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‘I don’t think we’re back to square one.’ Beth Israel races to find out how much vaccines protect against Omicron

The hospital’s researchers are part of a global effort to understand the fast-spreading variant.
Omicron variant detected in vaccinated Minnesota man who traveled to NYC
THE LATEST COVID-19 NEWS

US is still battling Delta variant as Omicron arrives

Markey and Warren defend Suffolk DA Rollins in debate over her US attorney nomination ahead of key Senate vote

In impassioned speeches on the US Senate floor Thursday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey urged their colleagues to back the nomination of Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins to serve as US attorney for Massachusetts, hours before a key expected vote on the matter.

TRAVEL
The beach at Little Water Cay, more popularly known as Iguana Cay, off South Caicos.
Headed to the Caribbean this winter? The COVID-19 restrictions are as varied as the islands themselves
If you want to play in the warm sand, you’ll need to do your homework first.

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
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Lights illuminated the Boston Christmas tree during the 2015 Christmas tree lighting.

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

It’s that time of year where every walk around the block feels like a stroll through a storybook, and we want to connect readers to all the best spots around Boston to revel in the holiday spirit.
Marcus Smart's heart and hustle are undeniable, but so is his shaky outside shooting.
christopher l. gasper

The Celtics need to break up their core, and Marcus Smart is the one to go

The core of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Smart looks maxed out, and Smart is the most expendable piece.
In Week 11, the Colts' Jonathan Taylor rushed for 185 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-15 rout of the Bills.
ben volin | on football

Why are Josh Allen and the Bills in a funk entering Monday’s showdown vs. the Patriots?

The numbers look dominant on paper, but Buffalo actually hasn't been playing all that well since its bye week.
Why the screen pass has reemerged as a potent weapon in the Patriots offense
Opinion
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, then a law professor, signed a 2006 newspaper advertisement opposing “abortion on demand.”
Nancy Gertner

The stench at the Supreme Court

The science on which Roe v. Wade was based has not changed. What has changed is the court’s membership and their originalist interpretation of the Constitution.
Then State Representative Jim Lyons outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in Boston in 2014.
SCOT LEHIGH

Mass GOP chairman Jim Lyons, a man with visions, is stalked by the cruel reality of a less imaginative world

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, a three-time Olympian, in 2017. She disappeared from public view after accusing a Chinese official of sexual assault. Because of concerns about her well-being, the women’s professional tennis tour has suspended tournaments in China.
IDEAS | BRIAN ALEXANDER

The case for an athletes’ boycott of the China Olympics

A new transgender flag was hoisted at the Mass. State House on June 12, 2020 to honor the 50th anniversary of the Pride parade.
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts lawmakers must protect the rights of LGBTQ and other parents

Students sit in an AP class at Cambridge Rindge and Latin in this January 2020 file photo.
LETTERS

Student walkout in Cambridge is an urgent call to action on sexual assaults

Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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David Dastmalchian attends the UK Special Screening of "Dune" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on October 18, 2021 in London, England.
‘Boston Strangler’ cast grows as filming is set to begin in Mass. on Monday
The latest star to join the cast of the upcoming “Boston Strangler” movie is David Dastmalchian, known for his recent roles in “Dune” and “Suicide Squad.” “Boston Strangler” begins shooting around the city and suburbs on Monday.

The state seal with Rhode Island's full former name appears on a rug in the state room, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, at the Rhode Island State House, in Providence, R.I.
A year later, Rhode Island buildings still say ‘Providence Plantations’
In 2020, Rhode Islanders voted to remove “Providence Plantations” from the state’s official name. While the words disappeared from websites and paperwork, it’s harder to strip them out elsewhere.

MISS CONDUCT
Our unvaccinated family is mad we’re not coming for the holidays. What can we do?
An important relationship could become even more strained.

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The pop-up ski lodge at Publico in South Boston.
Dear Annie opens in Cambridge; eat at Eataly for Globe Santa
Plus, a Southie ski lodge and a spice-eating contest.

