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‘Massachusetts can, and will, lead the world’: Maura Healey sworn in as Massachusetts’ 73rd governor

Maura Healey makes history as the first woman ever elected to the post here and one of the nation’s first openly lesbian governors.
Charlie Baker takes ‘Lone Walk’ out of State House and into the next chapter

Gov. Healey received a Paul Revere sword. There’s history behind it.

Among the grandiose inauguration rituals Governor Maura Healey participated in Thursday was the presentation of an antique, silver sword, supposedly cast by Paul Revere. So, you might be wondering: how did this tradition start?

Kevin McCarthy fails for 3rd long day in GOP House speaker fight
Kevin McCarthy emerged from a huddle with GOP colleagues determined to persuade holdouts to end the stalemate. But despite endless talks, signs of concessions, and a public spectacle unlike any other in recent political memory, the path ahead remained highly uncertain.

Tracker: See the Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid With the House in chaos, C-SPAN shows footage Americans don’t usually see Analysis: Four ways the chaos over the House Speaker vote could end
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In fiery remarks, Katherine Clark blasts ‘extremists who have taken over’ speaker vote

“Let’s look at the extremists who have taken over,” Clark said. "Lauren Boebert is whipping votes, MTG is their spokesperson, and Matt Gaetz is negotiating the rules.”
Here’s what AOC was saying to two far-right Republicans during House speaker votes

Green Line crash ‘would have been prevented’ if MBTA had installed train tech earlier, NTSB finds

A Green Line crash in July 2021 that injured 27 people was caused by an operator speeding at 33 miles per hour, as much as 23 miles above the limit, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday.

Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made ‘fairly remarkable improvement,’ can communicate in writing
Hamlin has been able to grip the hands of family members at his hospital bedside, and doctors said his neurological condition and function is intact.

NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game, per reports

Missing Cohasset woman last seen on New Year’s Day, police say
Cohasset police are asking the public for information to help locate Ana Walshe, 39, who was last seen at her home shortly after midnight on Jan. 1.

BPS teacher used her body to shield student from vicious attack outside Mattapan school, police say

A Boston Public Schools teacher used her body as a shield to protect a student who was under attack by three teenaged girls, one of whom kicked the teacher while she lay on the ground, according to a Boston police report.

10,075 confirmed cases and 129 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste Dr. Jha warns latest XBB subvariant of COVID-19 may be more contagious

Snow on the way for some areas of New England

It looks like another batch of precipitation will come through the region this weekend, but it's unlikely any snow will accumulate in Boston.

N.H. Gov. Sununu says people want him to run for president, assails Trump, DeSantis in Fox News interview

People want New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu to run for president, he told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday, while also criticizing fellow Republicans Donald J. Trump, who’s announced his 2024 candidacy, and Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor believed to be mulling his own White House bid.
MATTHEW GILBERT

At TV’s midseason, the best shows and performances we’ve seen so far

These are the shows and actors whose work will need to linger in Emmy voters’ minds until they choose their nominees this summer. Which ones already look like they deserve to be considered? I have some opinions.
TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Can Windstar Cruises keep my $17,000 airfare after I canceled?

When Priscilla McMurtry and her husband cancel their cruise to New Zealand, their cruise line decides to keep their $17,000 airfare. Can it do that?
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Congratulations, Governor Healey. You have your work cut out for you.

Warning: Though the seas seem serene, reefs lie ahead.
EDITORIAL

In her inaugural address, Maura Healey puts a strong foot forward
Brian Stelter

Cameras usually tightly controlled by House show lawmakers haggling, gossiping
RENÉE GRAHAM

Democracy is messy. It’s not supposed to be a circus.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

How far will the Supreme Court expand the Second Amendment?

The Emancipator

The art of the denial

Racism denial is a political strategy and a coping tool, used by those who benefit from racism and those unwilling to confront the dire contradictions in our society. Phillipe Copeland walks us through its different forms so we can recognize and counter them.
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Special reports

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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Pickup truck strikes five new cars at N.H. Volvo dealership; driver treated at hospital
Officers responded to reports that a truck had crashed into multiple vehicles in the Volvo Cars of Exeter parking lot shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Elizabeth Warren resting after outpatient surgery on her foot

A spokesman for Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she had been experiencing pain in her right foot for months.

