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Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials.

Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25, a judge ruled Thursday, turning aside requests for a delay from the former president’s defense lawyers.

Relationship between DA Fani Willis and Nathan Wade started years earlier than claimed, witness says

UMass poll: One in five Americans agree with Trump’s negative sentiment on migrants coming to United States

Service resumes on Green, Blue, and Orange lines after outage causes major delays during morning commute
Ryan Coholan, the MBTA’s chief operating officer, said that one of seven electrical feeds that flow into an MBTA substation at North Station failed, causing the entire substation to shut down.

‘Oh look, we moved one station.’ MBTA passengers vent online over widespread delays

‘I just walk around aimlessly’: Migrants at Cambridge courthouse shelter have nowhere to go during the day

Residents also described filthy conditions, insufficient care, and a lack of clear communication from authorities.
Immigrants are fundamental to region’s economic impact, new report finds

Massachusetts congressional delegation demands answers from Steward’s private equity founders

If the firm were to offer a substantial response, it could provide critical insight into the private financial dealings that led to Steward’s current dire financial straits.
Sick patients collapsed waiting for care in overwhelmed Steward hospital’s emergency department See more coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

Fast-moving clipper system will produce light snow overnight for Boston area
This storm will usher in blustery conditions for the start of the weekend with seasonally cold temperatures.

Weather focus: What is a weather model anyway — and are they right?

Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, claiming hostages were likely held there

Woman stabbed to death in Worcester, man arrested

How a Springfield mom of seven went from homelessness to the sweet smell of startup success

Hot Oven Cookies owner Sheila Coon has long planned to open seven stores — one for each kid to call their own. But that’s just the beginning for this entrepreneur.
TABLES

Salem gets a new burger haunt; a build-your-own pasta bar breaks into Brookline

Plus, a fork-free beefsteak bonanza.
Quick Bite: A talented staff is filling the case at Belmont’s Butternut Bakehouse

shirley leung
‘No winners here’: Milton residents vote down new state housing law. But this isn’t the Boston Tea Party.
To those neighbors who voted “No,” Globe columnist Shirley Leung asks that you please come up with a plan to comply. The state is not our colonial overlord.

After fierce debate, Milton voters overturn state-mandated housing plan

Residents have been fiercely divided over the plan, which would bring Milton into compliance with a new state law requiring cities and towns serviced by the MBTA to allow more multifamily housing.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
When only the best will do: These New England hotels just earned five stars from Forbes
The Forbes Travel Guide ranks "outstanding" properties around the world. Five Boston hotels made the list. (Next year, will there be six?)

A digital camcorder for $25.54? Boston-based Temu offers deals that seem too good to be true.
The Chinese-owned startup, which invited viewers to "shop like a billionaire" in its multiple Super Bowl ads, is betting that consumers care most about ultra-low prices.

For Boston’s only free youth track program, a displacement that is a blessing in disguise

The Boston United Track and Cross Country Club's old home is being converted to a temporary shelter for migrants. Now, they're relocating to the nearby Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

JJ Redick is promoted to ABC/ESPN’s top NBA broadcast team

The former 3-point specialist will join Mike Breen and Doris Burke and debut Feb. 24 with a Celtics-Knicks game.

Shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade seemed to stem from dispute among several people, police say

Three people were detained — including two juveniles — and firearms were recovered during the mayhem, police said. “This incident is still a very active investigation,” Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said.
Mother and daughter from N.H. recall horror of Kansas City shooting at Chief’s celebration
Commentary

Dunking on the DunKings: Because enough already!

The viral Dunkin’ Super Bowl commercial fails the Bechdel test with flying colors — orange, pink, and white.
Opinion
Carlo Ratti

New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do better

With the right mix of clever policy and savvy politics, Massachusetts could beat the scourge of traffic and leapfrog the Big Apple.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Biden still has time to prove he is mentally fit
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Got tears? Crying is having a moment.
EDITORIAL

On NATO, Trump doesn’t speak for the nation. GOP lawmakers should stand with our allies by standing up to his bullying.
IDEAS | BOB REGAN

What we’re forgetting in all this fuss about Biden’s memory

More recent News

Rope removed from right whale found washed up on Martha’s Vineyard may be from Maine buoy line, officials say
A necropsy of the whale "confirmed a chronic entanglement, with rope deeply embedded in the tail," federal officials said.

