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THE BATTLE FOR THE GOP

To show loyalty to Trump, Republican state officials nationwide push new voting restrictions

Republican elected officials in Montana and more than 40 other states are proposing voting restrictions to respond to the distrust in the system stoked by fact-free allegations of fraud from former president Trump.

Biden order moves to blunt GOP ‘assault’ on voting rightsThe Battle for the GOP is an ongoing series examining the growth and impact of radicalization in the Republican Party.

In bombshell interview, Markle says she contemplated suicide; family raised questions about her unborn child's skin color
Here's the latest on Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry, their first since stepping away from royal life. The two-hour interview is being aired on CBS.

Meghan tells Oprah she ‘didn’t fully understand’ royal life More than you need to know about Harry, Meghan, and Oprah ‘Three of us in this marriage’: Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir

A green barrier: To replace decrepit Bunker Hill complex, developers say, 250 trees must fall
Opponents say the loss of so many trees — some nearly a century old — would devastate the neighborhood’s thin canopy, harm air quality, and deepen health disparities faced by low-income residents.

Mass. reports 1,281 new COVID-19 cases, 41 deaths, 48,234 vaccinations Sunday

The number of coronavirus vaccinations administered in Massachusetts rose by 48,234 to 2,117,862, state officials reported Sunday.

COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Unions push Baker to back plan for firefighters to vaccinate educators, school workers

Unions representing teachers and firefighters expect to meet Wednesday with the state’s Health and Human Services secretary on the labor leaders’ proposal to have firefighters administer vaccine doses to thousands of school workers — a program they say would facilitate a more timely and convenient inoculation of educators across Massachusetts.

For Biogen, it’s been a rough ride

It started a year ago, when the Cambridge biotech’s executive conference became a COVID-19 "superspreader" event.

Adrian Walker
Michael Loconto went down in a moment of online infamy. Can he come back?
What should have been Michael Loconto’s proudest moment on the Boston School Committee — helping to engineer a huge step toward equity in the BPS — became just the opposite.

Students who remain on Boston Student Advisory Council demand changes

A group of high school students who have chosen to stay on the Boston Student Advisory Council as some of their peers resigned last week and accused an adult supervisor of psychological abuse called Sunday for significant changes to the council, including the supervisor’s resignation.

Body armor and pepper spray: Politicians can buy safety gear with campaign funds after Capitol attack
A state senator, citing the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol complex by a mob of Trump loyalists, warned that legislators and their aides in Massachusetts “may be targets for violence.”

Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it.
As numerous dispensaries prepare to open in visitor-heavy areas of Massachusetts, cannabis consumers are poised to clash with the state's ban on public pot consumption. A new bill would divert them instead to regulated, ventilated marijuana cafes.

Cuomo defiant as top New York lawmakers call on him to quit

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo again vowed Sunday not to resign following a wave of sexual harassment allegations that have come as his administration faces mounting criticism of its attempts to conceal data about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Many of us are eager for a return to fun in the sun — could it be possible this summer?

Across New England, as COVID cases continue to drop and vaccinations rise, there’s an unfamiliar feeling in the air: optimism.

City of Boston has a shot at developing Fort Point Channel neighborhood into a waterfront for all. Can it?

Boston has a chance to turn the Fort Point Channel neighborhood into the waterfront the Seaport District has failed to become. Can the city deliver, or will we see, yet again, more broken promises?

Opinion

IDEAS | JONATHAN BERK

Streets that put people first, not cars

Other cities have reconfigured their urban grids to improve public health and local economies. Boston can do it too.

Biden must boost global vaccine supply

Race-based admissions are wrong, and it’s time the Supreme Court said so

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

I fear my students will decide they prefer online classes

Tax fixes critical to keeping Mass. jobs

NBA All-Star Game notebook
Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown out of the running in All-Star 3-Point Contest
The Celtics teammates finished third and sixth, respectively, in the 3-Point Contest preceding Sunday night's All-Star Game.

Peter Abraham | On baseball
It was just spring training, but Sunday was an intriguing meeting of reliability vs. potential
Charlie Morton was there for the Red Sox to add to their rotation this winter, but Boston instead opted for Garrett Richards, a gamble better suited for a team playing more for 2022 than 2021.

