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South End day-care operator kept license despite cocaine trafficking conviction

Prosecutors alleged Jenny Vicente-Desoto “provided a safe haven” for drug distribution from her day-care center in Boston and served as “a facilitator” who identified customers for a sprawling drug organization, according to court filings.

‘It frankly disgusts me.’ Governor Healey steps up criticism of Steward.

Governor Maura Healey has intensified her criticisms of the troubled Steward Health Care hospital system and its chief executive, Ralph de la Torre, saying that decisions he made had put patients and providers at risk.

A Florida man, two abandoned boats in Nantucket and Provincetown, and one big question: Why?
For two harbormasters, trying to get an answer has been a long and tedious headache.

Longtime Mass. special ed official, Russell Johnston, expected to be named acting education chief

Johnston will formally assume the role March 15, when outgoing education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley officially steps down.

Biden and Trump will face tests in Michigan’s primaries that could inform a November rematch
While President Biden and Donald Trump are marching toward their respective presidential nominations, Michigan’s primary on Tuesday could reveal significant political perils for both of them.

Biden jokes Taylor Swift endorsement is ‘classified’ in interview with late-night comic Seth Meyers Manhattan DA asks judge for a gag order in Trump’s hush-money case ahead of next month’s trial

Israel is ready to halt its war in Gaza during Ramadan if a hostage deal is reached, Biden says

Governor Maura Healey says new overflow shelter for migrants in Fort Point is opening ‘as soon as possible’

15-year-old boy arrested in Springfield for fatal shooting of Vermont woman

‘There’s just not enough resources’: In wake of violence, Brockton High students say school needs more teachers

Multiple students detailed there being too few adults to supervise them and not enough resources for all students, including mental health services.
Advocates rally at Brockton High following calls for National Guard to quell violence

Girls’ basketball game draws national attention after injuries allegedly involving transgender player
While some are calling for more guidance from the state on how to handle transgender participation in sports, civil rights advocates warn that the incident is being blown out of proportion.

10 non-quarterback free agents who could help the Patriots offense
A mixture of ineffective play, health issues, and poor matchups combined to create a mess of the Patriots’ offense last season.

What Patriots fans should know prior to the NFL Scouting Combine

The plight of Boston College women’s basketball: How NIL and the transfer portal make an already tall task — winning — even harder

Even top teams have increased roster turnover as players pursue lucrative deals, but the consequences can be much greater for up-and-coming programs.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Several airlines just raised their baggage fees. Here’s how much you’ll now pay to check a bag.

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue, and United Airlines have raised their fees in 2024. That’s bad news not only for those who check their bags, but also for those who prefer to save money by using carry-ons.

In building a case for local reparations, Embrace Boston report aims to connect past to present

Suggestions include restitution for people harmed by marijuana-related arrests, spending more money on low-income schools, increasing more reliable transit options in Black neighborhoods, and expanding affordable housing.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Tell us about a woman in the Boston area who is making a difference

This Women’s History Month, the Globe is looking to recognize extraordinary women in and around Boston who may not normally get the praise they deserve.

Dominican Independence Day Breakfast celebrates community’s growth, influence

It is evident that “the Dominican community is asserting its influence both politically and economically,” said Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia, who is slated to host the breakfast Tuesday.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Republicans need to put up or shut up over the IVF mess they created

Mere words won’t cut it when the right to start a family is at stake.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Healey, Willis, and the dangers of hiring someone you slept with
MARCELA GARCÍA

Readers reinforce the value of immigrants
IDEAS | MAURA KELLY

The power of awe
LETTERS

In the case of SJC nominee, questions of recusal are material

More recent News

Prisoner caught after escaping from transport vehicle on Interstate 95 in Waltham
Victor De Moura-Pereira, 20, of Framingham, was in a Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department vehicle traveling in the southbound lane before Exit 41 to Route 20 when he escaped, officials said.

