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Friday, February 13, 2026 11:54 PM ET

Boston Globe - Top Stories

LOVE LETTERS - Can't get this situationship out of my head - Now I'm in Barcelona.

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'I just did not handle it': Here's what Ilia Malinin had to say after his shocking free skate collapse in Milan -- Malinin, the two-time reigning world champion, executed just three of his seven quad jumps.

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Trevor Story, leader for the Red Sox, gets a new locker and new infield -- Offseason turnover left Story as the lone remaining member of the group most often cited for leadership during the Sox' playoff season in 2025.

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Valentine's Day is a boon, every year, for family-owned Boston flower company, more than 30 years strong -- Out of the 25,000 ordered at Stapleton Floral Design for cupid's holiday, 15,000 were red, the rest an assortment of whites, pinks, and yellows.

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Ayotte releases info on Trump administration's 'new detention model' for ICE facilities across the US -- The Merrimack warehouse is part of a $38 billion plan that would be operational by Nov. 30 and would expand ICE's detention capacity to 92,600 beds nationwide.

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Judge orders Trump administration to return deported Babson student to US, saying it's time to 'make amends' -- Any Lucia Lopez Belloza had been deported while traveling home to Texas to see her family on Thanksiving.

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What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend

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Financial 'death spiral' threatens the long-term survival of rural Mass. schools -- Rural school leaders and other local officials have repeatedly warned Beacon Hill lawmakers that their schools are sliding into a deepening fiscal crisis.

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Ex-Red Sox player Brock Holt says member of the 2018 team joked about shooting teammates -- Notably, after the incident during a three-game series in Tampa Bay from May 22-24, the Sox released Hanley Ramirez immediately upon returning to Fenway Park.

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'Concerned but never courageous': Janet Mills ad slams Susan Collins for Trump response -- Maine US Senator Susan Collins faced a new attack ad this week from Maine Governor Janet Mills, who is criticizing her response to President Trump.

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Driver charged in death of Boston art collector found mentally incompetent to stand trial -- A judge entered a finding Friday that William Haney Jr. is not competent to stand trial and will remain held without bail.

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Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs pleads not guilty to assault, strangulation charges

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4 dead in small plane crash near Colorado ski resort community of Steamboat Springs

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IDEAS | RICHARD HANANIA - Jon Stewart doesn't understand economics - The comedian leads his listeners into a trap of mixing up knowledge gathering and vision building.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The Epstein files and the problem with guilt by association

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Eugene Scott -- Let Olympians define America for themselves

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LETTERS -- Resistance rises as the chill of ICE looms over the next election

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Joseph Stiglitz and Mike Konczal -- Trump's tariff fantasy collides with economic reality

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Jason Collins strives to make a difference amid fight of his life against brain cancer -- Collins, 47, a 13-year NBA veteran who came out as gay in 2013, was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma Dec. 11.

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Daylight saving time returns. Here's when we 'spring forward.' -- We may lose an hour of sleep on March 8, but the upside is more sunlight in the evenings.

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$20M penthouse hits market at Taylor Swift's rumored wedding venue -- The penthouse condo comes with access to the private beach at Rhode Island's five-star hotel, Ocean House.

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Bill Belichick's reputation was actually helped by Hall snub, but his feud with Krafts will never end, and other thoughts -- It was the Hall that was embarrassed, not the coach. And folks in Canton, Ohio, will probably fix the voting process to make sure Belichick is enshrined in the summer of 2027.

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Wayland curling club vaulted into spotlight after Olympic success - Broomstones Curling Club had a spike in interest after one of its alumni, Korey Dropkin, won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jacob Roberts -- Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations

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IDEAS | Eitan Hersh -- College students are less woke now. It's a chance to improve campus culture.

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EDITORIAL -- Why aren't Boston students completing required coursework?

