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Chris Sale, looking for a fresh start after pitching only 5⅔ innings last season, was in good spirits after throwing a bullpen session Wednesday.

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Chris Sale appears thinner than usual but doesn’t sound concerned about holding up

Sale’s appearance makes me wonder whether his frame makes things tougher as he attempts to again be a stud starter for the Red Sox.

Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is eager to immerse himself with his new team

Raquel Welch, actress and pinup star, dies at 82
American actress Raquel Welch has died, according to multiple outlets. Welch rose to fame in the 1960s and starred in films such as “One Million Years B.C.” and “Fantastic Voyage.”

‘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.

Benjamin Edelman, a former associate professor at Harvard Business School.

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.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston City Council approves switch to elected School Committee — but the proposal may go no further

Supporters of the bill argue an elected School Committee would bring democratic accountability to the city’s school system, putting an end to one that they say rubber stamps decisions from City Hall.

Here’s why Boston doesn’t have an elected School Committee

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.

Man rushes at Buffalo gunman during sentencing, prompting officers to intervene

Former Everett schools superintendent Frederick Foresteire pleads guilty to two sexual assault allegations
The 79-year-old’s change of plea comes a week after he was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail for touching a 41-year-old payroll clerk’s buttocks when she worked for him at the Everett Public School administration building in 2017 and 2018.

New super PAC launches, seeking to boost Black candidates in local Mass. races

Justice Department is said to decline to bring charges against Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking inquiry

65-year-old man dies after assault inside N.H. prison

Martin Meehan to recommend University of Illinois Chicago leader as next UMass Amherst chancellor

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

Berkeley Investments’ pitch for a three-building "Innovation Village" at 176 Lincoln St., a highly visible and long empty site in Allston facing the Massachusetts Turnpike, will come to the Boston Planning & Development Agency board on Thursday.

After three-plus decades, a plan for that big warehouse along the Pike in Allston

The Boston Planning and Development Agency board is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposal by Berkeley Investments to turn the 5.2-acre site into a three-building lab and residential campus.

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 flair.

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.

Lydia Shire to open new restaurant at Seaport Science Center in 2024

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

Marty Walsh has been underestimated his entire life. All the challenges he faced and embraced made him the man — and the successful politician — he is.

Marty Walsh’s new hockey job comes with a penalty box of controversy

The labor secretary should be able to defend his honor on behalf of the working men and women of America as well as explain the nature of his relationship with Bruins owner and Board of Governors Chair Jeremy Jacobs.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Pence’s move is straight from Trump’s dirty playbook

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

The dangers of sports betting

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

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

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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

Should Mass. raise its $15 minimum wage? On radio, Healey declines to say.
When asked Wednesday in a radio interview whether Massachusetts needs to “take a next step” to raise its minimum wage, Governor Maura Healey demurred. “Right now, I am very much focused on what we have in terms of revenue," she said.

Human jaw bone found on Nantucket beach; investigation underway
Authorities are investigating after a human jaw bone was found Monday on Nantucket, according to Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois’s office.

LOVE LETTERS

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.

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.

Northern Lights illuminate skies above Mount Washington early Wednesday
Glowing hues of yellow, green, and red shimmered across the night sky from about 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Mount Washington Observatory.

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.

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The New England Aquarium is stepping up lobbying efforts on Beacon Hill to back an array of climate and environmental legislation.

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.

‘It’s night and day’: Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug may spur more investment in fighting the disease
Since Leqembi is far from a cure, doctors and drug developers are already thinking about how still-experimental therapies could compete with Leqembi or potentially be paired with it for greater effect.

Dennis Lehane to release ‘Small Mercies,’ a new thriller set in 1970s Southie
The Dorchester native is the author of several bestselling books, including “Mystic River,” “Gone, Baby, Gone,” and “Shutter Island.” His new book will hit shelves April 25.

MBTA service disruptions coming to Red, Mattapan, Orange, Green lines, and Commuter Rail in March
The MBTA is shutting down parts of the Red Line to install a new digital signal system and do track work, the Mattapan Line to remove a staircase at Milton Station, and the Orange and Green lines for Government Center garage demolition and track repairs.

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Samy Rachid, new assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces new assistant conductor Samy Rachid

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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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 watch at a bar in Brooklyn as the United States plays Wales in the 2022 World Cup.

The dangers of sports betting

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

"One day my own children will be sprinkling dirt on my coffin, the memories and people alive to me now having faded to whispers and ghosts."

IDEAS | BOB REGAN

The meaning of lives that are no longer

US Navy sailors prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Feb. 10. At the direction of President Biden and with the full support of the government of Canada, US fighter aircraft engaged and brought down a high-altitude balloon within sovereign US airspace and over US territorial waters, Feb. 4.

Biden owes the public explanations on mysterious airborne objects

IDEAS | ANNA OAKES & DIEGO SENIOR

People are falling in love with chatbots

Metro

A selectman’s select loyalties

There is a difference between negotiating with a company and doing its bidding. Saugus Selectman Anthony Cogliano appears to have leapt over the line when it comes to WIN Waste and its noxious ash landfill.

Fixing a system that set youth up to fail, R.I. overhauls high school standards

Rhode Island is implementing its new aligned graduation standards, making FAFSA a requirement, adding real-world courses, and ending seat time as a criteria for credit.

Bally’s unveils proposal for online casino gaming in Rhode Island

“It was my idea. I went to them,” Senate President Dominick Ruggerio said. “I was interested because I felt that it was a revenue generator.”

65-year-old man dies after assault inside N.H. prison

The death is under investigation, but officials said the man was involved in “a resident-on-resident assault” Monday morning

Sports

Always on the attack, Camryn Collins (right) is averaging 17.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7 deflections, 6.1 steals, and 5.7 assists for the 16-1 Foxborough girls' basketball team.

