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‘Really demoralizing and operationally very, very hard’: Child care providers try to stay open in COVID surge

Early education providers said they’re concerned that the rise in COVID cases in Massachusetts threatens their ability to keep classrooms open, imperiling parents’ ability to work.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 31,184 confirmed cases and 39 deaths
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COVID testing site in Springfield closed to new cars ‘due to high demand’; Baker touts testing programs as most Mass. schools reopen

Elizabeth Holmes walked into federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Monday.
Elizabeth Holmes jury split on three of eleven fraud charges
US District Judge Edward Davila urged the jurors to re-examine their positions while adhering to their instructions to only return a guilty verdict if convinced beyond a reasonable doubt.

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by N.Y. attorney general in civil probe

New York’s attorney general has issued subpoenas to former president Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family’s business practices.
A man helped a woman navigate past cars in front of Boston Medical Center, as lines of people waited to get COVID-19 tests.

ER providers are ‘overwhelmed’ as schools grapple with reopening amid Omicron surge

With Massachusetts approaching the somber mark of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths and emergency room providers warning they’re “overwhelmed” by the virus following the holiday-fueled Omicron surge, most school districts cautiously returned to in-person learning Monday.
Wu warns BPS needs to be ‘realistic’ about staffing shortages amid Omicron COVID-positive employees allowed to work at R.I.’s state-run hospital
People waited in line for free COVID-19 testing at the Anna M. Cole Community Center in Boston on Sunday.

Here’s what to do if someone you live with tests positive for COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided guidelines on how to keep people as protected as possible from COVID when someone in the home is infected.

People waited in line to check their bags at Boston's Logan Airport on Christmas Day. TOPIC: 26logan
‘It’s so important to remember the humans in the story.’ Logan flight cancellations continue amid staffing shortages, D.C.-area snowstorm
In the two weeks ending Sunday, around six percent of the flights to or from Logan were canceled and nearly a qurater were delayed, according to data from FlightAware.com.

Airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights Monday because of weather and coronavirus

The Patriots and Bills split their two matchups this season. Is a third meeting in the cards?
Who would be the most desirable first-round playoff opponent for the Patriots?
The Patriots are likely to be a wild card, which would mean a first-round matchup against the Bengals, Bills, Chiefs, or Titans.

NFL Week 17: Let’s not jump to conclusions on the Antonio Brown case

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner.
New Hampshire’s Bill Gardner, nation’s longest-serving secretary of state, to leave office held since 1976
Bill Gardner, the nation’s longest-serving secretary of state who built a reputation for fiercely defending New Hampshire’s position at the front of the presidential primary calendar, said Monday he will be leaving office this week.

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Opinion
First-grade teacher Allison Piatelli speaks with students Nov. 19 at the Parlin School in Everett.
Joan Vennochi

In the pandemic, teachers deserve respect and options

One teachers union suggests a two-week return to online teaching, to give the Omicron surge a chance to peak. Governor Charlie Baker has mandated in-person learning for all school districts.
Recent Haitian refugee Sadat Joachim, 39, recounted his arrival to the US as he spoke with a reporter at Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan.
MARCELA GARCÍA

It’s a new day for Boston immigrants under Mayor Wu
US Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Jim McGovern

The coup is still underway
Demonstrators gather for the "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2021, in support of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Claire Wardle

Jan. 6 proved that what happens online doesn’t stay online
The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which recently ruled in favor of police officers who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances.
EDITORIAL

The state’s high court backed police who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances. Don’t take the decision too far.
Special Project

UNDER THE WHEEL

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.
Teddy's on the Hill is set to reopen on Beacon Hill where the Red Hat used to be.
RESTAURANT OPENINGS

Teddy’s on the Hill to open ‘soon’ where Beacon Hill’s The Red Hat used to be

The building that housed Beacon Hill’s century-old staple The Red Hat will “soon” reopen as Teddy’s on the Hill, according to the restaurant’s general manager.
Medford’s Espresso Pizza joins the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19
Jim Corsi appeared in 134 games for the Red Sox from 1997-99.

Former Red Sox pitcher Jim Corsi discussed his cancer diagnosis in an emotional interview

The 10-year MLB veteran and Newton native has stage 4 liver cancer and colon cancer.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, medical correspondent for ABC News, is engaged to Red Sox chairman Tom Werner.

ABC’s Dr. Jennifer Ashton announces engagement to Red Sox chairman Tom Werner

“We’re very happy and very excited and it’s just a sign that miracles can happen and good things can come out of the pandemic,” Ashton told "Good Morning America" co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach.

More recent stories

Police investigating fatal shooting of 16-year-old girl in Dorchester. Two wounded

A 16-year-old girl was killed and another teenager and a man were wounded during a Sunday evening shooting on a major Dorchester street, marking the first murder in Boston in 2022, officials said.

