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Erica Hagler better known as “Blind Fox” has become a go-to muralist. She walks past a flowing mural on a wall at Five Iron Golf.

How Boston artist ‘Blind Fox’ became the go-to muralist for the city’s trendiest bars and businesses

Erica Hagler is lending big companies and new restaurants a bit of artistic flare.

‘The school literally wants to pave paradise to put up a parking lot’: Belmont Hill proposal divides town
Opponents have summoned sweeping arguments against the project, citing the threat posed by climate change and the need to protect trees and wildlife, and quoting Joni Mitchell lyrics in their entreaties to town leadership.

Did a viral spat over Chinese restaurant prices cost Harvard professor tenure?
According to a lawsuit filed by Benjamin Edelman, Harvard breached its employment contract with him by mishandling disciplinary proceedings following the restaurant imbroglio.

Bolognese served over tagliatelle at Stella in the South End in 2015.

Iconic South End restaurant Stella will reopen in Newton

Owner Evan Deluty will return, this time on Commonwealth Avenue, come springtime.

An 85-year-old wants to marry an online suitor, but is it a scam?

Meredith cautions a letter writer to heed the red flags.

White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 Black people at Buffalo supermarket

A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Boston area could hit record highs this week

The short month of February is now halfway over and meteorological winter has but two weeks left. The non-winter winter pattern here in the east will continue for another week or so at least.

Brown grad, named to Forbes 30 Under 30, dies after completing marathon
Pierre Lipton, who lived in Providence, co-founded 1440 Media, which provides a daily email newsletter of unbiased news to 2.3 million people.

With Mass. right to repair law stalled, Congress makes a move

A bill in Washington would give consumers and auto shops better access to car data systems, superseding legal challenges to the 2020 Mass. ballot measure.

Lawyer: Pamela Smart, serving life sentence, asks court to reconsider her request for freedom
Smart was sentenced to life without parole for plotting with her teenage lover to kill her husband in 1990. The attorney general's office opposed Smart's commutation requests, saying she has never accepted full responsibility for the crimes.

The aurora borealis as seen from Mount Washington.

Northern lights dominate sky above Mount Washington early Wednesday

Brockton Hospital remains closed after 10-alarm fire; other health facilities taking extra patients

MBTA service disruptions coming to Red, Mattapan, Orange, Green lines, and Commuter Rail in March

Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror surveys the Quantum Realm in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." .

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ — With a Kang but also a whimper

Jonathan Majors plays a very bad baddie in the third go-round for Paul Rudd’s size-shifting superhero.

Prices for parking near the stadium will drop in 2023.

Patriots will raise ticket prices across the board ahead of 2023 season

The team is also making changes to parking rates, and it hopes they will help ease the notorious Route 1 congestion.

Christopher L. Gasper: Bill Belichick had a bad year, and he better improve the Patriots Tell us: Do you think Belichick will bounce back?

With cocktail or coffee in hand, guests can enjoy the oceanside view from the front porch of the Chatham Bars Inn.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Chatham Bars Inn finally earns a coveted Forbes five-star rating

After more than 100 years, the classic Cape Cod resort is the state’s newest five-star hotel; The Newbury Boston debuts on the list with four stars.

Black History Month

Black Love is a Beautiful Resistance

The beautiful resistance of Black love

Throughout Black History Month, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

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

Opinion

For many, Rihanna's brief time on stage became a free-for-all to discuss and critique a woman’s body.

Rihanna, Madonna, and what drives conversations about women’s bodies

Behind every discussion about women’s looks is an effort to control the choices they make for themselves.

The dangers of sports betting

As Social Security races toward a cliff, both parties refuse to act

Biden owes the public explanations on mysterious airborne objects

IDEAS | BOB REGAN

The meaning of lives that are no longer

The cell house janitor delivering the weekly issue of matches to prisoners of Iowa State Penitentiary maximum security prison in Fort Madison, Iowa, circa 1965.

The Emancipator

Long prison sentences are cruel and ineffective: here’s the proof

The United States incarcerates nearly 2 million people. More than half are serving sentences of 10 or more years. Long sentences were promoted with weak evidence, and the evidence of the harm they do is clear — so how did we end up here?

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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

Cambridge police will implement body camera program and review procedures, following fatal shooting, city manager says

The Cambridge Police Department “will implement body cameras” following the fatal shooting last month of 20-year-old Arif Sayed Faisal, a UMass Boston student who was shot by police as he allegedly approached officers with a kukri knife, City Manager Yi-An Huang said Tuesday.

Mikaela Shiffrin unexpectedly splits with longtime coach in middle of world championships
Shiffrin informed coach Mike Day she planned to go in a new direction after the season, and he decided to leave the circuit.

It’s not just Dry January anymore
The thirst for nonalcoholic drinks is growing year-round, and local bars and restaurants are here to serve.

Three nonalcoholic recommendations

A new force for climate bills on Beacon Hill: the New England Aquarium
The Aquarium is launching its first-ever lobbying effort, hoping to push a slate of environmental and climate-related bills through the Legislature.

Mass. woman arrested after driving wrong way on I-93 in N.H.

