fb-pixel The Boston Globe Skip to main content
The Boston Globe
TRENDING:

Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case

A New York judge imposed a penalty Friday on Donald Trump, his companies, and some executives, ruling that they engaged in a yearslong scheme to inflate the former president’s wealth.
Read the full ruling in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial Trump privately favors a 16-week abortion ban DONALD TRUMP INVESTIGATIONS TRACKER

The Supreme Court forced Biden to get creative on student debt relief. He did, but it still falls short of his promises.

The political damage of President Biden’s failure to deliver on his campaign promise could be limited with young voters.
Biden has done much to relieve student debt, but he can do more

Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

President Biden said Washington doesn’t know exactly what happened, “but there is no doubt that the death of Navalny was a consequence of something Putin and his thugs did.”
Tributes to Alexei Navalny, Putin’s greatest foe, removed from Russian cities as police look on

Fani Willis case ensnared in legal arguments during testimony about romantic relationship timeline

2-alarm fire in Roxbury displaces 7, firefighter injured

Brockton woman found guilty of OUI for fatal crash in 2018

Jury finds Emanuel Lopes guilty of murdering Weymouth police sergeant, 77-year-old woman

Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic

Shooting deaths of 2 people in Colorado college dorm being investigated as homicides, police say

1 firefighter killed and 9 injured in Virginia house explosion

2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade

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

Ukraine is withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for 4 months

 Ukraine’s Zelensky warns of an ‘artifical deficit’ of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka

Israel was behind attacks on major gas pipelines in Iran, officials say

Some Newton parents join lawsuit seeking damages for 11-day teachers strike

A legal filing made Friday in Middlesex Superior Court seeks to expand an existing case, brought by the state and Newton School Committee against the union, to include parents in a class action.
Why the Newton teachers went out on strike

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.

How Everett became a housing boomtown

Everett has added more housing in the last few years than any community in the Boston area. What do they know that the rest of us could learn?

Are taxis cool again? At Logan Airport, there are signs of a rebound.

Taxis logged more than 1 million ride pick-ups at Logan Airport in 2023, nearly double from 2021.

After funding a successful write-in campaign, a New Hampshire super PAC that backed Biden is considering a pivot

Organizers of Granite for America are considering putting the super PAC to use to help more Democrats get elected on the state level.

A day shelter with social services will open in Chelsea next week for migrants in Cambridge overflow shelter, United Way says

The shelter, funded through a grant from the state’s Safety Net Shelter program with the United Way, will open Feb. 20 at La Colaborativa’s new headquarters in Chelsea.

After BPDA approves homeless housing in Dorchester, neighbors say they’ll sue

The lawsuit will contend that the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s approval of the project was flawed.
A library in the Fenway? Newly approved lab project pledges to build one.

These two Boston employers just tightened their return-to-office mandates
Fidelity Investments and Deutsche Bank AG are among the ranks of companies changing when and how frequently workers need to report to the office.

It’s been 720 days without any significant snowfall in Boston

What’s behind this longest stretch on record for the city?
Forecast: The blustery cold stays put this weekend amid partly sunny skies in Boston area Ominous ocean warmth points to an active Atlantic hurricane season ahead

CVS rage is simmering as some consumers face long pharmacy lines and incarcerated shampoo
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Healey feels the squeeze as state revenues fall and the economy cools

The state is curbing spending as it heads for a second straight decline in annual tax receipts.
Opinion
IDEAS | MAIAH JEZAK

My father’s addiction claimed everything but my love for him

I lost my dad when I was 9. Thirteen years of missing him later, I want you to know about him and why he mattered.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Are immigrants a burden or a benefit?
Christopher L. Gasper

The long-gone paper ticket stub offers a nostalgic souvenir that the digital world can’t
RENÉE GRAHAM

The media’s own memory problems
JOAN VENNOCHI

Is concern for judicial ethics all that’s driving the controversy over Healey’s pick for high court?

More recent News

‘Game changer’: Mass. doctors hail new federal rule expanding access to methadone
The rule could turn the tide in combating rising levels of opioid overdoses, say addiction specialists.

