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Mass. marijuana official says RMV ‘put politics over our youth’ in adopting stoned driving curriculum

The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday voted to endorse the controversial lesson plans over strenuous objections from Commissioner Nurys Camargo.

Charts: These are the COVID-19 metrics to watch now
As Massachusetts battles another COVID-19 surge, it’s a good time to look at the state of the coronavirus outbreak locally.

Biden’s lawyers found more classified documents at his home than previously revealed, White House says

Lawyers who were looking for classified documents at President Biden's home in Delaware found five more pages than they revealed earlier this week, the White House said Saturday.

Mega Millions jackpot with $1.35B grand prize was sold in Maine

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.

John Kivlan, ‘the ultimate prosecutor,’ dies at 77
John Kivlan, a celebrated attorney and former prosecutor who garnered national attention for his conviction of a gunman who killed two women during a 1994 shooting rampage at Brookline abortion clinics, died Wednesday, according to authorities.

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.

More coverage of the Ana Walshe case

A three-foot water main burst early Saturday morning flooding the Jamaica Plain neighborhood at Heath Street, which caused water to pour down the road as Boston firefighters walked along the sidewalk.

‘Water is shooting out of the ground:’ Burst pipe causes massive flooding, street buckling in Jamaica Plain

Officials from the Boston Water and Sewer Commission are working in the area of Heath Street to investigate the break, the agency said.

In the city where the Kings met, ‘The Embrace’ memorializes their love and struggle
The sculpture, revealed to the public for the first time Friday, depicts Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.

The history behind ‘The Embrace’: Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King’s Boston connection Critic's Notebook: ‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung Jeneé Osterheldt | The Embrace: ‘The hug the city needs’

With Democrats in control, Massachusetts legislators prepare for biggest push to tighten gun laws in years
Democratic legislators plan to submit at least two dozen bills to tighten the state's already strict gun laws, setting up the biggest push for gun reform in years.

One strategy for success during Dry January is substituting non-alcoholic beverages and mocktails.

Dry January can kick-start healthy habits that last beyond the month, experts say

Who wouldn't like to save money, feel better, lose weight, and sleep well? The specialists we talked to say the benefits are "pretty remarkable."

This wonderful (uncrowded) spot within Bonaire's Washington Slagbaai National Park is a great place for swimming or snorkeling.

Bonaire’s laid-back beauty might blow you away. The food will, too.

Who needs diving when you’ve got flamingoes?

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will miss Sunday's wild-card game against the Bengals.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is playing a dangerous game if he’s sitting out because of his contract

When Jackson suffered a PCL sprain Dec. 4, Ravens coach John Harbaugh indicated it wouldn’t be a lengthy injury.

Trevor Bauer had a 2.24 earned run average in his previous 28 major league starts before he was placed on administrative leave July 2, 2021.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will any team sign Trevor Bauer despite the controversy he would bring?

Most teams are adhering to a rule within the collective bargaining agreement that prohibits declaring a lack of interest in any free agent to the media.

With injured Kevin Durant (left) out for about a month, a lot will fall to Kyrie Irving (right) to keep the Nets afloat.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

With superstar Kevin Durant sidelined, can the Nets keep pace in the East?

Kyrie Irving is playing for a contract next season, so he is trying to prove he is reliable, on and off the floor, making these next few weeks important for him.

Opinion

A smattering of objects from the author's son's vast collection.

IDEAS | ASHLEY LEFRAK

The ‘main basic’ thing my son’s collections have taught me

His vast array of found objects reminds me and our family to see the beauty in the commonplace.

When ‘whataboutism’ is OK

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why the controversy around the term ‘Latinx’ doesn’t matter

How not to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

Biden owes the public some answers on classified documents

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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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Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

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Teachers in Melrose vote to authorize strike as contract negotiations continue
Melrose Education Association members overwhelmingly voted to authorize the strike after working without a contact since June.

ManRay, legendary Cambridge nightclub that closed in 2005, will reopen Saturday
There will be a soft opening on Saturday, followed by a more official reopening on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Two men, one teenage girl arrested in connection with alleged string of violent robberies with crowbar on MBTA
A group of alleged attackers traveled from Harvard Square to Park Street to Kenmore station robbing and beating two victims, Transit Police said.

