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First case of South African coronavirus variant found in Mass.

The easily-spread variant of the virus was detected in a woman in her 20s living in Middlesex County who has no reported travel, state public health officials aunnounced Tuesday evening.

Analysis
Three key takeaways from Joe Biden’s town hall meeting in Wisconsin
During the 75 minute-long town hall, which was moderated by CNN host Anderson Cooper, Biden fielded questions from real voters about schools reopening, raising the minimum wage, policing, and student loan debt.

Biden optimistic on reopening of elementary schools

Boston’s Black women activists walk a historic path —and look toward the future
Contemporary activists say they proudly carry on the legacy of countless women who may not be as well known today as they ought to be, but who changed the history of Boston.

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

Trump, in scorching attack on McConnell, urges GOP to replace him

Donald Trump released a lengthy statement Tuesday attacking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following his speech over the weekend in which McConnell slammed Trump for his actions leading up to the Capitol attack.

celtics 112, nuggets 99
The Celtics did just enough to slow down Nikola Jokic when it mattered, and other observations from their win over Nuggets
The Denver center had a monster night with 43 points, but Jaylen Brown countered with 27 of his own and Jayson Tatum added 21 as the Celtics bounced back from losses to Detroit and Washington.

Gary Washburn: After a day off, Celtics play a more complete game in victory over Nuggets
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After an icy Tuesday, more snow is on the way to Massachusetts
Another storm is expected to reach Massachusetts Thursday night into Friday, dropping a few inches of accumulation along the way, forecasters said.

Dave Epstein: A storm exits today and a new one arrives Thursday

Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead
A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday.

Texas Republicans mocked California power outages. With their state now facing a disastrous storm, Cruz and others are facing backlash

UNH says faculty member who engaged in ‘intimidation and harassment’ has resigned
In a cryptically worded statement, top leaders at the University of New Hampshire reported that an unidentified faculty member has resigned due to social media postings that violated school policy against “intimidation and harassment.”

Boston barber injured in ‘very freak accident’ at shop; falls and accidentally stabs himself with pair of shears
Steve Silva, 29, of Wilmington, was cutting someone's hair when he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest with a pair of shears.

Do tax-exempt institutions contribute enough money to the city? Councilors want an in-depth review

For years, the city has asked major educational, medical, and cultural institutions to make voluntary payments under a program called PILOT. But many have fallen far short of the amounts the city has requested.

Opinion

Grading Massachusetts on COVID-19 vaccination
Renée Graham

History won’t hold Trump accountable either

If the Civil War ended today, Robert E. Lee would probably be a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” faster than you could whistle “Dixie.”
JEFF JACOBY

Don’t get hooked on executive orders
Lydia Edwards

Baker should seal eviction records and give residents a second chance
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free
Ian Marcus Corbin

The plight of former NFL players

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

NAMES
Berklee student leaves ‘American Idol’ judge Luke Bryan in tears with powerful performance
"This is the first time in four years that someone just singing made me cry."

State courts again try to resume jury trials in a handful of cases
Last month, court officials put a test-run for jury trials on hold after four trials that played out over two weeks.

Bitcoin’s price hits a record high as interest in cryptocurrency rises
Investors have been all-in on bitcoin during the pandemic, sending its value up nearly tenfold since last March.

Milford police chief defends actions at traffic stop after being placed on paid leave
Embattled Milford Police Chief Michael Pighetti, who was placed on paid leave last week amid an inquiry into whether he misused his authority, on Tuesday defended his actions in a statement released by his lawyer.

A 62-year-old man was shot to death outside a Dorchester pizza shop last year. He was not the intended target, prosecutors say.
A 23-year-old Dorchester man on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges stemming from the February 2020 slaying of 62-year-old Andrew Farley Sr.

With teammates there for support, injured Bishop Feehan hockey player AJ Quetta departs Boston for rehab center
Quetta, who suffered a serious spinal cord injury in a game in January, will begin treatment at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

Recommended reads

ADRIAN WALKER

Remembering Doris Bunte

Simply put, Doris Bunte was a warrior. From the time she arrived in Boston in the late 1950s, she was on a quest to make life better for working people, and she was fierce in that pursuit.

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.

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 65 to 74 — the largest demographic so far — have no starting date.

metro

After an icy Tuesday, more snow is on the way to Massachusetts
Another storm is expected to reach Massachusetts Thursday night into Friday, dropping a few inches of accumulation along the way, forecasters said.

Officials at every level of government in Mass. are criticizing Baker over vaccine rollout
CORONAVIRUS

How Rhode Island went from best in COVID-19 testing to worst in vaccine distribution

Sports

After a day off, Celtics play a more complete game in victory over Nuggets
They avoided the lulls and lapses that have been indicative of a team that’s unsure of itself and riddled by inconsistency.

