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Senate leader Chuck Schumer says Trump impeachment trial will start week of Feb. 8

Under the timeline, the House will transmit the impeachment article against Donald Trump late Monday, with initial proceedings Tuesday.

Trump and Justice Department lawyer said to have plotted to oust acting attorney general

The Justice Department?s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with then-President Donald Trump to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting attorney general.
Criticized by science community and Trump, Deborah Birx said she ?always? considered quitting

76ers 122, celtics 110
Jaylen Brown ties career high with 42 points but Celtics? comeback falls short against 76ers
Joel Embiid countered with 38 points of his own as Philadelphia swept a two-game set against Boston.

Gary Washburn: Jaylen Brown is doing his job. His Celtics teammates, though, are coming up way short

Red Sox reach multi-year agreement with Kiké Hernández, per report

Matt Patricia is returning to Patriots to assist coaching staff

NBC will shut down NBC Sports Network by the end of 2021
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Has Mass. passed the peak of the second surge? Here?s what the numbers show

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday announced the loosening of some of the state?s coronavirus restrictions, citing improvement in the public health statistics. Here's a look at what the numbers say in seven charts.

Why more people are starting to wear two masks

With the pandemic still raging in the United States and the arrival of a highly contagious COVID variant, some experts have recommended wearing two masks at once.

CDC says COVID-19 patients can be switched to another vaccine for second dose

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly changed its recommendations for coronavirus immunizations to allow patients to switch the authorized vaccines between the first and second doses in ?exceptional situations,? and to extend the interval between doses to six weeks, even though such changes have not been studied in large clinical trials.
Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ?extra? doses
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Opinion

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Up your mask game

Not all masks are equal ? the best ones offer effective filtration, breathability, and snug fit to reduce exposure to unfiltered air. Recent studies have found that the best masks have three layers.
EDITORIAL

Review of Rollins incident should be thorough ? and quick
Ram Bala, Shuhan He, and Megan L. Ranney

How the Biden administration can better distribute COVID-19 vaccinations
EDITORIAL

Media no longer an ?enemy of the people?
Bruce Ackerman

John Roberts shouldn?t preside over impeachment trial. Nor should Kamala Harris

Project Takeout: 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 5 restaurants we supported this week Where to get kid-friendly takeout

peter abraham | on baseball
Hank Aaron: A magnificent ballplayer and a profile in courage
Aaron was an unflinching advocate for civil rights, undaunted by vicious treatment he endured en route to one of baseball's finest careers.

Dan Shaughnessy: Recalling Hank Aaron?s only Fenway Park home run, and other thoughts

Biden orders stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan
President Biden took executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

MIT president and faculty members defend professor arrested for China ties

The faculty members questioned the government?s case against the professor and the larger effort to target academics with ties to China.

Business groups press Legislature to protect sole proprietors from state taxes on federal stimulus aid
The issue involves the Paycheck Protection Program, which provided $14 billion in loans to nearly 120,000 small businesses in Massachusetts last year to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal marijuana reform looms after Senate flip ? and Massachusetts could end up a loser
Local cannabis operators eyeing the consequences of potential reforms see at least as much risk as reward.

?We?re not there yet?: Julian Edelman was asked if he plans to retire
Despite the speculation about his future, Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is only focused on trying to be a good father at the moment.

Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?I wore slippers on a date for the first time!?
Will these two daters get lost on their way to romance?

Love Letters: Is he important ... or was he around for something important?

Gloucester sea shanty master is ?keeping the tradition alive? on TikTok
Musician and educator David Coffin is reaching a new generation with his traditional maritime songs.

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston?s exam schools adopt stricter camera mandates, frustrating some students

Schools across the country weighed the risks and benefits of camera mandates this fall, for kindergarten story time as well as college midterms. Some students fear the new policy puts a heavier burden on low-income students, who are more likely to live in small, crowded homes with unreliable Internet service.

