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Pedestrians crossed the intersection of Harvard Avenue and Brighton Avenue in Allston.

Boston’s residential neighborhoods are thriving, while downtown struggles

While the Financial District and Downtown Crossing trudge through the pandemic recovery, farther-flung corners of Boston are alive with activity that rivals the Before Times.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Snow is expected on Tuesday, and it may be the biggest storm of the season for some people
Central Mass. may see up to 6 inches of snow, with less nearer the coast. The storm won't be a blockbuster, but the plows will be called out, and it likely will be the largest snowfall of the winter season in some places.

A high-stakes divorce battle over control of iconic Boston real estate — and a really expensive collection of duck decoys
The divorce was going smoothly, as divorces go, but then came the revelations about the duck decoys.

Stephanie Hsu, center, and members of the cast of "Everything Everywhere All at Once," accept the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 26, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards

The SAG Awards, often an Oscar preview, threw some curve balls into the Oscars race in a ceremony streamed lived on Netflix's YouTube page from Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Independent bookstores in the Boston area are seeing a veritable boom, with four new shops sprouting up in the Boston area since 2020, along with a flurry of outposts and several projects in the pipeline.

Where did all these bookstores come from?

Independent bookstores are seeing a veritable boom, with four new shops sprouting up in the Boston area since 2020, along with a flurry of outposts and several projects in the pipeline.

Several thorny political corruption cases await new Attorney General Andrea Campbell

Andrea Campbell is painting a new vision for her first term.

chesto means business

Fort Point Channel floodgate idea advances, but how to pay for it?
A new report makes the case that the storm barrier could prevent billions of dollars in property damage if a catastrophic storm hits Boston when the tide is perilously high.

Once hailed as the antidote, bodycams now considered a baseline for police accountability

Three years after widespread demands for body cameras across the state, implementation by local police departments continues to inch along.

John Kerry plans to stay in special climate envoy role at least through late this year

The former Massachusetts senator tells The Boston Globe he sees too much to do — and insisted there is too much to possibly achieve — to quit just yet.

A year later, city office for Black men and boys laying foundation for their future
During its first year, the Office of Black Male Advancement has prioritized “laying the foundation” for its future operations. The office awarded $100,000 in grants to 25 local organizations focused on providing support and programming positive outcomes for the city’s Black men and boys.

City officials press Wu, police for information on investigation into East Boston woman’s disappearance

The Boston Fire Department reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. that there was a fire at 41 Quincy St. that had extended to 43 and 45 Quincy St.

Firefighter injured, 15 displaced after Dorchester blaze

Two-alarm fire in South End displaces 15

Linus Ullmark's goalie goal was followed by a glove-bumping skate-by at the Bruins bench.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Linus Ullmark, no longer content to just stop the puck, adds goal scoring to game for Bruins

Ullmark adding scoring to his goalie game could be enough for David Pastrnak, on target as a soon-to-be free agent to sign the richest deal in franchise history, to scribble on the dotted line before his stock plummets.

Justin Turner wasted no time making his first in-game cuts with the Red Sox on Sunday, going 0 for 2 on just three pitches against the Rays.

Learning the ins and outs of striking a leadership balance with Justin Turner

Baseball has been good to the 38-year-old, the onetime Mets castoff who turned a surprising non-tender into an improbable, impressive rise to World Series champion with the Dodgers.

Alex Cora not racing to put Masataka Yoshida in Red Sox leadoff spot

Al Horford shook off an 0 for 4 start in Philadelphia to drill a trio of 3-pointers in a 64-second stretch of the third quarter.

CELTICS 110, 76ERS 107

Eight observations left over from Philadelphia, where the Celtics scored a wild win over the 76ers

Al Horford had one of his finest moments of this season in a hostile environment and against his former team.

Opinion

Governor Maura Healey smiled during inauguration ceremonies in the House Chamber at the State House on Jan. 5 in Boston.

Tax breaks, reforms can reshape Massachusetts

Governor Healey’s proposals will be key to a post-pandemic recovery.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

In war-torn Ukraine, orphanages on the brink

Letting Tucker Carlson review the Jan. 6 security video is the opposite of transparency

2014 law should be a boon, but DDS leaves families struggling

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, right, greeted honoree Lillian O’Neal during the Black Veterans Appreciation Brunch in Boston on Saturday.

Black veterans close out Black History Month with appreciation brunch in Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu and the city's Office of Veterans' Services presented awards to honor three Black veterans for their years of continued service to the Boston community.

