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New small-business loans and state grants target entrepreneurs of color and those hardest hit

The Small Business Administration began accepting new Paycheck Protection Program loan applications this week, with new measures in place to ensure the fund distribution is more equitable and transparent.
Mass. casinos continue to struggle amid pandemic restrictions
Larry Edelman

Biden?s giant rescue bill depends on the narrowest of math

There is something for nearly everyone in Joe Biden?s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 and economic relief plan. And that?s why it?s going to be tough to persuade enough Republicans to back the complete package.
Joe Biden unveils vaccine plan fueled by billions in federal money

Massachusetts officials and public health experts see new hope in Biden?s ambitious vaccine plans

In Massachusetts, where the vaccine rollout has been at times slower than anticipated, President-elect Joe Biden?s initiative could mean additional resources for the cash-strapped local public health departments charged with doling out vaccines to their communities.
Governor Baker says state wasn?t planning for more vaccines, despite hopes raised by Trump administration this week

Jeneé Osterheldt
The safety of privilege
When you feel entitled to safety, you feel entitled to commit acts of terrorism in the name of patriotism. You are disillusioned into thinking equity is a danger to you because America has made safety a luxury item for white folk. But for Black people, America has never been a safe place.

Live Updates

New warnings of violence as security tightens for inauguration

Capitol Police intelligence report warned three days before attack that ?Congress itself? could be targeted

An internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which ?Congress itself? could be the target of angry supporters of President Trump on Jan. 6, laying out a stark alert that deepens questions about the security failures that day.
Trump?s approval rating drops to new lows after Capitol riot, poll finds

Gary Washburn | Celtics 124, Magic 97
After a tough week on the sidelines, Celtics happy to return to work
There was a little bit of extra celebration, more than usual for a mid-January win over the Magic.

Celtics return in fine form, and other observations of their rout of the Magic

Rhode Island doctor suspended indefinitely for deliberately exposing patients, staff to COVID-19

Dr. Anthony Farina is accused of working while sick and other misconduct that the state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline said made him ?an immediate danger to the public.?
Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million CDC warns COVID variant to become dominant in US

Judge declines to dismiss charges against former BC student accused of urging boyfriend?s suicide

A former Boston College student accused of encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life in 2019 is headed to trial after a judge denied one request to dismiss a manslaughter charge against her Friday but allowed another motion for dismissal, the Suffolk district attorney?s office said.

Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that?s just the start.

More about Project Takeout

The Globe is asking readers, if they can, to get takeout and help our local restaurants get through this dark winter.

Tell us your favorite restaurants

Explore a map of some local restaurants and submit your hometown favorites

Weekend diversions

MOVIES

On Amazon, ?One Night? and four famous men
ART

At Peabody Essex, a reset on South Asian art
THEATER

Theater leaders lean into 2021 with plenty of programming
MEDIA

How Heather Cox Richardson built a sisterhood of concerned Americans

Opinion

Mark L. Wolf

Merrick Garland may be the attorney general America needs

It is essential that the next attorney general be respected for his experience, intelligence, integrity, and impartiality.
JEFF JACOBY

Why New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts
IDEAS | Ira Helfand and Nate Goldshlag

The end of nukes
EDITORIAL

Trump?s global games-playing needs fast undoing
Scot Lehigh

The 14th Amendment offers an easier way than impeachment to ban Trump from future office

Broad Institute?s Eric Lander stepping away to become Biden?s science adviser
Lander, the founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will take an unpaid leave of absence as cabinet-level science adviser in President-elect Joe Biden's administration.

Biden will elevate White House science office to cabinet-level

US lawyers ask 2nd Circuit to nix Trump from defamation suit
Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court Friday to replace President Donald Trump with the United States as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s.

Trump to leave Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning, before Biden?s inauguration

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
The Trump administration on Friday carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden ? an opponent of the federal death penalty.

Juvenile wanted for setting fire to Boston police cruiser arrested in N.Y.
The youth was trying to board a one-way international flight when authorities discovered he had an outstanding warrant for delinquency charges of arson of a motor vehicle and inciting a riot, Boston police said in a statement.

Boston attorney, ex-prosecutor, arrested on rape charge

Boston Police arrested defense attorney Gary Zerola Friday, after a warrant was issued for his arrest Tuesday for rape and breaking and entering during the nighttime. .At his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court, Zerola was held without bail awaiting the outcome of a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Thursday, officials said.

After tumult, state names new commissioner for the deaf
Dr. Opeoluwa Sotonwa will lead the state Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing starting in March after serving more than six years as the executive director of Missouri?s commission for the deaf.

