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Mr. Saget had attended the red carpet premiere and party for Peacock's new comedy series "MacGruber" at California Science Center on Dec. 8, in Los Angeles.

Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died

Bob Saget, the comedian-actor best known for his starring role in “Full House,” has died. Saget was found in a hotel room in Florida, according to a local sheriff's office.

Reaction to Bob Saget’s death from actors, friends

Police continue Sunday to search home where missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery once lived

Around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, a pair of officers could be seen removing strips of insulation and large tarps from the small Gilford Street property and loading them into a police truck. They left about 10 minutes later.

Leader of Boston city workers group opposing vaccine mandate placed on leave

Sergeant Shana Cottone, a 14-year-veteran of the Boston Police Department, said two internal affairs officers visited her home early Saturday morning to inform he she had been placed on leave and took her gun and badge.

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Governor Charlie Baker has said he would act on recommendations from the state’s Advisory Board of Pardons within one year.

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Baker’s decision in the case of Thomas E. Koonce, a Brockton native who has spent nearly three decades in prison, is expected this week and could have far-reaching reverberations, both legal and political.

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Patriots have the feel of a one-and-done playoff team after a bad loss to Dolphins

The Patriots committed dumb penalties, turned over the ball twice, and did not take advantage of their opportunities.

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Malfunctioning electric space heater caused fire that killed 19 people in New York City, fire commissioner says

A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a Bronx apartment building with thick smoke, killing 19 people, including nine children, Sunday in New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades.

In this Jan. 6, 2009, file photo, Golden Globe statuettes are seen during a news conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Golden Globe Awards carry on, without stars or a telecast

If the Golden Globe Awards aren’t on television, will anyone care? That’s just one of the uneasy questions facing the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is proceeding with its film awards Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, celebrity guests, a red carpet, a host, press, or even a livestream.

Bridget Everett in HBO's "Somebody Somewhere."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

What I’m watching this week: the debut of ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ a ‘Ray Donovan’ movie, new family dramas, and a superhero spinoff

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert tells you which five shows he'll be checking out this week.

A health care worker at UMass Memorial Medical Center tended to a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit. The virus continues to tax hospitals.

COVID may become endemic — meaning the virus and its mutations may never disappear

Even if the virus is defanged, it will no doubt still pose potentially grave threats to the elderly and medically vulnerable. Still, large institutions and government agencies have quietly begun to grapple with the question of how the country learns to live with COVID-19.

Opinion

Co-workers Sean Benedict and Dennis Dobbins Jr. prepare their self-administered COVID tests at Brick and Mortar on Dec. 29 before the restaurant opens.

Joseph Hogan, Alyssa Bilinski, Elizabeth Stuart, and Joshua Salomon

Surveillance, screening, and self-testing can help us manage COVID in the long term

Effective management requires prevention of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, but also restoring stability to everyday life.

Cambridge students wait in line with their parents at King Open Elementary School on Jan. 3 to be tested for COVID-19 before school reopened after the winter break.

To keep schools open during COVID, Governor Baker must make them safer

Qing Wang, who was accused of hiding ties to a Chinese university while securing US research grants, says he "was shocked" when he was arrested in May 2020. Wang is photographed at home in Cleveland on Aug. 18.

The Justice Department should back off researchers

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in Vienna on Dec. 27.

If the US can’t hold Iran, it must know when — and how — to fold

How the filibuster used to be, as depicted in the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

The filibuster has been bad, but repealing it would be worse

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Omicron whips through the workforce, pushing overstretched staffs to the brink

Restaurants are shutting down. Construction jobs are being delayed. Retailers are limiting hours. And some small business owners are at the breaking point.

27 people are rescued off floating ice chunk in Wisconsin bay

Authorities rescued 27 people Saturday from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in northeastern Wisconsin.

Springfield police fatally shoot man who allegedly stabbed officer in face

Springfield police were sent to Liberty and Cass streets around 8:30 a.m. Sunday in response to a report of a man who pulled a knife on a victim, police said in a statement.

At Mass. and Cass, word is spreading: The tents are coming down and housing is available

Already, social workers have started to relocate people, including more than a dozen who were set to settle in Friday at the nearby Roundhouse hotel. Another 10 people have been set up at pop-up cabins in Jamaica Plain.

