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Field hospitals play vital role as COVID surge continues

Dozens of COVID-19 patients are being treated at a field hospital constructed inside the large hall of the DCU Center in downtown Worcester. It's a stark reminder of the severity of a pandemic that has sickened and killed thousands of people in Massachusetts alone, and is far from over.

Adrian Walker
Mourning the loss of Henry Tapia, ?the strongest man in the world?
Henry Tapia lost his life in an incident that prosecutors say was driven by racist rage. Tapia, who was Black and Latino, was run over on Upland Road in Belmont, allegedly by a white man who yelled a racial epithet at him just before the killing.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Digital divide remains wide for some

Despite stepped-up efforts to improve technology and Internet access for Boston's 51,000 students, some are still slipping through the cracks.

Celtics 141, Cavaliers 103
Celtics hit on all cylinders, and other observations in romp over Cavaliers
Boston made 55.9 percent of its shots and the defense came up with 14 steals and blocked eight shots.

Gary Washburn: In Jaylen Brown, we are watching a star ascend

Mass. reports 3,750 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 67 new deaths

The health department reported that 91,507 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus.
The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts As COVID-19 cases start to trend downward, Massachusetts is poised to ease some restrictions
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Source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial
Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the US Capitol.

Tennessee man with zip ties at Capitol could face charges of sedition and other felonies, prosecutors say

Source: Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor
Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump?s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, is running for Arkansas governor, a source told The Associated Press on Sunday night.

Jeffrey Clark was considered unassuming. Then he plotted with Trump
Justice Department colleagues said they were shocked by Clark?s embrace of the president?s falsehoods and plan to oust the acting attorney general in an effort to overturn Georgia?s election results.

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Opinion

EDITORIAL

Congress must face the enemy within

Members of Congress who endangered their colleagues, or who violated their oaths of office and fed the insurrection with their lies, must be held accountable for the Jan. 6 attack.
IDEAS | Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Where are all the Native American medical students?
IDEAS | ANDREW ROBICHAUD

Coasting into winter 2021
Katherine Gergen Barnett and Megan Sandel

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes
EDITORIAL

Review of Rollins incident should be thorough ? and quick

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

Mexico?s president says he?s tested positive for COVID-19
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.

6 TV shows that will make you feel like you?ve traveled somewhere
These might help get you through the winter, and inspire you when it?s time to travel again.

Will Boston?s next mayor take the T to City Hall?
Progressive politicians have stressed their public transit bona fides in some recent high-profile races. It could be an issue in the upcoming Boston mayoral race, too.

On some buses, the first signs of a new MBTA fare system

Bipartisan group of lawmakers met with Biden officials to discuss stimulus
A bipartisan group of lawmakers met virtually with administration officials on Sunday to discuss vaccine distribution and elements of President Joe Biden?s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, pressing for a more targeted approach as the administration works to address the country?s faltering economy.

Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party ? with a threat to start a ?MAGA Party?
Former president Donald Trump threw himself back into politics this weekend by publicly endorsing a devoted and divisive acolyte in Arizona who has embraced his false election conspiracy theories and entertained the creation of a new ?MAGA Party.?

5 killed in Indianapolis shooting that mayor condemns as ?mass murder?
Five people were found shot to death in a home in Indianapolis on Sunday morning, a crime that the city?s mayor denounced as an evil act of ?mass murder? that amplified a recent spate of gun violence there.

Recommended Reads

Two patients, one week in the hospital, and a world of change

As at other hospitals, time took on a different dimension in 2-North, the designated COVID-19 unit at the West Roxbury VA for cases that require observation but don?t currently merit intensive care intervention.

In Suffolk County, Black and Latino residents face stark disparities in vaccine access
A dearth of state-run vaccination sites in hard-hit places like Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, East Boston, and Chelsea means that Black and Latino residents likely have to travel farther than white residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Globe analysis of US Census data.

