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Lindsay Clancy, woman accused of killing her children, remains in hospital but is improving, official says

“I don’t know her exact condition, but she is getting better day by day and has been talking to family and friends,” Duxbury Police Chief Michael Carbone said.

House Republicans vote to oust Representative Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs committee
The 218-211 vote, along party lines, came after a heated, voices-raised debate in which Democrats accused the GOP of targeting Omar based on her race.

‘Dangerously cold’ air is arriving in Mass. this weekend. Here’s how frigid it could get.

Expect frigid temperatures and brutal windchill that could dip as low as 40 degrees below zero in what forecasters say could be the coldest weather Boston has experienced in years.

What you need to know about preventing pipes from freezing in your home

What we know — and don’t know — about Maura Healey’s plan to create a Housing Secretary

The position, some hope, could be the leader the state needs to begin addressing the crisis, but the governor has so far been light on details of what exactly a housing secretary might do.

Massachusetts installing more reliable EV chargers on highways
Fast electric vehicle chargers have been installed at an I-95 rest stop in Lexington and are coming to Newton and Barnstable as the state seeks to convince droves of drivers to shift to EVs by 2030.

Electric vehicle fires are rare, but when they occur, they can be a nightmare

Mass. vocational schools policy violates student civil rights, complaint says

Vermont man dies after fight breaks out among spectators during middle-school basketball game

Biden’s top economic aide leaving White House

Tell us: Do you plan to watch the new Dungeons & Dragons movie?

Travel | The Sunshine State

A fishing charter returns at sunset at Hawks Cay on Duck Key, Fla.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The multiple personalities of the Florida Keys

The coral archipelago is more than Duval Street and Ernest Hemingway. The Keys offer a bit of everything for families, friends, and, as always, fiends.

Participants in the Boston Red Sox's Fantasy Camp participate in a cleanup of the Bunche Beach Preserve with the All Hands and Hearts organization.

Fort Myers hopes spring baseball brings sunnier times

There has been precious little sunshine in this corner of the Sunshine State in recent months. Can baseball bring some much-needed joy and tourism?

Miami’s Historic Hampton House ‘was the place to be from the get-go’

Eat your way through the Florida State Fair

Dan Shaughnessy
Not much is expected of the Red Sox in 2023, but Truck Day rolls on nonetheless
It’s like the L Street Brownies swimming on New Year’s Day and U-Hauls clogging the Back Bay on Labor Day. It is part of the Boston experience.

Tom Brady and Robert Kraft before the season opener at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 9, 2019.

Robert Kraft wants to sign Tom Brady to a one-day contract so he can retire as a Patriot

“Not only do I want it, our fans are clamoring for it,” Robert Kraft told CNN.

Chad Finn: What can we expect from Tom Brady as an analyst for Fox Sports?

‘God really watched over me’: Lawrence man called a hero after running across highway to help driver
Adolfo Molina Burgos sprinted across several lanes and dodged cars to reach the runaway vehicle with little regard to his own safety. After a video of his daring efforts went viral online, he is being heralded as a hero.

The Lord & Taylor store on Boylston Street closed early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Dick's Sporting Goods has leased the 118,000 square foot space for a new "experiential" concept it calls House of Sport.

From Lord & Taylor to ‘House of Sport’

Dick’s Sporting Goods plans to open a “House of Sport” experiential sporting concept at the former Lord & Taylor on Boylston Street in Back Bay.

Ava Harlow.

Amesbury rallies around young woman seriously injured by Green Line train

The town of Amesbury is rallying around Ava Harlow, 20, days after she was grievously injured when she became trapped under an MBTA Green Line train in Boston and had to be extricated by firefighters.

Kelsey Grammer will reprise his role as psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the Paramount+ reboot.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Reboot will send ‘Frasier’ back to Boston

The Paramount+ sitcom sequel has Frasier Crane relocating from Seattle to Boston, where we first met him on "Cheers."

Black History Month

Carter G. Woodson.

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

Finding a way to pay tribute to Black history in February, with a book written almost a century ago.

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

Grandmother and trained mental health counselor "Gogo" Shery Ziwakayi, right, sat in conversation with client "Muzukuru" Choice Jiya during a private counseling session at a Friendship Bench in Harare in November.

