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These maps show how much snow to expect from the ongoing storm
Potential snow totals could reach between 1 and 4 inches across the state. Forecasters are warning travel could be difficult and hazardous conditions could impact the Friday morning commute.

Here’s how much snow has fallen so far in Massachusetts
Find town-by-town snowfall totals from across Massachusetts, as reported by the National Weather Service over the last 48 hours.

MassDOT, police warn of icy conditions

Ted Cruz’s Cancún trip: Family texts detail his political blunder
Like millions of his constituents across Texas, Senator Ted Cruz had a frigid home without electricity this week amid the state’s power crisis. But unlike most, Cruz got out, fleeing Houston and hopping a Wednesday afternoon flight to Cancún with his family for a respite at a luxury resort.

Analysis: They say everything is bigger in Texas. Apparently, that also includes political missteps Cruz faces backlash for trip to Cancun

These photos and videos show the extent of the damage caused by winter storms and frozen pipes in Texas
As thousands of Texas residents grappled with power outages, unsafe drinking water, and dwindling food supply amid a series of winter storms, some also had to contend with extensive damage to their homes.

Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South
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MY BOSTON HISTORY | GLOBE MAGAZINE

I was the little girl running to her mom because the neighbor boy couldn’t see past the color of her skin

Why New Edition’s breakout success meant so much to kids like me growing up in Roxbury

I was born on the South Side of Chicago. Boston is where I came of age

We loved ‘The Nutcracker.’ We rejoiced at ‘Black Nativity’

Cornel West threatens to leave Harvard again
The well known philosopher, progressive political activist, and outspoken social critic, is threatening to leave Harvard University after he said the administration disrespected him by denying his request to be considered for tenure.

Devils 3, Bruins 2
Devils hand Bruins their first loss at home this season
David Pastrnak closed the Bruins within one with 1:06 to play but they couldn't score the equalizer.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Andrea Campbell
Andrea Campbell, a Boston city councilor proudly representing District 4, is running for mayor of Boston.

Dan Koh, former Walsh aide, to become Labor Department’s chief of staff
Koh was the first chief of staff to Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who has been nominated to be labor secretary.

Baker is hiring an outside firm to study the post-pandemic impact of remote work
The winning company will be asked to study the potential effects of work-from-home on everything from state revenue to childcare to MBTA ridership.

Opinion

Kimberly Atkins

The word ‘aliens’ has been weaponized against noncitizens for generations. It needs to go

President Biden’s directive to remove the vile term from the federal government serves as a reminder that words can be weaponized to deliver blunt force to their intended targets.
EDITORIAL

An assault on this democracy demands answers
Shermichael Singleton

To effectively counter a rising China, America must face a domestic reckoning
IDEAS | Ellen Ruppel Shell

Delaying second vaccine doses might end the pandemic sooner
Renée Graham

Rush Limbaugh wasn’t funny or entertaining. He was racist.

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

KEVIN CULLEN
John Connolly was the FBI’s fall guy
Whether John Connolly should die in prison is not the right question. The right question is, why was he the only FBI agent put on trial and put in prison?

Man charged in crash that killed off-duty Salem police officer
Juan Martinez, 26, has been summoned to appear in Salem District Court on March 3 to be arraigned on charges of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, speeding and a marked lanes violation, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.

Walsh issues executive order after civil rights complaint alleging discrimination in contract awards
Mayor Martin J. Walsh issued an executive order Thursday afternoon setting procurement goals for business in Boston owned by people of color and women in response to a study that showed such businesses were massively underrepresented in contracts awarded by the city of Boston.

Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Hawthorne all close, leaving gaping hole in Kenmore Square and many patrons’ hearts
Eastern Standard opened in 2005, helmed by gregarious restaurateur Garrett Harker. Harker has been locked in negotiations with UrbanMeritage, the real estate group that owns the Hotel Commonwealth’s retail properties, for years.

Patrice O’Neal documentary tells the story of a titanic talent who ran out of time
The boundary-pushing Boston-born comic, who died 10 years ago, is the subject of a new film produced by his fiancée Von Decarlo and pal Bill Burr.

Teens rally at State House for youth jobs, juvenile justice, housing stability
Youths from across Massachusetts held colorful signs on the stairs of the State House Thursday morning and later took to Zoom to demand legislators act to create more jobs for them, improve juvenile justice, stabilize housing costs and support comprehensive sex education in public schools.

Recommended reads

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.

MUSIC
BSO picks Gail Samuel, longtime LA Philharmonic executive, as its first woman president and CEO
Samuel will start her new role June 21, becoming the eighth president and first woman to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its 140-year history. The appointment ends a 10-month search to replace Mark Volpe, who will retire after leading the orchestra for nearly a quarter-century.

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.

metro

Mass. officials warn of an icy morning commute, deploy plows for ongoing storm
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said it is prepared to deploy 3,900 pieces of state and contractor snow-clearing equipment for the storm barreling toward the state.

