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Nurses union, St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester reach agreement to end 9-month strike

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s agreement with the Massachusetts Nurses Association would return the 700 striking nurses to their old jobs while keeping all the permanent replacement nurses hired during the strike in their current positions, the hospital said in a statement Friday evening.

6,345 confirmed cases and 45 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here's a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
Pfizer plans to study a three-dose vaccine regimen for children ages 4 and under Doctors and nurses 'living in a constant crisis' as COVID fills hospitals Lines stretch at Tufts Medical Center for tests, vaccinations

Taylor Heinicke is among the more than 20 players the Washington Football Team has placed on the COVID-IR this week.
COVID-19 sports updates: NFL moves three games as virus wreaks havoc around league
We’ll be tracking the latest news, including postponements, positive tests, and other adjustments.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

Mass. reports most COVID-19 cases in single day since early January; Maine is latest state to detect Omicron

Capitol rioter sentenced to more than five years, toughest penalty yet for anyone sentenced in insurrection

Robert Palmer, 54, of Largo, Florida, wept as he told US District Judge Tanya Chutkan that he recently watched a video of his actions that day and could not believe what he was seeing.

Spotlight Fellowship

Tanner Lazaro broke apart frozen bait while working as a sternman on Frankie Thompson’s boat, Obsession, which launches out of Vinalhaven, Maine.
The Lobster Trap

Lobstering, climate change, and Maine. Read 7 takeaways from our ‘Lobster Trap’ series

The bounteous catch that brought wealth to fishing families is declining, as climate change warms the Gulf of Maine. A way of life is on the line, but lobstermen can't, or won't, imagine another.
Read Part 1: Where lobster is king Read Part 2: Protests and prayers About this project
Cathy Watt broke down after learning of the new regulations, including a seasonal closure for offshore lobstermen on Aug 31. “These kids did it right. The men who are offshore did it right. They work their way up. They work hard. And then someone comes and just flips it upside down on you... You’re out of a job, that’s it. You’re too high for the birds.”
Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter testified during her trial on Friday in Minneapolis.

Defense rests at trial of former officer Kim Potter, who shot and killed Daunte Wright

Potter has said she meant to use her Taser to subdue Wright when he pulled away from officers and got back into his car as they tried to arrest him on a warrant for a weapons violation. She shot him once with her handgun instead.
A rendering of 323-365 Dorchester Ave.

More changes coming to Dorchester Ave. in South Boston

A relocated college. A life sciences lab. And a 1 million square foot development. Take a look at the seven major proposals that got the go-ahead from the Boston Planning & Development Agency Thursday night.
Boston-based Wayfair's website.

Williams-Sonoma says Wayfair is stealing its furniture designs

The Boston-based online furniture seller was hit with a lawsuit this week accusing it of copying patented designs from rival Williams-Sonoma’s West Elm brand.
Choreographer Ebony Williams has created moves for Beyoncé, Doja Cat, Alicia Keys, "In The Heights," and more.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

Finding freedom in the rhythm of dance

Black choreographers and dancers use movement to move us forward. They use dance to tell stories, evoke memories, and unite us.
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Opinion
OnPoint in Harlem, the newly formed nonprofit running two safe injection sites in New York.
EDITORIAL

New York is home to the first supervised injection sites in America. Let Boston be next.

People struggling with addiction need places to go with medical supervision and services.
An unlikely source has offered a helping hand to local newspapers and sites: Congress.
Renée Loth

Saving democracy’s front lines — local newspapers
Flags and wreaths honor veterans on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, April 28, 2020, where 76 people died due to COVID-19. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said on Tuesday that she's seeking to reverse the dismissal of criminal neglect charges against two former leaders of the veterans home.
EDITORIAL

Soldiers’ Home deaths show more clarity needed on elder abuse accountability
Co-hosts Jill Shah and Ross Wilson at a recent taping of the "Last Night at School Committee" podcast.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Dissecting Boston School Committee meetings, one podcast episode at a time
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Editing the Constitution
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Not all who do so are repressed; not all who vacuum are lost.

