President Joe Biden used his first full day in office to begin taking charge of the campaign against the coronavirus, promising to use the kind of centralized authority that the Trump administration had shied away from.

McConnell told his fellow GOP senators on a call Thursday that a short delay would give Trump time to prepare and stand up his legal team, ensuring due process.

Representative Carolyn Maloney, Democrat of New York, the chairwoman, said the request is a step toward opening a formal committee investigation into sites that may encourage violence, including Parler. It became prominent last year as a freewheeling alternative to Twitter, gaining popularity in particular among conservatives.

In part, demonstrators had gathered to protest the harsh arrest and detention practices wielded by federal immigration authorities under the Trump administration

Lieutenant General Charles Flynn's presence during a Jan. 6 call — which has not previously been reported — came weeks after his brother publicly suggested that then-President Trump declare martial law and have the US military oversee a redo of the election.

The vote clears a vital hurdle for retired General Lloyd Austin to serve as defense secretary, ahead of his expected Senate confirmation.

In the span of two and a half hours, Buttigieg advanced the case for Biden’s climate change agenda and an infusion of money to rebuild the nation’s transportation infrastructure.

Move is a sign of confidence in the Trump appointee and keeps him in place while the probe of the president's son progresses.

Local officials have expressed hope that the Biden administration would step up vaccine production. But supplies of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are running flat.

Nearly 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 were spoiled earlier this week when a cleaning contractor accidentally loosened an electric plug on a freezer at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center, officials said Thursday.

The Department of Public Health also said 88,929 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus.

President Biden is seeking a five-year extension with Russia on the only remaining treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals just days before it expires, said two senior US officials.

China on Thursday fired a parting shot at the Trump administration by announcing unprecedented sanctions against outgoing Cabinet officials and advisers, including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, as it extended a rhetorical olive branch to newly installed President Biden.

The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe, President Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic said Thursday, renewing support for an agency that the Trump administration had pulled back from.

Twin suicide bombings hit Iraq’s capital Thursday killing at least six people and wounding at least 25 others, police and state TV said.

The president’s proposed legislation would make urgently needed, sweeping changes.

Under existing rules, it isn’t necessary to conduct an impeachment trial before the full Senate.

"The coming weeks will reveal whether we are capable of the introspection required for healing."

Not drinking is not all it’s cracked up to be. Need proof? Donald Trump is a teetotaler, and a very poor advertisement for life six steps back from the bar.

Rationality, not unity, is our true national need.

"If withholding money from the worst actors in Congress surrounding the events of Jan. 6 is all that we do, shame on us."

"Former defense secretary William Perry proposes taking away the president’s power to launch nukes unilaterally."

"One who is telecommuting is still commuting, only through the wonders of modern communication technology."

"Had Kraft given him a long-term contract a few years back and surrounded him with good receivers, we would have enjoyed watching Brady play and succeed a few years longer."

Governor Charlie Baker is giving some breathing room to pandemic-pressed businesses lifting an early closure order and a related overnight stay-at-home advisory as the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations trends downward steadily.

Biden could overturn Donald Trump’s decision to open the first marine national monument in the Atlantic, off Cape Cod, to fishing. Representatives of fishing groups urged the new administration to consult them first before overturning the policies.

Schools across the country weighed the risks and benefits of camera mandates this fall, for kindergarten story time as well as college midterms. Some students fear the new policy puts a heavier burden on low-income students, who are more likely to live in small, crowded homes with unreliable Internet service.

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.

The city of Boston is discarding a plan that would have revamped Melnea Cass Boulevard, after community concerns about the environmental, social, and transportation effects of the initiative.

A vigil was held in Belmont Thursday in memory of Henry O. Tapia, who authorities allege was fatally injured when he was run over by a man in a pickup truck who used a racial epithet during the incident.

She will eventually serve as a deputy administrator at the Federal Highway Administration but will begin next week as acting administrator until a permanent leader is confirmed.

In the space of three weeks, this nation veered from insurrection to impeachment to inauguration.

The husband of actress Lori Loughlin wants to serve the remainder of his five-month prison term stemming from the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal in the couple’s Los Angeles mansion, a request opposed by federal prosecutors in Boston.

A federal magistrate agreed to release Mark G. Sahady from jail Thursday but banned out-of-state travel.

A man shot by Wakefield police Tuesday while officers conducted a well-being check on his mother is now facing a murder charge for allegedly killing the speech therapist in her home.

The lawyer is accused of breaking into a woman’s home in the predawn hours of Jan. 12 and sexually assaulted her.

State officials estimate that about 450,000 students across the state are attending some form of in-person learning, and about 75,000 staff members are working in buildings.

Today is Friday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2021. There are 343 days left in the year.

