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Student Julia Malits (left), Dr. Gaurab Basu (center), and student Madeleine Kline championed the integration of climate change into Harvard Medical School's curriculum.

Harvard Medical School votes to embed climate change in its curriculum

Some 55 percent of US medical schools now teach students about the health effects of climate change, up from 27 percent in 2019.

Embattled Mass. GOP chairman spent $1,800 to investigate fellow Republicans, documents show

Jim Lyons spent $1,800 — including $800 in party funds — to investigate two political rivals who serve with him on the Republican State Committee, documents and invoices obtained by the Globe show.

Michelle Wu rolls out legislative package, gearing up to lobby Beacon Hill

Boston is pushing for approval to levy a new tax on high-value real estate transactions, as well as a seat on the board that oversees the MBTA, both policies that failed on Beacon Hill last year.

Storm leaves up to 8 inches of snow in Northern Mass., little accumulation elsewhere

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists Here’s a look at snowfall totals across New England

This map shows the amount of snow that is expected to result from the storm.

These maps show the parts of New England that will get the most snow

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Expect dry and seasonably chilly weather this weekend

Ringleader of sex cult at Sarah Lawrence College gets 60-year sentence

Prosecutors said that Lawrence Ray studied cults and mind control, grooming his victims and bending them to his will.

Logan Clegg indicted for allegedly killing retired couple in Concord, N.H.

Man charged with alleged kidnap and rape at Boston hotel

How many sexual assaults are reported in BPS? The answer is murky. Here’s why

Jaylen Brown got stuck in Boston traffic on the way to Thursday’s Celtics game. He was ‘traumatized’ by it.

Wayfair's office on Boylston Street in Boston.

Wayfair, once a growth engine of the city, makes deep cuts as tech sector reels

When COVID-19 hit, locked-down consumers sent Wayfair’s growth into overdrive as they snapped up furniture for their homes and home offices. But the “new normal” didn’t stick.

COMMENTARY

The world’s elite gathered to talk climate change at Davos. Now, they’re flying home on private jets.
As the five-day World Economic Forum wrapped up on Friday, critics once again pointed to the contradictions surrounding it.

dan shaughnessy

A plea for Tom Brady to retire for good this time, and other thoughts
Count me as one Brady watcher who has had more than enough. I don’t want to see any more of what I saw last Monday night.

Tell us whether or not you think Tom Brady should retire

If you swallow your pride and ask to join someone else's trip, you and a new friend can ride camels into a Morocco sunrise.

Traveling while old(er)*

Worries are infinite. Time is not. If you want to travel, just start. Here's what this traveler has learned about life, loss, and the joy of just getting out there.

Must-have travel gear for older travelers and their new priorities Calling all old(er) travelers: We want your tales

Stephen Curry and the Warriors lost to the Celtics on Thursday.

Before he died, Celtics legend Sam Jones had a request. On Thursday, his family fulfilled it.

Jones wanted to give Stephen Curry a gift if the Warriors star won another NBA title.

Chad Finn: Several of Danny Ainge’s draft decisions are looking pretty good these days Chris Ford was an unpretentious member of the Celtics family who really knew how to play basketball

Ana Walshe and her husband, Brian Walshe, in an undated photo.

Their father is accused of killing their mother. What happens to the three young boys?

The three young boys of Brian and Ana Walshe have lost their mother, allegedly by their father’s hand. Many wonder who will care for the children, none older than 6, amid such significant loss.

Read more coverage of the Ana Walshe case

J&J pays $9.75 million to settle alleged kickbacks to Massachusetts surgeon

Prosecutors say the doctor was given free spinal surgery devices in return for him using their products during procedures in Middle Eastern countries.

Should I tell my friend how I feel — before her wedding?

“I’m fully aware this is for my benefit, not hers.”

Winter Arts Preview

From left: Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, and Ike Barinholtz in Mel Brooks's "History of the World, Part II," premiering March 6 on Hulu.

10 TV shows we’ll be watching this winter

Deaf actors Stephanie Nogueras and Joshua M. Castille play a couple in an episode of "Accused" directed by Marlee Matlin.

Another first for Marlee Matlin with her directorial debut on ‘Accused’

SZA comes to TD Garden Feb. 28.

From SZA to the Boss, 10 concerts to heat up winter

María Berrío, "Oda a la Esperanza" (Ode to Hope), 2019. Collage with Japanese paper and watercolor paint on canvas. 92 x 118 inches (233.7 x 299.8 cm). Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Damian Delahunty.

10-plus eye-catching art exhibitions from Boston to the Berkshires to Portland

Storage jar (detail), 1857. Dave (later recorded as David Drake) (American, about 1800–about 1870). Stoneware with alkaline glaze.

At the MFA, ‘Hear Me Now’ tells the story of enslaved Black potters

Clare Perkins in "The Wife of Willesden," to be presented by the American Repertory Theater.

