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National Guard helping US states and hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19

2020 vs. 2021: These charts show the similarities in Massachusetts’ COVID-19 surges
COVID-19 cases are climbing in lockstep with last December’s numbers, while hospitalizations — another key pandemic measure — are down from this time last year, though not as much as experts had hoped.

Larry Edelman

Stubbornly high inflation puts heat on Biden and the Fed

Economic forecasting is tough to do with precision. The pandemic vastly complicated matters by distorting consumer spending patterns, disrupting supply lines, and leaving many companies short of workers.
With inflation surging, how much more does everything cost?
Suns 111, Celtics 90

Celtics have no shot in blowout loss to Suns, and other observations

The Celtics were dominated in their 111-90 loss to the Suns.

Worcester officials investigating allegations firefighter made anti-Biden, antisemitic social media post

Monkees legend Michael Nesmith dies at 78
Then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows spoke to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Sept. 16, 2020.

Jan. 6 committee examines PowerPoint document sent to Meadows

Mark Meadows’s lawyer said the former White House chief of staff did not act on the document, which recommended that former president Donald Trump declare a national emergency to keep himself in power.
An Airbus SE A321-211 aircraft, operated by Delta Air Lines Inc., flies into San Diego International Airport (SAN) in San Diego, California, U.S., on Monday, April 27, 2020.

Delta flight diverted after drunken passenger assaults flight attendant, hurts air marshal, TSA says

A drunken passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight Thursday night assaulted a flight attendant and hurt a federal air marshal who intervened, according to police and the Transportation Security Administration.
Retail spaces that have emptied out during the pandemic are taking on new lives in the form of business like Fridge No More at 189 Devonshire Street in Boston.

A downtown full of delivery warehouses? ‘Dark stores’ are coming to Boston

A wave of quick-delivery startups are moving into empty storefronts in downtown Boston, offering convenience but raising concerns about the vitality of city streets.
Opinion
Student Oreo Washington, 8, inspects plants in a hydroponics room at the Jean Charles Academy in Lynn on Dec. 9.
MARCELA GARCÍA

A new bilingual school in Lynn emerges as an alternative to public education

Jean Charles Academy has a dual-language model and a curriculum and pedagogy that centers the experiences and assets of Black and Latino students.
Tourists observe the lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island.
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek and Matjaž Krivic

Here come the catastrophe tourists
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins in her office.
EDITORIAL

The thorny cases that Rachael Rollins inherits
Alex Beam

Trump’s new media group: Buyer beware
Trash pickup along East Fourth St., South Boston.
IDEAS | LILY POLLANS

Dear Mayor Wu, let’s stop burning Boston’s trash
Mya Pol is a advocate for those with disabilities and a fourth-year student at UMass Amherst.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

Disability should not mean invisibility

Mya Pol, a student disability activist, is fighting for equity and joy for disabled folks. Living with chronic pain, she has learned to navigate her way to feeling good. Access should not be a barrier to being joyful.
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Lydia Winters shows off Microsoft's "Minecraft" built specifically for HoloLens at the Xbox E3 2015 briefing before Electronic Entertainment Expo, June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.
‘The internet’s on fire’ as techs race to fix software flaw
A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool — one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft — is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organizations around the world.

The Amazon distribution center was partially collapsed after being hit by a tornado on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 in Edwardsville, Ill.
Storms hit Arkansas nursing home, Illinois Amazon warehouse
At least two people were killed Friday night when a reported tornado ripped through an Arkansas nursing home, and emergency crews in southern Illinois were also responding to reports of injuries at an Amazon warehouse after a roof collapsed amid storms there.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at City Hall.
Mayor Wu announces new electric vehicle plan in effort to reduce vehicle emissions
On Friday, Mayor Wu announced plans to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and other low-emission transportation modes in the city of Boston.

ADRIAN WALKER
Who will follow Rachael Rollins as Suffolk district attorney is an open question.
What’s next for the Suffolk DA’s office?
Due to Rollins’s slow-rolling confirmation, the process of vetting candidates to replace her as DA has been underway for months.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
How can I meet someone on the dance floor?
The letter writer loves to dance — and meet other dancers. But is that still a thing?

