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Father of missing N.H. girl arrested on assault charge

Authorities have arrested the father of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery in connection with the child’s disappearance. She was last seen in Manchester, N.H., in October 2019.

An unidentified woman reacts at the scene of a deadly row house fire Wednesday.
At least 13 people dead, including 7 children, in Philadelphia house fire
The four smoke alarms in the building, which was public housing, did not appear to have been working, fire officials said.

Testing indicates hundreds of Cambridge students might have COVID as schools reopen Wednesday

Cambridge did not have individual results for 3,500 students who were tested - and officials said hundreds might be infected. But schools were still allowed to open.
BPS Superintendent takes on teaching role due to staffing shortage
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning; CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

What to do if you test positive for COVID

Massachusetts lawmakers look to outlaw ‘stealthing,’ or nonconsensual condom removal

The practice of nonconsensual condom removal is common, but most states’ laws are silent on it. Now, some Beacon Hill lawmakers are pushing a bill that would make Massachusetts the first state to create both civil and criminal penalties for “stealthing.”
Jimmy Ma competed in Skate America in October, turning in a career-best short program and finishing fifth.
US Figure Skating Championships

Boston skater Jimmy Ma an intriguing entry in this week’s US Figure Skating Championships

Ma, 26, may be a long shot in a deep men's field, but he has been much more consistent lately, and this has been a season full of surprises.
An illegal African serval was spotted in Lincoln yesterday afternoon.

Wild African cat spotted roaming neighborhood in Lincoln

Rob Halpin, a spokesperson for the MSPCA-Angell, said it responded to calls from residents of Lincoln and later identified the cat as a male serval, an African cat that is illegal in Massachusetts except for in zoos that have a proper permit.
The pretty village of Cooperstown is set on the shores of Otsego Lake.
TRAVEL

Chilling in Cooperstown

It’s a fun, buzzy summer destination, but we like this small village best during the quieter, winter months, when the crowds disperse. Fortunately, there is still plenty to see and do. Here’s a plan.
Opinion
Police Sergeant Shana Cottone (center) protested Boston's new vaccine mandate at City Hall on Dec. 20.
EDITORIAL

To ‘serve and protect’ means getting the vaccine

Public safety unions should be ashamed for pushing back on the Boston vaccine mandate.
In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party has reshaped voter rolls, gerrymandered the electoral map, and taken control of the election ombudsman and audit authority.
Mary Fitzgerald

What happens to voting rights in the US doesn’t stay in the US
JEFF JACOBY

Bye-bye, Bay State
A statue of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland.
IDEAS | KATHRYN TANNER

The Protestant work ethic doesn’t demand devotion to your job
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
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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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.

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Images of a fieldhouse proposed by the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester in Columbia Point.
Boys & Girls Clubs plans new fieldhouse in Dorchester
The Boys & Girls Club and Martin Richard Foundation aim to build a new field house in Dorchester by the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.

A vacuuming Roomba model robot.
Roomba maker seeks to sweep rival SharkNinja vacuums from US
IRobot Corp. is asking a trade judge to block US imports of rival SharkNinja robotic vacuum cleaners, alleging they copied advanced features.

Love Letters
My fiance thinks my dress is too short for our courthouse wedding
How do I let him know that I’m not OK with him setting restrictions on my clothing choices?

Kate Haviland will succeed Jeff Albers (left) as CEO of Blueprint Medicines, effective April 4, 2022.
Blueprint Medicines appoints new CEO
Kate Haviland will succeed longtime CEO Jeff Albers at the Cambridge biotech, which is advancing sales of its precision medicine for cancer and a rare blood disorder.

O’Keefe, Blodgett not seeking reelection as Cape and Islands, Essex County District Attorneys

Two longtime district attorneys on the Cape and Islands and in Essex County said Wednesday that they won’t seek reelection in November.

3-alarm fire in Charlton destroys home, displaces two residents
Firefighters battled a 3-alarm blaze that destroyed a home in Charlton early Wednesday morning, displacing two residents, fire officials said.

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

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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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Jucelena Gomes Ramos, 16, was shot and killed Sunday night in Dorchester, marking the first homicide in Boston in 2022 and renewing calls for gun violence prevention.

‘She’s my heart,’ relative says of slain 16-year-old girl from Dorchester

Jucelena Gomes Ramos was killed by gunfire on a Dorchester street Sunday, shocking her relatives and friends. “She would always make people laugh, even when they were upset,” a friend said.

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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

SubSpace's 2022 winter and spring "headliner" Taraji P. Henson.

Actress and advocate Taraji P. Henson is part of the Museum of Science’s upcoming programming
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

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

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.

