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Black History Month: highlighting Boston’s civil rights heroes

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Jury begins deliberations in Adam Montgomery murder trial

During closing arguments Wednesday morning, the defense accused 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery’s stepmom of crafting a “crazy” story to blame girl’s father for her death.

Gabrielle Wolohojian, Healey’s former romantic partner, defends against ‘optics’ of Supreme Judicial Court nomination
Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said there may be times she would recuse herself from cases on the Supreme Judicial Court. But no member of the Governor's Council asked her directly how she would approach those involving Governor Maura Healey.

Service restored on Red Line after Cambridge firefighters responded to fire under train at Kendall MBTA stop
Flames were spotted under the first car of a Red Line train on the northbound platform at Kendall and quickly put out by a T worker, according to officials.

MBTA working to replace damaged cable that caused major power outage on Green, Orange, and Blue Lines last week

R.I. Senator Frank Lombardo dies after battle with cancer
The longtime Johnston Democrat, who died overnight, is remembered as "a passionate and effective representative of his constituents."

President Biden cancels $1.2 billion of federal student loans

The move wipes out loans for those who borrowed less than $12,000 for their higher education.

James Biden tells GOP lawmakers that Joe Biden had no involvement in the family’s business dealings

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement that it has paused in vitro fertilization treatments “as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that a cryopreserved embryo is a human being.”

Milton to lose out on state grants after rejecting controversial housing plan

Newton canceled February break due to the teachers strike. So far, about a third of students skipped school.

Police seize rocket launcher, drugs from parked car during arrest in Sutton, officials say

Chelsea players arrive for a game against Tech Boston at White Stadium.

ADRIAN WALKER

Plans to turn White Stadium into a soccer palace has sparked a huge controversy — and a lawsuit

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is hopping mad — and raising valid concerns — about the city’s plans to transform White Stadium, in Franklin Park, into the new home of Boston’s expansion women’s professional soccer team.

Lawsuit claims 20 Boston-area landlords, brokers discriminated against poor
A fair housing watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the landlords and real estate agents refused to accept government-subsidized housing vouchers.

Teens call on Stop & Shop to use consumer data profits to erase price inequities at stores
The group’s demand comes nearly a year after it probed the effects of inflation on low-income families, and found price disparities at local Stop & Shop stores.

Hiker describes 11-hour ordeal after falling on Mount Washington, admits he was ‘underprepared’
In ferocious winds and freezing temperatures, hiker Cole Matthes slid hundreds of feet down a ravine on Mount Washington, sparking a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, utilize the mountain’s famed Cog Railway, and prompt harsh criticism from rescuers.

Tyler O'Neill is taking a healthy attitude into spring training — and he hopes a healthy body into the season.

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox believe a healthy Tyler O’Neill could be a righthanded power source they need

Last year, he played in just 72 games, and the year before that just 96. But if the Sox could get him to, say, 140, that would be a bonus.

Chad Finn: The Red Sox’ needs are obvious, but an entertaining, quasi-competitive product isn’t out of their reach

Richard Evans Schultes in the Cerro Campana mountains in Colombia, in June 1943.

Globe Magazine

The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

Richard Evans Schultes braved malaria and worse to study Indigenous medicine. Now a new generation of scientists wants to finish his work.

Stephen King criticizes Warner Bros. for not releasing film adaptation of ‘Salem’s Lot’

The movie was filmed in various locations across Massachusetts in 2021, including a church in Westford, a tavern in Sterling, and a jewelry store in Ipswich.

Margaret Qualley (left) and Geraldine Viswanathan in director Ethan Coen's "Drive-Away Dolls."

Odie Henderson review | ★★★

‘Drive-Away Dolls’: Love and death on the road to Tallahassee

Ethan Coen directs this road trip tale of two lesbians (Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan) who discover a mysterious suitcase in their rental car.

The Architects Collaborative designed this mid-century modern home at 15 Field Road in Lexington's Five Fields neighborhood. The home sold for $1,650,000 on Oct. 10. It had an offer after only six days on the market.

