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Massachusetts detects troubling new strain of gonorrhea

Although standard treatment still works, the new bug, never before seen in the US, shows signs of developing resistance to the recommended drugs.

Legal experts say a suspect can be charged with murder without a body but the case is tough to prosecute
“There have been many cases of convictions in instances of no body [murder] cases,” said a prominent criminal defense lawyer.

Brian Walshe ordered held without bail for allegedly killing wife, dismembering her body More coverage of the Ana Walshe case

Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in fatal 2021 set shooting

Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a “criminal disregard for safety.”

Supreme Court says it has not found who leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

The court said its investigative team “has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence.”

The gas stove culture war, explained
We answer your — pardon the pun — burning questions about the gas stove discourse.

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

Alexandra Eckersley indicted on assault charge for allegedly abandoning her newborn infant in Manchester, N.H., woods

Woman struck by vehicle in hit and run in Newton; police ask for public’s help

Harvard University dean reverses decision not to offer fellowship to human rights activist Kenneth Roth

Amazon is closing its charity program, which donated millions, citing limited impact

Sidetrack students find a piece of machinery in an abandoned building on the Boston waterfront while exploring the city.

IDEAS | PETER THOMSON

The radical, forgotten experiment in educational integration that changed my life

In 1971, kids from Roxbury and Lincoln spent half the year attending school together in the city and the other half in the suburb. Fifty years later, I tracked down my fellow students to see how it shaped them — and whether something like it could work today.

Globe Magazine

The big stink: How a proposed landfill is roiling a tiny New Hampshire town
Your used pizza boxes and other trash from Massachusetts could be part of the problem.

Plows and sanders will be out in force during winter storm; drivers urged to use caution on slippery roads

These maps show where to expect snow and sleet as storm sweeps into Massachusetts

The Blue Hill Ski Area in Canton wasn't looking all that wintry on Wednesday, a familiar sight around New England, and more rain is on the way Thursday.

Warming winters are threatening who we are as New Englanders, and that includes our smugness

How can we show we're better at winter if there is no winter?

Tell us: Which of your favorite wintertime activities have been limited by milder temperatures?

Couple's Gambit: The Middle Seat Debate

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Couples, DO NOT try to score the golden inflight loveseat. It’s not right.
If you want to sit next to your travel companion, book a seat next to them. Crazy concept, I know.

BETH TEITELL

The airlines have turned passengers into petty people. Here’s a way to fight back. DO it!
Don't think of it as anti-fellow-passenger; it's a pro-passenger protest, one that could perhaps lead to change. (And no one likes the middle seat anyway.)

The machine room in The Engine, a Cambridge-based venture firm and startup program founded by MIT.

innovation economy

Is this the year for climate tech to pay off?

Boston has the potential to be a leader in climate tech, with incubator spaces like Greentown Labs in Somerville and The Engine in Cambridge, and several investment firms that funnel money into the sector.

Calentado especial

At El Peñol, an American dream realized

Enjoy empanadas and tostones from an East Boston institution, now in Brookline

Tables: Civility comes to Somerville; Southie gets more pizza and fried chicken

Campbell Keenan and others on the boat smiled during their fishing trip off the coast of Florida.

‘Complete chaos’: Massachusetts boy reeled in a great white shark while fishing off the Florida coast

Campbell Keenan, 12, reeled in a great white shark while on a fishing trip off the south coast of Florida this week — and the experience was caught on video.

Opinion

A firearms dealer posted a sign outside the Littleton Mill.

Gun safety is starting to work as an electoral issue

A state focus holds the most promise for important gains on smart gun laws.

Harvard’s reversal on its rejection of human rights leader who criticized Israel is a good step

Embracing ‘The Embrace’

George Santos proves that two identities can be better than one

6.2 acres of potential in the Seaport

Thumbnail for Talking to Your Kids About Race video.

