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Davisville Middle School teacher tracked by students will resign

The Rhode Island teacher and coach had been accused of stalking a pre-teen girl and harassing other students in his classes. Boys in his class took notes about how he treated the girls, compiling a database that they gave to authorities in 2022.

Treasury Secretary tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the US is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default.

Ana Walshe told police in 2014 that Brian Walshe had threatened to kill her, report says

Ana Walshe told Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C., that a man threatened her during a telephone call and said “he was going to kill (her) and her friend,” according to a police report.
Vigil for Ana Walshe brings community together More coverage of the Ana Walshe case

‘God. Guns. Gas stoves.’ The culture wars range into the kitchen
Few political observers expected the cooking appliance to emerge as a hot-button political issue in 2023, but here we are.

Tara Sullivan
Derrick White may not be the best at any one thing. But he’s one of the Celtics’ most important players.
White ignited the Celtics' dominant fourth quarter Thursday with a leaping block in the opening seconds against the Nets.

Officials learned of weapon before 6-year-old shot teacher, Superintendent says

Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis Presley, dies after hospitalization

Melrose superintendent warns families of possible teacher strike, school closures
Embrace: Love is a Movement
A monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Embrace is more than a memorial.

The history behind ‘The Embrace’: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King’s Boston connection

The Embrace, a bronze sculpture on Boston Common, commemorates the Kings’ efforts for racial and social equity. The memorial also serves as a remembrance of the couple’s love story that bloomed in Boston.
Watch ‘Embrace: The Kings’ TV special about MLK Jr. and Coretta Scott King MLK holiday to feature tributes, commitments to race agenda
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung

The memorial rejects the idea that a single person — usually a man, almost always white — can claim the mantle of greatness alone.
Jeneé Osterheldt

The Embrace: ‘The hug the city needs’

In the city where the Kings met, ‘The Embrace’ memorializes their love and struggle

MASS Design Group — the firm behind ‘The Embrace’ — has made a name for itself with these social justice-driven projects

This TV reporter’s Boston accent slipped out during an outtake
WWLP reporter Ellen Fleming has been working on dialing down her Boston accent since attending college, but every now and then, "it still sneaks up," she said.

dan shaughnessy

It’s a winter of discontent for Patriots and Red Sox, and other thoughts

While the Bruins and Celtics are sizzling in their sports, things aren't so hot for the other two teams.
chad finn

Beyond Rafael Devers, the Red Sox are all question marks, and eight other baseball thoughts

The list of things that have to happen for the Red Sox to be contenders in 2023 goes on and on and on ...
Sports media:Adam Jones to host WEEI’s afternoon show
high schools

Meet the Globe’s Fall 2022 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in seven fall sports.

After a spat with the RMV, this BMC researcher is taking his ‘NARCAN’ license plate on the road

The RMV initially rejected a request for the vanity plate, but after some online support the agency reversed its decision.
PARENTING UNFILTERED

Hulu fees, camp costs, and tracking every penny: Here’s one expert’s money advice for ordinary families

Fee-only financial planner Cheryl Costa talks emergency funds, lifestyle creep, life insurance, and more. Tell us: What are your strategies for saving money with kids?
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IDEAS | FRANCESCO BERTOLUCCI AND STEFANO MORELLI

The leather school in Florence that owes a debt to America’s 34th president

La Scuola del Cuoio was founded to teach orphaned Italian boys a trade. Following the Second World War, General Dwight D. Eisenhower had an idea for how to secure the school’s future.
EDITORIAL

Biden owes the public some answers on classified documents
RENÉE GRAHAM

How not to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.
Lauren Stiller Rikleen

The deplorable conditions in the emergency department
EDITORIAL

Healey cleans up Baker’s mess at Chelsea Soldiers’ Home
The Emancipator

On Reckonings, Reimagining, and The Third Reconstruction

Acclaimed historians Ibram X. Kendi and Peniel Joseph joined to discuss Joseph’s latest work, “The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century.”⁠
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‘To kill us is not the role of the police’: Cambridge community meeting on Faisal police shooting yields few answers from officials

Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui will deliver remarks while Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Police Commissioner Christine Elow, and City Manager Yi-An Huang will be present to answer questions.

