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Elizabeth Price, mother of Hisham Awartani, at UVM Medical center in Burlington.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Elizabeth Price and her husband, Ali Awartani, have been bolstered by their son Hisham’s resilience, and his determination to stay strong for other Palestinians.

Hisham Awartani during graduation at the Ramallah Friends School.

Brown University student seriously injured in Vt. shooting is rare talent and magnetic personality, friend says

When Aboud Ashhab learned early Sunday morning during a phone call from his mom that his close friend, Hisham Awartani, had been shot the evening before in Burlington, Vt., he broke down in tears.

Top Places to Work

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more
Discover the 175 companies with the happiest employees in the state.

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Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will visit Foxborough on a Sunday rather than a Monday.

Patriots-Chiefs gets flexed out of Monday night slot on Dec. 18

The game, originally scheduled for prime time, instead will be played Sunday, Dec. 17, at 1 p.m. at Gillette Stadium.

Massive clock projection at MIT uses local twist to track climate crisis
During COP28, the MIT Climate Clock Team will project a countdown to the projected date and time that Earth will have warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius — a limit on global temperature increase that the planet is projected to hit in May 2024.

SUNNY SPOTS

We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned.
We love showing up on the island regularly to soak up the sun, the music, the vibe, the color, and the natural beauty. It never gets old. Here's what to do, where to go, what to eat, and what to avoid.

Crowds fill Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2021.

What we learned on our multigenerational trip to Disney World

The piña colada was invented in San Juan; you’ll probably sample one while you’re here. And they don’t need the rum — this one at Solera at La Concha Resort is the virgin variety.

How to eat your way around San Juan

Worcester Red Sox owners reach agreement to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings
The Diamond group already owns the Single A Salem Red Sox and Double A Portland Sea Dogs among its 26 other minor league teams.

Anthony Bourdain’s scathing remarks about Henry Kissinger resurface after the diplomat’s death
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," the chef wrote in his memoir.

Henry Kissinger’s ties to Harvard date back to the 1940s

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on delayed $2.8 billion spending bill, shelter funding, but fate remains unclear amid GOP objections
The deal would pour $250 million into the state’s struggling emergency shelter system and mandate that the state create overflow sites for families with nowhere else to go.

Everett soccer stadium for Revolution hits legislative roadblock — again

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe as Republicans stage walkout

The vote from the 11 Democrats would authorize subpoenas for Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo.

More Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as truce in Gaza lasts another day

Hamas freed two Israeli women Thursday afternoon, and in the evening six more hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza and were being brought to Israel, the Israeli military said.

Hostages freed from Gaza recount violence, hunger, and fear

6 takeaways from Liz Cheney’s book assailing Trump and his ‘enablers’

Former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney's new book offers a rare peek inside the Republican cloakroom at what she heard from her colleagues about “the Orange Jesus,” as one wryly called Donald Trump.

McCarthy claimed Trump was ‘not eating’ after leaving office, Cheney says

Woman killed in apparent murder-suicide in Marlborough came to US ‘seeking the American Dream,’ friend says

4 people charged in connection to Thanksgiving Eve brawl at Kowloon Restaurant

1,985 confirmed cases and 18 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left, and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

DeSantis and Newsom will face off in a Fox News event featuring two governors with White House hopes

The two are squaring off in a nationally televised event that will feature two young, high-profile leaders with presidential aspirations.

Fairhaven (near end zone) and Salem line up before the Division 6 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium.

MIAA Super Bowl live updates: Marshfield and King Philip face off for the Division 2 championship

Follow along as 16 schools from across the state vie for the ultimate crown here in Foxborough, starting with Division 8 on Wednesday evening.

Watch live: Three state titles are up for grabs in Thursday’s Super Bowl slate

The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) visible from Western Mass. in October 2021.

Aurora borealis may shine over parts of Northern New England

New Englanders — in some areas of the region, at least — could be treated to a stunning display of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, in the night sky Thursday night.

Opinion

Do you believe that Trump is seriously looking at cover-everyone alternatives to the ACA? Do you think he will ever propose, let alone develop, one?

SCOT LEHIGH

Trump recycles his health care hokum

Can he fool his MAGA followers again with his cynical promise to replace Obamacare with something "much better"?

