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Two Mass. residents arrested for alleged roles in Capitol siege

An organizer of the controversial Straight Pride Parade held in Boston in 2019 and a polarizing Natick Town Meeting member were both arrested Tuesday on charges stemming from their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, which left at least five people dead, including a police officer.
Acting attorney general says authorities will not tolerate disruptions to Biden inauguration
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Biden?s pick for DNI pledges support role to FBI on US threats

Lawmakers who objected to election results have been cut off from 20 of their 30 biggest corporate PAC donors

The 147 Republican lawmakers who opposed certification of the presidential election this month have lost the support of many of their largest corporate backers - but not all of them.

Trump?s impeachment trial, Biden?s Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege

President Trump?s last full day in office Tuesday is also senators? first day back since the deadly Capitol siege.
Watch live: Treasury pick Janet Yellen's hearing Watch live: DHS pick Alejandro Mayorkas's hearing

Man shot by Wakefield police after body of slain woman found in home, Middlesex district attorney says

A man was shot by at least one Wakefield police officer Tuesday after officers discovered the body of a woman who was the apparent victim of a homicide, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement.
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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

EDITORIAL

It?s gut-check time for Republicans. That means you, Governor Baker

The Massachusetts GOP needs moderation if it?s going to survive in a mostly blue state. And it has to come from the top.
OPINION

What does Joe Biden?s inauguration mean to you?
EDITORIAL

It?s time lawmakers support an ?open? House
Robert Hecht and Shan Soe-Lin

What can we expect from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021?
Barbara Smith

White people now realize white supremacy is coming for them

HELP DESK
The rules for tipping on takeout and delivery ? and some other tips, too
Do you still tip 20 percent if you?re bringing your food home? Throw in a little extra for curbside pickup? Here are the etiquette commandments of COVID-era takeout and delivery.

How to fall in love with winter running
How (and where) to keep moving amid Boston's chill, snow, and ice.

THE FINE PRINT
In Mass., private companies can make a killing, legally, if you can?t keep up with your property taxes
Massachusetts is one of only about a dozen states that allow municipalities ? and companies that take over their tax title liens ? to reap windfalls when they take properties from tax delinquents.

Innovation economy

Recorded Future scours the web for potential cyberattacks and terrorist activity. Its business is booming

The Somerville company grew by a record 50 percent in 2020.

Jared Porter, ex-Red Sox staffer, fired from Mets GM role after sending explicit texts to reporter
Porter, who went to Thayer Academy and worked for the Red Sox from 2004-15, when he joined Theo Epstein in Chicago, was named GM last month.

These are the highest earners on the Massachusetts state payroll
The University of Massachusetts system dominated the list of top earners on the state?s $8.2 billion payroll for the last year.

Harry Brant, son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour, dies at 24
Harry Brant, a rising model and son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour and publisher Peter Brant, died Sunday of an accidental overdose, his family said.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas reportedly break up
Several outlets are reporting that the actor?s partner, actress Ana de Armas, called their relationship off less than a year after it began.

More recent headlines

Woman dead after trying to rescue dogs trapped in burning house in Holliston

Man hospitalized after Lawrence shooting

The Boston-area housing market roared through December

Recommended Reads

Having trouble focusing? You?re not alone

Multiple simultaneous crises are making it impossible to concentrate ? except on our inability to concentrate, that is.

Adrian Walker
This Boston mayor?s race will be like no other
Get ready for a mayor?s race like nothing Boston has ever seen. Given the likely field of contenders, this could be a real break.

As Labor secretary, Marty Walsh would face daunting challenges and high expectations
Whether Walsh, a veteran of old-school labor activism before becoming mayor in 2014, will take on the monumental task of modernizing decades-old labor laws, and has the support to make it happen, remains to be seen.

metro

Tell us what you want to know about coronavirus
Do you have unanswered questions? Ask us here.

Biden?s pick for DNI pledges support role to FBI on US threats

Straight Pride Parade organizer, Natick Town Meeting member arrested for alleged roles in US Capitol riot Jan. 6

Sports

college basketball
Wednesday?s Boston College, UMass men?s basketball games postponed
The Eagles postponed their game vs. Virginia Tech to Wednesday due to a positive COVID-19 test within the program.

NFL

Pro Football Hall of Fame voters meet to discuss 2021 class as Tom Brady throws support behind Richard Seymour
red sox

Could top Red Sox prospect Jarren Duran make his major league debut in 2021?

business

Innovation economy
Recorded Future scours the web for potential cyberattacks and terrorist activity. Its business is booming
The Somerville company grew by a record 50 percent in 2020.

The Boston-area housing market roared through December

Lawmakers who objected to election results have been cut off from 20 of their 30 biggest corporate PAC donors

politics

Trump?s impeachment trial, Biden?s Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege
President Trump?s last full day in office Tuesday is also senators? first day back since the deadly Capitol siege.