The Supreme Court is seen on the first day of the new term, in Washington, Oct. 4, 2021 photo.
Supreme Court allows challenge to Texas abortion law but leaves ban in effect
The outcome is at best only a partial victory for abortion providers. The judge who already has once blocked the law almost certainly will be asked to do so again. Then that decision will be reviewed by an appeals court.

Best of the holidays

People under the holiday lights on Boston Common.

9 places around Boston where you can get into the holiday spirit (for free)

Every holiday season comes with a gamut of things to do and gifts to buy, and it can take a toll on the old wallet. That got us thinking about some activities in and around the city where you can revel in the holiday spirit for free.
Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other decorations 20 family-friendly events to put you in the holiday spirit
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The 60 best albums of the year

From Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to J. Cole, Jon Batiste to Oliva Rodrigo, Miguel Zenón to The War on Drugs, these were our favorites.

KEVIN CULLEN
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins, recently confirmed to be the US attorney for Massachusetts
When it comes to radicals, it takes one to know one
The majority of people who opposed Rollins’s confirmation as US attorney think it’s perfectly acceptable to subvert the Constitution, push for more guns in a culture plagued by mass shootings, and treat public health as if it’s an existential threat to personal liberty.

Shaun Jenkins (center) with the legal team that worked on his case, on the day he was released from court on Sept. 24. Also pictured: Rob Selevitch, the Innocence Program investigator (back row), Nicole Collins, IP legal fellow (left) and Lisa M. Kavanaugh, Director, Innocence Program (right).
Boston police and prosecutors hid evidence in a murder case. 18 years later, a man may go free
Shaun Jenkins’s temporary release from prison follows several cases that were recently overturned due to law enforcement misconduct.

Linda Cabral drank coffee outside a store across the street from the Roundhouse hotel (at left) Friday. She said she lived on the streets for 3 years until she received section eight housing in Worcester and was in Boston to visit a methadone clinic.
Details on Mayor Wu’s plan to use Roundhouse hotel to house and treat people at Mass. and Cass get a thumbs down from some community members
A key element of Mayor Michelle Wu’s plans to alleviate the humanitarian crisis at Mass. and Cass hit some turbulence this week, with critics saying her proposal to turn a defunct hotel near the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis is ill-advised.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Siobhan Miller performs in 2019's "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" at Cutler Majestic Theatre. The show is back live this year.

‘A Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ returns to Cutler Majestic Theatre

Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy in "Succession," which wraps up its third season Sunday.
MATTHEW GILBERT

Why the best show on television should wrap it up
From left: Shannon DeVido, Gregg Mozgala, and Portland Thomas in "Teenage Dick."
STAGE REVIEW

Politics makes strange schoolfellows in the Huntington’s ‘Teenage Dick’

A still from the film "All the Lonely People," a documentary about the impact of social isolation. Shown here is a statue in Liverpool of Eleanor Rigby, the fictional subject of a 1966 Beatles song.

‘All the Lonely People’ documents worldwide isolation and its cures

Special Projects

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
Jeneé Osterheldt

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.
Special Report

In Harm’s Way

Vehicle rammings against protesters are on the rise, but the justice system often sides with drivers

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Misia Winowski (center left) holds her 14-year-old daughter Madolyne close during a candlelight vigil, Dec. 3, along Washington Street in downtown Oxford, Mich. A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Nov. 30, killing four students.
Kimberley Atkins Stohr

Call domestic terrorism what it is, and prosecute it that way
SCOT LEHIGH

Are reforms coming to the Supreme Court?
IDEAS | DAVID A. LAX AND JAMES K. SEBENIUS

How to save Major League Baseball from itself
Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: What are you so mad about?
Workers disassemble a Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters, in New York, on Wednesday. Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to the 50-foot artificial tree outside of the News Corp. building that houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post early Wednesday, police said.
Joan Vennochi

This year, the war on Christmas is over arson, ammo, and guns
Tourists observe the lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island.
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek and Matjaž Krivic

Here come the catastrophe tourists

Metro

Corgi-mix found abandoned inside a porta-potty at a Brookline construction site

The dog is recovering at MSPCA's Jamaica Plain Adoption Center, officials said Friday.
Coronavirus Live Updates

National Guard helping US states and hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19

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

Worcester officials investigating allegations firefighter made anti-Biden, antisemitic social media post

The Worcester Fire Department is investigating allegations that a firefighter posted an antisemitic message on social media that included an image of President Biden edited to look like Adolf Hitler, officials said Friday.