DEVILS 1, BRUINS 0
Bruins have zero success in loss to Scott Wedgewood, Devils
Boston was unable to crack the New Jersey goalie, who made 40 saves, while Kyle Palmieri scored the only goal with 4:37 left in regulation.

AJ Quetta Invitational ‘a good way to celebrate and help out’ injured Bishop Feehan hockey player
The three-day tournament, organized by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and Rodman Arena owner/general manager Rob Barletta, brought together teams from Brookline, Medfield, Medway and Westwood and raised more than $25,000.

General Electric nears deal to combine aircraft-leasing unit with AerCap, report says

The deal has a value of more than $30 billion and is expected Monday, report says.

Tom Brady reportedly working on contract extension with Buccaneers
Brady currently has one year remaining on the two-year contract signed last season.

Man seriously injured in ski accident at Nashoba Valley

The man was taken by helicopter to a Boston hospital with severe injuries, officials said.

17-year-old victim of fatal Canton crash was ejected from vehicle

The teen, who was not identified, was from Natick, State Police said.

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For today’s GOP, a compassionate, competent federal government is an existential threat.

Massachusetts spent 20 years refining its own mass vaccination plan. Then it looked elsewhere
Days after federal drug regulators authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine, the state abandoned its blueprint and entrusted a handful of private companies with running its mass vaccination sites.

As Massachusetts prepares for final phase of reopening, businesses warn recovery ‘is not going to be flicking a switch’
Instead of the rapid rebound projected by economists, many local employers expect a more gradual recovery marked by fits and starts. So they’re ramping up slowly and delaying hiring decisions until the picture is clearer.

metro

Unions push Baker to back plan for firefighters to vaccinate educators, school workers
Unions representing teachers and firefighters expect to meet Wednesday with the state’s Health and Human Services secretary on the labor leaders’ proposal to have firefighters administer vaccine doses to thousands of school workers — a program they say would facilitate a more timely and convenient inoculation of educators across Massachusetts.

Michael Loconto went down in a moment of online infamy. Can he come back?

Body armor and pepper spray: Politicians can buy safety gear with campaign funds after Capitol attack

Sports

Massachusetts kids had a tough time watching New Hampshire kids play football during the fall season
Now the Tyngsborough Tigers prepare for their delayed and shortened season.

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown bow out of NBA 3-Point Contest as Stephen Curry takes crown

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown driven to success

business

Were you sent a tax form for a job you never had? Identity theft may be to blame
How many Uber drivers are out there using fake identities? Uber won’t say how many complaints it has received. But an accountant said these kinds of cases are cropping up with greater frequency,

For Biogen, it’s been a rough ride

GOP pushes bills to allow social media ‘censorship’ lawsuits

politics

THE BATTLE FOR THE GOP
To show loyalty to Trump, Republican state officials nationwide push new voting restrictions
Republican elected officials in Montana and more than 40 other states are proposing voting restrictions to respond to the distrust in the system stoked by fact-free allegations of fraud from former president Trump.

Biden order moves to blunt GOP ‘assault’ on voting rights

Manchin says he’s open to at least some filibuster reform

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
Murder, but gentler: ‘Cozy’ mysteries are a pandemic-era balm
For some, in an unfathomably complex year, a gently told tale of murder and mayhem whittles the sharp edges of reality to a manageable, smooth surface.

More than you need to know about Harry, Meghan, and Oprah

‘Coming 2 America’ flag flies at Boston Harbor Hotel as Eddie Murphy sequel premieres

arts

Grammy performers: Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B, Billie Eilish
Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B and Billie Eilish are set to perform at next week’s Grammy Awards.

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix

rhode island

RI POLITICS
‘We will get through this, together,’ R.I. Governor McKee says in inaugural speech
Former lieutenant governor steps in after Gina M. Raimondo named to President Biden’s Cabinet.

Walgreens allows R.I. teachers to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments

Central Falls lawmakers introduce bills aimed at closing Wyatt by 2028

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

See the full project

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

Nothing is good. These books about "niksen" – the art of doing nothing – help you get there.

