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Evan Schwanfelder from the Egan Maritime and Michael Harrison of the Nantucket Historical Association.

Shipwreck fragments were found on Nantucket. Here’s what researchers learned.

Recently discovered shipwreck fragments on Nantucket have renewed interest in the island’s rich, though often tragic, seafaring past. “When you just say ‘shipwreck,’ people get very excited,” Evan Schwanfelder said.

MBTA says transformer malfunction caused power problems that snarled morning commute
The “power surge” on the MBTA’s subway system that stranded passengers on trains and platforms across Greater Boston during the Tuesday morning commute was caused by a transformer malfunction, the T said.

With most lights and elevator service out, passengers were greeted with an eerie scene at the Copley Square station, Tuesday, on the MBTA Green Line in Boston.

Frustrated passengers stuck on delayed trains during outage

The power snafu that interrupted T service during the morning commute Tuesday left legions of angry passengers stuck on trains.

Violet Slattery enjoyed the snow at El Parquesto De La Hermandad in Boston on Sunday.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

How much more snow?

Governor Maura Healey (right) and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll (back right) met with ice and snow removal crews at the MassDOT Highway Division in Weston to discuss storm logistics on Tuesday.

Maura Healey faces her first snowstorm as governor

Map: Snow totals in the Northeast

Original renderings of the D.C. banners.

Why ‘Massachusetts’ is misspelled on some new signs in Washington, D.C.

The error likely occurred during production of the banners, according to the group behind the new signs. Of course, typos are a touchy subject for state residents who seem to encounter no shortage misspelled municipalities.

Seth Kendall and his son Max, 12, plan to release a bevy of science experiments via high-altitude balloon this summer. They and other amateur balloonists are worried about the fate of such projects, after a month of tension involving objects floating in the skies.

Facing scrutiny like never before, New England’s amateur balloonists are feeling the pressure

After a series of high-profile incidents involving balloons, New England balloonists worry their airborne projects could face more scrutiny.

Supreme Court justices question Biden authority on student loan relief program

The high court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, heard arguments on Tuesday in two challenges to the plan, which has so far been blocked by Republican-appointed judges on lower courts.

Representative Ayanna Pressley spoke as student loan borrowers and advocates gathered for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief on Tuesday.

Student loan hearing: What you need to know

Women are much more likely to say no to cholesterol-lowering drugs, Boston researchers find

The new study found that women were about 50 percent more likely than men to refuse a doctor's recommendation to take statins.

Professor sues Babson College for discrimination
Lakshmi Balachandra, an associate professor of entrepreneurship, is suing because of alleged mistreatment and administrators’ failure to investigate her concerns.

Who will be guardians for legions of ‘unbefriended’ elders? A new initiative tries to address an urgent and growing problem in Mass.

Lawyers and advocates estimate there are at least 3,000 people in Massachusetts, mostly older adults, though some are younger with brain injuries, intellectual disabilities, or mental health problems, in need of a guardian.

Healey pitches sweeping tax relief package that could cost Mass. close to $1b annually

Governor Maura Healey's proposal hews closely to one her Republican predecessor, Charlie Baker, first pushed a year ago before it ultimately died in a Democrat-dominated Legislature.

From birth to death, here’s what Governor Healey’s tax plan could mean for you

Republicans are increasingly talking about ‘electability’ of their candidates ahead of 2024

Man and woman face arraignment on kidnapping charges in car theft ordeal in Lawrence; girl is safe

Lately, few players anywhere have been playing better than Derrick White.

A good problem to have: Can Joe Mazzulla navigate the depth of this Celtics bench?

Some nights, it might be Derrick White who needs to sub in for Marcus Smart. Or maybe Malcolm Brogdon. Will Mazzulla make the right calls in crunch time?

Gary Washburn: Jayson Tatum must slough off post-break slump

With the clock ticking, pitchers and batters can't dawdle the way they used to.

Putting baseball players on the clock is an idea whose time has come

A few days into spring training, the new rules designed to quicken the game's pace are looking like an inspired intervention.

Why did a mariachi band visit Red Sox spring training and serenade the players?

Nick Foligno gives the Bruins a 2-1 lead late in the first period when he beats Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner.

Bruins 3, Oilers 2

Connor McDavid was spectacular, but Bruins hold off Oilers to earn seventh straight victory

McDavid scored both Edmonton goals, but Boston's depth was the difference.

Opinion

Significant flooding occurred across Boston at high tide on Dec. 23, 2022.

Joan Fitzgerald, Julie Wormser, and Jonathan Lamontagne

Massachusetts needs a coastal adaptation agency

The state currently relies on a piecemeal approach, but cities and towns have limited ability to act effectively on their own. Most of their coastlines are privately owned and there are few options for raising funds locally to pay for costly flood control infrastructure.

