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After finding glitch, Massachusetts suspends use of controversial camera system that lets police track cars

The inaccuracies were found within a network of high-speed cameras installed by the Massachusetts State Police that automatically photograph the license plates of vehicles along roads across the state.

Methuen police chief placed on leave after Inspector General finds he violated his duty by orchestrating exorbitant police contracts
The state Inspector General released a scathing report concluding that Joseph Solomon and other officials engaged in widespread potential misconduct by drafting contracts that would pay him and senior officers exorbitant salaries.

Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up possible override vote

President Trump has vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency.

COVID-19 relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to Trump

?Corrupt to the end?: Trump faces backlash after pardoning 15, including Blackwater contractors

Biden reportedly weighing Mayor Walsh for Labor Secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is considering naming Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor, but is concerned about diversity issues, according to a report.

Blustery wind could bring power outages Christmas morning

Although Christmas in COVID times will be different, you still might have planned to cook a nice meal Christmas Day, even just for immediate family. Now, I recommend planning for what you would do if the power went out.
Upcoming storm could leave some Massachusetts homes without power on Christmas
A Beautiful Resistance, by Jeneé Osterheldt

With every sip, a labor of love by ZAFA

In Vermont, a winemaker is cultivating a legacy that pays homage to the Black folk who built this country and is celebrating life and the future of farming.
A Beautiful Resistance | The Questions featuring Amanda Shea
Episode 6: Land is a beautiful resistance
A Beautiful Resistance: Black joy and Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt. Join us on Instagram @abeautifulresistance. ( Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Photo by Caleb Kenna/Special to the Globe, Commentary & curation by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff )

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston Police must release full body camera footage

The public has a right to know what happened during this year?s protests.
STEPHEN KINZER

Trump and Pompeo redraw the map of North Africa
Joan Vennochi

A Christmas season of the missing
Renée Graham

In defense of 2020, our annus horribilis
Alan Berger

The 2015 Iran nuclear deal is worth reviving ? and improving

The Sports Hub remains king of Boston?s airwaves, according to fall ratings
All of the sports talk radio station's weekday programs finished first or tied for first in their time slots in the latest ratings released by Nielsen Audio.

?FRA GEE LAY?: Marathon bombing survivor shares photo of prosthetic leg set up to look like lamp in ?A Christmas Story?
The image showed the glowing prosthetic leg, covered by a black lampshade, in the corner of her apartment window. Her creative holiday decoration delighted her online followers.

Girl, 7, dies after being rescued from Providence house fire; toddler sister in critical condition
The 3-alarm fire spread to two other homes, displacing families just before Christmas.

More changes in store for Harvard Square
A New York real estate firm bought a prominent building at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Church St.

A 29-story apartment tower could rise above Sullivan Square

CELTICS
5 things to watch as the Boston Celtics take on the Milwaukee Bucks in season opener
How worried should the Celtics be about the preseason offense?

Love Letters
I dated my best friend for almost seven years, but my feelings never deepened. So I ended it.
Is romantic love really necessary?

More recent headlines

3 women treated after rescuing dog from Charles River in Needham

Mass. population holding steady at around 6.8 million people, Census data shows

Another ice disk pops up in Maine, just in time for the end of 2020
Best of the Arts 2020
MUSEUMS

Here are the best art shows Boston missed in 2020
Theater

These theaters innovated amid a dramatic change of scene
Art

Map: A dozen murals that brightened life in 2020

Recommended Reads

This local YouTube star built a display of 3,000 dominoes that says ?2020? ? and soon you can watch her topple it

Lily Hevesh is bidding good riddance to this dismal year in dramatic fashion: by toppling a display of 3,000 dominoes that reads ?2020.?

APPRECIATION
Remembering Bruce Seals, who went from playing in the NBA/ABA to changing the lives of Boston?s kids
The former pro basketball player, who died Dec. 15 at age 67, "was committed to helping these kids go in the right direction and he had enormous success doing that."

