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Boston Fire continues to fail to reflect the community it serves, new data show
The current fire academy class is comprised of 46 members. Thirty three of them, or 71 percent, are white. Only three of the academy’s participants are women.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rather tranquil week of sunshine as a storm develops later in the week
It’s a cold but breezy and dry start to school vacation week with temperatures hovering in the 30s.

ANALYSIS

Don’t ask why Nikki Haley hasn’t dropped out. Instead, ask what does she want?
With South Carolina's Republican primary just days away, Nikki Haley might soon have some decisions to make. Or not.

Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war

The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on Monday that 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the war.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington.

George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in Vermont and New York

The announcement is the third award of direct financial support for a semiconductor company under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

N.H. hiker rescued amid 90-m.p.h. wind, sub-zero temperatures on Mount Washington

Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy resting at home after heart surgery

A commuter waited for a bus at the MBTA's Nubian Station in Roxbury recently.

Missed connections: Irregular timings can leave Nubian Station MBTA riders waiting and chasing buses

More often than not, the 16 MBTA bus routes that pass through Nubian Station are behind schedule during rush hours. The delays, and occasional early departures, can jeopardize trips for passengers at this central transportation hub in Boston.

Obituary

Julia Lieblich, who opened herself to the pain of others while writing about torture and trauma, dies at 65
“She tried to save the world but could not save herself,” her brother wrote of Ms. Lieblich, who traveled the world shining a light on human rights abuses.

DCF said she and others neglected their children. Hundreds of times last year, investigators were wrong, officials say.
State hearing officers reversed DCF’s findings against parents and caregivers 40 percent of the time last fiscal year, new data show, while dozens of others were partially overturned.

Students walked through the campus at Brown University, where the political climate around the Israel-Hamas conflict remains tense.

‘Two different planets’: On university campuses, the Israel-Palestinian divide runs deep

For some students, the war in the Middle East, and the fear and anger it has provoked on campus, has marked their college years indelibly.

The Celtics' Jaylen Brown made his third All-Star Game appearance and looked to take 10-time participant Stephen Curry off the dribble.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

NBA commissioner Adam Silver wanted to restore luster to All-Star Game, but talk of that was just a long shot

The East’s 211-186 victory over the West was nothing more than a glorified exhibition game with no defense from the All-Stars.

Jayson Tatum met Larry Bird . . . at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game?

Noomi Rapace in "Constellation."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: An outer-space mystery, Dolly’s pet gala, and George Santos vs. Jimmy Kimmel

The disgraced ex-congressman has sued Kimmel after being duped by the late-night host.

Fred Richard has turned heads with a vastly improved pommel horse routine.

Stoughton gymnast Fred Richard hopes a balanced approach leads to an Olympic ticket

With an eye firmly trained on Paris this summer, he is taking care to pace himself and not overextend as he hones his routines.

Triston Casas spent the offseason immersing himself in the culture of Red Sox, attending Winter Weekend in Springfield.

Triston Casas said he wants to be with the Red Sox ‘forever’

The first baseman and the team have had discussions about an extension, but nothing enticing, Casas said.

Nick Pivetta has shown he has the right stuff to solidify the Red Sox rotation

Opinion

Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and longtime track coach, pleaded guilty Feb. 8 to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in Western Massachusetts in the 1970s.

Pain of child sex abuse victims knows no limits

Neither should the Massachusetts law that would allow civil lawsuits against institutions that violated their trust.

As antisemitism spikes in US, Presidents’ Day reminds us of our nation’s values

Housing stop: And it’s back to the zoning board in Milton

Today’s voters would be wise to heed the critics of ‘Old Tippecanoe’

Milton voters rejected a housing plan, but the state can’t let that be the last word

More recent News

Minnesota community mourns two officers, one firefighter killed at the scene of a domestic call
A suburban Minneapolis community was in mourning after authorities said two police officers and a firefighter were killed by a heavily armed man who shot at them from inside a home that was filled with children.

Police investigating human skeletal remains found in Saugus woods

Around 10 a.m. Sunday, a person notified police that they had discovered the remains in the woods off David Drive while walking their dog, officials said.

Westford Academy selected as New England’s sole high school to perform ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Broadway adaptation
To apply for consideration, students had to describe why their school or community is the most “magical” place to put on the production.

