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Supreme Court hears landmark election case seeking to kick Trump off ballot over Capitol attack

The Supreme Court will be weighing arguments over whether Trump is disqualified from reclaiming the White House because of his efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election, ending with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.

Lawyers tell Trump civil fraud judge they have no details on witness’s reported perjury plea talks

Neighbors sue to block affordable housing in Charlestown Navy Yard
The project would turn a shuttered hotel into affordable housing, much of it for homeless women and veterans.

After 100 middle-school students disrupt Medway supermarket, school principal alerts parents to ‘troubling trend’

Students in Medway have been descending on a Shaw’s supermarket on early release days from school where they knock over displays and disrupt shoppers, leading school officials to alert parents over the “alarming” behavior.

A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police custody in Kenya

A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said.

BPS plans bigger budget but braces for cuts as federal pandemic funding dries up

Details were scarce on how many positions would be cut, or added, at given schools. But the administration intends to close about 50 classrooms districtwide, merge two in-district charter schools, and find $17 million in savings in the central office budget.

Healey nominates former romantic partner, Gabrielle Wolohojian, to Supreme Judicial Court

Men who allegedly paid women for sex at brothels ask full SJC to decide if their names should be made public

Photos from the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

Blizzard of ’78: The worst of the storm caught many off guard

Forecasting has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurate weather models and advanced radar can now pinpoint timing and ferocity of storms.

By the time we get to May 5, we will have gained 4 hours and 4 minutes of more daylight.

Bring on the sun: Solar spring has arrived

It’s the time of year when the amount of daylight increases the fastest, helping elevate our moods during these winter doldrums.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 125, HAWKS 117

The Celtics were smart not to wait until the trade deadline to get help at center
Brad Stevens used the many assets acquired over the past few years to acquire needed frontcourt help from the Grizzlies in Xavier Tillman.

Top of the Celtics lineup does not need to be disturbed, as proven in a gritty win over the Hawks

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Turning their backs on Ukraine, and asylum-seekers
Democrats have ceded the terms of the debate over immigration, making meaningful reform harder than ever.

Aid for Ukraine is in balance after Senate Republicans block border package

RaeAnn Duff chatted with her sister, Karen Wallander, via Zoom. The sisters spent months trying to get a refund from an online rental marketplace called Houzlet.

A woman canceled a Florida condo rental after her husband had a stroke. Getting the $6,400 refund took months.

Two sisters — one in Wayland, one in Wisconsin — spent months unable to get a promised refund from an online rental marketplace called Houzlet.

Measures to legalize teacher strikes in Massachusetts appear to be going nowhere.

Beacon Hill lawmakers derail effort to legalize teacher strikes

The committee referred the legislation for further study, a move that typically derails a bill from moving forward in a legislative session and is sometimes used as a way for lawmakers to quietly kill legislation without taking a position on it.

Firefighters responded on Feb. 7, 2023 at Brockton Hospital.

One year after 10-alarm fire, Brockton Hospital eyes spring reopening, Signature Healthcare says

Construction on the hospital has entered its “final phases” and any renovations are expected to be completed by late spring, according to Robert Haffey, the President and CEO of the hospital’s operator, Signature Healthcare, said Wednesday.

Britain's Prince William, left, and Britain's Prince Harry after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Sept. 10, 2022.

Prince Harry’s visit to see King Charles III didn’t bring reconciliation with William

Prince Harry did not see his estranged brother, William, during a visit to the UK that lasted scarcely 24 hours.

Opinion

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump after speaking at a campaign event in Atkinson, N.H., on Jan. 16.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

In the Trump disqualification case, expect a Supreme sidestep

Trump’s case is weak, but that doesn’t mean he will lose.

