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Forecast | Dave Epstein
Quick-hitting ‘classic’ nor’easter expected Tuesday
Snowfall rates could occasionally exceed 1 to 2 inches per hour during this significant storm, making driving difficult until the intensity lightens up in the evening.

Springlike temperatures break records

Convicted of murder without ever killing, joint venturers are petitioning the State House to rethink the law
“If Massachusetts is to be a state that is fighting against racial disparity, then they really have no choice but to address the joint venture laws,” one activist said.

Megadonors to universities flexing their muscle in an unprecedented way

It is a new and stunning kind of public power-push by uber-rich donors, whose ranks are growing, and who suddenly appear hungry to use their money to shape higher education in America today, experts said.

Wealthier Mass. communities avoid brunt of expanding shelter crisis, Globe analysis shows
State data shows the unequal impact homeless families and new arrivals are having on Massachusetts.

South Boston officials call for answers about facilities at proposed shelter in Fort Point

Mass. RMV rejects a host of vanity plates each year, but the reasons why aren’t always clear

Why did BOOGER make the cut but not COUGR? Getting the vanity plate you want isn’t always easy in Massachusetts.

In Concord, residents wonder what comes next after sprawling prison closes

Israeli strikes kill 44 Palestinians in Rafah after Netanyahu says ground invasion is coming there

 Israel unveils tunnels underneath Gaza City headquarters of UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Five employees fired from Jay Peak Resort for wearing Nazi armbands

Judge lets lawsuit involving one of R.I.’s richest families go to trial
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

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

With some coaching from Irene Li of Mei Mei Dumplings, Globe columnist Shirley Leung reconnected with her childhood memories of making homemade dumplings.
10 ways to celebrate Lunar New Year in and around Boston

Three food families; three Chinatown (and beyond) stories

The world’s most famous dragon, Bruce Lee, was a natural entrepreneur

This Lunar New Year, Boston’s Chinatown is at a crossroads

Only two months in and the 2024 campaign is not aging well
When the top two candidates for the presidency are 77 and 81, age is not just a number, it's a vulnerability.

One more problem for Biden? Trump nostalgia.

President Biden's allies are quick to point out the omissions in Donald Trump's rose-colored recounting of his term. But are voters listening?

shirley leung
In Milton, it’s downright ugly with neighbors against neighbors ahead of Tuesday’s vote on housing
After years of telling everyone to embrace more housing, this Globe columnist wrestles with welcoming development now that it’s in her backyard.

It all comes down to this: MBTA zoning fight roils Milton ahead of a key vote on Tuesday

Milton is sharply split on a sweeping new zoning plan designed to loosen the grip of single-family housing on the proudly residential suburb. It is a vote that will reverberate far beyond the town borders.
CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

Mr. Irrelevant and a talented cast vs. the NFL’s premier quarterback makes for a compelling Super Bowl

The Chiefs are a smaller-scale version on the field of what the Patriots were for 20 years, while the 49ers feature the most well-balanced team in the NFL this season.

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

Taylor Swift expected to make epic journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Will she make it in time?

NFL’s grass-growing abilities have become a major controversy for Super Bowl LVIII
capitals 3, bruins 0

Bruins put up little fight in shutout loss to Capitals

One game after pitching a shutout against the top team in the West, the Bruins were blanked by one of the most mediocre teams in the East.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Grading the interesting NBA trades from a busy, but not monumental, deadline day

The NBA trade deadline has passed without many blockbuster trades, but it was eventful.
Marcus Smart got Xavier Tillman excited to be joining the Celtics
Globe Magazine

More women than ever are freezing their eggs. But there’s a problem.

Egg freezing was supposed to be the latest frontier of the sexual revolution. The reality is turning out to be more complex.
Opinion
RENÉE LOTH

A call for Americans to share their COVID-19 memories and experiences

The Library of Congress has launched a COVID-19 oral history project to preserve the experiences ordinary Americans had during the pandemic.
IDEAS | KRISTIN GRIFFIN

A Harbor Towers kid
Matt Hills

Like ‘Seinfeld,’ Newton teachers strike was about nothing
IDEAS | SHERRIE DULWORTH

What is a good death?

LETTERS

Long emergency department wait times are perilous. Fix this — stat!

More recent News

Atlantic Ocean system gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says
An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents is looking a bit more likely and closer than before, a new study says.

