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Mitch McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers.

Mayor Wu sets guidelines for when proof-of-vaccination rules might wind down

Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday laid out what she said were the benchmarks the city will be using to determine when to lift a mandate requiring people to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter businesses like dine-in restaurants, bars, gyms, clubs, and theaters.

Here’s how low COVID-19 case stats should go before people stop wearing masks indoors, according to the CDC

Mass. will pay $500 to a half million low-income workers next month

The Baker administration based its criteria on 2020 tax returns, making eligible those who earned at least $12,750 in income from a job — the rough equivalent of working 20 hours a week, for 50 weeks, at the state’s minimum wage in 2020 — and whose total income did not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level.

COVID-19: THE LATEST

Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge

Wellesley schools reach settlement with parents group over federal lawsuit

A Washington, D.C.-based conservative group and three local families have settled a federal lawsuit they filed last year against Wellesley Public Schools in which the plaintiffs alleged the district had violated white students’ civil rights and squashed free speech.

Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council, treats himself to a healthy lifestyle.

Happy Valentine’s Day to me!

What are your favorite self-indulgences? We asked local figures from the food world and beyond to share the foods they crave when they want to indulge in something special.

Nine Valentine’s Day gift ideas for under $40 In love with the idea of a getaway?

Work begins on a rare new building on Newbury Street

Work starts this month on a building on “the last developable parcel” of Newbury Street.

Beijing Winter Olympics

john powers | on the olympics

Ryan Cochran-Siegle calls super-G silver ‘the best second place I will ever get in my life’

The Vermont skier, part of America's First Family of the slopes, filled in a missing part of his résumé with an Olympic medal.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle enjoys surprise appearance from mother during ‘Today’ interview Here's today's Olympics schedule See more Winter Olympics coverage

Elle Fanning (with Michael Mosley as attorney Joseph Cataldo) bears a striking resemblance to Michelle Carter in advance photos for "The Girl From Plainville."

Hulu’s ‘The Girl From Plainville’ premieres March 29

The eight-part miniseries will begin with three episodes, followed by weekly installments.

Artist Nick Shea, 25, does $1 sketches of passersby from a bench on Boston Common.

One hour on a bench with the $1 sketch artist of Boston Common

Nick Shea spends many of his days drawing strangers on Boston Common for $1. "It’s done a lot for me," Shea said, sitting on a bench on the Common on a rainy Monday.

This image released by 20th Century Studios shows, from left, Ilda Mason as Luz, Ariana DeBose as Anita, and Ana Isabelle as Rosalia in "West Side Story."

Globe critics react to the 2022 Oscar nominations list

The 94th Oscar nominations have been revealed, and as always, the list is chock-full of surprises and snubs. Globe critics and writers take a look at this year’s nominations and offer their first takes on a few that stood out.

See the full list of Oscar nominees

Opinion

First-grade student Citlaly Luna Osorio whispers to classmate Genevie Lewis, "we can share crayons" at the Parlin School in Everett on Nov. 19, 2001.

Lift the school mask mandate

It’s time for kids to breathe easier.

The Capitol insurrection was not ‘political discourse.’ It was a violent act of sedition.

The GOP’s bad bet: Declaring war on the truth

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: That curious thing dogs do

Paul Farmer, Sheila Davis, and Ophelia Dahl

The white nationalist threat to antiracist medicine in Boston

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

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Olympics

Teenager Eileen Gu was born in the US, but just won Olympic gold for China. Here’s why she chose to switch countries.

Gu won gold in the freeski big air final and will compete in two more events.

christopher l. gasper

Why Odell Beckham Jr. is the most misunderstood player in the country

The Rams receiver has a reputation for being tempestuous, but in reality, it has always been about wanting to win for him.

MFA returns pair of disputed artifacts to Mali

The restitution is the second the museum has announced in two months. "It affirms that museums should acquire things in ethical and obviously legal ways," says director Matthew Teitelbaum.

MFA to return stolen 17th-century painting to heirs of Jewish collector

Three bear cubs rescued after den destroyed by worker

The three bear cubs found in Peterborough, N.H., were transported to Kilham Bear Center.

Patriots bring back Joe Judge to coaching staff after failed Giants tenure

Judge left New England to become head coach of the Giants after the 2019 season but won just 10 games in his two-year tenure.

PERSPECTIVE

There’s an invisible air quality threat lurking inside our homes

The increased hours many of us spend inside have consequences — from sources of pollution I didn’t expect.

Recommended reads

We've come up with some ideas for what to name the new Frontier/Spirit airline if it happens.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Spirit and Frontier are merging, but what should the new airline be called? We have ideas.