Saugus correctional officer who died from COVID-19 mourned at candlelight vigil

Anthony J. Pasquarello, a 15-year veteran of the department, died Thursday, Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger said. Pasquarello was not vaccinated and his family hopes their loss will help others to get vaccinated, Coppinger said.

Sports

Marcus Smart shot 1 for 13 and had just 4 points against Landry Shamet and the Suns.
Suns 111, Celtics 90

Celtics have no shot in blowout loss to Suns, and other observations

The Celtics were dominated in their 111-90 loss to the Suns.
A collection of Celtics legend Bill Russell is displayed.
Bill Russell auction

Auction of Bill Russell’s memorabilia at TD Garden nets more than $5 million

Other lots drawing spirited bidding included Russell’s first championship ring, which went for $705,000.
Cambridge senior Aidan Olivier Louis goes up for a layup against an Everett defender during the first half.
FRIDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Cambridge turns momentum late, overtakes Everett in boys’ basketball season opener

Sophomore center Jeff White scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half for the Falcons, who used an 18-5 fourth-quarter surge to fend off the Crimson Tide.
Kevin Paul Dupont | On Hockey

If the Bruins want to stay in the playoff picture, here’s what they need to do
Women’s college basketball notebook

Clash between Holy Cross and UNH women’s basketball teams provided an emotional reunion for coaches
NFL notebook

Giants forced to turn to QB Mike Glennon, despite last week’s concussion

Business

Larry Edelman

Stubbornly high inflation puts heat on Biden and the Fed

Economic forecasting is tough to do with precision. The pandemic vastly complicated matters by distorting consumer spending patterns, disrupting supply lines, and leaving many companies short of workers.

MIT-backed venture fund The Engine expands into Somerville

The VC company, which supports technology startups that focus on mitigating climate change and other hard-to-solve problems, has moved into a 42,000-square-foot space on Tyler Street near Union Square.

‘The internet’s on fire’ as techs race to fix software flaw

Shares of Burlington software firm plunge after CEO resigns

STAT

Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department at UCSF, stands for a portrait at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Oakland, Calif.
‘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.

Covid winter illustration
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.

Funeral goers sing during a service for Daisy Pace at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in January 2021.
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.

Boston, MA -- 05/12/21 -- Dr. Matthew Carty examines patient Jerry Majethic at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital on May 12, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
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
Akamai employee Jason Main, who was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan four times during 26 years in the Navy, was able to access free counseling through work.
Top Places to Work

How some top companies make mental health a priority
Top Places to Work

Free vacations, commuting costs, and 5 more enviable work perks
Top Places to Work

There was a time when we thought work would return to normal. It won’t
CONNECTIONS

Even Robert's Rules can't keep order in our family. We've tried

metro

Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt.

Middlebury College goes remote, cancels in-person events due to rise in COVID-19 cases

All aboard for holiday fun at the Wenham Museum

Into the Red: Climate and the fight for our lives

sports

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle missed Friday night's game against Dallas and could be sidelined for a while after testing positive for COVID-19 this week.

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19

On defense, Celtics have been slipping and sliding to the bottom of the NBA recently

Nine things we learned from Episode 4 of the Tom Brady documentary, ‘Man in the Arena’

business

An Iron Mountain mobile shedding unit on display at the National Association for Information Destruction Conference in Phoenix.

Iron Mountain to acquire Bay Area IT company for $725 million

State tells Mass. hospitals to slash certain non-essential procedures by half, cites loss of 500 beds due to staff shortages

Newton company’s rink brings ice hockey to backyards across North America

politics

Then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows spoke to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Sept. 16, 2020.

