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Significant flooding occurred at high tide Friday morning on Long Wharf as water from Boston Harbor spilled on to Long Wharf and State Street.

Photos and videos show flooding around New England

As an intense storm battered New England Thursday, bringing with it high winds and whipping rain, waves walloped the coastline and roads were flooded.

Power outages map: See where people lost power in Mass. Forecast: This Christmas will be the coldest Boston has seen in years Wind gusts hit 147 miles per hour on Mount Washington

A motorist drives down East Squantum St in Quincy.

Strong winds continue in Mass. as cold front sweeps into the region

Frigid wind chill is expected across Massachusetts.

High winds continue as arctic blast moves into New England. These maps show what to expect.

The Firestone family makes their way across Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y. after stocking up on supplies at the grocery store, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Winter weather is blanketing the U.S. as a massive storm sent temperatures crashing and created whiteout conditions.(Derek Gee /The Buffalo News via AP)

‘Seiche’ wave on the Great Lakes? Wind-chill advisory in Miami? Massive storm causing weird weather across US.

The massive storm system enveloping much of the country in high winds and precipitation is prompting strange weather events nationwide.

Mark Woodley, a sports reporter at KWWL-TV in Iowa, covering the blizzard on Thursday.

An Iowa sports reporter got tagged in to cover the storm. He brought a flurry of sarcasm.

Since uploading a video compilation on social media that featured the snarkiest moments from his storm coverage, Mark Woodley has gone viral.

The final report released by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’: 8 extraordinary details from the Jan. 6 committee report

Donald Trump spoke with John Eastman the day the lawyer wrote a memo on ways to overturn the election. Rudolph Giuliani made call after call to members of Congress. Hope Hicks sent despairing texts, and other details from the 845-page Jan. 6 report.

Jan. 6 committee asserts Trump ‘conspiracy’ Takeaways: From Trump’s lies to the ‘unimaginable’

Track the earmarks: See where federal dollars are coming to Massachusetts

The state’s lawmakers got 172 projects into the package as revamped earmarks, with money to flow to nearly every corner of Massachusetts.

House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid, disaster relief

Tory Lanez found guilty in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion

Jurors found rapper Tory Lanez guilty of three felonies in 2020 shooting and wounding of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion.

Spikes in COVID and influenza prompt a push for post-holiday masking in BPS

A letter sent to families said school and city health leaders were discussing a masking mandate for the first two weeks of school after the break.

Wellesley woman dies from flu complications: ‘A one-in-a-million case’
Price Meropol McMahon, 36, died Tuesday after her health rapidly declined. Her death certificate lists the shocking reason: complications from the flu. McMahon's brothers say she had no history of health issues.

For these professional Santas, playing St. Nick is a calling
Every weekday during the Christmas season, Rick Banks spends some time after work in his “man cave,” memorizing the Santa jokes and children’s stories from a stack of well-worn index cards. Suiting up as a Santa means constantly improving their craft, Banks says.

Plymouth County prosecutor charged in case of alleged domestic assault

What is happening to the Red Sox is a direct result of ownership decisions made late in the 2019 season. That’s when they decided to put the bottom line above winning.

Dan Shaughnessy

Don’t blame Chaim Bloom. It’s ownership that did this to the Red Sox, and other thoughts

They seem content to be bad.

David and Stephen St. Russell in front of the White House's official Christmas tree that they helped decorate. They were among 150 volunteers chosen to decorate the White House for the holidays.

Decorating the White House, building a brand, and being themselves. Meet the Renovation Husbands.

For Stephen and David St. Russell, renovations on their 1893 Victorian in Dorchester started off as a hobby. Now, through social media, it's become their full-time careers.

Need a nostalgia fix this weekend? Hit up Christmas classics with this list of streamable films and specials, including "Elf" starring Will Ferrell.

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

What to watch and where to stream them (eggnog not included).

Opinion

Congressional staff wheel in former president Donald Trump’s tax returns on Capitol Hill on Dec. 20.

IRS failed Americans with lack of presidential tax return audits

The Ways and Means Committee investigation was never about any one president, nor was it about being punitive or malicious. It was about the integrity of the presidency and the integrity of our institutions.

The Ebenezer Scrooge nobody knows

Gene Weingarten

About that portal to Hell hovering over the White House

Living without compromise, dying in their truth

Remembering trans lives taken in 2022

Now that Ramses Ja and Q Ward own the White Lives Matter trademark, what do these long-time social justice supporters plan to do with the power that comes with ownership?

