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Scientific journal investigating UMass hydrogen study after revelations of gas industry influence

The study, by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, endorsed the use of so-called green hydrogen for heating buildings in Massachusetts and recommended the state consider adopting hydrogen as a clean fuel.

Healey made her first cabinet picks. She’s also gauging whether some Baker officials might stay, sources say.

Nonetheless, the first three hires announced by Healey Tuesday, all veterans of state government, pull heavily from the last Democratic gubernatorial administration under Deval Patrick and from Healey’s own office.

Authorities investigating homicide of woman in Stoughton

A 40-year-old woman was the victim of “an apparent homicide,” at the home located at 743 Park St., Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey's office said Tuesday afternoon.

City watchdog urges Boston Public Schools to delay awarding transportation contract to the only bidder
The Boston Finance Commission’s recommendations come one month after the school system’s current transportation operator, Transdev, emerged as the only bidder.

COVID-19 cases are rising in the US, prompting New York City, Los Angeles to encourage masking
New England has — so far — been spared the CDC’s “high” community level designation.

Paxlovid lowered COVID hospitalizations, deaths in vaccinated adults over 50, Mass General Brigham study says

What does one serve to royalty? This Hyde Park-baked coffee cake
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu served coffee cake from My Grandma’s of New England when she hosted the Prince William and Kate at City Hall last month, Wu said Tuesday during a monthly appearance on WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio.”

President Biden signs gay marriage bill at White House ceremony

Daria Brayman, the wife of Alexey Brayman, stood on the porch by a delivery at her home in Merrimack, N.H.

Spies, microchips, and night lights. The story of an alleged Russian smuggling ring in a N.H. town.

The charging documents outline a plot pulled straight from “The Americans” TV series, about KGB agents raising a family near Washington, D.C.

Boston officials outline a host of potential improvements for Franklin Park
The sweeping vision includes restoring and coming up with new uses for the park’s bear dens, which have sat defunct for decades, and building a new stage and seating for the Elma Lewis Playhouse.

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Nelson Agholor was looking out for teammate DeVante Parker. Why didn’t the NFL’s concussion spotter see what Agholor clearly did?
Agholor began frantically waving his arms to officials so they could stop the game and get Parker off the field.

DeVante Parker calls out NFL as union says it will review how officials handled Patriots receiver’s head injury

They may not be true contenders this season, but the Patriots have some building blocks in place

Sam Bankman-Fried.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried likened to Bernie Madoff, Enron in ‘scheme’ to defraud

Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas at the request of the US government, which charged him with eight criminal violations, ranging from wire fraud to money laundering to conspiracy to commit fraud.

Bankman-Fried faces charges in FTX meltdown. What about Caroline Ellison and others?

“It’s really hard when you lose a player like Xander [Bogaerts], but it’s even harder when you lose a person like Xander,” said Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy.

Red Sox notebook

On the day the Red Sox introduced Kenley Jansen, a lot of the questions were about how Xander Bogaerts got away

Team president and CEO Sam Kennedy acknowledged the difficulty both for members of the Red Sox and fans of the team in seeing the departure of a franchise pillar.

Colleen Farragher (left) is the shelter captain coordinator for Christmas in the City, which was cofounded by Sparky Kennedy. Instead of the traditional large party, Christmas in the City this year will visit individual shelters.

For Christmas in the City, the future looks merry and bright

While COVID made Christmas in the City’s reach more modest, it never went away. This year, its volunteers will deliver to 38 homeless shelters in and around Boston.

Santa Claus and Mrs Claus rode on a Boston Fire Dept ladder truck to the Shriners Children’s Hospital where they and their elves visited with patients inside. Before the visit, Santa (who is a Boston firefighter aka Lt. Bob McGrath) and Mrs. Claus, (also a Boston firefighter, aka Lt. Sheila Leahy) were raised in the tower ladder to wave to patients on the upper level floors.

‘We’re just putting smiles on kids’ faces;’ Firefighters bring Christmas cheer to young patients at Shriners Children’s Boston

Four inpatient and around 20 to 30 outpatient children peered out of the hospital’s windows as the Claus couple slowly inched closer in the bucket of a fire ladder extending from the fire engine.

