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Justina Pelletier trial set to begin Tuesday after Boston Children?s Hospital loses bid to delay

A judge declined to dismiss civil rights counts against Boston Children?s Hospital in the medical malpractice case brought by Justina Pelletier and her parents, clearing the way for jury selection to begin Tuesday.
Children?s Hospital, family of Justina Pelletier bring case to court

Oscars ANALYSIS | TY BURR
Oscars celebrate the Hollywood boys? club
It?s a man?s, man?s, man?s world, according to the Oscars. The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced Monday morning and the big winners were a buddy movie set in 1969 Hollywood, an immersive World War I film, an epic mobster movie, and a grim origin story of a supervillain.

See the full list of Oscar nominees ?Joker? scores big, Greta Gerwig gets snubbed, and other takeaways from the Oscar nominations

Fact check: No, Trump didn?t save coverage for preexisting conditions
President Trump made a striking claim Monday, insisting it was he who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance. But it wasn't true. 2:50 p.m.

Queen Elizabeth II agrees to let Prince Harry, Meghan move part-time to Canada
The queen said it had been "agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK."

Read Queen Elizabeth II?s statement on Prince Harry and Meghan

opinion

OPINION | Andrew Grainger

Pelosi restricts McConnell to a narrow impeachment path
OPINION | Nancy Gertner

What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial

OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Bernie Sanders can?t win ? right?

Opinion | Niall Ferguson

The Trump family and the Corleone Doctrine

At major San Francisco conference, it?s Mass General Brigham, not Partners
Barely six weeks after Partners HealthCare announced that it was changing its name to Mass General Brigham in an expensive rebranding, top executives of Massachusetts?s largest health care system debuted the new moniker at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. an hour ago

Shooter at Pensacola, Fla., navy base ?motivated by jihadist ideology,? AG Barr says
The 21-year-old Saudi Air Force officer, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, opened fire at the base in Pensacola, killing three US sailors and injuring eight other people. 2:37 p.m.

Cory Booker ends bid for Democratic nomination
Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety.

Deval Patrick?s presidential bid struggling to gain voter support
dave epstein

A closer look at this weekend?s unusually warm weather

Boston has seen 70 degrees during meteorological winter ? which is between Dec. 1 and Feb. 29 ? 15 times before, but we?ve never had two 70 degree days in a row in January, and Sunday?s high of 74 was the warmest January day ever recorded.
Here?s why this weekend?s weather was some of the craziest you?ll ever see for January in Boston

Iran protests turn violent in anger over downed plane

Iranian police and security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic?s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Canadian food giant CEO blasts ?narcissist in Washington? after jet crash in Iran Esper says he didn?t see specific evidence Iranians planned to attack 4 embassies
SHIRLEY LEUNG

After Epstein affair, president Rafael Reif should not be running MIT

Perhaps only the university?s board is gullible enough to believe its president knew nothing.
Editorial: MIT?s Inconvenient Truth

Missing Kennebunkport sign recovered by police
A beloved Kennebunkport sign that was missing for almost a month has been recovered, Kennebunkport Police said.

How Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia found her voice
Julia Mejia, the Boston City Council?s first Afro-Latina member, won her improbable election by a single vote. She wants her historic victory to convey this message: That this is possible for everyone, no matter their polish or their pedigree. If she can be heard, they can, too.

INNOVATION ECONOMY
Catch?s founders just wouldn?t take no for an answer
After spending a year in limbo, the Cambridge startup went from almost shutting down to having $5 million in the bank.

More recent headlines

19-year-old man slain in Dorchester was Boston?s first homicide victim in 2020

R.I. State police investigate apparent suicide at prison

Justices turn away appeal of women who went topless at N.H. beach

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

Supreme Court won?t hear Michelle Carter case

The US Supreme Court has denied a request from lawyers for Michelle Carter to have the court review her involuntary manslaughter conviction stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III.

Critics fighting to curb an epidemic of medication side effects

The Lown Institute, a health care think tank in Brookline, warns that millions of seniors have been admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms in the past decade with serious side effects from prescription medication.

New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung resolves drug case in N.H.

New England Patriots safety has resolved his pending drug case in New Hampshire, authorities said. 2:59 p.m.
Josh McDaniels news should help Tom Brady lean toward a return to Patriots

Man pleads not guilty to child porn charge for taking photos in locker room during wrestling tournament

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

Fighting the fight against climate change

Gina McCarthy intends to do something about our warming planet. And those who know her track record say she is a formidable weather system all her own.