Son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ captured by Mexican authorities ahead of Biden visit
Ovidio Guzmán, nicknamed “the Mouse,” had not been one of El Chapo’s better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years ago.

Amid flurry of new info, judge gives a ‘redo’ to Natick couple suing eBay for harassment
A judge ruled Wednesday that David and Ina Steiner could submit a revised complaint, including details that came out in 2022 when five of eBay’s former employees were sentenced for crimes arising from the scheme.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★★
‘Women Talking’ speaks volumes
Survivors tell the story in Sarah Polley’s harrowing adaptation of Miriam Toews’s novel.

Review: ‘M3GAN,’ worth its weight in memes, is a scream

Group protests fatal shooting of 20-year-old knife-wielding man during confrontation with Cambridge police

The Bangladesh Association of New England on Thursday protested the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man by Cambridge police, who said the victim was allegedly wielding a long knife Wednesday when he charged at an officer and ignored commands to drop the weapon during the deadly encounter.
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Recapping 2022

The 23 best photos of 2022 from Boston Globe photographers

A year in deaths

 Other notable deaths

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

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Globe Magazine

In 1848, an enslaved couple fled to Boston in one of history’s most daring escapes

Risking their lives for liberty and for love, Ellen and William Craft devised a bold plan: They’d don disguises — she as a white man — and embark on the perilous journey north.

As Janet Wu and Alison King sign off, they talk about favorite politicians and the future of local TV news
As a new era on Beacon Hill begins, it’s the end of another as two doyennes of the political press corps ― Janet Wu and Alison King — sign off.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
The outgoing governor’s ‘number one adviser’: Dad
After two terms, Charlie Baker leaves the job that he hopes has been the distillation of the values his father spent a lifetime imparting to his three beloved sons.

Welcome to the great Marblehead newspaper war
Three outlets — adhering to three different business models — are in the unexpected position of battling it out for the readers of the North Shore town.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Don’t laugh. New travel poll finds Massachusetts families want to relocate to N.H. in 2023.

Instead of waiting for their Netflix moment, Boston comics are creating their own specials

First look at ‘Boston Strangler,’ which starts streaming on Hulu March 17

I’m starting the year with ‘The Stress Prescription’

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

SCOT LEHIGH

Congratulations, Governor Healey. You have your work cut out for you.
EDITORIAL

In her inaugural address, Maura Healey puts a strong foot forward
RENÉE GRAHAM

Democracy is messy. It’s not supposed to be a circus.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

How far will the Supreme Court expand the Second Amendment?

EDITORIAL

The math is clear: McCarthy should start courting Democrats
IDEAS | WILLIAM DEVINE

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

Metro

Live updates: House speaker vote

House launches into 11th vote for speaker

We’re gathering the latest news and updates from the vote for the House speaker. Follow along.

Missing Cohasset woman last seen on New Year’s Day, police say

Cohasset police are asking the public for information to help locate Ana Walshe, 39, who was last seen at her home shortly after midnight on Jan. 1.

Gov. Healey received a Paul Revere sword. There’s history behind it.

Among the grandiose inauguration rituals Governor Maura Healey participated in Thursday was the presentation of an antique, silver sword, supposedly cast by Paul Revere. So, you might be wondering: how did this tradition start?

10,075 confirmed cases and 129 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Sports

BOYS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Boys’ hockey notebook: ‘There’s no quit in the dog’ as Norton rabidly pursues success on ice after a sizzling start to its season

The Lancers (6-1-1), who list six Sharon players on their roster as part of their co-op, have been defined in the early going by an up-tempo style of play in which seemingly no deficit is ever too large to overcome.
nfl

Bengals’ Tee Higgins says he’s ‘in a good place’ after hearing from Damar Hamlin’s mother

Higgins was involved in the hit that came right before the Buffalo Bills safety went into cardiac arrest.
skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin’s record hunt on hold with Zagreb slalom canceled

A night slalom was canceled because of warm temperatures and strong wind, organizers announced.
revolution

Revolution acquire Dave Romney from Nashville and re-sign Nacho Gil
Celtics

Celtics trade Noah Vonleh to Spurs, who will waive him
Celtics

Marcus Smart fined $35,000 for inappropriate language toward an official

Business

Southwest starts on reputation repair after cancellations

Southwest on Tuesday told customers whose flights were canceled or significantly delayed over the holidays that they would get 25,000 frequent-flyer points on top of refunds and reimbursement for unexpected costs like hotels and meals.

