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Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria settles defamation suit against newspaper for $1.1 million

Under the terms of the settlement, the Everett Leader Herald’s owner, Matthew Philbin, and its publisher and editor, Joshua Resnek, will shut down the weekly newspaper within a week.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Weather shift in store for New England as temperatures seesaw through the week
More clouds move into the region as well as a change in temperatures.

Linda Lifsey Hughes, inspirational diversity and inclusion leader at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, dies at 65
Mrs. Hughes was a mentor to students, especially girls. “She was constantly encouraging them to stretch, to spread their wings,” said her friend Dr. Andrea Reid.

Coastal storms have taken their toll. Now clam diggers in the Boston area face the ‘end of an era’ with closing of century-old plant.
The soft-shell clams from the mudflats around Boston Harbor need to be cleaned of contaminants before they can be eaten. But the only facility in Massachusetts that can do that needs costly repairs, in part because of climate change.

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

The union said it was a “close vote” to land a contract with commission rate increases, better seniority protections, and pay increases for non-commissioned employees.

Two men suspected of flying drone ‘dangerously close’ to Logan Airport are charged with trespassing, police say

A drone flying "dangerously close" to Logan International Airport led to the arrest Saturday night of two men on Long Island in Boston Harbor on a trespassing charge, according to police.

In Boston, times are fraught this holiday season

Man accused of kidnapping daughter in Manchester-by-the-Sea

Ice climber rescued after falling 60 feet in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials say

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey have both filed bills aimed at restricting private equity practices in health care, but those measures have stalled this year. The senators, center, are shown here in September, along with Ellen MacInnis, a registered nurse at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, left, and Representative Lori Trahan, right, discussing Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre's refusal to comply with a subpoena to testify before a Senate committee.

‘A huge failure’: A year of fretting over private equity ends with another private equity health care buyout

Even as Steward Health Care, long bankrolled by a private equity firm, collapsed into bankruptcy, regulators approved the sale of Steward’s national physicians group to another private equity firm.

Donna and Joseph Knight at their home in Middleborough. On Sept. 13, 2023, their daughter, Jennifer, collapsed and died in the registration line at Good Samaritan Medical Center after she told a nurse that she was suffering from chest pain and was having trouble breathing. The Knights are still seeking accountability for her death.

BOSTON GLOBE SPOTLIGHT TEAM

Softened reports. Lax oversight. How state officials enabled Steward’s rise and fall.

The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from state officials, including Governor Maura Healey, until it was too late. Healey’s administration says it did everything it could to avoid a crisis.

Timeline of the state’s lax oversight of Steward Health Care Read the full investigation

Riders had lost hope in the T. Then came ‘Train Daddy Eng.’
Public perception of the transit agency has noticeably shifted as the system has steadily improved, and Phil Eng has become a rather unlikely local celebrity in the process.

Two more MBTA employees fired amid Cabot Yard investigation

Representative Jeffrey Roy attended a ceremonial signing celebration for the climate bill at JATC of Greater Boston in Dorchester.

State Secrets

Divorce records raise questions about House lawmaker’s relationship with top Beacon Hill lobbyist

Cardinals 30, Patriots 17

Jerod Mayo’s powerless, flat Patriots channeling every bit of the bad old days
There was almost nothing good to be taken from this one. Coming off their bye week, the Patriots played their boring, short pass game, went 0 for 6 on third down, and only a couple garbage-time touchdowns made the score look respectable.

Deatrich Wise Jr. was called for a horse collar tackle of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray during the third quarter on Sunday, one of two personal fouls called on New England in a span of eight minutes.

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

Depths of dysfunction make increasingly clear Patriots aren’t one draft away from fixing this

It would be swell if the Patriots are in position to draft Heisman-winning cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter from Colorado, but they are in desperate need of offensive line help. And, perhaps, a cloning machine.

Stephanie Hsu as Ruby, Zosia Mamet as AJ in "Laid" on Peacock.

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This week’s TV: Stephanie Hsu in ‘Laid,’ an Aaron Rodgers doc, and more

Plus, all your favorite "Saturday Night Live" Christmas specials in one place.

After missing Thursday night because of knee soreness, Jayson Tatum (right) scored a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds as the Celtics won in Washington for a third time this season.

CELTICS 112, WIZARDS 98

Even against the NBA-worst Wizards, Celtics put in the effort that will be needed later

They were not perfect, but perfection is almost never required against Washington.

The spread of student fight videos upended Revere High School in Revere this fall.

Revere High School brawl highlights the growing role of cellphones in school fights

Cafeteria melees. Students kicked in the head. Injured educators. Technology is stoking cycles of violence in schools across the United States.

The Globe podcast

Plagiarism accusations against Claudine Gay fueled headlines. ‘The Harvard Plan’ details the sources of backlash.

