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Cat Bette (left) and and Hannah Corey walked George through Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park during the snowstorm in downtown Boston.

Massive storm pelts the region, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people

Packing brute force winds, a “bomb cyclone” of a winter storm barraged much of Eastern Massachusetts Saturday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people, disrupting travel, and leaving officials scrambling to assess the damage.

Andy the plow driver is Massachusetts’ new favorite main character

Photos: Powerful nor’easter hits New England

A powerful winter storm brought snow and strong winds to New England on Saturday. Check out photos from across the region.

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Map: Power outages in Massachusetts

Our map shows how many customers in different parts of the state are without power.

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Here’s a look at snowfall totals from the storm

Find town-by-town snowfall totals from across Massachusetts over the last 48 hours.

Live Weather Updates

Snow continues to fall hard, piling up high across New England

Conflicting reports emerge as Tom Brady is reportedly planning to retire after 22 seasons

A league source confirmed Saturday afternoon that Brady, 44, is planning to retire after 22 seasons. However, his agent, Don Yee, and reports from Tampa indicated that Brady may not have made a final decision.

Ben Volin | On football

If Tom Brady is retiring, he deserves a grander, more regal farewell

The greatest quarterback of all time deserves the stage to himself.

Waiting and hoping: Canceled surgeries and busy hospitals take heavy toll on patients

Even as the number of new cases in the latest COVID-19 surge eases in Massachusetts, much of the health care system remains overwhelmed.

RFK Jr.’s antivaxx crusade deepens rift with family and friends

His inflammatory comment about Anne Frank was not the first time he’s likened the movement to victims of the Holocaust.

Missing posters for Harmony Montgomery were outside of the courthouse where her stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, appeared Monday on an arraignment and bail hearing stemming from charges that she continued to collect government benefits in the child’s name until 2021.

Long before Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, New Hampshire’s child welfare system struggled to keep kids safe

Harmony’s disappearance has confounded the country and cast scrutiny on New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth and Families, which historically has been one of the worst-performing agencies of its kind in the country.

Danielle Deadwyler in "Station Eleven."

16 TV shows to binge during a big snow storm

Here are recommendations of some recent series — comedies, thrillers, dramas, and exactly one pandemic tale.

Jimmy Garoppolo is 37-15 as the starting quarterback for the 49ers.

Ben Volin | On football

Jimmy Garoppolo gets no respect, but he keeps on delivering for the 49ers

The 49ers players have Garoppolo's back, but management showed little faith in trading high picks to draft Trey Lance.

Opinion

Rafaella Tsirozidou holds one of her five emotional support chickens.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fowl play in Beverly over a 7-year-old’s cherished chickens

Does the city of Beverly really want to deny a 7-year-old girl a permit to have emotional support, in whatever two-legged form that may come?

How to take a stand against RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine movement

IDEAS | GEORGE ROGERS

The last good days of a very good dog

David L. Phillips

Putin’s not unhinged. There’s still a path to peace in Ukraine.

Lower taxes in Massachusetts? Yes, please.

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

Here’s what the GOP is saying about the process to replace Justice Breyer

“To the degree that President Biden received a mandate, it was to govern from the middle, steward our institutions, and unite America. The President must not outsource this important decision to the radical left,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

One killed, three injured, in wrong-way crash on I-93 in Boston early Saturday morning

A wrong-way driver was killed early Saturday morning after slamming into three vehicles on Interstate 93 in Boston, injuring three people, State Police said.

Still cautious, many older residents trim back their lifestyles in the time of COVID

Many older Massachusetts residents continue to lead tentative and isolated lives as the pandemic drags on, even as younger folks return to work or school, checking apprehensions at the door.

(ARMCHAIR) TRAVEL

Does this storm have you dreaming of warmer places? Our travel writer ranks his top 10 Caribbean islands.

We thought perhaps a blizzard with projected record snowfall totals might inspire you to plan a trip. Here are some of Christopher Muther’s favorite places to warm up.

Biden gives reprieve for student loans, but borrowers want permanent relief

The extended pause on student loan payments has provided a temporary lifeline, but many borrowers are left dreading each new repayment deadline and eager for President Biden to take more sweeping action to provide them permanent relief, as he promised.

Public safety unions are fighting Mayor Wu over vaccine mandates. But it’s a proxy war.

The protests in front of her house and the press conferences by public safety unions over vaccine mandates are only partly about COVID. They are also an effort by cops and their firefighter allies to send a message to City Hall about union adamancy and clout.

