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‘An extension of Maura’: Meet Tara Healey, sister, confidante, adviser to Massachusetts’ next governor

Tara Healey has the same affect, the same smile, and the same competitive political acumen that propelled her sister, then a little-known political newcomer, to the attorney general’s office in 2014.

Maura Healey, with her sister Tara at an AFL-CIO rally.

Man whose body found in White Mountains on Christmas latest in troubling trend of lone hikers

Officials say the young man was familiar with the mountains but unprepared for dangerous winter conditions.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Temperatures are going to warm up — even into the 50s by Friday in some places

We'll see gradually warming daytime highs in Eastern Massachusetts as we head into the new year. But rain on Dec. 31 is a possibility.

Western New York death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos
Those who lost their lives around Buffalo were found in cars, homes, and snowbanks. Some died while shoveling snow, others when emergency crews could not respond in time to medical crises.

Woman charged after giving birth in wooded area in Manchester, N.H.

Reports say she is the adoptive daughter of Red Sox Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.

No easy answers as Boston officials ask: How many marijuana stores is too many?

For answers, officials in Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration say they will launch a study of other US cities with longstanding cannabis sectors.

Was 2022 good for the climate fight? Five Massachusetts climate leaders weigh in.
We asked five experts about the year that was, and what to look forward to in the year ahead.

Apparent rift between Wampanoag tribe, Plymouth museum is seen in new light following theft

The Wampanoags’ dissatisfaction with the Plimoth Patuxet Museums has been building for a decade, members say, with some calling for a boycott. But some believe a recent theft from the museum might be a sign of renewed tensions.

Sturdy Memorial Hospital’s Deb Hansen is director of case management and works with a team of nurses who try to find friends or family for patients who have no legal guardians. She spoke with a team member, David Field.

‘It makes you think how lucky you are.’ The painstaking mission to find guardians for hospital patients in legal limbo.

Finding guardians for hospital patients in legal limbo is one of the most challenging and soul-wrenching aspects of the state's current healthcare crisis, leaders say.

An alternative to incarceration for young adults sees early success in Springfield
Amid rising concern about gun violence, an alternative justice program is proving rehabilitation is possible for young offenders.

christopher l. gasper

With the Patriots’ playoff hopes somehow still alive, we’re unwrapping five football thoughts
The free-falling Patriots got a couple of presents over the weekend with losses by the Raiders and Dolphins.

The play in question began with Cincinnati's Vonn Bell knocking the ball loose from Patriots quarterback Mac Jones. It ultimately was ruled intentional grounding.

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones will be fined $11,139 for low hit on Bengals cornerback, according to Pro Football Talk

“I thought it was a dirty play," said Cincinnati's Eli Apple, who was tripped up by Jones in the fourth quarter. "He’s done that before."

BILLY BAKER

I’m being bullied by a fish tank
If you want a refreshing hobby, a fish tank will greet you each morning with the question: Who died?

A photo collage with the year 2022 in large yellow characters. It's set on a backdrop of cutout photos with what appears to be Scotch tape keeping them together. Among the photos: Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars, President Biden, Amber Heard in court, Queen Elizabeth, Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Nancy Pelosi, and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

The best thing we can say about 2022 is: It could have been worse.

Danny Ainge (left) was president of basketball operations under Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck (right) before becoming the Jazz CEO.

beat writer's notebook

Danny Ainge on Wyc Grousbeck’s warning about poaching Joe Mazzulla, and other Celtics nuggets

The Celtics owner made it clear that Ainge could interview two assistants but hire only one, and Ainge chuckled in recalling that.

Celtics respond to challenge by Bucks with their best game of the season in holiday showdown

Higher education institutions in the New England region have witnessed sweeping leadership changes in 2022.

A roundup of leadership changes at major colleges in New England this year

Higher education institutions in the New England region have witnessed sweeping leadership changes in 2022.

A group of migrants crossed the Rio Grande (known in Mexico as the Río Bravo) as they reached the last leg of their journey to turn themselves in to United States Customs and Border Protection agents.

‘An impossible dream’: Before flights to Martha’s Vineyard, migrants endured harrowing odyssey

Rafael’s story, told to the Globe in hours of interviews in Spanish, illustrates the hardship many migrants endure to reach the United States and the oftentimes desperate circumstances that compel them to leave their home countries.

