Developer offers a vision to get Kenmore Square moving

A proposed hotel tower in Kenmore Square.

Studio Gang

A developer is proposing to build a major hotel and plaza in the heart of Kenmore Square that would dramatically alter the way vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles move through the intersection.

Jen Brackman and Aaron Brackman donned large jackets and goggles while on a walk on the Stone Arch Bridge on Jan. 29 in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the deep arctic chill of the polar vortex.

It?s so cold in the Midwest, they?ve canceled the mail

A deadly arctic deep freeze has enveloped the Midwest, prompting the US Postal Service to take the rare step of suspending mail delivery to a wide swath of the region.

Pedestrians in Boston bundled up against the cold Tuesday.

Dave Epstein

This cold will sting, but it won?t last

The arctic air pummeling the Midwest with frigid temperatures will move out tomorrow, clipping New England along the way and bringing its bitter cold to our neck of the woods.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/iRobot_Terra_Photo_InSitu_Hero.jpg iRobot?s next frontier is the lawn in your backyard

The company promises its new Terra robot will mow in clean, neat strips?but likely at a steep cost.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_gillette_file.jpg Real estate deal near Gillette HQ could trigger wave of construction in Fort Point

A prominent development firm appears poised to buy 6.5 acres along Fort Point Channel, setting up more growth in that neighborhood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryanbird4met.jpg Boston Celtics player Jabari Bird faces new charges in domestic violence case

He pleaded not guilty to two new counts of witness intimidation and threatening to commit a crime stemming from a reported act of domestic violence in September.

Couple dies with pets after carbon monoxide leak in N.H. home

Firefighters arrived at 29 Wilderness Acres Road in Lyman Tuesday morning on a welfare check and found a woman, man, and several dogs and cats deceased.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jewelrystoresuspect1.png Man allegedly smashes glass case to rob Taunton store of $87,000 in jewelry

Dartmouth police identified the suspect as Drew Beck.

Would-be bank robber in Fall River changes mind and rips up note, police say

Bank employees retrieved the ripped-up pieces of the woman?s note from the trash and pieced them together. It said: ?Give me the money.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/roadrage01.jpg ?It was quite terrifying? says man who helped stop wild road rage incident on Mass. Pike

?What if he gets thrown off the car and falls into our car?? Schur said. ?Either we try to help or it could get worse. ... This is a busy highway. ... The guy?s almost 70, come on.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_torchiana3_biz-6905.jpg Torchiana, Partners hospitals had grown apart on expansion plans, other issues

Over the past several months, Dr. David Torchiana had stirred internal concerns with plans to expand Partners and rethink the direction of the organization.

Ruby Maddox, who works at Mount Holyoke College, uses Focusmate, a service that matches strangers online for

Matthew Cavanaugh for The Boston Globe

Procrastinating? A stranger watching you might help

Some people rely on virtual coworkers, real people they?ve never met connected online via video, to get work done. Devotees swear by it.

Perspective | Magazine

What kids aren?t telling parents about porn on social media

Adult content is rampant on social media. Here?s what parents need to know.

Foxborough, MA - 1/25/2019 - New England Patriots Offensive Line coach Dante Scarnecchia. New England Patriots practice at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Jim McBride, Topic: 26Patriots, LOID: 8.5.213616483.

JIM McBRIDE

Dante Scarnecchia is one of the best assistant coaches in the NFL. Here?s why

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady declared him the greatest offensive line coach in the history of the league.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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The wide receiver ponies up $4,000 (or more) per hour to charter a private jet through Boston-based Magellan Jets.

Super Bowl Insider

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/philsimms.jpg Postcard from Atlanta: Interviewing Phil Simms is a full-circle moment

Part of the craziness of Super Bowl week is keeping track of the interview opportunities beyond the two teams involved.

TALKING POINTS AM/LARRY EDELMAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/guide.PNG Bewildered by Boston?s new economy landscape? Don?t panic! Here?s a guide

The Hitchhiker?s Guide to Boston Innovation is a website designed to be a one-stop directory to what its creators call Boston?s ?vibrant tangle of people, places, events, and ideas.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Hartford%20Travel%205-5516555.jpg Mass. man pleads guilty to forging artifact that ended up in Conn. museum

Prosecutors say Harold Gordon turned a plain writing desk into the ??Bingham Family Civil War Memorial Secretary?? and sold it to an antiques dealer for $64,500.

Electrify America, an electric car charger producer, has opened a charging station Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Paducah, Ky. The charging station is located at the side of the parking lot at the Walmart store on Hinkleville Road. (Ellen O'Nan/The Paducah Sun via AP)

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EDITORIAL

?Carbon Free Boston? begins with cars and homes

If a new report on reducing Boston?s carbon footprint can focus the city?s climate policies around cars and homes, it?ll have been a success.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/05lotteryaid05-4002.jpg Another attempt to expand the tentacles ? er, the reach of the lottery

?If we?re going to have legalized schemes that separate hard-earned money from Massachusetts residents, let?s not pretend it?s all for a good cause.?

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/AdobeStock_143329505.jpeg Thorny forces keep weighing on doctors

A recent report on physician burnout continues to resonate with readers, who see a profession in crisis.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/f12b9fc73fb8417294128264c60cfcdb-f12b9fc73fb8417294128264c60cfcdb-0.jpg ?Empire? actor Jussie Smollett assaulted in Chicago in potential hate crime

Jussie Smollett, a black, openly gay actor best known for his work in Fox?s ??Empire,?? was assaulted in Chicago by two people carrying a noose.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/BSOWagnerTristanundIsoldeRobertTorresCROP.jpg BSO announces Carnegie Hall concerts

Act III of Wagner?s ?Tristan und Isolde,? the New York premiere of a commissioned work by HK Gruber, and performances by pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Jean-Yves Thibaudet will be highlights of the season.

Marijuana on display at Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif.

Eviction upheld for Maine man who grew medical marijuana

The Supreme Court sidestepped the conflict between state and federal law by noting that there was cause for eviction above and beyond the fact he was growing marijuana.

MARIJUANA MOMENT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1e99addc0c914e79952444206633fac6-38f6138e47f847b29cebfa2874fd7c37-0.jpg Congressional panel could take up marijuana reform ?fairly soon,? chairman says

US Representative Jerry Nadler can use his position as US House Judiciary Committee chair to help advance cannabis and drug reform legislation to votes.

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They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

This morning, the Globe will release a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

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The Big Picture

The day the North End was hit by a deadly wave of molasses

Twenty-one people died after a 15-foot wave of molasses swept through the North End in January 1919.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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