IDEAS | KIM SAMUEL

A group of grandmothers in Zimbabwe is helping the world reimagine mental health care

The Friendship Bench is inexpensive, easy to replicate, and effective. Could it work here?

Bye-bye, Jim Lyons. Can the MassGOP remake itself now?

IDEAS | V.M. VINES

The spiritual power that is always on

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Does the Fed actually care about unemployment?

With sports betting, Massachusetts is all-in with gambling and all its risks

The Emancipator

Go South, young (wo)man: A Black woman’s quest to manifest her own destiny

The author of ‘Black Girl in Maine’ blog reveals the struggles of being a ‘Professional Black Person’ in New England and looks South for her next chapter.

Special reports

photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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Apocalypse now? M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’ poses the question
Dave Bautista anchors this enigmatic thriller as a mysterious stranger who haunts a family vacationing in the woods.

‘Iconic’ 200-pound cement Shrek sculpture is missing in Hatfield, police say
“I predict this case will have many layers. Like an onion,” one commenter quipped.

Tyler Lawrence’s family did everything in their power to keep him safe. Yet it wasn’t enough.

The murder is unsolved, and its motive is unknown. But his family would like to make it clear that Tyler Lawrence was not mixed up in anything.

Bill would make R&B R.I.’s official state music
Representative David Bennett notes Providence was home to the Celebrity Club, which played R&B and was considered the first integrated nightclub in New England.

‘It gives me chills’: Messages found in bottle on Cape Cod may have been left by World War II POWs
The messages appear to have been written by prisoners of World War II, recalling an often-overlooked chapter in Cape Cod history.

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

It’s fair to say HBO’s new dystopian series “The Last of Us” has viewers hooked. But for people who know Boston geography, the inaccuracies have proven tough to ignore.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

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From left to right: Helen Chin Schlichte, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Eleanor Pao at an event honoring the city's most influential Asian American Pacific Islanders at the Boston Foundation offices on Jan. 31, 2023.

Meet the most influential Asian American Pacific Islanders in Boston

The new list, topped by Mayor Michelle Wu, includes nearly 100 people who are leaders, legends, or rising stars across academic, business, civic, media, and political circles.

PERSPECTIVE
Breast-feeding and Black moms — why I’m breaking a generational cycle
Here’s what’s needed to help all Black moms who want to nurse their babies succeed at it.

The national COVID-19 public health emergency will end in May but some of its provisions may survive in Mass.
President Biden’s move to lift the COVID-19 emergency means a sweeping series of changes to the health care system will come to an end May 11. Officials in Massachusetts are sorting through what the effect will be here.

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Deleted e-mails, wiped phones: the latest in John Fish’s legal fight over a failed condo tower
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Kenneth W. Salinger's action is the latest turn in the more than three-year legal fight between Fish and Steve Weiner, two of the most prominent players on the local real estate scene.

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Culture & Lifestyle

The cast of "Dungeons & Dragon: Honor Among Thieves" at Comic-Con So Paulo in Sao Paulo.

Tell us: Do you plan to watch the new Dungeons & Dragons movie?

John Mulaney.

John Mulaney to film 3 shows at Boston Symphony Hall for new comedy special

The lawn in front of the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, seen here in 2016.

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming

Taylor Schilling in "Dear Edward." She plays Lacey, the aunt of a 12-year-old boy who is the only survivor of a plane crash that has killed his family.

‘Dear Edward’ isn’t just another sob story

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Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

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Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A woman wears a pin that states "I VOTE I CENSUS I COUNT" outside the Kendell Arms polling location on Nov. 8 in Philadelphia.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Will a new census proposal bring needed visibility — or racialized blowback?

Wind turbines at a wind farm in Rio Vista, Calif.

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

Jim Lyons offered a shrewd new definition of success: It’s failure.

MassGOP draws the curtain on Jim Lyons’s clown show

A lightning bolt strikes during a thunderstorm in Gaza City, on Jan. 31. When Hamas organizes gaudy street revels to celebrate a terrorist attack — like the fireworks and sweets it arranged after a gunman murdered seven Israelis outside a Jerusalem synagogue Friday night — it can be a challenge to remember that there are many Palestinians who don’t rejoice at the murder of innocent Jews.