‘The biggest surprise for most people is that they are even here’

Buyers snap up mid-century modern homes — rare gems among a sea of Capes and center hall Colonials. How did they get here, and what’s behind their allure?

For $760,000, a new two-bedroom East Boston condo with a marble bath

Opinion

This week, Governor Maura Healey got the headline she wanted — that she’s turning up the heat on Steward Health Care. Now comes the hard part.

JOAN VENNOCHI

For Healey, calling out Steward Health Care is the easy part

What’s the long-range plan to instill public confidence in a system that has lost it?

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Even when it doesn’t act, the Supreme Court speaks volumes

Beth Lindstrom

Blame Elizabeth Warren and the FTC for iRobot layoffs

Lawrence K. Altman

How old is too old to be president of the United States?

EDITORIAL

US can honor Navalny’s memory by supporting Ukraine aid

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Black History Now

Armando Martinez has devoted a lifetime to activism, organizing
The equality-seeking, anti-war, flower-child era “absolutely” spoke to Martinez, he said.

Here’s what Mark Wahlberg thinks about Ben Affleck’s DunKings ad with Tom Brady
The Boston actor opened up to Entertainment Tonight about not appearing in the viral Dunkin’ Super Bowl commercial.

A man tried to open an emergency exit on an American Airlines flight. Other passengers subdued him.
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a disruptive passenger allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door, authorities said.

Boeing ousts head of 737 jetliner program, appoints new vice president of quality

‘Despicable’. Harvard student and faculty groups denounced over antisemitic cartoon.
On a campus that has been riven by reports of resurgent antisemitism since Oct. 7 of last year, the posts provoked an uproar over the weekend.

Young girl killed when a hole she dug in the sand collapsed on a Florida beach, authorities say
A young girl was buried in sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach, authorities said.

Driving violations on rise in Mass. for fourth straight year, officials say
Police issued a total of 808,069 citations covering 1,076,336 violations in Massachusetts last year, according to MassDOT data.

Meghann Fahy hits the North End, shows Cape Cod pride in Instagram photo with Leo Woodall
"The White Lotus" star and Longmeadow native got fans talking with her latest Instagram post.

Steward Health Care’s landlord tries to distance itself, but lends more money

The latest announcement is another indication that changes may be coming to the nine Massachusetts locations that Dallas-based Steward has been struggling to keep afloat.

Healey demands financial documents from Steward, says company should get out of Mass. hospital market

LOVE LETTERS

I’m a breast cancer survivor in my 70s and I’m worried about dating again
I truly love this man, but I doubt I will live longer than a few more years.

In an East Boston gym, soccer gives African refugees a taste of home

A soccer club for teens and young adults is a source of stability amid uncertainty for Guinean immigrants.

New England Aquarium announces the 100th epaulette shark born at facility
It was a milestone for the aquarium's breeding program, which began in 2009.

Who’s using the Apple Vision Pro? Some Boston companies.
The Apple Vision Pro is getting a warm reception from companies that hope the system will offer a better way to train workers, design machines, or sell home furnishings.

The rise and fall of Drizly, one of Boston’s great startup stories
The dream of building a great local consumer-tech brand that started in a Boston College dorm room would die in a California board room. Here's how it happened.

Culture & Lifestyle

Get good relationship advice. Send a question to Love Letters.

Leads put up a good fight, make ‘Criminal Record’ worth bingeing

Geraldine Viswanathan (left) and Margaret Qualley in "Drive-Away Dolls," a new Ethan Coen film cast by Ellen Chenoweth and Rachel Tenner.

A talent for finding talent

Leslie Jamison, in ‘Splinters,’ refuses to sugarcoat the rocks and barbs of a real life

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.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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

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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Students study in the Student Union at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) campus in Amherst.

EDITORIAL

Colleges should extend enrollment deadlines due to FAFSA delays

Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that his mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, placed to pay tribute to her son at the memorial to victims of political repression, in Salekhard, Russia, on Feb. 20.