Michelle Valdez, 31, of Andover, was arrested and is facing charges of reckless conduct, driving while impaired or intoxicated, and reckless operation, according to the New Hampshire State Police.

One of 12 boys rescued from cave in Thailand dies at British school

The boy, 17, died in England, where he was attending a sports academy, the foundation sponsoring his studies said Wednesday.

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From a jazz club to a speakeasy, more Black-owned businesses are coming to the Seaport

They’re changing the landscape in a neighborhood that has been criticized for its lack of diversity.

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Most towns are going along with the state’s new multifamily housing law. Not Middleborough.
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Russian tech tycoon convicted in $90 million insider trading and hacking scheme
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From left: Valyn Lyric Turner, Anthony T Goss, and Johnnie Mack in August Wilson’s "Seven Guitars" at Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

In August Wilson’s ‘Seven Guitars,’ the music of life and death

The 48th annual Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival & Marathon will run from Feb. 15–20, 2023.

Film screenings, a ‘Doctor Who’ ball, and 24 straight hours of film to come at Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival & Marathon

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A man stood on top of the rubble of his house, which was destroyed during an earthquake in Antakya, southeastern Turkey.

Earthquakes bring death. And also life.

For many, Rihanna's brief time on stage became a free-for-all to discuss and critique a woman’s body.

Rihanna, Madonna, and what drives conversations about women’s bodies

Republican Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire shook hands with a woman who first asked if he were a mayor before guessing governor as he waited in line to get his lift ticket at Gunstock Mountain Resort on Jan. 10.

Chris Sununu baits the bear

Republican Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire just created a national public advocacy group called the “Live Free or Die” committee that, in essence, is a presidential-campaign exploratory committee.

David M. Shribman

The ‘favorite child’ is back in presidential politics

Maitland Jones Jr.

I got a 65 on my chemistry exam. Is my future ruined?

IDEAS | ANNA OAKES & DIEGO SENIOR

People are falling in love with chatbots

Metro

Brockton Hospital remains closed after 10-alarm fire; other health facilities taking extra patients

Brockton Hospital remains closed after a 10-alarm fire on Feb. 7 shut down the facility and forced the evacuation and urgent transfer of some 160 patients to other hospitals, which are facing challenges dealing with the extra patient load, officials said Tuesday,

Mass. woman arrested after driving wrong way on I-93 in N.H.

Michelle Valdez, 31, of Andover, was arrested and is facing charges of reckless conduct, driving while impaired or intoxicated, and reckless operation, according to the New Hampshire State Police.

The Providence School Board elects a new president tonight

Newcomer Erlin Rogel, a top aide to Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, appears to have the inside track.

Northern lights dominate sky above Mount Washington early Wednesday

Glowing hues of yellow, green, and red were visible across the horizon from about 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m., according to the Mount Washington Observatory.

Sports

Pavel Zacha, left, and David Pastrnak celebrated after Zacha scored the tying goal in the third period.

Leona Zacha and the rest of the Bruins’ siblings lost it after Pavel Zacha’s game-tying goal against Dallas

For Boston’s current two-game trek out to Dallas and Nashville, each Bruins player brought a sibling for the road trip.

Mikaela Shiffrin (left) and her coach Mike Day during a 2020 race in Croatia.

Mikaela Shiffrin unexpectedly splits with longtime coach in middle of world championships

Shiffrin informed coach Mike Day she planned to go in a new direction after the season, and he decided to leave the circuit.

Prices for parking near the stadium will drop in 2023.

Patriots will raise ticket prices across the board ahead of 2023 season

The team is also making changes to parking rates, and it hopes they will help ease the notorious Route 1 congestion.

Will Middlebrooks counseled another East Texas two-sport star back in the day: Patrick Mahomes

Illegal sports bets in Mass. create challenge for regulators

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick had a bad year, and he’d better improve the Patriots after what we witnessed in the Super Bowl

Business

Drugmaker Biogen tops fourth quarter forecasts despite sales slip

The drugmaker said Wednesday that total cost and expenses fell 17 percent in the quarter, and Biogen’s bottom line grew nearly 50 percent to $550.4 million.

A new force for climate bills on Beacon Hill: the New England Aquarium

The Aquarium is launching its first-ever lobbying effort, hoping to push a slate of environmental and climate-related bills through the Legislature.

Illegal sports bets in Mass. create challenge for regulators

Hyundai, Kia update security after TikTok challenge shows how to hot-wire cars with USB cord, screwdriver

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

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

Black Love is a Beautiful Resistance

Jeneé Osterheldt

The beautiful resistance of Black love

"Make Way For Ducklings the Musical" opens Friday at the Wheelock Family Theatre.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Feb. 13-Feb. 19

As COVID lingers, how do I navigate new funeral rituals?

metro

Demonstrators marching from Somerville High to the Cambridge Police department during a rally for Sayed Faisal.

Cambridge police will implement body camera program and review procedures, following fatal shooting, city manager says

How Boston artist ‘Blind Fox’ became the go-to muralist for the city’s trendiest bars and businesses

Boston area could hit record highs this week

sports

Jrue Holiday's 3-pointer gave the Bucks a 127-125 lead in overtime.

