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As other states take on housing crunch, Mass. still stands pat

In Massachusetts, long considered a progressive state, measures that aim to ease restrictions on construction and blunt some of the nation?s highest housing costs have gone nowhere.

House committee?s impeachment report accuses Trump of abusing power

The House Intelligence Committee released its impeachment report on Tuesday, outlining a ?months-long effort by President Trump to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.?

The five most consequential excerpts from the House Intelligence Committee?s impeachment report

The findings could be the basis for the House Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against the president.
Read the House Intelligence Committee?s full impeachment report Harvard professor who will testify before Judiciary Committee literally wrote book on constitutional law

opinion

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

Pete Buttigieg has made major strides

OPINION | DIANE HESSAN

Our continental divide
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Why did Kamala Harris run for president?
EDITORIAL

Lawmakers should heed science, not anti-vaccine activists

Senator Kamala Harris ends presidential bid
The Democratic US senator from California told supporters in an e-mail that she didn?t have the financial resources needed to continue her campaign.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Hockey
Top goal scorer in the NHL? It?s the Bruins? David Pastrnak
The Bruins haven?t had a scorer of Pastrnak?s ability since Cam Neely.

Bruins top Hurricanes, 2-0, at TD Garden

DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Rest of the nation may think Patriots are done, but we know better
While pundits will poke at the team, and other fans will revel, the Patriots will regroup as they always do.

obituary

Edward J. Doherty, former managing editor who ?understood Globe readers,? dies at 91

12 photos that show how Greater Boston handled the first snowstorm of the season

Some parts of Massachusetts got as much as two feet of snow over the last few days and school districts around the region canceled classes on Monday and Tuesday.
See how much snow has fallen in your area Snow totals in some areas of Mass. have hit 2 feet since Sunday Map: Snow totals in the Northeast
Boston and Massachusetts blanketed in snow
The storm system that arrived in Massachusetts Sunday continued to dump copious amounts of snow throughout Boston and Cambridge on Tuesday. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff, Video by Shelby Lum and Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff)
Ask the Globe

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts?

Ask the Globe is a series where curious readers pose questions they'd like us to probe. We track down an answer and share the story of what we find.

Here?s why people are reacting so viscerally to the ?Grace in Boston? Peloton commercial

On its surface, the commercial seems innocuous enough. However, the holiday-themed ad featuring ?Grace in Boston? has sparked a slew of horrified and disgusted reactions.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

A new coach won?t be enough to take Boston College football to the big-time

Boston College may find limited success, but it will always be a middle-of-the-pack college football program.
Former Boston College football players air grievances with Steve Addazio in wake of coach?s firing
DEVRA FIRST

Restaurant guide: Where to eat in Providence, R.I.

There may be no better way to get a flavor of the city than through its restaurants. Here is where to eat.
Spotlight Followup

Solutions for the traffic crisis? Globe readers have plenty

The Globe Spotlight Team?s series on the Boston area?s transportation crisis, ?Seeing Red,? hit a nerve with readers. The Globe received hundreds of online comments and suggestions for breaking the gridlock. Here are some of your solutions.
Spotlight report: Seeing red in Boston's traffic
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Harvard graduate students walk off the job after negotiations stall

Police in Maine looking for woman, 37, who went missing last week

Petition to block state taxpayer funding for abortions falls short

After controversy over racial slur, review recommends policy changes for Cambridge schools

Recommended Reads

It?s a bottle but so much more. Would you pay $100 to carry water?

Once an afterthought, the humble water bottle has emerged as a designer product ? the ?it? accessory of the moment.

Remembering ? and honoring ? Worcester?s six fallen firefighters, 20 years later
The 1999 fire at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. claimed the lives of six firefighters.

Meet Lauren Birchfield Kennedy, a Harvard-educated lawyer and children?s advocate who?s also Joe Kennedy?s wife
Lauren Birchfield Kennedy will be in the glare of the spotlight now that her husband has launched a high-profile primary challenge to Senator Edward Markey.

Rhode Island

A cybersecurity researcher used a small R.I. town to point out a big problem

A cybersecurity researcher used a small town in the smallest state to demonstrate that it?s way too easy to clone the town?s real website.

