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Mass. moves above 1 million coronavirus cases since start of pandemic

Massachusetts passed a sobering milestone Tuesday as the state's total number of COVID-19 cases rose above 1 million. Officials reported 9,228 new cases and 63 new deaths.
Flight delays, cancellations hit Logan airport for fifth straight day
COVID-19: THE LATEST

CDC lowers Omicron estimate to a still-dominant 59 percent of US cases

Lisa Dana has been superintendent of Danvers public schools for 17 years.
Embattled Danvers school superintendent takes medical leave of absence
Since a Globe report in November, there have been repeated calls for Lisa Dana to resign over her handling of alleged misconduct by the boys' hockey team.

R.I. representative slammed for tweeting she lost ‘a black friend’ to critical race theory

“I had a black friend,” former House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan wrote. “I liked her and I think she liked me, too. But now she is hostile and unpleasant. I am sure I didn’t do anything to her, except be white.”
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Kevin Lowther, also known as Big Lux, is a violinist, veteran, and BLM advocate.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

From bell hooks to Virgil Abloh to your local creatives, the arts contribute to radical change

Activism requires organizers, policy, and protest. But first, there is imagination.
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Opinion
If corporate greed is Senator Elizabeth Warren’s one-size-fits-all explanation for why prices go up, how does she explain why they go down?
JEFF JACOBY

Elizabeth Warren’s one-trick inflation pony

The price of everything is rising, and the Massachusetts senator blames it all on greed.
RENÉE GRAHAM

2022 has got to be better than 2021, right?
A lot of little things in the Constitution would be returned to a grammar school student, circled in red.
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Copyediting the Constitution
Massachusetts State Police takes photographs of a heavily-damaged unmarked state police cruiser that was struck by another car on March 16, 2016. Thomas Clardy, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, died of injuries from the crash. The other driver was found to have THC in his blood at the time he lost control of his vehicle.
EDITORIAL

Toking and driving just isn’t cool
OPINION

Words of the Year
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
Globe Magazine

The 24 best photos of the year by Boston Globe photographers

Staff photographers share how and why they captured some of the most memorable images of 2021.
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A couple paused to take in the lights in the park across from the Boston Harbor Garage on New Year's Eve in 2020.

Where to safely celebrate New Year’s Eve outdoors in Massachusetts

For those feeling comfortable enough to venture out this New Year's Eve, outdoor events are still happening in and around the city.
First Night Boston 2022 back after virtual programming
Thai-style fresh summer rolls at Mahaniyom in Brookline are stuffed with lots of goodness, including sweet pork sausage, bean sprouts, cucumber, and tofu.
DEVRA FIRST

In another challenging year for Boston restaurants, these were standouts

Despite another tough year, there is still much to celebrate on the local food scene: restaurateurs, chefs, and entrepreneurs created moments, experiences, spaces, and dishes that truly shine. Here were some of our favorites.

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Three juveniles arrested for allegedly beating man, 66, at MBTA station

Three male juveniles were arrested Monday after they allegedly attacked a 66-year-old man at the MBTA’s Downtown Crossing station and fled aboard a Red Line train, transit police said.

A rendering of Wynn Resort’s proposed concert venue and parking garage across the street from Encore Casino in Everett.
Could a concert venue across the street from the Encore Casino hurt Boston-area theaters?
The state law prevents entertainment venues ranging in size from 1,000 to 3,500 seats from being built in casinos. But Wynn plans to build the venue across the street from the Encore property and bring in a separate business to operate it.

Novelist Mameve Medwed photographed in the third floor study of her Cambridge home. Medwed, whose seven witty novels included “Mail” and “How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life,” died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.
Mameve Medwed, novelist with an ‘irrepressible sense of humor,’ dies at 79
Ms. Medwed's seven comic novels include "Mail” and “How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life." She had lived for many years in Cambridge, the home to many of her fictional characters.

A driver accidentally crashed into a testing site outside Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. (Medford Firefighters Local 1032)
Driver accidentally crashes car into testing site outside Medford hospital
A driver was in line at a tented, drive-through Covid-19 testing site outside Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford Tuesday morning when she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the tent.

