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David Ortiz salutes the crowd at Fenway Park after his final game in the major leagues on Oct. 10, 2016. On Tuesday, he became the fifth Red Sox player to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.

Baseball Hall of Fame

Slugger David Ortiz, Red Sox legend and three-time World Series champ, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Former Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, the steroid-tainted all-time home runs leader, both failed to reach the 75 percent threshold for induction in their final year on the ballot.

Read more about David Ortiz’s election to the Baseball Hall of Fame

David Ortiz acknowledges the cheers of the Fenway Park crowd at his final game in October 2016.

dan shaughnessy

David Ortiz’s election seems to be another sign of a shift in Hall of Fame voting philosophy

David Ortiz hit 558 regular-season and postseason home runs.

Long drives to Cooperstown

David Ortiz not only helped the Red Sox break a curse, he won three World Series titles.

Coming to Red Sox changed David Ortiz’s career, and he changed course of history for franchise

Uber passenger paralyzed in crash sues company for $63 million

Will Good’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, demands a jury trial and seeks $63 million in damages, including severe physical, mental and emotional injuries, extraordinary pain and suffering, and permanent disability.

State of the Commonwealth

Charlie Baker says he will pursue tax breaks for renters, seniors, parents, and low-income workers

“To encourage our citizens to continue to call Massachusetts home and to help those struggling to make ends meet because of rising inflation, we’ll file several tax breaks in our budget later this week,” the governor said at his final State of the Commonwealth speech, delivered Tuesday in Boston.

A cold January brings a warning for New England’s electric grid

New England’s grid has its own glaring weakness, one that comes up every winter: an overreliance on natural gas.

Australians can be fined $1,000 for not reporting a positive rapid test. In Massachusetts, reporting a test isn’t even possible.

Even with thousands of COVID-19 infections being officially reported every day in Massachusetts, that data likely underestimates the prevalence of the virus, as countless positive rapid tests go unreported.

THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

CDC study finds shorter hospital stays during Omicron wave, even as infections and death toll mount

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WHO: Record weekly COVID cases last week but deaths stable

Charts show hospitalizations falling in Mass. as Omicron weakens, but deaths are still rising

As Omicron retreats, the number of Massachusetts COVID-19 cases reported daily has continued to decline sharply. Hospitalizations, which lag behind case numbers, haven’t fallen as much. And deaths are rising.

Chris Doughty, a Republican businessman from Wrentham, said he would be "a governor of jobs and the economy."

Moderate Republican to enter governor’s race

A self-described moderate, Chris Doughty will be competing for his party’s nomination against Geoff Diehl, a conservative former state lawmaker who has been endorsed by former president Donald Trump.

Fitting on Hall of Fame announcement day, Jalen Brown fires a baseball pass to an open teammate as the Celtics made quick work of the Kings at TD Garden on Tuesday.

Celtics 128, Kings 75

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown nearly outscore Kings on their own as Celtics cruise

Jayson Tatum (36 points), Jaylen Brown (30 points, 10 rebounds), and the rest of the starters were able to watch the fourth quarter.

Opinion

Tiffany Chu: "Your entire job should not just be about the politics, but it should be around delivering government services that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use."

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

A big thinker for one of City Hall’s biggest jobs

Incoming chief of staff Tiffany Chu, a former transit tech executive, brings an extensive background in transit and fresh new ideas to the job.

Ron DeSantis — white supremacy’s helicopter parent

There’s a phrase for senators like Kyrsten Sinema

Enough talk. Implement the city vaccine mandate.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Another way to say ‘trump’

Takeout from O DInis in East Providence.

Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.

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More recent stories

A Utah doctor took to Twitter to share that she was at higher risk for COVID due to chronic illness. It inspired hundreds to do the same.

On Twitter, Dr. Sarah Bernstein shared a selfie and a message: due to a heart condition, she was at higher risk for serious complications from COVID-19. She invited others to share a photo and their own story “so we can show people what chronic illness really looks like.”

TOM FARRAGHER

A Berkshire forest blossoms into a new kind of graveyard

Florida, Mass., is home to a new-fangled cemetery on stunning, tree-studded land.

