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Striking Newton teachers, School Committee offer last-ditch proposals to end strike
Striking Newton educators and the School Committee made public some of their proposals for a new contract Sunday afternoon in apparent last-ditch efforts to reopen the city’s schools in time for Monday morning.

Biden says US ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordan

Three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border.

An AeroMexico plane taxis on the tarmac of the Benito Juarez International Airport, in Mexico City in May 2022.

A man opened an emergency exit and walked on a plane’s wing. Dozens of fellow passengers supported him.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Expect two rounds of snow and rain over the next 24 hours
Much of the precipitation will be a mix in the lower and coastal elevations.

See town-by-town snowfall totals across New England

Afternoon rain and wintry mix will change to snow overnight in Massachusetts

Storm update: How much snow is expected Sunday-Monday in New England?
A coastal storm is set to bring anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow to most of New England, with several more inches in higher elevations.

Text Globe Weather HQ during extreme weather events

Secret Stash ganja yoga takes place in a loft in downtown Colorado Springs. Caleb Berry (left) and yoga instructor Kitty Harris smoked marijuana together at a recent session.

The prospect of cannabis cafes in Massachusetts faces a hazy future

Man dies in Maine after rescuing 4-year-old son when both fell through ice at pond

Teenager shot in shoulder while confronting alleged thief in Claremont, N.H., authorities say

House Republicans release impeachment charges against Mayorkas

Child sex images are booming online. Congress wants to know why.

Benjamin Hall unloaded crates of lobsters at the Stonington Lobster Co-op in Stonington, Maine.

January storms nearly wiped out Maine’s lobster industry. Now comes the hard part.

After back-to-back storms in January, the devastation felt by Maine’s lobster industry was an alarming warning that climate change is happening so fast, and with such seemingly cruel precision, that the scale of recovery may need to be greater than anyone had realized.

How does bad data slip through? Allegations of research fraud raise questions about ‘peer review.’
The troubles arise amid pressures to publish, too many journals, and too few reviewers.

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

Kentel Weaver shared a moment with Hilary Binda, the founder and executive director of the Tufts University Prison Initiative, before the start of their class.

Money, Power, Inequality

Tufts celebrates first class of incarcerated graduates at MCI-Concord

Graduates of the Tufts Prison Initiative earned a diploma in Civic Studies this week, the culmination of a five-year bachelor’s degree completed while students were incarcerated in state prison.

Cardinal O’Malley reflects on 20 years at the helm of the Boston Archdiocese
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, who received praise and some mild criticism over his work to right the church both financially and spiritually, says he is likely to leave his post sooner rather than later.

‘Students do not like being censored’: ‘Israelism,’ a new doc with New England roots, is film flashpoint
Since Oct. 7, screenings across the country have been canceled, postponed, and cited in a federal lawsuit.

A groundbreaking advocate for LGBTQ rights and breast cancer research in Massachusetts and across the country, Ann Maguire was 80 when she died Dec. 29.

Ann Maguire, groundbreaking LGBTQ leader and breast cancer research advocate, dies at 80

"I truly believe in giving back," she said of her activism on behalf of the LGBTQ community and for breast cancer research. "I’ve been very blessed."

Nikki Haley spoke at Concord, New Hampshire, on the night of that state's primary on Jan. 23.

Haley hits Trump on border and his ‘rants,’ saying ‘he feels threatened’

Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: ‘Please blame it on me’ Nikki Haley commits to staying in the presidential race through Super Tuesday on March 5

Artist Max Streicher's “Endgame (Nagg & Nell)” clowns are among the "Winteractive" pieces on display in downtown Boston.

Send in the clowns: Love them or hate them, downtown Boston’s new public art installations are a marketer’s dream

Foot traffic has nearly doubled in Boston since 2020 but remains far below pre-pandemic levels. That’s why the city needs creative (and surprising) reasons to bring people back.

Blue Ribbon Brasserie, which has opened in the former Eastern Standard space.

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

Eastern Standard’s replacement arrives in the shadow of Fenway Park, helmed by a talented chef.

Opinion

The author's 9mm pistol.

IDEAS | IEVA JUSIONYTE

Living with a gun

I have seen the savagery of firearms up close. I was afraid and viscerally appalled by them. I felt compelled to buy one anyway.

