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‘Difficult beyond words’: Harvard president Gay resigns

The departure by Claudine Gay comes after a series controversies during her time in office

Read Claudine Gay's full statement See complete coverage of the story

‘It’s a tragedy for Harvard.’ Black academics are frustrated after Claudine Gay resigns

For many Black academics, the resignation by Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University was a reminder that there is little room for error for Black leaders in an arena that is still dominated by white men.

Claudine Gay’s departure highlights lack of diversity in higher education leadership

Claudine Gay testified before a congressional committee in early December.

Harvard University Provost Dr. Alan Garber taught a freshman seminar in an undated photo. Garber will serve as the university's interim president.

Who is Alan Garber, Harvard’s interim leader?

Gay resignation as Harvard president draws strong reactions from critics and supporters

Claudine Gay was Harvard’s shortest-serving president, but Larry Summers and others had brief tenures too

A timeline of Claudine Gay’s tumultuous tenure as Harvard president

Dover man fatally shot his wife and daughter before taking his own life, district attorney says

Teena Kamal and her daughter Arianna Kamal were shot to death by their husband and father, who then ended his own life inside their Dover home last Thursday, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey’s office said.

What we know about the Kamal family

Wellpath, the health care company that provides services to Mass. inmates, faces scrutiny ahead of contract renewal
Critics highlight a history of delayed care, staffing problems, and alleged abuses at Bridgewater State Hospital.

Trump appeals Maine decision barring him from ballot over Jan. 6 attack

The former president was expected to also ask the US Supreme Court to rule on his eligibility to return to the presidency in a related Colorado case.

Trump likely to still appear on Maine ballot despite ruling, Massachusetts’ top elections official says

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Here’s how this weekend’s potential snowstorm could impact Southern New England
Seasonably cold air will overtake the Northeast later this week, setting us up for what could be our first significant snowfall of the season.

Cambridge city councilors elect Simmons to third mayoral term
Mayor E. Denise Simmons, a city councilor since 2002, succeeded former mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, who faced allegations of fostering a toxic workplace.

Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand

Boston-area doctors struggle to provide humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza

Five-year-old Axel waited for his mother to make his breakfast in an overflow migrant shelter in in the suburbs of Boston.

Migrants with work permits in Mass. tripled in 2 weeks, Healey administration says

The number of new arrivals in Massachusetts with work authorizations increased in the last two weeks, a glimmer of hope for the overburdened state-run shelter system.

THUNDER 127, CELTICS 123

Winning streak ends in Oklahoma City, as contending Thunder prove just enough to stop Celtics
Boston scratched from 18 points down midway through the fourth quarter to within two in the final minute, but the second-in-the-West Thunder held off the visitors and ended its six-game winning streak.

‘That [expletive] was terrible:’ Tatum corroborates Hayward’s claim winning was not Celtics primary focus in 2019

AS I SEE IT

Lessons on living from Patrick O’Brien
“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.

Mozzarella and tomato sauce pizza at the newly opened Sally’s Apizza in Woburn.

The toughest seat in town? It’s at a Woburn pizzeria

The celebrated, 85-year-old New Haven pizzeria opened its first Massachusetts location in Woburn in December, with lines out the door and around the block.

Bruins winger Danton Heinen (43) watches his rebound follow-up beat Columbus goalie Spencer Martin to push Boston's lead to 3-1 in the third period Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.

BRUINS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

New line combo ignites Bruins to fourth straight victory

The trio of Trent Frederic centering James van Riemsdyk and Danton Heinen combined for three goals to put down the Blue Jackets in Columbus, Ohio.

Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune.

Local Haitian Americans rejoice at Louijeune becoming council president: ‘The best news’

The success of Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune was hailed Tuesday by the area’s large Haitian community as a crowning political achievement.

Flames quickly consumed a Japan Airlines plane after its passengers and crew fled.

Flight 516: a crash, an explosion, an evacuation, a ‘miracle’

Through skill and luck — one expert called it “a miraculous job” — the flight crew of the Japan Airlines plane evacuated all 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely at Haneda airport near Tokyo.

