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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI waves during his weekly general audience on October 6, 2010 at St Peter's Square at The Vatican.

Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday.

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.

dan shaughnessy

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The Top 10 Love Letters of the year

What were the most popular advice column questions of 2022?

Recapping 2022: More coverage

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.

Opinion

Passengers and employees searched through luggage from Southwest Airlines at Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 27.

Flight cancellations underscore the need for better consumer protections

While the Biden administration has taken some steps to better protect US air travelers, federal lawmakers should require airlines to compensate customers in the event of delays or cancellations.

Jerome Kim and Andrew Steer

500,000 people die of strep A every year. Why isn’t there a vaccine?

2022, in Globe readers’ own words

2022 was both infuriating and inspiring

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Man found dead at homeless encampment in Medford

Fire crews responded to a report of an outdoor fire at the rear of 295 Middlesex Ave. around 5:30 a.m. Friday, fire officials said.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

12+ ways to celebrate New Year’s in Boston, whether you want to stay out late or never leave the couch
The details on the free First Night, where to party like a time traveler, what to watch if you're staying in, plus events that'll get you home early.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He was easygoing and made good conversation’
Will it all add up for this math coach and law student?

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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

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

Doug Dodson, countertenor, and Marcio de Oliveira, tenor, of the Handel and Haydn Society, perform Handel's Messiah in Boston on Nov. 18, 2020.

Joan Wickersham

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

Pearl, a 10-day-old newborn twin, is burped by an RN after a feeding at Clough Birthing Center at Emerson Hospital.

Nashira Baril, Katherine Gergen Barnett, and Mallika Sabharwal

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

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

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

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.

Sports

The world lost a number of notable sports figures in 2022, including (clockwise from top left): Bill Russell, Guy Lafleur, Pelé, Franco Harris, Gino Cappelletti, and Kathy Whitworth.

Notable figures from the world of sports who died in 2022

Here's a last look at many of the Hall of Famers, standout athletes, influential executives, local fixtures, and others whom we lost this past year.

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.

Ravens rule out quarterback Lamar Jackson for fourth straight game

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

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

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

Students leaving the John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science and Madison Park High School at the beginning of the year. Temporary masking will be in effect in BPS after the winter break from Wednesday to Jan. 13 during the school day on school premises and school buses.

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

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

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

sports

First-year head coach Marcus Freeman celebrated Notre Dame's Gator Bowl victory over South Carolina with his players.

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

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

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

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally inside the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 9

Trump tax returns undermine his image as a successful entrepreneur

Jan. 6 transcripts reveal disagreements that divided Trump camp

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

Nation

The house where four students were killed, near the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, on Dec. 1.

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

The best of Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters, television news trailblazer, dies

World

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI waves during his weekly general audience on October 6, 2010 at St Peter's Square at The Vatican.

Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95

US says Chinese intercept could have caused air collision

Myanmar’s ousted leader gets 33 years in prison, a likely life sentence

opinion

Representative-elect George Santos of New York after speaking at a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 19.

The shame, and sham, of George Santos

Some key history overlooked in discussion of national debt

Gifts of human contact in the pre-holiday rush

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