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As Wu policies alarm the real estate industry, business leaders turn to Healey

Some industry officials are betting that Maura Healey will serve as a check on the more progressive Michelle Wu — and hoping that if the Boston mayor’s farthest-reaching proposals land on the governor’s desk, they can count on a veto.

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
The charity created by the former president said that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention."

‘People are leaving’: Massachusetts has lost 110,000 residents since COVID began. Is life better out there?
Citing housing costs and remote work, among other factors, 110,000 more people have moved out of Massachusetts than moved in since the start of COVID.

WBZ-TV’s Bill Shields, who covered the news, and his cancer diagnosis, dies at 70
"It was a dream come true when I got this job," Mr. Shields said of working as a WBZ-TV reporter for 41 years.

Will new education funding reach N.H. districts most in need?

New Hampshire is currently facing two lawsuits over how it funds education, and the director of the New Hampshire Public School Funding Fairness Project views the governor’s plan to increase spending as a response.

Man dies at Downtown Crossing station after touching third rail

Attorney General Andrea Campbell in her office at the John W. McCormack Building in Boston.

One month into office, Andrea Campbell wants to tackle abortion, gun violence, and corruption as AG

In her first sit-down interview with the Globe as attorney general, Campbell said she is making government accountability, reproductive rights, and economic justice core priorities for the office.

Mother, son killed in Andover home remembered at funeral on Saturday
The Mass lasted nearly an hour and a half inside the Leo & Joan Mahoney Wellness Center.

Authorities look for answers after man kills wife, sixth-grade son, and himself in their Andover home

Drones, stingrays, hidden microphones: Law enforcement in Massachusetts is increasingly using surveillance technology
Advances in technology have made it easier for law enforcement agencies to keep tabs on us. But the public is mostly unaware of what high-tech systems police are using on them, and what rules, if any, may apply.

Linus Ullmark (left) made 26 saves, Jake DeBrusk scored the first goal and later added an assist, and then they hugged it out after the Bruins' win.

BRUINS 6, ISLANDERS 2

Jake DeBrusk makes an immediate impact, and the NHL-best Bruins unload on the Islanders

The Bruins scored six goals for the sixth time this year, with Trent Frederic connecting for a pair.

Bruins assist man David Krejci will pass on watching NESN documentary, at least for now

The Celtics removed the interim tag from Coach Joe Mazzulla's title and he met the media at the All-Star Game as permanent head coach.

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Mazzulla now has security and peace of mind.

Dustin Pedroia greets Rafael Devers, who along with Ryan Brasier and Chris Sale is one of just three of Pedroia's former teammates still in the organization.

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Dustin Pedroia offers Red Sox a hand at Fenway South, but makes clear he loves the retired life

"A lot of people thought I’d have trouble not playing and things like that. But I adjust," the second base stalwart said during a weekend visit to help out Alex Cora. "It’s fun.”

Triston Casas nails the confidence part of being a pro, but knows Red Sox need more from him

Opinion

Parched farmland on the outskirts of Baidoa, in southern Somalia, on Nov. 2.

The world is allowing a famine to unfold in Somalia — again

A lack of financial will on the part of the international community may cause the country’s hunger crisis to devolve into its worst famine. Wealthy nations must step up.

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How the most qualified presidential candidate became America’s worst president

An easy way for Boston to add more housing units

MARCELA GARCÍA

The teens are not all right. We should all be alarmed.

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The Emancipator

Caste should not be part of the “American Dream”

Caste could become the newest protected class in Seattle’s anti-discrimination law. More lawmakers need to follow suit to prevent this system of rigid hierarchy from taking root in the U.S. and protect the rights of lower-caste South Asian immigrants.

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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.

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Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze at Stoughton home
Oxygen tanks exploded inside the Central Street home during the fire Saturday, but no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported, the Stoughton Fire Department said.

Supporters of Medford tenants group protest eviction on landlord’s doorstep
The last family standing of the Bradlee Road Tenant Association took their demands to their landlord’s front gate.