RI EDUCATION

Barrington High School may go to remote learning after shooting threat found in girls’ bathroom

School officials said they are not aware of “any specific or credible threats” connected to the social media posts on TikTok that have caused concern across the country.

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Bill Belichick and the Patriots face the Colts on Saturday.
Credit Bill Belichick’s executive decisions, too, for the Patriots’ success this season
The single biggest reason the Patriots are sitting in the catbird seat to capture the No. 1 seed in the AFC is the considerable and palpable upgrade in talent.

Comedian John Mulaney.
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn welcome a baby boy, report says
Comedian John Mulaney and actress Olivia Munn quietly welcomed a baby boy last month, according to a report from TMZ published Friday. Munn reportedly gave birth on Nov. 24 — the day before Thanksgiving — in Los Angeles.

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Danny Ainge spent 26 years in the Celtics organization.
Danny Ainge says he wasn’t pushed out by the Celtics when he ‘retired,’ and other picked-up pieces from the sports world
Ainge, who recently took a job in the Jazz's front office, also said he thinks "today’s Celtics have a very bright future."

A shopper at the Harvard Book Store earlier this year.
Harvard Book Store gets a new backer: John Henry
Red Sox and Boston Globe owner John Henry is investing in the Harvard Book Store, a Cambridge institution which has struggled during the pandemic.

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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Tom Randele (far left) is wearing sunglasses in this photograph taken at the Pembroke Country Club where he worked with Glenn Kelly (far right), who is now the golf pro at Woods Hole Golf Club. Kelly’s brother, Brian (second from left) golfed there as well. Golf pro Chick Fisher shook Glenn Kelly's hand as he presented him with a trophy for winning a tournament.

‘It’s unbelievable. It’s the stuff of movies.’ New details emerge about a most-wanted fugitive who taught golf at a country club in Pembroke.

When Glenn Kelly got a job at the Pembroke Country Club as a teenager in the 1970s, he had no idea that he would be working alongside one of the most wanted fugitives in the country.

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Hand sanitizer is distributed at Holy Family Catholic Primary School in London.
Has COVID made us too clean?
Cleanliness has been dispensed in squirts, wipes, and sprays for two years of the pandemic. But to scientists looking back on this time, the upsides may be outweighed by some serious downsides.

Have we started aging in dog years? Science is trying to put a number on it (but we already know the answer).
One poll found women feel they aged four years in 2020. Others say: That’s all???

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Phil Camp, who worked at the Vermont Standard as a teen, has owned the weekly for four decades.
The oldest weekly newspaper in Vermont is on its last legs
The Vermont Standard began publishing 168 years ago, but its owner says its days are numbered — unless someone with big pockets and a love for small-town newspapers shows up in the picturesque village of Woodstock.

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Genesis performed at TD Garden Wednesday.
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Tim Colegrove, owner of the BYTE Shop, posed for a portrait at his Jamaica Plain store on Thursday. The BYTE Shop, home to one of the largest collections of historic home computers in New England, also offers electronics repair, resale, and recycling.

At Jamaica Plain’s new BYTE Shop, you can geek out over very old computers, or get your 21st-century model fixed
Dawn Simmons and Jazzmin Bonner of Stage Source, at a pre-pandemic NAAC/Boston reception.

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Michelle Butler of Eutaw, Ala., holds her son Curtis, who was born at 21 weeks of gestation.
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Jerry Rappaport auctioned off his Holstein herd in East Montpelier, Vt., in 2018.
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Former president Donald Trump
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Tatiana Ly, 10, is in a hydroponics room at the Jean Charles Academy, an independent school in Lynn.
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A person wearing a mask emerges from a shop in Provincetown on July 30.
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Massachusetts needs another mask mandate
Tourists observe the lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island.
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Mass. reports most COVID-19 cases in single day since early January; Maine is latest state to detect Omicron

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

Nurses’ union, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester reach agreement to end 9-month strike

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s agreement with the Massachusetts Nurses Association would return the 700 striking nurses to their old jobs while keeping all the permanent replacement nurses hired during the strike in their current positions, the hospital said in a statement Friday evening.

