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You call that a snowstorm? Here’s what’s happening to winter snowfall in Boston.

New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet and as a result, the region is more often seeing rain instead of snow, according to federal data. And when snow does fall, it’s less likely to stick.

shirley leung
Former state labor secretary reflects on the pandemic payouts: ‘A bit like Hunger Games.’
A year ago, Rosalin Acosta and her staff were faced with the unthinkable task of collecting more than $4 billion in pandemic-era unemployment benefits from people who had received errant checks.

FAA investigating close call at Logan Airport; JetBlue pilot takes evasive action to avoid collision with Learjet

“According to a preliminary review, the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance while JetBlue Flight 206 was preparing to land on an intersecting runway,” the FAA said.
ben volin | on football

49ers appear to leave the door wide open for Tom Brady, and other buzz from the NFL Combine

Brady is what the 49ers need to take advantage of their shrinking Super Bowl window. And let’s see how he feels when he’s missing training camp and his boyhood team comes calling.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS defies federal court order for English learners, civil rights group says

Boston Public Schools recently stopped complying with a decades-old federal court order related to how it supports English language learners, refusing to allow a designated monitor to review the district’s finances.

Six years after pay raise law, many top Mass. officials rank as highest paid in the country

If not for some Massachusetts officials forgoing raises in past years, the pay of all six of the statewide constitutional officers would rank number one among their elected counterparts nationwide, according to a Globe analysis.

Teen on moped killed in Dedham crash; collided with dump truck

The fatal crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. in the area of 21 Washington St., according to a statement from Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office.

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.

A new hurdle for Wu’s BPDA revamp: The City Council

Mayor Wu wants to overhaul the Boston Planning & Development Agency but the City Council has questions.

Conservative Supreme Court justices question President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

In arguments on Tuesday stretching well beyond the allotted two hours, Chief Justice John Roberts led his conservative colleagues in questioning the administration’s authority to broadly cancel federal student loans because of the COVID-19 emergency.
Student loan hearing: What you need to know Warren, Pressley call on Supreme Court to uphold loan forgiveness program

MBTA says transformer malfunction caused power problems that snarled morning commute

Death of former New Hampshire resident in Virgin Islands under investigation
DINING OUT | DEVRA FIRST

Redefining Irish pub fare at the Dubliner

Chef Aidan Mc Gee serves gorgeous Sunday roasts and some of the city’s best fish and chips.
Dedham House of Pizza’s George Panagopoulos won’t serve peanut-butter-and-jelly pies

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.
christopher l. gasper

Baseball’s pitch clock isn’t keeping perfect time — it needs a little adjustment

We're all in favor of the clock picking up the pace of play, but it really shouldn't be dictating the outcome of a game.
Tara Sullivan: Putting baseball players on the clock is an idea whose time has come
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Ben Affleck and white liberals’ discomfort with Black history

It’s not just conservatives who would rather hide truths about racism that make them squirm.
SCOT LEHIGH

Civic honor is in short supply in America
Joan Fitzgerald, Julie Wormser, and Jonathan Lamontagne

Massachusetts needs a coastal adaptation agency
JOAN VENNOCHI

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

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.
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Bald eagle found on ground at cemetery in Arlington suspected of being poisoned
The bird, known as “MK,” is believed to have been poisoned by eating a rodent that ingested an anticoagulant rodenticide, according to Zak Mertz, the chief executive officer of New England Wildlife Centers which is providing veterinary care to the eagle.

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.

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 of misspelled municipalities.

SJC rules ‘package plea’ deals are not unfair to criminal defendants

The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ruled prosecutors can offer a plea deal to multiple defendants that hinges on all agreeing to it. If one balks, prosecutors can cancel the deal without violating the constitutional rights of any person who wants to plead guilty, the court said.

DeCordova announces years-long shutdown of museum building

The Lincoln museum's sculpture garden will remain open while its building is closed to visitors for HVAC upgrades.

Police officers and Newton ice cream store thank 11-year-old boy for helping seniors with special delivery

It all started early February, when Newton police launched a Valentine’s Day campaign dubbed “Make a Senior Your Sweetheart.”
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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.

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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.

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.

