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Red Sox great Dennis Eckersley, family speak on daughter’s arrest after giving birth in N.H. woods

The family is “in the process of filing a guardianship petition so that we may receive information and have decision making with respect to Allie’s son,” according to the statement.

Read the full statement from the Eckersley family

Top state officials, including governor, set to receive a 20 percent pay hike, the largest in years

Governor-elect Maura Healey is entitled to receive a $37,185 pay increase in the new year, which would push her total compensation to $287,185.

What we know about XBB, the new dominant COVID variant in New England
A new coronavirus variant dubbed XBB has swiftly become the dominant form of COVID-19 spreading in the Northeast, jumping from about 35 percent of cases during the week ending Dec. 17 to just over half last week, according to CDC data.

New coronavirus variant, more adept at evading immunity, now dominates in the Northeast

Divisive social media star Andrew Tate detained in Romania

Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality, was detained on charges of human trafficking and rape, according to local media reports, and was also embroiled this week in a war of words with 19-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Nearly 2,000 Mass. employers benefited from Baker administration’s HireNow program

Baker administration awards $4.1 million to improve access to reproductive health care

Family of former Stoughton police explorer files wrongful death lawsuit against 3 ex-officers

The 23 best photos of 2022 from Boston Globe photographers

Boston Globe photographers share the stories behind their most unforgettable images of the past year.

The 20 quotes that told the story of Boston sports in 2022 Recapping 2022: More coverage

Larry Edelman

This fight near Shawmut Station doesn’t bode well for easing Boston’s housing shortage
Trinity Financial and abutters are at a standstill over the developer’s plan to build apartments next to the Red Line stop in Dorchester.

First the Old Man of the Mountain, now this? New Hampshire voters bristle at threat to first-primary status.
If New Hampshire loses its lead-off slot, the intense retail politicking that marks its primary season might go the way of the Old Man of the Mountain, the granite landmark that collapsed in 2003.

Pelé helped Brazil win the World Cup over Italy in Mexico in 1970.

Pelé | 1940-2022

The incomparable Pelé, perhaps soccer’s finest player ever, dies at 82

The legendary Brazilian, who played on three World Cup champions, enchanted fans and dazzled opponents as the game’s most prolific scorer.

Watch some of Pelé's astonishing career highlights that have stood the test of time

A "Saturday Night Live" shake-up would give Punkie Johnson (left) and Chloe Fineman time to shine.

MATTHEW GILBERT

Our TV critic’s wish list for 2023

More of this, please, in the new year: "The White Lotus," Milly Alcock, and an "SNL" shake-up. And less of this: streaming service clutter, Meghan-and-Harry-bashing, and pretending to care about the Golden Globes.

This week's daters: Tim and Steven

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He was easygoing and made good conversation’

Will it all add up for this math coach and law student?

Defense and depth were the keys to Boston's victory against the Clippers, like when Grant Williams hit the deck to keep a ball away from Reggie Jackson.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics discover a new route to victory using defense and depth

Boston played two of the league’s best teams in the past four days, including the Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas, and won impressively in different ways.

After frustrating stretch, Celtics have steadied themselves, beating Clippers for fourth straight win

Opinion

A Globe review of the MBTA’s own data shows that in reality, go-slow orders “covered more than 10 percent of the Red, Orange and Blue lines.”

The ‘T’ in MBTA should also stand for trust and transparency

Workers that don’t properly report safety incidents and an agency that’s slow to report bad news to the public are parts of the same problem.

2022 was both infuriating and inspiring

Nashira Baril, Katherine Gergen Barnett, and Mallika Sabharwal

Birth centers offer options. Why is there only one left in Massachusetts?

Joan Wickersham

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is a tradition that never gets old

Heat kills. Cold kills more.

