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In legal filing ahead of impeachment trial, Trump defense team says he did not commit a crime

President Trump?s legal team asserted Monday that he did ?absolutely nothing wrong,?? calling the impeachment case against him flimsy and a ?dangerous perversion of the Constitution.??
Four key sections from the House Democrats? impeachment brief

On quiet Campobello Island, Canadians angered by US inspection of their mail
US Customs and Border Protection agents have been opening mail bound for Campobello since September ? searching Amazon packages, personal letters, Christmas presents, and even prescriptions headed toward the island made famous as President Franklin D. Roosevelt?s summer retreat.

LARRY EDELMAN
When it comes to these economic threats, the Fed can?t ride to the rescue
There have always been limits to the Fed?s might, and they are painfully obvious today as the economy hits hurdles that monetary policy ? the control of the money supply and the cost of borrowing ? can?t overcome, including widening disparities in income, wealth, and education. 3 hours ago

2 million people with heart disease report using marijuana, Brigham and Women?s doctors find in new study

opinion

OPINION | Christina Baker Kline

Shelving ?Christina?s World?
OPINION | Joseph S. Nye Jr.

The costs of Trump?s disdain for international morality
OPINION | Niall Ferguson

Cold War II has America at a disadvantage as China courts Russia
OPINION | Ilyon Woo

Alcott?s Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy ? and Fun See?

Bruins really warming up to the idea of an extended break
The gap in the schedule will have several players headed south to sunny destinations for some R&R. 17 minutes ago

Ben Volin
There?s nothing fluky about this Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl
As the conference championships showed, these are two excellent teams who earned the right to vie for the Lombardi Trophy. 2:39 p.m.

NAMES
Michelle Obama pumped up fans on social media with workout playlist
They are also heating up Spotify, earning an Oscar nod, and celebrating in photo booths. 2:37 p.m.

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Survivor recounts confused, chaotic cult rite that killed 7 in Panama

Father suffocates coyote after animal attacks young child

Could a drug for arthritis in dogs also fight cancer in people?

Here?s who the New York Times? editorial board endorsed for president

Thousands of gun-rights activists crowd Virginia capital for rally
The size of the rally and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville. But the rally concluded uneventfully around noon, and attendees spilled into the streets, chanting and waving signs. Authorities said that as of 1:40 p.m. there had been no arrests or injuries.

19th HOOPHALL CLASSIC | SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE
LeBron James, in town for Celtics-Lakers, detours to Springfield to catch son?s game
The Lakers star dropped by the Hoophall Classic, where ?Bronny? was playing in the high school basketball showcase.

Atlanta Hawks forward Chandler Parsons suffered ?severe and permanent injuries? in car crash

After 17 lawsuits, 27 years in court, a judge rules in Beverly neighbors? feud
One owner celebrates a path to finally being able to build on his oceanfront lot; the other vows to appeal.

Matthew Gilbert | Your TV GPS
This week?s TV: ?Watchmen? and ?Mindhunter? fans left in the lurch, Awkwafina?s new comedy, Gwyneth?s ?Goop?
Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in television.

Movies to stream while you?re stuck inside this winter

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

In the ART?s ?Gloria: A Life,? Steinem speaks, but she has plenty of company

The documentary play invites other women to tell their own stories, onstage and off.
Art

Boston?s 10 must-see museum shows for winter

Some of the best exhibitions feature work by African-Americans.

?Hunters? creator on killing Nazis and casting Al Pacino in his ?Jewish superhero? series

10 of the season?s most promising TV shows

A photographer taps her Iranian roots for ?universal? images about home

Recommended Reads

The Aaron Hernandez saga: Everything you need to know

Here?s a primer for you to reference while binge-watching the new Netflix series.
Netflix?s new documentary on Aaron Hernandez offers a gripping look at his descent into darkness Text messages reveal Aaron Hernandez?s double life Listen to 'Gladiator,' the Globe Spotlight Team's podcast on Aaron Hernandez

Trump?s EPA is said to cut scientists out of new water policy that threatens New England wetlands
Scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency?s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines as the Trump administration plans to announce a policy that could drastically curb protections of the nation?s streams and wetlands.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | DEVRA FIRST
Some very ?Boston? restaurants are closing ? and that?s OK
We don?t have to go into mourning every single time a long-lived restaurant goes out of business. Sometimes those lights should go out. Sometimes it's just time.

Rhode Island

A Leadership Journey begins in Providence, bringing students to Kenya, South Africa

A Providence-based nonprofit called A Leadership Journey brings students to countries such as Kenya and South Africa, aiming to foster a sense of global citizenship and leadership

Environment Council of R.I. disappointed in Mattiello?s climate change comments

Poll: Raimondo is no longer the most unpopular governor in the US
Newton

Newton gets grant to study potential affordable housing at armory

A consultant would be hired to determine the feasibility of converting the West Newton Armory into affordable housing.

Newton imposes fees for curbside disposal of bulky items starting Feb. 1

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

EDITORIAL

Improving outcomes for state?s foster kids
OPINION | Devin Michelle Bunten

Boston must bring back rent control to protect tenants

OPINION | Rebecca Diamond and Jonathan Gruber

Housing costs are a problem in Boston and beyond, but rent control isn?t the answer
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Bernie Sanders says Citizens United has been ?disastrous.? Is he right?
OPINION | BURT NEUBORNE

Citizens United gave the wealthy too much power
OPINION | FLOYD ABRAMS

Citizens United was a triumph for free speech

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

For Jake Kennedy, it really is a wonderful life
Kennedy has spent his life helping others. Now that he is fighting ALS, a lot of people are paying him back and paying it forward.

