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Dave Epstein | Forecast

Approaching storm to bring snow, wind, and flooding to Mass.

After peaking around sunrise, the storm will wind down by noon on Monday. It’s in this window that we will see the snow, the rain, the wind, and the coastal flooding.

Here’s how much snow, rain, and wind to expect from Sunday night’s storm

The icy, below-freezing conditions that have chilled the northeast region this weekend will give way Sunday night to a storm with tropical origins that will dump heavy snow and rain on Massachusetts into Monday evening and bring whipping winds to coastal communities.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team Follow-up
Evergrande reneges on multimillion-dollar pledge to Harvard-led COVID project, another stumble in its ties to school
The company, which is now officially in default, has been in crisis, laboring to pay creditors as it grapples with more than $300 billion in liabilities.

Bills 47, Patriots 17

Who’s in, who’s out: Running through the Patriots’ free agents
Fourteen Patriots are set to hit unrestricted free agency this offseason, free to negotiate with any team, with another three restricted free agents on which Bill Belichick will have either matching rights or draft compensation.

Christopher L. Gasper: As for Bill Belichick’s competitive advantage, Bills shattered that myth Dan Shaughnessy: In an embarrassing performance, Bill Belichick and the Patriots get it rubbed in their faces by the Bills
Ben Volin | On Football

Wild card in review: The Patriots lost, but two of their old quarterbacks keep on rolling

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

The Patriots’ demoralizing playoff loss — one of their worst ever — left plenty to question, and plenty to fix

THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Some colleges loosen rules for a virus that won’t go away

Restaurants call for more federal aid as business plummets amid the Omicron surge
They want Congress to replenish the rescue plan’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which blew through its $28.6 billion funding last year after only about a third of eligible restaurants received grants to help cover lost revenue from the pandemic.

US surgeon general warns that Omicron has not yet peaked

Omicron strains marijuana industry supply chain

Old North Church, an icon of the past, adds racial justice to its 21st-century mission
Old North Church has struggled with Boston’s other Revolutionary War sites to weather the pandemic. But the long, stubborn crisis also has meant a fresh start, and a chance to reexamine the mission and message of the iconic church, its leaders said.

Invoking Martin Luther King Jr., advocates, faith leaders call on Congress to pass voting rights legislation
Their message was strong, one that has been repeated by Democrats and advocates for voting rights nationwide in recent weeks: Pass “the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act,”

Here are 10 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Day in Boston

Charles Willie, an architect of Boston’s ‘controlled-choice’ school desegregation plan, dies at 94

Dr. Willie, whose grandparents were enslaved, became a leading voice for equality and fairness.

Boston port served by the largest-ever cargo ship to visit the city

The Ever Fortune is the first of the larger ships that the Massachusetts Port Authority is hoping to attract following an expansion of the Conley terminal and a harbor dredging project.

For new Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, it’s trial by fire

Wu has already made Boston history as the first woman, person of color, millennial, and mother elected mayor. Now, with the fate of her early initiatives, she’ll show whether she can transform the city’s future.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

A former federal prosecutor interrogates the inequities of the criminal justice system

With her new book, Laura Coates processes the pain of “being a part of a system I wanted to reform.”
IDEAS | Ayelet Fishbach and Bradley Turnwald

Feeding two birds with one scone

Rachel Laser and Brian Kaylor

Boston was right to refuse to fly Christian flag

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek with photos by Matjaž Krivic

In search of Bolivia’s white gold

EDITORIAL

In Charlestown, the seed for a new kind of school — in a city failing too many of its kids

Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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THE FINE PRINT

Credit reporting agencies responded to fewer complaints during the pandemic

There's been a surge of complaints about errors in credits reports. But credit bureaus corrected mistakes in only about 2 percent of them, a report found.

‘There may be’ federal role in Boston’s Mass. and Cass crisis, Rollins says
US Attorney Rachael Rollins told WCVB’s “On The Record” program Sunday morning that human trafficking and drug trafficking cases will be a priority for her office — issues that have been a scourge in the Mass. and Cass area.

