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Already battered by pandemic, restaurants wrestle with Omicron outbreaks

At two South Boston spots run by a noted chef, tensions flared over whether to shut down and whether employees were being kept safe as cases spiraled.
Waltham’s Molti on Moody and Pollo Club join the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

In Boston and in Washington, Wu and Biden both promise to help break coronavirus testing logjam

More testing facilities will be available in Massachusetts, and tests should become less scarce across the country, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and President Biden said separately Tuesday.
More than 1,000 Boston Public School staff members were out on Tuesday; Wu seeks to increase testing capacity Mass. reports 16,621 coronavirus cases and 94 deaths over three days
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

CDC sticks to new COVID isolation guidance, rebuffs extra tests

First estimate of expected snow accumulations in Massachusetts.
Boston could see up to six inches of snow Thursday night into Friday, depending on storm’s track
Parts of Massachusetts could see the first significant snowfall of the season this week. But before that, commuters could face slick road conditions Wednesday morning in central and western Mass., with a winter weather advisory in place from 5 a.m. to noon.

David Pastrnak crashes the net in the first period, landing in the crease in front of Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood.
Bruins 5, Devils 3

The Bruins’ David Pastrnak picked a good time to end his scoring slump

Brandon Carlo added an insurance tally in the final minute.
Audie Cornish arrived at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2018,

Audie Cornish leaving NPR and ‘All Things Considered’ to ‘try something new’

Cornish, a Randolph native and UMass Amherst alum, announced on Tuesday that she would be leaving NPR after more than a decade, saying she wants to "keep finding ways to make space and center the voices of those who have been traditionally left out."
Elizabeth Davidson and her friends were stalled on I-95 in Virginia.

College students from Mass. were stranded for hours after being trapped in major Virginia snowstorm

Four New England women were on their way to North Carolina to start a new semester of college when they got stuck on a Virginia highway after a snowstorm made roads impassable, an ordeal that one said was “the scariest day of our lives.”
Stranded drivers are freed after 24-hour snowy ordeal on Interstate-95 in Virginia
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Opinion
Left: Two armed men walk away from burning buildings during the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla. Right: Insurrectionists attempt to breach the Capitol after storming the building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Jan. 6 was not a riot. It was an insurrection.

Language that downplays the violent US Capitol breach is trying to rewrite history that was witnessed live by millions.
True patriotism means valuing the Constitution (and respecting the electoral arrangements developed pursuant to it) over whatever political side one favors.
SCOT LEHIGH

What real American patriotism means
A line of people waited on Allston Street for coronavirus COVID-19 testing at West End House on Jan. 3, including many children who are returning to school.
Heshan Berents-Weeramuni

Losing patience with Governor Baker after waiting hours in line for a COVID test
Recent Haitian refugee Sadat Joachim, 39, recounted his arrival to the US as he spoke with a reporter at Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan.
MARCELA GARCÍA

It’s a new day for Boston immigrants under Mayor Wu
The Massachusetts State House dome glows in the late afternoon sunshine, Dec. 1, 2021.
EDITORIAL

‘People’s house’ still shuttered, but crucial work lies ahead
Special Project

UNDER THE WHEEL

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

More recent stories

ADRIAN WALKER

Eric Lesser joins the hottest race in the state: lieutenant governor

There's an unusual amount of interest in a job that bears no small resemblance to entering the Witness Protection Program.

Boyfriend charged with murdering Woburn woman
The boyfriend of Sherell Pringle was charged Tuesday with murdering the Woburn woman whose body was recovered lying in a wooded area along Route 107 in Saugus last month.

Jim Corsi, left, pitched for the Red Sox from 1997 to 1999.
Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60
A jovial and laid-back presence, Corsi pitched out of the Red Sox bullpen from 1997 to 1999.

Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke during a taping of his show, "Hannity," on Aug. 7, 2019, in New York.
Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 US Capitol insurrection on Tuesday requested an interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity, one of former president Donald Trump’s closest allies in the media, as the committee continues to widen its scope.

A NASA image depicts the unfolding process of the components of the James Webb Space Telescope.
As ground controllers cheer, NASA successfully deploys critical sunshield on Webb telescope
Ground controllers bumped fists once the fifth and final layer of the sunshield was tightly secured. The Webb telescope is the biggest and most powerful observatory ever launched — 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope.

David Lidstone, 81, was photographed Aug. 10, 2021, near the Merrimack River in Boscawen, N.H.
‘River Dave’ is arrested after returning to live at N.H. cabin site
A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again.

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

See the latest from our education team focused on race, class, and opportunity in schools.

