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Pay for play hits college athletics, for now, as preliminary injunction bars NCAA from enforcing name, image, likeness rules

The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 31 that challenged the NCAA’s NIL rules after it was revealed the University of Tennessee was under investigation for potential infractions.

National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending
The National Rifle Association and its longtime former leader have been found liable in a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending.

Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as ‘Turtleboy,’ indicted on new charges, released from jail

Kearney, who has written extensively about the Karen Read murder case, was accused of witness intimidation and illegal recording, court records show.

‘Some cars have a shelf life of days’: Falling prices give a jolt to used EV market
Inventories of used EVs are rising and prices are falling, while many consumers are taking advantage of federal and state subsidies.

BRIAN McGRORY

As a hospital system crashes, Steward’s CEO rises above it all
Ralph de la Torre, the proud owner of a $40 million, 190-foot superyacht and the most sophisticated sportfish boat ever built, is cruising the skies in one of the biggest and most luxurious private jets that money can buy.

Trendlines: How can Healey stop the Steward crisis from spreading? Remember this lesson.

Lawrence High School boys' basketball head coach Jesus Moore, shown here during a practice in 2022, has been accused of sexually assaulting a female student that year.

Lawrence High School coach accused of sexually assaulting student in 2022

After Southwick school students hold online slave auction, principal apologizes; mother of victim says ‘it’s not enough’

Taunton man sentenced to 8 to 12 years in state prison on child rape charges

CVS executive criticizes ‘egregious’ pricing of obesity drugs

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden is facing two ethics probes from separate state entities

The race between Hayden and Ricardo Arroyo was defined by acrimony and controversy as they vied to succeed Rachael Rollins.

What we know about the viral online feud involving a North End restaurant owner and the New Yorker who canceled his reservation
A post by a user on X over a cancellation fee dispute with the owner of Table Restaurant has been viewed millions of times.

TRAVEL

Breathless in the South of France
An off-season zip trip across the south of France unveils its vast beauty and treasures, minus the crowds. You should plan on spending seven days to take it all in. We had three. Here's how we spent them.

Could a New York private equity firm be hunting Tripadvisor?

Bill Belichick is pursuing TV opportunities, according to his son Steve Belichick
Steve Belichick discussed his father's future among other topics during an appearance on Chris Long's podcast.

The grooming of an NFL head coach: Why Jerod Mayo was destined for this position

Rays pitcher Zack Littell (left) donned a jersey for the team's photo day in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Nike’s new MLB uniforms aren’t a seamless fit with players

The rollout of Major League Baseball’s new Nike uniforms this spring is starting to resemble a fashion crime wave.

Like most New England ski areas, Ski Bradford is buzzing this week during February school vacation, typically the biggest week of the ski season in New England.

The ski hill that is ‘the biggest baby sitter on the North Shore’

For generations, Ski Bradford has been a warm and wild rite of passage for children.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the Sun emitting a strong X6.3 solar flare on Feb. 22.

Sun fires off strongest solar flare in 7 years

It was an explosive finale to a trio of intense flares bursting free in just 24 hours.

Can solar flares cause cell phone outages? Here’s what experts say.

The exterior of 874 South Street #4, Roslindale.

For sale: Homes that are 1,000 square feet

These two properties offer roughly the same amount of livable space but in different configurations.

Mixing materials is key to creating a warm feel in Stow living room

Republican Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama said in a statement on Friday that fostering “a culture of life” included helping “couples hoping and praying to be parents who utilize I.V.F.”

Alabama lawmakers move to protect IVF treatments

A state Supreme Court ruling last week that declared that frozen embryos should be legally considered children set off a scramble among leaders in both parties to preserve access to a crucial reproductive treatment.

Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling puts new pressure on Republicans

Opinion

Republican presidential candidate and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley spoke during a campaign event at The George Hotel, Feb. 22, in Georgetown, S.C.

Why ‘favorite daughter’ Nikki Haley won’t win South Carolina

She presided over a good economy and was widely viewed as a successful governor by her constituents.