‘Oppenheimer’ wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards
Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month.

A student-run nonprofit offers a new way to earn an income part-time
Tink Knit is a student-run nonprofit at Brown University that empowers low-income single moms in Rhode Island to make a supplemental income through knitting.

LOVE LETTERS

I want my boyfriend to go to the doctor
I’m anxious about health, in general.

Recommended reads

The map shows how floodplains in East Boston expand as climate change worsens.

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.

Black History Now

In Boston’s Jean McGuire, a legacy of success in those she uplifted
Jean McGuire’s legacy has largely been defined by her work in Boston Public Schools, and in her stewardship of Franklin Park, the crown jewel of Boston’s Emerald Necklace of green space that runs through the city.

TALKING SHOP

New vintage in Central Square; Homeware store comes downtown
A string of secondhand stores in Central Square and a Downtown Crossing home goods shop are among the newest small businesses in the region.

MTA exerts more power amid a wave of teacher strikes, generating praise and scorn
The Massachusetts Teachers Association has undergone an ideological shift in which it has become a more populist workers’ rights movement that eagerly blocks state policies it opposes.

Culture & Lifestyle

Mikko Nissinen, Viktorina Kapitonova, and Sangmin Lee rehearse "Raymonda."

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

Pianist Yunchan Lim performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev at Symphony Hall, Feb. 15, 2024.

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

Jennifer Lopez's new movie and album "This Is Me . . . Now" released on Friday.

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

Mitski performs at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Thursday night.

Mitski has all the answers at MGM Fenway

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Lenny Kravitz at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.

IDEAS | G'RA ASIM

A rollicking rebuke to the idea that rock isn’t Black music

The author schooling her late father, Ryan Jezak, in wrestling in an undated photo.

IDEAS | MAIAH JEZAK

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

A sign that read "Now Hiring" was posted outside a hotel on Jan. 3 in Los Angeles.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Are immigrants a burden or a benefit?

The Low Memorial Library on the campus of Columbia University in Manhattan in 2020.

Elizabeth Warren and Charles E. Schumer

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

Screenshot of CNN’s “The Chris Wallace Show”

The media’s own memory problems

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Missed connections: Irregular timings can leave Nubian Station MBTA riders waiting and chasing buses

More often than not, the 16 MBTA bus routes that pass through Nubian Station are behind schedule during rush hours. The delays, and occasional early departures, can jeopardize trips for passengers at this central transportation hub in Boston.

A student-run nonprofit offers a new way to earn an income part-time

Tink Knit is a student-run nonprofit at Brown University that empowers low-income single moms in Rhode Island to make a supplemental income through knitting.

It’s been 722 days without any significant snowfall in Boston

What’s behind this longest stretch on record for the city?

R.I. man arrested in Bellingham armed robbery, police say

Agapito Davila, 41, of Woonsocket, R.I., was taken into custody in Lowell on an arrest warrant for a Feb. 10 armed robbery at a Bellingham convenience store, police said.

Sports

Fred Richard has turned heads with a vastly improved pommel horse routine.

Stoughton gymnast Fred Richard hopes a balanced approach leads to an Olympic ticket

With an eye firmly trained on Paris this summer, he is taking care to pace himself and not overextend as he hones his routines.

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

MIAA boys’ hockey power rankings: St. John’s Prep retains No. 1, but it’s a tight battle for key seedings in Division 1

While the Eagles and Pope Francis are the top two again, six teams joust within 0.2 points of each other in spots three through eight.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

MIAA girls’ basketball power rankings: It all comes down to final games for bubble tourney teams

The top 32 teams in the power rankings for each division make the tournament, and the remaining entries include any additional team that finished its season with at least a .500 record.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

MIAA boys’ basketball power rankings: Making points in the Comcast Classic

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

MIAA girls’ hockey power rankings: No. 1 St. Mary’s readies for Tuesday showdown against No. 2 Notre Dame-Hingham

East 211, West 186

Offense reaches new heights as East beats West in highest-scoring NBA All-Star Game

Business

A student-run nonprofit offers a new way to earn an income part-time

Tink Knit is a student-run nonprofit at Brown University that empowers low-income single moms in Rhode Island to make a supplemental income through knitting.

