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House members push for answers in wake of security breaches at Capitol

The removal of panic buttons from Representative Ayanna Pressley?s Capitol Hill office before an armed insurrection overran the complex is under review by the House Administration Committee, as Congressional Democrats push to determine whether the mob had inside help.
A look at some of the steps being taken to secure the Capitol ahead of weekend protests, Biden?s inauguration
Live Updates

Capitol rioters were highly trained ex-military and cops

N.H. police chief faces calls to step down after attending Trump rally that preceded Capitol attack
When word had spread that Troy Police Chief David Ellis Jr. ? a vocal, unabashed Trump supporter ? was in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, people weren?t happy. But some residents have been reluctant to criticize the chief?s actions.

Boston police investigating whether officer attended Capitol siege, posted threats on social media

Those posts are no longer available on the social media platform Twitter, but were captured by another Twitter user and publicly shared with the department.

Biden picks David Kessler, Deanne Criswell, David Cohen for top roles

A look at what?s in Biden?s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan

The incoming Biden administration unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan Thursday that offers a wish list of spending measures meant to help both people and the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden unveils $1.9 trillion plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy

Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that?s just the start.

More about Project Takeout

The Globe is asking readers, if they can, to get takeout and help our local restaurants get through this dark winter.

Tell us your favorite restaurants

Explore a map of some local restaurants and submit your hometown favorites

Opinion

Scot Lehigh

The 14th Amendment offers an easier way than impeachment to ban Trump from future office

Congress could disqualify him by a simple majority vote.
Renée Graham

Weeping for my country, again
Renée Loth

With Trump era ending, the unwinding begins

IDEAS | MONICA RODDEN

Would I have stormed the Capitol?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

An Amherst professor predicted exactly how Trump would try to overturn the election. Now he fears for 2024

Baker signs economic and housing package, but vetoes some tenant protections
Governor Charlie Baker signed a sprawling, $627 million economic development bill Thursday, but rejected a handful of measures.

Here?s what you need to know about the newest PPP and state COVID-19 small business grants

Tracking who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts
With a limited supply of vaccine doses, almost seven million residents, and some hesitation among specific communities, Massachusetts? long-awaited end to the COVID-19 pandemic feels within reach, but we?re not there yet.

Charts: How many vaccine doses has Massachusetts received, and who has been vaccinated?

KEVIN CULLEN
The gun nuts who stormed the Capitol proved that gun control works
The riot at the Capitol would have been infinitely worse if the gun-loving insurrectionists had carried weapons as openly as so many of them do in their home states.

Two suspects in Boston incident crash in Brockton after brief State Police chase

A shots fired investigation in Boston ended with a car crash in Brockton early Friday where two men were injured and two guns recovered after a brief pursuit by State Police, officials said.

Maura Healey launching review of road rage complaint involving DA Rachael Rollins

The attorney general is reviewing a citizen complaint that Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins threatened a fellow driver and inappropriately flashed her blue lights in a Christmas Eve encounter at the South Bay shopping mall. Rollins has denied that she acted inappropriately and said the other person was driving "erratically."

Kyle Rittenhouse flashed hate symbols, posed with Proud Boys in a Wisconsin bar, prosecutors say
Shortly after pleading not guilty to murder and weapons charges earlier this month, Kyle Rittenhouse showed up at a bar in Mount Pleasant, Wis., clad in a T-shirt that said "Free as F***", prosecutors said.

The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail
Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's house, their Secret Service detail spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job.

Bruins 3, Devils 2 | On Hockey
For openers, Bruins? refashioned defensive unit stood up to the task in shootout win over Devils
There was nothing but positives on the blue line as the Bruins began life without Chara and Krug with an OT win over the Devils.

Among the many changes for the Bruins: They win a shootout to open the season

Recommended Reads

With Senate wins, Warnock and Ossoff illustrate the changing face of Georgia

The two Democrats made an unlikely pair: One, a Black pastor who grew up in public housing, the other a slim-suited millennial and investigative journalist. But when each found himself facing runoff that would determine the balance of power in the US Senate, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff threw in together and campaigned as running mates.