RHODE ISLAND ⟶

See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

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

Recommended reads

People waited in line for COVID-19 testing at the Anna M. Cole Community Center in Boston on Sunday.

Here’s what to do if someone you live with tests positive for COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided guidelines on how to keep people as protected as possible from COVID when someone in the home is infected.

At the Ellis Early Learning center in Boston, Emmanuel, 4, has a snack with his teacher, Colleen Donovan.. Child care providers are trying to stay open amid the state's COVID surge but they're struggling.
‘Really demoralizing and operationally very, very hard’: Child-care providers try to stay open in COVID surge
Early education providers said they’re concerned that the rise in COVID cases in Massachusetts threatens their ability to keep classrooms open, imperiling parents’ ability to work.

St. Vincent Hospital nurses walked the picket line outside the hospital in Worcester, Mass., Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.
St. Vincent nurses approve contract, ending strike after nearly 10 months
The nurses voted overwhelmingly in favor of the deal between Dallas-based Tenet and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, more than 300 days after they began picketing outside the hospital, calling for improved working conditions.

PERSPECTIVE
What reformed extremists taught me about preventing another Capitol insurrection
For over 20 years, I’ve been interviewing jihadis, white nationalists, and others. The psychological motivations driving them are often remarkably similar.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Valerie Tosi with her go-to slice at Salisbury Beach.

Comedian Valerie Tosi knows her way around a joke — and Salisbury Beach’s Broadway Loop
The Beatles' January 1969 concert on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters, as seen in "The Beatles: Get Back."
ASK MATTHEW

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ is spellbinding, but is it a TV show?
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

16 podcasts to keep an ear out for in 2022 (plus 5 favorites from 2021)

Special Projects

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.
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.
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 line of people waited on Allston Street for coronavirus COVID-19 testing at West End House on Jan. 3, including many children who are returning to school.
Heshan Berents-Weeramuni

Losing patience with Governor Baker after waiting hours in line for a COVID test
Recent Haitian refugee Sadat Joachim, 39, recounted his arrival to the US as he spoke with a reporter at Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan.
MARCELA GARCÍA

It’s a new day for Boston immigrants under Mayor Wu
The Massachusetts State House dome glows in the late afternoon sunshine, Dec. 1, 2021.
EDITORIAL

‘People’s house’ still shuttered, but crucial work lies ahead
First-grade teacher Allison Piatelli speaks with students Nov. 19 at the Parlin School in Everett.
Joan Vennochi

In the pandemic, teachers deserve respect and options
A man walks along a road near the Qargha lake during in Kabul on Jan 3.
H.D.S. Greenway

The cold wind, the warm sun, and the starving people of Afghanistan
IDEAS | WENDY SYFRET

Try upbeat nihilism in 2022

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

CDC sticks to new COVID isolation guidance, rebuffs extra tests

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

Steamship Authority announces COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees

The move comes as the Steamship Authority shifts to its winter service schedule on Wednesday to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, the agency said in a statement.

Boston could see up to six inches of snow Thursday night into Friday, depending on storm’s track

Parts of Massachusetts could see the first significant snowfall of the season this week. But before that, commuters could face slick road conditions Wednesday morning in central and western Mass., with a winter weather advisory in place from 5 a.m. to noon.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘We may reach a level of staff absences that compromises our ability to safely operate’: Schools hammered by COVID grapple to remain open

The president of the Boston Teachers Union said the union believes most of the staff absences are COVID-related, though some people out Tuesday were on long-term breaks for situations including maternity leave.

Sports

After breaking into space, Cale Makar beat Chicago's Marc-Andre Fleury for the overtime winner on Tuesday.
AVALANCHE 4, BLACKHAWKS 3 (OT)

Watch: Ex-UMass star Cale Makar makes play for NHL goal of the year with OT winner for Colorado

The NHL's 2019-20 rookie of the year spun on a dime, then roofed a shot to earn the Avalanche their seventh win in eight games.
Bedford's Katherine Vaughan (left) and Julia Dearing (right) helped lead a swarming Buccaneers defense.
TUESDAY'S GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Bedford girls’ basketball locks down No. 11 Westford Academy to stay unblemished

The Buccaneers held the Grey Ghosts to just 23 points on Tuesday.
Brookline's Devani Perez drives against Newton North’s Holland Hargens during Tuesday's much-anticipated Bay State clash.
TUESDAY'S BOYS' BASKETBALL

All praise for Makyle Hayes after Brookline boys’ basketball secures statement win over Newton North

Hayes erupted in the fourth quarter to help the Warriors to a huge Bay State win.
Bruins 5, Devils 3

The Bruins’ David Pastrnak picked a good time to end his scoring slump
Sports Log

Naomi Osaka a winner in her return to tennis

Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60

Business

US flight cancellations ease a bit but still running high

By early Tuesday evening on the East Coast, airlines had scrubbed about 1,500 flights for the day.