Eversource, National Grid seek rate hikes to upgrade the grid to handle surge in electrification
Massachusetts' two major utilities are asking for around $2.4 billion over five years to finance improvements to the power grid, amid increasing demand from electric vehicles and heat pumps.

A chaotic US House is losing three Republican committee chairs to retirement in the span of a week
In a single week, the Republican chairs of three U.S. House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent.

If he stays with Red Sox, Jarren Duran is their leadoff hitter — but that’s a big if
Duran's breakout 2023 season impressed not only Boston fans but other teams, and he is seen as a prime trade target.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora bemoans lack of excitement during MLB offseason

Delta unveils plans for Boston-Honolulu flights
The airline has quickly become a dominant player at Logan Airport in recent years.

American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras
Ana Maria Knezevic traveled from South Florida to Spain in December to get away for a while. Then, she vanished — two weeks ago, shortly after a man wearing a motorcycle helmet disabled the security cameras at her Madrid apartment building by spray painting the lenses.

Thirty-three years after Dee Brown became a no-look sensation, Jaylen Brown is ready to follow suit at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest
Jaylen Brown, wearing No. 7, will participate in the dunk contest Saturday, and for those 40-plus-year-old NBA fans, it will conjure memories of Dee Brown’s stunning victory in 1991.

Former Celtic Chauncey Billups among 14 Hall of Fame finalists for the Class of 2024

What EV slowdown? Electric transition still booming in Massachusetts.
With almost 64,000 passenger EVs on the roads to start 2024, the battery-powered sector made up 1.3 percent of all passenger vehicles in the state, according to RMV data.

Woman’s corpse and 30 cremated remains found after ex-funeral home owner gets evicted from house
Colorado authorities issued an arrest warrant for a former funeral home owner they say kept a deceased woman's body in a hearse for two years at a residence where police also found the cremated remains of at least 30 people.

Recommended reads

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Jane Fonda Neil deGrasse Tyson, Post Malone, and more also have cameos in "This Is Me… Now: A Love Story."
Odie Henderson: Want to be mesmerized at the movies — and win your Oscars pool? Watch these animated shorts.

She was tired of all the Travis and Taylor haters, so a seamstress from Western Mass. got busy
Emily Engel of Ludlow created a muppet replica of Travis Kelce as a Swedish Chef named the “Quarterbörk,” which was one of three hand-made items raffled off for 87 & Running, the Kansas City Chiefs star's foundation that provides underserved youth.

Outrage echoes among executive producers of ‘Navalny’ doc following Alexei Navalny prison death
"This is what [the Putin] regime does, and the world has to hold him accountable," says Boston-area producer Geralyn White Dreyfous

Protests, poisoning and prison: A timeline of the life and death of Alexei Navalny Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

TRAVEL
‘It’s a beautiful sport’: More people are warming up to the idea of winter surfing
Winter surfing in New England has an enthusiastic following because the waves are usually big and consistent. So you'll find people out there even if the waves are small, even if it’s dark outside, even if they're afraid there's a shark under their board.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Mitski has all the answers at MGM Fenway

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

SCOT LEHIGH

Lindsey Graham is a metaphor for the retreat of Reagan Republicanism in a time of Trump
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

El Salvador’s risky tradeoff: Exchanging democracy for security
Michael Zilles and Ryan Normandin

Why the Newton teachers went out on strike
RENÉE GRAHAM

The media’s own memory problems
EDITORIAL

Let’s stop treating pot like heroin
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Are taxis cool again? At Logan Airport, there are signs of a rebound.

Taxis logged more than 1 million ride pick-ups at Logan Airport in 2023, nearly double from 2021.

How Everett became a housing boomtown

Everett has added more housing in the last few years than any community in the Boston area. What do they know that the rest of us could learn?

A day shelter with social services will open in Chelsea for migrants in Cambridge overflow shelter, United Way says

The shelter, funded through a grant from the state’s Safety Net Shelter program with the United Way, will open Feb. 20 at La Colaborativa’s new headquarters in Chelsea.

