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Democrats scramble to fill federal judgeships in Massachusetts, appeals court

The First Circuit Court of Appeals is the only one of the nation’s 12 circuit courts that does not have a Trump appointee.

NYC is about to make landlords cover most brokers fees. Will Boston follow suit?
Over the years, city and state lawmakers have periodically pushed to modify broker fees, which real estate agents charge for acting as the middleman between prospective tenants and landlords.

Want to send your kid to a top private school in Mass.? Here’s how much it’s going to cost you.

Some communities, including several Boston suburbs, have seen the percentage of students enrolling in private schools climb in recent years. But the sticker prices can be steep.

Yes, a Masshole was behind the Onion’s Infowars buy: ‘My whole family will fight you in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot.’

The acquisition is just the latest development at the 36-year-old satirical publication, which has been a rare bright spot this year in media.
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
kara miller | the big idea

Some patients are paying up to $50,000 per year in fees for ‘concierge medicine.’ Here’s what’s behind its rise.

More and more patients are ponying up a yearly membership fee for their care, putting pressure on an already strained, physician-starved primary care system.

Driver dies in crash with school bus in New Hampshire
The driver's car crossed over the center line and hit the bus, police said.

Harmoni Turner breaks Harvard women’s basketball single-game scoring record in win over Boston College
The guard exploded for 41 points and added 10 rebounds. Asked postgame when she knew she was in the groove, Turner pinpointed the exact moment: “When I woke up this morning."

An alumna just gave the University of Rhode Island the largest gift in its history

Mother arrested after allegedly telling prosecutor to ‘watch your back’ at son’s arraignment in West Roxbury

Father and son restaurant owners in Woburn plead guilty to migrant smuggling charges
TRAVEL

We spent 12 days on the greatest hiking trail in the world. You can, too.

We didn’t even have to sleep on the ground when we did the Tour du Mont Blanc. Boutique hotels, great food, and hot showers are possible. Here's how.

‘Am I better off than I was four years ago?’ Mass. leaders contend with dissatisfied electorate

“Americans sent a pretty clear message that they wanted those in office to focus on making life more affordable,” Governor Maura Healey said. “I get that."
Democratic governors say they’re forming a resistance group against Trump. Maura Healey is not among them.

Did Democrats stay home in 2024? Here’s what we know.
Votes are still being tallied across the country, but a Globe analysis of results from counties where counting is largely complete shows a broad drop-off in Democratic votes.

Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him

Trump is laying down a gauntlet even before taking office challenging the Senate, in particular, to dare defy him over controversial choices for his Cabinet and administration positions.
Trump could try to use an obscure constitutional provision to install controversial nominees with recess appointments What to know about Doug Collins, Trump’s pick to oversee veterans affairs

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been angling for a role in the Trump administration since he endorsed the president-elect in August.
What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary Here are the people Donald Trump has picked for key positions so far

‘We will find someone to run against him’: After trans athletes comment, Salem Democrats vote to challenge Seth Moulton

Democrats in Representative Seth Moulton’s hometown are pledging to find a challenger to run against him in the 2026 midterms.
Transgender-rights advocates say the election of Trump and his allies marks a major setback

Jayson Tatum’s free-throw shooting, Jaylen Brown vs. Nike continues, and other nuggets about the Celtics

Payton Pritchard stepped in admirably when Tatum opted not to shoot a technical free throw when he was having an off night.
NBA veteran assists with Boston’s youth sports development
TV

‘The Penguin’ showrunner says show's main character was inspired by this New England politician

 Conan O’Brien tapped to host the 2025 Oscars How ‘Interior Chinatown’ makes a striving, overlooked background character the hero
Dan Shaughnessy

Steve Grogan can tell Drake Maye all about a scrambling quarterback, and other thoughts

 Here’s why the 3-7 Patriots have more in common with the talented Rams than one might think Rams backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo returns to Gillette Stadium, where he once thought he would play for a long time
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘THAT is the kind of unapologetically nerdy passion I’m looking for’

Will these two video gamers level up in love?
Opinion
IDEAS | STEPHEN LANE

AI in the classroom could spare educators from having to teach writing

Less time spent teaching the mechanics of, say, syntax is more time to spark students’ intellectual curiosity, Would that be such a terrible thing?
IDEAS | RONG XIAOQING

Why can’t men in China take a joke?
SCOT LEHIGH

A pellucid primer for a perplexing political period
EDITORIAL

John Does in brothel case can’t hide forever, state’s high court rules
RENÉE GRAHAM

A postelection life as a social media nomad
Globe Santa

Lives upended by domestic violence, parents ask for Globe Santa’s help
For children in a fractured family, the holiday season is little more than a painful reminder of what they lack.

