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Healey nominates former romantic partner, Gabrielle Wolohojian, to Supreme Judicial Court

Gabrielle Wolohojian has served on the state appeals court since 2008 and is a former partner at the law firm Hale & Dorr, where she first met the future governor.

Former state trooper charged in commercial driver’s license bribery scheme pleads not guilty

A former Massachusetts state trooper who was among six people indicted last week in a bribery scandal involving commercial driver’s licenses pleaded not guilty to extortion and other charges Wednesday in federal court in Boston.

Ashland doctor charged in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in plea negotiations
Police body camera footage captured Dr. Jacquelyn Starer as she allegedly struck a Metropolitan Police Department officer inside the building, according to an FBI affidavit.

Men who allegedly paid women for sex at brothels ask full SJC to decide if their names should be made public

The men are among 28 people identified as alleged customers by federal investigators based on records seized during the human trafficking investigation that has led to criminal charges against the alleged brothel operators.

Suspected death at construction site in Hanson under investigation, authorities say

Authorities were responding to a “suspected” death at a construction site in Hanson early Wednesday afternoon, according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz.

Car slams into pump at Roslindale gas station, sparking fire and sending woman to hospital

A gas pump went up in flames Tuesday night in Roslindale after a car struck the pump, sending a woman to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
Larry Edelman

Boston Fed president says more evidence of falling inflation needed before cutting interest rates

Danvers man who allegedly shot his wife four times asks judge at arraignment: ‘Is my wife dead?’

Blinken briefs Israeli leaders on cease-fire and hostage talks as war in Gaza enters fifth month

Locals don’t really go to Faneuil Hall, say the locals we found at Faneuil Hall

Even when they patronize it, Bostonians by and large see the famed marketplace as a tourist trap. Many hope new ownership will help change that reputation.
Tell us: Do you go to Faneuil Hall? Why or why not?
Chad Finn

The two sides to Theo Epstein’s return, and other Red Sox musings

Epstein is a certain Hall of Famer as an executive, but it’s impossible not to perceive him as a shield for all of the valid criticism ownership has been receiving.
Netflix crew to follow Red Sox in 2024 season for documentary series

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

The Patriots may not be in the Super Bowl this year, but fans have plenty to look forward to during the big game broadcast on Sunday.
Usher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’ Patrick Mahomes gets candid when asked about Tom Brady comparisons

Weather Focus | Dave Epstein
When can we expect snow again this winter?
A weakening El Niño, a shifting polar vortex, and the jet stream. If the right conditions align, New England could see its snowiest part of the season yet.

Globe Magazine

My sons have different skin colors. Will the world treat them differently?

As their mother, all I can do is equip them as best I can.

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data

When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians, and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off.

Tell us: Do you still use a landline phone?

The Globe is looking to talk to people who have yet to cut the cord.
Live Updates

The NBA trade deadline is fast approaching. Follow along with live updates.

It's unlikely the Celtics make a big splash at the deadline, but some contenders have huge calls to make in the next 24 hours.
Hawks at Celtics: Boston looks to regain a winning streak at TD Garden

Democrats and Republicans almost reached meaningful agreements. Then politics got in the way.

Politics is trumping policy on Capitol Hill on a range of hard-fought, bipartisan measures.
Analysis: With immigration, a slumping Biden is given the chance to go on offense

‘Running from something’: Police logs show hundreds of reports of runaways from St. Mary’s Home for Children

There were more than 200 reports of runaways in just two years, according to records obtained by the Globe. “Once we bring the juveniles back, we’re getting called back for the same reasons,” the North Providence police chief said.
Opinion
JEFF JACOBY

At Columbia Law, a club formed to combat antisemitism gets shot down

The only student group rejected this year was one organized to oppose anti-Jewish bigotry.
IDEAS | JOHN GOVE

Making Super Bowl guacamole? Read this before you pay more for organic avocados.
JOAN VENNOCHI

The rise of Steward’s Ralph de la Torre — with the embrace of Boston’s business world
Victor Shi

The Senate should censure Tom Cotton for his anti-Asian questioning of TikTok’s CEO
Yana Gorokhovskaia and Grady Vaughan

Foreign governments silencing dissent on US campuses in Boston and beyond

More recent News

The GOP-controlled House failed to impeach Mayorkas. What could come next?

