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DCF said she and others neglected their children. Hundreds of times last year, investigators were wrong, officials say.

State hearing officers reversed DCF’s findings against parents and caregivers 40 percent of the time last fiscal year, new data show, while dozens of others were partially overturned.

2 officers, 1 first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota; suspect dead

Officers were responding to a call involving an armed man who had barricaded himself inside with family, including seven children.

TALKING SHOP

New vintage in Central Square; Homeware store comes downtown
A string of secondhand stores in Central Square and a Downtown Crossing home goods shop are among the newest small businesses in the region.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

MTA exerts more power amid a wave of teacher strikes, generating praise and scorn

The Massachusetts Teachers Association has undergone an ideological shift in which it has become a more populist workers’ rights movement that eagerly blocks state policies it opposes.

The Newton teachers strike canceled February break. But some families are still going on vacation.

We can’t ignore these fascists, or normalize them

We have to keep calling out the sad little men of NSC-131.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington.

George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him

North Brookfield, Mass. woman dies after N.H. snowmobile crash

Police investigating human skeletal remains found in Saugus woods

Israel vows to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah

Boston firefighters stood outside of the Massachusetts State House last July.

Boston Fire continues to fail to reflect the community it serves, new data show

The current fire academy class is comprised of 46 members. Forty of them, or 86 percent, are white. Only three of the academy’s participants are women.

‘Two different planets’: On university campuses, the Israel-Palestinian divide runs deep
For some students, the war in the Middle East, and the fear and anger it has provoked on campus, has marked their college years indelibly.

Critics say teaching on race can fuel antisemitism. Harvard professors say that’s outlandish.

‘A thing of the past’: With warmer winters, the New England tradition of outdoor skating is on thin ice
The window to skate in Vermont is dwindling as the climate changes. “It affects the whole local economy,” one business owner says.

Sunny and cold weather is on tap to start out this February school vacation week. Above, the sun was shining bright Feb. 3 over the Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge at Revere Beach.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rather tranquil week of sunshine as a storm develops later in the week

It’s a cold but breezy and dry start to school vacation week with temperatures hovering in the 30s.

It’s been 721 days without any significant snowfall in Boston

Jonathan Banks in "Constellation," premiering Feb. 21 on Apple TV+.

Jonathan Banks isn’t such a tough guy after all

The actor who perfected his gruff, no-nonsense persona on "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" comes across as anything but in a conversation ahead of the debut of his new TV series, "Constellation."

Alex Herlihy, Rye's town historian, stands in front of the free home he is asking buyers to dismantle and transport.

Historic farmhouse in Rye, N.H. offered for free — but you have to move it

The house on Locke Road, built in 1826, is one of just 317 homes built in Rye before 1905.

Westford Academy's theater department (shown in its summer production of "American Idiot") was chosen as the sole New England high school to receive permission to perform "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" for 2024.

Westford Academy selected as New England’s sole high school to perform ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Broadway adaptation

To apply for consideration, students had to describe why their school or community is the most “magical” place to put on the production.

Sydney Sweeney arrived for the premiere of Sony's "Madame Web" in Los Angeles on Feb. 12.

‘Madame Web’ star Sydney Sweeney talks Britney Spears, spider suits, and how she ‘fell in love with Boston’

Boston became a home away from home for Sydney Sweeney and the crew of “Madame Web” while filming around town in 2022.

I want my boyfriend to go to the doctor

I’m anxious about health, in general.

Opinion

Milton residents voted Wednesday against a controversial plan that would open key sections of the town to more housing development.

Milton voters rejected a housing plan, but the state can’t let that be the last word

It’s a law, not a suggestion: Milton needs to allow more housing growth somewhere in town.

Meh on Biden vs. Trump … what’s a voter to do?

Beyoncé is releasing a country album. Nashville had better buckle up.

