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Hingham police take armed man barricaded in home into custody

No one was injured in the incident, which led police to evacuate residents living nearby and order others to shelter in place as heavily armed officers took up positions.

China?s leader cites accelerating spread of virus as cities work to control outbreak

China?s Xi Jinping said the virus, which has sickened more than 1,200 people and killed 41, is spreading. Chinese cities from the epicenter in central China to Hong Kong are trying to control the outbreak, and travel agencies have been told to halt all group tours.
Ideas: Snakes (!) could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak These maps are tracking the spread and risk of the Wuhan coronavirus in real time

? DISPATCHES FROM IOWA
Looking for diversity in the presidential race? It?s with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other surrogates for the all-white top Democratic candidates
As the Iowa caucuses approach, Black and Latino politicians are among the most sought-after endorsers and surrogates on the campaign trail.

Sanders seizes lead in volatile Iowa race, Times poll finds

Opinion

OPINION | Susan Church, Kerry Doyle, and Heather Yountz

Customs and Border Protection goes rogue
OPINION | Diane Hessan

About those ?Women for Trump?
EDITORIAL

The Trump administration owes the public answers on Iranian deportations
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

It?s a right-handed world. What if we looked at it from the left?
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

As ?flight shame? movement grows, more airlines and travelers seek to offset carbon footprint

One sign of the 'Greta effect? in the US: JetBlue announced plans to go carbon neutral this year. And apps are helping passengers do the same.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY

How can the Red Sox be so confident MLB?s investigation will end well for them?

The reporters who broke the news on the Houston Astros? cheating scandal are the same reporters that had three sources accusing the 108-win Red Sox of cheating in 2018.

US Figure Skating Championships
Gracie Gold skates to 12th place ? and a standing ovation at US Championships
Gracie Gold, the Newton, Mass., native, has had her career disrupted by her struggle with mental illness.

Names
Comedian Pete Holmes told Malia Obama to ?please shut the (expletive) up? while performing in Somerville
Holmes performed at the Comedy Studio in Somerville, and Malia Obama was in the front row in the audience. And Holmes didn't recognize her. 2 hours ago

More recent headlines

Pompeo criticizes journalist who accused him of shouting at her; NPR defends its reporter

A mild weekend is expected with rain Saturday night

Clayton Christensen, renowned Harvard Business School professor, dies at 67

Don?t miss the Globe?s coverage and analysis of the Democratic primaries

The Globe?s politics team will help you sort through the noise with timely, in-depth news coverage, and sharp analysis of the state of the race. Here?s how to stay in the know.

Lawsuit over Seaport railroad track heads to trial on Monday

Track 61 has become a legal quagmire. Lawyers for the state Department of Transportation have fought in court for two years against the Contos family over development and train testing on the site.

?You?re so going viral, lady.? Video showing alleged racism on Amherst bus viewed over 5 million times

A video of a December confrontation on an Amherst bus between a woman and several people accusing her of being racist has been viewed more than 5 million times.
Yvonne Abraham

Michelle Carter?s out of jail, but not out of the spotlight

It takes nothing away from the tragedy of Roy?s death, or the harm of Carter?s texts, to say that the reality of their relationship was far more complicated than it appeared, far less amenable to easy narratives and sermons about our unhinged times. 3 hours ago

City councilor?s angry caller has a change of heart

When City Councilor Julia Mejia received an angry, hate-filled voice mail message, she turned it into a video. Then her antagonist called again ? and apologized.

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Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship

The danger in our salad bowls

Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on.

How do animals survive long winters?
In all kinds of ways, it turns out. Birds switch their diets, coyotes grow thicker fur, and turtles bury into mud.

The puck stops here: Boston Public Schools superintendent is at home in the hockey rink
Wearing a white and purple Boston Latin practice jersey, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius looked like just another skater out on the ice.

Rhode Island

Bill would let R.I. lawmakers hide behind tinted windows

State legislator from Providence wants to allow tinted windshields on private vehicles of lawmakers, police, firefighters, and judges

Tampa-area educator tapped to lead Providence schools

Bill would let R.I. lawmakers hide behind tinted windows
Newton

After opposition to Albemarle, Newton continues search for proposed senior center?s home

The search for a new home for the city?s senior center ? launched shortly after Fuller took office in 2018 ? has grown into something of a game of musical chairs.

Newton City Council sets March 3 special election to decide Northland mixed-use development

Newton gets grant to study potential affordable housing at armory

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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spotlight fellow report

The federal government has one main law to prevent child abuse. No state follows all of it

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

The Senate?s choice: Integrity or servility

EDITORIAL

Recycling programs need a reboot ? and some financial help from online retailers
OPINION | Alex Beam

Let?s analyze Donald Trump?s reelection chances
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor Walsh wants to change the Boston Fire Department. Can he?
OPINION | H.D.S. Greenway

China?s rehabilitation of Confucius
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

It?s a right-handed world. What if we looked at it from the left?

VISUAL STORIES

The danger in our salad bowls

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

Photos: Patriots vs. Titans in AFC wild-card playoffs

metro

Bill would let R.I. lawmakers hide behind tinted windows
State legislator from Providence wants to allow tinted windshields on private vehicles of lawmakers, police, firefighters, and judges

Hingham police take armed man barricaded in home into custody

No one was injured in the incident, which led police to evacuate residents living nearby and order others to shelter in place as heavily armed officers took up positions.

