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House passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on near party-line vote

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.
Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress

Company linked to construction deaths failed to disclose past violations to the city
The owner of Atlantic Coast Utilities, the company involved in a fatal construction accident in downtown Boston this week, failed to disclose to the city that his company had numerous workplace safety violations, which could have disqualified it from construction work, records show.

Company, owner in Boston construction accident have history of violations

Lowell School Committee member resigns after using anti-Semitic slur on TV

A Lowell School Committee member said Friday he was resigning his post effective immediately, after using an anti-Semitic slur on live television Wednesday.

Abandoned infant recovered in Dorchester

Boston police on Friday recovered an abandoned infant in the Lower Mills section of Dorchester, officials said.

CELTICS 118, PACERS 112 | Gary Washburn
After struggling to find a comfort zone, Celtics’ Jeff Teague went back the gym for some extra work and it’s paying off
Teague has struggled to score, spending most of the season as a better 3-point than 2-point shooter.

‘I don’t think we win the game without his will,’ coach Brad Stevens said of Kemba Walker, and other observations

They need help paying rent. But they can’t prove they’re renters

For scores of residents who live in informal housing across Massachusetts, the nearly $500 million in federal funds set aside for rental assistance remains out of reach. One of the major barriers is that these tenants often rely on informal middlemen to navigate the region's housing markets.

FDA advisory panel recommends Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use. Authorization is likely this weekend
Johnson & Johnson said that once emergency use authorization is granted, it would start shipping 4 million doses within days, 20 million by the end of March, and 100 million by the end of June. The infusion would ease the shortage of vaccines and, potentially, help tame the pandemic.

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received? See more vaccine news, resources, and guidance

CIC Health expands COVID-19 vaccination operations to Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury

To ensure that doses reach the people living in Roxbury and surrounding neighborhoods, half of the appointments at the Lewis Center are being set aside every week, so community groups, such as the Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition, can fill them with eligible local residents.
Baker’s public safety secretary received a COVID-19 vaccine as ‘first-line responder’

With latest reopening news, Mass. restaurants see a way out of crisis

The easing of state capacity restrictions may help them stem nearly a year of losses.
A look at what can reopen in Mass. beginning Monday Boston delays reopening of concert halls, theaters, other indoor businesses ‘Now is not the time to relax restrictions:’ CDC chief Walensky sounds alarm on ‘stalling’ progress in pandemic
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A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Black history I carry with me: Onjalé Scott Price

Onjalé Scott Price is chief operating officer at Mizar Imaging in Woods Hole.

Parents’ group files lawsuit to block BPS from dropping test for exam schools

The Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence said in documents filed in US District Court in Boston that a plan the School Committee adopted in October to determine eligibility and acceptance for this fall using grades, MCAS scores, and ZIP codes because of the pandemic is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional.

FBI said to have singled out potential assailant in Capitol officer’s death

The FBI has pinpointed an assailant in its investigation into the death of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who was injured while fending off the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol last month and later died, according to two law enforcement officials briefed on the inquiry.

Trump the dominant force at Conservative Political Action Conference

A conference dedicated to the future of the conservative movement turned into an ode to Donald Trump as speakers declared their fealty to the former president and attendees posed for selfies with a golden statue of his likeness.

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.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts can succeed in a teleworking world

In the post-pandemic remote-work economy, there’s no reason the state can’t attract as many workers as it loses.
IDEAS | KAREEM KING

Fighting the pandemic with information by us, for us
IDEAS | Christina Szalinski

Two masks could be one too many
Renée Loth

Debra Haaland as interior secretary — a champion for the land

MARCELA GARCÍA

Forces converge in State House special election in Winthrop and Revere

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Restaurants we supported this week Learn more about Project Takeout

New investor reportedly is ready to buy into Fenway Sports Group
RedBird Capital Partners is nearing a deal to invest approximately $750 million of private capital in the parent organization of the Red Sox.

Sports media
Super Bowl will return to ABC as NFL, Disney reach deal on television rights
ABC has not been the home for a Super Bowl since 2006, but it will enter the rotation after the 2023 season.

Dan Shaughnessy
Let’s not take the bats out of the pitchers’ hands completely, and other thoughts
MLB seems destined to go to a universal DH, but there are reasons to keep letting the pitchers hit.

