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Iran launches rockets at Iraq bases that host US troops
Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraqi air bases housing US troops and warning the US and its allies not to retaliate. "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression," Iran's foreign minister said. 2:55 a.m.

'All is well!': Trump responds to attacks in tweet, says he will make statement Wednesday

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the attacks, according to officials, but at least one of the missiles appeared to have struck a plane at the base, igniting a fire. It was not immediately clear whether it was an Iraqi or US jet.

Warren says Americans ?do not want war with Iran?

 Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions Trump backtracks from threat to attack Iranian cultural sites US stock futures fall, oil prices jump in wake of strikes

What we know about the bases Iran attacked

A sprawling air base in western Iraq that hosted President Donald Trump during his first visit to a combat zone as commander in chief was one of two military installations that came under ballistic missile attack by Iran early Wednesday.
US contractor killed in Iraq in Dec. buried in California
Developing

Ukrainian Boeing 737 crashes near Iran?s capital, killing 176

Ukraine's foreign minister says that Iranian, Canadian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Afghan, British and German nationals were killed in the Ukrainian plane crash just outside Tehran. The crash is suspected to have been caused by mechanical issues. 2 minutes ago

McConnell says he will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has secured the Republican votes needed to start President Donald Trump?s impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses.

State of the City

Adrian Walker
Can Mayor Marty Walsh tackle the city?s big issues? Tuesday?s speech offered some answers
In his State of the City speech, Mayor Martin J. Walsh unveiled ambitious proposals to address education and housing in the city. As he reached the midway point of his second term, his ability to get big things done will be closely watched.

Walsh challenges state officials to act on transportation in annual State of the City speech

A Boston question stumped Ken Jennings on ?Jeopardy! GOAT? Tuesday night
Boston history buffs must be slapping their foreheads over this one.

Snow departing Boston early Wednesday ahead of cold, windy conditions

Although snow is moving offshore Wednesday morning, it's likely to get windy in Boston and southeastern parts of the state in the afternoon and evening. 46 minutes ago

opinion

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Black distrust deepens against the medical community
EDITORIAL

Let nurse practitioners work alone
OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

John Bolton puts the Senate on trial
Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

Trump has no idea what he?s doing with Iran

MATT PORTER
Bruins? moms enjoying road trip with their sons
It came at a good time for the team, which hadn?t won in three games entering Tuesday.

Bruins top Predators, 6-2, in Nashville

These 3 Mass. restaurants made Yelp?s top 100 list of places to eat
Three Massachusetts restaurants made Yelp?s national list of top 100 places to eat in 2020 ? one of which was in Boston.

Globe Magazine
How could my wife have Alzheimer?s? She was only 56.
She was the wittiest, smartest, and most talkative person I had ever met. And now all of that was fading away.

Husband of missing Conn. mother Jennifer Dulos to appear on murder charges Wednesday
Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of a missing mother of five, faces arraignment Wednesday on charges that he killed her amid contentious divorce and child custody proceedings.

Chad Finn

After losses like this, Patriots don?t rebuild, they reload

At this point, it?s Browns or nothing for Josh McDaniels
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Thoughts on the Patriots, starting with pliability on a Tom Brady contract
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Handwritten letter from Jackie Kennedy to JFK celebrates birth of couple?s first child, Caroline

Rising sun factor in 30-car pileup that injured 10 people on Maine highway, officials say

Michael Bloomberg takes on Trump with a $10 million Super Bowl ad

Parents pack forum to discuss concerns about stabbing at Rockport middle school

New plan for former GE site doesn?t impress some neighbors
They say the proposed building?s design and scale are out of place for Fort Point.

MOVIE REVIEW | ???
?1917? goes into no man?s land, striding but also stumbling
The Golden Globe winner is emotionally powerful ? and visually distracting.

Get more out of your Globe subscription during the NFL playoffs by texting with Ben Volin

Two Freedom Trail destinations joining forces

The Old State House and Old South Meeting House, which together attract more than 200,000 visitors a year, have joined to form a new organization called Revolutionary Spaces.