Federal marshals won’t provide a security detail for confirmed US Attorney Rachael Rollins despite recent threats against her life

Rollins has said threats against her have increased since her Senate confirmation vote earlier this month during which Republicans attacked her as a dangerous, pro-criminal prosecutor.
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R.I. Senate leaders preview the 2022 legislative session

Senate President Ruggerio and Majority Leader McCaffrey highlight universal pre-K, removing lead pipes, and school construction projects.

Sports

The three sets of brothers on the Melrose wrestling team include (back, from left) Shea Fogarty, Oto Albanese, Stephen Fogarty, Quinn Fogarty, Sean Thomas, (front from left) Mikey Thomas, and Marcos Albanese.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

Trio of siblings bringing familiar results to the mat for Melrose wrestling

Senior captains Sean Thomas, Shea Fogarty, and junior captain Oto Albanese all have brothers on the team, and performing well for veteran coach Larry Tremblay.
Damien Harris has nine rushing touchdowns this season.
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Patriots RB Damien Harris will not play vs. Colts Saturday

The team downgraded Harris to out Friday afternoon, after he practiced in a limited capacity all week because of a hamstring injury suffered in Week 13 against Buffalo.
Taylor Heinicke is among the more than 20 players the Washington Football Team has placed on the COVID-IR this week.
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COVID-19 sports updates: NFL moves three games as virus wreaks havoc around league

We’ll be tracking the latest news, including postponements, positive tests, and other adjustments.
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Bruins’ Saturday game at Canadiens, Thursday game vs. Avalanche postponed
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Patriots RB Damien Harris will not play vs. Colts Saturday

Business

Harvard Book Store gets a new backer: John Henry

Red Sox and Boston Globe owner John Henry is investing in the Harvard Book Store, a Cambridge institution which has struggled during the pandemic.

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

Though the calendar is about to change, Friday had a distinctly 2020 feel: NFL games were postponed because of COVID-19 infections. The Rockettes canceled Christmas shows. European governments imposed a spate of restrictions that ground travel to a halt and saw travelers lying low.

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case

Neiman Marcus store in Natick could be converted to lab space

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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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Immunlologist Kizzmekia Corbett and Boston's new mayor, Michelle Wu, on the cover of the Globe Magazine's 2021 Bostonians of the Year issue.
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Devin McCourty and Ruben DaSilva.
PERSPECTIVE

Devin McCourty and Tito SantosSilva on ending gang violence now

MISS CONDUCT

I'm heading to QAnon country for Christmas. How do I stay cool?

Salted Peanut and Caramel Tart.
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3 holiday tarts made with dough that doesn't need to be rolled

metro

6,345 confirmed cases and 45 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Celebrating five centenarians, all ‘young at heart’

Should Massachusetts adopt a right to repair law for electronics?

sports

Bill Belichick and the Patriots face the Colts on Saturday.

Credit Bill Belichick’s executive decisions, too, for the Patriots’ success this season

Danny Ainge says he wasn’t pushed out by the Celtics when he ‘retired,’ and other picked-up pieces from the sports world

The Bruins were destined to lose before the puck dropped Thursday, and now it’s time to shut them down for a while

business

Ross Chanowski of NuMarket

Ross Chanowski has a new kind of crowdfunding with NuMarket

Williams-Sonoma says Wayfair is stealing its furniture designs

Pfizer plans to study a three-dose vaccine regimen for children ages 4 and under

politics

President Biden delivered the keynote address at the South Carolina State University's 2021 Fall Commencement Ceremony in Orangeburg, S.C., on Friday.

