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Starting today, residents 65 and over, and those with two health conditions, become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines

Massachusetts officials plan to post 70,000 new appointments for shots at the mass vaccination sites on its website by 8 a.m. Other slots can be booked at some smaller sites, such as CVS and Walgreens pharmacies and community health centers.
Vaccine resources: What you need to know

US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII

Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.

Older baby boomers are relieved by vaccine eligibility — and ready to scramble for appointments
Many in this demographic say they are clearing their Thursday schedule to focus on the long-awaited goal of securing a precious vaccine appointment.

Here’s who is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine A look at the qualifying medical conditions for the vaccine Charts: How many vaccine doses has the state received?

Merrimack Valley health officials criticize state’s move toward large, regional COVID-19 vaccine clinics

Massachusetts debuts new website to find COVID-19 vaccine appointments
YVONNE ABRAHAM

The pandemic has put Baker in a novel spot

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

Gary Washburn | HAWKS 122, CELTICS 114
Trae Young, Hawks make for another night exposing Celtics for all they lack
A Celtics team that prides itself on defense looks completely helpless without Marcus Smart, and the lack of in-game adjustments to curtail big scoring nights is getting embarrassing.

Jayson Tatum breaks out of scoring slump and other observations about Celtics’ loss to Hawks

Want to see up to $50,000 of student debt canceled? “Send a note to President Biden,” Warren says

So far, Biden is unconvinced by a pitch from Senator Elizabeth Warren and others to cancel a big chunk of federal student loan debt for the roughly 44 million Americans who carry it.
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Boston College faces big challenges creating trust on race
The vandalism last month of the first-year women’s multicultural floor has elevated long-simmering frustrations over an entrenched culture that critics say has not reckoned sufficiently with concerns over the climate on campus.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
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.

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.

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

EDITORIAL

Louis DeJoy’s fate is in Congress’s hands

Postal reform is on the Democrats’ agenda, but they can’t get far unless they make sure the postmaster general’s days are numbered.
Richard Clarke

Our public faces: security, civil liberties, and facial recognition technology
IDEAS | TONNY ONYULO

The pandemic response undoes progress for women in Kenya
Joan Vennochi

Vaccinate teachers now, especially in cities like Everett
Andrew G. Reiter

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

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

Millions of Texans wait for power to return, with more snow on the way
Nearly 3 million customers in Texas were still without power after a once-in-a-generation winter storm increased consumer demand for electricity while pummeling the state’s grid.

Oregon snowstorm brings ‘most dangerous conditions’ seen by utility

PR maven Colette Phillips launches $250k fund to help small businesses owned by people of color
The idea of forming a nonprofit to assist small businesses owned by people of color seemed like a good idea before the coronavirus arrived. With the pandemic further exposing inequities, the GK Fund's founders argue it’s an even better idea today.

Lawmakers to face off with GameStop saga’s key players
Keith Gill, the former MassMutual wellness education director who advocated for shares of GameStop in his free time, is prepared to tell a House committee Thursday that he never provided investment advice for a fee and did not “solicit anyone to buy or sell the stock for my own profit.”

Architectural firm Sasaki offers three concepts for Copley Square’s redesign
City officials have budgeted up to $10.9 million for what would be the two-acre square’s biggest face lift since the 1980s. They hope to start construction in 2022.

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.

After slow start, Naomi Osaka leaves Serena Williams still chasing No. 24
Williams won the first two games of the match and had a break point to go up 3-0, but the world No. 3 responded and reached another Aussie final in barely more than an hour.

Recommended reads

Black and Latino leaders allege Boston discriminates in public contracting

Three Black and Latino organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against the City of Boston, alleging its public contracting system engages in a pattern of discrimination against Black- and Latino-owned businesses.

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.

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.

metro

Merrimack Valley health officials criticize state’s move toward large, regional COVID-19 vaccine clinics
Massachusetts' new streamlined vaccination plan, set to begin Thursday, only incorporates regional clinics that can operate five days per week, administering at least 750 doses per day. The threshold threatens to close local facilities including the Lower Merrimack Valley Vaccine Clinic, officials said.

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

Boston College faces big challenges creating trust on race

Sports

After slow start, Naomi Osaka leaves Serena Williams still chasing No. 24
Williams won the first two games of the match and had a break point to go up 3-0, but the world No. 3 responded and reached another Aussie final in barely more than an hour.

Gary Washburn | HAWKS 122, CELTICS 114

Trae Young, Hawks make for another night exposing Celtics for all they lack

Archbishop Williams boys’ basketball outlasts St. Mary’s in stirring 3 OT win

business

Black and Latino leaders allege Boston discriminates in public contracting
Three Black and Latino organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against the City of Boston, alleging its public contracting system engages in a pattern of discrimination against Black- and Latino-owned businesses.

Architectural firm Sasaki offers three concepts for Copley Square’s redesign

Lawmakers to face off with GameStop saga’s key players

politics

US seizes over 10 million phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
Investigators also notified about 6,000 potential victims in at least 12 states including hospitals, medical facilities and others who may have unknowingly purchased knockoffs.

Analysis

Some GOP leaders want the party move on from Trump. What stands in the way? The Republican Party.

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

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 have something to offer adult readers, 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

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."
DANCE

Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance

Thanks to a free year's lease, Cambridge's the Dance Complex has set up a pop-up studio amid life sciences central.

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

Pembroke girls’ hockey finds the recipe that returns it to success

Hirokazu Sawamura eager to follow in Sox footsteps of Koji Uehara

Jayson Tatum breaks out of scoring slump and other observations about Celtics’ loss to Hawks

metro

Want to see up to $50,000 of student debt canceled? “Send a note to President Biden,” Warren says

The pandemic has put Baker in a novel spot

Pandemic forces Catholics to alter Ash Wednesday rituals

Nation

US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII

No, wind farms aren’t the main cause of the Texas blackouts

Oregon snowstorm brings ‘most dangerous conditions’ seen by utility

World

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

Protesters rally against military in Myanmar, as UN warns of crackdown

Italy’s new prime minister appeals for unity and sacrifice

politics

Schumer, Warren challenge Biden on student debt cancellation

‘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

business

PR maven Colette Phillips launches $250k fund to help small businesses owned by people of color

Pay for news? Google says yes, Facebook says no

US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks

lifestyle

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

Postcards from Mexico, pandemic edition

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

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

Louis DeJoy’s fate is in Congress’s hands

Our public faces: security, civil liberties, and facial recognition technology

The pandemic response undoes progress for women in Kenya

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 have something to offer adult readers, 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

Merrimack Valley health officials criticize state’s move toward large, regional COVID-19 vaccine clinics

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

Obituaries

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

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host who employed vicious but influential rhetoric, dies

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