Shoe company Clarks is making tracks for Needham, as suburban office shuffle continues

Clarks Americas is lacing up its shoes and heading to Needham, just five-plus years after it settled into a new office overlooking Route 128 in Waltham.
Innovation economy

Boston venture capitalists take a longish view of 2022

CDC sticks to new COVID isolation guidance, rebuffs extra tests

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
This week's daters: Carol and Ed.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The lobster was still in the shell. Not a very good choice for a first date’
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: My friend billed me after I attended her birthday party
Tortilla soup.
COOKING

Recipes: Tortilla soup and two more spicy soups to warm a winter night
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
2021

The 24 best photos of the year by Globe photographers

metro

Jim Corsi, left, pitched for the Red Sox from 1997 to 1999.

Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60

In Boston and in Washington, Wu and Biden both promise to help break coronavirus testing logjam

Already battered by pandemic, restaurants wrestle with Omicron outbreaks

sports

Bud Dupree (center), who signed a five-year deal with Tennessee in March, has three sacks, eight quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, and a forced fumble in 10 games this season.

Tennessee’s Bud Dupree charged with misdemeanor after postgame fight

Maddie Krepelka and Arlington girls’ hockey looking to finish what they started in COVID-shortened 2021 season

Oskar Steen playing like he wants to stay with Bruins

business

Signs advertised job openings in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Dec. 28, 2021. A record number of Americans quit their jobs in November, even as employers found it slightly easier to fill their open positions.

Job openings remain near a record, and more workers quit than ever

OPEC and Russia agree to increase oil output

Mac Jones to appear in ad campaign for Arbella

politics

Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke during a taping of his show, "Hannity," on Aug. 7, 2019, in New York.

Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity

Behind the scenes, but at the scene of the crime: Congressional staffers recall the lingering trauma of the Jan. 6 attack

Senator Tim Kaine arrives in D.C. after 27 hours stuck on I-95

Nation

A line of people waited on Allston Street for coronavirus COVID-19 testing at West End House, including many children who are returning to school.

CDC sticks to new COVID isolation guidance, rebuffs extra tests

Texas governor says thousands of the state’s National Guard refused vaccines

The Chicago teachers union is pushing for remote learning. The city says no.

World

People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 5, 2022, after North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast according to the South's military.

North Korea launches ballistic missile, South Korea says

Leftists are ascendant in Latin America as key elections loom

Ireland puts minimum price on alcohol to curb binge drinking

opinion

The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which recently ruled in favor of police officers who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances.

The state’s high court backed police who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances. Don’t take the decision too far.

The coup is still underway

Jan. 6 proved that what happens online doesn’t stay online

lifestyle

Audie Cornish arrived at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2018,

Audie Cornish leaving NPR and ‘All Things Considered’ to ‘try something new’

‘River Dave’ is arrested after returning to live at N.H. cabin site

Myrth ceramics store opens next to studio in Somerville

food & dining

Myrth ceramics created by potters Eric and Abby Smallwood. A display of their porcelain dinnerware and other artisan tabletop items for sale at the new retail shop attached to their Somerville studio.

Myrth ceramics store opens next to studio in Somerville

Give your goblets a good and gentle scrub

A rainbow of cooking dishes

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

A photograph from a rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" at UMass Boston, in which Angie Jepson served as intimacy director.

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

True crime; doubtful solutions

‘Green’ technology of a different sort

Television

Julia Jones as Angela and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in Showtime's "Dexter: New Blood."

Current season of ‘Dexter: New Blood’ is coming to a merciful end

‘Married at First Sight’ returns to Boston for a new season premiering Wednesday

Seth Meyers tests positive for COVID-19, cancels shows for the week

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

Valerie Tosi with her go-to slice at Salisbury Beach.

Comedian Valerie Tosi knows her way around a joke — and Salisbury Beach’s Broadway Loop

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

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

globe local

Sean Benedict prepared to take a COVID test as his co-worker Dennis Dobbins Jr. opened the package to take his at Brick & Mortar in Central Square.

Already battered by pandemic, restaurants wrestle with Omicron outbreaks

2021 was Boston’s warmest year on record

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

Obituaries

Jim Corsi, left, pitched for the Red Sox from 1997 to 1999.

Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60

Mary Richardson, pioneering female anchor and ‘Chronicle’ cohost, dies at 76

Former NFL head coach Dan Reeves dies at 77