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Workers building the new Orange and Red Line cars in Springfield describe a toxic, error-prone factory

Interviews with several former workers at the CRRC Corp. facility in Western Massachusetts describe a dysfunctional scene on the factory floor, showing a chaotic and often harrowing environment prone to mishaps and delays long before the pandemic began.

He collapsed from cardiac arrest. The next four minutes would determine if he would live.
Experts say Massachusetts lags other states in how it responds to cardiac arrest, which comes with a 90 percent fatality rate outside of hospitals.

Michelle Wu promised ‘significant reform’ to police union contracts. Now comes the hard part.
The city’s largest police union is already trying to push contract talks off the bargaining table and into the hands of outside arbitrators, a move that has historically favored the unions.

Melrose School Committee, teachers union reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike
The three-year contract will run retroactively from July 1 of last year to June 30, 2025, and includes cost-of-living and market adjustments totaling 10 percent over the contract’s term, according to a joint statement issued by the Melrose School Committee and the Melrose Education Association.

Boston police asking the public to help identify five men following New Year’s Day assault
Boston police are seeking to identify five men who repeatedly punched and kicked a man on Atlantic Avenue near South Station on New Year's Day.

60 confirmed dead after Nepal plane crashes during landing

Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe Competition

Ana Walshe.

Ana Walshe projected success and optimism. Behind the scenes, the missing 39-year-old had stress and uncertainty.

"It seemed like she was at a place where she achieved what she wanted family-wise [and] work-wise,” a longtime friend told the Globe. “And she kind of wanted to live life a little bit more freely.”

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

A 3-foot water main broke early Saturday morning, causing torrents of flood water to pour through Jamaica Plain streets and forcing 15 residents from their homes. Officials were investigating the cause of the break.

Flooding in Jamaica Plain

Water flowed down Heath Street in Jamaica Plain on Saturday morning after a water main broke. (Video Courtesy of Nelson Agamah)

Teens from across the state gather in Boston for service event honoring MLK, Coretta Scott King
Nearly 400 eighth-graders were selected this year to participate in a leadership and community service program sponsored by Project 351, a nonprofit organization.

The Embrace, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture, will be unveiled on the Boston Common during a ceremony on Friday, Jan. 13.

Jeneé Osterheldt

‘The Embrace’: ‘The hug the city needs’

As Boston unveiled its latest and perhaps most radical work of public art Friday, "The Embrace" was as much a remembrance as it was a 38,000-pound call to action. What are you embracing? Who are you holding? Have you been held lately?

In the city where the Kings met, ‘The Embrace’ memorializes their love and struggle Critic's Notebook: ‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung

Malcolm Brogdon (13) knew the Celtics needed him to put the ball in the basket without Jaylen Brown and Derrick White and Brogdon responded with a season-high 30 points.

CELTICS 122, HORNETS 106

Malcolm Brogdon makes up for depleted backcourt as Celtics stumble before throttling Hornets

Trailing by 16 midway through the second quarter, the Celtics began to get defensive stops and turned them into easy buckets with ball movement.

Three game call-up is an opportunity for Celtics' JD Davison to prove he's ready to contribute

The Maple Leafs' Wayne Simmonds and Bruins Nick Foligno mix it up in the first period, and get the game churning.

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Emotions simmer and boil over in Bruins’ last-minute victory over Maple Leafs

It was by far the best 60 minutes of hockey entertainment this season on Causeway St.

In a playoff-like atmosphere, Bruins win a wild one against the Maple Leafs on Matt Grzelcyk’s late goal Bruins coach Jim Montgomery looks inside offense’s slippage in search of better production

While the Chargers could muster only two field-goal tries in the second half, missing one, Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars roared into playoff lore with an epic comeback.

From 0.0 to heroes: Jaguars erase 27-point hole to shock Chargers at final gun

Trevor Lawrence threw interceptions on four of Jacksonville's first six drives in his playoff debut, then led his team to four straight touchdowns and a last-second field goal to complete the third-largest comeback in NFL postseason history.

Brock Purdy delivers again as 49ers dominate second half to oust Seahawks Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is playing a dangerous game if he’s sitting out because of his contract

Opinion

Sal DiMasi in June 2019.

Lawmakers: Close the felon-as-lobbyist loophole

Sal DiMasi’s case shows the need for reform.

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My road trip revealed that electric cars still have a long way to go

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

When ‘whataboutism’ is OK

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

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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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Winning Mega Millions ticket, with $1.35 billion prize, sold in Maine
The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14. The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine State Lottery. The southern Maine town of over 6,500 residents borders New Hampshire.