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Fear and loathing in America
Some superpower we are. We can’t even protect our kids from being mowed down in their classrooms

North Korea confirms ICBM test, warns of more powerful steps
North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity against its rivals, as it threatened additional powerful steps in response to the upcoming military training between the United States and South Korea.

Missing Burlington woman found dead

Kaylin Rose, 49, was found dead on Saturday after having gone missing the previous afternoon; foul play is not suspected in her death, police said.

Pepperell man arrested after leading New Hampshire police in car chase

Mark Descoteaux, 33, is facing multiple charges and was ordered held without bail on a count of criminal mischief in the Cheshire County House of Corrections, New Hampshire State Police said.

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If the goal of advertising is to get talked about, then the “He Gets Us” ad that aired during the Super Bowl has hit home. The zealously secular central press smells a rat.

About those Jesus ads

Students make their way on the Brockton campus of Massasoit Community College.

Free community college must focus on retention, not just admission

A body was carried out on a gurney at the home where two adults and three children died from gunshot wounds during a domestic violence murder-suicide in San Diego in 2019.

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Court ruling puts domestic violence survivors in peril

When career doldrums and pandemic-borne stresses set in, the author and his wife hit pause and then hit the John Muir Trail. Karen and Chris at their campsite near Lake Marie, day 11 on the John Muir Trail.

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A Russian peacekeeper guarded the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's only land link with Armeni.

Azerbaijan must end Lachin corridor blockade

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People are falling in love with chatbots

Metro

Will new education funding reach N.H. districts most in need?

New Hampshire is currently facing two lawsuits over how it funds education, and the director of the New Hampshire Public School Funding Fairness Project views the governor’s plan to increase spending as a response.

Supporters of Medford tenants group protest eviction on landlord’s doorstep

The last family standing of the Bradlee Road Tenant Association took their demands to their landlord’s front gate.

Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze at Stoughton home

Oxygen tanks exploded inside the Central Street home during the fire Saturday, but no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported, the Stoughton Fire Department said.

Mother, son killed in Andover home remembered at funeral on Saturday

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Brittney Griner, the basketball star who was detained in Russia for 10 months, has signed a one-year contract to continue her playing career with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Malden Catholic senior goaltender Preston Tully, making a surprise start on senior night for senior starter Brendan Zinck, stepped up with a 19-save win in his first varsity start, a 4-0 shutout over Smithfield (R.I.) Saturday.

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Seizing upon his classmate’s selfless gesture to sit out senior night, Preston Tully shines in net for Malden Catholic with a shutout win over Smithfield (R.I.)

After senior starter Brendan Zinck announced he would sit, Tully drew his first varsity start and made it count with 25 saves in a 4-0 nonleague shutout for Lancers (5-10-3) on senior night vs. Smithfield, R.I.

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Business

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In the biggest loss on record, Texas farmers abandoned 74 percent of their planted crops — nearly 6 million acres — because of heat and parched soil, hallmarks of a megadrought made worse by climate change.

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‘People are leaving’: Massachusetts has lost 110,000 residents since COVID began. Is life better out there?

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To help make this bedroom feel like a cozy escape, Heidi Lachapelle lined it in Wandle wallpaper. When Morris designed the pattern in 1884, it would have required 32 blocks to print it.

Designed in the 1800s, William Morris wallpaper is trending again

A built-in hutch with a countertop hides the microwave and coffee maker.

With a serene Maine lake setting for a cottage, a designer finds inspiration all around

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

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

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metro

People embrace Saturday after the funeral for Brian Fraser in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Fraser was one of three students killed in the shooting that occurred at Michigan State University on Monday.

Fear and loathing in America

Missing Burlington woman found dead

One month into office, Andrea Campbell wants to tackle abortion, gun violence, and corruption as AG

sports

Ryan O'Reilly has scored 12 goals in 40 games for the Blues this season.

How does the Maple Leafs’ trade for Ryan O’Reilly impact the Bruins and the Eastern Conference playoff race?