Recommended reads

Paul Ratha Yem, newly sworn in as a Lowell city councilor, in the council chamber.

‘I said to myself, “Enough is enough!”’: How a new Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment in the ’80s

He fled the Killing Fields of Cambodia, only to find racist violence in his new home. That’s when Paul Ratha Yem organized his immigrant community to do something about it.

Analysis

Democrats feared the worst from redistricting. But then the twists kept coming.

The central premise all last year turned out not to be true: Republicans won’t win the US House after the midterm elections based on the redistricting process.

SHIRLEY LEUNG AND LARRY EDELMAN

Governor Charlie Baker is seeking federal fix on billions of dollars in unemployment benefit overpayments

“This is not the way this is supposed to work. People participated in this program based on a set of rules that changed,” Baker acknowledged.

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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Culture & Lifestyle

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PARENTING UNFILTERED

Parents share random acts of kindness in a world gone wrong

Apple Streusel Coffee-Cake Muffins, a Globe recipe. We're looking for others. Can you help?

WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COOKING

Calling all cooks and bakers

Woodworker Alison Croney Moses is one of seven New England BIPOC recipients of the 2022 USA Fellowship

Chicago arts organization awards $50,000 each to seven BIPOC New England fellowship recipients

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

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

My source of fascination was the United States — or a distorted version of a place I knew only through media. I named this nation Urbania.

IDEAS | JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ VARGAS

Fantastic beasts and where we find them

Supporters of Donald Trump and members of the extremist group Proud Boys gather during a "Justice for January 6th Vigil" at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Jan. 6 in New York.

What happens when much of the country loses touch with reality?

People who are anti-vaccination take part in an event “for the preservation of personal sovereignty and to STOP medical coercion, discrimination” on Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C.

Who will defend embattled scientists?

A Chinese-flagged vessel is anchored on the high seas beyond Ecuador’s territorial waters near the Galapagos Islands on July 19, 2021. In the summer of 2020, hundreds of Chinese vessels were discovered fishing for squid near the Galapagos Islands.

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

An assembly line at the Rivian electric truck factory in Normal, Ill.

IDEAS | RO KHANNA

The case for pro-growth progressivism

The "Futures" exhibit at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building runs through July 6.

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

LIVE WEATHER UPDATES

Snow continues to fall hard, piling up high across New England

A big snowstorm is passing through New England this weekend. Here are helpful resources, FAQs, and live updates from throughout the region.

‘We’ve been through this before’: Scituate residents undeterred by powerful storm

Scituate was among the communities hardest hit by Saturday’s bellowing nor’easter.

Massive storm pelts the region, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people

Packing brute force winds, a “bomb cyclone” of a winter storm barraged much of Eastern Massachusetts Saturday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people, disrupting travel, and leaving officials scrambling to assess the damage.

Diego Verdaguer, popular Argentine singer, dies of COVID-19 complications

The Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer, whose romantic hits such as “Corazón de papel,” “Yo te amo” and “Volveré” sold almost 50 million copies, has died of complications from COVID-19, his family said Friday. He was 70.

Sports

Tom Brady walks off the field after the Buccaneers lost on a last-second kick by the Rams in their playoff game Jan. 23.

Ben Volin | On football

If Tom Brady is retiring, he deserves a grander, more regal farewell

The greatest quarterback of all time deserves the stage to himself.

Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels had a productive meeting Saturday with the Raiders.

Patriots’ Josh McDaniels expected to be offered Raiders head coaching position, report says

McDaniels and Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler are expected to be the team's coach and general manager, respectively.

Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark are together again as the Bruins' goaltending tandem thanks to an injury to Tuukka Rask.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Jeremy Swayman recalled as Tuukka Rask battles malady in return

The rookie goalie assigned back to the AHL two weeks ago upon Rask’s return from hip surgery is penciled in to back up Linus Ullmark Sunday night in Dallas to wrap Boston's three-game road trip.

Resurgent Lydia Ko takes two-shot lead at Gainbridge

Conflicting reports emerge as Tom Brady is reportedly planning to retire after 22 seasons

US men’s forward Timothy Weah unable to travel to Canada for World Cup soccer qualifier

Business

Major storm hits Northeast with deep snow and strong winds

People from New York City to Maine contended with a major winter storm that is causing power outages and bringing high winds, cold temperatures, and deep snow in some places.

Natick cyberstalking case delves into conduct of top eBay executives

The federal criminal case against two former eBay employees accused of harassing a Natick couple ignited a debate at a virtual hearing Friday over how high up in the company the alleged 2019 conspiracy reached.

