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Conflicting reports emerge as Tom Brady is reportedly planning to retire after 22 seasons
A league source confirmed Saturday afternoon that Brady, 44, is set to call it a career. However, his agent 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

Live Weather Updates

Blizzard winding down with more than 2 feet of snow

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.
CELTICS 107, PELICANS 97

Hot-shooting start gets Celtics road win over Pelicans

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.

FOOD

What to cook this snowy weekend

Here are some recent recipes from the Globe Food team that will fill you up, warm you up, and hopefully fuel you through several shoveling sessions.

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.
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
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?
EDITORIAL

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.

EDITORIAL

Lower taxes in Massachusetts? Yes, please.

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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
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

Fall River home collapses, 11 displaced, by 4-alarm fire amid nor’easter

Firefighters battled heavy flames in blizzard-like conditions Saturday night as a fire destroyed the multi-family home at 140 Irving St., Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said in a statement. Two firefighters were injured and a nearby resident was taken to the hospital after having difficulty breathing.

US says Russia ‘clearly’ now has capability to attack as Ukraine complains of Western panic
The United States does not think Russian President Vladimir Putin has reached a decision on whether to attack Ukraine again, but Moscow "clearly now has that capability" to seize important territories from Kyiv, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday.

Bicyclist seriously injured after being struck by car in Falmouth Friday night

A man was seriously injured after being knocked to the ground by a car while riding his bike along Teaticket highway in Falmouth on Friday night, State Police said.

Should I give him another chance?
"I brought him to my cabin for a weekend. After the trip, photos surfaced of him kissing another woman."

North Korea tests possibly longest-range missile since 2017

In recent months, North Korea has been ramping up its testing activity, including seven rounds of weapons launches so far in 2022, demonstrating its military might amid pandemic-related difficulties and a prolonged freeze in nuclear diplomacy with the United States.

TOM FARRAGHER
A short battle in the ring, a lasting lesson in life
The (golden) gloves are back on in Lowell for the 75th time.

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Globe Magazine

‘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

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Parents share random acts of kindness in a world gone wrong

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

Get Down With Your Hometown virtual music festival returns this weekend

APPRECIATION

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

Special Projects

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ VARGAS

Fantastic beasts and where we find them

SCOT LEHIGH

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

Peter Hotez

Who will defend embattled scientists?

Renée Loth

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

IDEAS | RO KHANNA

The case for pro-growth progressivism

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

LIVE WEATHER UPDATES

Blizzard winding down with more than 2 feet of snow

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

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.

‘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.

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

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | ALL-STATE TEAMS

MHSFCA unveils 2021 all-state football teams for all 8 divisions

With the shift to the new statewide divisions, the Massachusetts State Football Coaches Association selected its inaugural divisional all-state teams, with the best 26 players chosen for all 8 divisions.
CELTICS 107, PELICANS 97

Hot-shooting start gets Celtics road win over Pelicans

The visitors built leads of 18-4 and 27-8 Saturday, and while the Pelicans hung around into the fourth quarter, Boston never relinquished its early control.
NFL notebook

AP source: Vikings spoke with Jim Harbaugh about becoming their head coach

Harbaugh was 44-19-1 as San Francisco’s coach from 2011-14 and was 5-3 in the playoffs, helping the 49ers reach the Super Bowl nearly a decade ago.
NFL

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

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Celtics know that better days need to be ahead

Ben Volin | On football

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

Business

China manufacturing activity grows at slower pace in January

Manufacturing activity in the world’s second-largest economy grew at a slower pace in January compared to the previous month, according to an official government measure, as the country’s strict “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 measures put a dampener on economic activity.

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

TECH LAB

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

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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On the cover

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

book excerpt

How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston

CONNECTIONS

Glue, glitter, and magazines helped me exorcise pandemic demons

PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

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

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

Jeremy Swayman recalled as Tuukka Rask battles malady in return

Luke List claims first PGA Tour win on first playoff hole at Farmers Insurance Open

business

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

DoorDash dishes out grants to Boston-area restaurants

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

politics

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants

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

Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law

Nation

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants

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

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

World

Israel president on first visit to United Arab Emirates amid regional tension

Ethiopian prime minister in UAE as Tigray war rages on

North Korea tests possibly longest-range missile since 2017

opinion

Fantastic beasts and where we find them

Lower taxes in Massachusetts? Yes, please.

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

lifestyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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