Opinion

People visiting the Harvard campus take photographs near the John Harvard statue, left, on Tuesday. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy.

Claudine Gay’s resignation is also about the Harvard Corporation

The university’s governing body needs to take a hard look at itself and its handling of Gay’s case before it hires its next president.

Maëlys Amat and Michelle Silver

Xylazine, a new scourge in the drug addiction crisis

Chris Christie sees — and tries to seize — his moment

The big life of Boston redevelopment director Stephen Coyle

The little chapel near the fish tank

Beyond the Gilded Gate

The $600,000 problem. Why does it cost so much to build housing in Boston, and what can we do about it?

Many forces drive the housing crisis here, and the sky-high cost of construction is one of the most powerful.

Calculator: How costs affect construction of an apartment building

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Gene-editing startup Tome Biosciences of Watertown snaps up a San Francisco biotech
The formal launch of Tome and its buyout of Replace Therapeutics come just as regulators in the US and Europe have approved the first gene-editing drug.

Jay P. Ruais inaugurated as Manchester mayor, to lead largest N.H. city in new direction
The GOP-aligned leader is stepping into the corner office after besting the Democratic incumbent’s hand-picked successor.

Healey to headline call for Biden write-in campaign in New Hampshire
Thursday’s virtual meeting featuring Governor Maura Healey is intended to help recruit volunteers for the Jan. 23 primary.

Mass. resident dies, R.I. resident released from hospital after Legionnaires’ disease diagnoses following stays at N.H. resort
The New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services is investigating the infections to determine the potential sources of exposure, officials said.

Water main break at Brigham & Women’s affects up to 300 IVF patients
Patients undergoing a frozen embryo transfer will have to wait weeks to reschedule and redo the extensive process of preparing their bodies for a pregnancy.

One man killed in 3-alarm fire in Cambridge, another man rescued by ladder, officials say
One man died and another was rescued by a firefighter on a ladder after a three-alarm fire tore through a 30-unit apartment building in Cambridge early Tuesday morning, officials said.

Globe Santa

Half a century of remembering Globe Santa
Joseph A. Milano, president of Boston’s Union Oyster House, has many titles and many interests, but an initiative that’s particularly close to his heart is Globe Santa.

Donate to Globe Santa

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And now, AI will bring you the nightly news
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In wake of Burlington, Vt., shooting, experts say hate crime prosecutions are difficult and uncommon
The result is that even as reports of hate incidents grow yearly, they are often not met with legal action explicitly condemning hate.

Tom Brady says he was planning to come out of retirement, again, in 2023
The former Patriots quarterback ended his 2023 recap Instagram post with an interesting tidbit, saying his confidants foiled his plan to unretire for a second time when they held a surprise retirement bash for him in May.

Culture & Lifestyle

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Dominic West of ‘The Crown’ speaks of falling-out between him and Prince Harry

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Madonna opened the North American leg of her tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Dec. 13. After postponing Boston dates last summer due to an illness, she'll be at TD Garden Jan. 8-9.

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Steve McQueen's "Lynching Tree," a lightbox-mounted photograph at the Gardner Museum. The piece will be installed in its Fenway Gallery Jan. 20.

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Special Projects

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.

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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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

It could have been worse

President Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine following a news conference at the White House on Dec. 12.

Why Biden should run in 2024

On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson concluded a speech to the American people with these words: "I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” President Biden should do the same.

Why Biden shouldn’t run again

Something changed in Lexington this year, and it wasn't just the leaves. The suburb was among several others that voted to allow denser housing, a major shift away from their traditional hostility to multifamily housing.

In the battle to build more housing, Massachusetts is making gains

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

The humanities are in a bind out of Kafka

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

‘It’s a tragedy for Harvard.’ Black academics are frustrated after Claudine Gay resigns

For many Black academics, the resignation by Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University was a reminder that there is little room for error for Black leaders in an arena that is still dominated by white men.

