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This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

In NH and elsewhere, Republicans struggle to recruit A-list Senate candidates. They may not need them.

The only thing missing in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate Republicans' way? A top-notch Republican candidate.
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
Some Boston city employees will work from home beginning Tuesday, Wu says, citing winter surge in COVID-19 cases
"We are taking these temporary measures to reduce the risk of transmission and protect our workforce and our communities,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement.

More than 2,600 flights are canceled in US on Saturday

With supplies running short, school employees will each get only one COVID-19 test

N.H. police searching for missing girl last seen in late 2019

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

We asked 10 local therapists their advice as we enter 2022. Here are their responses

Opinion
Amethyst Carey, center, greets friends during the Trans Resistance MA March + Vigil for Black Trans Lives in Boston on June 12.
RENÉE GRAHAM

‘What happens when the world isn’t ready for you to be who you are?’

A record-breaking year of anti-trans violence ends with a shattering answer to a question that should trouble us all.
Xiomara Castro (left) and Gabriel Boric.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Hopeful political signs from Central and South America
Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pat Greenhouse and David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
EDITORIAL

New Year’s Resolutions for the new mayor and the outgoing governor
A station in Los Angeles was selling gas for more than $6 a gallon on Dec. 10. Many economic experts failed to predict 2021's sharp increases in the prices of gasoline and other consumer products.
JEFF JACOBY

Nobody knows anything
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Michael Burlingame

Refusal to abide by the results of elections threatens the stability of the US more than at any time since 1860
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Jason Mayden, president of Fear of God Athletics, shares his beautiful resistance.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Questions featuring Jason Mayden

The president of Fear of God Athletics shares his beautiful resistance.
See more from A Beautiful Resistance Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram
Louisa Jacobson (left) and Denée Benton in HBO's "The Gilded Age," a drama from "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes.
MATTHEW GILBERT

The TV shows we’re eager to see in 2022

A "Game of Thrones" prequel, more "Ozark" evildoing, a "Bel Air" reboot, and Jeff Bridges as "The Old Man" are just some of the highlights of the year to come.
Jamaine Gaitor, a former City of Boston employee who worked with gangs.

City faces racial and age discrimination lawsuits from former gang intervention workers

Since November, three former employees, and a fourth on unpaid medical leave, have filed retaliation lawsuits against the city and managers of SOAR Boston, the city’s gang intervention program, alleging unfair and dangerous working conditions
Clockwise from top left: Dick Hoyt, Jerry Remy, Desmond Tutu, Olympia Dukakis, Hank Aaron, and Joan Didion.

To those who departed in 2021: A look back at the notable figures who died

From the local stage to the global one, the past year underscored how talented individuals and everyday heroes, in death and in life, mirror our better natures. And how once admired figures can wind up reflecting our worst.
Other notable deaths from 2021

More recent stories

Aria Grace was born at 12:05 a.m. at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Boston’s First baby of 2022 born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Aria Grace weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces, Brigham and Women’s Hospital said in a statement Saturday.

Bruins 4, Sabres 3 (OT)
Craig Smith, who scored the Bruins' first goal, also created traffic in front of Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the first period.
Charlie Coyle’s overtime goal gives Bruins win in first game after long layoff
Coyle, just back from being in COVID protocols, snapped home the winner off of Brad Marchand’s feed from the right wall.

From left, Greg Verga is sworn in as Gloucester's new mayor as his wife, Kellie Verga, and daughter, Abbie Verga, stand with him in a ceremony at Gloucester City Hall on Saturday.
‘Let’s get to work together;’ New mayors take office in Gloucester, Framingham, and North Adams
Several Massachusetts cities rang in the new year with a new mayor Saturday afternoon, making them some of the first in the state to inaugurate their local officials.

Renato D'Amario hugs neighbor Lori Peer after finding their homes destroyed, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Louisville, Colo., after wildfires swept through the day before.
Officials: Nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the blaze that erupted Thursday.

CleanSlate to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations it charged MassHealth for unnecessary drug tests
The suit alleged that CleanSlate directed clinicians to refer drug tests to a company-owned lab in Holyoke, a violation of state and federal laws banning self-dealing. The company denies it broke the law.

American poet Amanda Gorman reads her commissioned poem “The Hill We Climb” during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.
Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, ‘New Day’s Lyric’
The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden's inauguration made her an international sensation, posted a new work and accompanying video Wednesday on Instagram to mark the end of 2021.

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See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

See the Globe’s expanded Newton coverage in partnership with Boston University.

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Medical case manager Diana Sencion (facing) of Whittier Street Health Center embraced a client, Elena Soto, who is homeless, in Newmarket Square.
Shirley Leung

Walking Mass. and Cass with bleach kits, granola bars, and a chance to get off the streets

As Boston's homelessness and opioid crisis spirals, social workers are often the last, and most determined, lifeline for people struggling on the city's streets.

