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Regulators will strip Bay State College’s accreditation

Students at the Boston school will not be able to access federal financial aid funds, and credits may not transfer to other institutions.

Man ordered held without bail for allegedly killing mother in Stoughton; victim was stabbed 30 times, prosecutor says

The man who allegedly killed 40-year-old Amber Buckner in Stoughton last month stabbed her roughly 30 times and left a knife handle plunged in her temple before boarding a train to New York City where he was later arrested, prosecutors said during his arraignment Tuesday.

‘I want the last 4 hours of my life back.’ Steamship Authority website glitches snarl Nantucket car ferry bookings

Vacationers looking to book vehicles on the ferry to Nantucket this summer are facing long wait times, website errors, and other snafus. Some are taking to Twitter to vent.

Nantucket homeowners group agrees to remove their hotly contested erosion shield
A group of mostly wealthy Nantucket homeowners has reluctantly agreed to dismantle a highly contested, multi-million dollar geotube project, seeing no way around a permit violation order calling for its removal.

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.”

More coverage of the Ana Walshe case

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at protest against German coal mine expansion

Search for missing woman resumes in Brookfield

Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca in his office at Bain Capital.

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Stephen Pagliuca retires from Bain Capital after 34 years

Pagliuca, 68, will continue at the firm as a senior adviser, director of several of its portfolio companies, and an investor in its funds.

Chef Johnny Burke recently opened Johnny Pomodoro in Charlestown.

At Johnny Pomodoro, chef Johnny Burke offers up slices of thick-crust pizza and nostalgia

He got his start as a teenager working at Liberty Pizza in Wayland and later at his cousins’ bar, Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain, before going on to fine dining at T.W. Food and The Butcher Shop. (And he's made some expensive mistakes in the kitchen!)

A shopper chooses tangerines at C-Mart Supermarket in Boston. With Lunar New Year approaching, those celebrating will look for the traditional fruits from the old countries.

How to pick — and eat — citrus fruits for the new year

Dragon fruit, pomelos, kumquats, and others are in season now. Here’s where to find and how to enjoy them.

The ‘This is Fine’ comic turned 10. The Mass. artist behind it says it’s changed his life — for better or worse.
K.C. Green, the Easthampton artist behind a comic that inspired an era-defining meme, reflects on its impact online.

Office towers in Post Office Square. Boston's office market is seeing its highest vacancy rates in two decades as big companies scale back their office needs amid a shaky economy and a longer-term shift toward hybrid work.

Amid hybrid work and sluggish economy, Boston’s office market is hurting

The vacancy rate in Boston's office market is the highest it has been in decades.

American Robotics is one of several local tech companies to do layoffs in 2023.

innovation beat

The new year brings new tech layoffs

The range of local companies affected shows that the tech community is still adjusting to the economic slowdown, uncertain market conditions, and (in some cases) over-hiring.

Dan Shaughnessy has run one mile a day. For 40 years.

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One man’s idea of long-distance running: A mile a day for 40 years

With only a few misses here and there, the author has plodded streets all over the world since Jan. 1, 1983.

Nicholas Ralph as veterinarian James Herriot in PBS's "All Creatures Great and Small."

The antidote for all those feel-bad shows

I understand the desire for shows that can provide good feelings, shows that aren’t straight-up sitcoms but that don’t ask you to dig into difficult issues or watch violent interactions. Here are seven suggestions.

This week’s TV: Peak TV may have peaked, ‘That ‘90s Show’ arrives, and a Zora Neale Hurston doc

Opinion

At the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, the language police have come for the word “field.”

The language police come for the word ‘field’

With the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd came an effort — sometimes genuine, sometime virtue signaling — to confront inequity and the terrible injustices of the past. Today, the question is whether canceling any of them accomplishes the underlying goal of meaningful institutional change.

In an age of election denialism, the Legislature needs clear rules for seating members

With fewer students in Boston, there should be fewer schools

What the EV backlash gets wrong

Maura Healey promised to bring transparency to an opaque governor’s office. It’s not clear if she’ll follow through.

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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)

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

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

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

More recent News

Meet Yvonne Hao, the state’s new economic secretary who just ‘gets stuff done’

If you’ve never heard of Hao — the first person of color to oversee the state’s economic development — it’s because she’s kept her head down, fixing and helping organizations navigate through their thorniest issues.

‘If it’s not data driven, it’s a dog and pony show’: Wu’s new violence prevention guru shares his vision
Isaac Yablo will succeed his friend and mentor Rufus Faulk to become Boston's senior adviser for public safety.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On hockey

David Krejci at 1,000 games: A graceful, subtle master on the ice who has never been fully appreciated
We have seen the best of Krejci for a very long time. He has given Bruins fans everything they could ask.

Maine’s first winning Mega Millions ticket brings attention to a small town gas station
Hometown Gas & Grill owner Fred Cotreau said the store will get $50,000 for selling the winning Mega Millions jackpot.

