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Wearable devices designed to keep babies safe have flooded the market in recent years.

Cradle of Doubt

New wearable, high-tech baby monitors raise questions about co-sleeping risks

Pediatricians worry about parents buying these infant monitors, many at high cost, to prevent sudden infant sleep deaths or reduce bed-sharing dangers.

Read Part 1: Judging Emily Read Part 2: Many parents online endorse co-sleeping. Public health agencies are largely silent.

Biden is not on the New Hampshire primary ballot. A write-in effort is trying everything to make him win.
Leaders of the “Write-In Biden” campaign in New Hampshire trotted out a giant sample ballot on Thursday to show voters precisely how to cast a ballot for the incumbent president.

Dan Shaughnessy

So far, the Red Sox’ promised ‘full throttle’ offseason hasn’t lifted off, and other thoughts
It should be clear to all that the Red Sox are an increasingly insignificant part of the Fenway Sport Group portfolio.

A proposed $450 million apartment complex on the Lynn waterfront, near the mouth of the Saugus River, recently won a tax break approval from the City Council.

A big project is coming to the Lynn waterfront, helped along by a $45 million tax break

A Boston-based developer won approval for 850-unit apartment complex at the mouth of the Saugus River, despite protests from dozens who say the project does too little to create housing Lynn residents can afford.

The Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum, shown Thursday from an aerial view, is preparing for a weekend of 250th anniversary celebrations.

Here’s a list of events celebrating 250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party

Looking for ways to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party this weekend? Here’s a list of public events at historical sites around Boston.

Could it happen today? Boston fertility doctor suit stirs worry, but safeguards have improved.

Still, advocates say there remains room for fraud like the doctor who allegedly used his own sperm to impregnate a patient.

Boston fertility doctor accused of impregnating woman with own sperm instead of anonymous donor’s

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Hundreds of BPS jobs on the line as federal funds run out

The bleak financial outlook also could lead to the closure of dozens of classrooms and reductions in support services for students.

6 key developments in the R.I. bridge closure

Limited two-way traffic on Interstate 195 could resume Saturday — or sooner.

Unlike peers, MIT’s president spared worst of blowback from antisemitism hearing
The board moved decisively to show its support for president Sally Kornbluth, praising her leadership and integrity at the height of a public outcry.

Cornel West says university presidents gave ‘weak’ answers on antisemitism but shouldn’t lose their jobs Mass. Teachers Association sparks controversy with call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

Protesters demand cease-fire in Gaza, shut down key Boston intersection
Holding signs reading “Justice,” “Cease Fire,” and “Peace,” the protesters shouted and chanted as they brought traffic to a standstill at State and Congress streets during the evening rush hour commute Thursday.

Biden envoy to meet with Abbas as the US floats a possible Palestinian security role in postwar Gaza

What to know about Mayor Wu’s ‘Electeds of Color’ holiday party and why it’s caused such a stir

Judge ‘seriously considering’ holding Boston liable in Terrence Coleman shooting death

One woman killed, another hospitalized, in 3-alarm fire in Western Mass.

Stuart share podcast

Listen to ‘Murder in Boston’

Presented in association with HBO, “Murder in Boston: The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting,” is available wherever you get your podcasts.

Read chapter one of ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill’ Read the full series

Forward Lamar Stevens (right and guard Payton Pritchard high-five after Stevens’s three-pointer in the second half.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 116, CAVALIERS 107

Little-used reserve Lamar Stevens gives coach Joe Mazzulla just what he needs from his bench

Stevens produced a star turn in his 8 minutes, 32 seconds of playing time.

Sunshine continues for Saturday, but with a potential seabreeze, temperatures will be slightly cooler than Friday but still above average.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Moderating temps into the weekend will set stage for windy rainstorm Sunday night into Monday

Temperatures Friday afternoon will reach near or even a little above 50 degrees. It will feel much more comfortable than earlier in the week, and there won’t be much wind.

Community members stopped to pose with the town’s new menorah after its dedication on the last night of Hanukkah after the original menorah was destroyed in a recent storm.

The town menorah was destroyed. Residents rallied to raise funds for a new one in time to celebrate the end of Hanukkah.

On Thursday, the newly installed menorah was lit on the last night of Hanukkah.