RI POLITICS

Insurrection, election doubts, and Trump -- why 1,500+ voters in Rhode Island left the Republican Party

These maps show how much snow to expect from the ongoing storm

Sports

Battle tested, Central Catholic boys’ basketball claims MVC Division 1 title over Andover
Junior Xavier McKenzie (14 points) and sophomore Marcus Rivera (6 points, 9 rebounds) made key plays down the stretch for the 9-3 Raiders.

Devils 3, Bruins 2

Devils hand Bruins their first loss at home this season

Sam Burns opens with eagle, closes with three birdies to lead at difficult Riviera

business

Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global vaccine effort
Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at Friday’s Group of Seven meeting of world leaders to announce that the US will soon begin releasing $4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccine to poor nations, White House officials said.

Why can’t the Massachusetts vaccine website work better?

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes persist

politics

Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico amid deadly, devastating winter storms in Texas. The criticism was swift
Democrats in Texas were baffled by reports of Cruz’s trip, which came after multiple people had died in the state.

Analysis

They say everything is bigger in Texas. Apparently, that also includes political missteps

Dan Koh, former Walsh aide, to become Labor Department’s chief of staff

lifestyle

Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Hawthorne all close, leaving gaping hole in Kenmore Square and many patrons’ hearts
Eastern Standard opened in 2005, helmed by gregarious restaurateur Garrett Harker. Harker has been locked in negotiations with UrbanMeritage, the real estate group that owns the Hotel Commonwealth’s retail properties, for years.

COMFORT ZONE

Here’s why you should dust off those cross-country skis this winter

I compare everyone to my high school sweetheart

arts

Four Takes: On Hollywood
With multiplexes empty and streaming services ascendant, Hollywood’s future seems in doubt. Fortunately, as the industry works at reinvention, a spate of new books arrives to keep film buffs company.

HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: 4 stars for ‘Nomadland,’ tween-friendly TV, remembering comedian Patrice O’Neal
BOOKS

Small town, many stories in ‘American Delirium’

rhode island

RI POLITICS
Insurrection, election doubts, and Trump -- why 1,500+ voters in Rhode Island left the Republican Party
Most who dropped their Republican Party registration live in the suburbs and upper-income, coastal communities.

CORONAVIRUS

People younger than 75 can jump the line and book a vaccine appointment in R.I. But the state says those appointments will be canceled
RHODE MAP

What’s happening in Texas?

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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.
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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

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

Calling to endangered whales with an icy work of art

The New England Aquarium invited ice sculptor Don Chapelle to carve something special for school vacation week.
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

Rachelle G. Cohen

Boomers on the vaccination verge — yeah, it’s personal
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Trump was right: Get out of Afghanistan
Scot Lehigh

Wily, thy name isn’t Geoff Diehl

Bruce Ackerman

Mitch McConnell’s moment of truth — and why Nancy Pelosi should take it seriously
Joan Vennochi

Vaccinate teachers now, especially in cities like Everett
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

Freshman Ashley Dinges delivers finishing touch to a 10-0 season, MVC title for Central Catholic girls

Cleveland Indians RHP Shane Bieber slowed by coronavirus

‘Our roster obviously is not good’: Danny Ainge says the Celtics don’t have the pieces to win a title

metro

The Black history I carry with me: Andrea Campbell

Vaccine shipments to Mass. delayed; Baker ponders sending National Guard south to fetch supplies

Here’s how much snow has fallen so far in Massachusetts

Nation

Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico amid deadly, devastating winter storms in Texas. The criticism was swift

US lets in asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico, ends Trump policy

Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South

World

Biden administration formally offers to restart nuclear talks with Iran

Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America

After leader’s sexist remark, Tokyo Olympics appoints a woman to take charge

politics

Bob Dole says he’s been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer

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

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

business

Baker is hiring an outside firm to study the post-pandemic impact of remote work

Pressley proposes guaranteed jobs

Nestle sells unit including Poland Spring

lifestyle

TJ Connelly, the man behind the booth at Fenway Park, steps down to pursue independent radio show

They opened a French bakery in Medford with a taste of home

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

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

An assault on this democracy demands answers

To effectively counter a rising China, America must face a domestic reckoning

The word ‘aliens’ has been weaponized against noncitizens for generations. It needs to go

food & dining

Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Hawthorne all close, leaving gaping hole in Kenmore Square and many patrons’ hearts

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

Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout

travel

Here’s why you should dust off those cross-country skis this winter

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

Loudon Wainwright III is full of meds and memories

Books

Four Takes: On Hollywood

Small town, many stories in ‘American Delirium’

Carol Orange discusses her novel take on the Gardner heist in ‘A Discerning Eye’

Movies

Turning 40: 1981 at the movies

A justice speaks; justice is elusive; justice is sought

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

Television

‘Beartown’ recalls other series that are wrenching but rewarding

Despite low points, ‘Your Honor’ achieved ratings highs

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

music

BSO picks Gail Samuel, longtime LA Philharmonic executive, as its first woman president and CEO

At NEC, a concert to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, and to many, many others

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

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

Man charged in crash that killed off-duty Salem police officer

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

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