State’s highest court raps the knuckles of prosecutors on failure to disclose bad cops

The swastika stands for evil and mass murder. So does the hammer and sickle.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Where is Biden’s foreign policy taking us?

Party crashers

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Dakota Johnson says ‘Madame Web’ is like if AI made your boyfriend’s perfect movie, talks history of not taking interviews seriously on ‘Saturday Night Live’
“SNL” on Jan. 28 was hosted by “Madame Web” actress Dakota Johnson and Justin Timberlake was the musical guest.

Not a priest, not a man, but ready to run Fordham
The ability to navigate through turbulence, including as a prosecutor and a college president, is one of the many assets that brought Tetlow to Fordham.

Joe Houston is the latest Patriots assistant coach to find a new job elsewhere
Houston is one of multiple assistants who have departed Foxborough for college since the start of the offseason, a group that includes offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien (Ohio State) and wide receivers coach Ross Douglas (Syracuse).

beat writer's notebook

Joe Mazzulla’s reluctance to praise opponents, Daniel Theis’s new chance, and five other Celtics nuggets
Shaking my notebook and seeing what falls out as the Celtics try to regain their TD Garden rhythm following consecutive home losses…

Since Ohio train derailment, accidents have gone up
Rail companies insist that they have taken steps since the disaster to reduce accidents, including using new technology and improving safety training, and that those changes have begun to show results.

Winthrop fire chief describes driving 2-year-old girl to MGH when no ambulance was available
Two ambulances that serve Winthrop were tied up on other calls Friday morning when a mother called 911 and reported her 2-year-old daughter wasn't breathing.

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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

Charles Daniels, whose camera chronicled Boston’s rock history, dies at 81
"I didn’t need to see the final result as much as I just thought I needed to pay attention," Mr. Daniels said of the thousands of rolls of undeveloped film he shot of rock musicians as he chronicled Boston's cultural history in the 1960s and '70s.

‘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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

A 2008 issue of Essence magazine featuring an advertisement for menthol cigarettes.

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

The embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin has been on display in his mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square since 1924.

IDEAS | ASYA PARTAN

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

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

A pedestrian walked past a row of mannequins in the window of a store inside the Shops at Prudential Center on March 3, 2021.

Instead of COVID mea culpa, public health leaders should take a bow

Claudine Gay, former president of Harvard University.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘All the hallmarks of a political hit job’: Historian explains how Claudine Gay became a conservative target

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Storm update: How much snow is expected Sunday-Monday in New England?

A coastal storm is set to bring anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow to most of New England, with several more inches in higher elevations.

Money, Power, Inequality

Tufts celebrates first class of incarcerated graduates at MCI-Concord

Graduates of the Tufts Prison Initiative earned a diploma in Civic Studies this week, the culmination of a five-year bachelor’s degree completed while students were incarcerated in state prison.

Ann Maguire, groundbreaking LGBTQ leader and breast cancer research advocate, dies at 80

"I truly believe in giving back," she said of her activism on behalf of the LGBTQ community and for breast cancer research. "I’ve been very blessed."

How does bad data slip through? Allegations of research fraud raise questions about ‘peer review.’

The troubles arise amid pressures to publish, too many journals, and too few reviewers.

Sports

Dartmouth’s Tyler Medeiros (right) edges Old Rochester’s Tyler Young at the line to win the 1,000 meters at the MSTCA Coaches Invitational for Small Schools Sunday at the Reggie Lewis Center.

MSTCA COACHES INVITATIONAL | SMALL SCHOOLS

Billerica’s Nyrah Joseph turns past failure into Athlete of the Meet success at Small School Coaches Invite

Two weeks after a false start at the Northeast Invitational, Joseph produced her best two runs of the season and won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.57 seconds.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla (center) talked things over with his staff during Saturday's loss to the Clippers.

beat writer's notebook

Joe Mazzulla’s reluctance to praise opponents, Daniel Theis’s new chance, and five other Celtics nuggets

Shaking my notebook and seeing what falls out as the Celtics try to regain their TD Garden rhythm following consecutive home losses…

Assistant special teams coach Joe Houston, who has spent the last four seasons with the Patriots, is taking a job at the University of Florida.

Joe Houston is the latest Patriots assistant coach to find a new job elsewhere

Houston is one of multiple assistants who have departed Foxborough for college since the start of the offseason, a group that includes offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien (Ohio State) and wide receivers coach Ross Douglas (Syracuse).

