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Forecast | Dave Epstein

As storm moves south, snow accumulations expected to be highest in Southeastern Mass. and Cape

A fast-moving low pressure area will cut south of New England bringing a swath of rain and snow to much of the area Tuesday.
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‘I wanted to go sledding’: The big snow bummer
As the climate warms, southern New England is losing its snow days.

Boston snow emergency to end at 4 p.m.; Boston Public Schools to reopen Wednesday

“Given sudden and drastic changes to the forecast, no vehicles were towed for violating the parking ban overnight," officials said.

Latest snowfall maps: How much will New England get?

Show us your snow photos and videos

GETTING SALTY
Shannon McNeil loves the South Street Diner and Southie, but maybe not Shawn Mendes
Even if she didn't recognize the famous young singer ("He was really nice, but I had no idea who he was."), this Southie native, ice cream aficionado, and grandmother, is all love: for her neighborhood, her customers, and the diner’s chicken quesadillas.

WHAT SHE'S HAVING | KARA BASKIN

Some of Greater Boston’s best food is in . . . Burlington?
DEVRA FIRST

Where to eat for Valentine’s Day without a reservation
COOKING

For school vacation week, family-friendly recipes kids can help make
PERSPECTIVE

Make-up mirrors, pin-ups, mansplaining: Why women still find car buying miserable

Other industries have improved. Why are car dealers stuck in the 1950s?
christopher l. gasper

If frugality led to the Patriots’ downfall, blame Bill Belichick, not Robert Kraft

When it came to spending money on players, the buck stopped with the former coach, literally.
Want to dress and eat like a ‘DunKing’? The tracksuits are sold out.

Mass. burdens poor by overly aggressive policy to recoup Medicaid costs after death, report says

There’s no upper limit on how much Massachusetts can try to recoup, and for some the bill can total hundreds of thousands of dollars.

CDC plans to drop five-day COVID isolation guidelines
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidance planned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Georgia judge moves forward with hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case confirmed on Monday he will hold a hearing over allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis engaged in an improper personal relationship with the lead prosecutor.

Trump wants to install new RNC leadership, including his daughter-in-law as co-chair

Hate group demonstrated outside Governor Healey’s home on Saturday; no arrests made

A regional neo-Nazi group returned to Arlington on Saturday to demonstrate outside Maura Healey’s home, marking at least the second time the hate group has protested outside her residence since October.

In Eastie, an early glimpse at Boston’s existential and expensive struggle to hold back the sea
Boston began planning for sea level rise almost a decade ago. Now, as the city’s climate adaptation strategy takes shape, it’s raising thorny questions about cost and gentrification.

Tripadvisor could be takeover bait

The Needham-based online travel firm could soon be weighing an acquisition offer, the company disclosed this week without naming the potential buyer.

Man’s body found along banks of the Neponset River in Milton

Coyote attacks in 2 R.I. towns likely single rabid animal, officials say

Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain

 Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage release talks, officials say

Attorneys in Karen Read case say March 12 trial date not feasible
MATTHEW GILBERT

Jon Stewart is back at ‘The Daily Show,’ and he doesn’t spare Joe Biden

He spent a big chunk of his monologue grieving the likely repeat of the 2020 presidential contest and, in particular, worrying about the advanced ages of both Donald Trump and the president.
women's basketball notebook

Film study: Boston University women’s basketball star Caitlin Weimar teaches us how to dominate as a post player

The 6-4 center is a force on the floor and a candidate for Patriot League Player of the Year. Here is how she does it.
men's beanpot

NESN reporter Meredith Gorman’s earpiece gets stuck during men’s Beanpot final

The earpiece, also known as an IFB, allows Gorman to listen to NESN producers and play-callers from the booth.
NU 3, BU 3 | Northeastern's dynasty reigns on On hockey: Once, BU owned the Beanpot. Now, it’s Northeastern’s turn.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Pot purveyors plead to come out of the legal shadows. They’re right.

New federal study on its medical potential could lead the DEA to approve reclassification of the once “evil weed.”
MARCELA GARCÍA

Migrants’ next stop: Why not Wellesley?
Kim Taylor

Seiji Ozawa, the man and the maestro
LETTERS

Special counsel’s report: bombshell, cheap shot, or open secret?