Middleborough selectman?s campaign finance violation involving pot company draws GOP fire

A Middleborough selectman has agreed to pay $2,000 to the state to resolve a slew of campaign finance violations, including inaccurately reporting donations received from a director of a marijuana business in his town.
10 pot predictions for Mass. in 2020

Massachusetts state payroll grows to $7.4 billion

About 960 employees took home at least $200,000, including 17 who made half a million dollars or more.
MBTA spends a record high $96.2 million in overtime in 2019 A list of the 100 highest paid MBTA workers in 2019

?Antiques Roadshow? is coming to Boston this year. Here?s how to get tickets.

The long-running PBS show will film three episodes on Monday, May 25, at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square.

Recommended Reads

DEVRA FIRST

Wine industry braces for potentially devastating 100 percent tariff on European wine

My drinking habits may be about to change. Yours too.

This MBTA fashion shoot was so good it made people appreciate the Green Line
Model Nicelyne Georges posed on the Orange, Green, and Blue lines last month, and the unexpectedly glamorous photos made the old trains seem new.

SHIRLEY LEUNG
What really happened to the No Name?
It?s clear the 102-year-old seafood restaurant had been struggling for years.

Rhode Island

Her name is ?Madeline?. Police now trying to find out how a confused, elderly woman wound up in R.I. on New Year?s Day

Remember Local 121? A new restaurant is finally opening in its place
Newton

Referendum could decide future of Newton?s biggest mixed-use development

Organizers have gathered enough signatures to force city councilors to either rescind zoning approval for the project or schedule a special election to decide its fate.

Newton artist?s ?universal? menorah is featured at Museum of Fine Arts

Newton takes a step to solve housing crisis

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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spotlight fellow report

The federal government has one main law to prevent child abuse. No state follows all of it

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

No matter what the candidates say, America isn?t leaving the Middle East anytime soon
EDITORIAL

A grave mistake in Iraq
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Do Americans really want to be in the assassination business?
OPINION | Andrew Bacevich

Trump as Peace President?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Republicans have been playing hardball for decades, will Democrats push back?
IDEAS | CALEB GAYLE

Think the Constitution guarantees your right to vote? Think again

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Patriots vs. Titans in AFC wild-card playoffs

Globe staff photos of the month, December 2019

Photos from the 2020 L Street Brownies? polar plunge in South Boston

The best Boston Globe photos of 2019

metro

Walsh challenges state officials to act on transportation in annual State of the City speech
?What we have to do is lift the middle class up, lift everyone up in the city, to move forward in a positive manner,? Walsh told the Globe in an interview.

Snow departing Boston early Wednesday ahead of cold, windy conditions

Although snow is moving offshore Wednesday morning, it's likely to get windy in Boston and southeastern parts of the state in the afternoon and evening.

A wave of diversity changes the look of local councils

For those hoping to see governments that look a lot more like the communities they serve, the wave of ?firsts? sworn in to municipal governments across Massachusetts is a significant milestone.

Parents pack forum to discuss concerns about stabbing at Rockport middle school

Parts of Mass. could see 2 to 4 inches of snow Tuesday into Wednesday

STAT

A spate of new class-action lawsuits threaten the CBD industry

Despite Trump?s pressure, only 15 veterans have received new antidepressant esketamine

Pregnant women and providers grapple with how to talk about marijuana

Watch: What is vitamin E acetate, and why does it seem to make some vapers so sick?

sports

BRUINS 6, PREDATORS 2

Bruins make their moms happy with big win over Predators

They snapped a three-game skid, earned their first win of 2020, and won by four goals for the first time since Dec. 23.
Sports Log

Zion Williamson?s NBA debut may be at TD Garden

Williamson, the No.?1 overall draft pick in June, had arthroscopic knee surgery shortly before the season started.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Thoughts on the Patriots, starting with pliability on a Tom Brady contract
BRUINS 6, PREDATORS 2

Observations from the Bruins? win in Nashville

Politics

Can Congress stop Trump from escalating hostilities with Iran?

