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Hugh Auchincloss was Anthony Fauci’s longtime deputy. Now he’s taking his job as House Republicans probe the pandemic.

When Fauci retired at the end of last year, the director’s lab coat — and all the political heat that goes with it — went to Auchincloss as he became the agency’s acting head.

US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast on orders from President Biden

The object was flying at about 40,000 feet and posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of civilian flights, said John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman.

Longtime Boston official charged with money laundering, conspiracy in prison drug scheme

A plea of not guilty was entered for both charges against Freda Brasfield, the administration and finance director for the mayor’s office and a longtime city worker, at her arraignment Friday in Woburn Superior Court, records show.

celtics 127, hornets 116

Derrick White leads the charge with eight 3-pointers as Celtics find range from long distance in win over Hornets
Jayson Tatum scored 41 points and White a career-high 33 as Boston made 25 of 55 3-pointers, the third-most makes in a game in franchise history.

Gary Washburn: Payton Pritchard regroups after wanting to leave the Celtics ahead of the NBA trade deadline

Archives wanted Boston Biden documents, not believed classified

Prohibition against urinals prompts student walkout as N.H. lawmakers weigh segregating bathrooms by sex

Kraft practically begged Brady to return. A romance writer and a breakup coach have thoughts.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg

They once passed on hefty pay raises. Two years later, Galvin and Goldberg quietly took them

In addition to taking a two-year-old pay hike, state Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg also recently accepted a 20 percent pay raise her office determined she and other constitutional officers were due this year. Combined, her pay jumped by $49,200.

Colonel Christopher Mason to retire as superintendent of Mass. State Police
Colonel Christopher S. Mason will retire next week as superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, ending a nearly four-decade career in law enforcement after more than three years in the department’s top job, officials said Friday.

‘Sebastian was a gentle soul.’ Sixth grader killed in Andover remembered as bright light at St. John’s Prep.
Sebastian Robinson, the 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot Thursday in a tragic murder-suicide in his Andover home, was remembered at his school in Danvers as a kind soul who played the cello and brought a relentless curiosity to his studies.

Lieutenant Frank Fitzpatrick left the house on Porter Road in Andover.

Authorities look for answers after man kills wife, sixth-grade son, and himself in their Andover home

In another horrific act of violence in Massachusetts, police said Andrew Robinson shot and killed his wife and their 12-year-old son inside their home early Thursday before turning the weapon on himself.

Police secured the entrance to the neighborhood of former vice president Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday in Carmel, Ind.

New classified document found in FBI search of Mike Pence’s Indiana home

An adviser to Mike Pence said the Department of Justice completed “a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours” and removed “one document with classified markings" and six additional pages without those markings.

How they compare: Trump, Biden, and Pence classified documents

Mike Garvey, an owner-operator who works with the Green Cab and Yellow Cab of Somerville, set up a ride with his tablet on the windshield.

After the ride-hailing revolution, the taxi industry is reinventing itself

The Globe spent a day on the streets of Boston with a survivor of a brutal few years for the cab industry.

When the Patriots and Seahawks played Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz., the venue was known as University of Phoenix Stadium.

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This year’s Super Bowl site brings back Patriots memories, and other thoughts

Glendale, Ariz., has been the scene of both heartbreak and heroics for the Patriots.

‘Something’s brewing’: Dunkin’ teases Ben Affleck Super Bowl commercial Jennifer Coolidge says she looks ‘like a baby dolphin’ in new Super Bowl ad

Black History Month

Visitors to "The Embrace" on the last weekend of January.

The Twitterverse had its say about ‘The Embrace.’ Here’s what real visitors think.

We spent a weekend interviewing visitors to the monument to the Kings. This is what people from Boston and beyond had to say.

When Martin met Coretta in Boston, he found his match in more ways than one

Opinion

A Boston police vehicle passed through the parking lot at TechBoston Academy in March 2022.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Youth violence in Boston schools cries out for reforms

Parents want metal detectors and officers in every school. Meanwhile, BPS is considering installing security cameras.

Celebrating Black History Month as Black history is being erased

Local news startups are overcoming the evils of corporate chain ownership

Paul Sax and David Boulware

The best treatment for COVID-19 could be the one you can’t get

Where did all the workers go?

Mural on the side of Elks Lodge #1102 in Nashville, Tennessee, featuring Jimi Hendrix in a guitar duel from when the building housed Club Baron.