RENÉE GRAHAM

When freedom’s leaders die, the movements they championed must continue

Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and longtime track coach, pleaded guilty Feb. 8 to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in Western Massachusetts in the 1970s.

EDITORIAL

Pain of child sex abuse victims knows no limits

Students waved their mobile phone lights at a demonstration opposing Columbia University’s suspension of the groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace during a protest at the school’s campus in New York, Nov. 14, 2023.

Leonard Saxe

As antisemitism spikes in US, Presidents’ Day reminds us of our nation’s values

William Henry Harrison, the ninth president.

JEFF JACOBY

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

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

When is the best time to get your flu shot?

New research shows that children who get vaccinated in October are less likely to get sick with the flu than those who get the shot earlier or later.

‘They just can’t take this kind of beating’: California mansions on the brink after storms

The latest storm battering the California coast has brought fresh flooding, mudslides, sinkholes and coastal erosion to the state — but the three mansions atop the cliffs of Dana Point remain anchored in place.

Gabrielle Wolohojian, Healey’s former romantic partner, defends against ‘optics’ of Supreme Judicial Court nomination

Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said there may be times she would recuse herself from cases on the Supreme Judicial Court. But no member of the Governor's Council asked her directly how she would approach those involving Governor Maura Healey.

Black History Month: highlighting Boston’s civil rights heroes

WATCH: There are 69 names surrounding "The Embrace" statue in the Boston Common, and 20 are still alive. Reporter Tiana Woodard shares some of their stories.

Sports

Two-time Globe All-Scholastic Cecilia Kay powered Bishop Fenwick to a 17-3 mark in her final high school season, averaging 21.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

A leading voice: Cecilia Kay powered Bishop Fenwick basketball with passion, skill, and dominance

A two-time Globe All-Scholastic center bound for American University, Kay finished an illustrious high school career with more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

Eric Hosmer scores during a Royals' series at Fenway Park in 2015. Kansas City would win a second straight American League pennant and first World Series since 1985 that season.

BASEBALL

Eric Hosmer, 13-year pro and Kansas City World Series hero, announces retirement

Hosmer played 14 games with the Red Sox at the end of the 2022 season, arriving at the trade deadline but largely sidelined by a herniated disk in his back.

Red Sox

Why Red Sox catcher Connor Wong says he’s focused on framing during spring training

Despite ranking in the 78th percentile in pop time and the 92nd percentile in caught steals above average, Wong was below average in framing last season, in the 18th percentile.

COLLEGES

Dartmouth College will rename stadium in honor of late coach Buddy Teevens

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox believe a healthy Tyler O’Neill could be a righthanded power source they need

EMass girls’ basketball: Grand moments for Weymouth’s Megan Doyle, who headlines Players of the Week

Business

United Airlines says after a ‘detailed safety analysis’ it will restart flights to Israel in March

United Airlines is gearing up to resume flights to Israel early next month.

Amazon set to replace Walgreens in Dow Jones Industrial Average

The e-commerce giant’s inclusion in the index is another milestone in the retailer’s rapid expansion in the last decade.

Biden hardens protection against cybersecurity threats to ports

Nvidia gives upbeat forecast as AI reaches ‘tipping point’

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The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

LOVE LETTERS

I’m a breast cancer survivor in my 70s and I’m worried about dating again

Perspective

No one seems to care about this Massachusetts law. That’s a shame.

Pan-Fried Tuna Cakes With Yogurt-Caper Sauce

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Black History Month: highlighting Boston’s civil rights heroes

Jury begins deliberations in Adam Montgomery murder trial

Service restored on Red Line after Cambridge firefighters responded to fire under train at Kendall MBTA stop Flames were spotted under the first car of a Red Line train on the northbound platform at Kendall and quickly put out by a T worker, according to officials.

MBTA working to replace damaged cable that caused major power outage on Green, Orange, and Blue Lines last week

R.I. Senator Frank Lombardo dies after battle with cancer The longtime Johnston Democrat, who died overnight, is remembered as "a passionate and effective representative of his constituents."

