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Beijing Winter Olympics

Over the course of her 11-season career, Shiffrin has skied out only 14 times in 229 World Cup, Olympic, and World Championship races. It happened on Monday morning.

Mikaela Shiffrin misses out on giant slalom medal, but still has four chances to make history

In a a rare occurrence for the top American skier, Shiffrin was disqualified in her first run in Beijing. If she earns a gold in any other event, she will hold the record for most by any American Alpine skier.

No better sports rivalry than the one between the US and Canada in women’s hockey Here's a rundown of schedules and results See all of our Olympic coverage

China's Peng Shuai, here playing in the 2020 Australian Open, has been the center of a controversy involving alleged accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician.

Peng Shuai says allegation was ‘enormous misunderstanding’

“Sexual assault? I never said that anyone made me submit to a sexual assault,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.

Bitter feelings linger after lengthy strike at Saint Vincent Hospital

A contingent of nurses upset by the strike is pushing to decertify the union and nix the hard-fought labor contract.

In less than a decade, nearly every state has outlawed ‘revenge porn.’ So why hasn’t Massachusetts?

Nonconsensual pornography, or "revenge porn," has proliferated with smart devices and social media, sparking legislators in 48 states to make it illegal. Governor Charlie Baker is prodding lawmakers here to finally act.

Yelmin Dominic wrapped roses at Cupp and Cupp Corporation, a wholesaler at the New England Flower Exchange in Chelsea.

‘It’s red roses or die.’ Amid supply chain turmoil, florists prepare for Valentine’s Day.

Toss aside the teddy bears and chocolate boxes. With Feb. 14 approaching, florists have strategized to beef up inventory of the holiday's hottest commodity: roses.

PRO BOWL: AFC 41, NFC 35

Mac Jones, AFC victorious in return (and Vegas debut) of NFL’s Pro Bowl

Justin Herbert hit Mark Andrews with two touchdown passes, while Jones passed for 112 yards, threw a touchdown pass, and did a memorable rendition of the Griddy dance in the Las Vegas debut of the annual All-Star show.

Boston police march in honor of fellow officer John O’Keefe during wake in Braintree

Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe died Jan. 29 after his girlfriend allegedly hit him with her SUV in Canton.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

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Omicron forces South Korea to end GPS monitoring, some checkups
11:47 p.m.
Australia to reopen for visa holders
10:49 p.m.
Chinese city of 3.6 million locked down as virus defies curbs

Protesters gathered outside of Brigham and Women’s Hospital Sunday to protest the hospital’s reported move to drop David Ferguson from its heart transplant waitlist because he hasn't been vaccinated for COVID-19.

Protesters gather outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital over patient dropped from transplant list

Report: White House science adviser Lander apologized for behavior toward staff

CELTICS 116, MAGIC 83

Celtics make it five straight wins with cruise over East-worst Orlando

Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau helped bless a lion costume at a Year of the Tiger celebration at City Hall earlier this month.

Cambodian rise in Lowell politics shadowed by dark history in homeland

The milestones mask deep political divisions in this gateway city, where homeland politics still drives allegiances and where the Khmer community is conflicted over whether Sokhary Chau’s election as mayor represents true progress.

UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan.

Spotify CEO to employees: Canceling Rogan not ‘the answer’

Joe Rogan’s mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is apparently not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs.

‘I still refuse to call a milkshake a frappe.’ ... Newcomers clear the icy air about the stuff that baffles them about Boston.

From the housing stock to the weather to our roads, accents, and obsessions, we annoy, frustrate, and frighten.

Opinion

Time for some sunshine in the governor’s office

The state’s top elected official is exempt for the public records law, and has been for too long. A proposed new law could change that.

Ditching legacy admissions is first step in ending disparities

Affirmative action doesn’t give people like me an unfair advantage

Court should reject the flawed diversity theory

After violence of Jan. 6, Congress must fix the antiquated way presidential votes are counted

Takeout from Leena's Kitchen in Plymouth.

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

30 minutes in Roslindale: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s block has taken center stage in one of the city’s ugliest political dramas

The acrimonious dispute over Wu’s vaccine requirement for city employees has come to define her early tenure in City Hall. Lately, it’s been disrupting her early-morning life at home, too.

Commuter rail train strikes empty car in Ashland

A Worcester Line commuter rail train struck an empty car that was stuck on the tracks in downtown Ashland on Sunday evening, forcing the closure of the Cherry Street crossing and causing the line to run nearly an hour behind schedule, officials said.

Kylie Jenner announces birth of 2nd child with Travis Scott

Jenner announced the birth of her second child with rapper Travis Scott in a post Sunday on social media — with a blue heart indicating it’s a boy.

