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Super Bowl LVIII | Chiefs 25, 49ers 22, (OT)

Patrick Mahomes hoisted the Lombardi Trophy for a third time after the Chiefs beat the 49ers in overtime.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Instant analysis: Patrick Mahomes’s Super Bowl refuse-to-lose act should make Tom Brady nervous

At 28, Mahomes has three Lombardi Trophies after six seasons as a starter — same as Brady, who finished with seven.

Kennedy cousin blasts Super Bowl ad for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoking JFK’s 1960 campaign Photos: See Robert Kraft, Reba McEntire, Jay-Z, and more stars at Super Bowl LVIII

From left: Taylor Swift kissed Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

Taylor Swift celebrates Travis Kelce Super Bowl win with star-studded entourage

From left: Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon star in a new ad for Dunkin.

Meet the DunKings: Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon star in Dunkin Super Bowl commercial

Usher performed at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and more join Usher for Super Bowl halftime show

THE GREAT DIVIDE

A look behind the curtain: How the Newton School Committee and teachers union finally struck a deal
Behind the scenes, the parties worked furiously around the clock to settle. But acrimony had been ratcheting up for months, and both sides were determined to hold their ground.

Boom in youth gambling in Mass. fueled by online sports betting apps
A growing number of young people are showing up at mental health clinics and Gamblers Anonymous meetings.

Officers in tactical gear on the scene of a shooting where police removed a suspect who shot a woman and barricaded himself at a trailer park on Route 1 South in Danvers.

What the Danvers shooting says about future of Mass. police de-escalation

A shooting suspect's arrest, following a two-hour standoff with police, shows what’s possible for successfully de-escalating dangerous situations, experts say, and the importance of slowing things down.

The Israeli military says it has rescued 2 hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip

The hostages were released in a raid that included a series of Israeli strikes in Rafah, the city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip where 1.4 million Palestinians have fled to escape fighting elsewhere in the Israel-Hamas war.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

At least 6 to 10 inches of mostly heavy, wet snow to blanket Southern New England Tuesday
This quick-hitting nor’easter will drastically lower visibility in the morning through early afternoon. Travel disruptions, power outages and school cancellations expected.

Expected snowfall totals for Southern New England on Tuesday.

Latest snowfall maps: How much will New England get?

The T is on track to be broke soon. There’s no long-term fix.
The state’s largest public transit system estimates a yawning budget gap of $628 million come July, and top leaders have failed to advance any long-term solutions.

Kelvin Kiptum, who set the marathon world record in October, killed in car crash
Kiptum was the first man to run the marathon in under 2 hours, 1 minute, running a 2:00.35 at the Chicago Marathon in October. His coach was also killed in the crash, according to a fellow runner.

Woman killed after she opened fire in Joel Osteen’s megachurch, boy with her shot, hospitalized

Details of the confrontation remain unclear in the hours after the tragedy, and police have not released the woman’s identity or a possible motive.

Ukraine-Israel aid bill clears critical hurdle in the Senate

Steep hurdles still remain for the bill in the Republican-led House, where it faces staunch opposition fueled by the “America First” stance of former president Donald Trump.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy

Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and continues to deal with complications from his treatment.

Jaylen Brown wasn't going to let the Heat push him around.

Gary Washburn | Celtics 110, Heat 106

Sunday’s win proved the Celtics are tired of getting pushed around by the Heat

Jaylen Brown sent a message when he got in a dust-up with Duncan Robinson.

Celtics found a way to hold off a feisty Heat squad

A person on the sky bridge over Stuart Street attempted a view of Bostonhenge, a biannual phenomenon where the setting sun lines up just right with Stuart Street, but the sun never broke through the clouds.

Just a glimmer: Bostonhenge cut short by clouds

For just a moment, the road glittered as rays of fleeting sunshine danced off glass skyscraper facades and bathed the brickwork along Stuart Street in golden light.

Mary Muiruri, a family friend, listened to a service in support of Margaret “Maggie” Mbitu's family in Faith Anglican Church in Bridgewater on Sunday. Mbitu's alleged killer, Kevin Kangethe, escaped from custody last week in Kenya.