The Emancipator

Jefferson Street jams

The history of Nashville’s historic Club Baron is being saved by an unlikely multiracial collaboration. Located in what is now an Elks Lodge, the stage hosted iconic performers like Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix, but had fallen into disrepair.

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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

‘This is only the beginning’: Relief efforts for Turkish earthquake victims expand
The Freerange Market is working with the Turkish Consulate in Boston, which also serves as a donation center, to raise money and collect relief items for victims of the devastating earthquake that has killed more than 20,000.

Lexington man sentenced to life without parole for murdering wife

Hongyan Sun, 50, strangled Shen Cai, 49, to death on May 29, 2019, inside their Lexington home. He then moved her body to a car, which was parked on a public street, when her body was found, officials said.

In visit to Devens facility, Driscoll pushes funding request to address overflowing emergency shelters
On Friday, there were 79 people being housed at the Devens facility, 42 of whom were young children and infants.

Fenway groundskeeper digs up antique bottle older than the ballpark
David Mellor, senior director of grounds for the Red Sox, posted a slideshow of the glass on Instagram, accompanied by the song “Message in a Bottle” by The Police.

YOUTH HOCKEY

Dave Charbonneau has stage IV colon cancer. But he won’t stop skating with his 9-year-old daughter’s youth hockey team in Brookline.
Brookline Youth Hockey partnered with the Boston Bruins and TD Bank to host a youth hockey clinic at Warrior Ice Arena Friday in Charbonneau’s honor.

More labs aim for hot corner of the South End
The Druker Co. is moving forward with plans to convert a one-story warehouse on Washington Street with two 150-foot life-science lab and office buildings.

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Melissa Anne DuBois, who has three children, struggled with postpartum OCD.

Experts, advocates worry Lindsay Clancy’s case may further stigmatize postpartum mood disorders

Much of the concern from professionals and advocates was aimed at Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz’s office for how it has portrayed Clancy, particularly at her arraignment on murder charges.

Boston is paying landlords to house formerly homeless people. Will it help?
Boston's Landlord Incentive Program offers cash to property owners who agree to lease units to tenants who are transitioning out of homelessness. To date, the program has helped more than 160 formerly homeless people find apartments.

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On top of New England, an arctic wind and a million-dollar view
If you’re a weather geek, or a master of meteorological measurements, Mount Washington is the weather station equivalent of Disneyland.

Under Wu, residency waivers for Boston municipal jobs have spiked. Does it matter?
Residency requirements have long been a hallmark of many municipal jobs in Boston, but, increasingly, workers and politicians are acknowledging that parts of the policy are outdated.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Joe Wong comes to Laugh Boston on Monday.

A native of China and an observer of America, Joe Wong brings a new edge to his stand-up act

Johanna Bohoy in Grenada with her husband, Larry Berk.

It’s your turn to be the VIP

Damian Lewis (left) as Bobby "Axe" Axelrod and Paul Giamatti as Chuck Rhoades in "Billions." Plans are afoot for spinoffs of the popular Showtime series, which has chugged along even after Lewis's departure.

You like ‘Billions’? Then stick around for ‘Millions,’ ‘Trillions,’ and a wealth of other TV spinoffs

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Students are silhouetted as they walk through the halls of Lawrence High School in October 2021.

Keep the state’s authority to take over schools and districts

His misremembering was so sincere and generous that the only possible response was truth; not literal truth but emotional truth. He really wanted to know.

The kindness of misremembering strangers

A sign outside the Salt Lake County Health Department announced COVID-19 testing, Dec. 20, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed up food assistance, and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. Much of that is now coming to an end, with the Biden administration plan to end the emergencies declared around the pandemic on May 11.

Abdullah Shihipar, William Goedel, and Abigail Cartus

America isn’t prepared for the end of the COVID emergency

Once the emergency declaration expires, a patchwork of different policies will take that safety net’s place: Americans’ access to vaccines, treatments, and tests will vary based on which state they live in.

The White House wants to end the public health emergency. Is the country prepared?

A blue whale near a cargo ship in the Santa Barbara Channel off the California coast, August 2008.

Michael J. Moore

What we know — and don’t know — about offshore wind and whale deaths

Where did all the workers go?

Metro

First Literacy of Boston seeks teams for annual spelling bee fund-raiser

Teams formed by March 7 will be guaranteed a spot in the first round of pre-recorded play. After that date, teams will be able to participate in a lightning round at the in-person competition on March 30 at the State Street Channel Center in Boston.