Opinion

An overdose prevention center in New York. Across the United States, drug overdoses killed an estimated 100,000 people in 2021, according to federal health officials. That has pushed states to consider joining New York in allowing spaces where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff who could reverse an overdose if necessary.

Give supervised consumption sites a chance to reduce drug-related deaths

Governor Maura Healey’s DPH now supports the idea of creating sites where people can take illegal drugs under medical supervision. While no panacea, they’re worth trying as a way to reduce overdose fatalities.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

What disqualifies each of the GOP presidential candidates

No time to go wobbly on Ukraine

The cost of not funding Ukraine in its war against Russia

Roiled and embroiled, universities are getting a hard look

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

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023
From Teyonah Parris’s mystery-loving wiseacre in "They Cloned Tyrone" to Ryan Gosling’s Mojo Dojo Casa House-owning Ken in "Barbie," these star turns stood out.

Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long
The apology letters that Donald Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were required to write as a condition of their plea deals in the Georgia election interference case are just one sentence long.

Future COVID vaccines should be inhaled, suggests new study by Boston scientists
Growing evidence suggests that vaccines delivered by nasal spray or inhaler would block infections.

Healey vows to keep abortion pill available in Mass. as Supreme Court considers its use

Earlier this year, Governor Healey moved to obtain 15,000 doses of mifepristone, equal to about a two-year supply, tweeting, “Mifepristone will stay available in Massachusetts. You have my word.“

Convention Center board taps former chair Gloria Larson as interim executive director

Larson succeeds David Gibbons, who stepped down two weeks ago amid questions about a scathing diversity audit and an aborted attempt to hire a developer for six-plus acres in the shadow of the authority’s flagship Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Worcester man who allegedly kidnapped a young girl and threw her off a bridge is now charged with rape

Superior Court Judge James G. Reardon Jr. released Hubert on personal recognizance. Hubert has been out on $50,000 cash bail on the original charges since January 2018.

Globe Santa

Despite hard times, these parents are determined to prevail
Somehow, resourcefulness and optimism emerge in many, many letters from parents and guardians going through unimaginably hard times.

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Globe Santa is a program of the Boston Globe Foundation and exists solely to deliver joy to children.

Recommended reads

A view of the expanded Terminal E at Logan airport from the Delta Sky lounge.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Does Logan really need a fifth Legal Sea Foods? What we like and don’t like about the airport’s Terminal E expansion.

Space-age TSA screening lanes and a bizarre duty-free shop are among the additions. I spent six hours in the terminal (on purpose!) taking it all in. Here are some thoughts.

How many cancer beds does Boston need? Planned Dana-Farber hospital sparks questions.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to build a 300-bed hospital just for cancer care. But the ramifications of the new hospital could reverberate far beyond the institute and its patients.

How do people who resemble Santa feel about their jolly burden?
Some embrace their signature look wholeheartedly, donning “the hat” and spreading joy throughout December. Others take it to the next level, attending Santa Camp and going pro. There’s no question: When you spot a Santa in the wild, a quiet magic happens.

As first gene-editing drug hits the market, biotechs race to field new therapies
Drug makers in Mass. and beyond are deploying gene editing, which snips sequences of patients’ DNA, to develop dozens of other treatments for cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and rare genetic disorders.

Culture & Lifestyle

"Urban Nutcracker" runs Dec. 16-23 at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

David Smith's “Munition Makers,” 1939, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Estate of David Smith, New York.

David Smith’s ‘Medals for Dishonor’ at Harvard speak to the horrors of war, and our times

Tom Brady gestured during a promotional event, June 22, 2017, in Tokyo. The former Patriots quarterback will be roasted during an event at Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2024.

Tom Brady to get roasted at 2024 comedy festival for upcoming Netflix special

Ben Affleck, a cast member in "Justice League," posed at the premiere of the film Nov. 13, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The actor and director recently sat down with star Michael B. Jordan for Variety's "Directors on Directors" interview series.