?It was like looking at evil?: The Capitol attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts delegation
Some Massachusetts lawmakers and staff members said they felt unease Wednesday before the riot at the US Capitol, despite receiving assurances from police that security would be tight.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Suddenly, the party that broke the country wants unity
Here?s the thing about unity: To achieve it, you have to believe in a common good. And most members of this Republican Party have demonstrated over and over that they simply don?t.

metro

RHODE MAP
How the United Way plans to spend $100 million helping Rhode Island
An ambitious 5-year plan will tackle critical issues including affordable housing, education, and racial equity

Need a precedent for what?s going on in Boston politics? Look to 1993

Capitol rioters were highly trained ex-military and cops

Sports

Oliver Ames girls? basketball sweeps back-to-back against Foxborough
Coach Laney Clement-Holbrook and the Tigers dealt with a delayed start to their season, but have earned a pair of satisfying Hockomock wins.

Joaquin Niemann finishes with an eagle and a share of the Sony Open lead

Bradie Tennell?s rollicking short program leads at US Figure Skating Championships

business

US retail sales fell 0.7 percent in December as shoppers kept away from stores amid rising COVID-19 cases
The report released Friday is yet another sign that the pandemic is slowing the US economy.

Biden team starts @PresElectBiden while clashing with Twitter

A look at what?s in Biden?s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan

politics

Biden picks David Kessler, Deanne Criswell, David Cohen for top roles
President-elect Joe Biden is tapping former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler to help lead Operation Warp Speed, the government?s vaccine development program, according to a report Friday in The New York Times.

Senate plans trial for Trump as GOP weighs risks of convicting

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

lifestyle

IN THE FAMILY WAY
How to talk to your kids about what happened in Washington
As parents, we need to project calm and reassurance, even if we?re faking it.

2020's Most Asked Questions

Boston artist Kofi Lost writes the Google Year in Search
FOOD

Ghost King Thai opens in the South End, Gepetto arrives in Cambridge, and Yellow Door does brunch

arts

ART
At Peabody Essex, a reset on South Asian art
A new gallery puts the museum's deep collection to dazzling use.

ASK MATTHEW

A reader looks to lasso more upbeat TV shows

In ?Land,? Simon Winchester looks at what the hunger for land ownership has wrought

rhode island

RHODE MAP
How the United Way plans to spend $100 million helping Rhode Island
An ambitious 5-year plan will tackle critical issues including affordable housing, education, and racial equity

RI POLITICS

McKee takes center stage, emphasizing local control

Rhode Island?s refugee communities react to rioting at the US Capitol

Newton

Special Projects

A beautiful resistance | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

With every sip, a labor of love

In Vermont, a winemaker is cultivating a legacy that pays homage to the Black folk who built this country and is celebrating life and the future of farming.
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On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center?s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
They stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored ? one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It?s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You?ll hear from both.

Comfort Zone

?Suitcase Stories? zooms into the lives of Boston?s immigrant neighbors

The popular spoken word event goes digital with stories from the year 2020.

Thinking about not drinking? These authors can inspire your journey

Moderate drinkers looking to quit can find inspiration in the burgeoning quit-lit genre.

Tanks, a lot: Hudson?s American Heritage Museum is home to an array of armored vehicles and much more

With exhibits spanning the Revolutionary War to the present day, the museum is a showcase for military vehicles and artifacts drawn from the largest private collection in the world.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

How to fend off January restlessness

Yeti hunts? Snow slime? Aerial yoga? Here?s where to beat the winter blues.

Father-son duo team up in quarantine to write ?Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares?

