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The story behind the Mass. native and ex-soldier who purportedly helped former Nissan CEO escape

At home in Harvard, he?s a father of three, the neighbor who plows your driveway. But in the world of international security, Michael Taylor has established himself as a fix-it man with a Rolodex of high-level foreign contacts. And now, he?s reportedly behind the flight of former Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn out of Japan to escape financial charges.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
Josh McDaniels news should help Tom Brady lean toward a return to Patriots
With the Patriots? longtime offensive coordinator staying in Foxborough, Brady has even more reason to stick around. 2 hours ago

Browns reportedly hire Kevin Stefanski over Josh McDaniels for head coaching job

Julian Edelman arrested in California, cited with misdemeanor vandalism

In Iowa, Elizabeth Warren faces down persistent ?electability? concerns
For more than a year, Warren and her rivals for the nomination have been assessed by nervous Democratic voters for the hard-to-define and harder-to-quantify attribute of ?electability.? Desperate to beat President Trump, Democrats have looked to the polls and pundits to tell them which candidate has the best shot against him, a process that has boosted former vice president Joe Biden and put Warren at a disadvantage.

opinion

EDITORIAL

Trump?s dangerous move to hasten gun exports

OPINION | Maggie Hassan

Strengthening our communities ? physically and socially ? will deter hate crimes
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Beware the doomsayers
OPINION | Masarat Daud

Will the real Hindus please stand up?

For families of ALS patients, providing home care can be an infinite challenge
Although ALS is a relatively rare disease, the challenges that families face as they provide care reveal systemic failures that affect anyone with a disabling illness, patient advocates say.

Dan Shaughnessy
Red Sox agenda to slash payroll? According to John Henry, it?s media-driven noise
The Red Sox owner says, ?I reminded baseball ops that we are focused on competitiveness over the next five years.?

TARA SULLIVAN
It?s up to Bill Belichick to resolve the Patriots? Tom Brady question
Former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich said he hopes the longtime partnership between coach and quarterback doesn?t end now. 3 hours ago

Why signing Tom Brady to a multi-year deal makes sense for the Patriots

Globe Magazine
Signs of early-onset Alzheimer?s: When not to worry, and when to see a doctor
Forgetting where you parked is not reason for concern. ?The problem is when you start forgetting that you drove your car to work that day.?

How could my wife have Alzheimer?s? She was only 56

Cambridge startup debuts with a bold promise: To make drugs with dramatically lower prices
Led by noted biotech entrepreneur Alexis Borisy, EQRx says it will ?reimagine? how medicines are made.

Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown
Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protest their country?s days of denials that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 176 people.

More recent headlines

200 residents evacuate Springfield apartment building after water leak

Waltham man seriously injured in rollover crash on I-93 in Wilmington

One dead in double shooting in Dorchester

Waltham man charged with filming boy in locker room at Chelmsford High

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

Congressional Black Caucus discusses economic mobility, education in Roxbury

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley launched into a discussion about economic mobility for black and brown people Saturday with a list of sobering statistics about economic inequality in her district.

Construction zones coming soon to South Station platforms

Building the 51-story tower above the train station will require shutting off areas between the concourse and loading platforms.

Father and son slain in Framingham shooting ?were more like brothers,? mother says

The shooting occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Second Street, according to the Middlesex district attorney?s office.

Who will win New Hampshire? Ranking the Democratic primary candidates with a month to go

If the election were held today, Bernie Sanders would win, according to interviews with more than 20 Granite State insiders, and analysis of polling data and candidates? on-the-ground operations.

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Jeneé Osterheldt

Meghan Markle becoming a Duchess could not overshadow her black reality

The Monarchy and British tabloids were never going to let a black woman live her best life.
Alex Beam: The unbearable sadness of being royal

Yvonne Abraham
A triumph of short-termism in New Hampshire
The governor of New Hampshire appears determined to cut off his constituents? noses to spite their faces. How else to explain Republican Chris Sununu?s refusal to entertain a regional pact designed to cut carbon emissions, even before the details of the agreement have been set?

Cinematic marriage proposal at Coolidge Corner melts hearts around the world
Lee Loechler went above and beyond to ask his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. And the Internet is here for it.

Rhode Island

R.I. Ethics Commission, known for transparency, talks about keeping complaints secret until investigations done

R.I.?s congressional delegation divided over legalizing marijuana at federal level
Newton

Development community watches as Newton referendum could upend Northland project

?People will have great pause about doing business in Newton,? said Greg Vasil, chief executive and president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.

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 | RENÉE GRAHAM

Joe Biden?s misguided optimism
OPINION | Alex Beam

The unbearable sadness of being royal
EDITORIAL

Trump thumbs his nose at Congress over war powers
OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

Trump can?t cover his tracks on his Iran deal debacle

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

A CIA chemist, mind control ? and the return of psychedelic drugs

OPINION | STEPHEN KINZER

Pop Quiz: What will 2020 hold?

