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A projection of Charles Stuart's body being lifted from the water after State Police divers found him below the Tobin Bridge in Boston.

Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter Seven

A city asks: How could we not have known?

After Charles Stuart's death, it was like the whole world was looking down into the water where he went under, and seeing themselves in the reflection.

UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus
Penn president Liz Magill was under intense pressure over her testimony at a congressional hearing Tuesday on campus antisemitism.

As fallout from explosive antisemitism hearing continues, Harvard president apologizes for her remarks

One law firm prepared both Penn and Harvard for hearing on antisemitism

UMass Boston investigating after antisemitic graffiti found in bathrooms on campus

Roderick ‘Kito’ Jackson, National Grid worker killed in crash, mourned at vigil in Cambridge
Police officers from Cambridge and Waltham and Jackson’s fellow union members from Boston Gas Co Workers Local 12003, commingled with Jackson’s boyhood friends, family, and neighbors on a handball court to remember the fallen worker.

Pope Francis names priest from Brazil as Boston auxiliary bishop
The Rev. Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa, 47, currently works as episcopal vicar for the central region of the Archdiocese of Boston and as secretary for evangelization and discipleship,

Maine State Police respond to about 20 crashes on I-95 due to black ice

Suspect in Brockton death of woman found with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

Israel’s military is pushing ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war.

The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress

Dr. Laurie Glimcher, CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Glimcher is taking what may be the greatest risk of her career: breaking up a decades-long partnership with Brigham & Women’s Hospital and inking a deal for with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to build a 300-bed Dana-Farber cancer hospital.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Upcoming storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds Sunday night into Monday
Some areas could see up to 3 inches of rain beginning Sunday, along with gusting winds, and possible flooding and power outages along the coast. Northern New England could see snow.

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say
US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jacob M. Galliher was among eight airmen killed in an Osprey crash in Japan in November. The military has since grounded its fleet of the aircraft.

Navy quarterback Tai Lavatai couldn't push the ball over the goal line on fourth and 2 on Saturday, Army hanging on for its sixth victory over Navy in the last eight seasons.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

New England gets a classic in its first shot hosting a classic: There’s a reason Army-Navy is America’s Game

You can have Auburn-Alabama and/or Ohio State-Michigan. Or you can enjoy some “Boola Boola” and go with Harvard-Yale. Sign me up for Army-Navy every time.

Photos: Scenes from the Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium

Ohtani was a free agent this offseason after finishing his contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

MLB

Shohei Ohtani, two-time unanimous MVP, agrees to record $700 million contract with Dodgers

The star hitter/pitcher ended one of the most anticipated free agencies in the sport's history.

A few thoughts on what went down at baseball’s Winter Meetings

Bruins center Charlie Coyle had a good look at his shot that got past Coyotes goalie Connor Ingram for a 2-0 lead in the first period Saturday.

Kevin Paul Dupont | ON HOCKEY

Door opens for Johnny Beecher, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie after two Bruins centers were sidelined

Pavel Zacha exited Saturday's victory with an injury, while rookie Matt Poitras was benched in the third period.

Bruins 5, Coyotes 3: Bruins survive to defeat Coyotes in matinee at Garden

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.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek with photographs by Matjaž Krivic

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

Fertility rates of the majestic creatures are in decline, both in the wild and in captivity. Frozen Dumbo 3 aims to reverse that.

EDITORIAL

Start talking now about postwar Gaza

SCOT LEHIGH

Trump recycles his health care hokum

Barney Frank

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

CARINE HAJJAR

If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?

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

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As the left agonizes over Israel-Hamas cease-fire, New England’s progressive leaders stand apart
New England’s congressional delegation, stocked as it is with high-profile progressives, exemplifies the way the war in Gaza has scrambled the usual, easy-to-define ideological coalitions.

Investigation underway after body of infant found at waterfront park in New Bedford
New Bedford police went to Fort Taber at about 12:40 p.m. after an adult walking along a path by the water found a blanket nearby and “detected an odor of decay,” the district attorney’s office said in a statement.

Mass General Brigham reports strong year, but headwinds foreboding for the market
While the system is in the black by $95 million — a welcome return following last year’s record-breaking losses — it is treating fewer people than it would like to, largely because it has few places to discharge patients recovering from hospitalization.

MUSIC REVIEW

Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston
Friday night's show at the ICA served as both an emotional homecoming and an opportunity to bring a small but mighty songbook to life.

When rock bottom isn’t low enough
Being homeless, penniless, and out of options isn’t enough to get some families into emergency shelter in our right to shelter state. Those who have them must liquidate their retirement savings, too.

Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation into Lewiston shooting
The delegation said Friday that Army officials have informed them that there will be an administrative investigation into the events that preceded Card's death. The members said in a statement that they have called for a separate, independent, concurrent investigation into the shootings that goes deeper than the administrative inquiry.

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When lightning strikes more than twice
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Once rare, gunfire all too common in Vermont’s biggest city

Burlington, a mostly sleepy college town on Lake Champlain, used to average two shootings a year. Last year, there were 26, and 16 so far this year, including the shooting of three Palestinian college students.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

What’s wrong with the Bucks? Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t holding back.
Despite a home-heavy schedule, they are 15-7 with one of the league’s 10 worst defenses.

Billerica couple’s gloriously over-the-top holiday display takes months. Despite hardships, they continued the tradition.
For 29 years, the Lossmans’ Christmas display has brought comfort and joy.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Inside the middle-class world of college budgeting
“It’s like buying a pair of leggings. Are you going to buy the $130 ones at Lululemon? Or are the $19 ones in Marshalls going to last you just as long?” We talk to the experts.

Culture & Lifestyle

At the ICA, Anjimile performed songs from 2020's "Giver/Taker" and his latest release, "The King."

Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston

Satya Chávez (left) and Lucy Gondínez rehearse a scene from "Real Women Have Curves: The Musical." Gondínez plays Ana, the strong-willed teen at the center of the story.

Latina women command center stage in ART’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’

Hasan Minhaj (pictured in November 2022 at the Stand up for Heroes benefit in New York) will perform Dec. 8 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

‘The Boy and the Heron’: a magical Miyazaki mystery tour

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

In January, Rasheeda Williams, known as "Koko Da Doll," attended the premiere of "Kokomo City" at the Sundance Film Festival. Three months later, she was killed.

RENÉE GRAHAM

‘The way my sibling moved in life, it was . . . take it or leave it: “This is how I am.”’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying to prevent a woman from obtaining an exemption from their state's restrictive abortion ban.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Texas abortion case threatens to make court orders practically worthless

EDITORIAL

Help more students complete financial aid forms

Abortion rights protesters rallied in New York on May 3, 2022.

LETTERS

A man analyzes abortion data. Three women have words.

A Hanukkah menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 2017.

JEFF JACOBY

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

This image made from bodycam video footage taken by a Hamas militant and released by Israel Defense Forces shows the militant in a residential neighborhood at an undisclosed location in Israel.

CARINE HAJJAR

I watched the Oct. 7 video. I don’t know how anyone can say Hamas are freedom fighters.

Metro

Isabella de la Houssaye, athlete who endured against the odds, dies at 59

Isabella de la Houssaye, a lawyer and prolific endurance athlete who continued to go on daunting adventures around the world with her five children after being diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer, died Saturday in Hermosa Beach, California. She was 59.

Roderick ‘Kito’ Jackson, National Grid worker killed in crash, mourned at vigil in Cambridge

Police officers from Cambridge and Waltham and Jackson’s fellow union members from Boston Gas Co Workers Local 12003, commingled with Jackson’s boyhood friends, family, and neighbors on a handball court to remember the fallen worker.

Maine State Police respond to about 20 crashes on I-95 due to black ice

Freezing drizzle and cold temperatures created slick road conditions on Saturday in the Bangor area, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.

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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Sports

Breezy Johnson of Team United States during the inspection at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill on Nov. 19 in Zermatt, Switzerland.

American downhill skier Breezy Johnson says she won’t race during anti-doping rules investigation

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson is under investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and says she will not race during the case, which could lead to a two-year ban.

Ms. de la Houssaye, on her way toward a base camp during the ascent of Aconcagua, the highest summit outside the Himalayas, in Argentina, in early 2019.

Isabella de la Houssaye, athlete who endured against the odds, dies at 59

Anthony Davis had much to celebrate, delivering his best performance of the season (41 points, 20 rebounds) to lift the Los Angeles Lakers for the first NBA In-Season Tournament championship.

Lakers 123, Pacers 109

Anthony Davis leads Los Angeles Lakers to NBA In-Season Tournament title

Davis had seasons highs of 41 points and 20 rebounds, Austin Reaves added 28 points and tournament MVP LeBron James had 24 points and 11 rebounds.

ARMY 17, NAVY 11

Go Army! Beats Navy! Black Knights never trail, hold off Midshipmen for win at Gillette Stadium

TARA SULLIVAN

Army-Navy is about pageantry and pride — in those who serve, and those who soon will

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

New England gets a classic in its first shot hosting a classic: There’s a reason Army-Navy is America’s Game

Business

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Jones’ reinstatement poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads.

Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

This year’s global climate summit in Dubai set aside Sunday to spotlight food and agriculture, a sector that accounts for about a third of the world’s emissions.

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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

innovation economy

How three Boston women are helping NATO scout for defense startups

magazine

Guimel DeCarvalho, chief diversity officer at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network in Framingham.

Top Places to Work

These workplaces are doubling down on their commitment to diversity and inclusion

Top Places to Work

Some companies are remote, some hybrid. At least one lets you work from a boat.

Top Places to Work

Eight great job perks: Free work boots, $10k toward an electric car, and more

2023

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

metro

Kim Krautter, mother of Jacob Galliher, and other family and friends gathered on at the home of Jacob’s father, Jon Galliher, in Pittsfield last week to mourn the loss of the young airman.

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say

When lightning strikes more than twice

Upcoming storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds Sunday night into Monday

sports

Emotions couldn't be hidden after Yaw Yeboah (left) gave Columbus a 2-0 lead in the first half.

Columbus Crew hold off LAFC for MLS Cup title, 2-1

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels wins the Heisman Trophy

New England Revolution qualify for 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

business

Architect Maggie Randolph and her husband John Randolph worked to build affordable workforce housing in Durham, N.H., featured as a housing success story during a forum at Saint Anselm College on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Amid housing crisis, advocates celebrate innovation in N.H.

Targeting online gambling, Northeastern lawyer who fought Big Tobacco sues DraftKings

Mass General Brigham reports strong year, but headwinds foreboding for the market

politics

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a statement urging Congress to pass his national security supplemental from the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Dec. 6 in Washington, DC.

New U.S. aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly out of reach as GOP ties it to border security

The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress

Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in 2020 election interference case but narrows restrictions on his speech

Nation

A member of U.S. Customs and Border Protection tries to control a group of migrants as hundreds gather along the border after breaking through gaps in the border wall on Dec. 5.

Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming U.S. agents

Multiple people injured after severe weather strikes Tennessee, officials say

UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus

World

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10 in Dubai.

At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and adapting to climate as talks near crunch time

Heavy fighting in south Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military and diplomatic support

For Putin, winning reelection could be easier than resolving the many challenges facing Russia

opinion

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu held a news conference to discuss the tentative contract agreement between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association on Dec. 5. On left is Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, and next to him is Michael Cox, Boston Police Commissioner.

Wu scores some important wins in new police contract

Why the US must support Ukraine with aid

The pages of life keep turning

lifestyle

Should I text again?

I saw my friend’s dad at a bar

Inside the middle-class world of college budgeting

food & dining

Central Perk, a new cafe based on the themes of the hit TV show "Friends," has opened on Newbury Street.

The one where we try Central Perk

New Haven classic Sally’s Apizza prepares to slice into Woburn; Blackbird Doughnuts fills a hole in Watertown’s sweets scene

Cookbooks for everyone

travel

Even Wall Street is lit for the holidays in New York.

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.

I’m still waiting on a refund from a canceled pandemic flight

A Green Mountains escape, a California escape, and a kit with road trip essentials

Arts

Photographic inwardness, photographic outwardness

Five art experiences that resonated in 2023

‘She’s got it right’: Healey hangs two MFA paintings by Black artists in her State House office

Books

For the pilgrims of Gabriel Bump’s ‘The New Naturals,’ change is the only constant

New book offers glimpse of history behind Cambridge’s Andover Shop; launch celebration for poet David Ferry’s posthumous collection on Dec. 13; local press publishes contemporary Korean poetry series

UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus Penn president Liz Magill was under intense pressure over her testimony at a congressional hearing Tuesday on campus antisemitism.

One law firm prepared both Penn and Harvard for hearing on antisemitism

Pope Francis names priest from Brazil as Boston auxiliary bishop The Rev. Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa, 47, currently works as episcopal vicar for the central region of the Archdiocese of Boston and as secretary for evangelization and discipleship,

Maine State Police respond to about 20 crashes on I-95 due to black ice

Suspect in Brockton death of woman found with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Forecast | Dave Epstein Upcoming storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds Sunday night into Monday Some areas could see up to 3 inches of rain beginning Sunday, along with gusting winds, and possible flooding and power outages along the coast. Northern New England could see snow.

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jacob M. Galliher was among eight airmen killed in an Osprey crash in Japan in November. The military has since grounded its fleet of the aircraft.

New England gets a classic in its first shot hosting a classic: There’s a reason Army-Navy is America’s Game

Shohei Ohtani, two-time unanimous MVP, agrees to record $700 million contract with Dodgers

Door opens for Johnny Beecher, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie after two Bruins centers were sidelined

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

Start talking now about postwar Gaza

Trump recycles his health care hokum

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?

