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Omicron cases appear to peak in US, but deaths continue to rise

Man in ‘grave condition’ after shooting at South Shore Plaza; shoppers flee scene, shooter at large
Braintree Police Deputy Chief Tim Cohoon said the shooting, which occurred inside the mall at about 3 p.m., looked to be a targeted event. "At this time, we don’t believe there’s any further danger to the surrounding neighborhoods,” Cohoon told reporters during a press conference.

‘A hellishly difficult task.’ Can the Federal Reserve lower inflation without causing a recession?

The unique effects of COVID-19 have created the potential that history won’t repeat itself and inflation can be reined in without shrinking the economy, economists said.

Bengals kick Titans to the curb to reach AFC Championship game

Scoreboard: Green Bay Packers take on San Francisco 49ers during NFC divisional playoff

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

10 museum must-sees that will banish the winter blahs

From Maya Lin’s ‘Mappings’ to ‘Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance,’ our most-anticipated shows.

Sidle up to the ‘Wee Irish Pub’ — a miniature barroom-on-wheels that can be delivered straight to your door

Two brothers from Reading built a 7-foot-by-17-foot traveling pub that comes complete with a bar, taps, benches, and Irish décor.

Virginia mother threatened to ‘bring every single gun loaded and ready’ to school over mask rules

A Virginia mother who sparked an uproar after she threatened during a school board meeting to “bring every single gun loaded and ready” to school if her children were compelled to wear masks has been charged.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Wave the white flag in City Hall Plaza free speech case, Mayor Wu

Given the legal tangle over free speech issues the flagpole has created for Boston, it may be wise for Mayor Michelle Wu to end the policy now and negotiate a settlement with the plaintiff.
LETTERS

Yet another hard look taken, again, at Boston Public Schools

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

How real could virtual reality become?

MARCELA GARCÍA

Follow the money: Sheriffs’ campaign donations get a much-needed look

IDEAS | H. LOUISE MESSINGER

I celebrate my transgender son, yet I grieve for his ‘dead name’

Winter Arts Guide

The drama ‘Bel Air’ offers a fresh take on the Fresh Prince

10 TV shows to watch while we’re waiting out winter

PEM breaks down silos between Native American and American art

Huntington’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ tries to capture Toni Morrison’s unerring vision

10 concerts sure to crank up the heat this winter

See more in our full winter arts preview

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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
DEVRA FIRST | PROJECT TAKEOUT

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

We’re bringing back Project Takeout. Call it Project Take Two.
Browse a map of reader-recommended takeout spots Tell us: Where is your favorite place to order from? 3 places we supported this week Explore the full project

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Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘fine’ following four-car crash in LA
The 74-year-old actor and former California governor was driving a GMC Yukon that was among four vehicles involved in Friday's wreck in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles.

Passenger refusing to wear a mask exposed himself, threw can during flight, prosecutors say
The charges represent the latest example of the unruly and sometimes violent behavior that has surged on airplanes since the start of the pandemic. Many of the disturbances have involved passengers who refused to wear masks, as required by the federal government.

Advocates call for relief from utility payments at rally on Boston Common
A small group of advocates marched through Boston Common on Saturday afternoon, calling on Governor Charlie Baker and the state Legislature to pass a bill that would relieve residents of unpaid utility debts and reduce gas and electricity bills for the next four years.

MBTA says human error is focus of probe into train crash that killed Wilmington woman

State transit officials said a contractor performing maintenance at a Wilmington railroad crossing failed to return a safety system to its normal operating mode Friday, resulting in a crossing gate not coming down just before a commuter train struck and killed a woman in her car.

Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are reportedly dating
Hader and Kendrick previously starred as siblings in the 2019 Christmas flick "Noelle."

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government
The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and said former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is being considered as a potential candidate.