The Emancipator

Talking to your kids about race

What are we saying to our kids about race even when we don’t say anything? Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, explains how it is a false choice whether or not to teach your young child about race, because, either way, they’re picking up on your attitude about race.

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Special reports

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

New legislation would boost nurse-to-patient ratios in Mass.
The proposed rules would ease burnout and improve safety, advocates say.

Wayfair planning second round of job cuts
The earlier round of cuts, which included 400 people in Boston, was part of a $500 million cost saving plan, but Wayfair executives warned in November that further cuts were on the way.

Teenager allegedly stabs man on MBTA Green Line

The youth was placed into custody by MBTA Transit Police after he allegedly stabbed the man in the torso.

NHL

Flyers coach John Tortorella defends Ivan Provorov’s Pride boycott
Before Tuesday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks, the 26-year-old Provorov sat out warmups, during which the Flyers wore Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow tape.

Quincy man sentenced to more than three years in prison for printing $467,000 in counterfeit bills
A Quincy man was sentenced to 3 years and 5 months in federal prison Wednesday for printing more than $467,000 in counterfeit bills from his home, according to prosecutors.

Larry Edelman

Federal Reserve hammers home its message: Rates won’t drop any time soon
In a speech, Boston Federal Reserve president Susan M. Collins is latest central bank leader to say there’s a long way to go in the fight against inflation.

US Treasury buys time for Biden and GOP on debt limit deal Analysis: Why everyone is suddenly talking about the debt ceiling, and why it matters

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

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A house at 159 Main St. in Barnstable was the most expensive home sold in 2022.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Murder and misogyny
We take domestic abuse survivors’ stories more seriously than we used to, yet the tentacles of misogyny are still deadly.

Boston planning authority votes to hire consultant for permanent pedestrian space in Copley Square
The Boston Planning and Development Authority, or BPDA, will decide Thursday whether to spend $100,000 to hire a consultant to help prepare for the project, deemed the Copley Connect Long-Term Design Strategy.

Boston Dynamics’ video shows robot carrying tool bag, moving objects on mock construction site
In a sleek new video, Boston Dynamics seems to be hinting at a future for its high-tech robots: putting them to work in settings where heavy labor is required.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Beach Road Weekend returns to Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven Aug. 25-27.

Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges set to headline Beach Road Weekend

Janet Echelman's 2015 installation "As If It Were Already Here," wins prize from BSA

Janet Echelman’s memorable 2015 piece wins Boston Society for Architecture’s Harleston Parker Medal

Compagnie Hervé Koubi will perform “What the Day Owes to the Night” as part of Global Arts Live's Winter Dance Fest.

French choreographer Hervé Koubi kicks off Global Arts Live’s Winter Dance Fest Saturday

Seth Nyquist, who performs as MorMor, is headlining at The Sinclair Sunday.

When the world shut down, MorMor created music to lift his own spirits

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Two Weeks in America

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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A firearms dealer posted a sign outside the Littleton Mill.

Gun safety is starting to work as an electoral issue

My favorite George Santos depredation is his apparently brief 2019 masquerade as “Anthony Devolder” — his full name seems to George Anthony Devolder Santos. Devolder urged transgender activists to consider switching their loyalty from Democrats to Republicans.

George Santos proves that two identities can be better than one

The parking lot at 371 D Street.

6.2 acres of potential in the Seaport

The front line of the March for Women's Lives rally in Washington on April 5, 1992.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

As its 50th anniversary looms, Roe v. Wade still matters

Protesters from a group called The New Democracy Coalition entered Boston City Hall to try to meet with Mayor Michelle Wu about their demand that Faneuil Hall be renamed. Four people were later arrested on Jan. 12.

How much does Mayor Wu believe in MLK’s commitment to civil disobedience?

Sidetrack students find a piece of machinery in an abandoned building on the Boston waterfront while exploring the city.