Roslyn Pope, 84, dies; her manifesto helped fuel civil rights fight

As a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta, Roslyn Pope wrote a 1960 manifesto that set the stage for dramatic advances in civil rights in the city and inspired generations of activists around the country.

New book on East, Southeast Asian folktales aims to help teachers enrich diverse classrooms

Two UMass Lowell professors have published a volume that provides background information on various cultural stories for teachers who are new to reading Asian folk stories, arguing such stories can help expose children to other cultures and improve social emotional learning.

‘Sebastian was a gentle soul.’ Sixth grader killed in Andover remembered as bright light at St. John’s Prep.

Sebastian Robinson, the 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot Thursday in a tragic murder-suicide in his Andover home, was remembered at his school in Danvers as a kind soul who played the cello and brought a relentless curiosity to his studies.

Sports

Greg Heiar, shown while an assistant at LSU in 2019, was placed on paid administrative leave as part of the program suspension.

New Mexico State suspends operations of men’s basketball team

The shut-down of a Division I program in midseason for reasons other than a spate of injuries or, more recently, a COVID-19 outbreak, is virtually unheard of.

Payton Pritchard is averaging 12.6 minutes and 4.7 points for the Celtics this season, both career lows.

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Payton Pritchard regroups after wanting to leave the Celtics ahead of the NBA trade deadline

“I definitely was expecting and hoping [for a trade],” Pritchard told the Globe. “But you know, I [have to] look at the good things."

All signs point to Tua Tagovailoa, who threw for 3,548 yards and 25 touchdowns in 13 starts in 2022, being back behind center for the Dolphins next season.

Tua Tagovailoa grateful for the Miami Dolphins’ decision to sit him after most recent concussion

The quarterback missed the final two regular-season games and a playoff loss, and he noted it was important for others to keep him off the field.

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Derrick White leads the charge with eight 3-pointers as Celtics find range from long distance in win over Hornets

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler leads WM Phoenix Open, but Jon Rahm lurks

Ex-Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler tells tales of his two very different Super Bowl experiences

Business

IRS won’t tax most relief payments made by states last year

Many taxpayers in Georgia, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Virginia also avoid federal taxes on state payments if they meet certain requirements, the IRS said.

More labs aim for hot corner of the South End

The Druker Co. is moving forward with plans to convert a one-story warehouse on Washington Street with two 150-foot life-science lab and office buildings.

After the ride-hailing revolution, the taxi industry is reinventing itself

Another Boston firm sues Elon Musk for unpaid bills

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Martin Luther King III and wife Arndrea Waters King carrying on a legacy of Black love.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A legacy of love, faith, and family: Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King

An illustration of a bride and groom on a watch face. There is a light purple strip that runs underneath the watch face like a watch strap.

As a first-time bride at age 53, I knew my husband and I were starting our ‘forever’ late

Coretta Scott King kisses Martin Luther King Jr. as he leaves court in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1956.

When Martin met Coretta in Boston, he found his match in more ways than one

This week's daters: Dylan and Sam

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘It was hard to hear him with the live music’

metro

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll (left) and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao (second from left) and others visited Devens Emergency Assistance Intake Center.

In visit to Devens facility, Driscoll pushes funding request to address overflowing emergency shelters

They once passed on hefty pay raises. Two years later, Galvin and Goldberg quietly took them

Fenway groundskeeper digs up antique bottle older than the ballpark

sports

Mike Muscala (center) averaged 6.2 points and 3.1 rebounds with the Thunder this season.

‘That’s a person you want to have around’: Brad Stevens did his homework before trading for Mike Muscala

At the line with the game on the line, Lexington’s Maddie Parks delivers on a big night for Winchester’s Emily Collins

Dave Charbonneau has stage IV colon cancer. But he won’t stop skating with his 9-year-old daughter’s youth hockey team in Brookline.

business

Frank Flaherty, a 58-year-old Boston resident who lived on the streets for more than a decade, showed off the backyard area of his new Hyde Park apartment. He secured the lease with the help of the city's Landlord Incentive Program.

Boston is paying landlords to house formerly homeless people. Will it help?

Here’s what it’s like to bet on the Super Bowl — in the Encore casino parking garage

Why Apple Watch calls the cops when skiers take a spill

politics

A photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump lawyer in Mar-a-Lago search appeared before grand jury

Archives wanted Boston Biden documents, not believed classified

US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast on orders from President Biden

Nation

Spanish director Carlos Saura posed on the red carpet of the movie "I, Don Giovanni" ("Io, Don Giovanni") at the 4th edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome, on Oct. 20, 2009.

