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‘You can’t survive on this’: Public schools rely on paraprofessionals but pay meager wages

In many Massachusetts schools districts, the hourly wages for paraprofessionals start below the state minimum wage.

How do you cash in a $1.35 billion lottery prize?

When a Mega Millions jackpot winner from Maine claimed a staggering $1.35 billion prize, the charmed soul remained unknown to an eager public, possibly even to their friends and family. How was the winner able to remain anonymous?

Morning commute to be impacted once again by messy weather conditions

The icy mix of snow and rain that fell across Massachusetts Thursday will give way to sunny skies on Friday, but motorists should still prepare for a treacherous commute, forecasters said.

Dave Epstein: Snow and cold are making Boston roads slick. A bigger snow event could come next week. Map: Snowfall totals across the region Icy roads lead to lead to multi-car crash in Lexington

Annie Dookhan was not the sole bad actor; she had a supporting cast

When it comes to institutional corruption, it is never one bad apple.

Thomas H. Lee, Boston investment pioneer, dies at 78
Thomas H. Lee, a pioneer of leveraged buyouts who launched his investing career in Boston, has died, a family spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.

Former Chelsea school committee member sentenced on child rape charge

Former Methodist youth minister pleads guilty to child rape, Essex DA says

Chaim Bloom was hired as Red Sox chief baseball officer in 2019.

A day with Chaim Bloom, from an early morning run to running the Red Sox and everything in between

“He cares about this. You know, it means a lot to him and everybody here knows it,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora says of the team's chief baseball officer.

Inside a repurposed jukebox at The Foundry in Cambridge, stories told by locals are waiting to be played
“Collectively, these all paint a portrait of Cambridge,” said Elisa Hamilton, the artist behind the installation at The Foundry.

Some elite schools reject ‘best colleges’ rankings. Will others follow?
Harvard and Yale law schools led the revolt in November and were soon joined by a roster of top medical schools. But undergraduate schools have not followed.

Sara Holbrook, a photographer and painter, has coped with the caring of her husband, Foster, who has Alzheimer's, by creating photo collages that depict her in impossible situations.

In her art, the impossible world of an Alzheimer’s caregiver

She wanted to express, in a way that wasn’t mournful, the helplessness she felt caring for someone with Alzheimer’s.

Medicare won’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug until it gets full FDA approval

Emily Kohrs, 30, spoke with reporters from MSNBC about her role as the foreperson of a Georgia special grand jury investigating potential 2020 election meddling by Donald Trump.

‘It’s not a matter for giggles’: Georgia grand juror draws criticism for speaking extensively about Trump investigation proceedings

Emily Kohrs, 30, has offered up details from grand jury proceedings looking into potential election meddling by Donald Trump, often making faces or laughing in a series of interviews.

Jayson Tatum did not have his shooting touch, but he had 31 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists against the Pacers.

Celtics 142, Pacers 138 (OT)

Jayson Tatum made a statement in a battle for a loose ball, and Celtics got the message to beat Pacers in overtime

Tatum and Pacer Bennedict Mathurin wrestled for a loose ball, but Tatum refused to give in, even after a jump ball was called.

Jimmy Garoppolo (left) was drafted by Bill Belichick in 2014 and was with the Patriots until October 2017.

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A quarterback option for Patriots: Trade Mac Jones and bring back Jimmy Garoppolo

Garoppolo is the fully-formed version of Jones with a bit more playmaking ability and more charisma.

Tell us: do you think the Patriots should trade Mac Jones?

Opinion

Former president Jimmy Carter, who recently entered hospice care, will leave behind a legacy that he and his nation ought to be proud of.

Jimmy Carter’s exemplary life

The 39th US president, who recently entered hospice care, will leave behind a legacy that he and his nation ought to be proud of.

Gateway City mayors and managers

Massachusetts has a plan to increase affordable housing — now it needs the budget

IDEAS | MICHAEL LEVIN

Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended

I know Michael Delaney. After what he did, he doesn’t deserve to be a judge.

