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We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

“It’s unbelievable that people will say that ‘this is safer than a human driver,’” Boston driver and Tesla Model Y owner Taylor Ogan said. “That’s not true.” ( Video by Pranshu Verma, Edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Photo by David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

INNOVATION BEAT

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

Amid ongoing safety and regulatory issues, our intrepid tech reporter tries out the automaker's new "full self-driving" feature.

‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video

Brady shared a video montage of his career achievements that included footage from several of his Patriots Super Bowl wins.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick calls Tom Brady ‘the best player in NFL history’

Captain Cook’s ship HMS Endeavour was found in Newport Harbor. Or was it?

Researchers in Australia say they’ve identified the shipwreck site, near Goat Island. Researchers in Rhode Island aren’t so sure they’re right

US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader, Biden says

First responders reported that 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women. US officials said they did not have a sure sense of how many family members were with Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi when the explosive detonated.

Maps: Rain, sleet, snow on the way as winter storm warning issued for parts of Mass.

They say sequels are never as good as the original and the upcoming storm is no exception.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘We’re not going to get the all clear’: More employers need to learn to live with COVID

It won’t be easy charting a path back to normalcy. But companies can no longer wait for the government to lead the way. It’s time for employers to control their own destiny.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

Army to immediately start discharging COVID vaccine refusers

Giuliani’s ‘Masked Singer’ cameo reportedly prompts judges to walk off set

Rudy Giuliani’s surprise appearance as a contestant on “The Masked Singer” prompted two judges to walk off the set, Deadline reported.

Mitchell (front) and astronomy students in front of the Vassar College Observatory, 1878.

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She was a Quaker and self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to us all

On Nantucket in the 1800s, Maria Mitchell broadened the discipline of astronomy, and inspired generations who would forever change the way we see the night sky.

Frank Farrow of Elevate Boston, shown here last year as he picked up supplies at the Boston Heath Dept. to distribute in Roxbury, will serve as the executive director of the city's new Office for Black Male Advancement.

City to tackle plight of Black men, boys with new office

Frank Farrow of of Elevate Boston Foundation, a nonprofit assisting local families facing various hardships, will serve as the Office for Black Male Advancement's executive director, the mayor’s office said.

Logan International Airport on Christmas Day, 2021.

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Mask dispute forces passenger off departing flight at Logan Airport

A dispute over masks prompted a passenger to exit a departing flight at Logan International Airport before it took off Wednesday evening, according to authorities.

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we?

There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks

They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West

You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Opinion

An exhibitor demonstrates plugging in a charging port for a Ford Motor Co. Mustang during the Washington Auto Show on Jan. 21.

EDITORIAL

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

Unlike the larger bill, the climate plan can pass.

Michael Mailer

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

IDEAS | MOLLY RAINS

Who mourns for the lab animals?

Joan Vennochi

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Hey, Boston! Take this snow and shovel it.

Takeout from Leena's Kitchen in Plymouth.

Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.

Browse a map of reader-recommended takeout spots Explore the full project

Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth plunges by $31 billion after Meta shock

The company is in the midst of a historic stock collapse after its earnings on Wednesday showed no growth in monthly Facebook users last quarter relative to the prior period.

‘If there’s a definition for a hero, he’s one’: Friend of Boston police officer recalls his devotion to family

A friend of the family of Boston police officer John O’Keefe recalled him as a “hero” who adopted his niece and nephew following the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law.

Andy the plow driver gets ‘snow-fficial’ honor from Thomas’ English Muffins

The breakfast brand has deemed him the “Official Snowplow of Thomas’ English Muffins.”

Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics

It has everything to do with dual citizenship. Here’s the explanation.

Workers organizing at McLean Hospital face staunch resistance

In late summer, executives at the world-renowned psychiatric hospital in Boston launched a full-throated defense against unionization efforts.

Vote in round two of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

We’ve put together the ultimate breakfast cereal bracket. Help us decide once and for all which childhood favorite should be crowned champion.