The rise of Steward’s Ralph de la Torre — with the embrace of Boston’s business world

At Columbia Law, a club formed to combat antisemitism gets shot down

The Senate should censure Tom Cotton for his anti-Asian questioning of TikTok’s CEO

Yana Gorokhovskaia and Grady Vaughan

Foreign governments silencing dissent on US campuses in Boston and beyond

More recent News

Former state trooper charged in commercial driver’s license bribery scheme pleads not guilty
A former Massachusetts state trooper who was among six people indicted last week in a bribery scandal involving commercial driver’s licenses pleaded not guilty to extortion and other charges Wednesday in federal court in Boston.

US strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia commander
It is the latest US strike to follow President Biden’s promise to retaliate for a drone attack that killed three US service members late last month.

Special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department special counsel investigating President Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed his inquiry, and a report is expected to be made public soon.

Adam Montgomery used drugs while his daughter moaned in anguish, prosecutor says as murder trial begins
As Montgomery’s murder trial began, prosecutor Benjamin Agati and public defender Caroline Smith addressed jurors before they boarded a bus to visit several locations in Manchester connected to the case.

Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden
Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson is suspending her long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Biden.

Republican lawmaker says Harvard must turn over more records in congressional probe of campus antisemitism
A Republican lawmaker is taking Harvard University to task for what she says is the Ivy League school’s failure to turn over records to a committee she heads that’s looking into campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.

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From providing students of color with equal access to education, to founding a social service agency to help lower-income children and families secure affordable housing, Katherine and Hubie Jones were key leaders in child advocacy.

Locals don’t really go to Faneuil Hall, say the locals we found at Faneuil Hall
Even when they patronize it, Bostonians by and large see the famed marketplace as a tourist trap. Many hope new ownership will help change that reputation.

Democrats and Republicans almost reached meaningful agreements. Then politics got in the way.
Politics is trumping policy on Capitol Hill on a range of hard-fought, bipartisan measures.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jim Mazzanovich, who performs as Jimmy Mazzy, sings a tune while playing his banjo at Kennedy Meadows senior community in North Billerica, where he lives.

‘Trad jazz’ virtuoso Jimmy Mazzy is both a Hall of Famer and a well-kept secret

From left: Julian Edelman joined chef Josh Scherer for a new episode of "Last Meals."

Julian Edelman feasts on his ‘Last Meals,’ shares lessons learned from Bill Belichick

Annette Bening, center, with Hasty Pudding Theatrical members Nikita Nair, left and Joshua Hillers, right, during the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year parade through Harvard Yard on Tuesday.

Photos: See Annette Bening parade through Cambridge as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

A scene from the film "Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros."

A pleasure menu of a movie: ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’

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

Students returned to school at Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School on Feb. 5 after the Newton teachers strike was settled.

Who won in Newton? Not the students.

Newton Teachers Association president Mike Zilles announced on Jan. 18 that the union had overwhelmingly voted to go on strike.

The illegal Newton strike backfires — on teachers

Amir, 22, and Mona, 36, the brother and mother of 17-year-old Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a teenager from Louisiana who was fatally shot in the West Bank, posed with a framed photo of Tawfic at the family's Palestinian home village, Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank, Jan. 23.

A shamefully tepid US response to the killing of a Palestinian American teen in the West Bank

An aerial view of MCI-Concord, which opened in 1878 and is the oldest state prison for men in Massachusetts, with the Route 2 rotary in the foreground.

Take the Concord rotary too, please

A sign on the wall in Spanish and English at an overdose prevention center at OnPoint NYC in New York, Feb. 18, 2022.

I visited supervised consumption sites in six cities. Here’s what I found.

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Police to address special commission investigating response to Maine mass shooting

While previous hearings have focused on encounters police had with shooter and former Army reservist Robert Card previous to the killings, Thursday's testimony could center more on the immediate aftermath of the shootings.

A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police custody in Kenya

A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said.

One year after 10-alarm fire, Brockton Hospital eyes spring reopening, Signature Healthcare says

Construction on the hospital has entered its “final phases” and any renovations are expected to be completed by late spring, according to Robert Haffey, the President and CEO of the hospital’s operator, Signature Healthcare, said Wednesday.

