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Here’s what’s known after break in case of killings of 4 Idaho students

An arrest has been made in the November fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, a case that shocked the small college town and seemed to perplex investigators for weeks. Here is a look at what is known about the killings, and the latest developments.

Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump’s tax returns have been released

The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted last week to release the returns, with some redactions of sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers and contact information.
See Trump’s tax returns

Trump reported earning $443 as an actor in 2015, and other quirky details from his tax returns

4 takeaways from Trump’s tax returns

Boston Public Schools urges students, staff to wear masks after holiday break

Superintendent Mary Skipper said in a letter to families that mask wearing is not a requirement and no one will be disciplined or sent home if they refuse to wear one.

Coronavirus levels rise sharply in Eastern Mass. waste water

Mass General Brigham’s doula program aims to close racial disparities in childbirth
“You have somebody there who will speak for you when you can’t even speak,” said Phelicia Cadet, who is one of 58 women who have been paired with free doula services through Mass General Brigham’s Birth Partners Program.

Senators Warren and Markey probe medical credit cards as health care debts rise

Woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jamie Raskin exchange rare kind words on social media after Raskin cancer diagnosis

Political observers got to witness a rare display of good will between two members of Congress from opposite sides of the aisle this week.
Globe Magazine

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 best ‘only in Rhode Island’ stories of 2022 Recapping 2022: More coverage

Tax breaks won’t do much for used electric-car shoppers, because of supply shortage

Pandemic-induced damage to global supply chains led to shortages of new vehicles and have forced consumers to hold on to their older cars, electric as well as gas.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

2022 was both infuriating and inspiring

In some ways, this year couldn’t end soon enough. But I’m still sorry to see it go.
JEFF JACOBY

Heat kills. Cold kills more.
Joan Wickersham

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is a tradition that never gets old
Nashira Baril, Katherine Gergen Barnett, and Mallika Sabharwal

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

The ‘T’ in MBTA should also stand for trust and transparency
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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

More recent News

The Top 10 Love Letters of the year
What were the most popular advice column questions of 2022?

Crowds gather at City Hall Plaza for NHL Winter Classic Fan Fest
Bruin fans could get autographs, play games, and take a photo with the Stanley Cup.

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

16-year-old Excel High School basketball player charged with assault and battery on Cohasset referee

The player for the South Boston high school team will appear in Quincy Juvenile Court for a hearing at a later date, officials said Friday.

Housing development proposed next to Fenway’s Orthodox Cathedral
The plans include two seven-story buildings, with 48 income-restricted condominiums and 67 market-rate apartments, at 165 Park Dr. across from the Back Bay Fens.

Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr says it has signed Cristiano Ronaldo

Al Nassr posted a picture on social media of the five-time Ballon d’Or holding up the team’s jersey, with the club hailing the signing as “history in the making.”
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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Recapping 2022

The Globe’s 10 most read stories of 2022

Highlights — and lowlights — of the year in tech

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

Recommended reads

Beth Teitell

Dear member of the flying public, please remember that a happier flight starts with YOU!

Before you head to the airport, make sure to check for any storm systems that currently exist or may be forming anywhere in the world. And if you must check a bag, make sure it’s empty.

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.

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.

As one of the earliest local COVID cases, he was hospitalized for 100 days. Now, he’s devoted to helping others.
Following his extraordinary recovery, Frank Cutitta wasn’t content to thank his lucky stars and simply move on with his life. He committed himself to helping other patients grappling with life-threatening illnesses and the soul-crushing loneliness that often accompanies them.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Some of Boston’s best speakeasies

Viewing the arrival of 2023 from the comfort of home

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

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

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

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

Janet Hook

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

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
Joan Vennochi

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

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

Kansas publisher, Pulitzer chair Edward Seaton dies at 79

Edward Seaton spent much of his career working for democracy and press freedoms, particularly in Latin America. He was president of the Inter American Press Association and of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He served nine years on the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Mass General Brigham’s doula program aims to close racial disparities in childbirth

“You have somebody there who will speak for you when you can’t even speak,” said Phelicia Cadet, who is one of 58 women who have been paired with free doula services through Mass General Brigham’s Birth Partners Program.