ADRIAN WALKER
Robert Foxworth, whose murder conviction has long been questioned, may finally see justice
The motion ? pending before a single justice of the SJC ? is the latest move in a two-decade effort to clear Robert Foxworth?s name. Whether it happens today or a week from now, Suffolk DA Rachael Rollin's decision to drop the case will almost certainly lead to Foxworth?s release.

metro

After finding glitch, Massachusetts suspends use of controversial camera system that lets police track cars
The inaccuracies were found within a network of high-speed cameras installed by the Massachusetts State Police that automatically photograph the license plates of vehicles along roads across the state.

The Questions featuring Amanda Shea

Rebecca Luker, a Broadway star for three decades, dies at 59

Sports

High school girls' hockey
At Canton, goaltender Carolyn Durand aiming to set a new standard of excellence
With the tutelage of goaltending coach Jack Koen, the sophomore gives the Bulldogs a stalwart in net.

What is the Bruins? national anthem singer up to? He?s become the Pavarotti of the pandemic

Houston-Oklahoma City opener Wednesday postponed; Rockets don?t have enough players

business

Surprisingly, new home sales hit five-month low
Red-hot demand for new homes is cooling amid resurgent COVID-19 cases and other signs of a slowing economy.

Vaccines arm hotels, airlines with new power to jack up prices

Brexit negotiators reach outline of historic trade accord

politics

Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up possible override vote
President Trump has vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency.

COVID-19 relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to Trump

Biden introduces Miguel Cardona as pick for education secretary

lifestyle

TABLES
Legal Oysteria closes in Charlestown; Pammy?s offers Sunday supper; and more restaurants head into hibernation
Restaurant news you can use.

Ethan Hawke urges people to ?support the Coolidge? in new fundraising video

Hundreds of Massachusetts families will get refunds for canceled 2020 school trips

arts

MOVIES
?Promising Young Woman? pushes buttons as it turns the tables
Carey Mulligan stars in a female vigilante movie for the #MeToo era that uses a very dark comic sensibility to paint hard truths with a glib brush.

GBH?s Julia Child marathon will keep you entertained all day long on Dec. 26

Remember when the Celtics lured fans with concerts after the game?

rhode island

Girl, 7, dies after being rescued from Providence house fire; toddler sister in critical condition
The 3-alarm fire spread to two other homes, displacing families just before Christmas.

RHODE MAP

The Providence schools takeover is about to get more scrutiny from state lawmakers
RI NEWS

?It?s a number that all of us see as just.? Acrobats injured in 2014 circus accident reach $52.5 million settlement

Newton

Special Projects

A beautiful resistance | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

To be Black, Bostonian, and proud

Boston's Black history is often hidden, but a quarter of the city's population is Black. That's nearly double the percentage of the Black population of the US.
See more from 'A Beautiful Resistance' Follow on Instagram

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center?s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
They stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored ? one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It?s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You?ll hear from both.

Comfort Zone

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Spanish-inspired pork, sauteed vegetables, and almond cake

A few key ingredients pack outsized flavor into these dishes.

Min Jin Lee on the ?deep moral conscience? of ?The Great Gatsby?

The "Pachinko" author has a new introduction to Fitzgerald's classic, which enters the public domain on Jan. 1.
HOLIDAYS

9 light displays for oohs and aahs by automobile

These festive drive-through destinations serve up holiday magic the safe way.

Catch these online classical concerts before year?s end

Highlights include multicultural takes on "Messiah" and creatively staged vocal concerts.
MUSIC REVIEW

With sleigh bells jingling, the Pops puts on a holiday show in your home instead of theirs

Though the virtual concert can?t compare to experiencing a Holiday Pops show live in Symphony Hall, its mere existence is something to applaud in a season when so many traditions have been disrupted.
COMFORT ZONE

These thoughtful, last-minute gifts arrive in an instant, no mailing required

And many benefit local businesses, to boot.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

The ocean?s heroic potential could be realized under Biden
EDITORIAL

New US attorney shouldn?t let up the pressure on State Police
Renée Loth

The problem with protest
EDITORIAL

Boston is setting an example on fair housing. Will other communities follow?
Kimberly Atkins