Massachusetts biopharma firms raised a record $13.7 billion in venture capital last year

The local industry continues to be a magnet for investors, despite a steep fall off in stock prices.

‘It’s really scary,’ motorist says after concrete falls from overpass on Interstate 93 in Somerville, strikes windshield

A piece of concrete fell from an overpass on Interstate 93 in Somerville on Tuesday morning and landed on the windshield of an Audi driven by Leonard Brown, 64, of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Southern New England could see a storm with the potential for heavy snow this weekend, forecasters say

A storm with the potential to bring heavy snow to southern New England could move into the region this weekend, forecasters said, though they cautioned that the intensity and track is unclear four days from its potential arrival.

21 film performances from 2021 worthy of an Oscar nomination

Forget about categories — with the Academy Award nods due Feb. 8, here’s an across-the-board top 20 (plus one) of favorite performances from 2021.

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Recipe by Sheryl Julian
Recipe for My Chicken Soup

Take me seriously when I say that I make the best chicken soup I know

Everyone boasts about their nourishing pot of broth; many aren’t worthy of the brag, but mine is.

Shirley Leung & Larry Edelman

Charlie Baker won’t call it a clawback. But the state still wants unemployment money returned.

After incorrectly issuing billions in jobless benefits during the pandemic, the state is telling people they need to repay the money.

MFA to return stolen 17th-century painting to heirs of Jewish collector

The agreement restores ownership of the looted painting to the heirs of Ferenc Chorin, a Hungarian industrialist who placed the artwork in a bank vault before fleeing Hungary during World War II.

ASK MATTHEW

This season, viewers who complain ‘SNL’ isn’t what it used to be might have a point

A too-big cast and some tired bits may be part of what ails the show, now in its 47th season.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Get your groove on in DJ simulator Fuser, where you can mix tunes from Boston natives like Donna Summer (shown in 2009) and Bell Biv DeVoe.

Warm up, game on, and rock out: 10 video games featuring Boston-bred bands and artists

Persian Eggs With Spiced Beef and Tomatoes

COOKING | MAGAZINE

Recipes: 4 international egg dishes great for breakfast or dinner

Artist Agnieszka Pilat with Spot and one of her paintings of the Boston Dynamics robot.

How the Boston Dynamics robot Spot became one artist’s muse — then, her assistant

Thrity Umrigar (”Honor”) is in conversation with Ellen Barry at 7 p.m. Thursday at Belmont Books.

Author readings around Boston Jan. 23-29

Special Projects

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

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

A door riddled with bullet holes in an abandoned home in Michoacan state, Mexico.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The looming challenge of Mexico

Participants in the Pass the Work and Family Mobility Act Rally hold signs on the steps of the Massachusetts State House on July 29, 2020.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A simple card that drives conservatives crazy

Volunteers prepare ballots and voting materials at Pittsfield City Hall on Oct. 9, 2020.

Massachusetts Democrats support democracy, right? Right?

Firefighters protest Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's vaccine mandate at Florian Hall on Jan. 21.

Labor’s power play against Wu’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

A counterprotester (right) argues with a Justice for J6 rally attendee near the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2021.

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Heather Hurlburt

We can’t fix the world’s problems if we don’t fix our own

The Muddy River as it emerges beneath Perkins Street from its source in Jamaica Pond.

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Set the underground rivers free

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

CDC study finds shorter hospital stays during Omicron wave, even as infections and death toll mount

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

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Seth Magaziner should stay out of the race for Congress

Rhode Island's state treasurer has more to offer by staying in the race for governor than jumping over to the race to replace retiring US Representative James Langevin.

Moderate Republican to enter governor’s race

A self-described moderate, Chris Doughty will be competing for his party’s nomination against Geoff Diehl, a conservative former state lawmaker who has been endorsed by former president Donald Trump.

State of the Commonwealth

Governor Charlie Baker says he’ll pursue tax breaks for renters, seniors, parents, and low-income workers

“To encourage our citizens to continue to call Massachusetts home and to help those struggling to make ends meet because of rising inflation, we’ll file several tax breaks in our budget later this week,” the governor said at his final State of the Commonwealth speech, delivered Tuesday in Boston.

