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Massachusetts? hope of vaccinating almost everyone by the end of summer depends on a lot going right

Whether everyone who wants a shot can get one by this summer will depend on the state's ability to master the logistics of the vaccination rollout.

Thousands of COVID-19 vaccination slots opened up at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park overnight. They?re all taken

The state says Phase 2 vaccinations begin Monday. But many cities and towns say they have no way to make that happen

Baker urges residents to keep checking for COVID vaccination slots, says call center will open next week

Why experts say the state's vaccine registration system has a long way to go

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

Mass. health officials announced earlier this month that health care workers who are at a heightened risk of exposure to the coronavirus and residents and staff members at long-term care facilities would be first in line for the vaccine.

Mass. reports 4,222 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 43 new deaths The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Mass. reports 624 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 345 among school staff members These 192 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19

In Boston mayoral race, Essaibi-George says she?s in and Gross says he?s out

The Boston mayoral race took another turn on Thursday, with one city councilor, Annissa Essaibi-George kicking off her campaign and another potential candidate, Boston Police Commissioner William G. Gross, ruling out a run.

Bruins 4, Penguins 1

In rematch, Bruins don?t need overtime to beat Penguins

Patrice Bergeron scored two goals, his fourth and fifth of the season.

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dies

The pioneering actor was critical of films and television programs that cast Black characters as criminal, servile, or immoral, and insisted that African Americans, even if poor or downtrodden, should be portrayed with dignity.

Zendaya, Oprah, others react to death of Cicely Tyson

William Gross, Boston?s first Black police commissioner, abruptly announces retirement

Boston Police Superintendent Dennis White, who?s been serving as Gross?s chief of staff, will assume the duties and responsibilities of the position, Mayor Martin J. Walsh said.

Fauci, Walensky say: Just wear a mask ? and maintain 6 feet distance

The two officials were responding to a growing number of experts who are saying better masks are needed.

Representative Lori Trahan tests positive for COVID-19

A real life Robinhood story (one that might not end well)

The story of how GameStop?s stock went from under $20 to above $500 in days is one of separating the rich (Wall Street pros) from their money. But we may be overlooking the darker elements of their actions.

GameStop and AMC rally after Robinhood says it will allow some buying

GameStop?s roller coaster continued Thursday, with shares in the company rallying late in the day after the stock-trading app Robinhood said it would allow its customers to resume trading on the company.

Explainer: Why GameStop?s stock surge is shaking Wall Street

Warren slams SEC over GameStop-Reddit-Robinhood saga, calling the stock market a casino

Senator Elizabeth Warren is continuing to voice concern over the GameStop stock saga, but she said she thinks the root of the issue is broader than a handful of manipulated stock prices.

Weather | Dave Epstein

The coldest air of the season is arriving overnight

You will want to clear all the snow and slush this evening before it freezes rock solid tonight, because while this won?t be a record-breaking cold, it will certainly be the type of cold where it?ll be difficult to be outside for any extended period of time.

Maps: Bundle up. Here?s how cold it?s going to get in Massachusetts

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Opinion

Arm yourself against conspiracy theories

There are basic ways to distinguish the plausible from the far-fetched.

Taking stock of what worked and what didn?t when reopening Northeastern during COVID-19

IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN

Wall Street attacked by memes

Rachelle G. Cohen

A pillow becomes the stuff of nightmares

The curious case of Charlie Baker?s State of the State address

Project Takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

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

3 restaurants we supported this week How to help local spots without spending money Learn more about Project Takeout

Judge won?t block Mass. men?s extradition to Japan in case of former Nissan CEO?s escape

A federal judge on Thursday denied the request of Michael Taylor, a 59-year-old former Green Beret, and his son, Peter, 27, who allegedly helped Ghosn escape prosecution for financial crimes in Japan.

A strip club site in Providence tries to shake off its sordid past

Twice before, the gentlemen?s club on Allens Avenue has been shut down, then reopened with a new color scheme and new name. Will the third time be the charm?

McCarthy seeks thaw with Trump as GOP rallies behind former president

Two weeks after Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, enraged Donald Trump by saying that he considered the former president responsible for the violent mob attack at the Capitol, the two men met Thursday for what aides described as a ?good and cordial? meeting and sought to present a united front.