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?

Recycling is becoming so expensive that some towns don?t know what to do
The economics of recycling changed after China decided two years ago to stop accepting large amounts of paper and plastic from the US. ?It?s a horrific situation, with high costs and limited demand,? an official with a recycling company said.

Rhode Island

Providence official fired as city investigates permitting process

Nonprofit Innovation Lab launches today in Rhode Island
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 | JEFF JACOBY

Democratic debate so white? So what?
EDITORIAL

Housing crisis needs all hands on deck
Alister Martin and Cass R. Sunstein

In the ER? Sign up to vote
OPINION | Lauren Zabierek

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

MIT?s Inconvenient Truth
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

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

VISUAL STORIES

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

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

metro

Scientists at UVM, Tufts create ?living robots?
Scientists at UVM and Tufts used a supercomputer to evolve a design for a living robot made out of frog cells, then built it. The new creature did what it was supposed to do --make its way across a Petri dish. There were also some surprises.

Police: Undetermined if gun used in R.I. homicide was 3D printed

The state crime lab at the University of Rhode Island was unable to determine how the gun was made.

City officials announce Boston?s first Youth Poet Laureate

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the city?s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate in a ceremony at Central Library in Copley Square Saturday.

New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung resolves drug case in N.H.

Providence official fired as city investigates permitting process

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

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Punishment for Astros shows MLB?s sign-stealing days are over ? and the Red Sox are next

Commissioner Rob Manfred put the hammer to the Astros ? and Alex Cora and the Red Sox are next ? bringing an end to a practice that?s long overdue.

What can the Patriots learn from the divisional round games?

For one thing, they could use more speed, especially at receiver, if they?re going to keep up with those teams.

Takeaways from MLB?s report on the Astros? sign-stealing

Read the MLB?s report on its investigation into Astros? sign-stealing

Politics

Fact check: No, Trump didn?t save coverage for preexisting conditions

Business

Stocks climb ahead of trade deal, sending S&P 500 to a record

Marijuana

New Mexico man in house arrest sues to use medical marijuana

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

?We did it the right way?: Dodgers? Cody Bellinger speaks out about sign-stealing scandals

Road trip takes first-place Bruins to Philadelphia

Boston College honors memory of former coach Cathy Inglese

metro

Scientists at UVM, Tufts create ?living robots?

Police: Undetermined if gun used in R.I. homicide was 3D printed

City officials announce Boston?s first Youth Poet Laureate

Nation

Deval Patrick?s presidential bid struggling to gain voter support

US points to dissent in Iran in wake of deadly drone strike

Trump, shifting arguments, urges swift dismissal of impeachment charges

World

US Air Force investigating death of 2 airmen at Germany base

Iran protests turn violent in anger over downed plane

Iran plane families will get answers, Trudeau says

politics

Shooter at Pensacola, Fla., navy base ?motivated by jihadist ideology,? AG Barr says

Cory Booker ends bid for Democratic nomination

Ahead of impeachment trial, Trump suggests not having it

business

At major San Francisco conference, it?s Mass General Brigham, not Partners

Catch?s founders just wouldn?t take no for an answer

Canadian food giant CEO blasts ?narcissist in Washington? after jet crash in Iran

lifestyle

Dunkin? and Snoop Dogg cook up a new plant-based sandwich served on a glazed doughnut

Panelist Abby Huntsman says she?s leaving ?The View?

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

marijuana

New Mexico man in house arrest sues to use medical marijuana

Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization

Proposed US hemp rules worry industry

opinion

What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial

Democratic debate so white? So what?

Pelosi restricts McConnell to a narrow impeachment path

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

Oscars celebrate the Hollywood boys? club

?Joker? scores big, Greta Gerwig gets snubbed, and other takeaways from the Oscar nominations

The full list of nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards

Television

This week?s TV: Aaron Hernandez still fascinates, Oscar nods, and a new ?Curb?

HBO adapting ?Parasite? as a limited series

Dystopia TV and the urge to look away

music

In Jordan Hall, A Far Cry eloquently pairs Shostakovich and Mahler

At BSO, an all-French program with flair

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

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

Sultan Qaboos, quiet peacemaker who built Oman, dies at 79

Harold Burson, considered a giant in public relations, dies at 98

Neil Peart, drummer for Rush, dies at 67