Joy, mourning, and frustration in Bridgewater church as Margaret Mbitu is remembered

The body of Margaret Mbitu, 31, a registered nurse from Whitman, was found inside a car at Logan International Airport on Nov. 1. Her boyfriend, Kevin Kangethe, who is charged in her death, fled to Kenya, where he was arrested but then escaped last week.

Opinion

A statue of Ronald Reagan at his presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif.

I was a young Republican. Now I want nothing to do with either party.

How much disillusionment can our political system tolerate before it cracks up?

The hidden toll of sports gambling

IDEAS | STEPHEN LANE

Checking in with the COVID class of 2024

It’s corporate America’s most disingenuous time of the year — Black History Month

‘Ten years of nothing’ from the convention center authority

More recent News

Crews in Whitman lift 1,000-pound elderly horse with front-end loader after fall
Upon arrival, firefighters found the elderly female horse, which weighed about 1,000 pounds, unable to stand on its own, officials said.

Annual Winter Walk brings awareness to Boston’s efforts to combat homelessness
Thousands of registered community members, volunteers, students, and advocacy groups gathered on the Boston Common Sunday for the eighth annual walk to raise money for a coalition of organizations, including Boston Medical Center, Pine Street Inn, and the St. Francis House.

LOVE LETTERS

Should I know it’s love by three months? Six?
According to TikTok, there’s a three-month rule.

Eve Nussbaum Soumerai, teacher, writer who drew from her Holocaust experiences, dies at 97
“I am the sole Holocaust survivor of a large, loving family,” Ms. Soumerai once said while advocating that education about genocide be mandatory for high school students.

Boy, 15, arrested after alleged robbery of pizza delivery driver in Hyde Park, police say

While officers were investigating, a teenager matching the description of one of the alleged robbers walked in front of an unmarked police car, officials said.

71st men's beanpot

BU, Northeastern ready to renew rivalry in battle for men’s Beanpot championship
It will be the sixth consecutive tournament that the teams have met, with Northeastern winning four of the previous five meetings, as well as four of the last five titles.

Recommended reads

On Tuesday, Milton will face the biggest test of the state’s ambitious-turned-contentious housing law.

In Milton, it’s downright ugly with neighbors against neighbors ahead of Tuesday’s vote on housing

After years of telling everyone to embrace more housing, this Globe columnist wrestles with welcoming development now that it’s in her backyard.

The conflagration that would consume Harvard? It began with a few words written in fear.
Harvard Law student Israa Alzamli is shocked and pained that the furor over the statement she helped write after the Oct. 7 attack has crowded out attention to the carnage in Gaza, including the deaths of many in her family.

Black History Now

Clara Bell is a fixture of Twelfth Baptist Church. She was also a behind-the-scenes figure in the civil rights movement.
Bell, 81, is among 69 names honored on the 1965 Freedom Plaza.

LOVE LETTERS

Should I know it’s love by three months? Six?
According to TikTok, there’s a three-month rule.

Culture & Lifestyle

A scene from the 7 Fingers' "Duel Reality," now at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre through Feb. 18.

Wonders never cease with the 7 Fingers

A scene from "Tampopo."

From ‘Big Night’ to ‘Babette’s Feast,’ sink your teeth into these 7 great films about food

A view of Wu Tsang’s installation “Of Whales,” which opens this week at the ICA.

Contemporary Black poets celebrate Phillis Wheatley in new volume; ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired video installations at ICA

Willa Cather with Mount Monadnock in the background taken by her companion Edith Lewis.

Looking for a sensuous Valentine’s Day read? Let me suggest Willa Cather.

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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 nearly empty San Francisco International Airport on the eve of Memorial Day weekend, May 22, 2020.

A call for Americans to share their COVID-19 memories and experiences

The author with her mother, Lynne Griffin, at the Harbor Towers in 1987.

