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Mass gun violence vexed the leading Republican candidates. When it came to gun laws, they did little to stop it.

As governors, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each had to respond to mass shootings in their respective states. Neither sought restrictions on firearms as a way to stop future violence.

Joe O’Donnell, entrepreneur and transformative philanthropist for cystic fibrosis, dies at 79
Raising money to develop treatments for cystic fibrosis, which claimed the life of his son, "is by far the most important thing that I do," Mr. O'Donnell said. "It is Joey’s legacy."

Congressional leaders announce agreement on topline spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.

Rapid7′s Christina Luconi is advising CEOs while she fights cancer
Luconi has been a fixture on the Boston startup scene for more than two decades, influencing what she calls ‘the people side’ of corporate culture.

Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont

A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont’s law that allows people who are terminally ill to receive lethal medication to end their lives died in Vermont on Thursday, an event her husband called “comfortable and peaceful,” just like she wanted.

Harvard professors aghast that Claudine Gay resigned without transparent review of plagiarism accusations
A dozen Harvard professors described their sense of frustration at what they saw as a university whose mandate is to take the time needed to find the truth instead working at the speed of a scandal in the social media age.

Berlin farmhouse damaged in fire late Saturday night

New Hampshire man killed in single-car crash in Littleton, Mass.

Michael Bolton stops tour after surgery for brain tumor
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and happiness expert, meets his match in Oprah

Brooks, who heads the Leadership and Happiness Laboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School, teamed up with the queen of media herself on a book published last year.
kevin paul dupont | on hockey

Led by Charlie McAvoy, Bruins defensemen are enjoying an offensive awakening

Nearing the season’s midpoint, the blue liners have stirred from their protracted hibernation in the offensive zone.
LOVE LETTERS

I’m married. How do I ask single friends about their love lives?

I don’t want to force comparisons or make anyone uncomfortable.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID VELASQUEZ

Migrants are overloading American cities’ capacities to serve them. They deserve our help anyway.

Thirty years ago, my parents found sanctuary and a reason to dream in America. Today, those fleeing impossible circumstances should have the same shot at new and better lives.
EDITORIAL

Do we really need to ask doctors about past drug use for hospital credentials?
LETTERS

Before November, yays and nays on whether Biden should run at all
RENÉE GRAHAM

The forever presidential election
CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

More baggage
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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As annual bash starts in San Francisco, biotech executives see hopeful signs in struggling sector
As more than 8,000 biotech executives, investors and analysts converge this week for the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference — the largest biotech business meeting of the year — industry leaders see reasons to be optimistic.

Alice Parker, whose musical compositions were ‘food for the soul,’ dies at 98
Ms. Parker, a composer and conductor in Hawley, crafted hundreds of choral compositions on commission during a career that stretched for more than 75 years.

Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of ‘another war’
Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military says.

New Bedford teen dies and woman is seriously injured in single-vehicle crash
Jacob Pothier, 18, was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford late Friday night. Kathleen Martins, 44, of Dartmouth, was in "guarded condition" at the hospital, police said Saturday.

War brings tensions, and semi-automatic rifles, into an Israeli college
At the University of Haifa, a uniquely mixed institution where more than 40 percent of students are Arabs, anxieties over the fighting in Gaza are amplified by what is among the school’s proudest achievements — its diversity.

Blessing of same-sex couples rankles Africa’s Catholics
African Catholic leaders are concerned that in a place where the church is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, and where many forms of Christianity are competing for worshippers, the declaration on same-sex blessings could slow the church’s expansion on the continent.

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.

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On Blue Hill Avenue, a legal quagmire over the future of a Black church

Spirit and Truth Baptist Church, located in Dorchester across the street from Franklin Park, has been sold, but continues to be at the center of a confusing thicket of litigation across multiple courts that has pitted some of the congregation’s members against its pastor of two decades.

DEVRA FIRST | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The restaurants Barbara Lynch is closing meant something to Boston
Part of a complicated legacy, they help tell the story of a city’s culinary evolution.

How Seth MacFarlane’s New England roots influenced his Framingham-set prequel series ‘Ted’
The show’s creator found inspiration in "loud and abrasive and just impossible to ignore" Bostonians.

‘Harvard is Harvard’: Will controversy harm university’s reputation?
Harvard was rocked by reports of resurgent campus antisemitism, fierce debates over free expression, and plagiarism allegations against former president Claudine Gay.

Culture & Lifestyle

Museumgoers dress to impress at MFA’s ‘Fashioned by Sargent’

These are the people in her neighborhood: Cambridge photographer documents changing city in ‘Book of Saints’

But have you tried volunteering? How to make friends in a virtual age

How Seth MacFarlane’s New England roots influenced his Framingham-set prequel series ‘Ted’

Special Projects

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.

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAN PRIETO & MILES TAYLOR

Get ready for AI mayhem in the 2024 elections
EDITORIAL

America must not forget Jan. 6
JEFF JACOBY

The Endangered Species Act hasn’t restored endangered species
ALEX BEAM

Is Taylor Swift dating the wrong NFL superstar?
LETTERS

Before November, yays and nays on whether Biden should run at all
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Berlin farmhouse damaged in fire late Saturday night

Firefighters raced to put out the flames after a farmhouse in Berlin caught fire late Saturday night during heavy snowfall as a storm spread across the region, officials said.