Using customer reviews, we’ve come up with a list of suggested names. No need to thank us, Spirit and Frontier. These are yours to use, free of charge. (Foreign concept to you, we know.)

Coyotes are seemingly everywhere these days. And there aren’t many hunters standing in their way.

In 1996, voters outlawed the traps that were the chief method of coyote control. Now, with the population burgeoning in Massachusetts, hunters are asking for new tools.

‘I still refuse to call a milkshake a frappe’: Newcomers share what baffles them about Boston

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

In Boston, a growing community of Uyghurs fights to save its culture and its people

A community of about 200 Uyghurs in the Boston area is urgently working to call attention to the intensifying repression in Xinjiang, China, and to strengthen bonds among themselves, which they see as integral to preserving their culture and protecting their people.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Choreographer/Director Rachel Bertone Photo credit: Courtesy Reagle Music Theatre -- 22Rise

Rachel Bertone named new leader of Reagle Music Theatre

TikTok celebrity hairstylist and Franklin native Brad Mondo

TikTok hair icon Brad Mondo is plotting his world domination

Mustard-Braised Chicken With
Tarragon served on egg noodles.

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: A Valentine’s Day menu with French inspiration

Massachusetts-born Lauren Hashian released the first side of her debut EP, "Love . . . And Other Things," in December, with the second side to follow this March.

Singer-songwriter Lauren Hashian is living her middle school dream

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

"Circling" and "nesting" are functional — but they sure take the fun out of functionality. Let’s see if we can do better.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: That curious thing dogs do

Much of our research is focused on racism because over a century of research has shown racism to be implicated in poor health outcomes.

Paul Farmer, Sheila Davis, and Ophelia Dahl

The white nationalist threat to antiracist medicine in Boston

Corey Lewandowski will try to frame Maura Healey as an extremist.

Corey Lewandowski was fired by Trump. Now, he’s advising Geoff Diehl’s campaign.

Most of Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius's tenure has been dominated by COVID-19.

After Cassellius, BPS needs rapid improvement

Whoopi Goldberg speaks during a ColorComm luncheon on Oct. 1 in New York City.

Colette A.M. Phillips

What Whoopi Goldberg misunderstood about racism and the Holocaust

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

Coronavirus Live Updates

Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge

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

Mass. will pay $500 to a half million low-income workers next month

The Baker administration based its criteria on 2020 tax returns, making eligible those who earned at least $12,750 in income from a job — the rough equivalent of working 20 hours a week, for 50 weeks, at the state’s minimum wage in 2020 — and whose total income did not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level.

Wellesley schools reach settlement with parents group over federal lawsuit

A Washington, D.C.-based conservative group and three local families have settled a federal lawsuit they filed last year against Wellesley Public Schools in which the plaintiffs alleged the district had violated white students’ civil rights and squashed free speech.

Mass. reports 1,792 confirmed COVID cases; 128 deaths reported over three days

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Sports

Ailing Eileen Gu was born in San Francisco but is representing Team China at the 2022 Winter Games.

Teenager Eileen Gu was born in the US, but just won Olympic gold for China. Here’s why she chose to switch countries.

Gu won gold in the freeski big air final and will compete in two more events.

The Kings acquired two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis from the Pacers in a six-player deal on Tuesday.

Kings swing six-player trade for All-Star Domantas Sabonis

The Pacers' return included promising young guard Tyrese Haliburton and sharpshooter Buddy Hield.

Alvin Kamara was arrested on a felony battery charge Sunday at Las Vegas and later posted bond and was released.

Police: Saints star Alvin Kamara, three others attacked man at Vegas club

Kamara and cohorts is accused of punching and badly injuring a man last weekend at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub.

Prosecutors won’t file charges against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer

Olympic women’s hockey: In possible medal-game preview, Canada surges to 4-2 win over US

john powers | on the olympics

Ryan Cochran-Siegle calls super-G silver ‘the best second place I will ever get in my life’

Business

Peloton says its CEO will step aside, announces 2,800 layoffs

But Peloton’s instructors, credited with building the fitness company’s cachet, will remain untouched.

Gates, French Gates rank as biggest charity donors of 2021

Competing with titans of industry and multi-billionaires, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates won the top spot as 2021's top philanthropic donors. However, experts say richer Americans' donations may not be as remarkable as they appear.

IDG buys Selling Simplified

Starbucks, citing safety, fires 7 seeking union in Memphis

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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

After my son died, a victim of the opioid epidemic, my heart broke beyond repair

This week's daters: Ashley and Andrew.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both aren’t the kind of people to binge-watch TV’

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

metro

Northeastern University's Boston campus.