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Jury deliberating in case of man charged with killing woman and her three children in West Brookfield in 2018
If convicted, Matthew Locke faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

What’s in the Mass. economic bill for techies? Millions for AI, quantum computing.
The earmarks for the tech community include $103 million for artificial intelligence projects and $40 million for a quantum computing research center.

R.I. to install at least another 110 electric vehicle chargers
The state is the first nationwide to move to the second phase of a federal charger infrastructure program.

PARENTING UNFILTERED
Bobby’s Books is Winchester’s newest pop-up. Plot twist: It’s run by a second-grader, and all the proceeds go to charity.
Bobby Atchinson, a "Captain Underpants" fan, will donate to the Home for Little Wanderers.

American Repertory Theater launches Lavine Learning Lab for local high schools
It's a way to help young people build a lifelong love of theater.

Urban League and city launch free rides to pharmacies for seniors
It follows a wave of drugstore closures that raised questions about access to essential prescriptions and medical care.

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Spotlight

Former House speaker John Boehner appears in federal courthouse amid grand jury probe into Steward Health Care

Several Steward board members have been summoned or subpoenaed to answer questions as part of the sprawling federal probe.

On 25th Transgender Day of Remembrance, a community mourns, but also celebrates trans joy
The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance turns 25 this year amid an onslaught of attacks against trans Americans.

A migrant family was evicted from a Lexington shelter. The mother wound up in ICE custody, facing deportation.
A clash highlights the brewing desperation at short-term shelters, where homeless families are often tightly packed in, and many are reaching state-mandated departure times with nowhere else to go.

PODCAST
After narrowly escaping Afghanistan, a Brown student forms a school for the girls left behind
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Brown University student Khadija Nazari recounts escaping from the Kabul airport as US troops withdrew and launching a school that teaches 100 girls at a secret location.

Culture & Lifestyle

With a COVID cliff coming, what can Boston artists bank on?

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

‘Dune: Prophecy’ is telling a very familiar story

‘Boston was always a great movie town,’ says filmmaker John Waters

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JOAN VENNOCHI

Revs soccer stadium is a classic Boston insider story
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

Can we please have less political art now?
Cathy Young

The many faces of Trump’s gender politics
LETTERS

It was the stupid economy
RENÉE GRAHAM

The hypocritical politics of identity politics
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

R.I. to install at least another 110 electric vehicle chargers

The state is the first nationwide to move to the second phase of a federal charger infrastructure program.

Democrats scramble to fill federal judgeships in Massachusetts, appeals court

The First Circuit Court of Appeals is the only one of the nation’s 12 circuit courts that does not have a Trump appointee.

Want to send your kid to a top private school in Mass.? Here’s how much it’s going to cost you.

Some communities, including several Boston suburbs, have seen the percentage of students enrolling in private schools climb in recent years. But the sticker prices can be steep.

What’s in the Mass. economic bill for techies? Millions for AI, quantum computing.

The earmarks for the tech community include $103 million for artificial intelligence projects and $40 million for a quantum computing research center.

Sports

college basketball

Harmoni Turner breaks Harvard women’s basketball single-game scoring record in win over Boston College

The guard exploded for 41 points and added 10 rebounds. Asked postgame when she knew she was in the groove, Turner pinpointed the exact moment: “When I woke up this morning."

NBA veteran assists with Boston’s youth sports development

Former NBA Rookie of the Year and Massachusetts native Michael Carter-Williams was the keynote speaker Thursday at the final session of a four-week wellness course for some local high school student athletes.
BC at SMU | Saturday, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

BC to take on No. 14 SMU with new QB Grayson James (and that’s not the only story line)

Saturday's game is also a rematch of the 2023 Fenway Bowl, in which the Eagles beat the Mustangs.
MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

They’re champs! See the MIAA tournament final results and schedules for this weekend.
Adam Himmelsbach | Beat writer's notebook

Jayson Tatum’s free-throw shooting, Jaylen Brown vs. Nike continues, and other nuggets about the Celtics
Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

Here’s why the 3-7 Patriots have more in common with the talented Rams than one might think

Business

R.I. to install at least another 110 electric vehicle chargers

The state is the first nationwide to move to the second phase of a federal charger infrastructure program.

