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Tom Brady retires once again — and ‘for good’ this time, he says

Coming off his first losing season as a starter, Brady will hang it up at 45. His announcement comes a year to the day after his first retirement.

Tom Brady by the numbers Timeline: Looking back at Brady's career

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This time, we believe him: Tom Brady is done, and the moment is right
Why would Brady have considered coming back for Year 24? The folks in Foxborough should get started on that statue for Patriot Place.

Celebs offer Brady congrats on retirement Tom Brady retires: readers weigh in

tara sullivan

Celebrate Tom Brady not just for individual achievement but for what he meant to his teams

Odie Henderson Review | ★

‘80 for Brady’ should be benched

Sally Field on football, female friendship, and her new film ‘80 for Brady’

President Biden and Kevin McCarthy to discuss debt limit in White House meeting

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy find themselves charging headlong into uncomfortable political terrain in hardball negotiations over the nation's debt limit.

Another $31 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Massachusetts

For the second Tuesday in a row, the winning ticket for a $31 million Mega Millions jackpot came from Massachusetts, officials said.

60-year-old spectator dies after melee at Vermont middle school basketball game
A man attending a game at a community center in northern Vermont on Tuesday sought medical attention after being involved in a fight. He died later at a hospital.

Box falls through Market Basket ceiling, man taken to hospital with minor injuries

Evelo Biosciences sheds 48 employees after skin disease treatment fails

One victim dead after double shooting at Dollar Tree store in Brockton

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

Finding a way to pay tribute to Black history in February, with a book written almost a century ago.

Duke Ellington at Franklin Park on July 24, 1969. Opera on Tap Boston will be performing Ellington's work among other Black composers Feb. 25 at The Burren.

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

The smoked chicken sandwich with a side of potato salad served at Larry J's BBQ Cafe in the Seaport.

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

Larry Edelman

Deleted e-mails, wiped phones: the latest in John Fish’s legal fight over a failed condo tower
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth W. Salinger's action is the latest turn in the more than three-year legal fight between Fish and Steve Weiner, two of the most prominent players on the local real estate scene.

Globe Magazine

We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it.
My generation of parents in their 30s and 40s does not want to have it all for our kids, including when it comes to name-brand educations.

My son once taught me a lesson about fatherhood. Here it is, comic-book style.

Paul Kirchner, the underground comic-book artist based in Connecticut, remembers a Polaroid moment.

The secret talent of kids who swear

Snow covers Mount Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 as seen from Bartlett, N.H.

Bone chilling temperatures predicted on Mount Washington during weekend cold snap

The dangerously frigid temperatures rolling into the region this weekend could make it feel as cold as 101 degrees below zero at the summit of Mount Washington, according to forecasters.

It’s going to be dangerously cold in Boston this weekend. Here’s how frigid it could get.

Shane Adams with the bottle he discovered in Cotuit.

‘It gives me chills’: Messages found in bottle on Cape Cod may have been left by World War II POWs

The messages appear to have been written by prisoners of World War II, recalling an often-overlooked chapter in Cape Cod history.

The lawn in front of the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, seen here in 2016.

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming

"Ragtime," the Emerson String Quartet, and a Mozart opera are among the season’s highlights.

Beyonce announces world tour, including Gillette Stadium date this summer

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Franz Rogowski appear in “Passages” by Ira Sachs, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

10 must-see movies from the Sundance Film Festival

From "Fair Play," a "battle of the sexes movie for millennials" to the documentary "Judy Blume Forever," these films are worth your attention.

Spotlight report

photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Fate and the fallen star

Kristin Knouse and David Sabatini had a relationship that bridged boundaries and broke rules at the Whitehead Institute. After Knouse alleged harassment and other complaints emerged, an investigation rocked Whitehead, forced out Sabatini and damaged all involved. Did it have to end this way?

Part 2: A broken bond, a shaken citadel of science Tell us your thoughts and see reader feedback about the investigation

Opinion

Jim Lyons offered a shrewd new definition of success: It’s failure.

SCOT LEHIGH

MassGOP draws the curtain on Jim Lyons’s clown show

The new chairwoman has longer vintage as a Donald Trump supporter than does Lyons but, wondrous to relate, can claim some interpersonal skills. Plus, she thinks there is actually some value to having a party that can win elections.

Gordon Hanson

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

IDEAS | WILL HENSHALL

The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it.

