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Thousands of customers are without power on Cape Cod

Mass. residents dig out, crews clear roads after Saturday’s bomb cyclone
Battered by a Saturday blizzard that hammered parts of eastern Massachusetts, people spent a sunny, chilly Sunday digging themselves out from a storm that left tens of thousands without power, while crews cleared roads and transit lines ahead of Monday’s commute.

Map: Power outages in Massachusetts

Here’s a look at snowfall totals from the storm

‘Game changer’ COVID-19 drugs trickle out to patients amid challenges

Only 429 patients have received the drug in Massachusetts — using up just one-sixth of the available supply — as providers scramble to set up systems to manage distribution.
‘Stealth’ Omicron variant no cause for alarm, but could slow case decline

Boston police officer dies after being found outside Canton home during snowstorm

The Boston Police Department identified the officer as John O’Keefe, a 16-year veteran of the force.

In the region’s booming biotech industry, workers are in short supply

STARS 6, BRUINS 1

Stars make short work of Linus Ullmark, bury Bruins in flurry of goals

Spotify responds to complaints about COVID-19 misinformation

Mental health a top concern for colleges as students return for spring semester

Some college mental health departments have begun to shift away from a singular focus on therapy and toward an effort to help students form friendships and to foster a more supportive campus culture.

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade deepens rift with family and friends

His inflammatory comment about Anne Frank was not the first time he’s likened the movement to victims of the Holocaust.

Baker seeking to halt probation and parole fees in ‘progressive’ proposal

Governor Charlie Baker is seeking to end the monthly fees Massachusetts charges those on probation and parole, targeting levies that court officials, lawmakers, and advocates have argued unnecessarily burden people trying to reenter society and do little to ensure the public is safe.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

How — and how not — to celebrate Black History Month

Let’s have less virtue signaling, hypocrisy, and misidentifying of Black people this year, OK?
JEFF JACOBY

In a divided country, one-size-fits-all schools deepen our fissures

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fowl play in Beverly over a 7-year-old’s cherished chickens

EDITORIAL

How to take a stand against RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine movement

EDITORIAL

Lower taxes in Massachusetts? Yes, please.

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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health
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NFL NOTEBOOK
Tom Brady’s contract makes potential retirement complicated for Buccaneers
The 44-year-old signed a $25 million, one-year extension with three voidable years last March to free up salary cap space. He’ll be paid $15 million of his $20 million signing bonus on Friday, and would potentially owe the team money if he retires.

SNL tackles Tom Brady retirement reports with surprise guest Peyton Manning

Deal between CSX and Amtrak could help pave the away for East-West Rail
Amtrak is using regulatory scrutiny of the CSX-Pan Am Railways merger as leverage to ensure it can expand passenger service in the CSX corridor, west of Worcester, when the time is right.

Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, dies at 30
Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program “Extra,” has died at age 30.

Gary Washburn | On basketball
Marcus Smart continues to push the Celtics to believe in their potential
Tasked by coach Ime Udoka with the role of point guard, Smart has pushed the pace to get easy baskets in transition for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

US pledges to put Russia on defensive at UN Security Council

The US worked Sunday to ramp up diplomatic and financial pressure on Russia over Ukraine, promising to put Moscow on the defensive at the UN Security Council as lawmakers on Capitol Hill said they were nearing agreement on “the mother of all sanctions.”

UN says over 100 ex-Afghan and international forces killed

The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country Aug. 15, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.

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Globe Magazine

‘I said to myself, “Enough is enough!”’: How a new Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment in the ’80s

He fled the Killing Fields of Cambodia, only to find racist violence in his new home. That’s when Paul Ratha Yem organized his immigrant community to do something about it.

Analysis
Democrats feared the worst from redistricting. But then the twists kept coming.
The central premise all last year turned out not to be true: Republicans won’t win the US House after the midterm elections based on the redistricting process.

Long before Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, New Hampshire’s child welfare system struggled to keep kids safe
Harmony’s disappearance has confounded the country and cast scrutiny on New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth, and Families, which historically has been one of the worst-performing agencies of its kind in the country.

Book Excerpt | The First Kennedys
How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston, with an Irish immigrant widow and her restless son
The roots of the family’s political and liquor fortunes start before Jack and even Joe, with Bridget Kennedy and her saloonkeeper son.

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Culture & Lifestyle

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Parents share random acts of kindness in a world gone wrong

Chicago arts organization awards $50,000 each to seven BIPOC New England fellowship recipients

Get Down With Your Hometown virtual music festival returns this weekend

APPRECIATION

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones couldn’t have been from anywhere else

Special Projects

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

David L. Phillips

Putin’s not unhinged. There’s still a path to peace in Ukraine.

SCOT LEHIGH

What happens when much of the country loses touch with reality?

Peter Hotez

Who will defend embattled scientists?

IDEAS | GEORGE ROGERS

The last good days of a very good dog

IDEAS | RO KHANNA

The case for pro-growth progressivism

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

LIVE WEATHER UPDATES

Thousands of customers are without power on Cape Cod

Cleanup and repair are underway after Saturday's storm brought heavy snow and caused outages. Crews are working to restore power, clear streets, and return train and air travel to normal schedules.

Baker seeking to halt probation and parole fees in ‘progressive’ proposal

Governor Charlie Baker is seeking to end the monthly fees Massachusetts charges those on probation and parole, targeting levies that court officials, lawmakers, and advocates have argued unnecessarily burden people trying to reenter society and do little to ensure the public is safe.

‘Game changer’ COVID-19 drugs trickle out to patients amid challenges

Only 429 patients have received the drug in Massachusetts — using up just one-sixth of the available supply — as providers scramble to set up systems to manage distribution.

