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New York attorney general outlines pattern of possible fraud at Trump business

The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, accused Donald Trump’s family business late Tuesday of repeatedly misrepresenting the value of its assets to bolster its bottom line, saying in court papers that the company had engaged in “fraudulent or misleading” practices.

Tensions rise as Mass. changes school COVID measures for ‘current state of pandemic’

The push to move schools back toward pre-pandemic operations is escalating tensions between two impassioned groups: those who say that schools have done too much, for too long, to stop the virus, and those who maintain that not enough is being done.
Mass. relaxes contact tracing in schools that offer rapid tests to students and staff

‘This is a different phase.’ It may be time for a reset on kids, school, and COVID.

Mass. woman and N.H. woman are arrested in connection with Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

Stefanie Chiguer of Dracut and Kirstyn Niemela of Hudson, N.H., both face charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
Prosecutors are said to have asked about Trump’s role in Jan. 6 insurrection Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

In mostly salary shredding move, Celtics acquire Bol Bol, P.J. Dozier in three-way deal
Boston will part with Juancho Hernangomez for the players, both of whom are injured.

‘You are 2155th in line’: Steamship Authority opens Nantucket ferry reservations for summer 2022
Lots of people had their sights set on Nantucket early Tuesday morning as the Steamship Authority — the transit operator that links the islands to mainland Massachusetts — opened its online ferry reservations for summer 2022.

N.H. governor questions Mass. court’s handling of Harmony Montgomery case

Governor Chris Sununu blasted the actions of the Massachusetts court system for placing Harmony Montgomery in the custody of her father in 2019.
Reward grows in Harmony Montgomery missing child case to $137,000

Justice Gorsuch reportedly refused to wear mask during Supreme Court arguments

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch reportedly refused to wear a mask when the group gathered to hear arguments earlier this month for the first time since the Omicron surge swept across the United States over the holidays.

Caws for celebration: In evening ritual, thousands of crows gather along the Merrimack

The crows descend upon the treetops and roofs in chaotic, swirling patterns and let out a symphony of caws before quieting down about an hour after sunset. The phenomenon attracts birders and the curious.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Democracy’s other threat: Book bans and purges

Limiting access to literature, especially by authors of color, is yet another authoritarian tool polluting political discourse.
SCOT LEHIGH

Maura Healey will soon be in the governor’s race

Michael Milburn and William DeJong

Bill to combat marijuana-related impaired driving should be rejected

Kevin P. Hill and John F. Carmichael Jr.

Clardy Law would keep roads safe

Joan Vennochi

After China, Mass General Brigham is hungry to grow back home

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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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Police sergeant leading opposition to Boston’s vaccine mandate protests restaurant requirements

Sergeant Shana Cottone, who was placed on administrative leave last week amid an internal affairs investigation, can be seen with other women and a girl on the two videos from Regina Pizzeria in the Fenway and Penguin Pizza in Mission Hill, which were livestreamed to Facebook on Saturday afternoon.

Gary Lee Sampson died before execution; appeals court considering vacating his murder convictions

“To think that his conviction might be wiped away is an insult to our family,” said the mother of one of the victims.

Supreme Court appears skeptical of Boston’s refusal to fly Christian flag

The city, which had granted 284 requests to raise flags in connection with many kinds of events over 12 years, rejected Camp Constitution's application, saying that flying the flag would amount to government endorsement of religion.

Big voting bill faces defeat as Manchin, Sinema won’t stop filibuster
Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital for protecting democracy appeared headed for defeat as the Senate churned into debate, a devastating setback enabled by President Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes to overcome a Republican filibuster.

Experts say the world needs to be vaccinated to end pandemic
Ensuring that COVID-19 vaccines are fairly distributed across the world is the key to ending the public health emergency caused by the pandemic, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.

N.H. State Police add case of missing UMass student Maura Murray to FBI national database
Maura Murray, a 21-year-old native of Hanson, Mass., was last seen after her car got stuck in a snowbank on Wild Ammonoosuc Road in Woodsville, a village in Haverhill, N.H., on Feb. 9, 2004.

