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US warplane shot down object over northern Canada, Trudeau says

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” that was flying high over the Yukon.

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

A 15-year-old stayed in a hospital for 40 days. The reason? The state child welfare agency had no place to put him.

Massachusetts has had a child welfare crisis for years. But amid a shortage of beds in group and foster homes, the state is also holding children in hospitals for up to weeks or months on end, even when they’ve been medically cleared to leave.

Trump’s former team of rivals returns to challenge him
At least four prominent figures from the Trump administration appear to be weighing a 2024 run for president against each other and the boss himself, an unusual scenario that could reignite the old rivalries of an administration well known for its infighting.

So far, a year of horrors

Though what we’re looking at here is an accident of timing, the immense, violent, pointless loss of life over the first weeks of 2023 feels like an epidemic.

Flooding at Billerica Memorial High School investigated as vandalism

CAPITALS 2, BRUINS 1

Bruins beaten in return from All-Star break, Capitals getting rare win at TD Garden

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper visited a classroom of English-language learners in December at Boston International Newcomers Academy.

She helped kids and teachers solve problems. Can she do the same for Boston Public Schools?

After leaving the helm of Somerville’s schools last fall to lead BPS, former teacher Mary Skipper is confronting the challenge of her career: turning around a school system that fails thousands of children every year.

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.

Breaking with past, Turkey allows Armenian aid workers to join earthquake response
Shortly after the earthquake struck, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed his condolences to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, and in that phone call offered to send a rescue team to assist in the search for victims. Erdogan accepted the offer, and the team of 27 took off from Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan a few hours later.

Based on bWAR, reliever John Schreiber is the second-leading returning player on the Red Sox' roster behind third baseman Rafael Devers.

A first projection of who will be with the Red Sox on Opening Day, with analysis of the 26-man roster

Given Chris Sale's unavailability in recent seasons, Rafael Devers is considered the longest-tenured player on the roster, and the team will likely break camp with 10-11 players new to the organization.

Five Red Sox story lines heading into spring training Peter Abraham: Here are the winners and losers of the baseball offseason

Lieutenant Jacqueline Drew

Navy pilot from Waltham is part of historic, all-women team for Super Bowl flyover

Lt. Jacqueline Drew, a 2013 graduate of the US Naval Academy, will be part of an all-women team who will conduct a flyover during the national anthem to celebrate 50 years of women serving as Navy pilots.

Christopher L. Gasper: Everything is on the line in the Super Bowl Ex-Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler tells tales of his two very different Super Bowl experiences

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.

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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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

Two construction workers injured in Bennington, N.H., roof collapse

No information was available regarding the seriousness of their injuries, but officials said the workers were expected to survive.

Gus Bickford to step down as state 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.

Officials monitoring Manchester-Boston airport Saturday following reported ‘security threat’

Officials have not immediately provided details of the security threat.

Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege

The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in an ongoing Justice Department special counsel investigation. But it doesn’t guarantee he’s going to be testifying before a grand jury anytime soon.

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

Will Jayson Tatum’s lack of rest come back to haunt the Celtics?
Tatum is averaging a career-high 37.3 minutes per game, second in the NBA behind Raptors forward Pascal Siakam.

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.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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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A fan held a sign indicating the start of the Mac Jones era before the regular season opening NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in 2021.

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

It’s the cardinal rule of the dumped. Act like you don’t care. Pretend you’ve moved on. But there was Bob Kraft on CNN last week begging Tom Brady to return.

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.

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.

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.

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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

Love the arts? Then watch the Super Bowl.

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Two Weeks in America

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

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘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

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

Navy pilot from Waltham is part of historic, all-women team for Super Bowl flyover

Lt. Jacqueline Drew, a 2013 graduate of the US Naval Academy, will be part of an all-women team who will conduct a flyover during the national anthem to celebrate 50 years of women serving as Navy pilots.

She helped kids and teachers solve problems. Can she do the same for Boston Public Schools?

After leaving the helm of Somerville’s schools last fall to lead BPS, former teacher Mary Skipper is confronting the challenge of her career: turning around a school system that fails thousands of children every year.

So far, a year of horrors

Though what we’re looking at here is an accident of timing, the immense, violent, pointless loss of life over the first weeks of 2023 feels like an epidemic.

A 15-year-old stayed in a hospital for 40 days. The reason? The state child welfare agency had no place to put him.

Massachusetts has had a child welfare crisis for years. But amid a shortage of beds in group and foster homes, the state is also holding children in hospitals for up to weeks or months on end, even when they’ve been medically cleared to leave.

Sports

The small but mighty Franklin swim team made history with its first South championship.

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MIAA GIRLS' SWIMMING SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Franklin makes history by knocking off seven-time defending champion Duxbury for its first South swimming crown

“All I ever expect for them to do is swim with pride,” said an emotional Franklin coach Jessica Pridham as she watched her team hoist the trophy.

Washington took the lead less than seven minutes in on Saturday, converting a 5-on-3 power play, and never trailed in becoming just the second team this season to beat the Bruins in regulation at TD Garden.

CAPITALS 2, BRUINS 1

Bruins beaten in return from All-Star break, Capitals getting rare win at TD Garden

Washington became just the second team to beat the Bruins in regulation at TD Garden this season, dealing the NHL leaders their fourth loss in their last five games.

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.

North Carolina State 92, Boston College 62

No. 22 North Carolina State men have a grand time rolling over Boston College, 92-62

A first projection of who will be with the Red Sox on Opening Day, with analysis of the 26-man roster

Will Jayson Tatum’s lack of rest come back to haunt the Celtics?

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

magazine

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

Massachusetts Democratic Party chair Gus Bickford said that after Democrats recaptured all six statewide constitutional offices in November, he was ready to step back from his post.

Gus Bickford to step down as state Democratic Party chair

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

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

sports

Alex Verdugo’s three seasons with the Red Sox have been solid, but can he take the next step?

Five Red Sox story lines heading into spring training

Everything is on the line (actually, on the offensive and defensive lines of the Chiefs and Eagles) in the Super Bowl

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

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

Vice President Mike Pence, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listened as President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 2018. All appear to be gearing up to run for president in 2024.

Trump’s former team of rivals returns to challenge him

Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege

Schools become flashpoint for Republicans eyeing White House

Nation

In this March 28, 2018, file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod Bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass.

Massachusetts lobster fishers sue to block closure meant to protect whales

Memphis police culture comes under scrutiny after Nichols beating

Migrants seeking US sponsors find questionable offers online

World

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a news conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

US warplane shot down object over northern Canada, Trudeau says

Breaking with past, Turkey allows Armenian aid workers to join earthquake response

Anger over quake response challenges Erdogan before election

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