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In first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 60,986 confirmed cases and 53 deaths

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Massachusetts unveils new proof-of-vaccination website

Baker says ‘the best place for kids is in school’ amid COVID surge

Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent; officials working to protect schools, city says
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Mayor Wu advocates for flexibility in remote learning; Mass. officials extend school mask mandate through Feb.

North Kingstown School District in R.I. ‘lost control’ of star coach Aaron Thomas, new federal complaint alleges

A new complaint by five former student-athletes reveals additional accusations, including that Thomas posed one student in “sex positions” during naked tests and that the school allowed the coach “to groom students into the widespread acceptance” of “naked inspection and touching of children.”

For BPD sergeant leading push against vaccination mandate, a mixed work history

Shana Cottone, a 14-year-veteran of the department, is currently on leave during an internal affairs probe.

Celtics 101, Pacers 98
Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (center) drives to the basket between the Pacers Jeremy Lamb (left) and Myles Turner (right) during the first half of Monday night's game at TD Garden.
Jaylen Brown sparks the Celtics in overtime win against Pacers
Jaylen Brown scored a team-high 26 points and had 15 rebounds in a 101-98 overtime win against the Pacers.

David Pastrnak's offensive struggles seem a distant memory after a second straight two-goal game, this one helping fuel a six-goal outburst in Washington that included the third of the season from Erik Haula as well.
BRUINS 7, CAPITALS 3

Two-goal hole no worry for David Pastrnak, Bruins in blowout win at Washington

Boston set a season high in goals, ripping off six unanswered in 15 minutes of play time, with Matt Grzelcyk notching five points in a performance not seen since the days of Ray Bourque on the blue line.
Bruins defensemen Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort in COVID protocol Flyers, scheduled to play Bruins Thursday, are having COVID issues
President Joe Biden at the Capitol in Washington.
Analysis

Biden and Democrats are beginning to embrace an old line from former Boston mayor Kevin White. It might just save them in the midterms and 2024

During a seemingly strategic shift last week to scrap unity talk and directly confront former president Donald Trump as he marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Biden may have previewed his mantra for the next year, or even for his reelection.
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross (left) hired Brian Flores as his head coach in February 2019.
ben volin | on football

Why would the Dolphins fire Brian Flores? Owner Stephen Ross still doesn’t know what he’s doing

The general manager who chose Tua Tagovailoa over Justin Herbert gets to stay. The coach who went 19-14 the last two years gets the ax.
NFL Black Monday tracker: Broncos ask to interview Patriots’ Jerod Mayo; Giants GM retires Scouting the Patriots-Bills wild-card game
Opinion
Rioters swarm the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021 waving flags, including the "thin blue line" flag associated with Blue Lives Matter supporters. Some police departments, including that in Seattle, have conducted investigations into whether officers from their cities broke laws during the insurrection.
EDITORIAL

Did a Boston cop participate in the Jan. 6 attack?

It’s been more than a year since the failed uprising against American democracy, but the police department hasn’t yet wrapped up its inquiry into whether one or more BPD officers were among the insurrectionists.
Teffany Akins with her daughter, Layla, at their home in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, on Jan. 6. Most public schools in Chicago were closed for a third day on Jan. 7 with no resolution in sight due to a standoff between the teachers’ union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration over coronavirus precautions and testing.
MARCELA GARCÍA

In-person learning tests the teachers unions and Democrats’ longtime alliance

If Maura Healey is running, she should make it very clear why she wants to be governor.
Joan Vennochi

Maybe Maura Healey isn’t a slam dunk for governor

Cambridge students wait in line with their parents at King Open Elementary School on Jan. 3 to be tested for COVID-19 before school reopened after the winter break.
Alan Geller

To keep schools open during COVID, Governor Baker must make them safer
Qing Wang, who was accused of hiding ties to a Chinese university while securing US research grants, says he "was shocked" when he was arrested in May 2020. Wang is photographed at home in Cleveland on Aug. 18.
EDITORIAL

The Justice Department should back off researchers
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster.
Federal lawsuit accuses state officials of retaliatory violence against Souza-Baranowski prisoners
A federal lawsuit filed Monday by nine Black and Latino men who are, or recently were, incarcerated at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center accuses prison officials of orchestrating “weeks of unprovoked, retaliatory violence” against prisoners as a brutal reminder about who was in charge of the maximum-security institution.