Manchester, N.H., police announce $12,500 reward, tip line for missing 7-year-old girl

Harmony Montgomery was 5 when she was last seen in Manchester in October 2019. The New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth, and Families notified Manchester police last week that Harmony was missing, Aldenberg said Monday.

2021 was Boston’s warmest year on record

The news doesn’t come as a big shock, since the city has been breaking temperature records all year.

Vladislav Klyushin’s Russian Ministry of Defense ID.
US catches Kremlin insider who may have secrets of 2016 hack
In the days before Christmas, US officials in Boston unveiled insider trading charges against Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech tycoon they had been pursuing for months.

Susan Arnold, interim chief executive officer of Appalachian Mountain Club.
Appalachian Mountain Club names Susan Arnold as interim CEO
Arnold, most recently AMC’s vice president of conservation, is the first woman to lead the conservation and outdoor recreation organization in its 145-year history.

An American flag flew in front of Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility in Woburn.
Raytheon quietly resumed political donations to election deniers, report finds
Analysts found the company gave $186,000 in political action committee contributions to 62 members of Congress who voted against certifying President Biden’s election.

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John Nucci, a kidney transplant recipient with a suppressed immune system, has taken layers of protection against a possible infection.

As Omicron surges, fear and frustration do too for people at high risk

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

The One Charles Park office complex in East Cambridge was sold last week and will be converted to lab space.
From Cambridge to Medford, more office buildings bound for lab space
Davis Cos. closed last week on the sale of three office buildings in the Boston area — fetching nearly $1.1 billion in all — with the vast majority of the space destined for conversion to labs.

The "Brush Buff" room for patients to freshen up before seeing the dentist. Tend, a technology-driven dental company that hopes to make going to the dentist "fun," recently opened its first location in Boston.
Smile, this dentists’ office is Instagrammable
Tend hopes to woo wary patients to two new Boston-area locations with vanilla mint toothpaste, noise-canceling headphones, and Netflix.

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.

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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
Valerie Tosi with her go-to slice at Salisbury Beach.

Comedian Valerie Tosi knows her way around a joke — and Salisbury Beach’s Broadway Loop

16 podcasts to keep an ear out for in 2022 (plus 5 favorites from 2021)

Special Projects

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, then president of Brigham Health, brought a Boston delegation in April 2018 to celebrate the opening of the Boao Evergrande International Hospital in China, constructed in a new medical tourism hub.
Spotlight team report

How Brigham Health helped create a Chinese hospital for elites — and almost nobody came

In a deal worth millions with Chinese developer Evergrande, a Harvard teaching hospital risked its reputation on what would become a near-empty shell.
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.
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

US Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Jim McGovern

The coup is still underway
Demonstrators gather for the "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2021, in support of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Claire Wardle

Jan. 6 proved that what happens online doesn’t stay online
The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which recently ruled in favor of police officers who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances.
EDITORIAL

The state’s high court backed police who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances. Don’t take the decision too far.
Xiomara Castro (left) and Gabriel Boric.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Hopeful political signs from Central and South America
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?’
IDEAS | WENDY SYFRET

Try upbeat nihilism in 2022

Metro

RI POLITICS

Faith leaders will press R.I. officials on health care, housing

The RI Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty will march to the State House during the first day of this year’s legislative session.
Coronavirus Live Updates

COVID testing site in Springfield closed to new cars ‘due to high demand’; Baker touts testing programs as most Mass. schools reopen

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

COVID-positive employees allowed to work at R.I.’s state-run hospital

Both Eleanor Slater Hospital and a private nursing home, the Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center of Rhode Island, reached “crisis” staffing levels that allowed for workers to take care of patients even though they had tested positive for COVID-19.

‘It’s so important to remember the humans in the story.’ Logan flight cancellations continue amid staffing shortages, D.C.-area snowstorm

In the two weeks ending Sunday, around six percent of the flights to or from Logan were canceled and nearly a qurater were delayed, according to data from FlightAware.com.

Sports

Veteran guard Rajon Rondo, who won titles with the Celtics in 2008 and the Lakers in 2020, was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team deal involving the Lakers and the Knicks that was finalized on Monday.
Sports Log

Cavaliers finalize acquisition of Rajon Rondo in a three-team deal with Lakers, Knicks

After losing Ricky Rubio to a season-ending torn left ACL last week, the Cavaliersquickly filled the void in their roster by landing the veteran 35-year-old guard who won titles with the Celtics in 2008 and the Lakers in 2020.
David Brown Jr. (left), here keeping the ball away from Archbishop Williams' Jake Rowell (right) in a game last season, averaged 13 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in four wins last week to lead the Spartans in the Boverini Tournament.
BOYS' BASKETBALL | PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass boys’ basketball: David Brown headlines Players of the Week