Photos of three of the victims were placed on the window of a business in Oxford, Mich., on Wednesday.
Who are the victims of the Oxford High School shooting?
The four teenagers killed by a fellow student at Oxford High School in Michigan were being remembered for their commitment to athletics, art, and family.

high school football
Yorlan Gil Herrera hoists the trophy after Swampscott beat North Reading in the Division 5 Super Bowl.
Live updates: Marblehead, North Attleborough face off for Division 3 Super Bowl
The Globe will have live updates from every Super Bowl game.

What we mean by Black Girl Magic

Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another.
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What we mean by Black Girl Magic
Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another. (Created and produced by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff, Directed and edited by Katherine Otuechere, First Assistant Directors Chaney Carlson-Bullock and Daymian Mejia, Supervising Producer Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Illustrations by Paula Champagne, Photos by Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff, Katherine Otuechere/Special to the Globe, Ally Schmaling/Handout)
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The long shadow of COVID-19 lingers
The crush of COVID exacerbates the challenges of parenting that exist in more normal times and has been behind many requests for help this holiday season.

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From left, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey, and former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh at the unveiling of a specially equipped mobile van, dubbed CareZone.

Maura Healey? Marty Walsh? With Baker out, who might run for governor of Massachusetts?

Among the hopefuls who could join the four major candidates already in the race: the state’s attorney general and a former Boston mayor.

A woman was tested for COVID-19 near Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday.
COVID infections in Mass. reach highest level in months, while first Omicron case in US is identified
Thanksgiving was probably a factor in the Massachusetts numbers, doctors say.

Sometime after March 18, 1990, Boston jeweler Paul Calantropo says he was shown a recently stolen eagle finial from Napoleon’s Imperial Guard by a friend. It was one of 13 artworks recently stolen in a robbery of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
More than 30 years later, a tantalizing clue in the Gardner Museum art heist surfaces
Former Boston jeweler Paul Calantropo revealed that in 1990, his friend Bobby Donati showed him the eagle finial from Napoleon’s Imperial Guard, one of the 13 pieces of artwork, including Rembrandts, that had recently been stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

HP Component Take 2 Lynnfield Most Wanted
Hiding in plain sight: How one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives led a quiet life in Lynnfield
To those who knew him, Tom Randele had all the hallmarks of a regular guy. He was an avid golfer and car enthusiast. His wife worked for the town, and they owned a modest home on a quiet cul-de-sac. But Randele had a secret — something he’d been hiding for 52 years.

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Culture & Lifestyle

The Boston Common Frog Pond ice skating rink will open again this season after the pandemic forced it to stay closed last winter.

Six places to ice skate outdoors in and around Boston

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theatre Tuesday, the first of four nights there.
MUSIC REVIEW

At the Orpheum, Tedeschi Trucks Band can’t miss, and doesn’t

Playing Where Should We Begin -- A Game of Stories, created by Esther Perel.
Working On It

Therapist and podcast star Esther Perel has made a card game to help players get closer

Lola's boasts unique vintage finds and one-of-a-kind designs in Cambridge.

Lola’s one-of-a-kind designs find a home in Central Square

Special Projects

Special Report

In Harm’s Way

Nearly 18 months after the pandemic shuttered much of the world, we are still in a state of uncertainty. This special report is meant to reinforce a simple fact: The only way out is vaccination. For every eligible person. Now.
Jeneé Osterheldt

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

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.
Globe Magazine

The 2021 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The Commonwealth Institute and the Globe Magazine partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A Ukrainian serviceman keeps watch on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Nov. 25.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The best-case scenario in Ukraine

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington on Nov. 30.
Edward J. Markey

Federal Reserve’s Powell lacks leadership on climate change

Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, listens as President Biden speaks in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22.
Kenneth Rogoff

In reappointing the Federal Reserve chair, Biden asserts his independence — and the central bank’s

Charlie Baker’s decision not to seek a third term will touch off an intraparty battle for the soul and control of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
SCOT LEHIGH

Baker’s exit creates a huge vacuum

What footprint did Charlie Baker leave as governor? How is Massachusetts different today from when he first took office?
Joan Vennochi

Charlie Baker leaves on his terms. Where does that leave Massachusetts?

IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

When pets kill

Metro

Don Demeter, a Dodger star of the future who wasn’t, dies at 86

He also roamed the outfield for the Boston Red Sox for parts of the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
KEVIN CULLEN

Charlie Baker and the demise of the Yankee Republican

Long a fixture in New England politics, Yankee Republicans like Baker are increasingly rare.

Markey and Warren defend Suffolk DA Rollins in debate over her US attorney nomination ahead of key Senate vote

In impassioned speeches on the US Senate floor Thursday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey urged their colleagues to back the nomination of Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins to serve as US attorney for Massachusetts, hours before a key expected vote on the matter.
Coronavirus Live Updates

US is still battling Delta variant as Omicron arrives

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

Sports

Yorlan Gil Herrera hoists the trophy after Swampscott beat North Reading in the Division 5 Super Bowl.
high school football

Live updates: Marblehead, North Attleborough face off for Division 3 Super Bowl

The Globe will have live updates from every Super Bowl game.
Mr. Demeter, playing third base for the Philadelphia Phillies, awaited a throw as Willie Mays slid at Connie Mack Stadium on July 14, 1962 in Philadelphia.

Don Demeter, a Dodger star of the future who wasn’t, dies at 86

He also roamed the outfield for the Boston Red Sox for parts of the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred held at a press conference at the Rangers ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Thursday.

On first day of baseball lockout, the sides come out blaming each other

Though negotiations broke off and no more have been scheduled, both sides insisted that a deal eventually will get done.
revolution

Four Revolution players are named to MLS’s Best XI team

patriots notebook

Why the screen pass has reemerged as a potent weapon in the Patriots offense

christopher l. gasper

The Celtics need to break up their core, and Marcus Smart is the one to go

Business

INNOVATION BEAT

Hey Alexa, can you add even more jobs in Boston?

The team running Amazon’s digital assistant is local — and expanding.

Lawmakers in DC reach deal on spending bill, but hurdles remain to avoid government shutdown

The House was expected to take up the spending measure later in the day. It would extend spending to Feb. 18, keeping it at current levels, though $7 billion is included to support Afghanistan evacuees.
THE BIG IDEA | Kara Miller

How to fight COVID, again and again: rapid tests

Cambridge startup wants to fill the ‘skills gap’ with AI assistance

STAT

Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department at UCSF, stands for a portrait at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Oakland, Calif.
‘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.

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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.

Funeral goers sing during a service for Daisy Pace at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in January 2021.
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.

Boston, MA -- 05/12/21 -- Dr. Matthew Carty examines patient Jerry Majethic at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital on May 12, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
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
Ruth Negga (left) and Tessa Thompson in "Passing," the new film based on the Nella Larsen novel.
PERSPECTIVE

Racial ‘passing’ is still a reality. Here’s why I embraced my complex identity

Broccoli and Kimchi Fried Rice With “Poached” Eggs.
Cooking

Recipes: The secret to great homemade fried rice

Two skaters at the public skating rink at Place d’Youville in Quebec City.
Winter Travel

A road trip to Quebec City’s dazzling winter carnival

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MISS CONDUCT

How do I stop family from commenting on my weight?

metro

The health director of the city of San Francisco, Dr. Grant Colfax, talks about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus during a news conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021.

Delays in US’s genomic surveillance system may have been factor in slow detection of Omicron cases

A year later, Rhode Island buildings still say ‘Providence Plantations’

COVID-19 numbers have been rising sharply in Mass. These 7 charts show just how fast

sports

In Week 11, the Colts' Jonathan Taylor rushed for 185 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-15 rout of the Bills.

Why are Josh Allen and the Bills in a funk entering Monday’s showdown vs. the Patriots?

Teams commit to more than $1.4 billion in contracts in hours before MLB lockout

The MLB lockout begins: Owners start first work stoppage in 26 years as CBA expires

business

A sign advertising the need for a mechanic stands in the back of aged Chevrolet pickup truck along South Broadway Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in Englewood, Colo.

US jobless claims remain low following last week’s plunge

UK court backs Meghan in dispute over privacy with publisher

CNN and Chris Cuomo face difficult questions after anchor’s suspension

politics

Governor Charlie Baker spoke to the media in Worcester a day after announcing he would not run again.