Santos’ lies were known to some well-connected Republicans
Some of George Santos’ own vendors were so alarmed after seeing a "vulnerability study" in late November 2021 that they urged him to drop out of the race and warned that he could risk public humiliation by continuing.

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.

China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths and says peak of latest surge has passed
China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic.

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FILE Ñ Jeff Beck performs at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 13, 2013. Beck, one of the most skilled, admired, and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2022, at a hospital near his home in Surrey, England. He was 78. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Filippo Parri Gori, son of one of La Scuola del Cuoio's owners and the grandson of the school's co-founder, Marcello Gori, cuts lambskin for a handbag that, once completed entirely by hand, will sell for around 1,000 euros.

IDEAS | FRANCESCO BERTOLUCCI AND STEFANO MORELLI

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

A man helps a woman navigate past cars in the driveway and lines of people waiting to get COVID tests at Boston Medical Center in January 2022. COVID can no longer be used as a protective shield that excuses grossly ineffective responses by legislators, insurance companies, and health care administrators to the hospital crisis in America today.

Lauren Stiller Rikleen

The deplorable conditions in the emergency department

Members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment marched up Beacon Street in Boston for the rededication of the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, near the State House, on June 1.

Jacqueline Jones

What does Boston owe descendants of the enslaved?

A portrait of former president Andrew Jackson behind President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in 2017.

David M. Shribman

The tension between Trumpites and Trumpians

A tent sits idle beside the entrance to the Chelsea Soldier's Home on April 6, 2020, in Chelsea.

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

West Virginia guard Erik Stevenson fouled Kansas State guard Tykei Greene during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Dec. 31,

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The business of college sports deserves to collapse

Metro

‘Water is shooting out of the ground:’ Burst pipe causes massive flooding, street buckling in Jamaica Plain

Officials from the Boston Water and Sewer Commission are working in the area of Heath Street to investigate the break, the agency said.

John Kivlan, ‘the ultimate prosecutor,’ dies at 77

John Kivlan, a celebrated attorney and former prosecutor who garnered national attention for his conviction of a gunman who killed two women during a 1994 shooting rampage at Brookline abortion clinics, died Wednesday, according to authorities.

Teachers in Melrose vote to authorize strike as contract negotiations continue

Melrose Education Association members overwhelmingly voted to authorize the strike after working without a contact since June.

Two men, one teenage girl arrested in connection with alleged string of violent robberies with crowbar on MBTA

A group of alleged attackers traveled from Harvard Square to Park Street to Kenmore station robbing and beating two victims, Transit Police said.

Sports

The vault has proven to be the best event for Katie McCormack, the senior captain at Notre Dame (Hingham).

High school gymnastics notebook

Gymnastics squads battle for position in tough Cranberry League

Between Notre Dame (Hingham), Bridgewater-Raynham/West Bridgewater, and Falmouth/Mashpee/Barnstable, the league has at least three teams jockeying for sectional spots.

Adam Jones is jumping from 98.5 The Sports Hub to host WEEI's afternoon-drive program.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

WEEI’s afternoon shakeup unlikely to have any effect going against ratings monster ‘Felger and Mazz’

"Felger and Mazz" has been No. 1 among men 25-54 in every three-month ratings period since spring 2012.

With injured Kevin Durant (left) out for about a month, a lot will fall to Kyrie Irving (right) to keep the Nets afloat.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

With superstar Kevin Durant sidelined, can the Nets keep pace in the East?

Kyrie Irving is playing for a contract next season, so he is trying to prove he is reliable, on and off the floor, making these next few weeks important for him.

Matt Porter | Sunday hockey notes

Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark is having an All-Star season thanks to plenty of behind-the-scenes work

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will any team sign Trevor Bauer despite the controversy he would bring?

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is playing a dangerous game if he’s sitting out because of his contract

Business

Twitter workers forced to drop group lawsuit over severance

Twitter Inc. won a ruling forcing a group of laid-off workers fighting the company over their severance packages to pursue their claims in individual arbitration rather than through a class-action lawsuit.

In a tight labor market, nonprofits are losing out

Human services organizations cannot compete with rising wages at for-profit companies, leaving widespread staff shortages everywhere from food banks to homelessness prevention groups.

