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Donald Trump's impeachment trial: Day 1

Trump’s impeachment trial set to begin

The Senate today will take on Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial. The former president is charged by the House with inciting a violent mob attack on the US Capitol to overturn the 2020 election results.
LIVE UPDATES

The latest from former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial

Impeachment trial day 1 preview

A key subplot of Trump’s impeachment trial: the clock

For Democrats, the question is how quickly they get the trial over with. For Republicans, it’s a question of how long they can drag this thing out.

Here’s where Senate Republicans stand on convicting Donald Trump

Trump’s lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack. Here’s what his allies and aides said really happened that day

Tmeline of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Another round of snow arrives in Massachusetts

All of Massachusetts is going to see accumulating snow, with the possible exception of portions of Cape Cod.

Maps: Here’s how much snow to expect

 Here are the schools closing early or planning remote-only learning

UMass Amherst students could face discipline for violating pandemic protocols in wake of school lockdown

A number of students at UMass Amherst, which recently went into lockdown following a COVID-19 spike on campus, were referred to the university conduct office for alleged violations of pandemic-related protocols between Jan. 1 and Feb. 5, the school told town officials Monday.

Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was likely disoriented in clouds, federal investigators say
The National Transportation Safety Board's long-awaited report explored the probable causes of the tragedy that killed the retired basketball star, launched several lawsuits, and prompted state and federal legislation.

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Milford police chief placed on leave in wake of probe over whether he misused his authority

Officials in Milford on Monday placed Police Chief Michael Pighetti on paid administrative leave amid a probe into whether he misused his authority, Town Administrator Richard A. Villani said in a statement.

Competition for summer camp spots is heating up, despite many uncertainties

Families are snapping up scarce spots at Massachusetts summer camps, but public health authorities have not yet released rules for how programs can be run safely — nor have they said whether overnight camps can open at all.
A Beautiful Resistance x Reebok celebrates Black History Month: Jeneé Osterheldt
Boston Globe culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt on the special collaboration between A Beautiful Resistance and Reebok celebrating Black History Month 2021. ( Concept & curation by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff, Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Illustration by Paula Champagne, Design by Ryan Huddle/Globe Staff )

Opinion

EDITORIAL

The Constitution doesn’t shield Trump from accountability. It demands it

Legal experts, including those embraced in conservative circles, have already thrown cold water on the dubious constitutional claim that former presidents can’t face Senate impeachment trials.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Does Mass. need a new plan for a women’s prison — or a better plan to decarcerate them?
JOAN VENNOCHI

The toughest questions for Marty Walsh are in Boston, not Washington
Rachelle G. Cohen

Baker’s hunt for the wily gooney bird
Abdallah Fayyad

The racial vaccination gap is a scandal

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 Learn more about Project Takeout

A mission to rid the state of nips and other discarded trash ends in tragedy
Jack Coughlin logged as many as 10 miles a day, filling bags of litter as he patrolled side streets and main roads, often into the night. But tragedy struck last month, and relatives and neighbors are now wondering how to properly honor a man so dedicated to his cause.

As the oceans become more acidic, threat to sealife and industry grows, study finds

Innovation economy
The Broad’s new leader wants to ‘double down’ on biology, working with hospitals
In his first interview since succeeding Eric Lander, Todd Golub charts a course for the prestigious institute’s future.

Marty Schottenheimer, NFL coach with 200 wins, dies at 77
Schottenheimer was the eighth-winningest coach in NFL history and led three different franchises to the playoffs.

Biden to visit Wisconsin next week in first official trip
Biden is set to visit Milwaukee next Tuesday, according to the White House, and will participate in a CNN town hall there.

Walsh appoints Ernani DeAraujo to Boston School Committee, filling seat left open by Loconto resignation

DeAraujo, who is the vice president of regulatory affairs and general counsel at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, will be the first person from East Boston to serve on the city’s School Committee.

COMFORT ZONE
Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency
The self-help coach keeps homeowners from turning into their parents — and helps them pronounce "quinoa."