The year of fear and the fragility of the white, male myth
IDEAS | JOSH BERNOFF

Social media broke America. Here?s how to fix it

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months ? and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients? need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19?s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus ? and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Cover Story

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
Bostonians of the Year

Ashish Jha: Speaking out for science and for public health in the pandemic
Connections

The pandemic has a school nurse missing her 'frequent fliers'

Your Week Ahead

Things to do online and in person, Dec. 14-27

sports

Red Sox assistant GM Zack Scott to join Mets as senior vice president

Red Sox sign free agent pitcher Matt Andriese to one-year deal

2021 Bruins schedule released: Boston opens with road games against Devils, Islanders

metro

An upcoming storm could leave some Massachusetts homes without power on Christmas

After finding glitch, Massachusetts suspends use of controversial camera system that lets police track cars

The Questions featuring Amanda Shea

Nation

Should residents of hard-hit cities and towns be vaccinated before other groups? Some epidemiologists think so

Columbus Police kill Black man weeks after protests against brutality

Pfizer to supply additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to US under new agreement

World

For Europe, it?s wave after wave

BioNTech CEO confident vaccine will work on UK variant

Concerns about coronavirus variant cut off UK from Europe

politics

COVID-19 relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to Trump

Biden introduces Miguel Cardona as pick for education secretary

Trump suggests he may not sign COVID-19 relief bill as he tells Congress to increase size of stimulus checks

business

Surprisingly, new home sales hit five-month low

Vaccines arm hotels, airlines with new power to jack up prices

Brexit negotiators reach outline of historic trade accord

lifestyle

Legal Oysteria closes in Charlestown; Pammy?s offers Sunday supper; and more restaurants head into hibernation

Ethan Hawke urges people to ?support the Coolidge? in new fundraising video

Hundreds of Massachusetts families will get refunds for canceled 2020 school trips

marijuana

Rockland gives green light to a fourth marijuana business

This high-end furniture is designed to secure your cannabis

Two new commissioners tapped for Massachusetts marijuana agency

opinion

Boston Police must release full body camera footage

A Christmas season of the missing

Trump and Pompeo redraw the map of North Africa

food & dining

Recipe: This single-layer chocolate cake topped with chocolate cream is an elegant ending to a holiday dinner

Treats for those watching their sweet teeth

Recipe: A whole side of roast salmon with chimichurri sauce is a dazzling holiday dinner

travel

Hundreds of Massachusetts families will get refunds for canceled 2020 school trips

Stressed about your kids? screen time? Don?t be

Author and cult expert talks Fiji, diving, and future grand plans

Books

Min Jin Lee on the ?deep moral conscience? of ?The Great Gatsby?

The 55 best books of 2020

Caught between Boston and Quincy in ?The Last American Aristocrat?

Movies

?Promising Young Woman? pushes buttons as it turns the tables

Doc Talk: Accursed Mountain State, Belgium abandoned

Tom Hanks, Texas, 1870: ?News of the World? -- as usual, he?s the right man for the job

Television

GBH?s Julia Child marathon will keep you entertained all day long on Dec. 26

Reaction to John Mulaney underscores double standard for female and Black celebs who go into rehab

On NBC?s ?One Night Only,? a worthy goal but a narrow view of Broadway

music

Remember when the Celtics lured fans with concerts after the game?

In seven songs, these Boston artists gave voice to resistance, persistence, and Black joy

Catch these online classical concerts before year?s end

Theater/Dance

Boston record label Dead & Mellow marks a first year in which nothing went according to plan

Williamstown Theatre Festival re-creates its lost summer season on Audible

This virtual ?Christmas Revels? is a virtual triumph

globe local

Day or night, a winter wonderland awaits

Should Massachusetts lift its ban on flavored tobacco products?

Beverly Beckham: What we will remember about a year we?d just as soon forget

Obituaries

Rebecca Luker, a Broadway star for three decades, dies at 59

Guido Goldman, a connector of nations and people, dies at 83

Hall of Fame linebacker, pass rush great Kevin Greene dies at 58