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Hospitalization rates will be true test of Omicron, Fauci says

Fauci says CDC may add a negative COVID test to its guidance for asymptomatic people

Federal officials are considering a negative test after five days as part of their guidance after significant “pushback” on updated recommendations last week for people who are asymptomatic for the coronavirus yet test positive for it, said Dr. Anthony Fauci.
‘It’s just relentless’: Exhausted hospital workers battle another COVID surge

As Omicron surges, so, too, do fear and frustration for immunocompromised people

The pandemic has sent immunocompromised folks on an especially jagged roller-coaster ride – hope for a vaccine, soon dashed by the discovery that vaccines don’t adequately protect them; then hope for preventive treatment, dashed by the news that the treatment is in short supply.
Travelers walk to their gates at the Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Philadelphia.

More than 2,500 US flights cancelled on Sunday due to snow storms, pandemic

Still no improved Mattapan trolleys nearly five years after $7.9m MBTA investment announced

The MBTA vehicle maintenance team working on refurbishing the Mattapan trolley line is more than two years behind schedule, frustrating elected officials who have long advocated for improvements.

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

Twitter on Sunday permanently suspended the personal account of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after the company said she had violated its COVID-19 misinformation policies.
Opinion
Amethyst Carey, center, greets friends during the Trans Resistance MA March + Vigil for Black Trans Lives in Boston on June 12.
RENÉE GRAHAM

‘What happens when the world isn’t ready for you to be who you are?’

A record-breaking year of anti-trans violence ends with a shattering answer to a question that should trouble us all.
Xiomara Castro (left) and Gabriel Boric.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Hopeful political signs from Central and South America
Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pat Greenhouse and David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
EDITORIAL

New Year’s Resolutions for the new mayor and the outgoing governor
A station in Los Angeles was selling gas for more than $6 a gallon on Dec. 10. Many economic experts failed to predict 2021's sharp increases in the prices of gasoline and other consumer products.
JEFF JACOBY

Nobody knows anything
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Michael Burlingame

Refusal to abide by the results of elections threatens the stability of the US more than at any time since 1860
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Jason Mayden, president of Fear of God Athletics, shares his beautiful resistance.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Questions featuring Jason Mayden

The president of Fear of God Athletics shares his beautiful resistance.
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Clockwise from top left: Senator Michael Barrett, Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, Samantha Montaño., and Gaurab Basu.

Massachusetts’ biggest climate wins and losses of 2021

Four climate experts weigh in on what the state accomplished this year, and what to look forward to in 2022.
Displays of missiles stood at the Raytheon chalet at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK.

‘They have massive influence.’ How Raytheon turned a potentially hard year into a good one.

With a new administration arriving in Washington, analysts said 2021 could be a tough year for Waltham-based Raytheon. It didn't work out that way.
Patrice Bergeron knotted things up late in the first period and the Bruins never looked back.
Bruins 5, Red Wings 1

Bruins sweep away Red Wings with dominant third period

The Bruins struck three times in the final stanza to put away the Red Wings.

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Representative Liz Cheney spoke during a meeting of the House committee that is investigating the attack on the US Capitol.
Trump ‘went to war with rule of law’ in Jan. 6 riot, Cheney Says
Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on House panel that is investigating the attack on the US Capitol, described former president Trump’s “dereliction of duty” as he watched from the White House while events unfolded.

Joe Johnson's 10-day contract with the Cetlics expired this weekend, but his only appearance at TD Garden in a win over the Cavaliers Dec. 22 may not have necessarily been his last.
As they near full strength, Celtics stabilize their roster by moving on from 10-day contract players
Although Joe Johnson's 10-day deal expired this weekend, coach Ime Udoka said the seven-time All-Star showed enough to warrant another look.

love letters
Love Letters
I have a bad habit of being silent
“This particular time was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.”

Harmony Montgomery was 5 years old when she was last seen in late 2019, Manchester, N.H., police said.
N.H. police searching for missing girl last seen in late 2019
Seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery was last seen in Manchester in October 2019, the Manchester Police Department said. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and might be wearing glasses, the department said.

Pedestrian is hit and killed on Route 3 in Billerica
The male victim was struck by multiple vehicles at about 8 p.m. Saturday night.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu speaks at the annual Hillsborough County NH GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner on June 3 in Manchester, N.H.
In NH and elsewhere, Republicans struggle to recruit A-list Senate candidates. They may not need them.
The only thing missing in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate Republicans' way? A top-notch Republican candidate.

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

See the latest from our education team focused on race, class, and opportunity in schools.

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See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

See the Globe’s expanded Newton coverage in partnership with Boston University.

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Medical case manager Diana Sencion (facing) of Whittier Street Health Center embraced a client, Elena Soto, who is homeless, in Newmarket Square.
Shirley Leung

Walking Mass. and Cass with bleach kits, granola bars, and a chance to get off the streets

As Boston's homelessness and opioid crisis spirals, social workers are often the last, and most determined, lifeline for people struggling on the city's streets.

