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Expert outlines 5 possible reasons for the pandemic weakening — and why we need to ‘stay humble’

“I thought it was important that we acknowledge that we don’t really know that it’s any one thing, and that it could be multiple things," said Dr. Paul Sax, an infectious disease expert at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Charts: Signs suggest the pandemic is weakening, but experts still urge caution

Security officials cast blame at federal agencies, each other for Jan. 6 failures at Capitol
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund described a scene that was “like nothing” he had seen in his 30 years of policing.

Watch live: Senate panel hearing on Capitol security

Lifespan, Care New England sign definitive agreement to create integrated health system with Brown University
While observers note that the deal would increase access to care for many consumers, critics say that the merger could lead to less competition, job cuts, and a possible overall increase in health care costs.

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Vaccine scheduling website vendor billed state for more than $400,000

The Maryland-based software company whose technology played a role in the state’s COVID-19 vaccine scheduling system fiasco last week appears to have cost Massachusetts almost half a million dollars, according to the Baker administration.
As US surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths, experts reflect on what could have been Top public health officials say politics contributed to US COVID-19 death toll

Boston leaders mark milestone in construction of $125 million Boston Arts Academy facility
The final steel beam was placed Tuesday at the new building on Ipswich Street, which is expected to be completed and opened in fall 2022.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mourns loss of Eastern Standard
The New York representative and Boston University alum was among those mourning the loss of the popular Kenmore Square restaurant.

‘Eastern Standard will forever be the standard in our eyes’: Readers recall scenes from life moments, big and small

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Despite census delays, accuracy must be the top goal of redistricting

States should prioritize getting it right over getting it fast.
Susan Hockfield and Ernest J. Moniz

George Shultz — an environmentalist and technologist ahead of his time
EDITORIAL

Restaurants don’t need indoor dining. They need a bailout.
Joan Vennochi

For Charlie Baker, ‘sorry’ is the hardest word
Marcela García

The Biden administration is deporting hundreds of Haitians to a country mired in political chaos

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

The Black history I carry with me

A Beautiful Resistance — a special project from the Globe's culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt — is celebrating Black History Month by amplifying local stories of change-makers and the people inspired by them.

Smiling on the outside: The darker reality of Super Happy Fun America
Super Happy Fun America always claimed to be kidding. But the group's history suggests otherwise.

Cam Newton opened up about his season with the Patriots on a podcast. Here’s what we learned
On the "I Am Athlete" podcast hosted by ex-NFL players Brandon Marshall, Fred Taylor, and Chad Johnson, Newton went deep on his one season in New England.

Sandpiper Bakery is growing — and moving to Ipswich
Susanne Clermont and Molly Friedman needed a bigger kitchen for their croissants, cookies, sandwiches, and quiches. Soon they’ll add new cakes, tarts, soups, toasts, and salads.

Shailene Woodley confirms she’s engaged to Aaron Rodgers
The actor discussed her relationship with Rodgers on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, saying they got engaged “a while ago.”

Harvard grad students say Cornel West’s departure would be ‘devastating blow’ to scholars of color
A letter in support of the professor was signed by PhD students across several schools and disciplines within the university.

Hillary Clinton and novelist Louise Penny co-writing mystery novel
One of the world’s better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing "State of Terror."

Westminster police cruiser damaged when officer loses control while chasing speeder
A police cruiser was “badly damaged” after the officer behind the wheel lost control of the vehicle and it rolled over into a snow bank, police said.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Colette Greenstein
Colette Greenstein is an entertainment publicist as well as a contributing A&E writer for the Bay State Banner.

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Lonely, isolated COVID-19 patients get lifeline: Doctor creates pilot program for vaccinated hospital workers to sit with them

“This dying alone business just seemed so wrong from a human point of view,” Dr. Ben Moor said.

Sports analytics
The sports analytics community is overwhelmingly white and male. What is being done to make it more diverse?
As the sports world works to acknowledge deep racial disparities, many in the data community are forced to look in the mirror and examine ways to make a growing industry more inclusive.

