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Mass. reports 43,098 new COVID-19 vaccinations, 55 deaths, 1,322 cases

The number of new vaccinations was larger than on Tuesday, when 23,086 were reported.
Charts: How many vaccine doses has the state received? State's goal is to vaccinate 4.1 million people in Mass.

Civil rights and immigrant activists join public health leaders, elected officials in calling for vaccine distribution equity

A newly-formed coalition that includes civil rights and immigrant activists, public health leaders, and elected officials called Wednesday for the state to take bold and aggressive action to ensure the coronavirus vaccine is distributed equitably.

Older baby boomers are relieved by vaccine eligibility — and ready to scramble for appointments
Nearly doubling the number of Massachusetts residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, state officials said residents 65 and over, and those with two underlying health conditions, can book appointments starting Thursday.

Vaccine resources: What you need to know What we know about the South African coronavirus variant found in Mass. Mass. Legislature to probe Baker’s COVID vaccine rollout

Residents 65 and over, and those with two health conditions, will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines Thursday

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

Here’s who is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Larry Edelman
Sale of Legal Sea Foods leaves vendors with piles of unpaid bills
Would Roger Berkowitz, a highly regarded member of the Boston business community, leave vendors out in the cold? That’s not the Roger Berkowitz his friends and colleagues know.

These maps show how much snow to expect from Thursday’s storm
A winter storm advisory is in effect for all of Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 12 p.m. Thursday through 7 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Dave Epstein: Low-intensity, long-duration storm on its way to Mass. for Thursday and Friday

Childbirth during a pandemic: parents decry separations
To prevent COVID-19 infections, some hospitals at various points during the pandemic barred visitors from "triage" and that can mean women start labor alone.

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‘Roaring Kitty’ sued for securities fraud over GameStop rise
The proposed class action against Gill, who adopted the online nickname “Roaring Kitty,” was filed Tuesday in federal court in Massachusetts. The suit said Gill was actually a licensed securities professional who manipulated the market to profit himself.

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host who employed vicious but influential rhetoric, dies
Rush Limbaugh, the relentlessly provocative voice of conservative America who dominated talk radio for more than three decades with shooting-gallery attacks on liberals, Democrats, feminists, and environmentalists, died on Wednesday. He was 70.

Black and Latino leaders alleged Boston discriminates in public contracting
The groups filed a complaint with federal authorities to head off a last-minute order by Mayor Walsh to diversify the city’s contracting and purchasing system

obituary
Virginia Bohlin, a newspaperwoman for 73 years, dies at 101
The Globe's longtime antiques columnist conducted the first interview with Jacqueline Bouvier after she became engaged to John F. Kennedy.

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

Vaccinate teachers now, especially in cities like Everett

Students need to get back to school.
Andrew G. Reiter

A 9/11-style commission on the Capitol insurrection is destined to fail
Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: America’s version of a caste system
Renée Graham

History won’t hold Trump accountable either
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free

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

Texas was warned a decade ago its grid was unready for cold
Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn’t be counted on to reliably churn out electricity in bitterly cold conditions a decade ago, when the last deep freeze plunged 4 million people into the dark.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Governor Baker’s challengers
The pandemic has put Governor Charlie Baker in a novel spot.

MIT’s ‘MOXIE’ to land on Mars Thursday
The goal of MOXIE (Mars OXygen In situ resource utilization Experiment) is to figure out if carbon dioxide in the Red Planet’s atmosphere can be converted to oxygen, which could help future Mars explorers.

thomas farragher
There are new all-stars at Fenway Park, carrying syringes of vaccine and doses of hope
Inside Fenway Park, trained nurses waited, their syringes filled with a COVID-19 vaccine to help put down a pandemic.

Man with multiple rape convictions will spend life behind bars

Ivan N. Keith, 63, pleaded guilty to 16 counts, including aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

PROJECT TAKEOUT
Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout
Are you in the mood for island flavors, healthy smoothies, pizza and chill, or date-night romance? Here’s where to go.

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

Amid a balky rollout that’s frustrated communities of color and some seniors who’ve had difficulty accessing doses, Representative Katherine Clark and several of her Mass. colleagues have called on Governor Charlie Baker to create a centralized COVID-19 vaccine appointment system.

Pandemic forces Catholics to alter Ash Wednesday rituals
For Catholics, it’s an annual tradition to get ashes swiped on your forehead on Ash Wednesday. But due to concerns of spreading coronavirus, that ritual has been tweaked.

The Black history I carry with me: Kevin Dua
Kevin Dua was honored as the 2017 History Teacher of the Year for Massachusetts. He is the first black educator to hold that title in the state.

metro

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Governor Baker’s challengers
The pandemic has put Governor Charlie Baker in a novel spot.

