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Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics

The move would signal a major pivot for the Biden administration, which up until recently was taking a restrained stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia into invading.
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Omicron outbreak in US is ‘going in the right direction,’ Fauci says

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RAMS 30, BUCCANEERS 27 | Ben Volin
If that was it for Tom Brady, he went out with one of his grittier performances
Signed to a contract that locks him in with the Buccaneers through the 2022 season, rumors and reports of retirement have emerged in recent days. Brady, after the loss, was in no mood to talk about his future.

Buccaneers fall to Rams
TARA SULLIVAN

Chiefs, Bills deliver an indelible memory to cap an NFL weekend for the ages

Celtics 116, Wizards 87

Jayson Tatum puts shooting woes behind him with 51 points in Celtics’ rout of Wizards

As South Shore Plaza shooting investigation continues, mall workers demand greater safety measures

A 26-year-old man shot at Braintree’s South Shore Plaza Saturday remained hospitalized Sunday as authorities continued their investigation into the violence that led to a chaotic scene at the mall.

Gonzaga suspends John Stockton’s season tickets over mask rule

Stockton has come out against COVID-19 vaccines, mask mandates and other protective measures.

After months of delays, state approves doubling of solar energy

Permits and initial review complete, hundreds of solar project were ready to go but for one thing: a green light from the state’s utility regulator that would free up funds to subsidize them.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Ending welfare as we know it — again

Except this time, let’s expand the program’s reach.
LETTERS

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

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

How real could virtual reality become?

EDITORIAL

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

JEFF JACOBY

‘Unsilenced’ tells a tale of Chinese repression

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
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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.
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‘Really concerning behavior’: Continuing pandemic trend, traffic deaths rose again in 2021
More people were killed on Massachusetts roadways in 2021 than in any other year since 2007, continuing an alarming spike in road deaths across the state since the pandemic began.

SHIRLEY LEUNG
Is it a case of finders keepers if the state mistakenly overpays you in jobless benefits?
Massachusetts mistakenly overpaid jobless claims by billions during the pandemic, and now must go through the painstaking process of clawing back the money from thousands of people. Is that fair?

Burlington police shoot man who allegedly charged at officers with knife

The man, whose identity was not released, was described as being in his 40s and was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a news conference.

Fire prompts evacuation of Dorchester hotel

The fire broke out at 800 Morrissey Blvd. around 2:50 p.m., Boston fire wrote in a tweet. Firefighters struck a second alarm to help evacuate the two-star hotel, which is located near the Neponset River.

Pop culture and politics intertwine on ‘SNL’
In the cold open, Kate McKinnon portrayed American conservative FOX television host Laura Ingraham.

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Do I call out my ex for posting insults?
“He calls me fat, ugly, and all of the extremely mature things he can think of. Obviously it bothers me.”

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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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’

THE GREAT DIVIDE
For students in surge, a ‘new normal’ and plenty of worries
Amid the pandemic, high school students have had nearly continuous disruptions in every aspect of their educations.

Older workers press age discrimination claims in challenge to IBM layoffs
Laid-off workers have charged IBM with forcing out older staffers over the past decade as part of a strategy to build a younger workforce.

Olympics
The Beijing Olympics are complicated and controversial, and that’s before they even begin
China's president has promised a “fantastic, extraordinary, and excellent Games," but not everyone is so sure about that.

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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

IDEAS | H. LOUISE MESSINGER

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

Alex Beam

The virtues of not selling out

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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 outbreak in US is ‘going in the right direction,’ Fauci says

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

Secretary of State William Galvin running for reelection as he seeks record eighth term

Galvin, 71, has led the secretary’s office since 1995. The Democrat faces a primary challenge from Tanisha M. Sullivan, a corporate attorney and president of the NAACP’s Boston branch.

‘A lot of people are going to miss her’: Wilmington woman mourned following Friday MBTA train crash

Family calls for accountability after learning of issues involving the commuter line's gates.

Willem Jewett helped enact Vermont’s death-with-dignity law; then he needed to use it

To his last days, Mr. Jewett worked to fine-tune Vermont's medically-assisted death statute.

Sports

TARA SULLIVAN

Chiefs, Bills deliver an indelible memory to cap an NFL weekend for the ages

With an overtime thriller that should go down as one of the best games ever played, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen showed us they are nothing less than the future of football.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

If that was it for Tom Brady, he went out with one of his grittier performances

Signed to a contract that locks him in with the Buccaneers through the 2022 season, rumors and reports of retirement have emerged in recent days. Brady, after the loss, was in no mood to talk about his future.
Chiefs 42, Bills 36

Chiefs rally past Buffalo in OT in wild playoff game

The lead changed hands three times in the final two minutes of regulation.
MSTCA DIVISION 1 & 2 RELAYS

Acton-Boxborough boys, Newton North girls reign in MSTCA Division 1 relays

BRUINS

Brad Marchand, Bruins showing plenty of bounce back this season

Hudson Swafford uses late eagle to break tie and claim American Express

Business

Monthlong pandemic lockdown lifted on China’s Xi’an

Authorities have lifted a monthlong pandemic lockdown on the northern Chinese city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents.
SHIRLEY LEUNG

Is it a case of finders keepers if the state mistakenly overpays you in jobless benefits?

Massachusetts mistakenly overpaid jobless claims by billions during the pandemic, and now must go through the painstaking process of clawing back the money from thousands of people. Is that fair?

As the child tax credit ends, one family navigates a new, familiar reality

After months of delays, state approves doubling of solar energy

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

Wu extends deadline for city workers to get vaccinated

‘Really concerning behavior’: Continuing pandemic trend, traffic deaths rose again in 2021

‘Like I escaped’: Was losing the best thing that ever happened to Alex Morse?

sports

Hudson Swafford uses eagle to break tie and claim American Express

Elena Curtoni wins women’s super-G ahead of Beijing Olympics, while Sofia Goggia crashes again

Gonzaga suspends John Stockton’s season tickets over mask rule

business

Jan. 6 panel investigates Draft Plan to Seize 2020 Ballots

A Needham company is applying the right ‘touch’ to NFTs

Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday

politics

Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics

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

Arizona Democrats censure Sinema for blocking voting bill

Nation

Omicron outbreak in US is ‘going in the right direction,’ Fauci says

Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics

Antivaccine activists march in D.C. to protest mandates

World

US detains smuggling ship, UK seizes drugs in Mideast waters

Heavy gunfire reported at Burkina Faso military base

The United Arab Emirates bans flying of recreational drones after fatal attack

opinion

Set the underground rivers free

Legislature must fully protect survivors of sexual assault

The virtues of not selling out

lifestyle

McDonald’s expanding test of McPlant burger in US stores

Do I call out my ex for posting insults?

Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are reportedly dating

food & dining

McDonald’s expanding test of McPlant burger in US stores

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

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

‘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

Pop culture and politics intertwine on ‘SNL’

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’

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

Willem Jewett helped enact Vermont’s death-with-dignity law; then he needed to use it

Islanders 1980s dynasty star Clark Gillies dies at 67

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