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What riot? Amnesia sets in among Republicans in Washington
Republicans ? some of whom initially showed willingness to push for consequences for Donald Trump ? have swiftly closed ranks around a new message: Let it go.

FBI probe of US Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination of an assault After record turnout, Republicans are trying to make it harder to vote

Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial

Former president Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin.
shirley leung

The Seaport has become Boston?s Innovation District. Somewhere former mayor Tom Menino is saying ?I told you so?

Rather than commissioning a study on whether tech types would flock to the waterfront, the Menino administration took a page from the entrepreneurs they wanted to court: City Hall experimented.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

High pressure will keep things dry and cold through Sunday afternoon

There?s no doubt that a storm is going to hit us Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning. It?s also without question that someone in New England is going to see between 6 inches and a foot of snow.

Snow is projected to fall in Mass. on Monday. Here?s how much your area could see
Coronavirus at a glance |
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State Police lieutenants sue department alleging potential cheating on promotion exam by high-ranking officers

Three Massachusetts State Police lieutenants are suing the department claiming a recent promotional exam was rolled out improperly, and their attorney alleged in court there is ?very serious evidence of potential cheating? within the top ranks of the department.

Legal pressure on Trump increases with judge?s order in fraud inquiry

A New York judge Friday increased pressure on former president Donald Trump?s family business and several associates, ordering them to give state investigators documents in a civil inquiry into whether the company misstated assets to get bank loans and tax benefits.

Celtics 95, Lakers 96
Lakers emerge victorious from last-minute scramble and other observations from the Celtics? loss
Anthony Davis led Los Angeles with 27 points and 14 rebounds.

Report: Matthew Stafford heading to Rams for fellow quarterback Jared Goff, draft picks
Seeking a fresh start, the Lions got a massive haul for their franchise quarterback: A third-round pick in 2021, first-round picks in 2022 and 2023, and Goff, who the Rams were similarly ready to move on from.

Opinion

IDEAS | DAVID VELASQUEZ

One day, two worlds

Born to undocumented parents in California, a Harvard grad student reflects on how far he's come ? and the prospects for 'a new day of compassion.'
IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

Karilyn Crockett, Boston?s chief of equity, on the city?s racial reckoning
Kimberly Atkins

With Biden in office, when will Breyer retire?
EDITORIAL

What?s taking so long to cancel Boston?s special election?
Renée Graham

A prophecy about white domestic terrorism foretold ? and ignored

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

19 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.

?Slurpee waves? return to Cape Cod amid frigid cold
"Slurpee waves" appeared off Cape Cod Friday as temperatures sank to their lowest point of winter. The temperature in Barnstable County was 1 degree Friday morning.

Wife charged with murdering husband, ending years of verbal and physical combat between the Marshfield couple, authorities say

Christine Ricci, 46, was set to be arraigned in Plymouth District Court on Friday. But she collapsed in the courtroom and was taken out on ambulance for treatment by first responders before the proceedings, several media outlets reported.

Ezra Vogel, a Harvard scholar of Japan and China, dies at 90
An expert on Asian affairs and a longtime member of the Harvard faculty, Dr. Ezra Vogel was also a successful author; "Japan as Number One: Lessons for America" and the biography "Deng Xiaoping" both were bestsellers.

Mitt Romney calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for pushing ?big lie? of a stolen election
Republican lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mitt Romney made waves on Saturday with a public Twitter spat.

capitals 4, bruins 3 (ot)
Bruins erase three-goal deficit in third, but Alex Ovechkin strikes early in overtime
Charlie McAvoy scored his first goal of the season for the Bruins with 57 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.

Red Sox? Tommy Harper sees racial bias in neighbor?s police complaint, Facebook post
Tommy Harper, who is Black, thought his white neighbor's reaction to a dispute over her dog was influenced by race.

Watertown man seriously injured in N.H. snowmobile crash
Konstantin Ioannidis, 30, was thrown from a snowmobile and seriously injured in Gorham, N.H. Friday morning only minutes into his first time riding one of the machines, officials said.

Recommended Reads

Wouldn?t you rather get vaccinated by your own doctor? Many doctors are ready but can?t get doses

Primary care doctors, long the mainstay of vaccination campaigns, say they?ve been left out and in the dark when it comes to battling the coronavirus. Yet they believe their involvement is essential to counter the misinformation that could undermine the whole effort.

Save the date. No, save this date. Actually, save this one
Amid pandemic postponements, wedding planning is going on for a really long time.

We may soon have a third vaccine. Here?s what you need to know about the Johnson & Johnson shot
The new Johnson & Johnson vaccine was hailed as good news, even though the company reported its one-shot dose had a lower efficacy rate than its two-shot rivals. Here's why.

metro

Bitter cold continues with winter storm on the way
The storm, expected to arrive Monday afternoon, could bring 4-6 inches of snow in Boston and up to a foot outside I-495.

State readies Fenway Park to serve as vaccination center as 87 new COVID-19 deaths, 3,957 cases reported Saturday

Watertown man seriously injured in N.H. snowmobile crash

Sports

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
NFL makes some progress with diversity hiring, but much more work needs to be done
In a league where approximately 70 percent of the players are Black, only one head coaching vacancy has been filled by a Black coach.

