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SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘We’re not going to get the all clear.’ More employers need to learn to live with COVID.

It won’t be easy charting a path back to normalcy. But companies can no longer wait for the government to lead the way. It’s time for employers to control their own destiny.
Mass. reports 4,973 confirmed cases and 87 deaths

Patriots coach Bill Belichick calls Tom Brady ‘the best player in NFL history’
In a statement, Belichick thanked Brady for his contributions to the Patriots over the two decades he spent in New England.

Beth Teitell: Tom Brady is just not that into us
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Experts warn that immunity from prior COVID infections will wane, urge vaccinations

Celtics 113, Hornets 107
Celtics’ unselfishness key in crucial key win over Hornets
Josh Richardson scored 23 points (including six 3-pointers) off the bench for the Celtics.

Ben Volin | On Football

These are serious allegations, and there’s serious trouble ahead for the Dolphins and the NFL

Brian Flores claimed Stephen Ross offered to pay him to throw games. This could get Congress involved, and at the very least, result in big changes to how the league does its draft.
Tara Sullivan: Brian Flores can to force the NFL to change

Girlfriend pleads not guilty to manslaughter in connection with death of Boston police officer

Karen Read pleaded not guilty to charges that she hit John O’Keefe with her car and then left him lying in a snowbank in Canton.
Family of deceased Boston police officer calls him an ‘exemplary’ person

What the new Mass Save rewrite means for you

This week, the state released a 343-page order that would expand incentives for residents to decarbonize their homes. Here's what all this means for you.
With new Mass Save three-year plan, Massachusetts sharpens its best climate-fighting tool
Opinion
IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Hey, Boston! Take this snow and shovel it.

While clambering over boulders of snow to get to the store, you very well may ask: If cities clear the roads, why not the pedestrian paths?
Joan Vennochi

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

IDEAS | LAUREN DALEY

The battle between Neil Young and Spotify is the most Neil Young thing ever

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Govind Persad

We can help many of the 2,200 people dying of COVID every day

JEFF JACOBY

A peaceful Supreme Court confirmation, for a change

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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

Boston city council candidates apologize for discriminatory language in old social media posts
Gabriela Coletta and Tania Del Rio, who are running to replace Councilor Lydia Edwards in District 1, are apologizing after years-old social media posts recently surfaced showing both candidates using racist and homophobic language.

Governor’s council hears testimony on whether to commute life sentence of man convicted of murder

In January, Governor Charlie Baker approved a commutation request for William Allen, who has spent 28 years in prison for participating in a 1994 armed robbery in Brockton that turned deadly. Baker forwarded Allen's petition to the Governor’s Council, the final step in the commutation process.

Robin Herman, reporter who broke gender barrier in pro sports locker room, dies at 70
A former New York Times reporter, Herman later was for assistant dean for communications at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

New president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital makes medical staff diversity a top priority
Dr. Robert S. D. Higgins’s history of career firsts is critical to how he’s approaching the job.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Sergeant William F. Carney, the first Black Medal of Honor recipient, kept the American flag held high
Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 after he took the American flag from a flagbearer who was shot and killed during the Civil War, and kept it held high even after he was shot and wounded himself.

See more coverage of Black History Month

‘I have to go’: Woman in the midst of business call sees fishing boat sinking, alerts rescuers
Drone video footage shows three fishermen being rescued from frigid waters after their boat sank off the coast of Scituate Tuesday afternoon.

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DEVRA FIRST

These are the best — and worst — sugar cereals

Cereal sales have shot up during COVID, maybe because we’re craving childhood comforts. But which are the best? We tested 16 of the most popular and readily available sugar cereals to find out. Pull up a chair, grab a spoon, and read on.
Vote in our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

Chairs, traffic cones, ‘booby trapped’ paint cans? With Boston declaring a snow emergency amid a major nor’easter, so too came the space savers.
With the arrival of Saturday’s blizzard that dumped nearly two dozen inches of snow in Boston and the declaration of a snow emergency by Mayor Michelle Wu, so too came space savers dotting Boston’s streets.

BPS unveils $1.3 billion budget, pumping an additional $40 million into schools, programs
The spending plan follows through on promises Cassellius has made since she was hired in 2019 to improve Boston’s aging and long-neglected school buildings, expand services for students and increase rigor across high schools.

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup
While no one in the band is talking, their abrupt announcement to call it quits came after frontman Dicky Barrett produced a song that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had used to promote a Jan. 23 anti-vaccination rally in Washington, D.C.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

17 inspiring ways to celebrate Black History Month

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

There’s more than a sex tape under scrutiny in ‘Pam & Tommy’

Recipe: A luscious, yeasty, pull-apart lemon loaf will bring sunshine to the winter breakfast table

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 | LAUREN DALEY

The battle between Neil Young and Spotify is the most Neil Young thing ever

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Govind Persad

We can help many of the 2,200 people dying of COVID every day

JEFF JACOBY

A peaceful Supreme Court confirmation, for a change

SCOT LEHIGH

You can either support US democracy or back Donald Trump

EDITORIAL

With BPS data now looking unreliable, state should launch a new audit

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

A new LEGO creation: the Boston space saver

Playing along with a winter tradition, LEGOLAND Boston’s master builder created a snow drift in Miniland following Saturday’s blizzard, complete with beach chairs as parking spot savers.
RI politics

Rhode Island political news: February 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island political leaders and analysists.

