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Walgreens is closing its location at 416 Warren St. in Roxbury, the fourth closure of a Walgreens pharmacy in a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood in just over a year. A protest organized by community leaders and residents took place in the store's parking lot.

Money, Power, Inequality

Fourth Walgreens to close in a predominantly Black and Latino Boston neighborhood in about a year, raising equity concerns

The pharmacy in Roxbury is slated to close by Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

A vehicle drives through a flooded North Washington Street that was closed in North Attleborough, Wednesday morning.

Storm aftermath: Shoreline flooding, evacuations and washed out roads

The impact from early Wednesday’s intense rainfall and powerful winds that ripped through New England in a matter of hours was being felt across New England.

‘A serious situation’: Flood warning in effect in parts of R.I. in wake of powerful overnight storm

A man boards a commuter train during Wednesday’s storm at the MBTA station in Braintree.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Many parts of Mass. got nearly a month’s worth of rain overnight. More precipitation is on the way.

The average precipitation for the month of January is about 3 1/2 inches. Many areas saw nearly a month’s worth of rain overnight — and we’re only a third of the way through the month.

See videos, photos of the severe flooding and damage from the storm

Weather tracking:

Current power outages in Mass., elsewhere

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The increasingly difficult role of the president of an institution of higher education is resulting in a shrinking pool of interested and capable candidates. After the recent resignation of Dr. Claudine Gay from Harvard University, the new leader will undoubtedly face immense challenges.

The impossible role of university presidents: ‘Who would take this job in this day and age?’

Public attacks, government interference and the polarized political climate have made it more challenging than ever to run a major university.

The short, strange end to Claudine Gay’s once-promising Harvard presidency

Bottled water is up to a hundred times worse than previously thought when it comes to the number of tiny plastic bits it contains, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

What to know about ‘nanoplastics’ in bottled water

A new study found that popular brands are teeming with small plastic bits.

Weston’s getting a new restaurant, the first with a liquor license since Prohibition
Brian Piccini of Boston Urban Hospitality will open The Woods, bringing fine dining and a bar scene to the historic town. He’ll restore the Josiah Smith Tavern property and open the restaurant this fall.

The library sitting below the hallways at Whittier Tech.

Plan for $445 million trade school staggers the North Shore

Whittier Tech has given 11 communities an ultimatum: either build a new school at close to a half-billion dollars, or spend more in the long run to renovate the current building. With a vote coming soon, tensions are high.

Does it seem like everyone you know is getting sick recently? Here’s why, and what to do about it.

Offices and classrooms have been marked by sickness-related absences, coughs, sneezes, and runny noses. But after four years of COVID, doctors say we have tools for managing that.

Tracking COVID, RSV, and the flu in Massachusetts

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Massachusetts’ richest towns, many top-ranked schools cling to outdated methods of teaching reading

More than a third of children in the state's 50 wealthiest communities failed to meet expectations on last spring’s English Language Arts MCAS exam, according to a Globe analysis of test results for grades 3-8.

Read the first in the series: Outmoded teaching methods leave students struggling in literacy

How did a Massachusetts medical examiner earn $200,000 in overtime?

Dr. Anand Shah earned $211,185 in overtime last year to push the physician’s total pay to $504,784, the highest of any state employee outside of the University of Massachusetts system.

Here are the highest earners on the Massachusetts state payroll for 2023 These are the Top 10 state earners outside the UMass system

Titans owner explained the decision to fire Mike Vrabel instead of trading him
"There’s a bit of misconception about a coach’s contract, say versus a player’s contract."

Ben Volin: Mike Vrabel’s firing by the Titans could be bad news for Bill Belichick

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Healey set to take big swing to build the clean tech economy in Massachusetts

When governor releases her economic development bill in the coming weeks, the climate tech sector will be a big focus.

Hunter Biden makes surprise visit to Capitol Hill, then exits hearing, as GOP takes first step to hold him in contempt

Man, 76, stopped after driving the wrong way on I-93 in scary moment captured on video

Man arrested in fatal stabbing at McDonald’s restaurant in Lawrence, police say

From left: Actor Steven Weber, sports commentator Katie Nolan, and actor Dulé Hill competed in the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" semifinals Tuesday night.

Framingham native Katie Nolan wins ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ semifinals match, heads to finals

The sports comedy host prepared by just googling "everything over the last two weeks."

LaKeith Stanfield in "The Book of Clarence."

