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Tara Sullivan | Buccaneers 31, Packers 26

What was most impressive about Tom Brady?s latest feat? Take your pick

Brady continued his assault on history by clinching a 10th Super Bowl appearance, this one in his home stadium.
Dan Shaughnessy: Tom Brady 1, Patriots 0 Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski recreate ?Bad Boy For Life? video after NFC Championship win

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.

Man charged with murder in fatal hit-and-run crash in Belmont that involved alleged racial taunt
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Biden lifts ban on transgender people serving in the military

The order, which overturns a ban ordered by Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.
Biden offers LGBTQ protections, an ideological departure from Trump-era policy

Dominion Voting System sues Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 billion over election claims

The company filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Donald Trump?s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the former president?s efforts to spread baseless claims about the 2020 election.
Watchdog probes if Justice Department officials tried to overturn election

Senator Rob Portman of Ohio won?t seek reelection

Portman's announcement comes the same day the Senate is receiving the House impeachment article against former president Donald Trump.
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Opinion

Kimberly Atkins

Trump?s Big Lie about voter fraud was based on little lies the GOP has told for years. Call them all out

The steal that needs to be stopped is the one that robs Black voters of access to the ballot box and strips them of their faith in the election system.
David Daley

Two mobs stormed the Capitol: One in MAGA hats, the other in expensive suits
JEFF JACOBY

The politics of an Auschwitz survivor?s son
EDITORIAL

Congress must face the enemy within
IDEAS | Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Where are all the Native American medical students?

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

Weather | Dave Epstein
Snow is coming, but no big storm ? at least not until weekend
Overnight Tuesday and into early Wednesday, we could see a coating to a couple of inches of snow. The snow will likely linger much of Wednesday but also won?t accumulate a lot.

The Vermont teacher who made Bernie Sanders?s mittens is auctioning off a few pairs for charity
A pair of blue-striped mittens had been listed on eBay, with proceeds going towards the dog rescue organization Passion 4 Paws Vermont. As of Monday morning, 78 people had bid on them, with a high offer of $1,776.

Innovation Economy
The pandemic hasn?t slowed hiring at local biotech and tech companies
Job prospects remain good in sectors largely insulated from the state?s economic woes.

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.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This week?s TV: Biden-era ?SNL,? the story of QAnon, and slavery in Jamaica
Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

Pot dispensary trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

The surprising turnaround came just days after the Commonwealth Dispensary Association sued state cannabis regulators and accused them of "radically upending the established rules."

Man fatally injured when car stuck under truck on Mass. Pike ramp in Weston
The car straddled both lanes of the exit, causing the driver?s side front to hit the right rear of the tractor-trailer and became stuck underneath the larger vehicle, State Police said.

Person found dead after fire sweeps through mobile home in Epsom, N.H.
One person was found dead after a fire in a mobile home in Epsom, N.H., Sunday night, fire officials said.

More recent headlines

Man and woman shot in apartment in Salem

US stocks turn lower ahead of a busy earnings week

Two Boston-area authors among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle Award

Recommended Reads

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.

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.

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.

metro

The Vermont teacher who made Bernie Sanders?s mittens is auctioning off a few pairs for charity
A pair of blue-striped mittens had been listed on eBay, with proceeds going towards the dog rescue organization Passion 4 Paws Vermont. As of Monday morning, 78 people had bid on them, with a high offer of $1,776.

As legislators scrambled, Baker gained an edge in what became law
Weather | Dave Epstein

Snow is coming, but no big storm ? at least not until weekend

Sports

college basketball
BC men?s and women?s basketball on pause after positive COVID-19 cases
On Monday, the men's team had two more games postponed.

tara sullivan

What was most impressive about Tom Brady?s latest feat? Take your pick
nfl

Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski recreate ?Bad Boy For Life? video after NFC Championship win

business

Innovation Economy
The pandemic hasn?t slowed hiring at local biotech and tech companies
Job prospects remain good in sectors largely insulated from the state?s economic woes.

US stocks turn lower ahead of a busy earnings week

Moderna plans study of a COVID-19 booster shot to combat variants

politics

Watchdog probes if Justice Department officials tried to overturn election
The Justice Department?s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials ?engaged in an improper attempt? to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Biden lifts ban on transgender people serving in the military

Biden offers LGBTQ protections, an ideological departure from Trump-era policy

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

BOOKS
Two Boston-area authors among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle Award
Maggie Doherty and Namwali Serpell, both of Harvard, are finalists for the awards, considered among the most prestigious in American letters. The awards for publishing year 2020 will be presented in March.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week?s TV: Biden-era ?SNL,? the story of QAnon, and slavery in Jamaica

Poetry

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

rhode island

RHODE MAP
The Raimondo-to-McKee transition isn?t going smoothly
There are two stories playing out in state government right now: one about vaccines, one about staffers wrangling behind the scenes.

INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. startup connects college students with freelance work
RI CULTURE

What Happens to Providence Restaurant Weeks in a Pandemic?

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

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

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
Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Up your mask game
EDITORIAL

Media no longer an ?enemy of the people?
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

Since the ?80s, Winny Brodt-Brown has been about resilience. As the oldest player in the NWHL bubble, her experience is shining through

?He?s one of the best young players in this game?: In Jaylen Brown, we are watching a star ascend

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

metro

The Raimondo-to-McKee transition isn?t going smoothly

R.I. startup connects college students with freelance work

As COVID-19 cases start to trend downward, Massachusetts is poised to ease some restrictions

Nation

US COVID-19 numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up

Watchdog probes if Justice Department officials tried to overturn election

California lifts regional coronavirus stay-at-home orders, curfew across the state

World

How space became the next ?great power? contest between the US and China

Anger over economic, political setbacks roils Middle East 10 years after Arab Spring

Britain?s alarm over virus variant silences foes of lockdown

politics

Senator Rob Portman of Ohio won?t seek reelection

Dominion Voting System sues Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 billion over election claims

Jeffrey Clark was considered unassuming. Then he plotted with Trump

business

Tracker: The latest on COVID-19 vaccine front-runners

Biden plans to sign order for government to buy more US goods

Fragmented and humbled: How social media could emerge from the post-election crisis

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

Pot dispensary trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

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

Healey appoints new commissioner to Mass. marijuana agency

opinion

Chart path to true independence from GOP, Governor Baker

He grew up in an ?All in the Family? house, and it still smarts

Trump?s Big Lie about voter fraud was based on little lies the GOP has told for years. Call them all out

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

Two Boston-area authors among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle Award

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

Heal thyself in ?The Doctors Blackwell?

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

This week?s TV: Biden-era ?SNL,? the story of QAnon, and slavery in Jamaica

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

Recalling causes and contributions in ?The First Lady?

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