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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Who are the victims in this prostitution ring?
After federal authorities busted a sprawling prostitution ring in November that included apartments in Cambridge and Watertown, let’s reacquaint ourselves with those who are hurt by sex trafficking.

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.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Snow, rain to cause ‘slick travel’ with late weekend storm
The Boston area could see a coating to 2 inches of snow, with up to a foot of heavier wet snow in higher elevations.

Boston weather this weekend: How much snow is expected Sunday-Monday?
A developing coastal storm will deliver 2 to 8 inches of snow to much of New England, with several more inches of heavier snow forecast for higher elevations.

Text Globe Weather HQ during extreme weather events

ADRIAN WALKER

The emergency shelter crisis has come to Boston’s neighborhoods, starting with Roxbury
Beacon Hill’s response to the migrant crisis has been, in a word, weak.

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

Charles Daniels posed for a portrait in 2022 near a small portion of his thousands of undeveloped rolls of film. Nearby are photos he made of Rod Stewart, who he photographed while on tour.

Charles Daniels, whose camera chronicled Boston’s rock history, dies at 81

Man rescued from Newton house fire Wednesday dies two days later

Lenox Hotel evacuated after transformer explosion, according to officials

A pro-Palestinian protest in Harvard Yard last year after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and the beginning of Israel's retaliatory campaign in Gaza.

‘It depends on the context’. Harvard plunges into roiling debate about what is considered antisemitism.

The dispute boils down to questions about whether some forms of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian speech cross the line.

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

Alex Speier | Sunday baseball notes

Why did some people decline to pursue the top job in the Red Sox baseball operations department?
In some cases, the decision not to interview was driven less by the team than by the inherent nature of the job or what they’d be leaving behind.

Dan Shaughnessy: A Dear John (Henry) letter to the Red Sox owner, and other thoughts

Striking Newton teachers rallied outside the Newton Education Center Wednesday.

Strike continues as Newton teachers, School Committee fail to reach deal Saturday

There has been little sign that the protracted, contentious negotiations have brought the sides any closer to agreement on the major issues.

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.

The prospect of cannabis cafes in Massachusetts faces a hazy future
Conversations about marijuana cafes, infused dinners, and canna-yoga are finally in the spotlight again. But are they on the horizon?

Sholto David has flagged issues on more than 2,000 papers on a site called PubPeer, where researchers critique published scientific studies.

From a small town in Wales, a scientific sleuth has shaken Dana-Farber — and elevated the issue of research integrity

The blog post that has shaken the leadership of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute was written some 3,000 miles away by an unemployed scientist who spends his time poring over research papers looking for images that may have been manipulated.

DeMarcus Covington beat out at least three other candidates to become the Patriots' defensive cordinator.

Patriots plan to promote DeMarcus Covington to defensive coordinator

Covington has spent his entire NFL coaching career in New England, joining Bill Belichick’s staff as a coaching assistant in 2017.

Sunday Football Notes: There are plenty of story lines to keep an eye on in NFL conference championship games

David Pastrnak scored two of the Bruins' four first-period goals.

Bruins 6, Flyers 2

Bruins head to the All-Star break on a winning note by beating the Flyers in Philadelphia

Because of the All-Star break, the Bruins don't play again until Feb. 6 at home against the Flames.

Coaches rarely shake the bug for long, and that was the case with Doc Rivers.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Behind the baffling turn of events that led to Doc Rivers leaving ESPN/ABC for the Bucks

ESPN management was disappointed with Rivers’s decision, feeling like he had taken to the analyst role quickly and would be thriving come the NBA Finals.

With the Bucks, Doc Rivers has his last, best chance to coach another team to an NBA championship

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

East Providence council president urges governor to declare emergency over Washington Bridge
“Currently, I am not looking to assess blame, but I believe that the crisis has reached an emergency situation which calls for federal assistance,” City Council President Bob Rodericks said in a letter to Governor Dan McKee dated Thursday.

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.

Worcester theater hosts hundreds of young dancers for ballet auditions
Dancers from 9 to 19 competed Saturday for the chance to compete in the Youth America Grand Prix finals in New York.

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, eight eloquent memorials in art, media, and literature
Two Holocaust scholars offer art as a prism on Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

How leaders and diplomats are trying to end the Gaza war
Officials from at least 10 different administrations are trying to forge a set of deals to end the war in the Gaza Strip and set up a plan for the area when the fighting stops.