RENÉE LOTH

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

Barney Frank

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservatives renew their attack on the Voting Rights Act

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Rejecting students who support terrorism isn’t cancel culture

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Explore the project

More recent News

3 killed in wrong-way car crash in Portland, Maine
“Upon impact, both vehicles caught on fire and became fully engulfed,” police said.

Quiet cutting: Wayfair undergoes multiple, small rounds of layoffs
The Boston online retailer has cut dozens of jobs in recent weeks, despite undergoing two major layoffs over the past 18 months.

George Santos refuses to resign, warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent
The Republican congressman could become the sixth member of Congress to have been expelled by colleagues. The House is expected to vote on one of the resolutions to remove him on Friday.

GLOBE SANTA

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children
Grandparents, ideally, can often offer a safe home with unconditional love. But for many it comes at a cost, and often this cost is financial.

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts?
The NBA In-Season Tournament might have been derided by some, but Boston could apply a valuable lesson from it for the rest of its season.

$15 tolls likely for nation’s first congestion pricing program
Officials on Wednesday provided the clearest picture yet of the tolls they hope to implement. They aim to collect roughly $1 billion annually to fund improvements to the city’s subway and bus networks.

Globe Santa

Parenting alone, with strength and courage
The usual tribulations of parenting are magnified — greatly — when there is only one parent. All the more so when there’s bereavement, divorce, or separation to contend with.

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Coming soon: ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill,’ the true story of the Charles Stuart case

For two years, a team of Globe reporters investigated the case. What they found reveals hard truths, unveils explosive new findings, and changes the narrative of a story long cemented in Boston’s lore.

bob ryan

A message to all the LeBron James haters out there, and other thoughts
Once again, it’s time to empty out that Desk Drawer of the Sports Mind.

tara sullivan

Tom Brady’s recent candor about the state of the NFL bodes well for his future as a commentator
Brady, whose massive TV deal with Fox kicks in next season, is making blunt and insightful comments he never would have made in his playing days.

The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up
“We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.

Culture & Lifestyle

Judy Song (left) and Jenna Agbayani in Lloyd Suh's "The Heart Sellers," now at the Huntington.

Alone together in a new world

Jeremy Strong attended "An Enemy of the People" Conversation & Press Conference at The Edition Hotel on Nov. 15, 2023 in New York City. The actor will play Roy Cohn in the upcoming Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice."

Jeremy Strong cast as Roy Cohn in new Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

Lakecia Benjamin comes to the Berklee Performance Center on Friday.

With ‘Phoenix,’ jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin soars to a new realm

These recent titles deliver juicy plots that will keep you reading.

A dozen thrilling new page-turners to give you goosebumps this winter

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The inescapable conundrum of anonymous speech

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, pictured, was charged with felony domestic assault by Los Angeles County prosecutors after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children in 2022.

IDEAS | JOSHUA PEDERSON

Don’t draft horrible people for your fantasy sports team

Lights adorned a Marshfield home. Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Governor Maura Healey have called for the end of the state’s residential electricity retail program. But Massachusetts should fix rather than nix the residential retail program.

SCOT LEHIGH

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity

An old power plant along the Mystic River in Everett is being pitched as the location for a new stadium for the New England Revolution.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Where’s the public in the talks about Robert Kraft’s plan for a soccer stadium in Everett?

Donald Trump's perpetual scowl, even when he bares his teeth into something approximating a smile, personifies the motherly warning that echoed through many childhoods: “If you keep making that face, it’s gonna stay that way.”

RENÉE GRAHAM

Donald Trump’s un-wonderful life

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Elizabeth Price and her husband, Ali Awartani, have been bolstered by their son Hisham’s resilience, and his determination to stay strong for other Palestinians.

GLOBE SANTA

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children

Grandparents, ideally, can often offer a safe home with unconditional love. But for many it comes at a cost, and often this cost is financial.

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on delayed $2.8 billion spending bill, shelter funding, but fate remains unclear amid GOP objections

The deal would pour $250 million into the state’s struggling emergency shelter system and mandate that the state create overflow sites for families with nowhere else to go.

THINGS TO DO

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Dec. 1-8

This week: A “Breaking Bad” star, an elf parade, holiday strolls and markets, Rhody’s favorite two-legged puppy, and more.