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Mass. seeks to claw back at least $2.7 billion in jobless benefits it says were incorrectly paid

The Department of Unemployment Assistance made overpayments on about 719,000 claims in 2020-2021. It’s going after recipients even if they weren’t at fault.

After a boom year, SPACs may be going bust in startup land
Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are under fire from regulators, analysts, and investors after many deals dropped in price once they started trading publicly.

In Brookline, questions abound for the future of its police department
Last week brought more upheaval, with acting chief Mark Morgan going on medical leave and a new acting chief, its fourth top cop in as many years, appointed by the Select Board.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Families in Alabama have free, full-day prekindergarten while many Mass. families can only dream of it
Thanks to Alabama’s growing investments in early education, the state’s pre-K system is among the best in the nation in quality — and it’s free for most. Programs like Alabama’s are the envy of families in Massachusetts.

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Culture & Lifestyle

COOKING

Recipes: Four ways to use ginger with fish, beef, pork, and chicken

STAGE REVIEW

Lasting lessons in Lyric Stage’s ‘Mr. Parent’

Iceless curling is just a stone’s throw away in the Seaport

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A poet’s inviting new collection, drawing lessons, and speaking for the silenced

Special Projects

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.
high schools

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.
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

Michael Milburn and William DeJong

Bill to combat marijuana-related impaired driving should be rejected

Kevin P. Hill and John F. Carmichael Jr.

Clardy Law would keep roads safe

Joan Vennochi

After China, Mass General Brigham is hungry to grow back home

EDITORIAL

Search for a ‘clean slate’ remains elusive

EDITORIAL

MLK’s legacy, today’s voting rights challenge

IDEAS | THOMAS ARNETT

A better way to do online learning

Metro

Massachusetts remembers MLK, reflects on how his legacy can shape the future

With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, most celebrations were held virtually. King’s legacy was remembered in speeches, community service projects, and prayer.
Coronavirus Live Updates

In first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 56,489 confirmed cases and 47 deaths

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

Governor McKee delivers his first State of the State address

In his speech, the Cumberland Democrat calls for spending on housing, climate-change initiatives, and a new 'Higher Ed Academy.'

N.H. governor questions Mass. court’s handling of Harmony Montgomery case

Governor Chris Sununu blasted the actions of the Massachusetts court system for placing Harmony Montgomery in the custody of her father in 2019.

Sports

In mostly salary shredding move, Celtics acquire Bol Bol, P.J. Dozier in three-way deal

Boston will part with Juancho Hernangomez for the players, both of whom are injured.
TUESDAY'S GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Behind Erica Lendall’s hot shooting, Bishop Fenwick closes out tough win over Bishop Feehan

The 5-foot-2-inch junior guard scored 15 points on five 3-pointers, allowing the No. 17 Crusaders to prevail down the stretch against the No.. 7 Shamrocks.
TUESDAY'S BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Noah Beaudet, unbeaten Norwood boys’ basketball right on point in victory over Dover-Sherborn

The junior guard and captain scored 28 points for the Mustangs, who also used strong defense and a pair of big runs to improve to 6-0 overall.
NFL notebook

Seahawks fire two coordinators after rough season

Hurricanes 7, Bruins 1

Bruins blown out by visiting Hurricanes

Hockey

Premier Hockey Federation announces $25 million investment with aims to boost salaries and the sport

Business

Top editor files discrimination suit against The New York Post

A former high-level editor at The New York Post claimed in a discrimination lawsuit filed Tuesday that she had endured “several years of sex-based harassment” during her more than two decades at the tabloid, saying its longtime editor-in-chief retaliated against her after she reported to company officers that he had sexually harassed her.

ILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses

More than a half million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, the International Labor Organization said in a report released Wednesday.