A plow truck in Milton in 2015.
Some Mass. towns facing snowplow driver shortage; officials warn of potential delays to road clearing
The shortage is prompting local officials to warn of possible delays in clearing roads in the event of a big storm.

In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, author Dan Brown is seen in Berlin, Germany.
‘Da Vinci Code’ author settles lawsuit alleging secret life
“The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown and his ex-wife have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he led a secret life during their marriage that included several affairs.

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Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, then president of Brigham Health, brought a Boston delegation in April 2018 to celebrate the opening of the Boao Evergrande International Hospital in China, constructed in a new medical tourism hub.
Spotlight team report

How Brigham Health helped create a Chinese hospital for elites — and almost nobody came

In a deal worth millions with Chinese developer Evergrande, a Harvard teaching hospital risked its reputation on what would become a near-empty shell.

Ambulances outside of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Two Boston researchers propose ‘circuit breakers’ to stem spread of COVID-19
Two Harvard-affiliated researchers are urging the CDC to consider the use of “circuit breakers,” which are temporary, local restrictions on “high-risk” activities like indoor dining, performances, or non-essential work outside of homes.

A customer looks over items at Brattle Square Florist in September of 2020. The owner of the store said Monday that it would close at the end of January, citing a labor shortage, high costs for flowers and other materials, and real estate challenges.
After a century, Brattle Square Florist to close its doors
Rising costs and availability of flowers and materials, as well as a widespread labor shortage and deteriorating real estate contributed to the decision to close the 104-year-old floral shop.

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Dave Barry looks back at the newsmakers of 2021.
Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review: A variant of 2020, so to speak
Is there anything positive we can say about the year? Yes. We can say that it was marginally better than last year. Granted, this is not high praise.

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Culture & Lifestyle

The Main Stage cast at Improv Asylum will be performing three New Year's Eve shows.

Six local New Year’s Eve comedy shows to help you get the last laugh on 2021
A scene from “My Dad Is a Sausage,” one of the films to be shown at Belmont World Film’s 19th annual Family Festival.

At this family film festival, see the world through kids’ eyes
Getting fresh air is one way to stay sane during quarantine.

Found yourself in quarantine? We asked public health experts for suggestions on how to spend the time
If there is one thing we love, it's a good whoopie pie.

Where to find the best whoopie pies around New England

Special Projects

An older lobsterman passed by Tanner Lazaro as he hauled up his traps in his boat, Used N Abused, on Aug. 24. During the summer Tanner hauled his own traps on whatever days his mentor Frankie Thompson or another lobsterman didn't need his help.

The lobster trap

The plentiful catch that brought wealth to fishing families is at risk, 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.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A lot of little things in the Constitution would be returned to a grammar school student, circled in red.
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Copyediting the Constitution
Massachusetts State Police takes photographs of a heavily-damaged unmarked state police cruiser that was struck by another car on March 16, 2016. Thomas Clardy, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, died of injuries from the crash. The other driver was found to have THC in his blood at the time he lost control of his vehicle.
EDITORIAL

Toking and driving just isn’t cool
Even if said in a casual way, "Good to see you!" invites a deeper bond.
IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

Good to see you!
Carlo Ratti

Mayor Wu’s moonshot: The Boston Climate Challenge
OPINION

Words of the Year
"I didn’t have a plan. I didn’t know how I’d pull it off." The author runs along a dilapidated street in Maracaibo.
IDEAS | ANTONIO MATHEUS

The lunacy of the long distance runner

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

CDC lowers Omicron estimate to a still-dominant 59 percent of US cases

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

It was once called a ‘useless job.’ Now, lieutenant governor may be the hottest race in Massachusetts politics

At least 10 Democrats are running for or are considering running, an unusual number for a down-ballot seat that typically draws a smattering of green or lesser-known candidates.

First Night Boston 2022 back after virtual programming

Last year amid the pandemic, Boston’s New Year’s Eve festivities went completely virtual. But this year, First Night Boston — ice sculptures and fireworks included — is back.