Kevin McCarthy lets a rabid Foxer into the hen House

The Emancipator

Saving Black homes lost to tax inequity

For decades, the sale of tax debt and unfair property assessments have disproportionately caused Black Americans to lose their homes across the United States. A Chicago program is helping some Black families keep their homes, but its leaders say structural change is needed.

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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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledges push for victory on war anniversary
Ukraine’s president pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians on Friday marked the somber first anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called “the longest day of our lives.”

Bruins 6, Kraken 5

Jake DeBrusk’s late goal gives Bruins a thrilling victory over Kraken at Seattle

The win, their fifth in a row, improved the Bruins league-best record to 44-8-5 (93 points) and sent them off to Vancouver.

Bruins acquire grit in defenseman Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway from Washington for Craig Smith, three draft picks

‘This is Boston. Nice.’ Why Trevor Rainbolt, the GeoGuessr whiz, put up a billboard in Boston
A perplexing billboard that popped up in Boston this week is the handiwork of GeoGuessr star Trevor Rainbolt, who said he wanted to give fellow players of the Google Street View-based game a helping hand.

Middlesex DA announces inquest into fatal Cambridge police shooting of college student

In a statement, Ryan said her office requested the inquest on January 11, and that it has now begun, but she said no further details would be provided until the inquest is complete.

Arrest warrant issued for former Cohasset employee accused of running crypto mine out of school’s crawlspace

Nadeam Nahas, 39, was due to appear in Quincy District Court to face charges of vandalizing a school and fraudulent use of electricity. A judge issued a default warrant for his arrest when he did not show up, according to David Traub, spokesperson for the Norfolk district attorney’s office.

LOVE LETTERS

Did I make the same mistake all over again?
“Life has essentially repeated itself — just with a completely different person.”

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

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A whimsical mural, painted by local high school students last spring, has sparked a bureaucratic controversy in the town of North Conway that seems decidedly out of place in the Live Free or Die state.

At the MFA, a changing of the guards?
Amid a labor dispute with the guard union and troubling water leaks near masterpieces, the museum seeks a path forward.

A pole in a Walmart parking lot in Maine has become an Internet sensation. Why? Because drivers keep running into it.
“One theory is that the pole marks a focal point in the earth’s gravitational pull which causes vehicles to inherently veer into it,” said Auburn Police Chief Jason Moen.

The remote work conundrum: Employees want it, but is it good for them?
With 58 percent of American employees able to work remotely at least once a week, according to McKinsey & Co., we asked experts to weigh in on the dilemma.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Professional caregivers come for 16 hours a week. For the other 152 hours, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of my ailing wife is my job.

IDEAS | CHARLES E. KRAUS

The truth about growing old with the one you love

Ukrainian soldiers who were undergoing training at Bovington Camp, a British Army military base, waved a Ukrainian flag during a visit by Defense Secretary Ben Wallace (unseen), in southwest England, on Feb. 22.

H.D.S. Greenway

Big powers underestimate the willpower of the colonized to resist

A student in the Calculus Project at Brookline High School wrote in his notebook in 2015.

IDEAS | Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Opponents of my kids’ math program have their calculus all wrong

Travelers crowded onto a subway carriage during an air siren in Kyiv on Feb. 20, 2023.

Three reasons why the West must aid Ukraine to victory

A relative of Roman Shevchenko holds a candle during his funeral in Bila Tserkva, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 22. Shevchenko, 40, was a civilian who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces to defend his country when the Russian full-scale war started. Roman was killed on Feb. 9 in Vuhledar, a city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

Alexandra Vacroux

How to help Ukraine to stand its ground

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Inside a repurposed jukebox at The Foundry in Cambridge, stories told by locals are waiting to be played

“Collectively, these all paint a portrait of Cambridge,” said Elisa Hamilton, the artist behind the installation at The Foundry.

How do you cash in a $1.35 billion lottery prize?

When a Mega Millions jackpot winner from Maine claimed a staggering $1.35 billion prize, the charmed soul remained unknown to an eager public, possibly even to their friends and family. How was the winner able to remain anonymous?