In South Carolina, Biden pledges fight for voting rights and police reform

Capitol rioter sentenced to more than five years, toughest penalty yet for anyone sentenced in insurrection

Roger Stone says he invoked 5th amendment at Jan. 6 deposition

Nation

A nurse receives a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Chiba University Hospital on Dec. 1.

Mass. reports most COVID-19 cases in single day since early January; Maine is latest state to detect Omicron

Doctors and nurses are ‘living in a constant crisis’ as COVID fills hospitals

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

World

A technician wearing a full body protection suit enters a biosafety level 3 Covid-19 research laboratory at the African Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 15, 2021.

South Africa hospitalization rate plunges in Omicron wave

South Africa says vaccines and past infections could be reason why Omicron variant cases appear milder

Austria will suspend lockdown for unvaccinated during holidays

opinion

Tatiana Ly, 10, is in a hydroponics room at the Jean Charles Academy, an independent school in Lynn.

New school in Lynn is a call to arms against public education’s failings

Stand taken against racism as two Black principals in Newton are targeted

Social workers are key part of solution to mental health crisis

lifestyle

Alex Tomasso, owner of The George on Washington, stands in The Hyde, a former speakeasy that he has returned to its old glory.

A former Providence speakeasy returns to its roots

The enduring legacy of Tucker, a beloved pony, from Windrush Farm

Pop-up market at the BCA to offer last-minute holiday shopping from BIPOC artists

food & dining

Alex Tomasso, owner of The George on Washington, stands in The Hyde, a former speakeasy that he has returned to its old glory.

A former Providence speakeasy returns to its roots

At The Heights Pub in Arlington, neighborhood cheer during sobering times

Giulia’s Michael Pagliarini will open Moeca this spring

travel

An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Chicago.

Uber charged me for a ride I never took. Can I get a refund?

Our stealth reviews of Boston’s new and newly-renovated hotels finds some hits — and a miss

The New England Carousel Museum was the ride I needed it to be

Arts

A nighttime view of the "Ledelle Moe: When" at Mass MoCA.

7 museum moments that stick

At Mass MoCA, ceramic art proves its power

Jorge R. Pombo’s ‘Variations on Sargent’s Daughters’ is a dark and dizzying portrait of the times

Books

Louise Penny's "The Madness of Crowds"

Escapist reads for long winter nights

Barack Obama shares his favorite books of 2021

Reconsidering opera in ‘The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera’

Movies

Ariana DeBose, as Anita, and David Alvarez, as Bernardo, in "West Side Story."

Globe writers share their favorite movies of 2021

Barack Obama shares his favorite movies of 2021, including ‘West Side Story,’ ‘The Last Duel,’ and ‘Summer of Soul’

‘The Hand of God’ showcases a filmmaker’s eye

Television

A still from "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible" now streaming on Netflix.

16 titles to stream if you’re stuck inside on Saturday

John Mulaney and Olivia Munn welcome a baby boy, report says

If it’s Taylor-made, count on a memorable performance

music

Miki Sawada, a Brighton-based pianist, played a Gather Hear show in Medford.

The classical concerts that made me fall in love with live music again

9 notable recordings in a year of local listening

Adele was an outlier in a year when most pop stars were making tracks

Theater/Dance

Comedian John Mulaney.

John Mulaney and Olivia Munn welcome a baby boy, report says

For dance, a few big steps forward

As theaters adapt to a new reality, streaming takes the stage

globe local

Kay Morrocco, 101, toasts the other member of the Century Club at Ralph Kaplan Estates in Peabody.

Celebrating five centenarians, all ‘young at heart’

Should Massachusetts adopt a right to repair law for electronics?

Another car ends up in a swimming pool

Obituaries

Dr. hooks taught at several colleges, including Yale University, before joining Berea College in Kentucky.

Dr. bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dies at 69

Juliet Relis Bernstein, activist who set up a GoFundMe so she could die in her home, passes away at 108

Billy Chin, who brought Boston’s Chinatown ‘into the mainstream,’ dies at 92