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Mass. Supreme Judicial Court orders review of Harmony Montgomery case

The state's high court ordered a review in the case of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery, the missing N.H. girl who was last seen in late 2019, about 10 months after a juvenile court judge in Lawrence awarded custody of the child to her father.

Beware the other side of the COVID-19 curve: Pandemic models say thousands will still get sick in coming weeks.

Even though the Omicron peak is past, pandemic models suggest that tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of new cases will be reported in the next few weeks.

Sarah Palin dines in NYC restaurant after testing positive for COVID and defying vaccine requirements

THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

Local researchers monitoring new COVID sub-variant; Moderna begins testing Omicron-matched shots

Mass. trial court to pay $425,000 to former social worker who says she was pressured into sex with judge

A former clinical social worker said Judge Thomas Estes pressured her to perform sex acts in his chambers, leaving her traumatized. Estes resigned in 2018 after the allegations became public.

Justice Stephen Breyer confirms he is retiring from Supreme Court

Justice Stephen Breyer is making it official, telling President Biden in a letter that he will step down from the court later this year.

Watch live at 12:30 p.m.: President Biden speaks about the departure of Justice Breyer

Ana Matos used a ladder to clean her car after 20 inches of snow was deposited by a nor'easter in 2021.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

A major nor’easter will likely arrive in New England Saturday

With about two days to go until the heaviest snowfall, it continues to look like most of eastern Massachusetts will be hit quite hard. The current projections suggest we may get over a foot of snow.

Will it be a blizzard? What is a blizzard anyway?

This map shows how much snow is expected by Saturday night in Massachusetts.

Maps: Take a look at how much snow to expect from a ‘decidedly chaotic’ forecasted storm

Massachusetts is bracing for a snowstorm that could bring up to 17 inches to eastern parts of the state, though forecasters are cautioning that it’s still early to predict exact details.

Rhode Island braces for the major weekend storm

Still in bloom: Brattle Square Florist will remain open under new ownership

Last month, the 105-year-old Cambridge shop’s impending closure was announced. Its longtime manager had other ideas.

Book Excerpt | The First Kennedys

How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston, with an Irish immigrant widow and her restless son

The roots of the family’s political and liquor fortunes start before Jack and even Joe, with Bridget Kennedy and her saloonkeeper son.

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Amid the startup boom, Black founders struggle to raise venture capital

Time and time again, the VC industry has ignored Massachusetts founders of color, locking many entrepreneurs out of a chance at success.

Tom Brady's season ended with a loss to the Rams in the NFC divisional round.

christopher l. gasper

Does Tom Brady have one more comeback left in him? Hard to say.

People in Brady's inner circle are pushing him to retire, yet he is hard-wired for competition and still playing at a high level.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announces he is retiring

The former OfficeMax location in South Bay shopping plaza in Boston. A Total Wine & More alcohol superstore proposed for the South Bay shopping plaza is being opposed by local business owners and civic groups, who see the megastore as a threat to both their businesses and to public health.

Total Wine superstore approved at controversial South Bay location by Boston licensing board

Boston’s licensing board voted unanimously to approve a Total Wine & More location at the South Bay shopping center, a proposal that had drawn support from some consumers and sharp criticism from groups concerned about the superstore’s proximity to the area known as Mass. and Cass.

Opinion

The Cravens

With deep apologies to Edgar Allan Poe.

IDEAS | DAVID VELASQUEZ

My family’s poverty nearly kept me from applying to medical school

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Many doctors suffer from anxiety and depression. States aren’t helping.

Teflon Charlie Baker rides off into the sunset

Takeout from Blue Mango.

Project Takeout

3 places we supported this week

Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff.

Browse a map of reader-recommended takeout spots Explore the full project

More recent stories

Person charged with illegally shooting mother bear with bow and arrow

The individual was charged with killing a mother bear in Ashburnham.

Boston Public Schools extends priority registration for several grades

Boston Public Schools extended its priority registration deadline by one week for grades grades K0, K1, 6, 7, and 9 to Feb. 4, according to the district’s website.

Cambridge Housing Authority adds low-cost Internet option for residents

Wireless Internet provider Starry struck a deal with the Cambridge Housing Authority to offer broadband connections to thousands of apartments in the city.

For economic sanctions to work against Russia, the US and its allies will have to share some of the pain

“The sanctions that would legitimately hurt the Russian economy would also legitimately hurt the global economy,” an expert said.

Innovation Beat: Ukraine is keeping this Somerville cyber firm busy

Income tax season is upon us. Here’s what you need to know to file your return this year.

The Internal Revenue Service began accepting and processing 2021 tax returns electronically on Monday. But this could be a frustrating year.

MISS CONDUCT

Do we really need to send a gift for a virtual wedding ceremony?

Plus, should I tell my nephew we gave nearly $750 toward his wedding venue?

Recommended reads

New Bedford's former acting fire chief Paul Coderre Jr. was terminated following a city investigation that yielded surveillance video footage of Coderre “performing activities inconsistent with his alleged injuries,” including unloading a 176-pound barbeque smoker grill from the back of his pickup truck by himself.