Harvard University president Claudine Gay resigns

She stepped down after months of contending with interlocking crises over the Israel-Hamas war, campus antisemitism, and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly works.

Claudine Gay resigned as Harvard’s president after months of crises. Here’s how it unfolded.

Harvard University president Claudine Gay, the first Black leader of the nation’s most prestigious university, resigned Tuesday. Harvard's provost, Dr. Alan Garber, will serve as interim president.

Lessons on living from Patrick O’Brien

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.

Sports

Ja Morant scored 2 of his 26 points over rookie Victor Wembanyama.

Watch 6-foot-2-inch Ja Morant dunk on 7-3 Victor Wembanyama

Wembanyama leads the NBA in blocks, but Morant skied over him for a slam.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder were in control of the Celtics for most of Tuesday's game in Oklahoma City.

THUNDER 127, CELTICS 123

Winning streak ends in Oklahoma City, as contending Thunder prove just enough to stop Celtics

Boston scratched from 18 points down midway through the fourth quarter to within two in the final minute, but the second-in-the-West Thunder held off the visitors and ended its six-game winning streak.

Bruins winger Danton Heinen (43) watches his rebound follow-up beat Columbus goalie Spencer Martin to push Boston's lead to 3-1 in the third period Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.

BRUINS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

New line combo ignites Bruins to fourth straight victory

The trio of Trent Frederic centering James van Riemsdyk and Danton Heinen combined for three goals to put down the Blue Jackets in Columbus, Ohio.

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

‘That [expletive] was terrible:’ Jayson Tatum corroborates Gordon Hayward’s claim winning was not Celtics primary focus in 2019

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper fined $300,000 for throwing drink in direction of fans

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Business

Lexington company gets $100 million from Novartis

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Warren Buffett, James Simons, and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023

Eight of the donors are multibillionaires, and their combined net worth is $305.1 billion.

States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities

Claudine Gay was Harvard’s shortest-serving president, but Larry Summers and others had brief tenures too

magazine

Dave Barry’s 2023 year in review

WBZ TV's news team of the 1980s and '90s.

The 1980s dream team that made WBZ news must-see TV in New England

Miss Conduct’s four tips for a happier new year in 2024

The writer’s neighbor Mona Kluz (front left) celebrates a birthday at one of the dance parties.

New Year’s Eve will be our street’s 1,386th dance party. Here’s why we celebrate.

metro

Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons

Cambridge city councilors elect Simmons to third mayoral term

R.I. Assembly leaders warn of ‘tough decisions’ ahead in 2024 session

Wellpath, the health care company that provides services to Mass. inmates, faces scrutiny ahead of contract renewal

sports

Methuen/Tewksbury girls’ hockey head coach Dave O’Hearn (right) huddles with captains Emma Giordano (center) and Kat Schille (left) before a recent practice at the Methuen Ice Rink. "It’s very clear that he’s all in . . . and I think that energy is super contagious," Giordano said of the team's first-year coach.

Methuen/Tewksbury girls’ hockey co-op establishing its identity as a goal-oriented team with defensive grit

Red Sox claim righthanded pitcher Max Castillo off waivers from Royals

England’s Luke Littler, 16, reaches final of world darts championship in one of the sport’s most unlikely stories

business

The Maersk Sentosa container ship sailed southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt, in December. Maersk halted Red Sea routes on Dec. 31 after Houthi rebels attempted to board the Maersk Hangzhou container ship with four small boats.

Maersk decides the Red Sea is too unsafe for its ships for now

Water main break at Brigham & Women’s affects up to 300 IVF patients

Fidelity’s X stake fell 72 percent in value since Musk buy

politics

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualifies for presidential ballot in Utah, the first state to grant him access

US intel confident militant groups used largest Gaza hospital in campaign against Israel: AP source

Claudine Gay resigned as Harvard’s president after months of crises. Here’s how it unfolded.

Nation

Local, state, and tribal governments across the US have until May 2027 to ask for a special census from the Census Bureau.

Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it’s 2020

Body of missing Florida woman found in retention pond after nearly 12 years, volunteer divers say

Menendez faces a new charge: aiding the Qatari government

World

A man cries as a body of his family member was found from a collapsed house caused by powerful earthquake in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 3.

Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 62 dead

Powerful earthquakes in Japan leave at least 62 dead. Fears grow about saving people still trapped

Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut and raises fears conflict could expand

opinion

A demonstrator held a coat hanger with the words "never again" during a protest in favor of abortion rights in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on May 3, 2022.

Those in states with abortion protections can’t be complacent

Subbing plant-based milk for dairy options is a healthy decision

1999 red Dodge Dakota: a love story

lifestyle

Tom Brady attends the grand opening of Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Dec. 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tom Brady says he was planning to come out of retirement, again, in 2023

Thru-hiker Jesse Cody is going the distance for mental health

She hung my ornament

food & dining

Mozzarella and tomato sauce pizza at the newly opened Sally’s Apizza in Woburn.

The toughest seat in town? It’s at a Woburn pizzeria

Tell us: What’s your favorite bagel place in the Boston area?

Celebrate National Gluten-Free Day with frozen pretzels and doughs

travel

Take the kids? Children love to be outdoors learning to cross country ski.

Where to go cross-country skiing in New England with kids

The untold stories behind some of our travel writer’s favorite moments of 2023

Alligators and crabs in paradise

Arts

Robert Sullivan, "Altus." Oil on panel.

Fountain Street Gallery prepares for farewell

With antique portraits of Black Americans, Mickalene Thomas assembles a powerful chorus

At the Gardner, Steve McQueen calls forth a living reminder of slavery with ‘Lynching Tree’

Books

Illustration of a man and a deer at a lake while the sun rises in the background.

How do you live with creatures who ate your hostas to the ground? Erika Howsare provokes questions about our wild neighbors in ‘The Age of Deer’

Annual search for the white whale commences this weekend during the Moby-Dick Marathon

In a new novel by Katherine Faulkner, it’s all wine and playdates until someone bites the dust

Movies

Former president Barack Obama spoke at a rally on Nov. 2, 2020, at Turner Field in Atlanta. Obama recently released his annual list of favorite movies and books.

Barack Obama’s 2023 list of favorite films includes two made in Mass.

The unparalleled reign of Latifah, hip-hop’s one and only Queen

Finding a different sort of narrative for narrative filmmakers

Television

Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses."

Good news: ‘Slow Horses’ to continue run for another season

‘Only Murders in the Building’ and ‘Yellowstone’: a moveable feast?

Dominic West of ‘The Crown’ speaks of falling-out between him and Prince Harry

music

Madonna opened the North American leg of her tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Dec. 13. After postponing Boston dates last summer due to an illness, she'll be at TD Garden Jan. 8-9.

Mark your calendars, music fans: It’s going to be a packed year of concerts, films, and festivals

10 artists we can’t wait to hear in 2024

Winter warmth awaits, courtesy of a cornucopia of upcoming classical concerts

Theater/Dance

Lenny Clarke (right) and Tony V. will share a New Year's Eve bill at Giggles Comedy Club in Saugus.

12 New Year’s Eve comedy shows for a last laugh at 2023

Though the pandemic subsided, ImprovBoston never recovered

A ‘Die Hard’ diehard creates ‘Yippee Ki Yay,’ and the Huntington gets in on the action

Health

Nurse Michele Kaine tends to Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients will receive investigational cancer treatments.

Ryan T. Conaty for the Boston Globe

Top 6 health care stories to watch in Rhode Island in 2024

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.

Obituaries

Pastor Tony Lowden gave the eulogy during the funeral service for Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Ga., in November, 2023.

Influential people we lost in 2023

Les McCann, pianist, singer, and soul jazz pioneer, dies at 88

Maxine Yalovitz-Blankenship, an artist and poet who inspired writers, dies at 95