IDEAS | PETER THOMSON

The radical, forgotten experiment in educational integration that changed my life

Metro

These maps show where to expect snow and sleet as storm sweeps into Massachusetts

After a month of little snow, the National Weather Service is forecasting a winter storm for much of Massachusetts beginning Thursday afternoon and into Friday evening.

Plows and sanders will be out in force during winter storm; drivers urged to use caution on slippery roads

Crews will treat roads with sand and plows “as needed” during a storm expected to drop a mix of rain and snow on some parts of the state Thursday and Friday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

6,804 confirmed cases and 125 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.

‘A profound opportunity’: Providence Police chief to lead Justice Department’s community policing office

Hugh T. Clements Jr. will lead the COPS Office after 37 years with the Providence Police Department, where he worked in units throughout the department and spent the last 11 years as its chief.

Sports

Lamar Jackson injured his knee in early December and didn't play again.

Ravens begin intriguing offseason as offensive coordinator departs, negotiations with Lamar Jackson to start again

The question is whether the next coordinator will have Jackson at quarterback.

Josh Boyer's defense finished the 2022 season ranked 18th in total defense and 27th in passing defense.

Former Patriots assistant Josh Boyer fired as defensive coordinator of Dolphins

From 2021 to 2022, Miami went from 16th to 24th in scoring defense and from 10th to tied for 30th in takeaways.

Andy Murray let out a scream after getting past Thanasi Kokkinakis in the fifth set at the Australian Open.

Australian Open

After a hard day’s night, Andy Murray beats Thanasi Kokkinakis in fifth set of Australian Open second-round match

Murray won 196 points, Kokkinakis 192, and they combined for 171 winners to only 107 unforced errors.

Men's college basketball

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey stepping down after this season

Bucs oust offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, five other assistants after Tom Brady’s first losing season

patriots notebook

Bill O’Brien has his interview with Patriots for offensive coordinator job

Business

USDA moves to crack down on ‘organic’ fraud

The Agriculture Department announced new guidelines for products labeled “organic,” a term that has been increasingly abused as shoppers have sought healthier, environmentally friendly food.

Union membership hits record low in 2022

Union membership in the United States fell last year to a new low even as the labor movement scored a string of significant victories at high-profile companies that have long evaded unionization, such as Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, Chipotle, and Trader Joe’s.

Supreme Court poised to reconsider key tenets of online speech

We ignore Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ at our peril

magazine

What I didn’t know about having a miscarriage

Globe Magazine.

The struggle to communicate with potential dates in text messages is real

Advice: My sister is messing up my relationship with my parents

Herbed Omelet With Tomatoes and Blue Cheese

Three perfect omelet recipes to get your day started right

metro

While campaigning for governor, Maura Healey toured a portion of the former Marriner Mill that’s being developed into mixed-income rental housing.

Governor Healey wants to ‘drive economic development.’ Her first bill puts $1 billion toward that goal.

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Jan. 20-27

New Orange Line trains back in service after axle replacements, T says

sports

Phil Mickelson played in the LIV Golf Boston Invitational in 2022.

LIV Golf announces TV partnership with The CW network

Buccaneers fire offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and five other assistants

MIAA football committee asks for further review of state coaches’ playoff proposal

business

A T-Mobile branded shopping bag in front of a store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

T-Mobile says hacker stole data for 37 million customers

Indian drug maker buys Lexington biotech with promising hair loss pill

Wayfair planning second round of job cuts

politics

The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court says it has not found who leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

Why everyone is suddenly talking about the debt ceiling, and why it matters

GOP Representative Greg Steube of Florida injured after accident at home

Nation

The US is working towards reducing wildfire dangers in several states by clearing out trees from national forests. A previously used strategy — intentionally setting small fires to reduce the amount of vegetation available to burn in a major blaze — was suspended after three months last spring when a wildfire near Las Vegas, New Mexico, burned across more than 500 square miles.

Feds send $930 million to curb ‘crisis’ of US West wildfires

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

6,804 confirmed cases and 125 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

World

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, in Manhattan in September 2018.

