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Joe Mazzulla has guided the Celtics to a 42-17 record and is preparing to coach in the All-Star Game.

Celtics officially remove ‘interim’ tag on head coach Joe Mazzulla and cut ties with Ime Udoka

Udoka, who had been suspended before the season for violating organizational policies, is no longer a member of the organization.

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

‘The climate I lived in as a kid is long gone’: Climate change is stealing New England’s winters
Welcome to the new normal for New England winters, where increasingly, maple syrup producers are tapping trees over a month early, ski resorts and skating rinks are opening later or not at all, and T-shirt weather is arriving before Presidents’ Day.

Jill Clemmer from Hull walked her dog Willie along the sidewalk at Nantasket Beach.

Boston breaks high temperature record with 61 degrees

Boston broke a high temperature record Thursday that was initially set on Feb. 16 of 1882 and then matched in 1910, according to the National Weather Service.

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

A view looking north shows the area of old and new damage to the Cliff Walk in Newport. The newly damaged area is at top right while the old areas of damage is left to center.

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.

Georgia grand jury in Trump 2020 election investigation believes some witnesses lied

The panel said it believes some witnesses committed perjury, and it recommended that the district attorney “seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling.”

Read parts of the Georgia special grand jury report on Trump and the 2020 election

UFOs? Foreign threats? Aliens? What’s going on in the sky? Harvard astronomer breaks it down.
With so many unanswered questions about the objects that have been shot down, we turned to Avi Loeb, a prominent Harvard astronomer and author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.”

Boston’s Pride parade set to return this summer under new leadership and new name

Pride Month’s signature parade and festival will be held June 10 on Boston Common and at City Hall Plaza, according to Boston Pride For The People.

His constituents sued a trash company for polluting. A Saugus selectman helped the company fight them.

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.

An underwater remote-controlled vehicle examined an open window of the Titanic 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in 1986.

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreckage released

Susan Wojcicki stepping down as CEO of YouTube

Michigan State University gunman had two guns, police say

Officer shoots man in hand, ending six hour standoff in Taunton, police say

Travel

Up for a winter walk? Choose a waterfront path, like the Eastern Promenade or Portland Head Light (shown here) and Fort Williams.

STAYCATION NATION

Portland with the kids? We put it to the test.

Where would you party?

Boston holds its own on list of best cities for bachelorette parties

BondVet offers one-stop answers for all your pet-related travel questions.

Traveling with a pet? These websites make it easier for animal lovers.

Will Marriott do a good deed itself by fixing the problem?

TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Help, my $1,000 Marriott gift card is invalid!

Danny Romano climbs Black Mountain of Maine during a sunset lap in the 2023 Last Skier Standing endurance race. Romano, a former Northeastern track star, lasted 63 hours going up and down the mountain to win.

After 63 hours and 189 miles, he’s the Last Skier Standing

Danny Romano, a former Northeastern track star, won the annual endurance race that requires entrants to ski up and down a 3-mile course in Maine every hour until only one skier remains.

Lieutenant James Reese Europe (left center) and the 369th Infantry Regiment — known as the Harlem Hellfighters — are shown in New York City on Feb. 17, 1919, after returning to the United States from Europe. The band paraded up Fifth Avenue that day from Midtown Manhattan to Harlem.

Jason Moran honors overlooked jazz pioneer James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe, murdered by a member of his own band backstage at a Boston concert in 1919, introduced jazz to France and beyond. Now he is being celebrated in a concert and multimedia show Moran is bringing to Berklee Performance Center.

The doughnut pizza at Donut Villa Diner.

In Arlington, locals are scrambling to try a new all-day diner

Donut Villa specializes in doughnuts after dark.

Opinion

Nikki Haley has signaled that she could be the presidential candidate Gen Z desires, publicly stating, “I think we need a young generation to come in, step up, and really start fixing things.”

Gen Z loathes Trump. Nikki Haley could do better among young voters.

Gen Z’s lack of party loyalty and disdain for partisan politics could allow a less divisive Republican, like Nikki Haley, to make inroads with the group.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

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

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

The Emancipator

Why cancel culture scares the rich and powerful so much

The Emancipator sat down with Ernest Owens, author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” who wants to shift the conversation around canceling and show why it’s a right we should protect.

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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

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

Podcast host Jay Shetty on Tom Hanks, vegan chocolate, and avoiding red-eye flights

We caught up with the motivational speaker, who is coming to the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Feb. 22, to talk about all things travel.

These podcasts can help you discover bands you never knew

dan shaughnessy

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 sign infielder Yu Chang to one-year deal, place Trevor Story on 60-day IL

Brown will provide full pre-college scholarships to all Providence public school students

Most of the pre-college programs do not provide formal credits or grades to students but can cost up to $10,000 for a five-week course load.