2022 is supposed to be a banner year for Republicans, so why are three of the region’s top Republicans passing on big contests?

‘We need to be ready’: Biden launches winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign

Biden administration will resume Trump policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

Nation

The American flag flies at half-staff on Thursday outside of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich.

Gun was ‘freely available’ to Michigan high school shooter, says prosecutor, as charges are considered against boy’s parents

Omicron variant detected in vaccinated Minnesota man who traveled to NYC

US is still battling Delta variant as Omicron arrives

World

Migrant children on the border with Poland in Bruzgi, Belarus, on Nov. 17, 2021.

New EU measures set to restrict asylum rights at Belarus border

Months after Myanmar’s coup, worries of civil war

Putin and West spar over NATO’s military ties to Ukraine

opinion

A Ukrainian serviceman keeps watch on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Nov. 25.

The best-case scenario in Ukraine

We need to do more to include people with disabilities in measure of health care quality

State will have its metrics — people and their caregivers, meanwhile, will have their daily challenges

lifestyle

Lights illuminated the Boston Christmas tree during the 2015 Christmas tree lighting.

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

Dear Annie opens in Cambridge; eat at Eataly for Globe Santa

‘Boston Strangler’ cast grows as filming is set to begin in Mass. on Monday

food & dining

The pop-up ski lodge at Publico in South Boston.

Dear Annie opens in Cambridge; eat at Eataly for Globe Santa

Mecha Noodle Bar plans to open in Boston’s Fort Point and Brookline’s Coolidge Corner

This rom-com-ready shop is cheesy in all the right ways

travel

The dive shop at Small Hope Bay Lodge juts out into the crystal clear water.

The wildest place in the Bahamas

Summer camps, music fests, and a clever portable bedroll

Lucien Fuller has a lot to juggle

Arts

An installation view of Artemisia Gentileschi's "Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes," 1623-25, at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Taking justice into her own hands

Critic’s notebook: ‘I write love songs for people who live in a democracy’

Two quilts. One shared grief

Books

The mystery of Garbo

At the bottom of the bottle in ‘Bright Burning Things’

A neuroscientist on the science of reading

Movies

Thomas Mitchell (left), Donna Reed (third from left), and Jimmy Stewart (center) in "It's a Wonderful Life."

Attention must be paid, but maybe a different kind, as ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ turns 75

‘Boston Strangler’ cast grows as filming is set to begin in Mass. on Monday

What happened in China when government edict collided with family preferences

Television

Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key (pictured in background) star in "Schmigadoon!”

‘Schmigadoon!’ sends up old musicals while sending relevant messages

In HBO’s ‘Landscapers,’ two great performances emerge from a thicket of stylized storytelling

Milioti, Romano make ‘Made for Love’ something special

music

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theatre Tuesday, the first of four nights there.

At the Orpheum, Tedeschi Trucks Band can’t miss, and doesn’t

Rick Berlin’s stuff has a lot of stories to tell

Boston Early Music Festival’s double bill delivered sensory feast this Thanksgiving weekend

Theater/Dance

With green screens as a backdrop, Igor Golyak (seated, right) directs a rehearsal of Arlekin Players Theatre’s virtual production of "Witness" in Needham.

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

A ‘Hamilton’ dream come true

Boston Ballet has returned to the Opera House at last with ‘The Nutcracker’

globe local

A view of the bridge above the dam from across Bullough’s Pond in September.

Newton picks firm to design rehabilitation of Bullough’s Pond Dam

Newton Nomadic Theatre stages one-woman show at Nathaniel Allen House

Steel costs, contract issues delay 10 solar projects in Newton

Obituaries

Mr. Demeter, playing third base for the Philadelphia Phillies, awaited a throw as Willie Mays slid at Connie Mack Stadium on July 14, 1962 in Philadelphia.

Don Demeter, a Dodger star of the future who wasn’t, dies at 86

Adolfo, designer who dressed Nancy Reagan, dies at 98

Lee Elder, barrier-breaking Black golfer, dies at 87