Listen to Gaza’s quiet dissenters

A boy at the 2022 World Robot Conference in Beijing.

IDEAS | WILL HENSHALL

The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it.

Andrea Campbell during her run for mayor.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston has never elected a Black mayor. A quiet experiment could change that.

Metro

innovation beat

Massachusetts installing more reliable EV chargers on highways

Fast electric vehicle chargers have been installed at an I-95 rest stop in Lexington and are coming to Newton and Barnstable as the state seeks to convince droves of drivers to shift to EVs by 2030.

Bill would make R&B R.I.’s official state music

Representative David Bennett notes Providence was home to the Celebrity Club, which played R&B and was considered the first integrated nightclub in New England.

‘Iconic’ 200-pound cement Shrek sculpture is missing in Hatfield, police say

“I predict this case will have many layers. Like an onion,” one commenter quipped.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mass. vocational schools policy violates student civil rights, complaint says

The complaint calls for the US Office of Civil rights to withhold all federal funding for the state’s vocational programs until the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education prohibits criteria-based admissions.

Sports

During practice at the Shrine Bowl this week, Bill Belichick (left) bumped into his former offensive coordinator, Raiders coach Josh McDaniels.

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At Shrine Bowl, Patriots evaluation team looks not only at talent but intangibles

The Patriots are looking to see how players react to not being starters and how they deal with the distractions of Las Vegas.

Tom Brady and Robert Kraft before the season opener at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 9, 2019.

Robert Kraft wants to sign Tom Brady to a one-day contract so he can retire as a Patriot

“Not only do I want it, our fans are clamoring for it,” Robert Kraft told CNN.

The fanfare surrounding the loading and departure of the Red Sox equipment truck is an "only in Boston" thing.

Dan Shaughnessy

Not much is expected of the Red Sox in 2023, but Truck Day rolls on nonetheless

It’s like the L Street Brownies swimming on New Year’s Day and U-Hauls clogging the Back Bay on Labor Day. It is part of the Boston experience.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Playing proactively and with purpose, the Celtics reminded everyone — including themselves — what they can be

GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

In a 13-2 start, grit, defense, and chemistry has been the difference for Lincoln-Sudbury girls’ basketball

Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 2

Bruins beat Maple Leafs in Toronto to end three-game skid and enter All-Star break on winning note

Business

innovation beat

Massachusetts installing more reliable EV chargers on highways

Fast electric vehicle chargers have been installed at an I-95 rest stop in Lexington and are coming to Newton and Barnstable as the state seeks to convince droves of drivers to shift to EVs by 2030.

What we know — and don’t know — about Maura Healey’s plan to create a Housing Secretary

The position, some hope, could be the leader the state needs to begin addressing the crisis, but the governor has so far been light on details of what exactly a housing secretary might do.

Athenahealth announces layoffs, possible office move

From Lord & Taylor to ‘House of Sport’

Carter G. Woodson.

The visionary thinking behind Black History Month

We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it.

Globe Magazine.

‘I think there can be something between us, but he has to change to make that happen’

Colombian Avocado Salsa (Ají de Aguacate)

Recipes: A few healthy, delicious dips to lighten up your Super Bowl snack spread

metro

The seal of the State of New Hampshire outside the Hillsborough (South) County Superior Courthouse in Nashua, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

How to submit commentary to Globe New Hampshire

N.H. State Police cruiser struck on I-93 ramp in Hooksett

The rise and fall of Providence’s giving meters

sports

Jayson Tatum scored 31 points in just 29 minutes as the Celtics steamrolled the Nets.

After a scorching start from deep, Celtics steamroll the shorthanded Nets in their biggest blowout of the season

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla is getting to play GM as he selects his All-Star reserves

Making an educated decision, Melrose lineman Braden Marceau-Olayinka is taking a sizable step to Stanford

business

A worker passes a hiring sign at a construction site on Jan. 25, 2023, in Portland, Maine.

US filings for jobless aid lowest since April

Meet the most influential Asian American Pacific Islanders in Boston

Attorney General in $7.6 million settlement with Toyota Credit

politics

Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 25, in Washington.