The Massachusetts coastline, seen from the International Space Station, faces big changes as the climate warms.
New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet, new study finds
The region is warming significantly faster than global average temperatures, and that rate is expected to accelerate as more greenhouse gases are pumped into the atmosphere and dangerous feedback loops contribute to climate change.

A woman waited to board a train as it arrived at Metro Center station in Washington.
What sectors of the economy will the Omicron wave overwhelm next?
Vital public services and industries are bracing for impact from an Omicron wave that is expected to significantly slow the nation’s economy over the coming weeks.

Globe Magazine
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
The 24 best photos of the year by Boston Globe photographers
Staff photographers share how and why they captured some of the most memorable images of 2021.

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Culture & Lifestyle

These are some of our favorite music discoveries of the year.
MUSIC

Artists past and present, podcasts, rarities, and songs that hit the spot: Our favorite music discoveries of the year
Getting fresh air is one way to stay sane during quarantine.

Found yourself in quarantine? We asked public health experts for suggestions on how to spend the time
A room with a fireplace? Yes, please. The Rose Room at Castle Hill Inn, shown here, is one option.
TRAVEL

The snuggle is real: These are the five coziest inns for a winter getaway
What will travel look like this year?
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

What experts say about planning your 2022 vacation as Omicron surges

Special Projects

An older lobsterman passed by Tanner Lazaro as he hauled up his traps in his boat, Used N Abused, on Aug. 24. During the summer Tanner hauled his own traps on whatever days his mentor Frankie Thompson or another lobsterman didn't need his help.

The lobster trap

The plentiful catch that brought wealth to fishing families is at risk, as climate change warms the Gulf of Maine. A way of life is on the line, but lobstermen can't, or won't, imagine another.

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

James Donovan and Skyler Brooks light their candles during a candlelight vigil for transgender activist and advocate for abuse survivors Jahaira DeAlto on May 8, 2021 in Pittsfield. DeAlto, along with Fatima Yasin, were stabbed and killed, allegedly by Yasin’s husband, on May 2.
Renée Loth

In memoriam of victims of domestic violence

IDEAS | WENDY SYFRET

Try upbeat nihilism in 2022
President Biden delivers opening remarks at the virtual Summit for Democracy on Dec. 9.
IDEAS | FRANK VOGL

Stopping international corruption begins here at home
Former Boston police officer Patrick M. Rose Sr. covers his face during arraignment on Aug. 13, 2020. Rose was kept on the force even after the department’s own investigators concluded he had molested a child in 1995.
EDITORIAL

Policing the police finally gets underway
Joan Wickersham

The holiday of wandering flowers
"I didn’t have a plan. I didn’t know how I’d pull it off." The author runs along a dilapidated street in Maracaibo.
IDEAS | ANTONIO MATHEUS

The lunacy of the long distance runner

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

Hospitalization rates will be true test of Omicron, Fauci says

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

As Omicron surges, so, too, do fear and frustration for immunocompromised people

The pandemic has sent immunocompromised folks on an especially jagged roller-coaster ride – hope for a vaccine, soon dashed by the discovery that vaccines don’t adequately protect them; then hope for preventive treatment, dashed by the news that the treatment is in short supply.

Still no improved Mattapan trolleys nearly five years after $7.9m MBTA investment announced

The MBTA vehicle maintenance team working on refurbishing the Mattapan trolley line is more than two years behind schedule, frustrating elected officials who have long advocated for improvements.
SUNDAY'S CHILD

Ashlynn loves music and drawing

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Sports

It was an all-day celebration for the Patriots, who had three interceptions (Myles Bryant here) in a rout of the Jaguars.
Patriots 50, Jaguars 10

With clueless Jaguars compliant, good times roll all day for Patriots

The Patriots erased the bad memories of back-to-back losses with precision in a pounding of the hapless Jaguars.
Anthony Firkser reeled in the first of two Tennessee touchdowns in the fourth quarter Sunday, sealing up a win over streaking Miami and another AFC South division title.
NFL ROUNDUP

Tennessee clinches division and takes over No. 1 spot in AFC with rout of Miami

The Titans made it back-to-back AFC South championships in a season when they lost the NFL’s leading rusher at Halloween and have used 88 players, most ever in a non-strike season for the NFL.
Patriots wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson (center) caught four passes, two for touchdowns.
patriots 50, jaguars 10

Kristian Wilkerson’s big day: From the Patriots’ practice squad to the A team, and after two TDs, maybe a roster spot

The undrafted Wilkerson, who scored two touchdowns, replaced N'Keal Harry, who was a healthy scratch, and made his first NFL start.
NFL

Antonio Brown ‘is no longer a Buc’ after leaving field mid-game, coach Bruce Arians says
RAIDERS 23, COLTS 20

Raiders thicken the AFC playoff plot with come-from-behind win at Indianapolis
nfl notebook

Bills overcome sloppy play by Josh Allen to beat Falcons, clinch playoff berth

Business

More than 2,500 US flights cancelled on Sunday due to snow storms, pandemic

Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year.