Baker addresses housing, climate change at meeting of municipal leaders

Governor Charlie Baker delivered remarks at the Massachusetts Municipal Association?s Annual Meeting.

A mild weekend is expected with rain Saturday night
Starts & Stops

Boston still waiting on scooter legalization

STAT

New heart transplant method being tested for the first time in the U.S.

Opinion: Why Black doctors like me are leaving academic medicine

?How long do I have?? A website on cancer survival rates seeks to help

Watch: Consumer genetic testing: What do you get for your money?

sports

ADAM HIMMELSBACH

The last time Brad Stevens coached All-Stars, he went deep into the video vault

Stevens asked Celtics video coordinator Matt Reynolds to create a highlight reel that showed clips of the stars before they truly became stars.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Jimmy Garoppolo hasn?t exactly led the 49ers to the Super Bowl

Garoppolo has been required to do shockingly little on the road to Miami.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Jimmy Garoppolo hasn?t exactly led the 49ers to the Super Bowl
TEAM OF THE WEEK

St. John?s Prep boys? swim and dive team strives to keep tradition alive

Politics

Trump?s idea of executive power is big and getting bigger, and that?s his impeachment defense

Business

Clayton Christensen, renowned Harvard Business School professor, dies at 67

Marijuana

State-run marijuana stores? Proponents ? including Rhode Island?s governor ? say it?s an idea worth exploring
magazine
Cover story

The 29 best new restaurants in Boston and the suburbs
Perspective

Has Louis C.K. earned a comeback?
Cooking

Recipes: Turn this stew into 2 different weeknight meals
Miss Conduct

Advice: A co-worker took a gift I left for someone else

sports

Hiring women as referees would be major step for NHL

How can the Red Sox be so confident MLB?s investigation will end well for them?

Michael Jordan has his own state of the game address

metro

Bill would let R.I. lawmakers hide behind tinted windows

Hingham police take armed man barricaded in home into custody

Baker addresses housing, climate change at meeting of municipal leaders

Nation

Looking for diversity in the presidential race? It?s with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other surrogates for the all-white top Democratic candidates

Democrats speak to history with exhaustive impeachment case

Trump?s legal team argues that Democrats are trying to overturn election

World

Six killed in Germany shooting; suspect arrested

China expands lockdowns, shuts down transportation in 10 cities to slow spread of virus

Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim?s brain to glass

politics

Pompeo criticizes journalist who accused him of shouting at her; NPR defends its reporter

Sanders takes Iowa lead over Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden in NYT poll

Looking for diversity in the presidential race? It?s with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other surrogates for the all-white top Democratic candidates

business

Clayton Christensen, renowned Harvard Business School professor, dies at 67

Diverse, locally owned food start-ups make the menus at Harvard, UMass, and BC

Lawsuit over Seaport railroad track heads to trial on Monday

lifestyle

Comedian Pete Holmes told Malia Obama to ?please shut the (expletive) up? while performing in Somerville

As ?flight shame? movement grows, more airlines and travelers seek to offset carbon footprint

Newton-raised actress Hari Nef joins Aly Raisman in Aerie?s self-love campaign

marijuana

State-run marijuana stores? Proponents ? including Rhode Island?s governor ? say it?s an idea worth exploring

Colorado State University gets gift to open research center on cannabis compounds

Greek police find 1.25 tons of cannabis hidden in date paste

opinion

Day 5: The defense launches its case, but who?s the audience?

The Trump administration owes the public answers on Iranian deportations

When Right No Longer Matters

food & dining

At Parsnip, a Filipino pop-up is a chef?s passion project

At Good Thymes in Lowell, an emphasis on what really matters

How Eastern Standard?s Vanessa Rea-Marcel went from ice-cream scooper to award-winning sommelier

travel

As ?flight shame? movement grows, more airlines and travelers seek to offset carbon footprint

Tourism industry is (finally) shining a light on the women of the world

Learning how to ski (and have fun) from a real pro

Books

Author Donna Jackson Nakazawa searches for answers, cell by cell

Swiss novelist Peter Stamm not always in it for the long haul

Young hearts run free in Kate Weinberg?s slow-burning thriller ?The Truants?

Movies

Some ?Gentlemen? are more gentlemanly than others

Hiding in plain, and not-so-plain, sight: Gene Hackman turns 90

In Focus: Assessing the Oscar feature documentary finalists

Television

Musical stars to sing for Oscar at awards show

?Sex Education? joins the teen TV hall of fame

?Sanditon? showcases Anne Reid?s latest standout performance

music

BSO and Nelsons warm up for Asia tour, check off another Shostakovich selection

Violinist Johnny Gandelsman finds ?infinite possibilities? in Bach?s cello suites

Amid the chaos of this year?s Grammys, some predictions

Theater/Dance

In ?Shadow? at ArtsEmerson, revelations from a struggle to be understood

Boston stand-up Don Gavin is ready for the secret to get out

In Huntington?s ?We All Fall Down,? a portrait of a family in flux

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Michael I. Sovern, who led Columbia in eventful era

?Dark Shadows,? ?Cagney & Lacey? actor John Karlen dies

James J. McCarthy, Harvard oceanographer who focused attention on climate change, dies 75