Norway archaeologists find ‘world’s oldest runestone’

Archaeologists in Norway said that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing.

Madonna unveils 2023 North America and European tour dates
The tour includes a stop at TD Garden on Aug. 30th.

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From left to right, the Rev. Liz Walker, the Rev. Jeffrey Brown, and Paul English stood with The Embrace, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture that they helped to bring to Boston, on Friday.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

How one Boston-area entrepreneur’s dream sparked the movement that led to the new King memorial

Paul English, who made most of his money from the sale of Kayak to Priceline a decade ago, committed $1 million to get the ball rolling on "The Embrace," a 22-foot high bronze statue on Boston Common that was unveiled Friday.

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Stormy seas for cruise ships in Bar Harbor
Local businesses challenge voter-approved limit on passengers on Mount Desert Island.

Tewksbury day care closure shows a system on the brink
After 20 years in business, having survived the COVID shutdown and the stringent safety protocols that followed, the beloved Pattikakes’ daycare was beset by surging costs, plummeting revenues, and chronic staffing shortages.

In Woburn, a diversifying school district works to become more welcoming
For Kafui Kemeh, a Black high school senior in Woburn, life in the suburbs has brought the quality education her family sought, but the isolation and racism she has experienced as one of the very few Black students in her classes weigh on her.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Billy Conway, a drummer by trade, wrote songs on guitar — dozens of them, going back to the acquisition of his first four-track cassette recorder in the 1980s.

Billy Conway’s pals put his songs out into the world

The Jar's previous salons have connected strangers through their appreciation of art.

With $750,000 grant, The Jar aims to expand its conversations around culture

Topher Grace and Laura Prepon reprise their roles in guest appearances on "That ‘90s Show," a Netflix sequel to "That '70s Show."

This week’s TV: Peak TV may have peaked, ‘That ‘90s Show’ arrives, and a Zora Neale Hurston doc

Film critic Odie Henderson explains his star-rating system.

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

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Two Weeks in America

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The popular bookstore holds its events in a space that is located down a flight of stairs. There is no elevator, lift, or other device to provide access for people who have trouble navigating a staircase.

Carol Steinberg

A community bookstore where events are accessible to only some in the community

Formidable as the issues affecting disabled people are, Governor Maura Healey can begin to chip away at them. But without a bigger change, disabled folks will continue to be held hostage by systems that would pull the rug out from under our rights.

Healey’s administration must include disabled people

Stacey Abrams, who had disputed but ultimately accepted her loss in the 2018 Georgia governor election, pledged in September to accept the result of the 2022 rematch against Brian Kemp.

When ‘whataboutism’ is OK

IDEAS | JOAN LUKEY

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

Sal DiMasi in June 2019.

Lawmakers: Close the felon-as-lobbyist loophole

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

IDEAS | WILLIAM DEVINE

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

Metro

‘I want the last 4 hours of my life back.’ Steamship Authority website glitches snarl Nantucket car ferry bookings

Vacationers looking to book vehicles on the ferry to Nantucket this summer are facing long wait times, website errors, and other snafus. Some are taking to Twitter to vent.

Newton schools superintendent to hold override presentation Jan. 23

Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has announced a proposal for a nearly $15 million tax increase that would support schools, senior services, parks and infrastructure, plus a pair of school building projects.

Frank Thomas, power-hitting original Met, dies at 93

A right-handed pull hitter who stood 6-foot-3 and weighed about 200 pounds, Mr. Thomas hit 286 home runs over 16 seasons in the National League.

Regulators will strip Bay State College’s accreditation

Students at the Boston school will not be able to access federal financial aid funds, and credits may not transfer to other institutions.

Sports

Boston's Kaleigh Fratkin is an All-Star for the fifth time.

Boston Pride place a league-high nine players on PHF All-Star roster

The All-Star Showcase for the women's pro hockey league will be Jan. 29 in Toronto, with three teams playing in a round-robin format.

Mr. Thomas chatted about hitting with Willie Mays before their baseball game on June 17, 1958, in Pittsburgh.

Frank Thomas, power-hitting original Met, dies at 93

A right-handed pull hitter who stood 6-foot-3 and weighed about 200 pounds, Mr. Thomas hit 286 home runs over 16 seasons in the National League.

David Krejci warmed up to Boston after he was drafted in 2004 (63rd overall) and is now in his 16 season with the Bruins.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On hockey

David Krejci at 1,000 games: A graceful, subtle master on the ice who has never been fully appreciated

We have seen the best of Krejci for a very long time. He has given Bruins fans everything they could ask.

Bruins notebook

Is a Pavel Zacha contract extension worth it? Based on his performance a game after signing it, it looks like it.