Opinion

SPECIAL PROJECT

Globe Opinion’s 2022 Top 10

The readers have spoken: Take a tour through The Boston Globe opinion section’s top 10 most read columns, editorials, cartoons, letters, and Ideas stories of 2022.

Hit the brakes on new five-year contract for Boston school bus operator

IRS failed Americans with lack of presidential tax return audits

The Ebenezer Scrooge nobody knows

Living without compromise, dying in their truth

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

A showcase of Celtic music and culture returns to Passim
Club Passim’s Boston Celtic Music Festival returns for a 20th year Jan. 12-15 after two years of virtual performances.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Chris Rock special set for March 4 on Netflix
Netflix is clearly expecting big things from Rock’s performance, which will take place in Baltimore. In its announcement, Netflix said Rock’s performance will be the first event to stream live globally on the platform.

From Blizzard legal battles to 15 minutes of casket fame, it was another weird, wacky year in Boston business
While the business community didn’t quite return to business as usual in 2022, the weirdness was back in full force — especially if you knew where to look.

Innovation economy

The surge in Seaport construction continues
The cranes aren’t coming down anytime soon in Boston’s fastest-evolving neighborhood.

Pilot uninjured after single-engine plane flips over while landing in N.H.
The pilot, a 64-year-old man, was the only person on board when the plane crashed shortly before 12:30 p.m., North Hampton Police Chief Kathryn Mone said.

Dinner or tuition? Food insecurity deepens on college campuses.
A growing number of Massachusetts college students are struggling to feed themselves and their families as soaring housing costs and inflation drain resources and as pandemic emergency programs wind down, hunger advocates and students say.

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Globe Santa’s turn to say thank you
Thank you for making the holiday brighter for all

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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

Senator Elizabeth Warren listened during a news conference after a policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the Capitol Building in September in Washington, D.C.

‘An astonishing two years’: In wide-ranging interview, Elizabeth Warren reflects on policy wins under Biden administration

Elizabeth Warren has used her influence within the Biden administration and on Capitol Hill to further her policy goals, notching quiet wins in recent months on everything from tax policy to judicial nominees to antitrust enforcement.

They were freed after serving decades in prison. Now, it’s their prosecutors who are facing scrutiny.
A series of recently overturned cases shows how prosecutorial missteps can put the wrong person behind bars. But rarely, if ever, do prosecutors face repercussions for their bad behavior.

THE FINE PRINT

Returning a gift? It can be a chore.
It seems every retailer has a different set of rules and procedures when it comes to returns, and some of them are a bit laborious.

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.

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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

Ever sensitive to charges of liberal bias, The Boston Globe asked me to look into Roger Stone’s sighting to see whether all the lattes could have blinded them to such an incredible story.

Gene Weingarten

About that portal to Hell hovering over the White House

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

A video of John Eastman plays during a hearing on June 21 for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The DOJ’s criminal investigation of Jan. 6 should carefully scrutinize Trump’s rogue lawyers

Isabella Dume, 3, admired herself in the reflection of a Christmas ball hung from a tree outside of Faneuil Hall Marketplace during the lighting ceremony on Nov. 22.

Counting our thanks on Christmas Day

Remembering trans lives taken in 2022

IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

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

Metro

Man whose body found in White Mountains on Christmas latest in troubling trend of lone hikers

Officials say the young man was familiar with the mountains but unprepared for dangerous winter conditions.

Pilot uninjured after single-engine plane flips over while landing in N.H.

The pilot, a 64-year-old man, was the only person on board when the plane crashed shortly before 12:30 p.m., North Hampton Police Chief Kathryn Mone said.

An alternative to incarceration for young adults sees early success in Springfield

Amid rising concern about gun violence, an alternative justice program is proving rehabilitation is possible for young offenders.

A roundup of leadership changes at major colleges in New England this year

Higher education institutions in the New England region have witnessed sweeping leadership changes in 2022.

Sports

Austin Ekeler of the Chargers celebrates the first of his two touchdowns in a victory over the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Chargers 20, Colts 3

Chargers clinch first playoff spot since 2018 with victory over Colts

Chargers safety Derwin James was ejected from the game late in the first half after drawing two personal foul calls in three plays against the Colts.

Mike White has completed 62 percent of his passes in his three starts for the Jets, all coming in games where top pick Zach Wilson was inactive, as he will be again this week at Seattle.

Jets’ Mike White cleared by doctors, will start at quarterback on Sunday

With the Jets (7-8) still in the playoff hunt, White will be their starting quarterback for as long as the season lasts, said coach Robert Saleh.