Some Newton parents join lawsuit seeking damages for 11-day teachers strike

A legal filing made Friday in Middlesex Superior Court seeks to expand an existing case, brought by the state and Newton School Committee against the union, to include parents in a class action.

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

The long-gone paper ticket stub offers a nostalgic souvenir that the digital world can’t

Digging through old ticket stubs is like traveling in a time machine. They’re mementos.
MIAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Newton South’s Dylan Kadish weighs in with a strong start at Division 1 wrestling championship

Competing in his home gym, the senior advanced to the 126-pound semifinals in a weight class in which a 2022 New England finalist and the 2023 state champ have been ousted.
PWHL: Toronto 3, Montreal 0

Women’s hockey-record crowd of 19,285 watches Toronto beat Montreal 3-0 in PWHL

“The Battle on Bay Street” at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto Friday night broke the attendance record of 18,013 set at the 2013 world championships in Ottawa, Ontario.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma both announce they will spend at least one more year at UConn

North Andover boys, Wellesley girls capture MIAA Division 2 indoor track and field state titles

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Thirty-three years after Dee Brown became a no-look sensation, Jaylen Brown is ready to follow suit at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

Business

Are taxis cool again? At Logan Airport, there are signs of a rebound.

Taxis logged more than 1 million ride pick-ups at Logan Airport in 2023, nearly double from 2021.

How Everett became a housing boomtown

Everett has added more housing in the last few years than any community in the Boston area. What do they know that the rest of us could learn?

OpenAI Deal Lets Employees Sell Shares at $86 Billion Valuation

Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty,’ but his business will still get slammed
magazine
Your Home | Calm & Cozy

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

A survivor of Auschwitz, my mother-in-law never expected to have descendants
PERSPECTIVE

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

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

metro

Boston police seek public’s help identifying man wanted in Blue Hill Avenue shooting

‘We’re not going to put up with hate’: Shiloh Gospel Temple stands strong after arson attempt at church

Key takeaways from Rhode Island’s new Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders plan

sports

NBA champion, ‘Survivor’ contestant Scot Pollard receives heart transplant

EMass wrestling: Sectional champion in 8th grade? Middleborough’s Ken Mentee headlines Athletes of the Week

Red Sox manager Alex Cora bemoans lack of excitement during MLB offseason

business

Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed

Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case

A library in the Fenway? Newly approved lab project pledges to build one.

politics

US aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by the far right

Fani Willis case ensnared in legal arguments during testimony about romantic relationship timeline

Judge orders Trump and his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case

Nation

Shooting deaths of 2 people in Colorado college dorm being investigated as homicides, police say

Tributes to Alexei Navalny, Putin’s greatest foe, removed from Russian cities as police look on

1 firefighter killed and 9 injured in Virginia house explosion

World

Ukraine’s Zelensky warns of an ‘artificial deficit’ of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN

A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting rampage with a Kalashnikov rifle

opinion

The media’s own memory problems

El Salvador’s risky tradeoff: Exchanging democracy for security

They have a few words for coauthor of Oct. 7 statement at Harvard

lifestyle

WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

New book on ‘whistle-stop’ campaign trains describes politics and adventure throughout history

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

‘It’s a beautiful sport’: More people are warming up to the idea of winter surfing

A ski resort weekend if you don’t ski? Still worth it.

Delta unveils plans for Boston-Honolulu flights

Arts

The Newport Historical Society goes deep on Black and Indigenous experiences

On the road with Robert Frank and Todd Webb

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

Books

Author Amber McBride on her powerful, folklore-infused poetry collection, ‘Thick With Trouble’

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’

Movies

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Five things to do around Boston, Feb. 19-25

Want to be mesmerized at the movies — and win your Oscars pool? Watch these animated shorts.

Television

Some clues to what’s ahead in season 4 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’

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

music

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Mitski has all the answers at MGM Fenway

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

Khaled Nezzar, who led Algeria’s crackdowns on Islamists, dies at 86

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

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