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THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS bus failures violated rights of special education students, state finds

In a Friday letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper, state officials said the district's dysfunctional transportation system put an undue burden on families.

Report finds BPS data is inaccurate and incomplete, with wide-ranging consequences

Forecast | Dave Epstein

New England is set for a wintery weekend, with a bigger storm possibly on the horizon
Saturday and Sunday both could include a bit of snow for pockets of New England and temperatures should stay especially chilly on Saturday.

Wind advisory in effect for much of Mass. and R.I. as strong gusts threaten trees covered with ice

John Olver, longtime US representative in Western Massachusetts, dies at 86
"Compassion still has a place in government," Olver said the night he was elected a US representative.

Navy SEAL, who grew up in Cohasset, dies in parachute training exercise in Arizona

Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael T. Ernst was participating in a parachute training exercise at an airfield in Marana, northwest of Tucson, according to the Unites States Naval Institute. He was 36, a father of two young children, and a graduate of Thayer Academy in Braintree.

When a loved one contracts Pickleball Derangement Syndrome

It’s one thing to read that nearly 5 million people played pickleball last year. It’s another to watch a loved one flying to pickleball camp, eyeing a $145 pickleball dress, playing through the pain of pickleball elbow.

A school of baitfish swam off the coast of Biddeford, Maine, in this Sept. 3, 2018, photo. Research shows that growth rates of phytoplankton, the primary food source of small fish and crustaceans, is slowing down in the Gulf of Maine, posing challenges for the rest of the ecosystem.

Gulf of Maine sees second-hottest year on record, report shows, ‘getting to the edge of habitability’

The acceleration in warming could bring mass mortality events for marine species, threaten New England’s food supply, and contribute to rising sea levels, experts warned.

Martha’s Vineyard home teetering on bluff’s edge will soon be demolished, official says
The owners had for years seen erosion encroach upon their Chappaquiddick home, which is located at the western edge of the Wasque Reservation. Over time, the shoreline crept ever closer, imperiling the shingled structure.

T unveils new slow zone dashboard providing never-before-seen look at subway condition
When riders feel their train slow down, they’ll be able to check the T’s website to make sure the agency knows about the speed restriction and see why it’s there.

Tell us: Do you think this will help improve T performance? Federal transportation inspector general launches audit of CRRC contract with Philadelphia

Downtown crossing morning rush hour with passengers exiting the train.

Short on dispatchers, operators and trains, MBTA says subway service cuts continue

Eight months after federal inspectors slammed the MBTA for not having enough dispatchers to safely operate its schedule, the agency says not only is it short on dispatchers, but operators and trains, too, extending the service cuts put forth last summer.

Derrick Young Jr. and Jonathan Allen, husbands and co-founders of Leadership Brainery.

The Black history I carry with me is love: Jonathan Allen and Derrick Young Jr.

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

The Black history I carry with me is love: Hank Willis Thomas

Television anchor Don Lemon, 56.

Forget CNN’s ‘formal training.’ Don Lemon needs to be schooled by a bunch of women in their 50s.

On Thursday, the CNN host said that a woman is only “considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.” By Wednesday — a couple of apologies later — he was back on the air.

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics have some unfinished business after last season's loss in the Finals.

dan shaughnessy

It’s time for Jayson Tatum to focus on the prize that really matters, and other thoughts

All-Star MVP awards are fine, but Tatum needs to show us that the team comes first and that he can succeed on the biggest stage, the Finals.

Now that the Celtics are basically at full strength, what does that mean for Derrick White’s minutes?

Opinion

A vigil was held outside of the East Boston police station on Jan. 24, for Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, who has been missing since November.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Still no answers three months after Reina Carolina Morales Rojas went missing

Imagine that three months have passed since your sister’s disappearance and law enforcement officials involved in the investigation have told you very little about how the case is going.

Jimmy Carter’s exemplary life

The East Palestine disaster was a direct result of the country’s reliance on fossil fuels and plastic

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.

High Med. Low

Select a county:

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

‘Our voices matter.’ College students rally near Boston Common for stricter gun laws, honor victims of Michigan State shooting
Holding signs that said “Students Demand Action," a small group of demonstrators rallied Friday afternoon on Boston Common to press for tougher gun laws, and honor the victims of a recent mass shooting.

