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Biden sending 10 million free COVID tests to schools to keep them open

The White House announced Wednesday that the administration is making a dedicated stream of 5 million rapid tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests available to schools starting this month to ease supply shortages and promote the safe reopening of schools.

Analysis
A tale of two presidents and their two political bases
In skipping President Biden's speech on voting rights in Georgia, members of his base are holding him accountable for his campaign promises in a way former president Donald Trump's base never did.

In Georgia speech, Biden calls on senators to pass voting rights bill and backs filibuster changes

In effort to prevent dropouts, community colleges are focusing on a sense of belonging and connection for their students
As students have returned to some in-person learning, it is a sense of connection that many have lost.

Boston police detective allegedly traded narcotics for sex in N.H., court papers say

Sergeant Detective Andrew L. Johnson, 52, of Chestnut Hill, had allegedly attempted to rape a woman and had assaulted her and another woman, leaving them with cuts and bruises, according to an affidavit in the case filed in Grafton Superior Court last week.

After a frigid Tuesday, a warm-up is coming, followed by more bitter cold
“The cold wind chills [as low as -20 degrees] could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes,” an advisory said. “Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.”

9 things we learned from Episode 9 of the Tom Brady documentary, ‘Man in the Arena’

Unlike previous episodes, where Brady and multiple guests were interviewed, the ninth installment (titled “Maybe”) involves only Brady and former Patriots teammate, Julian Edelman.
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How Boston Globe writers voted for the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame

It’s the first year for David Ortiz on the Hall of Fame ballot — and the last for Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. Who should get in?
Gary Washburn

Expectations for Black NFL coaches continue to be higher, but the leash shorter

Despite the Dolphins going 9-8 this season, the Dolphins fired coach Brian Flores because they didn't make the playoffs.
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Opinion
EDITORIAL

Qualified progress on qualified immunity

State commission recommends some worthy reforms, but punts on larger question of whether to change controversial rule that shields police officers from legal liability for abuse.
JEFF JACOBY

Does free speech fly at City Hall Plaza?

RENÉE GRAHAM

To save ‘America’s soul,’ Biden must fight harder for voting rights

Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

Clock is ticking on what Garland needs to do about Trump’s bid to overturn 2020 election

LETTERS

From schools to mandates to testing, Mass. faces major COVID challenges

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Arbitrator rejects contract that would have required Methuen to pay some police captains $500,000 a year
Arbitrator Loretta Attardo found that Methuen city officials had no idea when they signed the agreement that the leader of the union had inserted massive pay increases for police captains.

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Biden and Democrats are beginning to embrace an old line from former Boston mayor Kevin White. It might just save them in the midterms and 2024
During a seemingly strategic shift last week to scrap unity talk and directly confront former president Donald Trump as he marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Biden may have previewed his mantra for the next year, or even for his reelection.

Police end search at Manchester, N.H., former home of missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery
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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.
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Meet the Globe’s Fall 2021 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region's best high school athletes and coaches in the seven fall sports.
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A Beautiful Resistance

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Any solution to Mass. and Cass must be informed by experiences of formerly incarcerated

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Models show Omicron cases may peak in Mass. within two weeks, while hospitalizations could continue to surge

Massachusetts should gird for about two more weeks of skyrocketing COVID-19 case increases fueled by the Omicron variant before a steep decline toward the end of this month, according to experts and pandemic models.

Lydia Edwards wins state Senate seat in special election

Edwards, an East Boston Democrat, skated to victory without a Republican opponent on the ballot after she bested Anthony D’Ambrosio, a first-term Revere School Committee member, to take their party’s nomination last month.

European Parliament President David Sassoli dies at age 65

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Bills are now the clear favorites against Patriots, and receiver Stefon Diggs knows why

The Bills have the league's best defense, and the Patriots don't have Tom Brady anymore.
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Giants clean house, fire coach Joe Judge

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Kazakhstan detains nearly 1,700 more after violent unrest

Kazakh authorities said Wednesday they detained 1,678 more people in the past 24 hours over their alleged participation in the violent unrest that rocked the former Soviet nation last week, the worst since Kazakhstan gained independence three decades ago.

Taiwan finds debris near area where US-made F-16 went down

Taiwan found debris near the area where one of its most advanced fighter jets went missing, as the search for the pilot and his aircraft stretched into a second day.

In preliminary decision, Medicare offers only limited coverage of Aduhelm

Amazon warehouse employees in Alabama to vote on unionizing again

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‘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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STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
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Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
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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

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

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In effort to prevent dropouts, community colleges are focusing on a sense of belonging and connection for their students

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Patriots’ Jerod Mayo would take a head coaching job interview, but he’s focused on game-planning for the Bills

Ousseni Bouda among New England talent taken in MLS SuperDraft; Revolution pick goalkeeper Jacob Jackson

Red Wings hire Nicklas Lidstrom as VP of hockey operations

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Baker administration’s next climate task: curbing heat emissions from buildings

United details Omicron’s toll: 3,000 workers have coronavirus

Powell says Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation

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Former Senate leader Harry Reid to lie in state at Capitol

Jan. 6 panel seeks to debunk unfounded theory about FBI role in attack

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At Peabody Essex Museum, Bernie Krause’s symphony of the wild sounds an alarm

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

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

Movies

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

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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

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Newton to hold 54th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration Jan. 17

Newton limits NewMo rideshare trips to two passengers due to COVID-19 surge

Arbitrator rejects contract that would have required Methuen to pay some police captains $500,000 a year

Obituaries

European Parliament President David Sassoli dies at age 65

Hall of Fame receiver Don Maynard dead at age 86

Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dies