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Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter One

The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting

You may have heard the story. You may think you know what happened. But you don’t.

FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms
The life-changing drug, developed by Boston-based Vertex and its Swiss partner CRISPR Therapeutics, targets sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that causes crippling pain.

Mass. House again fails to pass $3 billion spending bill amid GOP opposition

The House’s small GOP caucus used the same procedural move it did on previous days to halt Saturday's session and a deal Democrats negotiated on the wide-ranging budget bill.

Former New Hampshire camp counselor pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor

Matthew J. Scavitto, 39, was a camper and later a counselor at Camp Tecumseh in Moultonborough, N.H., from 1994 to 2014.

Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments
Israel’s military has ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifts its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.

Israelis are angry at Netanyahu, but chances of his ouster are slim

Union workers seeking labor contract rally outside Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum
More than 150 union workers and their supporters marched in front of Arnold Arboretum on Saturday, rallying for a fair contract for those in charge of the park’s upkeep.

‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open riffs on George Santos’s expulsion with a musical farewell; Emma Stone hosts
“SNL” on Dec. 2 was hosted by actress Emma Stone. Indie folk artist and native Vermonter Noah Kahan was the musical guest of the night.

Pittsfield airman identified in fatal Osprey crash in Japan

Man stabbed in parking lot at Kowloon in Saugus taken to hospital

Mass. State Police announce death of Trooper assigned to Cape & Islands detective unit

Mariana, 15, who suffers from seizures, swung her legs over a railing that her grandmother, Tami Mitchell (right), installed on the bed they share as a way to keep her safe in the cramped hotel room where they live with Mariana’s two siblings.

They’re poor, but not poor enough to qualify for emergency housing in Massachusetts

The income limits for those seeking emergency housing in our right to shelter state are ludicrously low, leaving desperate families like Tami Mitchell’s stranded.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Patriots may soon look for a new coach, and they’re going to have a lot of competition
Almost half of the NFL’s 32 teams are weighing whether to fire their coach.

Patriots add Malik Cunningham to roster for Chargers game

Brandon Staley's 4-7 Chargers visit Bill Belichick's 2-9 Patriots Sunday afternoon.

Ben Volin I On football

Firing Patriots’ Bill Belichick and Chargers’ Brandon Staley sooner rather than later would be the humane thing to do

Week after week their job status is a main topic during game broadcasts, and they have to appear in front of cameras and take a beating for their underachieving teams.

Jabrill Peppers apologizes for disparaging comment caught on hot mike after Giants game

A person runs along Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy, MA.

What’s your risk of dementia? New tool from Mass. General helps assess brain health.

New research suggests a high score on measures of physical health, lifestyle, and social life translates to a lower risk of some brain diseases.

shirley leung

A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people
Projects like these typically take years to pull together, but this one took just a little over a year from the filing of its plan to the start of renovations.

Connections | Magazine

What 52 bandannas say about my late son’s life

They were so much more than just headbands or neckerchiefs.

The website Futurism revealed Monday that Sports Illustrated had published an assortment of articles bylined by writers who didn’t exist — with accompanying headshots that originated on a website selling images generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Talented humans still working at Sports Illustrated deserved so much more than shameful AI episode

It’s sad to see the life wrung out of it by parasitic owners who value Sports Illustrated’s name as a brand while utterly disregarding why it once meant so much to so many.

Brad Marchand went goalless in the eight games before Saturday night, when he delivered the overtime game-winner to take down Matthew Knies (23) and the Maple Leafs.

BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 (OT)

Bruins squander two-goal lead in Toronto, but Brad Marchand breaks scoring drought with last-second OT winner

Auston Matthews scored his second of the game with 5.7 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, but Marchand — who'd been scoreless in the prior eight games — delivered the winner seconds before a shootout.

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has not made any significant moves, but that will change at some point.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Who will be in the spotlight at baseball’s Winter Meetings?