New Bedford’s former acting fire chief fired for ‘putting on an act’ to get injury leave benefits

Surveillance video footage shows the former acting chief “performing activities inconsistent with his alleged injuries,” including unloading a 176-pound barbeque smoker grill from the back of his pickup truck by himself, city officials said.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mostly educators of color could face termination due to vaccine mandate, Boston Teachers Union says

The loss could disrupt learning for many students and carry long-term implications in the district, where three-quarters of students are Black or Latino, but only 42 percent of educators are.

‘Walking into the lion’s den’: Cities and towns say they need help as climate change dangers grow

A survey of officials from 111 Massachusetts cities and towns found that virtually all respondents observed climate change impacts in their communities.

Mass. needs more housing. Why not at Devens?

State lawmakers are launching a push to raise the cap on housing at the sprawling old Army base, but the towns it straddles have concerns.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Lake Street Dive is one of the bands that will perform as part of Get Down With Your Hometown.

Get Down With Your Hometown virtual music festival returns this weekend

Maple sap collects in a bucket at Mass Audubon's Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharon.

Embracing the short, sweet maple season

Neil Young

Spotify to pull Neil Young music after artist’s objections to Joe Rogan podcast, reports say

In the documentary "The Panola Project," Dorothy Oliver spearheads the effort to bring a pop-up vaccine clinic to her rural Alabama town.

In documentary ‘The Panola Project,’ two Somerville filmmakers show how one woman got her small town vaccinated

Special Projects

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Under the wheel

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

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Mass General Brigham offices in Somerville.

Critics of Mass General Brigham expansion plan ignore key facts

At the US Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer has been the dean of pragmatism.

With pragmatism, Breyer brought real-world justice to the high court

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 22. Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war comes.

How to punish Putin if Russia invades Ukraine

Scaring cats, forgetting words and authors: A bout of ‘mild’ COVID-19 strikes Globe columnist

Tiffany Chu: "Your entire job should not just be about the politics, but it should be around delivering government services that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use."

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

A key hire shows Wu really meant her campaign promises

The Muddy River as it emerges beneath Perkins Street from its source in Jamaica Pond.

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Set the underground rivers free

Metro

Mass. on ‘back side’ of Omicron surge, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday said the state has seen the worst of the Omicron-fueled COVID-19 surge that’s strained hospitals in recent weeks.

Rhode Island is bracing for major weekend snow storm

“We’re trying to get the word out to everyone: prepare, go out today and tomorrow, get your groceries and the food you would need,” the acting director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court orders review of Harmony Montgomery case

The state's high court ordered a review in the case of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery, the missing N.H. girl who was last seen in late 2019, about 10 months after a juvenile court judge in Lawrence awarded custody of the child to her father.

Maps: Take a look at how much snow to expect from a ‘decidedly chaotic’ forecasted storm

Massachusetts is bracing for a snowstorm that could bring up to 17 inches to eastern parts of the state, though forecasters are cautioning that it’s still early to predict exact details.

Sports

Julia Kern (right) will likely compete in the sprint and skiathlon at Beijing.

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Waltham cross-country skier Julia Kern is in good form on eve of Winter Olympics

After struggling last year, the 24-year-old Kern had a strong winter season and says of her road to Beijing, "It’s been quite the journey, actually."

Tom Brady's season ended with a loss to the Rams in the NFC divisional round.

christopher l. gasper

Does Tom Brady have one more comeback left in him? Hard to say.

People in Brady's inner circle are pushing him to retire, yet he is hard-wired for competition and still playing at a high level.

Ben Roethlisberger played 18 seasons with Pittsburgh, leading the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announces he is retiring

The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback announced his retirement on Thursday after 18 years, two Super Bowls, countless team records and a spot in the Hall of Fame all but secure.

Broncos finalizing deal to make Nathaniel Hackett head coach

Avalanche 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

The Bruins couldn’t hold off an Avalanche rally, then they lost in overtime

Australian Open

Daniil Medvedev saves match point, moves into Australian Open men’s semifinals

Business

Amid the startup boom, Black founders struggle to raise venture capital

Time and time again, the VC industry has ignored Massachusetts founders of color, locking many entrepreneurs out of a chance at success.

Total Wine superstore approved at controversial South Bay location by Boston licensing board

Boston’s licensing board voted unanimously to approve a Total Wine & More location at the South Bay shopping center, a proposal that had drawn support from some consumers and sharp criticism from groups concerned about the superstore’s proximity to the area known as Mass. and Cass.

Still in bloom: Brattle Square Florist will remain open under new ownership

INNOVATION BEAT

Ukraine is keeping this Somerville cyber firm busy

STAT

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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.

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.

magazine

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

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

Learn about January’s wolf moon on a 30-minute naturalist-guided Lunar New Year Wild Walk.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, Jan. 24-30

Before it was redesigned, this primary bedroom in a historic Mission Hill brownstone had too much brown furniture and too little ambiance.

