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Freezing rain, sleet to make for ‘hazardous’ morning commute

Forecasters are warning of hazardous conditions on the road today, particularly during the morning commute, with a slow-moving cold front bringing mixed precipitation to Southern New England throughout the day.

A list of Massachusetts school closings
With the latest winter storm set to bring icy conditions, schools around Massachusetts announced closures for Friday.

Beijing Winter Olympics

Meet the New England athletes who will compete for Team USA at the Winter Olympics

The hockey teams account for a significant portion of the New Englanders, but the biathlon and cross-country ski squads also are loaded with them.
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A guide to the 2022 Beijing Olympics: How (and when) to watch, Team USA stars, and more
The second Olympic Games in six months officially kick off Friday. Here's everything you need to know.

Day-by-day TV schedule and results See all of our ongoing Olympics coverage
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

Christopher L. Gasper

Brian Flores just revealed what Black coaches have known all along: The odds are always stacked against them

Flores took what was an open industry secret and brought it into the legal light of day.

Mac Jones, AFC come up short in Pro Bowl Skills Showdown

The Patriots quarterback had his moments, including winning the Thread The Needle contest.
MATTHEW GILBERT

Miniseries have been thriving on streaming services. Here are the 10 best.

These originals from the likes of Netflix and Hulu embraced the shorter format for stories that made a big impression.
Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
A visit to the other Florida keys — let’s call them ‘the Gulf Coast Keys,’ shall we?
There are more Florida keys to be discovered on the state’s West Coast, and they are so very different from the ones in the Atlantic.

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks
They claim 100 miles of beach, 2,000 miles of trails, and 800,000 acres of managed land, drawing 32 million visitors annually. Here are some of our favorites.

Welcome to Judy Blume’s Key West
You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Republicans are making it harder to vote. How much will it matter?

Research suggests that recent voting restrictions — decried as ‘Jim Crow in new clothes’ — may not pack the punch that Democrats fear.
EDITORIAL

Olympic athletes are people too. They have the right to protest.

Timothy J. Garvin, Katie Murphy, and Robin Smith

Mass General Brigham’s expansion plan must be rejected

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The extra unseen talent of Biden’s Supreme Court nominee and all Black women in law

SCOT LEHIGH

Moderate politics is the right path, even in Mass.

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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

‘We deserve better’: Boston City Council mulls reparations commission
In the first official step of a process some advocates have been calling for for decades, Boston City Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia Wednesday introduced a proposal for a commission to study reparations for Black people in Boston.

KEVIN CULLEN

Throwing games is far more problematic than Tom Brady throwing shade

Given that Black players account for more than 70 percent of NFL players, the dearth of Black head coaches — with Flores out, there is now just one — certainly deserves serious scrutiny.
Giants say Brian Flores was ‘irresponsible’ to base accusations on texts from Bill Belichick

Analysis
In New York City, Biden tries to address the sleeper issue of the 2022 midterms
Crime has increasingly become an issue that’s top of mind for Americans, and this could be a problem for President Biden and Democrats in the midterm elections.

Two educators injured while breaking up fight at Dorchester school

One of the staff members sought additional medical evaluation after leaving the school, according to a letter to Henderson School families from Boston Public Schools Secondary School Superintendent Eugene C. Roundtree II.

GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them

Republican officials meeting in Utah advanced a watered-down resolution Thursday that would formally censure GOP Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their perceived disloyalty to former president Donald Trump but not seek to expel them from the party.

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

President Biden said the decision to send about two dozen helicopter-borne commandos to capture or kill the leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was made to minimize the risk of civilian harm. But then the terrorist leader set off a bomb.

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INNOVATION BEAT

We took a ‘self-driving’ Tesla for a spin in Boston. Here’s how it did.

Amid ongoing safety and regulatory issues, our intrepid tech reporter tries out the automaker's new "full self-driving" feature.
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‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden
As President Biden has attempted to highlight positive developments about the economy, polls suggest many Americans aren’t listening. They’re more focused on rapidly rising prices.

‘If there’s a definition for a hero, he’s one’: Friend of Boston police officer recalls his devotion to family
A friend of the family of Boston police officer John O’Keefe recalled him as a “hero” who adopted his niece and nephew following the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Cole Arthur Riley
The creator of Black Liturgies shares her beautiful resistance.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Vote in round two of our bracket: Which sugary cereal is best?

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

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

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

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

Michelle Holmes

We need to school ourselves as to what safe in-person education looks like

Michael Mailer

Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own

Joan Vennochi

Belichick’s smoking texts, and racism in the NFL

EDITORIAL

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Hey, Boston! Take this snow and shovel it.

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

A list of Massachusetts school closings

With the latest winter storm set to bring icy conditions, schools around Massachusetts announced closures for Friday.

Freezing rain, sleet to make for ‘hazardous’ morning commute

Forecasters are warning of hazardous conditions on the road today, particularly during the morning commute, with a slow-moving cold front bringing mixed precipitation to Southern New England throughout the day.

