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Mass. reports 2,186 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 53 new deaths

The state also said 64,431 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus.

In budget plans, Boston school leaders start to map out recovery
Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius revealed plans Wednesday to spend $1.3 billion on city schools next year, $36 million more than this year. Per pupil spending would rise to $23,500 from $22,000.

Andrea Campbell leads fundraising pack in Boston mayoral race

In the Boston mayor?s race, city councilor Andrea Campbell now tops her council colleague Michelle Wu in campaign funds, according to state records.
Boston City Council approves petition to skip special mayoral election

Baker says Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury will designate days for local residents to get their shots
The decision follows reports that many who booked initial appointments were white people from surrounding communities.

Governor Baker says 120,000 new vaccination appointments will be available in Massachusetts this week
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SOURCES: Mass. Dept. of Public Health, CDC, Johns Hopkins University

Photos: Erosion from this week?s storm caused a Sandwich home to collapse onto the beach
Crews were working Wednesday to clean up damage from this week?s nor?easter.

Sandwich home damaged by winter storm is torn down; two others expected to be demolished

TY BURR
It?s time (again) to laugh at the Golden Globe nominations
For the umpteenth year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was completely random with its picks.

?Mank,? Netflix lead Golden Globe nominations

Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ?go big?
President Biden encouraged Democratic lawmakers Wednesday to ?act fast? on his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but also signaled he?s open to changes.

Wisconsin prosecutors seek Rittenhouse arrest, higher bond

Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during a protest in Wisconsin after he apparently violated his bail conditions.

Biden administration puts Vineyard Wind energy project back on track

Vineyard Wind's developers still hope to obtain financing later this year. The offshore wind farm proposal?s fate became uncertain after it faced delays under Trump.

Warren, Pressley push Biden to cancel student loan debt

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley are pushing Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for roughly 44 million Americans.

Opinion

Alice Greenway

On COVID-19 vaccinations and the bureaucrat in my laptop

No matter how many times I started over and entered the correct information for the vaccines, or how loudly I grumbled, my laptop readjusted the facts.
Seth Moulton

Until you stand against extremism, don?t lecture me on patriotism or national security
Joan Vennochi

In the race for mayor of Boston, COVID-19 may prove to be the toughest opponent
EDITORIAL

Biden is right to go big on COVID-19 relief
IDEAS | CHLOÉ VALDARY

A hole in the heart of antiracism training

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 Takeout containers were once an afterthought. Now they?re essential ? and expensive Learn more about Project Takeout

Moderna says vaccine study in adolescents has picked up speed
The Cambridge company hopes to have results by the summer.

Orlando, it?s not, but small-town Florida has its own magic
Tempted to see it for yourself, once it?s safe to travel again? Here?s what you?ll encounter.

Sun, sand, and celluloid. These movies will transport you to Florida this winter The St. Pete Pier is part park, part playground, part marketplace ? and all new

Father and son on snowmobiles help rescue survivors of plane crash in Leicester
Bryce Giggey had just got home from work and the sun was going down when a plane crashed in Leicester Tuesday evening.

RI CRIME
Barrington man found guilty of disorderly conduct and assaulting his Iranian-American neighbor
While the judge said the the racial slurs used by Dr. Richard Gordon were "deplorable," he wasn?t convinced this was a hate crime.

CDC director says teachers don?t need vaccines to reopen schools
?There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen,? said Rochelle Walensky, adding that ?safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely.?

MOVIE REVIEW
?Malcolm & Marie? is thick with he said, she said
The Netflix drama shows a couple, played by John David Washington and Zendaya, taking a scalpel to their relationship.

Fan dubbed ?Courtside Karen? by LeBron James apologizes for verbal altercation
Juliana Carlos apologized on social media on Tuesday night for her expletive-laden outburst at the game and afterward on social media.

FBI agent killed in Florida studied criminal justice at Northeastern
Laura Schwartzenberger, one of the two FBI agents killed in a shootout in Sunrise, Fla., on Tuesday, graduated from Northeastern with a degree in criminal justice in 2000, the university confirmed Tuesday.