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

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Ben Affleck and white liberals’ discomfort with Black history
SCOT LEHIGH

Civic honor is in short supply in America
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Massachusetts needs a coastal adaptation agency
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Is Richard Neal’s cheerleading giving a free pass to the company building MBTA cars?
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Throwing an elderly disabled woman out of her apartment is never a good look

Ann Karnofsky says she is facing eviction from her retirement community in Hopkinton in retaliation for applying for a state rental subsidy. Her landlord says it’s because she can’t control her dogs.

Six years after pay raise law, many top Mass. officials rank as highest paid in the country

If not for some Massachusetts officials forgoing raises in past years, the pay of all six of the statewide constitutional officers would rank number one among their elected counterparts nationwide, according to a Globe analysis.

You call that a snowstorm? Here’s what’s happening to winter snowfall in Boston.

New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet and as a result, the region is more often seeing rain instead of snow, according to federal data. And when snow does fall, it’s less likely to stick.
RI BUSINESS

Amid the shelves of his new store, an Afghan interpreter has a message for Congress and President Biden

While focused on his new Afghan Super Store in Providence, former front-line interpreter Aminullah Faqiry urges passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act and an end to the Special Immigration Visa backlog.

Sports

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Jayson Tatum’s candid film breakdown is one reason to tune in for ESPN’s all-Celtics Wednesday

The network will run a full day of Celtics programming, and a look inside the mind of the franchise's superstar is the best offering on tap.
MLB NOTEBOOK

Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki (oblique strain) to miss World Baseball Classic

Suzuki was on Japan’s roster the last time the WBC was played and helped win a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
ben volin | on football

49ers appear to leave the door wide open for Tom Brady, and other buzz from the NFL Combine

Brady is what the 49ers need to take advantage of their shrinking Super Bowl window. And let’s see how he feels when he’s missing training camp and his boyhood team comes calling.
MLB

Rays lose starter Tyler Glasnow for six to eight weeks to an oblique strain
tara sullivan

Trevor Story’s time with the Red Sox has seemed like one frustration after another
christopher l. gasper

Baseball’s pitch clock isn’t keeping perfect time — it needs a little adjustment

Business

A new hurdle for Wu’s BPDA revamp: The City Council

Mayor Wu wants to overhaul the Boston Planning & Development Agency but the City Council has questions.
TALKING POINTS

Lab space planned for former Gillette parking lots

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shirley leung

Former state labor secretary reflects on the pandemic payouts: ‘A bit like Hunger Games.’

Third top FTX executive pleads guilty in fraud investigation
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CONNECTIONS

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

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

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

metro

Former HHS secretary embarks on new health care job

BPS defies federal court order for English learners, civil rights group says

Police officers and Newton ice cream store thank 11-year-old boy for helping seniors with special delivery

sports

At UMass, Sam Breen made a tremendous rebound with her basketball game and her life

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

Broncos coach Sean Payton still might hire Matt Patricia in some capacity

business

Tepid outlook from Target after 4th quarterly profit dip

More US home buyers are paying in cash, sweeping a majority of sales in some markets

Supreme Court student loan hearing: What you need to know

politics

Abbe Lowell built ties to Trump world. Now he’s one of Hunter Biden’s lawyers.

Conservative Supreme Court justices question President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

President Biden nominating Julie Su as next US labor secretary

Nation

Biden taps Julie Su to lead Labor Department

While snowstorms exhaust Californians, Michigan fights new battle with ice

Why 23 dead whales have washed up on the East Coast since December

World

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

Troubling fiscal explanations for youth mental health crisis

Drive for Equal Rights Amendment has not lost its urgency

Fuzzy math from Boston Public Schools

lifestyle

Intimate moments of self-reflection in seemingly ordinary spaces in Helena Wurzel’s solo exhibition

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

He doesn’t have time for me

food & dining

Redefining Irish pub fare at the Dubliner

There are still barrel-aged beers out there. These are the ones readers like.

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

travel

A new low-cost airline will launch with flights from Boston to London this fall

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!

Arts

At the MFA, a small photography show leaves a big impression

Intimate moments of self-reflection in seemingly ordinary spaces in Helena Wurzel’s solo exhibition

DeCordova announces years-long shutdown of museum building

Books

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

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

Production design worth mooning over in ‘Hello Tomorrow!’

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

music

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

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon reckons with loss by embracing life

Making ‘Quincy’ helped Western Mass. singer Kimaya Diggs push through the worst of times

Theater/Dance

Fran Lebowitz’s withering view of humankind is kvetched in stone

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

globe local

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

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