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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

Undisclosed violations could have halted construction company’s work in Boston; two killed in downtown accident

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.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
The latest buzz on the NFL quarterback market
About half the league is in the mix for a quarterback in one shape or form.

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Running toward self love is a beautiful resistance
Elizabeth Rock doesn’t run for herself, she runs for women and her pace is always set to sisterhood. ( Concept & curation by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff, Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Additional video by Shelby Lum/Globe Staff, Photo by OJ Slaughter/Special to the Globe )

The Questions featuring Carlton Mackey

The Black history I carry with me: Onjalé Scott Price

‘Orlando is awesome. It’s not as nice as Cancun’: Ted Cruz joked about his Mexico getaway during CPAC speech

Texas Senator Ted Cruz spoke on the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, poking fun at his highly criticized trip to Cancun last week while many of his constituents were without power or water. Cruz’s comments sparked another wave of anger and outrage across the Internet.
Trump the dominant force at Conservative Political Action Conference

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.

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

Peter Abraham I Sunday baseball notes
Is this the year Mike Trout finally gets back to the postseason?
Trout’s only appearance in the postseason came in 2014 when his Angels were bounced out of a Division Series in three games by the Kansas City Royals.

Red Sox
Given a second chance, Alex Cora seeks to move on — and learn from his past
The time away from the game in the middle of a pandemic created space for reflection, on the scandal and to confront past managerial challenges.

All eight Patriots who opted out of 2020 season returning in 2021
In addition to the previously confirmed returns of veterans Dont’a Hightower, Patrick Chung, and Marcus Cannon, the team will welcome back Brandon Bolden, Danny Vitale, Matt LaCosse, Marqise Lee, and Najee Toran

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.

Parents’ group files lawsuit to block BPS from using ZIP codes in exam school admission

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.

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?

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

Claudette White, innovative tribal judge, dies at 49
As a tribal judge, she practiced a judicial model known as restorative justice, which aims to heal and rehabilitate offenders and their victims as an alternative to punishment.

‘Meyers Manx’ dune buggy creator dead at 94

Running toward self love is a beautiful resistance

Sports

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
The latest buzz on the NFL quarterback market
About half the league is in the mix for a quarterback in one shape or form.

Peter Abraham I Sunday baseball notes

Is this the year Mike Trout finally gets back to the postseason?
Red Sox

Given a second chance, Alex Cora seeks to move on — and learn from his past

business

With latest reopening news, Mass. restaurants see a way out of crisis
On Monday, restaurants in Massachusetts will be free from strict limits to their capacity for the first time in months.

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

Ta-Nehisi Coates to write new ‘Superman’ film

politics

Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed to possible increase in outbreak
After a year of struggling to boost coronavirus testing, communities across the country are seeing plummeting demand and are shuttering testing sites or even trying to return supplies.

‘Orlando is awesome. It’s not as nice as Cancun’: Ted Cruz joked about his Mexico getaway during CPAC speech

Trump the dominant force at Conservative Political Action Conference

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

All eight Patriots who opted out of 2020 season returning in 2021

After struggling to find a comfort zone, Celtics’ Jeff Teague went back the gym for some extra work and it’s paying off

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

metro

The Questions featuring Carlton Mackey

The Black history I carry with me: Onjalé Scott Price

Parents’ group files lawsuit to block BPS from using ZIP codes in exam school admission

Nation

Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed to possible increase in outbreak

‘Orlando is awesome. It’s not as nice as Cancun’: Ted Cruz joked about his Mexico getaway during CPAC speech

Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress

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

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

Biden surveys Texas weather damage, thanks emergency workers

US implicates Saudi crown prince in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

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

Sheila Washington dies at 61; helped exonerate Scottsboro Boys

Claudette White, innovative tribal judge, dies at 49

‘Meyers Manx’ dune buggy creator dead at 94