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Amid ratings challenges at GBH, external investigation probes workplace culture

Staffers say there’s an undercurrent of fear and intimidation fostered by bosses whose push to make the station more relevant online has affected morale and undermined the radio and TV broadcasting that has been GBH’s bread-and-butter.

Supreme Court hears landmark election case seeking to kick Donald 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

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

The men are among 28 people identified as alleged customers by federal investigators based on records seized during the human trafficking investigation that has led to criminal charges against the alleged brothel operators.

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.

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

Gabrielle Wolohojian has served on the state appeals court since 2008 and is a former partner at the law firm Hale & Dorr, where she first met the future governor.

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.

Beacon Hill lawmakers derail effort to legalize teacher strikes

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

For polyamorous people, there is no romance without finance

The Globe spoke with more than dozen polyamorous New Englanders about the cost of dating, budgeting strategies, and financial conversations.

A longtime Newton councilor led the city’s zoning rewrite. Then residents ousted her.
The state’s MBTA communities law can put local officials in a difficult spot, drafting zoning laws their communities oppose. Deborah Crossley learned that the hard way.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
After years of cheering on Super Bowl teams, Patriots fans’ seasons now end in rooting against the Chiefs
Patriots fans used to trumpet the slogan “They Hate Us Cause They Ain’t Us,” but now they’re petrified that the Chiefs could indeed be them.

ben volin | on football

For many across the NFL, Bill Belichick’s absence from the sideline in 2024 will be surreal

“It’s going to be very strange that he’s not in the league,” said CBS analyst Charles Davis, “but I don’t expect that to last long.”
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.
THE FINE PRINT

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.

Sam Kennedy envisions Theo Epstein’s new role with Red Sox as ‘a step to something bigger and better’

At the MLB owners meetings, Kennedy said he could see Epstein owning and operating a baseball franchise in another market.
Weather Focus | Dave Epstein

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.
Bring on the sun: Solar spring has arrived
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.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Changing the salary rules for the state’s top police training official doesn’t pass the smell test

Governor Healey proposes to allow a single state employee to collect a full-time salary and a full pension.
Richard Goldberg and Jonathan Schanzer

The UN agency that’s supposed to aid Palestinian refugees has only made things worse
IDEAS | MATT GALLAGHER

This is no time to give up on Ukraine
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

In the Trump disqualification case, expect a Supreme sidestep
LETTERS

What does Netanyahu want? Or Hamas? Or Biden?

More recent News

Blinken ends latest Mideast mission after new Israeli snub of proposed Gaza ceasefire plan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has left the Middle East with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October.

US drone strike in Baghdad reportedly kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on US troops

Local police expected to testify about response to Lewiston mass shooting
Thursday’s hearing in Augusta, Maine, will include testimony from members of the Lewiston and Lisbon police departments about the immediate response to the shootings, according to an advisory from the commission.

Man accused of killing his girlfriend in Mass. escapes 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 Logan Airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said.

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.

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
Williamson first ran for president in 2020 and made national headlines by calling for a “moral uprising” against then-President Trump.

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The Patriots may not be in the Super Bowl this year, but fans have plenty to look forward to during the big game broadcast on Sunday.
The Taylor Swift Effect on the NFL’s popularity is real, but it’s not as powerful as you may think

Black History Now
Katherine and Hubie Jones were trailblazers in achieving equal education: ‘The future is in good hands’
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

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

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

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

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

Special Projects

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.

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JOAN VENNOCHI

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

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

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
EDITORIAL

Who won in Newton? Not the students.

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

COMMENTARY | ANN MACDONALD

Rhode Island’s new sepsis regulations will save lives

Rhode Island recently became the first state in New England to enact regulations to improve the recognition and treatment of sepsis. The law goes into effect this month.
RI FOOD & DINING

Gluten-free festival to debut in Rhode Island

BJ Mansuetti and Robin Dionne are behind the new festival, and hosted RIVegFest earlier this month.
RI BUSINESS

Yawgoo: The tiny Rhode Island ski area with a huge, devoted following

Learning to ski at Yawgoo is a rite of passage for many Rhode Islanders.

Local police expected to testify about response to Lewiston mass shooting

Thursday’s hearing in Augusta, Maine, will include testimony from members of the Lewiston and Lisbon police departments about the immediate response to the shootings, according to an advisory from the commission.

Sports

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

After years of cheering on Super Bowl teams, Patriots fans’ seasons now end in rooting against the Chiefs

Patriots fans used to trumpet the slogan “They Hate Us Cause They Ain’t Us,” but now they’re petrified that the Chiefs could indeed be them.

The Paris Olympics medals are monumental: They’re made with metal chunks from the Eiffel Tower.

When they make history at the Paris Games, Olympic medalists will take a bit of France and its history home, too.
ben volin | on football

For many across the NFL, Bill Belichick’s absence from the sideline in 2024 will be surreal

“It’s going to be very strange that he’s not in the league,” said CBS analyst Charles Davis, “but I don’t expect that to last long.”
Gary Washburn | On Basketball

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

NHL

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

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

Business

A longtime Newton councilor led the city’s zoning rewrite. Then residents ousted her.

The state’s MBTA communities law can put local officials in a difficult spot, drafting zoning laws their communities oppose. Deborah Crossley learned that the hard way.
Media

Amid ratings challenges at GBH, external investigation probes workplace culture

Staffers say there’s an undercurrent of fear and intimidation fostered by bosses whose push to make the station more relevant online has affected morale and undermined the radio and TV broadcasting that has been GBH’s bread-and-butter.

For polyamorous people, there is no romance without finance

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

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

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

LOVE LETTERS

My marriage suffers when we go too long without being intimate
COOKING

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

metro

Latino stories take center stage in Rhode Island

Man accused of killing his girlfriend in Mass. escapes police custody in Kenya

Police to address special commission investigating response to Maine mass shooting

sports

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

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

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

Pregnancy care bill progresses in Massachusetts legislature

Neighbors sue to block affordable housing in Charlestown Navy Yard

politics

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

Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff

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

Nation

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

Funeral home owner accused of abandoning nearly 200 decomposing bodies to appear in court

NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth

World

A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine is rejected as a presidential candidate

Blinken ends latest Mideast mission after new Israeli snub of proposed Gaza ceasefire plan

A volcano erupts in same part of southwestern Iceland where earlier activity required evacuations

opinion

Foreign governments silencing dissent on US campuses in Boston and beyond

Who loves you, Xi Jinping?

Steward Health Care woes: an outrage and a crisis rolled into one

lifestyle

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

Gluten-free festival to debut in Rhode Island

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

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

travel

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

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

Anthony Fauci will reflect on his long government career in ‘On Call,’ to be published in June

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’

Movies

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

‘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

‘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

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

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

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