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Cambodian rise in Lowell politics shadowed by dark history in homeland

The milestones mask deep political divisions in this gateway city, where homeland politics still drives allegiances and where the Khmer community is conflicted over whether Sokhary Chau’s election as mayor represents true progress.

Bitter feelings linger after lengthy strike at Saint Vincent Hospital

A contingent of nurses upset by the strike is pushing to decertify the union and nix the hard-fought labor contract.
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

Protesters gather outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital over patient dropped from transplant list
About 100 protesters gathered outside Brigham & Women’s Hospital Sunday afternoon in support of a Massachusetts man whose family has said he was dropped from its heart transplant waitlist because he hasn’t been vaccinated for COVID-19.

In less than a decade, nearly every state has outlawed ‘revenge porn.’ So why hasn’t Massachusetts?

Avalanche danger high Sunday following storm

On Olympics

No better sports rivalry than the one between the US and Canada in women’s hockey

"I can play against them every day and still be excited every day to play them,” said Canadian forward Rebecca Johnston.
Of course there’s a Boston connection to Team USA’s first medal Here's a rundown of schedules and results See all of our Olympic coverage

For years, the mother of Harmony Montgomery rang the alarm about her missing daughter. Few listened.

“I just can’t ... sit by the phone and hope,” says Crystal Sorey, whose daughter has been missing since 2019. “Not as a mother.”

30 minutes in Roslindale: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s block has taken center stage in one of the city’s ugliest political dramas

The acrimonious dispute over Wu’s vaccine requirement for city employees has come to define her early tenure in City Hall. Lately, it’s been disrupting her early-morning life at home, too.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

After violence of Jan. 6, Congress must fix the antiquated way presidential votes are counted

While much has been made about the attack on the US Capitol during the vote-counting process, Congress has yet to actually take on the law that ostensibly paved the way for Donald Trump to incite the insurrection.
Alex Beam

I hate myself and want to buy

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

‘Cabaret’ and the shadow of fascism

IDEAS | BINA VENKATARAMAN

How did Iceland become a model of gender equality?

EDITORIAL

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

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

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THE FINE PRINT

Those added fees you hate? A federal consumer agency wants to take them on

Consumers are often enraged by fees buried in the fine print. So now, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking them on.

Dr. Herbert Benson, who documented and promoted meditation’s health benefits, dies at 86
Basing his work on scientific research, Dr. Benson called meditation's effect on health "the relaxation response."

‘An amazing legacy’: Justice Breyer’s replacement could be a former clerk he considers family
Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would become the first Black woman on the court, spent a formative year clerking for the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer more than two decades ago.

Top Biden aide says Ukraine invasion could come ‘any day’
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day,” launching a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost.”

LOVE LETTERS
One of us would have to move
He lives in Spain. Is it time to join him?

Mass. home prices have skyrocketed since 2019. Here’s how much.
The median prices for condos and single-family homes broke records in December.

Recommended reads

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

Julia Riew has spent the past year and a half writing and composing a full-length musical as part of her senior thesis project — complete with script, screenplay, and more than 15 original songs. Now Hollywood is taking notice.

As Omicron wanes, hopes rise to travel and socialize again
Hints of optimism are seen in record advance bookings at some New England inns, a stream of tourists to Boston and beyond, and restaurants and clubs where tables are hard to reserve.

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.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Melnea Cass, ‘First Lady of Roxbury,’ gave Boston her all
The name of Melnea Agnes Cass, known as the “First Lady of Roxbury,” is emblazoned on public amenities across the neighborhood she called home, a testament to her legacy as a civil rights activist and community organizer.

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Culture & Lifestyle

HASTY PUDDING

Warmest welcome for Jennifer Garner, Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year, on frigid parade day

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?

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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

Protesters gather outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital over patient dropped from transplant list

About 100 protesters gathered outside Brigham & Women’s Hospital Sunday afternoon in support of a Massachusetts man whose family has said he was dropped from its heart transplant waitlist because he hasn’t been vaccinated for COVID-19.
TOM FARRAGHER

A community embrace for nuns out of Africa

Perhaps the greatest lesson being taught these days at Austin Prep in Reading comes from the journey that has brought four African nuns who to the school, where they have come to deepen the meaning of the words service and sacrifice.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

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

Avalanche danger high Sunday following storm

The Mount Washington Avalanche Center’s daily forecast warned that avalanche danger in upper and middle elevation areas was “considerable,” the third-highest level of warning on its danger scale. In lower elevations, the risk fell to “moderate.”

Sports

On Olympics

No better sports rivalry than the one between the US and Canada in women’s hockey

"I can play against them every day and still be excited every day to play them,” said Canadian forward Rebecca Johnston.
2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

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

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

Men’s Beanpot ready to take center stage at TD Garden after one-year hiatus

Boston University faces off against Harvard at 5 p.m., followed by Boston College and Northeastern at 8.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Tuukka Rask’s status the biggest Bruins question coming off the All-Star break

Olympics

An Olympic question that won’t go away: Where is Peng Shuai?

United States 8, Switzerland 0

US women’s hockey tunes up for Canada with 8-0 rout of Switzerland

Business

‘It’s red roses or die.’ Amid supply chain turmoil, florists prepare for Valentine’s Day.

Toss aside the teddy bears and chocolate boxes. With Feb. 14 approaching, florists have strategized to beef up inventory of the holiday's hottest commodity: roses.
THE FINE PRINT

Those added fees you hate? A federal consumer agency wants to take them on

Consumers are often enraged by fees buried in the fine print. So now, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking them on.

Sound travels: Music studio relocating to make way for lab space

Bitter feelings linger after lengthy strike at Saint Vincent Hospital

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

Dr. Herbert Benson, who documented and promoted meditation’s health benefits, dies at 86

Mildred Davenport was a force on the stage and the war front

In less than a decade, nearly every state has outlawed ‘revenge porn.’ So why hasn’t Massachusetts?

sports

In team figure skating, the only thing left to decide is who stands where on the podium

Of course there’s a Boston connection to Team USA’s first medal, and other thoughts on Saturday’s Olympics

China reports 10 COVID-19 cases among people involved with Olympics

business

Hong Kong set to report 342 local COVID-19 Infections, SCMP says

Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

politics

Federal women’s prison fostered culture of abuse, investigation finds

Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘absolutely’ will pass, Manchin says

Crossing lines, Manchin endorses Murkowski’s Senate campaign

Nation

Federal women’s prison fostered culture of abuse, investigation finds

Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘absolutely’ will pass, Manchin says

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

World

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over COVID protests

Queen Elizabeth, anchor in a storm-tossed Britain, marks 70-year reign

West Africa grapples with new wave of military coups

opinion

In search of answers in the Harmony Montgomery case

America’s national pastimes — football and racism

China wants to muzzle Olympians. The IOC can’t allow that.

lifestyle

13 offbeat ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day — no date required

One of us would have to move

Warmest welcome for Jennifer Garner, Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year, on frigid parade day

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

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West

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

Composer John Williams turns 90 on Tuesday, the same day Oscar nominations are announced

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

A host of reasons to follow the Oscars

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

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

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

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

globe local

As Omicron wanes, hopes rise to travel and socialize again

Melnea Cass, ‘First Lady of Roxbury,’ gave Boston her all

Salem State University campus police officers equipped with body cameras

Obituaries

Dr. Herbert Benson, who documented and promoted meditation’s health benefits, dies at 86

Yale Kamisar, known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda rule, dies at 92

Art Cooley, co-founder of Environmental Defense Fund, dies