IDEAS | G'RA ASIM

A rollicking rebuke to the idea that rock isn’t Black music

Today’s voters would be wise to heed the critics of ‘Old Tippecanoe’

More recent News

Hundreds risk arrest, and Kremlin’s wrath, to lay flowers for Navalny
Hundreds of supporters have risked arrest in the repressive climate of wartime Russia and braved bitter winter temperatures, to contribute to various memorials, which in some cases were quickly swept away by the authorities.

Black History Now

In Boston’s Jean McGuire, a legacy of success in those she uplifted
Jean McGuire’s legacy has largely been defined by her work in Boston Public Schools, and in her stewardship of Franklin Park, the crown jewel of Boston’s Emerald Necklace of green space that runs through the city.

Conn. woman fatally struck walking on highway in Sutton
About 7 p.m. Saturday, State Police received calls reporting a serious crash involving a pedestrian on the northbound side of Route 146 near Exit 13, officials said.

These small towns have a big-city problem: The rent is way too high
An intensifying housing crisis has gripped New York City and urban areas around the country, fueled by the rising costs of homeownership, surging rents, and limited housing stock. Now, some places that were long considered more affordable are contending with those same factors.

Officials identify woman, man found dead inside their Salem, N.H., home
Salem police responded to a 911 call from the home about 1:45 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies, prosecutors said.

Sports analytics is all the rage, and two high schoolers want to give their peers a taste of the action
The local 16-year-old students will hold what they believe is the first sports analytics conference specifically for high schoolers.

Recommended reads

Inmates bunked in a former recreation room due to overcrowding at MCI-Concord in 1986.

Behind these prison walls: Stories of rogue adventurers and lives lost inside Concord facility

For 146 years, the state prison in Concord has collected stories behind its imposing walls, the stories of the thousands who worked there or were imprisoned there.

Boston’s homeless shelters for young adults are pressed to their limits by surging demand this winter
As Boston faces an increase in homelessness, the demand for shelter among young people is exceeding the beds available.

Your Home | Calm & Cozy

How a Brookline empty-nester couple converted their two-family into one
They started out with renters to help their budget. Nearly 30 years later, it was time to make it a single-family.

Nikki Haley says she is going the distance against Trump. Here’s her plan.
She's trailing Donald Trump by a lot, but Nikki Haley is expanding her campaign to Michigan and then 11 states that will vote on Super Tuesday, set for March 5.

Culture & Lifestyle

Mikko Nissinen, Viktorina Kapitonova, and Sangmin Lee rehearse "Raymonda."

Can ‘Raymonda’ be redeemed in full? Boston Ballet premieres Mikko Nissinen’s remake.

Pianist Yunchan Lim performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev at Symphony Hall, Feb. 15, 2024.

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

Jennifer Lopez's new movie and album "This Is Me . . . Now" released on Friday.

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Mitski performs at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Thursday night.

Mitski has all the answers at MGM Fenway

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.

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

The author schooling her late father, Ryan Jezak, in wrestling in an undated photo.

IDEAS | MAIAH JEZAK

My father’s addiction claimed everything but my love for him

A sign that read "Now Hiring" was posted outside a hotel on Jan. 3 in Los Angeles.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Are immigrants a burden or a benefit?

The Low Memorial Library on the campus of Columbia University in Manhattan in 2020.

Elizabeth Warren and Charles E. Schumer

Biden has done much to relieve student debt, but he can do more

Screenshot of CNN’s “The Chris Wallace Show”

The media’s own memory problems

Given their past romantic relationship, Governor Maura Healey’s nomination of Gabrielle Wolohojian to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court definitely crosses into new territory.

Is concern for judicial ethics all that’s driving the controversy over Healey’s pick for high court?

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Boston Fire continues to fail to reflect the community it serves, new data show

The current fire academy class is comprised of 46 members. Forty of them, or 86 percent, are white. Only three of the academy’s participants are women.

‘I just walk around aimlessly’: Migrants at Cambridge courthouse shelter have nowhere to go during the day

Residents also described filthy conditions, insufficient care, and a lack of clear communication from authorities.

