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Men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery get life in prison; no parole for father, son

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.

Ms. Guinier admired a thank you note from a speaking engagement in 2002.
Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71
The first tenured woman of color at Harvard Law School, Lani Guinier became nationally known when President Clinton nominated her to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in 1993.

26,187 confirmed cases and 55 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
Walensky urges vaccinations for eligible children as pediatric hospitalizations rise to highest levels yet From skiing to shopping to testing, here’s what you need to know to stay safe during Omicron Where are the COVID-19 tests that President Biden promised?
THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

What comes after Omicron? We need a plan
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Health care leaders urge public to get vaccinated, boosted amid surge

Sidney Poitier in the 1967 film "To Sir, With Love."

Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

He was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw.
Tributes pour in for groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier
Jabari Parker appeared in just 12 games this season for the Celtics.

Jabari Parker again cut loose by Celtics to avoid guaranteeing his salary

The one-time No. 2 overall pick made just 26 appearances for Boston, including the playoffs, since initially signing with the team in April.
Dan Shaughnessy: The Celtics are the worst finishers in the NBA, and other thoughts
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: I’m a woman of color often overlooked at work — until people realize I outrank them

Any ideas on how to handle colleagues’ sudden shifts toward politeness?
Opinion
Anna Soto (left) watches her son Lyancer, 8, joke with Joseph Chaparro, 8, before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine during a Thanksgiving party at La Colaborativa, in Chelsea, on Nov. 23.
EDITORIAL

Vaccination rates for Massachusetts children, ages 5-11, are a ‘tale of two states’

Economics alone does not explain the disparities.
Alex Beam

Omicron gives new meaning to calculated risk
Kevin Hayden, speaking with Jim Braude, host of GBH News’ "Greater Boston," in 2016 at the GBH Studios in Brighton.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Kevin Hayden must carry forward the mandate for progressive reform in Suffolk DA’s office
Victoria Long, spiritual care coordinator at Suncoast Hospice, talks with a hospice resident in St. Petersburg, Fla.
IDEAS | ROSE CARMEN GOLDBERG

No one should die alone
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Can Mayor Wu really make the T free?
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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UNDER THE WHEEL

This is the story of Anthony Pledger and his mother, of Anthony’s lives and deaths, of Anthony and me.

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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden talked with people as they toured a neighborhood in Louisville, Colo., on Friday.
President Biden surveys Colorado wildfire damage, comforts victims
President Biden set out Friday to comfort Colorado residents grappling with rebuilding homes and businesses that were destroyed last week by a rare wind-whipped, winter fire that burned through a pair of heavily populated suburbs between Denver and Boulder.

CONNECTIONS
The unexpected guest, “Mr. Cluck,” at the writer’s home in the Back Bay.
How rescuing a runaway chicken in the city taught me about accepting others
The absurdity of chasing “Mr. Cluck” around made me realize I could love someone even while frustrated with them.

Connecticut prep school hockey player dies after suffering cut on neck in on-ice collision

Teddy Balkind suffered a cut on the neck after another player could not stop before colliding with him.

Jonathan Jones couldn't stop Jaylen Waddle from catching this pass in the season opener.
Four things to know ahead of the Patriots’ regular-season finale against the Dolphins
Can the Patriots stop Jaylen Waddle?

NFL
Tom Brady, right, lobbied to have Antonio Brown join the Buccaneers in 2020.
Antonio Brown calls Tom Brady ‘his friend,’ rips Bruce Arians in podcast appearance
The Buccaneers terminated the wide receiver's contract earlier this week, but Brown said he hopes to play in the NFL again.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
My girlfriend left after I lost custody of my kids
"I feel as though it is entirely unfair as it was never just my decision."

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

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

RHODE ISLAND ⟶

See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

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

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William and Carol Stewart were married for 44 years. The couple passed away, within seconds of each other, family says, after battling COVID-19.

‘True definition of soul mates’: A New Hampshire couple died of COVID-19 just seconds apart, holding hands as they took their last breaths

Bill and Carol Stewart were together for more than four decades. On the day they died, their hospital beds were wheeled into the same room so they could spend their final moments together.

KEVIN CULLEN
Harmony Montgomery was reportedly last seen two years ago.
The silent screams of invisible children
Seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery is the latest child to tragically fall through the cracks of a system unable to keep pace with drug-accelerated familial dysfunction.

This chart may tell us more about the Mass. COVID surge than any other. Here’s why
Waste water — or sewage — surveillance data may provide the clearest picture of just how widely COVID-19 is circulating in the population right now. The staggering numbers are raising alarms about where the state, and the nation, might be headed.