Dan Shaughnessy
Theo Epstein has been away a while but he knows how the Red Sox work, and other thoughts
Epstein knows that the Red Sox need to be a functional team again, with a clear direction. He wants them to succeed again.

Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant slated to stand trial in December on fraud charges
Cannon-Grant's trial in US District Court in Boston is scheduled to begin Dec. 2 and is expected to take about three weeks.

‘We’ve lost both engines,’ pilot says before private jet crashed onto Florida interstate, killing 2
The jet, with five people aboard, was bound for the airport in Naples when it tried to make an emergency landing on Interstate 75 on Friday afternoon

Boston struggling to test rape kits within state-mandated time limit, data show
The Boston crime lab received 186 rape kits in the 12 months leading up to last June, and tested 93 of them within 30 days, according to an annual state report on testing filed Jan. 2 by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

Does amassing a hoard of ‘sustainable’ mugs miss the point?
But the trend shows how a growing universe of eco-conscious products — things originally marketed to be sustainable — can morph into a catalyst for simply buying more, potentially canceling out environmental benefits.

Recommended reads

The conflagration that would consume Harvard? It began with a few words written in fear.

Harvard Law student Israa Alzamli is shocked and pained that the furor over the statement she helped write after the Oct. 7 attack has crowded out attention to the carnage in Gaza, including the deaths of many in her family.

Brian McGrory
Steward chief Ralph de la Torre has two yachts, not one
Why is it important that the chief executive officer of Steward Health Care owns two yachts? Because hospitals, even for profit ones, are something of a public trust.

Kayla Montgomery shares gruesome testimony in husband Adam Montgomery’s murder trial
As the state’s star witness, the defendant’s estranged wife is expected to face significant scrutiny under cross-examination in relation to 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery’s death.

In Concord, residents wonder what comes next after sprawling prison closes
Since news broke that the state plans to close MCI-Concord, the men’s prison in tony Concord, questions have swirled about what might take its place.

Culture & Lifestyle

From ‘Big Night’ to ‘Babette’s Feast,’ sink your teeth into these 7 great films about food

Contemporary Black poets celebrate Phillis Wheatley in new volume; ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired video installations at ICA

Looking for a sensuous Valentine’s Day read? Let me suggest Willa Cather.

In ‘The Naked Neanderthal,’ Ludovic Slimak claims that those early hominids were ‘never other versions of us’

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

LETTERS

It’s not about comfy pants. I’m more productive working from home.
Keith O'Brien

The hidden toll of sports gambling
Dallas Ducar

When the GOP comes for trans rights, they come for all of our rights
EDITORIAL

A ruling that frees up local political discourse
IDEAS | MATT GALLAGHER

This is no time to give up on Ukraine
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Saturday’s springlike temperatures bring a welcome break from winter

Communities across the state, including Worcester, Lowell, Newton, Braintree, Brookline, and Marlborough, are expected to either touch or surpass 60 degrees today.

Convicted of murder without ever killing, joint venturers are petitioning the State House to rethink the law

“If Massachusetts is to be a state that is fighting against racial disparity, then they really have no choice but to address the joint venture laws,” one activist said.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Quick-hitting ‘classic’ nor’easter expected Tuesday

Snowfall rates could occasionally exceed 1 to 2 inches per hour during this significant storm, making driving difficult until the intensity lightens up in the evening.

Megadonors to universities flexing their muscle in an unprecedented way

It is a new and stunning kind of public power-push by uber-rich donors, whose ranks are growing, and who suddenly appear hungry to use their money to shape higher education in America today, experts said.

Sports

capitals 3, bruins 0

Bruins put up little fight in shutout loss to Capitals

One game after pitching a shutout against the top team in the West, the Bruins were blanked by one of the most mediocre teams in the East.
MIAA NORTH GIRLS' SWIMMING

With a strike of lightning, Concord-Carlisle girls surge to a repeat in North swimming championship

Led by senior Alana Leen and freshman Elisabeth Reiling, the Patriots steamrolled its way to victory with 377.5 points, over 100 points ahead of second-place Weston.

Taylor Swift expected to make epic journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Will she make it in time?