Governor Charlie Baker
Baker suggests he’s open to clemency, but does not say if he’ll commute murderer’s life sentence
The governor must decide by week’s end whether he agrees with the state Advisory Board of Pardons’ recommendation to commute the life sentence of a Brockton native who has spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1987 slaying of a New Bedford man.

Will Charlie Baker commute a convicted murderer’s life sentence?

Bob Saget
Bob Saget loved Boston, and Boston loved Bob Saget. Here are a few stories.
The legendary comedian made a surprise appearance at a Guster show at the Boston Opera House in 2007, gave some memorable advice to a local comedian, and called the Wilbur Theatre one of his favorite places in the world to do stand up.

In a photo from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, surgeons performed an eight-hour transplant of a genetically modified pig's heart at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, on Friday.
In a first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life, and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he’s doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.

Manchester Police provided this photo of missing Harmony Montgomery.
Police end search at Manchester, N.H., former home of missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery
The house at 77 Gilford St. was searched over the weekend as well as on Jan. 2, officials said.

Here’s what to know about the Harmony Montgomery investigation

Hull man held without bail after he allegedly crashed stolen truck, killing passenger, then broke into home
Karl Sault, 40, is facing more than 15 charges for the Thursday incidents in Hull, including assault to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, assault and battery on a family member, simple assault, three counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of malicious destruction of property, the district attorney’s office said in a statement Monday.

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A welcome distraction for people stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, the Sav-Mor Liquors sign has become an institution.

The Sav-Mor Liquors sign on McGrath Highway in Somerville will no longer be telling you jokes

The company is moving its flagship to a spot in Assembly Row, and is giving up the large marquee where they’ve long posted humorous sayings to the delight of customers. Luckily, they will keep up the shenanigans on a much smaller sign at their new location.

Robert Durst looked back during his murder trial in Los Angeles on March 2020.
Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dies
Durst died in a state prison hospital facility in Stockton, his attorney Chip Lewis said. He said it was from natural causes due to a number of health issues.

Abortion rights advocates showing a pack of abortion pills demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court on Dec. 1.
The next abortion battleground: campus health clinics
A campaign to make medication abortions available on college campuses is viewed as a way of destigmatizing abortion care, and as a Blue State response to restrictions anticipated in the South and Midwest.

The state is seeking developers to redo the Charles F. Hurley Building on Cambridge Street in downtown Boston.
The state wants to redo the Hurley Building. But how?
State officials are considering four proposals to redevelop the Hurley Building on Cambridge Street alongside Beacon Hill. But they're keeping the proposals themselves under tight wraps.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Jabari Asim (”Yonder”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
BOOKINGS

Author readings around Boston Jan. 9-15
Steve Aoki (pictured in July 2021 at Lollapalooza in Chicago) performs Jan. 8 at Big Night Live and Jan. 9 at Mémoire.
THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond
Aaron LaVigne (left) as Jesus and Tommy Sherlock as Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar."
STAGE REVIEW

A ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with swagger, but imbued with sorrow
Mohammed Al-Kinani's story is included in a new book of Maine immigrant experiences. (Lilit Danielyan)
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A poet’s funny, poignant memories and a new book of Maine immigrant experiences

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.
Hanson-11/20/2021- Hingham vs Natick in the MIAA Division1 title game. The Natick girls soccer team celebrate their Division 1 MIAA win over Hingham at Whitman - Hanson High school. Photo by Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe (sports)
high schools

Meet the Globe’s Fall 2021 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in the seven fall sports.
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

Cambridge students wait in line with their parents at King Open Elementary School on Jan. 3 to be tested for COVID-19 before school reopened after the winter break.
Alan Geller

To keep schools open during COVID, Governor Baker must make them safer
Qing Wang, who was accused of hiding ties to a Chinese university while securing US research grants, says he "was shocked" when he was arrested in May 2020. Wang is photographed at home in Cleveland on Aug. 18.
EDITORIAL

The Justice Department should back off researchers
Co-workers Sean Benedict and Dennis Dobbins Jr. prepare their self-administered COVID tests at Brick and Mortar on Dec. 29 before the restaurant opens.
Joseph Hogan, Alyssa Bilinski, Elizabeth Stuart, and Joshua Salomon

Surveillance, screening, and self-testing can help us manage COVID in the long term
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in Vienna on Dec. 27.
EDITORIAL

If the US can’t hold Iran, it must know when — and how — to fold
How the filibuster used to be, as depicted in the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
JEFF JACOBY

The filibuster has been bad, but repealing it would be worse
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Can Mayor Wu really make the T free?