President Biden cancels $1.2 billion of federal student loans

Milton to lose out on state grants after rejecting controversial housing plan

Newton canceled February break due to the teachers strike. So far, about a third of students skipped school.

Police seize rocket launcher, drugs from parked car during arrest in Sutton, officials say

Plans to turn White Stadium into a soccer palace has sparked a huge controversy — and a lawsuit

Lawsuit claims 20 Boston-area landlords, brokers discriminated against poor A fair housing watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the landlords and real estate agents refused to accept government-subsidized housing vouchers.

Teens call on Stop & Shop to use consumer data profits to erase price inequities at stores The group’s demand comes nearly a year after it probed the effects of inflation on low-income families, and found price disparities at local Stop & Shop stores.

Red Sox believe a healthy Tyler O’Neill could be a righthanded power source they need

The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

Stephen King criticizes Warner Bros. for not releasing film adaptation of ‘Salem’s Lot’

‘Drive-Away Dolls’: Love and death on the road to Tallahassee

‘The biggest surprise for most people is that they are even here’

For Healey, calling out Steward Health Care is the easy part

Even when it doesn’t act, the Supreme Court speaks volumes

Blame Elizabeth Warren and the FTC for iRobot layoffs

How old is too old to be president of the United States?

US can honor Navalny’s memory by supporting Ukraine aid

More recent News

Black History Now Armando Martinez has devoted a lifetime to activism, organizing The equality-seeking, anti-war, flower-child era “absolutely” spoke to Martinez, he said.

Here’s what Mark Wahlberg thinks about Ben Affleck’s DunKings ad with Tom Brady The Boston actor opened up to Entertainment Tonight about not appearing in the viral Dunkin’ Super Bowl commercial.

A man tried to open an emergency exit on an American Airlines flight. Other passengers subdued him. An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a disruptive passenger allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door, authorities said.

‘Despicable’. Harvard student and faculty groups denounced over antisemitic cartoon. On a campus that has been riven by reports of resurgent antisemitism since Oct. 7 of last year, the posts provoked an uproar over the weekend.

Young girl killed when a hole she dug in the sand collapsed on a Florida beach, authorities say A young girl was buried in sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach, authorities said.

Driving violations on rise in Mass. for fourth straight year, officials say Police issued a total of 808,069 citations covering 1,076,336 violations in Massachusetts last year, according to MassDOT data.

Meghann Fahy hits the North End, shows Cape Cod pride in Instagram photo with Leo Woodall "The White Lotus" star and Longmeadow native got fans talking with her latest Instagram post.

Steward Health Care’s landlord tries to distance itself, but lends more money

LOVE LETTERS I’m a breast cancer survivor in my 70s and I’m worried about dating again I truly love this man, but I doubt I will live longer than a few more years.

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New England Aquarium announces the 100th epaulette shark born at facility It was a milestone for the aquarium's breeding program, which began in 2009.

Who’s using the Apple Vision Pro? Some Boston companies. The Apple Vision Pro is getting a warm reception from companies that hope the system will offer a better way to train workers, design machines, or sell home furnishings.

The rise and fall of Drizly, one of Boston’s great startup stories The dream of building a great local consumer-tech brand that started in a Boston College dorm room would die in a California board room. Here's how it happened.

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Get good relationship advice. Send a question to Love Letters.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Colleges should extend enrollment deadlines due to FAFSA delays

When freedom’s leaders die, the movements they championed must continue

Pain of child sex abuse victims knows no limits

As antisemitism spikes in US, Presidents’ Day reminds us of our nation’s values

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

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

When is the best time to get your flu shot?