Business

Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions

Marijuana

Middleborough selectman?s campaign finance violation involving pot company draws GOP fire
magazine
cover story

The best Boston Globe photos of 2019
Perspective

There's a law that could reduce gun violence. More should know about it
Miss Conduct

Advice: My brother-in-law skipped out on a $1,000 dinner bill
Cooking

Recipes: Three light dishes that will help you keep your resolutions

sports

Boston College men stun defending national champion Virginia

Lowell turns out to fight for Spinners

Game against Bruins first up for new Predators coach John Hynes

metro

Walsh challenges state officials to act on transportation in annual State of the City speech

Snow departing Boston early Wednesday ahead of cold, windy conditions

A wave of diversity changes the look of local councils

Nation

?All is well!?: Trump responds to attacks in tweet, says he will make statement Wednesday

Can Congress stop Trump from escalating hostilities with Iran?

McConnell says he will proceed on impeachment trial without witness deal

World

France grimly marks 5 years since Charlie Hebdo attack

Polish president boycotts Holocaust remembrance in Israel

India sets 2012 gang rape convicts? executions for Jan. 22

politics

Trump backtracks from threat to attack Iranian cultural sites

McConnell says he will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

Michael Bloomberg takes on Trump with a $10 million Super Bowl ad

business

Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions

US stock futures tumble, with investors rattled by Iran strike

Prime has a new CEO

lifestyle

These 3 Mass. restaurants made Yelp?s top 100 list of places to eat

?Antiques Roadshow? is coming to Boston this year. Here?s how to get tickets.

Watch full-length trailer for Aaron Hernandez documentary series on Netflix

marijuana

Middleborough selectman?s campaign finance violation involving pot company draws GOP fire

Legal pot takes a bite out of beer consumption in Canada

10 predictions for the Massachusetts marijuana industry in 2020

opinion

Let nurse practitioners work alone

John Bolton puts the Senate on trial

Black distrust deepens against the medical community

food & dining

Six local spots for al fresco winter cocktails (and even fried clams)

Wine industry braces for potentially devastating 100 percent tariff on European wine

Slow cookers vs. multicookers (a.k.a. Instant Pots): Which is right for you?

travel

New Haven pizza tour: a love story

Celtic music, drunk yoga, and a new hotel that brings a Peloton to your door

For actress Kelli O?Hara, Ireland is calling, and family comes first

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ending 12/29

Gene Simmons eats breakfast, Dr. Phil leaves his lair, and New Yorkers take a seat

Jonathan Waldman?s ?SAM? documents the quest to invent a robotic bricklayer

Movies

?1917? goes into no man?s land, striding but also stumbling

At the MFA, ?Celebration? documentary untangles Yves Saint Laurent?s nest of elegant snakes

In defense of Joaquin Phoenix: Great actors aren?t always great at life

Television

A Boston question stumped Ken Jennings on ?Jeopardy! GOAT? Tuesday night

At the Golden Globes, gibe-talking Ricky Gervais delivers the snark

This week?s TV: Lifetime psychos, the return of ?Schitt?s Creek,? and a new ?Masterpiece?

music

BSO starts the new year with familiar fare and old friends

Why Symphony Hall sounds so great to classical music-lovers

The last go-round for record store owner Skippy White

Theater/Dance

Kelli O?Hara, in full voice

Choreographer imagined ?Cats,? then he reimagined it

As an artistic inspiration, ?Moby-Dick? looms large

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Sydney Leonard, inspiring ballet mistress for generations of young dancers in ?The Nutcracker,? dies at 100

Bronco Horvath, who set a Boston Bruins scoring record in 1959-60, dies at 89

Vaughan Oliver, 62, dies; his designs gave indie rock ?physical dimension?