IDEAS | DANIEL G. STEGER

They filmed ‘American Fiction’ in my house. Can I get an Oscar?

More recent News

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug launch off to slow start

Only about 2,000 patients are taking the medicine nationwide, but Biogen’s chief executive, Christopher A. Viehbacher, said he had expected the slow uptake and sees considerable demand for the medication.

Pointing to inflation, Brown plans 4.5 percent tuition increase

The university also announced this week it would provide the highest salary pool bump for employees since 2009.

Is Healey willing to raise taxes to fund the T long-term? The governor will ‘wait to see’ what a panel says.

“I’m not going to comment on hypotheticals until I see things,” Governor Maura Healey said Monday.
The T is on track to be broke soon. There’s no long-term fix.

Member of Dorchester street gang pleads guilty to federal racketeering charge, prosecutors say

A man who lives in Boston and Brockton pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to his role in a “violent Boston gang” after he allegedly attempted to murder a rival gang member and was involved in two home invasion robberies, prosecutors said.
THE FINE PRINT

Vantage Travel is back — or, at least, its name is

Vantage Explorations, owned by a company based in Australia, is embracing its Vantage Travel roots to sell tours around the world, while conspicuously ignoring the former company's bankruptcy and the $100 million it failed to refund to customers.

With violence at Brockton High School a near-daily problem, teachers are at a breaking point

Teachers and parents said the fights and general chaos at the school, while an issue for some time, have escalated this year.

Recommended reads

AS I SEE IT

Boxing’s glory years in Lowell

This year marks the 77th anniversary of the Golden Gloves Championship being held in Lowell. The occasion is not your great-grandpa’s fight night. Tonight’s card of 12 fights includes four women’s bouts.

Temporary overflow shelter opening near Mass. and Cass, Wu says
The center, located on Atkinson Street, is a “daytime space for individuals navigating homelessness and substance use” near Mass. and Cass., the center of the region’s homelessness and substance abuse crises, according to the city.

Kennedy ad highlights an increased outsourcing of campaigns to shadowy outside groups
A pro-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. PAC's expenditure of millions of dollars to support Kennedy’s efforts to get on the November ballot has attracted the attention of his opponents, who have appealed to the Federal Election Commission.

He says he got his CDL without taking the exam. Lawsuit ties State Police trooper to worker at Brockton RMV center.
The court filings mark the first time a Registry worker has been implicated in the alleged scheme in which four current and former Massachusetts state troopers are accused of falsifying results on commercial driver’s license tests.

Culture & Lifestyle

Mt. Joy, Lake Street Dive, and a reunited Sublime to headline Levitate Festival

‘The Taste of Things’: Juliette Binoche has never been better

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

Anna Motz debunks myths about female abusers and violent offenders in ‘If Love Could Kill’

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

IDEAS | IEVA JUSIONYTE

A scholar of gun policy says his field has gotten it wrong
Suzanne Nossel

How universities can restore free speech and constructive conversations
Hiba Husseini

What do Palestinians want?

JEFF JACOBY

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

Keith O'Brien

The hidden toll of sports gambling
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Nor’easter expected to bring heavy snow to Southeastern Mass. and Cape underway. Follow live updates.

A late southern shift in the storm's path means that Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod are now expected to get hit with the heaviest snow.
RI HEALTH

Coyote attacks in 2 R.I. towns likely single rabid animal, officials say

The rabies vaccination series should be administered as soon as possible to anyone with a known or likely exposure to rabies, RI DEM said.
WEATHER

R.I. Governor ‘strongly urging’ people to stay off the roads as storm continues

Schools, state offices, and city buildings in Providence closed as snow fell in Rhode Island. A winter storm warning is in effect for parts of Rhode Island until 7 p.m. Follow along for updates.

