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Mass. reports 1,428 new COVID-19 cases, 52 deaths, 65,284 vaccinations Sunday

The number of coronavirus vaccinations administered in Massachusetts rose by 65,284 to 1,736,477, state officials reported Sunday.
COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Dr. Anthony Fauci rejects possible shopping around between three vaccine choices

Fauci pushed back against any tendency to wait for a preferred coronavirus vaccine among the three that are now approved for use in the US.
Latest vaccine frontrunners

CDC advisers recommend Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine

Fauci is worried that US coronavirus cases will remain at 70,000 a day

In return to stage, Trump stokes partisan divisions with speech at CPAC

Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity in a speech at a conservative political conference, even as he exacerbated its divisions and made clear he intended to remain a dominant force in the party.
In three Republican districts, a view of Trump’s continued dominance in the party

Representative Gosar speaks at rally where organizer pushes white nationalist agenda, praises Capitol attack

bruins 4, rangers 1
Charlie Coyle scores twice, Bruins defeat Rangers and leave ugly loss behind
Less than 48 hours after a soul-crushing loss to the Rangers, the Bruins picked themselves up to earn a split at Madison Square Garden.

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Cosmetology is one of the most popular vocational tracks in Mass. But is it too late for a makeover of Madison Park’s beauty program?

Statewide more than 1,500 students have been enrolled in a high school cosmetology program each of the past three school years, making it one of the most popular vocational tracks across Massachusetts.

Molly Seidel, Cambridge resident and Olympian, wins Atlanta Half Marathon

Seidel's win comes almost a year to the day of her second-place finish in the 2020 Atlanta Marathon to qualify for the US Olympic Team.

Sale of Watertown Mall to lab developer may be near

The mall is along an Arsenal Street corridor that is fast emerging as a new hub of the region’s life sciences industry and as an attractive place for development in general.

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

Renée Graham

Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, and our demands on aging superstars

Nothing makes a sports fan feel older than watching beloved athletes move from dominance to decline. That’s why we can’t let go.
EDITORIAL

Press freedom is under attack in Latin America. Biden can help defend it
IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

More heart, less darkness
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts can succeed in a teleworking world
IDEAS | KAREEM KING

Fighting the pandemic with information by us, for us

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

Raimondo expected to be confirmed as Commerce secretary on Tuesday
Senator Jack Reed predicts the Rhode Island governor will receive bipartisan support in the Senate vote.

Two tales of one city: The Port sits in the shadow of Moderna and Pfizer
The Port neighborhood, home to Washington Elms and Newtowne Court, two of the oldest public housing developments in the country, has long existed in the shadow of its thriving high-tech neighbors in Kendall Square. The gulf between the two communities has perhaps never been wider than at the start of 2021 when the quest to defeat COVID-19 with vaccines went into high gear.

Peter Abraham | On baseball
For Alex Cora, the outcome wasn’t what mattered in his first game back as Red Sox manager
Despite a 7-6 loss to the Twins, Cora said he was “happy to be in the dugout. It was a great day just to be around and talking baseball.”

Cuomo asks state attorney general and top judge to appoint independent lawyer for harassment probe

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked the state’s attorney general and chief appeals court judge to jointly appoint an independent lawyer to investigate claims he sexually harassed at least two women who worked for him.
Second former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment, report says

Brockton man arrested in Mattapan on gun and drug charges

A 38-year-old Brockton man was arrested early Sunday morning after Boston police stopped his vehicle and found a loaded gun and marijuana inside, police said.

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62
A novelist and teacher, Mr. Downing "taught not only writing, he taught a way to be,” a colleague said.

‘SNL’: Kate McKinnon plays Dr. Fauci as the game show host of ‘So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine’
Touching on the widespread confusion over the vaccine rollout nationwide, contestants vied for eligibility in front of a panel of embattled governors. Aidy Bryant as Texas Senator Ted Cruz also made an appearance.