FBI identifies man who took hostages at Texas synagogue
The FBI’s hostage rescue team freed four hostages from a Texas synagogue Saturday night after a harrowing day of threats, negotiations, and prayers. The suspect is dead, officials said, and his motives are still under investigation.

Six duck hunters rescued by Coast Guard helicopter after being stranded in low tide on Cape Cod

All six people were rescued safely and no injuries were reported, USCG officials said.

After a rough first year, CDC director Rochelle Walensky tries to correct course

A series of stumbles by the former Mass General star have underscored just how rough the transition from running an infectious disease department at a hospital to a sprawling, public-facing government agency has been.

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THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

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‘Jim Crow relic’: A short history of the filibuster

Dating to the 1800s, the filibuster has been used by lawmakers to both advance and thwart Black racial progress — but it is in the thwarting of that progress that it has been used with greatest frequency and success.

Analysis
Biden is ending his first year in office with arguably the worst week of his presidency
Next week, President Biden will celebrate his first year in office. But the past week was so bad for Biden on multiple fronts that it might be hard to claim victory on much.

Everything you need to know about masks: What kind to get, where to buy them, and how often you can reuse them
Shifting guidance and shady online retailers marketing masks that turn out to be counterfeit have left many scratching their heads.

In less vaccinated Western Mass., overwhelmed hospitals, but progress on vaccinations
As the highly contagious Omicron variant storms across the state, Hampden — home to Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke — remains the least vaccinated county in Massachusetts.

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Culture & Lifestyle

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A poet’s inviting new collection, drawing lessons, and speaking for the silenced

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★½

Denzel Washington is magnificent in Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

MATTHEW GILBERT

In ‘Station Eleven,’ the arts outlast an apocalypse

Special Projects

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.
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

SCOT LEHIGH

Democrats need to get real on Build Back Better

EDITORIAL

Workers who braved darkest days of COVID-19 deserve extra pay

Haley Sullivan and Leah Pierson

With students remote, universities should put COVID-19 testing capacity to good use

Cole Moran

BPS needs a democratic vision for the future of open-enrollment schools

Joan Vennochi

Governor Baker, we have a COVID-19 data problem

IDEAS | THOMAS ARNETT

A better way to do online learning

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

Some colleges loosen rules for a virus that won’t go away

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

Dog attacks Stoneham police officer

Officer Joe Ponzo required 30 stitches to his face and head after he was attacked while responding to a call at a Stoneham residence.

Coronavirus levels continue decline in region’s wastewater, amid national COVID-19 surge

The nation continues to grapple with soaring new cases daily — passing more than 800,000 as of Sunday with the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant — while hospitals are stressed caring for a surge in patients.

Invoking Martin Luther King Jr., advocates, faith leaders call on Congress to pass voting rights legislation

Their message was strong, one that has been repeated by Democrats and advocates for voting rights nationwide in recent weeks: Pass “the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act,”

Sports

Australian Open

With Novak Djokovic gone, Naomi Osaka starts her Australian Open defense with a victory

Osaka’s return to action has been overshadowed by Djokovic.
afc playoffs | chiefs 42, steelers 21

Patrick Mahomes throws five touchdown passes, Chiefs roll into playoff rematch with Bills

Kansas City scored on six straight possessions during the middle part of the game, and shut down Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Pittsburgh offense.
SONY OPEN

Hideki Matsuyama rallies to claim Sony Open win over Russell Henley

The eighth career PGA Tour victory for Matsuyama tied him with K.J. Choi for most tour victories by an Asian-born player.
Ben Volin | On Football

Wild card in review: The Patriots lost, but two of their old quarterbacks keep on rolling

NFC PLAYOFFS | 49ERS 23, COWBOYS 17

Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ers hang on as time runs out on Cowboys

SPORTS LOG

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz disbands diversity group after call for his dismissal

Business

China toughens COVID-19 response as Omicron hits its power centers

Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country’s response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.