Dinner with Cupid

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?

Recommended reads

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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

Strike continues as Newton teachers, School Committee fail to reach deal Saturday

There has been little sign that the protracted, contentious negotiations have brought the sides any closer to agreement on the major issues.

Boston weather this weekend: How much snow is expected Sunday-Monday?

A developing coastal storm will deliver 2 to 8 inches of snow to much of New England, with several more inches of heavier snow forecast for higher elevations.

Worcester theater hosts hundreds of young dancers for ballet auditions

Dancers from 9 to 19 competed Saturday for the chance to compete in the Youth America Grand Prix finals in New York.

Marc Jaffe, publisher of paperback hits, is dead at 102

An editor and publisher, Marc Jaffe turning out best-sellers like “Jaws,” “The Exorcist,” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”

Sports

David Pastrnak (second from left), celebrates one of his two first-period goals, giving him 334 for his NHL career.

Bruins notebook

David Pastrnak reflects on return to where his NHL career began

The All-Star who was selected No. 25 overall at the 2014 event held at Wells Fargo Center, has the most goals of anyone in his NHL Draft class.

Ed Cooley knew what to expect from the Providence crowd in his first visit as coach of Georgetown.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE 84, GEORGETOWN 76

Providence College unwelcomes Ed Cooley back, rallies past Georgetown in coach’s return

Cooley coached the Friars for 12 seasons before defecting within the Big East to the Hoyas. Devin Carter scored 11 of his 29 points in the last two minutes for PC.

David Pastrnak scored two of the Bruins' four first-period goals.

Bruins 6, Flyers 2

Bruins head to the All-Star break on a winning note by beating the Flyers in Philadelphia

Because of the All-Star break, the Bruins don't play again until Feb. 6 at home against the Flames.

MSTCA COACHES INVITATIONAL

At MSTCA Coaches Invitational, Wellesley girls quick out of the blocks and Xaverian boys boosted by Henry Hasselbeck’s closing speed

BOSTON COLLEGE 61, NOTRE DAME 58

Devin McGlockton leads in points and Jaeden Zackery in clutch plays as Boston College edges Notre Dame

Patriots plan to promote DeMarcus Covington to defensive coordinator

Business

Crew extinguish fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen after US targets rebels in airstrike

The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel sparked by the strike

Germany’s Scholz to Visit Washington for Biden Meeting on Ukraine Aid

(Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Washington for a meeting with President Joe Biden on Feb. 9, as the leaders look to rally support for additional assistance for Ukraine.

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

Finns Vote for New President Facing More Aggressive Russia

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

Boston fire and police vehicles were at the Lenox Hotel in Boston after the building was evacuated because a transformer explosion caused smoke to spread through the building.

Lenox Hotel evacuated after transformer explosion, according to officials

From a small town in Wales, a scientific sleuth has shaken Dana-Farber — and elevated the issue of research integrity

‘It depends on the context’. Harvard plunges into roiling debate about what is considered antisemitism.

sports

Jayson Tatum (right) scored 30 points against Paul George (left) and the Clippers in their first meeting this season.

Clippers at Celtics: Someone’s winning streak is coming to an end at TD Garden on Saturday

Jakub Lauko knew he had to reinvent his game to find his place in the NHL, so he did just that

With the Bucks, Doc Rivers has his last, best chance to coach another team to an NBA championship

business

A worker moves crates of eggs at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., on Jan. 11 which has seen an outbreak of avian flu in recent weeks.

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

US Approves F-16 Sale to Turkey After NATO-Sweden Accord

Biden Urges Border Deal as Johnson Calls Plan ‘Dead on Arrival’

politics

President Biden and former president Donald Trump.

Biden must campaign against a man who already thinks he’s president

No diploma? No problem! Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals

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

Nation

President Biden toured a wind turbine factory in Pueblo, Colo., in November.

Democrats say Biden hasn’t ‘made the case’ on climate despite achievements

A drug test cost a DEA agent his job. He sued and got it back.

Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a safety net that’s under stress

World

A view of the archaeological site Yaxchilan in Chiapas state, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

How leaders and diplomats are trying to end the Gaza 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

An editor and publisher, Marc Jaffe turning out best-sellers like “Jaws,” “The Exorcist,” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”

Marc Jaffe, publisher of paperback hits, is dead at 102

David L. Mills, who kept the internet running on time, dies at 85

Charles Daniels, whose camera chronicled Boston’s rock history, dies at 81