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When should you get a COVID test? Mass. issues new COVID-19 testing guidance

Massachusetts on Tuesday issued new guidance on when residents should seek COVID-19 testing, aligning the state with measures recommended by the CDC.

Mass. to get 26m rapid antigen COVID tests in coming months, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker said Tuesday that the key priorities for test distribution will be K-12 schools and childcare facilities. He also shared new Department of Public Health guidelines for when to get tested for COVID-19.

Baker to testify before Legislature as COVID-19 rips through Massachusetts

THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Spain calls for debate to consider COVID as endemic, like flu; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

Prosecutors plan to file more charges against wife of father of missing N.H. child

New Hampshire prosecutors are filing eight additional misdemeanor counts alleging public assistance fraud against the estranged wife of Adam Montgomery, who’s charged with assaulting his missing daughter Harmony Montgomery, a 7-year-old who disappeared in the fall of 2019, legal filings show.

Firefighters rescue construction worker who fell into 20-foot pit in Wareham

An unidentified construction worker fell into a pit 20 feet below the ground at 6 Tony’s Lane near the Wareham Sewerage Department at around 7:20 a.m., said Assistant Chief John Kelley.

Hall of fame

baseball hall of fame 2022

How Boston Globe writers voted for the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame

It’s the first year for David Ortiz on the Hall of Fame ballot — and the last for Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. Who should get in?

RSVP for tonight's live event: Join us at 6 p.m. as we discuss our ballots

Blast of cold blankets Massachusetts; water main breaks in downtown Boston

Bundle up before you go outside. The National Weather Service says to expect temperatures to hold in the teens and lower 20s Tuesday — and those will be the high temps.

How to safely use a space heater Maps: Here's how cold it's going to get today in Mass.

Sub-zero temperatures on Mount Washington froze a bowl of spaghetti

The wind chill was reported at negative 64 degrees at one point.

A woman and her dog walked around the Brookline Reservoir.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Extremely cold air is flowing through Mass., but the cold won’t last long

A quick-moving line of snow showers marked the leading edge of the pure arctic air that arrived in Massachusetts this morning. But good news: milder weather is on the way.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

As COVID surge hammers staffing in schools, Wu pressures Baker on remote learning

Mayor Michelle Wu has repeatedly expressed concern about the school system’s ability to keep some buildings open as it grapples with high absenteeism has repeatedly urged the state to allow districts to have the flexibility to offer classes remotely when too many teachers are out sick.

Representative Madison Cawthorn.

North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6

Representative Cawthorn's office quickly condemned the candidacy challenge, filed on behalf of 11 voters before the State Board of Elections, which oversees the scrutiny of candidates’ qualifications.

Your Call Football never made it over the goal line.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

‘An epic failure’: Your Call Football and why sports are hard to disrupt

An interactive startup based in Newton wanted fans to be able to watch a game live and vote on what they thought the plays should be. So what went wrong?

Urban Hearth owner Erin Miller.

Although we’re stuck at home more than ever, Urban Hearth’s Erin Miller strives to create a sense of community

Fans of Urban Hearth’s brunch can visit the Back Bay’s Rochambeau (900 Boylston St.) until 9: 30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, for buttermilk biscuits, shakshuka, and wild mushroom tartine.

Get to know these 8 great grains

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.

One writer opined: "That feeling that you are forgetting something is simply called going out to the car.”

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: When you sense that you may be forgetting something

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.

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.

Maybe Maura Healey isn’t a slam dunk for governor

More recent stories

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll running for lieutenant governor

She called herself a pragmatic executive who can provide a voice for cities and towns within a new Democratic administration.

17 people who died in Bronx fire were part of a ‘close-knit community’

The victims of a deadly apartment building fire in the Bronx included three young children who were part of a family that tried to make it down to safety but perished in the smoke.

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.

R.I. Ethics Commission rejects complaint over McKee former chief of staff

Anthony J. Silva stepped down in August amid scrutiny of whether tried to influence DEM over development of property in Cumberland.

It was the fourth-warmest year on record in the US, and that’s just one of several climate records set in 2021

The country was also struck by 20 separate billion-dollar disasters last year.

Flying squirrel captured in Bridgewater home, police say

The squirrel was captured in the closet of a home.

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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The SMART Health Card provides a secure digital way of proving you've been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Massachusetts unveils new proof-of-vaccination website

The Commonwealth rolled out a website that allows residents to download, screenshot, or print out a QR code that can verify their COVID-19 vaccination status.