Environmental groups wanted to remove a dam in R.I. They hit a wall of opposition.

The Potter Hill dam is the last remaining barrier on the main stem of the Pawcatuck River.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

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

Sports

Olympics

Beijing’s Winter Olympics set to officially kick off with opening ceremony

Beijing becomes the first city to host both the winter and summer Olympic Games, even using the same stadium as 2008 to kick off the winter games.
MIAA BOYS' GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

Nick Kim set a high bar in leading Burlington to the MIAA boys’ gymnastics state championship

The senior captain captured three event titles: high bar, floor exercise and parallel bars to earn the all-around title (47.8 points).
NFL Pro Bowl

Mac Jones, AFC come up short in Pro Bowl Skills Showdown

The Patriots quarterback had his moments, including winning the Thread The Needle contest.
BOSTON CITY LEAGUE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Amiri Sulker leaves all in his wake in leading Latin Academy to Boston City League coed swimming title

Men’s college hockey notebook

After slow start, Merrimack men’s hockey is where it wants to be

Celtics

Jayson Tatum lands third straight NBA All-Star berth, fellow Celtic Jaylen Brown not selected

Business

Meta plunges and sets off Wall Street’s worst drop in nearly a year

The stock price of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, sunk down 26.4 percent, a dive that eradicated more than $250 billion off its market value, the biggest tumble in American stock market history. Thursday also saw an overall downturn in tech stock prices during regular trading hours.

Winthrop Center tower wins its first tenant

The 15-year lease is among the largest office deals downtown since the arrival of COVID-19 in Boston nearly two years ago, and the first major tenant for a tower that was almost halted mid-construction when it lost construction financing in the pandemic’s first year.

N. Ireland 1st minister quits amid battle over Brexit checks

Biden’s Fed nominees questioned on inflation, climate issues at confirmation hearing

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
nantucket

She was a self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to all

PERSPECTIVE

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

Love Letters

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

Cooking

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

metro

Truro house that was on brink of collapse has been moved back to safety

Two educators injured while breaking up fight at Dorchester school

Flashes still of violence, guns, drugs, and vandalism at Mass. and Cass

sports

Giants say Brian Flores was ‘irresponsible’ to base accusations on texts from Bill Belichick

Linda Henry part of $75 million investment in WNBA

Czech star and former Bruin David Krejci tests positive on arrival in Beijing

business

Jeff Zucker’s ouster at CNN rattles prominent staff at a pivotal time

Workbar grows in the suburbs, with hybrid work in mind

Boston Dynamics robot makes an appearance in Sam Adams’ Super Bowl commercial

politics

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

‘The cruelest tax’: Inflation plays a unique role in America’s economic psyche, posing challenge for Biden

In New York City, Biden tries to address the sleeper issue of the 2022 midterms

Nation

Children 5 to 11 are lagging behind other age groups in Mass. COVID-19 vaccinations

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them

World

Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit

US exposes what it says is Russian effort to fabricate pretext for invasion

Military response not in cards for COVID protest, Trudeau says

opinion

Social Studies: Trump’s stimulus checks; daring dogs; walls make bad neighbors

Getting to 50 votes means meeting Manchin and Sinema’s demands

Who mourns for the lab animals?

lifestyle

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

CambridgeSide to host Black-owned business pop-up market

food & dining

A seasoned chef opens South Boston’s Lenox Sophia; Dorchester’s Anh Hong gets a second chance

3 places we supported this week

These are the best — and worst — sugar cereals

travel

Maine celebrates winter, Newport enjoys the spotlight, and Arches slows the flow of tourists

Italy is a cut above for this hairstylist to the stars

Mother Nature’s magic kingdom: Florida’s best state parks

Arts

Sculptor Courtney Mattison conjures the sea and its discontents at New Bedford Whaling Museum

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

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

Books

A cold that bites in Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’

A Nobel laureate’s new novel awes in size and scope

Chuck Klosterman: reading a little bit of everything, all of nothing

Movies

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Long divisions; Hendrix in Hawaii

Coping with loss in ‘After the Rain’

Television

Miniseries have been thriving on streaming services. Here are the 10 best.

Mark Wahlberg thinks Tom Brady’s story could make a great movie. And he wants to play Bill Belichick.

Netflix adapting ‘All the Light We Cannot See’

music

Courtney Barnett is giving optimism a shot

A force in jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant isn’t stopping there

What we know about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ breakup

Theater/Dance

Feet make music, too, in Subject:Matter’s ‘Songbook’ at the Somerville Theatre

Coming of age in a hostile world in ‘The Bluest Eye’

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

globe local

A list of Massachusetts school closings

This Valentine’s Day, say ‘I love you’ by doing something together

Should candidates’ party affiliations be listed on municipal election ballots?

Obituaries

Avram Goldberg, former Stop & Shop chairman who forged a unique approach, dies at 92

Former Celtics coach Bill Fitch dies at 89

Robin Herman, reporter who broke gender barrier in NHL locker rooms, dies at 70