Lincoln-Sudbury finally back on top after winning Division 1 girls’ swimming championship

Dethroned King: Richard Petty hurt as Jimmie Johnson takes over NASCAR team

business

Seaglider start-up Regent CEO Billy Thalheimer with the company's quarter-scale model – Turtle, as it is affectionately known – of the 12-passenger seaglider, Viceroy.

With new investors and a full-size prototype on the way, R.I.-based seaglider company looks to take off

Biden calls Walsh a ‘tough union leader’ as labor secretary prepares to head NHL Players’ Association

BPDA approves hike on housing fees for lab and commercial buildings

politics

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 18.

North Korea confirms ICBM test, warns of more powerful steps

Turmoil in courts on gun laws in wake of Supreme Court justices’ landmark ruling

US ends search for objects shot down over Alaska, Lake Huron

Nation

Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. on Nov. 3, 2019.

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home

Meet the climate scientist helping guide Biden on spy agencies

Man recounts home assault amid six fatal Mississippi shootings

World

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus.

Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus

China’s balloon incursion ‘must never happen again,’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says

North Korea launches ICBM test

opinion

A body was carried out on a gurney at the home where two adults and three children died from gunshot wounds during a domestic violence murder-suicide in San Diego in 2019.

Court ruling puts domestic violence survivors in peril

Caste should not be part of the “American Dream”

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lifestyle

“The Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Vienna” by Angus Robertson is among more than 1,000 titles available in the Harvard Book Store Virtual Warehouse Sale.

Harvard Book Store’s virtual sale will feature more than 1,000 titles ranging from cooking to politics

Exhibit at Boston University seeks to establish comics as a medium

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People walk past tables at a dining area set up in what formerly were parking spots outside Terramia Ristorante on May 10, 2022 in the North End.

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Boston’s new outdoor dining guidelines include tighter rules in the North End

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travel

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

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Arts

Betye Saar’s “Legends in Blue,” 2020. Mixed-media assemblage. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, Calif.

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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

Books

Jothy Rosenberg with his dog, Harper, in Wayland.

The write stuff: With their new books, four local authors seek to inspire, thrill, entertain, and educate.

Rebecca Makkai’s ‘I Have Some Questions for You’ spotlights the power of storytelling in an age of true crime and #MeToo

‘The Deluge’ author Stephen Markley plays the literary lottery

Movies

AMC Theatres is rolling out a new tier-based ticket pricing system to accompany its existing Stubs membership program.

AMC’s new Sightline pricing plan is an insult to moviegoers

Leap for joy: ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ is coming back to the Coolidge

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

Television

Anna Paquin and Nelsan Ellis in "True Blood." Episodes of the old HBO series are set to begin running on TNT.

Non-subscribers can now see HBO’s ‘True Blood’ and ‘Silicon Valley’

With nuance, TV reflects the many shades of grief

Revisiting John and Yoko cohosting ‘The Mike Douglas Show’

music

Lahav Shani led the BSO in Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances on Thursday.

Lahav Shani makes powerful Symphony Hall debut

Composer and flutist Valerie Coleman creates songs of unity

Jason Moran honors overlooked jazz pioneer James Reese Europe

Theater/Dance

Lyndsay Allyn Cox, shown in rehearsal for SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of "Fairview."

An inquiry into race, ‘Fairview’ demands that audiences sit up

Manual Cinema has created a monster, but it’s not your typical ‘Frankenstein’

Make way for ‘Make Way for Ducklings’

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Obituaries

President Ford talks with North Carolina Congressman Jim Broyhill, left, and Sen. Jesse Helms, center, during a Republican fund raising visit to Raleigh in this Nov. 14, 1975 photo. Broyhill who served briefly in the Senate in the mid-1980s has died. The family of Jim Broyhill confirmed he died early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 in Winston-Salem at the age of 95. (AP Photo, File)

Jim Broyhill, North Carolina congressman, briefly senator, dies at 95

WBZ-TV’s Bill Shields, who covered the news, and his cancer diagnosis, dies at 70

Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu dies in Turkey earthquake