Jeneé Osterheldt
On Inauguration Day, the hill we climb and the dreams we can no longer defer
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman read ?The Hill We Climb? at the inauguration of President Biden. A poem for us.

Shirley Leung
Restaurant reservations are off 78 percent, business foot traffic is down 50 percent. Should Boston loosen COVID-19 restrictions?
Since mid-December, Boston has rolled back its economy further than the state by closing museums, gyms, movie theaters, and other businesses. These restrictions are set to expire Wednesday, and city officials are weighing whether to extend them again.

metro

Scramble to replace Walsh just got more complicated
An internal City Council memo obtained by the Globe raises questions about whether declared candidates for mayor ? as well as City Council President Kim Janey, who will immediately serve as acting mayor following Mayor Martin J. Walsh?s departure ? can vote on a home rule petition to nix a special election, which would normally be required under city law.

MIT president and faculty members defend professor arrested for China ties

Shrewsbury firefighters rescue dog from frozen pond

Sports

?We?re not there yet?: Julian Edelman was asked if he plans to retire
Despite the speculation about his future, Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is only focused on trying to be a good father at the moment.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jaylen Brown is doing his job. His Celtics teammates, though, are coming up way short

Stevens Joacine helps Randolph boys? basketball grab big South Shore League victory over Abington

business

Business groups press Legislature to protect sole proprietors from state taxes on federal stimulus aid
The issue involves the Paycheck Protection Program, which provided $14 billion in loans to nearly 120,000 small businesses in Massachusetts last year to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Larry Edelman

Mass. jobs data underscore need for more federal relief funds

Mixed finish on Wall Street as worldwide rally takes a pause

politics

Trump and Justice Department lawyer said to have plotted to oust acting attorney general
The Justice Department?s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with then-President Donald Trump to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting attorney general.

Senate leader Chuck Schumer says Trump impeachment trial will start week of Feb. 8

A closer look at Biden?s two executive orders on economic relief

lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS
Is he important ... or was he around for something important?
"Despite all this time and work, I still think about him more often than I?d like."

IN THE FAMILY WAY

Where to get kid-friendly takeout
QUICK BITE

Geppetto carves out a niche in an evolving corner of Cambridge

arts

Poetry
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman ?has always been an absolute supernova?
Poets and professors who know Gorman's work and have watched her rise knew she would shine brightly on the Capitol steps.

?Some Good News?? John Krasinski will host ?Saturday Night Live? this month

Gloucester sea shanty master is ?keeping the tradition alive? on TikTok

rhode island

RI CULTURE
What Happens to Providence Restaurant Weeks in a Pandemic?
With dining fundamentally changed, the city?s most popular culinary event has had to pivot.

RI NEWS

Senate President files bill to ban people from carrying guns on school grounds
RI CRIME

After painting over racist graffiti, Smithfield, R.I., looks to next steps

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

Artist Maria Finkelmeier lights up the Esplanade with her feminist vision for ?Hatched?

Finkelmeier worked with a team of women-identifying artists to create the monthlong illumination display.

Gloucester sea shanty master is ?keeping the tradition alive? on TikTok

Musician and educator David Coffin is reaching a new generation with his traditional maritime songs.
Inauguration Fashion

Inaugural fashion nods to political unity and American design

Before she strode across the Capitol dais on Wednesday to take her oath of office, Vice President Harris had already made a statement: one in brilliant purple. Several other guests at the inauguration also chose the hue, a rich blend of partisan red and blue.

Bernie Sanders and his bulky Vermont-made mittens won the Internet on Inauguration Day

Vermont senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stole the show at Wednesday's inauguration when he sported oven mittens created by a teacher in his home state.

The BPL has posted 8,000 photos from its collection to Wikimedia Commons

The upload from the library's collection is in honor of Wikipedia?s 20th anniversary.
COMFORT ZONE

Five presidents and their musical moments

One hosted Elvis at the White House. Another channeled Al Green. And guess who had the best stereo in town?

