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Boston announces free COVID-19 rapid tests, larger vaccine clinics for hard-hit neighborhoods

The city will be providing 20,000 free rapid antigen home tests as well as free masks to communities with the highest rates of COVID-19 and high barriers to purchasing test kits on their own, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, announced Monday.
Mass. health officials urging families to get children vaccinated with looming threat of Omicron variant With Omicron in Mass., ‘people need to be very careful,’ expert says
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Omicron mutations may provide clues about origin

Former teacher at Boston school pleads guilty to raping student over four years

David Lockwood, a former science and homeroom teacher at Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, will spend the next four years in prison.

Death of University of New Hampshire student from Mass. does not appear suspicious, police say

Police said Monday that foul play isn’t suspected in the death of 22-year-old Vincenzo Lirosi, the University of New Hampshire student and Massachusetts native whose body was found Sunday near the school’s Durham, N.H., campus after he was reported missing a day earlier.
Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Mr. Rappaport has been changing Boston's history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949.
Chris Cuomo.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Chris Cuomo’s gone, the ‘Sex and the City’ revival is here, and two retro sitcoms go live

I’m happy to see that CNN fired Chris Cuomo on Saturday. These days, it’s good to see a news organization, even a flawed one like CNN, assert some kind of concern about journalistic ethics.
HelloPrenup founders Julia Rodgers (left) and Sarabeth Jaffe.

Fresh off ‘Shark Tank,’ they’re out to disrupt divorce

HelloPrenup looks to simplify the way Americans get prenuptial agreements, which can cost couples upwards of $5,000.
Opinion
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

One of the key issues at the summit will be to crack down on global money laundering.
Jamel Davis stands in front of his tent in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood in San Francisco, on April 17. He said his girlfriend died from a fentanyl overdose.
John E. Rosenthal

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?
During the trial on Nov. 9, Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney (left) and Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian looked at the weapon Rittenhouse used on the night of Aug. 25, 2020.
Cynthia Lee

When it comes to guns and claims of self-defense, juries need guidance
Photos of murdered transgender women and men at the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York June 27, 2021.
RENÉE GRAHAM

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence
A pedestrian died in September after falling from this closed rusted staircase at JFK/UMass Sation. The staircase was shut down and blocked off, but not repaired or removed until after the accident.
EDITORIAL

The state needs a better way to track what it owns
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Kinesha Goldson and Sofi Madison are sisterhood and self-love: Black Girl Magic.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

What we mean by Black Girl Magic

Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another.
See more from A Beautiful Resistance Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

‘This happens in every tech sector.’ Online sports betting giant DraftKings has entered a perilous phase

Everything was on plan for most of 2020 and the first part of 2021. But it’s been largely downhill since then, and now DraftKings — one of the Boston tech scene’s notable success stories — faces the most challenging period of its life.

Jeremy Heskett, of Boston, prepares to pour gasoline at a Shell gas station, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Westwood, Mass.
Gas prices drop by a lot in parts of northern New England
Gas prices fell in northern New England over the past week after weeks of speculation that a price drop was coming.

Beth Teitell
How we got to ‘Omicron,’ a previously obscure, D-list letter
The Greek letter has grabbed the world stage and become the dreaded “variant of concern.”

Olivia Rodrigo announced her first world tour Monday.
Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour
Rodrigo announced dates for her “Sour” tour, which kicks off in April 2022 in San Francisco, and concludes in London in July. The tour includes a May 3 performance at Roadrunner, a new 3,500-seat concert venue due to open in Allston next spring.

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner
Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms
Now a junior at Northeastern, the Olympic bronze medalist is redefining retirement.

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Love Letters
I was with her through the worst of it
"She had a job but no car, and I gave her rides to and from work for two months. I didn’t mind because I got to spend time with her."

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
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The randomness of hardship and bad luck
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A Broad Institute employee walked down a hallway as trays holding tubes of COVID-19 tests lined the wall at the Broad Institute.

‘It is relentless, and it is exhausting’: Boston scientists race to find Omicron before it spreads too far

A behind the scenes look at the state's meticulous operation, and the small army that runs it, on the hunt for Omicron and other variants of concern.

Atyia Martin, founder and executive director of Next Leadership Development Corporation, or NextLeads (left), and Shauntea Gregory, office and project manager, stood for a portrait in Hyde Park. Soon, they will be launching a communications center as a virtual "Black City Hall," intended to connect Black Bostonians with needed services and assistance on a variety of fronts, from food and housing assistance to COVID vaccines and information to real estate and credit consultations.
Nonprofit launches ‘Black City Hall’ to address gaps in access to critical services
The Community Communications Center, launched by Next Leadership Development Corporation, enables Black Bostonians to ask for help with everything from securing food assistance to scheduling a COVID-19 booster shot or repairing their credit.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
After a white Quincy High School freshman's racist video circulated on social media, Jaiden Harris, 15, (right) punched him, and then was suspended. (The white student did not return to school.) Harris and his mother, Tayla Mayo, are fighting for changes at the school.
After repeated racist incidents at Quincy High School, students and parents mobilize, raising hopes that change is possible
Recent events have galvanized many students of color, sparking student activism against discrimination in Quincy and other school districts.