Jan. 6 committee examines PowerPoint document sent to Meadows

Supreme Court allows challenge to Texas abortion law but leaves ban in effect

Pentagon considering COVID-19 booster mandate for troops

Nation

The Amazon distribution center was partially collapsed after being hit by a tornado on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 in Edwardsville, Ill.

Storms hit Arkansas nursing home, Illinois Amazon warehouse

National Guard helping US states and hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19

Jan. 6 committee examines PowerPoint document sent to Meadows

World

Shoppers, some wearing face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus walk along Oxford Street in central London on December 10, 2021.

Omicron could become dominant in some European countries by next week, officials predict

UK court rules Assange can be extradited to US

Nobel-winning journalists denounce war talk and online ‘toxic sludge’

opinion

Are reforms coming to the Supreme Court?

Call domestic terrorism what it is, and prosecute it that way

How to save Major League Baseball from itself

lifestyle

Dresses from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" that were donated to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives hundreds of set pieces from ‘Dickinson’

Five must-read New England authors for every child’s bookshelf

Page-turning delights, brand new books for kids of every age this holiday season

food & dining

The Pour House is planning to reopen under new management in 2022.

Pour House to reopen in Boston’s Back Bay early next year

Micro-brewery opens in former US Rubber Company mill complex

Cambridge’s Loyal Nine bids farewell; Nash Bar plans a mid-January debut

travel

Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina’s Stay and Skate package includes unlimited skating with skate rentals.

A stay-and-skate package in Newport, a museum of miniatures in Tucson, and a dash cam to go

New England ski resorts with throwback charm and (relatively) retro prices

White Elephant, a Nantucket mainstay, opened a sister hotel in Palm Beach. We had to meet her

Arts

Dresses from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" that were donated to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives hundreds of set pieces from ‘Dickinson’

ICA announces name, details of US exhibition at Venice Biennale: ‘Simone Leigh: GRITTIN’

Painter Katherine Bradford and weaver Diedrick Brackens pair up in exhibition at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Books

Jamie Hogan's new book "Skywatcher" focuses on light pollution and the beauty of the night sky.

A new work from a Maine-based illustrator Jamie Hogan and Ralph Culver’s first full-length collection

Author readings for Dec. 12-18

Local bestsellers for the week ending Dec. 5

Movies

A still from the film "All the Lonely People," a documentary about the impact of social isolation. Shown here is a statue in Liverpool of Eleanor Rigby, the fictional subject of a 1966 Beatles song.

‘All the Lonely People’ documents worldwide isolation and its cures

Doc Talk: The forms that an escape from reality can take

‘Being the Ricardos’ brings love, marriage, and feminine mystique to the big screen

Television

Andrew Scott (pictured in 2019) will play Tom Ripley in the eight-episode first season.

The grift that keeps on grifting: Series based on Patricia Highsmith’s ‘Ripley’ novels heading to Showtime

Why the best show on television should wrap it up

‘Jeopardy!’ stays with hosts Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings for the season

music

From left: Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, and Peter Buck of R.E.M., shown in 1994.

R.E.M., Coltrane, Buena Vista Social Club, and more: 10 of the best reissues, box sets, and archival releases of 2021

The sounds of 617: Local music aficionados choose their favorites of the year

The 60 best albums of the year

Theater/Dance

From left: Shannon DeVido, Gregg Mozgala, and Portland Thomas in "Teenage Dick."

Politics makes strange schoolfellows in the Huntington’s ‘Teenage Dick’

A tradition continues, uproariously, with Ryan Landry’s ‘A Grinchley Christmas Carol’

Matthew Aucoin’s adventures in opera

globe local

Wenham Museum train curator Rob Flanagan (left) and railroad volunteer Walt Meibaum pose with one of the seasonal train layouts.

All aboard for holiday fun at the Wenham Museum

Should the state impose a tax on high-sugar drinks?

A car drives into a swimming pool in Norwood

Obituaries

Al Unser was congratulated by his mother after winning the 54th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. May 30, 1970.

Al Unser, one of four-time Indy 500 winners club, dies at 82

Lina Wertmüller, Italian director of provocative films, dies at 93

Justo Gallego, who built a cathedral brick by brick, dies at 96