The Emancipator

What’s next for the White Lives Matter trademark?

Now that podcasters Ramses Ja and Q Ward own the White Lives Matter trademark, what do these long-time social justice supporters plan to do with the power that comes with ownership?

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Special reports

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

More recent News

Brad Stevens takes wide view on Celtics, isn’t panicking over team’s recent struggles
The Celtics have not been the same team since their Dec. 7 dismantling of the Suns, winning once since, an overtime victory over the Lakers that required a 13-point rally to force overtime.

Willie McGinest issues statement saying he’s ‘embarrassed’ following arrest after brawl
McGinest, the former Patriot great, was also taken off the air as an analyst on NFL Network.

Facade separating from Providence building prompts street closure in busy downtown district
A cement-stucco building facade is hanging precariously from the People’s Savings Bank building.

Cardinal O’Malley asks Catholics to remember Ukraine, people in need at Christmastime
“We want to remember in a very special way all of those who are suffering, beginning with the people of Ukraine and all those who will celebrate Christmas in cold, hunger, and darkness,” O’Malley said in a recorded message.

Caroline Ellison says she, Bankman-Fried agreed to mislead FTX lenders

“I knew that it was wrong,” said Ellison, a Newton native, according to the transcript of a Dec. 19 plea hearing in Manhattan federal court.

LOVE LETTERS

I was sending him monthly updates about my life
“Ultimately the days turned to months and I never heard back.”

Globe Santa

Mothers’ work is never done
Working mothers, hit hard by the pandemic, struggle to retrace steps back to employment.

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Best of the Arts 2022

The 50 best albums of the year

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick" from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. (Paramount Pictures)

10 great movie performances to mark 2022

The 10 best TV shows of 2022

Recommended reads

Former Darwin's worker Eleanor McCartney worked at the cafe on Mt. Auburn Street intermittently since 2018, until its closure in November.

When the union comes to a coffee shop near you

The closure of Darwin’s amid union activity highlights the often fraught relationship in independent cafes, when workers and owners stand side-by-side all day.

Healey picks transit veterans Gina Fiandaca, Monica Tibbits-Nutt as transportation secretary, undersecretary
Fiandaca, who ran Boston’s transportation department before moving to Texas to oversee mobility for the city of Austin, will take over the state’s sprawling transportation bureaucracy. Tibbits-Nutt, former member of the Mass. Department of Transportation board of directors, will serve as undersecretary.

‘I was just blown away’: State report shows climate change will take massive toll on Mass. without urgent action
Massachusetts summers could eventually feel like Georgia’s, rain could flood bus routes, and asthma could become far more common.

Globe Magazine

A Harvard Law professor broke the rules to let in WWII vets. They made ‘the best class there ever was.’
Refusing to reduce veterans to their test scores, Warren Seavey accepted some with questionable academic credentials— and others who hadn’t even applied.

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Culture & Lifestyle

David Coffee (left) as Ebenezer Scrooge and Russell Garrett as Bob Cratchit in North Shore Music Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol."

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Need a nostalgia fix this weekend? Hit up Christmas classics with this list of streamable films and specials, including "Elf" starring Will Ferrell.

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

Readers offer their choices for the best books of 2022

Sheng Wang's "Sweet and Juicy" Netflix special is Josh Gondelman and Jaylene Tran's top pick.

The stand-up specials that were these nine comedians’ favorites in 2022

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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

At 80, President Biden is already the oldest person elected as US president and the oldest to serve in the post. If successful in a quest for a second term, he would be president into his mid-80s, leaving office two months after his 86th birthday.

Should Joe Biden run again?

A titmouse on the author's journal.

IDEAS | JENNIFER NASH

A flock of birds gripped my hand — and pulled me back into the fight against climate change

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Dec. 21.

Christmas in Kyiv: Keeping hope alive

The report from the House Ways & Means Committee, regarding the IRS and former president Donald Trump's tax returns.

James McHugh and Dennis Aftergut

Does releasing Trump’s tax returns risk more harm than good?

Philip J. Hanlon and Sian Leah Beilock

How to open the STEM pipeline

IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

The ‘Mozart effect’ is bunk. But your brain on music is still a wondrous thing.