10 shows that will bring drama, music, and even ducklings to theater stages this season

Opinion

The patch of a Cambridge police officer during a special Cambridge City Council meeting about the police killing of Sayed Faisal.

No more excuses. Cambridge police should use body cameras.

Officers in one of America’s most liberal cities don’t wear body cameras.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The ongoing disgrace over the Trump-era family separation policy

IDEAS | STEPHEN ASMA

A way out of the campus free speech wars

Embracing ‘The Embrace’

Harvard’s welcome reversal on Kenneth Roth

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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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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

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Kim Kardashian speaks at Harvard Business School, checks out ‘The Embrace’ in Boston
The entrepreneur and reality TV star was keeping up with the locals in Boston, posting images of Harvard Business School and "The Embrace" to Instagram. But Kim Kardashian has business interests of her own in Boston, too.

Memphis police fire five officers involved in arrest of Tyre Nichols
The Memphis Police Department fired five officers Friday evening who were involved in an arrest that appears to have led to the death of a 29-year-old Black motorist earlier this month.

Police release new photos of East Boston woman missing since last November
Reina Morales Rojas was last seen on Nov. 26.

RED SOX

Chaim Bloom preached optimism about this year’s Red Sox. The fans weren’t having it at Winter Weekend.
“So where was the organization three years ago?” Bloom rhetorically asked fans. “We could have driven right off that cliff. You guys have seen big market teams do it before and end up rebuilding for half a decade."

Three Montana grizzly bears euthanized after testing positive for bird flu
Three young grizzly bears in Montana were euthanized after testing positive for the highly contagious bird flu in the fall, the state’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks service announced this week, fueling fears that the virus that has killed millions of poultry in the past year is rapidly spreading to other animal groups.

Governor Healey kicks off effort to establish state housing chief with new executive order
She announced the news in front of local leaders at the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual meeting in Boston.

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Beacon Hill has a new ‘Big Three.’ How they work together can make or break the State House.
The three Democrats — Governor Maura Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka, and House Speaker Ronald Mariano — are launching a new era of Beacon Hill’s Big Three with distinct agendas, styles, and personalities.

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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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Abortion opponents at the March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2022.

Abortion foes push on post-Roe, and so must those protecting reproductive rights

The money allocated to the IRS in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act covers upgrading the oldest IT system in the federal government. Any new hiring would be over a decade, largely replacing retirees.

GOP grandstanding on the IRS

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

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

Storm leaves up to 8 inches of snow in Northern Mass., little accumulation elsewhere

The weather system overspreading Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine shifted south Friday afternoon, leading the National Weather Service to increase its snowfall prediction for Boston and the suburbs.

Harvard Medical School votes to embed climate change in its curriculum

Some 55 percent of US medical schools now teach students about the health effects of climate change, up from 27 percent in 2019.

How many sexual assaults are reported in BPS? The answer is murky. Here’s why

In district documents, BPS defines sexual misconduct as “sexually inappropriate comments and/or behaviors of any kind.”

Embattled Mass. GOP chairman spent $1,800 to investigate fellow Republicans, documents show

Jim Lyons spent $1,800 — including $800 in party funds — to investigate two political rivals who serve with him on the Republican State Committee, documents and invoices obtained by the Globe show.

Sports

The Pembroke girls' 4X50-meter relay bested all comers with a record-setting performance (24.31 seconds) that surpassed the previous 11-year-old record at the MSTCA Division 4 Relays on Friday at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.

MSTCA DIVISION 4 STATE TRACK RELAYS

Newburyport boys, North Reading girls submit repeat title performances in the MSTCA Division 4 state relays

The Clippers tallied 42 points to finish ahead of the runner-up North Reading (34), while the Hornets dominated with 57 points over distant runner-up Holliston girls (38).

Chaim Bloom is feeling good about the 2023 Red Sox roster, but wasn't a feeling shared by many fans at Winter Weekend.

Chaim Bloom preached optimism about this year’s Red Sox. The fans weren’t having it at Winter Weekend.

“So where was the organization three years ago?” Bloom rhetorically asked fans. “We could have driven right off that cliff. You guys have seen big market teams do it before and end up rebuilding for half a decade."

Red Sox owner John Henry and chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom have a lot to answer to after the team's last-place finish.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Intended as a pep rally, John Henry and Chaim Bloom booed at Red Sox’ Winter Weekend

Both had to pause their answers because of the stormy reaction from fans who purchased tickets and turned out on a cold night for the town hall event.

US Men’s National Team general manager Brian McBride reportedly dismissed

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

Central Catholic’s highly-decorated Nate Blanchette has his sights set on another New England title — this time, at 182 pounds

NFC Divisional Round: Giants vs Eagles, Saturday, 8:15 p.m. (Fox)

Eagles’ Super Bowl aspirations, with a healthier Jalen Hurts, start vs. Giants in NFC playoffs

Business

Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets

Elon Musk took the witness stand Friday to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening.

