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Move to vaccinate Mass. teachers intensifies competition for limited shots

About 400,000 educators will become eligible to book COVID-19 shots at Massachusetts vaccination sites on March 11, thrusting many into a furious competition for the coveted appointments. State officials Thursday morning plan to post 12,000 new appointments for first shots at the mass vaccination centers on their website.
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Breaking
Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign with Milwaukee Brewers on two-year deal
Jackie Bradley Jr. agreed to a two-year, $24 million deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, according to a major league source.

House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition

House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation Wednesday over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the US election law in at least a generation.
Democrats revive bill to overhaul policing

State Police colonel tasked with reform is accused of breaking rules to promote his allies
A lawsuit filed by three Massachusetts State Police veteran supervisors alleges recent improprieties around the agency’s promotional exam and promotions process, laying blame on Colonel Christopher Mason. The accusations could further damage trust in the state’s largest law enforcement agency.

Capitals 2, Bruins 1
In Zdeno Chara’s return to Boston, Bruins lose to Capitals in shootout
Jakub Vrana scored the only goal of the shootout.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
The Democratic Party’s tent is big, but not this big
Jeffrey Rosario Turco’s social media posts reveal him as an anti-choice, transphobic, border-wall-loving Trumper, but he wants you to believe he’s a true Democrat.

N.H.’s Maggie Hassan is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection next year
If you thought Maine’s Senate race between Susan Collins and Sara Gideon was big, just wait for this top race with a 50-50 Senate.

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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol on Thursday

The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.

Texas power grid CEO fired after deadly February blackouts

Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.

Momentum builds on Beacon Hill for PPP tax fix, but time’s running out

Michael Heffernan, the state administration and finance secretary, said the Baker administration supports a “fix” that would extend the state-tax exemption to pass-through entities.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

Opinion

EDITORIAL

How to get away with murder

Keeping the heat on Mohammed bin Salman will help all Saudi journalists, especially those in prison.
Michael Calabrese and Lester Salamon

To close digital equity gaps, US should endow a private Digital Futures Foundation
IDEAS | MEG STONE

After a year of teaching self-defense on Zoom, I want to come back kicking
Joan Vennochi

Andrew Cuomo has a problem. But why are Democrats pushed to resign?
IDEAS | HEETEN KANTI KALAN

I am not ‘nonwhite’

Massachusetts biopharma firms raised a record $5.8b in venture capital last year
The total was nearly double 2019′s investments, according to a trade group report.

The Seuss controversy isn't 'cancel culture.' It’s about recognizing changing attitudes
No, they’re not canceling Dr. Seuss. But a lot of people want you to think so. It’s worth thinking about why that is.

These six Dr. Seuss books won’t be published anymore due to racist, offensive imagery

Progressive loss in State House primary resurfaces debate over ranked-choice voting
Tuesday night’s results in a primary race in Revere and Winthrop told what feels like a familiar, disappointing tale for the liberal wing of the state’s dominant party.

Ethics probe led to criminal referral involving Elaine Chao, Transportation Dept. inspector general says
The Transportation Department’s internal watchdog found evidence of potential ethical violations by then-Secretary Elaine Chao and referred the case to the Justice Department for prosecution in December, but it declined, according to documents released Wednesday.

7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital
Liza Scott, a patient at Boston Children's Hospital, is running a lemonade stand to help fund her own upcoming operation. While her story has warmed plenty of hearts, is yet another sign that the US health system is broken beyond repair and driving families into bankruptcy, critics say.

SUV in California crash that killed 13 came through hole in border fence
Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among 44 people who entered the US through a hole cut into Southern California’s border fence with Mexico,

Democrats tighten eligibility for $1,400 checks, firm up support for COVID-19 relief bill
President Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks Wednesday, bowing to party moderates as leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.

Lockheed Martin closing Marion facility next year
US Representative Bill Keating said he is waiting on a response from the defense contractor about its decision to move “hundreds of jobs out of Massachusetts.”

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One worker killed, second injured at First Street Garage construction site in East Cambridge

One worker was killed and a second was critically injured in Cambridge Wednesday when a section of concrete stairwell inside a city-owned parking garage collapsed during renovation work.

MATT PEPIN
My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England
I thought my biggest safety concern while skiing was other skiers hitting me or tree wells. Now I’ve reassessed, and begun to do some homework. I look at untouched snow differently.

The Dr. is still in
No, they’re not canceling Dr. Seuss. But a lot of people want you to think so. It’s worth thinking about why that is.

metro

CORONAVIRUS
This doctor stepped up to bridge the gap as the pandemic ravaged her town
Hailed as a hero of Central Falls, R.I., Dr. Beata Nelken provided COVID-19 tests and vaccines to help struggling families and protect public health

Vaccinating educators is a start, but more challenges ahead on reopening schools

Move to vaccinate Mass. teachers intensifies competition for limited shots

Sports

Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign with Milwaukee Brewers on two-year deal
Jackie Bradley Jr. agreed to a two-year, $24 million deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, according to a major league source.

Detectives look at SUV’s ‘black box’ from Tiger Woods crash
Capitals 2, Bruins 1

In Zdeno Chara’s return to Boston, Bruins lose to Capitals in shootout

business

Massachusetts biopharma firms raised a record $5.8b in venture capital last year
The total was nearly double 2019′s investments, according to a trade group report.

