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In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 11,199 confirmed cases and 26 deaths

Here's a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

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COVID-19: THE LATEST

More Omicron cases detected in NY; CDC issues ‘very high’ risk warning for travel to two European countries

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Former teacher at Boston school pleads guilty to raping student over four years

David Lockwood, a former science and homeroom teacher at Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, will spend the next four years in prison.

2 girls, 10 and 7, thrown from pickup truck, killed in rollover crash on Interstate 93 in Littleton, N.H.

Kyriana and Kelsey Couture, both students at Milton Elementary School in Milton, Vermont, were remembered Monday as charismatic and loving by their families, who said they were taken far too soon.

Woman killed by rampaging sheep on Bolton farm remembered as ‘treasured’ volunteer

Antiabortion and abortion rights advocates protest outside the US Supreme Court.

Here is how American politics would change if Roe v. Wade is overturned this summer

Here are four ways politics could quickly change just months before next year’s midterm election.

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live updates

Countdown to kickoff: Patriots and Bills square off in AFC East showdown on Monday Night Football

The Patriots are aiming to make it seven wins in a row tonight against the Bills.

Kyle Dugger, still on Reserve/COVID-19 list, to miss Monday’s Bills game, but Jamie Collins will return

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Bills will be a true test, but the Patriots and Mac Jones should have the answers

As the division rivals butt heads in this crucial Monday night matchup, the Patriots are on a roll — and the Bills are not.

In the land of the Bills, anticipation and anxiety as Patriots showdown nears

Josh Allen beat the Patriots twice last season and earned a heap of praise from Bill Belichick going into Monday's game in Buffalo.

Talented QBs such as Josh Allen have changed the face of the AFC East

The Bills’ quarterback is in his fourth year in the league and continues to improve with each season.

Justice Department sues Texas over new redistricting map, says plans discriminate against Latino, Black voters

The lawsuit claims the Republican-controlled state violated part of the Voting Rights Act in drawing up new maps for its congressional delegation and state legislature.

A 1960s-era vehicle was parked near the Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont Monday for the first day of filming on "Boston Strangler," starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, and Oscar winner Chris Cooper.

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

The Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont was the backdrop Monday for the first day of filming on “Boston Strangler,” the upcoming movie about a series of murders that terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.

John Judge will join Trustees of Reservations as chief executive in February.

Trustees of Reservations taps John Judge as its next chief executive

Judge, who currently leads the Appalachian Mountain Club, will take the reins of the country’s oldest land trust in February.

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Mr. Rappaport has been changing Boston's history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949.

Opinion

Caroline McDonald (left) a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join an abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1.

From Texas to Massachusetts for an abortion

If Roe v. Wade is overturned or gutted, it will formalize the huge social, cultural, and legal gulf between states that protect abortion rights and those that will choose to restrict or ban abortion.

A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 6.

Rachel R. Yorlets

No one taught me that epidemiology is political — but it is

Jamel Davis stands in front of his tent in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood in San Francisco, on April 17. He said his girlfriend died from a fentanyl overdose.

John E. Rosenthal

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?

Photos of murdered transgender women and men at the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York June 27, 2021.

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

Kinesha Goldson and Sofi Madison are sisterhood and self-love: Black Girl Magic.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

What we mean by Black Girl Magic

Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another.

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Three Whitman-Hanson Regional High School students to be charged following ‘threatening’ social media post

Three students from Whitman-Hanson Regional High School will face charges after police investigated a social media post Monday that showed a student holding a “realistic-looking pellet gun” and told people in the caption not to go to school, police said.

Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department; no new charges

The Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured, and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.

SJC upholds rape and murder conviction of man charged in death of 19-year-old woman

The state’s high court Monday upheld the aggravated rape and murder conviction of a New Hampshire man for the 1987 homicide of Dora Brimage, using the decision to change how juries are allowed to view women victimized because of their gender.

Marty Martinez, who has guided Boston’s pandemic response, is leaving his Cabinet post

Martinez, a fixture at pandemic-related City Hall announcements and news conferences since COVID’s emergence in March 2020 and a crucial figure in shaping the city’s policy response to the public health emergency, made the announcement in a Monday e-mail.

Violence erupts as French far-right TV pundit holds presidential campaign rally

Anti-racism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.

A European-inspired ‘town square’ is headed for the Seaport

Opening in spring or summer 2022, The Suprette will be a 125,000-square-foot retail space with 40 stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues and a grand piazza.

Best of the holidays

The 80th annual Christmas tree lighting event was held on the Boston Common Dec 2.

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

It’s that time of year where every walk around the block feels like a stroll through a storybook, and we want to connect readers to all the best spots around Boston to revel in the holiday spirit.

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Pressure on small businesses hurts children, too

It’s no secret that small-business owners have been struggling to stay afloat in the nearly two years since COVID-19 upended our lives. A father of three from Cambridge is no exception.

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Adagio Therapeutics cofounders Tillman Gerngross, Laura Walker, and Rene Russo.