More Mass. taxpayers could be impacted by so-called ‘millionaires tax’

Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot

STAT

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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PERSPECTIVE

The power of having a great role model, whether you’re 9 or 99

COOKING

Recipes: Four ways to use ginger with fish, beef, pork, and chicken

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

metro

Boston police fire bean bag round at knife-wielding man from Brockton, officials say

Tensions rise as Mass. changes school COVID measures for ‘current state of pandemic’

Mass. woman and N.H. woman are arrested in connection with Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

sports

‘I am overwhelmed and thrilled to be a part of the Bruins forever’. Willie O’Ree’s No. 22 retired, raised to TD Garden rafters

Celtics’ Brad Stevens has a valuable resource for trade-deadline info in Ime Udoka

High-scoring Shea Kelleher excels in transition for Whitman-Hanson/Silver Lake girls’ hockey

business

After a boom year, SPACs may be going bust in startup land

Exxon sets a 2050 goal for net zero greenhouse gas emissions

Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $70b

politics

Big voting bill faces defeat as Manchin, Sinema won’t stop filibuster

Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past

Sanders says he may back Manchin, Sinema primary challengers

Nation

New York attorney general outlines pattern of possible fraud at Trump business

Big voting bill faces defeat as Manchin, Sinema won’t stop filibuster

Police sergeant leading opposition to Boston’s vaccine mandate protests restaurant requirements

World

ILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses

Treason trial of Cambodian opposition head Kem Sokha resumes

An island nation covered in ash now worries about a COVID intrusion

opinion

Boston Public Schools should go into receivership

Mass., New England seen as a kind of ground zero in climate fight

In Charlestown, the seed for a new kind of school — in a city failing too many of its kids

lifestyle

We thought we’d be past this by now. We were wrong. Support your local restaurants.

‘You are 2155th in line’: Steamship Authority opens Nantucket ferry reservations for summer 2022

A list of readers’ favorite takeout spots

food & dining

We thought we’d be past this by now. We were wrong. Support your local restaurants.

A list of readers’ favorite takeout spots

How to clean reusable food storage bags

travel

‘You are 2155th in line’: Steamship Authority opens Nantucket ferry reservations for summer 2022

Sing some gospel, bust a move, and feel the love at Nashville’s African American music museum

Best things to do in RI this week: Jan. 14-21

Arts

‘Vernacular Glamour’ excavates the material world

‘The Embrace,’ Boston’s long-awaited tribute to the Kings, will be unveiled on MLK Day 2023

At the MFA, a sleeping giant awakens

Books

A history of addiction in ‘The Urge’

‘The Hard Sell’ is a vivid tale of opioid firm showcased at Boston trial

Lisa Gardner: She reads for story, not genre

Movies

In ‘Munich — The Edge of War,’ peace is hard to come by

‘I think acting is an impossibly difficult thing’: Talking with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, director of ‘Drive My Car’

Two films to observe Martin Luther King Day

Television

Attempts at hangout comedy fall short in ‘How I Met Your Father’

This week’s TV: ‘Ozark’ is back, ‘How I Met Your Father’ arrives, and who should host the Oscars?

SNL is back from winter break and Ariana DeBose used her Broadway talents as host

music

Boy Harsher’s new music sounded like a soundtrack to something. So they made a horror film.

Glimpsing what a new era at the BSO might bring

After some of the darkest days of Gregory Porter’s life, music lights the way

Theater/Dance

Lasting lessons in Lyric Stage’s ‘Mr. Parent’

How ‘Pretty Woman’ became a head-turner

This driveway dancing duo is helping to lighten neighbors’ spirits

globe local

Massachusetts remembers MLK, reflects on how his legacy can shape the future

‘It’s a systemic breakdown’: With jury trials suspended, an unprecedented backlog snowballs

Storm brings strong winds and coastal flooding — and snow to Western Mass.

Obituaries

Paul Carter Harrison, whose ideas shaped Black theater, dies at 85

Famed Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

Charles Willie, an architect of Boston’s ‘controlled-choice’ school desegregation plan, dies at 94