MUSEUMS
Once buried, a cache of images from Poland’s Lodz Ghetto emerges at the MFA
For decades, a survivor cherished and quietly guarded this rare set of photographs.

metro

Boston leaders mark milestone in construction of $125 million Boston Arts Academy facility
The final steel beam was placed Tuesday at the new building on Ipswich Street, which is expected to be completed and opened in fall 2022.

RHODE MAP

Whitehouse is trying to move Raimondo’s confirmation along
R.I. BUSINESS

Lifespan, Care New England sign definitive agreement to create integrated health system with Brown University

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy
Patriots quarterback situation hasn’t been this shaky since 1992
Uncertainty at the position is deadly in the NFL — and bringing back Cam Newton is not the answer.

It’s been a miserable stretch for the Celtics, but it’s not time to give up
tara sullivan

The Celtics can’t close out games, and the responsibility to address it lands on Brad Stevens

business

Fed’s Powell says US economic recovery is uneven and incomplete
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments are in contrast to the increasing optimism among many analysts that the economy will grow rapidly later this year.

Vaccine scheduling website vendor billed state for more than $400,000

Facebook says it will lift its Australian news ban soon

politics

Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador
Thomas-Greenfield, a retired 35-year veteran of the foreign service who resigned during the Trump administration, will be the third Black person and second Black woman to hold the job.

GOP opposition to HHS pick Xavier Becerra grows, but Democrats say they’re unfazed

Security officials cast blame at federal agencies, each other for Jan. 6 failures at Capitol

lifestyle

Sandpiper Bakery is growing — and moving to Ipswich
Susanne Clermont and Molly Friedman needed a bigger kitchen for their croissants, cookies, sandwiches, and quiches. Soon they’ll add new cakes, tarts, soups, toasts, and salads.

Art and function in these flour sack towels

Shailene Woodley confirms she’s engaged to Aaron Rodgers

arts

Hillary Clinton and novelist Louise Penny co-writing mystery novel
One of the world’s better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing "State of Terror."

ASK MATTHEW

If you enjoyed ‘Your Honor,’ who am I to judge?
COMFORT ZONE

Tatiana de Rosnay on ‘Sarah’s Key,’ Boston memories, and her scary new novel

rhode island

RHODE MAP
Whitehouse is trying to move Raimondo’s confirmation along
The Senator from Rhode Island signed a petition for cloture, which will allow the Senate to bring the Governor’s nomination for Commerce secretary to the floor more quickly.

R.I. BUSINESS

Lifespan, Care New England sign definitive agreement to create integrated health system with Brown University

Raimondo transfers budget powers to McKee via executive order

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

ASK MATTHEW

If you enjoyed ‘Your Honor,’ who am I to judge?

As a critic, I don’t pretend my opinions are the correct ones, or even the best ones; they’re just mine.
COMFORT ZONE

Tatiana de Rosnay on ‘Sarah’s Key,’ Boston memories, and her scary new novel

The author casts a wary eye on on the near-future in her new book, "Flowers of Darkness."
COMFORT ZONE

Stars to come out (remotely) for a new Boston clinic for homeless women

Renee Fleming, Laura Benanti, Cheyenne Jackson, Heather Headley, and others are slated to perform in a benefit for Health Care Without Walls.

Local puzzle swapping groups offer an unexpected remedy to the pandemic blues

In the midst of a pandemic, and winter weather, puzzles are a great way for people to entertain themselves inside. Puzzling also helps people feel less alone.
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.

Lynn native Amanda Mena brings her hope for ‘better days’ to ‘American Idol’

She hopes her audition song, Jennifer Hudson’s rendition of “Golden Slumbers,” will strike a chord for listeners “waiting for better days.”

