Bostonian of the Year
Bostonian of the Year 2017: The concussion researcher
Football may never be the same after the VA Boston scientist?s research on head injuries.
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The best books of 2017
Our critics list their top picks in various genres.
?Push the bigots back into the corner,? ADL official says on hateful graffiti
Incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti and other hateful acts have surfaced in several Massachusetts communities in recent months.
Republicans have an agreement on tax proposal
Details still need to be drafted and assessed by congressional scorekeepers but the final compromise is on track to be unveiled this week.
Three schools sever ties with influential musician amid abuse allegations
Eric Alexander Hewitt, a leader in Boston?s contemporary classical music scene, was let go amid a Globe investigation of alleged sexual improprieties.
We tried to find the rabbi Roy Moore?s wife said they?re friends with. Here?s what happened
Alabama may not have that many rabbis. How hard would it be to find the one who befriended Roy Moore and his wife?
Lost on campus, as colleges look abroad
With top schools searching for diversity, international student enrollment has soared. The percentage of black students has barely budged.
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- DAY 7 | SATURDAY: Solutions
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After spending his first seven months in the hospital, Judah is heading home for the holidays
Born dangerously premature at 26 weeks, Judah finally gets to be home with mom and dad?and just in time for Santa.
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?Not fit to clean the toilets? ? USA Today torches Trump
?Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low,? the editorial said.
GROUND GAME
Is Alabama?s Doug Jones the Scott Brown of 2017? Yes and no
The comparisons began the moment the final results came. Tuesday night?s upset looked an awful like another unlikely win in Massachusetts seven years ago.
NESTOR RAMOS
Good riddance, Roy Moore ? but don?t call it a reckoning
Only by the thoroughly debased standards of our current political moment does a narrow victory over this ridiculous man qualify as a sort of reckoning.
Ex-NHL star?s wife says Trump made an advance on her in an elevator
Luc Robitaille?s wife said when she rebuffed Donald Trump?s advances, he told her that her husband ?didn?t make as much money as him.?
Joe Biden consoles daughter of ailing John McCain on TV
Meghan McCain began crying while discussing her father?s battle with brain cancer on ABC?s ?The View.?
Omarosa Manigault Newman set to leave White House
One of President Trump?s most prominent African-American supporters plans to leave the administration next month.
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After spending his first seven months in the hospital, Judah is heading home for the holidays
Born dangerously premature at 26 weeks, Judah finally gets to be home with mom and dad?and just in time for Santa.
This content was produced by Boston Globe Media in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of The Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.
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Darkness at almost noon: Our annual journey through the days of waning sunlight
A reporter battles SAD and meets the man who might be the cure for the 4:11 sunset.
The Season Ticket podcast
The Harlem Globetrotters join guest host Joe Sullivan to talk about their jobs as ambassadors of goodwill.
Gardner security chief will seek state rep seat in 2018
Anthony Amore, a Swampscott resident, will seek the GOP nomination to take on the incumbent, Representative Lori A. Ehrlich, a Marblehead Democrat.
Salma Hayek says rebuffing Harvey Weinstein led to nightmare on ?Frida?
In an op-ed, the actress said her refusals of Harvey Weinstein?s advances led to a nightmare experience making the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic ?Frida.?
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An expecting dad staged his own pregnancy photo shoot. Hilarity ensued
The Peabody resident surprised his pregnant girlfriend with the photos at their gender reveal party before their son, Logan, was born.
State OKs $125m project to replace Boston Arts Academy building
The Massachusetts School Building Authority is poised to approve Wednesday morning a project to replace the academy?s building in the Fenway.
The hottest Google search term in Boston this year was . . .
Search engine giant Google on Wednesday released its annual list of the top trending searches among Boston users.
Opinion & Ideas
JOAN VENNOCHI
Craziness has its limits in Alabama
In Alabama, Roy Moore came to represent a bridge too far for at least 671,151 voters.
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Truth and Consequences
Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.
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Sports
Chad Finn
Patriots typically bounce back after tough losses at Miami
Tom Brady is 7-1 through the years in the game after a road loss to Miami, and 10-2 against the Steelers.
Metro
Researchers say Mass. effort to influence opioid prescribing failed
But a state official says the letters to doctors were part of a broader effort and should not be judged in isolation.
Real Estate
Home of the Week: West Roxbury condo with built-ins on market for $524,000
The home is a short walk to the West Roxbury commuter rail station.
Politics
Minnesota governor picks Smith to replace Franken
Lt. Governor Tina Smith will fill Senator Al Franken?s seat until the November election, and she will run in that election to complete his term.
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First drive: The all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler is more in every possible way
A new look, new powertrains, and loads of new features.
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Nation & World
France?s Macron takes lead in climate change battle
?We all need to act,? Emmanuel Macron told world leaders at Tuesday?s summit in Paris.
Business
What is Net neutrality, and why should you care?
The FCC is expected to torpedo net neutrality Thursday. Here?s a primer on the issue.
Arts
?Three Billboards? tops SAG nominations; ?Big Sick? bounces back from Golden Globes
Wednesday?s nominees offered swift redemption for ??The Big Sick,?? which the Golden Globes completely overlooked on Monday.
Food & dining
Are chefs trying to kill us?
Fermented this. Foraged that. Menus are full of delicious ingredients that could be a disaster waiting to happen.
STAT
Could this zoo of mutant mosquitoes lead the way to eradicating Zika?
A humid California lab filled with mutant mosquitoes is at the leading edge of a revolutionary technology ? gene drive.
The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
California fires roar again
California is dealing with another round of disastrous wildfires.