Ben Affleck talks first time directing Matt Damon, ‘big brother’ relationship with Michael B. Jordan

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

Dr. Ali S. Raja is the executive vice chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Mass General’s ‘capacity disaster’

IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

Women, liberate yourselves from caring about getting it all done

By taking up an appeal by accused Jan. 6 Capitol rioter Joseph W. Fischer, the Supreme Court could undo the most serious federal criminal charge former president Donald Trump is facing for his attempt to subvert democracy.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

By taking up Jan. 6 appeal, Supreme Court deals potential blow to Trump’s criminal prosecution

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish Studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 5, in Washington, D.C.

Michael A. Cohen

Many Jews see Claudine Gay even if she doesn’t see us

Harvard Israeli student Shai-Li Ron spoke with Harvard president Claudine Gay during Shabbat 1000 in the Science Center Plaza at Harvard University on Oct. 13.

Alan Dershowitz

Harvard president Claudine Gay should resign

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

Cradle of Doubt

New wearable, high-tech baby monitors raise questions about co-sleeping risks

Pediatricians worry about parents buying these infant monitors, many at high cost, to prevent sudden infant sleep deaths or reduce bed-sharing dangers.

Biden is not on the New Hampshire primary ballot. A write-in effort is trying everything to make him win.

Leaders of the “Write-In Biden” campaign in New Hampshire trotted out a giant sample ballot on Thursday to show voters precisely how to cast a ballot for the incumbent president.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Moderating temps into the weekend will set stage for windy rainstorm Sunday night into Monday

Temperatures Friday afternoon will reach near or even a little above 50 degrees. It will feel much more comfortable than earlier in the week, and there won’t be much wind.

Shooting of Palestinian college students came amid spike in gun violence in Vermont

The recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont’s largest city comes as the small rural state, often ranked as one of the safest in the country, is grappling with a spike in gun violence.

Sports

Absent a real investment in a real talent (still possible), one can only conclude that Red Sox ownership is taking loyal fans for granted.

Dan Shaughnessy

So far, the Red Sox’ promised ‘full throttle’ offseason hasn’t lifted off, and other thoughts

It should be clear to all that the Red Sox are an increasingly insignificant part of the Fenway Sport Group portfolio.

Forward Lamar Stevens (right and guard Payton Pritchard high-five after Stevens’s three-pointer in the second half.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Little-used reserve Lamar Stevens gives coach Joe Mazzulla just what he needs from his bench

Stevens produced a star turn in his 8 minutes, 32 seconds of playing time.

Jakobi Meyers hauled in a 22-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell for the Raiders' third touchdown of the first quarter.

RAIDERS 63, CHARGERS 21

Raiders run, and pass, roughshod over Chargers early and often in a record-setting rout

Three former Patriots — Jakobi Meyers, Brandon Bolden, and Jack Jones — were involved in four of Las Vegas's touchdowns. The Raiders led, 42-0, at the half.

CELTICS 116, CAVALIERS 107

Celtics lose the slow start, and win their second straight against the Cavaliers at TD Garden

In first media conference with Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani dodges questions on Tommy John surgery

Joe Flacco, 38, signs on to finish season as Browns quarterback ahead of playoff push

Business

Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher, awarded $180,000

Justice Timothy Fancourt in the High Court found phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers over many years and private investigators “were an integral part of the system” to gather information unlawfully.

Almost 2,000 Mass. residents have worked on Vineyard offshore project

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Is Jerome Powell’s Fed pulling off a soft landing?

Older workers are a growing share of the workforce

magazine

Bostonians of the Year 2023

Tributes to Mel King, Tim Wakefield, and other giants we lost in 2023

My kids feel hurt that their aunts and uncles blow off important events

Our kids had a dream baby sitter, the kind who changes the world

How do you figure out which dating app is best for you?

metro

The Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum, shown Thursday from an aerial view, is preparing for a weekend of 250th anniversary celebrations.

Here’s a list of events celebrating 250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party

Protesters demand cease-fire in Gaza, shut down key Boston intersection

Judge ‘seriously considering’ holding Boston liable in Terrence Coleman shooting death

sports

Alex Verdugo hit 43 home runs across four years in Boston before being traded to the Yankees last week.

Alex Verdugo thanks Red Sox fans in Instagram post following trade to Yankees

Derrick White has played his way into critical part of Celtics’ mix

Connecticut Sun to host WNBA regular season game at TD Garden

business

The findings are especially important for Moderna, the COVID shot-maker whose post-pandemic strategy involves developing new uses for its messenger RNA technology to fight flu, RSV, and cancer.

