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State vaccine website hit with early outages as newly eligible tried to register; Baker angry about delays

Many users who tried to access the site received a message that “this application crashed” and took to social media to share their frustration. Shortly before 10 a.m., the state’s website was able to be intermittently accessed.
COVID-19 vaccine resources

Baker may send National Guard down south to pick up COVID-19 vaccine supply

Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday that the state may send the National Guard down south to pick up shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine earmarked for Massachusetts, with weather issues threatening to disrupt the normal supply chain.
Here’s who is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine A look at the qualifying medical conditions for the vaccine Charts: How many vaccine doses has the state received?
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Snow will begin falling late Thursday

Although we might see a snow shower during the day today, the bulk of the snow is going to fall later this afternoon and overnight through the wee hours of Saturday morning. 9:01 a.m.

These maps show how much snow to expect from Thursday’s storm

Senator Cruz traveled to Cancun for family vacation amid Texas power crisis
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis that has left much of Texas without power. 42 minutes ago

Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists
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Boston College faces big challenges creating trust on race
The vandalism last month of the first-year women’s multicultural floor has elevated long-simmering frustrations over an entrenched culture that critics say has not reckoned sufficiently with concerns over the climate on campus.

tara sullivan
Whether she gets the Slam record or not, it says here Serena Williams is the greatest
After another loss in a major, retirement may not be far off, but her legacy is intact for her profound impact on the game.

Naomi Osaka takes down Serena Williams to advance to Australian Open final
Analysis

Some GOP leaders want the party move on from Trump. What stands in the way? The Republican Party.

State Republican parties exist, on paper at least, for one reason: electing Republicans in their state. But since the November election, state parties around the country appear to have taken on a different goal.

Want to see up to $50,000 of student debt canceled? ‘Send a note to President Biden,’ Warren says

So far, Biden is unconvinced by a pitch from Senator Elizabeth Warren and others to cancel a big chunk of federal student loan debt for the roughly 44 million Americans who carry it.

Groups urge cancellation of spring MCAS

A collection of education and civil rights groups wrote to state lawmakers on Wednesday, saying they are “absolutely convinced” the state should not administer its MCAS exams this year.

There’s no timeline for Chris Sale’s return, but he’s the most excited he’s ever been for spring training
The Red Sox lefthander revealed Thursday that he contracted COVID-19 last month, but was spared the worst of the virus.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Louis DeJoy’s fate is in Congress’s hands

Postal reform is on the Democrats’ agenda, but they can’t get far unless they make sure the postmaster general’s days are numbered.
Mary Ann Sorrentino

Rush Limbaugh — heavy on personal views, light on facts
Richard Clarke

Our public faces: security, civil liberties, and facial recognition technology
Joan Vennochi

Vaccinate teachers now, especially in cities like Everett
Andrew G. Reiter

A 9/11-style commission on the Capitol insurrection is destined to fail

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

Gary Washburn | HAWKS 122, CELTICS 114
The Celtics aren’t making the in-game adjustments they need, and against the Hawks, it cost them
A Celtics team that prides itself on defense looks completely helpless without Marcus Smart, and the lack of in-game adjustments to curtail big scoring nights is getting embarrassing.

US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020.

PR maven Colette Phillips launches $250,000 fund to help small businesses owned by people of color
The idea of forming a nonprofit to assist small businesses owned by people of color seemed like a good idea before the coronavirus arrived. With the pandemic further exposing inequities, the GK Fund's founders argue it’s an even better idea today.

Architectural firm Sasaki offers three concepts for Copley Square’s redesign
City officials have budgeted up to $10.9 million for what would be the two-acre square’s biggest face lift since the 1980s. They hope to start construction in 2022.

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host who employed vicious but influential rhetoric, dies
Rush Limbaugh, the relentlessly provocative voice of conservative America who dominated talk radio for more than three decades with shooting-gallery attacks on liberals, Democrats, feminists, and environmentalists, died on Wednesday. He was 70.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Kevin Dua
Kevin Dua was honored as the 2017 History Teacher of the Year for Massachusetts. He is the first black educator to hold that title in the state.

Recommended reads

Childbirth during a pandemic: parents decry separations

To prevent COVID-19 infections, some Massachusetts hospitals deem it unsafe for visitors to come into the triage area, and that can mean women start labor alone.

PROJECT TAKEOUT
Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout
Are you in the mood for island flavors, healthy smoothies, pizza and chill, or date-night romance? Here’s where to go.

thomas farragher
There are new all-stars at Fenway Park, carrying syringes of vaccine and doses of hope
Inside Fenway Park, trained nurses waited, their syringes filled with a COVID-19 vaccine to help put down a pandemic.

metro

Groups urge cancellation of spring MCAS
A collection of education and civil rights groups wrote to state lawmakers on Wednesday, saying they are “absolutely convinced” the state should not administer its MCAS exams this year.

Riverside developers seek to replace hotel with life sciences building

Water leak causes chemical spill in South Boston parking garage

Sports

There’s no timeline for Chris Sale’s return, but he’s the most excited he’s ever been for spring training
The Red Sox lefthander revealed Thursday that he contracted COVID-19 last month, but was spared the worst of the virus.

patriots

Adrian Phillips plugged some holes and was a valuable addition to Patriots secondary
NFL

Eagles to trade quarterback Carson Wentz to Colts, per report

business

Larry Edelman
Sale of Legal Sea Foods leaves vendors with piles of unpaid bills
Would Roger Berkowitz, a highly regarded member of the Boston business community, leave vendors out in the cold? That’s not the Roger Berkowitz his friends and colleagues know.

