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Boston Public Schools closed Friday due to incoming winter weather

Boston Public Schools will close Friday because of forecasted freezing rain and sleet, according to a tweet from the school district.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Beware icy travel with Friday’s storm

There’s a lot going on in the atmosphere over the next 24 hours, none of it really good.

Maps: Rain, sleet, snow on the way as winter storm warning issued for parts of Mass.

US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader, Biden says

US officials called the operation a “significant blow” to the organization, which has been trying for a resurgence with attacks in the region, including an assault late last month to seize a prison in northeast Syria holding at least 3,000 IS detainees.
Political leaders and experts praise special forces raid on ISIS that left leader dead

4,829 confirmed cases and 59 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
Mass. reports 10,068 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 1,918 among staff
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

As President Biden has attempted to highlight positive developments about the economy, polls suggest many Americans aren’t listening. They’re more focused on rapidly rising prices.

Meta plunges and sets off Wall Street’s worst drop in nearly a year

Stocks on Wall Street tumbled Thursday, with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, leading the way with a drop of 26.4 percent, a loss that erased more than $250 billion of its market value.
Christopher L. Gasper

Brian Flores just revealed what Black coaches have known all along: The odds are always stacked against them

Flores took what was an open industry secret and brought it into the legal light of day.
John Elway says Broncos’ interview of Brian Flores in 2019 was no sham Kevin Cullen: Throwing games is far more problematic than Tom Brady throwing shade

Brown University president defends affirmative action, legacy admissions

“We haven’t found a good alternative” to affirmative action in ensuring a diverse student body, Brown University President Christina Paxson said. "The moves against taking race into account as one of many factors in admissions basically blocks out a really important piece of information about a person in the life that they've experienced."
Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we?
There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks
They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West
You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Opinion
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The extra unseen talent of Biden’s Supreme Court nominee and all Black women in law

They are beyond qualified. They’ve had to be super-qualified their entire careers.
SCOT LEHIGH

Moderate politics is the right path, even in Mass.

Michael Mailer

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Michelle Holmes

We need to school ourselves as to what safe in-person education looks like

Joan Vennochi

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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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
Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.
Browse a map of reader-recommended takeout spots Explore the full project

More recent stories

THE GREAT DIVIDE
After Globe probe, BPS member asks for new audit of city graduation rates
Boston’s auditors found school officials wrongfully removed dozens of students from graduating classes by claiming, without sufficient proof, that they transferred to another school, moved to another country, or died.

Governor Charlie Baker touts priority projects for new federal infrastructure funds

Baker said he anticipates people across Massachusetts will start to see the impact of the new funding on their roads and transit systems by this summer.

Jeff Bezos’s superyacht to force temporary dismantling of Dutch bridge

Bezos’s massive new superyacht is nearing completion, but getting it to its owner will require taking out a bridge.

TABLES
A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance
Restaurant news you can use.

Jeff Zucker’s ouster at CNN rattles prominent staff at a pivotal time

The abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the direction of their network at a pivotal moment.

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★½
In ‘Moonfall,’ the Earth’s nearest neighbor is headed this way
The moon’s left its orbit, and only days remain to save the Earth. Can Halle Berry, as acting director of NASA, and Patrick Wilson as a disgraced former astronaut, do it?

Recommended reads

INNOVATION BEAT

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

Amid ongoing safety and regulatory issues, our intrepid tech reporter tries out the automaker's new "full self-driving" feature.
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‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden
As President Biden has attempted to highlight positive developments about the economy, polls suggest many Americans aren’t listening. They’re more focused on rapidly rising prices.

‘If there’s a definition for a hero, he’s one’: Friend of Boston police officer recalls his devotion to family
A friend of the family of Boston police officer John O’Keefe recalled him as a “hero” who adopted his niece and nephew following the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Cole Arthur Riley
The creator of Black Liturgies shares her beautiful resistance.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Vote in round two of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

‘Self-Care for Black Women’ offers strategies for nurturing mind, body, and soul

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

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

Michelle Holmes

We need to school ourselves as to what safe in-person education looks like

Michael Mailer

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Joan Vennochi

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

EDITORIAL

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Hey, Boston! Take this snow and shovel it.

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

This Valentine’s Day, say ‘I love you’ by doing something together

Quality time can take many forms. It can be a one-time date event or develop into a shared passion.

Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

Avram Goldberg, former Stop & Shop chairman who forged a unique approach, dies at 92

Ahead of his time, Mr. Goldberg worked closely with his wife, Carol, in executive roles.
CATCHING UP WITH ...