Yankees to reportedly name Rachel Balkovec as first female manager of a minor league baseball team

Balkovec, 34, joined the Yankees organization as a hitting coach in 2019, making her the first woman with that job full time in affiliated baseball.

Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock music festival in 1969, dies at 77

Woodstock was billed as “three days of peace and music” in the summer of 1969. Michael Lang was one of the people who helped to organize and promote the event, which attracted roughly 400,000 people to the hamlet of Bethel, about 50 miles northwest of New York City.

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

With “The Tender Bar” starting to stream on Amazon Prime Jan. 7 — it opened in theaters last month — we asked the Cambridge native if he had a few minutes to chat. He said sure.

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

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

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Mohammed Al-Kinani's story is included in a new book of Maine immigrant experiences. (Lilit Danielyan)

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Khao soi (center), tonkotsu ramen (right), and pho tai at the Soup Shack in Jamaica Plain.

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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.

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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.

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Activists attend a "Defend Democracy" vigil near the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.

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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.

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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.

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Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died

Bob Saget, the comedian-actor best known for his starring role in “Full House,” has died. Saget was found in a hotel room in Florida, according to a local sheriff's office.

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Ben Roethlisberger (left) will play on next weekend, as coach Mike Tomlin and his Steelers grabbed the seventh and final AFC playoff spot with a victory on Sunday in Baltimore and some help from Jacksonville.

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Bills quarterback Josh Allen torched the Patriots in Buffalo's Week 16 victory at Gillette Stadium.

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The teams split two regular-season meetings, with each winning on the road.

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Patriots safety Adrian Phillips was on the verge of tears discussing an injury to a former teammate

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

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Mayor Michelle Wu received the MLK Legacy Award from senior pastor Rev. Willie Bodrick, II during Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Ceremonies at the Twelfth Baptist Church on Sunday.

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Worcester street renamed for police officer who drowned during rescue attempt

sports

Rachel Balkovec will soon become the first female manager of a team affiliated with Major League Baseball, according to two people familiar with the move.

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Patriots cannot put a playoff game solely in the hands of quarterback Mac Jones and expect to win

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference urging the Senate to secure a pathway to citizenship in President Biden's legislative agenda Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID, office says

Autonomous tech comes to Polar Park, and two salons open in Greater Boston

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference urging the Senate to secure a pathway to citizenship in President Biden's legislative agenda Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Biden comes out swinging against Republicans as his agenda stalls

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democratic congresswoman.

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Reaction to Bob Saget’s death from actors, friends

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A health worker administers the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

India starts booster shots for vulnerable amid Omicron surge

India bans election rallies for a week, as virus cases soar

Russia warns that US doesn’t understand its goals on Ukraine

opinion

Activists attend a "Defend Democracy" vigil near the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.

A still-smoldering injustice at the Capitol

Kevin Hayden must carry forward the mandate for progressive reform in Suffolk DA’s office

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

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A screenshot of the browser-based game Wordle

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Green tea and mango ice creams at Toscanini's.

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Seth Sikes at Fire Island Pines, N.Y.

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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

Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 2, 2008.

The power of Sidney Poitier’s stardom

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’

Television

Mr. Saget had attended the red carpet premiere and party for Peacock's new comedy series "MacGruber" at California Science Center on Dec. 8, in Los Angeles.

Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died

What I’m watching this week: the debut of ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ a ‘Ray Donovan’ movie, new family dramas, and a superhero spinoff

Not really missing the Golden Globes ceremony

music

A Far Cry performing at Jordan Hall on Friday.

A Far Cry’s ‘Firefly’ brought comforting night music, perfect for the darkest days of the year

At BSO, the year’s first notes are new

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

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

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Obituaries

Mr. Saget had attended the red carpet premiere and party for Peacock's new comedy series "MacGruber" at California Science Center on Dec. 8, in Los Angeles.

Bob Saget, comedian who starred in ‘Full House’ and ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ has died

Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock music festival in 1969, dies at 77

‘A towering figure’ in American law, Harvard professor Lani Guinier dies at 71