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Those COVID tracking charts start here, with Biobot sewage analysis that knows we’re sick before we do

The Cambridge analytics company has provided data to more than 700 cities, towns, and institutions. Can it figure out how to track cancer, diabetes, and even new contagious diseases next?
The US is expanding its hunt for early warnings of COVID in sewage
COVID-19: THE LATEST

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

A wave of organizations are offering paid leave for pregnancy loss
The pandemic has spurred a raft of expanded benefits revolving around caregiving and mental health, both of which were put in the spotlight as schools and daycares shut down and people’s anxiety and isolation rose.

Dan Shaughnessy
Brian Flores shined light on two explosive NFL issues — race and tanking — and other thoughts
It’s clear that the Rooney Rule is a farce, and the idea of losing on purpose is totally believable and a ticking time bomb for the league.

Boston police officer pleads guilty to issuing fake ticket

Authorities say Officer Christopher Curtis abused his position after a road rage incident by running a license plate and sending a $790 citation to the other driver, along with a threatening note.

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

We’ve put together the ultimate breakfast cereal bracket. Help us decide once and for all which childhood favorite should be crowned champion.
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.
Judy Blume's Key West
College football

Andover’s EJ Perry named offensive MVP of East-West Shrine Bowl

Perry, who played college football at Brown, completed 13 of 18 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns in the the longest running college all-star football game.
Opinion
Jay D. Blitzman, Stephen M. Limon, Tony DeMarco, Leslie Harris, Sydney Hanlon, Deborah Ramirez, John Greaney, and Leslie Donahue

In search of answers in the Harmony Montgomery case

Not all bad outcomes are the result of bad judicial decisions. While the decision in Harmony’s case merits scrutiny, so do the actions of agencies in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
RENÉE GRAHAM

America’s national pastimes — football and racism

JEFF JACOBY

It’s not just the Holocaust that Whoopi Goldberg got wrong

Timothy J. Garvin, Katie Murphy, and Robin Smith

Mass General Brigham’s expansion plan must be rejected

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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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

Ahmaud Arbery’s killer withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killing of a Black man that became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.

MGH claims breakthrough in detecting marijuana impairment

Convinced that existing tests are unfair, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital say they've found a better way to detect marijuana impairment.

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 BPS Secondary School Superintendent Eugene Roundtree.

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

Residents and business owners in the area bemoan the pervasiveness of drug dealing and other crime weeks after city officials cleared the neighborhood of a homeless encampment.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘We both aren’t the kind of people to binge-watch TV’
Will this German teacher’s date speak to her?

MISS CONDUCT
Advice: How do I get people off the phone when I’m not up for talking?
Plus, navigating constant negativity at work.

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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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PARENTING UNFILTERED
How to talk to kids about sex
Too soon? Too late? Too awkward? Everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) about the 12-and-under set.

The science behind the state’s school mask policy is outdated, some experts say. Should the benchmarks change?
With the Omicron surge receding and the number of COVID-19 cases among Massachusetts students starting to decline, debate is growing about whether the state’s mandatory school mask rules should be revised or removed.

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

BOOK REVIEW

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

STAGE REVIEW

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

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

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

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

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.

EDITORIAL

China wants to muzzle Olympians. The IOC can’t allow that.

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

IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

Metro

‘Flash freeze’ descends on region. Icy roads are site of dozens of crashes, including more than 70 in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire State Police tweeted Friday morning that they’d responded to at least 72 crashes since Thursday afternoon, while in Massachusetts, one person was killed in a crash on Interstate 495 in Chelmsford when their vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer.
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.
RI BUSINESS

Rhode Island business news: February 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

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

Quality time can take many forms. It can be a one-time date event or develop into a shared passion.

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

Brian Flores shined light on two explosive NFL issues — race and tanking — and other thoughts

It’s clear that the Rooney Rule is a farce, and the idea of losing on purpose is totally believable and a ticking time bomb for the league.
2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

2022 Beijing Olympics: Day-by-day TV schedule and results

View the official 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games event schedule. Find out how to watch your favorite Olympic winter sports.
nfl

Jaguars hire Doug Pederson, who beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LII, as head coach

Pederson, was Jacksonville’s first candidate interviewed on Dec. 30. He waited more than month for a callback. He got a second interview Tuesday and landed the job two days later.
College football

Andover’s EJ Perry named offensive MVP of East-West Shrine Bowl

At Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest,’ pyrotechnics, parade of nations, and lighting of the flame kicks off the Winter Olympics

OLYMPICS

Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics

Business

A wave of organizations are offering paid leave for pregnancy loss

The pandemic has spurred a raft of expanded benefits revolving around caregiving and mental health, both of which were put in the spotlight as schools and daycares shut down and people’s anxiety and isolation rose.

The US is expanding its hunt for early warnings of COVID in sewage

US public health officials are expanding their monitoring of COVID-19 in sewage, which has become a crucial early warning for surges of new cases.

US employers shrug off Omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January

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

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

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

When drivers forget to clear the snow off their vehicles, police take notice

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

sports

Photos: Scenes from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics

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

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

business

Winthrop Center tower wins its first tenant

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

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

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

Those COVID tracking charts start here, with Biobot sewage analysis that knows we’re sick before we do

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

Ahmaud Arbery’s killer withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge

World

Ottawa police expect COVID protest to ramp up again

Hundreds of teachers in Puerto Rico protest for higher wages

Hong Kong to send tens of millions of COVID tests to residents

opinion

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

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

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

lifestyle

‘Ozark’s’ Jason Bateman feted as Hasty Pudding Man of Year

How to talk to kids about sex

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

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’

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s new novel, ‘The Books of Jacob,’ 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

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

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

When drivers forget to clear the snow off their vehicles, police take notice

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