Morning commute to be impacted once again by messy weather conditions

The icy mix of snow and rain that fell across Massachusetts Thursday will give way to sunny skies on Friday, but motorists should still prepare for a treacherous commute, forecasters said.

Simone Segouin, French Resistance fighter, dies at 97

She and her comrades had worked together for months, blowing up bridges and derailing trains carrying German troops or munitions.

Sports

Chaim Bloom was hired as Red Sox chief baseball officer in 2019.

A day with Chaim Bloom, from an early morning run to running the Red Sox and everything in between

“He cares about this. You know, it means a lot to him and everybody here knows it,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora says of the team's chief baseball officer.

Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, and Jake DeBrusk celebrate DeBrusk's game-winner Thursday night in Seattle.

Bruins 6, Kraken 5

Jake DeBrusk’s late goal gives Bruins a thrilling victory over Kraken at Seattle

The win, their fifth in a row, improved the Bruins league-best record to 44-8-5 (93 points) and sent them off to Vancouver.

Dmitry Orlov is a hard-hitter, a shot-blocker, and, occasionally, a goal scorer.

Bruins notebook

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery: ‘We addressed a lot of things in one trade’

Montgomery cited depth and toughness as qualities of newcomers Garnet Hathaway and Dmitry Orlov.

Celtics 142, Pacers 138 (OT)

Jayson Tatum made a statement in a battle for a loose ball, and Celtics got the message to beat Pacers in overtime

BOYS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

After a shaky start, Weymouth found its character and identity in a stunning reversal of fortune: ‘There’s no quit’

Girls’ hockey roundup: Izzy Cusack’s hat trick powers third-ranked Canton in nonleague win over Natick

Business

Thomas H. Lee, Boston investment pioneer, dies at 78

Thomas H. Lee, a pioneer of leveraged buyouts who launched his investing career in Boston, has died, a family spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.

Ozy Media’s founder, Carlos Watson, arrested on fraud charges

Carlos Watson, the founder of the troubled digital startup Ozy Media, was arrested Thursday and charged with multiple counts of fraud, punctuating one of the more precipitous falls in the annals of online journalism.

Nine licenses issued for mobile sports betting

US revises down last quarter’s economic growth to 2.7 percent rate

magazine

Health & Biotech

From Alzheimer's to Lyme, 12 conditions Mass. biotechs are working on

Illustration of a female scientist wearing a white lab coat walking toward a double-helix.

Why are we more likely to call men ‘geniuses’?

I’m tired of hearing ‘I’ll get back to you’ from potential matches on dating apps

Hoisin-Ginger Noodles.

Use whatever pasta or noodles you have for these Asian-inspired recipes

metro

Rendering of the new Tri-Town Regional Water Treatment Plant.

Construction of tri-town water treatment plant in Braintree stalls

Some elite schools reject ‘best colleges’ rankings. Will others follow?

Boston warns of increase in overdoses due to cocaine contaminated with fentanyl

sports

The TechBoston girls' basketball team celebrates its Boston City League title after a players celebrate after a 66-52 victory over New Mission in the conference championship game on Thursday at Madison Park.

Freshman guard Javonah Coston leads TechBoston girls’ basketball to City League title over New Mission

Encore Boston Harbor illegally allowed sports bets on a women’s college basketball game again

Celtics forward Jaylen Brown returns vs. Pacers after missing four games because of facial fracture

business

State Representative Edward Coppinger, pictured here in 2014, will join the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council on March 1.

Another state lawmaker is joining powerful MassBio trade group

Medicare won’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug until it gets full FDA approval

Boston Globe Media, moving into TV, will launch weekday news show with NESN

politics

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken heads to Asia, with China, Russia tensions soaring

US sends home brothers held for nearly 20 years at Guantánamo Bay

Special counsel seeks to force Pence to testify before Jan. 6 grand jury

Nation

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks on Feb. 23, in Washington, about the investigation into the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Crew tried to stop Ohio train after alert on overheating wheel bearing, NTSB says

California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 22.