New president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital makes medical staff diversity a top priority

Dr. Robert S. D. Higgins’s history of career firsts is critical to how he’s approaching the job.

Some Boston parents cry foul over bonus points for exam school admission

A growing number of parents are raising concerns that BPS is applying bonus points for exam school entrance too broadly, which could increase the applicant pool with affluent students receiving bonus points intended to even the playing field for low-income applicants.

Beth Teitell

Tom Brady is just not that into us

It was the snub heard around New England. For 20 years we sat on our couches for him. Ate his stupid avocado ice cream. Now we learn the truth.

Girlfriend pleads not guilty to manslaughter in connection with death of Boston police officer

Karen Read pleaded not guilty to charges that she hit John O’Keefe with her car and then left him lying in a snowbank in Canton.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Cécile McLorin Salvant will be performing songs from her upcoming album, "Ghost Song," at the Berklee Performance Center.

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

Oludara Adeeyo's new book is "Self-Care for Black Women"

‘Self-Care for Black Women’ offers strategies for nurturing mind, body, and soul

A wheel of donated paraphernalia at the Core Social Justice Cannabis Museum in Jamaica Plain, a social justice museum inside the Seed dispensary.

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

1960s Voting rights poster featuring boxer and activist Muhammad Ali.

17 inspiring ways to celebrate Black History Month

Special Projects

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Neil Young performs in Napa, Calif., in 2019.

IDEAS | LAUREN DALEY

The battle between Neil Young and Spotify is the most Neil Young thing ever

Federal, state, and hospital officials are having to decide who gets first access to potentially lifesaving drugs, like Pfizer’s Paxlovid, to treat COVID-19.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Govind Persad

We can help many of the 2,200 people dying of COVID every day

President Joe Biden fist bumps Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer during the announcement of Justice Breyer's retirement in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.

JEFF JACOBY

A peaceful Supreme Court confirmation, for a change

Donald Trump is seen talking on a news monitor during the Save America rally in Conroe, Texas, on Jan. 29.

SCOT LEHIGH

You can either support US democracy or back Donald Trump

Boston public school students leave the John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science and Madison Park High School and head to the T and buses on Tremont Street on Jan. 4.

EDITORIAL

With BPS data now looking unreliable, state should launch a new audit

The "Futures" exhibit at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building runs through July 6.

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Black history I carry with me: Cole Arthur Riley

The creator of Black Liturgies shares her beautiful resistance.

BLOTTER TALES

When drivers forget to clear the snow off their vehicles, police take notice

Someone gets stuck in a car wash in Peabody, a man with a bullhorn causes a commotion in Bridgewater, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

BEVERLY BECKHAM

Finding my sunshine on a gray winter’s day

Why, when I look out the window on a sunless winter’s day, do I see not what Amy sees: a sky, glistening like polished silver, a thing of beauty, but a sky, dull and monotonous as gunmetal gray.

Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

Sports

Tom Brady played for the Patriots from 2000 to 2019.

‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video

Brady shared a video montage of his career achievements that included footage from several of his Patriots Super Bowl wins.

Alex Carpenter celebrated with teammates after scoring one of her two goals in in the US women's hockey team's win over Finland.

Olympics

Two stars with local ties pile up goals as US women’s hockey beats Finland, 5-2 in Olympics opener

Northeastern alum Kendall Coyne Schofield and Boston College product Alex Carpenter each scored twice, and the US women’s hockey team began the defense of its Olympic title with a 5-2 win over Finland.

Gus Kenworthy won silver for the US in 2014, but will compete for Great Britain in Beijing.

OLYMPICS

Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics

It has everything to do with dual citizenship. Here’s the explanation.

