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Wayne Shorter, innovator during an era of change in jazz, dies at 89

Wayne Shorter, who helped shape modern jazz, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his publicist Alisse Kingsley confirmed to the New York Times and Washington Post. The composer and saxophonist was 89.

Natick couple refiles lawsuit against eBay, saying they were terrorized and tortured

The updated filing includes new details about the bizarre plot, after five former eBay workers who pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the case were sentenced last year.

Healey announces new regional emergency management program for New England, with focus on climate

The six New England states have a plan to help emergency management professionals be prepared for climate disasters, with Massachusetts in the driver’s seat.

Working On It
‘The Good Life’ apparently requires other people
Harvard researchers' new book reveals lessons learned from a very long study of what makes people happy.

Harry and Meghan asked to leave UK home in further royal rift

Wrong way driver on Mass. Pike in Boston strikes several vehicles

Boston man sought as authorities investigate ‘suspicious’ death of 79-year-old Malden man
TABLES

Loco Taqueria aims to open in the Fenway by April; Dine Out Boston lauches deals at more than 100 restaurants citywide

Plus, seafood in the Seaport and gelato at Time Out Market Boston.
Globe Magazine

The strange story of the man behind the popularization of ‘resilience thinking’

From consulting to climate change, 'resilience thinking' is ubiquitous. Where did it come from?

State and federal officials for the first time allow ropeless lobstering in areas closed to protect right whales

Lobstermen have been pleading for a way to fish in closed waters off the Massachusetts coast, and now they can if they use a new kind of fishing gear that aims to eliminate the threat to North Atlantic right whales.
The Lobster Trap: Climate change and the future of Maine
Opinion
Alex Beam

Attack of the new rules

But it’s not just baseball. There are new rules everywhere.
IDEAS | STEPHANIE BYTTEBIER

Where civic discourse is civil, too
IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

What does ‘creativity’ mean, anyway?
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

When it comes to student loan forgiveness, John Roberts borrows from GOP playbook
EDITORIAL

Casinos violated a new state law on sports betting. Now what?
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.
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Special reports

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

More recent News

$33 million Mega Million ticket sold in Mass. claimed by trust, lottery officials say

Skylark Group Trust, represented by trustee David M. Lipshutz, chose a lump-sum, cash prize of $17,441,861 before taxes, according to a statement from the state Lottery Commission.

Healey unveils first budget proposal, including plans for $1 billion in ‘millionaires tax’ revenue

Here are the highlights from Governor Maura Healey's first budget, a plan that reflects some of her early promises from the campaign trail.
Healey proposal could cover community college tuition for thousands of Mass. residents

MISS CONDUCT
My brother can’t stop joking around. How do I get him to have a serious conversation?
Plus, opening doors for others.

Whiskey fungus fed by Jack Daniel’s encrusts a Tennessee town

The ethanol-fueled fungus known as whiskey fungus thrives around distilleries and bakeries and is now driving a wedge between some residents of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Jack Daniel’s, the famed distillery founded in 1866.

Greece train crash death toll rises to 57 amid search

Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train in Greece on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead.

Egypt reveals 30-foot long chamber inside Great Pyramid
Officials unveiled the discovery of long corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday, the first to be found on the structure’s north side.

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Photos of the month: February 2023

Take a look at some of the best Boston Globe staff images from last month.

Michael Delaney’s role as a lawyer in a notorious N.H. sexual assault case creates problems for his judicial nomination
The brewing controversy raises questions about whether one incident by a respected lawyer acting on behalf of a client should sink his nomination.

Tucker Carlson called Trump ‘a demonic force.’ Read text exchanges between Fox News employees about voter fraud.
The correspondence obtained by Dominion Voting Systems, which includes thousands of emails and text messages from Fox employees, are all part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit it filed against the network.

Globe Magazine
An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle
With a massive investigation at stake, her allegations have sent shockwaves through New Bedford’s police department, courthouses, and jail cells.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

Is cabbage the new cauliflower (which was the new Brussels sprouts)?

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

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

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Ro Khanna

How US can keep the peace between Taiwan and China
IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

Threading the needle to keep clothing manufacturing alive in Massachusetts
NEWSLETTER

I opposed Jimmy Carter, but I praise him
JEFF JACOBY

Let Nikki be Nikki
EDITORIAL

Last year’s BPS agreement with the state begins to bear fruit
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

The illusion of a frictionless existence

Metro

These maps show what New England can expect from the winter storm Friday and Saturday

Mixed precipitation will begin to impact southern New England on Friday night.

Healey announces new regional emergency management program for New England, with focus on climate

The six New England states have a plan to help emergency management professionals be prepared for climate disasters, with Massachusetts in the driver’s seat.

$33 million Mega Million ticket sold in Mass. claimed by trust, lottery officials say

Skylark Group Trust, represented by trustee David M. Lipshutz, chose a lump-sum, cash prize of $17,441,861 before taxes, according to a statement from the state Lottery Commission.