Healey’s chance to go big on State Police reform

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fuzzy math from Boston Public Schools

Is Richard Neal’s cheerleading giving a free pass to the company building MBTA cars?

Jill Collen Jefferson and Charles Meire

Bill would create an apartheid system in Jackson, Miss.

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

Berklee student scores golden ticket at ‘American Idol’ audition
Alessandra Aguirre not only got to sing for judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan on Sunday night’s episode, she made it through to Hollywood Week — the competition’s next phase.

Innovation economy

Did computers get dumped in a pond at Digital Equipment’s Maynard complex?
It depends on who’s telling the story of how engineers used to deal with setbacks at New England’s biggest tech employer of all time.

Broncos coach Sean Payton still might hire Matt Patricia
Payton chose Vance Joseph to be Denver’s defensive coordinator last week, but said Tuesday he plans to chat with Patricia this week about a potential coaching role.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Seth Magaziner’s rise is coming faster than anyone thought
The novice congressman will soon find himself as the senior member of Rhode Island's House delegation.

Woman shot while sitting in vehicle parked in Brockton

A woman was shot Monday while sitting in a parked vehicle in Brockton, police said

Dorchester man dead after Tesla involved in wrong-way crash in Washington, D.C.

Shortly before 8 a.m. on Feb. 21, Mohammed Islam was driving a 2019 Tesla Model 3 with four passengers headed southbound in the left lane on Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, when he crossed over the solid double yellow lines into oncoming traffic, officials said.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Two students walk the hallway in East Boston High School, which has greatly improved on a variety of metrics over the last few years, including its retention rates, MCAS results, and attendance.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fuzzy math from Boston Public Schools

An 1884 photograph of Causeway Street in Boston.

What can we learn from a new history of Boston’s transit systems?

Don’t drag Boston backward with rent control

Peter Dreier and Don Gillis

Mayor Wu’s rent control proposal is pro-business

How to repair and rebuild a cracked foundation for housing justice

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

Recipe: This beautiful clementine tart will brighten any dreary day

This recipe is for Clementine Tart from the food section of The Boston Globe.

Could chocolate get any better? Try adding upcycled pressed chardonnay grapes

The Vine to Bar bars have 65 percent cacao and are available in four types: dark chocolate; almonds and pink Himalayan salt; chardonnay smoked salt and cocoa nibs; and tart cherry and cocoa nibs.

MBTA says transformer malfunction caused power problems that snarled morning commute

The “power surge” on the MBTA’s subway system that stranded passengers on trains and platforms across Greater Boston during the Tuesday morning commute was caused by a transformer malfunction, the T said.

Bob Richards, 97, pole-vaulting star who landed on Wheaties box, dies

An ordained minister nicknamed the Vaulting Vicar, he won Olympic gold medals in 1952 at Helsinki and in 1956 at Melbourne, Australia.

Sports

Bob Richards is shown during a training session in 1952, the year he won his first Olympic gold in pole vaulting.

Bob Richards, the Vaulting Vicar who won two Olympic gold medals in pole vault, dies at 97

Richards, a versatile athlete and an ordained minister, won gold in the 1952 and'56 Games, as well as a bronze in 1948.

Matt Patricia's future in New England is uncertain.

Broncos coach Sean Payton still might hire Matt Patricia

Payton chose Vance Joseph to be Denver’s defensive coordinator last week, but said Tuesday he plans to chat with Patricia this week about a potential coaching role.

Lately, few players anywhere have been playing better than Derrick White.

A good problem to have: Can Joe Mazzulla navigate the depth of this Celtics bench?

Some nights, it might be Derrick White who needs to sub in for Marcus Smart. Or maybe Malcolm Brogdon. Will Mazzulla make the right calls in crunch time?

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Why did a mariachi band visit Red Sox spring training and serenade the players?

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Surging Knicks prove they’re no slouch, while Celtics’ Jayson Tatum must slough off post-break slump

Bruins 3, Oilers 2

Connor McDavid was spectacular, but Bruins hold off Oilers to earn seventh straight victory

Business

Supreme Court student loan hearing: What you need to know

The Supreme Court will have the ultimate say on whether President Biden can wipe out student loan debt, fulfilling a campaign pledge he made in 2020.

Cutting ties with West could cost Adidas dearly

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Chef launches products for distance runners and triathletes out of his Fenway food lab

2023 US recession now expected to start later than predicted

magazine

The writer (left) with his father, Dr. Lionel Zheutlin, and brother, Mike, circa 1958.

