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How Everett became a housing boomtown in the Boston area
Everett has added more housing in the past few years than any community in Greater Boston. 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.

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.

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

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Expect a ‘raw and cloudy’ Saturday as blustery cold continues all weekend in the Boston area
Temperatures will be in the 30s both days this weekend. More sun is expected on Sunday, but conditions will be quite windy.

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

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

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body

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

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

Critics say teaching on race can fuel antisemitism. Harvard professors say that’s outlandish.

Lawmakers and activists say an "oppressor-oppressed worldview" is a "root cause" of campus antisemitism. Historians see an attack on their scholarship.

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.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes
Despite low expectations for the Red Sox, there’s a belief in Breslow: ‘Craig is going to succeed. He’ll find a way.’
How his experiences as a player and that path to the front office define Breslow in his all-encompassing role with the Red Sox will unfold over time.

Alex Cora is not happy with how the MLB offseason played out If he stays with Red Sox, Jarren Duran is their leadoff hitter

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.

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.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t deserve all the criticism he’s gotten since the Super Bowl

It wasn’t Shanahan’s finest game, but it’s not like the 49ers choked.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

The Celtics may be the consensus favorite to win the NBA title, but Charles Barkley isn’t convinced

The Celtics have the NBA’s best record and one of the major topics at All-Star Weekend is whether they can break through after knocking on the door of a championship the last seven years
Beth Teitell | Commentary

CVS rage is simmering as some consumers face long pharmacy lines and incarcerated shampoo

The pharmacy has made investments in its stores and employees. Some customers still aren’t feeling the love.
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?
Elizabeth Warren and Charles E. Schumer

Biden has done much to relieve student debt, but he can do more
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

Israel was behind attacks on major gas pipelines in Iran, officials say
Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, sources told the New York Times.

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.

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.

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.

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

Jury finds Emanuel Lopes guilty of murdering Weymouth police sergeant, 77-year-old woman
The crowd in the courtroom Friday erupted in cheers when the foreman of the jury read aloud the verdict of guilty of first-degree murder in Chesna's 2018 killing. The jury found Lopes guilty of second-degree murder in Adams’ killing.

Brockton woman found guilty of OUI for fatal crash in 2018

Jeanne Heenan, 70, was convicted of a charge of motor vehicle homicide while driving drunk during a bench trial Friday in Brockton Superior Court, prosecutors said.

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

Police say the deaths of two people who were shot in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be investigated as homicides

Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic

Defense attorney Gary G. Pelletier told a judge earlier Friday that Brittany Lucic was invoking her marital privilege and would not testify in the case against her husband, Milan Lucic.

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.

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.

‘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.

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

Critics say teaching on race can fuel antisemitism. Harvard professors say that’s outlandish.

Lawmakers and activists say an "oppressor-oppressed worldview" is a "root cause" of campus antisemitism. Historians see an attack on their scholarship.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Expect a ‘raw and cloudy’ Saturday as blustery cold continues all weekend in the Boston area

Temperatures will be in the 30s both days this weekend. More sun is expected on Sunday, but conditions will be quite windy.

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 in the Boston area

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

Sports

Chad Finn | Sports Media

NBC Sports Boston’s Amina Smith talks about what she experienced at the Chiefs’ championship parade

Smith has been married three years this month to Deon Bush, a Chiefs safety and special teamer the past two seasons.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

The Celtics may be the consensus favorite to win the NBA title, but Charles Barkley isn’t convinced

The Celtics have the NBA’s best record and one of the major topics at All-Star Weekend is whether they can break through after knocking on the door of a championship the last seven years
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Despite low expectations for the Red Sox, there’s a belief in Breslow: ‘Craig is going to succeed. He’ll find a way.’

How his experiences as a player and that path to the front office define Breslow in his all-encompassing role with the Red Sox will unfold over time.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Some called Morgan Rielly’s five-game suspension harsh, but it was about time for the NHL
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t deserve all the criticism he’s gotten since the Super Bowl
Kings at Bruins | 12:30 p.m. (ABC, ESPN+)

Kings at Bruins: Boston looks to get back on track against Los Angeles

Business

Nintendo is telling game publishers Switch 2 will be delayed

Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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 in the Boston area

OpenAI Deal Lets Employees Sell Shares at $86 Billion Valuation
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

2-alarm fire in Roxbury displaces 7, firefighter injured

She was tired of all the Travis and Taylor haters, so a seamstress from Western Mass. got busy

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

sports

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

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

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

business

Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty,’ but his business will still get slammed

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

US envoy says Israel has not presented evidence that Hamas diverted U.N. aid deliveries in Gaza

Thousands at anti-government rally in Croatia allege high-level corruption and demand an election

Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France

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