Merck-Moderna vaccine cuts return of skin cancer by half

Pope, once a victim of AI-generated imagery, calls for treaty to regulate artificial intelligence

Convention Center board taps former chair Gloria Larson as interim executive director

politics

Former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington on Thursday.

Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers’ case

How the US keeps funding Ukraine’s military — even as it says it’s out of money

Israeli military veteran Mazi Pilip tapped as GOP candidate in special election to replace George Santos

Nation

Jim Troupis.

Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors

An appeals court will hear arguments over whether Meadows’ Georgia charges can move to federal court

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West

World

Prince Harry left the High Court after giving evidence in London, on June 7, 2023.

Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher, awarded $180,000

Hague court rejects bid to ban transfer to Israel of F-35 fighter jet parts from Dutch warehouse

Biden envoy to meet with Abbas as the US floats a possible Palestinian security role in postwar Gaza

opinion

By taking up an appeal by accused Jan. 6 Capitol rioter Joseph W. Fischer, the Supreme Court could undo the most serious federal criminal charge former president Donald Trump is facing for his attempt to subvert democracy.

By taking up Jan. 6 appeal, Supreme Court deals potential blow to Trump’s criminal prosecution

Justice Dictionary 2023

Many Jews see Claudine Gay even if she doesn’t see us

lifestyle

We don’t get time alone

How do people who resemble Santa feel about their jolly burden?

2023 in other words: AI might be the term of the year, but consider these far-flung contenders.

food & dining

Visitors bought goods at the gift shop of the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury, Vermont.

The union comes to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory in Vermont

Dorchester Brewing to merge with Aeronaut, forming ‘Tasty Liquid Alliance’

At Blackbird Doughnuts, stylized sweets at a new Watertown nest

travel

A view of the expanded Terminal E at Logan airport from the Delta Sky lounge.

Does Logan really need a fifth Legal Sea Foods? What we like and don’t like about the airport’s Terminal E expansion.

At Pittsburgh’s Moonshot Museum, a window into the future of aerospace

What’s on your skiing and riding bucket list this year?

Arts

David Smith's “Munition Makers,” 1939, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Estate of David Smith, New York.

David Smith’s ‘Medals for Dishonor’ at Harvard speak to the horrors of war, and our times

A photographer sizes up her subjects

Photographic inwardness, photographic outwardness

Books

Boston Globe book critics share their favorites from 2023.

Here is a list of 55 books we loved in 2023

‘A born-again Boricua’ revisits a turbulent time in Puerto Rico in ‘A Delicate Marriage’

Penguin Random House reaches for underrepresented audiences with The Reader Lounge

Movies

Soya Kurokawa and Sakura Ando in "Monster."

In ‘Monster,’ a mother seeks answers after discovering her son’s bully is his teacher

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

With ‘American Fiction,’ writer-director Cord Jefferson flips the script on stereotypes

Television

Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series, “The Crown."

How ‘The Crown’ turned an epic about the dullest heroine ever into must-watch TV

A couple of very good reasons to pull for ‘Colin From Accounts’

With the final episodes capping off ‘The Crown,’ we feel the weight of it

music

Left: Lise Davidsen. Right: Stile Antico

A Jewish writer’s favorite Christmas music

Boston brewery to host Taylor Swift themed watch party for Patriots-Chiefs game

The doctor will be in the house

Theater/Dance

Lucy Godínez in the ART's world premiere of "Real Women Have Curves: The Musical."

Yes, ‘Real Women Have Curves.’ And the ART has a winner.

‘The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show’ has the Gold Dust Orphans up to their usual mischief and mayhem

Song by song, ‘Legally Blonde’ builds a case for frivolous fun

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

Helaine Blatt and Mort Engelberg posed for pictures after getting married at the Beverly Hills Courthouse in Los Angeles, July 27, 2016.

Mort Engelberg, producer of hit films and presidential campaigns, dies at 86

Michael Blakemore, single-season double Tony winner for directing, dies at 95

George Cohon, who brought Big Macs to Moscow, dies at 86