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Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s basketball scoring record
The superstar guard needed just three shots for the 8 points she needed to claim Kelsey Plum's record, breaking it as she promised she would — a 3-pointer next to the Iowa logo at center court.

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company

Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 and 2016, prosecutors said Thursday.

Republican John Deaton, eyeing race against Elizabeth Warren, moved to Mass. in January
Two months ago, attorney John Deaton lived in Rhode Island. Now, he's seriously weighing a challenge to Elizabeth Warren.

Lewiston shooter left note saying ‘he’s had enough and is trained to hurt people,’ State Police say

Three days before Robert R. Card II committed the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history, he typed out an ominous note on his cellphone.

Mass. K-12 Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley stepping down in March
Jeffrey Riley has served in the role for more than six years and is resigning effective March 15, he announced in a statement Thursday.

Trail of violence, murders, and pandemic fraud in Heath Street gang case, prosecutors say

More than 40 suspected members and associates of the Jamaica Plain-based Heath Street Gang are facing federal charges.

Toast is latest tech company to tumble, slashing 550 jobs

The Boston-based restaurant software firm said Thursday it would cut about 10 percent of its staff and reorganize its offices in a drive to reach profitability more quickly.

FBI Boston leads global effort to thwart Russian hackers of small business, home routers

The compromised routers belonged to unsuspecting victims “in almost every state,” including New England, according to the FBI and court documents.

Judge declines to delay March 12 start of Karen Read trial
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Slip on a caftan and party like Mrs. Roper from ‘Three’s Company.’ The Roper phenomenon has arrived in Boston.

Across the country, thousands are getting in touch with their inner Helen through the International Order of Mrs. Ropers and Roper Romps.

After Milton vote, the question remains: What now?
Milton now faces the politically delicate task of writing yet another new zoning plan, while living under legal limbo for violating the state’s most ambitious housing law in decades.

shirley leung

‘No winners here’: Milton residents voted down a plan for more housing. But the state isn’t our colonial overlord.

To her Milton neighbors who voted “No,” Globe columnist Shirley Leung asks that you please come up with a plan to comply. This isn't the Boston Tea Party.

Four maps that show where, how — and by whom — Milton’s housing plan was defeated on Wednesday

Precinct-level results in Milton detail a town divided.
Healey put her political clout behind Milton housing plan. Voters rejected it anyway. A day after referendum vote, Milton residents remain divided over housing plan

Your Home | Calm & Cozy
How a Brookline empty-nester couple converted their two-family into one
They started out with renters to help their budget. Nearly 30 years later, it was time to make it a single-family.

To redesign their sterile condo, a couple drew inspiration from their dog

A Melrose home-design refresh brings the sky indoors — quite literally

A retired couple creates a rustic (‘but not “Yellowstone” rustic’) Berkshires dream home
MATTHEW GILBERT

It looks like the era known as Peak TV has peaked — and thank goodness for that

I expect that I’m not the only viewer delighted by the news that the Peak TV era seems to have peaked.
KRAKEN 4, BRUINS 1

Bruins lose third straight and fourth in five games since return from All-Star break, to Kraken

Locals Matty Beniers (Hingham) and Joey Accord (North Andover) led Seattle to the win against their hometown team. The Bruins slipped to second place in the Atlantic Division.

George Soros investment firm to become largest shareholder of WEEI, Magic 106.7 owner Audacy

The stake in Audacy is the latest media bet by Soros’ fund, which was among a group of firms that acquired Vice Media out of bankruptcy and invested in Crooked Media.
Celtics beatwriter's notebook

What’s up with Kendrick Perkins and Joe Mazzulla? How will the Celtics fill the roster? Can Tatum win MVP?

ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins has taken some shots at Joe Mazzulla, but the Celtics coach takes it all in stride.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Lindsey Graham is a metaphor for the retreat of Reagan Republicanism in a time of Trump

The South Carolina senator now thwarts causes he once championed alongside John McCain.
Kenneth S. Stern

I wrote a definition of antisemitism. It was never meant to chill free speech on campus.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Biden still has time to prove he is mentally fit
Carlo Ratti

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

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

More recent News

Teachers at Neighborhood House Charter School in Boston are unionizing
Neighborhood House, which educates 800 students in preschool through grade 12, joins about half a dozen of the state’s 70 independent charter schools that have unionized staff, according to the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association.

Smoking surpasses injection as main route of fatal drug overdoses
Smoking drugs has overtaken injecting them as the primary cause of fatal overdoses, a new study says.

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.

Fani Willis to return to the witness stand as she fights an effort to derail Trump’s election case

Point32Health acquires Health New England of Springfield
Point32Health, the Canton-based nonprofit that owns Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, serves 1.9 million members in five New England states.

Providence City Council hires former East Providence clerk who fabricated resume
Samantha Burnett, now the council’s constituent services coordinator, told the Globe: “I’m happy to be moving forward.”

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.

Recommended reads

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.