Home design: Turning a bland Mission Hill bedroom into a refuge

metro

A COVID testing site run by the county health department in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 12, 2022.

Local researchers monitoring new COVID sub-variant; Moderna begins testing Omicron-matched shots

Total Wine superstore approved at controversial South Bay location by Boston licensing board

Boston Public Schools extends priority registration for several grades

sports

Katie Krall is in uniform this week, working with prospects and coaches and establishing herself with the Red Sox.

Katie Krall was confident she’d have a future in baseball, but not necessarily in the role she now has with the Red Sox

Red-hot Avalanche remain dominant at home

Minnesota Vikings hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their general manager

business

A Starry wireless router for high-speed broadband service.

Cambridge Housing Authority adds low-cost Internet option for residents

US jobless claims decline for first time in four weeks

US economy grew 5.7 percent in 2021 in sharp rebound from pandemic recession

politics

Stephen Breyer.

Justice Stephen Breyer confirms he is retiring from Supreme Court

Pressley says she is ‘deeply disappointed’ same-day registration isn’t included in Mass. voting bill

For economic sanctions to work against Russia, the US and its allies will have to share some of the pain

Nation

Stephen Breyer.

Justice Stephen Breyer confirms he is retiring from Supreme Court

Michigan high school shooting suspect to pursue insanity defense

Local researchers monitoring new COVID sub-variant; Moderna begins testing Omicron-matched shots

World

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party spoke to the media in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 25, 2022.

Russia signals resolve on key NATO demand as the West races to shore up support for Ukraine

US delivers written response to Russia’s demands

Kurdish-led militia says it has retaken Syrian prison from Islamic State

opinion

Scaring cats, forgetting words and authors: A bout of ‘mild’ COVID-19 strikes Globe columnist

A key hire shows Wu really meant her campaign promises

Card me! Please card me!

lifestyle

On Jan. 9, 2022, runners prepared to race toward the finish line at the Walt Disney World Marathon, which is the final course during the four-day Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

As events return, amateur athletes exercise their pent-up demand for travel

Celebrating winter in Maine, exploring Boston virtually, and listening on the go

Can I get my tour deposit back? It’s been almost two years

food & dining

Takeout from Blue Mango.

3 places we supported this week

A new generation of chefs is embracing — and updating — the classic American Chinese restaurant

Get Tasting Counter’s preserves, sauces, and vinegars to use at home

travel

On Jan. 9, 2022, runners prepared to race toward the finish line at the Walt Disney World Marathon, which is the final course during the four-day Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

As events return, amateur athletes exercise their pent-up demand for travel

Celebrating winter in Maine, exploring Boston virtually, and listening on the go

Welcome to the Island of Love, St. Lucia

Arts

"Battersea Garden Diptych: Falling Through Time."

Barbara Cole brings magical underwater imagery to Newbury Street

A slice of southern California lands in Andover with ‘Light, Space, Surface’

Judy Glickman Lauder gifts 600-plus photographs to Portland Museum of Art

Books

P.J. Kennedy and a partner bought a liquor store on Washington Street, at the edge of the North End.

How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston, with an Irish immigrant widow and her restless son

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

Jabari Asim: an ‘eclectic, voracious’ reader

Movies

Gladys Knight & the Pips in "Summer of Soul."

Doc Talk: A soulful summer, borderland blues, and a punk priestess

In ‘Who We Are,’ a truth-seeker confronts racism in America

In documentary ‘The Panola Project,’ two Somerville filmmakers show how one woman got her small town vaccinated

Television

Sam Richardson (left) and Ben Schwartz in “The Afterparty.”

Stick around for ‘The Afterparty,’ an inventive whodunit played for laughs

Influential ‘Late Night’ turns 40 with humor intact

A path to sobriety worth following in ‘Single Drunk Female’

music

Vilray and Rachael Price are longtime friends who met as students at the New England Conservatory.

Rachael & Vilray get in the swing of the century-old jazz that inspires them

Get Down With Your Hometown virtual music festival returns this weekend

Spotify to pull Neil Young music after artist’s objections to Joe Rogan podcast, reports say

Theater/Dance

Yorick's skull, made of foam, is among the many stage props that can be shared by New England theaters through the Prop Co-op.

A props co-op sets the stage for theaters to save money

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

globe local

Judge Thomas Estes listened as his attorney addressed the court in April 2018.

Mass. trial court to pay $425,000 to former social worker who says she was pressured into sex with judge

Boys & Girls Club of Metro South opens new hydroponic freight farm

‘Walking into the lion’s den’: Cities and towns say they need help as climate change dangers grow

Obituaries

Mr. Mugar transformed the Fourth of July celebration on the Esplanade into a nationally viewed spectacle that included fireworks.

David Mugar, philanthropist who added fireworks to Boston’s July Fourth celebration, dies at 82

Steve Schapiro, a witness, with camera, to seminal moments and people in the American tapestry, dies

Bill Owens, first Black state senator in Massachusetts, dies at 84