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Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts will likely crack down on illegal immigration

Legal observers say President-elect Donald Trump is likely to tap a current or former federal prosecutor with deep ties to the Republican Party as the next US attorney for Massachusetts.

GoFundMe set up for Sharon football player who suffered brain injury on Thanksgiving
Rohan Shukla underwent brain surgery, according to the crowdfunding page, which had raised more than $13,000 in just three hours, already exceeding a goal of $2,500.

Canada’s Trudeau says he had an ‘excellent conversation’ with Trump in Florida after tariffs threat
The hastily arranged meeting Friday night between President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a “positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours,” one person said.

Trudeau says Trump would raise prices on Americans if he follows through on Canada tariff threat

Gloucester police seek charges against three teenagers in assault on transgender teen

The assault was reported in a wooded area near Dogtown Road where a number of teenagers were having a party the night of Aug. 30.

Thousands are scrambling after learning their insurance will no longer cover care at UMass or Children’s hospitals

Patients of the Massachusetts hospitals who are insured by Tufts Health Direct have been tasked with finding new plans or doctors by Jan. 1. For some, it's been a gut punch.

Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroup

Syria state media say government troops are battling insurgents inside the country’s largest city Aleppo for the first time since 2016.

Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing a fragile ceasefire

Marshfield man charged with manslaughter after altercation over turkey allegedly led to 80-year-old roommate’s death

President Biden scheduled to depart Nantucket on Saturday evening, White House confirms

A footbridge, under construction at Purchase Street, that leads to a New Bedford rail station.

Upcoming rail connection to New Bedford to happen as the city sees a significant economic shift

By next spring, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expects a rail connection between New Bedford and Boston to open, for the first time in more than half a century.

The Bills look like the best team in the AFC and quarterback Josh Allen is playing like an MVP.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Analyzing the NFL playoff field entering the stretch run of the regular season

The AFC has 10 teams realistically in contention for seven spots, while the NFC has 11 teams alive.

‘We try to make it a very family event’: New England farms open for Christmas tree season
After Thanksgiving, nostalgia and the holiday spirit send people into the fields and forests of northern New England in search of the perfect Christmas tree. Growers are expecting strong sales this year, in spite of drought.

A borrowed label maker from the Maynard library, a giant Jenga game, and a bow saw borrowed from Coolidge Corner's Library of Tools.

Dulcimers, crutches, air fryers, giant Jengas. Libraries aren’t just for books anymore.

Thanks to the Library of Things, "Theoretically, you could borrow everything you need for a weekend camping trip from the library."

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free things to do this week in Boston: holiday festivities, culinary comics, plus $1 ice cream
December is here — and Santa Claus is booked and busy.

Here's to a better ski and snowboard season this year.

What’s in store for New England’s skiers and snowboarders? Hopefully not a repeat of last season.

Warming winters have led to disrupted plans and plenty of uncertainty over the future of snowsports in New England.

See current New England ski conditions

Over 100 New England-based wedding professionals and vendors are willing to offer their services at a discounted rate until Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2025.

More than 100 New England wedding vendors band together for the LGBTQ community post-election

Photographer Lensy Michelle arranged a sign-up sheet for vendors to offer their services pro-bono or at a discounted rate.

Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards is shooting a career-best 42.7 percent from the 3-point line, but his maturity and ability to lead have been questioned.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Instead of taking a step forward, the Timberwolves are reeling in wake of Karl-Anthony Towns trade

Superstar guard Anthony Edwards admitted that he and his teammates are disregarding their coaches and blowing off game plans.

The Orioles made the playoffs the last two seasons, but once they got there were 0-5, scoring only 12 runs.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

The Orioles have won a lot over the last two regular seasons. Now it’s time for them to win in the playoffs

The Orioles were sold to a partnership headed by David Rubenstein in March. That increased the pressure to win.

The Bruins and Canadiens will renew acquaintances Sunday afternoon.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Looking back on the early days of Bruins hockey, and the many battles against the Canadiens

The teams will face off at the Garden for a matinee on Sunday, bringing to conclusion the Bruins’ yearlong celebration of their 100-year odyssey chasing a 6-ounce chunk of bouncing rubber around North America.

