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‘Employers were barely sneezing at Omicron’: A surprisingly strong jobs report boosts Biden

Record COVID case counts last month during the Omicron surge had been expected to slow hiring significantly.
James Pindell

American elections are about the future. But Republicans are fully stuck on the past.

All elections in America, going back to 1789, have been about the future. But Republicans’ decision Friday to label the Jan. 6 attacks as “legitimate political discourse” shows the party is following its leader and still fixated on the past.
Republican Party declares Jan. 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’

Trump is ‘wrong’ to say 2020 election could be overturned, Mike Pence says
While former vice president Mike Pence in the past has defended his actions on Jan. 6 and said that he and former president Donald Trump will likely never see “eye to eye” on what happened that day, the remarks Friday marked his most forceful rebuttal of Trump to date.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

CDC plans to let people with weakened immune systems get a booster earlier

celtics 102, pistons 93

Jayson Tatum (24 points) leads the way, Celtics top Pistons to win fourth straight

Tatum made 9 of 21 shots from the field, going 4 of 9 from 3-point range, and added nine rebounds.
Beijing Winter Olympics

The last run: Shaun White says Olympics will be his final contest

The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics, they’ll mark his final contest, too.
How to watch: Day-by-day TV schedule and results See all of our ongoing Olympics coverage
Dan Shaughnessy

Brian Flores shined light on two explosive NFL issues — race and tanking — and other thoughts

It’s clear that the Rooney Rule is a farce, and the idea of losing on purpose is totally believable and a ticking time bomb for the league.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Skepticism of US intelligence? After Iraq fiasco, it’s a must.

The Biden administration should not equate the questioning of US intelligence as giving solace to Russia. From the Vietnam War to the invasion of Iraq, there are many lessons in the danger and death that can result from blind trust in the US government.
Alex Beam

Stop me before I shop again!

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

‘Cabaret’ and the shadow of fascism

IDEAS | BINA VENKATARAMAN

How did Iceland become a model of gender equality?

MARCELA GARCÍA

Should Boston limit the use of gas-powered lawn tools?

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

MGH claims breakthrough in detecting marijuana impairment

Convinced that existing tests are unfair, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital say they’ve found a better way to detect marijuana impairment.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Lewis Hayden was a fierce protector of Black people fleeing slavery
Lewis Hayden's impact was so profound that when he died in 1889, The Boston Globe ran a headline declaring “Freedom’s Dead.”

Australian researchers defend finding of Captain Cook’s ship in R.I.: ‘Right where we said it was’

“Either it’s Endeavour, or we have seen a whole bunch of really crazy coincidences,” maritime archaeologist James Hunter said. “And I’ve never seen that many bits of information correspond so closely.”
ADRIAN WALKER

Can the state auditor’s office be an engine of reform? Chris Dempsey argues it can.

Can the state auditor’s office — since its inception four decades ago, a repository for reports that line State House bookshelves unread — become a vehicle for social change?

‘This is just insane.’ MBTA’s machines for printing reduced-fare passes have been down for months.

Since November, the only two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority machines that print reduced fare passes for seniors, people with disabilities, and people who are blind have been broken, the MBTA said.

Westwood Catholic School apologizes for offering fried chicken as part of Black History Month celebration

Leaders from Xaverian Brothers High School are apologizing after serving fried chicken to students as a part of their Black History Month celebrations — a move some are calling insensitive and racist.

Recommended reads

MATTHEW GILBERT

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

These originals from the likes of Netflix and Hulu embraced the shorter format for stories that made a big impression.

john powers | on the olympics
At the Olympics, a subdued Opening Ceremony from a controversial host in a weary world
China’s human rights record has worsened since it last was host, and these Winter Games are being held amid a global pandemic that originated in the country.

Vote in round three of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?
We’ve put together the ultimate breakfast cereal bracket. Help us decide once and for all which childhood favorite should be crowned champion.

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.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

BOOK REVIEW

A cold that bites in Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’

STAGE REVIEW

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

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

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

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

Andrew Bacevich

Who ya gonna believe about Russia invading Ukraine?

RENÉE GRAHAM

America’s national pastimes — football and racism

JEFF JACOBY

It’s not just the Holocaust that Whoopi Goldberg got wrong

Jay D. Blitzman, Stephen M. Limon, Tony DeMarco, Leslie Harris, Sydney Hanlon, Deborah Ramirez, John Greaney, and Leslie Donahue

In search of answers in the Harmony Montgomery case

Timothy J. Garvin, Katie Murphy, and Robin Smith

Mass General Brigham’s expansion plan must be rejected

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Republicans are making it harder to vote. How much will it matter?