‘They have massive influence.’ How Raytheon turned a potentially hard year into a good one.

With a new administration arriving in Washington, analysts said 2021 could be a tough year for Waltham-based Raytheon. It didn't work out that way.

UK makes Omicron contingency plans for hospitals, schools

Trump ‘went to war with rule of law’ in Jan. 6 riot, Cheney Says

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.

Covid winter illustration
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
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
2021

The 24 best photos of the year by Globe photographers
PERSPECTIVE

2021 was so weird, that big UFO news totally went over our heads
best features

The top 12 most popular Globe Magazine stories of 2021
Dave Barry looks back at the newsmakers of 2021.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review: A variant of 2020, so to speak

metro

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

N.H. police searching for missing girl last seen in late 2019

Some Boston city employees will work from home beginning Tuesday, Wu says, citing winter surge in COVID-19 cases

sports

Hunter Renfrow (left) had seven catches Sunday, among them Derek Carr's only touchdown toss in Las Vegas's key victory at Indianapolis against the Colts.

Raiders thicken the AFC playoff plot with come-from-behind win at Indianapolis

Bills overcome sloppy play by Josh Allen to beat Falcons, clinch playoff berth

Mac Jones is breaking down walls every step of the way; it’s as if he was invented by Bill Belichick

business

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R.-Ga.

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

Officials: Nearly 1,000 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

politics

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump outside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Capitol rioters’ tears and remorse don’t spare them from jail

Trump ‘went to war with rule of law’ in Jan. 6 riot, Cheney Says

Fauci says CDC may add a negative COVID test to its guidance for asymptomatic people

Nation

A home burned as a fast-moving wildfire swept through the area in Louisville, Colo., on Dec. 30, 2021.

Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires in Colorado

Hospitalization rates will be true test of Omicron, Fauci says

Capitol rioters’ tears and remorse don’t spare them from jail

World

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022.

Israel to offer 4th COVID shot to people 60 and over

UK makes Omicron contingency plans for hospitals, schools

With a simple funeral, South Africa bids farewell to Desmond Tutu

opinion

The holiday of wandering flowers

Stop reacting to the pandemic. Start planning ahead for it.

A year after a seditious insurrection, why won’t federal prosecutors treat it that way?

lifestyle

A photograph from a rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" at UMass Boston, in which Angie Jepson served as intimacy director.

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

I have a bad habit of being silent

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

food & dining

This app is preventing food waste by connecting consumers to surplus food at local restaurants in Providence and Boston

Despite a few bumps, Wusong Road is on the fast track to becoming a local favorite

Cafe Sushi plans a Japanese deli; Toscanini’s original location returns

travel

Jessica Brown in Greece.

TV news anchor Jessica Brown on Greece, going for the gold in London, and eating her way through Boston

What experts say about planning your 2022 vacation as Omicron surges

This Legoland deal included tickets. Where are they?

Arts

Documentary photographer Henry Horenstein has two exhibitions opening Jan. 7.

Photographer Henry Horenstein elevates the overlooked with shows in Portsmouth and Boston

In Helina Metaferia’s show at the MFA, an ‘army of women’ wear history on their heads

In SoWa Art + Design District, video gallery brings art to the sidewalk 24/7

Books

Thrity Umrigar on ‘Honor’ and dishonor

Jason Mott: reading Greek myths and comic books

A puzzling child in ‘This Boy We Made’

Movies

A photograph from a rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" at UMass Boston, in which Angie Jepson served as intimacy director.

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

True crime; doubtful solutions

‘Green’ technology of a different sort

Television

A photograph from a rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" at UMass Boston, in which Angie Jepson served as intimacy director.

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

‘Our national treasure’: Tributes pour in for Emmy-winning actress and cultural icon Betty White

When all the critics have their say, ‘Succession’ is No. 1

music

Top row (from left): Phil Chan, Kathleen Fay, Iman Habibi. Bottom row (from left): Lucia Lin, Keith Lockhart, Miki Sawada.

6 standouts in classical music on the changes they hope to see, and make, in the new year

Artists past and present, podcasts, rarities, and songs that hit the spot: Our favorite music discoveries of the year

Hey, what’s that sound?

Theater/Dance

A photograph from a rehearsal of "Romeo and Juliet" at UMass Boston, in which Angie Jepson served as intimacy director.

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

Lord knows lyricist Tim Rice didn’t foresee ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ becoming such a huge hit

‘Teenage Dick’ closes early at the Huntington due to COVID cases

globe local

Aria Grace was born at 12:05 a.m. at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Boston’s First baby of 2022 born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

L Street Brownies mark the start of 2022 with their annual polar plunge

Cambridge-based nonprofit focused on bridging opportunity gaps to open second location in Boston

Obituaries

FILE - New York Giants head coach Dan Reeves gives some instructions to his starting quarterback Phil Simms during the third quarter of their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday, Sept. 12, 1993. Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former NFL head coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

To those who departed in 2021: A look back at the notable figures who died

Mary Richardson, award-winning ‘Chronicle’ co-anchor, dies at 76