Dartmouth Health warns about long wait times with emergency department at capacity
Joanne M. Conroy, Dartmouth Health CEO and president, said the hospital is seeing “an unprecedented volume of patients” at the emergency department and in inpatient clinical units

Will Ceddanne Rafaela be the Opening Day center fielder for the Red Sox?
His offensive struggles in 2023 indicated he would be back in Triple A, but the team seems to be rethinking its approach with him.

ben volin | on football
Answering your five burning questions about the Patriots’ new coaching staff
They could have taken a big swing with Mike Vrabel, but their main goal apparently was simply to untether from Bill Belichick.

Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump because he is ‘more experienced and predictable’
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see President Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced and predictable than Donald Trump.

MIT president suspends student group critical of war in Gaza, says action ‘not related to content’ of demonstrations
The group said the suspension was an attack “on our right to protest.”

tara sullivan
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is on the cusp of history. Don’t miss it.
The star guard is closing in on the NCAA women's all-time scoring record, with eight points to go and a game against Michigan on Thursday.

Boston could face budget woes as office building values dip, report says
The declining value of Boston’s office buildings could mean the city will face a revenue shortfall of between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion over the next five years.

Could congestion pricing be coming to Boston? The City Council is exploring the possibility.
Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson requested a hearing on the issue to explore how the policy could raise money for public transit and reduce traffic.

Recommended reads

Growing violence, misbehavior at Brockton High School has teachers near 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.

innovation economy
How podcaster Lex Fridman became MIT’s highest-profile science ambassador
On his podcast, Fridman has spoken to the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Benjamin Netanyahu, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ye, and Joe Rogan.

Healey relied on small circle to pick SJC nominees
The first-term Democrat leaned on a small, five-person commission to vet and identify picks for the high court. Three were either current or former appointees of Governor Maura Healey’s.

More than 40 people with ties to Boston street gang arrested in racketeering scheme, linked to murders, officials say
Nearly two dozen fraudulent employment claims were allegedly submitted for a company called "Married to the Mob," prosecutors said.

Culture & Lifestyle

For painter Jameel Radcliffe, portraits begin with a studio party — and drinks, food, and friends

Want to be mesmerized at the movies — and win your Oscars pool?

‘Madame Web’ star Sydney Sweeney talks Britney Spears, spider suits, and how she ‘fell in love with Boston’

Jennifer Lopez says Ayo Edebiri was in tears while apologizing over past critical comments

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.

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

Let’s stop treating pot like heroin
MARCELA GARCÍA

Migrants’ next stop: Why not Wellesley?
IDEAS | DANIEL G. STEGER

They filmed ‘American Fiction’ in my house. Can I get an Oscar?
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
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

UMass poll: One in five Americans agree with Trump’s negative sentiment on migrants coming to United States

The new UMass Amherst poll also found that respondents voiced support for the general idea of racial and ethnic diversity as a source of national strength, the school said Wednesday.
HEALTH

Dartmouth Health warns about long wait times with emergency department at capacity

Joanne M. Conroy, Dartmouth Health CEO and president, said the hospital is seeing “an unprecedented volume of patients” at the emergency department and in inpatient clinical units

Man hospitalized in ‘critical condition’ after being struck by fire truck in Boston, officials say

Police responded around 12:25 p.m. to 111 Bowdoin St in Dorchester to reports of a pedestrian hit by a fire truck, according to Officer Jason Villanueva, a Boston Police Department spokesperson.
FOOD

How a Springfield mom of seven went from homelessness to the sweet smell of startup success

Hot Oven Cookies owner Sheila Coon has long planned to open seven stores — one for each kid to call their own. But that’s just the beginning for this entrepreneur.

Sports

Shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade seemed to stem from dispute among several people, police say

Three people were detained — including two juveniles — and firearms were recovered during the mayhem, police said. “This incident is still a very active investigation,” Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

JJ Redick is promoted to ABC/ESPN’s top NBA broadcast team

The former 3-point specialist will join Mike Breen and Doris Burke and debut Feb. 24 with a Celtics-Knicks game.
Celtics

How Derrick White reacted to being left off the NBA All-Star team

"I knew it was probably going to be a long shot, but to be in the conversation was cool," said the Celtics guard.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics are cruising into the All-Star break as the NBA’s best team. How do they avoid complacency?
Kraken at Bruins | 7:00 p.m. (NESN)

Kraken at Bruins: Boston looks to return to winning track
red sox

Will Ceddanne Rafaela be the Opening Day center fielder for the Red Sox?