Amid tumult at the Cass, track coach Said Ahmed announces state House challenge

Black History Now
The Rev. Virgil Wood works to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Wood is among 69 names honored on Embrace Boston's 1965 Freedom Plaza on the Boston Common.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ekene Ijeoma’s ‘Deconstructed Anthems’ puts an unsettling twist on a familiar tune

For ultimate fan Cat Power, re-creating Dylan’s historic 1966 concert was her direction home

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

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

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

Tewksbury police search for man involved in hospital stabbing Thursday

Brian Kobs allegedly stabbed an individual around 7 p.m. Thursday before fleeing the area of Tewksbury State Hospital, police said in a statement.

Point32Health acquires Health New England of Springfield

Point32Health, the Canton-based nonprofit that owns Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, serves 1.9 million members in five New England states.
RI CRIME

R.I. man charged with arson at predominantly Black church had racist, violent writings, US Attorney said

Kevin Colantonio, 34, of North Providence is considered “an extreme danger to the community,” based on “disturbing writing which give insight to his motives,” Assistant US Attorney Peter Roklan said.

Mass. K-12 Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley stepping down in March

Jeffrey Riley has served in the role for more than six years and is resigning effective March 15, he announced in a statement Thursday.

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.
MIAA DIVISION 1 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Acton-Boxborough boys, Central Catholic girls reign in MIAA Division 1 indoor track and field championships

Ajay Raina rallied A-B boys to first D1 title in a decade with heroic anchor leg in 4x800; Macy Daigle paced Central Catholic girls to first title in nearly two decades.
AUTO RACING

Massachusetts makes the Daytona 500 as Kaz Grala earns 26th spot in Sunday’s Great American Race

The Boston-born and Westborough-raised Grala earned the final spot in the race in the second qualifier by finishing higher than B.J. McLeod.
KRAKEN 4, BRUINS 1

Bruins lose third straight and fourth in five games since return from All-Star break, to Kraken
COLLEGES

Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s basketball scoring record
BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Parker Wotherspoon settles into Bruins coach Jim Montgomery’s defense rotation

Business

Point32Health acquires Health New England of Springfield

Point32Health, the Canton-based nonprofit that owns Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, serves 1.9 million members in five New England states.

After Milton vote, the question remains: What now?

Milton now faces the politically delicate task of writing yet another new zoning plan, while living under legal limbo for violating the state’s most ambitious housing law in decades.

Toast is latest tech company to tumble, slashing 550 jobs

Boston could face budget woes as office building values dip, report says
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

Teachers at Neighborhood House Charter School in Boston are unionizing

Healey put her political clout behind Milton housing plan. Voters rejected it anyway.

Providence City Council hires former East Providence clerk who fabricated resume

sports

Watch Tiger Woods hit a shank in his return to golf; he opens with a 72 at Riviera

What’s up with Kendrick Perkins and Joe Mazzulla? How will the Celtics fill the roster? Can Tatum win MVP?

Rob Manfred intends to step down as MLB commissioner in 2029

business

Somerville concrete startup expanding

George Soros investment firm to become largest shareholder of WEEI, Magic 106.7 owner Audacy

Four maps that show where, how — and by whom — Milton’s housing plan was defeated on Wednesday

politics

Biden is going to the site of last year’s train derailment in Ohio. Republicans say he took too long.

In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case

Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump but criticizes current US policy

Nation

Fani Willis to return to the witness stand as she fights an effort to derail Trump’s election case

Verdict in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial expected Friday, capping busy week of court action

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

World

At least 11 dead and 4 injured in massive fire at paint factory in New Delhi

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

Putin says he prefers Biden over Trump. Commentators are skeptical.

opinion

Let’s bring student engagement from blueprint to proving ground

Biden still has time to prove he is mentally fit

Social Studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk

lifestyle

The low-maintenance, eco-friendly lawn that will make the cut. It won’t tick off your neighbors.

Why didn’t she want a second date?

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

food & dining

My parents didn’t just own a restaurant. They lived it.

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

travel

Slip on a caftan and party like Mrs. Roper from ‘Three’s Company.’ The Roper phenomenon has arrived in Boston.

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

Arts

On the road with Robert Frank and Todd Webb

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

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

Slip on a caftan and party like Mrs. Roper from ‘Three’s Company.’ The Roper phenomenon has arrived in Boston.

It looks like the era known as Peak TV has peaked — and thank goodness for that

Latest spin at reboot magic lands on ‘Bewitched’

music

Ekene Ijeoma’s ‘Deconstructed Anthems’ puts an unsettling twist on a familiar tune

Enigma Chamber Opera offers musical guides on ‘how to survive the world’

Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the diva of ‘Diva,’ dies at 75

Theater/Dance

Can ‘Raymonda’ be redeemed in full? Boston Ballet premieres Mikko Nissinen’s remake.

‘The Book of Mormon’ turns a page, sort of

Wonders never cease with the 7 Fingers

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

Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the diva of ‘Diva,’ dies at 75

Joel Belz, trailblazer in Christian journalism, is dead at 82

Don Gullett, who started three World Series games against 1975 Red Sox as ace of the Big Red Machine, dies at 73