Opinion

King Charles III and Prince William before the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II at St George's Chapel on Sept. 19.

Racism and the ‘very much not a racist’ royal family

Instead of protecting its image, the House of Windsor needs to address the prejudice that lurks within its palace walls.

Merit McIntyre and Jim Stergios

How to avoid the Massachusetts estate tax? Try not to die.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The rest of the story

Jan. 6 committee must focus on Trump, but mustn’t omit other crucial aspects in its report

Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and William R. Moomaw

US Forest Service should let forests grow

A collage of images from The Emancipator's 2022 coverage.

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Justice Dictionary 2022

To tackle pressing social problems, we first need the language to describe them. Here are concepts and takeaways amplified this year by contributors to The Emancipator.

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Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

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Merck-Moderna mRNA vaccine for melanoma shows promise in study, companies say
The Cambridge biotech reported that the experimental shot reduced the risk of progression or death by 44 percent.

‘No one really wants to talk about alcohol’: Alcohol abuse costs Mass. more than $5 billion yearly, new analysis finds
Alcohol-related deaths, disability, and property damage cost Massachusetts at least $5.6 billion annually, while causing thousands of deaths and illnesses. Yet revenues from alcohol-specific taxes fall far short of repaying those costs.

TONY'S TIPS

How to pick the perfect pomegranate and persimmon, and what to do with them
Whether you are searching for the fruits for the first time or your 50th time, take advantage and go shop now. “This time of year, they are perfect.”

State awards $5 million for new STEM Tech academies
The STEM Tech Career Academies will start next school year as a six-year program for students to simultaneously earn their high school diplomas and post-secondary credentials at a community college at no cost.

Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man, according to Forbes
The mogul behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, Elon Musk has seen his fortune shrink by more than 50 percent in the past year to $176.8 billion as of Tuesday’s market close, according to Forbes.

Lionel Messi, Argentina beat Croatia to reach World Cup final
Messi converted a penalty and had a hand in the other two goals by Julián Álvarez, leading Argentina to a 3-0 win.

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The life-changing power of boring jobs and mindless work

Automation may one day replace our most tedious tasks. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

‘We don’t see the end’: In daily juggling act, overstretched hospitals try to maintain services
Massachusetts hospitals reported having fewer available beds in November than a year ago when the state ordered them to stop performing elective surgeries.

‘He was just standing on a rock taking photos.’ N.H. hiker falls to his death from icy cliff.
Despite wearing gear designed to improve footing in snow and ice, a New Hampshire man fell hundreds of feet to his death from the top of Mount Willard Saturday, a tragedy that happened so quickly his wife didn’t see him fall, an official said Monday.

Here’s why fusion could be a clean-energy breakthrough
The major advance in fusion research announced in Washington on Tuesday was decades in coming, with scientists for the first time able to engineer a reaction that produced more power than was used to ignite it.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Colin Farrell (left) and Barry Keoghan in "The Banshees of Inisherin."

Boston Society of Film Critics announces 2022 winners — and one surprising tie

Junction Trio — violinist Stefan Jackiw, cellist Jay Campbell, and pianist/composer Conrad Tao — performed works by Ravel, Schumann, and others on Saturday night in Jordan Hall, presented by Celebrity Series of Boston.

At Jordan Hall, a rising generation of musicians on display

Emily Wilson, shown performing "Fixed," a show about her cringe-inducing experience of competing on "The X Factor" as a 15-year-old.

Emily Wilson on cringing at your past self, reality TV, and her new show ‘Fixed’

From left: Jacqui Parker, Thomika Bridwell, and Inés de la Cruz in "Chicken & Biscuits."

A family bends but doesn’t break in Front Porch’s ‘Chicken & Biscuits’

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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.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

King Charles III and Prince William before the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II at St George's Chapel on Sept. 19.

Racism and the ‘very much not a racist’ royal family

One reader suggested "A Wrinkle in Time: The Lost Art of Ironing.”

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The rest of the story

Proud Boy leaders Joseph Biggs, left, and Ethan Nordean, right with megaphone, marched toward the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jan. 6 committee must focus on Trump, but mustn’t omit other crucial aspects in its report

Environmental activists gathered to protest the US Forest Service for moving forward with plans to log mature forests at Telephone Gap and in several other projects in the Green Mountain National Forest at the Rochester Ranger Station in Rochester, Vt., on Nov. 12. This clearcutting of forest sections follows President Biden's recent executive order from Earth Day to conserve mature and old forests on federal public lands.

Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and William R. Moomaw

US Forest Service should let forests grow

Lidia Vilorio, a home health aide, made the bed for her patient on May 5, 2021, in Haverstraw, N.Y.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latinas make about half the pay of white men, but work just as hard

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AI can detect signs of depression. Should we let it?

Metro

Healey made her first cabinet picks. She’s also gauging whether some Baker officials might stay, sources say.

Nonetheless, the first three hires announced by Healey Tuesday, all veterans of state government, pull heavily from the last Democratic gubernatorial administration under Deval Patrick and from Healey’s own office.

City watchdog urges Boston Public Schools to delay awarding transportation contract to the only bidder

The Boston Finance Commission’s recommendations come one month after the school system’s current transportation operator, Transdev, emerged as the only bidder.

There is still good in the world

Survivors of domestic violence find their voices in writing to Globe Santa

For Christmas in the City, the future looks merry and bright

While COVID made Christmas in the City’s reach more modest, it never went away. This year, its volunteers will deliver to 38 homeless shelters in and around Boston.

Sports

Argentina celebrated after Julian Alvarez scored his team's third goal against Croatia.

Argentina has advanced to the World Cup Final Who will join them?

Find out the scores of each game, how to watch on streaming, and which channel you can find every World Cup game on cable.

“You really have to work on yourself to make sure that you’re the best for the girls and you can coach them to where they’re the most motivated and can perform at their highest level,” Nikki Petrich, first-year Canton girls' hockey coach.

GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Girls’ hockey notebook: In her new role behind Canton’s bench, Nikki Petrich hopes to keep program on a successful trajectory

After serving four seasons as Stephanie Wood's assistant at Austin Prep, one vacancy drew Petrich's immediate attention: Canton. “They love hockey down here . . . The girls’ program has been good for several years, if not great," she said.

Moroccan fans celebrated on the streets of Paris after upsetting Portugal — will Wednesday see similar scenes after a monumental semifinal?

Morocco faces France in politically charged World Cup semifinal

Morocco was under French rule from 1912-1956, and the two countries' history has amped up the stakes even further.

NFL fight against faking injuries leads to feud with Saints star Cameron Jordan

Red Sox notebook

On the day the Red Sox introduced Kenley Jansen, a lot of the questions were about how Xander Bogaerts got away

Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett’s status uncertain after his second concussion in eight weeks

Business

Most small SUVs flunk updated insurance industry crash tests

The Buick Encore, Chevrolet Equinox, Honda CR-V and HR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Jeep Renegade, Mazda CX-5, and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross got the bottom rating of “poor.”

Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man, according to Forbes

The mogul behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, Elon Musk has seen his fortune shrink by more than 50 percent in the past year to $176.8 billion as of Tuesday’s market close, according to Forbes.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried likened to Bernie Madoff, Enron in ‘scheme’ to defraud

United to buy 100 Boeing planes

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Top Places to Work

Half of workers tie a company's climate action to job satisfaction

Top Places to Work

A secret great leaders know: Employee trust matters more than anything

Top Places to Work

10 Boston-area employees share what they love about their jobs

Top Places to Work

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

metro

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, a Warwick Democrat, and Majority Leader Chris Blazejewski outlined key issues for the upcoming legislative session.

6 key issues R.I. Speaker Shekarchi wants to tackle in 2023

ACLU, Center for Justice file lawsuit challenging R.I. order to evict homeless people in encampment at State House

‘We’re just putting smiles on kids’ faces;’ Firefighters bring Christmas cheer to young patients at Shriners Children’s Boston

sports

After a brief stint with the Bucs (and some time away from the game), Beasley is back in Buffalo.

Receiver Cole Beasley, 33, comes out of retirement to rejoin the Bills

Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray out for season with torn ACL

What made former Patriot Deion Branch agree to become interim coach at Louisville for the Fenway Bowl?

business

The British pharmaceutical giant GSK is partnering with Cambridge's Wave Life Sciences on genetic treatments.