Rhode Island EMS crews brought patients to the hospital with misplaced breathing tubes: None of them survived

A misplaced breathing tube can be fatal
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Sports

Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak with shutout in 500th NHL appearance

Bruins turned on the offense just in time

Patriots? offense has struggled, but is Tom Brady responsible? Let?s look at the Next-Gen stats

Politics / Business

Some Elizabeth Warren backers urge the ?plans? candidate to get more personal

The five most incisive excerpts from the House Intelligence Committee?s impeachment report

House committee?s impeachment report accuses Trump of abusing power

Nation / World

Appeals court refuses to block House subpoena for Trump?s financial records

Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to charge of misusing campaign funds

Lifestyle

Holiday Pops season strikes a chord of togetherness

?Unicorn puppy? finds his forever home ? he?ll stay with his Missouri rescue mission

Mistletoe Ball kicks off the holiday season at Fairmont Copley Plaza

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting
President Trump?s promise to restore US trade dominance won him deep support in farm country, which helped him secure his narrow victory in Wisconsin in 2016. But there are signs that some farmers are running out of patience with the trade wars.

More from the Battleground project

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

What happened after a young Trump voter in Michigan transformed into a vegan AOC fan
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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(Unsent) Love Letters

Columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein and psychotherapist and ?Where Should We Begin?? podcast host Esther Perel explore the messages we keep to ourselves.
Podcast: Listen to Love Letters Season 3
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Save democracy. Unfriend Facebook

OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Elizabeth Warren cries and tries to regain ground with voters
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

The Mueller Report was not a hoax
OPINON | JOAN WICKERSHAM

Welcome to the KGB hotel
IDEAS | SHAUL AMSTERDAMSKI

The death of free markets
EDITORIAL

Trump undermines the military

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Remembering the fatal 1999 Worcester fire

Photos of Massachusetts? first major snowfall of the season

Photos: Preserving community in Chinatown

Photos: Downtown Crossing Christmas tree lightning

Metro

Amid backlash over plan to evict artists, Boston Center for the Arts delays new residency program

The center?s leaders told artists who rent heavily subsidized workspace on Tremont Street that the residency program would not begin until June 2021.

After controversy over racial slur, review recommends policy changes for Cambridge schools

The review came after a white School Committee member used the full version of the n-word during a classroom discussion about racial language earlier this year.

Small earthquake reported in Plymouth

The epicenter of the 2.1 magnitude earthquake was near Apollo Eleven and Aldrin roads, according to the US Geological Survey.

Snow winding down after days of stormy weather

The National Weather Service dropped winter weather warnings and watches for Massachusetts around 1 p.m. Tuesday as a persistent storm began to peter out after dropping more than 2 feet of snow in some areas.

Two Cohasset police officers receive national honor from Attorney General William Barr
Officers Aaron Bates and Alexander Stotik, who saved the life of a woman during a brutal attack, were among 19 law enforcement officials nationally who received the third annual Attorney General?s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing.

Lottery
Lottery results from Tuesday drawings

STAT

How a billionaire couple greased the skids for Nancy Pelosi?s drug pricing bill

Why the surge in EEE cases? Rules on samples mean we may never know

Report hints at why vaping illnesses may have sprung up in 2019

With ketamine, researchers rewrite memories in bid to curb drinking

sports

Boston College AD: Goal for Steve Addazio?s replacement will be making top 25

Martin Jarmond said the Eagles were far from reaching their potential, and he hopes to have a new coach in place by Dec. 18.

Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak with shutout in 500th NHL appearance

He became the 74th goalie in league history to reach the milestone, considered the equal of 1,000 games for a skater.

Bruins turned on the offense just in time

With two goals in the final five minutes, Boston upped its winning streak to eight.

Patriots? offense has struggled, but is Tom Brady responsible? Let?s look at the Next-Gen stats

The advanced statistics don?t show much evidence of a decline for the quarterback, rather a dropoff in his receivers.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Rest of the nation may think Patriots are done, but we know better
While pundits will poke at the team, and other fans will revel, the Patriots will regroup as they always do.