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.

Boston police look to identify suspect in alleged indecent assault in South End
The alleged assault occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday near 50 Malden St. in the South End, Boston police said.

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.

Two allegedly impaired drivers arrested for leading N.H. state troopers on pursuits, police say

New Hampshire residents Benjamin M. Defosses and Laurie Rebecca Keith fled from state troopers across the state in two separate incidents.

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.

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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

Martin Luther King Jr. addressed marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

How not to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

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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.

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President Biden responded to a reporter's question after speaking about the economy in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Jan. 12, in Washington.

Biden owes the public some answers on classified documents

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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Melrose School Committee, teachers union reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike

The three-year contract will run retroactively from July 1 of last year to June 30, 2025, and includes cost-of-living and market adjustments totaling 10 percent over the contract’s term, according to a joint statement issued by the Melrose School Committee and the Melrose Education Association.

Melrose School Committee, teachers union, reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike

The three-year contract will run retroactively from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, and includes a 10 percent increase for cost of living and market adjustments, according to a joint statement issued by the committee and the Melrose Education Association.

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

A 3-foot water main broke early Saturday morning, causing torrents of flood water to pour through Jamaica Plain streets and forcing 15 residents from their homes. Officials were investigating the cause of the break.

Winning Mega Millions ticket, with $1.35 billion prize, sold in Maine

The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14. The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine State Lottery. The southern Maine town of over 6,500 residents borders New Hampshire.

Sports

Malcolm Brogdon (13) knew the Celtics needed him to put the ball in the basket without Jaylen Brown and Derrick White and Brogdon responded with a season-high 30 points.

CELTICS 122, HORNETS 106

Malcolm Brogdon makes up for depleted backcourt as Celtics stumble before throttling Hornets

Trailing by 16 midway through the second quarter, the Celtics began to get defensive stops and turned them into easy buckets with ball movement.

The Maple Leafs' Wayne Simmonds and Bruins Nick Foligno mix it up in the first period, and get the game churning.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Hockey

Emotions simmer and boil over in Bruins’ last-minute victory over Maple Leafs

It was by far the best 60 minutes of hockey entertainment this season on Causeway St.

While the Chargers could muster only two field-goal tries in the second half, missing one, Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars roared into playoff lore with an epic comeback.

AFC WILD CARD | JAGUARS 31, CHARGERS 30

From 0.0 to heroes: Jaguars erase 27-point hole to shock Chargers at final gun

Trevor Lawrence threw interceptions on four of Jacksonville's first six drives in his playoff debut, then led his team to four straight touchdowns and a last-second field goal to complete the third-largest comeback in NFL postseason history.

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In a playoff-like atmosphere, Bruins win a wild one against the Maple Leafs on Matt Grzelcyk’s late goal

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

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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.’

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metro

Boston police are asking the public to help identify five men following a New Year’s Day assault in Downtown Boston that left a man with non-life-threatening injuries.

Boston police asking the public to help identify five men following New Year’s Day assault

Boston police look to identify suspect in alleged indecent assault in South End

Teens from across the state gather in Boston for service event honoring MLK, Coretta Scott King

sports

Quay Walker (left) got an earful from Packers coach Matt LaFleur after being ejected from Green Bay's Week 18 loss to Detroit.

Packers LB Quay Walker reportedly fined $13,261 for shoving Lions team physician

Ravens QB Brett Hundley remains on practice squad, a sign Tyler Huntley will play Sunday night against Bengals

Gymnastics squads battle for position in tough Cranberry League

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

Elvis Presley’s home at Graceland, in Memphis, in 2006.

Lisa Marie Presley was rock ‘n’ roll royalty. Graceland was her castle.

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Claim of mammoth bones brings treasure hunters to NYC river

World

Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara on Jan. 15.

60 confirmed dead after Nepal plane crashes during landing

WHO appeals to China to release more COVID-19 information

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

opinion

On Tuesday, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed seven executive orders, including the order banning the use of the term “Latinx” in state government.

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

Biden owes the public some answers on classified documents

How not to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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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

Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel reacts as she is crowned Miss Universe during the final round of the 71st Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, in New Orleans on Jan. 14.

Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe Competition

After HBO Max cancellation, ‘Minx’ moves to Starz

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

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.

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

Obituaries

A photo provided via Hayden family shows Casey Hayden at a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee reunion in Raleigh, N.C., in 2010 with Tom Hayden, her ex-husband and fellow activist.

Casey Hayden, a force for civil rights and feminism, dies at 85

Gerrie Coetzee, former WBA heavyweight champ, dies at 67

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dies