The Massachusetts coastline, seen from the International Space Station, faces big changes as the climate warms.
New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet, new study finds
The region is warming significantly faster than global average temperatures, and that rate is expected to accelerate as more greenhouse gases are pumped into the atmosphere and dangerous feedback loops contribute to climate change.

A woman waited to board a train as it arrived at Metro Center station in Washington.
What sectors of the economy will the Omicron wave overwhelm next?
Vital public services and industries are bracing for impact from an Omicron wave that is expected to significantly slow the nation’s economy over the coming weeks.

Globe Magazine
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
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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Culture & Lifestyle

These are some of our favorite music discoveries of the year.
MUSIC

Artists past and present, podcasts, rarities, and songs that hit the spot: Our favorite music discoveries of the year
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
A room with a fireplace? Yes, please. The Rose Room at Castle Hill Inn, shown here, is one option.
TRAVEL

The snuggle is real: These are the five coziest inns for a winter getaway
What will travel look like this year?
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

What experts say about planning your 2022 vacation as Omicron surges

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

James Donovan and Skyler Brooks light their candles during a candlelight vigil for transgender activist and advocate for abuse survivors Jahaira DeAlto on May 8, 2021 in Pittsfield. DeAlto, along with Fatima Yasin, were stabbed and killed, allegedly by Yasin’s husband, on May 2.
Renée Loth

In memoriam of victims of domestic violence

IDEAS | WENDY SYFRET

Try upbeat nihilism in 2022
President Biden delivers opening remarks at the virtual Summit for Democracy on Dec. 9.
IDEAS | FRANK VOGL

Stopping international corruption begins here at home
Former Boston police officer Patrick M. Rose Sr. covers his face during arraignment on Aug. 13, 2020. Rose was kept on the force even after the department’s own investigators concluded he had molested a child in 1995.
EDITORIAL

Policing the police finally gets underway
Joan Wickersham

The holiday of wandering flowers
"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

INNOVATORS Q&A

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

To Good To Go just expanded into the Providence market, where they’ve already partnered up with businesses like Ellie’s, Roma, New Harvest Coffee, Crepe Corner, and more.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program

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

N.H. police searching for missing girl last seen in late 2019

Seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery was last seen in Manchester in October 2019, the Manchester Police Department said. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and might be wearing glasses, the department said.

Some Boston city employees will work from home beginning Tuesday, Wu says, citing winter surge in COVID-19 cases

"We are taking these temporary measures to reduce the risk of transmission and protect our workforce and our communities,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement.

Sports

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Mauro Icardi (2R) heads the ball to score a goal during the French L1 football match between FC Lorient and Paris Saint-Germain at the Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir Stadium in Lorient, western France, on December 22, 2021. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Four Paris Saint-Germain players test positive for COVID-19

Four players in the Paris Saint-Germain squad have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team’s French Cup game on Monday night.
Blues players celebrate - or keep warm - after teammate, Jordan Kyrou scored a goal in the second period of the game against the Wild during the NHL Winter Classic at Target Field in Minneapolis,
WINTER CLASSIC | BLUES 6, WILD 4

Jordan Kyrou keeps Blues warm with a pair of goals in victory over Wild

He added a pair of assists in the the coldest outdoor game in NHL history.
Arlington's Kelsie Partridge (left) skates the puck while being defended by Woburn's Ella Spinazola.
SATURDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

After lengthy break, Woburn girls’ hockey can’t break stalemate with Arlington

Playing their first game since Dec. 22, the Tanners (2-1-1) scored twice in the second period, but the Spy Ponders (3-1-1) got the equalizer in the third.
USA Women's Hockey

Four-time hockey Olympian Hilary Knight headlines players named to US women’s team for Beijing Games
Bruins notebook

Nick Foligno makes critical contribution with his first goal as a Bruin
Patriots notebook

Patriots’ defense to get Matthew Judon, Ja’Whaun Bentley, and Brandon King back from COVID list in time for Sunday’s game

Business

INNOVATORS Q&A

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

To Good To Go just expanded into the Providence market, where they’ve already partnered up with businesses like Ellie’s, Roma, New Harvest Coffee, Crepe Corner, and more.

Officials: Nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the blaze that erupted Thursday.

More than 2,600 flights are canceled in US on Saturday

UK lockdowns should be ‘last resort,’ Sajid Javid says in Daily Mail

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
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
2021

The 24 best photos of the year by Globe photographers
PERSPECTIVE

2021 was so weird, that big UFO news totally went over our heads
best features

The top 12 most popular Globe Magazine stories of 2021
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

metro

Aria Grace was born at 12:05 a.m. at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Boston’s First baby of 2022 born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

‘Let’s get to work together;’ New mayors take office in Gloucester, Framingham, and North Adams

With supplies running short, school employees will each get only one COVID-19 test

sports

Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) catches a touchdown pass against the Utah Utes during the fourth quarter in the Rose Bowl Game on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.