What are you — new?
In order to save you, Boston newcomer, I offer a few pointers for acclimating to our region.

Dry January is over. Or is it?
We checked in with some people who did it — and found plenty hope to keep it going.

More recent headlines

Man, 70, killed in East Bridgewater home; suspect due in Brockton court Tuesday

One person killed in East Boston crash

Hospital valet shot in the eye one year ago sues Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Recommended reads

Baker built a reputation as a managerial expert. The sluggish vaccine rollout is testing it

Despite its world-renowned cluster of teaching hospitals and biotech companies, Massachusetts has consistently ranked behind most other states in inoculating residents.

Ben Downing, former state senator, launches campaign for governor
Former Massachusetts state senator Ben Downing announced Monday that he is launching a run for governor in 2022, making him the first Democrat to formally enter the race.

For low-income workers, a chance to learn new skills without paying a dime upfront
A pilot program by the Boston nonprofit Social Finance could provide a lifeline to workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic.

metro

Live updates from former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial
Senators are set to hear arguments Tuesday as the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump gets underway in earnest.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Another round of snow arrives in Massachusetts

Walsh appoints Ernani DeAraujo to Boston School Committee, filling seat left open by Loconto resignation

Sports

dan shaughnessy
Tom Brady, the greatest winner ever in sports? Not so fast
We checked with people who have seen an awful lot of sports history, and while they put Brady in the argument, they don't put him at the pinnacle.

More people in Boston watched Tom Brady win Super Bowl LV than in Tampa, but viewership was down overall

Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was likely disoriented in clouds, federal investigators say

business

Innovation economy
The Broad’s new leader wants to ‘double down’ on biology, working with hospitals
In his first interview since succeeding Eric Lander, Todd Golub charts a course for the prestigious institute’s future.

Huawei founder sees no end to US sanctions under Biden administration

Competition for summer camp spots is heating up, despite many uncertainties

politics

Biden to visit Wisconsin next week in first official trip
Biden is set to visit Milwaukee next Tuesday, according to the White House, and will participate in a CNN town hall there.

Watch live: Impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump

Read documents from Donald Trump’s impeachment trial

lifestyle

FOOD
Recipe: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with meatballs and bow-ties in this soup instead of dumplings
Recipe for Chinese Five-Spice Meatball Soup from the Food section of The Boston Globe.

FOOD

Recipe: Scallion oil noodles is one of Shanghai’s most popular dishes, ideal for the Lunar New Year
FOOD & TRAVEL

A subtle lunch in Seoul

arts

TY BURR
‘Minari’ shows the bruises, the bounties of American life
Director Lee Isaac Chung warmly fictionalizes his Reagan-era childhood and the Korean immigrant experience.

COMFORT ZONE

Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency
COMFORT ZONE

What to watch with your tweens? It’s an age-old question

rhode island

RI EDUCATION
Tuition hike at Brown to add $16m in revenue, end salary freeze for most employees
Brown University is increasing its total cost of attendance to $78,688 for undergraduates this fall.

RHODE MAP

Donald Trump impeachment trial begins today, and Congressman Cicilline is in the middle of everything
RI CRIME

R.I. state senators, head of State Police among fraud victims

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

COMFORT ZONE

Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency

The self-help coach keeps homeowners from turning into their parents — and helps them pronounce "quinoa."
COMFORT ZONE

Something to smile about: Newton company’s transparent mask is a revelation

Marissa and Adam Goldstein, parents of two sets of twins, pioneered a mask that is in demand by lip-readers and teachers, among others.
COMFORT ZONE

What to watch with your tweens? It’s an age-old question

Here are some shows that parents and their pre-teens might enjoy together.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

My parents are vaccinated! Can they see their grandkids now?

