Shutdown averted as Congress passes stop-gap spending bill

Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays.

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To the bewilderment of municipal workers, taxpayers are dropping off checks to beat changes contained in the sweeping federal tax bill passed this week by Congress.

A note to Globe readers about our sexual harassment coverage

The editor of The Boston Globe confirms the identity of a former Globe journalist and addresses questions about the paper?s recent coverage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DRkBNlaW4AARLzU.jpg Snow, ice, and freezing rain could make holiday travel harder this weekend

A chilly mixture of snow, ice, and freezing rain could give travelers a bad start to their holiday weekend in Massachusetts.

Dave Epstein

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Presently it looks like snow will break out after midnight Christmas Eve, but the storm is still four days away. and things could change.

Home for the holidays

Logan Airport?s Terminal E may be one of the happiest places on Earth, as friends, families, and lovers reunite with weary travelers from far away.

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President Trump is spending the holiday season reveling in his tax overhaul victory, but the new year may bring bad tidings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MGM%20Springfield%20Lobby%20Final%20Renderings%201.jpg An early look inside the MGM Springfield casino design

MGM Springfield is drawing inspiration from famous locals as it prepares for its grand 2018 opening.

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The Trump administration is considering a new policy that would separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Kevin_Cullen_150px-12145.jpg For one family in Chelsea, a Feliz Navidad

Francisco Rodriguez is the human face of a heartless, cynical, numbers-driven roundup of hard-working undocumented immigrants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/blanding_091012_madisonpark4_Met.jpg Madison Park executive director to return

Kevin McCaskill, who holds the top leadership post at the school, has been on administrative leave since Dec. 4.

Alex Guerrero (left) is Tom Brady?s personal trainer.

Dan Shaughnessy

Is Brady?s loyalty to Guerrero summoning storm clouds over Gillette?

Tom Brady is turning into Tom Cruise ? it?s only a matter of time before he jumps on the couch with Oprah in defense of Alex Guerrero.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Sports/BostonGlobe.com/2016/01/20moresports/seasonticket_90.jpg The Season Ticket podcast

Dan Shaughnessy joins host Chris Gasper to discuss Bill Belichick?s decision to curb the privileges of Tom Brady?s personal guru, Alex Guerrero.

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Knicks 102, Celtics 93

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The Celtics were beaten in back-to-back games.

BRUINS INSTANT ANALYSIS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_BruinsvsJets_sports560copy.jpg Tuukka Rask saves Bruins in win over Winnipeg

Rask stopped 37 of 38 shots.

Pope Francis (center) attended the funeral mass of cardinal Bernard Law at St Peter's basilica in Vatican.

Pope takes part in disgraced Cardinal Law?s funeral

The funeral was not broadcast on the Vatican?s live stream as anticipated, although official statements on Law?s funeral never explicitly stated that it would be viewable online.

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1179.jpg Nikki Haley, the Trump administration?s breakout star

The former governor came to the job of UN ambassador with no foreign policy experience. She turned out to be a natural.

hiawatha bray | tech lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-6364.jpg The software that runs our lives can be bigoted and unfair. But we can fix it

Automated decision systems are in wide use. But what if the computer relied on data that was tilted against certain races or nations of origin?

A doorman checked a woman identification outside the Royale and Candibar nightclubs on Tremont St. in the Theater District in Boston.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/file 2016

Things That Work

Could a ?night mayor? awaken Boston?s sleepy night life?

Boston?s reputation for a sleepy, sometimes underwhelming night life has long been a buzzkill.

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Dick Clark Productions tells The Associated Press it has cut ties with the pageant over internal emails by pageant senior leadership, calling them ??appalling.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/154321b57fe84e39bbdce35dec976ab6-b43f9041290440b5a298fd9c16c1fd50-0.jpg What makes Will Smith?s world ?Bright? ? money, he jokes

So goes Will Smith?s tongue-in-cheek summation of why he took on what has turned into one of the worst reviewed films of the season, the big-budget Netflix release ??Bright.??

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Scott L. Montgomery

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/02142008_14polar-6470409.jpg The Alaska refuge will never be the same, drilling or not

After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is being opened to the oil industry.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Fragile%20skin.jpg A little boy?s fragile skin and stunted growth spur a search for answers

From his birth until his diagnosis almost eight years later, a little boy and his family endured an onslaught of symptoms.