For years, the mother of Harmony Montgomery rang the alarm about her missing daughter. Few listened.

“I just can’t ... sit by the phone and hope,” says Crystal Sorey, whose daughter has been missing since 2019. “Not as a mother.”

TOM FARRAGHER

A community embrace for nuns out of Africa

Perhaps the greatest lesson being taught these days at Austin Prep in Reading comes from the journey that has brought four African nuns who to the school, where they have come to deepen the meaning of the words service and sacrifice.

Dr. Herbert Benson, who documented and promoted meditation’s health benefits, dies at 86

Basing his work on scientific research, Dr. Benson called meditation's effect on health "the relaxation response."

Recommended reads

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s history with Justice Stephen Breyer provides a window into what she might be like as a Supreme Court justice.

‘An amazing legacy’: Justice Breyer’s replacement could be a former clerk he considers family

Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would become the first Black woman on the court, spent a formative year clerking for the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer more than two decades ago.

As Omicron wanes, hopes rise to travel and socialize again

Hints of optimism are seen in record advance bookings at some New England inns, a stream of tourists to Boston and beyond, and restaurants and clubs where tables are hard to reserve.

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.

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

Julia Riew has spent the past year and a half writing and composing a full-length musical as part of her senior thesis project — complete with script, screenplay, and more than 15 original songs. Now Hollywood is taking notice.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Jennifer Garner kisses the Pudding Pot after being honored as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals in Cambridge.

Warmest welcome for Jennifer Garner, Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year, on frigid parade day

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

From left: Brittany-Laurelle, Hadar Busia-Singleton, and Alexandria King in "The Bluest Eye" at the Huntington Theatre Company.

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

Which sugar cereal is superior?

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

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

I hate myself and want to buy

Liza Minnelli in a scene from Bob Fosse's "Cabaret," released in February 1972.

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

‘Cabaret’ and the shadow of fascism

Eliza Reid, first lady of Iceland, at the site of a volcanic eruption. She is the author of "Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World."

IDEAS | BINA VENKATARAMAN

How did Iceland become a model of gender equality?

US Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division prepare to board an aircraft as they deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Feb. 3. President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 US troops to Poland and Germany amid the stalled talks with Russia over the Kremlin's military buildup on Ukraine's borders.

Skepticism of US intelligence? After Iraq fiasco, it’s a must.

The corporate offices of Massachusetts General Brigham hospitals in Assembly Square in Somerville.

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?

Metro

FDR, sex, and the Navy: Two artists are uncovering a little-known piece of Newport history

Two local artists have dedicated themselves to shining a light on this little-known piece of Newport’s history.

Coronavirus Live Updates

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

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

Commuter rail train strikes empty car in Ashland

A Worcester Line commuter rail train struck an empty car that was stuck on the tracks in downtown Ashland on Sunday evening, forcing the closure of the Cherry Street crossing and causing the line to run nearly an hour behind schedule, officials said.

Boston police march in honor of fellow officer John O’Keefe during wake in Braintree

Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe died Jan. 29 after his girlfriend allegedly hit him with her SUV in Canton.

Sports

Over the course of her 11-season career, Shiffrin has skied out only 14 times in 229 World Cup, Olympic, and World Championship races. It happened on Monday morning.

Mikaela Shiffrin misses out on giant slalom medal, but still has four chances to make history

In a a rare occurrence for the top American skier, Shiffrin was disqualified in her first run in Beijing. If she earns a gold in any other event, she will hold the record for most by any American Alpine skier.

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC competes in the women's free skate of the team event during which she became the first woman to land a quad jump.

Figure Skating Team Event

Russians make a dominant run to gold in the team skating event

The US earned the silver after back-to-back bronze medals at the past two Olympics, thanks largely to a winning dance program from Madison Chock and Evan Bates,

China's Peng Shuai, here playing in the 2020 Australian Open, has been the center of a controversy involving alleged accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician.

Peng Shuai says allegation was ‘enormous misunderstanding’

“Sexual assault? I never said that anyone made me submit to a sexual assault,” the newspaper quoted her as saying.

SUNDAY'S SCHOOLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Amelia Hanscom, Andover girls’ basketball swat away Central Catholic in Merrimack Valley Conference showdown

Saints running back Alvin Kamara arrested in Las Vegas following Pro Bowl

Without question, NASCAR’s debut at Memorial Coliseum a major success

Business

Omicron forces South Korea to end GPS monitoring, some checkups

South Korea will no longer use GPS monitoring to enforce quarantines and will also end daily checkup calls to low-risk coronavirus patients as a fast-developing Omicron surge overwhelms health and government workers.