Odie Henderson review | ★★

Produced by Jay-Z, ‘The Book of Clarence’ spins the biblical epic with a predominantly Black cast and hip-hop attitude

LaKeith Stanfeld plays dual roles, as a follower of Christ and a nonbeliever, in Jeymes Samuel’s flawed comedy.

Author Colette Phillips (left) and the cover for "The Includers."

Colette Phillips honors white male ‘includers’ in ‘The Includers,’ an anti-exclusion handbook for the C-suite

Boston-based public relations and marketing CEO believes inclusion is not just "moral" but "economically smart."

Opinion

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mocked President Biden while speaking at a rally at Clinton Middle School in Clinton, Iowa, on Jan. 6.

Beware any candidate who values loyalty above all else

Like LBJ and Nixon, Donald Trump craved blind fealty from his aides. That is one reason his presidency was riddled with dishonor.

IDEAS | Oliver Egger & Bryan Parcival

The shameful afterlife of the Fernald School in Waltham

How colleges can head off plagiarism wars

Biden begins a critical clash with Trump about democracy

Mitt Romney needs to re-stiffen his spine on Trump

The Stump: Audio dispatches from James Pindell on the campaign trail

Listen to the latest updates from Globe political reporter James Pindell as he outlines what to watch as presidential contenders enter the final sprint to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

Globe Audio · Jan. 10, 2024 Its debate day in Iowa

More recent News

Dramatic turnaround in 2023 means Triston Casas is a fixture at first base for Red Sox
Casas showed the ability to be a centerpiece of the lineup, but things get murkier when considering a backup at the position.

Calculating the Red Sox’ 2024 payroll: Are they spending less than other teams?

Boston Public School students and families to get free admission to Boston museums, Wu says

The Museum of Fine Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Science, the Boston Children’s Museum, the New England Aquarium, and the Franklin Park Zoo will be free on the first and second Sundays of each month, starting February, Wu said in her State of the City speech.

Here are the top 5 issues from Mayor Wu’s speech

Aria Kamal, fatally shot by her father in Dover, remembered as a ‘brilliant and unique person’
Friends said Kamal reminded them often how much they meant to her. Now, through their grief, they are remembering how much she meant to them.

The latest addition to Kendall Square is a good one
The new Volpe transportation center is government building at its best.

Littleton, N.H., town manager resigns over select board’s anti-LGBTQ+ comments
Controversy has been swirling in town for months, and Jim Gleason, whose late son was gay, said it took a personal and professional toll.

LOVE LETTERS

I thought I found love online, but he gradually stopped responding
Should I text him one more time?

Recommended reads

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The Baseball Hall of Fame finally has some first-rate candidates. See how the Globe voted.

Adrián Beltré and Joe Mauer are in their first year on the ballot, and all six of our voters included them.

Maura Healey defends pushing $1 billion tax package, despite tax revenue shortfall
”The tax cut, was absolutely . . . imperative,” the governor said during GBH’s “Ask the Governor” segment Tuesday.

Trump leads Haley by big margin in N.H. primary, but would lose general election there to Biden, according to Globe poll
Two weeks before the vote, the former president holds a nearly 20 percentage point lead.

Explore the results of the Suffolk/Globe/USA TODAY poll of New Hampshire primary voters

Cambridge installed a bus bench backward, facing a hedge. Residents complained almost immediately.
The bench faces a hedge on the other side of the sidewalk rather than toward the street and the approaching buses on their way to Belmont or Watertown.

Culture & Lifestyle

This combination of photos shows Jimmy Kimmel (left) at the Walt Disney Television upfront in New York on May 14, 2019, and Aaron Rodgers standing on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns Dec. 28, 2023, in Cleveland.

Aaron Rodgers responds to Jimmy Kimmel’s jabs over Epstein comment

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performed at Gillette Stadium on June 30, 2023. He returns to the Massachusetts this year to headline Boston Calling 2024.

Boston Calling 2024: Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion, and Tyler Childers to perform

A still from Celine Song's "Past Lives."

Celine Song’s ‘Past Lives’ wins best picture from the National Society of Film Critics

The members of Scottish Fish met as children at Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School in 2011.

At BCMFest, a celebration of Celtic music with few boundaries

Special Projects

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Activists outside the White House on Jan. 8, 2019, challenged President Donald Trump's claim that Congress needed to fund a border wall.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Who decides what counts as a crisis?

A winterberry bush was vibrant in the front of the Massachusetts State House grounds.