The Massachusetts National Guard was deployed early in the pandemic to help overwhelmed nursing homes test staff and residents. Now nursing homes are urging the Baker administration to call in the Guard again.
Nursing homes at a tipping point: Many are forced to freeze admissions, stranding patients in hospitals for weeks
Nursing home leaders are calling on the Baker administration to provide help from the National Guard.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Steve Aoki (pictured in July 2021 at Lollapalooza in Chicago) performs Jan. 8 at Big Night Live and Jan. 9 at Mémoire.
THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond
Aaron LaVigne (left) as Jesus and Tommy Sherlock as Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar."
STAGE REVIEW

A ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with swagger, but imbued with sorrow
Mohammed Al-Kinani's story is included in a new book of Maine immigrant experiences. (Lilit Danielyan)
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A poet’s funny, poignant memories and a new book of Maine immigrant experiences
Khao soi (center), tonkotsu ramen (right), and pho tai at the Soup Shack in Jamaica Plain.
FOOD

January is National Soup Month. Here are 16 must-stop spots for soup in the Boston area

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

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Confusion is also a COVID-19 variant. The CDC is spreading it.
President Joe Biden speaks in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, marking one year since the deadly assault on the Capitol. President Biden denounced former president Donald Trump for promoting lies and tearing down American democracy because he could not stand the fact that he lost an election, accusing his predecessor of putting his own interests ahead of the country’s.
SCOT LEHIGH

Biden’s powerful warning about democracy
Health care workers put in a dialysis line in a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester on Dec. 2.
Kevin Tabb, Kate Walsh, Anne Klibanski, and Michael Dandorph

Hospitals are doing their part on COVID-19; we ask the public to do theirs
Cornell William Brooks speaks outside the Justice Department in Washington in 2017.
Deborah D. Douglas

Q&A: You know we’re at war, right?
Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt, in Board Game Art Park across from Philadelphia City Hall, was one of few members of the GOP to publicly disavow the lie that President Donald Trump won the last election. As a result, Schmidt has been attacked and targeted by the base of the party such that he had to move his children away from home with a constant security detail.
EDITORIAL

Threats against election officials must be stopped
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Can Mayor Wu really make the T free?

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

As Mass. COVID hospitalization numbers surge over last winter’s, health care leaders urge public to get vaccinated, boosted

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

R.I. COVID wave could peak soon, state’s models say

In the mid-range estimate, cases would peak at about 6,500 cases a day, with hospitalizations peaking about a week after. The three-day average for new cases in Rhode Island right now is 5,713, a staggering sum that is several times last winter’s peak.

26,187 confirmed cases and 55 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

MBTA driver shortage made worse by COVID surge

In early December, the MBTA announced it was reducing frequency on its bus routes to better match its diminished staffing levels and make the bus more reliable. Then the Omicron COVID-19 variant came roaring into Massachusetts.

Sports

Jabari Parker appeared in just 12 games this season for the Celtics.
CELTICS

Jabari Parker again cut loose by Celtics to avoid guaranteeing his salary

The one-time No. 2 overall pick made just 26 appearances for Boston, including the playoffs, since initially signing with the team in April.
Kendall Currence is averaging 15.4 points for the 7-4 Huskies.
women's college basketball notebook

Kendall Currence a courageous leader for Northeastern women’s basketball

The senior guard, a proud member of the Wampanoag tribe, has overcome physical challenges to be her team's leading scorer.
Tom Brady, right, lobbied to have Antonio Brown join the Buccaneers in 2020.
NFL

Antonio Brown calls Tom Brady ‘his friend,’ rips Bruce Arians in podcast appearance

The Buccaneers terminated the wide receiver's contract earlier this week, but Brown said he hopes to play in the NFL again.
Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

When the Patriots play at Miami late in the season, expect things to get a little weird
US Figure Skating Championships

Two-time champ Alysa Liu withdraws from US Figure Skating Championships with COVID-19
patriots

Four things to know ahead of the Patriots’ regular-season finale against the Dolphins

Business

VW gives US plant workers 10 percent pay bump amid Omicron pressure

The German automaker on Friday reported US sales of 375,030 vehicles for 2021, a 15 percent jump from the prior year.

Fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall, Moderna CEO says

People who received booster shots this past fall are likely to have significant protection through winter, Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Cambridge-based Moderna, said at a health care conference Thursday hosted by Goldman Sachs.

Three IPOs on Friday, and more deals in Boston biotech

Treasury broadens COVID relief uses for states, localities

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
It's been 50 years since the groundbreaking kids' show "Zoom" debuted on WGBH.
Television

In 1972, the kids took over TV on the first "Zoom" to enter our homes
Local history

The roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Boston
Love Letters

My fiance thinks my dress is too short for our courthouse wedding
Peruvian Quinoa and Corn Chowder (Chupe de Quinoa)
Cooking

Recipes: Keep that resolution to eat better with 3 quinoa dishes

metro

Classical High School in Providence.