National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy
The National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, says gun-rights group will legally move from New York to Texas.

Von Miller under investigation by police in suburb of Denver
Broncos linebacker Von Miller is under investigation by police in a Denver suburb.

Recommended Reads

Reporter Nidhi Razdan claims she was victim of ?phishing attack? that led her to believe she?d been hired as a journalism professor at Harvard

In a lengthy statement on Twitter Friday, Razdan, who spent 21 years as a reporter at New Delhi Television ? or NDTV ? a news network and online media company in India, said she was falsely led to believe that she had been offered a position teaching at Harvard beginning in the fall.

Tracking who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts
With a limited supply of vaccine doses, almost seven million residents, and some hesitation among specific communities, Massachusetts? long-awaited end to the COVID-19 pandemic feels within reach, but we?re not there yet.

Need a precedent for what?s going on in Boston politics? Look to 1993
President-elect Joe Biden choosing Mayor Martin J. Walsh to be his labor secretary has a striking precedent. In 1993, Raymond L. Flynn was tapped by Bill Clinton to become ambassador to the Vatican, setting up an open election to become the next Boston mayor.

metro

Jeneé Osterheldt
The safety of privilege
When you feel entitled to safety, you feel entitled to commit acts of terrorism in the name of patriotism. You are disillusioned into thinking equity is a danger to you because America has made safety a luxury item for white folk. But for Black people, America has never been a safe place.

Shirley Abrahamson, trailblazing Wisconsin judge, dies at 87

New warnings of violence as security tightens for inauguration

Sports

Gary Washburn | On basketball
After a tough week on the sidelines, Celtics happy to return to work
There was a little bit of extra celebration, more than usual for a mid-January win over the Magic.

Bradie Tennell lands at the top of the women?s podium at US Figure Skating Championships

No pause button for Nate Amado, Whitman-Hanson boys? basketball in a riveting return

business

Disneyland as a vaccination site? Airports as test centers? The travel industry pitches in
With hotels at record-low occupancy, some airports running on skeleton crews and fairgrounds emptied of guests, many domestic travel companies and operators have begun donating their resources and newly vacant spaces to help get the pandemic under control.

Controversial Maine power line gets final federal permit, but suffers setback in court
Larry Edelman

Biden?s giant rescue bill depends on the narrowest of math

politics

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
The Trump administration on Friday carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden ? an opponent of the federal death penalty.

Trump impeachment trial pending, McConnell is calling it a ?vote of conscience?

Top lawmakers not told of police request for backup before riot, aide and others say

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
Grammy-nominated rapper Joyner Lucas awarded Key to the City of Worcester
The honor went to those who made significant contributions to the arts in a difficult year.

I wanted to meet someone in 2020
IN THE FAMILY WAY

How to talk to your kids about what happened in Washington

arts

Beyond ?One Night in Miami:? Where to find more of the movie?s iconic foursome
Where to find more movies with Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Malcolm X, and Sam Cooke.

COMFORT ZONE

MFA to celebrate MLK Day by imagining ?a world we want to live in?
TELEVISION

?Insecure,? ?High Maintenance? call it a day the right way

rhode island

Juvenile wanted for setting fire to Boston police cruiser arrested in N.Y.
The youth was trying to board a one-way international flight when authorities discovered he had an outstanding warrant for delinquency charges of arson of a motor vehicle and inciting a riot, Boston police said in a statement.

RI CRIME

Rhode Island doctor suspended indefinitely for deliberately exposing patients, staff to COVID-19
POLITICS

Will Governor Raimondo speak again? Her office has no comment

Newton

Special Projects

A beautiful resistance | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

With every sip, a labor of love

In Vermont, a winemaker is cultivating a legacy that pays homage to the Black folk who built this country and is celebrating life and the future of farming.
See more from 'A Beautiful Resistance' Follow on Instagram

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center?s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
They stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored ? one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It?s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You?ll hear from both.

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

MFA to celebrate MLK Day by imagining ?a world we want to live in?

Highlights include a ?Voices on King? segment featuring artists, politicians, and community leaders.