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

CDC plans to let people with weakened immune systems get a booster earlier

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

Lewis Hayden was a fierce protector of Black people fleeing slavery

Lewis Hayden's impact was so profound that when he died in 1889, The Boston Globe ran a headline declaring “Freedom’s Dead.”

‘Patrols were going from one crash to another.’ Mass. State Police respond to more than 200 accidents as flash freeze continues.

An icy winter storm marched across Massachusetts Friday, pushing temperatures well below freezing and leading to hundreds of car crashes on slick roadways, including one fatality, officials said.
RI POLITICS

Two of three R.I. GOP national committee members vote against censuring Cheney and Kinzinger

“I do not believe the Republican Party should be censuring Republicans unless they have engaged in criminal or unethical conduct,” Steven Frias said

Sports

The last run: Shaun White says Olympics will be his final contest

The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics, they’ll mark his final contest, too.

Norway’s Johaug wins first gold of Beijing Olympics in cross-country skiathlon

Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, finishing first in the women’s 15-kilometer cross-country skiathlon.
celtics 102, pistons 93

Jayson Tatum (24 points) leads the way, Celtics top Pistons to win fourth straight

Tatum made 9 of 21 shots from the field, going 4 of 9 from 3-point range, and added nine rebounds.
nhl notebook

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says league is ready to return to world stage

GOLF ROUNDUP

Seamus Power takes 5-stroke lead, sets 36-hole record at Pebble Beach

OLYMPICS NOTEBOOK

Brittany Bowe gets another event, and to carry the flag, to open her Games

Business

Stocks climb as investors weigh surprising jobs report, Amazon earnings

Stocks on Wall Street rose Friday, as an unexpectedly strong jobs report scrambled investors’ expectations for coming interest rate increases.

Boston’s largest hotel just sold. Changes could be in store.

The Sheraton Boston has a new owner just a few months after re-opening following a lengthy pandemic closure.

Santander says it will stop writing new mortgages

Bill in Congress echoes Mass. automotive right-to-repair plan

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

Those COVID tracking charts start here, with Biobot sewage analysis that knows we’re sick before we do

nantucket

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

MISS CONDUCT

Advice: How do I get people off the phone when I’m not up for talking?

Cooking

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

metro

Salem State University campus police officers equipped with body cameras

‘Should I start returning to normal?’ Experts still advise caution for those recovering from Omicron.

Can the state auditor’s office be an engine of reform? Chris Dempsey argues it can.

sports

Trail Blazers, Clippers exchange 5 players and 2025 draft pick in trade

Jayson Tatum’s All-Star selection pleases Celtics, but doesn’t come as a surprise

Lussier twins making major impact on mat for Whitman-Hanson

business

Austria’s COVID vaccine mandate is becoming law

A wave of organizations are offering paid leave for pregnancy loss

The US is expanding its hunt for early warnings of COVID in sewage

politics

Trump is ‘wrong’ to say 2020 election could be overturned, Mike Pence says

‘It’s a sad day for my party.’ Moderate Republicans react to RNC defending Jan. 6, censuring Cheney and Kinzinger

Republican Party declares Jan. 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’

Nation

CDC plans to let people with weakened immune systems get a booster earlier

Minneapolis mayor announces moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed

North Carolina court says GOP political maps violate state constitution

World

American behind Carlos Ghosn escape is ailing in Japanese prison, lawyers say

Boris Johnson quotes the Lion King to encourage Downing Street staff rocked by Partygate scandal

GoFundMe ends fundraiser for Canada convoy protesters

opinion

Republicans are making it harder to vote. How much will it matter?

Mass General Brigham’s expansion plan must be rejected

It’s not just the Holocaust that Whoopi Goldberg got wrong

lifestyle

TikTok hair icon Brad Mondo is plotting his world domination

He’s been married this whole time?

Bianca de la Garza has a co-anchor gig on far-right cable TV channel Newsmax

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

A cold that bites in Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s new novel, ‘The Books of Jacob,’ awes in size and scope

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

Movies

A host of reasons to follow the Oscars

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

Long divisions; Hendrix in Hawaii

Television

A host of reasons to follow the Oscars

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.

music

At BSO, a Czech conductor’s bold return

Courtney Barnett is giving optimism a shot

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

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

Salem State University campus police officers equipped with body cameras

Gas-powered leaf blowers are noisy and bad for the environment. Boston will soon consider what to do about them.

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

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