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Walsh places new police commissioner on leave after past domestic violence allegation surfaces

The Globe first pressed the Police Department last week about Dennis White?s work history, including three internal affairs cases, just hours after the mayor announced he would name him commissioner.
Timeline on shakeup at Boston police department

Walsh pledges to fight for workers? rights and opportunities at his Labor secretary confirmation hearing
The Boston mayor told a Senate committee that his background, including the role unions have played in his life, has shaped his ?understanding of the struggles working people and families face each and every day.?

Missing skier in N.H. found dead after being buried under 13 feet of snow in avalanche

The body of a backcountry skier who was killed by an avalanche was found by rescuers in New Hampshire Wednesday night, authorities said.

Should psychedelic drugs be decriminalized in Mass.? Advocates see opening
Following the passage of a local measure in Somerville, advocates for decriminalizing psychedelic drugs are recruiting legislative allies for a statewide bill.

Coronavirus at a glance |
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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.

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT
The Black history I carry with me: Natanja Craig-Oquendo
Natanja Craig-Oquendo is executive director of the Boston Women?s Fund. She is committed to social, economic, and racial justice.

GameStop ringleader?s videos, former day job at MassMutual draw Galvin?s attention

Last week, William Galvin?s office sent a letter to MassMutual?s general counsel seeking information about Keith Gill?s employment status and whether the company was aware of his outside activities promoting GameStop.
Congress wants to hear from the Mass. man at center of GameStop trading

Robinhood?s lucrative options-trading platform attracts mounting scrutiny
Robinhood Markets?s options-trading platform, barely three years old, is charting a meteoric rise during the pandemic, establishing the firm as the venue of choice for throngs of retail investing enthusiasts.

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

Councilors Andrea Campbell and Julia Mejia are demanding that police tell the public what's known about a local officer said to have been at the storming of the US Capitol.

Opinion

Seth Moulton

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

If one protester?s burning of a flag so angered the Republican Party that they wanted to preach about patriotism, surely the Capitol riot and the movements that caused it must anger them too.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Latin America has slipped on Washington?s list of priorities
IDEAS | MEGHAN NESMITH

I know Facebook is garbage. But in the pandemic, it?s a lifeline for parents like me.
ALAN WIRZBICKI

After 95 years, writers finally get the green light to lift from ?The Great Gatsby?
Leo T. Sorokin

Restorative justice provides accountability, healing, and justice

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

Man who wore horns at US Capitol to get organic food in jail
A judge on Wednesday ordered corrections authorities to provide organic food to an Arizona man accused of participating in the insurrection at the US Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.

Republicans vote to retain Cheney as No. 3 leader
House Republicans decided to stand by two GOP lawmakers who have polarized the party, voting to retain Representative Liz Cheney and saying they?d fight a Democratic push to kick Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene off her committees.

Local groups in Chelsea team up to launch a hard-earned vaccination site
A large-scale public vaccination site will open Thursday in Chelsea, the early epicenter of the pandemic in Massachusetts, following persistent advocacy by local activists who feel the state has turned its back on communities of color in the vaccine rollout.

Providence restaurant group looks to open Plymouth, Mass., location soon
G Hospitality, which owns Providence?s Sarto and G Pub, is opening a 20,000-square-foot space in Plymouth, Mass. -- in spite of pandemic delays.

Suspect in killing of 2 Florida FBI agents is identified
Officials identified the suspect as David Lee Huber, 55, who was under investigation in a case involving violent crimes against children. He died, apparently by suicide, after barricading himself in the apartment.

Flooding from winter storm continues in Duxbury neighborhood
The winter storm that pummeled Massachusetts Monday and into Tuesday caused2 to 3 feet of flood water to accumulate in a Duxbury neighborhood near the Marshfield line, according to fire officials.

Kings 116, Celtics 111
Silly fouls and poor defense doomed the Celtics, and other observations from their loss to the Kings
The Celtics have turned what appeared to be a promising road trip into a potentially bumpy one with another uneven and frustrating performance.

BRUINS 4, FLYERS 3 (OT)
David Pastrnak scored three goals, and Patrice Bergeron added one at just the right time as Bruins come back to beat Flyers
Boston fell into a hole for the third consecutive game before responding with three power play goals, tying the score with 14.9 seconds left and then getting the captain's winner 31 seconds into overtime.