Lakers emerge victorious from last-minute scramble and other observations from the Celtics? loss

Blackhawks cancel practice because of COVID-19

business

shirley leung
The Seaport has become Boston?s Innovation District. Somewhere former mayor Tom Menino is saying ?I told you so?
Rather than commissioning a study on whether tech types would flock to the waterfront, the Menino administration took a page from the entrepreneurs they wanted to court: City Hall experimented.

White House presses ahead on coronavirus economic aid even as Republicans withhold support

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray tapped to run mass vaccination sites

politics

Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial
Former president Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin.

For McCarthy and McConnell, two paths on Trumpian crisis management

What riot? Amnesia sets in among Republicans in Washington

lifestyle

DEVRA FIRST
Oleana, Sofra, and other restaurants are trying a new model to survive: subscriptions
It?s like a CSA share, but for restaurants. And it?s working.

Is a first date ever fun?

Want to get kids outside this winter? Try selling them on animal tracking

arts

NAMES
Min Jin Lee?s ?Free Food for Millionaires? in development at Netflix
The Amherst College writer-in-residence even wrote the pilot script adapting her 2007 debut novel.

?This work must be in an institution.? Amanda Gorman portrait gifted to Harvard

19 mysteries and thrillers to lose yourself in this winter

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
Pandemic takes heavy toll on Latino-owned businesses in R.I.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce estimates 30 percent of the state?s Latino-owned businesses have closed since the outbreak began.

RI EDUCATION

R.I. legislative leaders want to make Rhode Island Promise permanent
RI SPORTS

Brown University Athletics Director Jack Hayes steps down after a decade

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

Boston Globe launches ?Fresh Start? initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to ?right to forget? programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person?s life.

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

Want to get kids outside this winter? Try selling them on animal tracking

Youngsters can get started with these tips from an expert.

?This work must be in an institution.? Amanda Gorman portrait gifted to Harvard

Ghanaian artist Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne painted the piece in just five days.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Pandemic socializing means pods, smaller groups, and sometimes exclusion. Here?s how to help your child (and maybe even yourself)

Dealing with a pandemic is bad enough; questioning your social worth doesn?t make it any better. How to cope? We talked to three experts for ideas.

?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.

19 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.
COMFORT ZONE

Three walks with poets through their favorite landscapes

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | STEVE NADIS

Q&A: The end of Cult 45?
Scot Lehigh

Arm yourself against conspiracy theories

EDITORIAL

Biden must not miss the urgency of the moment on criminal justice reform
Renée Loth

Federal executions ? cruel and too usual
Rachelle G. Cohen

A pillow becomes the stuff of nightmares
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

A viral mystery: Does one infection prevent another?

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
The Pandemic

Helping health care workers: The Emotional PPE Project covers what masks don't

On the Cover

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

Is reconciliation in a divided America possible? Look to Northern Ireland to see what could happen.

Cooking

Recipes: Italian flatbread, focaccia, and pizza dough

sports

Concord-Carlisle girls? hockey reverses fortunes, shuts out Boston Latin

Report: Matthew Stafford heading to Rams for fellow quarterback Jared Goff, draft picks

Bruins erase three-goal deficit in third, but Alex Ovechkin strikes early in overtime

metro

State Police lieutenants sue department alleging potential cheating on promotion exam by high-ranking officers

Boston police seek individual in connection to fatal shooting of Dorchester woman

High pressure will keep things dry and cold through Sunday afternoon

Nation

Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial

Mitt Romney calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for pushing ?big lie? of a stolen election

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

World

EU makes a sudden and embarrassing u-turn on vaccines

At elite French universities, students demand environmental action

?Like wartime?: Canadian companies unite to start mass virus testing

politics

Veteran CIA officer, who previously briefed George W. Bush, to lead Biden intelligence sessions

Police tighten security for Congress in era of rising threats

FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before riot

business

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9t economic aid plan

Cloud-software firm Veeva plans to add 200 jobs in Boston over the next 18 months

Here?s why people are talking about GameStop, Robinhood, and a Mass. resident called ?Roaring Kitty?

lifestyle

Pandemic socializing means pods, smaller groups, and sometimes exclusion. Here?s how to help your child (and maybe even yourself)

In honor of Black History Month, a selection of events

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

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

One day, two worlds

Faith ? and fissures ? in the evangelical community

Impeachment is starting to look like a mirage

food & dining

Oleana, Sofra, and other restaurants are trying a new model to survive: subscriptions

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

Filling a hole in the banh mi-verse

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

19 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

Min Jin Lee?s ?Free Food for Millionaires? in development at Netflix

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

Netflix releases big numbers for ?Bridgerton?

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

High pressure will keep things dry and cold through Sunday afternoon

Snow is projected to fall in Mass. on Monday. Here?s how much your area could see

How this Gloucester restaurant transformed into a haven for homeless people

Obituaries

Ezra Vogel, a Harvard scholar of Japan and China, dies at 90

Sekou Smith, award-winning NBA reporter and analyst, dies at 48

Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73