Wayfair, once a growth engine of the city, makes deep cuts as tech sector reels

When COVID-19 hit, locked-down consumers sent Wayfair’s growth into overdrive as they snapped up furniture for their homes and home offices. But the “new normal” didn’t stick.

J&J pays $9.75 million to settle alleged kickbacks to Massachusetts surgeon

Big happenings all over town won BPDA approval this week

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

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

Facing early pushback, Michelle Wu says her rent control proposal strikes proper balance

Tesla fire takes over two hours, 20,000 gallons of water to extinguish after Wakefield crash, police say

Jaylen Brown got stuck in Boston traffic on the way to Thursday’s Celtics game. He was ‘traumatized’ by it.

sports

The Chiefs make Patrick Mahomes central to every facet of their organization, on and off the field.

As the Patriots’ drift toward mediocrity, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs could fill the dynasty void

Sebastian Korda ousts Daniil Medvedev in third round at Australian Open

Fresh off his AL batting title, the Twins are shipping Luis Arraez to the Marlins for starter Pablo López

business

Unemployment in Massachusetts dipped to 3.3 percent in December, the lowest rate since March 2020.

The state’s labor shortage is a problem we can’t afford to ignore

A night at the resurrected ManRay, 18 years after the counterculture club closed

Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

politics

Anti-abortion demonstrators rallied outside of the US Supreme Court during the March for Life, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington.

March for Life kicks off in Washington, setting the stage for new ideas

Three active-duty Marines charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

68 days of silence: Why the White House stayed mum on classified documents

Nation

Rodney Wells, Tyre Nichols' stepfather, stood and listened to chants from activists outside of the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nichols died January 10 after a traffic stop with the Memphis Police Department.

Memphis police fire five officers involved in arrest of Tyre Nichols

Police, paramedics accused in Elijah McClain killing plead not guilty

Navajo Nation rescinds mask mandate on vast reservation

World

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Northern School of Art in Hartlepool, England, on January 19, 2023.

Rishi Sunak is fined for not wearing a seat belt

Macron to hike military funds amid Ukraine war, new threats

Church of England apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ people

opinion

The 20-foot-high bronze sculpture is a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston Common.

Embracing ‘The Embrace’

GOP lumbers toward fiscal cliff

George Santos proves that two identities can be better than one

lifestyle

Should I tell my friend how I feel — before her wedding?

Kim Kardashian speaks at Harvard Business School, checks out ‘The Embrace’ in Boston

‘Hiiii.’ Jennifer Coolidge joins TikTok, recites JLo ‘poem’

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

Jeff and Jane model the dorky look.

New gear for new priorities

Traveling while old(er)*

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

Arts

Storage jar (detail), 1857. Dave (later recorded as David Drake) (American, about 1800–about 1870). Stoneware with alkaline glaze.

At the MFA, ‘Hear Me Now’ tells the story of enslaved Black potters

10-plus eye-catching art exhibitions from Boston to the Berkshires to Portland

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

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

Jennifer Coolidge, winner of the best supporting actress in a drama series for "The White Lotus," poses in the press room during the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on Jan. 15, 2023 in Los Angeles.

‘Hiiii.’ Jennifer Coolidge joins TikTok, recites JLo ‘poem’

Another Boston movie theater could soon turn off the projectors

The sins of ‘The Son’

Television

Adam Sandler, who accepted the Film Tribute award during the Gotham Awards in November, will next be honored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March.

Adam Sandler tapped for Mark Twain Prize

Kim Kardashian speaks at Harvard Business School, checks out ‘The Embrace’ in Boston

‘Hiiii.’ Jennifer Coolidge joins TikTok, recites JLo ‘poem’

music

Guest conductor Karina Canellakis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, Jan. 19. The show featuring guest soloist violinist Nicola Benedetti repeats Saturday.

Guest conductor Karina Canellakis weaves clarity, control, and balance at the BSO

New England Philharmonic music director Tianhui Ng shares music through ‘human stories’

Aoife O’Donovan traverses the sparse terrain of Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’

Theater/Dance

LaTasha Barnes (center) and members of her dance company during a performance of "The Jazz Continuum."

LaTasha Barnes’s ‘The Jazz Continuum’ can’t stop moving

A creator of experimental theater steps anxiously into the spotlight with ‘Made in China 2.0’

10 shows that will bring drama, music, and even ducklings to theater stages this season

globe local

Skiers take to the slopes at Ski Bradford as a snowmaker makes snow behind them.

Quick getaways to the slopes

The Argument: Should Massachusetts give public school teachers the right to strike?

Two little girls laughing until someone told us to stop

Obituaries

Anton Walkes during an MLS soccer match in 2021.

Soccer player Anton Walkes, 25, dies in Florida boat crash

David Crosby, legendary rock singer and songwriter, dies at 81

Nancy E. Carroll, luminary actress in Boston productions, dies at 70