Police identify man fatally shot in Dorchester

Mario G. Santos, 21, was found dead at the scene of a double shooting Tuesday evening on Wilrose Street, police said.

Police seek help to identify suspect in armed robberies at convenience stores in Hyde Park
Police released a surveillance photo of a male suspect wearing a hooded a hooded sweatshirt and a face covering.

Snow, rain slam California as Michigan suffers without power
Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the West on Friday in the nation’s latest winter storm, while thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures through extended power outages wrought by one of the worst ice storms in decades.

Swastika graffiti provokes neighborly outpouring of love and support in Portsmouth, N.H.

The targets included a synagogue, minority-owned businesses, and storefronts with rainbow flags, and victims say the vandalism conveyed anti-Jewish, anti-Black, and anti-LGBTQ sentiments. But the city refuses to tolerate such hatred.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Madison did giggle nervously at my stupid jokes. I take that as a courtesy, though.’
Will a fondness for the Pine Tree State bond these daters?

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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Paraprofessional Amy Morin makes less than half the average teacher’s salary in Lexington.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

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

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

Discussion: Share your thoughts on paraprofessional pay

CONNECTIONS

When cancer forced my pediatrician dad to close his practice, hundreds of letters followed
Patients sent letters, drawings, even lollipops. He was a good doctor who gave more than diagnoses.

Stan Grossfeld

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

The outside of the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, which has a new sound system inside.

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

SZA (pictured in September 2022) performs at TD Garden Feb. 28.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

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Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Apartments in Brockton.

Gateway City mayors and managers

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

Benjamin Zander conducted the Boston Philharmonic during a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Calderwood Studio at WGBH on Feb. 16.

IDEAS | MICHAEL LEVIN

Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended

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

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Navy SEAL, who grew up in Cohasset, dies in parachute training exercise in Arizona

Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael T. Ernst was participating in a parachute training exercise at an airfield in Marana, northwest of Tucson, according to the Unites States Naval Institute. He was 36, a father of two young children, and a graduate of Thayer Academy in Braintree.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS bus failures violated rights of special education students, state finds

In a Friday letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper, state officials said the district's dysfunctional transportation system put an undue burden on families.

Police seek help to identify suspect in armed robberies at convenience stores in Hyde Park

Police released a surveillance photo of a male suspect wearing a hooded a hooded sweatshirt and a face covering.

Gulf of Maine sees second-hottest year on record, report shows, ‘getting to the edge of habitability’

The acceleration in warming could bring mass mortality events for marine species, threaten New England’s food supply, and contribute to rising sea levels, experts warned.

Sports

Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo had to leave his second straight game with the Bucks due to injury Friday.

In his return from a wrist injury, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo injured his knee in the first quarter against the Heat

The Bucks called a timeout with 1:13 left in the first quarter to allow Antetokounmpo to leave the game and head to the locker room.

The Metropolitan Riveters poured it on in the second period with a trio of goals.

PREMIER HOCKEY FEDERATION | RIVETERS 6, PRIDE 2

Metropolitan Riveters drill Boston Pride, snapping four-game winning streak

A three-goal second period put the Riveters (7-13-0) in front for good as the Pride (17-3-1) lost in regulation for the first time since Dec. 18.

New Bruin Dmitry Orlov has averaged a beefy 22:43 in ice time this season with Washington.

Bruins notebook

Garnet Hathaway and Dmitry Orlov did not make it to Friday’s workout but are expected to play Saturday against the Canucks

Perhaps the bigger issue will be how coach Jim Montgomery chooses to use them in the lineup.

red sox spring training report

Friday’s Red Sox spring training report: Swinging into action vs. Northeastern

High school wrestling notebook

Refusing to let a cancer diagnosis pin him down, Chelmsford’s Nik Sperounis cheers on his teammates

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Masataka Yoshida makes powerful Red Sox debut with big swings in exhibition opener

Business

Thomas Lee’s death ruled a suicide by gunshot

The grief spread rapidly among those on Wall Street who knew him best.