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

Cohasset police review video of basketball game where referee was punched; Boston high school player could face discipline

Cohasset police are reviewing video of the moment when a basketball referee was allegedly punched by an Excel High School player during a game with a Cohasset High School team on Wednesday, an incident denounced by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and Boston public schools.

Congressional report faults FDA and Biogen for Alzheimer’s drug approval, rollout

The report faulted the Cambridge-based drugmaker for its “aggressive launch plans” despite concerns over the “efficacy, safety, and affordability” of the treatment.

Read the full congressional report

CONNECTIONS

My brother was many things to me: hero, rival, co-conspirator, keeper of our shared history
As I wrote a memoir about my childhood, questions arose about the details. My older brother helped fill in the blanks.

At its Charlestown design lab, Converse is putting reuse on full display
The Boston shoemaker has developed ways to use more scraps from the manufacturing process in its footwear.

Maggie Bellotti, mother of 12 and a victim’s advocate, dies at 98
“If they meet someone in politics and they like you, they'll remember you,″ she said of meeting voters while campaigning for her husband, Francis X. Bellotti.

LOVE LETTERS

Our sex life is gone
“It’s bad, like watching paint dry.”

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Send The Boston Globe a confidential news tip
Do you have a tip about something that needs to be investigated? Do you have documents or data we should dig into? We want to hear from you.

Recapping 2022

Clockwise from top left: Tom Brady; Davisville Middle School in Rhode Island; Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky; COVID-19 vaccinations in Massachusetts; a fire burning in Mariupol, Ukraine.

The Globe’s 10 most read stories of 2022

Hanging out with Xander Bogaerts during spring training stands out among the memories of 2022 for one Globe staff member.

Looking back at 2022: Globe Sports staff recalls their top memories of the year

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

Recommended reads

Ahh, to sail to Tahiti.

SURVEY SAYS | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

These are the most in-demand destinations for 2023

Delays and inflation be damned! Travelers are dreaming of Copenhagen or Edinburgh, or, well, it depends on whom you ask.

Christopher Muther’s favorite pictures and memories from trips he took in 2022

How a pink flamingo prank confounded a Watertown office and intrigued viewers online
A months-long, flamingo-based office prank at a Watertown children's book publisher has been dubbed the Internet's "favorite story of the year."

Once Baker’s heir apparent, Karyn Polito will leave office with him. Some in the GOP hope it’s not for good.
Twice elected lieutenant governor under Charlie Baker, Karyn Polito stunned both Republicans and Democrats when she decided last December to not run for Baker’s seat after he opted against seeking reelection.

All over the region, Sears stores are being reborn
New uses for old locations of the iconic midcentury retailer are popping up across Greater Boston.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Sound Museum founder and owner Bill Desmond, shown in February in his Brighton building, which will be razed to make room for a life sciences complex.

Sound Museum’s imminent closing leaves musicians wondering where they’ll plug in next

Paul T. Goldman as himself in "Paul T. Goldman."

The off-the-rails world of ‘Paul T. Goldman’

From "Titicut Follies," Frederick Wiseman's 1967 controversial documentary revealing the conditions inside the Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Mass.

National Film Registry gives props to two docs with Massachusetts ties

First Night Boston will again take place in and around Copley Square this year.

12+ ways to celebrate New Year’s in Boston, whether you want to stay out late or never leave the couch

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

Congressional candidate Nancy Pelosi waved to followers at the campaign headquarters in San Francisco on April 7, 1987.

Pelosi, Clark personify important shift in how women gain and use political power

Republican candidate for New York's 3rd Congressional District George Santos, left, fist bumps campaign volunteer John Maccarone while campaigning on Nov. 5 in Glen Cove, N.Y.

Who is the real George Santos, and how did he get $700,000 to run for Congress?

IDEAS | REBECCA TAYLOR

The enduringly lovely, dark, and deep lines published by Robert Frost 100 years ago

Migrant families boarded a bus to transport them from near Vice President Kamala Harris's residence to an area church on a frigid Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s message on migrants is lost in his meanness

A TSA employee checked documents for passengers in line at a security checkpoint at Logan Airport in 2010. Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005; the Department of Homeland Security announced this month that enforcement of the Real ID law would be delayed until 2025.

