Monday, January 3, 2022 View web version
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Transportation

Still no improved Mattapan trolleys nearly five years after $7.9m MBTA investment announced

The MBTA vehicle maintenance team working on refurbishing the Mattapan trolley line is more than two years behind schedule, frustrating elected officials who have long advocated for improvements. Continue reading →

Marijuana

Legal and scientific experts sharply question proposed crackdown on drugged driving

A number of the Baker administration’s highest-ranking public safety officials urged lawmakers to advance the bill, but prominent experts are stepping forward to warn the plan is fundamentally flawed. Continue reading →

Health

As Omicron surges, so, too, do fear and frustration for immunocompromised people

The pandemic has sent immunocompromised folks on an especially jagged roller-coaster ride – hope for a vaccine, soon dashed by the discovery that vaccines don’t adequately protect them; then hope for preventive treatment, dashed by the news that the treatment is in short supply. Continue reading →

Education

Schools, businesses brace for chaotic return from winter break amid Omicron spike

The pandemic’s unrelenting waves haunt working parents who don’t have anyone to look after their kids if school is closed, small businesses who depend on in-person purchases, teachers and other workers who do not have the option to do their jobs from home, and health care workers who burned out long ago. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Left and center-left both claim Stacey Abrams. Who’s right?

To left-leaning Democrats, Stacey Abrams, who is making her second run for Georgia governor, is a superstar: a nationally recognized voting-rights champion, a symbol of her state’s changing demographics, and a political visionary who registered and mobilized tens of thousands of new voters — the kind of grass-roots organizing that progressives have long preached. Continue reading →

Nation

Fauci says US officials may soon add testing component to new 5-day isolation period

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that US health officials are considering recommending that Americans get tested for the coronavirus before going back to work under the shortened isolation protocol they recently introduced. Continue reading →

Climate

Massachusetts’ biggest climate wins and losses of 2021

Four climate experts weigh in on what the state accomplished this year, and what to look forward to in 2022. Continue reading →

The World

World

South African Parliament buildings ‘gutted’ after large fire

A large fire at South Africa’s Houses of Parliament on Sunday sent flames and smoke billowing from rooftops and fire crews racing to save the historic structures. Continue reading →

World

South Korea says unknown person crossed heavily armed border into North

The South Korean military said Sunday that an unidentified person had crossed the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea, its latest security lapse at one of the world’s most heavily armed borders. Continue reading →

World

Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, resigns

Sudan’s prime minister, who was ousted in a military coup but reinstated over a month ago, resigned from office Sunday, in the latest upheaval to disrupt the country’s shaky transition to democracy from dictatorship. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Jan. 6 proved that what happens online doesn’t stay online

The storming of the US Capitol provided a number of lessons in terms of how unprepared institutions are for the reality of today’s information ecosystem. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The state’s high court backed police who frisked a Black man under questionable circumstances. Don’t take the decision too far.

One hunch proven right should not open the floodgates for police encounters based on racial bias. Continue reading →

OPINION

The coup is still underway

Make no mistake — an aspiring dictator, egged on by his allies in Congress, failed to hold on to power this time. But those very same people haven’t given up. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

A year after Boston City Council approval, family homelessness commission yet to meet

More than a year after the Boston City Council approved creating a commission to end family homelessness, the panel has yet to meet and is still without a director to guide its work. Continue reading →

RI HEALTH

Inside a R.I. hospital in crisis

The Globe went inside Kent Hospital, where the room to give families bad news was converted to a room for COVID patients, as others are treated in tents outside. Continue reading →

Metro

Today in History

Today is Monday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2022. There are 362 days left in the year. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins 5, Red Wings 1

Bruins sweep away Red Wings with dominant third period

The Bruins struck three times in the final stanza to put away the Red Wings. Continue reading →

Patriots 50, Jaguars 10

With clueless Jaguars compliant, good times roll all day for Patriots

The Patriots erased the bad memories of back-to-back losses with precision in a pounding of the hapless Jaguars. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Antonio Brown’s bizarre walkoff — during the game — signals his end in Tampa Bay, but is anyone actually surprised?

If there are issues of mental health, here’s hoping Brown gets professional and reliable help. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘They have massive influence.’ How Raytheon turned a potentially hard year into a good one.

With a new administration arriving in Washington, analysts said 2021 could be a tough year for Waltham-based Raytheon. It didn't work out that way. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Mary Richardson, pioneering female anchor and ‘Chronicle’ cohost, dies at 76

With a fearless approach to reporting, Ms. Richardson cohosted "Chronicle" for more than a quarter century. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Betty White’s fans feared her death for years. But the ‘Golden Girls’ actress wasn’t afraid of dying.

Whenever Betty White was asked if she was afraid of dying, the legendary comic actress pointed to the teachings of her mother and the comfort she had in finding out "the secret." Continue reading →

Names

In film and theater, intimacy coordinators and directors redefine how to practice safe sets

Meet the professionals who have been adding a new meaning to “lights, camera, action.” Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Loyal stepdad has had it with snobbish family members

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →