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DonJuan Moses poses for a portrait next to a projection of police cars in Mission Hill

Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter Two

The pressure builds and a police manhunt envelops Mission Hill

This wasn’t just a homicide investigation, this was a task force. Carol Stuart’s murder was a terrifying warning.

Harvard, MIT, UPenn have ‘basically been the center’ of campus antisemitism, key GOP congresswoman claims ahead of hearing

After nearly two months navigating campus controversies over the Israel-Hamas war, the leaders of three top universities will head to Capitol Hill Tuesday to face their next crucible — a public hearing before a congressional committee led by Republicans, many of whom are livid over what they describe as rising antisemitism at elite schools.

Harvard alumni rebuke its Israel response with mere $1 donations

Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive but Palestinians are running out of places to go

US tourist from Boston killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say

A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters.

Nashua youth pastor facing ‘credible allegations’ of sexually abusing children dies by suicide after firing, church says

The congregation was told Nov. 26 that the youth pastor was under investigation and had been fired, church officials said. The pastor took his own life the next day.

After days-long standoff with GOP, Mass. House advances stalled $3 billion spending bill

More than 100 Democrats showed up and voted to advance a deal on the wide-ranging bill, which promises to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s strained emergency shelter system.

Heavy snowfall drops tree branches onto power lines, causing outages in New England

A storm dropped a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England with some locations recording more than a half-foot of snowfall on Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and causing slick roads.

Dave Epstein: Week ahead turns colder, with rain and possible light snow showers Map: Current power outages in the region

Why a second Trump presidency may be more radical than his first

Donald Trump’s violent and authoritarian rhetoric on the 2024 campaign trail has attracted growing alarm and comparisons to historical fascist dictators and contemporary populist strongmen.

Milton man dead after ‘fatal incident’ at Kowloon parking lot in Saugus

Cyclist Bill Sykes suffered grievous injuries when he hit a pothole and crashed in Halifax. The town, like all municipalities, is legally protected from paying him full compensation.

A biker’s crash on a publicly maintained road brings a hard-earned lesson on the limits of municipal law

Cyclist Bill Sykes suffered grievous injuries when he hit a pothole and crashed in Halifax. The town, like all municipalities, is legally protected from paying him full compensation.

Prominent disinformation specialist files whistle-blower complaint against Harvard
Joan Donovan is seeking “an urgent and impartial investigation” into allegations of donor influence at Harvard’s Kennedy School, which she claims fired her after she began investigating Facebook documents. Harvard calls the allegations “baseless.”

Cambridge street signs to include Indigenous translations
Come springtime, signs between First and Eighth streets in Cambridge will feature translations into the Massachusett language as part of the city’s African American and Indigenous Peoples Historical Reckoning Project.

Tamara Tamimi and her son, Kinnan Abdalhamid, 20, spoke about the Nov. 25, 2023, shooting that injured Kinnan and his two friends, an attack being investigated as a possible hate crime, during an interview Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Burlington Vt.

Vermont shooting victims relying on friendship as they recover: ‘Their bond is really getting them through this’

As the three Palestinian college students shot on Thanksgiving weekend in Vermont recover from the attack, they’re relying on their deep connections to one another to cope.

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in Salt Lake City.

Civil liberties and LBGTQ+ advocates urge schools to resist book bans

The ACLU of New Hampshire and GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders warned removing books would violate the First Amendment and criticized the New Hampshire Department of Education’s response.

Hyde Park resident, Desiree Fortini-Craft, is the third $25 million grand prize winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “Billion Dollar Extravaganza”. - (Massachusetts Lottery)

Hyde Park woman wins $25 million grand prize in state lottery

A Hyde Park woman is the third and final winner of the $25 million grand prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” game, officials said.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals encouraged dog owners concerned about their pet’s health to avoid dog parks or other areas where dogs congregate “out of an abundance of caution.”

Local vets urge caution but not panic over ‘mystery’ respiratory illness found in dogs

Boston-area veterinarians said they have received a surge of calls from concerned dog owners following media reports about the “mystery illness,” which in some cases has developed into pneumonia and even led to death.

Newtonville is among the village centers that the Newton City Council is considering rezoning to allow for more housing to comply with the state's MBTA Communities law.

Newton, other suburbs, face crucial housing votes ahead of state deadline

Most communities facing a deadline this month have yet to approve plans to comply with a 2021 state law aimed at addressing Massachusetts' housing shortage.

Investors snagged 1 in 5 homes for sale in Greater Boston, worsening housing crisis, report finds

Opinion

What Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida did in Massachusetts over a year ago shows a visceral understanding of the dynamics of the immigration issue, along with a willingness to exploit it in a cruel and possibly illegal way.