Two arrested in thefts, unauthorized entry, lewd exposure at BU

David Zamojski, director of Residence Life and assistant dean of students, sent an email to South Campus residents Saturday saying a person who was not associated with BU was arrested in connection with the recent string of incidents.

Recommended reads

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Black history I carry with me: Jabari Chioke Mosi Peddie

Peddie is an educator and co-founder of The Teachers’ Lounge, a safe place for educators of color to network, learn, and be fortified.

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.

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.

metro

Devastating fire at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut can’t touch its soul
The Feb. 12 fire that tore through the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp destroyed the camp’s wood shop, its camp store, its cooking zone, and its arts & crafts center. But it could never reach the camp’s heart.

POLITICS

Raimondo expected to be confirmed as Commerce secretary on Tuesday

Man arrested for open warrants after spitting at MBTA employee

Sports

Golf roundup
Collin Morikawa wins WGC Workday Championship by three shots
The 24-year-old PGA Champion closed with a 3-under 69 to finish three shots ahead of Brooks Koepka (70), Viktor Hovland (67) and Billy Horschel (70).

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Patient Trent Frederic’s offensive game starting to pack some punch
Tara Sullivan

Matt Turner has proved himself a real stalwart as the Revolution’s goalkeeper

business

CDC advisers recommend Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine should be used to inoculate US adults 18 years old and older, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a 12-0 vote.

Tips on this tax season

Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs

politics

In return to stage, Trump stokes partisan divisions with speech at CPAC
Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity in a speech at a conservative political conference, even as he exacerbated its divisions and made clear he intended to remain a dominant force in the party.

Some GOP state lawmakers help spread COVID-19 misinformation

Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits

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

Golden Globes 2021: A complete list of nominees
Here's who could take home the golden trophies when the mostly-virtual show starts at 8 p.m.

COMFORT ZONE

Eric Nies reflects on the return of ‘The Real World: New York’

‘SNL’: Kate McKinnon plays Dr. Fauci as the game show host of ‘So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine’

rhode island

POLITICS
Raimondo expected to be confirmed as Commerce secretary on Tuesday
Senator Jack Reed predicts the Rhode Island governor will receive bipartisan support in the Senate vote.

RI BUSINESS

Evicted from Boston, a new West African restaurant is being welcomed in Providence

Cicilline blasts Taylor Greene for opposing Equality Act

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

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
EDITORIAL

Governor Baker is right — schools must reopen
Scot Lehigh

As Massachusetts shows, strong gun-safety laws work
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

Framingham athletes welcome opportunities to return to practice, competition in busy Fall II season

For his first time out, velocity was not an issue for Nate Eovaldi

For Alex Cora, the outcome wasn’t what mattered in his first game back as Red Sox manager

metro

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62

After years of inaction, federal regulators are on the cusp of imposing new rules to protect right whales

The Black history I carry with me: Jabari Chioke Mosi Peddie

Nation

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Crisis deepens for Cuomo; AG wants to lead harassment probe

In return to stage, Trump stokes partisan divisions with speech at CPAC

World

US is ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of abuses in Ethiopia

‘I wake up and scream’: Secret Taliban prisons terrorize thousands

Broadway is dark. London is quiet. But in Australia, it’s showtime

politics

Biden hails House passage of $1.9 trillion virus bill, now to Senate

FDA authorizes Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Assessing claims in the coronavirus stimulus debate

business

Sale of Watertown Mall to lab developer may be near

Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief

How to protect or heal trees damaged by snow

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

Taiwan calls on free world to stand firm against China’s bully tactics

Press freedom is under attack in Latin America. Biden can help defend it

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

Golden Globes 2021: A complete list of nominees

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

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

Television

‘SNL’: Kate McKinnon plays Dr. Fauci as the game show host of ‘So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine’

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

10 things TV should stop doing right now

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

Devastating fire at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut can’t touch its soul

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

Meteorological winter ends this weekend

Obituaries

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62

Sheila Washington dies at 61; helped exonerate Scottsboro Boys

Claudette White, innovative tribal judge, dies at 49