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University of New Hampshire student was in ‘altercation’ at fraternity before death, school says

A University of New Hampshire fraternity is on suspension status after authorities learned that 22-year-old Vincenzo Lirosi was in an “altercation’' at a fraternity event hours before his body was found near the school’s Durham campus on Sunday, according to the school.

Coast Guard searching Narragansett Bay for woman who fell off Prudence Island ferry

The Coast Guard and Rhode Island first responders are searching Narragansett Bay Tuesday for a woman who was reported to have fallen overboard off the Prudence Island ferry late Monday, officials said.
COVID-19: THE LATEST

Antibody treatment found effective against Omicron variant

Shootings and homicides are down in Boston this year compared to 2020.
Shootings and homicides continue to be down in Boston this year, defying national trends
Through Sunday, Boston had experienced 38 homicides for the year, down from 53 for the same time period last year. It’s a dip from the city’s 5-year-average of 51 killings a year.

The Yawkey Foundation on Tuesday pledged $15 million to help the Pine Street Inn finance housing developments for the formerly-homeless, like this one proposed on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain.

Amid homeless crisis, Yawkey Foundation pledges $15 million to Pine Street Inn

Executives at Pine Street and the Yawkey Foundation hope the multiyear donation can help support the construction and operation of 400 to 500 new apartments, on top of the 850 units of supportive housing and 425 shelter beds that Pine Street already oversees.
The 10 candidates, pictured here at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are (from left to right): Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos Berríos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas.

Blast off! Four members of NASA’s new class of astronauts have New England ties

The 2021 astronaut class is set to begin their two years of training in January. After that, the world — or more fittingly, space — is their oyster, with a whole host of different missions they could be sent on.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand before a wreath and mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington.

Biden visits WWII Memorial to honor fallen at Pearl Harbor

President Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial in the nation’s capital.
Annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony to take place in Charlestown Navy Yard
Opinion
A memorial for retired Air Force veteran Ramona Cooper and retired State Police Trooper David Green, at Winthrop Town Hall in July. Both were slain in an apparent hate crime.
EDITORIAL

State hate crime law needs a 2022 redo

As extremism grows, delivering justice means closing loopholes and expanding the law’s reach.
The FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14.
Harvey Silverglate

Reform isn’t enough; get rid of the FBI
A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 6.
Rachel R. Yorlets

No one taught me that epidemiology is political — but it is
Caroline McDonald (left) a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join an abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1.
Joan Vennochi

From Texas to Massachusetts for an abortion
Outside the State House demonstrators held a jazz fest in April 2019 for Fair Share Massachusetts in support of a surcharge on the state's wealthiest people.
LETTERS

Bid for tax on wealthy in Mass. could be seen in new light
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Kinesha Goldson and Sofi Madison are sisterhood and self-love: Black Girl Magic.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

What we mean by Black Girl Magic

Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another.
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Medford officials apologize for menorah display at City Hall that offended Jewish community

Officials in Medford has apologized for a menorah display at City Hall that members of the local Jewish community decried as anti-Semitic.

He was sent to prison by a corrupt Boston police detective. Now, 26 years later, prosecutors want him freed

A review of the decades-old conviction of James Lucien found that key evidence went missing and crucial witnesses were coached or ignored, and “significant evidence of police misconduct and perjured testimony.”

Hawaii governor declares state of emergency as heavy rains bring ‘danger of a disaster occurrence’

Hawaii is threatened by heavy rains that are likely to last at least two more days and damage life, infrastructure, and property throughout the state, Democratic Governor David Ige said as he declared a state of emergency on Monday.

A scene from "Apple Cinema" shows Boston under attack.
An empty Cambridge movie theater is just what this filmmaker needed to create a zombie apocalypse
Conor Holway’s “Apple Cinema” mostly takes place inside the actual Apple Cinemas, which had been closed through much of the pandemic.

Some of the paintings gifted to Boston College by Peter Lynch: A Winslow Homer painting (left) a Martin Johnson Heade (center top) a Pablo Picasso (center bottom) and Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child, right.
Boston College museum receives $20m gift of art from Peter Lynch
Lynch’s gift to BC’s McMullen Museum of Art includes works by Pablo Picasso, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt.

WHAT SHE'S HAVING | KARA BASKIN
Chiles en nogada at Condesa, a poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef mixed with apples, pears, plantains, and raisins. It’s topped with a creamy walnut sauce and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds.
Condesa at Arsenal Yards offers hard-to-find Mexican dishes in a convenient venue
The new Watertown restaurant serves family recipes, plus a terrific cheese dip.

Best of the holidays

The 80th annual Christmas tree lighting event was held on the Boston Common Dec 2.

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

It’s that time of year where every walk around the block feels like a stroll through a storybook, and we want to connect readers to all the best spots around Boston to revel in the holiday spirit.
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Globe Santa

Pressure on small businesses hurts children, too

It’s no secret that small-business owners have been struggling to stay afloat in the nearly two years since COVID-19 upended our lives. A father of three from Cambridge is no exception.

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A 1960s-era vehicle was parked near the Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont Monday for the first day of filming on "Boston Strangler," starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, and Oscar winner Chris Cooper.