It could be four memorable days with superstar players available in the trade and free agent markets and several prominent teams eager to improve their rosters.

Opinion

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Massachusetts weighs the legalization of psychedelics — and the future of tripping

A proposed ballot question stirs deeper questions about how we should approach hallucinogenic drugs.

Brookline’s phased cigarette ban is unwise, irrational, and deeply patronizing

If addiction is a disease, why does the probation system treat relapses as a crime?

What I found — and lost — while building a typewriter

UN climate talks are in need of a fix

Single family garage

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

DCD Automotive drops the famed Boch name from eight dealerships
Affected dealerships include the Boch Honda and Boch Toyota stores on the “Automile” stretch of Route 1 in Norwood.

Sharon police investigating ‘hit list’ allegedly created by high school student

Staff at Sharon High School notified the department of the alleged list and there is “no ongoing threat,” police said Friday.

Celtics

‘Let’s take action and get these guys back’: How Joe Mazzulla’s homecoming push has reconnected Celtics past and present
“Joe wants this to be a huge family,” assistant coach Sam Cassell said. “The tradition is there, but he just wants this to be a huge family.”

SUPER BOWL MOMENTS

These were eight MIAA Super Bowl moments worth savoring again
The 2023 high school football season culminated with eight Super Bowl games over three days at Gillette Stadium. It was quite a ride. Here are eight moments that stood out.

Globe Santa’s Gifts are Priority Mail
The task of delivering the gifts to children is the final step in a year-long, breathless feat of toy-shopping, donation-raising, letter-reading, logistics-calculating, database-making, label-printing, toy-sorting, box-packing, and pallet-piling

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions
Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late, legendary Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller with a Barbie doll as part of its 'Inspiring Women' series

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.

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Recommended reads

Ashley Randele (right) with her late father, Thomas Randele of Lynnfield, who turned out to be one of America’s most-wanted fugitives.

Daughter tells story of Lynnfield father’s secret past as an infamous bank robber, and how he got away with it

Remember the guy who robbed a bank in Cleveland, then changed his name and moved to Massachusetts, where he started a new life for himself and never got caught? In a new podcast, his daughter tells her side of the wild story.

In helping expel George Santos, House Republicans draw a line at his abuse of the political system
Santos, a 35-year-old first term lawmaker, became just the sixth House member in history to be expelled, and the first who wasn’t already convicted of crimes or who had demonstrated “disloyalty to the Union” during the Civil War.

MATTHEW GILBERT

The 10 best TV shows of 2023
A sibling rivalry for the ages. A road-rage incident. A restaurant’s struggles. A chaotic cross-country journey. And many murders in many buildings. They all add up to a rewarding year for television viewers.

A majority of the state’s youngest students struggle to read, new report finds
As many as 20 percent of children studied showed signs of having dyslexia, a language processing disorder that must be addressed with specialized reading instruction.

Culture & Lifestyle

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

Author Ben Mezrich at his Newton home in the room where he often writes.

Ben Mezrich’s new book is on Elon Musk and how Twitter broke the billionaire

Installation view of "Like Magic" at MASS MoCA. Foreground: Gelare Khoshgozaran, "U.S. Customs Demands to Know", ongoing. Courtesy of the artist. Background (from left): Raven Chacon, "Compass," 2021. "Score," painted on wall. Courtesy of the artist. Raven Chacon, For Zitkála-Šá, 2017–2020. Courtesy of the artist.

In ‘Like Magic,’ 10 artists conjure shadowy refuge at MassMoCA

Eric Andre

In his chaotic live shows, Eric Andre detonates a comedy ‘explosion’

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

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

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

A team of veterinarians, scientists, and volunteers attempt to turn a tranquilized 7-ton wild African elephant that had collapsed on his belly onto his side in preparation for an elaborate and messy procedure that will collect the animal's semen.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek with photographs by Matjaž Krivic

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

A trans rights protester at a rally in Frankfort, Ky., in March.