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IDEAS | THOMAS LEE -- ChatGPT helps me stay awake

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Full scope of ICE's 'new detention model' outlined in records released by N.H. Governor Ayotte

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Friday night's 10 high school sports takeaways, from triple OT to Shine retirement to Case football coach -- Lawrence won in triple-overtime, Central Catholic held off Andover in a battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2, Arlington Catholic legend Dan Shine announces retirment, and Joseph Case has a new football coach.

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MIAA DIVISION 4 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP -- Division 4 indoor track: Wakefield boys take a leap with JaMauri Belmer, Weston girls make their points count -- Belmer secured a double-win in the long jump and high jump in Wakefield's 2-point win over Newburyport, and Weston's roster of 8 athletes all contributed.

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MLB -- Yankees' Gerrit Cole throws first bullpen of spring training as he works back from Tommy John surgery -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone won't push for an early return, preferring to have Cole at optimum strength late in the season and October.

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On Olympics -- US figure skater Ilia Malinin suffers unimaginable fall from grace with disastrous long program

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CENTRAL CATHOLIC 55, ANDOVER 50 -- With grit and poise, Central Catholic boys' basketball edges Andover to earn a share of MVC D1 title

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Crab heist puts spotlight on surge of cargo thefts -- Losses attributed to cargo thefts nationwide jumped to about $725 million in 2025, a 60 percent increase from 2024, according to CargoNet.

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Shirley Leung -- For Karen Spilka, this year's Galentine's Day is serious business

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BOLD TYPES -- TD launches marketing campaign that takes 'Bank' out of its logo

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Your Home | Getting Cozy -- This Sunday River ski home blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings

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PERSPECTIVE -- Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We've both tried working as Uber Eats deliverers'

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

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A backyard igloo in South Boston garnered millions of views online — before it was smashed with sledgehammers

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How long will this welcome February warm-up last?

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Trump administration sues Harvard for allegedly failing to comply with review of its admissions process

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Source: Red Sox' Roman Anthony to play for Team USA in World Baseball Classic if he passes spring training physical

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Team USA women's hockey advances to semifinals with another shutout

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Maxim Naumov beams with pride after living his Olympic dream, with his parents close to his heart

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Who's No. 1 among Massachusetts public companies? You can't spell the name without 'GE.'

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Mass. meatpacking plant to close, resulting in layoffs of nearly 200 workers

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As city approves new campus plan, Wentworth agrees to new annual payments

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Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man

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Partial government shutdown ahead as funding set to lapse for Homeland Security. Here's a recap of Friday.

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Bondi suggested Culver City has a crime problem. Culver City has a problem with that.

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Behind the scenes sorting through tips in cases like the Nancy Guthrie disappearance

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Teachers describe immigration enforcement's impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

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Malawi vaccinates a new generation of children against polio, which still hasn't been eradicated

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From exile to power: The rise of Bangladesh's new leader

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Ontario lifts Tuition freeze at public universities

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Readers come clean about their own pop culture gaps

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For better or worse, Wu's bet on White Stadium will define her legacy

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As California and Texas battle over redistricting, the Supreme Court stays out of the fight

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

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A new kind of hotline: Love Letters phone booth debuts at Boston Public Library

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What alcohol does to the body

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Craft spirits distillery to replace beer garden on Rose Kennedy Greenway

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

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Delta announces new nonstop flight from Boston to Honolulu

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

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

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Photography in a flash

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

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When keyboards are key

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 8

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Another movie theater is shutting down in the Boston suburbs

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

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

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In 'Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,' travails of the very famous and beautiful

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

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An illuminating Mahler's 3rd from Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Brandi Carlile returns to TD Garden with her new LP, 'Returning to Myself'

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A waiting game in Lyric Stage's 'Penelope'

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History at Play revives Boston's 'Victorian Gossip Girl' for Valentine's

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'I feel reborn': How GLP-1 drugs are transforming the lives of people struggling with addiction

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Officials urge vaccination after 7th child dies from the flu in Mass. this flu season

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Gabor Boritt, refugee who became expert on Lincoln, dies at 86

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Laura Maioglio, whose restaurant was a theater district mainstay, dies at 93

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Fred Smith, who left Blondie for the band Television, dies at 77

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