RANGERS 6, BRUINS 2
From bad to worse: Bruins knocked down again in New York, this time by Rangers
The banged-up defense couldn't keep up for the second time in as many nights, and Boston put in an "unacceptable" effort overall.

Evicted from Boston, a new West African restaurant is being welcomed in Providence
Bintimani owner Sahr Josiah-Faeduwor aims to innovate with food and inspire other entrepreneurs.

Baker signs home-rule petition allowing Boston to skip a special mayoral election
There will be no special mayoral election this year after Governor Charlie Baker signed a home-rule petition Friday.

Tracker: Who is running for mayor in Boston?

‘It is not just about memorizing facts.’ Historians examine how Black History Month was intended to be celebrated
Over time, Black History Month has become a time when topics, such as slavery, Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Era, are tackled in schools and in the media. But that wasn’t what Carter G. Woodson, known as the “Father of Black History,” meant for the time solely to be about.

Blind date: ‘The more she smiled the more tempted I was to want to get to know more about her’
Will this date held the eve of Valentine’s Day prove magical?

Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting
Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said.

Recommended reads

Leaders of company linked to N.H. truck crash that killed 7 indicted on federal charges in Mass.

The owners of a company linked to a fiery truck crash in New Hampshire that killed seven people in 2019 were indicted Thursday on federal charges in Massachusetts for allegedly falsifying driving logs and lying to investigators probing the deadly wreck, according to US Attorney Andrew Lelling and court records.

When did you realize COVID-19 was going to change everything?
There’s a moment for many of us, most often happening in March 2020, when we realized that COVID-19 had completely changed our lives.

Billy Baker
Surviving brain freeze at the Mid-Winter Surfing Championships
Five decades of New England spite, chilled.

metro

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Onjalé Scott Price
Onjalé Scott Price is chief operating officer at Mizar Imaging in Woods Hole.

Parents’ group files lawsuit to block BPS from dropping test for exam schools

Company linked to construction deaths failed to disclose past violations to the city

Sports

CELTICS 118, PACERS 112 | Gary Washburn
After struggling to find a comfort zone, Celtics’ Jeff Teague went back the gym for some extra work and it’s paying off
Teague has struggled to score, spending most of the season as a better 3-point than 2-point shooter.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

Hassan Jenkins, New Mission close out TechBoston, reach Boston City League championship game against Latin Academy

With aggressive, unselfish, poised finish, O’Bryant girls’ basketball earns its place in City final

business

With latest reopening news, Mass. restaurants see a way out of crisis
The easing of state capacity restrictions may help them stem nearly a year of losses.

Boston delays reopening of concert halls, theaters, other indoor businesses

Ta-Nehisi Coates to write new ‘Superman’ film

politics

Trump the dominant force at Conservative Political Action Conference
A conference dedicated to the future of the conservative movement turned into an ode to Donald Trump as speakers declared their fealty to the former president and attendees posed for selfies with a golden statue of his likeness.

FBI said to have singled out potential assailant in Capitol officer’s death

Biden surveys Texas weather damage, thanks emergency workers

lifestyle

ARTS
ICA’s 2021 Foster Prize goes to three artists who ‘help illuminate the way forward’
“The works of Marlon Forrester, Eben Haines, and Dell Marie Hamilton help illuminate the way forward from the isolation and trauma of these troubled times,” said ICA director Jill Medvedow in a statement.

A Great Barrington therapist explores grief, vulnerability, and hope through Instagram

Right now, FaceTime isn’t enough

arts

TELEVISION
April brings continuing ‘Tale,’ new ‘Law & Order’
The 10-episode fourth season of 'The Handmaid's Tale' will premiere with three episodes on Hulu on April 28; on April 1, “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will show up.

What’s happening in the arts world
HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: Billie Holiday, Beethoven, and Bad Bunny, plus art to comfort and calm

rhode island

RI BUSINESS
Evicted from Boston, a new West African restaurant is being welcomed in Providence
Bintimani owner Sahr Josiah-Faeduwor aims to innovate with food and inspire other entrepreneurs.