Trump reported earning $443 as an actor in 2015, and other quirky details from his tax returns

The voluminous returns released Friday include a little of everything, from a line item tallying extermination services at Trump restaurants, to a business entity called Trump Classic Cars that lost $605 in 2016.

Senators Warren and Markey probe medical credit cards as health care debts rise

The senators have asked Synchrony and Wells Fargo to provide information on the number of card holders, average balances, interest rates, delinquency rates, all hospital partners, and more, as they look into potential financial harms.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

The Toppan twins have done more than secure pins and win tournaments. They’ve elevated the Gloucester wrestling program.

The juniors, both team captains, were called up to varsity as eighth graders and are poised to be become Gloucester’s youngest 100-win wrestlers later this season.
NFL

Bucs QB Blaine Gabbert, brothers rescue people in helicopter crash in Hillsborough Bay in Tampa

Gabbert and his two brothers arrived on jet skis at the crash to find a sinking helicopter and multiple people in need of saving.
NHL Winter Classic

Crowds gather at City Hall Plaza for NHL Winter Classic Fan Fest

Bruin fans could get autographs, play games, and take a photo with the Stanley Cup.
winter classic 2023

If the Bruins played baseball, who would be in the lineup?
Patriots

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa officially ruled out with a concussion; Teddy Bridgewater to start against Patriots
patriots notebook

Jalen Mills returns to practice but Patriots are still very thin at cornerback

Business

Did a pizza box lead to Andrew Tate’s Romania arrest? No. But here’s the rationale behind the theory.

A Harvard instructor's theory about how a pizza box led to the arrest of the divisive social media personality in Romania proved unfounded -- but not before it ricocheted around the Web.

Eric Lander’s next act: leading a nonprofit set on solving thorny scientific challenges

Lander’s latest project is leading a new nonprofit called Science for America, which deals with issues such as addressing the climate and energy crisis, human health issues like cancer and pandemic preparedness, equity in STEM education, developing new models for innovation, and making America a global leader in critical cutting-edge technologies like synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and quantum computing.

Tax breaks won’t do much for used electric-car shoppers, because of supply shortage

Housing development proposed next to Fenway’s Orthodox Cathedral
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PERSPECTIVE

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

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

Globe Magazine

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review
COOKING

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

metro

T quietly pulls new Orange Line trains from service, nearly doubling wait times

Rhode Island Report podcast: Listen to the most popular episodes of 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jamie Raskin exchange rare kind words on social media after Raskin cancer diagnosis

sports

Perennial powerhouses Georgia, Ohio State meet for just the second time, and this one is CFP semi

Sonny Dykes, TCU bring a ‘fight for credibility’ to CFP against Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr says it has signed Cristiano Ronaldo

business

Senators Warren and Markey probe medical credit cards as health care debts rise

Magaziner’s proposal to divest R.I.’s pension fund of Russian assets is still a work in progress

A year-end checkup on Rhode Island’s publicly traded companies

politics

Donald Trump’s tax returns released after long fight with Congress

4 takeaways from Trump’s tax returns

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jamie Raskin exchange rare kind words on social media after Raskin cancer diagnosis

Nation

Here’s what’s known after break in case of killings of 4 Idaho students

The toll extreme weather took in the US during 2022, by the numbers

Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania

World

US says Chinese intercept could have caused air collision

Putin and Xi highlight cooperation between Russia and China against backdrop of war

Andrew Tate, social media personality known for misogynistic views and hate speech, detained in Romania

opinion

People for the enlightened treatment of animals

An update from Southwest Airlines

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

lifestyle

The Top 10 Love Letters of the year

Should I try again in January?

Our sex life is gone

food & dining

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

Dear member of the flying public, please remember that a happier flight starts with YOU!

Season’s greetings from the river

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

Arts

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

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

Talking about ‘Women Talking’

When it comes to animated films, stardom speaks loudly

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

Television

On PBS, new year brings ‘Tom Jones,’ ‘Marie Antoinette’

Viewing the arrival of 2023 from the comfort of home

Our TV critic’s wish list for 2023

music

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

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

As one of the earliest local COVID cases, he was hospitalized for 100 days. Now, he’s devoted to helping others.

Viewpoint: What can the average person do to help fight climate change?

Proposed dorm at Tufts University’s Medford campus to include retail shops, plaza

Obituaries

Kansas publisher, Pulitzer chair Edward Seaton dies at 79

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

Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81