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President Biden says in State of Union address that US is ‘unbowed, unbroken’
President Joe Biden exhorted Republicans over and over to work with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and uniting the nation.
James Pindell | Analysis

Five takeaways from President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address Tuesday comes at a time when perception and reality, on a number of topics are at odds about himself, his agenda, and his future.
Read and watch President Biden’s second State of the Union address In State of Union address, President Biden exhorts Congress: ‘Finish the job’ In State of the Union rebuttal, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’

‘Liar!’ The moments Republicans shouted at President Biden during his State of the Union address.

President Biden, in State of the Union, acknowledges New Hampshire father whose daughter died from fentanyl

Marty Walsh was the designated survivor for President Biden’s State of the Union address

SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP
New funding for controversial MIT and Whitehead Institute scientist David Sabatini draws divided reactions
Billionaire New York hedge fund manager Bill Ackman announced last week that he and an anonymous donor had pledged $25 million over five years toward a new research lab for Sabatini, who is accused of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment.

Read part 1 of the Spotlight report: Fate and the fallen star Read part 2: A broken bond, and a shaken citadel of science

LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become NBA’s all-time leading scorer
James topped the mark set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who finished with 38,387 career points.

Reaction to LeBron becoming the NBA’s career scoring leader

Upcoming book contains new details about Alex Cora’s involvement in Astros’ sign-stealing scandal

The entanglements of the Red Sox and Cora — who as Astros bench coach in 2017 played a central role in the wrongdoing — rank among the book's most revelatory anecdotes.

When it comes to rent control, Wu’s plan aims for a delicate balance

The mayor has to pull off what seems impossible: persuade decision-makers that her proposal goes far enough to rein in the worst of rent-gouging, but not so far it will stop housing investment altogether.

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria earthquake pass 11,000
Stretched rescue teams toiled through the night in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 11,000 in the deadliest earthquake worldwide in more than a decade.

See Mass. organizations helping earthquake victims

Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy planned killing of her children

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer L. Sprague alleged Clancy planned the slayings in advance by asking her husband to pick up food from a restaurant located farther from their home than from where they usually order takeout, so she’d have time to commit the murders.

Martin J. Walsh poised to leave Biden’s Cabinet to take over as executive director of NHL Players’ Association

The former Boston mayor and current US labor secretary is expected to take the position soon, according to people close to Walsh.

KEVIN CULLEN
Whenever a war-weary world needed a hero, Pete Reed showed up
“Pete couldn’t sit still when he knew someone was suffering, no matter where in the world that was.”

THE GREAT DIVIDE
In court filing, BPS deflects blame for Mission Hill School bullying problems
The motion stands in contrast to an outside law firm’s report, commissioned by BPS, that found district officials knew Mission Hill was plagued by problems for years and failed to adequately act, endangering children.

Alewife Station parking garage to ‘partially reopen’ today, MBTA says

Garage levels G, 2, 3, and 4 will reopen Wednesday, but the fifth level will remain closed and there will be no access to the lobby floor, the MBTA said in a statement.

‘It’s kind of like shark CSI.’ Experts assess how frozen shark washed up on Cape Cod beach
LOVE LETTERS

Can we compromise if I don’t want children, but my boyfriend does?

I have significant concerns about being a mom, but it’s equally devastating to think of losing the man I love very much.

WBUR news anchor Jack Lepiarz signs off. His next act? Performing in the circus full time.

After more than a decade at WBUR, Lepiarz is stepping away from the news desk and his role as an anchor to take his act to the next level: performing as “Jack the Whipper” full time.

Here’s a look at the Sam Adams Super Bowl commercial — and others — ahead of Sunday’s game

From beers to betting, here’s a sample of some of the witty television spots that have been circulating ahead of Sunday’s big game.
Black History Month

Boston must work to address its role in disparities, Wu says

“I have the chance to be surrounded by Black excellence, Black joy, Black brilliance, Black persistence, every single day here working for the city of Boston,” Wu said.
Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

From guns to climate, conservatives play Chicken Little

For some of today’s conservatives, the sky is forever about to fall. We are always about to lose America as we know it. Nonsensical as their charges are, it’s important to refute them.
EDITORIAL

Mass. needs more voc-tech schools — and a fairer way for students to get into them
IDEAS | DAVE KINDY

What it takes to survive a disaster
RENÉE GRAHAM

Kamala Harris will never be good enough, will she?
LETTERS

It takes advocacy, vigilance to remove ‘R’-word from our midst
The Emancipator

Nashville’s historic Woolworth building is in trouble

The history of this site, where Rep. John Lewis’ first arrest in student-led sit-ins that helped lead to desegregation of restaurants across the country, is being erased by it’s new owners. These are stories that need to be preserved.
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Special reports

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

General Electric picks smaller digs for its new headquarters
The once-grand conglomerate says it will move into one floor of an office tower near South Station.

