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Barbara Walters arrives to participate in a panel discussion featuring the hosts of ABC's "The View," at The Paley Center for Media on April 9, 2008, in New York.

Barbara Walters, television news trailblazer, dies

Walters, the Boston-born intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died.

From the first female governor to the next: Jane Swift has some advice for Maura Healey
Globe audio producer Jesse Remedios reports on how Massachusetts’ first woman governor is experiencing this moment of historic female leadership across the state.

Governor-elect Maura Healey toured the MBTA’s Main Repair Facility on Dec. 21 in Everett.

Opinion | Evelyn Murphy and Jane Swift

Let Maura Healey govern without sexist scrutiny

Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll deserve that from news media and the public.

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Mac Jones’s reputation has been taking a hit, and other thoughts
There seems to be a nonstop negative narrative regarding the Patriots' second-year quarterback.

Chad Finn: A lot has happened since the Patriots lost to the Dolphins in Week 1 ‘It’s like Thanksgiving Day every day’: How Patriots offensive linemen eat to win

Jarren Duran had a look of disbelief after misplaying a long fly ball that eventually turned into an inside-the-park grand slam for the Blue Jays' Raimel Tapia.

Two Boston sports moments gone wrong ended up on ESPN’s ‘Not Top 10’ for 2022

Unfortunately for the Patriots, they took the top spot. The Red Sox weren't far behind.

Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy. A local doula program aims to change that.

“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.

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.

4 takeaways from Trump’s tax returns See Trump’s tax returns

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

Coronavirus levels rise sharply in Eastern Mass. waste water
Virus levels detected in both the northern and southern sections of the MWRA system rose to their highest points in months, with levels nearly doubling since the end of November.

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

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

No notice was given to riders.

MBTA warns First Night revelers to expect extra travel time due to Orange Line issues

60-year-old woman shot in abdomen on MBTA bus in South Boston

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

Andrew Tate is led away by police.

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

A theory — from a Harvard law instructor who is an expert in cyber law — about how a pizza box led to Andrew Tate's arrest on human trafficking charges in Romania proved unfounded. But not before it ricocheted around the Web.

Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (left) and Jamie Raskin.

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.

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

Opinion

Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on March 23.

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.

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?

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

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

After stumbling at the start, Celtics finish homestand with four-game flourish
The Celtics will have to take what they’ve learned about winning in the last four games of 2022 and continue that into 2023, when the stakes continue to rise.

MGM Resorts sells land that was site of Las Vegas massacre

Concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival gathered there on Oct. 1, 2017, when a gunman opened fire from his hotel room above. He killed 58 people, including Rhonda LeRocque of Tewskbury, Mass.

State Police helicopter used to find suspect hiding in tree after Worcester shoe store burglary

About 4:20 a.m. Friday, the helicopter crew spotted the suspect hiding in a tree about 25 to 30 feet above the ground in the backyard of a Cordaville Road home in Southborough, officials said.

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
Bruins fans (and some Penguins fans) got autographs, played games, and took photos with the Stanley Cup.

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.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

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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

Elon Musk of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter fame.

Highlights — and lowlights — of the year in tech

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

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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

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

Some of Boston’s best speakeasies

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

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’

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

MBTA warns First Night revelers to expect extra travel time due to Orange Line issues

All subway lines will run on a Saturday schedule on New Year’s Eve, with increased service after 3 p.m. The MBTA will not collect fares between 8 p.m. Saturday and the end of service Sunday morning, according to the MBTA website.

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.

Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy. A local doula program aims to change that.

“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.

Sports

Not too many teams can keep pace with Marius Canery and Lawrence, which used a frenetic second quarter to pull away from Beverly in the Commonwealth Christmas Classic championship game.

BOYS' BASKETBALL | LAWRENCE 82, BEVERLY 57

Depth and stamina aid Lawrence boys’ basketball as it blows past Beverly to claim Commonwealth Motors Christmas Classic crown

With four players scoring in double digits, led by Marius Canery's 16, the third-ranked Lancers stayed perfect (6-0) on the season.

Deebo Samuel has been sidelined since injuring his ankle and knee during a win over Tampa Bay Dec. 11.

Deebo Samuel set to miss third straight game for 49ers

Samuel did return to practice on a limited basis for two days during the week but isn’t quite ready to play.

Lamar Jackson has been dealing with a knee injury.

Ravens rule out quarterback Lamar Jackson for fourth straight game

The Ravens already have clinched a playoff spot but trail Cincinnati by a game for first place in the AFC North.

Joey Bosa expected to come off IR before Chargers face Rams Sunday

GIRLS' BASKETBALL | ANDOVER 57, NORTH ANDOVER 32

If there’s an answer to Andover girls’ basketball’s lockdown defense, North Andover didn’t unearth it during the Commonwealth Motors Classic championship

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | GATOR BOWL

Tyler Buchner’s five touchdowns offset his two pick-6s as Notre Dame outlasts South Carolina

Business

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

A theory — from a Harvard law instructor who is an expert in cyber law — about how a pizza box led to Andrew Tate's arrest on human trafficking charges 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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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

From left: DJ Finesse, aka Mason Santos, poses for a portrait with Providence College students Daisy Donovan, Madeleine Walsh and Reilly Sweeney outside the Dunkin’ Donut Center in Providence on February 22, 2022. The group is responsible for making Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me" a Providence College home game sing-along.

Can’t make these up: The best ‘only in Rhode Island’ stories of 2022

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

sports

Ohio tight end Tyler Foster brought down the game winning touchdown in overtime over Wyoming linebacker Shae Suiaunoa.

Ohio catches up to Wyoming on 46-yard field goal in final seconds, then passes for win in overtime

After stumbling at the start, Celtics finish homestand with four-game flourish

Ben Sauls’s fifth field goal, a 47-yarder with four seconds on the clock, sends Pitt past UCLA

business

Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren in Boston in December 2022.

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

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol meets in Washington on Dec. 19, 2022.

Jan. 6 transcripts reveal disagreements that divided Trump camp

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

4 takeaways from Trump’s tax returns

Nation

Barbara Walters arrives to participate in a panel discussion featuring the hosts of ABC's "The View," at The Paley Center for Media on April 9, 2008, in New York.

Barbara Walters, television news trailblazer, dies

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

World

Chinese J-11 military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait near Pingtan, the closest land of mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in southeastern China's Fujian Province on Aug. 5, 2022. The US military says a Chinese navy fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea earlier in December 2022, forcing the American pilot to maneuver to avoid a collision.

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

It was a complicated year in Love Letters, as always.

The Top 10 Love Letters of the year

Should I try again in January?

Our sex life is gone

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

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

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

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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

Rachel Shenton and Nicholas Ralph in "All Creatures Great and Small," which returns on Jan. 8.

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

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

Frank Cutitta commicated with his family on a computer from Mass. General in July 2020. He's now happy and healthy at home with his wife, Leslie.

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

Edward Seaton, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Manhattan Mercury newspaper, delivered a speech in 2009.

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