Shorthanded Celtics didn’t win the game, but they won the psychological battle against Bucks

Northeastern’s Maureen Murphy named Women’s Beanpot MVP, but she’s quick to credit her teammates

Boston College misses 13 consecutive shots in loss to Pittsburgh in men’s college basketball

business

Auto mechanic Shaun Cyr, with mobile car repair company Zippity, rolled a tire while working on a car in Watertown.

With Mass. right to repair law stalled, Congress makes a move

‘It’s night and day’: Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug may spur more investment in fighting the disease

Tesla to make some EV chargers available to all, White House says

politics

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley delivered remarks at her first campaign event on Tuesday in Charleston, South Carolina.

Nikki Haley kicks off her GOP campaign for White House

Tesla to make some EV chargers available to all, White House says

Ukraine aid support softens in the US, new poll shows

Nation

Memorials for the victims of the racist massacre at the Tops Friendly Markets grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., in May 2022.

White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 Black people at Buffalo supermarket

Charges dropped against reporter arrested at news conference

Victims of Michigan State University shooting remembered as ‘incredibly loved,’ ‘tremendous’ leaders

World

Relatives of Duangphet "Dom" Phromthep, one of the boys rescued from the flooded cave in northern Thailand, greeted him as he arrived home in the Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, on July 18, 2018.

One of 12 boys rescued from cave in Thailand dies at British school

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon leaves post after 8 years

Russian forces struggle to make headway in eastern Ukraine

opinion

For many, Rihanna's brief time on stage became a free-for-all to discuss and critique a woman’s body.

Rihanna, Madonna, and what drives conversations about women’s bodies

People are falling in love with chatbots

The ‘favorite child’ is back in presidential politics

lifestyle

A previous "Stories of the Stage" event where comedian Corey Manning spoke about his experience with prostate cancer.

GBH World presents ‘Living with Cancer,’ a live storytelling event

The New England Aquarium presents ‘Secrets of the Sea’

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters

food & dining

A server checks on a table at Cara restaurant at The Chanler at Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I.

Tasting menus in Rhode Island: Decadent, even playful adventures, in 3 to 12 courses

It’s not just Dry January anymore

Buy the bottle, hold the booze

travel

With cocktail or coffee in hand, guests can enjoy the oceanside view from the front porch of the Chatham Bars Inn.

Chatham Bars Inn finally earns a coveted Forbes five-star rating

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

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

Arts

Nafis M. White’s “Self Portrait,” 2020-present. Black Licorice, Glass Jars, dimensions variable.

In Providence, Nafis M. White explores pleasure and pain

How Boston artist ‘Blind Fox’ became the go-to muralist for the city’s trendiest bars and businesses

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

Books

Governor Maura Healey (in red) was a panelist alongside Mayor Michelle Wu (second from right), Senate President Karen Spilka (far right), and others at the first annual Galentine's Day event Monday night. Globe columnist Shirley Leung (left) emceed the event at City Winery.

Prominent Massachusetts women gather for ‘Galentine’s Day’ celebration

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

Movies

Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror surveys the Quantum Realm in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." .

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ — With a Kang but also a whimper

Prominent Massachusetts women gather for ‘Galentine’s Day’ celebration

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

Television

Hilary Swank and Craig Frank in "Alaska Daily."

Stop the presses: ‘Alaska Daily’ to return March 2

Raising awareness about special needs dogs, Puppy Bowl winner Joey is ‘kind of a big deal in Rhode Island’

From Jen and Ben at Dunks to M&Ms hawking chocolate clams, here’s the Super Bowl ad breakdown

music

Governor Maura Healey (in red) was a panelist alongside Mayor Michelle Wu (second from right), Senate President Karen Spilka (far right), and others at the first annual Galentine's Day event Monday night. Globe columnist Shirley Leung (left) emceed the event at City Winery.

Prominent Massachusetts women gather for ‘Galentine’s Day’ celebration

Bruce Springsteen adds Gillette Stadium show to 2023 tour

Tickets for Beyonce’s Renaissance tour stop at Gillette go on sale this week. Here’s what to know.

Theater/Dance

From left: Valyn Lyric Turner, Anthony T Goss, and Johnnie Mack in August Wilson’s "Seven Guitars" at Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

In August Wilson’s ‘Seven Guitars,’ the music of life and death

My funny Valentine: Five comedians on love and humor

Worcester ballet auditions begin for Youth America Grand Prix

globe local

Riley Lauren provides the water to help Patrick Lauren, left ,and Finn Sullivan, right, slide down a rock on Minot Beach in Scituate.

Non-resident beach stickers sell out quickly on first day of sales

Lawsuit stops plan for new community pool, bathhouse

Going all out on Valentine’s Day

Obituaries

Robert Geddes, center, spoke with Sheldon Sturges, a fellow co-founder of the nonprofit planning group Princeton Future, and Yina Moore, a local activist, in Princeton, N.J., in 2001.

Robert Geddes, 99, transformative architecture dean at Princeton, dies

Toyota founder’s son, who led global growth, dies at 97

Former St. Louis Cardinals lineman Conrad Dobler dies at 72