Emelia O’Gilvie, Boston Latin girls’ basketball zeroes in on berth in Dual County League championship
celtics 112, nuggets 99

The Celtics did just enough to slow down Nikola Jokic when it mattered, and other observations from their win over Nuggets

business

Tribune Publishing agrees to $430 million takeover by hedge fund
Tribune Publishing Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News, has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital LLC, putting a hedge fund known for firing journalists atop one of the nation’s largest newspaper companies.

Penny stock craze at boiling point with SEC eyeing social media

Adidas starts process of selling Reebok

politics

Texas Republicans mocked California power outages. With their state now facing a disastrous storm, Cruz and others are facing backlash
Texas is facing a devastating winter storm of its own — and the cohort that directed ire at California politicians on the other side of the aisle are facing pushback for what some viewed as a callous response.

Analysis

Three key takeaways from Joe Biden’s town hall meeting in Wisconsin

Impeachment over, Congress shifts focus to security failures

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
Meet the Jamaica Plain artist who put Black kings and queens on playing cards
Sharif Muhammad wanted his kids to see themselves “reflected in a beautiful light.”

SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: Slow-Roasted Maple Pork on Buns
WHAT SHE'S HAVING

Your own toasted pita chips are identical to the ones you can buy

arts

NAMES
Berklee student leaves ‘American Idol’ judge Luke Bryan in tears with powerful performance
"This is the first time in four years that someone just singing made me cry."

TELEVISION

Toxic love triangle blunted by sticking point in ‘Behind Her Eyes’
COMFORT ZONE

Calling to endangered whales with an icy work of art

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
How Rhode Island went from best in COVID-19 testing to worst in vaccine distribution
The state was a superstar nationally throughout the pandemic with its testing program. But when it comes to vaccinating residents, it's a laggard.

CORONAVIRUS

UK variant of the coronavirus is found in Rhode Island
RHODE MAP

R.I. Congressman David Cicilline has no regrets about taking on Trump

Newton

Special Projects

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black History Month

A Beautiful Resistance, in a special collaboration with Reebok, celebrate Black History Month. Black Joy. Black Wellness. Black Futures.
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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

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.
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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his new documentary and the role of the Black church in social justice

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his newest work for PBS, "The Black Church," premiering Feb. 16.
COMFORT ZONE

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

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

Meet the Jamaica Plain artist who put Black kings and queens on playing cards

Sharif Muhammad wanted his kids to see themselves “reflected in a beautiful light.”

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Lydia Edwards

Baker should seal eviction records and give residents a second chance
Ian Marcus Corbin

The plight of former NFL players
Joan Vennochi

The numbing of America
Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?
EDITORIAL

The ‘road ahead’ needs a plan
IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Our disinformation problem has been 70 years in the making

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
Cover story

100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond
Perspective

Restaurants have 'exhausted every strategy in the playbook'
Dinner with Cupid

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

Recipes: Beets make a sweet starting point for winter salads

sports

As Bruins look for balanced offense, Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak trade places

NBA postpones three more Spurs games amid COVID-19 outbreak

Xaverian earns first league championship since 1968 and the No. 1 seed in the Catholic Conference tournament

metro

What kind of Boston will the next mayor be inheriting?

First case of South African coronavirus variant found in Mass.

Cause of fire at Jacob’s Pillow theatre in Berkshires cannot be determined, investigators say

Nation

Texas Republicans mocked California power outages. With their state now facing a disastrous storm, Cruz and others are facing backlash

Murkowski says she can’t fear fallout for impeachment vote

Three key takeaways from Joe Biden’s town hall meeting in Wisconsin

World

Stay or go? Biden, long a critic of Afghan deployments, faces a deadline

French National Assembly backs law to combat Islamist extremism

Parliament rape claim roils Australian government

politics

Trump, in scorching attack on McConnell, urges GOP to replace him

Democrat’s lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot

Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot

business

Tripadvisor stops scheduling new vaccination appointments

Black franchise owner sues McDonald’s, cites persistent bias

Massachusetts to subsidize electric trucks in expansion of rebate program

lifestyle

Recipe: Ease winter weariness with a luxurious bowl of pappardelle and mushroom ragu

Readers say goodbye to the wild, wonderful Border Café

Recipe: Try this delicious, easy version of the popular Indian vegetarian dish Aloo Gobhi (potatoes and cauliflower)

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

The second Trump impeachment trial: It’s all over but the outrage

Don’t get hooked on executive orders

History won’t hold Trump accountable either

food & dining

Recipe: Slow-Roasted Maple Pork on Buns

Your own toasted pita chips are identical to the ones you can buy

Recipe: Ease winter weariness with a luxurious bowl of pappardelle and mushroom ragu

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

Berklee student leaves ‘American Idol’ judge Luke Bryan in tears with powerful performance

Toxic love triangle blunted by sticking point in ‘Behind Her Eyes’

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

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

globe local

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

Bernard Lown, doctor at the vanguard of cardiac care, antiwar activist who shared Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 99

A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87

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