But she can continue to be a thorn in Trump’s side.

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Gisele Bündchen shares heartfelt message after the death of her mother
"It hurts to know that I won’t be able to hug you anymore, but I know that you will always be watching over us," Bündchen wrote on Instagram.

Disturbing conditions at a Worcester nursing home prompt questions of state oversight
An investigation into a Worcester residential facility raised questions about the state’s oversight of the nursing home industry.

Pa. man accused of beheading father and posting gruesome video online

A man in Pennsylvania has been charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after his father was found decapitated and police are investigating a video on social media that allegedly shows him holding up the head.

Early Super Bowl ads feature nostalgia, humor, Tom Brady
Advertisers are mindful that it's an election year and that a number of conflicts are raging across the globe so they're sticking to comforting themes of nostalgia and humor, with a significant dose of celebrity.

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.

Elmo asked how everyone’s doing and, um, they’re not great!
It was a Monday morning at the end of a long January — a double whammy of devastation — and Elmo had a question.

Small plane that crashed in Western Mass. and left three people dead had ice on wings and engine, federal investigators say

A small plane, that “spiraled” into a wooded area in Leyden on Jan. 14 and crashed, killing three people, had ice on its wings and parts of the engine, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report.

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

The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X, and other social media companies testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about child safety on their platforms.

Russia says it has swapped 195 POWs with Ukraine
The announcement came a week after Russia alleged that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.

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
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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

In ‘A Case for the Existence of God,’ two lonely strangers, intertwined

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.

Nina Yoshida Nelsen appointed Boston Lyric Opera’s new artistic director

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.

Sundance breakout performances: five under 25 — and two over 80

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

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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, 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

Hundreds of striking Newton teachers and supporters rallied outside Newton City Hall on Jan. 19.

EDITORIAL

Newton teachers should end illegal strike

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

Striking members of the Newton Teachers Association and their supporters in front of Newton City Hall on Jan. 22.

JEFF JACOBY

Give Newton’s teachers an ultimatum: Return to work or forfeit your jobs

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.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A small bit of good news for the children of missing East Boston woman

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

EDITORIAL

Fernald School: Waltham is letting a historic property fall apart

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Overcast skies to dominate the week, but a sunny, pleasant weekend awaits

Saturday and Sunday will be sunny with temperatures in the mid-30s.

DEVELOPMENT

It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

Built in the 1920s, the graffiti-covered Standard Wholesale Liquors Co. building at 115 Harris Ave. has been vacant for years. It could become a boutique hotel or housing.

BORDER

Northern border crisis? In N.H., just 21 encounters over 15 months, data show

The data obtained by the ACLU of New Hampshire shows that during the October 2022 through January 2023 timeframe when state officials suggested there was “a crisis” at the border with Canada, there was only one encounter in New Hampshire.

A timeline of Massachusetts State Police scandals

Federal prosecutors allege four current and former State Police troopers and two of their associates took part in a scheme that involved taking bribes in exchange for preferential treatment on commercial drivers license tests. Here's a timeline of past scandals involving the State Police.

Sports

A dedication to offseason training helped Emerson O'Leary step up her game.

women's college hockey notebook

Southborough’s Emerson O’Leary is right in the middle of things for Princeton women’s hockey

O’Leary, a 2022 Globe All-Scholastic for Noble and Greenough, centers the top line for the 12th-ranked Tigers.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ basketball: Stacking up winning numbers for Westport, Korynne Holden headlines Players of the Week

In a 3-0 week for the Wildcats, the senior averaged 21.7 points, 6.7 steals, and 4 assists, including 32 points and nine steals against Fairhaven on Friday.

Camryn Collins (2) and No. 1 Foxborough shot by a challenge from Hockomock foe Oliver Ames on Friday night.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL: TOP 20

EMass girls’ basketball: Foxborough, Feehan still setting the pace in Globe Top 20

Neither team has lost in-state. They’re in different divisions, but they have a chance to meet in the mid-February Comcast Tournament bracket.

GOLF

Fenway Sports Group-backed consortium strikes $3 billion deal with PGA Tour

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Jrue Holiday is the Celtics’ glue. His selfless play is worthy of a salute.

patriots

Patriots to hire Rams assistant Jeremy Springer as special teams coordinator

Business

DEVELOPMENT

It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

Built in the 1920s, the graffiti-covered Standard Wholesale Liquors Co. building at 115 Harris Ave. has been vacant for years. It could become a boutique hotel or housing.

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

The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X, and other social media companies testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about child safety on their platforms.

A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight

ADDRESS

Home of the Week: In new Roxbury duplex, design with purpose

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PERSPECTIVE

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.