JEFF JACOBY

Listen to Gaza’s quiet dissenters

NEWSLETTER

Biden finally pulls the plug on COVID state of emergency

The Emancipator

Lessons learned as a DEI plumber

The hope of a diversity, equity, and inclusion office is to build something better, but often staff are stuck patching constant leaks in old, flawed institutions. And it’s draining work.

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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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Al Horford’s sister joked on Twitter about LeBron James after Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers game. Irate fans responded with threats.

After the Celtics squeaked out an OT win against the Lakers on Saturday, chaos ensued online — much of it directed at Anna Horford.

FBI conducting ‘planned search’ of President Biden’s Delaware home, lawyer says

The search follows a 13-hour, top-to-bottom review of his Wilmington, Delaware, home on Jan. 20, when agents located additional documents with classified markings and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes.

‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest in Memphis
The family of Tyre Nichols planned to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

KEVIN CULLEN

A child was murdered on a quiet Sunday morning in Mattapan. Let that sink in.

Tyler Lawrence, who lived in Norwood, was just 13 and visiting his grandparents when he was gunned down on a street in Mattapan on Sunday morning.

Mass. Republican Party elects new leader, rejecting chairman Jim Lyons’s bid for third term

The Republican State Committee voted 37-34 to make Amy Carnevale its new chair, turning to a longtime state committee member and Trump supporter from Marblehead who has worked in the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Suspect arrested after throwing rock through window at Brookline elementary school, police say
At around 10:30 a.m., the principal of Pierce Elementary School alerted police that an unknown individual had thrown the rock through a first-floor window, said Brookline Police Sergeant Rob Disario in video on Facebook.

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Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
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.

Local mom denies having classified documents; welcomes FBI raid to prove she’s not hiding stuff from family

With classified documents popping up all over, regular people are starting to worry: what if they’re found at my house, too?

Shirley Leung

‘It’s a matter of basic humanity’: Healey says homeless people can stay in South Station on cold nights.
Governor Maura Healey reversed a policy at South Station and will open the state-owned transit hub during periods of extreme weather.

Odds of a ‘soft landing’ in inflation fight are rising, but a debt limit stalemate could crash the economy
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a looming financial crisis with the $31.4 trillion debt limit.

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America is running out of working-age adults. Here’s how to solve the labor shortage.
There are two potential solutions to America’s incredible shrinking labor pool: Have more babies, or bring in more immigrants.

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Culture & Lifestyle

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

Boygenius, the trio of (from left) Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus, will headline The Stage at Suffolk Downs on June 18.

Steve Lacy, LCD Soundsystem, and boygenius to headline first shows at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

Valentine's Day is the perfect chance to enjoy a decadent meal with the person you love.

Where to celebrate love and food this Valentine’s Day

The Danish String Quartet performing Friday night in Jordan Hall.

Danish String Quartet brings the surprise

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

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

Globe Magazine

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

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Members of Proud Boys New Hampshire were outside Salem High School before former president Donald Trump spoke at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee 2023 annual meeting, Jan. 28, in Salem, N.H.

SCOT LEHIGH

GOP establishment hedges on Trump

RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, was comforted by Tyre's stepfather, Rodney Wells, at a news conference on Jan. 27. During the beating, Nichols called for his mother, "Mom, Mom, Mom."

RENÉE GRAHAM

Why I won’t watch the Tyre Nichols video

A classified document is framed by shadows on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office on Oct. 5, 2009.

John Tierney

The not-so-secret secret about those classified documents

NEWSLETTER

Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea?

Kristin Knouse, far left, and David Sabatini, far right, at a whiskey tasting in May 2018.

Joan Vennochi

What makes David Sabatini think he deserves a second chance after his #MeToo downfall?

Andrea Campbell during her run for mayor.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston has never elected a Black mayor. A quiet experiment could change that.

Metro

Rare green comet, which last neared Earth 50,000 years ago, reaches its closest point Wednesday, astronomers say

“It’s significant because it’s very bright, so people can see it with their naked eye,” said Peter Veres, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a research scientist at the Minor Planet Center. “Naked eye visibility is pretty rare, it only happens every few years.”

RI politics

Rhode Island political news: February 2023

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

RI politics

Rhode Island political news: January 2023

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Box falls through Market Basket ceiling, man taken to hospital with minor injuries

The box fell about 10 feet in the area of two shoppers, according to Middleton Fire Department.

Sports

Tom Brady’s record-breaking NFL career, by the numbers

His prolific passing numbers, postseason success (he's won more playoff games than 27 of the 32 NFL franchises) and proclivity for leading game-winning drives are likely to stand the test of time.

