It's not uncommon for professionals in their fifties to feel a sense of malaise regarding their careers. But various strategies may help experienced professionals find a pathway to fulfilling their potential.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/09/mid-career-strategies-to-fulfill-your-potential/

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X-factor? Bold prediction? MVP? Final score?The Herald staff made all the picks as the Patriots and Seahawks get set to play in Super Bowl LX.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/08/patriots-seahawks-predictions-herald-staff-makes-super-bowl-lx-picks/

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The Patriots are warriors, and the Herald is profiling them in the week leading up to Super Bowl LX. Pick up a copy of the paper for a color print:

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/07/new-england-patriots-warrior-profiles-drake-maye/

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The White House is blasting Gov. Maura Healey for continuing to withhold personal information on Massachusetts SNAP recipients from the Trump Administration as the latest SNAP fraud bust was announced by federal authorities on Tuesday.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/03/white-house-blasts-healey-for-withholding-snap-recipient-info-as-feds-bust-another-fraud-scheme/

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Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler will step down Friday after three years in the role, with Salem Schools Superintendent Stephen Zrike Jr. set to take over next month.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/10/education-secretary-tutwiler-stepping-down-on-friday/

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98.5's 'Big Jim' Murray responds to WEEI's Chris Curtis taking shots at him, Mike Felger: 'That would require me having to listen to Chris Curtis, which I don't'

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/04/98-5s-big-jim-murray-responds-to-weeis-chris-curtis-taking-shots-at-him-mike-felger/

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Mayor Michelle Wu has touted her administration's achievements in making Boston more accessible by bike, public transit, or on foot. None of that matters if you can't navigate snow-clogged crosswalks, or bus stop islands filled with snow.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/05/editorial-snow-way-this-is-the-best-boston-can-do-after-a-storm/

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How a phone call, cross-country flight and ensuing texts built a bond between Rhamondre Stevenson and a Patriots coach that brought out the best in the star running back.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/05/how-patriots-rb-rhamondre-stevenson-went-from-tragedy-to-super-bowl-with-a-coachs-help/

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Medway's Zack DiGregorio and Framingham's Ansel Haugsjaa basically got into luge by accident, but it started a journey to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/07/pushing-the-limits-zack-digregorio-ansel-haugsjaa-complete-winter-olympics-quest/

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“Strangers” began as a stand-alone horror feature about three masked sociopathic killers who invade homes at random for thrill kills.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/03/madelaine-petsch-wraps-up-horror-saga-in-the-strangers-chapter-three/

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It wasn't a perfect performance from Drake Maye in Sunday's win over the Chargers, but the young Patriots quarterback still showed his head coach "elite" traits.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/12/drake-maye-acknowledges-struggles-still-shows-elite-traits-in-patriots-win/

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Three South Carolina islands were included in Travel + Leisure’s 10 best in the South, including one not normally seen on such lists.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/11/travel-leisures-best-islands-to-visit-in-the-south-3-are-in-sc/

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The Celtics lost to an injury-depleted opponent on their home floor Wednesday night. They didn't let that happen again on Friday. 

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/09/hot-shooting-celtics-hold-off-shorthanded-raptors-for-home-win/

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He is a talented young artist who loves to draw and color — especially when an adult joins in and draws with him.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/11/nathan-loves-to-draw-color-and-build/

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A meticulously recreated docudrama, “Hind Rajab” is an agonizing minute by minute chronicle of the fate of 5-year-old Hind Rajab who is on the phone in a bombed car in Gaza, surrounded by her murdered family, pleading for help.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/09/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-calls-from-wars-horror/

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A Boston city councilor is calling for a review of hospital security plans after a mentally ill man allegedly raped a paralyzed patient at Boston Medical Center.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/09/after-horrific-rape-at-boston-medical-center-councilor-pushes-for-security-review/

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Braintree Police arrested two juveniles allegedly involved in a movie theatre carjacking Friday. The police didn’t identify the suspects, who were arrested on warrants on Monday, because they are juveniles. 

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/06/police-blotter-suspects-in-movie-theatre-carjacking-arrested/

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A judge denied a bail review for former Healey Administration aide LaMar Cook Thursday in a short appearance at Hampden County Superior Court.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/08/judge-denies-lamar-cooks-bail-review/

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The wrist injury that ended Jaylen Brown's 2021 season lingered for years, the Celtics star revealed. 

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/10/jaylen-brown-opens-up-about-2021-injury-ive-had-some-issues/

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A win, and bragging rights, went to Hingham when it faced cross-town rival NDA.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/05/eileen-lowther-hingham-ramp-up-in-second-half-to-defeat-cross-town-rival-nda/

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Former Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt is officially off the state employee payroll after resigning in disgrace in October and being allowed to keep her over $200,000 salary while she was demoted.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/07/disgraced-former-transportation-secretary-monica-tibbits-nutt-officially-off-state-payroll/

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With Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino, Gus Van Sant is fielding an all-star team for Friday’s true-crime hostage drama “Dead Man’s Wire.”

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/07/gus-van-sant-fills-dead-mans-wire-with-heavyweights/

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Patriots defensive tackle Milton Williams acknowledged some ankle soreness in his return to the field, but it was better than "sitting on the couch. That's garbage."

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/04/patriots-milton-williams-acknowledges-reality-of-ankle-injury-after-return/

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My two-year-old Great Dane had a litter of puppies just over two weeks ago. She is not a good mother compared to others I have bred.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/04/great-dane-falling-down-on-the-job-as-a-mom/

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Two new members will join the Boston School Committee and member Stephen Alkins has been reappointed to serve a second term, Mayor Michelle Wu announced.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/04/two-new-members-appointed-to-boston-school-committee/

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The Bruins snapped their six-game losing streak with their best road win of the season in Edmonton on New Year's Eve.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/01/bruins-snap-six-game-losing-streak-with-6-2-win-in-edmonton/

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“It’s a great group,” Norwell coach John Willis said recently. “It’s coaching. When you’ve been doing it a long time, you go through special groups, and this group was part of that part of that team."

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/01/div-3-5-boys-basketball-preview-norwell-out-to-reload-holland-school-looks-powerful/

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The aging population grows, more need care, assistants' wages rise with program costs, the cycle continues. Budget cuts may keep necessary programs afloat, but the boat is still leaking and filling with passengers.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/02/editorial-aging-population-a-ticking-budget-time-bomb/

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The Celtics had no trouble dispatching the shorthanded Lakers on Friday, winning 126-105 for their fourth straight victory.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/05/jaylen-brown-celtics-blow-out-lakers-while-lebron-james-luka-doncic-sit/

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Playing without Jaylen Brown for the first time this season, Derrick White, Jordan Walsh and the Celtics crushed the last-place Wizards 146-101. Next up: Friday night against the Lakers.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/04/celtics-roll-into-lakers-matchup-by-routing-wizards-without-jaylen-brown/

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