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BREAKING

Bill Belichick reportedly finalizing deal to become head coach at University of North Carolina
The 72-year-old Belichick would succeed 73-year-old Mack Brown, who was fired in November.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye would be just fine with Bill Belichick taking over at his alma mater

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

Warren, a longtime critic of the US health care system, addressed the killing of Brian Thompson, saying, “Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far.”

Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

Suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene.

How did Fernandes Anderson go from barrier-breaker to another Boston politician facing corruption charges?
The District 7 councilor's arrest last week was a shocking stumble in what had once been a promising political career.

Former US Attorney Rachael Rollins calls federal indictment brought against Fernandes Anderson ‘bull[expletive]’

‘We don’t have time to play games’: Mayor Wu blasts opponents who killed property tax proposal

"It just felt like there was one goal post after another,” Wu said, issuing her first public remarks since the Senate’s top leader said the chamber would not take up the proposal again this year.

How an elusive math problem killed Wu’s tax plan

Downed wire, tree cause cancellations, delays on MBTA commuter rail
The cancellations and delays came as a storm brought heavy winds and downpours to the region on Wednesday.

House approves $895b defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

18-year-old dies after head-on crash with alleged drunk driver in Braintree

Tell us: What does your holiday spending budget look like this year?

Heavy rain flooded Wickenden and Brooks streets in Providence on Wednesday.

Soaking rains dump up to 3 inches across New England, flooding streets

Persistent heavy downpours raise the risk for flash flooding as very warm temperatures accelerate snowmelt across interior portions of New England.

Dave Epstein: Storm brings threat of thunderstorms this afternoon, evening in southeastern Mass., R.I. See peak wind gusts from Wednesday’s storm

Bostonians of the Year 2024

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics
Their impact only starts with the championship they won. Here are 18 things we loved about the journey to Banner 18.

Clockwise from top left: Ayo Edebiri, Zeyneb Magavi, Frederick Richard and Stephen Nedoroscik, Pastor Keke, and Nick Korn, Liz Miranda, Royal Smith, Brian Worrell, and Chris Worrell

A home-grown star, a climate innovator, the team behind new liquor licenses, and other Bostonians who made a difference

These 10 Bostonians rose to the moment in 2024.

Clockwise from top left: Seiji Ozawa, Ethel Kennedy, Luis Tiant, Larry Lucchino, Jack Connors, Jasper White, and Gloria Fox

Remembering Jack Connors, Ethel Kennedy, Seiji Ozawa and others we lost in 2024

The year saw the loss of luminaries who left an indelible mark on Boston and beyond.

Garrett Crochet led big league starters with a 35 percent strikeout rate last year with the White Sox.

Red Sox acquire pitcher Garrett Crochet from White Sox

The deal includes catcher Kyle Teel, who was selected by the Red Sox with the 14th overall pick of the 2023 MLB draft and turns 23 in February.

Garrett Crochet trade brings back memories of Red Sox dealing for Chris Sale in 2016

Meredith Vasta, a collections steward at Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Worlds collided when a museum steward found clues about her Chippewa family in Harvard’s possession

The Woodbury Collection lies at the heart of the Peabody Museum’s struggle to come to terms with its past.

Local auto seller Herb Chambers is donating $100 million for the Mass General Hospital expansion, a cancer treatment tower that will bear his name.

Herb Chambers donates $100 million to Mass General Hospital expansion — where he hopes a cure for cancer will be discovered

The billionaire auto magnate is making the biggest donation of his life, for naming rights to a new tower that will house the hospital’s cancer center.

Pastries in 2020 at Flour Bakery in Back Bay. The beloved local chain was selected to become the new concessions vendor at the Boston Common.

Flour Bakery looks to make Boston Common ‘a sweeter place’ with move to concessions pavilion

The Boston Common will become the 10th location of Flour, a local minority- and women-owned bakery.

The Bruins allowed five goals to the Jets in the third period Tuesday night.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

Where do the Bruins go from here after suffering their most lopsided loss of the season?

Thirty games into the 82-game slog, and some tough opponents lined up for the rest of the trip, the loss should be a wake-up call.

A sign welcomed visitors at the front entrance of the Providence Community Health Centers Chafee at One Warren Way in Providence, R.I., in 2023.

Despite years of ‘red flags,’ a R.I. woman’s brain tumor went undetected. A judge has now awarded her millions of dollars.

Providence Community Heath Centers “violated the standard of care” when they failed to conduct brain scans or offer a referral, a federal judge found.

Boston Harbor inspired the Delta One Lounge's blue palette, and the maroon accents are a nod to Harvard.