‘We’re New Englanders. Toughen up’: In Haverhill, residents dig out from under 13-plus inches Sunday

It seemed to be among several area communities that pulled the short weather straw.

Alice Parker, whose musical compositions were ‘food for the soul,’ dies at 98

Ms. Parker, a composer and conductor in Hawley, crafted hundreds of choral compositions on commission during a career that stretched for more than 75 years.

Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont

A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont’s law that allows people who are terminally ill to receive lethal medication to end their lives died in Vermont on Thursday, an event her husband called “comfortable and peaceful,” just like she wanted.

Sports

Tara Sullivan

A plea to all Patriots parties involved: Whatever the decision is on Bill Belichick, make it quick

The Hall of Fame-bound Belichick is deserving of the respect to not let the situation drag out.
Dan Shaughnessy

If it was his final game as Patriots coach, Bill Belichick, a man of history and accomplishment, never, never, never gave in

Winston Churchill's great quote resonated until the very end of the season.
Tennis

Rafael Nadal, 37, forced to withdraw from Australian Open because of ailing hip

The 22-time major champion said n social media that medical tests he took in Melbourne revealed a small tear in a hip muscle and he would fly home to Spain for treatment.
HS BOYS' HOCKEY: BC HIGH 3, XAVERIAN 2

After a rough start, BC High boys’ hockey has put it together, as evidenced by an upset of top-ranked Xaverian
CFP CHAMPIONSHIP: MICHIGAN VS. WASHINGTON, MONDAY, 7:30 P.M.

Michigan vs. Washington represents a fitting way to end tumultuous college football season
live updates

Jets 17, Patriots 3: Bill Belichick’s worst season as New England head coach finally comes to an end

Business

Congressional leaders announce agreement on topline spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.

As annual bash starts in San Francisco, biotech executives see hopeful signs in struggling sector

As more than 8,000 biotech executives, investors and analysts converge this week for the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference — the largest biotech business meeting of the year — industry leaders see reasons to be optimistic.
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and happiness expert, meets his match in Oprah

Rapid7′s Christina Luconi is advising CEOs while she fights cancer

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Globe Magazine

I struggled with my Korean-American name. Now I realize it was a gift.
Perspective

I attended the Market Basket academy of summer jobs. It’s still paying off.

Travel

A 70-year-old Madrid restaurant was near its end. Then Anthony Bourdain arrived.
Globe Magazine

These libertarians want to take over New Hampshire. But first, a clothing-optional gun show.

metro

These maps show how much snow New England has received from first storm of season

See photos and videos as winter storm moves through New England

First nor’easter of winter dropped more than a foot of snow in some parts of New England. Here’s how it unfolded.

sports

Lions win, but Pro Bowl tight end Sam LaPorta leaves largely meaningless finale with knee injury

What Bill Belichick said about his future after the Patriots’ loss to the Jets

Steelers’ resurrected season to continue with playoff life after loss by Jaguars

business

China sanctions 5 US defense companies in response to US sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan

Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout

Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say

politics

Mass gun violence vexed the leading Republican candidates. When it came to gun laws, they did little to stop it.

Clashing over Jan. 6, Trump and Biden show reality is at stake in 2024

Justices to decide whether Trump is eligible for Colorado ballot

Nation

Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont

NASA and private industry aim for moon landings in 2024

Marijuana buyers from Texas fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico

World

War brings tensions, and semi-automatic rifles, into an Israeli college

The son of veteran correspondent is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of ‘another war’

opinion

At 95, the ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ sculptor is ready to unveil her ‘deep,’ ‘angry’ work

Get ready for AI mayhem in the 2024 elections

Claudine Gay’s resignation at Harvard proves Black women’s leadership is still political

lifestyle

Photos of stars arriving on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes

I’m married. How do I ask single friends about their love lives?

I feel a deep connection outside my marriage

food & dining

The restaurants Barbara Lynch is closing meant something to Boston

What to cook this snowy weekend

Read Barbara Lynch’s statement on closing and selling multiple of her restaurants

travel

Forget over-hyped tourist hotspots. Here are the best destinations to visit in 2024.

Antarctica is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. Are tourists making it worse?

Florida festival throws spotlight on kumquats

Arts

The making of Mondrian

These are the people in her neighborhood: Cambridge photographer documents changing city in ‘Book of Saints’

Museumgoers dress to impress at MFA’s ‘Fashioned by Sargent’

Books

Celebrating women scientists who furthered knowledge of the cosmos; Harvard psychologist advocates for a ‘mindful body’; poetry collection explores death and its aftermath

Author readings around Boston through Jan. 13

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 31

Movies

Photos of stars arriving on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes

‘Night Swim’: Everybody out of the pool!

Golden Globes 2024: 15 nominated movies you can stream right now

Television

Photos of stars arriving on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes

Now streaming: ‘Northern Exposure.’ Could ‘Homicide’ be on the way?

12 shows to binge on this snowy weekend

music

Press Play: Operas based on true events

Bim Skala Bim gets the old gang back together for a trio of shows

I was just a borderline Madonna fan at first — and then her second decade happened

Theater/Dance

One small theater, two very different Boston dance premieres coming up on consecutive weekends

In ‘Northside Hollow,’ deep thoughts about mortality

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

Health

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

Joe O’Donnell, entrepreneur and transformative philanthropist for cystic fibrosis, dies at 79

Alice Parker, whose musical compositions were ‘food for the soul,’ dies at 98

Willie Ruff, jazz missionary and professor, dies at 92