Those at Fox are OK with waiting another year for Tom Brady to join the team
Perhaps Brady wants to keep the door open for the 2023 season, just in case he gets the itch to take the field once more.

Robert Kraft hints at future tributes for Tom Brady

Boston plans to launch pilot program offering free menstrual products in city buildings
Boston City Councilors want the city to add emergency contraception to its list of offerings in an upcoming free menstrual product pilot.

Wendy’s employee in Lynn shot at drive-through window, police say
Lynn police responded to a report of a shooting at the Wendy’s on Boston Street at 5:54 p.m.Tuesday, officials said.

More than 150 patients evacuated from Brockton Hospital after 10-alarm fire there Tuesday morning
The fire broke out around 7 a.m. in a basement transformer room, and there were no apparent injuries, officials said.

North End resident, 47, found dead on bench in Christopher Columbus Park in frigid temperatures

Melanie DiVasta was found unresponsive on a bench in the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, the coldest night in Boston in decades.
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Are gas stoves worse than fireplaces? Here’s how some other appliances can also pollute your home.

Cooking appliances aren’t the only household items that run on methane gas. The fossil fuel also commonly powers furnaces, water heaters, and fireplaces. And like gas stoves, these appliances release pollution that can harm your health, and the environment.
The gas stove culture war, explained

A housing development at South Shore Plaza seemed like a home run. Not so fast, residents say.
Residents have already begun to rally against a 495-unit apartment complex proposed at South Shore Plaza, highlighting the challenges state and local leaders face as they seek to dig out of the housing shortage.

Boston’s slavery ties deepened by findings at First Church in Roxbury
A 55-page report presented at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Roxbury Monday night provides evidence of at least 58 Africans and Indigenous people enslaved by white parishioners of the First Church in Roxbury from 1631 to 1775, eight years before Massachusetts abolished slavery.

‘Most plumbers aren’t even picking up the phone now.’ Burst pipes cause backlog after Boston deep freeze.
The extreme cold front this weekend brought extreme temperatures to Boston and resulted in pipes freezing across the region.

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Sorry, book snobs, you’ve come to the wrong place

IFFBoston screening a ‘Mothers + Daughters’ trilogy at Somerville Theatre

‘Lovelace and Babbage’ opera is a sincerely funny alternate history

Activities around Boston to celebrate Valentine’s Day

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Parody-worthy job titles
Brian Riedl

To my fellow conservatives: Don’t hold the debt limit hostage
NEWSLETTER

The State of the Union should be a memo, not a speech
MARCELA GARCÍA

Biden’s State of the Union on immigration? Not great.
EDITORIAL

Raising the financial cost of bad policing for municipalities
IDEAS | KIM SAMUEL

A group of grandmothers in Zimbabwe is helping the world reimagine mental health care

Metro

When it comes to rent control, Wu’s plan aims for a delicate balance

The mayor has to pull off what seems impossible: persuade decision-makers that her proposal goes far enough to rein in the worst of rent-gouging, but not so far it will stop housing investment altogether.

Here are some Mass. organizations that are helping earthquake victims

After devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that have left over 7,000 people dead, local organizations in Massachusetts are mobilizing to gather donations and send supplies to the region.

More than 150 patients evacuated from Brockton Hospital after 10-alarm fire there Tuesday morning

The fire broke out around 7 a.m. in a basement transformer room, and there were no apparent injuries, officials said.

Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy planned killing of her children

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer L. Sprague alleged Clancy planned the slayings in advance by asking her husband to pick up food from a restaurant located farther from their home than from where they usually order takeout, so she’d have time to commit the murders.

Sports

MLB

Upcoming book contains new details about Alex Cora’s involvement in Astros’ sign-stealing scandal

The entanglements of the Red Sox and Cora — who as Astros bench coach in 2017 played a central role in the wrongdoing — rank among the book's most revelatory anecdotes.

Reaction to LeBron becoming the NBA’s career scoring leader

Reaction from social media and elsewhere poured in after LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
NBA

LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become NBA’s all-time leading scorer

James topped the mark set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who finished with 38,387 career points.
Boston City League indoor track and field championship

Brothers Jacob and Sam Gordon push each other, O’Bryant boys’ to repeat City League indoor track title; Latin Academy girls’ also repeat
Women's Beanpot | BC 3, Harvard 10

Boston College women cruise by Harvard to reach Beanpot final thanks to a blue-line barrage
NFL

Derek Carr to visit the Saints on Wednesday

Business

Ex-Twitter execs to face GOP questioning on Hunter Biden

Three former executives will be appearing Wednesday before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to testify for the first time about the company’s decision in the weeks before the 2020 election to initially block from Twitter a New York Post article about the contents of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden.