Metro

Facade separating from Providence building prompts street closure in busy downtown district

A cement-stucco building facade is hanging precariously from the People’s Savings Bank building.

For these professional Santas, playing St. Nick is a calling

Every weekday during the Christmas season, Rick Banks spends some time after work in his “man cave,” memorizing the Santa jokes and children’s stories from a stack of well-worn index cards. Suiting up as a Santa means constantly improving their craft, Banks says.

Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies

A Grammy-winning producer, writer, and arranger, Thom Bell helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” and the Stylistics’ “Betcha by Golly, Wow.”

Cardinal O’Malley asks Catholics to remember Ukraine, people in need at Christmastime

“We want to remember in a very special way all of those who are suffering, beginning with the people of Ukraine and all those who will celebrate Christmas in cold, hunger, and darkness,” O’Malley said in a recorded message.

Sports

Daulton Varsho will be patrolling the outfield for the Blue Jays this season after Friday's trade.

Blue Jays ship top prospect Gabriel Moreno to Diamondbacks for slugging outfielder Daulton Varsho

Arizona added two righthanded hitters to a lefty-heavy lineup, while Toronto adds a lefty to its heavily righthanded lineup.

Anthony Davis (center) will be in street clothes after suffering a foot injury, just as he and Russell Westbrook (left) and LeBron James (right) seemed to have found a rhythm together.

Lakers suffer another blow as Anthony Davis out indefinitely with stress injury in his foot

Los Angeles had won 10 of 16 with Davis playing superbly over the previous 4½ weeks before getting injured last week against Denver.

Michael Conforto is a career .255 hitter with 132 home runs.

Giants move on from Carlos Correa debacle, ink outfielder Michael Conforto to two-year contract

Conforto, who spent 6½ seasons with the Mets, missed all of last season following right shoulder surgery.

Brad Stevens takes wide view on Celtics, isn’t panicking over team’s recent struggles

Patriots notebook

Review concludes that Concussion Checklist was followed properly for DeVante Parker’s injury

Willie McGinest issues statement saying he’s ‘embarrassed’ following arrest after brawl

Business

Caroline Ellison says she, Bankman-Fried agreed to mislead FTX lenders

“I knew that it was wrong,” said Ellison, a Newton native, according to the transcript of a Dec. 19 plea hearing in Manhattan federal court.

IRS delays $600 tax reporting rule for Venmo, Etsy sellers

The one-year delay is a reprieve for individuals who use those digital payment platforms to conduct business.

Lab project on Muzi Ford site in Needham gets green light

Funding bill targets online sites amid retail theft concerns

magazine

Warren Seavey (left) and some of the World War II veterans he admitted to Harvard Law.

A Harvard Law professor broke the rules to let in WWII vets. They made ‘the best class there ever was.’

We take foster kids from their parents. Then we wonder what’s wrong with them.

Foxborough, MA - 11/17/2022: New England Patriots player Devin McCourty (cq) photographed for The Bostonians of the Year issue of the magazine..(Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

Bostonian of the Year: Honorable Mention

Patriot Devin McCourty’s on-field performance is matched only by his generosity

This week's daters: Lewis and Claire

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I have a gluten allergy, which I know can be annoying when going out to eat’

metro

Students masking on the last day of school in 2021 at the Otis Elementary School after a challenging school year.

Spikes in COVID and influenza prompt a push for post-holiday masking in BPS

Fire at ABC6 disrupts newscasts

Twas the night before Christmas

sports

“My parents [Jim and Sara] played a big role [in my athletic career], they’ve helped me try out different sports and provided me with the opportunities to wrestle at all these places that I’ve wrestled at." Shaun McLaughlin, Natick wrestler (being introduced before Wednesday's match vs. Weymouth).

Wrestling notebook: Natick captain Shaun McLaughlin has not let his physical difference prevent him from achieving success

Don’t blame Chaim Bloom. It’s ownership that did this to the Red Sox, and other thoughts

Just because Bailey Zappe has returned to his backup role with the Patriots doesn’t mean his focus has changed

business

People working out during a 75-minute cardioboxing Thanksgiving class at Trillfit on Nov. 28, 2019.

TrillFit is shuttering its brick-and-mortar studio in Mission Hill

Applications for jobless claims up slightly last week

Target recalls more than 200,000 children’s weighted blankets after two young girls die

politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to her final news conference as House speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 22, 2022.

