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The field of potential 2024 Republican candidates, ranked

In this, the first in a series of pieces ranking who’s most likely to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, there are really two categories. There’s Trump and likely candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. And then there’s everybody else.
Trump’s former team of rivals returns to challenge him

They bought mansions, a Rolls Royce, and chartered a jet with COVID relief loans, prosecutors allege

Criminal charges related to COVID relief funds have been brought nationwide against a dizzying array of suspects, including a former NFL player, a Hollywood producer, a reality TV star, rappers, doctors, preachers, drug dealers, romance scammers, and human traffickers.

After being placed on leave, Wayland superintendent files discrimination complaint against School Committee

In the complaint, Easy said he was dismissed from his job without explanation on Wednesday, less than three weeks after he raised concerns about a “racially hostile environment.”

chesto means business
Convention center boss wants to expand, but he’ll need to win over the Legislature first
David Gibbons’s run-ins with lawmakers could mean a rough road for his $400 million plan to expand the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

US shoots down a fourth unidentified object, this time over Lake Huron

Teenage girl is charged after woman is fatally stabbed in Jamaica Plain Saturday

From Rwanda to Boston Common: the humanitarian mission of MASS Design

“Justice is Beauty” at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., explores the African origins of the architecture firm behind “The Embrace” — and offers a powerful lesson in context.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The charm of Natasha Lyonne, a new series from Billy Crudup, and ‘African Queens’

I’m loving “Poker Face,” which is an updated spin on the old “Colombo” mystery formula. The main reason: Natasha Lyonne, whose shtick I find irresistible.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Will the Celtics dive into the buyout market? Brad Stevens has his work cut out for him.

Most veterans who have been disregarded by their former teams are not looking to sit on the bench for their new teams.
Black History Month
Globe Magazine

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
EDITORIAL

Here’s another reason Ukraine must win its war with Russia: to discourage the spread of nuclear weapons

A Russian victory would send another particularly grim message to the world: that it can swallow a smaller neighbor with impunity because it has nuclear weapons and that neighbor does not.
James A. Peyser

There are innovative college and career programs for high school students. The Legislature needs to fund them.
Craig Hallstrom

East Boston needs its own substation
JEFF JACOBY

There’s only one way to add an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution
EDITORIAL

Seizing home equity over unpaid taxes is unfair to homeowners
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.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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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

‘Always in the middle of everything’: Kiké Hernández eager to lead in both clubhouse and lineup
The Sox long believed Hernández had an opportunity to flourish, on and off the field, in Boston. In the face of jarring change, he's leapt to prove their faith was well-placed.

As more rescued, earthquake survivors in Turkey ask what’s next
The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6. They killed at least 33,185, with the toll expected to rise considerably as search teams find more bodies, and reduced much of towns and cities inhabited by millions to fragments of concrete and twisted metal.

Saint Joseph Prep Boston will close this year, school officials say
Saint Joseph Prep Boston, a co-ed Catholic high school in Brighton formed a decade ago by the merger of two smaller schools, will shut down at the end of the school year, school officials said Friday.

LOVE LETTERS
Is he really traveling to see his friend?
... or is he seeing another woman?

Meet the ‘unlikely founder’ of tech startup Paerpay
The 29-year-old Worcester native's company aims to expedite restaurant payments using QR code technology.

A Yale professor suggested mass suicide for old people in Japan. What did he mean?

In interviews and public appearances, Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale University, has taken on the question of how to deal with the burdens of Japan’s rapidly aging society.
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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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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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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Two Avant-garde soundscapes, in search of light

My funny Valentine: Five comedians on love and humor

It’s your turn to be the VIP

Bach Collegium Japan’s emotional, energetic performance resonates beyond its confines

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.

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.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

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

The kindness of misremembering strangers
Paul Sax and David Boulware

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

Youth violence in Boston schools cries out for reforms
LETTERS

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

Where did all the workers go?

Metro

RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

A West African woman, once called the ‘pastry queen’ of Rhode Island, baked her way to freedom

Charity “Duchess” Quamino was an enslaved woman during the peak of northern slavery. While working for an affluent Newport family, she became known for her famous plum cakes.
INNOVATOR Q&A

Could a more plant-based diet help you avoid taking certain medications?

Plant Docs, a nonprofit in Providence, is educating adults on the benefits of a vegan diet -- and helping them start with an innovative program.

Northeastern University’s merger with a former women’s college in Calif. has some complaining of culture shock

The tension at the Oakland school, now known as Mills College at Northeastern University, reflects the challenges that colleges face when merging campus cultures and balancing the loyalties of students, faculty, and alumni.