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Fragmented, decentralized health system plagues vaccine rollout across US, Mass.

The snakebitten COVID-19 vaccine launch, beset by supply shortages, unused doses, and vexing technical complexity, has brutally exposed the weaknesses in the US and Massachusetts health care delivery systems.

Innovation Economy
Drizly?s $1.1b deal shows that Boston can build cool companies focused on consumers
The mobile app for ordering alcohol is the latest in a line of local firms that have succeeded by selling to people instead of corporations and governments.

Perspective | Magazine
How is it that the average Boston-area house ?made? more than a minimum wage worker last year?
Something is wrong when a couple working full time earned less combined than, say, a three-bedroom Colonial in Dedham did in equity just by sitting there.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM
Restoring trust to save lives
This is the story of Black and Hispanic people who want the shot and can?t get it. But it?s also the story of those who can get it and don?t want it ? not yet ? because they don?t trust a health system that has let them down time and again.

In budget plans, Boston school leaders start to map out recovery

Andrea Campbell leads fundraising pack in Boston mayoral race

Sports

BC football
Boston College football lands the No. 1 player in Massachusetts: Nobles four-star offensive guard Drew Kendall, son of BC Hall of Famer Pete Kendall
Kendall, a Norwell resident, was the top-ranked player from Massachusetts in the Class of 2021. Said BC coach Jeff Hafley: ?We need to keep the best players in the state home."

BC High?s Louis Timmins will multi-task at Tufts, playing football and lacrosse
NWHL

NWHL suspends 2021 Lake Placid bubble season as Boston Pride coach, five others test positive for COVID-19

business

Super Bowl commercials: To address or avoid the pandemic?
People who work in marketing have been worried about the tone they should take during a pandemic that has killed nearly 450,000 Americans.

Biden administration puts Vineyard Wind energy project back on track

Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ?go big?

politics

In rare public statement, congressional aides call for Trump?s conviction
More than 370 Democratic congressional aides, but zero Republican ones, have signed an open letter to senators describing the harrowing events of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

House to vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees
Analysis

Two women. Two votes. And the future of the Republican Party.

lifestyle

Boston Public Library invites teens with musical talent to compete for prizes, the chance to produce
The BPL's new Teen Music Maker Showdown will recognize talented 13- to 18-year-olds.

TRAVEL

Orlando, it?s not, but small-town Florida has its own magic
TRAVEL

The St. Pete Pier is part park, part playground, part marketplace ? and all new

arts

TELEVISION
Even fava beans and a nice Chianti couldn?t improve bland ?Clarice?
The CBS crime procedural is a sequel to "Silence of the Lambs," minus Hannibal Lecter.

TELEVISION

?Jeopardy!? guest host list grows by four
WORKING ON IT

Do these new self-help books hold the keys to happy singlehood?

rhode island

RI CRIME
Barrington man found guilty of disorderly conduct and assaulting his Iranian-American neighbor
While the judge said the the racial slurs used by Dr. Richard Gordon were "deplorable," he wasn?t convinced this was a hate crime.

CORONAVIRUS

McKee names COVID-19 Advisory Group
RI CRIME

Judge awards $2.5m to former RISD student raped while abroad

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

Boston Globe launches ?Fresh Start? initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to ?right to forget? programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person?s life.

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

Cooking | Magazine

Three recipes that take the guesswork out of braising chicken

Inspired by dishes from around the world, these recipes work wonders.
COMFORT ZONE

Where to find and skate the Boston area?s best wild ice

Check out these seven great stops when the mercury drops.
A.Z. MADONNA

?Viola Mom? is the classical clown of TikTok

New York Philharmonic player Rebecca Young is earning new fans and racking up likes with her irreverent takes on the classics.

?This work must be in an institution.? Amanda Gorman portrait gifted to Harvard

Ghanaian artist Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne painted the piece in just five days.