In Eastie, an early glimpse at Boston’s existential and expensive struggle to hold back the sea

Boston began planning for sea level rise almost a decade ago. Now, as the city’s climate adaptation strategy takes shape, it’s raising thorny questions about cost and gentrification.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rather tranquil week of sunshine as a storm develops later in the week

It’s a cold but breezy and dry start to school vacation week with temperatures hovering in the 30s.

Sports

Bruins captain Brad Marchand, who played his 1,000th game Tuesday, will be honored before Monday's game against the Stars at TD Garden.

Bruins notebook

They can’t change the past, so Bruins are focused on cleaning up a few things with a tough road ahead

While there might be a sense of gloom and doom from the fan base amid the club’s 1-3-2 stretch since the All-Star break, that’s not the inside vibe.

Triston Casas spent the offseason immersing himself in the culture of Red Sox, attending Winter Weekend in Springfield.

Triston Casas said he wants to be with the Red Sox ‘forever’

The first baseman and the team have had discussions about an extension, but nothing enticing, Casas said.

Masataka Yoshida headed to the batting cages after Sunday's workouts were forced indoors because of rain.

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox owners will meet with team Monday before first full-squad workout of spring training

Manager Alex Cora said principal owner John Henry, chairman Tom Werner and chief executive officer Sam Kennedy would be on hand.

MIAA DIVISION 1 BOYS' SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

Eight is enough for St. John’s Prep to rule Division 1 swimming again

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Sports analytics is all the rage, and two high schoolers want to give their peers a taste of the action

Nick Pivetta has shown he has the right stuff to solidify the Red Sox rotation

Business

These small towns have a big-city problem: The rent is way too high

An intensifying housing crisis has gripped New York City and urban areas around the country, fueled by the rising costs of homeownership, surging rents, and limited housing stock. Now, some places that were long considered more affordable are contending with those same factors.

New vintage in Central Square; Homeware store comes downtown

A string of secondhand stores in Central Square and a Downtown Crossing home goods shop are among the newest small businesses in the region.

Office towers reshaped US skylines. Now construction cranes are vanishing.

Record US stock rally is under threat from a world in turmoil

magazine

Verellen sofas and chairs from Artefact Home | Garden in Boston fill the living room. “I love the clean but interesting silhouettes,” Carly Shafiroff says. “I try not to go low on seating pieces; you want them to last.”

Your Home | Calm & Cozy

A retired couple creates a rustic (‘but not “Yellowstone” rustic’) Berkshires dream home

A survivor of Auschwitz, my mother-in-law never expected to have descendants

Make-up mirrors, pin-ups, mansplaining: Why women still find car buying miserable

This week's daters: Nick and Kristen

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She had a crocheted scarf around her neck . . . and a construction worker’s vest sticking out of her purse’

metro

In Coolidge Corner in Boston, only rain fell on Feb. 13, 2024, despite forecasts of a snowstorm.

It’s been 721 days without any significant snowfall in Boston

Jordan is active and makes friends quickly

In Boston’s Jean McGuire, a legacy of success in those she uplifted

sports

Fans leave the track after the Daytona 500 auto race was rained out Sunday.

Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown know the Celtics will only quiet doubters by winning the NBA championship

Stephen Curry bests Sabrina Ionescu in NBA vs. WNBA 3-Point Challenge

business

Heavy machinery is used to process trash at the Otay Landfill in Chula Vista, Calif., on Jan. 26.

California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?

Biden administration is said to slow early stage of shift to electric cars

Nintendo is telling game publishers Switch 2 will be delayed

politics

Nikki Haley speaks spoke in Irmo, South Carolina, on Saturday.

Nikki Haley says she is going the distance against Trump. Here’s her plan.

Jimmy Carter’s long goodbye

US aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by the far right

Nation

Newburgh, N.Y., which last year declared a “housing emergency,” has begun to set up a system of rent stabilization.