Distance learning isn’t offered in Providence public schools, but one teacher is still making it an option

The momentary relief of a snow day

Despite change in law, R.I. legislators still voting on who can perform marriage ceremonies

sports

Trent Frederic (left) and Marcus Foligno dropped the gloves in the third period Thursday.

Wild coach Dean Evason calls Trent Frederic’s hit on Kirill Kaprizov ‘predatory’

The Celtics are the worst finishers in the NBA, and other thoughts

Join us Tuesday for a conversation with the Globe’s Baseball Hall of Fame voters

business

Conceptual rendering of the proposed Longwood Place on Brookline Avenue and Pilgrim Road in Boston.

Developer proposes massive lab and housing complex where Simmons dorms now stand

What comes after Omicron? We need a plan

Biden says COVID won’t be ‘new normal’ but virus here to stay

politics

Rapid COVID-19 tests swabs are processed.

Where are the COVID-19 tests that President Biden promised?

President Biden surveys Colorado wildfire damage, comforts victims

Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1

Nation

Some 30 people covered with a fine dust of snow on their heads, coats, and boots stood in a carefully spaced line outside the Whittier Street Health Center Friday waiting to get a COVID-19 test despite the cold temperatures and snow falling at a rate of 2 inches or more.

As Mass. COVID hospitalization numbers surge over last winter’s, health care leaders urge public to get vaccinated, boosted

Where are the COVID-19 tests that President Biden promised?

Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots

World

A member of NHS walks with a trolly at the Royal London Hospital.

As Omicron spreads, Europe scrambles to shore up health care

World surpasses 300 million known virus cases

Pope scolds couples who choose pets over kids

opinion

The shot heard around the world

Hospitals are doing their part on COVID-19; we ask the public to do theirs

Threats against election officials must be stopped

lifestyle

Love Letters

My girlfriend left after I lost custody of my kids

Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

The best places to go sledding in Boston and beyond

food & dining

Green tea and mango ice creams at Toscanini's.

The scoop on Main Street: Toscanini’s returns

McGuirk’s Folly pops up at Middlesex Lounge; Salt + Stone comes to Somerville

January is National Soup Month. Here are 16 must-stop spots for soup in the Boston area

travel

Seth Sikes at Fire Island Pines, N.Y.

Seth Sikes on beach massages, Judy and Liza, and his upcoming show at Club Café

Orbitz switched her Aruba vacation — but not her hotel in Tahiti

AutoCamp lands in Joshua Tree, Skyspace debuts in South America, and a new lodge opens in Stowe

Arts

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940), "Landscapes and Interiors: Through the Fields, 1899." Lithograph on paper.

‘Hue & Cry’ at the Clark explores controversy of color printmaking in 19th-century France

Mass. and Cass, cast in bronze and on canvas

Actress and advocate Taraji P. Henson is part of the Museum of Science’s upcoming programming

Books

Kathryn Schulz’s memoir ‘Lost & Found’ traces life’s gifts and sorrows

Martín Espada: stacks of books, from poetry to photography

Hanya Yanagihara’s new novel ‘To Paradise’ ponders freedom and loneliness

Movies

Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the documentary "Summer of Soul."

A list of 20 movies, TV shows, and documentaries to stream during the snowstorm

Ben Affleck talks about ‘The Tender Bar,’ sobriety, and what it’s like being ‘the guy from Boston’

Looking for intimations of immortality

Television

On Sunday, when the Golden Globe winners are named, there will be no red carpet, no celebrities, and no way to tune in.

Not really missing the Golden Globes ceremony

A list of 20 movies, TV shows, and documentaries to stream during the snowstorm

Calm down: ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ has returned

music

Music director Andris Nelsons and violinist Hilary Hahn with the BSO on Jan. 7, 2022 at Symphony Hall.

At BSO, the year’s first notes are new

Antonio Oliart Ros brings artistry to sound recording at GBH and beyond

With every note, Ranky Tanky honors an ancestry

Theater/Dance

Aaron LaVigne (left) as Jesus and Tommy Sherlock as Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar."

A ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with swagger, but imbued with sorrow

The team that put ‘Mr. Parent’ in a class, by himself

Rather than try to explain Lord Buckley, he becomes him onstage

globe local

Auto shop instructor Louis Beckwith talks about brakes with students during an adult education class at the Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School in Danvers.

Vocational schools offer adults a blueprint for success, with classes funded by the state

A runaway goat is apprehended in Norfolk

Jan. 6 arrests included 11 from New England. A look at who they are

Obituaries

Ms. Guinier admired a thank you note from a speaking engagement in 2002.

Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71

Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60

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