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Vice President Kamala Harris sat with RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells during the funeral service for Wells' son Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis.

At Tyre Nichols’s Memphis funeral, a celebration of his life and impassioned calls for police reform

Tyre Nichols's family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with outrage over the beating he endured at the hands of the Memphis police and heated calls for police reform.

An emotional Tom Brady bids farewell to the NFL — ‘for good’ this time
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 the highlights from Tom Brady’s 23-year NFL career

Tom Brady's final game as a Patriot was Jan. 4, 2020, a wild-card loss to the Titans.

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

Patriots owner Robert Kraft called Tom Brady a fierce competitor, and head coach Bill Belichick said Brady was the ultimate winner.

Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick pay praise Tom Brady after his retirement announcement

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) left the field after his last game against the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 16 in Tampa, Fla.

The five top reasons to be grateful Tom Brady is retiring, ranked

Tom Brady has had a deal with Fox Sports in place since May 2022 for 10 years and $375 million.

chad finn | sports media

With his playing days over, what can we expect from Tom Brady as an analyst for Fox Sports?

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, holds a press briefing after the central bank raised interest rates by another quarter point in its fight against inflation, in Washington on Feb. 1, 2023.

Fed lifts rate by quarter-point and signals more hikes ahead

Though smaller than its previous hike — and even larger rate increases before that — the latest move will likely further raise the costs of many consumer and business loans and the risk of a recession.

Biden, McCarthy meet at White House on debt crisis worries

Globe Audio · Larry Edelman on Fed rate hike: 'Patience is the key here.'

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.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Greater Boston’s weather turns bitterly cold Friday, but will it be record-breaking?
January ended up being the third warmest on record, with 30 of 31 days clocking above-average temperatures.

Is climate change to blame for the extreme cold? Researchers say there could be a connection.

Windchill could reach 101 below zero on Mount Washington during weekend freeze

Amesbury rallies around young woman seriously injured by Green Line train
The town of Amesbury is rallying around Ava Harlow, 20, days after she was grievously injured when she became trapped under an MBTA Green Line train in Boston and had to be extricated by firefighters.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS leaders unveil $1.4 billion budget, an increase of $65 million. Here’s how they’ll spend it.

The district plans to increase per-student spending to $28,800, up 39 percent since pre-pandemic. But the budget would use expiring federal relief funds to protect schools with declining enrollment — setting up a budget crunch at those schools the following year.

Marty Walsh reportedly in the mix to become executive director of NHL Players’ Association

Walsh's extensive experience, including his tenure as US secretary of labor, would be useful for the NHLPA, which will need to reach a new CBA with the league in 2026.

60-year-old spectator dies after melee at Vermont middle school basketball game

DraftKings cuts 140 jobs amid widespread tech sector layoffs

More than a year after Mass. COVID-19 emergency officially ended, state House lawmakers return to in-person voting

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.

A scene from HBO's "The Last of Us."

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

It’s fair to say HBO’s new dystopian series “The Last of Us” has viewers hooked. But for people who know Boston geography, the inaccuracies have proven tough to ignore.

Za'atar Brown Butter Trout at Comfort Kitchen in Uphams Corner.

An early look at restaurant and cafe Comfort Kitchen

Comfort Kitchen’s menu brings together the flavors and ingredients of the African diaspora, dispersed over time and across borders.

Black History Month

Carter G. Woodson.

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.

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

Opinion

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Feb. 1, in New York City. Stocks opened low amid news of another interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve in its continued effort to slow inflation.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Does the Fed actually care about unemployment?

The Federal Reserve’s insistence on raising interest rates in this economy is antithetical to one of its two main objectives.

With sports betting, Massachusetts is all-in with gambling and all its risks

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Will a new census proposal bring needed visibility — or racialized blowback?

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

MassGOP draws the curtain on Jim Lyons’s clown show

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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Special reports

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

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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

More recent News

Hundreds camp out overnight at Nashua, N.H., dealership to reserve new Corvette E-Ray model
“It was pretty wild,” Tony Dillberg, sales manager at MacMulkin Chevrolet, said. “We don’t see this kind of excitement about a car.”

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.

Rare green comet reaches its closest point to Earth Wednesday, astronomers say
The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will be visible without a telescope until mid-February.

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming
"Ragtime," the Emerson String Quartet, and a Mozart opera are among the season’s highlights.