Episode two details the plagiarism allegations that surfaced just days after Claudine Gay gave testimony to Congress.

Listen to 'The Harvard Plan' on your favorite podcasting app

Opinion

Widett Circle would become a layover yard for trains under MBTA plans.

EDITORIAL

Amtrak needs space for its trains. Widett Circle, not Allston, is the best option.

Putting Amtrak’s proposed layover facility in Widett would leave more land available in Allston for housing.

Brian Riedl

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What liberals get wrong about taxes

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The mood in Ukraine has lifted since Trump’s win

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Dead humpback whale washes up on beach in Brewster, wildlife groups say

The whale was a juvenile female, measuring 34 feet in length and weighing around 18 tons.

Vermont police shooting suspect arrested, officials say

Scott Mason, 38, of St. Johnsbury, was arrested around 2 a.m. in the house next door to the location where Captain Jason Gray had been shot and seriously wounded, Vermont State Police said.

Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary

Biden is expected to visit the Labor Department on Monday to formally make the announcement and sign the proclamation that will establish the monument in Newcastle, Maine, the White House said.

Luigi Mangione’s defense in CEO shooting to hinge on his mindset, emotion, and evidence
Prosecutors may use an array of evidence against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of Brian Thompson. But his defense attorney will try to parry where she can.

Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say
Israel claims Hamas is responsible for the civilian death toll because it operates from within civilian areas in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

Jamie Foxx recovering after being hit with a glass in the mouth
Oscar-winning actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx was recovering after a physical altercation at a restaurant Friday night in which someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth, a representative for the entertainer and police said.

RFK Jr. may sound like a liberal at times, but progressive senators are deeply skeptical

As Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary begins meeting with senators, he's unlikely to get much support from Democrats.

Many young people face harsh penalties in the adult justice system. Lawmakers weren’t able to change that.
Legislation that would allow 18-year-olds to be tried and sentenced as juveniles instead of adults for certain crimes was left behind in the economic development package passed last month.

More than a year later, Lewiston still feeling economic effects of shooting
Lewiston is an old working-class city, so any economic slowdown can take a toll.

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They spent their life building a maple farm. What happens when they have to retire?
Tim Meeh and Jill McCullough have harvested maple sap for 50 years at North Family Farm in Canterbury, N.H. Now they are wondering what will happen to the farm when they retire.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ben Affleck’s journey to becoming a pop star confirms that anything is possible when you run on Dunkin’. Premiered during Super Bowl LVIII, “The DunKings" ad features Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon.

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

Morfydd Clark as Galadriel; Benjamin Walker as High King Gil-galad; Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

Recognize that show’s name? More and more on TV, you will

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.

After a static summer and fall, pop music is showing a spark again

Alan Michelson's "The Knowledge Keepers," a pair of chromium-sheen sculptures of two current Native American cultural leaders, Julia Marden and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr., was installed at the main entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts in November. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

For Native American art and culture, 2024 brought meaningful change

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

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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

The House Chamber in the Massachusetts State House.

JEFF JACOBY

Go home, Massachusetts lawmakers

Alicia Vikander in "Ex Machina," directed by Alex Garland.

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The treacherous fem-bot that complicated AI ethics

State and local police executed a search in August 2015 of an Auburn home while investigating the death of 2-year-old foster child Avalena Conway-Coxon and the hospitalization of another 22-month-old foster child, both of which were living with foster parent Kim Malpass.

EDITORIAL

The whole point of foster care is to keep kids safe. So DCF maltreatment reports should set off alarms.

Trans activists and allies in the National Trans Visibility March in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24.

RENÉE GRAHAM

‘We can only save ourselves’

In my column, I mentioned being so utterly repulsed by the closing pages of Ian McEwan’s “The Comfort of Strangers” that I tossed it out the window of a car I was riding in.

SCOT LEHIGH

Readers explain their fiction addiction

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Weather shift in store for New England as temperatures seesaw through the week

More clouds move into the region as well as a change in temperatures.

INNOVATOR Q&A

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

“I care about the artistic vibe of the city and the culture that already existed before me,” says Jules Sharpe, whose quarterly newsletter first published earlier this year.

State Secrets

Divorce records raise questions about House lawmaker’s relationship with top Beacon Hill lobbyist

Riders had lost hope in the T. Then came ‘Train Daddy Eng.’

Public perception of the transit agency has noticeably shifted as the system has steadily improved, and Phil Eng has become a rather unlikely local celebrity in the process.

Sports

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

Depths of dysfunction make increasingly clear Patriots aren’t one draft away from fixing this

Jaylen Brown is a big reason why the Celtics average a league-high 1.07 points per possession in isolation.

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Finding the right matchup key to the Celtics’ success in isolation

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are both elite isolation players, but the success on these plays is not simply a matter of flinging the ball to them and allowing them to get to work.