Real ID was a real mistake and Congress should scrap it at last

IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

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

Metro

When it comes to business news in Rhode Island, here’s what to watch for in 2023

With the housing crisis, new hospital leaders, and questions about the Superman building, expect a lot of business headlines in Rhode Island in 2023.

‘The community is on his shoulders’: Providence’s new deputy police chief is known for his compassion and discipline

This week’s announcement that the city’s top two public safety officials are leaving in the new year puts a new focus on Deputy Chief Oscar Perez as the department’s second-in-command.

Top state officials, including governor, set to receive a 20 percent pay hike, the largest in years

Governor-elect Maura Healey is entitled to receive a $37,185 pay increase in the new year, which would push her total compensation to $287,185.

Maggie Bellotti, mother of 12 and a victim’s advocate, dies at 98

“If they meet someone in politics and they like you, they'll remember you,″ she said of meeting voters while campaigning for her husband, Francis X. Bellotti.

Sports

Bill Lee had some gems in his interview with Stan Grossfeld this year.

The 20 quotes that told the story of Boston sports in 2022

The year was punctuated by thrilling wins, crushing defeats, and remarkable characters, each of whom possessed an amazing story.

Orlando's Moritz Wagner (left) and Detroit's Killian Hayes each received the largest suspensions when the NBA reviewed the altercation between their teams.

NBA suspends 11 players from Magic-Pistons scuffle

The fallout from Wednesday game was so large that the suspensions of the Orlando players will be staggered so they have enough available players to play their next game.

Defense and depth were the keys to Boston's victory against the Clippers, like when Grant Williams hit the deck to keep a ball away from Reggie Jackson.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics discover a new route to victory using defense and depth

Boston played two of the league’s best teams in the past four days, including the Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas, and won impressively in different ways.

COWBOYS 27, TITANS 13

Cowboys keep NFC East title hopes alive by beating banged-up Titans

More history for Mikaela Shiffrin, US skiing with 50th World Cup slalom victory

Celtics 116, Clippers 110

After frustrating stretch, Celtics have steadied themselves, beating Clippers for fourth straight win

Business

When it comes to business news in Rhode Island, here’s what to watch for in 2023

With the housing crisis, new hospital leaders, and questions about the Superman building, expect a lot of business headlines in Rhode Island in 2023.

Canada tribunal won’t block proposed big telecom merger

Rogers' proposed $19.1 billion purchase of Shaw still requires approval from a government ministry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

At its Charlestown design lab, Converse is putting reuse on full display

Nearly 2,000 Mass. employers benefited from Baker administration’s HireNow program

magazine

Here's a New Year's resolution: Stop giving unsolicited advice

Someone started crashing my regular coffee group. How do we ditch him?

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

Fish Poached in Tomato-Garlic Broth

Three healthy — and flavorful — fish dishes for the New Year

metro

The Baker administration announced it will award $4.1 million in grants to 11 organizations, including Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and health care providers to improve reproductive health access in the Commonwealth.

Baker administration awards $4.1 million to improve access to reproductive health care

World War II veteran celebrates 101st birthday with parade and visit to American Heritage Museum

Population dips in Mass. and Rhode Island, Census figures say

sports

Newton North's Jose Padilla (30) releases a 3-pointer over the fingertips of Catholic Memorial's Malachi Bryant (14) that swished through the net at the buzzer to lift the Tigers to a 61-58 overtime victory in the Garden City Classic.

Jose Padilla’s 3 at the buzzer shoots top-ranked Newton North boys’ basketball past No. 4 Catholic Memorial for Garden City title

More than three years after the Patriots drafted him, Jarrett Stidham will make his first NFL start, with the Raiders

Joe Mazzulla remains sidelined, so Damon Stoudamire again coaches Celtics, this time against Clippers

business

Elon Musk of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter fame.