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Coronavirus Live Updates

Mayor Wu advocates for flexibility in remote learning; Mass. officials extend school mask mandate through Feb.

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

Kevin Hayden sworn in as new Suffolk district attorney

Hayden previously worked in the office as an assistant district attorney from 1997 to 2008 and was head of the Safe Neighborhood Initiative.

Massachusetts braces for arctic blast Tuesday with possible wind chills below zero

New England will be hit with a blast of arctic air Tuesday that will send temperatures into the single digits in the Boston area, but conditions will feel far colder than that when the wind chill comes into play.
RI CRIME

North Kingstown School District in R.I. ‘lost control’ of star coach Aaron Thomas, new federal complaint alleges

A new complaint by five former student-athletes reveals additional accusations, including that Thomas posed one student in “sex positions” during naked tests and that the school allowed the coach “to groom students into the widespread acceptance” of “naked inspection and touching of children.”

Sports

The Celtics shot 39.8 percent and missed 20 of 28 3-pointers, but what they avoided was allowing their poor offense to affect their defense during their 101-98 overtime win over the Pacers.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics gut out a needed win, despite their many imperfections

The Celtics overcame another fourth-quarter offensive meltdown, 19 turnovers in regulation, and a plethora of missed layups and short jumpers to ground out a victory.
Kelee Ringo (5) picked off Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and took it the distance to seal the title for Georgia.
Georgia 33, Alabama 18

Georgia pulls away from Alabama in fourth quarter to win first national title since 1980

A late pick-six sealed the Bulldogs' first national championship in 41 years.
Bruins defenseman Derek Forbort tested positive following Saturday’s 5-2 win at Tampa.
Bruins

Bruins defensemen Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort in COVID protocol

Neither player could travel with the team back to Boston.
NHL

Flyers, scheduled to play Bruins Thursday, are having COVID issues
BOYS' BASKETBALL

With a nod to ailing coach, Jaeden Greenleaf and Cape Cod Academy boys’ basketball net historic win at Nauset
Celtics 101, Pacers 98

Jaylen Brown sparks the Celtics in overtime win against Pacers and other observations

Business

Union wins election at second Buffalo-area Starbucks

The National Labor Relations Board announced Monday that it had certified a victory for a union at a second Starbucks store in the Buffalo, New York, area, where votes were tallied in December but remained inconclusive as the union challenged the ballots of several employees it said did not work at the store.

Mass. retailers had a happy holiday season, compared to last year

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Medicare is poised to make pivotal announcement on Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
BOLD TYPES

This Boston ad firm has become a go-to marketing agency for the Baker administration

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
It's been 50 years since the groundbreaking kids' show "Zoom" debuted on WGBH.
Television

In 1972, the kids took over TV on the first "Zoom" to enter our homes
Local history

The roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Boston
Love Letters

My fiance thinks my dress is too short for our courthouse wedding
Peruvian Quinoa and Corn Chowder (Chupe de Quinoa)
Cooking

Recipes: Keep that resolution to eat better with 3 quinoa dishes

metro

Manchester Police provided this photo of missing Harmony Montgomery.

Police end search at Manchester, N.H., former home of missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery

What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

Arbitrator rejects contract that would have required Methuen to pay some police captains $500,000 a year

sports

David Pastrnak's offensive struggles seem a distant memory after a second straight two-goal game, this one helping fuel a six-goal outburst in Washington that included the third of the season from Erik Haula as well.

Two-goal hole no worry for David Pastrnak, Bruins in blowout win at Washington

Report: Apple has had ‘substantial’ talks about broadcasting MLB games in 2022

Sliding Patriots consider Saturday more than mere rubber match against the Bills

business

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been a powerful force in deciding US economic policy since the COVID-19 pandemic began, his decisions as Fed chair responsible for nearly two years of low interest rates, during which inflation has climbed upwards.