Carlos Saura, Spanish filmmaker who drew global acclaim, dies at 91

Biden, Lula focus on democracy, climate during visit

Washing machines, fridges, freezers face tougher energy standards

World

A balloon floats over Columbia, Mo., on Feb. 3.

US blacklists 6 Chinese entities over balloon program

‘This is only the beginning’: Relief efforts for Turkish earthquake victims expand

Rescues in Turkey offer moments of relief in quake aftermath

opinion

A sign outside the Salt Lake County Health Department announced COVID-19 testing, Dec. 20, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed up food assistance, and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. Much of that is now coming to an end, with the Biden administration plan to end the emergencies declared around the pandemic on May 11.

America isn’t prepared for the end of the COVID emergency

Jefferson Street jams

Who are you rooting for?

lifestyle

Jennifer Coolidge speaks on stage as she is being honored by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as 2023 Woman Of The Year at Farkas Hall on Feb. 4, 2023 in Cambridge.

Jennifer Coolidge says she looks ‘like a baby dolphin’ in new Super Bowl ad

He saved videos of her

Your February school vacation guide

food & dining

Mini Taco Cups.

What to make for Super Bowl snacks this Sunday

At Boston Kebab Waltham, everybody knows the chef

New York City icon Joe’s Pizza plans to take over Harvard Square’s Milk Bar space

travel

Patrice Rushen

Musician Patrice Rushen on Maui, trail mix, and trying new things outside of her norm

Weekend of romance on the blustery coast of Southern Maine

After a couple of pandemic-stalled winters, music is back in the mountains

Arts

A still from Mimi Bai and Sam B. Jones’s “Hide and See,” 2022. Film, 22 minutes. This film is part of the exhibit “Mimi Bai: Hide and See” at the Boston Center for the Arts's Mills Gallery.

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

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A young woman juggles the burdens of family and self in Jessica George’s engaging debut, ‘Maame’

Sick of clichés about love? Camonghne Felix’s powerful memoir ‘Dyscalculia’ captures searing miscalculations of the heart

How glitter and velvet made William Middleton, biographer of Karl Lagerfield, into a reader

Movies

Jennifer Coolidge speaks on stage as she is being honored by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as 2023 Woman Of The Year at Farkas Hall on Feb. 4, 2023 in Cambridge.

Jennifer Coolidge says she looks ‘like a baby dolphin’ in new Super Bowl ad

‘Something’s brewing’: Dunkin’ teases Ben Affleck Super Bowl commercial

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s ‘No Bears’ tells two stories of entrapment

Television

Jennifer Coolidge speaks on stage as she is being honored by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as 2023 Woman Of The Year at Farkas Hall on Feb. 4, 2023 in Cambridge.

Jennifer Coolidge says she looks ‘like a baby dolphin’ in new Super Bowl ad

‘Something’s brewing’: Dunkin’ teases Ben Affleck Super Bowl commercial

Can ‘Transatlantic’ revive slumping Netflix?

music

Composer Carlos Simon addressed the audience in Symphony Hall on Thursday night, just before the first performance of his BSO-commissioned "Four Black American Dances."

At BSO, four dances and a rhapsody

Where to start: An opera playlist for beginners

The New Bedford Folk Festival bids farewell

Theater/Dance

Ballet dancers help each other get ready for the stage at the Youth America Grand Prix's Worcester semifinal, a multi-day competition held at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts.

Worcester ballet auditions begin for Youth America Grand Prix

Circa takes Stravinsky’s ‘Sacre’ in a new direction

A native of China and an observer of America, Joe Wong brings a new edge to his stand-up act

globe local

Lauri and Brion O'Connor of Hamilton enjoy the outdoor life.

Going all out on Valentine’s Day

The Argument: Should Massachusetts significantly expand construction of public housing?

Newton superintendent finalist withdraws, leaving two candidates to lead city’s public schools

Obituaries

In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo, Roslyn Pope, who wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights" as a Spelman College student in March 1960, and Charles Black, who co-founded the Atlanta Student Movement as a Morehouse College student that year, pose outside Decatur High School in Decatur, Ga.

Roslyn Pope, 84, dies; her manifesto helped fuel civil rights fight

Hugh Hudson, ‘Chariots of Fire’ director, dead at 86

Eugene Lee, Tony and Emmy Award-winning set designer, has died