Sports

Fitting on Hall of Fame announcement day, Jalen Brown fires a baseball pass to an open teammate as the Celtics made quick work of the Kings at TD Garden on Tuesday.

Celtics 128, Kings 75

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown nearly outscore Kings on their own as Celtics cruise

Jayson Tatum (36 points), Jaylen Brown (30 points, 10 rebounds), and the rest of the starters were able to watch the fourth quarter.

Beverly's Ryder Frost goes up for a breakaway dunk as Peabody's Anthony Forte can only watch.

TUESDAY'S BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Beverly boys’ basketball finds second wind, shuts down Peabody to remain perfect

Ryder Frost finished with 27 points, 13 rebounds, and 2 blocks, and the Panthers (12-0) put the clamps on the host Tanners down the stretch.

Antonio Brown had plenty to say about how he was treated by Bruce Arians and the Buccaneers.

Antonio Brown rips Bruce Arians, says Buccaneers offered him $200,000 to ‘go to the crazy house’

Brown was cut loose by the Buccaneers earlier this month.

TUESDAY'S GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

With an all-around effort, Yirsy Queliz points St. Mary’s girls’ basketball to victory over Bishop Feehan

Baseball Hall of Fame

Slugger David Ortiz, Red Sox legend and three-time World Series champ, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Celtics notebook

Jaylen Brown elects not to worry about his place in All-Star race

Business

UK government holds breath as it awaits ‘partygate’ report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close.

German lawmakers to debate possible COVID vaccine mandate

German politicians of all stripes long insisted that there would be no vaccine mandate. But the tide turned late last year amid frustration that a large number of holdouts was hampering the fight against COVID-19.

Ukraine’s front line: Where lives turn on distant decisions

Chinese mRNA vaccine may fall short of Pfizer, Moderna shots

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

Dumplings the author made for the Chinese New Year in 2019 following her mom's recipe.

My mom’s dumplings were the perfect therapy as I underwent chemo

The 30 best comfort foods you’ll find at Boston area restaurants

For small restaurants, Guy Fieri and ‘Triple D’ are ‘the gift that keeps on giving’

This week's daters: Johnny and Tarah.

Dinner with Cupid

'My mom has tried to set me up on blind dates'

metro

Will Good maneuvered his wheelchair down a South Boston street while going to get lunch with his partner, Vita Brown. Good was paralyzed when he was a passenger in an Uber that crashed.

Uber passenger paralyzed in crash sues company for $63 million

‘It’s really scary,’ motorist says after concrete falls from overpass on Interstate 93 in Somerville, strikes windshield

State health care watchdog rebukes Mass General Brigham for high spending

sports

David Ortiz not only helped the Red Sox break a curse, he won three World Series titles.

Coming to Red Sox changed David Ortiz’s career, and he changed course of history for franchise

What Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens said after falling short in Hall of Fame vote

Watch the moment David Ortiz learned he was a first-ballot Hall of Famer

business

Kendall Square is the center of the biotech industry.

Massachusetts biopharma firms raised a record $13.7 billion in venture capital last year

S. Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Sherman to head marketing at DraftKings

politics

Egyptian army officers talking to a visitor to the Egypt Defence Exhibition 2021 (EDEX), in new Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. The country has one of the Middle East’s largest armies and ranks as a top global arms importer.

US approves major arms sale to Egypt despite rights concerns

Justice Department is reviewing role of fake Trump electors, top official says

Abortion opponents eye priorities as high court ruling looms

Nation

Members of the National Guard arrived at the Harborview Medical Center on Jan. 21, 2022 in Seattle, Wash.

CDC study finds shorter hospital stays during Omicron wave, even as infections and death toll mount

German lawmakers to debate possible COVID vaccine mandate

Chinese mRNA vaccine may fall short of Pfizer, Moderna shots

World

Spanish coastguards docked in Arguineguin carrying over 80 people after their rescue in Gran Canaria island, Spain on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.