Eagles fans find a home at White Bull Tavern for their own Super Bowl LVII party

Nearly 250 people were in the bar by kickoff. Loud cheers broke out with every completed pass and successful first down by the Eagles, and waitresses circled the bar with shots after Hurts ran in for the Eagles’ first touchdown. The cheering could be heard from outside the bar and across the street.

Sports

SUPER BOWL LVII | CHIEFS 38, EAGLES 35

Chiefs win second Super Bowl in four years, roaring past Eagles late

The Chiefs came from 10 points down at halftime, scoring touchdowns on their first three drives of the second half and benefiting from a questionable holding call to kick a last-second field goal.
SUPER BOWL

Questionable late flag takes drama out of Super Bowl ending

“It was a holding. I tugged his jersey," Eagles cornerback James Bradberry said. "I was hoping they would let it slide.”
SUPER BOWL

Super Bowl field, at cost of $800,000, pilloried by fans and players

“It was like playing on a water park,” Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata said, with teammate Haason Reddick calling State Farm's new surface “the worst field that I’ve ever played on."
MIAA NORTH BOYS' SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

A shocking North boys’ swimming sectional win by Newton South’s magnificent seven
live updates

How it happened: Chiefs mount furious comeback to beat Eagles to win Super Bowl LVII
super bowl

Meet Leominster’s Noah Gray, who won a Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs

Business

RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

A West African woman, once called the ‘pastry queen’ of Rhode Island, baked her way to freedom

Charity “Duchess” Quamino was an enslaved woman during the peak of northern slavery. While working for an affluent Newport family, she became known for her famous plum cakes.
INNOVATOR Q&A

Could a more plant-based diet help you avoid taking certain medications?

Plant Docs, a nonprofit in Providence, is educating adults on the benefits of a vegan diet -- and helping them start with an innovative program.

Google to expand misinformation ‘prebunking’ in Europe

For the transgender community, work can be a difficult world to navigate
magazine
Jeneé Osterheldt

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

CONNECTIONS

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

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

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

metro

Cape Cod men face multiple charges in connection with attack on police vehicle

Winter Walk to end homelessness draws more than 3,000

After being placed on leave, Wayland superintendent files discrimination complaint against School Committee

sports

Sorry Patriots fans, but these Chiefs are now a dynasty, too

South Carolina dominates LSU in battle of last two unbeatens in Division 1 women’s basketball

Unranked Northwestern ends stretch of futility against No. 1 Purdue in men’s basketball

business

Convention center boss wants to expand, but he’ll need to win over the Legislature first

Meet the ‘unlikely founder’ of tech startup Paerpay

Schumer says banning TikTok in the US ‘should be looked at’

politics

The field of potential 2024 Republican candidates, ranked

Army sees safety, not ‘wokeness,’ as top recruiting obstacle

A close look at the chaotic House Republican majority

Nation

Rihanna reveals pregnancy at Super Bowl halftime show

Death penalty phase of trial looms for NYC bike path killer

Another aerial object, this time over Lake Huron, shot down by military

World

Thousands march in Israel as Netanyahu allies push overhaul

As more rescued, earthquake survivors in Turkey ask what’s next

Wife of former US pilot complains of Australian treatment

opinion

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

Youth violence in Boston schools cries out for reforms

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

lifestyle

Is he really traveling to see his friend?

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

He saved videos of her

food & dining

A West African woman, once called the ‘pastry queen’ of Rhode Island, baked her way to freedom

Could a more plant-based diet help you avoid taking certain medications?

What to make for Super Bowl snacks this Sunday

travel

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

From Rwanda to Boston Common: the humanitarian mission of MASS Design

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

Books

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 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

This week’s TV: The charm of Natasha Lyonne, a new series from Billy Crudup, and ‘African Queens’

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

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

music

De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, who rapped as Trugoy the Dove, dies at 54

Bach Collegium Japan’s emotional, energetic performance resonates beyond its confines

Two Avant-garde soundscapes, in search of light

Theater/Dance

My funny Valentine: Five comedians on love and humor

Worcester ballet auditions begin for Youth America Grand Prix

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

globe local

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

Allan A. Ryan Jr., who tracked down WWII Nazi war criminals in the US, dies at 77

Hazel McCallion, no-nonsense Canadian mayor for 36 years, dies at 101

Jean Anderson, exacting and encyclopedic cookbook author, dies at 93