A new bill would let Mass. prisoners donate organs for reduced sentences. Critics call it ‘coercive.’

The legislative proposal has opened a debate about not only how to address a widespread shortage of available organs for those in need, but what the moral and legal limits are for doing so.

‘I know this case is going to be solved,’ DA releases photo of tank top found near remains of Holly Piirainen, 10-year-old killed in 1993 in Brimfield
The shirt was found near the place where hunters discovered Holly’s remains in Brimfield in October 1993, roughly two months after the Grafton fifth grader vanished in Sturbridge, where she had been vacationing with her family.

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Megan Driscoll (left) and Evelyn Murphy are part of the Wage Equity Now coalition pushing for pay transparency bills in Massachusetts.

A push to make pay more transparent, and equitable, in Mass.

Bills recently reintroduced on Beacon Hill call for companies to provide pay ranges in job postings and make larger organizations’ collective wage data public — measures advocacy groups say would put job seekers on more equal footing.

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.

Boston cybersecurity firm Rapid7 could be for sale, stock soars
The depressed stock prices of all kinds of tech companies could lead to an increase in mergers and acquisitions activity.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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.

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

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The Danish String Quartet performing Friday night in Jordan Hall.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A woman wears a pin that states "I VOTE I CENSUS I COUNT" outside the Kendell Arms polling location on Nov. 8 in Philadelphia.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Will a new census proposal bring needed visibility — or racialized blowback?

Wind turbines at a wind farm in Rio Vista, Calif.

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

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

MassGOP draws the curtain on Jim Lyons’s clown show

A lightning bolt strikes during a thunderstorm in Gaza City, on Jan. 31. When Hamas organizes gaudy street revels to celebrate a terrorist attack — like the fireworks and sweets it arranged after a gunman murdered seven Israelis outside a Jerusalem synagogue Friday night — it can be a challenge to remember that there are many Palestinians who don’t rejoice at the murder of innocent Jews.

Listen to Gaza’s quiet dissenters

A boy at the 2022 World Robot Conference in Beijing.

IDEAS | WILL HENSHALL

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

Andrea Campbell during her run for mayor.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

Boston city employees get free Bluebikes membership, part of T pass covered by new city benefits

A new city program is covering the full cost of annual Bluebikes memberships and 65% of the cost of monthly MBTA passes for city employees — a maximum total value of about $390.

Is climate change to blame for the extreme cold? Researchers say there could be a connection.

Though January was unseasonably warm, this weekend could bring record-setting cold to New England, with temperatures dipping as low as 101 degrees below zero at Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS leaders unveil $1.4 billion budget, an increase of $65 million. Here’s how they’ll spend it.

The district plans to increase per-student spending to $28,800, up 39 percent since pre-pandemic. But the budget would use expiring federal relief funds to protect schools with declining enrollment — setting up a budget crunch at those schools the following year.

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

It’s fair to say HBO’s new dystopian series “The Last of Us” has viewers hooked. But for people who know Boston geography, the inaccuracies have proven tough to ignore.

Sports

“A lot of [the players] have played together since they were 6 or 7 years old, so it’s really cool to see their chemistry and the way they’re bringing along the younger kids.” Howie Landau, Lincoln-Sudbury girls' basketball coach.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

In a 13-2 start, grit, defense, and chemistry has been the difference for Lincoln-Sudbury girls’ basketball

Through the sheer force of their will, the 14th-ranked Warriors (13-2, 8-0) have pieced together one of the best seasons in program history.

Mike McCarthy will run a version of the West Coast offense he used when calling plays as head coach in Green Bay from 2006-18.

Head coach Mike McCarthy set to call offensive plays for the Cowboys next season

The Cowboys parted ways with offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who has since been hired by the Chargers.

The Revolution will open their 2023 season against Charlotte Feb. 25, a game that will be televised for free.

If you want to watch the Revolution regularly on TV this season, you’ll have to pay

Most details in the 10-year MLS/Apple TV partnership have been finalized, and next up is getting viewers to change habits and pony up for subscriptions.

women's college hockey notebook

Boston University women’s hockey team learning to count on Julia Nearis in the clutch

The five top reasons to be grateful Tom Brady is retiring, ranked

Marty Walsh reportedly in the mix to become executive director of NHL Players’ Association

Business

Attorney General in $7.6 million settlement with Toyota Credit

Much of the money — about $5.5 million — will go toward wiping out debts owed to Toyota by as many of 500 borrowers in Massachusetts, according to the attorney general’s office.