The failed vote doesn't necessarily spell the end of the impeachment efforts. The House is likely to revisit the issue, but next steps are highly uncertain.
House fails to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, thwarted by Republican defections
patriots positional analysis: tight end

If the Patriots want to upgrade at tight end, there is talent in free agency and the draft

The position was relatively productive in 2023, but once free agency begins, they will have just La’Michael Pettway under contract.

Crews search for missing Marine Corps helicopter carrying 5 troops from Nevada to California

Crews were searching for a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early Wednesday, a watch commander said.

Russia says former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has interviewed Putin
It will be Russian president Vladimir Putin's first interview with a Western journalist since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.

Nikki Haley is trounced by the ‘none of these candidates’ option in Nevada’s Republican primary

The contest was an embarrassing result for Nikki Haley. Donald Trump didn’t compete in the primary, which doesn’t award any delegates needed to win the GOP nomination.
Nikki Haley is trounced by the ‘none of these candidates’ option in Nevada’s Republican primary

Driving your Tesla in Apple’s Vision Pro Goggles? Beacon Hill could soon ban that.
“They’re all over the Internet, these idiots driving Teslas with their hands up in the air,” a state representative behind the effort said.

State legislators are again debating whether insurers should fully cover childbirth. Here’s why it’s different this time.

As deductibles and calls for health equity mount, politicians are reconsidering a bill that would require insurers to cover the full spectrum of pregnancy care.

Stowaway found on UK ship arriving in Boston taken into custody, officials say

The stowaway arrived on a vessel known as Hurst Point at 5:30 a.m. on Monday morning, according to a spokesperson for the US Coast Guard.

Jury selected in Adam Montgomery trial in N.H., opening statements expected to begin later Wednesday

Jury selection wrapped up Wednesday morning in the murder trial of Adam Montgomery, charged with killing his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, in 2019 and disposing of her remains.

Recommended reads

‘These new generations, they’re more courageous than us,’ says Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi

The painter explores the liminal state of living between worlds in her show at Newport Art Museum.

Black History Now
Katherine and Hubie Jones were trailblazers in achieving equal education: ‘The future is in good hands’
From providing students of color with equal access to education, to founding a social service agency to help lower-income children and families secure affordable housing, Katherine and Hubie Jones were key leaders in child advocacy.

Beth Teitell | Commentary
One Dalton is selling seven studios, some smaller than 400 square feet. The asking price? Brace yourself.
Some of the condos are so small a full-sized bed feels big, but oh, the amenities. And think of the connections you can make in the elevator.

‘It is by far the worst we’ve ever seen it’: Eastern Mass. hospitals see a resurgence in discharge delays
Staff shortages at nursing homes and hospital closures are driving bottlenecks.

Culture & Lifestyle

Julian Edelman feasts on his ‘Last Meals,’ shares lessons learned from Bill Belichick

Photos: See Annette Bening parade through Cambridge as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

A pleasure menu of a movie: ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’

Renée Fleming and the elements of style

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

EDITORIAL

Who won in Newton? Not the students.

SCOT LEHIGH

The illegal Newton strike backfires — on teachers
RENÉE GRAHAM

A shamefully tepid US response to the killing of a Palestinian American teen in the West Bank

ALAN WIRZBICKI

Take the Concord rotary too, please
John F. Keenan

I visited supervised consumption sites in six cities. Here’s what I found.
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Healey nominates former romantic partner, Gabrielle Wolohojian, to Supreme Judicial Court

Gabrielle Wolohojian has served on the state appeals court since 2008 and is a former partner at the law firm Hale & Dorr, where she first met the future governor.
EDUCATION

Brown University outlines ‘concrete steps’ to address bias, harassment, discrimination amid violence in Middle East

“Strengthening Our Community Amid Conflict” is a new website that aims to streamline resources, enhance education about Title VI at the Ivy League school.

John Bruton, Irish leader who played a key role in Northern Ireland’s peace process, dies at 76

Former British prime minister John Major, who drew up a 1995 framework document with Mr. Bruton that helped pave the way for peace, said the Irish leader had been “a brave and talented taoiseach who contributed mightily to the early days of the peace process."

Driving your Tesla in Apple’s Vision Pro Goggles? Beacon Hill could soon ban that.

“They’re all over the Internet, these idiots driving Teslas with their hands up in the air,” a state representative behind the effort said.

Sports

Live Updates

The NBA trade deadline is fast approaching. Follow along with live updates.

It's unlikely the Celtics make a big splash at the deadline, but some contenders have huge calls to make in the next 24 hours.

