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Starting today, Mass. to allow vaccinations for younger companions who accompany older residents to appointments

The new policy set off a rush by younger spouses, relatives, friends, neighbors, and caregivers of seniors 75 and over to book “companion appointments,” which start Thursday at mass vaccination sites across the state.
What to know about the companion vaccination appointments Long line bedevils vaccine site in Danvers

The Mashpee Wampanoag had long held COVID at bay. Then, tragedy struck
More than 10 positive cases were reported last week, the most the tribe has recorded in any week since the pandemic began, following a funeral and gatherings held to grieve a 4-year-old boy who died in a traffic accident.

Red Sox trade Andrew Benintendi to Royals in three-team deal

The trade for the fan favorite, Boston's left fielder on its 2018 world champions, would likely be a three-team deal involving the New York Mets, with the Red Sox likely to receive multiple prospects.

MIT grad student sought for questioning in killing of Yale grad student

Police are looking to question Qinxuan Pan, 29, whose last known address was in Malden. Pan was last seen at a Best Western Hotel in North Haven, Conn., according to police.
BRUINS 3, RANGERS 2 (OT)

Back from their break, Bruins roll through the rust, nab overtime win at Rangers

Despite allowing the first goal in each of their last five games, Boston has taken nine of a possible 10 points, the latest two courtesy of some Tuukka Rask heroics and a Brad Marchand overtime winner.

Small businesses once again struggle to access pandemic aid

Thousands of hard-hit small businesses are having trouble accessing millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief from the state and federal governments, as they fight for survival while a second wave of virus infections continues to undermine the economy.
Larry Edelman: Biden’s COVID relief package is flawed, but we can’t afford to wait for perfection

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Segun Idowu
Segun Idowu is executive director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and a lover of the people.

Opinion

Abdallah Fayyad

Trump’s lawyers prove his actions are indefensible

If you’ve been paying attention to the last four years, the defense attorneys’ poor showing on Tuesday was not exactly shocking.
Philip J. Landrigan and Samantha Fisher

Trump’s environmental and occupational policies are the other public health disasters
IDEAS | AMANDA ALEXANDER

How Black women have built movements and cultivated joy
JOAN VENNOCHI

To save their political skins, Senate Republicans will save Trump
EDITORIAL

A lack of transparency, an antiquated website, and a backlog of unemployment claims

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

Man convicted in Boston officer’s bombing death joins surge of prisoners asking for early release
The pandemic set off a surge of inmates seeking so-called compassionate release from jails and prisons.

Police reform effort to set a new political tone in an election season
Candidates for mayor of Boston who have spearheaded reforms could lose out on a significant bloc of support and donations. And those who resist reforms risk offending communities that have been demanding change.

Tom Brady lets loose as Buccaneers’ Super Bowl boat parade cruises through Tampa
Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski swapped duck boats for party yachts on Wednesday.

MIT shares its vision for massive Kendall Square project
A new filing includes details of the complex planned for the 14-acre Volpe center site.

Teachers unions propose pilot program to rapidly vaccinate school employees
The organizations want the pilot program to be launched while the state is vaccinating people ages 65 and older — before teachers become eligible for widespread vaccination.

David Nangle, former Lowell lawmaker, expected to plead guilty in federal fraud cause
Former state representative David M. Nangle, who was arrested on more than two dozen federal fraud charges a year ago, is expected to plead guilty later this month.

Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78
Repeatedly sued, prosecuted, jailed for contempt, gagged for obscene outbursts in court and, in 1978, shot and paralyzed by a would-be assassin, Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, always thrived on controversy.

Local pastors and Black police association cry foul on investigation of Boston police commissioner
Local Black clergy members called on Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to reinstate embattled police Commissioner Dennis White, and criticized the administration’s handling of past domestic abuse allegations levied against the city’s top cop.

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NAMES

Everything you need to know about why Britney Spears is back in the news

As her conservatorship battle rages on, a new documentary explores her struggle for autonomy and the sexist trap of celebrity culture. Here’s a comprehensive primer on the rise, downfall, and exploitation of a star.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
When will it be safe to travel again? Here’s what the experts say
It comes down to the behavior of the people, the behavior of the virus, and the pace of vaccinations. In other words, the answer is as elusive as the virus itself.

These are the best doughnuts in New England, according to Food & Wine
Hungry for a heavenly baked treat? The magazine compiles a list of the best ones, state by state.

metro

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Segun Idowu
Segun Idowu is executive director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and a lover of the people.

MIT grad student sought for questioning in killing of Yale grad student

Long line bedevils mass coronavirus vaccine site in Danvers

Sports

Belmont boys’ hockey gets one back vs. Woburn, stays in Middlesex League Liberty race
After suffering their first loss to the Tanners last week, the Marauders turned the tables behind goals from Ben Fici, Declan Harrington and Shay Donahue, as well as Ryan Griffin's 21 saves.