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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Bob Saget

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

A screenshot of the browser-based game Wordle

What is Wordle, and why is everyone on Twitter playing it?

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

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.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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)

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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."

The filibuster has been bad, but repealing it would be worse

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Can Mayor Wu really make the T free?

Metro

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll running for lieutenant governor

She called herself a pragmatic executive who can provide a voice for cities and towns within a new Democratic administration.

Firefighters rescue construction worker who fell into 20-foot pit in Wareham

An unidentified construction worker fell into a pit 20 feet below the ground at 6 Tony’s Lane near the Wareham Sewerage Department at around 7:20 a.m., said Assistant Chief John Kelley.

R.I. Ethics Commission rejects complaint over McKee former chief of staff

Anthony J. Silva stepped down in August amid scrutiny of whether tried to influence DEM over development of property in Cumberland.

When should you get a COVID test? Mass. issues new COVID-19 testing guidance

Massachusetts on Tuesday issued new guidance on when residents should seek COVID-19 testing, aligning the state with measures recommended by the CDC.

Sports

DeMarr Langford's BC team is 6-7 overall, 1-2 in the ACC.

men's college basketball notebook

In local men’s college basketball, there are two sides to every team

No matter which team you root for, there are reasons for optimism — and pessimism. Here's a quick rundown.

Corinne Herr (12) was a dominant presence at the net for Concord-Carlisle.

Concord-Carlisle senior Corinne Herr is the state’s Gatorade girls’ volleyball player the year

The 5-foot-8 outside hitter led Division 1 with 423 kills in a 21-2 season for Patriots.

Hall of fame

baseball hall of fame 2022

How Boston Globe writers voted for the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame

It’s the first year for David Ortiz on the Hall of Fame ballot — and the last for Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. Who should get in?

boston marathon

Olympic medalist Molly Seidel among headliners in women’s elite field at 2022 Boston Marathon

China says Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympic plans yet

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics finally avoided the disasters that have plagued them, making this the most important win of the season

Business

INNOVATION ECONOMY

‘An epic failure’: Your Call Football and why sports are hard to disrupt

An interactive startup based in Newton wanted fans to be able to watch a game live and vote on what they thought the plays should be. So what went wrong?

INNOVATION BEAT

A no good, very bad year for SPACs

At least 10 Boston-area firms merged with blank-check companies to go public last year. Now it's time to tally the damage.

Boston self-driving car company Optimus Ride is acquired

China says Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympic plans yet

STAT

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‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Boston

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

Peruvian Quinoa and Corn Chowder (Chupe de Quinoa)

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

metro

People wait in line at the Bowdoin Street Health Center to get a COVID-19 test.

Spain calls for debate to consider COVID as endemic, like flu; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

Prosecutors plan to file more charges against wife of father of missing N.H. child

Mass. to get 26 million rapid antigen COVID tests in coming months, Baker says

sports

Kelee Ringo (5) picked off Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and took it the distance to seal the title for Georgia.

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

Bruins defensemen Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort in COVID protocol

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

business

The Starbucks Workers United headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2021. The National Labor Relations Board announced Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, that it had certified a victory for a union at a second Starbucks store in the Buffalo 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.

Union wins election at second Buffalo-area Starbucks

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

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

politics

Representative Madison Cawthorn.

North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6

Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill

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

Nation

Firefighters responded to the scene of a fire in a high-rise building in the Tremont section of the Bronx.

17 people who died in Bronx fire were part of a ‘close-knit community’

When should you get a COVID test? Mass. issues new COVID-19 testing guidance

Spain calls for debate to consider COVID as endemic, like flu; Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate jumps 50 percent

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

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.

Surveillance, screening, and self-testing can help us manage COVID in the long term

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

lifestyle

Vegetarian Pho.

Recipe: Vegetarian pho takes time, but nothing’s complicated, so grab your apron and warm up the kitchen

Recipe: Flavor sheet pan chicken and butternut squash with honey, lime, and spicy flavors

Recipe: Roast mild white fish in a parsley marinade with leeks and cherry tomatoes

food & dining

Vegetarian Pho.

Recipe: Vegetarian pho takes time, but nothing’s complicated, so grab your apron and warm up the kitchen

Recipe: Flavor sheet pan chicken and butternut squash with honey, lime, and spicy flavors

Recipe: Roast mild white fish in a parsley marinade with leeks and cherry tomatoes

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