Treasury secretary tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday

‘More and more toxic’: Mayor Wu cuts back on Twitter following Musk chaos

magazine

The untold story of roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Victorian-era Boston

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

Warren Seavey (left) and some of the World War II veterans he admitted to Harvard Law.

A Harvard Law professor broke the rules to let in WWII vets. They made ‘the best class there ever was.’

Forget Wordle. Here are 5 secrets to living better, longer.

metro

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island political news: January 2023

ManRay, legendary Cambridge nightclub that closed in 2005, will reopen Saturday

Providence Mayor Smiley opens search for new police chief

sports

Jordan Spieth shot 6 under in the opening round of the Sony Open in Honolulu on Thursday, then made six bogeys on Friday and missed the 36-hole cut by a shot.

Jordan Spieth goes from leading to a missed cut in wild Friday at Sony Open

Wrestling notebook: At Silver Lake, female wrestlers Sydney Diauto and Lindsay Laws show that winning the offseason a foundation to in-season success

Plymouth North’s Macey Shriner sets the pace, finishes strong in the girls’ 1-mile at the Northeast Invitational

business

People carried shopping bags last December in Downtown Crossing.

‘Twas a sluggish holiday season for Mass. retailers

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

When you win Mega Millions, you can buy these homes

politics

The access road to President Biden's home in Wilmington, Del., was seen on Friday.

Biden’s lawyers found more classified documents at his home than previously revealed, White House says

US will hit debt limit Jan. 19, Yellen tells Congress

US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations

Nation

People wait in line at "The Lotto Store at Primm" just inside the California border on Jan. 13 near Primm, Nev.

Mega Millions jackpot with $1.35B grand prize was sold in Maine

Santos’ lies were known to some well-connected Republicans

Did aliens land on Earth in 1945? A defense bill seeks answers.

World

Travelers wearing face masks walk toward the entrance of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, on Jan. 14.

China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths and says peak of latest surge has passed

UK to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, say troops were attacked

opinion

A pedestrian walked along the Boston Harborwalk, where the Encore Boston Harbor Casino and Everett could be seen from across the Mystic River.

Ah, the Everett waterfront. Think of the possibilities.

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

MassGOP chief Jim Lyons and his intraparty vendetta

lifestyle

A pair of Dallas police vehicles and officers sit at an entrance at the Dallas Zoo. A missing clouded leopard shut down the zoo on Friday as police helped search for the animal.

Police investigate after Dallas Zoo missing leopard was found. ‘It is our belief that this was an intentional act.’

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

food & dining

Legal Sea Foods and the Boston City Council have proclaimed that Sunday, Jan. 15, is “Chowda Day.”

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

Discover the importance of Rome as a global hub for photography at Bowdoin College Museum of Art's new exhibit, "In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842-1871," which runs Dec. 8 through June 4.

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?

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

Arts

Boston Common's new monument "The Embrace" memorializes Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott's love story and civil work in the city.

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

Film critic Odie Henderson explains his star-rating system.

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

Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond in "Minx."

After HBO Max cancellation, ‘Minx’ moves to Starz

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

music

Following the premiere of his new piano concerto "Oceans Apart," composer Justin Dello Joio takes a bow on the stage of Symphony Hall, with soloist Garrick Ohlsson and conductor Alan Gilbert.

At BSO, Gilbert returns with ambitious, exploratory program

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dies

Boston guitarists pay homage to an idol, Jeff Beck

Theater/Dance

From left: Victoria Clark, Justin Cooley, and Steven Boyer in "Kimberly Akimbo." In the musical, Clark plays a 16-year-old who suffers from a genetic disorder that ages her physically four times faster than normal.

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

Natural gas and heating oil (top photos) warm about 75 percent of Massachusetts homes, with electric heat pumps and firewood (bottom row) barely making a dent in the market.

TAKING THE HEAT: As energy costs soar, homeowners are seeking ways to stay warm without breaking the bank.

The Argument: Is inclusionary zoning a good tool for cities and towns to expand affordable housing?

North Shore Workforce Board program aims to recruit and train more mental health counselors

Obituaries

South Africa's Gerrie Coetzee (right) traded blows with John Tate, left, during their world heavyweight title bout at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, in this Oct. 20, 1979, file photo.

Gerrie Coetzee, former WBA heavyweight champ, dies at 67

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dies

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