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A projection of a man being detained by Boston police officers is projected in the former neighborhood of the Bennett family in Mission Hill.

Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter Eight

New clues challenge the long-held narrative. It may be too late for many.

The Stuart case left Boston a divided city, where the truth is still chasing the lies.

Hundreds of Harvard faculty sign letter in support of President Gay
The letter had more than 300 signatures after circulating for several hours on Sunday, and that number was continuing to grow as of 3 p.m.

Rabbi says he quit Harvard antisemitism advisory group after congressional testimony by university leaders

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

Storm bringing heavy rain, flooding, and hazardous winds to Massachusetts

Some locations in central Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island could see 5 to 7 inches of rain. Gusting winds are in the forecast, and flooding is possible along waterways.

Some locations in Massachusetts could see up to 4 inches of rain into Monday, and more in Connecticut.

See maps and charts showing expected rain and winds in Southern New England

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.

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas

Skier airlifted off Mount Washington after accidentally triggering avalanche

The victim, whose identity was not released, was in the mountain’s Airplane Gully in the challenging Great Gulf Wilderness area when they were caught up in the cascading snow and carried down the slope, officials said.

Suffolk County Fraud Fighters launched to help protect residents from scams

The program was launched in response to recent scams perpetrated on Suffolk County residents, including a telephone scam in which callers claimed to be representatives of District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office and a Bitcoin scam that conned an elderly woman in Winthrop out of $35,000.

On June 6, 1973, the bodies of 32-year-old Maureen Moynihan (right) and her 4-year-old daughter Jennifer (left) were found in a wooded area off Route 122A in Rutland.

Cold Case Files

The bodies of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter were found in the woods in 1973. The killings have never been solved.

On June 5, 1973, Maureen Moynihan, 32, took her 4-year-old daughter, Jennifer, out to run a couple of errands. They never returned.

chesto means business

Housing at military bases? Developments proposed for empty properties in Devens and South Weymouth.
Separate efforts are underway to lower the barriers to residential construction at both former military bases.

Fenway Sports Group and PGA Tour Policy Board agree to continue negotiations to transform golf into a for-profit enterprise
The announcement also said negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Firm will continue.

A portrait of Zara Shabazz from photographer Gregory Scott Katsoulis's 8,000 Faces project. The Cambridge artist aspires to photograph 8,000 strangers across the Boston area and beyond.

A Cambridge man is trying to photograph 8,000 strangers, and is learning a lot about humans doing it

Photographer Gregory Scott Katsoulis started his series in 2009 with the goal of taking 100 black-and-white portraits.

Flavors of charged lemonade displayed at a Panera in Novato, Calif.

Two people have died after drinking Panera’s ‘charged’ beverages. Is marketing to blame?

Both wrongful death lawsuits claimed the deceased typically steered clear of energy drinks and argued that Panera’s beverages were not adequately advertised as such.

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

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.

Olivia Rodrigo.

Adam Driver gives the gift of a live piano performance for Santa on ‘Saturday Night Live’

“SNL” on Dec. 9 was hosted by actor and former US Marine Adam Driver. Gen Z Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo was the musical guest.

LeBron James (center) and the Lakers defeated the Pacers in the In-Season Tournament final.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

An intense and passionate title game proved the NBA’s In-Season Tournament was fully embraced

The question is whether this In-Season Tournament tells us any more about how this season will conclude than before it began.

Opinion

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

A court allowed an abortion to proceed — and then the state warned doctors not to perform it. Is that possibly constitutional?

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

Help more students complete financial aid forms

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

A man analyzes abortion data. Three women have words.

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

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

There’s a toughness missing from this Bruins team that used to be part of their fabric
There was a fear factor when going up against Big Z & Co. Not so today.

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.

Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods
Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are digging out from devastating weekend storms that killed six people, toppled houses and cut power to tens of thousands.

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.

Waltham officer, utility worker killed in crash to be remembered this week
Waltham police Officer Paul J. Tracey and National Grid worker Roderick Jackson, the two men killed when a hit-and-run driver crashed into a work detail last week, will be remembered in funeral services this week.

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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When lightning strikes more than twice
It’s been said that lightning doesn’t strike twice, but as a disconcerting number of letters to Globe Santa illustrate, it can strike three or four times, sometimes more. It seems that any of us can, at any time, be struck by a series of calamities — a spouse lost, a cancer diagnosis received, a favorite pet killed, a teenager succumbing to drugs.

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

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.

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.

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

A still from "The Boy and the Heron."

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

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

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is spending a lot of time in Iowa.

Why New Hampshire matters more than Iowa

Politicians look to God and the Bible to do their heavy lifting

Clockwise from top left, a still from Netflix's "Love Is Blind"; Teresa Giudice from Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey"; behind the scenes on Bravo's "Below Deck Mediterranean"; former "The Real Housewives of New York" cast member Bethenny Frankel.

IDEAS | GABRIELLA GAGE

Sex, lies, and reality TV

Andrea Joy Campbell and John Formella

Instagram and kids: Why dozens of attorneys general are suing Meta

Soldiers of Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) practiced during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine in early November.

Stephen F. Lynch

Why the US must support Ukraine with aid

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.

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

Metro

Willard Johnson, pathbreaking MIT professor and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 87

Dr. Johnson was a public voice of conscience during protests in Boston to bring apartheid to an end in South Africa

See maps and charts showing expected rain and winds in Southern New England

Some locations in Massachusetts could see 6 inches or rain or more. Strong winds and possible flooding also are expected.