Introducing our new climate initiative

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.
Explore the new section, 'Into the Red'

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Globe Magazine

The 30 best comfort foods you’ll find at Boston area restaurants

When temperatures drop and New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside, we all need something to warm our souls. Here are 30 great comfort foods and where to find them. (You'll be glad you did!)
For small restaurants, Guy Fieri and ‘Triple D’ are ‘the gift that keeps on giving’

Newton native who was living double life when he killed wife in Vermont could be freed soon
On Jan. 12, Gregory Fitzgerald struck a new deal with Vermont prosecutors that reduced his sentence to 35 years to life.

For some, ‘mild’ illness from Omicron feels like anything but
An unlucky group of COVID-positive people have found that the variant’s “mild” categorization is something of an understatement.

As waters warm and the lobster population booms off Canada, tensions rise between Indigenous and commercial fishermen
The increasing lobster catch in St. Mary’s Bay has raised the stakes for local fishermen, including the Mi’kmaw. As a result, long-simmering tensions between the Mi’kmaw and commercial fishermen, who have lobbied the government to shut down what they consider an illegal fishery, have boiled.

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Culture & Lifestyle

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

A powerful story collection on life as a young man of color; authors receive creative writing grants

Boston Calling announces 2022 lineup with headliners Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Metallica

PARENTING UNFILTERED

No more sad sandwiches: Where to find kid-friendly takeout

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

Under the wheel

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

Gang Chen

I was arrested under the DOJ’s China Initiative. Congress must investigate the program.

Alex Beam

The virtues of not selling out

EDITORIAL

Body cameras not just for cops any more

Amanda Nguyen

Legislature must fully protect survivors of sexual assault

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

A high court loss for Boston could come at a high price — unless it acts fast

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Set the underground rivers free

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

Omicron cases appear to peak in US, but deaths continue to rise

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

Advocates call for relief from utility payments at rally on Boston Common

A small group of advocates marched through Boston Common on Saturday afternoon, calling on Governor Charlie Baker and the state Legislature to pass a bill that would relieve residents of unpaid utility debts and reduce gas and electricity bills for the next four years.

Baker seeks level funding for local road projects in next year’s budget

Local communities want state leaders to raise the annual amount of funding for the program to $300 million to offset inflation costs and keep roads in better condition so they don’t require more expensive repairs later.

Robert Caporale, pioneering broker of major sports deals, dies at 80

Mr. Caporale cofounded Game Plan, a pioneering investment banking and consulting firm for the sports and entertainment industries.

Sports

SATURDAY'S BOYS' HOCKEY ROUNDUP

Fast start propels Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk boys’ hockey past Somerset Berkley in battle of unbeatens

Liam Fecteau scored his first of two goals just 10 seconds in, and the Falcons (9-0) held off the Raiders (7-1) while extending their unbeaten streak to 20 games.
NFC Divisional Round | 49ers 13, Packers 10

Robbie Gould, 49ers send top-seeded Green Bay packing in NFC divisional round upset

The 39-year-old veteran kicker helped the 49ers reach the NFC title game with a walkoff 45-yard field goal in a 13-10 victory over the top-seeded Packers.
SATURDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Taina Mair, Brooks girls’ basketball have perfect response against Tabor in ISL victory

In a battle of unbeatens, Brooks (11-0) cruised to the victory behind Kendall Eddy (25 points), Samantha Dewey (19) and Taina Mair (16 points).
MSTCA DIVISION 4 & 5 RELAYS

North Reading girls team up for Division 4 Relays victory; Randolph boys set records in Division 5

AFC divisional round | Bengals 19, Titans 16

Bengals kick Titans to the curb to reach AFC Championship game

Golf roundup

Nelly Korda holds one-shot lead going into final round of LPGA opener

Business

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government

The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and said former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is being considered as a potential candidate.

Tom Cruise’s next ‘Mission: Impossible’ films are delayed over COVID

One of the biggest movies slated for 2022 — “Mission: Impossible 7” starring Tom Cruise — is being pushed into next year in the latest blow to struggling cinemas.