House Republicans vote to oust Representative Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs committee

Sexual abuse in JROTC programs much higher than previously known, new documents show

Biden’s top economic aide leaving White House

Nation

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume held Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday.

Pa. groundhog says six more weeks of winter. In Mass., Ms. G disagrees

At Tyre Nichols’s Memphis funeral, a celebration of his life and impassioned calls for police reform

Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols’s funeral

World

Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Feb. 2.

EU officials visit Kyiv as Russia strikes civilian target

US, Philippines agree on larger American military presence

North Korea warns of ‘overwhelming nuclear force’ to counter US

opinion

Wind turbines at a wind farm in Rio Vista, Calif.

Avoiding job loss in the transition to renewable energy

Social Studies: Government stimulus for crypto; a back door for worker visas; a precursor to the opioid crisis

The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it.

lifestyle

How do I avoid becoming the rebound?

John Mulaney to film 3 shows at Boston Symphony Hall for new comedy special

Al Horford’s sister joked on Twitter about LeBron James after Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers game. Irate fans responded with threats.

food & dining

Students ages 12-17 who face economic challenges can attend a Berkshires camp for free where they can try out acting, dancing, writing rap, improvisation, and more. The Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts welcomes more than 150 underserved kids on a campus in Gill.

Summer camp, where to stay and play in Raleigh, and a charging station that can do it all

Eat your way through the Florida State Fair

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

travel

These are the most budget-friendly amusement parks

The multiple personalities of the Florida Keys

Miami’s Historic Hampton House ‘was the place to be from the get-go’

Arts

Abelardo Morell’s "Sunflower Field on Ground with Broken Tiles, Near Arles, France," 2022. The color photograph will be displayed at the exhibit "Abelardo Morell: In the Footsteps of van Gogh" at Krakow Witkin Gallery through Feb. 25.

Abelardo Morell travels ‘In the Footsteps of van Gogh’ at Krakow Witkin Gallery

William Agee, leading art curator and teacher, dies at 86

What building could be uglier than Boston City Hall? These were deemed even worse.

Books

Kristin Chenoweth

Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth’s new book, ‘I’m No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts,’ delivers an authentic dose of sunny

Aleksandar Hemon’s ‘The World and All That It Holds’ conscripts readers into the war torn life and love of a queer Jewish apothecary turned soldier and survivor

Andrea Wulf, author of ‘The Invention of Nature,’ on her love-hate relationship with her Kindle

Movies

The cast of "Dungeons & Dragon: Honor Among Thieves" at Comic-Con So Paulo in Sao Paulo.

Tell us: Do you plan to watch the new Dungeons & Dragons movie?

Apocalypse now? M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’ poses the question

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

Television

Kelsey Grammer will reprise his role as psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the Paramount+ reboot.

Reboot will send ‘Frasier’ back to Boston

Distracted by geographical inaccuracies in ‘The Last of Us’? For Bostonians, it’s hard not to be.

‘Dear Edward’ isn’t just another sob story

music

The lawn in front of the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, seen here in 2016.

Tanglewood announces summer 2023 programming

Beyonce announces world tour, including Gillette Stadium date this summer

Steve Lacy, LCD Soundsystem, and boygenius to headline first shows at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

Theater/Dance

Participants at a StageSource workshop called "Go Audition!" pose for a photo. For nearly four decades, the organization helped connect local theater artists with jobs.

As StageSource prepares to shut down, theater artists lose a partner

Mandy Patinkin - now a TikTok star - brings his one-man concert to New Bedford

Rennie Harris’s ‘Rome and Jewels’ is a poignant tale of woe

globe local

The latest estimate for renovating Norwell Town Hall and bringing it up to safety codes is between $10 million and $12 million.

Norwell voters fail to pass proposal for new town hall

The keys to success

Brookline health officials to study impacts of retail marijuana on community, youth

Obituaries

Ms. Korologos (middle) greeted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Abelag airport in Brussels in 2005. Ambassador to Belgium, Tom Korologos, was between them.

Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Reagan-era labor secretary, dies at 81

Dave Durenberger, censured by Senate in ethics breach, dies at 88

William Agee, leading art curator and teacher, dies at 86