Sports

MIAA Super Bowl live updates: Marshfield and King Philip face off for the Division 2 championship

Follow along as 16 schools from across the state vie for the ultimate crown here in Foxborough, starting with Division 8 on Wednesday evening.

CELTICS

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts?

The NBA In-Season Tournament might have been derided by some, but Boston could apply a valuable lesson from it for the rest of its season.

Southern California guard Bronny James, right, sat on the bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Eastern Washington in Los Angeles on Nov. 29.

USC’s Bronny James cleared by doctors for return to basketball 4 months after cardiac arrest

A James family spokesperson said in a statement Thursday that the 19-year-old will have a final evaluation with USC staff this week and resume practice next week. He will be able to play in games “soon after,” it said.

patriots

Patriots-Chiefs gets flexed out of Monday night slot on Dec. 18

MIAA TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

MIAA considers football playoff proposal with 11-week regular season, three rounds of play after Thanksgiving

men's college hockey notebook

With both teams ranked, Maine-UNH men’s hockey takes on ever more luster

Business

Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures continuing to cool

Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department said prices were unchanged from September to October, down from a 0.4 percent rise the previous month.

OPEC Plus cuts production further to blunt falling oil prices

Even with the consortium’s latest move to reduce output, analysts speculate that prices may not rise considerably at a time when inventories are flush and nations outside OPEC have expanded production capabilities.

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

‘Hypervisible and invisible’: Olin College president discusses journey as a Black woman in engineering

magazine

2023

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more

PERSPECTIVE

The Globe’s film critic picks 6 holiday movies that are actually good

CONNECTIONS

What 52 bandannas say about my late son’s life

MISS CONDUCT

Watch the latest episode and clips from Boston Globe Today

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Brown University student seriously injured in Vt. shooting is rare talent and magnetic personality, friend says

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more Discover the 175 companies with the happiest employees in the state.

Patriots-Chiefs gets flexed out of Monday night slot on Dec. 18

SUNNY SPOTS We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned. We love showing up on the island regularly to soak up the sun, the music, the vibe, the color, and the natural beauty. It never gets old. Here's what to do, where to go, what to eat, and what to avoid.

What we learned on our multigenerational trip to Disney World

How to eat your way around San Juan

Worcester Red Sox owners reach agreement to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings The Diamond group already owns the Single A Salem Red Sox and Double A Portland Sea Dogs among its 26 other minor league teams.

Anthony Bourdain’s scathing remarks about Henry Kissinger resurface after the diplomat’s death “Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," the chef wrote in his memoir.

Everett soccer stadium for Revolution hits legislative roadblock — again

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe as Republicans stage walkout

More Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as truce in Gaza lasts another day

6 takeaways from Liz Cheney’s book assailing Trump and his ‘enablers’

Woman killed in apparent murder-suicide in Marlborough came to US ‘seeking the American Dream,’ friend says

4 people charged in connection to Thanksgiving Eve brawl at Kowloon Restaurant

1,985 confirmed cases and 18 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

DeSantis and Newsom will face off in a Fox News event featuring two governors with White House hopes

MIAA Super Bowl live updates: Marshfield and King Philip face off for the Division 2 championship

Aurora borealis may shine over parts of Northern New England

Trump recycles his health care hokum

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

Conservatives renew their attack on the Voting Rights Act

Rejecting students who support terrorism isn’t cancel culture

Reimagining an American ideal

Explore the project

More recent News

3 killed in wrong-way car crash in Portland, Maine “Upon impact, both vehicles caught on fire and became fully engulfed,” police said.

Quiet cutting: Wayfair undergoes multiple, small rounds of layoffs The Boston online retailer has cut dozens of jobs in recent weeks, despite undergoing two major layoffs over the past 18 months.

George Santos refuses to resign, warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent The Republican congressman could become the sixth member of Congress to have been expelled by colleagues. The House is expected to vote on one of the resolutions to remove him on Friday.

GLOBE SANTA Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children Grandparents, ideally, can often offer a safe home with unconditional love. But for many it comes at a cost, and often this cost is financial.

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts? The NBA In-Season Tournament might have been derided by some, but Boston could apply a valuable lesson from it for the rest of its season.

$15 tolls likely for nation’s first congestion pricing program Officials on Wednesday provided the clearest picture yet of the tolls they hope to implement. They aim to collect roughly $1 billion annually to fund improvements to the city’s subway and bus networks.