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Restaurants don’t need indoor dining. They need a bailout.
UMass School of Medicine Specialists

Remove the waiver requirement for buprenorphine prescribing
EDITORIAL

It’s time to fix the Affordable Care Act
Brandon D.L. Marshall and Ashish K. Jha

Overdose prevention sites save lives
IDEAS | JIM KRANE

Can Saudi Arabia use ‘clean oil’ to buy time in the fight against climate change?
IDEAS | FRANK PASQUALE

Now that science fiction is reality, it’s time for new laws of robotics

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
My Boston History

We loved ‘The Nutcracker.’ We rejoiced at ‘Black Nativity’
My Boston History

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

Perspective

Small businesses need help. And it’s time for insurance companies to pay up
Cooking

Egg recipes for when you’re scrambling for dinner

sports

The Celtics can’t close out games, and the responsibility to address it lands on Brad Stevens

Utah Jazz set records for 3-pointers in rout of Hornets

February football is here: After pandemic pause, teams eagerly return to field on first day of Fall II practice

metro

Education commissioner calls for Mass. elementary students to be in school five days a week in April

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mourns loss of Eastern Standard

Santiago, a South End lawmaker, launches bid for Boston mayor

Nation

Top public health officials say politics contributed to US COVID-19 death toll

Expert outlines 5 possible reasons for the pandemic weakening — and why we need to ‘stay humble’

GOP opposition to HHS pick Xavier Becerra grows, but Democrats say they’re unfazed

World

Prince Philip has infection, will stay in hospital, palace says

Afghan peace talks resume, but path is anything but certain

Vaccines sharply cut coronavirus hospitalization, UK studies show

politics

Watch live: Senate panel holds hearing on security at Capitol in wake of Jan. 6 attack

Supreme Court denies Trump’s final bid to block release of financial records

Biden attempt to resurrect Iran nuke deal off to bumpy start

business

South Boston warehouses once considered by Amazon will become...what else? Lab space

Goodyear to buy Cooper, joining two American tire companies

Mamaleh’s uses new funding model, NuMarket, to help open second location in Brookline

lifestyle

What will ‘Mahty’ Walsh be like as labor secretary? Comedian Julia Claire demonstrates

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen launch ‘Renegades’ podcast on Spotify

‘Eastern Standard will forever be the standard in our eyes’: Readers recall scenes from life moments, big and small

marijuana

New Jersey governor signs laws to set up marijuana market

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

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

opinion

George Shultz — an environmentalist and technologist ahead of his time

Connolly and the FBI: rooting out corruption, to a point

Despite census delays, accuracy must be the top goal of redistricting

food & dining

Sandpiper Bakery is growing — and moving to Ipswich

Art and function in these flour sack towels

‘Eastern Standard will forever be the standard in our eyes’: Readers recall scenes from life moments, big and small

travel

Ted Cruz: Poster child for bad travel decisions

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

Books

Tatiana de Rosnay on ‘Sarah’s Key,’ Boston memories, and her scary new novel

Four Takes: On Hollywood

Small town, many stories in ‘American Delirium’

Movies

Netflix documentary to examine the man at the center of the college admissions scandal

Turning 40: 1981 at the movies

A justice speaks; justice is elusive; justice is sought

Television

If you enjoyed ‘Your Honor,’ who am I to judge?

This week’s TV: Take-it-or-leave-it binges, ‘Mr. Soul!,’ and a bicoastal Golden Globes

‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver takes a closer look at the deadly storm in Texas and castigates Cruz for his Cancún getaway

music

Boston Calling canceled again amid the coronavirus pandemic

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

Theater/Dance

Stars to come out (remotely) for a new Boston clinic for homeless women

Amid the biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance

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

globe local

Colorado woman injured after crashing snowmobile into N.H. river

Coating of snow, rain coming to Mass. on Monday

Can this DPW yard help save the planet?

Obituaries

Irvienne Goldson, health care ‘spirit warrior’ for women of color, dies at 60

Milford Graves, singular drummer and polymath, dies at 79

Arturo Di Modica, sculptor of Wall Street bull, dies at 80