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While some struggle to get vaccine, colleges and hospitals face a different problem: what to do with surplus doses

Conflicting and ambiguous state guidance regarding the coronavirus vaccine is creating uncertainty for health care providers in Massachusetts, and for some of the state's colleges and universities.
Seniors are frustrated by inability to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine Thousands of appointments become available Thursday morning Questions about getting the vaccine?

You may need a better mask. Here?s how to find one
It remains remarkably difficult for consumers to know what kind of masks will provide the best protection, and many people are doubling up their masks as a result. But some experts now argue that the best answer has been out there all along: N95 respirators.

Gary Washburn | SPURS 110, CELTICS 106
Celtics showed the best and worst of themselves in loss against Spurs
Funky lineups in key stretches may have cost Boston the game.

In first game with their Big 3, Celtics fall to Spurs, and other observations
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Representative Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

Gomez, along with Mass. Representatives Jim McGovern and Jake Auchincloss, called on Greene?s removal after a series of social media posts surfaced this week, pushing right-wing extremist conspiracy theories and threatening messages towards progressive members of Congress.
US issues domestic terrorism alert about possible additional attacks after Capitol riot

Baker calls for using $1.6 billion in savings to balance state budget, but avoids policy shakeup amid pandemic

Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday proposed taking up to $1.6 billion from savings to balance the state budget next fiscal year, while pouring more cash into education funding, emergency planning, and other areas.

Bishop Feehan hockey player A.J. Quetta hospitalized with ?significant injury? after headfirst crash on ice

Quetta was taken off on a stretcher to a hospital after going headlong into the boards. A GoFundMe has been set up to help his family defray costs of care.
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Opinion

Sheldon Whitehouse

Following US Capitol attack, we senators must investigate fellow members of Congress ? and follow the money

We need to understand what took place that day. We need to understand who was behind the tide of disinformation that led to the insurrection, and we need to understand who orchestrated the deadly actions that took place.
Rachelle G. Cohen

A pillow becomes the stuff of nightmares
EDITORIAL

Baker must make adjustments to the state?s vaccination plan
Joan Vennochi

The curious case of Charlie Baker?s State of the State address
JEFF JACOBY

Billionaire Trump doesn?t need a government pension

Project Takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that?s just the start.

3 restaurants we supported this week How to help local restaurants without spending money Learn more about Project Takeout

Cloris Leachman, who earned an Oscar for dramatic role and endless laughs for other roles, dies at 94
An actor whose work spanned the spectrum, she earned an Oscar for the ?The Last Picture Show? and Emmys for her comedic work in ?The Mary Tyler Moore Show? and other TV series.

?It?s a big day for Boston every day?: Mass. native Gina McCarthy had the perfect response when introduced at a White House briefing
If Boston ever needs to change its official motto or drum up a marketing campaign, they might look to Gina McCarthy for inspiration.

COVID-19 hasn?t kept opportunists at bay, instead it spawned its own special breed
Federal agents have uncovered a range of alleged scams and schemers, and they are all over the map, from Malden to New Bedford, Chicopee to Winchester.

?No basis in reality?: Warren, Galvin voice concerns over GameStop trading

Video game retailer GameStop?s stock is soaring because a group of investors ? inspired by a Reddit forum ? are trying to squeeze the hedge funds and other professional investment firms that have large short positions in the stock; that is, betting on the company?s downfall.
In GameStop saga unfolding on Wall Street, two Goliaths fall

This Boston-area home inspector shares bizarre and humorous findings on Instagram
The account, @bostonhomeinspectors, has built a strong following for its amusing, at times mind-boggling, look at the pitfalls of homeownership.

MOVIES
A long night?s journey in ?Malcolm & Marie?
Star John David Washington and director Sam Levinson discuss the movie, which was scripted, filmed, and edited during the pandemic, and premieres on Netflix Feb. 5.

Louie Phipps is about to release his debut album, with help from some first-class musicians. He?s 9.
The Northampton third-grader collaborated with Grammy winner Chris Thile and a bunch of other artists for ?Louie Phipps & Friends: We Are Together."

