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Main Street in Concord. The state has entered into an agreement with a local hotel, and will be setting up an emergency family shelter for homeless and migrant families.

With system at capacity, state turns to Concord hotel for emergency shelter use

The hotel may signal what’s coming for other communities in a state experiencing a swell of migration, an acute shortage of affordable housing, and a growing population of homeless people.

Climate change is stealing New England’s winters
Welcome to the new normal for New England winters, where maple syrup producers now tap trees over a month early, ski resorts and skating rinks open later or not at all, and T-shirt weather arrives before President’s Day.

Nearly a year after ‘catastrophic’ Cliff Walk collapse, Newport hopes to rebuild path where it is
Some experts on the state’s coast, mindful of the long-term challenges of climate change and the basic nature of cliffs, are wary of rebuilding exactly where it was. But Newport is not giving up.

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.

Contest for president in 2024 begins for Republicans with a foray into the culture wars

Nikki Haley and Mike Pence used events on Wednesday to embrace battles over race and education, falling back on the same grievance-mongering tactics deployed by Donald Trump.

A selectman’s selective loyalties: Does Saugus official represent his town or waste company?

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.

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

The city will also hire an independent consultant “to review and make recommendations across our police department’s training, policies, and practices and the full report will be made public,” the city manager said.

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage released by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
More than 80 minutes of footage from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows some of the remarkable achievements of the dive that marked the first time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner since it sank in 1912.

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.”

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.

The more time Brad Stevens spends in the front office, the better the Celtics roster seems to get.

What does the Celtics’ Brad Stevens have in common with title architect Theo Epstein? Getting the right guy at the right time.

From Al Horford to Derrick White to Malcolm Brogdon, all of Stevens's swings are making contact — often for extra-bases.

Gary Washburn: Top players of Celtics suited up, and they finished off the Pistons, 127-109

A view of the Belmont Hill School campus and the surrounding neighborhood in Belmont. The wooded area in the foreground would be included as part of a proposed project to build a new parking lot and facilities building.

‘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.

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

Former vice president Mike Pence is trying to pull a logic-defying legal switcheroo.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

If a seven-figure book deal is enough to make him sing, so should be a subpoena.

Leave a (narrow) path for Russians to compete at the 2024 Olympics

IDEAS | MEGAN BUSKEY

In Russia’s assault on Ukraine, an echo of my grandparents’ ordeal at Stalin’s hands

Wendell Jamieson

ChatGPT is the best thing to happen to writers

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

One killed, three hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas, shopping mall
El Paso police said hours after the gunfire that two people had been taken into custody, though details of what led the shooting remained unclear.

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‘Full Time’: A ticking clock, a transit strike, and a tenacious mother
This French thriller starring Laure Calamy is a rollercoaster ride on par with “Run Lola Run.”

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

Reynolds Graves, a lobbyist and alum of political campaigns in Boston and statewide, last week formed the 1866 Action Fund, named after the first Black lawmakers, Edward Garrison Walker and Charles Lewis Mitchell, elected to the Massachusetts Legislature.

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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.

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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

Nearly a year after ‘catastrophic’ Cliff Walk collapse, Newport hopes to rebuild path where it is

Some experts on the state’s coast, mindful of the long-term challenges of climate change and the basic nature of cliffs, are wary of rebuilding exactly where it was. But Newport is not giving up.

With system at capacity, state turns to Concord hotel for emergency shelter use

The hotel may signal what’s coming for other communities in a state experiencing a swell of migration, an acute shortage of affordable housing, and a growing population of homeless people.

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage released by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

More than 80 minutes of footage from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows some of the remarkable achievements of the dive that marked the first time human eyes had seen the giant ocean liner since it sank in 1912.

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

The city will also hire an independent consultant “to review and make recommendations across our police department’s training, policies, and practices and the full report will be made public,” the city manager said.

Sports

The more time Brad Stevens spends in the front office, the better the Celtics roster seems to get.

What does the Celtics’ Brad Stevens have in common with title architect Theo Epstein? Getting the right guy at the right time.

From Al Horford to Derrick White to Malcolm Brogdon, all of Stevens's swings are making contact — often for extra-bases.

Old Rochester's Murray Copps ran away with the victory in the boys' mile in 4 minutes, 34.50 seconds.

MIAA DIVISION 4 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Against all odds, Old Rochester boys vault ahead of the field in 4x400-meter relay to capture MIAA Division 4 indoor track title; North Reading girls reign

Only 4 points separated the top six teams headed into the 4x400-meter relay, the last of 13 events, but Old Rochester pulled out a victory in 3 minutes, 34.88 seconds to capture boys' team title with 43 points.

Marcus Smart returned after an 11-game absence and had 9 points, 6 assists, and 6 steals in 29 minutes.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Celtics did not want to cede the No. 1 spot, so their top players suited up, and they finished off the Pistons

Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart and Al Horford returned in a 127-109 win over the Pistons.

Girls’ hockey roundup: Lila Chamoun backstops 16th-ranked Milton to shutout over Weymouth, first Bay State Conference title since 2008

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

CELTICS 127, PISTONS 109

NBA-best Celtics take care of business against the Pistons, leave for the All-Star break on a positive note

Business

Investors bet big on Feng Zhang’s new startup. It’s out to solve one of gene editing’s most vexing problems.

Aera Therapeutics is launching with $193 million to develop a new nanoparticle technology to deliver genetic medicines to hard-to-reach parts of the body.

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

The plan to open the nation's largest and most reliable charging network to all drivers is a potential game-changer in promoting EV use, a key component of President Biden's goal to fight climate change.

Waters buys California company

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

magazine

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 worker looked out the window as smoke poured out of a trash incinerator in Saugus in 2020.

A selectman’s selective loyalties: Does Saugus official represent his town or waste company?

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

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

sports

Marcus Smart (left) was averaging 11.1 points, 7.2 assists, and 3.4 rebounds in 32.5 minutes for the Celtics before an ankle injury cost him 11 games.

Marcus Smart returns to the Celtics’ lineup ahead of the NBA All-Star break

Maggie Lynch, Caroline Batchelder help third-ranked Archbishop Williams girls’ hockey make quick work of No. 5 Notre Dame-Hingham

Brian Durocher, BU women’s hockey’s only varsity coach, set to retire at the end of the season

business

World Bank President David Malpass speaks during an event about trade at the headquarters of the World Bank February 14, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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

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

Retail sales jumped in January

politics

President Biden.

Biden set to take new steps to address racial inequality

Parts of Georgia special grand jury report to be released

Former top Trump aide Mark Meadows subpoenaed in Jan. 6 probe

Nation

Law enforcement agents are seen at an entrance of a shopping mall, Feb. 15, in El Paso, Texas.

One killed, three hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas, shopping mall

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

Deputies suspended in Nichols case didn’t turn on body cams

World

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women

Ukraine’s Zelensky to address opening of Berlin film fest

Russia fires barrage of missiles at targets in Ukraine

opinion

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

The dangers of sports betting

In clashes over new housing, can we turn down volume on foes’ voices?

Both voc-tech and exam schools should have lottery admissions

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

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

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 stylish sci-fi series ‘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

Jared Troilo and Becky Bass as Mr. and Mrs. Mallard during a rehearsal for "Make Way for Ducklings" at the Wheelock Family Theatre.

Make way for ‘Make Way for Ducklings’

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

My funny Valentine: Five comedians on love and humor

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