LOVE LETTERS
I read a letter from his ex
It was from a few years ago.

Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud, the maximum allowed by law
A fine was the only penalty a judge could impose on the Trump Organization for its conviction last month for 17 tax crimes, including conspiracy and falsifying business records.

Tornado hits Selma, Alabama; 9 deaths reported across the South

At least 35 possible tornado touchdowns were reported across several states, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. At least nine people were found dead.

‘Twas a sluggish holiday season for Mass. retailers
The dollar amount customers spent increased by just 1.2 percent in the 2022 holiday season, well below expectations.

Actor Ezra Miller gets fine, probation after home break-in
Actor Ezra Miller pleaded guilty Friday to a charge stemming from a break-in and theft of alcohol at a neighbor’s home in Vermont, one of a string of arrests and reports of erratic behavior last year that stretched from Hawaii to New England.

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Charlie Baker made nearly 2,200 public appearances as governor. See where he went and how often.

The Republican left office after more than 2,900 days as governor and nearly 2,200 public appearances that took him around the East Coast, and — in rare cases — beyond, according to a Globe analysis of eight years of his public schedules.

Seniors pushed back against center being used as warming station in Revere. City councilor’s response has gone viral.
A plan to open up a floor of the senior center during winter nights for people seeking shelter from the cold drew a sharp backlash from seniors. One city councilor is drawing attention for his impassioned response.

New research points to a way to reverse aging. But don’t expect a miracle drug overnight.
A Harvard-led study could influence how researchers approach a range of age-related disorders.

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COVID’s not exactly back, because it never went away
It’s wrong to say COVID’s back, because it never went away. But, psychologically, in our house, we thought we had escaped the pandemic unscathed.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Boston guitarists bow down to one of the greatest, Jeff Beck

From Salem to Sundance: Meet film festival programmer Heidi Zwicker

These outsiders have a place where they belong: on the stage

How to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Boston

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.
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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

MassGOP chief Jim Lyons and his intraparty vendetta
Jacqueline Jones

What does Boston owe descendants of the enslaved?
David M. Shribman

The tension between Trumpites and Trumpians
EDITORIAL

Harvard’s rejection of human rights leader sends chilling message
Joan Vennochi

Ana Walshe story — another missing white woman dominates the news
IDEAS | WILLIAM DEVINE

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

Metro

A brilliant blue creation by 92-year-old artist Joseph Ferguson rises in Burlington Sculpture Park

The 92-year-old artist donated the piece for permanent display.
BLOTTER TALES

An iPhone reports a crash that never happened

An iPhone mistakenly calls the police, a woodpecker appears inside a home, and other odd tales from local police departments.

Rare wallpaper restoration project under way at Milton mansion

The wallpaper in the Wakefield Estate was made in France at the Zuber factory, which has been printing wallpaper from woodblocks since 1797.
SOUTH OF BOSTON

South Shore Conservatory continues to transform music

The Transform program brings “social justice to the forefront, using a new music work that explores social justice as a vehicle of how music improves the community,” said conservatory president Robert Cinnante.

Sports

chad finn

Beyond Rafael Devers, the Red Sox are all question marks, and eight other baseball thoughts

The list of things that have to happen for the Red Sox to be contenders in 2023 goes on and on and on ...
Tara Sullivan

Derrick White may not be the best at any one thing. But he’s one of the Celtics’ most important players.

White ignited the Celtics' dominant fourth quarter Thursday with a leaping block in the opening seconds against the Nets.
high schools

Meet the Globe’s Fall 2022 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in seven fall sports.

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Boys’ soccer

Business

Treasury Secretary tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the US is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default.

