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At least 150 million Americans are in path of winter storm

Large swaths of the country are bracing for a mix of hazardous winter conditions from a coast-to-coast winter storm.

Millions lose power in Texas as state’s power grid buckles during deep freeze

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Two storms this week will affect travel

After finally reaching above freezing temperatures for the first time in six days on Sunday, the region is still poised to see several more bouts of wintry weather this week.

Ice expected to build up overnight as freezing rain hits Mass.

Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol attack

Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol.

Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal

More than $1 billion in federal stimulus cash still unspent

Even as Massachusetts pushes Congress for more federal stimulus funding, new state data show it has only spent about half of the $2.7 billion it received last year through the federal CARES Act’s Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Activists worry about Biden’s minimum wage commitment State and local governments are desperate for aid

Lives on hold, the oldest baby boomers wait — impatiently — for COVID-19 vaccines

They're next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations, but about 460,000 residents age 64 to 74 — the largest demographic so far — have no starting date.

Vaccine resources: What you need to know Quiz: Find out when you can get the vaccine in Mass. Charts: Who in Mass. has been vaccinated?

The Great Divide

Will hard-hit Mass. cities’ schools reopen after teachers are vaccinated? Not necessarily

Tens of thousands of low-income students and children of color are among the last to see their school districts reopen for in-person instruction this year in Massachusetts.

WHO authorizes AstaZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, setting stage for United Nations-backed rollout

As states expand access to vaccines, the supply isn’t keeping up

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60 years later, the worst day in US Figure Skating history is remembered

On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire US figure skating team was killed in a plane crash on its way to the World Championships.

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Danny Ainge on the .500 Celtics: ‘We need to have more urgency’

The team's president of basketball ops doesn't believe the problem is coaching, and he is glad that some players are taking responsibility.

State rebuffed funeral workers’ requests for vaccine doses, but offered them to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner staff

The Baker administration’s prioritization of medical examiner staff for vaccinations, and not funeral workers, comes after the US Centers for Disease Control issued guidance for essential workers that placed funeral workers with health care and hospital employees for vaccinations.

Some older and disabled residents feel overlooked in vaccine rollout

Inside Walsh’s botched appointment of his Boston police commissioner

The decisions made — and the steps not taken — in the week leading up to Dennis White’s appointment would become a major embarrassment in Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s final days in office.

The trashing of a BC multicultural floor deepens long-standing concerns about racism on campus

Recent incidents targeting students on the multicultural floor point to an exhausting pattern, according to Black students at the college.

‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver unpacks the impeachment trial and what the ‘next’ pandemic might look like

Boston College fires men’s basketball coach Jim Christian

Christian, who took over the program in 2014, had only one winning season at BC and was 78-132 overall there.

Here are the likely candidates to become BC men’s basketball coach

Harvard researchers theorize dinosaurs were killed by Boston-sized comet chunk from edge of solar system

Opinion

Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?

An older population can serve as the hub for a new kind of innovation cluster.

The racial decency — and irony — of Rutherford Hayes

Gun control, as urgent now as ever

Mail-in voting a winner, let’s keep it

IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Our disinformation problem has been 70 years in the making

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 Learn more about Project Takeout

McKee: Raimondo’s vaccine rollout plan isn’t working

The incoming governor says he's “not satisfied” with the Raimondo administration’s progress on distributing vaccines.

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism

Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson found dead at age 38

Jackson was a three-time Pro Bowl receiver who played for the Chargers and Buccaneers.

Flirting with a friend after a breakup

Help a letter writer who has feelings for a close friend.

MATTHEW GILBERT

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

We asked for suggestions, and from "Sherlock" to "Green Acres," readers responded.

Man wanted on murder charge in Manchester, N.H., weekend shooting

Timothy Johnson, 38, is wanted on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of 67-year-old Jean Lascelle outside of a homeless shelter on Saturday.

COMFORT ZONE

The only typewriter shop in town has its hands full

A device that was once an office essential has been reborn as a creative tool embraced by young folks — which means Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier has been plenty busy.

Homicide victim’s family wants his life remembered

The shooting of Brandon Williams in Dorchester sparked a controversy that was about everything except what it should have been about.

Family remembers slain Dorchester man as devoted father, hardworking family member

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They have disabilities and serious medical conditions. But under state guidelines, they don’t qualify for early vaccination

Disability rights advocates have been pleading with Massachusetts officials to revise the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan and expand priority to more people with underlying conditions as other states have.

What you need to know about qualifying medical conditions for the vaccine

Hospitals denounce state’s decision to shut-off vaccine supply

Hospital leaders and physicians expressed dismay at the state's decision to halt vaccine distribution to hospitals and primary care offices, saying it could undercut efforts to reach minority communities and reluctant patients.

Brockton track star becomes stock market millionaire: an unlikely Wall Street success story

Keith Gill’s Reddit and YouTube posts put him at the center of the GameStop rally — and drew scrutiny from regulators.

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Stoneham mourns the loss of coach Jimmy Carino to COVID-19

Stoneham Coach Jimmy Carino, 62, dedicated three decades to the public high school that was also his alma mater.