Reimagining an American ideal

Explore the project

More recent News

As the left agonizes over Israel-Hamas cease-fire, New England’s progressive leaders stand apart New England’s congressional delegation, stocked as it is with high-profile progressives, exemplifies the way the war in Gaza has scrambled the usual, easy-to-define ideological coalitions.

MUSIC REVIEW Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston Friday night's show at the ICA served as both an emotional homecoming and an opportunity to bring a small but mighty songbook to life.

When rock bottom isn’t low enough Being homeless, penniless, and out of options isn’t enough to get some families into emergency shelter in our right to shelter state. Those who have them must liquidate their retirement savings, too.

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Once rare, gunfire all too common in Vermont’s biggest city

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes What’s wrong with the Bucks? Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t holding back. Despite a home-heavy schedule, they are 15-7 with one of the league’s 10 worst defenses.

Billerica couple’s gloriously over-the-top holiday display takes months. Despite hardships, they continued the tradition. For 29 years, the Lossmans’ Christmas display has brought comfort and joy.

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Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston

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

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‘The way my sibling moved in life, it was . . . take it or leave it: “This is how I am.”’

Texas abortion case threatens to make court orders practically worthless

Help more students complete financial aid forms

A man analyzes abortion data. Three women have words.

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

I watched the Oct. 7 video. I don’t know how anyone can say Hamas are freedom fighters.

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Isabella de la Houssaye, athlete who endured against the odds, dies at 59

Roderick ‘Kito’ Jackson, National Grid worker killed in crash, mourned at vigil in Cambridge

Maine State Police respond to about 20 crashes on I-95 due to black ice

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Sports

American downhill skier Breezy Johnson says she won’t race during anti-doping rules investigation

Isabella de la Houssaye, athlete who endured against the odds, dies at 59

Anthony Davis leads Los Angeles Lakers to NBA In-Season Tournament title

Go Army! Beats Navy! Black Knights never trail, hold off Midshipmen for win at Gillette Stadium

Army-Navy is about pageantry and pride — in those who serve, and those who soon will

New England gets a classic in its first shot hosting a classic: There’s a reason Army-Navy is America’s Game

Business

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

How three Boston women are helping NATO scout for defense startups

These workplaces are doubling down on their commitment to diversity and inclusion

Some companies are remote, some hybrid. At least one lets you work from a boat.

Eight great job perks: Free work boots, $10k toward an electric car, and more

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

metro

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say

When lightning strikes more than twice

Upcoming storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds Sunday night into Monday

sports

Columbus Crew hold off LAFC for MLS Cup title, 2-1

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels wins the Heisman Trophy

New England Revolution qualify for 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

business

Amid housing crisis, advocates celebrate innovation in N.H.

Targeting online gambling, Northeastern lawyer who fought Big Tobacco sues DraftKings

Mass General Brigham reports strong year, but headwinds foreboding for the market

UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus
Penn president Liz Magill was under intense pressure over her testimony at a congressional hearing Tuesday on campus antisemitism.

Pope Francis names priest from Brazil as Boston auxiliary bishop
The Rev. Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa, 47, currently works as episcopal vicar for the central region of the Archdiocese of Boston and as secretary for evangelization and discipleship,

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Upcoming storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds Sunday night into Monday
Some areas could see up to 3 inches of rain beginning Sunday, along with gusting winds, and possible flooding and power outages along the coast. Northern New England could see snow.

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say
US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jacob M. Galliher was among eight airmen killed in an Osprey crash in Japan in November. The military has since grounded its fleet of the aircraft.

As the left agonizes over Israel-Hamas cease-fire, New England’s progressive leaders stand apart
New England’s congressional delegation, stocked as it is with high-profile progressives, exemplifies the way the war in Gaza has scrambled the usual, easy-to-define ideological coalitions.

MUSIC REVIEW

Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston
Friday night's show at the ICA served as both an emotional homecoming and an opportunity to bring a small but mighty songbook to life.

When rock bottom isn’t low enough
Being homeless, penniless, and out of options isn’t enough to get some families into emergency shelter in our right to shelter state. Those who have them must liquidate their retirement savings, too.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

What’s wrong with the Bucks? Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t holding back.
Despite a home-heavy schedule, they are 15-7 with one of the league’s 10 worst defenses.

Billerica couple’s gloriously over-the-top holiday display takes months. Despite hardships, they continued the tradition.
For 29 years, the Lossmans’ Christmas display has brought comfort and joy.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Inside the middle-class world of college budgeting
“It’s like buying a pair of leggings. Are you going to buy the $130 ones at Lululemon? Or are the $19 ones in Marshalls going to last you just as long?” We talk to the experts.