Soccer notebook
In Ballon d?Or race, Lionel Messi goes up by one on Cristiano Ronaldo
Messi, 32, appears near his peak and Ronaldo, who finished third in the voting and turns 35 in February, could be past it

Politics

Some Elizabeth Warren backers urge the ?plans? candidate to get more personal
The Massachusetts senator has trimmed her policy-laden stump speech as she has lost her polling lead in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Reebok?s newest shoe is primarily made out of plants, not petroleum
It?s a noble goal, helping to save the planet. Reebok?s stated plan: to do it one step at a time.

Marijuana

Marijuana cultivation warrants served in Southern California
Riverside County sheriff?s deputies have served seven search warrants at sites of alleged illegal marijuana cultivation.

magazine
Perspective

Frustrated by Boston?s public school registration process? You?re not alone
Top Places to Work

The 2019 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts
Holiday Style

Recipes: 5 classic holiday treats made simple
Cooking

Recipes: Three classic Thanksgiving side dishes made easier

sports

Bruins blank Hurricanes at Garden

Save Minor League Baseball Task Force introduced

Mass. college basketball teams have more questions than answers right now

metro

12 photos that show how Greater Boston handled the first snowstorm of the season

Snow winding down after days of stormy weather

Two Cohasset police officers receive national honor from Attorney General William Barr

Nation

PG&E could have prevented deadly California fire, state says

William Barr is said to doubt report backing FBI in 2016 Russia inquiry

The five most incisive excerpts from the House Intelligence Committee?s impeachment report

World

Finland?s prime minister resigns over postal service dispute

UN says half of Zimbabwe?s people face severe hunger

Fresh protests gather in Najaf, amid talks over new premier

politics

The five most incisive excerpts from the House Intelligence Committee?s impeachment report

House committee?s impeachment report accuses Trump of abusing power

Senator Kamala Harris ends presidential bid

business

Reebok?s newest shoe is primarily made out of plants, not petroleum

Trump says trade deal with China could wait until after 2020 election

SimpliSafe gets a new CEO

lifestyle

Holiday Pops season strikes a chord of togetherness

?Unicorn puppy? finds his forever home ? he?ll stay with his Missouri rescue mission

Mistletoe Ball kicks off the holiday season at Fairmont Copley Plaza

marijuana

Marijuana cultivation warrants served in Southern California

Arkansas may revoke retailers? inactive medical marijuana licenses

Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease

opinion

Pete Buttigieg has made major strides

Our continental divide

Choosing, using, and losing your health care: A policy first-aid kit

food & dining

Recipe: When cozy food is in order, clean out the fridge and turn it into vegetable ragu

Recipe: Lightly charred, crispy-skinned roasted sweet potatoes get a head start in the microwave

Recipe: Sauteed scallops with brown butter are served on a bed of fennel and blood orange

travel

Santas hit the slopes, a new beer tour debuts, and these buds might be for you

New flights out of Boston; how to score travel deals; Logan ranks low on reliability

Stymied about what to give? Check out these locally made goods (bonus points for up-cycling and attitude)

Books

Booker Prize winner ?Girl, Woman, Other? an enlightening, exuberant epic for right now

From ?Desk 88,? Senator Sherrod Brown follows a parade of progressives

?Africaville? author Jeffrey Colvin finds a good read wherever life takes him

Movies

Celebrating exemplary students, unmasking an execrable teacher

Recalling the Troubles and a troubled father-son relationship in ?The Image You Missed?

?Recorder? rewinds the life of an inveterate screen saver

Television

In praise of Elizabeth Perkins, patron saint of mothers on the verge of a breakdown

Here?s what our TV critic thinks you should watch today

Gabrielle Union?s firing from ?America?s Got Talent? draws celebrity condemnation, an investigation

music

Christian Zacharias returns to the BSO with Schumann and Brahms

The old gang from WBCN is getting back together

Composer Lei Liang scores $100,000 award for BMOP commission

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet?s ?Nutcracker? keeps the faith

The musical that could capture ?Moby-Dick?

Broadway star Lillias White kicks off a new Thanksgiving tradition in Quincy

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Edward J. Doherty, former managing editor who ?understood Globe readers,? dies at 91

Allan Gerson, lawyer who sought justice for Lockerbie bombing victims, 74

Mariss Jansons, who led top orchestras, dies