‘A big deal, and it’s bad’: IRS facial scanning plan raises privacy fears

Hong Kong’s growth slows as Omicron spread weighs on economy

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

Paul Ratha Yem, newly sworn in as a Lowell city councilor, in the council chamber.

“Enough is enough!”: How a Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment

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

The writer and her collages at J.P. Licks in Harvard Square.

Glue, glitter, and magazines helped me exorcise pandemic demons

We're doing the best we can at restaurants, but it isn't enough

metro

WBZ-TV's Anna Meiler interviews snow plow truck driver Andy Barr.

Andy the plow driver is Massachusetts’ new favorite main character

Winter storm brings snow, high winds, and low visibility to Cambridge

RFK Jr.’s antivaxx crusade deepens rift with family and friends

sports

Tom Bradys fired up the crowd before the Patriots play the Steelers on Sept. 10, 2015, at Gillette Stadium.

Photos: Looking back at Tom Brady’s 22-year NFL career

Bengals alums cheer on current edition and reflect on their 1988 ‘shuffle’ to Super Bowl

‘The best ever:’ How the sports world reacted to Tom Brady’s retirement news

business

Employee Tanya Geddes makes a smoothie at Cafe Juice Up in Mattapan, which won a grant from DoorDash this month.

DoorDash dishes out grants to Boston-area restaurants

A key inflation gauge rose 5.8 percent in 2021, most in 39 years

Governor Charlie Baker is seeking federal fix on billions of dollars in unemployment benefit overpayments

politics

Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, spoke to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on July 27, 2021.

Here’s what the GOP is saying about the process to replace Justice Breyer

Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas fake Trump electors in 7 states

Nation

Robert F. Kennedy has since offered a qualified apology after making a remark about Anne Frank at an antivaccine rally last week. But it's only the latest controversy to embroil him.

RFK Jr.’s antivaxx crusade deepens rift with family and friends

As COVID shots for kids stall, appeals are aimed at wary parents

Waiting and hoping: Canceled surgeries and busy hospitals take heavy toll on patients

World

Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer posed for a portrait in his home in Mexico City, in 2019. He died this week at age 70.

Diego Verdaguer, popular Argentine singer, dies of COVID-19 complications

US says Russia ‘clearly’ now has capability to attack as Ukraine complains of Western panic

Canadian trucker convoy descends on Ottawa to protest Vaccine mandates

opinion

The three blue pots

Free-speech debate distracts from what’s really grating about protests

It’s time to acknowledge that the Boston schools need a new direction

lifestyle

A look down at Port Elizabeth from Fort Hamilton on the Caribbean island of Bequia.

Does this storm have you dreaming of warmer places? Our travel writer ranks his top 10 Caribbean islands.

Should I give him another chance?

Home design: A trip to France provides inspiration for a kitchen makeover

food & dining

Old-Fashioned Beef Stew.

What to cook this snowy weekend

A Chinatown institution makes a pop-up comeback

Nomai opens in Hingham; Somerville gets a sandwich-centric general store

travel

A look down at Port Elizabeth from Fort Hamilton on the Caribbean island of Bequia.

Does this storm have you dreaming of warmer places? Our travel writer ranks his top 10 Caribbean islands.

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

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

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

A matter of choice in ‘Mercy Street’

On water, too little or too much

Sex, secrets, and the liberal arts

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

Aubrey Plaza (pictured in November) will play a woman on vacation with her boyfriend and friends in season 2 of "The White Lotus."

Expect new story line, at least one star’s return in season 2 of ‘The White Lotus’

16 TV shows to binge during a big snow storm

In TV ads, A-list stars are breaking bad

music

Adès' Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Kirill Gerstein and Thomas Adès conducting on Jan. 27, 2022.

At BSO, Thomas Adès transforms old into new

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones couldn’t have been from anywhere else

At TD Garden, Kacey Musgraves sings from the heart

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

Five dance performances to carry you through the snowy season

globe local

Missing posters for Harmony Montgomery were outside of the courthouse where her stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, appeared Monday on an arraignment and bail hearing stemming from charges that she continued to collect government benefits in the child’s name until 2021.

Long before Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance, New Hampshire’s child welfare system struggled to keep kids safe

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

Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer posed for a portrait in his home in Mexico City, in 2019. He died this week at age 70.

Diego Verdaguer, popular Argentine singer, dies of COVID-19 complications

Bill Owens, groundbreaking senator ‘unapologetic about fighting for equal rights,’ dies at 84

Rabbi Israel Dresner, civil rights champion and King ally, dies at 92