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

The Winn Brook Elementary School in Belmont was the backdrop Monday for the first day of filming on “Boston Strangler,” the upcoming movie about a series of murders that terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.

HelloPrenup founders Julia Rodgers (left) and Sarabeth Jaffe.
Fresh off ‘Shark Tank,’ they’re out to disrupt divorce
HelloPrenup looks to simplify the way Americans get prenuptial agreements, which can cost couples upwards of $5,000.

Adagio Therapeutics cofounders Tillman Gerngross, Laura Walker, and Rene Russo.
In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants
The Omicron variant has driven home the reality that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. But one of New England’s leading biotech thinkers is pursuing a new way to fight it.

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.
Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94
Mr. Rappaport had been changing Boston’s history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A scene from "Apple Cinema" shows Boston under attack.

An empty Cambridge movie theater is just what this filmmaker needed to create a zombie apocalypse
Mariah Carey offered to replace Ayanna Pressley's missing copy of the singer's Christmas album on Twitter on Friday morning.

All Ayanna Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah Carey album returned

The set of actress Margot Robbie's video for "73 Questions," a Vogue video series where Boston College alumnus Joe Sabia asks celebrities 73 rapid-fire questions.

The guy from ‘73 Questions’ answers 73 questions
Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms

Special Projects

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Special Report

In Harm’s Way

Vehicle rammings against protesters are on the rise, but the justice system often sides with drivers

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Jamel Davis stands in front of his tent in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood in San Francisco, on April 17. He said his girlfriend died from a fentanyl overdose.
John E. Rosenthal

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?
Photos of murdered transgender women and men at the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York June 27, 2021.
RENÉE GRAHAM

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

During the trial on Nov. 9, Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney (left) and Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian looked at the weapon Rittenhouse used on the night of Aug. 25, 2020.
Cynthia Lee

When it comes to guns and claims of self-defense, juries need guidance
A pedestrian died in September after falling from this closed rusted staircase at JFK/UMass Sation. The staircase was shut down and blocked off, but not repaired or removed until after the accident.
EDITORIAL

The state needs a better way to track what it owns
Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Joe Biden, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

What if a new New Deal was coming and no one noticed?

Metro

Medford officials apologize for menorah display at City Hall that offended Jewish community

Officials in Medford has apologized for a menorah display at City Hall that members of the local Jewish community decried as anti-Semitic.

Weather maps: Light snowfall is expected on Wednesday

It won’t be much, but snow is in the forecast for Boston as a coastal storm travels across southern New England, according to the National Weather Service.

Shootings and homicides continue to be down in Boston this year, defying national trends

Through Sunday, Boston had experienced 38 homicides for the year, down from 53 for the same time period last year. It’s a dip from the city’s 5-year-average of 51 killings a year.
Coronavirus Live Updates

Antibody treatment found effective against Omicron variant

The latest news and guidance on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New England and beyond.

Sports

The Patriots are 9-4.
Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

The Patriots’ message was clear: We’re the favorites in the AFC

The Patriots have collected many wins over the last 20-plus years that confirmed their smarts, toughness, and determination. But they’ve never had one that looked quite like this.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said the wind for Monday night's game was a significant factor.

Bill Belichick joked about how the Patriots can approach the late-season rematch against the Bills

Appearing on his weekly radio interview, the Patriots coach said the wind was more of a factor than the cold.
Deatrich Wise (right) put the pressure on Bills quarterback Josh Allen in the fourth quarter.

‘They had one big run.’ The Bills weren’t hiding their frustrations after Monday night loss to Patriots

With the AFC East and the top seed in the conference both in at stake, Buffalo couldn’t secure a much-needed win on its home field.
PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Extent of injuries to Damien Harris, Adrian Phillips unclear after Patriots’ win over Bills
Patriots

What Bill Belichick said about his unorthodox game plan after Patriots’ win over Bills
Tara Sullivan

50 mph gusts. Just three passes. The Patriots didn’t just beat the Bills — they beat the elements, too

Business

Boston weather-tech startup going public in latest SPAC deal

Tomorrow.io has built a new system for predicting the weather using data from wireless phone networks and Internet-connected cars. It is also building a network of small radar satellites to improve its forecasts.

Glaxo antibody treatment works on Omicron mutations in study

GlaxoSmithKline Plc said research shows its COVID-19 antibody treatment is effective against the full combination of mutations in the new Omicron variant.

Amid homeless crisis, Yawkey Foundation pledges $15 million to Pine Street Inn

Spain approves COVID vaccine for children in 5-11 age group

STAT

Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department at UCSF, stands for a portrait at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Oakland, Calif.
‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

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Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

Funeral goers sing during a service for Daisy Pace at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in January 2021.
DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Boston, MA -- 05/12/21 -- Dr. Matthew Carty examines patient Jerry Majethic at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital on May 12, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine
Ruth Negga (left) and Tessa Thompson in "Passing," the new film based on the Nella Larsen novel.
PERSPECTIVE

Racial ‘passing’ is still a reality. Here’s why I embraced my complex identity

MISS CONDUCT

Our unvaccinated family is mad we’re not coming for the holidays. What can we do?
Love Letters

He never lets her win their Peloton competitions. Should he?
Broccoli and Kimchi Fried Rice With “Poached” Eggs.
Cooking

Recipes: The secret to great homemade fried rice

metro

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green holds a homemade sign to greet students returning to Central High School in Providence in September 2020.