Father suffocates coyote after animal attacks young child

A father suffocated a coyote on a trail in Exeter, N.H. on Monday after the animal attacked his young child, according to police.

Hate and white supremacy are ?ruining this country,? Ayanna Pressley says. Not identity politics

Representative Pressley?s comments, greeted by applause during a discussion at the 50th annual MLK Memorial Breakfast, also led to the day?s most awkward moment when Governor Charlie Baker jokingly lamented that his place on the stage meant he had to follow her and ?that rant.? Baker reached out to Pressley later to apologize and emphasized that he supported the thrust of her remarks.

A Leadership Journey begins in Providence, bringing students to Kenya, South Africa

Ayanna Pressley speaks about her hair loss on MSNBC

STAT

New heart transplant method being tested for the first time in the U.S.

Opinion: Why Black doctors like me are leaving academic medicine

?How long do I have?? A website on cancer survival rates seeks to help

Watch: Consumer genetic testing: What do you get for your money?

sports

Patriots

Sight of Tom Brady talking with Mark Davis sparks Raiders? rumor

The quarterback attended the Conor McGregor fight on Saturday.

Bruins really warming up to the idea of an extended break

The gap in the schedule will have several players headed south to sunny destinations for some R&R.

It was a rough weekend for the local men?s basketball teams

There?s nothing fluky about this Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl

Politics

In legal filing ahead of impeachment trial, Trump defense team says he did not commit a crime

Business

French president tweets that he and Trump have a truce on taxing tech companies

Marijuana

2 million people with heart disease report using marijuana, Brigham and Women?s doctors find in new study
magazine
cover story

My teenager brought a robot baby home from school
Wedding venues

Eight historic Massachusetts wedding venues for your big day
Globe Magazine

Politicians not listening? Try flexing your consumer muscles
Cooking

Recipes: Chinese beef stew and sesame scallion bread

sports

LeBron James, in town for Celtics-Lakers, detours to Springfield to catch son?s game

How Globe writers voted for the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka win opening matches at Australian Open

metro

For Jake Kennedy, it really is a wonderful life

Father suffocates coyote after animal attacks young child

Hate and white supremacy are ?ruining this country,? Ayanna Pressley says. Not identity politics

Nation

?Parasite,? Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston win at SAG Awards

High school Democratic clubs multiply as young people worry about their future

Governor: 2 police officers die after Hawaii shooting

World

75 drug cartel members tunnel out of Paraguay prison

Bodies of Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash are returned home

Prince Harry: ?No other option? but to cut royal ties

politics

Thousands of gun-rights activists crowd Virginia capital for rally

Here?s who the New York Times? editorial board endorsed for president

High school Democratic clubs multiply as young people worry about their future

business

French president tweets that he and Trump have a truce on taxing tech companies

When it comes to these economic threats, the Fed can?t ride to the rescue

Could a drug for arthritis in dogs also fight cancer in people?

lifestyle

Michelle Obama pumped up fans on social media with workout playlist

?Dancing? star surprises guests at charity workout class

Letters to Cleo, Cherie Currie among Hot Stove Cool Music performers

marijuana

2 million people with heart disease report using marijuana, Brigham and Women?s doctors find in new study

Oklahoma?s GOP lawmakers want more medical marijuana regulations

North Dakota governor pardons 16 low-level pot offenders

opinion

Cold War II has America at a disadvantage as China courts Russia

Boston, step up to honor the Kings? legacy

Shelving ?Christina?s World?

food & dining

Cash in your chips at Encore Cantina, or go green in Southie

Lily P?s enters the competitive fried chicken arena with its super crispy bird

Asians cringe at ?Chinese restaurant syndrome? entry in dictionary

travel

From an Everglades Seafood Festival to a toboggan showdown in Camden

Wayne Brady on Hawaii, the aisle seat, and buying too many airport electronics

Winter blahs? Cozy up and cheer up in these N.E. towns

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 12

William Gibson?s ?Agency? goes further into the future and deeper into the present

?The Crying Book? author Heather Christle searches out books for pleasure and plight

Movies

Photos: Stars arrive at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles

30 great documentaries to stream right now

Movies to stream while you?re stuck inside this winter

Television

This week?s TV: ?Watchmen? and ?Mindhunter? fans left in the lurch, Awkwafina?s new comedy, Gwyneth?s ?Goop?

Issa Rae?s banter a golden moment from the Oscar nominations announcement

10 of the season?s most promising TV shows

music

On the verge of 79, Tom Rush has (almost) no regrets

With a fantastic cast on board, Enigma Chamber Opera debuts

At BSO, a new work honoring Taiwan?s oldest music

Theater/Dance

In the ART?s ?Gloria: A Life,? Steinem speaks, but she has plenty of company

10 dance shows to see this season

Three companies present Boston premieres at Global Arts Live?s new Winter Dance Fest

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

After a cancer diagnosis, Jane Wallis Gumble, 65, kept leading the state?s Department of Housing and Community Development

Longtime Caribbean journalist Bernard Diederich dead at 93

Former Walmart exec, Royals owner David Glass dies at 84