Olympics

Ex-Bruin David Krejci, skating for Czechia in Olympics, tests positive for COVID-19

Djokovic describes his Australia visa ordeal as unfortunate

WEDNESDAY'S HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Bill James earns his 400th win as Methuen wrestling coach

Business

Eleven years after buying Genzyme, Sanofi officially ditches subsidiary’s storied name

The move jettisons the name of a storied Massachusetts biotechnology company that helped transform the drug industry in the 1980s and anchored the life sciences cluster.

INNOVATION BEAT

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

Amid ongoing safety and regulatory issues, our intrepid tech reporter tries out the automaker's new "full self-driving" feature.

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

NOBULL signs big lease in old Boston Globe building

STAT

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‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

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PERSPECTIVE

Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.

Cooking

Recipes: Two secrets to quick and easy Mexican black bean dishes

Paul Ratha Yem, newly sworn in as a Lowell city councilor, in the council chamber.

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“Enough is enough!”: How a Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment

P.J. Kennedy and a partner bought a liquor store on Washington Street, at the edge of the North End.

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We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video Brady shared a video montage of his career achievements that included footage from several of his Patriots Super Bowl wins.

Captain Cook’s ship HMS Endeavour was found in Newport Harbor. Or was it? Researchers in Australia say they’ve identified the shipwreck site, near Goat Island. Researchers in Rhode Island aren’t so sure they’re right

US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader, Biden says

Maps: Rain, sleet, snow on the way as winter storm warning issued for parts of Mass. They say sequels are never as good as the original and the upcoming storm is no exception.

‘We’re not going to get the all clear’: More employers need to learn to live with COVID

Giuliani’s ‘Masked Singer’ cameo reportedly prompts judges to walk off set

She was a Quaker and self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to us all

City to tackle plight of Black men, boys with new office

Mask dispute forces passenger off departing flight at Logan Airport

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we? There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Who mourns for the lab animals?

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

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We can help many of the 2,200 people dying of COVID every day

A peaceful Supreme Court confirmation, for a change

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With BPS data now looking unreliable, state should launch a new audit

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Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

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‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video

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Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics

Ex-Bruin David Krejci, skating for Czechia in Olympics, tests positive for COVID-19

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Business

Eleven years after buying Genzyme, Sanofi officially ditches subsidiary’s storied name

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We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

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Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.

Recipes: Two secrets to quick and easy Mexican black bean dishes

“Enough is enough!”: How a Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment

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‘I love you all’: Tom Brady posts a Patriots-heavy tribute video

Brady shared a video montage of his career achievements that included footage from several of his Patriots Super Bowl wins.

Captain Cook’s ship HMS Endeavour was found in Newport Harbor. Or was it?

Researchers in Australia say they’ve identified the shipwreck site, near Goat Island. Researchers in Rhode Island aren’t so sure they’re right

Maps: Rain, sleet, snow on the way as winter storm warning issued for parts of Mass.

They say sequels are never as good as the original and the upcoming storm is no exception.

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A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we?

There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks

They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West

You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth plunges by $31 billion after Meta shock

The company is in the midst of a historic stock collapse after its earnings on Wednesday showed no growth in monthly Facebook users last quarter relative to the prior period.

Andy the plow driver gets ‘snow-fficial’ honor from Thomas’ English Muffins

The breakfast brand has deemed him the “Official Snowplow of Thomas’ English Muffins.”

Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics

It has everything to do with dual citizenship. Here’s the explanation.

Workers organizing at McLean Hospital face staunch resistance

In late summer, executives at the world-renowned psychiatric hospital in Boston launched a full-throated defense against unionization efforts.

Vote in round two of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

We’ve put together the ultimate breakfast cereal bracket. Help us decide once and for all which childhood favorite should be crowned champion.

Beth Teitell

Tom Brady is just not that into us

It was the snub heard around New England. For 20 years we sat on our couches for him. Ate his stupid avocado ice cream. Now we learn the truth.

Girlfriend pleads not guilty to manslaughter in connection with death of Boston police officer

Karen Read pleaded not guilty to charges that she hit John O’Keefe with her car and then left him lying in a snowbank in Canton.

‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.