First Literacy of Boston seeks teams of ‘savvy spellers’ for 34th Annual Spelling Bee

Corporations, families, friends, and community groups are eligible to compete in the event scheduled April 11, 6 p.m. at the State Street Channel Center in Boston. Proceeds will benefit the non-profit's adult basic education programs.

Sports

Celtics center Al Horford had a big night against the Hawks but at his age, rest will be important down the stretch.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

The Celtics were smart not to wait until the trade deadline to get help at center

Brad Stevens used the many assets acquired over the past few years to acquire needed frontcourt help from the Grizzlies in Xavier Tillman.

Mikhail Sergachev was taken off the ice on a stretcher during the second period.

Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev leaves ice on a stretcher with leg injury

His left leg bent at an awkward angle after a bodycheck seven minutes into the second period.

With the completion of the long jump Wednesday, the O'Bryant boys were able to celebrate their City League championship at the Reggie Lewis Center.

CITY TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jodanny Fleurival wins long jump to give O’Bryant boys’ Boston City League track and field title

Latin Academy beat O’Bryant for the girls' championship.

UCONN 67, SETON HALL 34

UConn women’s basketball’s Geno Auriemma third coach to reach 1,200 wins

Celtics 125, Hawks 117

Top of the Celtics lineup does not need to be disturbed, as proven in a gritty win over the Hawks

Scot Pollard, NBA champion with the 2007-08 Celtics, in need of a heart transplant

Business

One year after 10-alarm fire, Brockton Hospital eyes spring reopening, Signature Healthcare says

Construction on the hospital has entered its “final phases” and any renovations are expected to be completed by late spring, according to Robert Haffey, the President and CEO of the hospital’s operator, Signature Healthcare, said Wednesday.

Mass. economy grew more slowly than the nation’s in last quarter of 2023

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Pregnancy care bill progresses in Massachusetts legislature

Neighbors sue to block affordable housing in Charlestown Navy Yard

magazine

More women than ever are freezing their eggs. Why do so few end up using them?

When my daughter was born, I became the most scared dad there ever was

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My marriage suffers when we go too long without being intimate

Salted Butter Caramel Chocolate Mousse

Sweet on someone? Let them know with salted butter caramel chocolate mousse.

metro

Fishing boats docked together in the early morning light as the sun rose against a stormy sky in New Bedford Harbor in August. A Fall River man who was a crew member on New Bedford fishing boats pleaded guilty Wednesday to a tax evasion charge, federal prosecutors said.

Fall River fisherman pleads guilty to tax evasion charge, prosecutors say

Two teens arrested for vandalizing Iwo Jima memorial in Fall River, police say

Boston-area forecast: Sunshine and mild temps on tap this week

sports

Things are looking up for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. after he won a record amount in arbitration.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. beats Blue Jays in salary arbitration for MLB-record $19.9 million

Gloucester girls’ hockey continues special season with shutout of Masconomet

Nick D’Olympio’s hat trick lifts Catholic Memorial hockey over Archbishop Williams

business

CVS Health said higher Medicare Advantage costs are coming from outpatient care like hip and knee surgeries and supplemental benefits such as dental and vision coverage.

CVS Health grows more cautious about 2024 as it deals with rising Medicare Advantage costs

A woman canceled a Florida condo rental after her husband had a stroke. Getting the $6,400 refund took months.

State boosting EV charging with another $50 million

politics

Former president Donald Trump.

Supreme Court hears landmark election case seeking to kick Trump off ballot over Capitol attack

Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden

Aid for Ukraine is in balance after Senate Republicans block border package

Nation

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump.

Nevada’s Republican caucuses give Trump another chance to demonstrate his grip on the GOP base

Ohio backs off proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for adults

Lawyers tell Trump civil fraud judge they have no details on witness’s reported perjury plea talks

World

Election campaign poster of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party are displayed at a market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb. 5.