A JP resident and her punk rock aerobics star in Green Day’s new music video

The band's "Here Comes the Shock" is set to Hilken Mancini's homemade video of moves like the "Iggy punch" and "whack jacks."

Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola is at HOME on the open mic

The theme interested the Chicago transplant long before the pandemic.

GBH’s ‘Masterpiece’ reflects on 50 Years with a new podcast

The three-part series is "a superhero origin story," according to host Jace Lacob.

‘Against all odds,’ Peabody Essex show leads to discovery of second Jacob Lawrence painting

The piece was hanging all these years in a nurse's apartment on the Upper West Side.

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don’t put George Floyd on trial.

Marcela García

At Boston’s public exam schools, it’s equity vs. privilege

George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. Walker

Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19

All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities

Flavia C. Peréa

Dear Mayor Joe Curtatone, what happened to my son embodies the school-to-prison pipeline

IDEAS | Rachel Rebouché and Mary Ziegler

Could Roe v. Wade really become ‘the law of the land’?

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The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

A plant lover's guide to 16 gorgeous gardens and arboretums

30,000 steps on Cape Cod: A three-day walking tour

The pandemic revealed our food system is broken. We can fix it.

Forget winter with these 4 tropical desserts

sports

As winter winds down, high school football in March heats up with scrimmages across Massachusetts

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown out of the running in All-Star 3-Point Contest

Kyle Larson returns to Victory Lane with win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

metro

Joyce McDaniel, role model for women sculptors in welding, dies at 84

A green barrier: To replace decrepit Bunker Hill complex, developers say, 250 trees must fall

‘We will get through this, together,’ R.I. Governor McKee says in inaugural speech

Nation

Meghan tells Oprah she ‘didn’t fully understand’ royal life

Live updates: Meghan says royal family wouldn’t protect her

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

World

‘Three of us in this marriage’: Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir

At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts

Iranian-British national ends 5-year sentence in spy case

politics

Biden marking ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order

Senate approves $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, including checks for many Americans

Biden getting first shot at making mark on federal judiciary

business

Here’s what you need to know about the stimulus bill

Third ex-Cuomo aide recounts inappropriate behavior, report says

Thousands of Microsoft customers may have been victims of hack tied to China

lifestyle

Gillian Anderson on Alec Baldwin’s accent snark, and Prince Harry’s view of ‘The Crown’

Get lost inside a masterpiece with ‘Imagine Van Gogh’

Ben Affleck (and his Dunkin’ iced coffee) arrives in Back Bay Friday to shoot ‘The Tender Bar’

marijuana

Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it.

Mass. marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

Marijuana company sues Boston zoning board over rejection

opinion

Biden must boost global vaccine supply

Streets that put people first, not cars

Race-based admissions are wrong, and it’s time the Supreme Court said so

food & dining

Rutchada Thai Cuisine was ‘meant to be’

A tavern comes to Brookline; a beer hall opens in Belmont; and Del’s Lemonade plans a Massachusetts flagship

At The Federal, a miracle to go: perfectly cooked steak

travel

Drew Bledsoe loves the beach but would also happily tackle a visit to Siberia

Advice for planning that family reunion you just can’t wait to have

My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England

Books

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

Human nature and ‘Beloved Beasts’

Anne Lamott ponders life’s third act in ‘Dusk, Night, Dawn’

Movies

In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic

Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’

Yale banners and signs pop up near Harvard Square for George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’

Television

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix

Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain

Next up on the series revival list: ‘Party Down’

music

For NEC students, it’s been a year of improvising

With another album in the works, singer Lizzy McAlpine has left Berklee behind

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet celebrates Jorma Elo in a rich program of new work and past highlights

On your screen but outside the box: Theater companies rise to a creative challenge

Stars to come out (remotely) for a new Boston clinic for homeless women

globe local

A lost year, chronicled through art

Should the federal minimum wage be increased to $15?

Beverly Beckham: The love he gave keeps his grieving family going

Obituaries

Joyce McDaniel, role model for women sculptors in welding, dies at 84

Robert R. Glauber, Harvard professor who led Black Monday presidential commission, dies at 81

Priscilla Read Chenoweth, who won freedom for a stranger, dies at 90