Since mid-December, Boston has rolled back its economy further than the state by closing museums, gyms, movie theaters, and other businesses. These restrictions are set to expire Wednesday, and city officials are weighing whether to extend them again.

Erickson, who was 42, had led the Trustees since 2012, and was only the fourth person — and first woman — to hold the job since the organization was founded in 1891.

Experts say the notoriously tricky federal deduction generally only applies to the self-employed.

The Dallas-based developer’s plans also call for a 730,000-square-foot building to house life sciences companies.

As the Buffalo law firm Hodgson Russ puts it, the new Equinor contracts, backed in part by BP, position New York as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the burgeoning industry in United States.

Tishman Speyer won one of the most sought-after development prizes in Boston when Harvard selected the company from a list of nearly 20 bidders to oversee development of 14 acres across from Harvard Business School.

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Revenue from the former president's Washington and Las Vegas hotels are down by more than half.

The Labor Department said 961,000 workers filed initial claims for state unemployment benefits last week. On a seasonally adjusted basis, new claims totaled 900,000.

Attorneys for some of the largest private education debt creditors have filed dozens of lawsuits in several states since at least the summer.

Labor groups celebrated Peter Robb’s dismissal and hailed it as a welcome departure from Trump administration policies they deemed hostile toward workers and unions.

Ted Thompson, whose 13-year run as Green Bay Packers general manager included their 2010 Super Bowl championship season, has died. He was 68.

The AFC and NFC title games are loaded with intrigue, but there are other notable items from the around league, too.

Jake DeBrusk scored in the shootout, and the Bruins potted four goals in the third period in an exciting 5-4 victory before an empty TD Garden.

The competition this season is formidable (Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers), but Brady has squared off with other elite quarterbacks in years past.

The government cited the pandemic, and is focusing on hosting in the next available year, 2032.

The NHL's frantic schedule means that if healthy the 33-year-old veteran will start roughly 30 to 32 games in 2021.

During his tenure in New England, Tom Brady played in 29 games with a kickoff temperature of 29 degrees or lower. The Patriots went 25-4 in those games. The Bucs have lost all 11 games they've played under that temperature.

Mahomes took the majority of first-team reps Thursday, even though he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol.

McDaniels and fellow Patriots coach Jerod Mayo both interviewed for the opening.

The school was also fined $5,000 and will be on probation for one year as punishment for recruiting violations in 2019.

The Bills (15-3) are making their first AFC Championship game appearance in 27 years and are one win short of their first Super Bowl berth since 1994.

The Celtics point guard will be allowed to ratchet up to 25-28 after being limited to 20 upon his return.

The NBA and NFL are in early talks with public health officials about getting some players vaccinated, raising the question of whether it's ethical for athletes to receive it before others.

With only two upperclassmen on the roster, Cathedral (3-2) has a starting lineup comprised of two sophomores, one freshman and two eighth graders.

The high-scoring Kizza, 22, netted 31 goals in 53 appearances over three seasons at Pitt.

The 6-foot-2-inch senior captain averaged 27.5 points and 8.5 rebounds to help the defending Div. 2 co-champions extend their winning streak to 26 games in wins over Duxbury (87-51) and Marshfield (72-51).

Bundle up and pack the snowshoes, hot cocoa, and everything you need for s’mores. You’ve got places to go.

A ferocious adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s prize-winning novel about a poor young man navigating the paradoxes of an India caught between modernity and medievalism.

The Hulu four-parter from "Luther" writer and creator Neil Cross features a strong cast and suspenseful story line.

Podcast makers are cashing in on Hollywood's appetite for content — and they have some pretty big advantages in the quest for deals.

"Look Back, Focus Forward" is the third offering of Boston Ballet's "BB@YourHome" virtual season.

This week's picks from Globe critics.

The New England Quilt Museum has its third and final installment of a series celebrating art quilt pioneers.

“Y.M.C.A.,” a party anthem and gay disco staple of the 1970s, bizarrely found new life among a crowd cheering a president who wasn’t known for his support of LGBTQ rights.

A cancer drama, based on a prize-winning Esquire memoir, that threads the needle between schmaltz and brute honesty by focusing on the human relationships radiating out from the sickbed.

Writer-director Lili Horvát has made a cool, cerebral drama that overplays the muted ambiguity, but Natasa Stork is striking in the lead.

In this darkly comic mystery-meets-character study from director Agnieszka Holland, an elderly animal lover tries to solve the crimes in a Polish village.

An austere, gorgeously shot parable of chaos and loss in modern Mexico, about a mother searching for her missing son across a devastated landscape.

This letter writer wants to be coupled. Now.

The tone of the 90-minute "Celebrating America" TV special was earnest and consistently hopeful.