Massachusetts’ good times not rollin’ like they used to

Lloyd Austin in October.

Austin going AWOL does Biden no favors

Bills fans at the Patriots' game against Buffalo last month.

IDEAS | JAMELL GARCIA-WILLIAMS

What football fans don’t get about the game they love

The psychological abuse of workplace bullying

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Boston Public School students and families to get free admission to Boston museums, Wu says

The Museum of Fine Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Science, the Boston Children’s Museum, the New England Aquarium, and the Franklin Park Zoo will be free on the first and second Sundays of each month, starting February, Wu said in her State of the City speech.

What to know about ‘nanoplastics’ in bottled water

A new study found that popular brands are teeming with small plastic bits.

President Biden nominates Judge Melissa DuBose for US District Court in Providence

If confirmed by the US Senate, DuBose, now a state judge in Rhode Island, would become the first person of color and first openly LGBTQ judge to serve on the court.

‘A serious situation’: Flood warning in effect in parts of R.I. in wake of powerful overnight storm

Residents in Rhode Island woke up to widespread flooding on Wednesday morning, and a flood warning was issued in parts of the state until early Friday morning, according the National Weather Service.

Sports

Triston Casas had a lot to smile about in the second half of last season.

around the horn: first base

Dramatic turnaround in 2023 means Triston Casas is a fixture at first base for Red Sox

Casas showed the ability to be a centerpiece of the lineup, but things get murkier when considering a backup at the position.

Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk talks with Mike Vrabel during a November 2023 game.

Titans owner explained the decision to fire Mike Vrabel instead of trading him

"There’s a bit of misconception about a coach’s contract, say versus a player’s contract."

From left: Actor Steven Weber, sports commentator Katie Nolan, and actor Dulé Hill competed in the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" semifinals Tuesday night.

Framingham native Katie Nolan wins ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ semifinals match, heads to finals

The sports comedy host prepared by just googling "everything over the last two weeks."

timberwolves at celtics | 7 p.m. (NBCSB)

Timberwolves at Celtics: A tough two nights await as Boston faces top NBA contenders

Calculating the Red Sox’ 2024 payroll: Are they spending less than other teams?

coyotes 4, bruins 3 (ot)

Bruins had their chances against Coyotes, but lose back-and-forth affair in overtime

Business

Boeing CEO fights back tears and admits ‘our mistake’ in 737 address

Boeing's CEO fought back tears as he said the planemaker must own up to its shortcomings, underscoring the stakes of a safety incident that's renewing questions over the quality of its manufacturing.

Home of the Week: Keep tabs on Allston’s comings and goings from this 2-bedroom rental

Pet-friendly development offers a tenant lounge, garage parking, a roof deck, European stylings, expansive windows, and a balcony.

Amid mice infestations, eking out an existence

When’s the best time to sign a lease? Now.

magazine

Boston is too expensive, everyone agrees. So what’s keeping you here?

A neighbor is spreading false fears about new arrivals to a shelter in town

Banana-Hazelnut Bread

Combine bananas and nuts for two simple but delicious dessert recipes

Older people rarely want hearing aids. A dementia study could change that.

metro

The library sitting below the hallways at Whittier Tech.

Plan for $445 million trade school staggers the North Shore

Many parts of Mass. got nearly a month’s worth of rain overnight. More precipitation is on the way.

How much snow the Northeast has lost to climate change

sports

Wellesley sophomore Tara Battaglino (10) goes up strong — amid Framingham defenders Zoe Rabinovitz (20), Caroline Galvani (11) and Stephanie Regan (right) — for a reverse layup, notching two of her game-high 19 points in the Raiders' win in Framingham Tuesday night.

Young Wellesley girls’ basketball shows real potential by blazing past Framingham

Continued growth in Brad Marchand’s game noticeable to both Bruins and opponents

Red Sox lose out on Japan lefthander Shōta Imanaga, who reportedly agrees to a deal with Cubs

business

Research and development technician Nozomi Horikawa at work in a lab at Factorial Energy in Woburn.

Healey set to take big swing to build the clean tech economy in Massachusetts

Global economy will slow for a third straight year in 2024, World Bank predicts

Wu backs away from tax breaks to jumpstart stalled housing construction

politics

Hunter Biden departed a House Oversight Committee meeting at Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Hunter Biden makes surprise visit to Capitol Hill, then exits hearing, as GOP takes first step to hold him in contempt

Secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Austin’s hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive

As the Senate tries to strike a border deal with Mayorkas, House GOP launches effort to impeach him

Nation

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., arriving to the Capitol in Washington Nov. 29.

Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband arrested on charges stemming from restaurant incident

USDA estimates 21 million kids will get summer food benefits through new program in 2024

DeSantis says nominating Trump would make 2024 a referendum on the ex-president rather than Biden

World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of State Counselor Derek Chollet spoke as they departed for Bahrain, inside a military aircraft at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on Jan. 10, 2024.

Blinken seeks Palestinian governance reform for postwar Gaza as deadly Israeli strikes continue

Ukraine’s Zelensky heads to Baltic countries in pursuit of more support against Russia

Man accused of stabbing a South Korean politician wanted to stop him from becoming president, police say

opinion

May I have a word: That’s a wrap!

Massachusetts’ good times not rollin’ like they used to

The world wants to triple nuclear energy: What will it take?

lifestyle

Don Lemon announced "The Don Lemon Show" on the social media platform, X, formally Twitter, on Tuesday.

Don Lemon, former CNN host, to launch ‘The Don Lemon Show’ on X

5,000-word New York Times op-ed speculating on Taylor Swift’s sexuality slammed by supporters

Photos: See Margot Robbie, Taylor Swift, and more stars arrive on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes

food & dining

Restaurateur Brian Piccini outside his upcoming Weston restaurant, The Woods.

Weston’s getting a new restaurant, the first with a liquor license since Prohibition

Melted cheese? Yes, please.

Recipe: Pan-braise escarole with raisins, capers, and Parmesan almost like Nonna would make

travel

The northern lights over Tromso, Norway.

Forget over-hyped tourist hotspots. Here are the best destinations to visit in 2024.

Antarctica is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. Are tourists making it worse?

Florida festival throws spotlight on kumquats

Arts

Currently, admission prices to the New England Aquarium sit at $34 for adults, $25 for children, and $32 for college students and seniors.

Boston Public School students and families to get free admission to Boston museums, Wu says

Artist and weightlifter Kledia Spiro lifts up young voices

The making of Mondrian

Books

Author Colette Phillips (left) and the cover for "The Includers."

Colette Phillips honors white male ‘includers’ in ‘The Includers,’ an anti-exclusion handbook for the C-suite

Cristina Rivera Garza sees herself as a bridge across borders

In ‘The Wisdom of Plagues,’ Donald G. McNeil Jr. has some ideas to share about preventing the next pandemic. You might not like them.

Movies

LaKeith Stanfield in "The Book of Clarence."

Produced by Jay-Z, ‘The Book of Clarence’ spins the biblical epic with a predominantly Black cast and hip-hop attitude

In ‘The Zone of Interest,’ a family lives next door to Auschwitz and goes about its daily routines

Massachusetts wins big at the Golden Globes

Television

From left: Actor Steven Weber, sports commentator Katie Nolan, and actor Dulé Hill competed in the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" semifinals Tuesday night.

Framingham native Katie Nolan wins ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ semifinals match, heads to finals

‘Criminal Record’ is a case of star turns and loose ends

Aaron Rodgers responds to Jimmy Kimmel’s jabs over Epstein comment

music

Madonna is shown performing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn last month. She brought her "Celebration Tour" to TD Garden Monday night and returns Tuesday.

At TD Garden, Madonna rewinds her career as a hitmaker and provocateur, from the very first time to now

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says

Boston Calling 2024: Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion, and Tyler Childers to perform

Theater/Dance

Bharatanatyam dancer Ashwini Ramaswamy will present “Let the Crows Come,” Jan. 19-20 at Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.

One small theater, two very different Boston dance premieres coming up on consecutive weekends

In ‘Northside Hollow,’ deep thoughts about mortality

12 New Year’s Eve comedy shows for a last laugh at 2023

Health

Nurse Michele Kaine tends to Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients will receive investigational cancer treatments.

Ryan T. Conaty for the Boston Globe

Top 6 health care stories to watch in Rhode Island in 2024

CVS to launch new pharmacy reimbursement model aimed at simplifying drug pricing

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.

Obituaries

Mr. Benally, singing an American Indian movement song during a news conference in Flagstaff, Ariz., in 2005.

Klee Benally, Navajo activist and punk rock musician, dies at 48

Joe O’Donnell, entrepreneur and transformative philanthropist for cystic fibrosis, dies at 79

Alice Parker, whose musical compositions were ‘food for the soul,’ dies at 98