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

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

MISS CONDUCT

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

Cooking

In affidavit, investigators outline communication between ‘Turtleboy’ and Karen Read

Biogen plans to shut down its controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm

Meet the negotiators representing Newton’s schools during contract talks with striking teachers If the sides can broker a deal, this group will pass along its recommendation to the full nine-member School Committee.

Video: Will the Newton teacher’s strike influence other districts to follow?

Dropkick Murphys show support for Newton teachers with performance of 'Worker's Song'

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

4 NHL players have been charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say

Northern border crisis? In N.H., just 21 encounters over 15 months, data show

Mass. man shot and killed by police officer in Fryeburg, Maine, after chase, allegedly brandishing knife, officials say

Fenway Sports Group-backed consortium strikes $3 billion deal with PGA Tour

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.

Spotlight follow-up Boston’s hospital chiefs have turned away from sitting on outside boards The culture has shifted dramatically since a 2021 Globe Spotlight investigation.

Former US senator Patrick Leahy, with new photo show, has plenty of company as a celebrity camera enthusiast ‘The Eye of Senator Patrick Leahy’ opens Feb. 1 at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery.

‘They are terrified of Taylor Swift’: Right-wing media targets pop star with bizarre conspiracy theories The pop superstar isn’t popular with everyone, namely right-wing pundits on networks including Fox News who have been seeing red at the mention of Swift for months.

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Influencers and the skincare industry have convinced middle schoolers they need to spend hundreds on skincare

Tom Brady Sr. is going to bat for Bill Belichick

It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

My fiancé doesn’t know I’ve been married before

Bear Mountain nursing home report alleges neglect, overmedication

Give Newton’s teachers an ultimatum: Return to work or forfeit your jobs

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Disturbing conditions at a Worcester nursing home prompt questions of state oversight An investigation into a Worcester residential facility raised questions about the state’s oversight of the nursing home industry.

Pa. man accused of beheading father and posting gruesome video online

Early Super Bowl ads feature nostalgia, humor, Tom Brady Advertisers are mindful that it's an election year and that a number of conflicts are raging across the globe so they're sticking to comforting themes of nostalgia and humor, with a significant dose of celebrity.

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.

Elmo asked how everyone’s doing and, um, they’re not great! It was a Monday morning at the end of a long January — a double whammy of devastation — and Elmo had a question.

Small plane that crashed in Western Mass. and left three people dead had ice on wings and engine, federal investigators say

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

Russia says it has swapped 195 POWs with Ukraine The announcement came a week after Russia alleged that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.

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Newton teachers should end illegal strike

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Give Newton’s teachers an ultimatum: Return to work or forfeit your jobs

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Fernald School: Waltham is letting a historic property fall apart

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Overcast skies to dominate the week, but a sunny, pleasant weekend awaits

It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

Northern border crisis? In N.H., just 21 encounters over 15 months, data show

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It was a vital Providence warehouse, then a problematic nightclub. Now a developer has new plans.

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

A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight

Home of the Week: In new Roxbury duplex, design with purpose

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.

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

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Meet the negotiators representing Newton’s schools during contract talks with striking teachers
If the sides can broker a deal, this group will pass along its recommendation to the full nine-member School Committee.

Spotlight follow-up

Boston’s hospital chiefs have turned away from sitting on outside boards
The culture has shifted dramatically since a 2021 Globe Spotlight investigation.

Former US senator Patrick Leahy, with new photo show, has plenty of company as a celebrity camera enthusiast
‘The Eye of Senator Patrick Leahy’ opens Feb. 1 at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery.

‘They are terrified of Taylor Swift’: Right-wing media targets pop star with bizarre conspiracy theories
The pop superstar isn’t popular with everyone, namely right-wing pundits on networks including Fox News who have been seeing red at the mention of Swift for months.

Gisele Bündchen shares heartfelt message after the death of her mother
"It hurts to know that I won’t be able to hug you anymore, but I know that you will always be watching over us," Bündchen wrote on Instagram.

Disturbing conditions at a Worcester nursing home prompt questions of state oversight
An investigation into a Worcester residential facility raised questions about the state’s oversight of the nursing home industry.

Early Super Bowl ads feature nostalgia, humor, Tom Brady
Advertisers are mindful that it's an election year and that a number of conflicts are raging across the globe so they're sticking to comforting themes of nostalgia and humor, with a significant dose of celebrity.

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.

Elmo asked how everyone’s doing and, um, they’re not great!
It was a Monday morning at the end of a long January — a double whammy of devastation — and Elmo had a question.

Russia says it has swapped 195 POWs with Ukraine
The announcement came a week after Russia alleged that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.

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.