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Healey targets Trump, GOP rivals as she opens reelection campaign for governor

Healey criticized her GOP opponents, saying they “have not denounced MAGA” and “have supported both Donald Trump and [Vice President] JD Vance and raised money for them.”

Jaylen Brown’s event shut down by Beverly Hills Police during All-Star Weekend

The City of Beverly Hills released a statement to the Globe claiming the city rejected a permit application for the event.

Rescue efforts suspended on Cape Cod for man after wife dies falling through ice

The search concluded Sunday morning without the man being found and will resume when ice conditions improve enough to allow easier access for public safety personnel, authorities said.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
New England to see a sunny and mild Presidents’ Day. Next storm system expected midweek.
The region could see rain switching over to a little snow on Wednesday night.

DNA recovered from glove found near Guthrie home that appears to match glove worn by suspect, FBI says
The glove, discovered in a field beside a road, was sent for DNA testing. The FBI said in a statement that it received preliminary results Saturday and was awaiting official confirmation.

Small-scale solar panels could see a breakout year in New England
Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.

State Police trooper hospitalized after cruiser struck on I-95 in Salisbury

Boston police investigating after officer fires gun in Dorchester

What’s open and closed on President’s Day 2026 in Massachusetts

Your TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Strip Law,’ Catherine Ryan Howard’s ‘56 Days,’ and the BAFTA awards

Adam Scott and Janelle James star in the animated comedy "Strip Law."

‘It feels like home’: Vietnamese community rings in Lunar New Year at Tet in Boston

Vendors dished out bánh mì and poured bubble tea in the Seaport District on Sunday as thousands ushered in the Year of the Horse at Tet in Boston.
LOVE LETTERS

Love Letters Classics: He didn’t tell me he had a son until months after we started dating

In a question from the vault, someone learns their partner has a kid.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

The obsession with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

A combination of true crime, fame, and social media have turned this story into a media frenzy.
IDEAS | HEATHER ANN THOMPSON

Stoking white rage — from Bernie Goetz to ICE

JEFF JACOBY

When a president clung fiercely to the rule of law

EDITORIAL

When the state buys land, towns lose tax revenue. They should be compensated fairly.

IDEAS | ROBERT WEISMAN

A new nuclear arms race is beginning. Is anyone paying attention?

Obama laments lost decorum in first public comments since Trump’s racist video
Former president Obama indirectly addressed a racist video posted by President Trump, which depicted Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes.

China Altman, longtime journalist and founder of Boston’s Rose Brigade, dies at 93
"I’ve always found it a particular privilege to take care of the roses here," Ms. Altman said of her decades tending the rose beds in Boston's Public Garden.

The state wants to build housing on a parking lot in Wellesley. Residents are up in arms.
A proposal to build apartments near MassBay Community College has sparked  a local backlash, illustrating how housing can be immensely complicated in Massachusetts.

A Boston Globe editor to receive Yankee Quill Award for impact on New England media

Katherine McCabe, the Globe’s night metro editor, is being honored for “outstanding service” to the newspaper and her impact as both a newsroom leader and mentor, the New England Newspaper and Press Association said.

No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers.

Man charged after allegedly firing gun near three Central Maine power substations

The shooting incidents allegedly occurred between midnight and 4:15 a.m. Sunday in Windsor, Winslow, and Augusta, Maine, authorities said.

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‘I will take this so far’: Why Newbury Street’s Rainbows Pottery Studio is at the center of a social media storm

The owner of the Back Bay studio is facing accusations of mistreating customers and staff and employing a sex offender.

As snowbanks begin to melt, road salt poses threat to New England’s freshwater ecosystems
Of all the winter pollutants, road salt is the most concerning because it is particularly harmful to freshwater organisms that haven’t evolved to tolerate salt water, experts say.

‘He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term
President Trump has taken the executive branch’s regulatory and enforcement powers over media organizations and their wealthy owners to new levels.

Hampshire College ‘hopes to live.’ Can it survive?
Supporters of the beloved, iconoclastic school are hoping for the best while bracing for the worst.

Culture & Lifestyle

Rose Byrne parades through Cambridge as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

Bears, pearls, siblings, an aspiring retiree: looking at this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts

As AI accelerates and social media mushrooms, the perils of technology take center stage

Among the ALA honors this year, a Boston-influenced swashbuckling tale of seafaring teens

Special Projects

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn’t he stopped sooner?

A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state’s medical establishment missed key warning signs.

Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard

Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America’s most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts

The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it.

Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston’s property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Jacob Roberts

Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations

IDEAS | Eitan Hersh

College students are less woke now. It’s a chance to improve campus culture.

EDITORIAL

Why aren’t Boston students completing required coursework?

IDEAS | THOMAS LEE

ChatGPT helps me stay awake

KEVIN ZHANG

To the person who slashed my tires

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

No, George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston.

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.

Boston police investigating after officer fires gun in Dorchester

No one was shot in the incident, which happened just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday near 57 Cushing Ave., police said.

What’s happening to our weather? Our Globe meteorologist and other experts answer more of your questions

From New England's unpredictable weather patterns to wildfires and climate change's influence, we continue to respond to questions from a recent Globe event.

‘It feels like home’: Vietnamese community rings in Lunar New Year at Tet in Boston

Vendors dished out bánh mì and poured bubble tea in the Seaport District on Sunday as thousands ushered in the Year of the Horse at Tet in Boston.

