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Saturday, February 10, 2024
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Politics

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

One of Boston’s smallest neighborhoods, an ethnic enclave with a rich history in the city’s urban core, is changing. The effects of years-long gentrification are roiling the neighborhood. Continue reading →

Business

For polyamorous people, there is no romance without finance

The Globe spoke with more than a dozen polyamorous New Englanders about the cost of dating, budgeting strategies, and financial conversations. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

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. Continue reading →

Politics

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. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Seiji Ozawa, trailblazing BSO music director, dies at 88

The first Asian musician to establish a top-level international career in Western music, Mr. Ozawa became a major figure in Europe, America, and his native Japan and a conscientious citizen of each musical community in which he worked. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today: Sports | February 9, 2024

WATCH: Friday's sports show. Stories include: Has the Patriots post-Belichick spin cycle begun? Continue reading →

Ben Volin: Patrick Mahomes chases Tom Brady's Super Bowl legacy

WATCH: How do Mahomes and Reid stack up against Brady and Belichick? The NFL writer answers. Continue reading →

Chris Gasper: It’s time to bring the NBA all-star game to Boston

WATCH: The Celtics haven’t hosted since 1964. The Boston Globe Today makes a case for why it’s time to put this premiere event on this parquet. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Prosecutors dismiss charges against Louisiana troopers who bragged of beating a Black motorist

The violent 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris was among a series of beatings of Black men captured on body camera that prompted a sprawling US Justice Department investigation into use of force by the Louisiana State Police. Continue reading →

Nation

Prosecutors seek to protect witnesses in Trump classified documents case

The request to protect the witnesses — made in court papers filed late Thursday night — came after Trump’s legal team asked Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, for permission to name some of the witnesses in court papers it recently filed related to arguments about discovery evidence. Continue reading →

Nation

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island; no tsunami expected

The earthquake, which the US Geological Survey initially reported as magnitude 6.3, was centered on Mauna Loa’s southern flank at a depth of 23 miles, 1.3 miles southwest of Pahala. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion

The announcement came after heavy international criticism, including from the US, of Israeli intentions to move ground forces into the city that borders Egypt. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine’s new army chief signals tougher approach but huge problems stand in the way

Though he provided little detail, his remarks appeared to align with Zelensky’s stated aim of bringing “renewal” to the armed forces with Thursday’s shake-up and adopting a fresh approach to the fight. Continue reading →

World

Pakistan election surprise: Imran Khan’s party puts up a fight

The prolonged uncertainty and tight race made clear that the military, long the guiding hand in Pakistani politics, had failed in its heavy-handed effort to gut Khan’s party before the vote. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

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. Continue reading →

OPINION

Like ‘Seinfeld,’ Newton teachers strike was about nothing

The agreement has few real differences from Newton School Committee’s prestrike proposals. Continue reading →

LETTERS

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

A number of readers with firsthand experience of this health care challenge share their views on its causes and possible solutions. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime

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. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

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

At a press conference outside the Boston Tea Party Museum on Friday, State Senator Nick Collins and Boston City Councilors Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy said they have few answers to questions from residents since the news came Thursday that the state is considering opening a migrant shelter at 24 Farnsworth St. Continue reading →

Politics

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. Continue reading →

Sports

on baseball

Refreshed Tanner Houck is ready to start anew in Red Sox rotation

After an injury-plagued season, the 2017 first-round pick could have the right stuff to close for Boston. Continue reading →

ON HOCKEY

Lessons to take from the Bruins demolishing a Canucks team clearly off its game

Even after a game in which the Bruins could do no wrong, we’re still a long way from knowing who’ll be the team to get it all right in the end. Continue reading →

patriots

Dont’a Hightower returns to Patriots as linebackers coach

HIghtower played on three Super Bowl champions here and was teammates with new head coach Jerod Mayo. Continue reading →

Business

Business

For polyamorous people, there is no romance without finance

The Globe spoke with more than a dozen polyamorous New Englanders about the cost of dating, budgeting strategies, and financial conversations. Continue reading →

Gambling

Want to watch the Super Bowl at a sports betting parlor in Mass.? Maybe next year.

Despite state law permitting two brick-and-mortar sports betting bars, development of them has been slow. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Maybe it’s not the economy, stupid

Many voters have the luxury to focus on other issues in this presidential election. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Seiji Ozawa, trailblazing BSO music director, dies at 88

The first Asian musician to establish a top-level international career in Western music, Mr. Ozawa became a major figure in Europe, America, and his native Japan and a conscientious citizen of each musical community in which he worked. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mojo Nixon, musician behind ‘Elvis is Everywhere’ and other satirical songs, dies at 66

A psychobilly musician and radio host, Mojo Nixon gained cult status for his rabble rousing and celebrity spoofs such as the 1987 hit “Elvis Is Everywhere." Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Bruton, Irish leader who played a key role in Northern Ireland’s peace process, dies at 76

Former British prime minister John Major, who drew up a 1995 framework document with Mr. Bruton that helped pave the way for peace, said the Irish leader had been “a brave and talented taoiseach who contributed mightily to the early days of the peace process." Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

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

Guest conductor Karina Canellakis led the orchestra through a program with two halves like day and night. Continue reading →

Names

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

Founders Lily and Hannah Barrett will bring their curated selection of books featuring underrepresented characters and love stories to three pop-up shops in the Boston area. Continue reading →

Arts

10 ways to celebrate Lunar New Year in and around Boston

The 15-day period from Feb. 10-24 kicks off the Year of the Dragon. Continue reading →