The migrant crisis is a problem for Democrats and Republicans are happy to exploit it

They want Massachusetts to become a laboratory for what happens when liberal ideology runs up against the social and economic realities of the country’s broken immigration system.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Shots fired: Normalizing crime in Boston

IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Why the best holiday gift could be the worst

How the tiny band of Beacon Hill Republicans made an important stand for transparency

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

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

Judge to rule on cannabis regulator’s request to postpone hearing challenging her suspension
Shannon O’Brien appeared Monday in Suffolk Superior Court, the latest battleground in her months-long political fight with state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.

David Ortiz shares some thoughts on the Red Sox and where they’re going
The Hall of Fame slugger thinks hiring Craig Breslow was a good move, and he believes this offseason could be a busy one for the team.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The ‘Murder in Boston’ docuseries, ‘Monk’ returns, and rubbernecking George Santos
When we spot bad behavior, we reward it with views and clicks, word of mouth and airtime. And so it may be George Santos’s moment, beginning with the news that an HBO movie about him is already in the works.

Mass. families watch as Supreme Court questions Sackler shield in Purdue’s opioid settlement

A provision that would shield the wealthy Sacklers from future litigation has divided families who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses.

Liquor store employee attacked by group of six to eight people outside Dedham Mall store, police say

A Total Wine employee was assaulted outside the store around 8 p.m. Sunday and the individual's cellphone was stolen, according to Dedham police. The clerk declined medical attention from an arriving ambulance crew.

Boston police looking for four teens in ‘random’ attacks and robbery in Mission Hill, officials say

Boston police are seeking the public’s help in locating four teenage suspects who on Friday allegedly “attacked several people at random in the Mission Hill area and robbed another victim, taking his cellphone,” authorities said.

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Globe Santa steps in when illness strikes a family
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Recommended reads

A sailboat rests on the shore of Scituate Harbor in Scituate in October 2021.

‘There’s no way to sugarcoat it.’ The state’s first climate report card is out, and the grades are mixed.

There is a long, potholed road ahead to get to the state’s near-term targets for the years 2025 and 2030.

INNOVATOR Q&A

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.
Eric Moyal is the founder and executive director of Project Insulin, a Providence-based nonprofit working to ensure that every American has access to affordable insulin.

Americans gained wealth during COVID pandemic, but racial wealth gap persists, study says
White and Asian families still hold far more wealth than other racial groups.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

"Live from the Underground" author Kate Jewell at Village Vinyl and Hi-Fi in Brookline.

A Fitchburg State professor’s new book traces the left-of-the-dial history of college radio

Bill Janovitz and Buffalo Tom play the Paradise Rock Club Saturday night.

Buffalo Tom’s show at the Paradise proves there’s no place like home

Charles and Carol Stuart.

‘Murder in Boston’ director hopes documentary can lead to healing for Mission Hill residents

Doja Cat performs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Nov. 29.

A confident Doja Cat commands a busy stage at TD Garden

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

Andrea Macone, who works for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, helped to plant some of the 20,000 purple flags in the Common that commemorate Overdose Awareness Day and kick off Recovery Month on Aug. 29, 2022. The purple flags represent the lives lost to overdose in Massachusetts over the past 10 years.

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

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

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

Harvard, MIT, UPenn have ‘basically been the center’ of campus antisemitism, key GOP congresswoman claims ahead of hearing

After nearly two months navigating campus controversies over the Israel-Hamas war, the leaders of three top universities will head to Capitol Hill Tuesday to face their next crucible — a public hearing before a congressional committee led by Republicans, many of whom are livid over what they describe as rising antisemitism at elite schools.

Rhode Island’s Independent Man statue is ‘ready to travel,’ state spokesperson says

Weather permitting, the 123-year-old statue will come down from its spot atop the State House dome Tuesday at 7 a.m.

Civil liberties and LBGTQ+ advocates urge schools to resist book bans

The ACLU of New Hampshire and GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders warned removing books would violate the First Amendment and criticized the New Hampshire Department of Education’s response.

Man accused of shooting at R.I. home had dozens of high-capacity gun magazines, thousands of rounds of ammo

Joseph Pavao, of Florida, is facing more than 100 felony charges related to Friday’s shooting and high-speed chase through East Providence.

Sports

Coach Dan Najarian (center), of defending Division 2 state champion Duxbury, poses with his daughter, BB&N goalie Annabelle, along with (from left) Duxbury standouts Maddie Greenwood (12) and Reese Porter (14), and BBN's Savana Littlewood (2) following a scrimmage at BB&N last week.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY

5 story lines to watch in girls’ hockey this season

Duxbury looks primed for a repeat, and four other thoughts on the season that begins Thursday.

The Dodgers' Mookie Betts played 70 games at second base last season.

The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, a Gold Glove outfielder, set to move to second base in 2024

A strong-armed outfielder, Betts played 107 games in right field for the reigning NL West champions last season.

The return of junior guard Jaeden Roberts (2) makes Burke a contender in the Boston City League.