IDEAS | KRISTIN GRIFFIN

A Harbor Towers kid

End-of-life-doula Holly Strelzik (right), at home in Summit, N.J., talking with a client who lost her parents and her partner last year. Death doulas ready both the dying and their loved ones for the process of letting go, and they work with survivors to make sense of grief.

IDEAS | SHERRIE DULWORTH

What is a good death?

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

Like ‘Seinfeld,’ Newton teachers strike was about nothing

A woman entered the emergency department entrance at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Long emergency department wait times are perilous. Fix this — stat!

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Boston police seek help identifying people connected to two separate armed robberies

Boston police are seeking help from the public in identifying suspects in two separate armed robberies in downtown and the West End on Sunday, officials said.

Latest snowfall maps: How much will New England get?

A fast-moving nor’easter packing gusty winds is expected to pound the region with 6 inches to a foot of snow on Tuesday.

Joy, mourning, and frustration in Bridgewater church as Margaret Mbitu is remembered

The body of Margaret Mbitu, 31, a registered nurse from Whitman, was found inside a car at Logan International Airport on Nov. 1. Her boyfriend, Kevin Kangethe, who is charged in her death, fled to Kenya, where he was arrested but then escaped last week.

Just a glimmer: Bostonhenge cut short by clouds

For just a moment, the road glittered as rays of fleeting sunshine danced off glass skyscraper facades and bathed the brickwork along Stuart Street in golden light.

Sports

San Francisco won the overtime coin toss on Sunday night in Las Vegas, and they opted to take the ball first.

Did overtime coin toss call cost San Francisco? New rule sparks confusion, debate.

Sunday's game was the first where both teams can possess the ball even if the first offensive team scores a touchdown. It more closely resembles the college OT format, where teams often like to have the ball second.

Patrick Mahomes hoisted the Lombardi Trophy for a third time after the Chiefs beat the 49ers in overtime.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Instant analysis: Patrick Mahomes’s Super Bowl refuse-to-lose act should make Tom Brady nervous

At 28, Mahomes has three Lombardi Trophies after six seasons as a starter — same as Brady, who finished with seven.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift embrace as they celebrate the Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Travis Kelce gets loud, then gets glory as tight end celebrates third Super Bowl title — and first with Taylor Swift

The bombastic star finished with nine receptions for 93 yards, including crucial catches on Kansas City’s game-tying and game-winning drives.

How it happened: Chiefs beat 49ers in overtime to capture third Super Bowl in five seasons

Third verse, sad as the first as Kyle Shanahan watches another Super Bowl slip away

Taylor Swift celebrates Travis Kelce Super Bowl win with star-studded entourage

Business

Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app

President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more 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.

Former PM Alexander Stubb wins Finnish presidency

Trump says Ukraine war must end as US aid advances in senate

magazine

The Parenting Issue

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

This week's daters: Mandy and Claire

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Mandy is from the South, like me’

Jason Margolis with his father in the early 1980s.

One more game with Dad: Why the 49ers getting to the Super Bowl meant so much to me

The Parenting Issue

More women than ever are freezing their eggs. But there’s a problem.

metro

The elderly mare was lifted back onto her feet using a harness and front-end loader, officials said.

Crews in Whitman lift 1,000-pound elderly horse with front-end loader after fall

Annual Winter Walk brings awareness to Boston’s efforts to combat homelessness

A look behind the curtain: How the Newton School Committee and teachers union finally struck a deal

sports

Patrick Mahomes won his third Super Bowl, becoming the fourth quarterback to do so.

Patrick Mahomes conjures more magic and Chiefs win second straight Super Bowl

Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and more join Usher for Super Bowl halftime show

Nick Taylor wins playoff against Charley Hoffman to capture PGA Phoenix Open

business

Former President Donald Trump attends a watch party on the night of the Nevada Republican caucus, at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 7.

Trump has 11-point lead over Biden on economy, FT poll shows

Israel, just downgraded, readies bond spree to pay for war against Hamas

White House rebukes Trump for remark on urging Russia to attack allies

politics

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during a House hearing on Capitol Hill in July.