Ohio State shakes off frustrating start to rally past Utah for Rose Bowl win

Hawks coach Nate McMillan enters NBA’s health and safety protocols

College Football gets its inevitable Alabama-Georgia rematch for championship

business

Smoke rises from the ashes of a neighborhood in Superior, Colo., on Friday after a wind-whipped wildfire tore through the area the day before.

‘So many memories’: Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire in Colorado

To those who departed in 2021: A look back at the notable figures who died

‘People are less careful ... when they don’t realize there’s a Black person in the room’

politics

Members of the House of Representatives.

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

In NH and elsewhere, Republicans struggle to recruit A-list Senate candidates. They may not need them.

Chief justice: Judges must better avoid financial conflicts

Nation

President Joe Biden.

Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

Officials: Nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

World

Leah Tutu, the widow of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, received communion at his funeral.

With a simple funeral, South Africa bids farewell to Desmond Tutu

Omicron strains France’s social contract on COVID

US military Focusing on ISIS Cell behind attack at Kabul airport

opinion

People lined up to receive at-home COVID-19 tests in New York on Dec. 23. While investing heavily in vaccines for Americans, the administration neglected until the final weeks of 2021 to put into place a free testing strategy for the country that could help prevent the spread of new variants.

Stop reacting to the pandemic. Start planning ahead for it.

A year after a seditious insurrection, why won’t federal prosecutors treat it that way?

Stopping international corruption begins here at home

lifestyle

To Good To Go is a new app that connects consumers with surplus from restaurants, bakeries, cafes and grocery stores at the end of each business day, ensuring that unsold food doesn’t go to waste. The app, which already operates in Boston, just launched in the Providence market.

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, ‘New Day’s Lyric’

Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022

food & dining

To Good To Go is a new app that connects consumers with surplus from restaurants, bakeries, cafes and grocery stores at the end of each business day, ensuring that unsold food doesn’t go to waste. The app, which already operates in Boston, just launched in the Providence market.

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

Despite a few bumps, Wusong Road is on the fast track to becoming a local favorite

Cafe Sushi plans a Japanese deli; Toscanini’s original location returns

travel

Jessica Brown in Greece.

TV news anchor Jessica Brown on Greece, going for the gold in London, and eating her way through Boston

What experts say about planning your 2022 vacation as Omicron surges

This Legoland deal included tickets. Where are they?

Arts

Documentary photographer Henry Horenstein has two exhibitions opening Jan. 7.

Photographer Henry Horenstein elevates the overlooked with shows in Portsmouth and Boston

In Helina Metaferia’s show at the MFA, an ‘army of women’ wear history on their heads

In SoWa Art + Design District, video gallery brings art to the sidewalk 24/7

Books

Thrity Umrigar on ‘Honor’ and dishonor

Jason Mott: reading Greek myths and comic books

A puzzling child in ‘This Boy We Made’

Movies

Delbert Ward, in "Brother's Keeper."

True crime; doubtful solutions

‘Green’ technology of a different sort

They called him ‘The Torso Killer’

Television

Actress Betty White in 2009.

‘Our national treasure’: Tributes pour in for Emmy-winning actress and cultural icon Betty White

When all the critics have their say, ‘Succession’ is No. 1

Rich performances shine past narrative tricks in ‘Landscapers’

music

Top row (from left): Phil Chan, Kathleen Fay, Iman Habibi. Bottom row (from left): Lucia Lin, Keith Lockhart, Miki Sawada.

6 standouts in classical music on the changes they hope to see, and make, in the new year

Artists past and present, podcasts, rarities, and songs that hit the spot: Our favorite music discoveries of the year

Hey, what’s that sound?

Theater/Dance

Lyricist Tim Rice believes that if "Jesus Christ Superstar" had been a stage musical before it was an album, it likely would have flopped.

Lord knows lyricist Tim Rice didn’t foresee ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ becoming such a huge hit

‘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

globe local

Aria Grace was born at 12:05 a.m. at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Boston’s First baby of 2022 born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

L Street Brownies mark the start of 2022 with the annual polar plunge

Cambridge-based nonprofit focused on bridging opportunity gaps to open second location in Boston

Obituaries

FILE - New York Giants head coach Dan Reeves gives some instructions to his starting quarterback Phil Simms during the third quarter of their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, Sept. 12, 1993. Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former NFL head coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

To those who departed in 2021: A look back at the notable figures who died

Mary Richardson, award-winning ‘Chronicle’ co-anchor, dies at 76