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Jerod Mayo is 37.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Why would the Patriots hire Jerod Mayo? A lot of questions follow Robert Kraft’s decision.

Mayo was a terrific player, and may end up being a great coach, but his résumé is light with only five years of coaching experience.

Patriots past and present comment on Jerod Mayo See complete coverage of Belichick’s departure

Jerod Mayo joined the Patriots coaching staff in 2019.

Patriots name Jerod Mayo as Bill Belichick’s replacement as head coach

The 37-year-old Mayo, a former Patriots linebacker, will be the 15th head coach in team history, and the youngest active coach in the NFL.

Five things worth knowing about Jerod Mayo

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Reading between the lines at Bill Belichick’s Patriots farewell, and other thoughts

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Bill Belichick couldn’t quit. So Bob Kraft fired him.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Saturday storm details: When it starts and how bad it will be
Looking ahead, the next system could bring snow, rain or a mix on Tuesday.

These maps show what to expect from the upcoming rainstorm The Midwest braces for a blizzard, and more severe storms will slam the South

Ayo Edebiri in "The Bear." The Dorchester native is nominated for supporting actress, comedy series, for her work on the FX show, which is also nominated for outstanding comedy series.

Emmy Awards: How to stream all of the nominees for outstanding drama, comedy, and limited series

From "The Bear" to "The White Lotus," here’s how to stream this year’s major nominees.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

When even text messaging is a struggle: The pain of being a teenager who can’t read well
It’s the experience of likely thousands of teenagers across Massachusetts each year, students who not only are failed by schools in early elementary years, but who are allowed to slide to the end of their public school experience without becoming competent readers.

Read the first in the series: Lost in a world of words

RV camping in an empty parking lot at Whitewater Ski Resort on British Columbia's famous Powder Highway, a 630-mile circular route with eight major ski resorts in interior B.C. where the snow is dry and fluffy.

WINTER GETAWAYS

What it’s like to rent a winter RV and head off with friends down the famed Powder Highway

All didn't go as planned on our 1,000-mile drive, but we discovered a lot about this cool part of the world (Canada’s Kootenay Rockies) and about winter RV travel.

Winter in London is cold and rainy, but it’s also a great time to visit. Here’s why. These New England ski resorts are re-inventing the ski vacation

Effort to remove Trump from Mass. ballot to move forward: State panel to meet Thursday
The Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission will gather Thursday for what’s known as a pre-hearing conference, a procedural step in which the current three-member panel will decide how to handle the two objections.

‘He was my brother and I loved him.’ Third teen dies after rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

A 17-year-old from Roslindale died Tuesday at a Boston hospital, where he was being treated for severe injuries sustained in the Jan. 4 crash, State Police said Friday.

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Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums
During her State of the City address on Tuesday, Michelle Wu announced that Boston Public Schools families will soon be able to enjoy free admission to a number of museums on the first and second Sunday of each month.

On eve of N.H. primary, Senator Joe Manchin stops short of running for president. Again.
“Everyone says, ‘Are you running for this or running for that?’ I said, no. I’m running the race to bring the country together,” he said.

Apathy among younger voters in New Hampshire fits a national trend

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to New Hampshire to highlight progress on investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. He met with officals
from the state on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits N.H. to tout infrastructure projects

US Representative Jake Auchincloss demands Boston City Council accept $13 million in federal anti-terrorism funding

In a letter to the City Council president, the Massachusetts representative described the funding as crucial “considering heightened threats of terrorism fueled by antisemitism and anti-Zionism.”

A rendering of Trinity's project a housing unit on 150 Centre St. Dorchester MA. (Icon Architecture, Copley Wolff)

School sues to stop housing development at Shawmut Red Line station in Dorchester

Man indicted in 2015 fatal shooting of young mother after a concert in Everett

Police shoot man in Manchester, N.H.

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

Ruben Gallego, a current candidate for Senate from Arizona, walked through the Harvard University campus, where he attended and reminisced about his time there.

This Senate candidate could help determine control of Congress. Harvard taught him how to navigate institutions of power.

Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego went to Harvard to "change the trajectory" of his working-class family. Twenty years later, he reflected on how his years in Cambridge helped put him on the path to the halls of Congress.

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Meet the Globe’s Fall 2023 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in seven fall sports. Click on each sport to read about the honorees. Find the All-Scholastics section in print on Sunday, Jan. 14.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, right, appeared with then-Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie at an event billed as the “Tell It Like It Is Town Hall” at the Merrimack Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8641 in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 10, 2023.

The key difference between Chris Christie and Chris Sununu

The two are now both vocal, media-savvy sideliners to the unfolding Republican nominating contest. But their comments this week underlined a key difference between their messages.

Opinion

Nikki Haley chatted with a supporter during a campaign event at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jan. 11.

Is Nikki Haley up to it, or will she ‘get smoked’?

Hobbling Trump will be tough to accomplish.

Harvey Silverglate

To restore trust, Harvard Corporation must make these changes

Thanks for the memories, coach Belichick

For once, Chris Christie eases congestion — this time, on the GOP ballot

Forget #CoupleGoals. Michelle Obama is talking (again) about relationship realities.

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. 12, 2024 - Weather or not, here Iowa comes

More recent News

Biden says Austin still has his confidence, but not revealing hospitalization was lapse in judgment
President Biden says it was a lapse in judgment for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin not to tell him about his hospitalization last week, but he still has confidence in the Pentagon chief.

Boston Public Schools will close its last middle school at end of next school year
More than 300 students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, one of the newer buildings in the district. BPS said it will likely use the building for another school.

City of Providence to pay $11m in settlement with biker injured in police-involved moped crash
The October 2020 crash left Jhamal Gonsalves in a coma for months, and sparked protests throughout the city.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking US border agents from patrols
The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the US-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months.

‘We’re astonished’: Mass. tied for its warmest year on record in 2023
Massachusetts experienced its warmest year on record last year, tied with 2012, with temperatures averaging 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.

Biden administration to fine oil and gas companies for excess methane

As he tours his old stomping grounds, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery reflects on what brought him to Boston
The Bruins' road trip has brought their coach to Denver, where he won an NCAA title, and now St. Louis, where he salvaged his NHL coaching career.

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‘God, I wish I hadn’t seen that’: On the trail of Bigfoot in the Berkshires

The irresistible lure of Bigfoot took our group deep into the woods — and to entirely unexpected places.

WINTER GETAWAYS

Winter in London is cold and rainy, but it’s also a great time to visit. Here’s why.
So what if the weather is gray? What better time to linger at afternoon tea, catch a show, roam the city’s legendary (and mostly free) museums, and, of course, enjoy drinks in a cozy pub.

For-profit biomedical institute, backed by billionaires, launches in Cambridge to speed drug discovery
The institute will be led by co-founder Stuart Schreiber, a Harvard scientist who was also one of the founders of the Broad Institute.

‘Just to eff with her’: Roots of eBay stalking case finally revealed amid criminal settlement
An agreement announced Thursday between the California e-commerce giant and the US attorney's office in Boston settled new criminal charges over the stalking and harassment of a Natick couple while shedding fresh light on the origins of the debacle.

Culture & Lifestyle

Bebe Wood attended a "Mean Girls" photocall at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on December 4, 2023, in Los Angeles. She stars as Gretchen Wieners in the new movie musical adaptation.

Bebe Wood on making Mass. her ‘home base’ and updating ‘Mean Girls’ for Gen Z

In this April 10, 1985 file photo, Madonna performs in Seattle as she opened her first national tour.

Madonna taught me the word ‘virgin.’ And then some.

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The cat’s out of the bag . . . and onto the page, screen, and canvas

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

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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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Activists at a press conference organized by the Not Above the Law and Declaration for American Democracy coalitions to mark three years since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.

For Trump, every day is Opposite Day

Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley faced off in the fifth Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, on Jan. 10.

DeSantis shines as Florida man. But did he win the debate?

Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley participated in the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debate at Drake University in Des Moines on Jan. 10.

Nikki Haley beats Ron DeSantis in Iowa debate

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones may get a second chance. But there’s no guarantee. The NFL is a harsh place.

An uncertain ending for Patriots’ Mac Jones

IDEAS | Evan Selinger & Brenda Leong

Getting AI ready for the real world takes a terrible human toll

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

‘Robust’ winter storm packing rain and gusty winds could lead to more flooding, forecasters say

Another wave of rainfall is expected in Massachusetts and Rhode Island early Saturday that could lead to more flooding along rivers and streams and in coastal communities, and more snow in Northern New England, the National Weather Service said Friday.

City of Providence to pay $11m in settlement with biker injured in police-involved moped crash

The October 2020 crash left Jhamal Gonsalves in a coma for months, and sparked protests throughout the city.

Effort to remove Trump from Mass. ballot to move forward: State panel to meet Thursday

The Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission will gather Thursday for what’s known as a pre-hearing conference, a procedural step in which the current three-member panel will decide how to handle the two objections.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Saturday storm details: When it starts and how bad it will be

Looking ahead, the next system could bring snow, rain or a mix on Tuesday.

Sports

As Bill Belichick (right) fades from view in Foxborough, Jerod Mayo (second from left) is coming into focus as the new head coach of the Patriots.

Five things worth knowing about Jerod Mayo, the Patriots’ successor to Bill Belichick

Mayo's ascension to Patriots head coach feels natural following his time playing for and later working alongside Belichick.

Patriots hire Jerod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick as head coach

WATCH: What does he bring to the job? Is it concerning that no one else was interviewed? Senior NFL writer Ben Volin and reporter Conor Ryan weigh in.

The injury bug bites the Bruins

WATCH: Linus Ullmark, Brandon Carlo, and Matt Poitras all suffered injuries in the first two games. Reporter Conor Ryan explains if the team is in trouble.

As he tours his old stomping grounds, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery reflects on what brought him to Boston

2024 NFL Playoffs: predicting the wild-card weekend

Winning never gets old, but great coaches do

Business

School sues to stop housing development at Shawmut Red Line station in Dorchester

The BPDA board in November approved the 72-unit development at 150 Centre St., a site that’s currently home to the Fitzpatrick Bros. auto-body shop and an adjacent parking lot.

US intensifies oversight of Boeing, will begin production audits after latest mishap for planemaker

The FAA will begin auditing Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled manufacturer after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week.

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

Biden administration to fine oil and gas companies for excess methane

magazine

‘God, I wish I hadn’t seen that’: On the trail of Bigfoot in the Berkshires

This week's daters: Grace and David

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I got a little lost . . . and was almost late’

Bart Hanson lives with his family and North Reading and makes his living as a poker professional.

YouTube poker player Bart Hanson just can't stop winning

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

metro

Kevin Lemus Davila, 17, was killed in rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard on Jan. 4. Two other Boston teens were also killed.

‘He was my brother and I loved him.’ Third teen dies after rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits N.H. to tout infrastructure projects

These maps show what to expect from the upcoming rainstorm

sports

A pair of Tyreek Hill's 13 touchdowns for the Dolphins this season came against the Patriots, including a 42-yard score on Oct. 29, when he rolled up 112 yards.

Patriots shut out of AP All-Pro Team for first time since 2001

Kalen DeBoer informs Washington he’s headed to Alabama to replace Nick Saban

Why would the Patriots hire Jerod Mayo? A lot of questions follow Robert Kraft’s decision.

business

During her State of the City address, Mayor Michelle Wu (pictured, as a child) talked about the value of free museum trips in Chicago, where she grew up. She announced a free museum pilot for Boston in her speech.

Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums

Bill Belichick couldn’t quit. So Bob Kraft fired him.

For-profit biomedical institute, backed by billionaires, launches in Cambridge to speed drug discovery

politics

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, right, appeared with then-Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie at an event billed as the “Tell It Like It Is Town Hall” at the Merrimack Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8641 in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 10, 2023.