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

The Bruins lost two of the best centers in franchise history. Charlie Coyle is filling the void admirably.

Jannik Sinner rallies from two sets down to win the Australian Open men’s final, clinches first major

Lakers 145, Warriors 144 (2 OT)

LeBron James outduels Stephen Curry with a triple-double as Lakers take double-OT thriller

Business

Ex-prime minister Alexander Stubb wins first round of Finland’s presidential vote to set up a runoff

The main themes of the election were foreign and security policy issues including Finland’s recent membership in NATO, future policies toward Russia, enhancing security cooperation with the United States, and the need to continue helping Ukraine both militarily and with humanitarian assistance.

Since Ohio train derailment, accidents have gone up

Rail companies insist that they have taken steps since the disaster to reduce accidents, including using new technology and improving safety training, and that those changes have begun to show results.

France braces for farmers’ tractor protest

A man opened an emergency exit and walked on a plane’s wing. Dozens of fellow passengers supported him.

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

Snow covers the Boston Common earlier this month. A wintry mix Sunday afternoon is expected to become an overnight snowfall, mostly impacted western parts of the state.

Afternoon rain and wintry mix will change to snow overnight in Massachusetts

Expect two rounds of snow and rain over the next 24 hours

Andre, 15, enjoys being a leader

sports

Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (left) defends against UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards, whose 23 points couldn't stop the Huskies from losing.

No. 15 Notre Dame women’s basketball team hands No. 8 UConn its first home loss of the season and snaps the Huskies’ 13-game winning streak

Boston College completes sweep of Boston University on enemy ice in matchup of two top men’s teams

In his final high school wrestling tournament, Bishop Fenwick’s Luke Connolly proved himself a champion

business

Consumer spending is a big part of the US economy, and a big reason for the economic recovery.

You don’t have to look far for the world’s best economic recovery because it’s happening here. What is going on in the US?

Send in the clowns: Love them or hate them, downtown Boston’s new public art installations are a marketer’s dream

UN Urges Support for Gaza Work After Staff Blamed in Attack

politics

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified alongside FBI Director Christopher A. Wray during a hearing on Capitol Hill in November.

House Republicans release impeachment charges against Mayorkas

As Biden judicial confirmations slow, Senate gains ground on red-state judges

Nikki Haley commits to staying in the presidential race through Super Tuesday on March 5

Nation

Republican presidential candidate former UN ambassador Nikki Haley spoke during a campaign event in Hollis, N.H., on Jan. 18.

Haley hits Trump on border and his ‘rants,’ saying ‘he feels threatened’

Biden says US ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordan

Not a priest, not a man, but ready to run Fordham

World

New recruits with the Ukrainian army’s Third Separate Assault Brigade trained in Kyiv in October. The need for replacement troops is alarming as more men are avoiding military service in the nearly two-year war.

After two years of bloody fighting, Ukraine wrestles with conscription

After help from Kenyan police is blocked, Haitians ask: What now?

For Palestinians in Lebanon, Gaza war is a reminder — and a warning

opinion

A 2008 issue of Essence magazine featuring an advertisement for menthol cigarettes.

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

Instead of COVID mea culpa, public health leaders should take a bow

US aid to Ukraine is an investment in US security

lifestyle

The cover of Annie Cardi's new novel, "Red"

In ‘Red,’ Boston-area author Annie Cardi reinterprets Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ for Gen Z readers

Why do people get married?

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

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

Filmmaker Topper Carew

Dr. Topper Carew brings ‘This Little Light of Mine’ to space

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)

Television

Actress Dakota Johnson honored at the 17th annual Hope for Depression Research Foundation luncheon at The Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in New York.

Dakota Johnson says ‘Madame Web’ is like if AI made your boyfriend’s perfect movie, talks history of not taking interviews seriously on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Three ‘Masterpiece’ premieres in the offing

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

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

A groundbreaking advocate for LGBTQ rights and breast cancer research in Massachusetts and across the country, Ann Maguire was 80 when she died Dec. 29.

Ann Maguire, groundbreaking LGBTQ leader and breast cancer research advocate, dies at 80

Roger Donlon, first Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, dies at 89

Roger Donlon, first Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, dies at 89