Cowboys 31, Buccaneers 14

Dak Prescott, Cowboys outshine Tom Brady, Bucs, in dominating 31-14 Wild Card win

Providence’s Civic Center, now called The AMP, celebrates 50 Years

Business

‘I want the last 4 hours of my life back.’ Steamship Authority website glitches snarl Nantucket car ferry bookings

Vacationers looking to book vehicles on the ferry to Nantucket this summer are facing long wait times, website errors, and other snafus. Some are taking to Twitter to vent.

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at protest against German coal mine expansion

Hundreds of climate activists resumed their demonstrations across western Germany on Tuesday against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion, German news agency dpa reported.

innovation beat

The new year brings new tech layoffs

Stephen Pagliuca retires from Bain Capital after 34 years

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

Authorities have been searching for Brittany Tee.

Search for missing woman resumes in Brookfield

Man ordered held without bail for allegedly killing mother in Stoughton; victim was stabbed 30 times, prosecutor says

The ‘This is Fine’ comic turned 10. The Mass. artist behind it says it’s changed his life — for better or worse.

sports

Dan Shaughnessy has run one mile a day. For 40 years.

One man’s idea of long-distance running: A mile a day for 40 years

West Virginia lawmakers consider holiday for 1970 Marshall plane crash

Tom Brady, noncommittal and unsentimental after big playoff loss, is left to ponder an uncertain future

business

Apple introduces faster MacBook Pros and Mac Minis

Amid hybrid work and sluggish economy, Boston’s office market is hurting

Fidelity pledges $250 million to help underserved students pay for college

politics

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington.

US, Ukraine top military chiefs meet in person for 1st time

GOP Representative Jim Banks jumps into race for open Indiana Senate seat

Shapiro to become 48th Pa. governor, stress bipartisan aims

Nation

Solomon Pena, center, was taken into custody by Albuquerque Police officer on Monday in southwest Albuquerque, N.M.

Former Republican candidate arrested in shootings at New Mexico lawmakers’ homes

West Virginia lawmakers consider holiday for 1970 Marshall plane crash

Six shot dead, including mother and baby, at California home

World

Alina Kapatsyna sits in a house in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Jan. 6. Men in military uniforms took her mother, 45-year-old Vita Hannych away from her house in eastern Ukraine in April. Since the war in Ukraine began, many civilians have been detained by Russian forces and are languishing in jails for months without charges as their relatives seek to find out what's happened to them.

Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish in Russian-run jails

China records first population fall in decades as births drop

Child’s body taken from Dnipro building, strike deaths at 41

opinion

Ana Walshe (left) and Amber Buckner.

2 women: one missing, on everyone’s mind; the other killed, off to the side

The curious cases of the mishandled classified documents

Lawmakers: Close the felon-as-lobbyist loophole

lifestyle

Mystery writer Julie Hennrikus writes cozy mysteries set in New England towns under three distinctly unique pen names.

Getting cozy with mystery writer Julie Hennrikus

Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Look Who’s Coming to Dinner’ asks who gets to sit at the table

She helped me after I almost died

food & dining

Leek and Potato Cakes.

Recipe: Leeks cooked in milk star in these golden, crispy potato cakes

Recipe: Hearty and huge, Greek-style lima beans are aromatic with herbs, garlic, and olive oil

Recipe: A quick bean and chickpea stew is easy on the budget and filling in the belly

travel

A ferry passes by Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket.

‘I want the last 4 hours of my life back.’ Steamship Authority website glitches snarl Nantucket car ferry bookings

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

From left to right, the Rev. Liz Walker, the Rev. Jeffrey Brown, and Paul English stood with The Embrace, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture that they helped to bring to Boston, on Friday.

How one Boston-area entrepreneur’s dream sparked the movement that led to the new King memorial

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

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

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

Ms. Lollobrigida, with an award she accepted on behalf of her 'dearest friend' Anna Magnani during West Berlin's Film Festival in 1958.

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95

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

From Salem to Sundance: Meet film festival programmer Heidi Zwicker

Television

Mr. Duncan and actress Georgia Engel took part in a panel discussion on the PBS special "Betty White: First Lady of Television" in 2018.

Arthur Duncan, pioneering Black tap dancer, dies at 97

The antidote for all those feel-bad shows

This week’s TV: Peak TV may have peaked, ‘That ‘90s Show’ arrives, and a Zora Neale Hurston doc

music

Billy Conway, a drummer by trade, wrote songs on guitar — dozens of them, going back to the acquisition of his first four-track cassette recorder in the 1980s.

Billy Conway’s pals put his songs out into the world

At BSO, Gilbert returns with ambitious, exploratory program

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dies

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

The Franklin Elementary School in Newton.

Newton schools superintendent to hold override presentation Jan. 23

Tenets of Judaism combine with MLK’s legacy in bread baking and furniture making

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

Obituaries

Mr. Thomas chatted about hitting with Willie Mays before their baseball game on June 17, 1958, in Pittsburgh.

Frank Thomas, power-hitting original Met, dies at 93

Arthur Duncan, pioneering Black tap dancer, dies at 97

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95