Cape Cod house taken off stilts, moved to temporary location, Truro town officials say

The former US Coast Guard building at 133 South Pamet Road has been held up on pilings as the ocean eats away at the beach beneath it.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Experts warn that immunity from prior COVID infections will wane, urge vaccinations

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

Sports

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

A good time for a good game from the Celtics

Marcus Smart and Josh Richardson saved the Celtics; they were able to burn collapsing defenses with outside shooting or slicing to the basket.
WEDNESDAY'S HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Methuen wrestling’s Bill James reaches 400-win milestone

After graduating 11 starters in 2021, James expected this to be a rebuilding season. Instead, in the midst of a 18-2-1 season, James won his 400th career match with the Rangers.
Celtics 113, Hornets 107

Celtics’ unselfishness key in crucial key win over Hornets

Josh Richardson scored 23 points (including six 3-pointers) off the bench for the Celtics.
Patriots

Patriots coach Bill Belichick calls Tom Brady ‘the best player in NFL history’

olympic notebook

Curling opens competition at Beijing Olympics

Celtics notebook

How Celtics stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have become more vocal leaders

Business

BASE founder Robert Lewis Jr. taking top job at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston

Robert Lewis Jr. is walking away from the Roxbury organization that he founded and led, to run a much larger nonprofit that, like The BASE, is geared toward using athletics to prepare inner-city kids for success.

Oil markets tighten, OPEC and allies to slightly increase output

As oil prices rise worldwide, OPEC and its allies have decided to increase its output by a modest amount, an action that may fuel uncertainty in energy markets.
SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘We’re not going to get the all clear.’ More employers need to learn to live with COVID.

RI DEVELOPMENT

Boston-based Urbanica chosen for new apartment buildings by Providence River pedestrian bridge

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.

magazine
PERSPECTIVE

Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.

Cooking

Recipes: Two secrets to quick and easy Mexican black bean dishes

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

metro

Many Boston parents cry foul over bonus points for exam school admission

Boston-based Urbanica chosen for new apartment buildings by Providence River pedestrian bridge

Governor’s council hears testimony on whether to commute life sentence of man convicted of murder

sports

Women’s college hockey drawing bigger crowds as Beanpot brings big atmosphere

Alabama coach Nick Saban says he has ‘no indication’ that Bill O’Brien will leave to join the Patriots

Don Brown and UMass football load up on speed in new coach’s first recruiting class

business

Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN after relationship with top executive

Everett power plant changes name, owner, again

Jeff Zucker resigns as CNN president after disclosing relationship with coworker

politics

With one senator absent, Biden and Democrats’ agenda is at risk

Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension

Bill would ban universities from giving leg up to legacies, ending ‘affirmative action for the rich’

Nation

Experts warn that immunity from prior COVID infections will wane, urge vaccinations

Luján’s stroke illustrates Democrats’ tenuous hold on power

Biden presents bold plan to cut cancer death rate in half

World

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about the rising fear of war

Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension

What’s going on across the border? The Canadian trucker protests, explained.

opinion

Concerts ‘available to everyone,’ thanks to David Mugar

You can either support US democracy or back Donald Trump

A Black woman will be the next Supreme Court justice. It’s about time.

lifestyle

My boyfriend and his ex weren’t swingers. But not far from it. Help!

Tom Brady is just not that into us

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup

food & dining

3 places we supported this week

These are the best — and worst — sugar cereals

Recipe: Toss French green lentils with bacon, sherry vinegar, and radicchio in this warm salad

travel

Iceland Car Rental charged my card, and my refund is frozen

There is so much Black history in Providence, and still so much to learn

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

Arts

In Jamaica Plain, a cannabis dispensary and museum pre-rolled into one

Textile paintings at Nearby Gallery invite viewers to probe, peer inside

Bus shelters around the city become canvases for global artwork

Books

‘Self-Care for Black Women’ offers strategies for nurturing mind, body, and soul

A matter of choice in ‘Mercy Street’

On water, too little or too much

Movies

Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90

Whodunit? Agatha Christie, that’s who.

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

Television

The thrill is gone, quickly, in ‘Suspicion’

Lori Petty carves out a niche all her own

There’s more than a sex tape under scrutiny in ‘Pam & Tommy’

music

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

Hargus Robbins, pianist on country music hits and seminal Bob Dylan album, dies at 84

Theater/Dance

Jacob’s Pillow announces 2022 summer festival lineup, and one big change from last year

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

globe local

‘This is bigger than coaching’: Fired Dolphins coach Brian Flores explains why he filed lawsuit against NFL

Everett Mayor DeMaria takes a big hit in the wallet as City Council slashes his controversial bonus

Developers propose 209-unit senior housing development for Crafts Street in Newtonville

Obituaries

Robin Herman, reporter who broke gender barrier in pro sports locker room, dies at 70

Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90

Mel Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor who sued deniers, dies at 95