China calls for Russia-Ukraine cease-fire, peace talks

US commits $2 billion in drones, ammunition, aid to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledges push for victory on war anniversary

opinion

Ukrainian soldiers who were undergoing training at Bovington Camp, a British Army military base, waved a Ukrainian flag during a visit by Defense Secretary Ben Wallace (unseen), in southwest England, on Feb. 22.

Big powers underestimate the willpower of the colonized to resist

One year later

Bus error; please reboot

lifestyle

Did I make the same mistake all over again?

A hard truth for a lost tooth: Payouts from tooth fairy on the rise

With The Aurora Journal, one Brookline student wants to expand opportunities for emerging writers

food & dining

Torched salmon teriyaki and spicy tuna crispy nori sushi tacos at Mr. Roni Cups, a takeout stand inside the restaurant Bianca on The Street in Chestnut Hill.

Allston gets a new restaurant-gallery; Boston’s top female chefs unite for Women’s History Month

Three years and a pandemic later, these restaurants have reimagined themselves

Come to the Italian table. Gluten-free? No problem.

travel

A skier descends Grizzly, the course where the men's 2002 Olympic downhill competition was run, at the Snowbasin resort in Utah in 2020. Head north from Salt Lake City to visit Snowbasin and Powder Mountain, relatively undiscovered gems of the state's ski scene.

Skiing Snowbasin, the best ski area you’ve never heard of

Fat biking at Bretton Woods, winter art in Worcester, and TSA-friendly shoes

Lyft charged me $80 for damage to a car. But it wasn’t me!

Arts

Corey Wheeler Forrest poses with 900-lb trap anchors, stacked on a dock in Little Compton, R.I. A show of her photographs, "Fish & Forrest," is at the Mystic Seaport Museum.

Have camera, will fish

Galleries: A map based on touch and care

At the ICA, childhood lost in transition

Books

Climate change is upon us. Jake Bittle’s ‘The Great Displacement’ is an unsettling look at the personal and financial costs of ever-growing threats.

NSFW: Chaucer’s bawdy Wife of Bath gets a modern makeover in Zadie Smith’s ‘Wife of Willesden’

Paul Tremblay, author of novel turned into ‘Knock at the Cabin’ film, finds human connection in horror

Movies

From left: Isabella Russo as Joy, Jahi Winston as Kevin, and David Harbour as Ernest in the Netflix film "We Have a Ghost."

‘We Have a Ghost’: the unimportance of being Ernest

‘Cocaine Bear’: Some things, like gory mayhem, go better with coke

The Brattle Theatre introduces state-of-the-art sound system

Television

Lukita Maxwell and Harrison Ford in the Apple TV+ comedy series "Shrinking."

In ‘Shrinking,’ Harrison Ford is acting his age, and it’s a revelation

Apple TV+ hot streak ends with half-baked ‘Liaison’

Boston Globe Media, moving into TV, will launch weekday news show with NESN

music

Dreamers' Circus will perform a concert at NEC's Jordan Hall Friday.

Meet Dreamers’ Circus, Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite Nordic folk trio

Freedom isn’t just another word to Margo Price; it defines how she’s making music now

As winter lingers, Keith Lockhart looks ahead to the Boston Pops’ spring season

Theater/Dance

Sarah Fornace (left) and Sara Sawicki in Manual Cinema's "Frankenstein."

Ingenuity meets virtuosity in Manual Cinema’s ‘Frankenstein’

In a London pub, ‘The Wife of Willesden’ isn’t holding back

ART to present musical adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ in 2024

globe local

Rendering of the new Tri-Town Regional Water Treatment Plant.

Construction of tri-town water treatment plant in Braintree stalls

A pajama donation drive, St. Puptrick’s Day, and baby chefs

Guitar trio goes Bach from electric to classical

Obituaries

Ms. Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posed with a MP 40 submachine gun on Aug. 23, 1944, in France.

Simone Segouin, French Resistance fighter, dies at 97

Ahmed Qureia, top Palestinian negotiator with Israel, dies

Rick Newman, founder of Catch a Rising Star comedy club, dies at 81