‘Patience is the key here’: Listen to Larry Edelman on the Fed rate hike

The Fed was expected to hike its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday, but what surprised Globe columnist Larry Edelman was Chair Jerome Powell's "forcefulness on the idea that we’re not going to declare victory now," he said.

Fed lifts rate by quarter-point and signals more hikes ahead

Chamber and CPAs are backing a series of tax reforms

magazine

Carter G. Woodson.

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it.

Globe Magazine.

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

Colombian Avocado Salsa (Ají de Aguacate)

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

metro

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is sworn in during her Inauguration in the House Chamber at the State House.

More than a year after Mass. COVID-19 emergency officially ended, state House lawmakers return to in-person voting

Two 12-year-old boys find hand grenade on hike in Wrentham; notify police

R.I. high court weighs whether law allows Providence Diocese to be sued in older child sexual abuse cases

sports

Patriots owner Robert Kraft called Tom Brady a fierce competitor, and head coach Bill Belichick said Brady was the ultimate winner.

Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick pay praise Tom Brady after his retirement announcement

Eagles backup lineman Josh Sills indicted on rape, kidnapping charges over 2019 incident in Ohio

With his playing days over, what can we expect from Tom Brady as an analyst for Fox Sports?

business

A help wanted sign was displayed outside of a hair salon in Chicago on Jan. 5.

US survey shows an uptick in job openings, and not in layoffs

President Biden, Kevin McCarthy meet at White House on debt crisis worries

DraftKings cuts 140 jobs amid widespread tech sector layoffs

politics

Nikki Haley

Haley closer to officially entering presidential race

President Biden, Kevin McCarthy meet at White House on debt crisis worries

FBI found no classified documents at Biden’s beach house, president’s lawyer said

Nation

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, held the hand of RowVaughn Wells, alongside her husband Rodney Wells, during the funeral service for her son Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols’s funeral

Biden, McCarthy meet at White House on debt crisis worries

FBI search of Biden beach house finds no classified documents

World

On Wednesday, in Yangon, Myanmar, opponents of military rule heeded a call by protest organizers to stay home for a "silent strike" to show their strength and solidarity two years after the army seized power from the elected government.

Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 years later

Radioactive capsule found in Australian desert after ‘relentless’ search

Day of disruption in UK as thousands join mass walkout

opinion

A rally was held for Brookline teachers in front of Brookline Town Hall on May 14, 2022, as they prepared to go on strike if a contract accord was not reached over the weekend. Classes resumed the following Tuesday after a one-day strike led to a tentative agreement.

Take it from a longtime teacher and union member: Teachers shouldn’t strike

Fiercely open-minded campus — that’s the University of Chicago way

GOP establishment hedges on Trump

lifestyle

John Mulaney.

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

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

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

Kristin Chenoweth

Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth’s new book, ‘I’m No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts,’ delivers an authentic dose of sunny

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

Andrea Wulf, author of ‘The Invention of Nature,’ on her love-hate relationship with her Kindle

Movies

A scene from HBO's "The Last of Us."

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

At Sundance, a spotlight on ‘Eileen’ — and Massachusetts

10 must-see movies from the Sundance Film Festival

Television

A scene from HBO's "The Last of Us."

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

‘Dear Edward’ isn’t just another sob story

Another cancellation to lament: ‘Reboot’ gets the boot

music

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

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming

Beyonce announces world tour, including Gillette Stadium date this summer

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

Theater/Dance

Participants at a StageSource workshop called "Go Audition!" pose for a photo. For nearly four decades, the organization helped connect local theater artists with jobs.

As StageSource prepares to shut down, theater artists lose a partner

Mandy Patinkin - now a TikTok star - brings his one-man concert to New Bedford

Rennie Harris’s ‘Rome and Jewels’ is a poignant tale of woe

globe local

The latest estimate for renovating Norwell Town Hall and bringing it up to safety codes is between $10 million and $12 million.

Norwell voters fail to pass proposal for new town hall

The keys to success

Brookline health officials to study impacts of retail marijuana on community, youth

Obituaries

Ms. Korologos (middle) greeted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Abelag airport in Brussels in 2005. Ambassador to Belgium, Tom Korologos, was between them.

Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Reagan-era labor secretary, dies at 81

Dave Durenberger, censured by Senate in ethics breach, dies at 88

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