Bruins fans lined up for a concession stand between periods during a 2018 home game at TD Garden.

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

The union said it was a “close vote” to land a contract with commission rate increases, better seniority protections, and pay increases for non-commissioned employees.

CELTICS 112, WIZARDS 98

Even against the NBA-worst Wizards, Celtics put in the effort that will be needed later

State of the Patriots

Why aren’t the Patriots using the athletic Drake Maye on a quarterback sneak near the goal line?

Dan Shaughnessy

Jerod Mayo’s powerless, flat Patriots channeling every bit of the bad old days

Business

INNOVATOR Q&A

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

“I care about the artistic vibe of the city and the culture that already existed before me,” says Jules Sharpe, whose quarterly newsletter first published earlier this year.

‘A huge failure’: A year of fretting over private equity ends with another private equity health care buyout

Even as Steward Health Care, long bankrolled by a private equity firm, collapsed into bankruptcy, regulators approved the sale of Steward’s national physicians group to another private equity firm.

Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

magazine

2024

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics

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

Honorable Mentions

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

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

Lasting Legacies

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

MISS CONDUCT

Our politics are very different, ‘but I hate being alone.’ Should I breakup with him?

metro

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

Ice climber rescued after falling 60 feet in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials say

Five people rescued from two-alarm fire in Gloucester apartment building, officials say

sports

Chad Ryland, whose struggles last season led the Patriots to replace him with Joey Slye, gave the Cardinals an early 3-0 lead Sunday with a 49-yard field goal.

Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland looked like a winner after his performance against his former team, the Patriots

Rookie report: QB Drake Maye was fairly efficient, but the rest did little in loss

Boston College men’s basketball weathers long-range barrage to get past Stonehill

business

Under the terms of the settlement, the Leader Herald’s owner, Matthew Philbin, and its publisher and editor, Joshua Resnek, who are both named in the suit, will shut down the weekly newspaper within a week.

Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria settles defamation suit against newspaper for $1.1 million

US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says

Deadline extended: We’re looking for New England’s fastest-growing companies

politics

President Biden, delivers his remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Holiday Reception at Willard Hotel in Washington, on Dec. 15.

Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary

Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration

Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough loss to Trump

Nation

Advocates for the Equal Rights Amendment hold a rally on the Virginia Capitol steps in Richmond on Feb. 14, 2019.

Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified

US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says

The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge

World

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of civil defense workers victims of an Israeli army strike in the Nuseirat camp, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 16.

Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say

France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands died in Cyclone Chido

South Korean investigators push to summon impeached President Yoon, as court set to determine his fate

opinion

Go home, Massachusetts lawmakers

‘We can only save ourselves’

Want to fix our broken health care system? Follow the money.

lifestyle

In my 30s, never dated

Boston free events, deals: ‘Polar Express’ matinee, an epic theater trio, and ‘Nutcracker’ dance workshop

Should I have given this relationship more time?

food & dining

Whitneys, a Harvard Square bar, is closing.

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

These decadent hot chocolate confections cost a whopping $13. Are they worth it?

The mother-daughter business trying to keep N.H. seafood local

travel

A sculpture of Jólakötturinn, the Icelandic yule cat, lights Reykjavik's city center. According to Icelandic folklore, Jólakötturinn eats children who do not have new clothes at Christmas.

Cold nights, hot lava, and a giant murderous cat. How I found the holiday spirit in Iceland.

Looking for a mix of French flair and Caribbean cool? Here’s where you’ll find it.

Boy, does this place look familiar — if you’re a ‘Death in Paradise’ fan

Arts

Rhode Island School of Design graduate Jules Sharpe, creator of Lost Bag News and The Providence Pit.

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

For Native American art and culture, 2024 brought meaningful change

MFA removes 20 Dutch and Flemish paintings from its collection

Books

The remarkable, resilient public library

Author Alison Espach on writing, teaching in R.I., and why her latest novel, ‘The Wedding People,’ takes place in Newport

The 75 best books of 2024

Movies

Jamie Foxx smiles during an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.

Jamie Foxx recovering after being hit with a glass in the mouth

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 16-22

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

Television

This week’s TV: Stephanie Hsu in ‘Laid,’ an Aaron Rodgers doc, and more

Chris Rock hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Gracie Abrams performs

Cranston, Kaczmarek, and Muniz to reprise their roles in revival of ‘Malcolm in the Middle’

music

For the first time, the Kingdom Choir plays Boston

It’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ season, and Darlene Love is in town

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 16-22

Theater/Dance

Lourenco “Pelé” Fernandes, José Lúis “JL” Spencer, and Candida Rose Baptista in "The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman."

‘Selkie Girl’ may have a slim plot, but the show’s music makes up for it

A new ‘Christmas Carol’ masters the music, but is leaner on the emotional power

Boston dance stages filled this year with everything from creative updates to troubling works, to the exhilaratingly new

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

Linda Lifsey Hughes was the inaugural director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick.

Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria settles defamation suit against newspaper for $1.1 million

Forecast | Dave Epstein Weather shift in store for New England as temperatures seesaw through the week More clouds move into the region as well as a change in temperatures.

Linda Lifsey Hughes, inspirational diversity and inclusion leader at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, dies at 65 Mrs. Hughes was a mentor to students, especially girls. “She was constantly encouraging them to stretch, to spread their wings,” said her friend Dr. Andrea Reid.

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

Two men suspected of flying drone ‘dangerously close’ to Logan Airport are charged with trespassing, police say

In Boston, times are fraught this holiday season

Man accused of kidnapping daughter in Manchester-by-the-Sea

Ice climber rescued after falling 60 feet in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials say

‘A huge failure’: A year of fretting over private equity ends with another private equity health care buyout

Softened reports. Lax oversight. How state officials enabled Steward’s rise and fall.

Riders had lost hope in the T. Then came ‘Train Daddy Eng.’ Public perception of the transit agency has noticeably shifted as the system has steadily improved, and Phil Eng has become a rather unlikely local celebrity in the process.

Divorce records raise questions about House lawmaker’s relationship with top Beacon Hill lobbyist

Depths of dysfunction make increasingly clear Patriots aren’t one draft away from fixing this

This week’s TV: Stephanie Hsu in ‘Laid,’ an Aaron Rodgers doc, and more

Even against the NBA-worst Wizards, Celtics put in the effort that will be needed later

Revere High School brawl highlights the growing role of cellphones in school fights

The Globe podcast

Plagiarism accusations against Claudine Gay fueled headlines. ‘The Harvard Plan’ details the sources of backlash.

Amtrak needs space for its trains. Widett Circle, not Allston, is the best option.

What conservatives get wrong about taxes

What liberals get wrong about taxes

The mood in Ukraine has lifted since Trump’s win

Go home, Massachusetts lawmakers

When life gives you too many hardships to handle Job loss, divorce, death of a loved one, drug addiction, homelessness, and health problems are familiar hardships to many families who write to Globe Santa.

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Dead humpback whale washes up on beach in Brewster, wildlife groups say

Vermont police shooting suspect arrested, officials say

Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary

Luigi Mangione’s defense in CEO shooting to hinge on his mindset, emotion, and evidence Prosecutors may use an array of evidence against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of Brian Thompson. But his defense attorney will try to parry where she can.

Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say Israel claims Hamas is responsible for the civilian death toll because it operates from within civilian areas in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

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Go home, Massachusetts lawmakers

The treacherous fem-bot that complicated AI ethics

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Weather shift in store for New England as temperatures seesaw through the week

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

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Riders had lost hope in the T. Then came ‘Train Daddy Eng.’

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TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

Even against the NBA-worst Wizards, Celtics put in the effort that will be needed later

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RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

‘A huge failure’: A year of fretting over private equity ends with another private equity health care buyout

Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated

TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics

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

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Our politics are very different, ‘but I hate being alone.’ Should I breakup with him?

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TD Garden concession workers ratify contract, avoiding strike

Ice climber rescued after falling 60 feet in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials say

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Weather shift in store for New England as temperatures seesaw through the week
More clouds move into the region as well as a change in temperatures.

Linda Lifsey Hughes, inspirational diversity and inclusion leader at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, dies at 65
Mrs. Hughes was a mentor to students, especially girls. “She was constantly encouraging them to stretch, to spread their wings,” said her friend Dr. Andrea Reid.

Riders had lost hope in the T. Then came ‘Train Daddy Eng.’
Public perception of the transit agency has noticeably shifted as the system has steadily improved, and Phil Eng has become a rather unlikely local celebrity in the process.

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Job loss, divorce, death of a loved one, drug addiction, homelessness, and health problems are familiar hardships to many families who write to Globe Santa.

Luigi Mangione’s defense in CEO shooting to hinge on his mindset, emotion, and evidence
Prosecutors may use an array of evidence against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of Brian Thompson. But his defense attorney will try to parry where she can.

Death toll in Gaza Strip from Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000, Palestinians say
Israel claims Hamas is responsible for the civilian death toll because it operates from within civilian areas in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

Many young people face harsh penalties in the adult justice system. Lawmakers weren’t able to change that.
Legislation that would allow 18-year-olds to be tried and sentenced as juveniles instead of adults for certain crimes was left behind in the economic development package passed last month.

More than a year later, Lewiston still feeling economic effects of shooting
Lewiston is an old working-class city, so any economic slowdown can take a toll.

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They spent their life building a maple farm. What happens when they have to retire?
Tim Meeh and Jill McCullough have harvested maple sap for 50 years at North Family Farm in Canterbury, N.H. Now they are wondering what will happen to the farm when they retire.