19 mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

Nothing takes the mind away from the twists and turns of reality like the twists and turns of a good mystery novel.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Pandemic socializing means pods, smaller groups, and sometimes exclusion. Here?s how to help your child (and maybe even yourself)

Dealing with a pandemic is bad enough; questioning your social worth doesn?t make it any better. How to cope? We talked to three experts for ideas.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

The pandemic changed college admissions. That?s a good thing.
Michael A. Cohen

The GOP?s post-Trump pivot isn?t happening
Renée Graham

Cicely, Cloris, and two paths to Hollywood immortality
Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Macky Sall, António Guterres, Charles Michel, and Ursula von der Leyen

A crisis for one is a threat to all
Scot Lehigh

Be bold enough to pursue bipartisanship, Mr. President
IDEAS | DAVID H. ROSMARIN

The psychologist will see everyone now

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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The Pandemic

Helping health care workers: The Emotional PPE Project covers what masks don't

On the Cover

Music's first responder: How Yo-Yo Ma consoled a reeling nation
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online and in person, Feb. 1-7
Cooking

Three recipes that take the guesswork out of braising chicken

sports

Bruins looking for Jake DeBrusk and Matt Grzelcyk to return next week

Bill Gaine will retire as executive director of MIAA and MSSA Sept. 1

The Olympics? pandemic playbook: Vaccinations aren?t mandatory, no public transport, and other rules for athletes

metro

City councilors want internal police report on Boston officer possibly involved in D.C. insurrection made public

Father and son on snowmobiles help rescue survivors of plane crash in Leicester

Barrington man found guilty of disorderly conduct and assaulting his Iranian-American neighbor

Nation

In rare public statement, congressional aides call for Trump?s conviction

House to vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees

Wisconsin prosecutors seek Rittenhouse arrest, higher bond

World

China strips license from second lawyer for Hong Kong activists

WHO team visits Wuhan research lab at center of speculation

Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup

politics

Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity

Justice Dept. drops suit against Yale that alleged admissions discrimination against white, Asian students

Senate leaders reach power-sharing deal in 50-50 chamber

business

UK?s Johnson threatens to suspend Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Job outlook improves in January

City Hall suspends its racial equity fund-raising as Marty Walsh heads to D.C.

lifestyle

Sun, sand, and celluloid. These movies will transport you to Florida this winter

What is the future of Boston?s Black-owned restaurants?

Takeout containers were once an afterthought. Now they?re essential ? and expensive

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

Until you stand against extremism, don?t lecture me on patriotism or national security

In the race for mayor of Boston, COVID-19 may prove to be the toughest opponent

On COVID-19 vaccinations and the bureaucrat in my laptop

food & dining

What is the future of Boston?s Black-owned restaurants?

Takeout containers were once an afterthought. Now they?re essential ? and expensive

7 questions with Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. founder Paul Wengender

travel

Orlando, it?s not, but small-town Florida has its own magic

The St. Pete Pier is part park, part playground, part marketplace ? and all new

Sun, sand, and celluloid. These movies will transport you to Florida this winter

Books

Do these new self-help books hold the keys to happy singlehood?

19 mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

Finding oneself in ?Surviving the White Gaze?

Movies

Film audiences watch audiences in films in ?Have You Seen My Movie??

?Malcolm & Marie? is thick with he said, she said

It?s time (again) to laugh at the Golden Globe nominations

Television

Even fava beans and a nice Chianti couldn?t improve bland ?Clarice?

?Jeopardy!? guest host list grows by four

Early returns don?t inspire support for ?Mr. Mayor?

music

?Viola Mom? is the classical clown of TikTok

Tony Bennett?s family reveals singer?s battle with Alzheimer?s disease

Online concerts replace the BSO season that might have been

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

Roses are a Valentines? Day favorite, but succulents can be romantic, too

Hilliards Chocolates gives customers a sweet way to say ?I love you?

Celebrating Darwin, a NASA mathematician, and a gift of masks

Obituaries

John J. Sweeney, crusading labor leader, is dead at 86

Hal Holbrook, actor who channeled Mark Twain, is dead at 95

Louis W. Cabot, former president and chairman of Cabot Corp., dies at 99