Cicilline blasts Taylor Greene for opposing Equality Act
RHODE MAP

Look for the General Assembly to flex its muscles on the Lifespan-Care New England merger

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

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

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

Flock to these winter birding hot spots around Boston

Pete Gilmore, field trip coordinator for the Brookline Bird Club, shared his favorite local stops.
A.Z. MADONNA

What would Beethoven think of climate change? Composer Iman Habibi has a few ideas

Habibi's “Jeder Baum spricht” (”Every tree speaks”) is part of a new BSO Now program.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Governor Baker is right — schools must reopen
Scot Lehigh

As Massachusetts shows, strong gun-safety laws work
Pamela Constable

The old house on Nantucket
Kate Murtagh

Harvard endowment is on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions
Joan Wickersham

The emperor of nothing
IDEAS | Rachel Rebouché and Mary Ziegler

Could Roe v. Wade really become ‘the law of the land’?

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
Pandemic Parenting

We can care about education and be OK writing this year off
Parenting advice

'Being forgiving of ourselves is probably the biggest'
Dinner with Cupid

'The more she smiled the more tempted I was to want to get to know more'
Connections

My mom lives 2,000 miles away but keeps my daughter company on her iPad

sports

‘I don’t think we win the game without his will,’ coach Brad Stevens said of Kemba Walker, and other observations

Here’s how first responders freed Tiger Woods from his crashed SUV, and an update on his condition

From bad to worse: Bruins knocked down again in New York, this time by Rangers

metro

Teen charged with murder in January shooting of young woman in Dorchester

‘It is not just about memorizing facts.’ Historians examine how Black History Month was intended to be celebrated

Video shows former Lynn officer punching man in police station holding cell

Nation

Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress

House passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on near party-line vote

Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting

World

US strike, first under Biden, kills Iran-backed militiaman

Harry and Meghan going public at a tough time for the royals

Nigeria confronts second mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in nine days after 317 girls vanish

politics

US implicates Saudi crown prince in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

McConnell says he’d support Trump if he wins 2024 nomination

Minimum wage hike must be dropped from COVID-19 relief bill, arbiter decides

business

FDA advisory panel recommends Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use. Authorization is likely this weekend

DataRobot makes move into COVID-19 monitoring

State health secretary explains why employer-hosted vaccine programs are being suspended

lifestyle

The parenting crisis without a vaccine: loneliness

At Mikkusu, a talented chef bides her time

New NE bike tours, a favorite bar reopens, and new virtual travel experiences

marijuana

Mass. marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

Marijuana company sues Boston zoning board over rejection

New Jersey governor signs laws to set up marijuana market

opinion

Parenthood shouldn’t be a bar to public office

Massachusetts can succeed in a teleworking world

Fighting the pandemic with information by us, for us

food & dining

At Mikkusu, a talented chef bides her time

Tim and Bronwyn Wiechmann plan a Lincoln restaurant, and hot chicken comes to Allston

Celebrating the Irish poitín

travel

New NE bike tours, a favorite bar reopens, and new virtual travel experiences

Michael Chiklis loves Aspen, Capri, and of course, Boston

The new travel reality: Vaccine required

Books

Crime and damages in ‘The Lowering Days’

A fictional retrospective of a filmmaker’s life in ‘Foregone’

Glenn Adamson on the perfect reading chair and books organized by color

Movies

Armie Hammer is in ‘Crisis’ and they can’t hide it

Some sequels take longer (a lot longer) to arrive than others

Imagination rules the ruthless in ‘Night of the Kings’

Television

April brings continuing ‘Tale,’ new ‘Law & Order’

10 things TV should stop doing right now

‘Ray Donovan’ will get a feature-length finale

music

When Beethoven resonates in a crisis

Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living

Velvet mornings and boots made for walkin’: Nancy Sinatra retrospective revisits a singer with swagger

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet celebrates Jorma Elo in a rich program of new work and past highlights

On your screen but outside the box: Theater companies rise to a creative challenge

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

globe local

‘It is not just about memorizing facts.’ Historians examine how Black History Month was intended to be celebrated

Meteorological winter ends this weekend

Boys & Girls Clubs, Y’s provide places for kids to study and play during pandemic

Obituaries

Loretta Whitfield, creator of a doll with a difference, dies at 79

Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies

Jon Westling, former president of Boston University, dies at 78