Mameve Medwed, Cambridge novelist and writing teacher, dies at 79

Mameve Medwed, a novelist, critic, and essayist whose novels included “Mail” and “How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life,” died Sunday in the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln of metastatic lung cancer.

Sports

Joe Johnson made a cameo appearance against Cleveland last week but has yet to play since then.
celtics notebook

Joe Johnson may be making a case to stick with Celtics as a mentor/leader

Coach Ime Udoka says Johnson's input in film sessions has been valuable, and Al Horford believes the 40-year-old veteran has a lot to offer.
Montreal's Bell Centre will no longer serve as the host for the Jan. 12 game between the Bruins and Canadiens.

Bruins-Canadiens game set for Jan. 12 in Montreal has been moved to Boston

A makeup date for a future Canadiens home game against the Bruins will be set later, according to the NHL.
Ayla Abban has 72 points in just 43 games for Duxbury, and her impact is now being felt elsewhere.
GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Ayla Abban stepping up on and off the ice for Duxbury girls’ hockey

Abban, now captaining the Dragons, is matching her longstanding prowess in front of goal with leadership in the locker room.
live updates

COVID-19 sports updates: Unvaccinated Carson Wentz lands on reserve list amid Colts’ playoff push

Embattled Danvers school superintendent takes medical leave of absence
bruins

Bruins’ Brad Marchand blasts NHL, NHLPA: ‘Let the players make their choice’ about the Olympics

Business

Apple aims to prevent defections to Meta with rare $180,000 bonuses for top talent

Apple has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent, looking to stave off defections to tech rivals such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc.

Curaleaf buys Arizona dispensaries

Stop us if you've heard this before: Home prices are rising. That and a host of other business news tidbits, including accusations flying over jockeying satellites, are in today's Talking Points.

TikTok content moderator sues company, alleging trauma from hours reviewing videos of rape and killings

CDC lowers Omicron estimate to a still-dominant 59% of US cases

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
Dave Barry looks back at the newsmakers of 2021.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review: A variant of 2020, so to speak
Jonathan Way plays with two coyotes he helped raise at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham in 2004.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

This scientist bottle-fed and bayed with coyotes. Was he sidelined for loving them too much?
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: Life isn’t getting back to normal. This is what can you do about it
PERSPECTIVE

We’re all feeling fine. We really are. Except we’re not.

metro

Cases hit 1 million Tuesday.

Mass. reports 9,228 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bring the total since the start of the pandemic to more than 1 million

R.I. representative slammed for tweeting she lost ‘a black friend’ to critical race theory

Woman, 60, charged with arson in New Hampshire

sports

Tom Brady lauded the courage of the reporter who asked Bill Belichick about his New Year's resolutions.

Tom Brady: ‘I want to be as brave’ as the reporter who asked Bill Belichick about New Year’s resolutions

Here’s a look at how conference play should go in local men’s college basketball

It’s time for the Patriots to minimize N’Keal Harry’s role before things get worse

business

A rendering of Wynn Resort’s proposed concert venue and parking garage across the street from Encore Casino in Everett.

Could a concert venue across the street from the Encore Casino hurt Boston-area theaters?

Bar Lyon joins the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

Raytheon was supposed to have a bad year. It didn’t

politics

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

No charges for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from allegations by two women, DA says

Nearly 25 percent of Navy warship crew has COVID-19, officials say

As prices rise, President Biden turns to antitrust enforcers

Nation

Seen through a door peephole, a medical worker wearing a protective clothing disinfects the corridor of a hotel used for foreigners to stay during a period of health quarantine in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 12, 2021.

CDC lowers Omicron estimate to a still-dominant 59 percent of US cases

‘So difficult’: Winter snow, cold slam Northwest and Sierra

Mass. reports 9,228 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bring the total since the start of the pandemic to more than 1 million

World

Christians took part in a secret prayer meeting in Madhya Pradesh, India in February. Attacks on Christians have been on the rise, forcing many to practice their faith discreetly.

