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UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide, but does not demand stop to war
The United Nations’ highest court said on Friday that Israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide by its forces in the Gaza Strip, adding to the international pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce death and destruction in the battered Palestinian enclave.

Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case

Allegations against Georgia’s Fani Willis risk jeopardizing Trump election interference case. Here’s how.

Two-year-old girl from Winthrop dies after being rushed to hospital

Former Foxborough High School teacher sentenced to five years in prison for online child porn case

Former Mass. governor Deval Patrick leaves Bain Capital for Chicago investment firm with Obama ties

Patrick, 67, is joining Vistria Group, an $11 billion impact investment firm cofounded by Marty Nesbitt, treasurer for Obama’s presidential campaigns, according to a statement on Friday.

At a TV taping in 2009, Vince McMahon was center stage, as he was for more than four decades.

Vince McMahon resigns from WWE’s parent company following federal lawsuit for serious sexual misconduct

Rain tapering off with snow in the weekend mix for New England
In total, the storm Sunday into Monday has the potential to bring an inch or more of precipitation, starting with rain then changing to snow.

Boston weather this weekend: How much snow is expected Sunday-Monday? Text Globe Weather HQ during extreme weather events

US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece after Turkey OKs Sweden’s entry to NATO

A child slept on the floor at Logan Airport's Terminal E on Friday morning.

At Boston’s Logan Airport, the state’s ongoing shelter crisis comes to a head

Terminal E at Logan has become another of the improbable locations of the nation’s migrant crisis.

The emergency shelter crisis has come to Boston’s neighborhoods, starting with Roxbury Mass. considering Roxbury recreation center for new overflow shelter for migrant and homeless families

Alicia Piedalue hugged her son Isaac, 14, while visiting the playground at John Ward Elementary School in Newton on Friday. Isaac has multiple disabilities and receives special services at school.

As the Newton teachers strike drags on, students with disabilities struggle being out of school

For children with disabilities, who account for almost one in five Newton students, missing class means missing valuable time with trusted aides, teachers and therapists, and the structured routine that school provides.

Teachers increasingly willing to put up with costs of strikes to gain better pay Judge: Newton teachers to face additional court fines if strike continues

Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology is removing Native American funerary objects from display.

Harvard’s Peabody museum removes Native American funerary objects from display

The decision follows new federal regulations to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act that prohibit museums from displaying such sacred items without first consulting with tribes and getting consent.

Representative Virginia Foxx chaired a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing regarding campus antisemitism last month.

A powerful GOP congresswoman is threatening Harvard with subpoenas in antisemitism inquiry

Representative Virginia Foxx said that Harvard had produced only publicly available documents, including student handbooks.

Good Samaritan is the lone remaining active hospital in the Brockton area.

Brockton, other lower-income communities on edge as hospital chain faces financial crisis

Good Samaritan Medical Center is one of nine Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care, a for-profit system in grave financial distress.

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele appear in "Will & Harper."

Sundance stories: Will Ferrell’s close friend of 30 years came out as trans. Then they went on a road trip.

The pair met when they started working at “Saturday Night Live” the same season — Ferrell as an actor, Harper Steele as a writer.

Lynda made the first call on the newly installed wind phone at Ridgebury Congregational Church.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

Dying on Lynda’s terms

Lynda Bluestein wasn’t allowed to die on her own terms in her own home in Connecticut, so she went to Vermont and did it her way.

Read the note from the Globe’s executive editor about the story

This week's daters: Julia and Peter

Blind date: ‘She had a cool scarf and bracelets and kind of looked like a very chic pirate’

Will this biking aficionado and his date ride off into the sunset?

Why do people get married? For $5, a Rhode Island cat will poop on your ex’s name

Opinion

Tim Anderson of Guns Inc. displayed a 9 mm gun made by Smith & Wesson at the shop in West Springfield, MA on June 10, 2022.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A win in Mexico’s landmark case against US gunmakers

The suit seeks to hold US-based gun manufacturers responsible for the deadly flow of weapons trafficked across the border that land in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, which then unleash violence all over the country.