At St. Sebastian’s, Jack Doherty wore hockey jersey No. 11 with pride

Last October, St. Sebastian’s honored Doherty by retiring that No. 11 jersey to coincide with his retirement after 42 years as the school’s business manager and chief financial officer.

Sports

2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

2022 Beijing Olympics: Day-by-day schedule and results

View the official 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games event schedule. Find out how to watch your favorite Olympic winter sports.
Golf

Phil Mickelson, playing in Saudi Arabia instead of Pebble Beach, accuses PGA Tour of ‘obnoxious greed’

Mickelson is among 20 PGA Tour members playing in the Saudi International this week for exorbitant appearance money.
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball requests federal mediation in talks with Players Association

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has been asked to intervene in talks that threaten to delay and shorten the upcoming season.
JIM CLARK | BOYS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Winless in Patriot League play last year, Silver Lake boys’ hockey takes an unexpected pivot toward success

Courtney Kennedy’s approach as a player and a coach has led to a key role with the US women’s hockey team

NHL notebook

Anaheim Ducks name Pat Verbeek as their GM

Business

Biden’s Fed nominees questioned on inflation, climate issues at confirmation hearing

Despite the thorny questioning, it appeared the three will receive enough votes to be confirmed, creating the most diverse Fed board in the central bank’s 108-year history.

Jeff Zucker’s ouster at CNN rattles prominent staff at a pivotal time

The abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the direction of their network at a pivotal moment.

Workbar grows in the suburbs, with hybrid work in mind

Boston Dynamics robot makes an appearance in Sam Adams’ Super Bowl commercial

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
nantucket

She was a self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to all

PERSPECTIVE

Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.

Love Letters

My boyfriend and his ex weren’t swingers. But not far from it. Help!

Cooking

Recipes: Two secrets to quick and easy Mexican black bean dishes

metro

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

Mass. reports 10,068 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 1,918 among staff

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

sports

Red Sox add a senior hitting coordinator as part of several minor league personnel changes

Kevin Garnett shares what motivated him to give 100 percent in every game he played for the Celtics

Brian Flores just revealed what Black coaches have known all along: The odds are always stacked against them

business

Amazon is raising Prime fee $20 to $139, first jump since 2018

Jeff Bezos’s superyacht to force temporary dismantling of Dutch bridge

World’s poor endangered by record high food prices

politics

‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

In New York City, Biden tries to address the sleeper issue of the 2022 midterms

Biden in NYC: Nation must come together to end gun violence

Nation

As states rush to fill schools with teachers, shortage fears climb

Alleging racial bias in the Human Rights Campaign, Black ex-president files suit

Laquan McDonald’s killer, an ex-Chicago officer, leaves prison

World

Putin, facing sanction threats, has been saving for this day

US says new intel shows Russia plotting false flag attack

People need a new vaccine, not more boosters, experts argue

opinion

Ordinary people are no match for the jobless aid maze

Pandemic has ushered seniors into whole new world, virtually

Now at the Olympics: Synchronized quarantining

lifestyle

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

CambridgeSide to host Black-owned business pop-up market

food & dining

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

3 places we supported this week

These are the best — and worst — sugar cereals

travel

Maine celebrates winter, Newport enjoys the spotlight, and Arches slows the flow of tourists

Italy is a cut above for this hairstylist to the stars

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks

Arts

Sculptor Courtney Mattison conjures the sea and its discontents at New Bedford Whaling Museum

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

Textile paintings at Nearby Gallery invite viewers to probe, peer inside

Books

Chuck Klosterman: reading a little bit of everything, all of nothing

With friends like these

Revolution — and revelation — in ‘When We Lost Our Heads’

Movies

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Long divisions; Hendrix in Hawaii

Coping with loss in ‘After the Rain’

Television

Miniseries have been thriving on streaming services. Here are the 10 best.

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Netflix adapting ‘All the Light We Cannot See’

music

Courtney Barnett is giving optimism a shot

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup

Theater/Dance

Feet make music, too, in Subject:Matter’s ‘Songbook’ at the Somerville Theatre

Coming of age in a hostile world in ‘The Bluest Eye’

Jacob’s Pillow announces 2022 summer festival lineup, and one big change from last year

globe local

This Valentine’s Day, say ‘I love you’ by doing something together

Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

At St. Sebastian’s, Jack Doherty wore hockey jersey No. 11 with pride

Obituaries

Avram Goldberg, former Stop & Shop chairman who forged a unique approach, dies at 92

Former Celtics coach Bill Fitch dies at 89

Robin Herman, reporter who broke gender barrier in NHL locker rooms, dies at 70