‘They just can’t take this kind of beating’: California mansions on the brink after storms

Gabrielle Wolohojian, Healey’s former romantic partner, defends against ‘optics’ of Supreme Judicial Court nomination

Black History Month: highlighting Boston’s civil rights heroes

Sports

A leading voice: Cecilia Kay powered Bishop Fenwick basketball with passion, skill, and dominance

Eric Hosmer, 13-year pro and Kansas City World Series hero, announces retirement

Why Red Sox catcher Connor Wong says he’s focused on framing during spring training

Dartmouth College will rename stadium in honor of late coach Buddy Teevens

Red Sox believe a healthy Tyler O’Neill could be a righthanded power source they need

EMass girls’ basketball: Grand moments for Weymouth’s Megan Doyle, who headlines Players of the Week

Business

United Airlines says after a ‘detailed safety analysis’ it will restart flights to Israel in March

Amazon set to replace Walgreens in Dow Jones Industrial Average

Biden hardens protection against cybersecurity threats to ports

Nvidia gives upbeat forecast as AI reaches ‘tipping point’

The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits

I’m a breast cancer survivor in my 70s and I’m worried about dating again

No one seems to care about this Massachusetts law. That’s a shame.

Avoid a trip to the grocery store with cabinet staples tuna, canned tomatoes, and bread crumbs

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Pre-demolition of beleaguered Lighthouse Inn has begun in Narragansett

Quincy woman arrested on drug, shoplifting charges at South Bay shopping center; allegedly caught with 40 grams of heroin

Service restored on Red Line after Cambridge firefighters responded to fire under train at Kendall MBTA stop

Service restored on Red Line after Cambridge firefighters responded to fire under train at Kendall MBTA stop
Flames were spotted under the first car of a Red Line train on the northbound platform at Kendall and quickly put out by a T worker, according to officials.

R.I. Senator Frank Lombardo dies after battle with cancer
The longtime Johnston Democrat, who died overnight, is remembered as "a passionate and effective representative of his constituents."

Lawsuit claims 20 Boston-area landlords, brokers discriminated against poor
A fair housing watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the landlords and real estate agents refused to accept government-subsidized housing vouchers.

Teens call on Stop & Shop to use consumer data profits to erase price inequities at stores
The group’s demand comes nearly a year after it probed the effects of inflation on low-income families, and found price disparities at local Stop & Shop stores.

Black History Now

Armando Martinez has devoted a lifetime to activism, organizing
The equality-seeking, anti-war, flower-child era “absolutely” spoke to Martinez, he said.

Here’s what Mark Wahlberg thinks about Ben Affleck’s DunKings ad with Tom Brady
The Boston actor opened up to Entertainment Tonight about not appearing in the viral Dunkin’ Super Bowl commercial.

A man tried to open an emergency exit on an American Airlines flight. Other passengers subdued him.
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a disruptive passenger allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door, authorities said.

‘Despicable’. Harvard student and faculty groups denounced over antisemitic cartoon.
On a campus that has been riven by reports of resurgent antisemitism since Oct. 7 of last year, the posts provoked an uproar over the weekend.

Young girl killed when a hole she dug in the sand collapsed on a Florida beach, authorities say
A young girl was buried in sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach, authorities said.

Driving violations on rise in Mass. for fourth straight year, officials say
Police issued a total of 808,069 citations covering 1,076,336 violations in Massachusetts last year, according to MassDOT data.

Meghann Fahy hits the North End, shows Cape Cod pride in Instagram photo with Leo Woodall
"The White Lotus" star and Longmeadow native got fans talking with her latest Instagram post.

LOVE LETTERS

I’m a breast cancer survivor in my 70s and I’m worried about dating again
I truly love this man, but I doubt I will live longer than a few more years.

New England Aquarium announces the 100th epaulette shark born at facility
It was a milestone for the aquarium's breeding program, which began in 2009.

Who’s using the Apple Vision Pro? Some Boston companies.
The Apple Vision Pro is getting a warm reception from companies that hope the system will offer a better way to train workers, design machines, or sell home furnishings.

The rise and fall of Drizly, one of Boston’s great startup stories
The dream of building a great local consumer-tech brand that started in a Boston College dorm room would die in a California board room. Here's how it happened.