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Thomas F. Birmingham, former state Senate president, dies at 73

"I love this business," he said of politics in 1997, while serving as Senate president.

‘Holding on by its fingernails.’ The biotech industry in Massachusetts braces for another tough year.
Biotech acquisitions, funding, public offerings, and stock prices fell in 2022, sending small companies into survival mode — and hoping for an economic turnaround.

Ron Klain is expected to step down as Biden’s White House chief of staff

In what would be the most significant changing of the guard since President Biden took office two years ago, Ron Klain is expected to resign in the coming weeks as chief of staff at the White House.

From flurries to thick flakes, snow is welcomed by many in Massachusetts — especially the younger set
Whether building a giant snow fort in northern Massachusetts or forging miniature snowmen out of the dusting in Greater Boston, many families delighted Saturday in one of the first snowfalls to hit the state this season.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Gasbags of the GOP
Republicans get a twofer with the fictional but oh so politically useful threat that America’s gas stoves might be outlawed: In addition to creating a useful distraction, they get to defend the fossil fuel interests that own them.

Investigators looking for missing Brookfield woman expand ground search Saturday

Man, 21, dies in skiing accident at Cannon Mountain in N.H.

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

Representative Kevin McCarthy, then the House majority whip, and then-Speaker of the House John Boehner arrived at a news conference to discuss Boehner’s debt-limit plan on July 28, 2011, on Capitol Hill.

Kevin McCarthy, Ben Affleck, and the debt limit: how the 2011 showdown informs the latest fight

This time around, McCarthy moves to center stage as House speaker, a job he narrowly won by promising far-right lawmakers he would not agree to a debt limit increase unless it was paired with significant fiscal reforms.

Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats

Why ‘how downtown Boston is recovering’ depends on which downtown you’re talking about
The divergent tracks of Boston’s three downtowns — Back Bay, the Financial District, and the Seaport — highlight the ways that neighborhoods are evolving as the pandemic eases.

Marcus Smart, Robert Williams both miss second half of Celtics game at Toronto
Smart curled around the left arc to receive a handoff from Al Horford, and his right ankle caught and bent as he tried to plant himself. Helped off the court, he was quickly ruled out for the rest of the game.

Jayson Tatum was out for Saturday's Celtics game in Toronto after playing the final 41 minutes of Thursday's overtime victory against Golden State.

Jayson Tatum’s marathon against Golden State good time to talk playing time

Joe Mazzulla admitted there can be a fine line between empowering players and making decisions about their playing time that are best for them and the team.

This is how we ranked the 30 major league managers
The late Nick Cafardo made it an annual tradition to rank the 30 managers during the offseason. We’re bringing it back for a fourth consecutive year as a tribute.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped back to the huddle after injuring his ankle but ultimately left the playoff game against the Jaguars.

Patrick Mahomes leaves Chiefs-Jaguars playoff game after injuring ankle but returns to start second half

Mahomes was moving up in the pocket late in the first quarter when Jaguars pass rusher Arden Key landed on him.

Denied a state job because she was Black, she took a stand. And became a hero.

“All this turmoil will probably do me no good,” Jane Bosfield said amid her 1915 fight for workplace equality, “but it will make the way easier for other girls of my race.”

Bruins GM Don Sweeney has exhibited a golden touch with the Black and Gold lately.

Offering a sincere apology to Bruins general manager Don Sweeney: You were right about everything

This season has been pure bliss for Spoked-Believers, thanks to you.

Mussels with saffron in squid ink pasta shells prepared by Alex Crabb at his home in Cambridge on June 21, 2012. The dish was inspired by his stage at Noma.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | DEVRA FIRST

What does Noma’s evolution mean for fine dining?

People keep asking if fine dining is dead, but it’s the wrong question. Times change. Restaurants should, too.

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

More recent News

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.

More coverage of the Ana Walshe case

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.

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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.

Inside the Supreme Court inquiry: seized phones, affidavits, and distrust
Last spring and summer, employees of the Supreme Court were drawn into an investigation that turned into an uncomfortable awakening.

These maps show the parts of New England that got the most snow — and another storm is on the way
Plan for dry and quiet weather through much of the weekend until clouds form on Sunday, bringing "beneficial" snows to ski country, the National Weather Service said.

Here's a look at snow totals in New England

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.

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Beacon Hill has a new ‘Big Three.’ How they work together can make or break the State House.
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Harvard Medical School votes to embed climate change in its curriculum
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Logan Clegg indicted for allegedly killing retired couple in Concord, N.H.
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Oscar statues are pictured at the 2020 Governors Ball Press Preview for the 92nd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

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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

From flurries to thick flakes, snow is welcomed by many in Massachusetts — especially the younger set

Whether building a giant snow fort in northern Massachusetts or forging miniature snowmen out of the dusting in Greater Boston, many families delighted Saturday in one of the first snowfalls to hit the state this season.

Ana Walshe’s mother seeks official information on daughter’s case

Serbia’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Milanka Ljubicic signed a formal request to receive documentation about the case of her daughter Ana Walshe, a Cohasset, Mass. mother of three, as next of kin. The request has been sent to Serbia’s Consulate in New York and will be submitted to relevant US authorities.