Rhode Island might overhaul its high school graduation requirements

Challengers claim ‘Gerrymandering 101′ in draft of new House and Senate district maps

University of New Hampshire student was in ‘altercation’ at fraternity before death, school says

sports

Mac Jones ignored a text from Peyton Manning for a few days, too.

Patriots-Bills ‘Manning Cast’ takeaways: Even Peyton Manning can’t get permission to talk to Mac Jones

Playing it safe was the way to go, and now the Patriots are in the driver’s seat in the AFC East

How the Patriots’ gritty 14-10 win over the Bills unfolded

business

A COVID-19 vaccination centre at Westfield Stratford City on Dec. 5, 2021, in London, England.

UK vaccine booster program stuck as millions wait for shots

Hong Kong loses shine amid tough coronavirus restrictions

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes faces cross-examination

politics

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand before a wreath and mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington.

Biden visits WWII Memorial to honor fallen at Pearl Harbor

Beyond Ukraine, plenty of issues for Biden-Putin talks

Explainer: What’s behind the Russia-Ukraine tensions?

Nation

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington.

Attorney says Meadows won’t cooperate with Jan. 6 panel

Antibody treatment found effective against Omicron variant

Biden visits WWII Memorial to honor fallen at Pearl Harbor

World

A police car patrols a pedestrianized shopping street in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021.

Austria to end lockdown on Sunday, keep limits on unvaccinated

Beyond Ukraine, plenty of issues for Biden-Putin talks

Explainer: What’s behind the Russia-Ukraine tensions?

opinion

Antiabortion and abortion rights advocates protest outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 1.

After court arguments, the abortion debate is striking a lot of nerves

The state needs a better way to track what it owns

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence

lifestyle

Chiles en nogada at Condesa, a poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef mixed with apples, pears, plantains, and raisins. It’s topped with a creamy walnut sauce and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds.

Condesa at Arsenal Yards offers hard-to-find Mexican dishes in a convenient venue

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

‘Boston Strangler’ production begins filming in Belmont

food & dining

Chiles en nogada at Condesa, a poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef mixed with apples, pears, plantains, and raisins. It’s topped with a creamy walnut sauce and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds.

Condesa at Arsenal Yards offers hard-to-find Mexican dishes in a convenient venue

Ashley and Jared’s new cafe, Audrey’s, opens with coffee, treats, and a nod to ‘The Bachelor’

Barrington’s newest café serves coffee, crêpes and crystals

travel

A nearly empty shopping district in Seoul. A vast majority of Chinese tourists are staying home because of the coronavirus epidemic.

When the biggest spenders aren’t coming back any time soon

Omicron is here. Should you cancel your trip?

Shopping in R.I.: Check out these great holiday markets

Arts

Some of the paintings gifted to Boston College by Peter Lynch: A Winslow Homer painting (left) a Martin Johnson Heade (center top) a Pablo Picasso (center bottom) and Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child, right.

Boston College museum receives $20m gift of art from Peter Lynch

In new exhibit at Beacon Gallery, Caron Tabb explores privilege — and the past — with mixed results

Art school confidential

Books

The mystery of Garbo

At the bottom of the bottle in ‘Bright Burning Things’

A neuroscientist on the science of reading

Movies

Disney released a first look at the main characters in the film production of the Halloween movie "Hocus Pocus 2." The original cast of "Hocus Pocus," which was filmed in 1992, partly in Salem, Mass., is returning for the second installment. The movie is filming at historic sites around Rhode Island.

🧙🏻‍♀️The latest on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ in Rhode Island

‘Hocus Pocus 2′ to begin filming on Federal Hill this Friday

Dispatches from ‘Boston Strangler’ set: Production begins filming in Belmont

Television

Chris Cuomo.

This week’s TV: Chris Cuomo’s gone, the ‘Sex and the City’ revival is here, and two retro sitcoms go live

GBH puts ‘Talking Politics’ in old ‘Beat the Press’ time slot

The 10 best TV shows of 2021 (and 10 more that almost cracked the list)

music

Olivia Rodrigo announced her first world tour Monday.

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Julian Lage Trio stretches out at Berklee Performance Center

An especially robust season’s greetings from the Holiday Pops

Theater/Dance

Matthew Aucoin posed for a photo outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Nov. 28, 2021.

Matthew Aucoin’s adventures in opera

Idina Menzel stars in ‘WILD’ at the ART in Cambridge — a show that imagines the world in better hands

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

globe local

Newton city councilors Susan Albright and Rick Lipof.

Albright, Lipoff reelected to lead Newton City Council

Brookline teen helps pass Town Meeting animal fur ban

Pop-up retailers are on the rise around Greater Boston

Obituaries

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Philip Heymann, former Harvard Law professor and US deputy attorney general, dies at 89

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98