‘Twas a sluggish holiday season for Mass. retailers

The dollar amount customers spent increased by just 1.2 percent in the 2022 holiday season, well below expectations.

Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud, the maximum allowed by law
RHODE MAP

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Globe Magazine

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

Recipes: Three healthy — and flavorful — fish dishes for the New Year
Style Watch

Home design inspiration: Incorporating travel treasures into a cozy family room
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Jan. 9-22

metro

‘To kill us is not the role of the police’: Cambridge community meeting on Faisal police shooting yields few answers from officials

The history behind ‘The Embrace’: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King’s Boston connection

When you win Mega Millions, you can buy these homes

sports

Girls’ soccer

Girls’ volleyball

Boys’ cross-country

business

China’s trade surplus swells to $877.6 billion as exports grow

Inflation is retreating — though it doesn’t feel that way

Government rejects Microsoft goggles for soldiers

politics

‘God. Guns. Gas stoves.’ The culture wars range into the kitchen

Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud, the maximum allowed by law

Biden political future clouded by classified document probe

Nation

Tornado hits Selma, Alabama; 9 deaths reported across the South

Actor Ezra Miller gets fine, probation after home break-in

Officials learned of weapon before 6-year-old shot teacher, Superintendent says

World

Russia says it took Soledar; Ukraine denies its capture

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan’s Abe

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

opinion

What does Boston owe descendants of the enslaved?

On Reckonings, Reimagining, and The Third Reconstruction

How many things are there in the entire universe? (This is a trick question.)

lifestyle

I read a letter from his ex

Hulu fees, camp costs, and tracking every penny: Here’s one expert’s money advice for ordinary families

I met him at a holiday party

food & dining

Jan. 15 proclaimed ‘Chowda Day’ in Boston. Celebrate with a cup and a cause for $1.

The Fenway’s wow!! tikka offers fresh, healthy, fast Indian dishes

Better suburban restaurants. Higher menu prices. More kelp. These are the predicted food trends for 2023.

travel

Love ‘Hamilton’ the musical? Here’s where to walk (or sing and dance) in his footsteps

A Rome exhibit in Maine, a dreamy eclipse escape, and a clever duffel backpack

After a ‘traumatic nightmare’ on Amtrak, can I get a refund?

Arts

The history behind ‘The Embrace’: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King’s Boston connection

The Embrace: ‘The hug the city needs’

Cy Twombly, a misfit who left a mark, at the MFA

Books

Matthew Salesses’s ‘The Sense of Wonder’ takes on issues of being Asian American in the NBA. Plus: K-drama.

Henry Marsh, pioneering brain surgeon, navigates fear, powerlessness, and acceptance after a diagnosis of prostate cancer in his memoir ‘And Finally’

Martin Puchner on science fiction and speed reading

Movies

The fault in his stars? The Globe’s film critic explains his rating system.

From Salem to Sundance: Meet film festival programmer Heidi Zwicker

Chris Evans goes Instagram official with actress Alba Baptista

Television

This TV reporter’s Boston accent slipped out during an outtake

Latest immersive experience coming to Boston takes visitors to the world of Disney Animation

Watch ‘Embrace: The Kings’ TV special about MLK Jr. and Coretta Scott King

music

Boston guitarists bow down to one of the greatest, Jeff Beck

How Jeff Beck helped a Plymouth woman get a job with Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart pay tribute after death of Jeff Beck

Theater/Dance

These outsiders have a place where they belong: on the stage

Moonbox Productions will anchor a new performance venue in Harvard Square

Outside of ‘The Daily Show,’ there’s another Dulcé Sloan

globe local

A brilliant blue creation by 92-year-old artist Joseph Ferguson rises in Burlington Sculpture Park

An iPhone reports a crash that never happened

Rare wallpaper restoration project under way at Milton mansion

Obituaries

Charles White, USC’s Heisman-winning tailback, dies at 64

Jeff Beck, guitar virtuoso who influenced generations, dies at 78

Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81