Spain rescues 319 migrants at sea, 18 more feared drowned

Greek army helps remove vehicles on snow-plagued tollway

France bans gay ‘conversion therapy’ with new law

opinion

Firefighters protest Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's vaccine mandate at Florian Hall on Jan. 21.

Labor’s power play against Wu’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Massachusetts Democrats support democracy, right? Right?

We can’t fix the world’s problems if we don’t fix our own

lifestyle

Steamship Authority ferry from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard.

‘We’re off to a very robust start’: On opening day, thousands book Martha’s Vineyard ferry reservations for summer 2022

Warm up, game on, and rock out: 10 video games featuring Boston-bred bands and artists

Get Tasting Counter’s preserves, sauces, and vinegars to use at home

food & dining

Somerville’s Tasting Counter TC Market products.

Get Tasting Counter’s preserves, sauces, and vinegars to use at home

The Grey Barn and Farm on Martha’s Vineyard wins a top honor at the World Cheese Awards

6 Massachusetts artisan food makers earn Good Food Awards

travel

Steamship Authority ferry from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard.

‘We’re off to a very robust start’: On opening day, thousands book Martha’s Vineyard ferry reservations for summer 2022

This Vermont town was named among the best places to travel in February

Help! My Expedia tour credit is about to expire

Arts

Richard Avedon, "Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D'Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim's, Paris, August 1959."

Judy Glickman Lauder gifts 600-plus photographs to Portland Museum of Art

How the Boston Dynamics robot Spot became one artist’s muse — then, her assistant

10 museum must-sees

Books

New novel ‘Devil House’ looks at our true crime obsessions

Jabari Asim: an ‘eclectic, voracious’ reader

Science, fiction, and fantasy blend in ‘A Snake Falls to Earth’

Movies

Mirabel Madrigal struggles to fit into a family where everyone has been blessed with magical powers - everyone but her. Determined to prove she belongs within this extraordinary family, she strives to contribute in meaningful ways-denying to everyone, including herself, that she feels all alone, even in her own house. MUST CREDIT: Disney

21 film performances from 2021 worthy of an Oscar nomination

Tom Cruise’s next ‘Mission: Impossible’ films are delayed over COVID

Doc Talk: An incurable optimist, a fleeing fugitive, and an undaunted soul

Television

Sofia Black-D'Elia, left, as Sam, and Lily Mae Harrington as Felicia in "Single Drunk Female."

A path to sobriety worth following in ‘Single Drunk Female’

Amy Schneider beats Matt Amodio’s streak on ‘Jeopardy!’

This season, viewers who complain ‘SNL’ isn’t what it used to be might have a point

music

Kofi Boakye, 22, is preparing for his second shot at the Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night.

An enterprising Berklee pianist’s next gig: Live at the Apollo

Bad Bunny to play Fenway Park Aug. 18

Conductor Elim Chan, pianist Igor Levit offer familiar comforts and new delights at the BSO

Theater/Dance

Director Awoye Timpo (left) leads a rehearsal of the Huntington Theatre Company's "The Bluest Eye" at the Calderwood Pavilion, with actors Hadar Busia-Singleton (center) and Alexandria King.

In ‘The Bluest Eye’ at the Huntington, the challenge of capturing Toni Morrison’s unerring vision

Dramas, musicals, and a trio of blue men: 10 shows for theatergoers this winter

See dancers from all over New England during a weekend of Boston performances

globe local

Will Good maneuvered his wheelchair down a South Boston street while going to get lunch with his partner, Vita Brown. Good was paralyzed when he was a passenger in an Uber that crashed.

Uber passenger paralyzed in crash sues company for $63 million

Newton eyes extension for outdoor dining through 2022

Bike lane traffic cones on Mass. Ave. bridge tossed into river by vandals

Obituaries

Mr. Schapiro photographed an astonishing array of life on the American landscape.

Steve Schapiro, a witness, with camera, to seminal moments and people in the American tapestry, dies

Bill Owens, first Black state senator in Massachusetts, dies at 84

Joe Yukica, former coach at Boston College and Dartmouth, dies