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

The school bathroom crackdown in Milford, N.H., comes as lawmakers in Concord push for statewide rules.

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.

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.

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

Archives wanted Biden documents that were in Boston, but were not believed to be classified

Colonel Christopher Mason to retire as superintendent of Mass. State Police

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

Men walk among the debris of collapsed buildings in Hatay, southern Turkey, on Feb. 9.

Five days in, survivors still found in earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria

The rise of generative AI has sparked an important question: Is ChatGPT a liberal or a conservative?

Is ChatGPT liberal or conservative? Depends who you ask.

The question has become a big deal with some conservatives, who argue that the system’s answers to political questions reflect the left-wing culture of Silicon Valley.

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.

Sebastian Robinson, 12, was found shot to death with his parents in their Andover home Feb. 9.

‘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.

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.

It was the best of times for Malcolm Butler when his interception sealed Super Bowl XLIX for the Patriots.

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

Butler on his relationship with Bill Belichick: “It’s not bad. It’s not good. It’s just balanced. Bill is going to be Bill.”

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

There weren't many reasons to smile during Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving's time together with the Nets.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

How the Nets’ attempt to build the latest super team went all wrong

The entire situation may serve as a warning against trying to build super teams, especially when the parties involved are drunk on player empowerment.

The Eagles will need to be on the lookout for Andy Reid's trick plays in the red zone, especially with a quarterback Patrick Mahomes running them.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Chiefs’ red zone offense is one trick after another, and the Eagles have to be ready for anything

Creativity, imagination, and trickery inside the 20, and especially near the goal line, have long been staples of Andy Reid’s offensive philosophy.

Andy Reid has the Chiefs back in the Super Bowl. And he could soon be nipping at Bill Belichick’s heels.

Rangers owner Ray Davis authorized a number of big moves this winter, including hiring Bruce Bochy as manager.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Here are the winners and losers of the baseball offseason

To at least some degree, every team feels good about its roster as camps open.

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

David Fichter, of Cambridge, holds a portrait of his late student, Arif Sayed Faisal, during a Jan. 9 rally Against Police Brutality held by the Bangladesh Association of New England.

‘How could they kill this kid?’ A month later, no answers in Cambridge.

The Cambridge City Council — once known for producing resolutions about foreign affairs while the city manager actually governed the city — needs to rise to this occasion.

Pregnancy and childbirth: a wonder, a joy, and a minefield

MARCELA GARCÍA

Youth violence in Boston schools cries out for reforms

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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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

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.

Why Apple Watch calls the cops when skiers take a spill
A safety feature in the popular smartwatch may be too smart for the slopes, with 20 “crash-detected” 911 calls already this year at one big ski resort in Maine.

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.

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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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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Under Wu, residency waivers for Boston municipal jobs have spiked. Does it matter?
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A native of China and an observer of America, Joe Wong brings a new edge to his stand-up act

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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

Henry Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in 1954.

Celebrating Black History Month as Black history is being erased

Staff members of The New Bedford Light, from left, Ken Hartnett, Jack Spillane, Peter Andrews, Will Sennott, Barbara Roessner, Stephen Taylor, Andy Tomolonis, and Toni Delgado-Green in their newsroom, which was under construction, in 2021.

Local news startups are overcoming the evils of corporate chain ownership

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

Where did all the workers go?

Metro

Gus Bickford to step down as Mass. Democratic Party chair

Bickford, who has led the party since 2016, announced his decision to step down at a State Committee meeting Saturday, and will remain chairman until its next meeting on April 24.

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.

Sports

Kevin Burkhardt (left) and Greg Olsen will call Sunday's Super Bowl on Fox.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

While Fox was waiting for Tom Brady, a star developed in the booth: Greg Olsen

Olsen has an uncanny knack for explaining what’s happening in real time concisely and accurately, while never falling too deep into football jargon.

Vladimir Tarasenko had a scoring line of 10-19–29 in 38 games this season with the Blues before being traded to the Rangers.

Matt Porter | Sunday hockey notes

NHL playoff race is heating up, especially in the New York area among the Rangers, Devils, and Islanders

Entering the weekend, the Rangers and Devils were on a collision course to meet in the first round. That’s if the Islanders don’t shoehorn themselves into the race.

Rangers owner Ray Davis authorized a number of big moves this winter, including hiring Bruce Bochy as manager.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Here are the winners and losers of the baseball offseason

To at least some degree, every team feels good about its roster as camps open.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

How the Nets’ attempt to build the latest super team went all wrong

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Chiefs’ red zone offense is one trick after another, and the Eagles have to be ready for anything

Ben Volin I On football

Andy Reid has the Chiefs back in the Super Bowl. And he could soon be nipping at Bill Belichick’s heels.

Business

Fourth day of pension reform protests to hit France

Earlier this week, French lawmakers began a rowdy debate on the pension bill to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. It’s the flagship legislation of Macron’s second term.

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

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

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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

Nico Romeri, a sophomore a Milford High School in Milford, N.H., speaks during a school board meeting Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Romeri, who is transgender, urged the board to reject a proposal that would stop allowing students to use the restrooms that align with the gender identity.

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

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

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

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

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

business

Boston consulting firm Analysis Group is the latest company suing Twitter over unpaid bills.

Another Boston firm sues Elon Musk for unpaid bills

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

politics

Retiring State Chair Mike Kuckelman.

Infighting intensifes with Kansas GOP set to pick new leader

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

Archives wanted Biden documents that were in Boston, but were not believed to be classified

Nation

John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, speaks to reporters in Washington on Feb. 10, as Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, looks on.

US shoots down high-altitude object over Alaska

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

Biden, Lula focus on democracy, climate during visit

World

Ukrainian servicemen make a trench near Bakhmut on Feb. 1.

Wagner owner says war in Ukraine will drag on for years

Five days in, survivors still found in earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria

Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution amid protests

opinion

President Biden spoke at the University of Tampa on Feb. 9 during an event to discuss Social Security and Medicare.

Biden, at 80, is the real deal, as he will be in 2024

Scarce labor is warping our economy, but it could be good in the long run

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

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

illo for books 2/12

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