The key difference between Chris Christie and Chris Sununu

Biden says Austin still has his confidence, but not revealing hospitalization was lapse in judgment

This Senate candidate could help determine control of Congress. Harvard taught him how to navigate institutions of power.

Nation

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid their respects at a makeshift memorial to the victims of the racist massacre at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo in May 2022.

US to seek death for man who killed 10 in racist supermarket massacre

The Midwest braces for a blizzard, and more severe storms will slam the South

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for white supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket

World

In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, taken on Jan. 11, 2024, an RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen.

Who are the Houthis and why is the US attacking them?

Biden backs far-reaching Yemen strikes despite fear of wider war

Israel Faces Accusation of Genocide as South Africa Brings Case to U.N. Court

opinion

Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley participated in the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debate at Drake University in Des Moines on Jan. 10.

Nikki Haley beats Ron DeSantis in Iowa debate

Gun-toting androids are not what we need right now

For Trump, every day is Opposite Day

lifestyle

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife, Coretta, after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., on March 22, 1956.

14 events happening in and around Boston on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

How do I tell my husband the marriage is over?

From embracing a mess to Somerville staycations, here’s how local parents want to kick off the new year

food & dining

In this April 21, 2021 file photo, a delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York.

AG’s office settles with Grubhub for $3.5 million over inflated delivery fees during pandemic

I finally got a seat at Sally’s Apizza, and here’s what I found

Revival Café + Kitchen plans a Watertown opening; Makaroni Pasteria launches at High Street Place

travel

Despite the weather (rain), this winter could be the perfect time to visit London.

Winter in London is cold and rainy, but it’s also a great time to visit. Here’s why.

What it’s like to rent a winter RV and head off with friends down the famed Powder Highway

These New England ski resorts are re-inventing the ski vacation

Arts

During her State of the City address, Mayor Michelle Wu (pictured, as a child) talked about the value of free museum trips in Chicago, where she grew up. She announced a free museum pilot for Boston in her speech.

Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums

At 93, American artist Faith Ringgold is finally getting her due

Floating clowns and a unicorn: Art installations aim to draw more foot traffic to Downtown Boston

Books

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

The disappointments of age take a dark turn in Katia Lief’s ‘Invisible Woman’

Author readings around Boston through Jan. 20

Movies

Bebe Wood attended a "Mean Girls" photocall at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on December 4, 2023, in Los Angeles. She stars as Gretchen Wieners in the new movie musical adaptation.

Bebe Wood on making Mass. her ‘home base’ and updating ‘Mean Girls’ for Gen Z

John Sayles talks about his ‘Lone Star’ state of mind

Norma Barzman, blacklisted screenwriter, dies at 103

Television

Ayo Edebiri in "The Bear." The Dorchester native is nominated for supporting actress, comedy series, for her work on the FX show, which is also nominated for outstanding comedy series.

Emmy Awards: How to stream all of the nominees for outstanding drama, comedy, and limited series

Expect ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ to go out on a wry note

How to watch this year’s Emmy Awards

music

Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday.

‘Stride,’ ‘Rite,’ and a left-hand concerto make for a hot-blooded evening with the BSO

Madonna taught me the word ‘virgin.’ And then some.

Blacklisted on the West Bank, Basel Zayed has settled into his new musical home in Boston

Theater/Dance

A scene from Music from the Sole's "I Didn't Come to Stay," at New England Conservatory’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre through Jan. 13.

Music from the Sole’s ‘I Didn’t Come to Stay’ comes to party

A mix-and-match score of 70-plus songs makes ‘Moulin Rouge!’ pop

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

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

A photo provided by Pauline Stella Sanchez, via Garth Greenan Gallery shows artist Alexis Smith in her California studio in 2017.

Alexis Smith, artist with eclectic eye on American culture, dies at 74

Lynn Yamada Davis, whose cooking TikToks delighted millions, dies at 67

Bud Harrelson, scrappy Mets shortstop who once fought Pete Rose, dies at 79