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NBA trade deadline: Will the Celtics’ top six be enough to bring home banner 18?

WATCH: Correspondent Bob Ryan breaks down which team could derail a Celtics championship, and if any Boston players should be traded.

Boston has the best record in the league and each of their starters average double digit points.

WATCH: Correspondent Bob Ryan breaks down which team could derail a Celtics championship, and if any Boston players should be traded.

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Neighbors sue to block affordable housing in Charlestown Navy Yard
The project would turn a shuttered hotel into affordable housing, much of it for homeless women and veterans.

US strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia commander
It is the latest US strike to follow President Biden’s promise to retaliate for a drone attack that killed three US service members late last month.

After 100 middle-school students disrupt Medway supermarket, school principal alerts parents to ‘troubling trend’

Students in Medway have been descending on a Shaw’s supermarket on early release days from school where they knock over displays and disrupt shoppers, leading school officials to alert parents over the “alarming” behavior.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Turning their backs on Ukraine, and asylum-seekers
Democrats have ceded the terms of the debate over immigration, making meaningful reform harder than ever.

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats

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.

Special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says

Beacon Hill lawmakers derail effort to legalize teacher strikes

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

RaeAnn Duff chatted with her sister, Karen Wallander, via Zoom. The sisters spent months trying to get a refund from an online rental marketplace called Houzlet.

A woman canceled a Florida condo rental after her husband had a stroke. Getting the $6,400 refund took months.

Two sisters — one in Wayland, one in Wisconsin — spent months unable to get a promised refund from an online rental marketplace called Houzlet.

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?

Blizzard of ’78: The worst of the storm caught many off guard
Forecasting has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurate weather models and advanced radar can now pinpoint timing and ferocity of storms.

By the time we get to May 5, we will have gained 4 hours and 4 minutes of more daylight.

Bring on the sun: Solar spring has arrived

It’s the time of year when the amount of daylight increases the fastest, helping elevate our moods during these winter doldrums.

This photo provided by Anheuser-Busch shows the Budweiser 2024 Super Bowl NFL football spot. Ahead of Super Bowl 58, some advertisers are releasing ads early in the hope of capitalizing on the buzz leading up to the game.

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.

The Taylor Swift Effect on the NFL’s popularity is real, but it’s not as powerful as you may think

The Celtics dealt Lamar Stevens to the Grizzlies to keep a roster spot open.

NBA trade deadline live updates: Celtics make a small move for injury insurance

Some contenders have huge calls to make in the next 24 hours, while the Celtics aren't expected to make a splash.

The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to return sacred relics to Korea that have been housed in an ancient reliquary.

MFA agrees to return sacred relics to Korea

The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to return relics to a Buddhist order in Korea.

Britain's Prince William, left, and Britain's Prince Harry after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Sept. 10, 2022.

Prince Harry’s visit to see King Charles III didn’t bring reconciliation with William

Prince Harry did not see his estranged brother, William, during a visit to the UK that lasted scarcely 24 hours.

Opinion

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump after speaking at a campaign event in Atkinson, N.H., on Jan. 16.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

In the Trump disqualification case, expect a Supreme sidestep

Trump’s case is weak, but that doesn’t mean he will lose.

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

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

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

Lord Hobo a no-go in Somerville
Plans to expand the company to a spot on Highland Avenue are no longer in the works.

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.

On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Donald Trump's appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment.

Haley pushes forward after Trump’s allies in Nevada ensured her loss to ‘none of these candidates’

LOVE LETTERS

My marriage suffers when we go too long without being intimate
“It’s like a Catch-22; if we go too long without being intimate, we don’t treat each other as well.”

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.

Republican lawmaker says Harvard must turn over more records in congressional probe of campus antisemitism

A Republican lawmaker is taking Harvard University to task for what she says is the Ivy League school’s failure to turn over records to a committee she heads that’s looking into campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Pregnancy care bill progresses in Massachusetts legislature

This is the third legislative session in which the bill has been introduced, but the first since abortions were granted full coverage in 2022.