Women found in car in rural Maine after going missing 4 days

Game wardens located two women on a remote rural backroad in Maine, in a car that was out of gas in subzero temperatures, after a planned trip to the mall took them hundreds of miles from home.

Sports

college basketball

Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis is about to break Pete Maravich’s 53-year-old NCAA scoring record

Davis has scored 3,642 points in 142 games. Stunningly, it took Maravich just 83 to get 3,667 during three seasons at LSU, without a three-point line and without a shot clock.
BRUINS

Bruins trade for Red Wings’ Tyler Bertuzzi as Taylor Hall heads to long-term injured reserve

The Bruins dealt Detroit two picks for Bertuzzi, who is on an expiring contract, after learning Hall and Nick Foligno will miss time.
bruins

Red-hot Bruins lock in David Pastrnak, their brightest star, with massive contract extension

The 26-year-old Czech forward will be a Bruin through the 2030-31 season, signing a deal with an average annual value of $11.25 million.
Gary Washburn | on basketball

After Knicks debacle, Celtics respond admirably by conquering Cavaliers
MSTCA BOYS' PENTATHLON

Hopkinton’s Sean Golembiewski has a grand time winning the MSTCA boys’ pentathlon state title; St. John’s Prep captures team title

BOYS' HOCKEY: BRAINTREE 1, WEYMOUTH 0

From third string to starter, Ryan Cochrane in command as Braintree boys’ hockey blanks rival Weymouth in Division 1 opener

Business

Natick couple refiles lawsuit against eBay, saying they were terrorized and tortured

The updated filing includes new details about the bizarre plot, after five former eBay workers who pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the case were sentenced last year.

Applications for jobless claims fall for third straight week

In Massachusetts, about 11,219 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 4,385 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.

Biden administration releases new cybersecurity strategy

Europe inflation eases slightly as consumer pain persists
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PERSPECTIVE

The thing that could finally get us to eat less meat is — meat
LOVE LETTERS

Her boyfriend doesn’t want her to have any male friends
COOKING

Three recipes that add exciting flavors to cod
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

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

metro

Poll: How much Rhode Islanders trust institutions

‘It’s about trying to honor who they are’: The philosophy of singer and storyteller Bill Harley

The role of teachers? ‘To empower students to recognize that the world needs their talents.’

sports

Resurgent Jayson Tatum drops 41 points as Celtics survive another scare from the Cavaliers

PGA Tour moves toward elite field with no cuts amid several changes for 2024

Dontavia Waggoner returns from nine-game absence to spark Boston College women’s basketball to ACC Tournament win

business

Starbucks violated worker rights in union fight, labor judge says

Delta pilots approve new contract with hefty raises

Healey unveils first budget proposal, including plans for $1 billion in ‘millionaires tax’ revenue

politics

Blinken, Lavrov meet briefly as US-Russia tensions soar

Biden administration releases new cybersecurity strategy

Obama praises woman behind ‘Fired up’ chant as she retires

Nation

Egypt reveals 30-foot long chamber inside Great Pyramid

Whiskey fungus fed by Jack Daniel’s encrusts a Tennessee town

Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport; man arrested

World

Greece train crash death toll rises to 57 amid search

Harry and Meghan asked to leave UK home in further royal rift

G20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine war

opinion

Last year’s BPS agreement with the state begins to bear fruit

The spinal curve I’ve come to see as a question mark

Let Nikki be Nikki

lifestyle

I didn’t initiate sex

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.

food & dining

Loco Taqueria aims to open in the Fenway by April; Dine Out Boston lauches deals at more than 100 restaurants citywide

Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge announces it will close its doors at the end of March

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

travel

$452 bill charged after requesting help for lost engagement ring

Cool classes on the Cape, a winter fest in Portland, and personal alarms for travel and daily life

Howie Day on Alaska, not living in a bubble, and how to make easy iced coffee on the road

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 suspension of indoor exhibitions for up to three years

Books

‘The Good Life’ apparently requires other people

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

Publisher to release ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash

Movies

‘The Quiet Girl’ is a meditation on loneliness and the power of love

‘Creed III’ pulls no punches

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

Television

Some returning series are returning very soon

Production design worth mooning over in ‘Hello Tomorrow!’

Berklee student scores golden ticket at ‘American Idol’ audition

music

Saxophone legend Wayne Shorter has died at 89, reports say

Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge announces it will close its doors at the end of March

SZA makes a strong connection at the TD Garden

Theater/Dance

Broadway In Boston announces 2023-24 season

Hoops and history converge in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Great Leap’

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

globe local

Viti has big plans as town’s first poet laureate

Milton asks governor to stop demolition of stairs at MBTA station

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

Obituaries

Linda Kasabian, Manson Family member and key trial witness, dies at 73

Gleb Pavlovsky, Putin image adviser who became harsh critic, dies at 71

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