A shady conservative group wants to make Biden’s Black support go up in smoke

IDEAS | ASYA PARTAN

100 years after Lenin’s death, his curse still grips Russia

Allow the use of campaign funds for childcare

No-trauma llama

More recent News

With the Falcons job off the board, it appears Bill Belichick is not a wanted man in the NFL
As unbelievable as it may seem, that dreadful loss to the Jets in the snow is increasingly looking like the last time we might see Belichick on the sideline.

‘What’s up with the GM situation?’ and other questions about the Patriots answered

Turtleboy lawyer, special prosecutor spar over request to monitor attorney-client calls
A lawyer for Turtleboy blogger Aidan Kearney and a special prosecutor battled Friday over the prosecutor’s request for a third party to monitor conversations between defense counsel and Kearney.

Boston outlines plans to spend millions in opioid settlement money
The plan includes a new fund for families who have lost loved ones to the overdose crisis.

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Boston College men’s hockey wins clash of titans, toppling top-ranked Boston University
The second-ranked Eagles got 26 saves from Jacob Fowler in goal as well as a goal and assist from Ryan Leonard in a crucial second period. The two teams meet again Saturday at BU's Agganis Arena.

Justice Department finds Cuomo sexually harassed employees, settles with New York state
The Justice Department investigation, which began in 2021, found a pattern of sexual misconduct by Andrew Cuomo and said he subjected at least 13 state employees to a sexually hostile work environment.

Steward’s medical devices were repossessed. Weeks later, a new mother died.
Some patients of the nine-hospital system say they have struggled to access care, with doctors blaming Steward's financial problems as the cause.

Recommended reads

Teenage phenom pastry chef Piper McAloon.

RI FOOD & DINING

She’s the pastry chef making Foglia’s delicious vegan desserts. She’s also self taught, and still in high school.

“I love it, it’s so fun to figure out what works, what doesn’t,” said Piper McAloon, 17, who is in the kitchen a few days a week at the James Beard Award-nominated vegan restaurant in Bristol, R.I.

Morry Casso, WWII vet, will turn 107 Sunday
The Roxbury born WWll veteran will be celebrating his 107th birthday this Sunday with a party thrown by his current residence, the Brightview Senior Living facility in Canton.

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A Dear John (Henry) letter to the Red Sox owner, and other thoughts
Loyal fans certainly don't want to break up with the ball club, but they are getting some mixed messages this offseason.

Officials seek help identifying owner of abandoned dog with 13-pound tumor
The dog, named Big Momma, was found tied to a pole in Malden’s Trafton Park on Dec. 14 and needed immediate medical treatment. The benign tumor removed, Big Momma is now "doing great," according to a spokesman for the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

Culture & Lifestyle

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele appear in "Will & Harper."

Sundance stories: Will Ferrell’s close friend of 30 years came out as trans. Then they went on a road trip.

Visitors in New York on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of the Great Plains, which is being closed this weekend as the museum works to comply with new federal rules governing the holding and display of Native American cultural items. Museums around the country have been covering up displays as curators scramble to determine whether they can be shown under the new regulations.

Leading museums remove native displays amid new federal rules

For a $5 donation, the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will have its cats poop on the name of your ex, or anyone or anything you don't like.

For $5, a Rhode Island cat will poop on your ex’s name

Patrice Jean-Baptiste in "Trouble in Mind," which runs through Feb. 4 at Lyric Stage Company.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

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.

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

In PBS: Masterpiece Theatre's "Bleak House," Gillian Anderson plays Lady Dedlock.

Joan Wickersham

A book for our times

Donald Trump stood on stage during his primary night rally at the Sheraton on Jan. 23 in Nashua, N.H.

Can Donald Trump control his inner caveman?

Protesters outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 12. The United Nations' top court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

H.D.S. Greenway

Why Netanyahu doesn’t want to scale back war with Hamas

Migrants lined up in the cold outside an assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School in New York City on Dec. 5.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Biden has been giving millions of migrants false hope

Tetiana Dovbii, left, and Anya Rudak participated in a course in firearms and urban combat in a forest near Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, on Oct. 14, 2023. With so much in the war against Russia hinging on refilling the ranks of soldiers, efforts are underway to draw more Ukrainian women into the army.

US aid to Ukraine is an investment in US security

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Quirky and beloved, WJIB will live on in new hands after longtime owner’s death

Longtime Boston-area DJ John Garabedian has purchased the low-wattage Cambridge radio station, with plans to expand and go online.