Cosori recalls 2 million air fryers after reports of fire and burn risk

The US Consumer Product Safety and Commission said it had received 205 reports of the air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating, or smoking.

Forget CNN’s ‘formal training.’ Don Lemon needs to be schooled by a bunch of women in their 50s.

Smart cookies: Girl Scouts partners with local nonprofit on financial literacy

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Health & Biotech

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

Dr. Anthony Fauci retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of 2022.

Why Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently retired, will never retire

This week's daters: Madison and Lee

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Madison did giggle nervously at my stupid jokes. I take that as a courtesy, though.’

My friend asks for advice then ignores it

metro

A Billerica resident cleaned up with a snow blower on Thursday.

New England is set for a wintery weekend, with a bigger storm possibly on the horizon

‘Our voices matter.’ College students rally near Boston Common for stricter gun laws, honor victims of Michigan State shooting

Federal DOT inspector general launches audit of CRRC contract with Philadelphia

sports

Honda Classic leader Justin Suh blasts out of a bunker on the 16th hole in the second round.

Justin Suh leads Honda Classic by one as Chris Kirk fires 8-under 62 to climb into second

Manny Machado draws first pitch clock violation in first inning of Padres’ first Cactus League game

The NCAA has meted its first penalty for an NIL violation, and it went to Miami women’s basketball

business

Pedestrians in Manhattan on Jan. 30, 2023. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that it is illegal for companies to offer severance agreements that prohibit workers from making potentially disparaging statements.

Labor board curbs gag rules in severance agreements

Key US inflation measure surges at fastest rate since June

Gina Raimondo ❤️ chips

politics

Adderall XR 15 mg capsules are displayed on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs

US announces sweeping new Russia sanctions 1 year into war

In push to counter misinformation, R.I. to launch public conversations to foster media literacy

Nation

A sign warns drivers from entering westbound on an eastbound exit ramp from the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston.

States seek ways to curb deadly highway wrong-way crashes

Toxic air pollutants in East Palestine could pose long-term risks, researchers say

IRS tech is so ‘archaic’ the agency struggles to find people to work it

World

The Eiffel Tower was illuminated with the colors of Ukraine to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country, in Paris, Thursday.

As Ukraine marks year of war, leader vows to secure victory

Shattered homes and lurking disease: Quake hardships pile up

Protests in Russia denounce Ukraine invasion; antiwar rallies held worldwide

opinion

The despot’s gambit

Kevin McCarthy lets a rabid Foxer into the hen House

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

lifestyle

From 150 to 300 people come to every Sustainable Swaps event, according to founder Mireya Zellner.

Clothing swaps build community and bring sustainable fashion to Greater Boston

‘Disney Animation: Immersive Experience’ opens in Boston

My ex and I are living separately in the same house

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

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

I’d heard Pittsfield was experiencing a rebirth. So I went and saw for myself.

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

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo actor Matthew McConaughey attends A+E Network's "HISTORYTalks: Leadership and Legacy" in New York. McConaughey is generating buzz as a potential candidate for governor of Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

Publisher to release ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash

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.

Movies

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo actor Matthew McConaughey attends A+E Network's "HISTORYTalks: Leadership and Legacy" in New York. McConaughey is generating buzz as a potential candidate for governor of Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

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

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

Television

Television anchor Don Lemon, 56.

Forget CNN’s ‘formal training.’ Don Lemon needs to be schooled by a bunch of women in their 50s.

Bellingham author and illustrator works with Matthew McConaughey on new children’s book

New season of ‘Succession’ will be its last, and that’s the right call

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

A German shepherd monument looks over the Hillside Acre Animal Cemetery in Methuen.

Where all dogs (and cats, rabbits, and birds) go to heaven

Viewpoint: If the state adopts tax relief, what form should it take?

Five candidates are vying to serve as Salem’s next mayor

Obituaries

Representative John Olver gestured to the audience as other members of the state's congressional delegation applauded during a tribute to Olver at the Democratic State Convention in 2012.

John Olver, longtime US representative in Western Massachusetts, dies at 86

Glória Maria, who broke barriers in Brazilian television, dies at 73

John Macrae III, eclectic publisher and rights champion, dies at 91