Photographer accuses Taylor Swift’s dad of punching him in the face on Sydney waterfront
Ben McDonald said he provided police with a statement alleging that Scott Swift assaulted him at the Neutral Bay Wharf, where the father and daughter had just come ashore from a yacht.

2024 has been deadly for snowmobile riders in New England
“Almost every crash is speed-related somehow or another,” said one officer with N.H. Fish and Game.

Conn. woman injured in N.H. snowmobile crash

Airman who died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy had attended school on Cape Cod
The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, attended the Nauset Public Schools from 2003 to 2007 and 2013 to 2014, officials said.

‘Our hearts are broken’: 12-year-old girl killed in Middleborough fire identified
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, firefighters and police responded to a report that residents were trapped inside a burning two-story home at 27 Pearl St. in Middleborough, officials said.

AS I SEE IT
Ash Street Jail may be in its final days
Sheriff Paul Heroux wants to close the Ash Street Jail in 18 months and move inmates to the Bristol County House of Correction after some renovations there.

Recommended reads

As climate change soaks New England, flash flooding is costing cities

Massachusetts communities are struggling to recover from a huge increase in what one state emergency management official has called “gap disasters” — devastating storms that don’t qualify for federal aid.

As office market slump continues, more downtown property owners are seeking tax breaks
While abatement requests were down citywide, they were up in the core of downtown, where office towers help power the city’s tax base, and thus its $4.28 billion operating budget.

Judge delays start of Karen Read trial until April
Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Monday during a brief hearing in Norfolk Superior Court that the high-profile trial, which had been slated to begin March 12, will now start on April 16.

Black History Now
Charlotte Mathews-Nelson and Leon Nelson, NAACP leaders, advanced educational and economic equality in Boston
The NAACP has been the foundation of Charlotte Mathews-Nelson's activism since she moved to Boston in the 1960s.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

Even after 22 years of competitive eating, Crazy Legs Conti still has the hunger

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

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.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

Antonio Gargiulo

Six lessons the US can learn from Italy’s restrictions on IVF treatments
Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos

Alabama lawsuit reveals what happens when IVF industry wants it both ways
RENÉE LOTH

Will ‘The Holdovers’ return us to a time when exalted public school buildings were valued?
RENÉE GRAHAM

Being a Republican means never having to say ‘I was wrong’
LETTERS

Protest outside Healey’s home shows need for governor’s residence
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Dominican Independence Day Breakfast celebrates community’s growth, influence

It is evident that “the Dominican community is asserting its influence both politically and economically,” said Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia, who is slated to host the breakfast Tuesday.

South End day-care operator kept license despite cocaine trafficking conviction

Prosecutors alleged Jenny Vicente-Desoto “provided a safe haven” for drug distribution from her day-care center in Boston and served as “a facilitator” who identified customers for a sprawling drug organization, according to court filings.

Longtime Mass. special ed official, Russell Johnston, expected to be named acting education chief

Johnston will formally assume the role March 15, when outgoing education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley officially steps down.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Tell us about a woman in the Boston area who is making a difference

This Women’s History Month, the Globe is looking to recognize extraordinary women in and around Boston who may not normally get the praise they deserve.

Sports

patriots

10 non-quarterback free agents who could help the Patriots offense

A mixture of ineffective play, health issues, and poor matchups combined to create a mess of the Patriots’ offense last season.
women's college basketball

The plight of Boston College women’s basketball: How NIL and the transfer portal make an already tall task — winning — even harder

Even top teams have increased roster turnover as players pursue lucrative deals, but the consequences can be much greater for up-and-coming programs.
Kraken 4, Bruins 3, (SO)

Bruins end grueling West Coast trip with shootout loss to Kraken

With the loss, the Bruins ended their road trip with a 1-0-3 mark and extended their streak of OTs to a franchise record six games.
MIAA BOYS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Who will be the next Massachusetts boys’ hockey champion? Let’s look at each of the four division brackets

Lack of snow prompts cancellation of Maine sled dog race, longest in eastern US
H.S. BOYS' BASKETBALL: LEXINGTON 49, NEWTON SOUTH 39

Defense carries Lexington boys’ basketball to Division 1 preliminary upset at Newton South

Business

‘It frankly disgusts me.’ Governor Healey steps up criticism of Steward.