Spotify CEO to employees: Canceling Rogan not ‘the answer’

Joe Rogan’s mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is apparently not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs.

Chinese city of 3.6 million locked down as virus defies curbs

‘It’s red roses or die.’ Amid supply chain turmoil, florists prepare for Valentine’s Day.

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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

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

Mitchell (front) and astronomy students in front of the Vassar College Observatory, 1878.

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

Advice: How do I get people off the phone when I’m not up for talking?

Black Bean Tostadas

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

metro

A snow-covered sidewalk along Proctor Street is seen beside a city-owned parking lot in Roxbury Sunday, more than a week after Mayor Michelle Wu ordered sidewalks to be cleared of snow left by a powerful blizzard.

Government properties among those fined for violating Boston’s snow removal ordinance following blizzard

Protesters gather outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital over patient dropped from transplant list

A community embrace for nuns out of Africa

sports

Marshfield celebrates the winning goal from sophomore Will Doherty in Sunday's Ed Burns Coffee Pot Hockey Classic semifinal.

Will Doherty’s late magic continues as Marshfield advances to Ed Burns Coffee Pot Hockey Classic final

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

Former coach’s presence felt as Shawsheen wins another state vocational wrestling championship

business

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. With new leadership and purpose after several lackluster years under the Trump administration, the federal agency is now taking on "junk fees."

Those added fees you hate? A federal consumer agency wants to take them on

Sound travels: Music studio relocating to make way for lab space

Bitter feelings linger after lengthy strike at Saint Vincent Hospital

politics

Eric Lander.

Report: White House science adviser Lander apologized for behavior toward staff

Lander’s all-staff mea culpa is the latest in a string of apologies

Federal women’s prison fostered culture of abuse, investigation finds

Nation

Workers wore protective equipment at a COVID-19 testing site on Jan. 26, 2022, in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.

Despite Omicron surge, businesses desperate to find and keep workers

Omicron forces South Korea to end GPS monitoring, some checkups

Trial of three former cops in Floyd killing delayed by COVID diagnosis

World

Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Haiti.

Haiti opposition group calls on US to end support for current government

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over COVID protests

Germany’s ‘invisible’ chancellor heads to Washington amid fierce criticism

opinion

US Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division prepare to board an aircraft as they deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Feb. 3. President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 US troops to Poland and Germany amid the stalled talks with Russia over the Kremlin's military buildup on Ukraine's borders.

Skepticism of US intelligence? After Iraq fiasco, it’s a must.

I hate myself and want to buy

‘Cabaret’ and the shadow of fascism

lifestyle

A woman walks along the Victoria embankment with the London Eye in the background, in central London on December 10, 2021.

Counting on ‘endemic’: The travel industry readies for a potentially new phase

13 offbeat ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day — no date required

One of us would have to move

food & dining

Dorchester Vietnamese restaurant Anh Hong isn't going away after all.

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

A woman walks along the Victoria embankment with the London Eye in the background, in central London on December 10, 2021.

Counting on ‘endemic’: The travel industry readies for a potentially new phase

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

Arts

"Malum Geminos" (2019) by Courtney Mattison, now on view at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. (This photo is from its presentation at the Florence Griswold Museum in 2019.)

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

Composer John Williams at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams in Los Angeles.

Composer John Williams turns 90 on Tuesday, the same day Oscar nominations are announced

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

A host of reasons to follow the Oscars

Television

Tracee Ellis Ross (pictured in November) will cohost the announcement of the Academy Award nominations this coming Tuesday.

A host of reasons to follow the Oscars

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.

music

Jakub Hrůša led Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Thursday.

At BSO, a Czech conductor’s bold return

Courtney Barnett is giving optimism a shot

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

Theater/Dance

Shimcheong

There’s no Korean Disney princess. So a Harvard student created her own.

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

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

globe local

Civil rights activist Melnea Cass stood with US Senator Edward Brooke (left), US Representative Augustus Hawkins, and US Representative Bill Clay during a Congressional Black Caucus party held at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge on April 5, 1972.

Melnea Cass, ‘First Lady of Roxbury,’ gave Boston her all

Salem State University campus police officers equipped with body cameras

Gas-powered leaf blowers are noisy and bad for the environment. Boston will soon consider what to do about them.

Obituaries

Dr. Herbert Benson and his wife, Marilyn Wilcher, in 2004.

Dr. Herbert Benson, who documented and promoted meditation’s health benefits, dies at 86

Yale Kamisar, known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda rule, dies at 92

Art Cooley, co-founder of Environmental Defense Fund, dies