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
IDEAS | WENDY SYFRET

Try upbeat nihilism in 2022

Metro

Testing indicates hundreds of Cambridge students might have COVID as schools reopen Wednesday

Cambridge did not have individual results for 3,500 students who were tested - and officials said hundreds might be infected. But schools were still allowed to open.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning; CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

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

RIC, CCRI, RISD will start the semester with remote learning

Both colleges are expected to inform students and faculty this morning of the decision to open Jan. 18, but keep students in distance learning for the first several weeks of the semester.

Wild African cat spotted roaming neighborhood in Lincoln

Rob Halpin, a spokesperson for the MSPCA-Angell, said it responded to calls from residents of Lincoln and later identified the cat as a male serval, an African cat that is illegal in Massachusetts except for in zoos that have a proper permit.

Sports

Jimmy Ma competed in Skate America in October, turning in a career-best short program and finishing fifth.
US Figure Skating Championships

Boston skater Jimmy Ma an intriguing entry in this week’s US Figure Skating Championships

Ma, 26, may be a long shot in a deep men's field, but he has been much more consistent lately, and this has been a season full of surprises.
Jake DeBrusk
live updates

COVID-19 sports updates: Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk, three staffers land in protocol

We’ll be tracking the latest news, including postponements, positive tests, and other adjustments.
Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic medical exemption sparks Australian Open debate

With his medical exemption approved, Novak Djokovic may have some explaining to do when he gets to Melbourne to defend his Australian Open title.
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

David Ortiz is trending the right way in Hall of Fame voting, but it could be a close call in the end
AVALANCHE 4, BLACKHAWKS 3 (OT)

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

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

Business

Roomba maker seeks to sweep rival SharkNinja vacuums from US

IRobot Corp. is asking a trade judge to block US imports of rival SharkNinja robotic vacuum cleaners, alleging they copied advanced features.

Blueprint Medicines appoints new CEO

Kate Haviland will succeed longtime CEO Jeff Albers at the Cambridge biotech, which is advancing sales of its precision medicine for cancer and a rare blood disorder.

Boys & Girls Clubs plans new fieldhouse in Dorchester
RESTAURANT CLOSURES

Waltham’s Molti on Moody and Pollo Club join the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

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

O'Keefe briefs reporters at a crime scene in 2015.

O’Keefe, Blodgett not seeking reelection as Cape and Islands, Essex County District Attorneys

Boston Superintendent takes on teaching role due to staffing shortage

The untold story of roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Victorian-era Boston

sports

Brookline's Devani Perez drives against Newton North’s Holland Hargens during Tuesday's much-anticipated Bay State clash.

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

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

Naomi Osaka a winner in her return to tennis

business

A passenger checked the airline departure board at Miami International Airport on Jan. 4, 2022, in Miami.

US flight cancellations ease a bit but still running high

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

Boston venture capitalists take a longish view of 2022

politics

Supporters of Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, were confronted by US Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

A year later, what happened to some of the insurrectionists who took part in the Capitol attack?

Read Sean Hannity’s texts to Mark Meadows

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

Nation

On Tuesday, Virginia Best signs in her children for COVID testing at King Open Elementary School, in Cambridge. Nikolas Kopco-Best is 7; Hanna Kopco-Best is 3.

Testing indicates hundreds of Cambridge students might have COVID as schools reopen Wednesday

Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning; CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

COVID-19 variant found in France is not a concern, WHO says

World

People wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 walk along the Champs Elysees.

COVID-19 variant found in France is not a concern, WHO says

Hong Kong bans flights, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Virus surge tests limits of primary health care in Europe

opinion

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker at a press conference at the Greater Boston Food Bank on Nov. 18, 2021. They were at an event to draw attention to food insecurity.

New Year’s to-do list for Governor Baker, Mayor Wu stirs reaction

E.O. Wilson’s ‘Consilience’ — what a concept

In the pandemic, teachers deserve respect and options

lifestyle

The pretty village of Cooperstown is set on the shores of Otsego Lake.

Chilling in Cooperstown

My fiance thinks my dress is too short for our courthouse wedding

Waltham’s Molti on Moody and Pollo Club join the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

food & dining

Black-eyed peas with garlic toast are seen at Pollo Club in Waltham.

Waltham’s Molti on Moody and Pollo Club join the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

Myrth ceramics store opens next to studio in Somerville

Give your goblets a good and gentle scrub

travel

The pretty village of Cooperstown is set on the shores of Otsego Lake.

Chilling in Cooperstown

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

Arts

SubSpace's 2022 winter and spring "headliner" Taraji P. Henson.

Actress and advocate Taraji P. Henson is part of the Museum of Science’s upcoming programming

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

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