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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.

TRAVEL
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.

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.

metro

Baker vows teachers will get vaccine after current eligible groups are given shots
Governor Charlie Baker reiterated Thursday that school teachers across the state will be given the COVID-19 vaccine ?right after? the current eligibility groups being inoculated and stressed that schools are safe spaces amid the pandemic, if proper precautions are taken.

Watch live at 12:30 p.m.: Governor Baker to discuss COVID-19 response in Mass.

Flooding from winter storm continues in Duxbury neighborhood

Sports

Robert Kraft is rooting for Tom Brady to win another Super Bowl
In an interview that will air on CBS Sunday Morning, Kraft didn?t hesitate to respond when asked which team he was pulling for.

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

Tom Brady finds himself in the role of the 2007 Eli Manning

business

A list of businesses that can increase their capacity on Monday
Restaurants and close contact personal services, such as nail salons and tattoo parlors, will be able to increase their capacity from 25 percent to 40 percent.

Baker to increase the capacity limit on restaurants, gyms, other businesses to 40 percent starting Monday

Robinhood?s lucrative options-trading platform attracts mounting scrutiny

politics

Biden halting US support for Saudi Arabia?s offensive in Yemen
President Biden halting US support for Saudi Arabia?s offensive in Yemen, blamed for humanitarian crises.

House to vote on whether to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

Walsh gives opening remarks at confirmation hearing

lifestyle

Boston Public Library invites talented teens to a music maker showdown
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

MURRAY WHYTE
At the Addison, Yoko Ono invites you to look and please touch
The artist's classic "Mend Piece" builds upon the messy business of living.

MUSEUMS

A reporter sketches his ?Toxic Youth? working in a New Hampshire factory
TELEVISION

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

rhode island

RI BUSINESS
Providence restaurant group looks to open Plymouth, Mass., location soon
G Hospitality, which owns Providence?s Sarto and G Pub, is opening a 20,000-square-foot space in Plymouth, Mass. -- in spite of pandemic delays.

RI NEWS

R.I. Governor Raimondo delivers her final State of the State address
RI CRIME

Barrington, R.I., man found guilty of disorderly conduct and assaulting his Iranian-American neighbor

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

Boston Public Library invites talented teens to a music maker showdown

The BPL's new Teen Music Maker Showdown will recognize talented 13- to 18-year-olds.
WORKING ON IT

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

A look at just-published guides to socializing as a single person and feeling fulfilled without a partner
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Alice Greenway

On COVID-19 vaccinations and the bureaucrat in my laptop

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
EDITORIAL

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

Connecticut Whale had ?multiple? COVID-19 cases before withdrawing from NWHL season that was later shut down

Silly fouls and poor defense doomed the Celtics, and other observations from their loss to the Kings

Kings hand Celtics their first loss of West Coast road trip and other observations

metro

Timeline on shakeup at Boston Police Department

Black and Latino enrollment plummets at Massachusetts community colleges

The Black history I carry with me: Natanja Craig-Oquendo

Nation

CDC chief Rochelle Walensky says staff at agency have been ?muzzled? and ?beaten down?

Biden halting US support for Saudi Arabia?s offensive in Yemen

House to vote on whether to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments

World

Tweet from Rihanna on farmer protests gets India incensed

Website editor in Russia is jailed for sharing joke about Navalny protests

Ex-Peace Corps volunteers plead with US for help on Tigray

politics

Walsh pledges to fight for workers? rights and opportunities at his Labor secretary confirmation hearing

Watch live: Marty Walsh testifies at his confirmation hearing for Labor Secretary

Republicans vote to retain Cheney as No. 3 leader

business

US jobless claims fell to 779,000 last week

CEO of social media app Parler says board fired him

McKinsey settles for $573 million over role in opioid crisis

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

Should psychedelic drugs be decriminalized in Mass.? Advocates see opening

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

opinion

Cool it with the vaccine selfies for a while

Latin America has slipped on Washington?s list of priorities

Restorative justice provides accountability, healing, and justice

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

Richard N. Cooper, Harvard economist and adviser to presidents, dies at 86

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

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