Five moments that defined Jacinda Ardern’s time as New Zealand prime minister

Nepal crash: Airport had no instrument landing system

China accuses ‘some Western media’ of COVID-19 coverage bias

opinion

Residents of Newport News held a candlelight vigil in honor of Richneck Elementary School first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 9. Zwerner was allegedly shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student while teaching class on Jan. 6.

Video of gun-toting child must be a wake-up call for America

Classified document system in need of overhaul

How much does Mayor Wu believe in MLK’s commitment to civil disobedience?

lifestyle

Bob Odenkirk arrives at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Odenkirk, perhaps best known as shady lawyer Saul Goodman on “Breaking Bad," and "Better Call Saul" was named 2023 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Thursday.

Bob Odenkirk to be honored as Hasty Pudding’s 2023 Man of the Year

What will friends think of our age gap?

Getting cozy with mystery writer Julie Hennrikus

food & dining

Calentado especial

At El Peñol, an American dream realized

Civility comes to Somerville; Southie gets more pizza and fried chicken

Lobster Pot restaurant and building in Provincetown up for sale for $14 million, owner says

travel

An American Airlines plane departs Newark Liberty International Airport on Jan. 11.

With a hurricane on the way, are these tickets now worthless?

YouTube travel vlogger Damon Dominique on his new book, going ‘unplugged,’ and Paris, Texas

A fat bike ‘loppet’ in Maine, big savings in the Big Apple, and a replacement for single-use batteries

Arts

G. W. Bromley & Co., "Atlas of the city of Boston : Boston proper and Back Bay : from actual surveys and official plans," 1922

Map quest: At BPL’s Leventhal center, two shows speak to a changing city

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

Books

A fragile island community faces destruction in Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Harding’s ‘This Other Eden’

In Selby Wynn Schwartz’s ‘After Sappho,’ long-listed for the 2022 Booker Prize, the Greek poet empowers women artists to push against traditional boundaries

Jayne Ann Krentz on her love of contemporary gothic and what was missing from Nancy Drew

Movies

Hugh Jackman, left, and Zen McGrath in a scene from "The Son."

The sins of ‘The Son’

Oscar nominations drop Jan. 24. Here’s who we think will get lucky.

Actor Julian Sands is missing in Southern California mountains

Television

Bob Odenkirk arrives at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Odenkirk, perhaps best known as shady lawyer Saul Goodman on “Breaking Bad," and "Better Call Saul" was named 2023 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Thursday.

Bob Odenkirk to be honored as Hasty Pudding’s 2023 Man of the Year

Seeing Oscar winners on TV beyond the Academy Awards

What’s new — and returning — to ‘Masterpiece’

music

The Emerson String Quartet performs at Alice Tully Hall in New York, Nov. 28, 2017. The renowned chamber ensemble, known for its lively and nuanced playing, is disbanding after nearly a half-century.

After more than four decades, a distinguished quartet bows out

When the world shut down, MorMor created music to lift his own spirits

Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges set to headline Beach Road Weekend

Theater/Dance

Pierre Jean Gonzalez portrays Alexander Hamilton in "Hamilton."

Does ‘Hamilton’ still have it? Just you wait.

A Cambodian family’s saga emerges piece by piece in ‘Letters from Home’

French choreographer Hervé Koubi kicks off Global Arts Live’s Winter Dance Fest Saturday

globe local

The city of Newton is working with Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development to turn the West Newton armory on Washington Street into affordable housing.

Affordable housing project at West Newton armory OK’d by zoning board

Newton Community Pride seeks applicants for Nancy Quint Schön Arts Scholarship

Newton schools superintendent to hold override presentation Jan. 23

Obituaries

Dr. Müller was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.

K. Alex Müller, innovator in ceramic superconductors, dies at 95

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

Arthur Duncan, pioneering Black tap dancer, dies at 97