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Politics may have influenced prescribing of ineffective COVID-19 treatments, study suggests

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Mass. General pays $14.6 million to settle whistle-blower suit over concurrent surgeries
Anesthesiologist Lisa Wollman alleged that at least five orthopedic surgeons regularly kept patients under anesthesia longer than medically necessary because the doctors were juggling two operations at once.

Russia ‘uncoiling and poised to strike,’ US defense chief says, as Moscow conducts nuclear drills
Russia conducted massive nuclear drills on Saturday with Vladimir Putin watching from the Kremlin. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin assured the three Baltic nations Saturday that they would not be on their own if faced with security threats from Russia.

Ukraine rebels order troop mobilization amid invasion fears

Sanctions against Russia could include cutting access to financial markets and high-tech

Mayor Wu lifts proof of vaccine mandate due to improving COVID-19 conditions

Mayor Michelle Wu ended Boston’s proof-of-vaccination requirement for indoor dining, gyms, and entertainment venues Friday evening.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Breaking down the NFL’s quarterback market for 2022

Teams that are in the market for a new starter include the Broncos, Buccaneers, Panthers, Commanders, Saints, and Steelers.
ADRIAN WALKER

Dead attorney’s racist social media posts prompt calls for new trials

Richard Doyle had a history of posting racist and anti-Muslim posts on Facebook.

Where does Joe Rogan draw the line?

The podcaster has drawn fire for leveraging his massive platform to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, and for using racist language. The Newton native has plenty of defenders, but many others believe a comeuppance is overdue.
Opinion
LETTERS

Winter Olympics stagger to a close

The Olympics have been dying a slow death for decades since professionals were allowed into the arena. This year’s production, with its blatant rules-bending, has assured that my children and many others will never again watch.
IDEAS | ALOLIKA DUTTA

A poet in India finds inspiration in photographs of polar bears in Russia

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Bring back the woolly mammoth? Steal DNA? The prospects and pitfalls of rewriting life.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Oh my guac! The truth behind the short-lived avocado crisis of 2022.

EDITORIAL

Let police in Mass. snoop more often — with judicial approval

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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.
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A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York
Former president Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week. Here’s a look at the flurry of developments.

CNN executive was ousted after discussing interview topics with Andrew Cuomo
An internal investigation found that a top executive, Allison Gollust, had extensive communications with then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Man in wheelchair killed by hit-and-run driver in Worcester
The driver, Charles Brant, 40, of Boylston, was charged with leaving the scene of a collision causing death, according to the Worcester Police Department.

The top 10 possible Republican presidential candidates for 2024, ranked
Donald Trump is a big favorite among Republicans for another run for the White House. But the GOP has other possible candidates.

Black History
Ellen S. Jackson: a leader of desegregation movement of Boston Public Schools
Ellen Swepson Jackson, a Boston civil rights activist, was determined to give all children equal access to education. Her actions helped to pave the way for the desegregation of Boston Public Schools.

The Manchester-by-the-Sea home where Ghislaine Maxwell lived to list for $7.3 million
The waterfront mansion where Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell lived prior to her sex trafficking arrest is coming to the market for $7.295 million, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

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Boston wants to bring outdoor dining back to the North End. The neighbors aren’t happy about it.

The City of Boston wants to make a stretch of Hanover Street a one-way street for several months as part of its outdoor dining plan, which has drawn heavy skepticism and pushback from some neighborhood residents.

The RMV wants her son to take a road test or lose his license. But she says he already took one — and now lives in the Midwest.
Betsy Braconi said she knows her son took a road test two years ago because she was at the Brockton RMV when he did.

How Jamaica Plain’s Video Underground rental store is surviving the streaming era
To compete with the many available streaming services, the Video Underground DVD rental store in Jamaica Plain has had to diversify its offerings.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.
Two researchers spent five years visiting 10 vastly different campuses. Their sobering conclusion: The field of higher education is going to need some big changes.

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Culture & Lifestyle

MATTHEW GILBERT

‘Law & Order’ should have remained a closed case

Paul McCartney has a date at Fenway Park on June 7

New York and Boston mix when Dance Now returns to Cambridge for two weekends

BOOKS

Boston teacher creates online bookstore for Black children

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

EDITORIAL

Wu’s proposed real estate transfer tax deserves Legislature’s blessing

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Canada declared a national emergency for this?

David Allen Sibley

A Steller’s Sea-Eagle is one for every birder’s life list

IDEAS | HEATHER E. GOODMAN

In spelling, there’s always room for ‘improvemeant’

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

I don’t need Eminem’s knee. I need the NFL to own its systemic racism problem.

IDEAS | JOE KEOHANE

Why does parenthood make us nostalgic?

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Politics may have influenced prescribing of ineffective COVID-19 treatments, study suggests

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.
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Rhode Island political news: February 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Skies cleared and power mostly restored, after strong winds and heavy rain blanket eastern Mass.

The highest winds were recorded on Cape Cod, where they reached 81 miles per hour at Hatch Beach in Eastham, 64 miles per hour in Chatham, and 59 miles per hour in Woods Hole in Falmouth. On the South Shore, winds of 61 miles per hour were recorded at the Hull Yacht Club, and 56 miles per hour in Duxbury, the service said Friday evening.

