New rules set off rush to prepay taxes
To the bewilderment of municipal workers, taxpayers are dropping off checks to beat changes contained in the sweeping federal tax bill passed this week by Congress.
To the bewilderment of municipal workers, taxpayers are dropping off checks to beat changes contained in the sweeping federal tax bill passed this week by Congress.
The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays.
The editor of The Boston Globe confirms the identity of a former Globe journalist and addresses questions about the paper?s recent coverage.
A chilly mixture of snow, ice, and freezing rain could give travelers a bad start to their holiday weekend in Massachusetts.
Dave Epstein
Presently it looks like snow will break out after midnight Christmas Eve, but the storm is still four days away. and things could change.
One to three inches of snow could fall in parts of the region Friday, followed by freezing rain and sleet, according to the National Weather Service.
Logan Airport?s Terminal E may be one of the happiest places on Earth, as friends, families, and lovers reunite with weary travelers from far away.
President Trump is spending the holiday season reveling in his tax overhaul victory, but the new year may bring bad tidings.
The Trump administration is considering a new policy that would separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally.
KEVIN CULLEN
Francisco Rodriguez is the human face of a heartless, cynical, numbers-driven roundup of hard-working undocumented immigrants.
Almost a full week before Christmas, the Wakefield Santa Sleigh Special Delivery, led by a reindeer team of nine men and women, traveled about six miles to deliver toys to families in need.
Things That Work
Boston?s reputation for a sleepy, sometimes underwhelming night life has long been a buzzkill.
Enberg got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours and Angels and Padres baseball games.
Dick Clark Productions says it has cut ties with the Miss America Organization over internal emails by pageant senior leadership that ridiculed past winners? appearance, intelligence and sex lives.
JEFF JACOBY
The former governor came to the job of UN ambassador with no foreign policy experience. She turned out to be a natural.
The funeral was not broadcast on the Vatican?s live stream as anticipated, although official statements on Law?s funeral never explicitly stated that it would be viewable online.
hiawatha bray | tech lab
Automated decision systems are in wide use. But what if the computer relied on data that was tilted against certain races or nations of origin?
Dan Shaughnessy
Tom Brady is turning into Tom Cruise ? it?s only a matter of time before he jumps on the couch with Oprah in defense of Alex Guerrero.
Knicks 102, Celtics 93
Michael Beasley carried New York, scoring 28 of his 32 points in the second half.
MGM Springfield is drawing inspiration from famous locals as it prepares for its grand 2018 opening.
Authorities are flushing out an anti-corrosion agent used in the steam heating system that leaked into the hot water pipes.
Arguably the biggest thing that came from Hollywood this year wasn?t a movie or a TV show. It had heroines and villains, but no script. And it went viral despite having no big publicity machinery behind it.
So goes Will Smith?s tongue-in-cheek summation of why he took on what has turned into one of the worst reviewed films of the season, the big-budget Netflix release ??Bright.??
Globe Santa
Since 1961 Boston Public School students, families, and employees have donated some $550,000 to Globe Santa.
Dan Shaughnessy joins host Chris Gasper to discuss Bill Belichick?s decision to curb the privileges of Tom Brady?s personal guru, Alex Guerrero.
EDITORIAL
The White House insists the tax bill will be a drain on Donald Trump?s finances, when the opposite is plainly true.
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From his birth until his diagnosis almost eight years later, a little boy and his family endured an onslaught of symptoms.
Michael Beasley carried New York, scoring 28 of his 32 points in the second half.
Calestous Juma was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School?s Belfer Center and a champion of innovation and sustainable international development.
Ask the Carpenter's Rob Robillard cuts through the hyperbole about siding. Get more expert advice at realestate.boston.com.
Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet with Afghan leaders and visit US troops.
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The driver of an SUV who plowed into a crowd on a busy Melbourne street on Thursday, was mentally ill, Australian officials said.
Local investors in bitcoin try to make sense of 2017?s wild ride.
Recordings by the Boston Early Music Festival and Thomas Demenga are among the year?s highlights.
The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
We caught up with the mayor-elect of Framingham to talk all things travel.
The Big Picture
Cities and towns around the world celebrate holidays with festive decorations and traditions.