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Alex Beam

The ?New Sobriety? movement isn?t all it?s cracked up to be
IDEAS | EVAN MCMULLIN

A conservative?s case for optimism
Renée Graham

From years of rage to tears of joy

EDITORIAL

Biden takes on a long-deferred overhaul of immigration
Scot Lehigh

America re-embraces normality
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

A viral mystery: Does one infection prevent another?

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?

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On the Cover

For schoolchildren struggling to read, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball
Miss Conduct

Everything about the pandemic has been bad, except this...
Connections

No gym, no problem. Me and 20 relatives work out on Zoom now

Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ?I wore slippers on a date for the first time!?

sports

Jaylen Brown ties career high with 42 points but Celtics? comeback falls short against 76ers

Payton Pritchard helped to Celtics locker room, out with sprained knee

Red Sox close to deal with versatile second baseman Kiké Hernández

metro

A Girl Scout cookie season like no other

DeLeo lands at Northeastern as a ?Fellow for Public Life?

What Happens to Providence Restaurant Weeks in a Pandemic?

Nation

CDC says COVID-19 patients can be switched to another vaccine for second dose

Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ?extra? doses

Criticized by science community and Trump, Deborah Birx said she ?always? considered quitting

World

Kremlin welcomes Biden?s offer to extend nuclear treaty

Biden?s US revives support for WHO, reversing Trump retreat

Biden administration to seek five-year extension on key nuclear arms treaty in first foray with Russia

politics

Watch live: Joe Biden speaks about economic relief

Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in US

Watch live: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds press conference

business

Biden orders stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

Walmart, Starbucks, Amazon and other corporate giants are moving to speed up coronavirus vaccine rollout

You?ll soon be able to gamble all night long at Encore

lifestyle

Baker lifted his 9:30 p.m. curfew, but will it help restaurants?

Newly single, seeking life partner

Is anyone more meme-able than Bernie? Debatable

marijuana

Federal marijuana reform looms after Senate flip ? and Massachusetts could end up a loser

Healey appoints new commissioner to Mass. marijuana agency

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

opinion

Up your mask game

Review of Rollins incident should be thorough ? and quick

Media no longer an ?enemy of the people?

food & dining

Geppetto carves out a niche in an evolving corner of Cambridge

Baker lifted his 9:30 p.m. curfew, but will it help restaurants?

Perillas expands to Brighton; Manoa resumes regular weekend service

travel

How to unlock an Airbnb account restricted because of COVID-19

Food and love are a great match in Portland, Maine. But does it make sense to go in winter?

That Trump sendoff song is really about gay sexual freedom

Books

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman ?has always been an absolute supernova?

Heal thyself in ?The Doctors Blackwell?

A fan of Wonder Woman and librarians

Movies

Doc Talk: Taking trains, dancing through age, visiting Earth (maybe), fighting for justice

Why the short shrift for movie shorts?

Mr. van Rijn? Why, meet Mr. Lurie.

Television

?Some Good News?? John Krasinski will host ?Saturday Night Live? this month

Recalling causes and contributions in ?The First Lady?

Imagine that: Some reboots and revivals TV hasn?t thought of yet

music

Gloucester sea shanty master is ?keeping the tradition alive? on TikTok

Five presidents and their musical moments

What it takes to build a ?modular? opera

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet revisits Yakobson gems and previews new work for spring

We, the jury: How courtroom dramas have primed us for Trump?s impeachment trial

The wide boundaries of ?Our Town?

globe local

Shrewsbury firefighters rescue dog from frozen pond

Their friendship began 95 years ago, and it?s still going strong

Should Massachusetts tax unearned income at a higher rate than earned income?

Obituaries

Ted Thompson, 68, GM when Packers won last Super Bowl, dies

Frank Limoncelli, former manager of Globe classified advertising, dies at 87

Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75