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

The Patriots may not be in the Super Bowl this year, but fans have plenty to look forward to during the big game broadcast on Sunday.
NFL

Patrick Mahomes gets candid when asked about Tom Brady comparisons

"If you ask me that question in like 15 years, then I'll see if I can get close to seven."
Hawks at Celtics | 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)

Hawks at Celtics: Boston looks to regain a winning streak at TD Garden
RED SOX

Netflix crew will follow Red Sox in the entire 2024 season for a documentary series
patriots positional analysis: tight end

If the Patriots want to upgrade at tight end, there is talent in free agency and the draft

Business

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

The Patriots may not be in the Super Bowl this year, but fans have plenty to look forward to during the big game broadcast on Sunday.
Larry Edelman

Boston Fed president says more evidence of falling inflation needed before cutting interest rates

Despite strong growth, which is usually inflationary, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure fell to 2.9 percent from 4.6 percent in 2023, driven by improvements in supply chains, productivity, and the availability of workers.

Driving your Tesla in Apple’s Vision Pro Goggles? Beacon Hill could soon ban that.

Tell us: Do you still use a landline phone?
magazine
Globe Magazine

More women than ever are freezing their eggs. Why do so few end up using them?
Globe Magazine

When my daughter was born, I became the most scared dad there ever was

COOKING

Sweet on someone? Let them know with salted butter caramel chocolate mousse.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Feb. 5-Feb. 11

metro

Men who allegedly paid women for sex at brothels ask full SJC to decide if their names should be made public

Ashland doctor charged in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in plea negotiations

‘An urgent, urgent issue’: Bill advances to give state authority in choosing reading curriculum

sports

The two sides to Theo Epstein’s return, and other Red Sox musings

Julian Edelman feasts on his ‘Last Meals,’ shares lessons learned from Bill Belichick

Will the Celtics make a move at the trade deadline?

business

Can stadium-building be a catalyst for housing development?

Home of the Week: 1900 Melrose Colonial transformed into today home

Russia says former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has interviewed Putin

politics

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

The GOP-controlled House failed to impeach Mayorkas. What could come next?

Russia says former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has interviewed Putin

Nation

The changing focus of climate denial: from science to scientists

Crewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’

Punishing storm finally easing off in Southern California but mudslide threat remains

World

Blinken briefs Israeli leaders on cease-fire and hostage talks as war in Gaza enters fifth month

Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 29 a day before parliamentary elections

Azerbaijan’s president set to win reelection in a snap vote, riding on a victory in Karabakh

opinion

A shamefully tepid US response to the killing of a Palestinian American teen in the West Bank

May I have a word: All you need is ‘love’?

Take the Concord rotary too, please

lifestyle

How to clean out your closet

Julian Edelman feasts on his ‘Last Meals,’ shares lessons learned from Bill Belichick

As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effects

food & dining

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

It’s the Year of the Dragon — time to make dumplings. But would I remember how?

Three food families; three Chinatown (and beyond) stories

travel

JetBlue to begin offering nonstop flights from Boston to Dublin and Paris

These are the most crowded and expensive theme parks in the world. If you’re headed to Disney, start saving now.

Margaritaville resort will open in Hyannis this summer, company says

Arts

Home cooking? No, home looking, courtesy of the PRC

‘These new generations, they’re more courageous than us,’ says Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi

MFA to pull Native objects from display

Books

Robert Radin suffered from anorexia in the ’80s. His memoir is an attempt to come to terms with what happened.

Cliche does battle with history in Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Women’

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb looks for evidence of extraterrestrial life, attracting attention — and detractors

Movies

Coming-of-age meets high camp in ‘Lisa Frankenstein’

Crewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data

Television

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data

Despite Carl Weathers’s passing, Gronk Super Bowl ad to air

music

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces Carnegie Hall programs for 2025

Usher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data

Theater/Dance

With plenty of empty seats to fill, some theater companies are in a fight for survival

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

In Company One’s ‘The Interrobangers,’ the truth is out there . . . in the woods

Health

Prospect Medical Holdings wants to sell its 2 R.I.-based hospitals. Here’s what a proposed deal could look like, executives say.

Timeline: Proposed sale of Rhode Island hospitals preceded by years of regulatory fights, funding problems

Incel culture and its rise in the modern dating world

Obituaries

John Bruton, Irish leader who played a key role in Northern Ireland’s peace process, dies at 76

Hinton Battle, breathtaking dancer on Broadway and beyond, dies at 67

Country singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died after battling stomach cancer