Tom Brady demanded maximum effort from his teammates because he never gave less than that himself.

tara sullivan

Celebrate Tom Brady not just for individual achievement but for what he meant to his teams

In the ultimate team sport, Brady was the ultimate team player, using his own approach and skill set to elevate those around him.

Rita Moreno as Maura, Jane Fonda as Trish, Lily Tomlin as Lou, and Sally Field as Betty in “80 for Brady” from Paramount Pictures.

Odie Henderson Review | ★

‘80 for Brady’ should be benched

Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno are so much better than this 98-minute NFL ad.

NFL

Tom Brady retires once again — and ‘for good’ this time, he says

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This time, we believe him: Tom Brady is done, and the moment is right

‘Newly retired group meets on the golf course’: Ex-NFLers, celebs offer Tom Brady congrats on retirement

Business

President Biden and Kevin McCarthy to discuss debt limit in White House meeting

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy find themselves charging headlong into uncomfortable political terrain in hardball negotiations over the nation's debt limit.

Evelo Biosciences sheds 48 employees after skin disease treatment fails

The Cambridge biotech company, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is developing microbiome therapies.

Outlook dims for oil giants after big profits in 2022

Larry Edelman

Deleted e-mails, wiped phones: the latest in John Fish’s legal fight over a failed condo tower

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PERSPECTIVE

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

LOVE LETTERS

‘I think there can be something between us, but he has to change to make that happen’

Colombian Avocado Salsa (Ají de Aguacate)

COOKING

Recipes: A few healthy, delicious dips to lighten up your Super Bowl snack spread

Lace up for Community Skate @ Canal District Kendall on Sunday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Jan. 30-Feb. 5

metro

Bone chilling temperatures predicted on Mount Washington during weekend cold snap

‘Newly retired group meets on the golf course’: Ex-NFLers, celebs offer Tom Brady congrats on retirement

Police reform, housing top the wish list for R.I. municipalities

sports

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) smiles during warmups before an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Atlanta. Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Tom Brady retires: readers weigh in

Timeline: Looking back at the highlights from Tom Brady’s 23-year NFL career

Tom Brady announces his retirement

business

Cometeer, a startup based in Gloucester, makes flash-frozen coffee pods.

Gloucester coffee startup Cometeer hits bitter stretch, cuts staff

Apple and Google app stores get thumbs down from White House

Powell likely to stress Fed’s inflation fight far from over

politics

President Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Kevin McCarthy during a meeting on Nov. 29, 2022 at the White House.

President Biden and Kevin McCarthy to discuss debt limit in White House meeting

FBI conducting ‘planned search’ of President Biden’s Delaware home, lawyer says

Republican-led panel targets COVID relief dollars for review

Nation

Emmitt Glynn taught AP African American studies to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Monday, Jan. 30, in Baton Rouge, La.

AP Black history class revised by College Board after criticism from conservatives

Giant Alaskan oil project nears final approval

‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest in Memphis

World

Ambulance workers hold placards on the picket line outside London Ambulance Service NHS Trust control room in Waterloo, London, on Jan. 23.

Day of disruption in UK as thousands join mass walkout

Four key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody

Blinken meets with Palestinian leader after surge in violence

opinion

A patient shows the lump from the deep brain stimulator, a pacemaker-sized device implanted below his left clavicle.

For Parkinson’s disease, a remedy under my skin

The not-so-secret secret about those classified documents

Why I won’t watch the Tyre Nichols video

lifestyle

John Mulaney to film 3 shows at Boston Symphony Hall for new Netflix special

Al Horford’s sister joked on Twitter about LeBron James after Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers game. Irate fans responded with threats.

New Kids on the Block announce BLOCKCON, a first-ever fan convention. But it’s in ... Chicago?

food & dining

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

An early look at restaurant and cafe Comfort Kitchen

Coming to a fork near you: Not-your-average pasta shapes

travel

Welcome to Stowe, home of well-stocked general stores and some of the best chocolate in New England — right in this building at Laughing Moon Chocolates.

Are you a lover, not a skier? Best bets for romance in Stowe

Is this Maine’s most romantic town?

A winter seaside love affair with Newport

Arts

Abelardo Morell’s "Sunflower Field on Ground with Broken Tiles, Near Arles, France," 2022. The color photograph will be displayed at the exhibit "Abelardo Morell: In the Footsteps of van Gogh" at Krakow Witkin Gallery through Feb. 25.