Worker killed at construction site in Hanson after foundation collapse, officials say

A worker was killed at a construction site in Hanson on Wednesday after the foundation of a house partially collapsed and trapped him, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said.

Adam Montgomery used drugs while his daughter moaned in anguish, prosecutor says as murder trial begins

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.

Should speeding drivers in N.H. enjoy a 10-mile-per-hour buffer?

House Bill 1063 would add a 10-mile-per-hour cushion to New Hampshire’s posted speed limits. But some lawmakers warn of serious safety concerns.

Recommended reads

Irene Li, founder and partner of Mei Mei Dumplings in South Boston, teaches Globe columnist Shirley Leung the fine points of folding jiaozi.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

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

With some coaching from Irene Li of Mei Mei Dumplings, Globe columnist Shirley Leung reconnected with her childhood memories of making homemade dumplings.

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.

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.

‘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

From left: Julian Edelman joined chef Josh Scherer for a new episode of "Last Meals."

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

Annette Bening, center, with Hasty Pudding Theatrical members Nikita Nair, left and Joshua Hillers, right, during the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year parade through Harvard Yard on Tuesday.

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

A scene from the film "Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros."

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

Renée Fleming and Inon Barnatan.

Renée Fleming and the elements of style

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

Students returned to school at Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School on Feb. 5 after the Newton teachers strike was settled.

Who won in Newton? Not the students.

Newton Teachers Association president Mike Zilles announced on Jan. 18 that the union had overwhelmingly voted to go on strike.

The illegal Newton strike backfires — on teachers

Amir, 22, and Mona, 36, the brother and mother of 17-year-old Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a teenager from Louisiana who was fatally shot in the West Bank, posed with a framed photo of Tawfic at the family's Palestinian home village, Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank, Jan. 23.

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

An aerial view of MCI-Concord, which opened in 1878 and is the oldest state prison for men in Massachusetts, with the Route 2 rotary in the foreground.

Take the Concord rotary too, please

A sign on the wall in Spanish and English at an overdose prevention center at OnPoint NYC in New York, Feb. 18, 2022.

I visited supervised consumption sites in six cities. Here’s what I found.

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Republican lawmaker says Harvard must turn over more records in congressional probe of campus antisemitism

A Republican lawmaker is taking Harvard University to task for what she says is the Ivy League school’s failure to turn over records to a committee she heads that’s looking into campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Turning their backs on Ukraine, and asylum-seekers

Democrats have ceded the terms of the debate over immigration, making meaningful reform harder than ever.

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.

Beacon Hill lawmakers derail effort to legalize teacher strikes

The committee referred the legislation for further study, a move that typically derails a bill from moving forward in a legislative session and is sometimes used as a way for lawmakers to quietly kill legislation without taking a position on it.

Sports

Katy Knoll hoisted the Women's Beanpot trophy after Northeastern beat Boston University last month at TD Garden.

women's college hockey notebook

Katy Knoll keeps doing her thing to help Northeastern women’s hockey win

The Huskies’ fifth-year forward from Amherst, N.Y., has 20 career game-winning goals, including four this season.

Xavier Tillman was drafted in the second round (No. 35 overall) of the 2020 NBA Draft by the Kings — who then dealt him to Memphis on draft night.

Five things to know about new Celtics big man Xavier Tillman

Tillman has appeared in 34 games with Memphis this season, averaging 6.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per contest.

Deatrich Wise has been with the Patriots since before Jerod Mayo joined Bill Belichick’s coaching staff in 2019.

Deatrich Wise excited about new Patriots coach Jerod Mayo: ‘He’s been delivering results for many years’

Wise echoed the growing number of Patriots to voice their support for Mayo.

college football

Nick Saban to join ESPN as an analyst following retirement from coaching

NBA trade deadline live updates: Celtics make a small move for injury insurance

Hawks at Celtics | 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)

Hawks at Celtics: Jrue Holiday out as Boston looks to regain winning streak

Business

Pregnancy care bill progresses in Massachusetts legislature

This is the third legislative session in which the bill has been introduced, but the first since abortions were granted full coverage in 2022.