Highlights — and lowlights — of the year in tech

This fight near Shawmut Station doesn’t bode well for easing Boston’s housing shortage

Tax credits for electric vehicles are about to get confusing

politics

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 28.

Jan. 6 takeaways: Final revelations from investigation

Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations

George Santos faces federal and local investigations

Nation

Former president Donald Trump.

Trump’s tax returns to be released Friday after long fight

California deputy killed by driver, suspect dies in shootout

What to do with Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate memorial

World

Travelers crowd at a departure lobby of Haneda airport in Tokyo, on Dec. 29.

Japan tests all China arrivals for COVID amid surging cases

Court in Myanmar again finds Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

Isozaki, Pritzker-winning Japanese architect, dies at 91

opinion

Congressional candidate Nancy Pelosi waved to followers at the campaign headquarters in San Francisco on April 7, 1987.

Pelosi, Clark personify important shift in how women gain and use political power

Who is the real George Santos, and how did he get $700,000 to run for Congress?

The enduringly lovely, dark, and deep lines published by Robert Frost 100 years ago

lifestyle

Our sex life is gone

‘What I realized is you gotta be really sure.’ Tom Brady says he’s not contemplating retirement

12+ ways to celebrate New Year’s in Boston, whether you want to stay out late or never leave the couch

food & dining

A cocktail on the menu at Offsuit, a speakeasy in Boston's Leather District.

Some of Boston’s best speakeasies

In Woburn, The Fox Den is the ideal cold-weather refuge for pierogis and more

Dumpling Daughter will open in Boston; Simcha reopens in Sharon

travel

The American Queen

Season’s greetings from the river

As urban archeology ramps up, sometimes the best sightseeing is beneath your feet

These are the most in-demand destinations for 2023

Arts

Jason Moran, Various works on paper, 2022. At the Mass MoCA installation of "Black Stars: Writing in the Dark."

At Mass MoCA, Jason Moran’s ‘Black Stars’ pays tribute to the ghosts of jazz history

At Norman Rockwell Museum, ‘Eloise and More’ is an enchanting look at the artist who drew her

Wellesley show celebrates Ralph Coburn, a minimalist who left a major mark

Books

books illo

In Tracey Rose Peyton’s ‘Night Wherever We Go,’ enslaved women on a Texas plantation struggle with their desperate white captors

Tom Crewe’s memorable debut, ‘The New Life,’ chronicles the fortunes of a gay man and a social reformer in Victorian England

Anthony Horowitz on airport novels and plot envy

Movies

Sarah Polley

Talking about ‘Women Talking’

When it comes to animated films, stardom speaks loudly

In ‘Wildcat’ documentary, seeking redemption in the rain forest

Television

Ryan Seacrest, pictured in a previous installment of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," will cohost from Times Square this year with Liza Koshy.

Viewing the arrival of 2023 from the comfort of home

Our TV critic’s wish list for 2023

Hate-watching ‘Emily’ while loving the Paris setting

music

Burna Boy

DJ Prince’s favorite Afrobeats tracks of 2022

How a Northeastern business school grad spun his way to Afrobeats DJ stardom

Sound Museum’s imminent closing leaves musicians wondering where they’ll plug in next

Theater/Dance

Lamont Price is headlining two New Year’s Eve shows at Cinema Salem.

Comedy headliner Lamont Price will let the most wonderful time of the year linger a bit longer

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

A ‘Solstice Celebration’ for everyone

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

Mrs. Bellotti teared up during remarks by her husband, Francis X. Bellotti, during a ceremony recognizing the renaming of the Quincy District Court house in his honor in 2012.

Maggie Bellotti, mother of 12 and a victim’s advocate, dies at 98

Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81

Pelé, the global face of soccer, dies at 82