GSK enters RNA editing field through partnership with Wave Life Sciences

New FTX CEO tells House committee that lax oversight, bad decisions caused failure

Sam Bankman-Fried faces charges in FTX meltdown. What about Caroline Ellison and others?

politics

President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday at the White House.

President Biden signs gay marriage bill at White House ceremony

This South Carolina power broker is reshaping Democratic politics

Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing appears in US court

Nation

On Tuesday, scientists studying fusion energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced that they had successfully reproduced the sun's power in a laboratory.

With blasts of 192 lasers, scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough

Huge US study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

Massive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat

World

An undated booking photo provided by the Alexandria (Virginia) Sheriff's Office shows Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud, who has been arrested in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

In Libya, mystery shrouds handover of Lockerbie suspect to US

Islamic State group claims attack on hotel in Afghan capital

Eight in France face verdict over Nice extremist truck attack

opinion

Lidia Vilorio, a home health aide, made the bed for her patient on May 5, 2021, in Haverstraw, N.Y.

Latinas make about half the pay of white men, but work just as hard

Governor’s Council should heed Baker’s call to pardon the Amirault siblings

Did we learn the wrong lesson from the highway revolt of the 1970s?

lifestyle

Pebbles at 96.9.

Podcast: Heart & Solo

Zac Brown Band to play at Fenway’s summer concert series

I reconnected with an old fling

food & dining

Mayor Michelle Wu served coffee cake from My Grandma's of New England to the royal couple during their visit to Boston.

What does one serve to royalty? This Hyde Park-baked coffee cake

How to pick the perfect pomegranate and persimmon, and what to do with them

These sprinkles and cookie jars kick it up a notch

travel

Ladawn Taylor looks at one of the displays during the grand opening of the new Museum of Broadway in New York's Times Square on Nov. 15, 2022.

Raising the curtain on the new Museum of Broadway in Times Square

These are some of the best made-in-New England gifts

Meet the Gloucester native who shattered the cruise industry’s glass ceiling

Arts

Sean Sullivan, "We Can't Unmix the Colors."

In ‘Winter Solstice’ at the Griffin, it’s most everything under the sun

Museum of Science launches ‘Mission: Mars’ on Roblox

Art museums didn’t go back to ‘normal’ in 2022 — and that’s a good thing

Books

Jessica Grose’s ‘Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood’ is a history of women’s power and a call to arms for a wide audience

In ‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator,’ Maria Ressa lays bare the threat to democracy from tech and social media in a bracing autobiography

Kate Beaton’s wide-ranging literary tastes include mysteries set in the Middle Ages and a graphic novel about the medieval dancing plague

Movies

Colin Farrell (left) and Barry Keoghan in "The Banshees of Inisherin."

Boston Society of Film Critics announces 2022 winners — and one surprising tie

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce nominations

‘Empire of Light’: Sam Mendes makes a movie about the magic of the movies

Television

Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond in "Minx."

HBO Max’s cancellation of ‘Minx’ a misguided move

Golden Globe noms led by ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’

‘The White Lotus’ says ‘Arrivederci’ and the Internet goes wild

music

Zac Brown performs "Out in the Middle" during the 56th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Zac Brown Band to play at Fenway’s summer concert series

At Jingle Ball, the hits just keep on coming

At Jordan Hall, a rising generation of musicians on display

Theater/Dance

Voices of Black Persuasion sing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" in "Black Nativity."

A cherished tradition is renewed in ‘Black Nativity’

A family bends but doesn’t break in Front Porch’s ‘Chicken & Biscuits’

Elon Musk takes the stage, amid boos, at Dave Chappelle’s comedy show

globe local

An overhead view of the outdoor public Gath Pool in Newtonville.

Mayor: Newton’s Park and Recreation Commission to discuss proposed Gath Pool project Dec. 19

Newton Highlands Green Line station project set to start next spring

Soccer’s biggest showcase brings the world together at local watering holes

Obituaries

Composer Angelo Badalamenti in his home studio in Lincoln Park, N.J., on May 22, 2005.

‘Twin Peaks’ composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at 85

Kawānanakoa, considered last Hawaiian princess, dies at 96

Lee Lorenz, New Yorker cartoonist who cultivated new talent, dies at 90