HS BOYS' BASKETBALL: PLAYERS TO WATCH

EMass boys’ basketball: 10 players to watch on court this season

The sweet shooting of Catholic Memorial's Ryan Higgins, the reigning Hockomock League MVP in Franklin's Sean O'Leary, and the returning Merrimack Valley Conference MVP in Zach Wolinski of North Andover are three of the big names to keep an eye on this season.

Former Patriots RB Kevin Faulk has advice for Malik Cunningham and Kayshon Boutte

Your guide to the 2023 Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium

ben volin | on football

NFL Week 13: Kyler Murray’s inspired play should have Cardinals thinking twice about drafting a QB

Business

China Evergrande gets an unexpected reprieve from liquidation

A Hong Kong bankruptcy judge on Monday gave Evergrande another two months to work out a deal with foreign investors who lost money when the company defaulted two years ago with hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

Spotify to cut 1,500 jobs after spending spree

Despite being the largest music streaming platform, Spotify has long struggled to be profitable because of the terms of licensing deals it has with record labels and music publishers.

Uber to enter the S&P 500

A biker’s crash on a publicly maintained road brings a hard-earned lesson on the limits of municipal law

magazine

Top Places to Work

These companies are using AI to help their employees, not replace them

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

This week's daters: Jake T. and Elizabeth C.

Dinner with Cupid

‘By the end of the meal, I had almost forgotten that I was on a blind date’

See seven shorts from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival at the ICA.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 4-17

metro

Street signs at every intersection of Cambridge's First through Eighth Streets will feature translations to the Massachusett language by spring 2024 as part of a new initiative.

Cambridge street signs to include Indigenous translations

Prosecutors ready case against Strafford County Sheriff Brave

Judge to rule on cannabis regulator’s request to postpone hearing challenging her suspension

sports

David Ortiz worked this year's World Series as a commentator for Fox.

David Ortiz shares some thoughts on the Red Sox and where they’re going

Northeastern shows some life, and other takeaways from the weekend in men’s college hockey

Bruins assistant GM Jamie Langenbrunner hits a career peak as a US Hockey Hall of Famer

business

OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy, Feb. 19, 2013, in Montpelier, Vt.

Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake

EyePoint data suggest time-released drug may help patients with macular degeneration

Wind developer Vineyard Offshore hires Alicia Barton to lead expansion

politics

US ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, talked to the press on July 11, 2001.

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades

US is running out of money for Ukraine and that could hinder fight against Russia, White House warns

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before the fourth debate

Nation

Donald Trump spoke to supporters at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday.

Why a second Trump presidency may be more radical than his first

US lays out espionage charges against retired diplomat

What costs $1,000 per student and might help children learn to read?

World

A Hong Kong bankruptcy judge on Monday gave Evergrande another two months to work out a deal with foreign investors who lost money when the company defaulted two years ago with hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

China Evergrande gets an unexpected reprieve from liquidation

Climate summit leader tries to calm uproar over a remark on fossil fuels

A prison at war: the convicts sustaining Putin’s invasion

opinion

Andrea Macone, who works for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, helped to plant some of the 20,000 purple flags in the Common that commemorate Overdose Awareness Day and kick off Recovery Month on Aug. 29, 2022. The purple flags represent the lives lost to overdose in Massachusetts over the past 10 years.

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

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

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

lifestyle

An Oxford English Dictionary.

Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year

A man picked up the phone

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions

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

Kristin Harris, the research coordinator at the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, emptied tea that had been sent to the museum to be thrown in the Boston Harbor on Dec. 16 for the 250th anniversary.

250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party to feature reenactment

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

Books

Craig Santos Perez, author of “From Unincorporated Territory [åmot], ” which won the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry.

Craig Santos Perez doesn’t read poetry when he’s writing it

‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ presents the First Lady of Song as a consummate artist who wrote for both the connoisseur and the public

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

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

Former US representative George Santos, expelled last week from Congress, is going to be the subject of an HBO movie.

This week’s TV: The ‘Murder in Boston’ docuseries, ‘Monk’ returns, and rubbernecking George Santos

‘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

music

"Live from the Underground" author Kate Jewell at Village Vinyl and Hi-Fi in Brookline.

A Fitchburg State professor’s new book traces the left-of-the-dial history of college radio

A confident Doja Cat commands a busy stage at TD Garden

Buffalo Tom’s show at the Paradise proves there’s no place like home

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

Eric Moyal is the executive director of Project Insulin, a nonprofit that is raising money to soon begin manufacturing insulin that will be more affordable in New England.

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.

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’

Obituaries

Mr. Nichols in New Mexico in 1988. His novel “The Milagro Beanfield War” was adapted into a film starring Rubén Blades, Christopher Walken, and Melanie Griffith.

John Nichols, author of ‘The Milagro Beanfield War,’ dies at 83

Tim Dorsey, who turned Florida’s quirks into comic gold, dies at 62

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