Kennedy cousin blasts Super Bowl ad for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoking JFK’s 1960 campaign

Biden welcomes King of Jordan as framework for hostage deal is decided in Israel-Hamas conflict

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy

Nation

A speedboat owned by former president George H.W. Bush that will be auctioned on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Houston to raise money for scholarships for the George Barbara & Bush Foundation.

Feel the need for speed? Late president’s 75-mph speedboat is up for auction.

Woman killed after she opened fire in Joel Osteen’s megachurch, boy with her shot, hospitalized

Woman firing long gun in Joel Osteen’s church killed by two off-duty officers; young boy with her hurt

World

Indonesian presidential candidates, from left, Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Ganjar Pranowo.

A defense minister and 2 former governors vie for Indonesia’s presidency

The Israeli military says it has rescued 2 hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip

Israeli strikes hit Rafah after Biden warns Netanyahu to have ‘credible’ plan to protect civilians

opinion

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

Like ‘Seinfeld,’ Newton teachers strike was about nothing

A ruling that frees up local political discourse

The hidden toll of sports gambling

lifestyle

From left: Taylor Swift kissed Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

Taylor Swift celebrates Travis Kelce Super Bowl win with star-studded entourage

Photos: See Robert Kraft, Reba McEntire, Jay-Z, and more stars at Super Bowl LVIII

Should I know it’s love by three months? Six?

food & dining

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 ads

Meet the DunKings: Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon star in Dunkin Super Bowl commercial

Celebrate the new year at one of these new Chinese restaurants

travel

Lena Onalik, the first Inuit archeologist for the Nunatsiavut Government’s Department of Language, Culture, and Tourism, grew up with her grandparents in Makkovik. She works to preserve and record culturally important Inuit sites on the Labrador Coast, and to promote and protect Inuit culture and language.

We wanted northern lights and glacial fjords. We got so much more.

Not into roller coasters at sea with 5,000 other passengers? Consider an expedition voyage.

Cruise-curious? Your cruise questions answered.

Arts

"Sumojazz (6)" (left) and Sumojazz (13)" are both 2011 works by James Luna.

With a small show of prints by Indigenous artists, the MFA looks to the future

A pair of ambitious photo exhibits look at sexuality and race in Boston during the ’70s

MFA agrees to return sacred relics to Korea

Books

A view of Wu Tsang’s installation “Of Whales,” which opens this week at the ICA.

Contemporary Black poets celebrate Phillis Wheatley in new volume; ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired video installations at ICA

Author readings around Boston through Feb. 17

Looking for a sensuous Valentine’s Day read? Let me suggest Willa Cather.

Movies

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., founding director of the Black Film Project, and Jacqueline Glover, executive director.

Harvard’s Black Film Project will spotlight Black history and culture through documentary, narrative stories

L Street Tavern, made famous in ‘Good Will Hunting,’ being sold in March

The world’s most famous dragon, Bruce Lee, was a natural entrepreneur

Television

Usher performed at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and more join Usher for Super Bowl halftime show

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

Meet the DunKings: Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon star in Dunkin Super Bowl commercial

music

Beyonce performs at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016.

Beyoncé drops new songs ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ‘16 Carriages.’ New music ‘Act II’ will arrive in March.

Taylor Swift celebrates Travis Kelce Super Bowl win with star-studded entourage

Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and more join Usher for Super Bowl halftime show

Theater/Dance

A scene from the 7 Fingers' "Duel Reality," now at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre through Feb. 18.

Wonders never cease with the 7 Fingers

In ‘John Proctor Is the Villain,’ a high school is a #MeToo crucible

It’s the humans who are in need of repair in ‘Machine Learning’

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

For many years, Eve Nussbaum Soumerai was a teacher in Connecticut, where she staged multimedia tributes, involving dozens of students, that honored historical figures. Courtesy of the Soumerai family

Eve Nussbaum Soumerai, teacher, writer who drew from her Holocaust experiences, dies at 97

Si Spiegel, Jewish war hero who modernized Christmas trees, dies at 99

Seiji Ozawa, trailblazing BSO music director, dies at 88