Mass. investor known as ‘Roaring Kitty’ to tell Congress he didn’t coordinate on GameStop stock

US jobless claims jump to 861,000 as layoffs stay high

politics

Senator Cruz traveled to Cancun for family vacation amid Texas power crisis
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis that has left much of Texas without power.

US seizes over 10 million phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
Analysis

Some GOP leaders want the party move on from Trump. What stands in the way? The Republican Party.

lifestyle

FOOD
They opened a French bakery in Medford with a taste of home
A family business in a residential neighborhood selling patisserie was just what local residents wanted in the pandemic

FOOD

The Langham, Boston returns, MarketStreet Lynnfield plans new openings, and a busy taqueria branches out

There is so much Black history in Providence, and still so much to learn

arts

A rock ’n’ roll salute to Chet’s Last Call, and to ‘Chet’
A documentary celebrates the grimy North Station rock club that opened its doors to countless bands in the '80s.

Yes, we miss concerts. But let’s face it, sometimes they’re awful

Tell us about your worst concert experience here

rhode island

RHODE MAP
What’s happening in Texas?
Let's hear from a Rhode Island native who's covering the collapse of the power grid.

RI NEWS

R.I. Foundation awards a record amount of grants
RI POLITICS

Whitehouse, Cicilline to discuss Trump trial

Newton

Special Projects

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black History Month

A Beautiful Resistance, in a special collaboration with Reebok, celebrate Black History Month. Black Joy. Black Wellness. Black Futures.
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

The only typewriter shop in town has its hands full

A device that was once an office essential has been reborn as a creative tool embraced by young folks — which means Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier has been plenty busy.
ASK MATTHEW

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

We asked for suggestions, and from "Sherlock" to "Green Acres," readers responded.
COMFORT ZONE

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his new documentary and the role of the Black church in social justice

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his newest work for PBS, "The Black Church," premiering Feb. 16.
COMFORT ZONE

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

The Revels artist-in-residence will lead the event on Facebook Live.
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."
DANCE

Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance

Thanks to a free year's lease, Cambridge's the Dance Complex has set up a pop-up studio amid life sciences central.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | TONNY ONYULO

The pandemic response undoes progress for women in Kenya
Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: America’s version of a caste system
Renée Graham

History won’t hold Trump accountable either
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs to test students to diagnose COVID-19 learning slide

IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Our disinformation problem has been 70 years in the making

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
Cover story

100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond
Perspective

Restaurants have 'exhausted every strategy in the playbook'
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We were both math nerds in high school’
Cooking

Recipes: Beets make a sweet starting point for winter salads

sports

Patriots to have at least $63 million in cap space as NFL salary cap rises to $180 million

Whether she gets the Slam record or not, it says here Serena Williams is the greatest

What to watch for as the Bruins return to action after a long time away from TD Garden

metro

Baker may send National Guard down south to pick up COVID-19 vaccine supply

State vaccine website hit with early outages as newly eligible tried to register; Baker angry about delays

Snow will begin falling late Thursday

Nation

Senator Cruz traveled to Cancun for family vacation amid Texas power crisis

Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists

US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII

World

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

Protesters rally against military in Myanmar, as UN warns of crackdown

Italy’s new prime minister appeals for unity and sacrifice

politics

Promotions for female generals were delayed over fears of Trump’s reaction

Schumer, Warren challenge Biden on student debt cancellation

‘Sink or swim, it’s your choice!’: Texas mayor who recently resigned berates those affected by the storm

business

Black and Latino leaders allege Boston discriminates in public contracting

Architectural firm Sasaki offers three concepts for Copley Square’s redesign

Lawmakers to face off with GameStop saga’s key players

lifestyle

Loudon Wainwright III is full of meds and memories

Eastern Standard will not reopen

Get ready for ‘NKOTB’ star Jonathan Knight’s HGTV show, set in New England

marijuana

Newton marijuana store seeks end to appointment-only rule, as nearby competition grows

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

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

opinion

Rush Limbaugh — heavy on personal views, light on facts

Can Boston be the Silicon Valley of longevity?

Louis DeJoy’s fate is in Congress’s hands

food & dining

The Langham, Boston returns, MarketStreet Lynnfield plans new openings, and a busy taqueria branches out

Eastern Standard will not reopen

Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout

travel

There is so much Black history in Providence, and still so much to learn

Loudon Wainwright III is full of meds and memories

You think you miss everything about travel. I’m here to remind you that it’s not always glamorous

Books

These YA titles have something to offer adult readers, too

Angst spreads in ‘The Lonely Century’

Ethan Hawke on comic books to and his many copies of ‘Godot’

Movies

An unlikely alliance between evangelicals and Israelis in ‘‘Til Kingdom Come’

‘Nomadland’ parks its heart with America’s 21st-century drifters

A mother, a teen, and lots of quality time in ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’

Television

Patrice O’Neal documentary tells the story of a titanic talent who ran out of time

‘Allen v. Farrow’ puts Woody’s daughter at the center of her own story

Ready for a ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ reboot?

music

A rock ’n’ roll salute to Chet’s Last Call, and to ‘Chet’

Yes, we miss concerts. But let’s face it, sometimes they’re awful

Tell us about your worst concert experience here

Theater/Dance

Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance

A Strindberg adaptation unfolds before an all-seeing camera in ‘Julia’

It’s a golden age for actors in their golden years

globe local

Riverside developers seek to replace hotel with life sciences building

Merrimack Valley health officials criticize state’s move toward large, regional COVID-19 vaccine clinics

Program aims to address food insecurity, help restaurants in Brookline, Newton, Wellesley

Obituaries

Virginia Bohlin, a newspaperwoman for 73 years, dies at 101

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host who employed vicious but influential rhetoric, dies

Bernard Lown, doctor at the vanguard of cardiac care, antiwar activist who shared Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 99