When cancer forced my pediatrician dad to close his practice, hundreds of letters followed

Utopia Seaport Festival will be at the Flynn Cruiseport Terminal in South Boston from Thursday to Sunday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Feb. 27-March 5

“It’s a misconception that you need pretty books to have a nice library,” says designer Amy Mitchell.

Design inspiration: Thumbed-through paperbacks make for a nice home library

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.’

metro

Children sledded on a hill overlooking Narragansett Bay in Warwick, R.I., last winter.

❄️ Rhode Island’s best sledding spots

Frustrated passengers stuck on delayed trains during outage

How much more snow?

sports

LaMelo Ball fractured his ankle against the Pistons on Monday.

LaMelo Ball breaks ankle, latest setback in rough season

Lakers bracing for LeBron James to miss multiple weeks

Streaky Celtics go ice-cold from deep, let frustrations boil over as Jayson Tatum is ejected in loss to the Knicks

business

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday it would no longer work with the cartoonist.

‘Dilbert,’ Scott Adams lose distributor over racist remarks

Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox commentators ‘endorsed’ Trump’s 2020 election lie

TD Bank to pay $1.2 billion to end suit tied to Ponzi scheme

politics

Representative Ayanna Pressley spoke as student loan borrowers and advocates gathered for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief on Tuesday.

Supreme Court justices question Biden authority on student loan relief program

Justice Jackson writes first Supreme Court majority opinion

Biden sketching dire picture of GOP desire to cut spending

Nation

The end of California’s order will have little to no effect on most people as Governor Gavin Newsom has already lifted most of the state’s restrictions, like those that required masks, closed beaches, and forced many businesses to close.

Final state emergencies winding down three years into pandemic

Official held in Vegas reporter killing aims to drop lawyer

GOP donors in New York await a parade of presidential hopefuls

World

Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China purging ‘Western erroneous views’ from legal education

To heal Brexit wound, UK and EU strike a Northern Ireland trade deal

Biden deploys high-powered aides, plus more aid, to bolster Ukraine

opinion

Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Ibram X. Kendi.

Unbound: What kids pick up about race

Unbound: Race matters: Why we need to know more, not less

Unbound: Introducing the Justice Dictionary

lifestyle

Original renderings of the D.C. banners.

Why ‘Massachusetts’ is misspelled on some new signs in Washington, D.C.

He doesn’t have time for me

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

food & dining

George Panagopoulos of Dedham House of Pizza

Dedham House of Pizza’s George Panagopoulos won’t serve peanut-butter-and-jelly pies

Could chocolate get any better? Try adding upcycled pressed chardonnay grapes

Recipe: This beautiful clementine tart will brighten any dreary day

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

Isabelle Higgins, “October 1, 2021,” 2023. The oil on canvas is part of the exhibition "Between You and Me" at LaMontagne Gallery, Boston.

‘Between You and Me’ is a portrait of two portraitists

James Hills assembled a gospel choir for Embrace Boston. Now he hopes to keep it going.

Have camera, will fish

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

Mr. Pinsent, shown in 2016, had a career that spanned from radio shows to major motion pictures.

Gordon Pinsent, award-winning Canadian actor, dies at 92

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

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

Television

Berklee College of Music student Alessandra Aguirre auditioned for "American Idol" and earned a golden ticket to Los Angeles.

Berklee student scores golden ticket at ‘American Idol’ audition

This week’s TV: Chris Rock live, a Fleetwood Mac-like saga, and down with the ‘Succession’-verse

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

music

Soprano Kristine Opolais, seen here performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2019, will sing the title role in the BSO's concert performances of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" in the 2023-24 season.

With a Tania León commission and ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,’ Boston Symphony Orchestra teases 2023-24 season

Berklee student scores golden ticket at ‘American Idol’ audition

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon reckons with loss by embracing life

Theater/Dance

Regan Sims (foreground) rehearses a scene from “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” with Patrese D. McLain at the Calderwood Pavilion.

In playwright Lenelle Moïse’s ‘K-I-S-S-I-N-G,’ a portrait of the artist as a young woman

In ‘Alma,’ an uncertain future for mother and daughter caught in political cross fire

Comedy star Theo Von and his mullet are coming to town

globe local

The crumbling concrete staircase at the Milton Station on Adams Street.

Milton asks governor to stop demolition of stairs at MBTA station

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

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

Obituaries

Mr. Richards, at an Olympic training session in Helsinki in 1952.

Bob Richards, 97, pole-vaulting star who landed on Wheaties box, dies

Gordon Pinsent, award-winning Canadian actor, dies at 92

Terry Holland, who transformed Virginia basketball, dies