BRUINS 3, RANGERS 2 (OT)

Back from their break, Bruins roll through the rust, nab overtime win at Rangers

Red Sox trade Andrew Benintendi to Royals in three-team deal

business

Powell says Fed is committed to reducing unemployment
Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Sanofi prepares to transfer Allston plant to a new company, but not its city tax breaks

Small businesses once again struggle to access pandemic aid

politics

Eugene Goodman helped direct Mitt Romney to safety, and other chilling moments unveiled during Trump’s impeachment trial
House managers on day two of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial revealed an onslaught of graphic video evidence that turned a room full of the nation’s most powerful lawmakers into a captive audience, forced to absorb, and in many cases, relive, the enormity of the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6.

Impeachment managers spotlight chilling new video from Capitol attack

A recap of important moments from yesterday’s Senate impeachment trial

lifestyle

LUNAR NEW YEAR
Four ways to welcome the Year of the Ox
These virtual celebrations centered on Chinese culture are taking place online.

TRAVEL

Despite hardship, St. Pete’s arts scene continues to flourish
TRENDSPOTTING

Independent hotels are pushing back against high online travel agency commissions

arts

10 movies to watch for Galentine’s Day
Do you miss going to the movies with a good friend? Settle in with these gems, featuring female bonding.

For thoroughly modern robins
TELEVISION

With second season set, ‘Frayed’ earns a second look

rhode island

RI POLITICS
Unlikely duo back bill to curb ‘corporate welfare’
A conservative Republican and a progressive Democrat call for an interstate compact to prohibit the “poaching” of businesses.

RI CRIME

Trial begins for Providence police sergeant accused of assault

RI EDUCATION

URI establishes pharmacy scholarship to benefit underrepresented students

Newton

Special Projects

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
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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

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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

What to stream at Boston SciFi Film Festival

The popular event serves up bountiful fare for "people who really appreciate sci-fi."
COMFORT ZONE

Walking through Gloucester with some of history’s greatest artists

Cape Ann Museum offers a series of tours that explore the city's rich history as a creative magnet.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | Bryan Schonfeld and Sam Winter-Levy

The US is less polarized than you might think
EDITORIAL

Congressional Democrats look to end pot’s legal limbo
RENÉE GRAHAM

By denying its history, America denies accountability

Barbara Lee

Last call for City Hall boys’ club
MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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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

For Matignon girls’ hockey, this season so far has been a perfect 10

Defending champion Sofia Kenin ousted by Kaia Kanepi

NBA requires teams to play national anthem

metro

77-year-old man dead, three seriously hurt in Lowell house fire

Local pastors and Black police association cry foul on investigation of Boston police commissioner

He knows how to catch fish — and the serenity to be found on the ice of a snow-frosted mountain lake

Nation

Eugene Goodman helped direct Mitt Romney to safety, and other chilling moments unveiled during Trump’s impeachment trial

Bruce Springsteen faces drunken driving charges in New Jersey

Here’s how Mass. residents 75 and older should be able to sign up for the vaccine

World

Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade

Ties no longer mandatory in New Zealand Parliament, after member objects

They were accused of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. The evidence was planted, a new report says

politics

Here are the videos House managers presented as evidence to the Senate

Impeachment managers show new security videos from attack

Security footage shows Senator Romney running from rioters

business

Biden’s COVID relief package is flawed. But we can’t afford to wait for perfection

Akamai cuts 2 percent of workforce as part of reorganization around security business

US Chamber of Commerce names its first new leader in 24 years

lifestyle

Visiting Venice, without leaving home

When will it be safe to travel again? Here’s what the experts say

These are the best doughnuts in New England, according to Food & Wine

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

Trump’s environmental and occupational policies are the other public health disasters

How Black women have built movements and cultivated joy

For duration of vaccine rollout, state must provide way for residents to preregister

food & dining

Visiting Venice, without leaving home

These are the best doughnuts in New England, according to Food & Wine

Recipe: Make this chocolate chip pound cake for your Valentine or Galentine — or for yourself

travel

Despite hardship, St. Pete’s arts scene continues to flourish

Independent hotels are pushing back against high online travel agency commissions

When will it be safe to travel again? Here’s what the experts say

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

10 movies to watch for Galentine’s Day

Concrete evidence of the Berlin Wall’s demise, scattered here and there

An activist, a traitor, and two great actors in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Television

With second season set, ‘Frayed’ earns a second look

Katherine Heigl, Sarah Chalke among few sparks of interest in ‘Firefly Lane’

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

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

Amazon project would deliver two new theaters to the Seaport

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

globe local

Turning a former bank vault in Newton into a place for common ground

Students begin a socially distanced return to Newton high schools. ‘It’s just so good to be around people’

Riverside developers seek to replace hotel with life sciences building

Obituaries

Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78

Mary Wilson, founding member and linchpin of the Supremes, dies at 76

Longtime ESPN baseball correspondent Pedro Gomez dies at 58