In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants

The Omicron variant has driven home the reality that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. But one of New England’s leading biotech thinkers is pursuing a new way to fight it.

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98

American culture served up no purer emblem of the nation’s triumphs and challenges in the postwar period than Mr. Dole, a son of the center of the country, a disabled veteran of the war at the center of the century, a leader in the political dramas that were at the center of American national life.

Nonprofit launches ‘Black City Hall’ to address gaps in access to critical services

The Community Communications Center, launched by Next Leadership Development Corporation, enables Black Bostonians to ask for help with everything from securing food assistance to scheduling a COVID-19 booster shot or repairing their credit.

Fresh off ‘Shark Tank,’ they’re out to disrupt divorce

HelloPrenup looks to simplify the way Americans get prenuptial agreements, which can cost couples upwards of $5,000.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Conor Holway in a scene from his film "Apple Cinema."

An empty Cambridge movie theater is just what this first-time filmmaker needed to create a zombie apocalypse

Mariah Carey offered to replace Ayanna Pressley's missing copy of the singer's Christmas album on Twitter on Friday morning.

All Ayanna Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah Carey album returned

The set of actress Margot Robbie's video for "73 Questions," a Vogue video series where Boston College alumnus Joe Sabia asks celebrities 73 rapid-fire questions.

The guy from ‘73 Questions’ answers 73 questions

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms

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A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Jamel Davis stands in front of his tent in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood in San Francisco, on April 17. He said his girlfriend died from a fentanyl overdose.

John E. Rosenthal

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?

Photos of murdered transgender women and men at the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York June 27, 2021.

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

During the trial on Nov. 9, Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney (left) and Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian looked at the weapon Rittenhouse used on the night of Aug. 25, 2020.

When it comes to guns and claims of self-defense, juries need guidance

A pedestrian died in September after falling from this closed rusted staircase at JFK/UMass Sation. The staircase was shut down and blocked off, but not repaired or removed until after the accident.

The state needs a better way to track what it owns

Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Joe Biden, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

More Omicron cases detected in NY; CDC issues ‘very high’ risk warning for travel to two European countries

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.

2 girls, 10 and 7, thrown from pickup truck, killed in rollover crash on Interstate 93 in Littleton, N.H.

Kyriana and Kelsey Couture, both students at Milton Elementary School in Milton, Vermont, were remembered Monday as charismatic and loving by their families, who said they were taken far too soon.

As the bureaucracy wheezes, an ailing father waits for his son

Tom Romano literally broke his back for his country. For some reason, that country has not been able to honor that service by reuniting him with his son.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 11,199 confirmed cases and 26 deaths

Here's a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Sports

The field conditions in Buffalo are cold and windy with some snow squalls in the forecast.

Countdown to kickoff: Patriots and Bills square off in AFC East showdown on Monday Night Football

The Patriots are aiming to make it seven wins in a row tonight against the Bills.

Josh Allen beat the Patriots twice last season and earned a heap of praise from Bill Belichick going into Monday's game in Buffalo.

Talented QBs such as Josh Allen have changed the face of the AFC East

The Bills’ quarterback is in his fourth year in the league and continues to improve with each season.

Jets receiver Corey Davis will have core muscle surgery Tuesday and miss the remainder of the season.

Jets lose top wide receiver Corey Davis for remainder of 2021 season

Davis (34 catches, 492 yards, 4 TDs in nine games), who signed a three-year, $37.5 million deal in the offseason, will have core muscle surgery Tuesday.

Kyle Dugger, still on Reserve/COVID-19 list, to miss Monday’s Bills game, but Jamie Collins will return

HS HOCKEY | GARRETT REAGAN SUMMIT

Takeaways from the return of the Reagan Hockey Summit after a one-year COVID hiatus

Once the lockout ends, Red Sox will have a to-do list to attend to

Business

Trump media venture eyed by regulators; Representative Devin Nunes to be CEO

Regulators are looking into the deal that would bring Donald Trump’s new social media company to the stock market. Separately, Trump Media announced that Representative Devin Nunes, a Republican from California, will leave Congress to become the company’s chief executive in January.

Meet the new casino boss. Holaday hopes to help Encore emerge from the pandemic

Encore Boston Harbor Casino is bouncing back strong from the pandemic and new president aims to keep it that way.

Trustees of Reservations taps John Judge as its next chief executive

Moderna shares sink while market awaits Omicron variant updates

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‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine

Ruth Negga (left) and Tessa Thompson in "Passing," the new film based on the Nella Larsen novel.

Racial ‘passing’ is still a reality. Here’s why I embraced my complex identity

Our unvaccinated family is mad we’re not coming for the holidays. What can we do?

He never lets her win their Peloton competitions. Should he?

Broccoli and Kimchi Fried Rice With “Poached” Eggs.