Flying first class? Take a trip through Delta’s exclusive new lounge at Logan.

"We want to be as good as any top restaurant in the city."

JetBlue announces new Boston routes to Edinburgh and Madrid. TAP to begin direct flights from Boston to Porto.

Opinion

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson departs the Moakley Courthouse on Dec. 6.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Given the Trump standard, why should Tania Fernandes Anderson resign?

What is disqualifying for voters? It should be up to them to decide, not the media or other politicians with agendas of their own.

Elizabeth Warren

If Trump really wants to help working people he won’t kill this federal agency

JEFF JACOBY

Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right that Trump can’t revoke

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Glen Johnson

John Kerry’s enduring impact on US diplomacy

Globe Santa

However hard they look, the job offers aren’t coming

Massachusetts workers are facing a worse labor market than they did last holiday season.

Donate to Globe Santa

The Globe podcast

First episode of ‘The Harvard Plan’ unpacks Claudine Gay’s short, troubled tenure as president

The historic appointment of Harvard’s first Black female president was one of the most troubled chapters in its history.

More recent News

R.I.’s AG sues real estate firm for ‘charging expensive and illegal rental application fees’
“It’s news to no one that we are in the midst of a severe housing crisis in Rhode Island, and those who implement illegal barriers to finding a home must be held accountable,” attorney general Peter F. Neronha.

After Suki Waterhouse visited Boston with Robert Pattinson this fall, she’s an expert on where to go
Ahead of her performance at Roadrunner on Friday, Waterhouse discussed the web of choices that have kept her career evolving.

Methuen AMC movie theater closed after rodents found inside, official says
“The theater will reopen after a reinspection is complete and conditions are satisfactory," the city's public health director said.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he intends to resign at the end of Biden’s term

Wray's intended resignation is not unexpected considering that President-elect Donald Trump has picked loyalist Kash Patel for the role in his new administration.

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

The Israel-Hamas war has no end in sight, even after Israel reached a cease-fire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants and attention shifted to the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad by insurgents.

TD Garden concession workers contemplate strike ahead of holidays

Should a strike vote pass, the Garden could be without hundreds of employees to staff concerts, holiday events, and Bruins and Celtics games.

Boston Dynamics lays off 45 employees, 5 percent of its workforce

The chief executive of the Waltham robotics firm told employees that the job cuts were a result of "burning through cash at a rate that exceeds our commercial progress to date."

Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting

Even with a conservative supermajority in the Legislature, the measures are expected to face some resistance in the state Senate.

Radioactive waste from Pilgrim plant dumped in Cape Cod Bay would likely remain, researchers say

The company working to clean up the former power station was told in July that its request to dump up to 1.1 million gallons of wastewater into the bay had been denied.

RFK Jr.’s unusual fund-raising was a windfall for an obscure Massachusetts group

An agreement, called a joint fund-raising committee, was set up with the Libertarian National Committee, to bolster the Kennedy campaign.

STAT: How RFK Jr.’s views on addiction could bring a new era of U.S. drug policy

SHERYL JULIAN

You invited them to dinner and now they’re telling you everything they won’t eat. Here’s how to handle it.
What do you do when the list of what a guest will not eat is longer than the things they do eat?

THE FINE PRINT

She leased a defective Jeep hybrid for more than $60,000. The state’s Lemon Law couldn’t help her. Here’s what she did.
Plus: unloading a timeshare that is no longer wanted, a cautionary tale on buying Keto gummies online, and a suggestion for greater protection of senior citizens.

Worcester officials call for police reform after ‘shocking’ DOJ report. Advocates express doubt anything will change.
The report doesn’t include a consent decree, or any sort of legal agreement between investigators and city officials. No lawsuit was filed.

Culture & Lifestyle

A holiday cookbook gift should be impressive. Here are some we like.

12 standout cookbooks to give as gifts this year

Winston Kennedy and Samantha Frandino wed on Sept. 7 at Dearly Studio, a venue designed for small ceremonies, in Somerville.

How a six-year ‘situationship’ built love to last a lifetime

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" can be watched without a subscription on Apple TV+ this weekend.

Nearly 60 years on, ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is the holiday gift that keeps on giving

Martin Pearlman, founding music director of Boston Baroque, conducting the ensemble earlier this year at Jordan Hall.

Martin Pearlman’s final ‘Messiah’ as Boston Baroque leader nails the high notes

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

President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has set off fevered discussions about more preemptive pardons to protect others from President-elect Donald Trump’s retribution.