Morry Casso, WWII vet, will turn 107 Sunday

The Roxbury born WWll veteran will be celebrating his 107th birthday this Sunday with a party thrown by his current residence, the Brightview Senior Living facility in Canton.

As the Newton teachers strike drags on, students with disabilities struggle being out of school

For children with disabilities, who account for almost one in five Newton students, missing class means missing valuable time with trusted aides, teachers and therapists, and the structured routine that school provides.

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U.S. Justice Department seeking records related to Washington Bridge

On Friday, state transportation officials told R.I. lawmakers it could take a month or more before it is known how extensive a fix it will be to restore the bridge.

Sports

The fiery Dan Campbell led the Lions to a 12-5 record and their first division title since 1993.

Dan Campbell coaches the Lions the way he played — with hard work and tenacity

In his third year with the team, the former tight end has his players taking after him as they stand a win away from a Super Bowl.

Amber Glenn celebrates her women's title at the US Figure Skating championships Friday in Columbus, Ohio.

US Figure Skating Championships

Amber Glenn takes homes US women’s figure skating crown after defending champ Isabeau Levito suffers series of falls

The defending champion Levito fell three times during her own free skate, drawing an audible gasp from a rapt crowd.

Not Jalen Johnson (right) nor anyone else was going to pry the ball from Luka Doncic's hands Friday in Atlanta.

Luka Doncic latest to join NBA’s 70-point club, scoring 73 in Mavericks’ win over Hawks

With Devin Booker scoring 62 points in the Suns’ 133-131 loss, Friday marked only the fifth time in NBA history — and the second time this week — when two players scored at least 60 points.

Vince McMahon resigns from WWE’s parent company following federal lawsuit for serious sexual misconduct

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Boston College men’s hockey wins clash of titans, toppling top-ranked Boston University

HS GIRLS' BASKETBALL: FOXBOROUGH 59, OLIVER AMES 49

A dominant Foxborough girls’ basketball team found itself digging deep to hold off Oliver Ames

Business

Quirky and beloved, WJIB will live on in new hands after longtime owner’s death

Longtime Boston-area DJ John Garabedian has purchased the low-wattage Cambridge radio station, with plans to expand and go online.

Finns Vote for New President Facing More Aggressive Russia

Finland is holding a presidential election on Sunday, where NATO’s newest member votes for a top diplomat and supreme commander for its defense forces to guard the alliance’s longest stretch of border against its main adversary, Russia.

UN Fires Gaza Staff Over Claims They Joined Hamas Attack

How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election

magazine

Cooper Flagg, a 6-foot-9 basketball player from Maine, turned 17 in December and will not play his first minute of college basketball for months. But he's already captured attention from the basketball world, including NBA stars Jayson Tatum and LeBron James.

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.

‘Death doulas’ and the audacious act of dying well in America

My friend’s driving terrifies me. Get me out of the passenger seat!

If Minnesota can redesign a problematic state seal in 3 months, why can’t Massachusetts?

metro

Newton Countryside Elementary School second-grader Eli Monokroussos (center) delivered a speech in support of the striking educators from the steps of Newton City Hall on Friday.

Judge: Newton teachers to face additional court fines if strike continues

A powerful GOP congresswoman is threatening Harvard with subpoenas in antisemitism inquiry

The emergency shelter crisis has come to Boston’s neighborhoods, starting with Roxbury

sports

Medfield freshman Naya Annigeri (18 points, 9 steals, 7 rebounds) was a driving force against Elliana Scalabrine and Dover-Sherborn Friday night.

Depth. Pressure. Pace. No. 4 Medfield girls’ basketball shoots past Tri-Valley rival Dover-Sherborn

‘We are here. We exist.’ Girls’ wrestling’s growth on display in rare dual meet between Lowell and Boston City Schools.

Statue of Jackie Robinson cut from Wichita, Kan., park and stolen

business

Houthi supporters attend a rally in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen on Jan. 26.

Yemen Houthi rebels fire a missile at a US warship, escalating worst Mideast sea conflict in decades

Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry

US Aims to Use Israel-Hamas Deal to Open Wider Peace Talks

politics

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The road for Sweden’s NATO membership has been bumpy, chiefly because of Turkey stalling ratifying Sweden’s application.