Opinion

Zipline's electric drones deliver fresh produce, rotisserie chicken, ice cream, and other items to consumers from a Walmart in Pea Ridge, Ark. This delivery method eliminates the need for refrigerated trucks.

IDEAS | NICOLA TWILLEY

There will be cooler ways of keeping food fresh

New refrigeration and transportation technologies could make the food of the future much greener.

Derek W. Black

With school vouchers, Republican leaders are going against their own voters

Rich Barlow

School vouchers offer mediocre returns on investments

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Don’t blame Garland and Smith for the failed prosecutions of Trump

LETTERS

Trump’s victory shouldn’t be equated with a mandate

Globe Santa

When a grandparent does the parenting, ‘holidays are a sensitive time of year’
Given the number of Massachusetts grandparents raising their grandchildren, it should come as little surprise that so many letters to Globe Santa are from seniors.

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He taught city-building at MIT. Now Boston’s once-and-future chief planner is back with some lessons.
Kairos Shen, back at City Hall as Mayor Michelle Wu’s newly named chief of planning, is bringing a fresh perspective from the lecture hall.

Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally restored. Take a look inside.
The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the Gothic icon’s majesty is reborn.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

Dale Arnold comes out of retirement to fill in as studio host on NESN’s Bruins broadcasts
The NESN on-air team has been shorthanded since Sophia Jurksztowicz went on a leave of absence just before the season.

Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate
COVID-19’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses.

Thanksgiving storm brings needed rain, substantial snow to New England
Drought levels improved throughout New England, and nearly all major ski resorts saw beneficial snow.

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders

Russia, targeting Ukraine’s grid, moves to cut off its nuclear plants

Colonial-era Bible chronicling family of Old North Church builder to be given to church

The descendants of Ebenezer Clough, the master brick layer who built the Old North Church in 1723, will present the church with a family Bible chronicling multiple generations on Sunday.

Tara Sullivan

Red Sox have promised fans they’re ready to spend big this offseason. Now they have to deliver.
No more unfulfilled promises to a fan base sick and tired of paying the highest prices in baseball only to watch one of the lowest-performing teams.

RI FOOD & DINING

Inside Babes Pie Co.: A new chapter for a culinary vet
Pastry chef Mar Keller is slinging unconventional slices and tarts in a new pie pop-up in Rhode Island.

HOMELESSNESS

‘This could be any of us’: A former journalist ended up homeless. Then, his story inspired a Narragansett family to help.
URI graduate Patrick Fealey was living in his car with his dog, driving from place to place along the Rhode Island coast. Then a Narragansett family read about his plight, tracked him down, and helped him get back on his feet.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Ballet will perform "Mikko Nissinen's The Nutcracker" at the Opera House from Nov. 29-Dec. 29 this year.

Fun things to do this holiday season: 53 family-friendly events, festive shows and concerts, cheery festivals and markets, and more

Rendering of the new Doris Duke Theatre East entrance.

A new Doris Duke Theatre, doubled in size, rises at Jacob’s Pillow

Audiobooks can change your reading habits.

Audiobooks can change your life; here’s advice for getting started

Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino’s "Queer."

From Bond to Burroughs: In ‘Queer,’ Daniel Craig plays an American expat looking for connection in Mexico City

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passed Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La.

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

DANIEL ROSEN

What SUNY can teach the Ivy League about curbing antisemitism

A voter casts his ballot while others wait in line for their opportunity to vote on Nov. 5, 2024, in a Jackson, Miss., precinct.

Renée Loth

Obesity’s stubborn political divide

Beth Wolfensberger Singer

Another way to remember the Pink House in Newbury

A Social Security Administration office in Mount Prospect, Ill.

LETTERS

Social Security is alive, fairly well, and essential as ever

“All-Bright Court” by Connie Porter (1987), “The Makioka Sisters” by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1948), and “The Paper Garden,” by Molly Peacock (2010) are good escapes from the stresses of 2024.

Joan Wickersham

Trying to escape? Try these books.