Mayor Wu brings her policy — and personality — to social media

The @WuTrain account at once presents a staid public servant, a modern day influencer, and a one-woman rapid response team.

Sports

ED BURNS COFFEE POT HOCKEY CLASSIC

Caden Connors, Tewksbury boys’ hockey still perfect after knocking off Waltham

The senior defenseman had two goals and two assists for the No. 10 Redmen (11-0); Hingham and Wellesley also advanced in the Peter Doherty Division, while Reading and Natick were Walter Brinn Division winners.
RAMS 20, 49ERS 17

Rams finish out Jimmy Garoppolo, beat 49ers to set up home game Super Bowl

Down by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles defense shut down San Francisco, while Sean McVay's team scored on three straight drives to ensure they'll be in attendance at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13.
Stars 6, Bruins 1

Stars make short work of Linus Ullmark, bury Bruins in flurry of goals

Ullmark allowed four goals on 15 shots in a span of 27:39, ending a streak during which the Swedish stopper went without a regulation loss in eight games (7-0-1).
sports log

Clint Dempsey, Hope Solo headline US Soccer Hall of Fame class

Ben Volin | On Football

No disrespect to the winners, but both Chiefs, 49ers choked their seasons away

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Marcus Smart continues to push the Celtics to believe in their potential

Business

Deal between CSX and Amtrak could help pave the away for East-West Rail

Amtrak is using regulatory scrutiny of the CSX-Pan Am Railways merger as leverage to ensure it can expand passenger service in the CSX corridor, west of Worcester, when the time is right.

In the region’s booming biotech industry, workers are in short supply

The market for biotech talent in Massachusetts has long been robust, but lately the crunch has turned critical. “You can’t walk two blocks around Kendall Square without receiving a job offer,” said Jeanne Gray, chief people officer at Relay Therapeutics in Cambridge, only half-kiddingly.

Spotify adds COVID notices in attempt to quell dustup over Joe Rogan

US pledges to put Russia on defensive at UN Security Council

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.

magazine
On the cover

“Enough is enough!”: How a Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment

book excerpt

How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston

CONNECTIONS

Glue, glitter, and magazines helped me exorcise pandemic demons

PERSPECTIVE

We're doing the best we can at restaurants, but it isn't enough

metro

Mental health a top concern for colleges as students return for spring semester

Robert C. Hayden, prolific author of books about Black history, dies at 84

Mass. residents dig out, crews clear roads after Saturday’s bomb cyclone

sports

Tom Brady’s contract makes potential retirement complicated for Buccaneers

Chelmsford’s Chevonne Forgan wins bronze in women’s doubles at luge world championships

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones named Pro Bowl alternate

business

Susan Collins faults Biden for ‘clumsy’ handling of Breyer replacement on Supreme Court

China manufacturing activity grows at slower pace in January

Major storm hits Northeast with deep snow and strong winds

politics

Susan Collins faults Biden for ‘clumsy’ handling of Breyer replacement on Supreme Court

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants

Here’s what the GOP is saying about the process to replace Justice Breyer

Nation

Trial to resume for cops accused of violating Floyd’s rights

Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, dies at 30

Trump says he would consider pardons for Jan. 6 defendants if elected

World

North Korea confirms test of missile capable of striking Guam

UN says over 100 ex-Afghan and international forces killed

US pledges to put Russia on defensive at UN Security Council

opinion

Fantastic beasts and where we find them

Lower taxes in Massachusetts? Yes, please.

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

lifestyle

We’re not really back together

Does this storm have you dreaming of warmer places? Our travel writer ranks his top 10 Caribbean islands.

Should I give him another chance?

food & dining

What to cook this snowy weekend

A Chinatown institution makes a pop-up comeback

Nomai opens in Hingham; Somerville gets a sandwich-centric general store

travel

Does this storm have you dreaming of warmer places? Our travel writer ranks his top 10 Caribbean islands.

As events return, amateur athletes exercise their pent-up demand for travel

Celebrating winter in Maine, exploring Boston virtually, and listening on the go

Arts

Barbara Cole brings magical underwater imagery to Newbury Street

A slice of Southern California lands in Andover with ‘Light, Space, Surface’

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

Books

A matter of choice in ‘Mercy Street’

On water, too little or too much

Sex, secrets, and the liberal arts

Movies

Doc Talk: A soulful summer, borderland blues, and a punk priestess

In ‘Who We Are,’ a truth-seeker confronts racism in America

In documentary ‘The Panola Project,’ two Somerville filmmakers show how one woman got her small town vaccinated

Television

SNL tackles Tom Brady retirement reports with surprise guest Peyton Manning

Expect new story line, at least one star’s return in season 2 of ‘The White Lotus’

16 TV shows to binge during a big snow storm

music

Christophers, Handel and Haydn Society weave a brilliant tapestry on ‘Theresienmesse’

BLO’s ‘Svadba’ ultimately fails to synch up

At BSO, Thomas Adès transforms old into new

Theater/Dance

A props co-op sets the stage for theaters to save money

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

Five dance performances to carry you through the snowy season

globe local

Long before Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, New Hampshire’s child welfare system struggled to keep kids safe

Boys & Girls Club of Metro South opens new hydroponic freight farm

‘Walking into the lion’s den’: Cities and towns say they need help as climate change dangers grow

Obituaries

Robert C. Hayden, prolific author of books about Black history, dies at 84

Howard Hesseman, star of ‘WKRP in Cincinatti,’ dies at 81

Diego Verdaguer, popular Argentine singer, dies of COVID-19 complications