Powell Heads for Senate Vetting Punctuated by Inflation Urgency

The latest must-have at luxury apartment buildings? COVID rapid tests

Take-Two will buy Zynga in union of two top game makers

politics

Demonstrators gather in Washington on June 26, 2021, to protest for equal voting rights.

Voting rights groups worry Biden’s Ga. speech comes too late

An Indiana GOP state senator backtracks on comments that teachers ‘need to be impartial’ during lessons about Nazism and fascism

Biden and Democrats are beginning to embrace an old line from former Boston mayor Kevin White. It might just save them in the midterms and 2024

Nation

Demonstrators gather in Washington on June 26, 2021, to protest for equal voting rights.

Voting rights groups worry Biden’s Ga. speech comes too late

Mayor Wu advocates for flexibility in remote learning; Mass. officials extend school mask mandate through Feb.

Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for Omicron surge

World

European Parliament President David Sassoli speaks speaks during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament, dies at 65

Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for Omicron surge

Russian Troops Will Stay to Finish Job in Kazakhstan, Putin Says

opinion

Crushed under the wheel of the past, and rising to meet its challenges

With so many down, how could nihilism be uplifting?

How to boost voter turnout to nearly 100 percent

lifestyle

Love Letters

How do you know if someone at the gym is into you?

Bob Saget loved Boston, and Boston loved Bob Saget. Here are a few stories.

Row 34 will open a fourth branch in Kendall Square this fall

food & dining

Row 34's Warm Buttered Lobster Roll.

Row 34 will open a fourth branch in Kendall Square this fall

The scoop on Main Street: Toscanini’s returns

McGuirk’s Folly pops up at Middlesex Lounge; Salt + Stone comes to Somerville

travel

Seth Sikes at Fire Island Pines, N.Y.

Seth Sikes on beach massages, Judy and Liza, and his upcoming show at Club Café

Orbitz switched her Aruba vacation — but not her hotel in Tahiti

AutoCamp lands in Joshua Tree, Skyspace debuts in South America, and a new lodge opens in Stowe

Arts

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940), "Landscapes and Interiors: Through the Fields, 1899." Lithograph on paper.

‘Hue & Cry’ at the Clark explores controversy of color printmaking in 19th-century France

Mass. and Cass, cast in bronze and on canvas

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

Books

Kathryn Schulz’s memoir ‘Lost & Found’ traces life’s gifts and sorrows

Martín Espada: stacks of books, from poetry to photography

Hanya Yanagihara’s new novel ‘To Paradise’ ponders freedom and loneliness

Movies

Milena Smit (left) and Penelope Cruz (right) in "Parallel Mothers."

In ‘Parallel Mothers,’ the past is very much present

The power of Sidney Poitier’s stardom

A list of 20 movies, TV shows, and documentaries to stream during the snowstorm

Television

Bob Saget in Beverly Hills in November.

Among Bob Saget’s many talents: his excellent voiceover work on ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died

What I’m watching this week: the debut of ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ a ‘Ray Donovan’ movie, new family dramas, and a superhero spinoff

music

Alasdair White will perform Thursday and teach a workshop on Sunday at the BCMFest.

With Omicron surging, Passim’s annual Boston Celtic Music Festival goes virtual

A Far Cry’s ‘Firefly’ brought comforting night music, perfect for the darkest days of the year

At BSO, the year’s first notes are new

Theater/Dance

Aaron LaVigne (left) as Jesus and Tommy Sherlock as Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar."

A ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with swagger, but imbued with sorrow

The team that put ‘Mr. Parent’ in a class, by himself

Rather than try to explain Lord Buckley, he becomes him onstage

globe local

Methuen's police station.

Arbitrator rejects contract that would have required Methuen to pay some police captains $500,000 a year

Baker suggests he’s open to clemency, but does not say if he’ll commute murderer’s life sentence

Vocational schools offer adults a blueprint for success, with classes funded by the state

Obituaries

Mr. Maynard made his biggest impact catching passes from Joe Namath for the New York Jets. He was the first receiver to reach 10,000 career yards.

Hall of Fame receiver Don Maynard dead at age 86

Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dies

Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died