MassMutual buys American Financial?s annuity business for $3.5b
Great American Life and its 600-plus employees will join MassMutual as an independent subsidiary and will remain headquartered in Cincinnati after the deal closes, likely in the second quarter of 2021.

More recent headlines

34 Mass. companies named to national Top Places to Work list

Man dies in truck crash in Duxbury; woman suffers life-threatening injuries on I-93 in Woburn

Belmont residents push Select Board to hire diversity director for town in wake of racial killing

Recommended Reads

?Boring is a good thing?: A day in post-Trump Washington

A close look at the events of one day shows what has already changed in Washington and the scope of the challenges and entrenched division that will make it difficult for President Biden to turn the page.

Globe Magazine
Music?s first responder: How Yo-Yo Ma answered the pandemic?s call and consoled a reeling nation
After a lifetime of preparation, the iconic cellist is once more proving classical music?s power to honor grief, catalyze hope, and connect us across isolation.

After Senate defeat, Joe Kennedy III plots new path in politics
Former Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, who recently ended his eight-year career in Congress, is launching a new political action committee.

metro

RI SPORTS
Rhode Island?s top-ranked high school basketball player won?t let a mask ruin his senior season
A mask requirement is one of the many COVID-19 protocols being implemented by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League as schools across the state seek to salvage the winter sports season. But it won't keep Tyriek Weeks down.

Councilor Essaibi-George jumps into the mayoral fray

Seniors are frustrated by inability to sign up for coronavirus vaccinations

Sports

Gary Washburn | On Basketball
Celtics showed the best and worst of themselves in loss against Spurs
Funky lineups in key stretches may have cost Boston the game.

Kaleigh Fratkin isn?t just one of the NWHL?s top defenders. She?s also the coach of the Weymouth girls? hockey team

Jon Lester finalizes deal with the Nationals

business

MassMutual buys American Financial?s annuity business for $3.5b
Great American Life and its 600-plus employees will join MassMutual as an independent subsidiary and will remain headquartered in Cincinnati after the deal closes, likely in the second quarter of 2021.

Housing is one of the biggest challenges facing Boston?s next mayor

AIM asking for changes in climate bill

politics

Representative Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
Gomez, along with Mass. Representatives Jim McGovern and Jake Auchincloss, called on Greene?s removal after a series of social media posts surfaced this week, pushing right-wing extremist conspiracy theories and threatening messages towards progressive members of Congress.

US issues domestic terrorism alert about possible additional attacks after Capitol riot
Analysis

Leahy?s health scare is a reminder of just how fragile Democratic control is in D.C.

lifestyle

TRAVEL
?Things will never be as they were before.? An expert offers 12 COVID-era air travel trends and predictions
The future of air travel could mean continued testing, health passports, and extended travel bans.

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman chosen to recite poem at Super Bowl LV
TRAVEL

Why good manners are more important than ever during pandemic travel

arts

BOOKS
Grace Lin was early to champion diversity in children?s literature
Beloved by American kids, the Northampton author encourages young readers to seek a variety of voices and perspectives.

MOVIES

Doc Talk: Escher aesthetics, extremist extrication, homelessness in Hungary
MOVIES

A long night?s journey in ?Malcolm & Marie?

rhode island

RI SPORTS
Rhode Island?s top-ranked high school basketball player won?t let a mask ruin his senior season
A mask requirement is one of the many COVID-19 protocols being implemented by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League as schools across the state seek to salvage the winter sports season. But it won't keep Tyriek Weeks down.

ENVIRONMENT

Dead fish washing up along beaches in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
CORONAVIRUS

Questions about getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

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

So you loved Amanda Gorman?s inaugural poem. Here?s who to read next

Poetry recommendations for those inspired by "The Hill We Climb."
MUSIC

Finally, conductor Anna Rakitina makes her BSO debut

The assistant conductor?s scheduled dates were scuttled by coronavirus, so she'll make her debut with a made-for-streaming program.
PROJECT TAKEOUT

How to help local restaurants without spending money

Seven tips from marketing experts for writing reviews that will actually help the places we love.
TELEVISION

TV disagreements are the fun part of the job

My opinion about a show may not align with the views of many readers, which is . . . healthy.

