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Boston to set up 11 waste water testing sites to increase COVID-19 detection

With COVID-19 levels in waste water rising in the region, officials in Boston have partnered with vendors to set up 11 waste water testing sites across the city, the leader of the Boston Public Health Commission said Monday.

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A tweet draws attention to a lawsuit accusing CVS of fundraising fraud at checkout. CVS has filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
A tweet by a PhD student at MIT put a focus on a lawsuit against CVS and caused an outcry on social media.

‘It was crazy’: Likely remains of old ship unearthed on Nantucket beach
Matthew Palka stumbled on the vessel's remains during a bike ride around the island.

Supreme Court justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples.

Here’s what’s happening in the Georgia runoff

Wayland police chief to resign following investigation into sexual harassment complaints
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Some wet weather late Tuesday into Wednesday, but still no big cold yet

Two N.H. men are charged after drag racing on highway; clocked at more than 125 m.p.h., police say

Red Sox made a three-year offer to José Abreu, but it didn’t come close to what he signed for with the Astros

According to major league sources, the Red Sox's offer was in the low- to mid-$40 million range. Abreu went to the Astros on a three-year, $59.5 million deal.
CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Mass. could be the birthplace of a dental revolution. Here’s why.

After voters overwhelmingly approved Question 2, which requires dental insurers to spend more on patient care, dentists in other states are planning similar campaigns.
Ben Volin I On football

Jimmy Garoppolo’s injury ruined so much, including the 49ers’ Super Bowl hopes

Garoppolo was playing the best football ball of his career after the 49ers tried to dump him in the offseason.
Patriots-Raiders flexed out of Sunday Night Football into 4:05 p.m. timeslot on Dec. 18
Opinion
Joan Vennochi

Can Marty Walsh get his union cred back on track with rail workers?

What happens next about sick time is important, and Walsh knows it.
MARCELA GARCÍA

With coyotes, our pets and our children have a predator
Special Report

Homicide’s other victims
RENÉE GRAHAM

‘I want people to realize that violence against trans people . . . is real, and it’s an epidemic’
Brian Wynne

Pollsters should look hard at their Question 1 misfire
The Emancipator

Why racism is a public health crisis

Dr. Monica Wang breaks down a U.C. Berkeley study linking racism in a community to higher risk of heart disease deaths among both Black and White members of the community.
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Ukrainian drones attack military bases hundreds of miles inside Russia
Ukraine executed its most brazen attack into Russian territory in the 9-month-old war Monday, targeting two military bases hundreds of miles inside the country with unmanned drones.

‘A citizen of justice, a citizen of peace,’ Sabina Carlson Robillard dies at 34
“Her empathy was her sixth sense. She always thought of others before herself,” Ms. Robillard’s father said.

Court upholds decision to revoke permits for Springfield biomass plant
In a win for environmental justice and public health advocates, the state has delivered a major setback to a bitterly contested proposal to build a wood waste-burning power plant in Springfield.

Former Natick official sentenced to 15 days behind bars for her role in Jan. 6 attack

Suzanne Ianni, 60, received her sentence Friday in federal court in Washington D.C., where she’d pleaded guilty in September to disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, records show.

Two suspects held without bail in Lowell kidnapping case; man found dead inside freezer
A man and woman charged with kidnapping a man whose body was found in their Lowell home inside a chest freezer were ordered held without bail Monday pending a dangerousness hearing next week, and court filings indicate the man was likely tortured before his death.

Andrea Campbell announces transition team focused on hiring and briefing new AG

Attorney General-elect Andrea Campbell has been busy building a transition team as she prepares to take office in January.
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When two jobs aren’t enough
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Massachusetts enacted its most ambitious housing law in decades. Now the hard part is enforcing it.

There is still a simmering resistance among some residents and local officials to the new MBTA Communities law, which attempts to tackle Massachusetts’ housing crisis by mandating new multifamily zoning in communities served by the T.

Boston Children’s faced months of death threats and hate mail. Here’s how staff members are coping.
The attacks come as caregivers at Children’s and beyond are already stretched thin from a surge of respiratory infections, a historic hospital capacity crisis, and several years of pandemic-induced exhaustion.

Investigation into South Boston human remains turns to autopsy
The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner faces a daunting task in unraveling the mystery of the four sets of human remains discovered last month in a condominium building on East Broadway in South Boston.

Biogen whistle-blower who received $266 million said people who report wrongdoing are ‘an anomaly’
Michael Bawduniak received $266.4 million last month as a result of a federal whistle-blower lawsuit he filed in 2012 against Biogen.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Tree lightings, holiday markets, and more family-friendly events for 2022

Here are 10 top-notch true-crime podcasts from 2022

Author readings around Boston Dec. 4-10

Sensitive stomach? Then urine trouble if you see ‘Symbionts’ at MIT List Visual Arts Center.

Special Projects

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Special Report

Homicide’s other victims
RENÉE GRAHAM

‘I want people to realize that violence against trans people . . . is real, and it’s an epidemic’
Brian Wynne

Pollsters should look hard at their Question 1 misfire
EDITORIAL

Biden can do more for rail workers
MARCELA GARCÍA

When journalists are the target of high-tech espionage
IDEAS | DAVID DESTENO

Church should be more like Burning Man

Metro

“This was a friend loaning a friend money,” defense tells jurors at bribery trial of former Harvard fencing coach

Peter Brand, of Cambridge, and Jie "Jack" Zhao, a telecommunications executive, each face charges related to alleged bribery in Harvard recruiting decisions.

When two jobs aren’t enough

They labor long hours for low pay, but working parents still need Globe Santa's help in the holidays.