RENÉE GRAHAM

This holiday season’s most talked about gift — presidential pardons

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson at Boston City Hall last week for a City Council meeting.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Transparency in question: Fernandes Anderson’s culture of secrecy

An aerial view of the area that will be redeveloped after the relocation of the Mass Pike in Allston. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff)

ALAN WIRZBICKI

When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in Allston, what will go up?

Javier Milei greeted followers Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

JEFF JACOBY

Argentina’s capitalist counterrevolution is off to a good start

Bellina was the one I talked to about all things: work, heartache, worry about finances.

Mary Ann D'Urso

My cat, my everything

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Downed wire, tree cause cancellations, delays on MBTA commuter rail

The cancellations and delays came as a storm brought heavy winds and downpours to the region on Wednesday.

Soaking rains dump up to 3 inches across New England, flooding streets

Persistent heavy downpours raise the risk for flash flooding as very warm temperatures accelerate snowmelt across interior portions of New England.

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

Warren, a longtime critic of the US health care system, addressed the killing of Brian Thompson, saying, “Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far.”

See some of the peak wind gusts from Wednesday’s storm

The strong, damaging winds were expected to pick up into the night.

Sports

BRUINS

Brad Marchand doesn’t mince words about Jeremy Swayman’s rough night vs. Jets

The Bruins captain didn't let his netminder, nor anyone else on his team, off the hook for their poor showing in Winnipeg Tuesday.

Mark Davis, Las Vegas Raiders owner and managing general partner and Las Vegas Aces owner, says minority owner Tom Brady will play a big role in the direction of the team.

NFL

Raiders owner Mark Davis says Tom Brady will play a big role in the team’s future

Davis said he will honor Brady's commitment to Fox Sports before tapping into his brain as a seven-time Super Bowl winner to help the Raiders find a quarterback next year.

Garrett Crochet averaged 97.2 miles per hour with his four-seam fastball last season and has four other pitches.

peter abraham | on baseball

Garrett Crochet trade brings back memories of Red Sox dealing for Chris Sale in 2016

After a three-year postseason drought marked by declining fan interest, the Red Sox stuck their heads above the water with his trade.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL

Globe Top 20 boys’ basketball: Contenders lining up for No. 1 spot in first poll

football

Bill Belichick reportedly finalizing deal to become head coach at University of North Carolina

Celtics

‘ Whether I took 100 shots or took zero shots, don’t really matter’: Jaylen Brown just focused on Celtics improving

Business

Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

Suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene.

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

Warren, a longtime critic of the US health care system, addressed the killing of Brian Thompson, saying, “Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far.”

R.I.’s AG sues real estate firm for ‘charging expensive and illegal rental application fees’

Live Updates

NYPD matches shell casings in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing to gun found on suspect

magazine

On September 27, bicyclists stopped traffic and biked around the rotary near Boston University Bridge for three minutes to honor John Corcoran and other cyclists who have died this year.
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Perspective

Small upgrades could have saved a Cambridge cyclist’s life

LOVE LETTERS

Who gets to keep the friends in a breakup?

COOKING

Cookie swap heroes: Updated recipes for hermits, hazelnut Linzer cookies, and an Italian treat

2024

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts: Explore all four winners lists

metro

The exterior of the Worcester Police Headquarters.

Worcester officials call for police reform after ‘shocking’ DOJ report. Advocates express doubt anything will change.

R.I.’s AG sues real estate firm for ‘charging expensive and illegal rental application fees’

Winter is coming. Boston officials outline preparations for the season.

sports

A two-year captain, senior Ja Works sets the Latin Academy offense in motion, defends with fullcourt pressure, and wins most 50/50 balls.

‘Just have heart:’ These diminutive Boston point guards prove it’s substance over stature

After losing standoff in court, MIAA adds ‘TBA’ scheduling requirement to its rulebook

Five things to know about new Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet

business

Shoppers walk through a Nordstrom store in the South Shore Plaza on Nov. 29.

Tell us: What does your holiday spending budget look like this year?

Bipartisan lawmakers seek to break up giant health care conglomerates

TD Garden concession workers contemplate strike ahead of holidays

politics

FBI Director Christopher Wray appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2024.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he intends to resign at the end of Biden’s term

House approves $895b defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

US warns Russia may be ready to use new lethal missile against Ukraine again in ‘coming days’

Nation

Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Dec. 10, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

Biden administration finalizes new regulations amid GOP repeal threats

Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting

World

Demonstrators took part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol near the National Assembly in Seoul Wednesday.