Abelardo Morell travels ‘In the Footsteps of van Gogh’ at Krakow Witkin Gallery

William Agee, leading art curator and teacher, dies at 86

What building could be uglier than Boston City Hall? These were deemed even worse.

Books

Aleksandar Hemon’s ‘The World and All That It Holds’ conscripts readers into the war torn life and love of a queer Jewish apothecary turned soldier and survivor

Tom Brady retires once again — and ‘for good’ this time, he says

DAN SHAUGHNESSY This time, we believe him: Tom Brady is done, and the moment is right Why would Brady have considered coming back for Year 24? The folks in Foxborough should get started on that statue for Patriot Place.

Celebrate Tom Brady not just for individual achievement but for what he meant to his teams

‘80 for Brady’ should be benched

President Biden and Kevin McCarthy to discuss debt limit in White House meeting

Another $31 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Massachusetts

60-year-old spectator dies after melee at Vermont middle school basketball game A man attending a game at a community center in northern Vermont on Tuesday sought medical attention after being involved in a fight. He died later at a hospital.

Box falls through Market Basket ceiling, man taken to hospital with minor injuries

Evelo Biosciences sheds 48 employees after skin disease treatment fails

One victim dead after double shooting at Dollar Tree store in Brockton

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

Globe Magazine We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it. My generation of parents in their 30s and 40s does not want to have it all for our kids, including when it comes to name-brand educations.

My son once taught me a lesson about fatherhood. Here it is, comic-book style.

Bone chilling temperatures predicted on Mount Washington during weekend cold snap

‘It gives me chills’: Messages found in bottle on Cape Cod may have been left by World War II POWs

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming

10 must-see movies from the Sundance Film Festival

Fate and the fallen star

MassGOP draws the curtain on Jim Lyons’s clown show

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it.

Listen to Gaza’s quiet dissenters

Biden finally pulls the plug on COVID state of emergency

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Al Horford’s sister joked on Twitter about LeBron James after Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers game. Irate fans responded with threats.

FBI conducting ‘planned search’ of President Biden’s Delaware home, lawyer says

‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest in Memphis The family of Tyre Nichols planned to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

A child was murdered on a quiet Sunday morning in Mattapan. Let that sink in.

Mass. Republican Party elects new leader, rejecting chairman Jim Lyons’s bid for third term

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip 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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Odds of a ‘soft landing’ in inflation fight are rising, but a debt limit stalemate could crash the economy President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a looming financial crisis with the $31.4 trillion debt limit.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA America is running out of working-age adults. Here’s how to solve the labor shortage. There are two potential solutions to America’s incredible shrinking labor pool: Have more babies, or bring in more immigrants.

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Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea?

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Box falls through Market Basket ceiling, man taken to hospital with minor injuries

Sports

Tom Brady’s record-breaking NFL career, by the numbers

Celebrate Tom Brady not just for individual achievement but for what he meant to his teams

‘80 for Brady’ should be benched

Tom Brady retires once again — and ‘for good’ this time, he says

This time, we believe him: Tom Brady is done, and the moment is right

‘Newly retired group meets on the golf course’: Ex-NFLers, celebs offer Tom Brady congrats on retirement

Business

President Biden and Kevin McCarthy to discuss debt limit in White House meeting

Evelo Biosciences sheds 48 employees after skin disease treatment fails

Outlook dims for oil giants after big profits in 2022

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This time, we believe him: Tom Brady is done, and the moment is right
Why would Brady have considered coming back for Year 24? The folks in Foxborough should get started on that statue for Patriot Place.

60-year-old spectator dies after melee at Vermont middle school basketball game
A man attending a game at a community center in northern Vermont on Tuesday sought medical attention after being involved in a fight. He died later at a hospital.

Globe Magazine

We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it.
My generation of parents in their 30s and 40s does not want to have it all for our kids, including when it comes to name-brand educations.

‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest in Memphis
The family of Tyre Nichols planned to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
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.

Shirley Leung

‘It’s a matter of basic humanity’: Healey says homeless people can stay in South Station on cold nights.
Governor Maura Healey reversed a policy at South Station and will open the state-owned transit hub during periods of extreme weather.

Odds of a ‘soft landing’ in inflation fight are rising, but a debt limit stalemate could crash the economy
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a looming financial crisis with the $31.4 trillion debt limit.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

America is running out of working-age adults. Here’s how to solve the labor shortage.
There are two potential solutions to America’s incredible shrinking labor pool: Have more babies, or bring in more immigrants.