What’s in the Mass. economic bill for techies? Millions for AI, quantum computing.

The earmarks for the tech community include $103 million for artificial intelligence projects and $40 million for a quantum computing research center.

Urban League and city launch free rides to pharmacies for seniors

Health stocks slide as Trump picks vaccine skeptic Kennedy

magazine
holiday style

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

LOVE LETTERS

How to know when an app-based flirtation has run its course
Globe Magazine

A woman with cancer needed a miracle from a stranger. A veteran in pain needed one, too.
MISS CONDUCT

Advice needed: My friends don’t want to be in the same room with my brother

metro

Driver dies in crash with school bus in New Hampshire

🐧 ‘The Penguin’ showrunner, a Brown University grad, says the TV show’s main character is inspired by Buddy Cianci

Watch: Dave Epstein talks drought, wildfires

sports

Steve Grogan can tell Drake Maye all about a scrambling quarterback, and other thoughts

Did you know Jimmy Garoppolo is on the Rams? The backup QB returns to Gillette, a place he once thought would be home.

Oilers’ Connor McDavid is the fourth-fastest NHL player to reach 1,000 points

business

NYC is about to make landlords cover most brokers fees. Will Boston follow suit?

R.I. prosecutors allege real estate broker swindled family out of home in ‘foreclosure rescue’ scheme

Some patients are paying up to $50,000 per year in fees for ‘concierge medicine.’ Here’s what’s behind its rise.

politics

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

Democrats scramble to fill federal judgeships in Massachusetts, appeals court

As Trump picks Florida men for top jobs, new political possibilities open up in the Sunshine State

Nation

Transgender-rights advocates say the election of Trump and his allies marks a major setback

Why the U.S. has gotten so dry, so fast — and what could reverse it

Trump meets with Argentina’s president, the first foreign leader he’s met with since election

World

Top Iranian official holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as US pushes for cease-fire

At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators’ task

South Korean opposition leader gets a suspended jail term for violating election law

opinion

We promised a safe haven to refugees. We can’t take it back now.

Will Supreme Court check Trump? Don’t count on it.

A lot of Trump voters saw more light than darkness in his message

lifestyle

Bobby’s Books is Winchester’s newest pop-up. Plot twist: It’s run by a second-grader, and all the proceeds go to charity.

Is your living room boring? Here are 12 ways to jazz it up.

Turning 30 on dating apps

food & dining

Sad hour continues: Beacon Hill lawmakers again decline to bring ‘happy hour’ back to Mass.

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

Feast & Fettle will close its retail store in Pawtucket, R.I.

travel

We spent 12 days on the greatest hiking trail in the world. You can, too.

Taylor Goldsmith on doing what he wants, catching up on sleep, and making coffee on a plane

See the world by train; renew your passport soon

Arts

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

Laurie Simmons: when a house is not a home

At the Griffin: a collector, not an acquirer; and otherworldliness meets thinginess

Books

Stephen King refutes rumors he called Elon Musk Trump’s ‘First Lady,’ was kicked off X

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 23

In ‘The Ancient Eight,’ John Feinstein recalls when the Ivy League ruled football

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Conan O’Brien tapped to host the 2025 Oscars

‘Boston was always a great movie town,’ says filmmaker John Waters

Television

TV funnyman and Brookline native Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars

Mattapan native SeeFour wanted the world to see Boston hip-hop on Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’

How ‘Interior Chinatown’ makes a striving, overlooked background character the hero

music

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Mattapan native SeeFour wanted the world to see Boston hip-hop on Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’

An atmospheric new listening bar comes to the South End

Theater/Dance

American Repertory Theater launches Lavine Learning Lab for local high schools

For a fast-moving ‘Noises Off,’ set designers used every inch of the stage

'Tartuffe' finds new resonance, and an antic comic tone to match

Health

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

Natasha Alexenko, who helped cut backlog in rape-kit testing, dies at 51

Frank Auerbach, revered painter of single-minded devotion, dies at 93

Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90