Recipes: The secret to great homemade fried rice

metro

Cassin Young III, a retired Navy pilot (left), and Michael Creasey, superintendent of the National Parks of Boston, during a wreath laying ceremony aboard the USS Cassin Young at the Charlestown Navy Yard in 2019. They took part in the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Annual Pearl Harbor attacks remembrance ceremony to take place Tuesday in Charlestown Navy Yard

NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers

🧙🏻‍♀️The latest on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ in Rhode Island

sports

The Astros had three straight seasons of 100-plus losses (2011-13) before rebuilding enough to win the World Series in 2017.

Examining the issues in the MLB standoff: Preserving competitive integrity

Teams are daring the Celtics’ Dennis Schröder to shoot threes. He’s making them pay

US plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

business

Sophie Oberlander, 4, worked with the Kebbi robot and Becca Kenney, a speech and language intern, at Shawsheen Preschool in Andover.

At an Andover preschool, the teacher is a robot

In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants

Workers at three Somerville cafes are planning to unionize

politics

Emmett Till's photo on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill.

Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department; no new charges

Justice Department sues Texas over new redistricting map, says plans discriminate against Latino, Black voters

Here is how American politics would change if Roe v. Wade is overturned this summer

Nation

People wear face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic as they walk along Ste-Catherine Street in Montreal.

More Omicron cases detected in NY; CDC issues ‘very high’ risk warning for travel to two European countries

Prosecutor criticizes school over run-up to fatal shooting in Michigan

Fred Hiatt, Washington Post editorial page editor, dies at 66

World

A video grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows SOS Racisme protesters (movement against Racism) clashing with supporters of French far-right media pundit and 2022 presidential candidate Eric Zemmour at the end of a campaign rally held in Villepinte, near Paris, on Sunday.

Violence erupts as French far-right TV pundit holds presidential campaign rally

Biden expected to offer warnings and alternatives in call with Putin

Suu Kyi falls, but Myanmar’s democratic hopes move on

opinion

Governor Charlie Baker greets supporters at a picnic in Shrewsbury in 2018 as he launched his reelection campaign.

Disarming the campaign war chests

The amber-eyed hare and a grandmother’s legacy

While poverty rises, charitable donations are collecting dust

lifestyle

A 1960s-era vehicle was parked near the Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont Monday for the first day of filming on "Boston Strangler," starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, and Oscar winner Chris Cooper.

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

‘Boston Strangler’ production begins filming in Belmont

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

food & dining

Jared Haibon and his wife, Ashley Iaconetti, pose with their dog, Lois Lane, in Audrey's, their new coffee shop and lounge, which opened in South Kingstown, R.I., on Dec. 4, 2021.

Ashley and Jared’s new cafe, Audrey’s, opens with coffee, treats, and a nod to ‘The Bachelor’

Barrington’s newest café serves coffee, crêpes and crystals

Mambo Sushi is bringing Peruvian flair to Asian cuisine

travel

A nearly empty shopping district in Seoul. A vast majority of Chinese tourists are staying home because of the coronavirus epidemic.

When the biggest spenders aren’t coming back any time soon

Omicron is here. Should you cancel your trip?

Shopping in R.I.: Check out these great holiday markets

Arts

Caron Tabb, "Fabric of Humanity - Repairing My World"

In new exhibit at Beacon Gallery, Caron Tabb explores privilege — and the past — with mixed results

Art school confidential

Artemisia Gentileschi takes justice into her own hands

Books

The mystery of Garbo

At the bottom of the bottle in ‘Bright Burning Things’

A neuroscientist on the science of reading

Movies

Disney released a first look at the main characters in the film production of the Halloween movie "Hocus Pocus 2." The original cast of "Hocus Pocus," which was filmed in 1992, partly in Salem, Mass., is returning for the second installment. The movie is filming at historic sites around Rhode Island.

🧙🏻‍♀️The latest on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ in Rhode Island

‘Hocus Pocus 2′ to begin filming on Federal Hill this Friday

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

Television

Chris Cuomo.

This week’s TV: Chris Cuomo’s gone, the ‘Sex and the City’ revival is here, and two retro sitcoms go live

GBH puts ‘Talking Politics’ in old ‘Beat the Press’ time slot

The 10 best TV shows of 2021 (and 10 more that almost cracked the list)

music

Olivia Rodrigo announced her first world tour Monday.

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Julian Lage Trio stretches out at Berklee Performance Center

An especially robust season’s greetings from the Holiday Pops

Theater/Dance

Matthew Aucoin posed for a photo outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Nov. 28, 2021.

Matthew Aucoin’s adventures in opera

Idina Menzel stars in ‘WILD’ at the ART in Cambridge — a show that imagines the world in better hands

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

globe local

Ezra Kleinbaum, 14, with his 6-year-old wheaten terrier, Zisha.

Brookline teen helps pass Town Meeting animal fur ban

Pop-up retailers are on the rise around Greater Boston

Should table games be allowed at Plainridge Park Casino?

Obituaries

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Philip Heymann, former Harvard Law professor and US deputy attorney general, dies at 89

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98