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

‘Stand with Ukraine’ rally marks one year since Russia’s invasion
"Ukraine needs help to stop the massacres, to stop the atrocities and war crimes," said Anton Khlebas, cofounder of the Ukrainian Cultural Center of New England.

John Reed, teacher and ‘guiding force for unity’ on Cape Cod, dies at 72
"John taught people to walk with dignity," said Jeanne Morrison, who chairs the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission.

APPRECIATION

‘A humble and generous mentor and a friend’ — Hall of Fame football coach and athletic director Jim O’Connor remembered by friends and family
“Massachusetts has lost a great champion for athletics,” said former Xaverian football coach and athletic director Charlie Stevenson.

Family of Boston Marathon dog Spencer says they’ve lost second golden retriever, also to cancer
“She took it very hard when we lost Spencer; they were very bonded,” Richard Powers said of his golden retriever, Penny. “Saturday morning we noticed there was something more going on than just grief.”

TRAVEL

I’d heard Pittsfield was experiencing a rebirth. So I went and saw for myself.
I'd spent a lot of time there as a kid. I was happy to go back with my own kids and find there's plenty to see, eat, drink, and do.

China’s red-hot online store, Temu, plants its flag in Boston
The retail app — which sells a vast selection of clothing, electronic gadgets, tools, and more at remarkably low prices — chose Boston as its US outpost partly because of the supply of high-tech talent.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
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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Jasper Hoitsma, chef and director of teams with the Clover Food Lab, works with a Commercial Pitco Electric Deep Fryer at the Clover Food Lab inside the Prudential Center.

Does the restaurant kitchen of the future run on electricity?

Chefs have mixed feelings about giving up gas, but ultimately they may not have a choice.

Ed Markey helped make Elon Musk. Now, Markey is working to slow him down.
Musk has benefited from Markey’s environmental foresight. And Musk, in turn, has helped Markey realize some of his dreams as an elected official.

‘A housing market for almost no one’: Rising prices and interest rates have made home buying feel impossible
Two-plus years of seismic shifts in Boston’s housing market knocked the prospect of buying out of reach for tens of thousands more families here.

‘It’s flooding an already completely congested market.’ Nursing home closures in Western Mass. leave families and hospitals scrambling.
The abrupt announcement of four nursing homes closing in Western Massachusetts underscores the precarious condition of the state’s overwhelmed health care system.

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Culture & Lifestyle

“Disney Animation: Immersive Experience" runs through July 4 at Lighthouse ArtSpace Boston at the Saunders Castle at Park Plaza.

‘Disney Animation: Immersive Experience’ opens in Boston

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

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

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

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

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

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

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has defended giving Fox News host Tucker Carlson security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Kevin McCarthy lets a rabid Foxer into the hen House

Smoke rose from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4.

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

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

City officials press Wu, police for information on investigation into East Boston woman’s disappearance

Reina Carolina Morales Rojas, a mother of two who came to the United States from El Salvador last year, was last seen Nov. 26 getting into a van on Bennington Street in East Boston, where she lived, and being dropped off in Somerville, authorities have said. Boston police first notified the public of Rojas’s disappearance on Jan. 12.

Tom Luddy, a behind-the-scenes force in cinema, dies at 79

The film archivist and movie producer was also a founder of the Telluride Film Festival.

Family of Boston Marathon dog Spencer says they’ve lost second golden retriever, also to cancer

“She took it very hard when we lost Spencer; they were very bonded,” Richard Powers said of his golden retriever, Penny. “Saturday morning we noticed there was something more going on than just grief.”

Firefighter injured, 15 displaced after Dorchester blaze

The Boston Fire Department reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. that there was a fire at 41 Quincy St. that had extended to 43 and 45 Quincy St.

Sports

Damian Lillard's Trail Blazers' teammates celebrated with him after a win over the Rockets in which he scored 71 points on 22-for-38 shooting (13 3-pointers).

Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard goes for 71 points in a win over the Rockets

Lillard tied Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell for the most points in a game this season. His 13 3-pointers were one shy of the NBA record set by the Warriors' Klay Thompson in 2018.

John Hunter Nemechek reclaimed the lead shortly after a restart with 12 laps to go.

John Hunter Nemechek wins delayed NASCAR Xfinity race at Fontana

Nemechek held off Sam Mayer and earned his third career Xfinity Series victory.

South Carolina's Aliyah Boston celebrated with the SEC regular-season trophy after another dominating performance.

no. 1 south carolina 73, georgia 63

No. 1 South Carolina women’s basketball caps undefeated regular season with SEC title

Aliyah Boston had her 78th career double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds for the Gamecocks, who haven't lost since last year's SEC tournament.