Northeastern University lifts some COVID-19 precautions as infections fall

Rhode Island political news: February 2022

Wu has a mandate on schools - and didn’t waste any time using it

sports

Eileen Gu can't contain her surprise after her final run in the women's freeski big air.

2022 Winter Olympics: The latest results and primetime TV schedules

Lawyers for Brian Flores say NFL suit nixed coach’s potential hire by Texans

Why Odell Beckham Jr. is the most misunderstood player in the country

business

The Bitfinex website on a laptop computer.

Federal officials arrest couple, seize $3.6b in hacked bitcoin funds

Report: Corporate climate pledges are weaker than they seem

Work begins on a rare new building on Newbury Street

politics

Supporters of President Donald Trump surrounded the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.

Government reveals trove of evidence in first Jan. 6 trial

McConnell blasts RNC resolution, calling Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

Air Force approves 9 religious exemptions for COVID vaccine

Nation

Supporters of President Donald Trump surrounded the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.

Government reveals trove of evidence in first Jan. 6 trial

Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge

McConnell blasts RNC resolution, calling Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

World

A satellite image shows North Korea's Hoejung-ni missile operating base in February 2010.

North Korea builds missile base near China as fears of new test loom

Blockade at US-Canada border could hurt auto supply chains

Mudslide kills at least 14 people, injures 35 in Colombia

opinion

Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores walks off the field in October. Flores has sued the NFL and three teams over alleged racist hiring practices for coaches and general managers.

America’s national pastimes — football and racism

Corey Lewandowski was fired by Trump. Now, he’s advising Geoff Diehl’s campaign.

A butterfly sanctuary and the real-life implications of the far right’s web of lies

lifestyle

Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council, treats himself to a healthy lifestyle.

Happy Valentine’s Day to me!

Andrea Wang and Jason Chin’s Caldecott Medal-winning ‘Watercress’ solidifies its place in history

We wanted a bean snack to scratch our itch for a salty crunch. These were our favorites.

food & dining

Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council, treats himself to a healthy lifestyle.

Happy Valentine’s Day to me!

We wanted a bean snack to scratch our itch for a salty crunch. These were our favorites.

Bee’s Wrap goes big with produce bags

travel

We've come up with some ideas for what to name the new Frontier/Spirit airline if it happens.

Spirit and Frontier are merging, but what should the new airline be called? We have ideas.

With new Frontier flight to Cancun, Rhode Island’s ‘international’ airport will soon live up to the name

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

Arts

Artist Nick Shea, 25, does $1 sketches of passersby from a bench on Boston Common.

One hour on a bench with the $1 sketch artist of Boston Common

Conscious coupling in ‘Love Stories,’ now at Worcester Art Museum

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

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

This image released by 20th Century Studios shows, from left, Ilda Mason as Luz, Ariana DeBose as Anita, and Ana Isabelle as Rosalia in "West Side Story."

Globe critics react to the 2022 Oscar nominations list

How to watch the 2022 Oscar-nominated films

‘Power of the Dog’ tops Oscar noms with 12; ‘Dune’ nabs 10

Television

Elle Fanning (with Michael Mosley as attorney Joseph Cataldo) bears a striking resemblance to Michelle Carter in advance photos for "The Girl From Plainville."

Hulu’s ‘The Girl From Plainville’ premieres March 29

‘The Afterparty’ is a playful whodunit, but Sam Richardson’s appeal is no mystery

3 jaw-dropping moments from last night’s episode of ‘Euphoria’

music

Romanian cellist Andrei Ionita joined conductor Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic on Sunday afternoon in Symphony Hall.

Zander and Boston Philharmonic take on Shostakovich and Beethoven

Singer-songwriter Lauren Hashian is living her middle school dream

The Who to play TD Garden in May

Theater/Dance

Jeff Church, left, and Marc Pierre perform in "An Octoroon" at the Gamm Theatre in Warwick, R.I.

‘An Octoroon’ offers a challenging, heart-stirring look at the past and present

Rachel Bertone named new leader of Reagle Music Theatre

Boston-based tap dance company Subject:Matter makes ‘Songbook’ sing

globe local

Boston City Councilor and former public defender Ricardo Arroyo announced his candidacy for Suffolk district attorney in Roslindale on Tuesday.

City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo to run for Suffolk district attorney

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

Salem State University campus police officers equipped with body cameras

Obituaries

Robin Herman (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

Robin Herman, ‘perfect role model’ for female sports journalists, dies at 70

George Crumb, eclectic composer who searched for sounds, dies at 92

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