VISUAL STORIES

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

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

metro

MBTA conducts annual subway evacuation drill
The drill was designed to simulate a mass casualty event after a Blue Line train derails, strikes a wall, and injures several people.

200 residents evacuate Springfield apartment building after water leak

A water supply line that malfunctioned on the top floor led to about 200 residents being evacuated frin an apartment building in Springfield early Sunday.

Sunday became the warmest January day on record in Boston with 73 degrees recorded

It was just the fourth time a January day reached the 70-degree mark since record keeping began in 1872.
dave epstein

Here?s why this weekend?s weather has been some of the craziest you?ll ever see for January in Boston

70 degrees in Boston! An unusually warm weekend is a hint of spring in January

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

MSTCA NORTHEAST INVITATIONAL

Northeast Invitational caps a weekend of nonstop events

The largest track meet the MSTCA has ever held at Reggie Lewis Center included some 4,000 athletes from 278 state schools.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Josh McDaniels news should help Tom Brady lean toward a return to Patriots

With the Patriots? longtime offensive coordinator staying in Foxborough, Brady has even more reason to stick around.
TARA SULLIVAN

It?s up to Bill Belichick to resolve the Patriots? Tom Brady question
CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Enes Kanter looking to inspire more than his Celtics teammates

Politics

In Iowa, Elizabeth Warren faces down persistent ?electability? concerns

Business

A paperwork glitch cuts a widow?s pension payment nearly in half

Marijuana

Joe Kennedy, formerly anti-marijuana, cosponsors comprehensive legalization bill
magazine
cover story

New Year?s resolutions already wavering? Stick to them with these 8 easy ideas

The heartbreak of Alzheimer's

How could my wife have Alzheimer?s? She was only 56.
Globe Magazine

Signs of early-onset Alzheimer?s: When not to worry, and when to see a doctor
Cooking

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

sports

Julian Edelman arrested in California, cited with misdemeanor vandalism

Why signing Tom Brady to a multi-year deal makes sense for the Patriots

Canton?s Olivia Maffeo overpowers Waltham in girls? hockey

metro

MBTA conducts annual subway evacuation drill

200 residents evacuate Springfield apartment building after water leak

Sunday became the warmest January day on record in Boston with 73 degrees recorded

Nation

Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump

Pelosi alerts House to be ready to send impeachment articles next week

Bernie Sanders leads new Iowa poll

World

Tiny Philippine volcano ejects smoke and ash, villagers flee

Furor in Iran and abroad after Tehran admits downing Ukrainian jetliner

In blow to Beijing, Taiwan reelects Tsai Ing-wen as president

politics

Bernie Sanders leads new Iowa poll

Protester angrily interrupts Elizabeth Warren at town hall event in New Hampshire

President Trump considers expanding travel ban to more countries

business

A paperwork glitch cuts a widow?s pension payment nearly in half

Cambridge startup debuts with a bold promise: To make drugs with dramatically lower prices

Taco Bell to test paying managers $100,000 a year

lifestyle

Justin Long on riding 'The Wave? and his harrowing near-death experience

Boston Wine Festival underway at Boston Harbor Hotel

DiCaprio?s Earth Alliance gives $3 million to Australia fire relief

marijuana

Joe Kennedy, formerly anti-marijuana, cosponsors comprehensive legalization bill

?Very pungent odor? leads police to 10 pounds of marijuana, arrest at South Station

Qatari sheikh?s cannabis case risks Olympic equestrian place

opinion

MIT?s Inconvenient Truth

Expect the US-Iran conflict to continue to play out in cyberspace

Trump?s dangerous move to hasten gun exports

food & dining

Rialto makes a (temporary) comeback, and the Seaport gets a new lunch spot

In Watertown, healthy Indian food with a few surprises

This Bloody Mary Tree is rooted in fun

travel

Veteran pilot offers tips for smooth travel with children

Get a deal during R.I.'s first hotel week, plus a package for fans of ?Little Women?

He sees dead people ? and soon you can see him on TV

Books

#Megxit blows up, Gervais bears down, Prince Charming pops question, and everyone starts crying

Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 5

Books a bridge through difficult times for novelist Namwali Serpell

Movies

Persian pictures, gridiron greats, the enigma of YSL

From Iran, about the young, on the South Shore

Looking at Alfred Hitchcock before anyone realized what ?Hitchcockian? meant

Television

HBO adapting ?Parasite? as a limited series

Dystopia TV and the urge to look away

PBS adaptation of Austen?s ?Sanditon? a plainer Jane

music

At BSO, an all-French program with flair

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is tired of classical music?s ?institutional inertia?

For their first album in 20 years, Lyres revisit the Rat

Theater/Dance

?Cats? live has lost none of its capacity to inflict suffering

Pearl S. Buck?s life takes the stage

In the Huntington?s 'We All Fall Down,? this could be anybody?s family

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

Neil Peart, drummer for Rush, dies at 67

Famed golf course designer Pete Dye dies at 94

Jack Garfein, director from Actors Studio?s heyday, dies at 89