Hawks turn coaching reins over to Quin Snyder as team battles for playoff spot

RUGBY | LEGION 29, FREE JACKS 12

Free Jacks try but fall to Legion in San Diego in Major League Rugby

MIAA BOYS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Sizing up the Massachusetts boys’ basketball tournament, Divisions 1-5

Business

Business economists push back US recession forecasts, survey shows

A majority of the nation’s business economists expect a US recession to begin later this year than they had previously forecast, after a series of reports have pointed to a surprisingly resilient economy despite steadily higher interest rates.

Boston’s residential neighborhoods are thriving, while downtown struggles

While the Financial District and Downtown Crossing trudge through the pandemic recovery, farther-flung corners of Boston are alive with activity that rivals the Before Times.

China’s red-hot online store, Temu, plants its flag in Boston

chesto means business

Fort Point Channel floodgate idea advances, but how to pay for it?

magazine

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 crowd gathered with signs in support of Ukraine during a Stand with Ukraine rally in Copley Square in Boston on Sunday.

‘Stand with Ukraine’ rally marks one year since Russia’s invasion

Cambridge crash injures two drivers, causes minor damage to buildings

Once hailed as the antidote, bodycams now considered a baseline for police accountability

sports

The win at Fontana was Kyle Busch's first on an asphalt track since Pocono in 2021.

Kyle Busch claims first victory as a driver for Richard Childress Racing in Fontana’s farewell

Chris Kirk, an endearing story of perseverance, wins the PGA Honda Classic in a playoff

Analyzing the Massachusetts girls’ basketball tournament, Divisions 1-5

business

Independent bookstores in the Boston area are seeing a veritable boom, with four new shops sprouting up in the Boston area since 2020, along with a flurry of outposts and several projects in the pipeline.

Where did all these bookstores come from?

Why do AI chatbots tell lies and act weird? Look in the mirror.

US sees China in ‘awkward’ international position over Ukraine

politics

“There’s sufficient unfinished business that I felt it would be inappropriate to walk away from that at this point in time,” John Kerry said.

John Kerry plans to stay in special climate envoy role at least through late this year

Student loan case before Supreme Court poses pressing question: Who can sue?

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program

Nation

Palm trees swayed in front of the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains on Sunday following a powerful winter storm in Los Angeles, California. And for some in the midwest, residents faced a fourth-straight day in the dark as crews continued working to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit metropolitan area.

Michigan power line work continues, California gets breather

‘Powder keg’ for 9/11: 1993 trade center bombing remembered

Northern border immigrant death highlights crossing spike

World

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed open pit coal mine in Alxa Banner in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Feb. 24.

Five die in SW China mine as hope fades for 47 trapped in north

Across the globe, the Russian diaspora finds ways to protest Putin’s war

In Ukraine war, talking about peace is a fight of its own

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

Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended

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

lifestyle

Danielle Balocca cohosts the "Medford Bytes" podcast with Chelli Keshavan, and she will be teaching children about podcasting at the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library.

Medford students learn the power of podcasts

Stressed about tax season? 7 money podcasts for commiserating, consolidating, and planning for the future

Clothing swaps build community and bring sustainable fashion to Greater Boston

food & dining

Jasper Hoitsma, chef and director of teams with the Clover Food Lab, works with a Commercial Pitco Electric Deep Fryer at the Clover Food Lab inside the Prudential Center.

Does the restaurant kitchen of the future run on electricity?

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

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

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

The team from the movie "Mishima" posed in front of the Palais de Festival in Cannes, France, in 1985. From left: actor Kenji Sawada, director Paul Schrader, actor Ken Ogata, and Mr. Luddy.

Tom Luddy, a behind-the-scenes force in cinema, dies at 79

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

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

Television

Actor Woody Harrelson poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,' as part of the closing gala of the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 15, 2017.

On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Woody Harrelson muses about marijuana and vaccine mandates in opening monologue

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

music

Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra reminded a sold-out crowd at Symphony Hall Friday that Beethoven was a revolutionary.

Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic do it Beethoven’s way at Symphony Hall

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

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

The team from the movie "Mishima" posed in front of the Palais de Festival in Cannes, France, in 1985. From left: actor Kenji Sawada, director Paul Schrader, actor Ken Ogata, and Mr. Luddy.

Tom Luddy, a behind-the-scenes force in cinema, dies at 79

John Reed, teacher and ‘guiding force for unity’ on Cape Cod, dies at 72

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101