Colella McKenna celebrates her goal as Duxbury advanced to the finals of the Tenney Cup at The Bog in Kingston.

McKenna Colella contributes on both ends of the ice as No. 9 Duxbury girls’ hockey stuns No 4. Notre Dame (Hingham) in first round of Tenney Cup

Colella, who scored the game's only goal in the second period, was knocking on NDA’s door all night long.

Tua Tagovailoa in concussion protocol again, casting doubt on availablility for Dolphins against Patriots

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Taking a pass through vacation week high school basketball tournaments

Sabres’ game at Columbus Tuesday postponed because of travel restrictions in Buffalo

Business

For Betty Francisco, new startup fund puts money with disadvantaged entrepreneurs

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

From Blizzard legal battles to 15 minutes of casket fame, it was another weird, wacky year in Boston business

While the business community didn’t quite return to business as usual in 2022, the weirdness was back in full force — especially if you knew where to look.

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

In pandemic’s aftermath, small landlords are still feeling the pressure

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

I’m being bullied by a fish tank

‘It makes you think how lucky you are.’ The painstaking mission to find guardians for hospital patients in legal limbo.

‘An extension of Maura’: Meet Tara Healey, sister, confidante, adviser to Massachusetts’ next governor

sports

With the healthy return of senior guard Malachi Bryant (14), unbeaten Catholic Memorial is against pushing the attack up-tempo.

A torn ACL, a missed season, and a grueling recovery had Catholic Memorial’s Malachi Bryant questioning his basketball future. He’s found his answer.

United States to let MLB stars play for Cuba in World Baseball Classic

No. 1 South Carolina reaches milestone in AP Top 25 women’s poll

business

A new public plaza that is being built as part of the renovated World Trade Center is currently being constructed in the Seaport.

The surge in Seaport construction continues

Returning a gift? It can be a chore.

The company that built Polar Park must pay $1.9 million for not giving enough work to women- and minority-owned businesses

politics

George Santos addressed a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas in November.

New York Representative-elect George Santos admits to lying about college and work history

‘An astonishing two years’: In wide-ranging interview, Elizabeth Warren reflects on policy wins under Biden administration

Migrants dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’s home on Christmas Eve

Nation

A customer fills out a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store in Northbrook, Ill.

Mega Millions Tuesday jackpot surpasses estimated $565 million

Western New York death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos

Good boys: Montgomery Co. dogs make great listeners for young readers

World

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the party headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 26.

South Korea’s leader calls for stealth drones to monitor North Korea

In Nord Stream mystery, Baltic seabed provides a nearly ideal crime scene

North Korean drones breach border, triggering alarms in South

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

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

Christmas in Kyiv: Keeping hope alive

lifestyle

She hasn’t given me her number

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

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

food & dining

Mr. Christopher founded Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, Calif., which became the nation's single largest producer of garlic.

Don Christopher, who turned lowly garlic into a staple, dies at 88

Some of the best places to get Chinese food around Boston

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

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

The Plimoth Patuxet Museums promise visitors an illuminating bicultural experience through interpreters in period dress and re-created settlements of the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors. But trouble appears to be brewing between the museums and the tribe, with some Wampanoag members calling for a boycott of the 75-year-old site.

Apparent rift between Wampanoag tribe, Plymouth museum is seen in new light following theft

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

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

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

Chris Rock will be the first artist to perform on Netflix’s first-ever live, global streaming event.

Chris Rock special set for March 4 on Netflix

Patti LuPone joins cast of ‘WandaVision’ spinoff

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

music

Club Passim’s 20th Boston Celtic Music Festival will include a performance by Scottish Fish (above).

A showcase of Celtic music and culture returns to Passim

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

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

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

Northeast Dental Assisting teacher Erin Selvitella and senior Sebastian Cadavid, of Saugus, who was recognized for performing CPR in the community.

Northeast Metro Tech senior named a Heartsaver Hero for saving a woman’s life

Making spirits bright for the homeless

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

Obituaries

Ms. Ruiz-Picasso, shown in 2015, worked as a consultant verifying works by her father.

Maya Ruiz-Picasso, artist’s daughter and inspiration, dies at 87

Kathy Whitworth, record-holder for US golf victories, dies at 83

Anne Esposito, who compassionately helped patients navigate care at MGH, dies at 75