Gwen Knapp, sports writer who looked at the big picture, dies at 61

A prominent sports reporter and columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The San Francisco Chronicle, Gwen Knapp was most recently an editor on the sports desk of the New York Times.

Gasbags of the GOP

Republicans get a twofer with the fictional but oh so politically useful threat that America’s gas stoves might be outlawed: In addition to creating a useful distraction, they get to defend the fossil fuel interests that own them.

Sports

Beverly's Noe Diaz (No. 5), who scored 15 of his game-high 24 points in the first half, goes strong to the basket against Everett’s David DeSouza in a 73-59 victory at the Andrew Lawson Foundation Invitational basketball tournament at TD Garden.

Boys’ basketball roundup: Noe Diaz (24 points) shines for 19th-ranked Beverly in nonleague win over Everett in Andrew Lawson Invitational at TD Garden

Check out the latest high school boys' basketball scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe.

Pembroke sophomore Jen Birolini is all smiles after recording her 100th career point on a goal against Quincy/North Quincy.

Girls’ hockey roundup: Mave Gallagher, Parker Metzler each lit the lamp twice for fifth-ranked Duxbury in Patriot League win over Norwell

Check out the latest high school girls' hockey scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe.

Joe Burrow was the most-sacked quarterback in the NFL last season and still got the Bengals to the Super Bowl.

AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND: BENGALS VS BILLS, SUNDAY, 3 P.M. (CBS)

Will Bengals’ pass-happy attack survive depleted offensive line vs. Bills?

A rash of injuries in recent weeks will force the Bengals (13-4) to start three backups on the offensive line when they play at Buffalo (14-3) on Sunday.

Pride 5, Force 0

Corinne Schroeder stops 50 as Boston Pride shut out Montreal Force

Marcus Smart, Robert Williams both miss second half of Celtics game at Toronto

NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND: COWBOYS VS 49ERS, SUNDAY, 6:30 P.M. (FOX)

Bosa, Parsons put pass rushing in the spotlight ahead of classic 49ers-Cowboys showdown

Business

Why ‘how downtown Boston is recovering’ depends on which downtown you’re talking about

The divergent tracks of Boston’s three downtowns — Back Bay, the Financial District, and the Seaport — highlight the ways that neighborhoods are evolving as the pandemic eases.

‘Holding on by its fingernails.’ The biotech industry in Massachusetts braces for another tough year.

Biotech acquisitions, funding, public offerings, and stock prices fell in 2022, sending small companies into survival mode — and hoping for an economic turnaround.

In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance

Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

magazine

What I didn’t know about having a miscarriage

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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

Lori Johnson walked her dogs Ruby and Winnie across the North Bridge Friday in Concord.

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

Harvard Medical School votes to embed climate change in its curriculum

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

sports

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped back to the huddle after injuring his ankle but ultimately left the playoff game against the Jaguars.

Patrick Mahomes leaves Chiefs-Jaguars playoff game after injuring ankle but returns to start second half

Jayson Tatum’s marathon against Golden State good time to talk playing time

Andy Murray’s exhausting Australian Open ends in third-round loss to Roberto Bautista Agut

business

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., center, arrives at federal court with her mother Noel Holmes, left, and partner Billy Evans in San Jose, California, US, for her sentencing on Nov. 18, 2022.

Prosecutors: Convicted Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is a flight risk

Justice Department investigating troubled infant formula plant

Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets

politics

Representative Kevin McCarthy, then the House majority whip, and then-Speaker of the House John Boehner arrived at a news conference to discuss Boehner’s debt-limit plan on July 28, 2011, on Capitol Hill.

Kevin McCarthy, Ben Affleck, and the debt limit: how the 2011 showdown informs the latest fight

Ron Klain is expected to step down as Biden’s White House chief of staff

Inside the Supreme Court inquiry: seized phones, affidavits, and distrust

Nation

A pedestrian waited to cross the street as a bus passed through an intersection in Omaha.

In Omaha, a streetcar named undesirable by Warren Buffett

Ron Klain, White House chief of staff, plans to step down

In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance

World

Haitians waited outside an immigration office to apply for a passport in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 10.

Senators’ departure leaves Haiti without an elected government

One Saturday in Dnipro, when a Russian missile shattered lives

Rishi Sunak is fined for not wearing a seat belt

opinion

A firearms dealer posted a sign outside the Littleton Mill.

Gun safety is starting to work as an electoral issue

Embracing ‘The Embrace’

GOP lumbers toward fiscal cliff

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

Mussels with saffron in squid ink pasta shells prepared by Alex Crabb at his home in Cambridge on June 21, 2012. The dish was inspired by his stage at Noma.

What does Noma’s evolution mean for fine dining?

At El Peñol, an American dream realized

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

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

Gwen Knapp, an editor for the New York Times sports department, in 2014.

Gwen Knapp, sports writer who looked at the big picture, dies at 61

Thomas F. Birmingham, former state Senate president, dies at 73

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