A rendering of The Superette’s Courtyard
A European-inspired ‘town square’ is headed for the Seaport
Opening in spring or summer 2022, The Suprette will be a 125,000-square-foot retail space with 40 stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues and a grand piazza.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Mariah Carey offered to replace Ayanna Pressley's missing copy of the singer's Christmas album on Twitter on Friday morning.

All Ayanna Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah Carey album returned

The set of actress Margot Robbie's video for "73 Questions," a Vogue video series where Boston College alumnus Joe Sabia asks celebrities 73 rapid-fire questions.

The guy from ‘73 Questions’ answers 73 questions
Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms
Meg Peters owns Crosby's Coffeehouse in Wrentham.

After a pregnancy loss, an idea for a new business began to percolate

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In Harm’s Way

Vehicle rammings against protesters are on the rise, but the justice system often sides with drivers
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Globe Magazine

The 2021 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The Commonwealth Institute and the Globe Magazine partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Governor Charlie Baker greets supporters at a picnic in Shrewsbury in 2018 as he launched his reelection campaign.
EDITORIAL

Disarming the campaign war chests
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, then a law professor, signed a 2006 newspaper advertisement opposing “abortion on demand.”
Nancy Gertner

The stench at the Supreme Court
There is a fortuitous connection between Elisabeth’s rediscovered novels and her grandson’s memoir.
Joan Wickersham

The amber-eyed hare and a grandmother’s legacy
A movement for “patient philanthropy" advocates holding on to donations until worthier charities present themselves.
IDEAS | MICHAEL FAYE

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People wait in line on the first day of advance voting for Georgia's Senate runoff election on Dec. 14, 2020, at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga.
RENÉE LOTH

Alarm bells are ringing: Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Joe Biden, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

What if a new New Deal was coming and no one noticed?

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RI POLITICS

R.I. General Assembly leaders commit to McKee’s plan to spend 10 percent of the state’s ARPA funds

The governor calls his plan a “down payment on Rhode Island’s recovery.” On Monday, the state’s house speaker and senate president pushed back on questions about why Rhode Island has been so slow to use the federal funding.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Omicron mutations may provide clues about origin

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.

Boston announces free COVID-19 rapid tests, larger vaccine clinics for hard-hit neighborhoods

The city will be providing 20,000 free rapid antigen home tests as well as free masks to communities with the highest rates of COVID-19 and high barriers to purchasing test kits on their own, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, announced Monday.
RHODE MAP

Bob Dole knew A LOT about Rhode Island politics

The former senate leader paid close attention to Rhode Island politics over the years, including once playing bocce with a promising young Republican mayor named Vincent A. Cianci.

Sports

Lions coach Dan Campbell (left) walks onto the field wearing an Oxford (Mich.) High School T-shirt before Sunday's win.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

NFL Week 13: In a game that was about more than football, the Lions were big winners

The team paid tribute to the victims of last week's school shooting in Oxford, Mich. before earning its first victory in almost exactly a calendar year.
Jake DeBrusk has had himself a productive week, but is his trade value high enough to benefit the Bruins?
Kevin Paul Dupont | On Hockey

What do the Bruins do about Jake DeBrusk? Don’t flip him for pennies, for starters

The Bruins need more secondary scoring and could package DeBrusk to get it, but GM Don Sweeney already has been searching for the right fit.
Viktor Hovland of Norway poses celebrates after winning the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Course on Sunday in Nassau.
SPORTS LOG

Viktor Hovland comes from six shots down in wild final round to win golf’s Hero World Challenge

Viktor Hovland closed with a 6-under 66 in his debut at a holiday event that was filled with pure chaos involving eagles and triple bogeys.
NFL NOTEBOOK

Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski take another step up the all-time touchdown list

Negro Leagues player and ambassador Buck O’Neil elected to Hall of Fame with five others
Christopher L. Gasper

In college football, the coaching carousel has spun out of control

Business

In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants

The Omicron variant has driven home the reality that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. But one of New England’s leading biotech thinkers is pursuing a new way to fight it.

Omicron mutations may provide clues about origin, analysis shows

Scientists have been rushing to answer the questions posed by the emergence of Omicron, which was first sequenced in Botswana and South Africa last month, including how it developed, how transmissible it is, and the severity of illness caused by the strain in comparison with its predecessors, such as Delta.

South Africa fuels Omicron hope by dodging hospitalization surge
SHIRLEY LEUNG

With Charlie Baker out, who will big business back for governor?