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in Vermont and New York

The announcement is the third award of direct financial support for a semiconductor company under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

These small towns have a big-city problem: The rent is way too high

New vintage in Central Square; Homeware store comes downtown

magazine

Verellen sofas and chairs from Artefact Home | Garden in Boston fill the living room. “I love the clean but interesting silhouettes,” Carly Shafiroff says. “I try not to go low on seating pieces; you want them to last.”

Your Home | Calm & Cozy

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

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

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

This week's daters: Nick and Kristen

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

Police released a photo of the man, who had close-cropped hair and was wearing a black puffy jacket with a brown faux-fur trim around the hood.

Boston police seek man allegedly involved in Back Bay attempted armed robbery

In Dorchester, a different kind of Lunar New Year celebration

Boston police seek man who allegedly tried to melt lock and break into Brighton building

sports

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan shot 62 to overcome a six-shot deficit at the Genesis Invitational.

Hideki Matsuyama wins with Riviera-record 62 to become Asia’s most prolific PGA Tour winner

Jayson Tatum met Larry Bird . . . at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game?

NBA commissioner Adam Silver wanted to restore luster to All-Star Game, but talk of that was just a long shot

business

Chicago skyline

Office towers reshaped US skylines. Now construction cranes are vanishing.

Record US stock rally is under threat from a world in turmoil

California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?

politics

DALLAS, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 15: Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally at the Gilley's Dallas Southside Music Hall on February 15, 2024 in Dallas, Texas.

Don’t ask why Nikki Haley hasn’t dropped out. Instead, ask what does she want?

Nikki Haley says she is going the distance against Trump. Here’s her plan.

Jimmy Carter’s long goodbye

Nation

People attend a candlelight vigil after two police officers and a first responder were shot and killed Feb. 18, in Burnsville, Minn.

Minnesota community mourns two officers, one firefighter killed at the scene of a domestic call

Two officers, one first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota Sunday; suspect dead

California again braces for flooding as another wet winter storm hits the state

World

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction at Keidanren Kaikan building in Tokyo, on Feb. 19.

Japan hosts Ukraine reconstruction conference to showcase its support for the war-torn country

Russian authorities extend a probe into Navalny’s death as allies accuse officials of cover-up

Strike at the Eiffel Tower in Paris disrupts visits to one of the world’s most popular monuments

opinion

The author schooling her late father, Ryan Jezak, in wrestling in an undated photo.

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

Are immigrants a burden or a benefit?

Aging: Political liability? Partisan weapon? Mere construct?

lifestyle

I want my boyfriend to go to the doctor

A year after Jimmy Carter’s entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness

Solemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names

food & dining

Fried clams from Out of the Blue restaurant in 2006.

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

Boston Surf Adventures hosted a Winter Surf Camp at Hampton Beach for surfers to learn how to surf and surf safely. Christine Jozitis (left) leads surfers in warming up exercises before they surf. They donned wet suits and braved the 14-degree temperatures.

‘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

A ledger showing purchases made by Abraham Casey at a general store owned by his employer, who used a debt bondage system to exert control over his laborers.

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

Award-winning poet and author Amber McBride.

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

Cillian Murphy, winner of the leading actor award for 'Oppenheimer', poses for photographers at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London, on Feb. 18.

‘Oppenheimer’ wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards

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

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

Television

Noomi Rapace in "Constellation."

This week’s TV: An outer-space mystery, Dolly’s pet gala, and George Santos vs. Jimmy Kimmel

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.

music

Valcour (Omar Najmi) and Léontine (Brianna J. Robinson) in Boston Lyric Opera's "The Anonymous Lover."

Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Anonymous Lover’ is a sweet treat

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

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

Theater/Dance

Westford Academy's theater department (shown in its summer production of "American Idiot") was chosen as the sole New England high school to receive permission to perform "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" for 2024.

Westford Academy selected as New England’s sole high school to perform ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Broadway adaptation

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

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

Health

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I.

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

Ms. Lieblich, shown in Chicago's Lincoln Park Conservatory in 2018, wrote articles and books about those who had endured trauma and torture.

Julia Lieblich, who opened herself to the pain of others while writing about torture and trauma, dies at 65

Lefty Driesell, folksy, fiery coach who put Maryland on college basketball’s map, dies at 92

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