Man arrested for allegedly hitting Boylston officer with car, fleeing

Bryan Walker, 38, of Fitchburg is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and battery of a police officer and with a dangerous weapon, trafficking cocaine over 36 grams and reckless operation of a car among other charges, State Police said Friday.

Sports

Olympics

Slovakia men beat Sweden for bronze, nation’s first Olympic hockey medal

Juraj Slafovsky scored twice to deliver the country's first Olympic hockey medal on Saturday.
2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

2022 Winter Olympics: See tonight’s primetime schedule

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

Sui Wenjing, Han Cong earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skating; Americans out of medals

The Chinese pair redeemed heartbreak from four years ago on home ice in Beijing.
Olympics

More bobsled gold for Germany, more history for Elana Meyers Taylor

Major League Baseball

Why is service time manipulation so important to players in MLB labor talks? Consider the case of Nick Pivetta.

Sports media | Chad Finn

NBC’s Olympic figure skating team exuded empathy during an unprecedented event

Business

Sanctions against Russia could include cutting access to financial markets and high-tech

Moscow would have its access to financial markets and high-tech goods limited under Western sanctions being prepared in case Russia attacks Ukraine, one of the European Union’s top officials said Saturday.

CNN executive was ousted after discussing interview topics with Andrew Cuomo

An internal investigation found that a top executive, Allison Gollust, had extensive communications with then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Spotlight Follow-up

Mass. General pays $14.6 million to settle whistle-blower suit over concurrent surgeries

Anxious car buyers find themselves watching the same (smoldering) boat

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.

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Globe Magazine

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

GLOBE MAGAZINE

No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.

PERSPECTIVE

If we love our pets so much, why do we treat their veterinarians so poorly?

Cooking

Recipes: Sturdy and sweet, kale amps up the flavor and texture of 3 dishes

metro

Athol man charged with using riot shield against police during Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

Dead attorney’s racist social media posts prompt calls for new trials

Leslie Parnas, celebrated cellist and musical diplomat, dies at 90

sports

Talented Oilers get a bump with move to Jay Woodcroft behind the bench

Baseball will survive, but its prominence continues to take a dive

After trade, Ben Simmons’s mental state could be the big winner

business

US paves way for resumption of Mexico avocado exports

Fed overhauls investment and trading rules following resignations of top officials

Roxbury’s Frugal Bookstore garners donations after weekend fire

politics

The top 10 possible Republican presidential candidates for 2024, ranked

Harris warns Russia of unprecedented sanctions if it invades

A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York

Nation

The top 10 possible Republican presidential candidates for 2024, ranked

Politics may have influenced prescribing of ineffective COVID-19 treatments, study suggests

Harris warns Russia of unprecedented sanctions if it invades

World

Sanctions against Russia could include cutting access to financial markets and high-tech

Modeling agent close to Epstein found dead in French jail

Russia ‘uncoiling and poised to strike,’ US defense chief says, as Moscow conducts nuclear drills

opinion

Tom Brady’s run holds a lesson for K-12 education

Grid operator: Measured transition makes way for clean energy

Instant ice cream, from state that brought us instant photos

lifestyle

The Manchester-by-the-Sea home where Ghislaine Maxwell lived to list for $7.3 million

How Jamaica Plain’s Video Underground rental store is surviving the streaming era

At what point should we break up?

food & dining

Mooo moves into the Seaport; Ruckus returns to Chinatown

A friendly Brookline spot serves traditional food the way it’s made in Anatolia

5 restaurants to visit when you want to get away

travel

Expedia CEO predicts the ‘busiest travel season ever’ this summer

These days, apres-ski can mean coaster rides and ziplining

The funkiest, baddest ‘burg in Florida

Arts

Kerry Tribe uses language as a medium in ‘Onomatopoeia’

At the Gardner, Zanele Muholi contains and represents multitudes

Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born artist who won fame at 89, dies at 106

Books

In Neal Thompson’s ‘The First Kennedys,’ how one brave widow built an American dynasty

Garrett Hongo: reading through Los Angeles and Hawaii

Maud Casey’s fourth novel takes us inside an asylum for women

Movies

Volcanic activity, an ‘Alien’ sighting, inscrutable icons

A Baltic state of mind

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley call off engagement, reports say

Television

With Jeff Bridges in remission, ‘The Old Man’ is set for summer

‘Law & Order’ should have remained a closed case

Olivia Colman’s presence raises ‘Expectations’ for miniseries

music

At BSO, Blomstedt returns with glowing Bruckner

Paul McCartney has a date at Fenway Park on June 7

Singer Lilly Hiatt shares moments of introspection from the ‘unrest’ in her soul

Theater/Dance

An array of Donnas in ‘Summer,’ a musical that sets out to capture a rich and complex life

Before she left Boston, Donna Summer found her voice

A vision of Miriam Makeba in ‘Dreaming Zenzile’

globe local

Framingham Eagle Scout gives back to Perkins School for the Blind

Maynard’s pollinator meadow puts native species first

Can shabby shopping plazas become vibrant new villages?

Obituaries

Leslie Parnas, celebrated cellist and musical diplomat, dies at 90

Minnesota Representative Jim Hagedorn dies at 59 after cancer battle

Cocoanut Grove fire survivor Christian Gerhard, 97, strove to increase literacy