After Milton’s MBTA housing defeat, the way forward is with persuasion, not mandates

A nonbinary teen in Oklahoma dies after being assaulted in a school bathroom

What’s the matter with Milton?

IDEAS | GRETCHEN CLARK

Wild horses dragged me away

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LOVE LETTERS

Dating apps are tedious
Is there any way around them?

Student charged with killing 2 at Colorado campus had previously threatened one of the victims
A college student charged in the killing of his roommate and another person told his roommate he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a court document.

Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan
A long-awaited postwar plan by Israel’s prime minister shows that his government seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip.

Black History Now

‘Fighting the good fight for decades’: Retired judge Julian Houston has long pushed to help youth
Julian Houston was a son of the South who went on to have a career as prominent jurist and community activist in Boston.

More renewal news: ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ gets two more seasons
Each will have six episodes and a Christmas special.

If you were at Woodstock, here’s a chance to share your story
Representatives from the Museum at Bethel Woods are traveling the country to record oral histories from Woodstock attendees. They'll be in Boston March 11-12 to meet locals who'd like to share their experiences.

Judge to hold hearing Monday considering detention of ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens
US Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Las Vegas earlier this week allowed Alexander Smirnov to be released from jail on electronic GPS monitoring.

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country
The student workers say they are underpaid and unappreciated. They get paid $16.25 an hour, which is the state's minimum wage, don't get paid sick leave, and are not allowed to work more than 20 hours a week.

The Tooth Fairy is paying kids less for teeth nationwide, but kids in the Northeast get more 🧚
According to an annual poll from Delta Dental, the average price paid by the Tooth Fairy for a baby tooth has dropped for the first time in five years, to $5.84.

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Kevin and Carine Berner told Braintree police that local boys took and circulated a nude photo of their 12-year-old son. They've been on a journey since, fighting for accountability for a year and a half.

A father did everything he could to protect his son. Until he couldn’t.

Kevin Berner told Braintree police that a nude photo of his 12-year-old son was circulating among other schoolchildren. Berner and his wife have been on a journey since, fighting for accountability.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He likes music and singing karaoke with friends’
Will a cinematographer and his date have a Hollywood ending?

During contentious public meeting, Dedham panel narrowly rejects plan to expand kitchen making meals for migrants
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 Wednesday against the controversial measure as townspeople hurled accusations of racism and hypocrisy at one another.

Stop & Shop responds to Boston youth group’s letter on price inequities
The company stuck to its pricing strategy in a written statement Thursday morning, calling the public letter “misleading.”

Culture & Lifestyle

A show at the Huntington that’s as interactive as it gets forced me to face my fears

Netflix subscribers have the option to choose a cheaper, ad-supported tier that the streamer introduced in 2022.

The days of ad-free TV streaming are over, and viewers are paying the price

Host Jonathon Gates gets a big laugh from an audience member at the Feb. 14 Black Comedy Explosion show, its first at the Carver Den in Dorchester.

At the Black Comedy Explosion, bursts of talent and bang for your buck

Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar," directed by Wes Anderson.

Which live-action short will take home the Academy Award? Five brief reviews to help you win the Oscars pool

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.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

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

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

Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker's Supreme Court ruled Feb. 16 that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

If frozen embryos are persons, then IVF is suddenly at risk

Recently retired professor Harvey Mansfield in his Cambridge home. He taught at Harvard from 1962 until last year. "We need a return to debate," he says. "Harvard doesn’t debate. It emotes.”

IDEAS | CAREY GOLDBERG

Will Harvard ever get another professor like Harvey Mansfield?

Nikki Haley spoke at a campaign event at Clemson University at Greenville on February 20, 2024, in Greenville, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Republican primary on February 24.

Nikki Haley’s narrow path

Roomba vacuums by iRobot were displayed at a Best Buy store on Jan. 19, in San Rafael, Calif.

Blame Elizabeth Warren and the FTC for iRobot layoffs

President Biden on Jan. 5, and Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump on Jan. 19.

Lawrence K. Altman

I’ve reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here’s what I think about Biden and Trump.