South Korea’s leader holds onto power as the net closes in

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria

opinion

Transparency in question: Fernandes Anderson’s culture of secrecy

Hold Trump to presidential transition rules

The myth that Hollywood scorns the ‘working man’

lifestyle

How a six-year ‘situationship’ built love to last a lifetime

Who doesn’t love a bargain? Here’s how to be a smarter shopper this holiday season.

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

food & dining

Flour Bakery looks to make Boston Common ‘a sweeter place’ with move to concessions pavilion

12 standout cookbooks to give as gifts this year

She won the Cape Cod Holiday Baking Classic. A Food Network championship was even sweeter.

travel

Flying first class? Take a trip through Delta’s exclusive new lounge at Logan.

JetBlue announces new Boston routes to Edinburgh and Madrid. TAP to begin direct flights from Boston to Porto.

How a stowaway at JFK airport made it all the way to Paris

Arts

Worlds collided when a museum steward found clues about her Chippewa family in Harvard’s possession

Impressionism’s 150th, an anniversary more absent than present

Harvard’s Peabody museum returns Native American burial remains

Books

Rhode Island writer Riss M. Neilson and the covers to this year's “A Love Like The Sun” and her 2022 debut “Deep In Providence”.

Meet Riss M. Neilson, New England’s rising star on the romance scene

Shuntaro Tanikawa, poet and translator of ‘Peanuts,’ dies at 92

Nikki Giovanni, who explored Black life in verse, dies at 81

Movies

The exterior of the AMC Methuen 20 movie theater building located in “The Loop," a shopping and entertainment destination.

Methuen AMC movie theater closed after rodents found inside, official says

‘Anora’ takes home top prize from Boston Society of Film Critics

Golden Globes 2025: See the full list of nominees

Television

Dan Aykroyd hosts "The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd" on the History Channel.

‘The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd’ aims to spook viewers with outrageous ‘freaky stories’

Disney+ dreams a little dream of ‘Inside Out’

Olympic star Stephen Nedoroscik to co-host ‘Dancing with the Stars’ tour with shows in Boston

music

After Suki Waterhouse visited Boston with Robert Pattinson this fall, she’s an expert on where to go

Louisiana rapper NBA Youngboy gets nearly 2 years in jail for gun-related charges

Spotify removes playlists referencing killing of healthcare CEO, per report

Theater/Dance

Front Porch Arts Collective rehearsing a script from "The Jeffersons."

Urkel at Christmas? Front Porch Arts returns with more classic Black sitcom readings.

Gold Dust Orphans apply their trademark touch to a horror classic

Alex Oliva spins a story in ‘NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet’

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

Mr. Colavito greeted a group of nuns who took in a game at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium on June 26, 1959.

BREAKING Bill Belichick reportedly finalizing deal to become head coach at University of North Carolina The 72-year-old Belichick would succeed 73-year-old Mack Brown, who was fired in November.

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

How did Fernandes Anderson go from barrier-breaker to another Boston politician facing corruption charges? The District 7 councilor's arrest last week was a shocking stumble in what had once been a promising political career.

Former US Attorney Rachael Rollins calls federal indictment brought against Fernandes Anderson ‘bull[expletive]’

‘We don’t have time to play games’: Mayor Wu blasts opponents who killed property tax proposal

Downed wire, tree cause cancellations, delays on MBTA commuter rail The cancellations and delays came as a storm brought heavy winds and downpours to the region on Wednesday.

House approves $895b defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

18-year-old dies after head-on crash with alleged drunk driver in Braintree

Tell us: What does your holiday spending budget look like this year?

Soaking rains dump up to 3 inches across New England, flooding streets

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics Their impact only starts with the championship they won. Here are 18 things we loved about the journey to Banner 18.

A home-grown star, a climate innovator, the team behind new liquor licenses, and other Bostonians who made a difference

Remembering Jack Connors, Ethel Kennedy, Seiji Ozawa and others we lost in 2024

Red Sox acquire pitcher Garrett Crochet from White Sox

Worlds collided when a museum steward found clues about her Chippewa family in Harvard’s possession

Herb Chambers donates $100 million to Mass General Hospital expansion — where he hopes a cure for cancer will be discovered

Flour Bakery looks to make Boston Common ‘a sweeter place’ with move to concessions pavilion

Where do the Bruins go from here after suffering their most lopsided loss of the season?

Despite years of ‘red flags,’ a R.I. woman’s brain tumor went undetected. A judge has now awarded her millions of dollars.

Flying first class? Take a trip through Delta’s exclusive new lounge at Logan.

Given the Trump standard, why should Tania Fernandes Anderson resign?