Man wanted on murder charge in Manchester, N.H., weekend shooting

The trashing of a BC multicultural floor deepens long-standing concerns about racism on campus

Sports

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox, off another roiling winter, hurt by anything-but-routine spring

More than half of the Red Sox 40-man roster has turned over since Alex Cora's last season in charge, and this spring's protocols figure to make jelling more difficult than it would usually be.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Laney Clement-Holbrook, Oliver Ames fight through adversity to put together another historic season

Here’s what Tom Brady reportedly said to Buccaneers teammates prior to Super Bowl LV

business

Vaccines may need retooling to take coronavirus mutations, but that’s not an easy overnight fix

The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.

WHO authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, setting stage for United Nations-backed rollout to vulnerable populations

COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse

politics

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism

Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal

Calls grow for commission to investigate Capitol attack

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE

The only typewriter shop in town has its hands full

A device that was once an office essential has been reborn as a creative tool embraced by young folks — which means Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier has been plenty busy.

Flirting with a friend after a breakup

‘The trophy has got a football on it’: Drunk Tom Brady makes an appearance on ‘SNL’

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ASK MATTHEW

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

We asked for suggestions, and from "Sherlock" to "Green Acres," readers responded.

COMFORT ZONE

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Revisiting the AIDS crisis, the story of the Rock, and shows on their way out

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CORONAVIRUS

McKee: Raimondo’s vaccine rollout plan isn’t working

The incoming governor says he's “not satisfied” with the Raimondo administration’s progress on distributing vaccines.

17-year-old founder and CEO of Tasium wins national entrepreneurship competition

RI BUSINESS

Making Providence feel like home

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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

Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency

The self-help coach keeps homeowners from turning into their parents — and helps them pronounce "quinoa."

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

The Revels artist-in-residence will lead the event on Facebook Live.

What to stream at Boston SciFi Film Festival

The popular event serves up bountiful fare for "people who really appreciate sci-fi."

Walking through Gloucester with some of history’s greatest artists

Cape Ann Museum offers a series of tours that explore the city's rich history as a creative magnet.

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Marissa and Adam Goldstein, parents of two sets of twins, pioneered a mask that is in demand by lip-readers and teachers, among others.

What to watch with your tweens? It’s an age-old question

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Humans need to remake the planet yet again

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Streets that aren’t deadly — if we want them

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Time will reverse the probable impeachment verdict

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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

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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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100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond

Restaurants have 'exhausted every strategy in the playbook'

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We were both math nerds in high school’

Recipes: Beets make a sweet starting point for winter salads

sports

Ash Barty, aiming to be first Australian to win since 1978, reaches quarterfinals with victory over Shelby Rogers

Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson found dead at age 38

Patriots’ questions at linebacker begin with Dont’a Hightower

metro

It’s time to dump Presidents’ Day

Lives on hold, the oldest baby boomers wait — impatiently — for COVID-19 vaccines

McKee: Raimondo’s vaccine rollout plan isn’t working

Nation

Bob Aldrich: Fixer of things

Pennsylvania GOP’s push for more power over judiciary raises alarms

Auction offers Lincoln’s hair and other presidential oddities

World

‘We can bring down the regime’: Myanmar’s protesting workers are unbowed

What to know about the United Nations’ global vaccine program

A decade after the Arab Spring, autocrats still rule the Middle East

politics

Biden aide feels heat from all sides on White House equality vow

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol attack for Trump

Fallout begins for Republicans who voted to impeach Trump

business

UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive

Why some state and local governments are desperate for more stimulus aid

Activists worry about Biden’s commitment to a higher minimum wage

lifestyle

George Clooney to film new movie in Boston, and Ben Affleck will reportedly join him

Filmmakers Collaborative to host moviemaking workshops for students through February break

I feel like ‘the girlfriend who got pregnant’

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

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?

The racial decency — and irony — of Rutherford Hayes

Antiracism training: a work in progress

food & dining

In Chinatown, empty tables where banquets should be

Memories of Border Cafe come flooding in as word spreads that it has closed for good

At Home Kitchen in Needham, inventive dishes, speedily delivered

travel

Matt Smith of Club Passim is about to hit the airwaves and grew up hitting the road

A Black history tour in Rhode Island, women’s wellness in Hawaii, and a pillow to go

Despite hardship, St. Pete’s arts scene continues to flourish

Books

Angst spreads in ‘The Lonely Century’

Ethan Hawke on comic books to and his many copies of ‘Godot’

Godly women and an ungodly scandal in ‘Doomed Romance’

Movies

‘Barb and Star’ land very few laughs on this Florida trip

‘Sweding’ turns Hollywood classics into DIY entertainment

12-year-old Reyn Doi plays a villain and steals scenes in “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”

Television

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

This week’s TV: Revisiting the AIDS crisis, the story of the Rock, and shows on their way out

‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver unpacks the impeachment trial and what the ‘next’ pandemic might look like

music

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

A valentine from the Boston Pops in its first-ever livestream concert

Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson

Theater/Dance

A Strindberg adaptation unfolds before an all-seeing camera in ‘Julia’

It’s a golden age for actors in their golden years

Amazon project would deliver two new theaters to the Seaport

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Manchester, N.H., man killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 101 in Peterborough, N.H.

Lowell man arrested in Roxbury on drug and gun charges

As more seniors age at home during pandemic, health care aides are in growing demand

Obituaries

‘Everything an artist does is probably a metaphor,’ said Lois Tarlow, who died at 92

Frederick K.C. Price, founder of Black megachurch, dies

Maria Guarnaschelli, book editor who changed what we cook, dies at 79