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

Federal officials this week are expected to make a long-awaited announcement that could help decide the fate of Aduhelm, Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug, which costs over $28,000 annually and has stirred more controversy than any medication in years.
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Several COVID testing sites announce closure ahead of Tuesday’s frigid temperatures; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

Methuen's police station.
Arbitrator rejects contract that would have required Methuen to pay some police captains $500,000 a year
Arbitrator Loretta Attardo found that Methuen city officials had no idea when they signed the agreement that the leader of the union had inserted massive pay increases for police captains.

A woman holds a protest sign referencing the allegations against former North Kingstown basketball coach Aaron Thomas during a North Kingstown school committee meeting at North Kingstown High School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island on November 16, 2021.
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.
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.
Jaylen Brown sparks the Celtics in overtime win against Pacers and other observations
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
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.
Opinion
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

In Chicago on Monday, as more than 340,000 students went into their fourth day of no classes, the union and the mayor were trying to reach a deal to reopen. But tensions remain high.
Mike Andrick (center, crouching), director of Outreach Services with the Pine Street Inn, makes a wellness check of people experiencing homelessness in Newmarket Square, with Corey Grier, (right), director of strategic planning at the Boston Public Health Commission, Jan. 6.
Katherine Gergen Barnett

Any solution to Mass. and Cass must be informed by experiences of formerly incarcerated
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?
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

At the Ellis Early Learning Center in the South End, 4-year-old Emmanuel has a snack.
LETTERS

Already-strained child-care field struggles to cope with COVID challenges
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Love Letters
How do you know if someone at the gym is into you?
"I don’t want to ask a woman out and make it an uncomfortable setting if I see her again."

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.

President Biden.
Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill
President Biden plans to use a speech in Georgia to throw his support behind changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to allow action on voting rights legislation, calling it a moment to choose “democracy over autocracy.”

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.

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.

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.

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

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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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?

Metro

Arctic blast arrives in Massachusetts with wind chills below zero

Bitter cold hit southern New England early Tuesday morning, where a blast of arctic air is driving temperatures towards single digits in the Boston area, but wind chills are making it feel even more frigid.
COLUMN | DAN McGOWAN

Righting a wrong for this new Rhode Island judge

Politics got in the way the last time someone tried to make Bill Trezvant a judge. This time, Governor Dan McKee wouldn't let that happen.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Several COVID testing sites announce closure ahead of Tuesday’s frigid temperatures; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

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

These maps show just how cold it’s about to get in Mass.

It’s time to bundle up. The coldest temperatures of the season are arriving in Massachusetts.

Sports

Staff members rehearse a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan. 3, 2022.

China says Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympic plans yet

China’s Olympic organizers say they are not changing their preparations for the Winter Olympics just over three weeks away as the Omicron variant ripples across parts of the country.
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

Bruins defensemen Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort in COVID protocol
MONDAY'S BOYS' BASKETBALL

Third-quarter run helps Walpole boys’ basketball put away Weymouth
NHL

Flyers, scheduled to play Bruins Thursday, are having COVID issues

Business

China says Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympic plans yet

China’s Olympic organizers say they are not changing their preparations for the Winter Olympics just over three weeks away as the Omicron variant ripples across parts of the country.

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

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

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

Janice Bennett, a NewMo driver, dropped off a passenger outside the Newton Senior Center.

Newton limits NewMo rideshare trips to two passengers due to COVID-19 surge

Kevin Hayden sworn in as new Suffolk district attorney

Experts warn more trouble could be ahead, as COVID surge hits Boston’s hospitals, schools

sports

Jaeden Greenleaf drained all 14 of his free-throw attempts in Cape Cod Academy's 65-61 win at Nauset Monday night.

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

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

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

business

ThinkArgus chief executive Caitlin Dodge

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

Powell Heads for Senate Vetting Punctuated by Inflation Urgency

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

politics

President Biden.

Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill

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

Nation

President Biden.

Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill

Several COVID testing sites announce closure ahead of Tuesday’s frigid temperatures; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

In a first, man receives a heart from a genetically altered pig

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

China says Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympic plans yet

Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for Omicron surge

opinion

Donald Trump, then president, pauses after delivering remarks on "Operation Legend: Combating Violent Crime in American Cities" in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 22, 2020.

It isn’t nitpicking — what Trump attempted was a self-coup, not a coup

Pressing issues call for the attention of Mayor Wu, Governor Baker

If the US can’t hold Iran, it must know when — and how — to fold

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

Janice Bennett, a NewMo driver, dropped off a passenger outside the Newton Senior Center.

Newton limits NewMo rideshare trips to two passengers due to COVID-19 surge

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

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