Sheriff Tompkins still ‘ready to assist’ on Mass. and Cass

He outfitted an entire floor of his South Bay campus for what he calls dorm-style living with flat-TV screens and beds to accommodate 100 people. But so far, no one has come.
THE FINE PRINT

Credit reporting agencies responded to fewer complaints during the pandemic

Ukraine says Russia behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’ move

STAT

‘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.

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MISS CONDUCT

I'm a woman of color often overlooked at work - until people realize I outrank them

CONNECTIONS

How rescuing a runaway chicken taught me about accepting others

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

metro

‘There may be’ federal role in Boston’s Mass. and Cass crisis, Rollins says

Approaching storm to bring snow, wind, and flooding to Mass.

Boston port served by the largest-ever cargo ship to visit the city

sports

Celtics need Al Horford to revitalize his shooting game

Who’s in, who’s out: Running through the Patriots’ free agents

Catholic Conference hockey teams come together to showcase some of state’s best talent

business

At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets

Surgeon general defends Biden’s response to steep COVID-19 surge

Denmark lifts COVID restrictions, opens many public venues

politics

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

Restaurants call for more federal aid as business plummets amid the Omicron surge

For Oath Keepers and founder, Jan. 6 was weeks in the making

Nation

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

Some colleges loosen rules for a virus that won’t go away

Celebrated Tuskeegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

World

North Korea fires projectile into sea in fourth launch this month, South Korea says

As nations decide to live with the virus, some disease experts warn of surrendering too soon

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian president deposed in coup, dies at 76

opinion

Artists can’t expect perpetually cheap real estate

Mayor Wu exceeds expectations with swift, humane action at Mass. and Cass

COVID toll requires empathy in ERs to flow both ways

lifestyle

Typhoons, wildfires, missiles: Teen flies solo around world

Here are 10 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Day in Boston

Coolidge Corner Theatre presents Big Screen Classics lineup for early 2022

food & dining

Mayor Wu: vaccine mandates for city workers, businesses, not meant to ‘punish’ people

Omicron lowers sales and threatens bankruptcy for US restaurants

100 years later, Providence Brewery Company makes its return

travel

Sing some gospel, bust a move, and feel the love at Nashville’s African American music museum

Best things to do in RI this week: Jan. 14-21

Adam Pascal on TSA PreCheck, his crossword app, and ancient megalithic cultures

Arts

‘The Embrace,’ Boston’s long-awaited tribute to the Kings, will be unveiled on MLK Day 2023

At the MFA, a sleeping giant awakens

Humanity hangs in the balance in Sally B. Moore’s ‘Teetering’

Books

A history of addiction in ‘The Urge’

‘The Hard Sell’ is a vivid tale of opioid firm showcased at Boston trial

Lisa Gardner: She reads for story, not genre

Movies

‘I think acting is an impossibly difficult thing’: Talking with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, director of ‘Drive My Car’

Two films to observe Martin Luther King Day

Doc Talk: garden-fresh ideas; portraits from the artist; prison diary

Television

SNL is back from winter break and Ariana DeBose used her Broadway talents as host

A film, and a filmmaker, transformed in ‘A Reckoning in Boston’

In ‘Station Eleven,’ the arts outlast an apocalypse

music

Glimpsing what a new era at the BSO might bring

After some of the darkest days of Gregory Porter’s life, music lights the way

From Berlin to the BSO: Pianist Igor Levit returns to Boston

Theater/Dance

How ‘Pretty Woman’ became a head-turner

This driveway dancing duo is helping to lighten neighbors’ spirits

Comedian Demetri Martin has something he’d like to say, but he’ll keep it short

globe local

Boston port served by the largest-ever cargo ship to visit the city

Seven new mayors across Greater Boston offer hope, visions for the future

Should Massachusetts require public projects to give priority to American-made steel?

Obituaries

Charles Willie, an architect of Boston’s ‘controlled-choice’ school desegregation plan, dies at 94

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian president deposed in coup, dies at 76

Joe B. Hall, longtime Kentucky men’s basketball coach, dies at 93