Beyond ?One Night in Miami:? Where to find more of the movie?s iconic foursome

Where to find more movies with Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Malcolm X, and Sam Cooke.
COMFORT ZONE

Grammy-nominated rapper Joyner Lucas awarded Key to the City of Worcester

The honor went to those who made significant contributions to the arts in a difficult year.
ASK MATTHEW

A reader looks to lasso more upbeat TV shows

Our critic has some ideas for comedies that offer a perfect escape from the real world.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

How to talk to your kids about what happened in Washington

As parents, we need to project calm and reassurance, even if we?re faking it.
WINTER GETAWAYS

The lush life, close to home: Hotel deals in and around Boston

If you?re looking for a home away from home, at least for a night or two, check out these local hotels.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

An Amherst professor predicted exactly how Trump would try to overturn the election. Now he fears for 2024
Renée Loth

With Trump era ending, the unwinding begins

Talia Lavin

Confronting white supremacy among our neighbors, our families ? and ourselves
Bandy X. Lee and Jeffrey D. Sachs

Trump shows why mental health must be part of political discourse
Vidhya Ramalingam

Big Tech stepped up in the fight against far-right extremism. Where does it go from here?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

?I was shaking. And I didn?t want my kids to see me.?

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months ? and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients? need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19?s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus ? and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
On the Cover

Jujubee?s fierce optimism is what we all need right now

Connections

Growing up, I thought my brother was the selfish one. Not any more.
Exclusive Excerpt

How many friends do we really need to be happy?
Dinner With Cupid

What happened next? Did these Cupid daters find love?

sports

Cubs avoid salary arbitration with a trio of stars who struggled in 2020

Stewart Cink, 47, basks in the glow at Sony Open

Celtics return in fine form, and other observations of their rout of the Magic

metro

Boston attorney, ex-prosecutor, arrested on rape charge

Juvenile wanted for setting fire to Boston police cruiser arrested in N.Y.

Judge declines to dismiss charges against former BC student accused of urging boyfriend?s suicide

Nation

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

House arrest plan for invader of Pelosi?s office halted

Trump impeachment trial pending, McConnell is calling it a ?vote of conscience?

World

India starts world?s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive

Russia to exit Open Skies Treaty, escalating military rivalry with US

North Korea unveils new submarine-launched ballistic missile

politics

New warnings of violence as security tightens for inauguration

Trump supporters among those seeking Jan. 20 protest permits

Lawyer for Capitol rioter in fur headdress says client was ?answering the call of the president?

business

Desktop Metal buys 3D-printing competitor for $300 million

New small-business loans and state grants target entrepreneurs of color and those hardest hit

Broad Institute?s Eric Lander stepping away to become Biden?s science adviser

lifestyle

Boston artist Kofi Lost writes the Google Year in Search

Ghost King Thai opens in the South End, Gepetto arrives in Cambridge, and Yellow Door does brunch

Has he developed a work crush?

marijuana

Healey appoints new commissioner to Mass. marijuana agency

Study: smoking pot raises level of harmful chemicals in body but smoking tobacco is more harmful

Q&A with outgoing cannabis commissioner Shaleen Title

opinion

Trump?s global games-playing needs fast undoing

The end of nukes

Merrick Garland may be the attorney general America needs

food & dining

Ghost King Thai opens in the South End, Gepetto arrives in Cambridge, and Yellow Door does brunch

Project Takeout

Get takeout. It?s your civic duty.

travel

Looking for wild snow? Here are 6 backcountry skiing tours to explore

One pandemic perk? Plenty more volunteers at Unity Farm Sanctuary

Nantucket hoteliers buy a private Caribbean island for their latest resort

Books

In ?Land,? Simon Winchester looks at what the hunger for land ownership has wrought

Essays on the magic and poetry of art and place by André Aciman

Paulette Jiles on reading about crime, action, and exploration

Movies

Beyond ?One Night in Miami:? Where to find more of the movie?s iconic foursome

Regina King on making ?One Night? memorable

12 activities to quell your nerves in these dark times

Television

?Insecure,? ?High Maintenance? call it a day the right way

A reader looks to lasso more upbeat TV shows

Inauguration events will be all over TV and the Web

music

What it takes to build a ?modular? opera

Passim sends grants totaling $40,000 to 24 project-minded musicians

Celebrity Series offers home concerts recorded around the world

Theater/Dance

Theater leaders lean into 2021 with plenty of programming and a measure of optimism

For some arts venues, a lifeline

Boston record label Dead & Mellow marks a first year in which nothing went according to plan

globe local

?They are our family?: Neighborhood bars struggle to survive during pandemic

Should the federal government cancel all student loan debt?

It?s not every day you see someone driving with a bird in the vehicle

Obituaries

Shirley Abrahamson, trailblazing Wisconsin judge, dies at 87

Harold Bornstein, Trump?s former personal physician, dies at 73

Siegfried Fischbacher, magician of Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81