LOVE LETTERS

How will I find someone again?
“At age 50 I find myself single and without children for the first time since I was 23.”

TELEVISION REVIEW

In stylish sci-fi series ‘Hello Tomorrow!,’ a giant leap for mid-century modern

The unique, retro-futurist series from Apple TV+ is all about the selling of dreams, as it gives us a group of 1950s-styled salesmen promising people the moon — literally.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★1/2

‘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.”

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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 flair.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Wendell Jamieson

ChatGPT is the best thing to happen to writers

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

IDEAS | ANNA OAKES & DIEGO SENIOR

People are falling in love with chatbots

Metro

Celtics officially remove ‘interim’ tag on head coach Joe Mazzulla and cut ties with Ime Udoka

Udoka, who had been suspended before the season for violating organizational policies, is no longer a member of the organization.

Water bills could rise nearly 4 percent under MWRA proposed rate increase, officials say

Households in communities served by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority could see their water bills go up in fiscal 2024, according to MWRA records.

Boston breaks high temperature record with 61 degrees

Boston broke a high temperature record Thursday that was initially set on Feb. 16 of 1882 and then matched in 1910, according to the National Weather Service.

RI HIGHER EDUCATION

Brown will provide full pre-college scholarships to all Providence public school students

Most of the pre-college programs do not provide formal credits or grades to students but can cost up to $10,000 for a five-week course load.

Sports

Joe Mazzulla has guided the Celtics to a 42-17 record and is preparing to coach in the All-Star Game.

Celtics officially remove ‘interim’ tag on head coach Joe Mazzulla and cut ties with Ime Udoka

Udoka, who had been suspended before the season for violating organizational policies, is no longer a member of the organization.

Danny Romano climbs Black Mountain of Maine during a sunset lap in the 2023 Last Skier Standing endurance race. Romano, a former Northeastern track star, lasted 63 hours going up and down the mountain to win.

After 63 hours and 189 miles, he’s the Last Skier Standing

Danny Romano, a former Northeastern track star, won the annual endurance race that requires entrants to ski up and down a 3-mile course in Maine every hour until only one skier remains.

Yu Chang (right) hugs Christian Arroyo during an October 2022 game.

Red Sox sign infielder Yu Chang to one-year deal, place Trevor Story on 60-day IL

Chang played with four teams last season, including the Red Sox.

Boston Pride to open Premier Hockey Federation playoffs at Bentley Arena on March 16

Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold in giant slalom at world championships

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

Business

Susan Wojcicki stepping down as CEO of YouTube

In a blog post, Wojcicki said that she was now going to spend time “ focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”

RI HIGHER EDUCATION

Brown will provide full pre-college scholarships to all Providence public school students

Most of the pre-college programs do not provide formal credits or grades to students but can cost up to $10,000 for a five-week course load.

Weekly jobless applications fall again despite Fed rate push

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

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

Rhode Island state Representative Raymond A. Hull.

Police reform gains momentum on Smith Hill

House fire displaces five residents in Belmont, no injuries reported

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

sports

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

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

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

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

business

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022.

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

Waters buys California company

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

politics

Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.

Georgia grand jury in Trump 2020 election investigation believes some witnesses lied

Biden gets routine medical exam as he prepares for 2024 run

UFOs? Foreign threats? Aliens? What’s going on in the sky? Harvard astronomer breaks it down.

Nation

Supporters gather at a vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis last month.

Deputies suspended in Tyre Nichols case didn’t turn on body cameras

Michigan State University gunman had two guns, police say

Jeers, boos from Ohio villagers enraged by toxic train spill

World

Rare video of 1986 dive in Titanic wreck released

German ballet director fired over feces attack on newspaper critic

China, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women

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

Biden owes the public explanations on mysterious airborne objects

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

lifestyle

How will I find someone again?

Raquel Welch, actress and pinup star, dies at 82

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

food & dining

The doughnut pizza at Donut Villa Diner.

In Arlington, locals are scrambling to try a new all-day diner

Portland with the kids? We put it to the test.

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

travel

Where would you party?

Boston holds its own on list of best cities for bachelorette parties

Help, my $1,000 Marriott gift card is invalid!

New on the spa menu: Treatments for your mental health

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

Lieutenant James Reese Europe (left center) and the 369th Infantry Regiment — known as the Harlem Hellfighters — are shown in New York City on Feb. 17, 1919, after returning to the United States from Europe. The band paraded up Fifth Avenue that day from Midtown Manhattan to Harlem.

Jason Moran honors overlooked jazz pioneer James Reese Europe

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces new assistant conductor Samy Rachid

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

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