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘It was like the end of the world’

One hour. That’s all it took for the fire to wipe out everything they owned: Clothing. Furniture. Mementos. Passports. Toys. Even the family’s pet hamster.

NH BUSINESS

‘We try to make it a very family event’: New England farms open for Christmas tree season

After Thanksgiving, nostalgia and the holiday spirit send people into the fields and forests of northern New England in search of the perfect Christmas tree. Growers are expecting strong sales this year, in spite of drought.

When a grandparent does the parenting, ‘holidays are a sensitive time of year’

Given the number of Massachusetts grandparents raising their grandchildren, it should come as little surprise that so many letters to Globe Santa are from seniors.

Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts will likely crack down on illegal immigration

Legal observers say President-elect Donald Trump is likely to tap a current or former federal prosecutor with deep ties to the Republican Party as the next US attorney for Massachusetts.

Sports

Patriots coach Jerod Mayo (center) and vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf have had a rough first season for Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Should Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf be back next season?

There are also questions about how to best to help the team down the road.

Last season's NBA championship team is just one part of the Celtics' history touched on in an upcoming documentary series.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Upcoming documentary ‘Celtics City’ a labor of love for executive producer Bill Simmons

The project, which will debut on HBO in the first quarter of 2025, is something that Simmons and the production team have been working on for almost four years.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

The Orioles have won a lot over the last two regular seasons. Now it’s time for them to win in the playoffs

The Orioles were sold to a partnership headed by David Rubenstein in March. That increased the pressure to win.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Looking back on the early days of Bruins hockey, and the many battles against the Canadiens

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Instead of taking a step forward, the Timberwolves are reeling in wake of Karl-Anthony Towns trade

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Analyzing the NFL playoff field entering the stretch run of the regular season

Business

Canada’s Trudeau says he had an ‘excellent conversation’ with Trump in Florida after tariffs threat

The hastily arranged meeting Friday night between President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a “positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours,” one person said.

Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits

President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the world as he seeks to boost US oil and gas drilling and move away from President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change.

Santa’s annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country

Holiday shopping season separates winning retailers from losers

magazine

Betsy Ehrenberg holds up the letter Tyler wrote to introduce himself to her. (For privacy, the Globe obscured his contact information.)

Globe Magazine

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

Built in the early 1900s, Mount Washington Hotel is a great winter escape.

winter travel

The seven wonders of winter in New England

Festive cocktails, and a mocktail, for any holiday celebration.

holiday style

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

Holiday Style

Unique gift ideas from around New England that cost $5 to $125

metro

Upcoming rail connection to New Bedford to happen as the city sees a significant economic shift

UMass Amherst marching band shines in rainy Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

President Biden scheduled to depart Nantucket on Saturday evening, White House confirms

sports

Payton Pritchard said count it to all seven of his made field goals in the first 6:35 of the fourth quarter.

Celtics escape Bulls behind fourth-quarter surge from Payton Pritchard, keeping NBA Cup wild-card hopes alive

A year later, controversial end to Celtics-Bulls matchup in NBA Cup remains topic of discussion

No. 6 Georgia rallies to beat Georgia Tech in eighth overtime, bolsters playoff hopes

business

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

Shoppers descended on Braintree’s South Shore Plaza for Black Friday. Check out the scene.

Trudeau says Trump would raise prices on Americans if he follows through on Canada tariff threat

politics

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14 in Oaks, Pa., as moderator South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem listens.

Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits

Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Nation

A resident was seen through a window at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Wash. in 2020.

Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

Santa’s annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country

World

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to journalists during a press conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on Oct. 17.

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war

Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing a fragile ceasefire

Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroup

opinion

Water guns, baby doll parts, and balls are just a few of the hundreds of lost toys on display at the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys & Curiosities in Amesbury.

A tiny North Shore museum blends whimsy with a warning

Social Security is alive, fairly well, and essential as ever

Celebrating Thanksgiving when there’s little to celebrate

lifestyle

More than 100 New England wedding vendors band together for the LGBTQ community post-election

Ways to volunteer, give back this holiday season in Boston

How do you learn to deal with rejection?

food & dining

Pickle Dust by Knife and Plow, a "chef-driven farm" in Strafford, N.H.