Pakistan votes for a new parliament as militant attacks surge and jailed leader’s party cries foul

Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter.’

Blinken says a Hamas-Israel deal is still possible even though the sides remain far apart

opinion

Newton Teachers Association president Mike Zilles announced on Jan. 18 that the union had overwhelmingly voted to go on strike.

The illegal Newton strike backfires — on teachers

Border security is possible if Congress embraces compromise and rejects political opportunism

A shamefully tepid US response to the killing of a Palestinian American teen in the West Bank

lifestyle

Stylist Chellie Carlson, shown in her Los Angeles home on Jan. 18, helps her clients edit their wardrobes down to the items that fit them and make them feel good. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)

How to clean out your closet

Julian Edelman feasts on his ‘Last Meals,’ shares lessons learned from Bill Belichick

As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effects

food & dining

The “Original 1947 Butter Chicken” at Daryaganj in New Delhi, India on Jan. 28. A court has been asked to solve a bitter dispute between two families who have very different accounts of the origins of a dish beloved around the world.

Who created butter chicken? India’s great curry clash.

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It’s the Year of the Dragon — time to make dumplings. But would I remember how?

travel

JetBlue tails at Logan.

JetBlue to begin offering nonstop flights from Boston to Dublin and Paris

These are the most crowded and expensive theme parks in the world. If you’re headed to Disney, start saving now.

Margaritaville resort will open in Hyannis this summer, company says

Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to return sacred relics to Korea that have been housed in an ancient reliquary.

MFA agrees to return sacred relics to Korea

Home cooking? No, home looking, courtesy of the PRC

‘These new generations, they’re more courageous than us,’ says Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi

Books

Robert Radin, author of the memoir "Noche Triste."

Robert Radin suffered from anorexia in the ’80s. His memoir is an attempt to come to terms with what happened.

Cliche does battle with history in Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Women’

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb looks for evidence of extraterrestrial life, attracting attention — and detractors

Movies

Patton Oswalt as freelance reporter Dervey Ryan in the third episode of Jim Byrkit's new project "Shatter Belt."

Filmmaker Jim Byrkit debuts ‘Shatter Belt’ at Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

Coming-of-age meets high camp in ‘Lisa Frankenstein’

Crewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’

Television

Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall in a scene from the Netflix limited series "One Day."

‘One Day,’ and then another, all the way into adulthood

In ‘Masters of the Air’ and elsewhere, Anthony Boyle rises to the challenge

Super Bowl commercials 2024: See Tom Brady, Budweiser, and more big game ads

music

Jim Mazzanovich, who performs as Jimmy Mazzy, sings a tune while playing his banjo at Kennedy Meadows senior community in North Billerica, where he lives.

‘Trad jazz’ virtuoso Jimmy Mazzy is both a Hall of Famer and a well-kept secret

Boston Symphony Orchestra announces Carnegie Hall programs for 2025

Usher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’

Theater/Dance

Deby Xiadani inside the Rockwell in Somerville.

At the Rockwell, ‘funny, dark, smart, great’ define a new vision for the Somerville theater

With plenty of empty seats to fill, some theater companies are in a fight for survival

In ‘A Case for the Existence of God,’ two lonely strangers, intertwined

Health

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I.

Prospect Medical Holdings wants to sell its 2 R.I.-based hospitals. Here’s what a proposed deal could look like, executives say.

Timeline: Proposed sale of Rhode Island hospitals preceded by years of regulatory fights, funding problems

Incel culture and its rise in the modern dating world

Obituaries

Then-president Sebastián Piñera showed a message reading "We are fine in the refuge, the 33 of us", from the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, near the city of Copiapo on Aug. 22, 2010.

Sebastián Piñera, former Chilean president and billionaire mogul, dies at 74

Clyde Taylor, literary scholar who elevated Black cinema, dies at 92

John Bruton, Irish leader who played a key role in Northern Ireland’s peace process, dies at 76