If Trump really wants to help working people he won’t kill this federal agency

Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right that Trump can’t revoke

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

John Kerry’s enduring impact on US diplomacy

However hard they look, the job offers aren’t coming

The Globe podcast

First episode of ‘The Harvard Plan’ unpacks Claudine Gay’s short, troubled tenure as president

More recent News

After Suki Waterhouse visited Boston with Robert Pattinson this fall, she’s an expert on where to go Ahead of her performance at Roadrunner on Friday, Waterhouse discussed the web of choices that have kept her career evolving.

Methuen AMC movie theater closed after rodents found inside, official says “The theater will reopen after a reinspection is complete and conditions are satisfactory," the city's public health director said.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he intends to resign at the end of Biden’s term

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

TD Garden concession workers contemplate strike ahead of holidays

Boston Dynamics lays off 45 employees, 5 percent of its workforce

Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting

Radioactive waste from Pilgrim plant dumped in Cape Cod Bay would likely remain, researchers say

Recommended reads

RFK Jr.’s unusual fund-raising was a windfall for an obscure Massachusetts group

SHERYL JULIAN You invited them to dinner and now they’re telling you everything they won’t eat. Here’s how to handle it. What do you do when the list of what a guest will not eat is longer than the things they do eat?

Worcester officials call for police reform after ‘shocking’ DOJ report. Advocates express doubt anything will change. The report doesn’t include a consent decree, or any sort of legal agreement between investigators and city officials. No lawsuit was filed.

Culture & Lifestyle

12 standout cookbooks to give as gifts this year

How a six-year ‘situationship’ built love to last a lifetime

Nearly 60 years on, ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is the holiday gift that keeps on giving

Martin Pearlman’s final ‘Messiah’ as Boston Baroque leader nails the high notes

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Nightmare in Mission Hill

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

This holiday season’s most talked about gift — presidential pardons

Transparency in question: Fernandes Anderson’s culture of secrecy

When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in Allston, what will go up?

Argentina’s capitalist counterrevolution is off to a good start

My cat, my everything

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Downed wire, tree cause cancellations, delays on MBTA commuter rail

Soaking rains dump up to 3 inches across New England, flooding streets

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

See some of the peak wind gusts from Wednesday’s storm

Sports

Brad Marchand doesn’t mince words about Jeremy Swayman’s rough night vs. Jets

Raiders owner Mark Davis says Tom Brady will play a big role in the team’s future

Garrett Crochet trade brings back memories of Red Sox dealing for Chris Sale in 2016

Globe Top 20 boys’ basketball: Contenders lining up for No. 1 spot in first poll

Bill Belichick reportedly finalizing deal to become head coach at University of North Carolina

‘ Whether I took 100 shots or took zero shots, don’t really matter’: Jaylen Brown just focused on Celtics improving

Business

Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

Senator Warren says ‘visceral’ response to killing of insurance CEO should be ‘warning’ to health care system

R.I.’s AG sues real estate firm for ‘charging expensive and illegal rental application fees’

NYPD matches shell casings in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing to gun found on suspect

Small upgrades could have saved a Cambridge cyclist’s life

Who gets to keep the friends in a breakup?

Cookie swap heroes: Updated recipes for hermits, hazelnut Linzer cookies, and an Italian treat

BREAKING

Bill Belichick reportedly finalizing deal to become head coach at University of North Carolina
The 72-year-old Belichick would succeed 73-year-old Mack Brown, who was fired in November.

How did Fernandes Anderson go from barrier-breaker to another Boston politician facing corruption charges?
The District 7 councilor's arrest last week was a shocking stumble in what had once been a promising political career.

Downed wire, tree cause cancellations, delays on MBTA commuter rail
The cancellations and delays came as a storm brought heavy winds and downpours to the region on Wednesday.

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics
Their impact only starts with the championship they won. Here are 18 things we loved about the journey to Banner 18.

After Suki Waterhouse visited Boston with Robert Pattinson this fall, she’s an expert on where to go
Ahead of her performance at Roadrunner on Friday, Waterhouse discussed the web of choices that have kept her career evolving.

Methuen AMC movie theater closed after rodents found inside, official says
“The theater will reopen after a reinspection is complete and conditions are satisfactory," the city's public health director said.

SHERYL JULIAN

You invited them to dinner and now they’re telling you everything they won’t eat. Here’s how to handle it.
What do you do when the list of what a guest will not eat is longer than the things they do eat?

Worcester officials call for police reform after ‘shocking’ DOJ report. Advocates express doubt anything will change.
The report doesn’t include a consent decree, or any sort of legal agreement between investigators and city officials. No lawsuit was filed.