STAT

Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department at UCSF, stands for a portrait at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Oakland, Calif.
‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

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Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

Funeral goers sing during a service for Daisy Pace at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in January 2021.
DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Boston, MA -- 05/12/21 -- Dr. Matthew Carty examines patient Jerry Majethic at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital on May 12, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine
Ruth Negga (left) and Tessa Thompson in "Passing," the new film based on the Nella Larsen novel.
PERSPECTIVE

Racial ‘passing’ is still a reality. Here’s why I embraced my complex identity

MISS CONDUCT

Our unvaccinated family is mad we’re not coming for the holidays. What can we do?
Love Letters

He never lets her win their Peloton competitions. Should he?
Broccoli and Kimchi Fried Rice With “Poached” Eggs.
Cooking

Recipes: The secret to great homemade fried rice

metro

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Death of University of New Hampshire student from Mass. does not appear suspicious, police say

sports

New York City FC's Maximiliano Moralez, center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the second half of their 2-1 MLS playoff win over the Philadelphia Union on Sunday in Chester, Pa.

New York City FC advances to MLS Cup after defeating Philadelphia Union

Ravens go for win, come up short to give Steelers life, and Patriots the top spot in the AFC

Cincinnati breaks through, earns CFP bid alongside Alabama, Michigan, Georgia

business

President Joe Biden.

Biden’s urgency belies infrastructure rollout running into 2030s

Walgreens apologizes after failing to notify parents of canceled child vaccine appointments

Unvaccinated Italians face new restrictions as holidays near

politics

Antiabortion and abortion-rights advocates protested outside the Supreme Court Dec. 1.

Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight

Reaction to Bob Dole’s death from US dignitaries, veterans

Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight

Nation

People wear face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic as they walk along Ste-Catherine Street in Montreal.

Omicron mutations may provide clues about origin

Boston announces free COVID-19 rapid tests, larger vaccine clinics for hard-hit neighborhoods

Trump-backed Perdue challenges Georgia Governor Kemp to GOP brawl

World

A sign stands outside the Christian Aid Ministries in Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021.

US religious group says Haitian gang releases 3 hostages

Italy reinforces strict COVID rules targeting vaccine holdouts

Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls

opinion

A movement for “patient philanthropy" advocates holding on to donations until worthier charities present themselves.

While poverty rises, charitable donations are collecting dust

Power plant that would meet peak demand is drawing opposition

United States must do more to vaccinate the world

lifestyle

Olivia Rodrigo announced her first world tour Monday.

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms

When the biggest spenders aren’t coming back any time soon

food & dining

Jared Haibon and his wife, Ashley Iaconetti, pose with their dog, Lois Lane, in Audrey's, their new coffee shop and lounge, which opened in South Kingstown, R.I., on Dec. 4, 2021.

Ashley and Jared’s new cafe, Audrey’s, opens with coffee, treats, and a nod to ‘The Bachelor’

Barrington’s newest café serves coffee, crêpes and crystals

Mambo Sushi is bringing Peruvian flair to Asian cuisine

travel

A nearly empty shopping district in Seoul. A vast majority of Chinese tourists are staying home because of the coronavirus epidemic.

When the biggest spenders aren’t coming back any time soon

Omicron is here. Should you cancel your trip?

Shopping in R.I.: Check out these great holiday markets

Arts

Caron Tabb, "Fabric of Humanity - Repairing My World"

In new exhibit at Beacon Gallery, Caron Tabb explores privilege — and the past — with mixed results

Art school confidential

Artemisia Gentileschi takes justice into her own hands

Books

The mystery of Garbo

At the bottom of the bottle in ‘Bright Burning Things’

A neuroscientist on the science of reading

Movies

Thomas Mitchell (left), Donna Reed (third from left), and Jimmy Stewart (center) in "It's a Wonderful Life."

Attention must be paid, but maybe a different kind, as ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ turns 75

‘Boston Strangler’ cast grows as filming is set to begin in Mass. on Monday

What happened in China when government edict collided with family preferences

Television

Chris Cuomo.

This week’s TV: Chris Cuomo’s gone, the ‘Sex and the City’ revival is here, and two retro sitcoms go live

GBH puts ‘Talking Politics’ in old ‘Beat the Press’ time slot

The 10 best TV shows of 2021 (and 10 more that almost cracked the list)

music

Olivia Rodrigo announced her first world tour Monday.

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Julian Lage Trio stretches out at Berklee Performance Center

An especially robust season’s greetings from the Holiday Pops

Theater/Dance

Matthew Aucoin posed for a photo outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Nov. 28, 2021.

Matthew Aucoin’s adventures in opera

Idina Menzel stars in ‘WILD’ at the ART in Cambridge — a show that imagines the world in better hands

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

globe local

Ezra Kleinbaum, 14, with his 6-year-old wheaten terrier, Zisha.

Brookline teen helps pass Town Meeting animal fur ban

Pop-up retailers are on the rise around Greater Boston

Should table games be allowed at Plainridge Park Casino?

Obituaries

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Philip Heymann, former Harvard Law professor and US deputy attorney general, dies at 89

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98