The prospect of this race against time, complete with police escort, crossing nine time zones and the international date line, has fired imaginations, and speculation, for weeks.
Duke 80, Boston College 65

Five reach double figures as No. 9 Duke beats Boston College
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Grading the interesting NBA trades from a busy, but not monumental, deadline day
Celtics notebook

Marcus Smart got Xavier Tillman excited to be joining the Celtics

Business

Israel hit with first ever downgrade as Moody’s cites war impact

Israel received its first-ever sovereign downgrade as Moody’s Investors Service lowered its credit rating, citing the impact of the ongoing military conflict with Hamas on its finances.
shirley leung

In Milton, it’s downright ugly with neighbors against neighbors ahead of Tuesday’s vote on housing

After years of telling everyone to embrace more housing, this Globe columnist wrestles with welcoming development now that it’s in her backyard.

It all comes down to this: MBTA zoning fight roils Milton ahead of a key vote on Tuesday

Germany’s days as an industrial superpower are coming to an end
magazine
The Parenting Issue

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

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Mandy is from the South, like me’
PERSPECTIVE

One more game with Dad: Why the 49ers getting to the Super Bowl meant so much to me
The Parenting Issue

More women than ever are freezing their eggs. But there’s a problem.

metro

One of five Marines killed in California identified as New Hampshire native

South Boston officials call for answers about facilities at proposed shelter in Fort Point

More RIDOT workers echo union leaders’ description of ‘toxic,’ ‘harrassing’ workplace

sports

Once overlooked, Brad Marchand’s work ethic has him on verge of joining Bruins’ elite 1,000-game club

From the All-Star Dodgers to the sad state of the Athletics, there are many story lines to watch in spring training

NFL’s grass-growing abilities have become a major controversy for Super Bowl LVIII

business

Tommy Hilfiger takes over the Oyster Bar in Grand Central for a joyous New York-centric fashion show

Everett LNG terminal on its way to staying open under deal with National Grid

More RIDOT workers echo union leaders’ description of ‘toxic,’ ‘harrassing’ workplace

politics

One more problem for Biden? Trump nostalgia.

How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory

Only two months in and the 2024 campaign is not aging well

Nation

Haley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina as the Republican primary looms

Brooke Ellison, prominent disability rights advocate, is dead at 45

‘We’ve lost both engines,’ pilot says before private jet crashed onto Florida interstate, killing 2

World

On a frozen border, Finland puzzles over a ‘Russian game’

Israeli strikes kill 44 Palestinians in Rafah after Netanyahu says ground invasion is coming there

Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn’t want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina’s first female saint

opinion

Mass. tobacco law is working. Take note, federal officials.

It’s not about comfy pants. I’m more productive working from home.

One that got away: A prized fish market closes

lifestyle

How a run-down Ford launched a music revolution that swept Brazil’s Carnival

Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board

Read My Lips Boston wants to help everyone find their happily ever after

food & dining

Celebrate the new year at one of these new Chinese restaurants

L Street Tavern, made famous in ‘Good Will Hunting,’ being sold in March

What to make for the Super Bowl this Sunday

travel

We wanted northern lights and glacial fjords. We got so much more.

Not into roller coasters at sea with 5,000 other passengers? Consider an expedition voyage.

Cruise-curious? Your cruise questions answered.

Arts

With a small show of prints by Indigenous artists, the MFA looks to the future

A pair of ambitious photo exhibits look at sexuality and race in Boston during the ’70s

MFA agrees to return sacred relics to Korea

Books

Contemporary Black poets celebrate Phillis Wheatley in new volume; ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired video installations at ICA

Author readings around Boston through Feb. 17

Looking for a sensuous Valentine’s Day read? Let me suggest Willa Cather.

Movies

L Street Tavern, made famous in ‘Good Will Hunting,’ being sold in March

The world’s most famous dragon, Bruce Lee, was a natural entrepreneur

From ‘Big Night’ to ‘Babette’s Feast,’ sink your teeth into these 7 great films about food

Television

‘Matlock’ comeback marks the latest series reboot

Everything you need to know about Usher’s 2024 Super Bowl halftime show

With a focus on World War II, TV series are remaking history

music

A sunny concerto and a haunting ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ with the BSO

Everything you need to know about Usher’s 2024 Super Bowl halftime show

Seiji Ozawa, trailblazing BSO music director, dies at 88

Theater/Dance

Wonders never cease with the 7 Fingers

In ‘John Proctor Is the Villain,’ a high school is a #MeToo crucible

It’s the humans who are in need of repair in ‘Machine Learning’

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

Seiji Ozawa, trailblazing BSO music director, dies at 88

Aston Barrett, 77, bass-playing force with Bob Marley and Wailers, dies

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