HS GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Girls’ basketball notebook: Drawing upon her parents’ work ethic and survival skills, Camryn Collins has become a catalyst in Foxborough’s on-court success

The junior point guard is averaging 17.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7 deflections, 6.1 steals, and 5.7 assists for the seventh-ranked seventh Warriors (16-1), but credits the life lessons learned watching her parents compete on the CBS show "Survivor."

Dracut senior guard Ashlee Talbot (center) went on an 86-point scoring tear in her last three games, averaging 28.6 points over that stretch, to headline Players of the Week.

HS GIRLS' BASKETBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ basketball: After averaging 28.6 points in her last three games, Dracut’s Ashlee Talbot headlines the Players of the Week

Talbot caught fire three times this week with 26 points in a loss to Cathedral Thursday, 32 points in a win Saturday against Billerica, and 28 in a victory Tuesday over Tewksbury.

Third baseman Rafael Devers signed autographs for fans as the Red Sox held their first official workout of spring training.

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Rafael Devers has taken his place, including in the clubhouse, as the face of the Red Sox

Devers moved into the high-rent district at JetBlue Park, taking over a space that originally belonged to David Ortiz when the facility opened in 2012.

red sox notebook

Sidelined Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story is soliciting lots of advice on his elbow rehab

Rangers hold Jacob deGrom out of 1st spring workout with tightness

Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is eager to immerse himself with his new team

Business

Fidelity aims to keep growing in 2023, adding 500 new jobs in Boston

The mutual fund giant continues to see strong demand amid stock market uncertainty.

World Bank president, dogged by climate questions, steps down early

Last year, David Malpass became the target of intense criticism from climate activists and Democratic politicians after he declined to say whether he accepted the overwhelming scientific consensus that fossil fuels were rapidly warming the planet.

After three-plus decades, a plan for that big warehouse along the Pike in Allston

Retail sales jumped in January

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Marion Westermeyer (pictured in 2006) was a daily swimmer well into his 90s.

When it comes to aging, 90-plus or even 100 might not be ‘extreme’ anymore

What to do when a friend’s perfume is overwhelming

Japanese Milk Bread

Add variety to your bread making with recipes from Japan and the Middle East

Black Love is a Beautiful Resistance

Jeneé Osterheldt

The beautiful resistance of Black love

metro

A new super PAC has formed to support Black candidates in down-ballot races in Massachusetts.

New super PAC launches, seeking to boost Black candidates in local Mass. races

R.I.’s new deputy House speaker expects revamp of Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights this year

Former Everett schools superintendent Frederick Foresteire pleads guilty to two sexual assault allegations

sports

Chris Sale, looking for a fresh start after pitching only 5⅔ innings last season, was in good spirits after throwing a bullpen session Wednesday.

Chris Sale appears thinner than usual but doesn’t sound concerned about holding up

Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady share at least one thing in common: big Super Bowl comebacks

Revolution unveil ‘Defiance’ jersey for 2023, 2024 MLS seasons

business

Boston biotech Morphoceuticals was founded by Tufts University professors Michael Levin and David Kaplan.

Boston biotech has raised nearly $10 million to study limb regrowth

Drugmaker Biogen tops fourth quarter forecasts despite sales slip

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

politics

Representative Matt Gaetz

Gaetz investigation ends without charges

Nikki Haley kicks off her GOP campaign for White House

Justice Department is said to decline to bring charges against Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking inquiry

Nation

Attendees practiced administering Narcan during an overdose education and Narcan training class at the Onala Recovery Center on the South Shore of Pittsburgh Dec. 13, 2021.

Panel backs moving opioid antidote Narcan over the counter

FAA head defends safety of US air travel after close calls

Warming seas are carving into massive Antarctic glacier that could trigger sea level rise

World

Sailors recovered the downed Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 5. China accused the United States on Wednesday of flying high-altitude balloons over the western Chinese regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, pointing the finger at Washington amid growing scrutiny over Beijing's global surveillance efforts.

China accuses US of flying balloons over Xinjiang and Tibet

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

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon leaves post after 8 years

opinion

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

On your own this Valentine’s Day? Carly Rae Jepsen would say that’s just fine.

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

lifestyle

Ms. Welch posed for photographers at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards show, Feb. 8, 1997, in New York City.

Raquel Welch, actress and pinup star, dies at 82

Dennis Lehane to release ‘Small Mercies,’ a new thriller set in 1970s Southie

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

food & dining

Lydia Shire, who has been on the Boston dining scene for a long time, is still cooking. She plans to open a new restaurant on the ground floor of Seaport Science Center next year.

Lydia Shire to open new restaurant at Seaport Science Center in 2024

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

It’s not just Dry January anymore

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

The Codex Sassoon, considered the oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible, in New York.

Oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible heads to auction

Dennis Lehane to release ‘Small Mercies,’ a new thriller set in 1970s Southie

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

Movies

Laure Calamy in “Full Time.”

‘Full Time’: A ticking clock, a transit strike, and a tenacious mother

‘Of an Age’: An Australian road trip turns into a teen’s awakening

Dennis Lehane to release ‘Small Mercies,’ a new thriller set in 1970s Southie

Television

Billy Crudup in "Hello Tomorrow!"

In ‘Hello Tomorrow!,’ a giant leap for mid-century modern

Dennis Franz pays tribute following young ‘NYPD Blue’ colleague’s death

Dennis Lehane to release ‘Small Mercies,’ a new thriller set in 1970s Southie

music

Samy Rachid, new assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces new assistant conductor Samy Rachid

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

Bruce Springsteen adds Gillette Stadium show to 2023 tour

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