Beth Teitell

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

The end, when it came, felt abrupt. As if even now, after all these years, we still weren’t ready for the Karen Read trial to be over just yet. Or maybe ever. It had achieved a permanence in our lives, like “Law & Order” or chronic inflammation. But then, midafternoon on Wednesday, after a false start involving a retracted verdict — which briefly threatened to spin off a whole new round of conspiracy theories — word came that a verdict was imminent, for real this time.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

It was Jan. 30, 2022, one day after a police officer named John O’Keefe had been found abandoned in the snow. A spokesman for the Norfolk District Attorney’s office sent an email to a reporter, the first to write a Globe story on a case that would become so big, even the courtroom ceiling fan would have its own handle on X — two, actually.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

It was afternoon on the Boston Common and the sky was a chef’s kiss. A baby in sunglasses sauntered by in a carrier. A woman opened a parasol. A sunbather squinted to read her phone, what with all the glare. “You got one of the best days,” a tour guide in a tri-corner hat and regimental coat told his flip-flopped flock. And it was true. But also … the vibes were somehow off. What was it, exactly? Oh, that’s right.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

“They told us the sun was the threat,” another said. “Not the corporations funding both the warning and the cure. I stopped burning when I stopped believing them.”“People burn because of the seed oils in these processed foods,” read a third reply. “If you eat clean, you’ll be fine.” Wait — what? Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were supposed to feel guilty for not using sunscreen? Yes, but forget all that nonsense from your dermatologist. Now it’s burn, baby burn.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

“I’m already enraged at the thought of being stuck behind one of these while it waits for the perfect moment to gradually merge,” one Redditor wrote. “K-Circle will bring the software to its knees,” another predicted with glee, referring to the notorious Dorchester rotary. “There are no patterns to study, no rules to follow.”Word that Waymo would be mapping our streets broke earlier this month, and soon people began spotting the vehicles around town.