Texas power grid CEO fired after deadly February blackouts

Momentum builds on Beacon Hill for PPP tax fix, but time’s running out

politics

N.H.’s Maggie Hassan is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection next year
If you thought Maine’s Senate race between Susan Collins and Sara Gideon was big, just wait for this top race with a 50-50 Senate.

With Biden’s backing, Democrats revive bill to overhaul policing

House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition

lifestyle

7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital
Liza Scott, a patient at Boston Children's Hospital, is running a lemonade stand to help fund her own upcoming operation. While her story has warmed plenty of hearts, is yet another sign that the US health system is broken beyond repair and driving families into bankruptcy, critics say.

POETRY

With the Cantab all but gone, Boston Poetry Slam rewrites its way to the future
PUNK

A JP resident and her punk rock aerobics star in Green Day’s new music video

arts

TELEVISION REVIEW
Teens on the edge in HBO Max’s ‘Generation’
Questions of gender, sexuality, and sex are in the foreground of the new series, which is not here to judge or ridicule the high schoolers.

WORKING ON IT

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

Movies

She answered J.D. Salinger’s fan mail, and now her memoir is a movie

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
This doctor stepped up to bridge the gap as the pandemic ravaged her town
Hailed as a hero of Central Falls, R.I., Dr. Beata Nelken provided COVID-19 tests and vaccines to help struggling families and protect public health

CORONAVIRUS

Newly eligible, R.I. teachers struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine appointments through CVS
RI CRIME

Son of Rhode Island Senator Elaine Morgan charged with sexual assault on a minor

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

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

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
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.

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola is at HOME on the open mic

The theme interested the Chicago transplant long before the pandemic.
COMFORT ZONE

GBH’s ‘Masterpiece’ reflects on 50 Years with a new podcast

The three-part series is "a superhero origin story," according to host Jace Lacob.
ART

‘Against all odds,’ Peabody Essex show leads to discovery of second Jacob Lawrence painting

The piece was hanging all these years in a nurse's apartment on the Upper West Side.
COMFORT ZONE

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.
TELEVISION

The line is blurrier, but there’s still a big difference between TV and movies

Artistically speaking, series TV and film exist in different time zones.
LIVE MUSIC

Tickets on sale for Opera North’s open-air Summerfest 2021

Live performances will once again grace the outdoor stage in Cornish, N.H., from July 16 through Aug. 1.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Linda J. Bilmes and Margaret Bourdeaux

Massachusetts should pay people to quarantine
SCOT LEHIGH

Maine makes age the vaccine metric that matters
Renée Graham

Andrew Cuomo and the post-#MeToo reckoning that never was
Joanne Hilferty, Dan Kenary, and Brooke Thomson

We can’t afford to let women fall through the economy’s cracks
EDITORIAL

The Senate must pass the Equality Act
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

4 ways families can find silver linings from this terrible pandemic year
Pandemic Parenting

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

What should kids expect at summer camps this year?
Cooking

Recipes: Thai stir-fried glass noodles plus soup and dessert

sports

Protocols and gameday procedures have changed, but the football is the same when Central Catholic, North Andover meet

Kellen Winslow II sentenced to 14 years for rape and other sexual offenses

Jaylen Brown plans to enjoy the All-Star Game but is more focused on his health

metro

The Democratic Party’s tent is big, but not this big

Progressive loss in State House primary resurfaces debate over ranked-choice voting

State Police colonel tasked with reform is accused of breaking rules to promote his allies

Nation

N.H.’s Maggie Hassan is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection next year

Ethics probe led to criminal referral involving Elaine Chao, Transportation Dept. inspector general says

California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas

World

Palace: Prince Philip had a successful heart procedure

Three have life-threatening wounds after Sweden ax attack

ICC will investigate accusations of war crimes in Israeli-occupied territories

politics

Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol on Thursday

Watchdog finds GOP congressman harassed staff, drank while serving as White House physician

National security officials to testify on Jan. 6 mistakes

business

Facebook to remove ban on political advertising

Lockheed Martin closing Marion facility next year

Democrats tighten eligibility for $1,400 checks, firm up support for COVID-19 relief bill

lifestyle

Advice for planning that family reunion you just can’t wait to have

My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England

Still a family favorite, Mount Abram celebrates 60th anniversary

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

How to get away with murder

To close digital equity gaps, US should endow a private Digital Futures Foundation

The pains and ills of being a person of color in a ‘high-performing district’

food & dining

At The Federal, a miracle to go: perfectly cooked steak

3 places we supported this week

Should your takeout packaging go in the recycling bin, compost pile, or trash can? Here are some tips

travel

Advice for planning that family reunion you just can’t wait to have

My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England

Still a family favorite, Mount Abram celebrates 60th anniversary

Books

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

She answered J.D. Salinger’s fan mail, and now her memoir is a movie

Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola is at HOME on the open mic

Movies

The Dr. is still in

Things aren’t necessarily the way they look in ‘Keep an Eye Out’

Golden Globes 2021: A complete list of winners (and nominees)

Television

Teens on the edge in HBO Max’s ‘Generation’

‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘The Great Believers’ deserve to be watched and read

‘Behind Her Eyes’ and that bizarre ending

music

With another album in the works, singer Lizzy McAlpine has left Berklee behind

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

When Beethoven resonates in a crisis

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

Quincy literacy program shows that where there’s a will, there’s a way

Wellesley voters back referendum question renaming Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Shipwrecks, Route 9, and a virtual bingo night

Obituaries

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies

Vernon Jordan, former Clinton adviser, has died

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