India cuts off foreign funding of Mother Teresa’s charity

Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran

Russian court orders shutdown of renowned rights group

opinion

A utility crew places a toxic lead water pipe onto the road after extracting it from an apartment building and under the street in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 21. Newark city officials say crews have removed more than 22,000 lead pipes from private residential properties over the last few years and replaced them with new copper pipes.

Cleaning up America’s lead water pipes

Victims make their case for better protections

Child advocate’s alarm over R.I. system should stir Mass. to take hard look at DCF

lifestyle

School bus.

Parents hoped this school year might be ‘normal.’ It hasn’t turned out that way.

New Year’s Eve restaurants where you can dine in or order takeout to keep you full until the new year

Get spicy with Ricky’s Hot Stuff

food & dining

Hot sauces by Ricky’s Hot Stuff.

Get spicy with Ricky’s Hot Stuff

With On The Rocks cocktails, all you need is ice

‘If you’re looking for weird things, then shop here’

travel

Guests enjoyed the oceanside view from the front porch of the Chatham Bars Inn.

Chatham Bars Inn ranked among the world’s best hotels by Condé Nast Traveler

New Year’s at the Mystic museum, curling at the Liberty Hotel, and a test lab in the palm of your hand

Jenna Rubaii seeks out parks and the unexpected when traveling

Arts

Visitors at "Imagine Van Gogh" at the SoWa Power Station.

‘Imagine Van Gogh’ doesn’t leave much to the imagination

Adria Arch, known for airborne sculptures, grounds herself with ‘The Visitors’

Italy obscura: Photographer Abelardo Morell opens the mind’s eye

Books

Novelist Mameve Medwed photographed in the third floor study of her Cambridge home. Medwed, whose seven witty novels included “Mail” and “How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life,” died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.

Mameve Medwed, novelist with an ‘irrepressible sense of humor,’ dies at 79

Away in a manger in ‘The First Christmas’

She reads about politics — and everything else

Movies

A scene from “My Dad Is a Sausage,” one of the films to be shown at Belmont World Film’s 19th annual Family Festival.

At this family film festival, see the world through kids’ eyes

Movies set in the ’70s: Getting beyond disco and double knits

A Boston woman posted to TikTok offering to swap homes with a stranger like the movie ‘The Holiday.’ She leaves for England next week

Television

Rebecca Breeds in "Clarice."

The bad and the ugly from 2021 TV

Fans thank Issa Rae, ‘Insecure’ for its portrayal of growth — and its representation of Black women

10 New Year’s Eve-themed sitcom episodes to ring in 2022

music

Shane MacGowan and Victoria Mary Clarke at their Dublin home. The former Pogues frontman, who turned 64 on Christmas, has been slowed significantly by a series of health issues.

Speaking of Shane MacGowan, and for him: ‘I think he’s getting his mojo back. But it’s been a painful process.’

6 New Year’s Eve performances from Boston-bred artists

It didn’t take a lot for drummer Billy Conway to make a big impression

Theater/Dance

Gregg Mozgala and Shannon DeVido in the Huntington's "Teenage Dick."

‘Teenage Dick’ closes early at the Huntington due to COVID cases

Six local New Year’s Eve comedy shows to help you get the last laugh on 2021

On New Year’s Eve, a cautious return to comedy

globe local

A leatherback sea turtle ice sculpture was being created outside the New England Aquarium Wednesday. It was designed by Don Chapelle of Brilliant Ice Sculpture. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

First Night Boston 2022 back after virtual programming

Mameve Medwed, Cambridge novelist and writing teacher, dies at 79

Desmond Tutu left his mark on New England

Obituaries

Novelist Mameve Medwed photographed in the third floor study of her Cambridge home. Medwed, whose seven witty novels included “Mail” and “How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life,” died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.

Mameve Medwed, novelist with an ‘irrepressible sense of humor,’ dies at 79

Jean-Marc Vallée, director of ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ dies at 58

E.O. Wilson, evolutionary biologist who changed how we look at the world, dies at 92