It’s been another deadly year for the trans community

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

Bumper stickers featuring former president Donald Trump were for sale at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, in 2021.

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

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

Unexpected cattle call on a baseball field in West Bridgewater

Officers encounter large animals on a baseball field in West Bridgewater, a rat on the loose warrants attention of police in Wareham, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Man stabbed in parking lot at Kowloon in Saugus taken to hospital

The stabbing occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the popular Chinese restaurant on Route 1 north, police said.

Mass. State Police announce death of Trooper assigned to Cape & Islands detective unit

Sergeant Gregory Furtado, 41, “spent his career in service to and in protection of, the citizens of our Commonwealth,” State Police said Saturday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Union workers seeking labor contract rally outside Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum

More than 150 union workers and their supporters marched in front of Arnold Arboretum on Saturday, rallying for a fair contract for those in charge of the park’s upkeep.

Sports

Kevin Shattenkirk's goal in the second period on Saturday wasn't just his first with the Bruins, it broke a long scoring drought for Boston defensemen.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Hot Johnny Beecher sits for Bruins in Toronto

Beecher, the 22-year-old rookie center, was outscored by only Charlie Coyle in Boston's last six games, but he found himself on the sidelines at Scotiabank Arena.

Brad Marchand went goalless in the eight games before Saturday night, when he delivered the overtime game-winner to take down Matthew Knies (23) and the Maple Leafs.

BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 (OT)

Bruins squander two-goal lead in Toronto, but Brad Marchand breaks scoring drought with last-second OT winner

Auston Matthews scored his second of the game with 5.7 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, but Marchand — who'd been scoreless in the prior eight games — delivered the winner seconds before a shootout.

Christian Ramírez scored the winning goal, then held the Eastern Conference championship trophy aloft while celebrating with his Crew teammates.

MLS CUP SEMIFINALS

Christian Ramírez scores conference title for Columbus Crew, who will face Los Angeles FC in MLS Cup Final

Columbus won at FC Cincinnati, which led 2-0 at halftime, to earn a berth in the MLS Cup Final against defending champion LAFC.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Alabama makes its case for the College Football Playoff, while Georgia’s three-peat bid could be over

SUPER BOWL MOMENTS

These were eight MIAA Super Bowl moments worth savoring again

Tiger Woods’s Challenge to finish tournament nearly complete in event Scottie Scheffler leads

Business

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their 'The End of the Road' farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.

A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people

Projects like these typically take years to pull together, but this one took just a little over a year from the filing of its plan to the start of renovations.

FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms

Surging US oil production brings down prices and raises climate fears

magazine

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?

metro

The sign at the entrance to Camp Tecumseh.

Former New Hampshire camp counselor pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor

Globe Santa’s Gifts are Priority Mail

Mass. House again fails to pass $3 billion spending bill amid GOP opposition

sports

With its victory over St. John's Prep in the MIAA Division 1 Super Bowl, the Xaverian football team made its ascent to the No. 1 spot in the final Globe Top 20 football poll.

Globe Top 20s: Tested twice in six days, Xaverian football showed its mettle in earning No. 1 ranking

Patriots add Malik Cunningham to roster for Chargers game

‘Let’s take action and get these guys back’: How Joe Mazzulla’s homecoming push has reconnected Celtics past and present

business

Migrants set up cots in the Chicago City Life Center on Wednesday. The community center and church welcomed about 40 migrants who were previously living at police stations and airports.

Chicago and other northern US cities scramble to house migrants with coldest weather just ahead

Drunk and asleep on the job: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

politics

Elon Musk departed following a meeting in the office of then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol in Washington in September.

The US government can’t quit Elon Musk - even amid erratic behavior

How Republicans split over whether to expel George Santos

Lawsuits against Donald Trump over Jan. 6 insurrection can move forward, appeals court says

Nation

Mule deer near Descanso Beach in Avalon, Calif., on Santa Catalina Island, on Nov. 14. A proposal to kill all of the island's mule deer, which along with other non-native animals have been destroying the island's plant habitat, is infuriating many local residents and animal lovers.