Parenting alone, with strength and courage The usual tribulations of parenting are magnified — greatly — when there is only one parent. All the more so when there’s bereavement, divorce, or separation to contend with.

• Donate to Globe Santa

Recommended reads

Coming soon: ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill,’ the true story of the Charles Stuart case

bob ryan A message to all the LeBron James haters out there, and other thoughts Once again, it’s time to empty out that Desk Drawer of the Sports Mind.

tara sullivan Tom Brady’s recent candor about the state of the NFL bodes well for his future as a commentator Brady, whose massive TV deal with Fox kicks in next season, is making blunt and insightful comments he never would have made in his playing days.

The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up “We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alone together in a new world

Jeremy Strong cast as Roy Cohn in new Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

With ‘Phoenix,’ jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin soars to a new realm

A dozen thrilling new page-turners to give you goosebumps this winter

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

How the missing become the uncounted

Two Weeks in America

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The inescapable conundrum of anonymous speech

Don’t draft horrible people for your fantasy sports team

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity

Where’s the public in the talks about Robert Kraft’s plan for a soccer stadium in Everett?

Donald Trump’s un-wonderful life

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on delayed $2.8 billion spending bill, shelter funding, but fate remains unclear amid GOP objections

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Dec. 1-8

Sports

MIAA Super Bowl live updates: Marshfield and King Philip face off for the Division 2 championship

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts?

USC’s Bronny James cleared by doctors for return to basketball 4 months after cardiac arrest

Patriots-Chiefs gets flexed out of Monday night slot on Dec. 18

MIAA considers football playoff proposal with 11-week regular season, three rounds of play after Thanksgiving

With both teams ranked, Maine-UNH men’s hockey takes on ever more luster

Business

Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures continuing to cool

OPEC Plus cuts production further to blunt falling oil prices

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

‘Hypervisible and invisible’: Olin College president discusses journey as a Black woman in engineering

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more

The Globe’s film critic picks 6 holiday movies that are actually good

What 52 bandannas say about my late son’s life

My in-laws helped repay my student loan. How do I thank them?

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more
Discover the 175 companies with the happiest employees in the state.

SUNNY SPOTS

We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned.
We love showing up on the island regularly to soak up the sun, the music, the vibe, the color, and the natural beauty. It never gets old. Here's what to do, where to go, what to eat, and what to avoid.

Worcester Red Sox owners reach agreement to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings
The Diamond group already owns the Single A Salem Red Sox and Double A Portland Sea Dogs among its 26 other minor league teams.

Anthony Bourdain’s scathing remarks about Henry Kissinger resurface after the diplomat’s death
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," the chef wrote in his memoir.

3 killed in wrong-way car crash in Portland, Maine
“Upon impact, both vehicles caught on fire and became fully engulfed,” police said.

Quiet cutting: Wayfair undergoes multiple, small rounds of layoffs
The Boston online retailer has cut dozens of jobs in recent weeks, despite undergoing two major layoffs over the past 18 months.

George Santos refuses to resign, warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent
The Republican congressman could become the sixth member of Congress to have been expelled by colleagues. The House is expected to vote on one of the resolutions to remove him on Friday.

GLOBE SANTA

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children
Grandparents, ideally, can often offer a safe home with unconditional love. But for many it comes at a cost, and often this cost is financial.

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts?
The NBA In-Season Tournament might have been derided by some, but Boston could apply a valuable lesson from it for the rest of its season.

$15 tolls likely for nation’s first congestion pricing program
Officials on Wednesday provided the clearest picture yet of the tolls they hope to implement. They aim to collect roughly $1 billion annually to fund improvements to the city’s subway and bus networks.

Parenting alone, with strength and courage
The usual tribulations of parenting are magnified — greatly — when there is only one parent. All the more so when there’s bereavement, divorce, or separation to contend with.

bob ryan

A message to all the LeBron James haters out there, and other thoughts
Once again, it’s time to empty out that Desk Drawer of the Sports Mind.

tara sullivan

Tom Brady’s recent candor about the state of the NFL bodes well for his future as a commentator
Brady, whose massive TV deal with Fox kicks in next season, is making blunt and insightful comments he never would have made in his playing days.

The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up
“We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.