Bitcoin pyramid schemes wreak havoc on Brazil’s ‘New Egypt’

Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans

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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Globe Magazine

The 30 best comfort foods you’ll find at Boston area restaurants

Globe Magazine

For small restaurants, Guy Fieri and ‘Triple D’ are ‘the gift that keeps on giving’

PERSPECTIVE

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

MISS CONDUCT

My husband gave me a present and I gave it away

metro

Boston police searching for vehicle involved in New Year’s Eve hit-and-run

Cambridge homeless shelters are ‘full to bursting’ as new faces emerge

For students in surge, a ‘new normal’ and plenty of worries

sports

James Karnik, Makai Ashton-Langford power Boston College men’s basketball to win over Virginia Tech

Tom Brady, Buccaneers eager for another shot at the Rams in NFC divisional matchup

Daniil Medvedev reaches fourth round of Australian Open for fourth straight year

business

Omicron nears US peak even as some regions still face struggle

McKee allows nursing homes to bypass minimum staffing requirements

Mass. employers added 222,000 jobs last year

politics

‘A hellishly difficult task.’ Can the Federal Reserve lower inflation without causing a recession?

Arizona Democrats censure Sinema for blocking voting bill

Omicron wave leaves US food banks scrambling for volunteers

Nation

All 100 lab monkeys accounted for after several escape crash

Omicron cases appear to peak in US, but deaths continue to rise

Different masks for different exercises as workouts evolve with the pandemic

World

Passenger refusing to wear a mask exposed himself, threw can during flight, prosecutors say

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government

Houthis, aid group say Death toll from prison airstrike hits 82

opinion

I was arrested under the DOJ’s China Initiative. Congress must investigate the program.

Pounding footsteps you hear belong to Mass General Brigham

For Willie and Flynn, it was a busing journey they took together

lifestyle

Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are reportedly dating

My husband wants an apology from my mom

No joke: Comics Colin Jost, Pete Davidson buy Staten Island Ferry boat

food & dining

For small restaurants, Guy Fieri and ‘Triple D’ are ‘the gift that keeps on giving’

The 30 best comfort foods you’ll find at Boston area restaurants

Eleven Madison Park and Per Se alums will open Twelve in Portland over Memorial Day weekend

travel

This Vermont town was named among the best places to travel in February

Help! My Expedia tour credit is about to expire

A romantic weekend in Portsmouth

Arts

10 museum must-sees that will banish the winter blahs

‘Vernacular Glamour’ excavates the material world

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

Books

New novel ‘Devil House’ looks at our true crime obsessions

Jabari Asim: an ‘eclectic, voracious’ reader

Science, fiction, and fantasy blend in ‘A Snake Falls to Earth’

Movies

Tom Cruise’s next ‘Mission: Impossible’ films are delayed over COVID

Doc Talk: An incurable optimist, a fleeing fugitive, and an undaunted soul

Death becomes him

Television

Louie Anderson brought poignancy, and memories of his mother, to ‘Baskets’

First look at Elle Fanning as Michelle Carter in Hulu’s ‘The Girl from Plainville’

10 TV shows to watch while we’re waiting out winter

music

Conductor Elim Chan, pianist Igor Levit offer familiar comforts and new delights at the BSO

Boston Calling announces 2022 lineup with headliners Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Metallica

For the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, a return to a place he once called home

Theater/Dance

In ‘The Bluest Eye’ at the Huntington, the challenge of capturing Toni Morrison’s unerring vision

Dramas, musicals, and a trio of blue men: 10 shows for theatergoers this winter

See dancers from all over New England during a weekend of Boston performances

globe local

What to do in this bleak midwinter: How about visiting a museum?

Should Massachusetts guarantee anyone serving a life sentence the chance for parole?

Wouldn’t it be nice? Fifty-four years after we married, it still is.

Obituaries

Robert Caporale, pioneering broker of major sports deals, dies at 80

Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen master and political reformer, dies at 95

Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, has died