Governor Maura Healey has intensified her criticisms of the troubled Steward Health Care hospital system and its chief executive, Ralph de la Torre, saying that decisions he made had put patients and providers at risk.
RI DEVELOPMENT

Across from the ‘Superman’ building, a historic Providence office building could become apartments

The Lauderdale Building was last renovated in the 1970s after it was threatened with demolition.

Boeing’s safety culture faulted by FAA in new report
Bold Types

Under new Boston leader, Deloitte aims to focus more on climate tech
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

I used to live in a Michigan child-care desert. Then I came to Cambridge.
Globe Magazine

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

Five things to do in Boston, Feb. 26-March 3
GLOBE MAGAZINE

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

metro

Bridgeport voters try again to pick mayor after first election tossed due to absentee ballot scandal

In building a case for local reparations, Embrace Boston report aims to connect past to present

Girls’ basketball game draws national attention after injuries allegedly involving transgender player

sports

East Longmeadow’s Nick Ahmed inks minor league deal with Giants after 10 years with Diamondbacks

Reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart returns to Liberty, who are running back their Finals lineup

Past failings have Celtics, even with Eastern Conference in control, chasing perfection down the stretch

business

Mohegan tribe to no longer manage Atlantic City casino

Polar Seltzer announced six new flavors. Now, the search is on to find and taste them all.

Kleos, a Greek restaurant in downtown Providence, has closed

politics

Emhoff to announce $1.7 billion in pledges to help US President Biden meet goal of ending hunger by 2030

Biden jokes Taylor Swift endorsement is ‘classified’ in interview with late-night comic Seth Meyers

Biden will urge Congress’ top leaders to keep the government open and send aid to Ukraine and Israel

Nation

San Francisco is ready to apologize to Black residents. Reparations advocates want more.

Witness at trial recounts fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

Music producer latest to accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual misconduct

World

Israel is ready to halt its war in Gaza during Ramadan if a hostage deal is reached, Biden says

NATO’s chief says the alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine

A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison

opinion

‘American Fiction,’ Alzheimer’s, and mid-century moms

This is not a controversy: Healey’s ex-partner is a fine pick for SJC

United group of survivors helped bring child abuser to justice

lifestyle

My ex from high school is back in my life

Even after 22 years of competitive eating, Crazy Legs Conti still has the hunger

Amy Schumer says she has Cushing’s syndrome. What to know about the illness.

food & dining

Kleos, a Greek restaurant in downtown Providence, has closed

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

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

travel

Several airlines just raised their baggage fees. Here’s how much you’ll now pay to check a bag.

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

Arts

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

Calvin Trillin summons a bright and bygone era of journalism in ‘The Lede’

Sarah Polley on reading as a measure of life lived

‘Grief Is for People’ author Sloane Crosley mourns the death of a friend, and an era

Movies

‘Oppenheimer’ keeps devouring awards with top prize at Producers Guild, with Oscars up next

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

Television

This week’s TV: A Kate Winslet satire, a new ‘Shōgun,’ and Jack McCoy’s farewell to ‘Law & Order’

‘Oppenheimer’ keeps devouring awards with top prize at Producers Guild, with Oscars up next

Shane Gillis hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ 21 Savage performs

music

Peter Anthony Morgan, Grammy-winning reggae singer, dies at 46

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

Theater/Dance

In ‘Golda’s Balcony,’ the Israeli prime minister in crisis in 1973

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

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

Peter Anthony Morgan, Grammy-winning reggae singer, dies at 46

Lawrence Langer, Simmons professor and ‘towering figure in Holocaust studies,’ dies at 94

Hydeia Broadbent, young activist for HIV/AIDS awareness, dies at 39