These small towns have a big-city problem: The rent is way too high

George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him

Texas builds base near border where the state is quarreling with feds

World

People lay flowers paying the last respect to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, near the the Federal Security Service building in the background, in Moscow on Saturday.

Hundreds risk arrest, and Kremlin’s wrath, to lay flowers for Navalny

Israel vows to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah

Israel to begin Rafah offensive in Gaza unless hostages are home by Ramadan holiday in March

opinion

Given their past romantic relationship, Governor Maura Healey’s nomination of Gabrielle Wolohojian to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court definitely crosses into new territory.

Is concern for judicial ethics all that’s driving the controversy over Healey’s pick for high court?

Can Boston become a model for cities pursuing reparations?

Milton voters rejected a housing plan, but the state can’t let that be the last word

lifestyle

I want my boyfriend to go to the doctor

A year after Jimmy Carter’s entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness

Solemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names

food & dining

Fried clams from Out of the Blue restaurant in 2006.

My parents didn’t just own a restaurant. They lived it.

A talented staff is filling the case at Belmont’s Butternut Bakehouse

Salem gets a new burger haunt; a build-your-own pasta bar breaks into Brookline

travel

Boston Surf Adventures hosted a Winter Surf Camp at Hampton Beach for surfers to learn how to surf and surf safely. Christine Jozitis (left) leads surfers in warming up exercises before they surf. They donned wet suits and braved the 14-degree temperatures.

‘It’s a beautiful sport’: More people are warming up to the idea of winter surfing

A ski resort weekend if you don’t ski? Still worth it.

Delta unveils plans for Boston-Honolulu flights

Arts

A ledger showing purchases made by Abraham Casey at a general store owned by his employer, who used a debt bondage system to exert control over his laborers.

The Newport Historical Society goes deep on Black and Indigenous experiences

On the road with Robert Frank and Todd Webb

For painter Jameel Radcliffe, portraits begin with a studio party — and drinks, food, and friends

Books

Award-winning poet and author Amber McBride.

Author Amber McBride on her powerful, folklore-infused poetry collection, ‘Thick With Trouble’

Paul Alexander captures the tragic beauty, survival instincts of Billie Holiday in ‘Bitter Crop’

Nighttime logic rules the realm of the resurrected in Kelly Link’s debut novel, ‘The Book of Love’

Movies

Jennifer Lopez's new movie and album "This Is Me . . . Now" released on Friday.

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Five things to do around Boston, Feb. 19-25

Want to be mesmerized at the movies — and win your Oscars pool? Watch these animated shorts.

Television

Meryl Streep and Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building." Streep will reprise her role of Loretta, love interest to Short's Oliver, in season 4.

Some clues to what’s ahead in season 4 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’

Slip on a caftan and party like Mrs. Roper from ‘Three’s Company.’ The Roper phenomenon has arrived in Boston.

It looks like the era known as Peak TV has peaked — and thank goodness for that

music

Valcour (Omar Najmi) and Léontine (Brianna J. Robinson) in Boston Lyric Opera's "The Anonymous Lover."

Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Anonymous Lover’ is a sweet treat

Yunchan Lim makes triumphant debut with BSO

Five memorable moments from Jennifer Lopez’s new movie — including Ben Affleck in a wig

Theater/Dance

Westford Academy's theater department (shown in its summer production of "American Idiot") was chosen as the sole New England high school to receive permission to perform "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" for 2024.

Westford Academy selected as New England’s sole high school to perform ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Broadway adaptation

Can ‘Raymonda’ be redeemed in full? Boston Ballet premieres Mikko Nissinen’s remake.

‘The Book of Mormon’ turns a page, sort of

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

Former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell speaks during a news conference for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2018 announcement.

Lefty Driesell, folksy, fiery coach who put Maryland on college basketball’s map, dies at 92

Khaled Nezzar, who led Algeria’s crackdowns on Islamists, dies at 86

Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the diva of ‘Diva,’ dies at 75