Pandemic forces Catholics to alter Ash Wednesday rituals

These maps show how much snow to expect from Thursday’s storm

Sports

Mets manager Luis Rojas condemns behavior of hitting coordinator recently fired for harassment
Jake Ellis was fired last month after the Mets re-investigated allegations brought against him in 2018. Multiple women complained to HR that he had directed lewd comments toward them.

RED SOX

Ex-Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke joins Dodgers staff as special assistant
ben volin | on football

The Texans are a train wreck, and GM Nick Caserio has his work cut out for him

business

US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
“As laid out in today’s indictment, North Korea’s operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the world’s leading bank robbers,” Assistant Attorney General John Demers, the Justice Department's top national security official, said.

Retail sales jumped in January

‘Roaring Kitty’ sued for securities fraud over GameStop rise

politics

Analysis
Some GOP leaders want the party move on from Trump. What stands in the way? The Republican Party.
State Republican parties exist, on paper at least, for one reason: electing Republicans in their state. But since the November election, state parties around the country appear to have taken on a different goal.

Promotions for female generals were delayed over fears of Trump’s reaction

Schumer, Warren challenge Biden on student debt cancellation

lifestyle

NAMES
Get ready for ‘NKOTB’ star Jonathan Knight’s HGTV show, set in New England
When he's not onstage, Dorchester native Jonathan Knight has long indulged his passion for renovating old farmhouses.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

You think you miss everything about travel. I’m here to remind you that it’s not always glamorous
TRAVEL

Pop-up igloos at Ocean Edge Resort, a car rental app comes to Boston, and Club Med debuts in Canada

arts

COMFORT ZONE
These YA titles are entertaining for adults, too
For winter reading time, try these teen novels, some dealing with real world issues, and others offering escapist fantasy.

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘Allen v. Farrow’ puts Woody’s daughter at the center of her own story
TELEVISION

Ready for a ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ reboot?

rhode island

RI POLITICS
Whitehouse, Cicilline to discuss impeachment trial
The R.I. senator and congressman will take part in an online event Feb. 23 sponsored by Roger Williams’ law school.

CORONAVIRUS

Rhode Island finally unveils a portal for appointments at its mass vaccination sites

RHODE MAP

Here’s what Mayor Elorza is asking state leaders for this year

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

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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

Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: America’s version of a caste system
Renée Graham

History won’t hold Trump accountable either
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs to test students to diagnose COVID-19 learning slide

JEFF JACOBY

Don’t get hooked on executive orders
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

What I will miss about Red Sox spring training

Red Sox trade two pitchers to Rays in exchange for No. 13 prospect in Tampa system

I’ll admit it: I’m intrigued to see what this Red Sox team Chaim Bloom has put together can do

metro

Whitehouse, Cicilline to discuss impeachment trial

Virginia Bohlin, a newspaperwoman for 73 years, dies at 101

Boston College faces big challenges repairing trust on race

Nation

Crippling weather hampers vaccination drives; expert says programs must become more resilient

Texas was warned a decade ago its grid was unready for cold

Older baby boomers are relieved by vaccine eligibility — and ready to scramble for appointments

World

British queen’s husband, Prince Philip, admitted to hospital

Pfizer-BioNTech to get EU 200 million more COVID-19 shots

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

politics

‘Sink or swim, it’s your choice!’: Texas mayor who recently resigned berates those affected by the storm

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

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

business

Robinhood’s ties to hedge funds still not clear, Warren says

Facebook blocks Australians from accessing news on platform

‘Roaring Kitty’ sued for securities fraud over GameStop rise

lifestyle

Alitalia says his ticket is refundable — so why isn’t it?

You don’t have to leave these little cities to ski

Postcards from Mexico, pandemic edition

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 car office is the ultimate sign of our times

Social Studies: Cultural staying power; meddling parents; looking tough on crime

A 9/11-style commission on the Capitol insurrection is destined to fail

food & dining

Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout

Recipe: Slow-Roasted Maple Pork on Buns

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

travel

You think you miss everything about travel. I’m here to remind you that it’s not always glamorous

Pop-up igloos at Ocean Edge Resort, a car rental app comes to Boston, and Club Med debuts in Canada

Alitalia says his ticket is refundable — so why isn’t it?

Books

These YA titles are entertaining for adults, too

Angst spreads in ‘The Lonely Century’

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

Movies

‘Nomadland’ parks its heart with America’s 21st-century drifters

A mother, a teen, and lots of quality time in ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’

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

Television

‘Allen v. Farrow’ puts Woody’s daughter at the center of her own story

Ready for a ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ reboot?

‘Tell Me Your Secrets’ stars Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater are strangers on the set, partners off of it

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

Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance

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

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

globe local

Newton marijuana store seeks end to appointment-only rule, as nearby competition grows

Program aims to address food insecurity, help restaurants in Brookline, Newton, Wellesley

For Newton florists, Valentine’s Day was a blooming success

Obituaries

Virginia Bohlin, a newspaperwoman for 73 years, dies at 101

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