For first time in two decades, US buys more from Mexico than China

The United States’ trade deficit with China narrowed significantly last year, with imports from the country dropping 20 percent to $427.2 billion.

Neighbors sue to block affordable housing in Charlestown Navy Yard

CVS Health grows more cautious about 2024 as it deals with rising Medicare Advantage costs

magazine

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

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

Globe Magazine.

My marriage suffers when we go too long without being intimate

Salted Butter Caramel Chocolate Mousse

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

metro

Retired Massachusetts State trooper Calvin Butner after he made and appearance at the Moakley Federal Courthouse Wednesday.

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

Bring on the sun: Solar spring has arrived

After 100 middle-school students disrupt Medway supermarket, school principal alerts parents to ‘troubling trend’

sports

Righty Brayan Bello did some throwing Wednesday morning.

Ballplayers already are stirring at Red Sox camp in Fort Myers

Celtics acquire forward Xavier Tillman from Grizzlies for Lamar Stevens and two second-round picks

Patriots hire Alonzo Highsmith as a senior personnel executive

business

RaeAnn Duff chatted with her sister, Karen Wallander, via Zoom. The sisters spent months trying to get a refund from an online rental marketplace called Houzlet.

A woman canceled a Florida condo rental after her husband had a stroke. Getting the $6,400 refund took months.

State boosting EV charging with another $50 million

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

politics

Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says

After embarrassing result in Nevada, Haley goes after her party

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats

Nation

A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

Missing Marine Corps helicopter carrying 5 troops from Nevada to California has been located

Florida court weighs ballot measure to allow abortion ‘before viability’

The changing focus of climate denial: from science to scientists

World

People, rescuers, and security forces gathered around a vehicle hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people, including two leaders of a pro-Iran group, in Baghdad on Feb. 7.

US strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia commander

Blinken says a Hamas-Israel deal is still possible even though the sides remain far apart

Prince Harry’s visit to see King Charles III didn’t bring reconciliation with William

opinion

A Border Patrol agent gave a group of unaccompanied minors water after they were apprehended Feb. 4 outside Eagle Pass, Texas.

Border security is possible if Congress embraces compromise and rejects political opportunism

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’?

lifestyle

Stylist Chellie Carlson, shown in her Los Angeles home on Jan. 18, helps her clients edit their wardrobes down to the items that fit them and make them feel good. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)

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

The “Original 1947 Butter Chicken” at Daryaganj in New Delhi, India on Jan. 28. A court has been asked to solve a bitter dispute between two families who have very different accounts of the origins of a dish beloved around the world.

Who created butter chicken? India’s great curry clash.

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?

travel

JetBlue tails at Logan.

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

The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to return sacred relics to Korea that have been housed in an ancient reliquary.

MFA agrees to return sacred relics to Korea

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

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

Books

Robert Radin, author of the memoir "Noche Triste."

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

Patton Oswalt as freelance reporter Dervey Ryan in the third episode of Jim Byrkit's new project "Shatter Belt."

Filmmaker Jim Byrkit debuts ‘Shatter Belt’ at Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

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

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

Television

Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall in a scene from the Netflix limited series "One Day."

‘One Day,’ and then another, all the way into adulthood

In ‘Masters of the Air’ and elsewhere, Anthony Boyle rises to the challenge

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

music

Jim Mazzanovich, who performs as Jimmy Mazzy, sings a tune while playing his banjo at Kennedy Meadows senior community in North Billerica, where he lives.

‘Trad jazz’ virtuoso Jimmy Mazzy is both a Hall of Famer and a well-kept secret

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces Carnegie Hall programs for 2025

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

Theater/Dance

Deby Xiadani inside the Rockwell in Somerville.

At the Rockwell, ‘funny, dark, smart, great’ define a new vision for the Somerville theater

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

Health

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I.

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

A family photo of scholar Clyde Taylor in the 1970s, when he was at the epicenter of a push to bring the study of Black culture into academia.

Clyde Taylor, literary scholar who elevated Black cinema, dies at 92

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