House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid, disaster relief

Track the earmarks: See where federal dollars are coming to Massachusetts

‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’: 8 extraordinary details from the Jan. 6 committee report

Nation

Jurors have reached a verdict at the trial of rapper Tory Lanez, who is charged with shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion.

Tory Lanez found guilty in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

An Iowa sports reporter got tagged in to cover the storm. He brought a flurry of sarcasm.

World

Migrants look out of a fishing boat docked at the port of Palaiochora in southeastern Crete, Greece, after its arrival, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.

Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too

As cases explode, China’s low COVID death toll convinces no one

Gunman kills at least 3 in Paris in suspected racist attack

opinion

A desperate need to reform health care

A gift for baby Jesus

Should Joe Biden run again?

lifestyle

Need a nostalgia fix this weekend? Hit up Christmas classics with this list of streamable films and specials, including "Elf" starring Will Ferrell.

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

Decorating the White House, building a brand, and being themselves. Meet the Renovation Husbands.

I was sending him monthly updates about my life

food & dining

The Darwin's Ltd. location at 1629 Cambridge Street in Cambridge. The three remaining Darwin's locations closed on Thursday.

Customers, baristas poured one out for Darwin’s as Cambridge coffee shop chain closed for good

A bustling, all-day brasserie in the heart of Kendall Square

Bondir’s Jason Bond plans a pop-up; pizza and juices come to Time Out Market Boston

travel

This picture taken on November 12, 2022, shows the passengers of The Majestic Princess cruise ship preparing to depart for Melbourne from the International Terminal on Circular Quay in Sydney. The Majestic Princess docked in Sydney with more than 800 COVID-19-positive passengers onboard, reports said.

Boarding denied on cruise because of positive COVID test

Go easy on your wallet in the Big Easy

A Newport update, festive party package, and portable back and neck care

Arts

Pelle Cass, HU Pole Vault (first version), 2019/2022. Inkjet print on heavy matte rag paper.

Bodies of work at the deCordova’s ‘New Formations’

At the Clark, ‘On the Horizon’ and through the haze

Wendy Artin’s ‘Flesh and Stone’ breathes new life into sculptures

Books

Readers offer their choices for the best books of 2022

Douglas Brinkley’s ‘Silent Spring Revolution’ details the impact of activists and presidents from JFK to Nixon on environmental protection policy

National Book Award-winning poet John Keene intentionally seeks out challenges in his reading

Movies

Kris Kringle (played by Edmund Gwenn) greets Susan (a young Natalie Wood) in a scene from the 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street."

‘Miracle on 34th Street’: A Christmas classic turns 75

Same script, different cast: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

"Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" filming at Gillette Stadium

Television

Jeff Garlin with Wendi McLendon-Covey in "The Goldbergs."

Jeff Garlin to join cast of Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’

In sibling dramas, everything is relative

Groucho, Dick Cavett, and a thousand points of delight

music

"A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, on Dec. 18, 2022.

20 years in, ‘Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ is beautiful and bittersweet

Elon Musk has been silent since his poll. But Snoop Dogg hasn’t.

Shirley Watts, widow of drummer Charlie Watts, dies at 84

Theater/Dance

From left: Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, composer Jeanine Tesori, and "Kimberly Akimbo" director Jessica Stone at the Booth Theatre in New York, where the musical is being staged.

Southie native David Lindsay-Abaire has fashioned a ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ that sings

A ‘Solstice Celebration’ for everyone

In ART’s ‘Life of Pi,’ a tiger burns brightest

globe local

Cindy Diaz plays with her 4-month-old son, Zayren Moreta, after dressing him up in a Santa outfit at the Clinton Street Shelter in Framingham.

Making spirits bright for the homeless

The Argument: Should Massachusetts lift its ban on Sunday hunting?

Quincy considers another long-term lease with Granite Links golf course

Obituaries

FILE - Musicians Kenneth Gamble, left, Leon Huff, center, and Thom Bell stand together at Gamble and Huff Music, on Broad Street, in Philadelphia, on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” and the Stylistics’ “Betcha by Golly, Wow,” has died at age 79. Bell's wife, Vanessa Bell, said that he died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022 at his home in Bellingham, Washington, after a lengthy illness. (Stephanie Aaronson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies

Charlene Mitchell, 92, dies; first Black woman to run for president

Wellesley woman dies from flu complications: ‘A one-in-a-million case’