US handling of American evacuees from Wuhan increased coronavirus risks, watchdog finds

Two federal reports obtained by The Washington Post highlight a whistleblower?s account of the chaos as US officials scrambled to greet nearly 200 evacuees from Wuhan at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, Calif., on the early morning of Jan. 29, 2020.

Injured Bishop Feehan hockey player A.J. Quetta undergoes surgery at Mass General Hospital

Quetta, a senior forward from North Providence, R.I., was seriously injured Tuesday when he crashed headfirst into the boards in a hockey game at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield. He remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Facebook said to consider suing Apple over App Store practices

Facebook has considered filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, two people familiar with the deliberations said, a move that could escalate tensions between two of the world?s most powerful technology companies.

Marshfield woman charged with husband?s murder

Christine Ricci, 46, allegedly fatally stabbed her 51-year-old husband, Michael, at a home at 679 Moraine St. in Marshfield late Thursday afternoon, officials said.

TY BURR

A dozen or so great moments in screen overacting

These stars have put ham on the menu and made it the main course.

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Families of truck crash victims make plea to Biden, cite his past family tragedy in calling for reforms

A group who collectively lost 28 people to roadway collisions has sent a letter to President Biden, whose wife and daughter died in a horrific 1972 crash, asking him to take up their cause and do more to prevent truck crashes.

Veterinarians, teachers, other groups push for earlier access to vaccines

The jostling intensified this week when Governor Charlie Baker announced that residents age 65 and older had been bumped to the front of Phase 2, ahead of many essential workers.

This Boston-area home inspector shares bizarre and humorous findings on Instagram

The account, @bostonhomeinspectors, has built a strong following for its amusing, at times mind-boggling, look at the pitfalls of homeownership.

metro

Judge won?t block Mass. men?s extradition to Japan in case of former Nissan CEO?s escape

A federal judge on Thursday denied the request of Michael Taylor, a 59-year-old former Green Beret, and his son, Peter, 27, who allegedly helped Ghosn escape prosecution for financial crimes in Japan.

William Gross, Boston?s first Black police commissioner, abruptly announces retirement

Walsh leads city?s annual census of the homeless

Sports

Injured Bishop Feehan hockey player A.J. Quetta undergoes surgery at Mass General Hospital

Quetta, a senior forward from North Providence, R.I., was seriously injured Tuesday when he crashed headfirst into the boards in a hockey game at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield. He remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Thursday's schools roundup

Rayanne Forbes does the trick for Medford/Malden girls? hockey in win over Danvers/Beverly

Patrick Reed, Alex Noren beat the rain to take first-round lead in Farmers Insurance Open

business

GameStop and AMC rally after Robinhood says it will allow some buying

GameStop?s roller coaster continued Thursday, with shares in the company rallying late in the day after the stock-trading app Robinhood said it would allow its customers to resume trading on the company.

One of Boston?s largest landlords launches program to sharply cut evictions

Facebook said to consider suing Apple over App Store practices

politics

Former Obama aide to be tapped as Iran envoy, angering a highly polarized community of experts

A top national security aide to former President Barack Obama will be tapped as US envoy for Iran, a senior State Department official said late Thursday.

Trump team hires 2 ex-prosecutors with ethics experience

Analysis

Trump isn?t president. He isn?t even on social media. But he is still everywhere in the news

lifestyle

FOOD

Japanese sandwiches come to Central Square; Bianchi?s stages a comeback in Revere

Restaurant news you can use.

QUICK BITE

Filling a hole in the banh mi-verse

I?m so close to giving in

arts

Mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

Nothing takes the mind away from the twists and turns of reality like the twists and turns of a good mystery novel.

BOOKS

Finding oneself in ?Surviving the White Gaze?

BOOKS

Every book is arguably a journey, but as the pandemic grinds on, those that are explicitly about journeys hold special appeal

rhode island

RI BUSINESS

A strip club site in Providence tries to shake off its sordid past

Twice before, the gentlemen?s club on Allens Avenue has been shut down, then reopened with a new color scheme and new name. Will the third time be the charm?

RI NEWS

Providence Mayor to create Major police position focused on community relations and diversion services

Rhode Island lifts COVID-related restaurant curfew

Newton

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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?

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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

So you loved Amanda Gorman?s inaugural poem. Here?s who to read next

Poetry recommendations for those inspired by "The Hill We Climb."

?Moved to Act? at the Multicultural Arts Center gathers images of protest

Protests of all types are the subject of a photography show in Cambridge.

Mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

Nothing takes the mind away from the twists and turns of reality like the twists and turns of a good mystery novel.

Three walks with poets through their favorite landscapes

They are worth visiting now, and worth revisiting later to watch the change of seasons.

Finally, conductor Anna Rakitina makes her BSO debut

The assistant conductor?s scheduled dates were scuttled by coronavirus, so she'll make her debut with a made-for-streaming program.

PROJECT TAKEOUT

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Rachelle G. Cohen

A pillow becomes the stuff of nightmares

IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN

Wall Street attacked by memes

Taking stock of what worked and what didn?t when reopening Northeastern during COVID-19

The curious case of Charlie Baker?s State of the State address

Sheldon Whitehouse

Following US Capitol attack, we senators must investigate fellow members of Congress ? and follow the money

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A viral mystery: Does one infection prevent another?

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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

Music's first responder: How Yo-Yo Ma consoled a reeling nation

Three reasons why I know we have a great couple years ahead

No gym, no problem. My 20 relatives and I work out on Zoom now

Recipes: Italian flatbread, focaccia, and pizza dough

sports

In rematch, Bruins don?t need overtime to beat Penguins

Changes in high school hockey? Some teams learning the half of it

From rules modifications, mask wearing and electronic whistles, pandemic has presented high school basketball officials with their own set of challenges

metro

Watch live: The Housing Gap | The State of Race

A student of history, Willie Gross made some

Massachusetts? hope of vaccinating almost everyone by the end of summer depends on a lot going right

Nation

US handling of American evacuees from Wuhan increased coronavirus risks, watchdog finds

Former Obama aide to be tapped as Iran envoy, angering a highly polarized community of experts

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dies

World

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study

Vaccine shortages hit EU in a setback for its immunization race

Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action

politics

Pelosi wants security money to face ?enemy? within House

Representative Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

US issues domestic terrorism alert about possible additional attacks after Capitol riot

business

Explainer: Why GameStop?s stock surge is shaking Wall Street

Rockland Trust?s parent company appoints two new board members

A real life Robinhood story (one that might not end well)

lifestyle

Three walks with poets through their favorite landscapes

When travel resumes, politics is ?absolutely? likely to affect where people want to go and where they?ll feel welcome

On Chinese food around the world, a love of snacks, and the wonder of planes

marijuana

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

2 years after legalizing cannabis, has Canada kept its promises?

opinion

Vaccine folly ? and fury

Arm yourself against conspiracy theories

Outraged over vaccine rollout

food & dining

Japanese sandwiches come to Central Square; Bianchi?s stages a comeback in Revere

Filling a hole in the banh mi-verse

3 restaurants we supported this week

travel

When travel resumes, politics is ?absolutely? likely to affect where people want to go and where they?ll feel welcome

On Chinese food around the world, a love of snacks, and the wonder of planes

?Things will never be as they were before.? An expert offers 12 COVID-era air travel trends and predictions

Books

Mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

Finding oneself in ?Surviving the White Gaze?

Every book is arguably a journey, but as the pandemic grinds on, those that are explicitly about journeys hold special appeal

Movies

A dozen or so great moments in screen overacting

Doc Talk: Escher aesthetics, extremist extrication, homelessness in Hungary

A long night?s journey in ?Malcolm & Marie?

Television

I didn?t love ?Dickinson? ? until I did

Netflix releases big numbers for ?Bridgerton?

For Super Bowl viewers, a new playbook

music

Online concerts replace the BSO season that might have been

Louie Phipps is about to release his debut album, with help from some first-class musicians. He?s 9.

Boston Lyric Opera drops a fully animated ?Fall of the House of Usher? production

Theater/Dance

Actor Denis O?Hare on ?King Lear,? Trump, and the one role he never wants to play again

Boston Ballet revisits Yakobson gems and previews new work for spring

We, the jury: How courtroom dramas have primed us for Trump?s impeachment trial

globe local

Newton Cultural Development working to help fund art projects in city

New bicycle, pedestrian access planned for Hammond Pond Parkway in Newton

In Newton, leaks in gas lines are a never-ending challenge

Obituaries

Cloris Leachman, who earned an Oscar for dramatic role and endless laughs for other roles, dies at 94

Carol R. Johnson, who founded a pioneering women-led landscape architecture firm, dies at 91

Walter Bernstein, celebrated screenwriter, is dead at 101