Chuck Daly worked for President Kennedy, fought for his country, and kept notes and journals, anticipating their historical significance.
Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Three hearty stews that let you skip a step

The flavor won?t be lacking in these winter dishes that rely on spices to develop flavor instead of browning meat.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

One red hot mayoral race is enough
Rania Batrice

Call them white supremacists. Call them fascists and traitors. Don?t call them terrorists
EDITORIAL

Mitch, please
Joan Vennochi

Trump and his mob still terrorize the GOP
Nir Eisikovits

We don?t need to heal, reconcile, or unite, but we can learn to tolerate each other
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

?I was shaking. And I didn?t want my kids to see me.?

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months ? and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients? need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19?s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus ? and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
On the Cover

Jujubee?s fierce optimism is what we all need right now

Connections

Growing up, I thought my brother was the selfish one. Not any more.
Exclusive Excerpt

How many friends do we really need to be happy?
Dinner With Cupid

What happened next? Did these Cupid daters find love?

sports

For openers, Bruins? refashioned defensive unit stood up to the task in shootout win over Devils

Jets hire Robert Saleh as head coach

In Andover, it?s a Fazio family reunion on the basketball court

metro

New fees for Uber, Lyft could raise additional $95 million a year

EPA finds toxic compounds in mosquito spray used in Mass.; maker will change packaging

N.H. police chief faces calls to step down after attending Trump rally that preceded Capitol attack

Nation

A look at some of the steps being taken to secure the Capitol ahead of weekend protests, Biden?s inauguration

Biden picks David Kessler, Deanne Criswell, David Cohen for top roles

Senate plans trial for Trump as GOP weighs risks of convicting

World

US down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, as ordered by Trump

?The world is watching?: Ugandans vote in tense election

Mexico exonerates ex-defense chief who was freed by the US

politics

Biden unveils $1.9 trillion plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy

Cheney facing backlash for impeachment vote as GOP rifts deepen

Pelosi?s nine impeachment managers hope to ?finish the job?

business

Legislators lobby to add small-business franchisees to COVID grant program

Frates cousin hired at ALS treatment company

Here?s what you need to know about the newest PPP and state COVID-19 small business grants

lifestyle

Has he developed a work crush?

Project Takeout

Get takeout. It?s your civic duty.

marijuana

Healey appoints new commissioner to Mass. marijuana agency

Study: smoking pot raises level of harmful chemicals in body but smoking tobacco is more harmful

Q&A with outgoing cannabis commissioner Shaleen Title

opinion

With Trump era ending, the unwinding begins

Weeping for my country, again

OK, so a second impeachment. Now what?

food & dining

Ghost King Thai opens in the South End, Gepetto arrives in Cambridge, and Yellow Door does brunch

Project Takeout

Get takeout. It?s your civic duty.

travel

Looking for wild snow? Here are 6 backcountry skiing tours to explore

One pandemic perk? Plenty more volunteers at Unity Farm Sanctuary

Nantucket hoteliers buy a private Caribbean island for their latest resort

Books

In ?Land,? Simon Winchester looks at what the hunger for land ownership has wrought

Essays on the magic and poetry of art and place by André Aciman

Paulette Jiles on reading about crime, action, and exploration

Movies

Regina King on making ?One Night? memorable

12 activities to quell your nerves in these dark times

Doc Talk: Day care around the clock; a dad who was never on the clock

Television

A reader looks to lasso more upbeat TV shows

Inauguration events will be all over TV and the Web

More ?Sex and the City?? Not tonight, we?re tired

music

What it takes to build a ?modular? opera

Passim sends grants totaling $40,000 to 24 project-minded musicians

Celebrity Series offers home concerts recorded around the world

Theater/Dance

Theater leaders lean into 2021 with plenty of programming and a measure of optimism

For some arts venues, a lifeline

Boston record label Dead & Mellow marks a first year in which nothing went according to plan

globe local

?They are our family?: Neighborhood bars struggle to survive during pandemic

Should the federal government cancel all student loan debt?

It?s not every day you see someone driving with a bird in the vehicle

Obituaries

Harold Bornstein, Trump?s former personal physician, dies at 73

Siegfried Fischbacher, magician of Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81

Barry Goldsmith, who escaped, dropped out, and came back