Bed Bath & Beyond warns of potential bankruptcy

The company, which has roughly 900 stores across the country, reported preliminary earnings, noting lower sales and slower foot traffic compared with the prior year.
TALKING POINTS

MassDevelopment sells Springfield office building

Panel: Fishing plan can rebuild long lost cod stock by 2033
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Globe Magazine

‘If you want to solve homelessness in Boston, you’ve got to take a look at the real estate market’
PERSPECTIVE

We can fix the housing crisis. But we have to act now.
CONNECTIONS

My father-in-law recently turned 100. His life has been quietly extraordinary.
LOVE LETTERS

I moved out of his house. Do I leave all my stuff behind?

metro

Rhode Island political news: January 2023

Snow on the way for some areas of New England

Green Line crash “would have been prevented” if MBTA had installed train tech earlier, NTSB finds

sports

NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game, but hasn’t determined playoff seeding

Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made ‘fairly remarkable improvement,’ can communicate in writing

‘Damar has been on everyone’s mind’: Bill Belichick extends prayers for Bills in first comments about Hamlin’s injury

business

Mercedes to build its own electric vehicle charging network

Want to live at Greater Boston’s biggest mall? This might be your chance.

Amid flurry of new info, judge gives a ‘redo’ to Natick couple suing eBay for harassment

politics

Kevin McCarthy fails for 3rd long day in GOP House speaker fight

Michigan Democrat won’t seek reelection to Senate

In fiery remarks, Katherine Clark blasts ‘extremists who have taken over’ speaker vote

Nation

With the House in chaos, C-SPAN shows footage Americans don’t usually see

Trump’s troubles mount as special counsel gets new 2020 evidence

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

Mexico captures Ovidio Guzmán, son of El Chapo and alleged fentanyl trafficker

Son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ captured by Mexican authorities ahead of Biden visit

Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine during the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday

opinion

State explores new ways to see to behavioral health needs

As lying is raised to a high art, state of our politics plummets

A Republican muddle in the House

lifestyle

I have trouble being alone

I’m starting the year with ‘The Stress Prescription’

Robert Kraft buys $23.75 million penthouse in Palm Beach

food & dining

Variety is the spice of life at Hummus v’Hummus

Johnny Pomodoro serves Detroit-style slices in Charlestown; Formaggio Kitchen has a new big cheese

Cuba, modern and graceful, is on the plate at Gustazo

travel

Europe will soon allow phone calls on flights. Will the US be next?

Akaash Singh is on Team Travel Agent and wants to flush his phone but can’t

Skijoring at Snowfest, art with attitude, and Caribbean charms in St. Croix

Arts

At the Clark, a glimpse of a French cultural storehouse

‘The Glory of Handiwork’ gives new meaning to the domestic arts

R.I. engineer is creating live wall art that breathes

Books

Comedic and caffeinated, Kashana Cauley’s debut novel, ‘The Survivalists,’ may give you the jitters

Poet Laureate Ada Limón uses poetry as a way of tuning in to the world

Janet Malcolm, in her posthumous autobiography ‘Still Pictures,’ remains a journalist rather than a memoirist to the end

Movies

‘Corsage’: All about Elisabeth

‘Women Talking’ speaks volumes

1983 at the movies: from A (‘All the Right Moves’) to Z (‘Zelig’)

Television

Watch for Walter White during the Super Bowl

At TV’s midseason, the best shows and performances we’ve seen so far

Appearances can be quite deceiving in ‘The Capture’

music

Deals are in place for Sound Museum’s tenants, but not its owners

Remembering Geoff Nuttall, visionary quartet leader

Son Rompe Pera give Mexican marimba music a punk edge

Theater/Dance

A new view of a classic movie inspired choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Look Who’s Coming to Dinner’

In Dave Malloy’s ‘Preludes,’ Rachmaninoff’s career is decomposing

Plans for a new Comedy Studio in Harvard Square hit some snags

globe local

A chocolate festival, a winter gala, and a wrestling smackdown

Newton City Council approves 50-unit housing, restaurant development

Newton to hold MLK celebration; weeklong community food drive

Obituaries

Frank Galati, mainstay of Chicago theater, dies at 79

Walter Cunningham, an astronaut who helped clear the way to the moon, dies at 90

Bill White, who lost a leg in the Marathon bombings, dies at 81