Sports

Celtics

Jaylen Brown’s event shut down by Beverly Hills Police during All-Star Weekend

The City of Beverly Hills released a statement to the Globe claiming the city rejected a permit application for the event.
Olympics

Winter Olympics Day 11 primer: US women’s hockey faces Sweden in the semifinals

Canada women's hockey faces Switzerland in the other semifinals, while women's monobob drivers gun for gold.
MIAA DIVISION 1 INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Amelia Whorton double helps Lexington girls’ continue Division 1 track reign; St. John’s Prep does it with depth

The victory marked the Minutemen’s second consecutive girls’ indoor state title, and was their fourth straight Division 1 crown between the indoor track, outdoor track, and cross-country seasons.
MIAA DIVISION 2 BOYS' SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

By focusing on the wall, Mystic Valley’s Christian Antonucci sets meet record at Division 2 boys’ swimming

NBA

Anthony Edwards claims MVP award as Stars win tournament at NBA All-Star Game

Golf

Collin Morikawa birdies the 18th to win Pebble Beach Pro-Am, end more lengthy drought

Business

‘He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term

President Trump has taken the executive branch’s regulatory and enforcement powers over media organizations and their wealthy owners to new levels.

The state wants to build housing on a parking lot in Wellesley. Residents are up in arms.

A proposal to build apartments near MassBay Community College has sparked  a local backlash, illustrating how housing can be immensely complicated in Massachusetts.

Tax season is here. Here’s what you need to know for stress-free filing

Rich world’s growing civil unrest comes with an insurance sting

magazine
Your Home | Getting Cozy

This Sunday River ski home blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings

PERSPECTIVE

Forgetful of names? You’re not alone. And you can fight back.

DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: ‘We’ve both tried working as Uber Eats deliverers’

THE BIG DAY

Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler: How a borrowed item led to love and marriage

metro

Angry with current leadership, more Mass. Democrats are running for office

Rescue efforts suspended on Cape Cod for man after wife dies falling through ice

How long will this February warm-up last?

sports

Japanese pair of Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara the latest figure skaters to be knocked for a loop

Olympic men’s hockey playoffs are set. From here on out, it’s going to be a frozen feast for fans.

For US pairs skaters Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe, the experience is a singular sensation

business

Russian port, fuel tanks hit in drone attack on Black Sea region

‘I will take this so far’: Why Newbury Street’s Rainbows Pottery Studio is at the center of a social media storm

Homeland Security wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts

politics

Trump’s relentless self-promotion fosters an American cult of personality

‘He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term

Derek Dooley didn’t vote for years. Now he wants Georgia voters to send him to Washington

Nation

No, George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston.

Opening statements to start in the trial of a Georgia high school shooting suspect’s father

No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

World

In Munich, lawmakers concede scars remain after Trump’s Greenland threat

Europe today looks different from the one Trump’s team describes

Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’

opinion

Let Olympians define America for themselves

Can Wu end 50 years of failure at Roxbury site?

Trump’s tariff fantasy collides with economic reality

lifestyle

Love Letters Classics: He didn’t tell me he had a son until months after we started dating

Relationship advice from those who’ve seen it all: Divorce lawyers

Rose Byrne parades through Cambridge as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

food & dining

What alcohol does to the body

Craft spirits distillery to replace beer garden on Rose Kennedy Greenway

A new food hall just opened in Cambridge. Here are the restaurants inside.

travel

Delta announces new nonstop flight from Boston to Honolulu

At the world’s only pencil sharpener museum, a quirky legacy can’t be erased

Escape from 2026! A Sturbridge hotel becomes a tropical portal to the past.

Arts

Photography in a flash

The vivid, mournful dreams of Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, an artist ahead of his time, but at home in ours

When keyboards are key

Books

Among the ALA honors this year, a Boston-influenced swashbuckling tale of seafaring teens

R.J. Palacio wrote ‘Wonder’ all alone in the middle of the night. She says the musical version ‘elevated it, frankly.’

Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 8

Movies

Another movie theater is shutting down in the Boston suburbs

Bears, pearls, siblings, an aspiring retiree: looking at this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts

‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Eternity,’ plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this Valentine’s Day weekend

Television

This week’s TV: ‘Strip Law,’ Catherine Ryan Howard’s ‘56 Days,’ and the BAFTA awards

‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Eternity,’ plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this Valentine’s Day weekend

James Van Der Beek’s embrace of the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ meme captured his playful approach to celebrity

music

Tamas Vasary, pianist of power and sensitivity, dies

Evan Dando hospitalized after sending Lemonheads fan unsolicited sexual video and image

An illuminating Mahler’s 3rd from Budapest Festival Orchestra

Theater/Dance

Trisha Brown Dance Company makes a welcome return

As AI accelerates and social media mushrooms, the perils of technology take center stage

A waiting game in Lyric Stage’s ‘Penelope’

Health

Rescue efforts suspended on Cape Cod for man after wife dies falling through ice

Hair extensions found to contain dozens of hazardous chemicals, Newton study shows

Planned Parenthood has an idea for men, just in time for Valentine’s Day

Obituaries

China Altman, longtime journalist and founder of Boston’s Rose Brigade, dies at 93

Tamas Vasary, pianist of power and sensitivity, dies

Funeral Mass set for Dr. Lyle Micheli