For brick and mortar retailers in the Boston area, it?s boom or bust, depending on where you look
Legions of Boston?s office workers left town when the pandemic broke out. When they return, they?ll find its streetscapes profoundly transformed.

metro

As COVID-19 cases start to trend downward, Massachusetts is poised to ease some restrictions
The state?s health department reported 3,750 new cases and 67 new deaths due to the coronavirus Sunday, as a national public health expert said the country is seeing some drop-off in new infections.

Adrian Walker

Mourning the loss of Henry Tapia, ?the strongest man in the world?

Will Boston?s next mayor take the T to City Hall?

Sports

Gary Washburn | On basketball
In Jaylen Brown, we are watching a star ascend
Brown has been the Celtics? MVP so far this season, his development into a prolific scorer one of the team?s biggest bright spots.

Celtics 141, Cavaliers 103

Celtics hit on all cylinders, and other observations in romp over Cavaliers

Aaron Rodgers calls his future ?uncertain,? says he needs ?some time away?

business

Fragmented and humbled: How social media could emerge from the post-election crisis
Across the political and legal spectrums, people are calling for changes in the way the industry operates. And experts say recent events could have a profound impact on what the industry looks like in the future.

Seven months ago CIC Health didn?t exist. Today it?s running the state?s mass vaccination effort

What you need to know about the tax implications of government help

politics

Jeffrey Clark was considered unassuming. Then he plotted with Trump
Justice Department colleagues said they were shocked by Clark?s embrace of the president?s falsehoods and plan to oust the acting attorney general in an effort to overturn Georgia?s election results.

Source: Lawmakers threatened ahead of impeachment trial

Bipartisan group of lawmakers met with Biden officials to discuss stimulus

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
6 TV shows that will make you feel like you?ve traveled somewhere
These might help get you through the winter, and inspire you when it?s time to travel again.

COMFORT ZONE

Seaport?s ?Mi Casa, Your Casa 2.0? conjures images of home

LOVE LETTERS

Is he important ... or was he around for something important?

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.
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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

6 TV shows that will make you feel like you?ve traveled somewhere

These might help get you through the winter, and inspire you when it?s time to travel again.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Up your mask game
EDITORIAL

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

John Roberts shouldn?t preside over impeachment trial. Nor should Kamala Harris
Ram Bala, Shuhan He, and Megan L. Ranney

How the Biden administration can better distribute COVID-19 vaccinations
Alex Beam

The ?New Sobriety? movement isn?t all it?s cracked up to be
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?

magazine
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. My 20 relatives and I work out on Zoom now

Dinner With Cupid

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

sports

Jillian Dempsey gives 100 percent, reaches milestone in Boston Pride victory over Buffalo

Tom Brady, Buccaneers hold off Packers, win spot in Super Bowl

Chiefs run away from Bills, set sights on another Super Bowl

metro

Digital divide remains wide for some

Field hospitals play vital role as COVID surge continues

Walter Bernstein, celebrated screenwriter, is dead at 101

Nation

Concern rises on lack of vaccine

5 killed in Indianapolis shooting that mayor condemns as ?mass murder?

Jeffrey Clark was considered unassuming. Then he plotted with Trump

World

Mexico?s president says he?s tested positive for COVID-19

Capitol riot puts spotlight on ?apocalyptically minded? global far-right

Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than ever

politics

Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

US police weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot

Divisions harden in Senate as it prepares to receive impeachment article

business

For brick and mortar retailers in the Boston area, it?s boom or bust, depending on where you look

Business groups press Legislature to stop state income tax on federal stimulus aid

Mass. jobs data underscore need for more federal relief funds

lifestyle

Where to get kid-friendly takeout

Geppetto carves out a niche in an evolving corner of Cambridge

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

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

Gingrich ushered in GOP?s dark days

Congress must face the enemy within

Where are all the Native American medical students?

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

Walter Bernstein, celebrated screenwriter, is dead at 101

Larry King, breezy interviewer of the famous and infamous, dies at 87

Barbara J. Erickson, ?catalyst for the conservation movement,? dies at 42