Here’s how to navigate grandparent interactions in a post-vaccination world.
NAMES

‘Music is very healing for us.’ BMC nurses receive guitars from rocker John Fogerty

A lifelong fan, nurse Sarah Demers struck up a correspondence with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
ODD AND OFFBEAT

A guaranteed moose sighting in Maine — and this one’s made of chocolate

Lenny, who lives at Len Libby Candies, has been featured on TV’s “Good Morning America” and in the board game Trivial Pursuit. Try finding another moose who’s done that.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Gerly Adrien

As a Black woman in politics, I belong here
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs a strong transportation vision and a leader who can carry it out
EDITORIAL

The climate crisis still needs Congress
IDEAS | Bryan Schonfeld and Sam Winter-Levy

How to tackle inequality without triggering a backlash
Renée Graham

When Whitney Houston soared, and lifted an anxious nation at war

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Inside the race to develop a vaccine for our other pandemic: Hate

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
Connections

How a cat helped me see what it takes to make marriage last
Your Home | Winter Warmers

Reworking a century-old Maine home for modern day
Style Watch

A gas fireplace transforms a little used living room
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online, Feb. 8-14

sports

Marty Schottenheimer, NFL coach with 200 wins, dies at 77

Super Bowl viewers were in good hands with Tony Romo’s analysis, and other thoughts

Garrett Richards has a unique ability, and the chance to harness its power is why the Red Sox signed him

metro

UMass Amherst students could face discipline for violating pandemic protocols in wake of school lockdown

Tuition hike at Brown to add $16m in revenue, end salary freeze for most employees

Donald Trump impeachment trial begins today, and Congressman Cicilline is in the middle of everything

Nation

Trump’s lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack. Here’s what his allies and aides said really happened that day

Biden to visit Wisconsin next week in first official trip

Watch live: Impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump

World

A massacre in a forest becomes a test of Poland’s pushback on wartime blame

UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

New Ebola outbreak threatens in Congo

politics

Trump’s impeachment trial to begin with debate over constitutional questions

A key subplot of Trump’s impeachment trial: the clock

Key arguments by Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial

business

Dems propose $1,400 payments as part of Biden virus relief

Housing Choice brings the biggest changes to Massachusetts zoning laws in decades

Another coder has built a COVID vaccine appointment website for Mass. residents

lifestyle

Chocolate is always the answer

Michelle Obama to team up with puppets for a kids’ food show

Kelp from off the Maine coast is turned into seaweed salad, kimchi, kraut, and cubes

marijuana

Should psychedelic drugs be decriminalized in Mass.? Advocates see opening

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

opinion

Does Mass. need a new plan for a women’s prison — or a better plan to decarcerate them?

The Constitution doesn’t shield Trump from accountability. It demands it

The stage is set for the Senate to, well . . .

food & dining

Recipe: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with meatballs and bow-ties in this soup instead of dumplings

Recipe: Scallion oil noodles is one of Shanghai’s most popular dishes, ideal for the Lunar New Year

A subtle lunch in Seoul

travel

Best-selling author checks out on vacation, loves Mexico and margaritas, and hopes to get to Ireland

New England resorts are offering unique winter packages

A guaranteed moose sighting in Maine — and this one’s made of chocolate

Books

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain enlist 90 writers to tell 400 years of African American history

Survivor stories in ‘Milk Blood Heat’

Girlhood by the Bay in ‘We Run the Tides’

Movies

‘Minari’ shows the bruises, the bounties of American life

From the Black experience, narratives of destruction and creation

8 memorable movies from Sundance Film Festival

Television

Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency

What to watch with your tweens? It’s an age-old question

The week’s TV: Impeachment II, ‘Clarice’ but no Lecter, and road-tripping in kilts

music

‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ songwriter Jim Weatherly dies

9 love-song-loving musicians on the ones they wish they’d written

BLO’s ‘Usher’ embeds Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic horror story within a contemporary nightmare

Theater/Dance

What President Biden can do to save the arts

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

globe local

This Valentine’s Day, a chance to celebrate togetherness at home

Should Massachusetts adopt proposed legislation making it easier to hold defendants without bail?

Beverly Beckham: Watching and escaping the world from a favorite chair

Obituaries

Longtime ESPN baseball correspondent Pedro Gomez dies at 58

Kay Bourne, ‘a true champion’ of Boston’s Black arts community, dies at 82

George P. Shultz, former secretary of state, dies at 100