Mass. burdens poor by overly aggressive policy to recoup Medicaid costs after death, report says

There’s no upper limit on how much Massachusetts can try to recoup, and for some the bill can total hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sports

NFL

Patrick Mahomes pushes back against Tom Brady comparisons, again

"It gives me something to strive for every single day — chasing greatness."
men's beanpot

NESN reporter Meredith Gorman’s earpiece gets stuck during men’s Beanpot final

The earpiece, also known as an IFB, allows Gorman to listen to NESN producers and play-callers from the booth.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK

As Brad Marchand gets set to play his 1,000th game we’re left to wonder: Is he a Hall of Famer?

“I do, yeah,” coach Jim Montgomery said when asked his thoughts on Marchand's Hall of Fame credentials. "Just a dominant player, impacted every game.”
women's basketball notebook

Film study: Boston University women’s basketball star Caitlin Weimar teaches us how to dominate as a post player
peter abraham | on baseball

Projecting the Red Sox roster: Here’s a first look at how things might stack up Opening Day
CELTICS AT NETS | 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)

Celtics at Nets: Hot shooting Boston seeks fifth straight win

Business

Flight attendants hold airport rallies to protest lack of new contracts and pay raises

Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major US airlines are picketing and holding rallies at 30 airports on Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages.
HIGHER EDUCATION

Pointing to inflation, Brown plans 4.5 percent tuition increase

The university also announced this week it would provide the highest salary pool bump for employees since 2009.

Tripadvisor could be takeover bait

Ukraine needs nearly $9 billion to rebuild its cultural sites and tourism industry, UN agency says
magazine
Globe Magazine

‘God, I wish I hadn’t seen that’: On the trail of Bigfoot in the Berkshires
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Feb. 12-Feb. 18
The Parenting Issue

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

The Parenting Issue

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

metro

‘I wanted to go sledding’: The big snow bummer

Pointing to inflation, Brown plans 4.5 percent tuition increase

Show us your snow photos and videos

sports

Once, Boston University owned the Beanpot dynasty. Now, it’s Northeastern’s turn.

Lightning at Bruins: Boston looks to bounce back on Brad Marchand’s milestone night

Patriots mailbag: Draft scenarios bring out a lot of hypotheticals

business

Vantage Travel is back — or, at least, its name is

US inflation slows but remains elevated in sign that price pressures are easing only gradually

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug launch off to slow start

politics

Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain

House votes — again — on impeachment of Homeland Security secretary. Here’s what you should know.

House GOP will try again to impeach Mayorkas after failing once. But outcome is still uncertain.

Nation

CDC plans to drop five-day COVID isolation guidelines

Bob Moore, founder and face of Bob’s Red Mill, dies at 94

Georgia judge moves forward with hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims

World

Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage release talks, officials say

Don’t feed the pandas: Man banned from panda park for life for throwing ‘objects’ into an enclosure

Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in dramatic Gaza raid that killed at least 67 Palestinians

opinion

How universities can restore free speech and constructive conversations

Newton teachers strike: It’s all over but the rehashing

‘Ten years of nothing’ from the convention center authority

lifestyle

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

Some of Greater Boston’s best food is in . . . Burlington?

Shannon McNeil loves the South Street Diner and Southie, but maybe not Shawn Mendes

Where to eat for Valentine’s Day without a reservation

travel

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.

A fall foliage cruise from New England to Canada (minus the colorful leaves)

Arts

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 divided life finally made whole in ‘I Heard Her Call My Name,’ Lucy Sante’s memoir of transition

Paul Alexander captures the tragic beauty, survival instincts of Billie Holiday in ‘Bitter Crop’

Beyond ‘Bridgerton,’ there’s a whole universe of historical romance classics ripe for the screen. Here are six of our favorites.

Movies

‘The Taste of Things’: Juliette Binoche has never been better

Snuggle up this snow day and watch the 2024 Oscar nominees for best picture

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

Television

Jon Stewart is back at ‘The Daily Show,’ and he doesn’t spare Joe Biden

12 shows to binge on a snow day

Want to dress and eat like a ‘DunKing’? The tracksuits are sold out.

music

Mt. Joy, Lake Street Dive, and a reunited Sublime to headline Levitate Festival

Beyoncé announces ‘Act II’ will arrive in March. Watch videos of her two new country tracks.

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

Theater/Dance

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

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

Bob Edwards, radio host who built NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ dies at 76

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