Rabbi says he quit Harvard antisemitism advisory group after congressional testimony by university leaders

Rabbi David Wolpe announced Thursday that he had resigned from an antisemitism advisory group recently convened at Harvard by president Claudine Gay.

Skier airlifted off Mount Washington after accidentally triggering avalanche

The victim, whose identity was not released, was in the mountain’s Airplane Gully in the challenging Great Gulf Wilderness area when they were caught up in the cascading snow and carried down the slope, officials said.

Sports

Too often this season, the Bruins have found themselves absorbing the hits, as Matt Poitras did here against the Rangers.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

There’s a toughness missing from this Bruins team that used to be part of their fabric

There was a fear factor when going up against Big Z & Co. Not so today.

FILE - Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck runs with the ball during a football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Dec. 5, 1999, in Baltimore. The three-time Pro Bowler Wycheck, who threw the lateral that started the “Music City Miracle” launching the Tennessee Titans' run to the franchise's lone Super Bowl appearance, has died at age 52. Wycheck died at his Chattanooga, Tenn., home after an apparent fall where he hit his head Saturday morning, Dec. 9, 2023, according to a statement from his family released through the Legacy consulting firm. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)

Frank Wycheck, who threw the lateral in ‘Music City Miracle,’ dies at age of 52

When he retired after the 2003 season, the three-time Pro Bowler was fourth on the all-time list of receptions by tight ends.

Tylan Wallace flies into the end zone for Baltimore in overtime on Sunday, ahead of the pursuit of Rams tight end Davis Allen.

RAVENS 37, RAMS 31 (OT)

Backup punt returner Tylan Wallace keeps Ravens on top of AFC with overtime winner

Lamar Jackson and Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes apiece, overcoming wet conditions in Baltimore and dropped passes in a game that was high scoring yet sloppy.

Bears stay hot, get back their win from suddenly reeling Lions

JETS 30, TEXANS 6

Zach attack! Much-maligned Wilson, Jets light up Texans, who lose C.J. Stroud to concussion

Fenway Sports Group and PGA Tour Policy Board agree to continue negotiations to transform golf into a for-profit enterprise

Business

While high-tech agricultural startups wilt, Little Leaf Farms flourishes

Like the vegetable it carefully nurtures in Devens, the company has proven indoor farming can succeed — but only under specific conditions.

chesto means business

Housing at military bases? Developments proposed for empty properties in Devens and South Weymouth.

Separate efforts are underway to lower the barriers to residential construction at both former military bases.

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

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

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.

Illustration for 2023 Top Places to Work perks feature

Top Places to Work

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

On Sunday, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office announced the formation of the Suffolk County Fraud Fighters, a new initiative to educate residents about scams, including telephone scams.

Suffolk County Fraud Fighters launched to help protect residents from scams

Waltham officer, utility worker killed in crash to be remembered this week

The impact of COVID lingers on

sports

Jon Rahm (right) crossed the divide this week to join Phil Mickelson and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

Jon Rahm’s shocking exit to LIV raises bigger questions: Who will follow him and what will happen to golf?

An intense and passionate title game proved the NBA’s In-Season Tournament was fully embraced

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

business

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

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

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

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 vehicle was near damaged power lines on Sunday in Clarksville, Tenn.

Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods

The guns were said to be destroyed. Instead, they were reborn.

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

World

Palestinians look at buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of Al Zawayda, central Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas

Saudi Arabia is trying to block a global deal to end fossil fuels, negotiators say

Children of jailed Narges Mohammadi accept her Nobel Peace Prize

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

Choreographer Kristin Wagner in a concept photo for her upcoming production of "For you, I dream of me," set for the Brick Box Theater of the Jean McDonough Arts Center in Worcester this weekend.

Kristin Wagner’s ‘For you, I dream of me’ reclaims female agency from the confines of fairy tales

A Cambridge man is trying to photograph 8,000 strangers, and is learning a lot about humans doing it

Should I text again?

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.

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

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

Arts

Torrance York, "Untitled 8768," 2020.

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

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 16

Movies

A scene from the 2001 animated film "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki. The director's latest film, "The Boy and the Heron," is in theaters now.

12 Japanese animated films to stream before Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’

‘Eileen’: Fear and loathing in Massachusetts

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

Television

Olivia Rodrigo.

Adam Driver gives the gift of a live piano performance for Santa on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Jenny Dell gets a New England homecoming as part of CBS’s broadcast crew for Army-Navy

In 2023, a farewell to some of TV’s best shows, and the first glimpse of less glut

music

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

Maura Johnston’s top 10 concerts of 2023

For pop music fans in 2023, live shows answered a need to connect

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Rohn and Dennis Trainor Jr. in "How I Learned to Drive" at Actors' Shakespeare Project.

Don Aucoin’s top 10 theater productions of 2023

For these actors, change was a constant in 2023

Jeffrey Gantz’s 10 best dance performances of 2023

Health

A CVS pharmacy in Miami.

CVS to launch new pharmacy reimbursement model aimed at simplifying drug pricing

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.

Obituaries

MIT professor emeritus Willard R. Johnson, an anti-apartheid activist who was the first Black professor to rise through MIT's ranks to be awarded tenure. Photo courtesy Stuart Darsch

Willard Johnson, pathbreaking MIT professor and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 87

Frank Wycheck, who threw the lateral in ‘Music City Miracle,’ dies at age of 52

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