Several Biden Cabinet nominees face Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday

Watch live: Biden?s Treasury pick Janet Yellen faces Senate confirmation hearing

lifestyle

BOTTLES
We can?t have all the sports we want, but we can have these sports beers
Bruins hockey is back, and so is a new Bruins beer for 2021. And Jack?s Abby Pride and Parquet should pair nicely with Jayson Tatum?s step-back.

If you?ve been missing Hot Dates, we?ve got you covered (in chocolate)
GETTING SALTY

Once a downtown lunch staple, Bonapita caters to new norms

arts

ASK MATTHEW
Why I don?t give TV reboots and revivals a second thought
Whatever happened to endings?

COMFORT ZONE

Five presidents and their musical moments
MATTHEW GILBERT/YOUR TV GPS

This week?s TV: The inauguration, John Lurie paints, and 2020?s most-streamed shows

rhode island

Rhode Island is still limiting social gatherings to single households. How many people are listening?
A new survey shows that people aren?t following all COVID-19 guidelines

CORONAVIRUS

R.I. House won?t meet Tuesday after staff members test positive for COVID-19

One judicial trailblazer inspires another

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.
See more from 'A Beautiful Resistance' Follow on Instagram

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

COMFORT ZONE

Five presidents and their musical moments

One hosted Elvis at the White House. Another channeled Al Green. And guess who had the best stereo in town?
ASK MATTHEW

Why I don?t give TV reboots and revivals a second thought

Whatever happened to endings?
COMFORT ZONE

Cambridge hotel celebrates the return of pets to the White House

The Kimpton Marlowe?s Presidential Pooch package includes plenty of treats.
COMFORT ZONE

Grammy-nominated rapper Joyner Lucas awarded Key to the City of Worcester

The honor went to those who made significant contributions to the arts in a difficult year.
TRAVEL

3 quick escapes that can add a little fun and adventure to your life this winter

These destinations offer beauty and recreation, and a brief relief from the day-to-day.

Beyond ?One Night in Miami:? Where to find more of the movie?s iconic foursome

Where to find more movies with Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Malcolm X, and Sam Cooke.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Joan Vennochi

Can Biden contain the flames lit by Trump?
EDITORIAL

Biden must champion a new Civil Rights Act
Patrisse Cullors

What America ought to be
Mark L. Wolf

Merrick Garland may be the attorney general America needs
Michael A. Cohen

Biden goes all in
IDEAS | MAGGIE JACKSON

The gift of being unsure of what to do

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

Jared Porter, ex-Red Sox staffer, fired from Mets GM role after sending explicit texts to reporter

Celtics need to win now, and must use their $28.5 million trade exception wisely. Here are some candidates to ponder

Chiefs await word on how long Patrick Mahomes will remain in concussion protocol

metro

Acting attorney general says authorities will not tolerate disruptions to Biden inauguration

Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots top $1.5 billion combined

Pen pals, birding, and how to appraise an antique

Nation

Trump?s impeachment trial, Biden?s Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege

Several Biden Cabinet nominees face Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday

Watch live: Biden?s Treasury pick Janet Yellen faces Senate confirmation hearing

World

Dubai, party haven amid pandemic, faces its biggest surge

Kim may be planning ballistic missile test as N. Korea ratchets up pressure on new US administration

Europe welcomes Biden, but won?t wait for him

politics

Watch live: Biden DHS pick Alejandro Mayorkas faces Senate confirmation hearing

Biden picks Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary; she would be first openly transgender official confirmed by Senate

Roberts to swear in yet another president who opposed him

business

Elon Musk donates $5m for coronavirus research in Boston

Office Depot rejects offer from Staples, but open to partial deal

Yellen urges Congress to do more to fight pandemic recession

lifestyle

Want to improve your wine skills? Begin by ?listening? to the scent of gewürztraminer

Recipe: Chickpeas, plenty of spices, and herb oil go into this vegetarian tagine

Craize crackers give tortilla chips some competition

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

What does Joe Biden?s inauguration mean to you?

It?s gut-check time for Republicans. That means you, Governor Baker

All eyes on state?s vaccine rollout

food & dining

We can?t have all the sports we want, but we can have these sports beers

If you?ve been missing Hot Dates, we?ve got you covered (in chocolate)

Once a downtown lunch staple, Bonapita caters to new norms

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

Beyond ?One Night in Miami:? Where to find more of the movie?s iconic foursome

Regina King on making ?One Night? memorable

12 activities to quell your nerves in these dark times

Television

Why I don?t give TV reboots and revivals a second thought

This week?s TV: The inauguration, John Lurie paints, and 2020?s most-streamed shows

?Insecure,? ?High Maintenance? call it a day the right way

music

Five presidents and their musical moments

What it takes to build a ?modular? opera

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

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

Pen pals, birding, and how to appraise an antique

Atop the mountain, a mixture of relief and resolve

Temperatures will get colder this week, but our mild winter is set to continue

Obituaries

Winifred Mayes, first woman in the Boston Symphony Orchestra?s string section, dies at 101

Mary Catherine Bateson dies at 81; anthropologist on the lives of women

Shirley Abrahamson, trailblazing Wisconsin judge, dies at 87