US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece after Turkey OKs Sweden’s entry to NATO

Republican-appointed judge denounces Republican distortions of Jan. 6

Haley calls Trump totally unhinged

Nation

President Joe Biden speaks Jan. 25 in Superior, Wis.

Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024

Wayne LaPierre, Longtime NRA Chief, Testifies at Manhattan Trial

Why Nikki Haley Has So Few Friends Left in South Carolina Politics

World

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Investigative Committee on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, Russian Investigative Committee employee walks in a place with wreckage of the Russian military Il-76 plane crashed area near Yablonovo, Belgorod region of Russia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Russian Investigative Committee via AP)

Ukraine says there’s no evidence for Russia’s claim that dozens of POWs died in a plane crash

South Africa Invokes Mandela Legacy With Case Against Israel

UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide, but does not demand stop to war

opinion

Protesters outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 12. The United Nations' top court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

Why Netanyahu doesn’t want to scale back war with Hamas

A book for our times

What the working class (supposedly) wants

lifestyle

Why do people get married?

For $5, a Rhode Island cat will poop on your ex’s name

Parents, prepare for battle: A memo from your favorite cutthroat Boston summer camps

food & dining

Teenage phenom pastry chef Piper McAloon.

She’s the pastry chef making Foglia’s delicious vegan desserts. She’s also self taught, and still in high school.

At Blue Ribbon Brasserie, a New York name makes a play for Kenmore Square

Old Wives Tale will bring oceanic drinks to the Encore; get Botox with your brunch in the Back Bay

travel

When it comes to romance and luxury, you won’t find a better place to indulge on Cape Cod than at the Chatham Inn.

Hey, Cupid: Which is more romantic, Cape Ann or Cape Cod?

The 6 most romantic resorts for a winter getaway in New England

Sauna culture is gaining steam in New England — including a new spot right here on the Greenway

Arts

The University of New Hampshire has permanently closed the Museum of Art on its Durham campus.

University of New Hampshire shutters Museum of Art on Durham campus

An underappreciated American art form conjures Black history from the void

At MoMA, An-My Lê's photos show the presence, and continuing power, of the past

Books

H. W. Brands , author of "Founding Partisans."

H.W. Brands reminds us that the nation was ever thus

Nonprofit Maine press publishes first English translation of experimental Bulgarian novel

Author readings around Boston through Feb. 3

Movies

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele appear in "Will & Harper."

Sundance stories: Will Ferrell’s close friend of 30 years came out as trans. Then they went on a road trip.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are working on a movie together (again)

Worried about mass extinction? Take our quiz on plague-inspired books and movies.

Television

Helena Bonham Carter (pictured in 2021) will star in "Nolly," a three-parter from Russell T Davies, creator of “A Very English Scandal” and “Years and Years.”

Three ‘Masterpiece’ premieres in the offing

From ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘Succession’: Ranking the 10 best HBO drama series

‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ adaptation arrives in May on Peacock

music

Bob Bittner — seen here in 2015 — ran grassroots Cambridge radio station WJIB for over three decades until his death last year. He broadcast an eclectic collection of music and musings from a studio at his home in Maine.

Quirky and beloved, WJIB will live on in new hands after longtime owner’s death

‘Lady Macbeth’ closes the BSO’s Shostakovich cycle with a bang

Ipswich ‘instructor in life’ and music scores Grammy nomination for second time

Theater/Dance

Jim Ortlieb is the maestro of "Stand Up If You're Here Tonight" at the Huntington's Maso Studio.

‘Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight’ defies definition, and that’s a very good thing

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter ponders ‘The Existence of God,’ and the existence of hope

At Central Square, a play that explores a tricky father-son-robot relationship

Health

Rhode Island Hospital, the state's largest hospital, in Providence.

After years of deferring investments, R.I.’s largest hospital owner is planning $3.5b in new improvements

Dana-Farber cancer researchers moving to retract one paper, correct others in broad investigation of manipulated data

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

Obituaries

Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., answered a question during a news conference in New Orleans, May 25, 2001.

Harry Connick Sr., longtime New Orleans district attorney and singer’s dad, dies at 97

Charles Fried, former judge and US solicitor general who changed course on abortion, dies at 88

Bill Hayes, longtime star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dies at 98