Transformative decision a half-century ago to scrap I-95 extension still resonates in Boston today

Fifty years ago last week, Governor Francis Sargent killed the Southwest Expressway, an 8-mile extension of Interstate 95 from Canton to the South End, a decision that transformed and shaped modern Boston.
CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Mass. could be the birthplace of a dental revolution. Here’s why.

After voters overwhelmingly approved Question 2, which requires dental insurers to spend more on patient care, dentists in other states are planning similar campaigns.

Sports

Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

Neymar has waited more than a decade for his crowning moment for Brazil. Is this World Cup his time?

He's won it all at club level as one of the best players in the world, but Neymar needs a trophy with Brazil to seal his legacy in a soccer-obsessed nation.
REVOLUTION

Veteran forward Bobby Wood signs with Revolution for 2023 MLS season

The Hawaii native played for Revolution coach Bruce Arena with the USMNT and spent the past two years in MLS with Real Salt Lake.
Men's college basketball notebook

Boston University men’s basketball team benefitting from the experience of its graduate students

Walter Whyte, Jonas Harper, and Fletcher Tynen have played a combined 362 games for BU.
The Tradition

Jillian Dempsey is living the dream, doing two things (teaching, professional hockey) she loves
World Cup Notebook

Neymar scores, Brazil blows past South Korea 4-1 at World Cup
WORLD CUP 2022

Keep up with the World Cup: See the scores of every match, and check out today’s schedule

Business

BOLD TYPES

Quincy movie studio owner makes plans to expand into Watertown

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.

‘New address, same Standard...’ Garrett Harker teases the return of Eastern Standard in 2023
TALKING POINTS

Things are looking up for Mass. employers
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Top Places to Work

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts
Top Places to Work

How are these companies helping employees with inflation? Cash.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: "I made a list of things we could talk about"

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Dec. 5-18

metro

‘It was crazy’: Likely remains of old ship unearthed on Nantucket beach

Rhode Island political news: November 2022

Some wet weather late Tuesday into Wednesday, but still no big cold yet

sports

Keep up with the World Cup: See the scores of every match, and check out today’s schedule

Justin Verlander agrees to 2-year, $86.7 million contract with Mets

The BAA had long tried to get Eliud Kipchoge to run Boston, and in 2023 he will

business

New England may ask residents to curb energy in extreme cold

Circle, Boston’s biggest crypto startup, cancels deal to go public

Mass. could be the birthplace of a dental revolution. Here’s why.

politics

Warnock, Walker: Starkly different choices for Black voters

Supreme Court justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights

Trump Organization tax fraud trial in jury’s hands

Nation

US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

TikTok influencer is fined after hitting a golf ball into the Grand Canyon

Here’s what’s happening in the Georgia runoff

World

China stems wave of protest, but ripples of resistance remain

Ukrainian drones attack military bases hundreds of miles inside Russia

COVID protests in China raise hope for solidarity among activists abroad

opinion

Thanks for Misha’s story; ABA and other options

We need more representation of people with disabilities in the arts

Wanted for the T: a GM who focuses on safety and reliability

lifestyle

‘It’s a dirty game.’ Netflix unveils ‘Harry & Meghan’ series trailer and release dates

This Weymouth LEGO artist and movie-maker is ready to put his best brick forward as one of the ‘LEGO Masters’ top four

My gym crush is haunting me

food & dining

‘New address, same Standard...’ Garrett Harker teases the return of Eastern Standard in 2023

7 R.I. food businesses giving back to their communities

Johnson & Wales secret society dishes out a unique menu for members while mentoring future chefs

travel

Hey, Chase Sapphire Reserve, where’s my $15,194?

When Bermuda had an identity crisis, the island turned to a Bostonian for help

‘Biguanas’ and Bogie add to the allure of this funky Florida outpost

Arts

Guests at the Earthshot Awards were encouraged to dress sustainably. Mayor Wu understood the assignment.

Does the art world finally ‘get’ Alex Katz?

At Yale, connecting two great Britons

Books

In Jane Smiley’s latest novel, two young women navigate sex work and detective work on the frontier

Kerri Maher, author of ‘The Paris Bookseller’ and other historical novels, takes a contemporary approach to reading

In Kevin Wilson’s ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic,’ remembering a summer of adolescent upheaval

Movies

The greatest films of all time, according to critics? ‘Jeanne Dielman,’ ‘Vertigo,’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ make the cut

‘Sr.’ is Robert Downey Jr.’s moving tribute to his filmmaker-father

Lights! Camera! DeLillo!

Television

Holidays are the perfect time for streaming

‘It’s a dirty game.’ Netflix unveils ‘Harry & Meghan’ series trailer and release dates

This week’s TV: Amazon beats Netflix, ‘Little America’ returns, and Reba gets some love

music

All the big names on the ‘green carpet’ at William and Kate’s Earthshot ceremony

On their final day in Boston, Prince William and Kate had a packed agenda

Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post

Theater/Dance

Laughs are in store in Ryan Landry’s ‘Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors’

Faran Tahir to play the title role in ‘Macbeth’ on the Common

In bringing ‘Life of Pi’ to the stage, a sea of possibilities, and challenges

globe local

Among charter schools in Greater Boston suburbs, dress codes are anything but uniform

The Argument: Should Massachusetts raise the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 20?

Another plan for long-vacant Atlantic Aquarium in Hull

Obituaries

Nick Bollettieri, coach to many tennis stars, dead at age 91

Bob McGrath, longtime ‘Sesame Street’ star, dies at 90

‘A citizen of justice, a citizen of peace,’ Sabina Carlson Robillard dies at 34