Boylston?s Lazour brothers give their songs from ?Cairo? a second life

Instead of re-creating the songs as they were performed at the ART in 2019, the album emphasizes new interpretations.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Graham

Thousands are dying from COVID-19. Deborah Birx wants to save her reputation

Scot Lehigh

In GOP?s incipient civil war, who is standing up and who is toadying up?
EDITORIAL

Biden?s education secretary nominee is the right choice to lead on school reopenings
JEFF JACOBY

The politics of an Auschwitz survivor?s son
IDEAS | Mekela Panditharatne

How to keep farms from making us sick
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

In first game with their Big 3, Celtics fall to Spurs, and other observations

Tewksbury boy?s hockey tallies three power-play goals in win over Central Catholic

Michael Strahan tests positive for COVID-19

metro

Baker calls for using $1.6 billion in savings to balance state budget, but avoids policy shakeup amid pandemic

SJC Chief Justice Kimberly Budd calls for increased civil legal aid funding for low-income residents

COVID-19 hasn?t kept opportunists at bay, instead it spawned its own special breed

Nation

Thousands of COVID-19 vaccination appointments become available at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park

Harvey Weinstein accusers agree to $17 million settlement

Self-styled militia members in three states began planning in November for recruits, weapons ahead of Capitol breach, US alleges

World

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study

Vaccine shortages hit EU in a setback for its immunization race

Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action

politics

Watch live: White House to hold press briefing featuring John Kerry, Gina McCarthy

Citing plight of Black and brown communities, Pressley urges Baker to emphasize equity in vaccine distribution

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy returns home after hospital visit

business

Under Biden, Democrats are ready to revive Net neutrality rules

GameStop, AMC shares surge after Reddit users lead chaotic revolt against big Wall Street funds

Pension funds demand BlackRock disclose its political activity in the wake of US Capitol riot

lifestyle

Pet-friendly places to stay in New England

Where to celebrate love, when to book that around-the-globe cruise, and how to soothe tired traveler muscles

Here?s how to travel with your pandemic pet

marijuana

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

2 years after legalizing cannabis, has Canada kept its promises?

opinion

A pillow becomes the stuff of nightmares

Assault on Capitol was outrageous, but it?s some nerve to liken it to a ?banana republic?

Impeachment fizzling? How can that happen after events of Jan. 6?

food & dining

3 restaurants we supported this week

Recipe: Next weekend make this Southern classic with 5-minute grits topped with shrimp

A four pack of healthy pantry staples, delivered to your door

travel

?Things will never be as they were before.? An expert offers 12 COVID-era air travel trends and predictions

Why good manners are more important than ever during pandemic travel

Pet-friendly places to stay in New England

Books

Grace Lin was early to champion diversity in children?s literature

So you loved Amanda Gorman?s inaugural poem. Here?s who to read next

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

Movies

Doc Talk: Escher aesthetics, extremist extrication, homelessness in Hungary

A long night?s journey in ?Malcolm & Marie?

Excavating more than just the past in ?The Dig,? on Netflix

Television

In ?The Long Song,? an unflinching eye on slavery

Independent Spirit Awards expand to television

?Great and Small? solace for trying times

music

Louie Phipps is about to release his debut album, with help from some first-class musicians. He?s 9.

Boston Lyric Opera drops a fully animated ?Fall of the House of Usher? production

Finally, conductor Anna Rakitina makes her BSO debut

Theater/Dance

Actor Denis O?Hare on ?King Lear,? Trump, and the one role he never wants to play again

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

globe local

Newton Cultural Development working to help fund art projects in city

New bicycle, pedestrian access planned for Hammond Pond Parkway in Newton

In Newton, leaks in gas lines are a never-ending challenge

Obituaries

Cloris Leachman, who earned an Oscar for dramatic role and endless laughs for other roles, dies at 94

Carol R. Johnson, who founded a pioneering women-led landscape architecture firm, dies at 91

Walter Bernstein, celebrated screenwriter, is dead at 101