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as ‘Turtleboy,’ indicted on new charges, released from jail

Kearney, who has written extensively about the Karen Read murder case, was accused of witness intimidation and illegal recording, court records show.

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden is facing two ethics probes from separate state entities

The race between Hayden and Ricardo Arroyo was defined by acrimony and controversy as they vied to succeed Rachael Rollins.

Alfred Grosser, champion of French-German reconciliation, dies at 99

Alfred Grosser, a French political scientist and historian whose writings and activism played a major role in conciliating two ancestral enemies, France and Germany, in the wake of World War II, died on Feb. 7 in Paris. He was 99.

Micheline Presle, French movie star of ‘Devil in the Flesh,’ dies at 101

An actress who conveyed icy poise and heated passion with equal vigor, Micheline Presle most memorably starred in “Devil in the Flesh,” a 1947 drama about wartime adultery that became an international sensation.

Sports

Rays pitcher Zack Littell (left) donned a jersey for the team's photo day in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Nike’s new MLB uniforms haven’t been a seamless fit with players

The rollout of Major League Baseball’s new Nike uniforms this spring is starting to resemble a fashion crime wave.

Jen Pawol has been working her way through the minor leagues, beginning in 2016 in the Gulf Coast League and reaching Triple A last season.

Jen Pawol set to become first female spring training umpire since 2007

The 47-year-old from New Jersey is among 24 minor league umpires assigned full-time as fill-ins at big league spring training. Last year, 21 of the 26 umps assigned full spring schedules were picked for the in-season call-up list.

Mecole Hardman Jr. and the Kansas City Chiefs' second straight Super Bowl victory was the most-watched television program in history.

NFL salary cap jumps nearly $31 million per team in record increase

The cap number has gone from $182.5 million in 2021 following the COVID-19 pandemic to $255.4 million for 2024.

red sox notebook

Red Sox players are itching to get spring training games underway

EMass wrestling: Andover’s Maddy Li pulls off great escape to win title, make Stars of the Week

Pay for play hits college athletics, for now, as preliminary injunction bars NCAA from enforcing name, image, likeness rules

Business

UnitedHealth cyberattack cripples pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

The severity of the attack started to become more apparent Thursday after UnitedHealth disclosed a “suspected nation-state” is behind the cyberattack, which began on Wednesday.

Could a New York private equity firm be hunting Tripadvisor?

In recent weeks, analysts have pointed to a potential buyer of the online travel firm: Certares Management, which focuses on the tourism and travel industry.

Air pollution tied to signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds

CVS executive criticizes ‘egregious’ pricing of obesity drugs

magazine

Richard Evans Schultes in the Cerro Campana mountains in Colombia, in June 1943.

The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

Gut health explained: 5 things to know for a better microbiome

This week's daters: Mike and Andrea

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He likes music and singing karaoke with friends’

Life, death, and a houseplant: Mourning my mom through her purple shamrock

metro

Exposure to air pollution from fine particulate matter has been linked to a host of health problems.

Air pollution tied to signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds

Sun fires off strongest solar flare in 7 years

The Tooth Fairy is paying kids less for teeth nationwide, but kids in the Northeast get more 🧚

sports

Minor leaguer Mark Contreras hit a three-run homer in the win over Northeastern.

Friday’s spring training report: Red Sox warm up with scrimmage against Northeastern

Red Sox will hold back Jarren Duran and Vaughn Grissom from game action until March 1

Bill Belichick is pursuing TV opportunities, according to his son Steve Belichick

business

Crowley will continue to develop the offshore wind port property on Salem Harbor, even though it will now be owned by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Mass. Clean Energy Center completes $30 million deal for Salem port land to help build wind farms

‘Some cars have a shelf life of days’: Falling prices give a jolt to used EV market

AT&T says the outage to its cellphone network was not caused by a cyberattack

politics

Human eggs on a computer screen during the fertilisation process in a laboratory for In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).

Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling puts new pressure on Republicans

In Ukraine, Schumer challenges Speaker Johnson to ‘rise to the occasion’ and pass more US aid

US and EU pile new sanctions on Russia for the Ukraine war’s 2nd anniversary and Navalny’s death

Nation

Wayne LaPierre, left, CEO of the National Rifle Association, leaves the courtroom as a jury continues deliberations during a trial at New York State Supreme Court, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in New York.

National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending

Alabama lawmakers move to protect IVF treatments

Judge to hold hearing Monday considering detention of ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens

World

That aspect of the plan would require Israel to invade Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, where most Palestinians in Gaza are currently sheltering.

Netanyahu pushes for indefinite military control over Gaza

Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan

Rescuers search for 14 people missing after apartment block fire in eastern Spain. 4 confirmed dead

opinion

Ludovic Bobe, 47, from Congo, trimmed face masks on the production floor of the American Roots clothing factory in Westbrook, Maine, on July 8, 2020.

Can we bring back manufacturing to the US?

THC-infused gummies shouldn’t be sold without regulation

If frozen embryos are persons, then IVF is suddenly at risk

lifestyle

Aime Alley Card's new book, "The Tigerbelles," is the true story of the triumphant rise of the women's college track team that would become Olympic greats and barrier-breaking icons.

Author Aime Alley Card on the challenges and triumphs of Olympic legends

Dating apps are tedious

I was told to take a year off from dating

food & dining

Outside Table Restaurant on Hanover Street in the North End.

What we know about the viral online feud involving a North End restaurant owner and the New Yorker who canceled his reservation

For Carla Hall, it’s been a bumpy climb to a ‘Top Chef’ life

A century-old company just bought Bayberry Beer Hall, a popular hang out in Providence

travel

The “Children of Whitney” statues are located throughout the Whitney Plantation Museum. They were created by artist Woodrow Nash.

Facing America’s traumatic history head-on through tourism

‘All major events happen around the table’: What it’s like to eat your way around Porto

An hour’s drive from Lisbon, along Portugal’s west coast, a whole lot of raw beauty

Arts

Mark Rothko, "The Bathers," 1934. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation Inc.

Rothko’s power takes shape on paper, at the National Gallery of Art

Roxbury Community College celebrates five decades with Golden Jubilee Gala

The Newport Historical Society goes deep on Black and Indigenous experiences

Books

Artwork by Ekua Holmes accompanies poems by Renée Watson.

Power of Black girlhood captured in poems, art; Amy Lowell’s 150th anniversary celebrated; and more

Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 18

Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid provide new narrative for Black freedom in Edda L. Fields-Black’s ‘Combee’

Movies

Seydou Sarr (left) and Moustapha Fall in "Io Capitano," directed by Matteo Garrone.

In ‘Io Capitano,’ two cousins on a treacherous quest

‘The Holdovers’ screenwriter David Hemingson drew on his New England prep school days for his Oscar-nominated script

Which live-action short will take home the Academy Award? Five brief reviews to help you win the Oscars pool

Television

From left: Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Rachel Shenton, Anna Madeley, and Callum Woodhouse, of "All Creatures Great and Small."

More renewal news: ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ gets two more seasons

The days of ad-free TV streaming are over, and viewers are paying the price

For ‘Frasier,’ first comes reboot then comes renewal

music

Joe Cocker performs for hundreds of thousands attendees at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.

If you were at Woodstock, here’s a chance to share your story

Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to claim top spot on Billboard’s country music chart

Beatles to get a Fab Four of biopics, with a movie each for Paul, John, George, and Ringo

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen's "Raymonda"

Boston Ballet dances up a storm in ‘Winter Experience’

A show at the Huntington that’s as interactive as it gets forced me to face my fears

Ukraine’s Grand Kyiv Ballet brings its ‘Giselle’ to Boston

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

Alfred Grosser answers journalists' questions during an interview at his Paris office on November 3, 2009.

Alfred Grosser, champion of French-German reconciliation, dies at 99

Micheline Presle, French movie star of ‘Devil in the Flesh,’ dies at 101

Charles Stendig dies at 99; introduced fanciful furniture from abroad