When it comes to rent control, Wu’s plan aims for a delicate balance

The mayor has to pull off what seems impossible: persuade decision-makers that her proposal goes far enough to rein in the worst of rent-gouging, but not so far it will stop housing investment altogether.

They loved the coffee, so they bought the shop

Germany, Denmark, Netherlands pledge Ukraine Leopard 1 tanks
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PERSPECTIVE

We’ve heard a lot about ‘commitment’ to DEI. Where’s the follow through?
COOKING

Recipes: Show your valentine some love with homemade chocolate cake or pudding
The Parenting Issue

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

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Feb. 6-Feb. 12

metro

Wellesley High requires parent to accompany students to basketball game after racial taunts, officials say

New funding for controversial MIT and Whitehead Institute scientist David Sabatini draws divided reactions

Boston plans to launch pilot program offering free menstrual products in city buildings

sports

Those at Fox are OK with waiting another year for Tom Brady to join the team

After enduring a teachers’ strike, the Woburn girls’ basketball team grinds out a Middlesex League win vs. Winchester

Wellesley High requires parent to accompany students to basketball game after racial taunts, officials say

business

General Electric picks smaller digs for its new headquarters

Airline safety system that failed must wait to 2030 for fix

America’s trade deficit surged in 2022, nearing $1 trillion

politics

China says it was smeared in Biden State of the Union speech

Biden makes Wisconsin his 1st stop after State of the Union address

Biden lays down economic challenge to House Republicans

Nation

Ex-Twitter execs to face GOP questioning on Hunter Biden

President Biden says in State of Union address that US is ‘unbowed, unbroken’

President Biden acknowledges New Hampshire father whose daughter from fentanyl

World

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria earthquake pass 11,000

Zelensky to visit UK for first time since Russia’s invasion

South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush

opinion

Social investing isn’t ‘woke capitalism’

The US used to undermine democracy in Brazil. Now we’re trying to preserve it.

Donating a kidney should not be a prisoner’s price of going home

lifestyle

10 classic, streamable Valentine’s Day episodes to fall in love with all over again

Michigan woman began walking to work after her car died. One day on the walk, she found $15,000.

Should I continue these coffee dates?

food & dining

They loved the coffee, so they bought the shop

Recipe: Fudgy brownie filling in a flaky crust makes a sinfully delicious pie for your Val/Gal/Palentine

Recipe: Delight your Val/Gal/Palentine with these salted, ultra-crisp chocolate cookies

travel

If you go . . . Fort Myers

These are the most budget-friendly amusement parks

The multiple personalities of the Florida Keys

Arts

Mimi Bai plays ‘Hide and See’ at Boston Center for the Arts’s Mills Gallery

Wu Junyong’s exhibit at the MFA explores different cultural traditions

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

Books

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Victory City’ is a grand epic about a magical city — and a triumph over censorship

Leila Philip on flash fiction and beavers

Thomas Mallon’s ‘Up With the Sun’ is a fictional biography of real-life actor Dick Kallman, replete with murder and celebrities

Movies

Celebrating Viola Davis, a voice like no other

At AMC theaters, tickets will cost more for good seats

Melinda Dillon, actress who played crisis and comedy, dies at 83

Television

Here’s a look at the Sam Adams Super Bowl commercial — and others — ahead of Sunday’s game

‘Station Eleven’ should appeal to ‘The Last of Us’ fans

An AI-generated ‘Seinfeld’ parody was gaining popularity online — until it was banned for transphobic jokes

music

Charlie Thomas, a Drifter nearly all his life in song, dies at 85

Ben Affleck, looking miserable at the Grammys, becomes a meme yet again

‘Lovelace and Babbage’ opera is a sincerely funny alternate history

Theater/Dance

BalletX transports and transcends with ‘Become a Mountain,’ ‘Credo,’ and ‘Exalt’ at the Cutler Majestic

BalletX is out to prove that ballet is not an elitist artform

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

globe local

Mayor Wu announces members of Boston’s reparations task force

Newton announces three finalists for school superintendent

Boston’s slavery ties deepened by findings at First Church in Roxbury

Obituaries

David Harris, leader of the Vietnam draft resistance movement, dies at 76

Charlie Thomas, a Drifter nearly all his life in song, dies at 85

A ‘larger-than-life figure,’ Trinity Rep’s founding artistic director Adrian Hall has died