The junior guard averaged 13 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in wins over Bishop Stang, St. John’s Prep, Lynn Classical, and Lynn English.
Brookline High school boys' basketball coach Corey Valentine (center), presiding over his squad's practice in advance of Tuesday's showdown against Bay State Conference rival Newton North, will be back on the bench after spending 10 days in COVID isolation.
BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Brookline boys’ basketball set to host Newton North in battle of Bay State Conference unbeatens

Tuesday's 4 p.m. tipoff at Brookline High will be the first installment in one of the most intense boys’ basketball rivalries in the state.
NFL notebook

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians: No regrets about giving Antonio Brown a chance to revive career
celtics

Jaylen Brown stayed aggressive and had a breakout game as Celtics’ No. 1 option
patriots

Who would be the most desirable first-round playoff opponent for the Patriots?

Business

The next generation of business leaders is entering a changed world of work. Will their education prepare them?

Business schools are racing to prepare their students for a world where power is shifting to employees.

‘Tension is everywhere’: In Somerville, a tech cluster emerges with hope and worry

As deep-pocketed tech companies move into Somerville, some worry the city's arts and maker community is being priced out.

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by N.Y. attorney general in civil probe

Holmes jury split on three of 11 fraud charges

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
This week's daters: Carol and Ed.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The lobster was still in the shell. Not a very good choice for a first date’
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: My friend billed me after I attended her birthday party
Tortilla soup.
COOKING

Recipes: Tortilla soup and two more spicy soups to warm a winter night
The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.
2021

The 24 best photos of the year by Globe photographers

metro

At the Ellis Early Learning center in Boston, Emmanuel, 4, has a snack with his teacher, Colleen Donovan.. Child care providers are trying to stay open amid the state's COVID surge but they're struggling.

‘Really demoralizing and operationally very, very hard’: Child care providers try to stay open in COVID surge

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 31,184 confirmed cases and 39 deaths

Mayor Wu swears in new Boston City Council amid antivaccine protest

sports

Lionel Messi tested positive.

COVID-19 sports updates: Lionel Messi among four PSG players to test positive

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians disputes report that Antonio Brown left game because of injury

Former Red Sox pitcher Jim Corsi discussed his cancer diagnosis in an emotional interview

business

Susan Arnold, interim chief executive officer of the Appalachian Mountain Club.

Appalachian Mountain Club names a woman interim CEO

Hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater names new co-CEOs

Airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights Monday because of weather and coronavirus

politics

Former President Donald Trump(center), Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump.

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by N.Y. attorney general in civil probe

Facebook suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

New Hampshire’s Bill Gardner, nation’s longest-serving secretary of state, to leave office held since 1976

Nation

Students leave McKeesport Area Senior High School.

COVID testing site in Springfield closed to new cars ‘due to high demand’; Baker touts testing programs as most Mass. schools reopen

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by N.Y. attorney general in civil probe

COVID-positive employees allowed to work at R.I.’s state-run hospital

World

Shopping at a fish market in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sept. 28, 2021.

Pressure mounts on Tunisia’s president to salvage the economy

Brazil health agency confirms COVID-19 cases in cruise ship

Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, resigns

opinion

Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pat Greenhouse and David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

New Year’s Resolutions for the new mayor and the outgoing governor

Hopeful political signs from Central and South America

Refusal to abide by the results of elections threatens the stability of the US more than at any time since 1860

lifestyle

Britain's Prince Andrew arrived at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Nov. 3, 2019.

Settlement between Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser now public

ABC’s Dr. Jennifer Ashton announces engagement to Red Sox chairman Tom Werner

Teddy’s on the Hill to open ‘soon’ where Beacon Hill’s The Red Hat used to be

food & dining

Teddy's on the Hill is set to reopen on Beacon Hill where the Red Hat used to be.

Teddy’s on the Hill to open ‘soon’ where Beacon Hill’s The Red Hat used to be

Medford’s Espresso Pizza joins the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

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

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

The Beatles' January 1969 concert on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters, as seen in "The Beatles: Get Back."

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ is spellbinding, but is it a TV show?

This week’s TV: An HBO tome, the story of Emmett Till’s mother, and the return of ‘All Creatures’

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

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

Valerie Tosi with her go-to slice at Salisbury Beach.

Comedian Valerie Tosi knows her way around a joke — and Salisbury Beach’s Broadway Loop

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

globe local

Donald Calway listens to his car radio while soaking in the sun on William J. Day Blvd in Boston, MA on July 31, 2019. At 8 A.M. he said, " the heat feels good this time of day, I want to enjoy it. Plus I gotta to work later."

2021 was Boston’s warmest year on record

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

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

Obituaries

Peter Mehegan and Mary Richardson in the WCVB Channel 5-TV studio in Needham.

Mary Richardson, pioneering female anchor and ‘Chronicle’ cohost, dies at 76

Former NFL head coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

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