The plan to save a California island? Shoot all of the deer.

Surging US oil production brings down prices and raises climate fears

Chicago and other northern US cities scramble to house migrants with coldest weather just ahead

World

A person looks at the collapsed roof of a building following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur province on Dec. 3.

Strong earthquake that sparked a tsunami warning leaves 1 dead amid widespread panic in Philippines

Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

opinion

A team of veterinarians, scientists, and volunteers attempt to turn a tranquilized 7-ton wild African elephant that had collapsed on his belly onto his side in preparation for an elaborate and messy procedure that will collect the animal's semen.

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

Thomas Paine’s place in our history, both nationally and personally

Healey’s financial aid boost leaves many deserving students behind

lifestyle

Wilma Mankiller, who was chief of the Cherokee from 1985 to 1995, put much of her focus on education, health and housing.

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions

My wife’s sex drive is gone

The Children’s Room in Arlington wants to normalize the last taboo: grief

food & dining

Exterior of the Kowloon at dusk.

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

Somerville’s Wade BBQ promises smoky meat with a Boston spin; june bug opens from the Field & Vine team

In Harvard Square, the Painted Burro is a stylish replacement for the Border Cafe

travel

The essence of a Saint Lucia getaway: piton views, the sea, and a hammock (in your own private villa).

We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned.

How to eat your way around San Juan

What we learned on our multigenerational trip to Disney World

Arts

Installation view of "Like Magic" at MASS MoCA. Foreground: Gelare Khoshgozaran, "U.S. Customs Demands to Know", ongoing. Courtesy of the artist. Background (from left): Raven Chacon, "Compass," 2021. "Score," painted on wall. Courtesy of the artist. Raven Chacon, For Zitkála-Šá, 2017–2020. Courtesy of the artist.

In ‘Like Magic,’ 10 artists conjure shadowy refuge at MassMoCA

Sylvia Plath’s botanical interests offer a fresh perspective on the poet’s life and work in a Smith College exhibit

The rooms where it happened: A new MFA show looks at photographers’ studios

Books

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum recently acquired a rare first edition of Phyllis Wheatley's poetry collection.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum acquires first-edition copy of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry collection; new book offers complex portrait of Henry David Thoreau; Rumspringa Books opens in Springfield

‘Faces of Phillis’ imagines Phillis Wheatley’s life for the 250th anniversary of her poetry collection

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 9

Movies

Beyoncé performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Aug. 1, 2023, on her "Renaissance World Tour."

‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ illuminates a superstar in command of her artistry, onstage and off

In John Woo’s ‘Silent Night,’ all is neither calm nor bright

‘The Last Detail’: How Hal Ashby’s 1973 Navy movie gave me a portal into my Pops’ past

Television

Emma Stone attends "Bleat"during the 61st New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on Oct. 4, in New York City.

‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open riffs on George Santos’s expulsion with a musical farewell; Emma Stone hosts

Oscars to start an hour early next year

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

music

Beyoncé performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Aug. 1, 2023, on her "Renaissance World Tour."

‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ illuminates a superstar in command of her artistry, onstage and off

Darren Criss is having himself a merry little ‘Crissmas’

Why has ‘Messiah’ been so popular for nearly 300 years?

Theater/Dance

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

Alone together in a new world

In his chaotic live shows, Eric Andre detonates a comedy ‘explosion’

‘Chicago’ holds up a mirror to its times, and to ours

Health

Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center in Providence.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

Obituaries

French-born US photographer Elliott Erwitt posed on at La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris in 2010.

Elliott Erwitt, whose photos were famous, and often funny, dies at 95

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died

Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos, whose political novel inspired award-winning film ‘Z,’ dies at 89