Business

US lawmakers, visiting Cambridge, warn of a rising Chinese threat to US biotech

A bipartisan group of lawmakers visited Mass. this week to call for strengthening US life sciences companies, protecting their technologies, and safeguarding Americans’ genetic data.
HEALTH

Dartmouth Health warns about long wait times with emergency department at capacity

Joanne M. Conroy, Dartmouth Health CEO and president, said the hospital is seeing “an unprecedented volume of patients” at the emergency department and in inpatient clinical units

Cambridge software firm Pegasystems gets AI-fueled boost
shirley leung

‘No winners here’: Milton residents vote down new state housing law. But this isn’t the Boston Tea Party.
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

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

For school vacation week, family-friendly recipes kids can help make
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She had a crocheted scarf around her neck . . . and a construction worker’s vest sticking out of her purse’
LOVE LETTERS

‘Is it wrong to only want to date younger women?’

metro

A large crowd formed on the Malden Center train platform Thursday morning due to power problems.

Fast-moving clipper system will produce light snow overnight for Boston area

Giovanni will retire from 92 PRO-FM

sports

Answering your five burning questions about the Patriots’ new coaching staff

Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart arrested for assault for punching Suns’ Drew Eubanks during pregame altercation

Joe Mazzulla makes intentions clear about coaching Celtics to foul while winning

business

US applications for jobless benefits fall as labor market continues to show resilience

Massachusetts congressional delegation demands answers from Steward’s private equity founders

A digital camcorder for $25.54? Boston-based Temu offers deals that seem too good to be true.

politics

Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials.

Relationship between DA Fani Willis and Nathan Wade started years earlier than claimed, witness says

Trump arrives in court as decisions in three cases collide

Nation

Shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade seemed to stem from dispute among several people, police say

What we know about the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration

Biden shields Palestinians in US from deportation for 18 months

World

Israel files complaint after Vatican denounces ‘carnage’ and disproportionate response in Gaza

Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, claiming hostages were likely held there

London’s iconic underground map will be rebranded with 6 new names and colors

opinion

As state Senate seeks to honor a woman, it should bring a groundbreaking Black Bostonian out of the shadows

For a nation divided, five minutes of the national anthem effect

Jill Biden makes the case that Joe isn’t too old. Should we believe her?

lifestyle

Why didn’t she want a second date?

What is Alaskapox? Recent death brings attention to virus seen in small animals.

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

food & dining

A talented staff is filling the case at Belmont’s Butternut Bakehouse

Salem gets a new burger haunt; a build-your-own pasta bar breaks into Brookline

How a Springfield mom of seven went from homelessness to the sweet smell of startup success

travel

Sarah Wang on packing cubes, Disney in Japan, and eating ‘anything flaming hot’

I canceled my cruise, but my credit card claim is lost at sea

A family-run gem in the Berkshires, a flower show in Philly, and all the power you need on the go

Arts

For painter Jameel Radcliffe, portraits begin with a studio party — and drinks, food, and friends

Stopping by woods at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design

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

Books

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

Nighttime logic rules the realm of the resurrected in Kelly Link’s debut novel, ‘The Book of Love’

Hisham Matar on why your bed is ‘the most novel-like space’ to read in

Movies

Want to be mesmerized at the movies — and win your Oscars pool?

‘Madame Web’ star Sydney Sweeney talks Britney Spears, spider suits, and how she ‘fell in love with Boston’

‘Bob Marley: One Love’ fails to catch a fire

Television

‘The New Look’ weaves a tale of fashion icons and Nazi oppression into a compelling drama

Dunking on the DunKings: Because enough already!

Rom-com to medical drama, Ambika Mod stands out

music

Ken Field and the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble bring Mardi Gras to Scullers

Harry Connick Jr., Broadway stars, Branford Marsalis, and Pride Night highlight Pops’ spring season

Affleck on the track: DunKings release full song just in time for Valentine’s Day

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

William Post, who played a key role in developing Pop-Tarts, dies at 96

David Bouley, influential New York chef, dies at 70

Kelvin Kiptum, marathon world record holder, dies at 24