New Hampshire Gifts: 3 unusual and flavorful finds

Overloaded with leftovers? Here’s how you can make that turkey last.

Inside Babes Pie Co.: A new chapter for a culinary vet

travel

Getting an airport Uber has become an absolute obstacle course

What’s in store for New England’s skiers and snowboarders? Hopefully not a repeat of last season.

We were winging it in Buffalo, where the quintessential game food was hatched

Arts

Justin Sun ate the banana from the artwork "Comedian" by Maurizio Cattelan, which Sun bought for $6.2 million.

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong

An abandoned 19th century Jewish mural finds a new home

A Cherokee artist’s view of the American landscape

Books

Orhan Pamuk (”Memories of Distant Mountains”) is in conversation with Stephen Kinzer Monday at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church.

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 7

Alex Segura’s ‘Alter Ego’ shows what a creator will do for her art

Audiobooks can change your life; here’s advice for getting started

Movies

22gladiator - Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, Pedro Pascal plays General Acacius and Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures. (Aidan Monaghan)

It’s a good weekend to go to the movies. Eight films to see in theaters right now.

Chris Evans lookalike contest scheduled for Boston Common on Saturday, reports say

How I learned to stop worrying and love Black Friday

Television

John Krasinski attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "IF" at the SVA Theatre, May 13, 2024, in New York.

John Krasinski has an eerie new TV project in the works

A genre that was all smooth sailing

Who’s anchoring TV news? More and more often, a woman.

music

Michael McDonald, left, and Christopher Cross, in "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary."

A genre that was all smooth sailing

Two weeks in the life

Angelina Jolie studied opera for seven months for ‘Maria.’ Real singers know it takes a lifetime

Theater/Dance

"The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show" comes to Boston on Dec. 2.

Jinkx and DeLa want their show to be a home for the holidays

Expect 250 costume changes to tell the story of ‘Rosemary’s Baby Jesus’

Louis C.K. to perform surprise show in Lynn

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

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

Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts will likely crack down on illegal immigration

GoFundMe set up for Sharon football player who suffered brain injury on Thanksgiving Rohan Shukla underwent brain surgery, according to the crowdfunding page, which had raised more than $13,000 in just three hours, already exceeding a goal of $2,500.

Gloucester police seek charges against three teenagers in assault on transgender teen

Thousands are scrambling after learning their insurance will no longer cover care at UMass or Children’s hospitals

Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroup

Marshfield man charged with manslaughter after altercation over turkey allegedly led to 80-year-old roommate’s death

President Biden scheduled to depart Nantucket on Saturday evening, White House confirms

Upcoming rail connection to New Bedford to happen as the city sees a significant economic shift

Analyzing the NFL playoff field entering the stretch run of the regular season

Dulcimers, crutches, air fryers, giant Jengas. Libraries aren’t just for books anymore.

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN Free things to do this week in Boston: holiday festivities, culinary comics, plus $1 ice cream December is here — and Santa Claus is booked and busy.

What’s in store for New England’s skiers and snowboarders? Hopefully not a repeat of last season.

More than 100 New England wedding vendors band together for the LGBTQ community post-election

Instead of taking a step forward, the Timberwolves are reeling in wake of Karl-Anthony Towns trade

The Orioles have won a lot over the last two regular seasons. Now it’s time for them to win in the playoffs

Looking back on the early days of Bruins hockey, and the many battles against the Canadiens

There will be cooler ways of keeping food fresh

With school vouchers, Republican leaders are going against their own voters

School vouchers offer mediocre returns on investments

Don’t blame Garland and Smith for the failed prosecutions of Trump

Trump’s victory shouldn’t be equated with a mandate

When a grandparent does the parenting, ‘holidays are a sensitive time of year’ Given the number of Massachusetts grandparents raising their grandchildren, it should come as little surprise that so many letters to Globe Santa are from seniors.

More recent News

He taught city-building at MIT. Now Boston’s once-and-future chief planner is back with some lessons. Kairos Shen, back at City Hall as Mayor Michelle Wu’s newly named chief of planning, is bringing a fresh perspective from the lecture hall.

Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally restored. Take a look inside. The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the Gothic icon’s majesty is reborn.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA Dale Arnold comes out of retirement to fill in as studio host on NESN’s Bruins broadcasts The NESN on-air team has been shorthanded since Sophia Jurksztowicz went on a leave of absence just before the season.

Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate COVID-19’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses.

Thanksgiving storm brings needed rain, substantial snow to New England Drought levels improved throughout New England, and nearly all major ski resorts saw beneficial snow.

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders

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From Bond to Burroughs: In ‘Queer,’ Daniel Craig plays an American expat looking for connection in Mexico City

Special Projects

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

What SUNY can teach the Ivy League about curbing antisemitism

Obesity’s stubborn political divide

Another way to remember the Pink House in Newbury

Social Security is alive, fairly well, and essential as ever

Trying to escape? Try these books.

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‘It was like the end of the world’

‘We try to make it a very family event’: New England farms open for Christmas tree season

When a grandparent does the parenting, ‘holidays are a sensitive time of year’

Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts will likely crack down on illegal immigration

Sports

Patriots mailbag: Should Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf be back next season?

Upcoming documentary ‘Celtics City’ a labor of love for executive producer Bill Simmons

The Orioles have won a lot over the last two regular seasons. Now it’s time for them to win in the playoffs

Looking back on the early days of Bruins hockey, and the many battles against the Canadiens

Instead of taking a step forward, the Timberwolves are reeling in wake of Karl-Anthony Towns trade

Analyzing the NFL playoff field entering the stretch run of the regular season

Business

Canada’s Trudeau says he had an ‘excellent conversation’ with Trump in Florida after tariffs threat

Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits

Santa’s annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country

Holiday shopping season separates winning retailers from losers

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

The seven wonders of winter in New England

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

Unique gift ideas from around New England that cost $5 to $125

metro

Upcoming rail connection to New Bedford to happen as the city sees a significant economic shift

UMass Amherst marching band shines in rainy Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

President Biden scheduled to depart Nantucket on Saturday evening, White House confirms

sports

Celtics escape Bulls behind fourth-quarter surge from Payton Pritchard, keeping NBA Cup wild-card hopes alive

A year later, controversial end to Celtics-Bulls matchup in NBA Cup remains topic of discussion

No. 6 Georgia rallies to beat Georgia Tech in eighth overtime, bolsters playoff hopes

GoFundMe set up for Sharon football player who suffered brain injury on Thanksgiving
Rohan Shukla underwent brain surgery, according to the crowdfunding page, which had raised more than $13,000 in just three hours, already exceeding a goal of $2,500.

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free things to do this week in Boston: holiday festivities, culinary comics, plus $1 ice cream
December is here — and Santa Claus is booked and busy.

When a grandparent does the parenting, ‘holidays are a sensitive time of year’
Given the number of Massachusetts grandparents raising their grandchildren, it should come as little surprise that so many letters to Globe Santa are from seniors.

He taught city-building at MIT. Now Boston’s once-and-future chief planner is back with some lessons.
Kairos Shen, back at City Hall as Mayor Michelle Wu’s newly named chief of planning, is bringing a fresh perspective from the lecture hall.

Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally restored. Take a look inside.
The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the Gothic icon’s majesty is reborn.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

Dale Arnold comes out of retirement to fill in as studio host on NESN’s Bruins broadcasts
The NESN on-air team has been shorthanded since Sophia Jurksztowicz went on a leave of absence just before the season.

Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate
COVID-19’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses.

Thanksgiving storm brings needed rain, substantial snow to New England
Drought levels improved throughout New England, and nearly all major ski resorts saw beneficial snow.

Zelensky says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders

Tara Sullivan

Red Sox have promised fans they’re ready to spend big this offseason. Now they have to deliver.
No more unfulfilled promises to a fan base sick and tired of paying the highest prices in baseball only to watch one of the lowest-performing teams.

RI FOOD & DINING

Inside Babes Pie Co.: A new chapter for a culinary vet
Pastry chef Mar Keller is slinging unconventional slices and tarts in a new pie pop-up in Rhode Island.