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Democrats poised to hit Trump with two articles of impeachment

Democrats are expected to put forward one charge against President Trump of abuse of power and another of obstruction of Congress. Republicans are continuing with their criticisms of the process and support of Trump.

Kevin Cullen
The White House is tougher on American college professors than on Saudi Arabia
What?s wrong with this picture: Members of a contemptible Saudi regime continue to be welcomed into the US, but an academic from Middlebury College was barred from speaking at a conference of American allies in Denmark because he criticized President Trump.

FBI showed no political bias in Russia probe, Justice Department report says

The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, despite ?serious performance failures,? the Justice Department?s internal watchdog said Monday. The findings undercut President Trump?s claim that he was the target of a ?witch hunt.?

Boston activist wins City Council race by a single vote after recount

Julia Mejia, a first-time candidate for office, won the city?s fourth and final at-large seat, beating Alejandra St. Guillen 22,492 votes to 22,491 votes.

opinion

EDITORIAL

Police body cam rollout hits a snag
Ideas | Loretta Waldman

We?re all shark researchers now
OPINION | Conrad Crawford and Jim Stergios

Dynamic pricing for the Expressway
Editorial

What should our Editorial Board ask the 2020 presidential candidates?

Merriam-Webster declares ?they? its 2019 word of the year

A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, ?they,? has an accolade all its own. The search traffic for the personal pronoun on the internet dictionary increased by 313 percent in the last year.

Maps: Snowfall levels and arrival times for Wednesday's storm

53 from Mass. who were prescribed OxyContin died of overdose this year

Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, who is being sued over the addictive nature of its opioid drugs, said in a statement that the statistics were ?highly misleading.?
Celtics 110, Cavaliers 88

Kemba Walker shows how it?s done as Celtics roll over Cavaliers

 Observations from Gordon Hayward's return to the court

Red Sox discussed trading Jackie Bradley Jr. to the Mets

Andrew Benintendi in a better place with his hitting, trying to put 2019 behind him
Senators 5, Bruins 2

Bruins unable to overcome flawed start in setback at Ottawa

 Stumble in Ottawa kicks off Bruins' road trip

Patriots acknowledge video crew taped Bengals? sideline, unknowingly breaking NFL rule
In a statement, the Patriots said the video crew included independent contractors who shot the video.

Former NFL officials supervisor: Patriots-Chiefs crew was not up to league standards Shaughnessy: Patriots fans should not be complaining about officiating Week 14 in review: Could the Patriots be the sixth-best team in the AFC?
More recent headlines

Brief gas emergency plays out in Acton after icicle pierces line

Authorities locate boat that sank with 4 fishermen aboard

Yarmouth Police seize more than three kilograms of fentanyl

California woman to plead guilty in college admissions scam case
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.

Larry Edelman
Inflation is no longer a scourge. Thank Paul Volcker
Paul Volcker, who died Sunday at 92, is best known for taming inflation as chairman of the Federal Reserve in the 1980s. His Boston friends also remember a man with enormous decency and humanity.

Report: Colleges aren?t doing enough to prepare students for Mass. life-sciences jobs
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation says job growth is far outstripping the number of qualified candidates for positions.

Innovation Economy: Biotech companies scramble to fill open jobs

Hundreds of scholars protest Harvard?s decision to deny tenure to Latinx studies professor
The decision to deny Lorgia García Peña tenure demonstrates a ?refusal to recognize the invaluable contributions of [work in her field] to the larger academic community,? the scholars said in a letter.

Globe Santa
It?s not the reindeer and elves, it?s people like Linda, Tammy, and Sue
For 11 years, Tammy McFarland has been a family advocate, leading the Globe Santa team in Taunton that processes requests. She deals with the struggles of families trying to provide a joyous Christmas against the odds.

Donate to Globe Santa

Recommended Reads

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

A plea from a friend, via a hacked e-mail account, is a cautionary tale about scams

Judy Murphy didn?t think it would happen to her. ?I?m a capable person,? she said. And she still fell for a gift-cards scheme.

Joe Biden offers up fire and folksiness on his ?No Malarkey? tour in Iowa
The campaign swing showed he was more than willing to deliver some punches ? and not just at President Trump.

Forget Cyber Monday. We need Marital Fight Saturday, Muffin Top Wednesday?
With our annual holiday stress tests underway, we need some emotional support days.

Rhode Island

Now in control of Providence schools, R.I. education commissioner learns running is district is no easy task

In an exclusive interview with the Globe, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green said that in the final weeks of 2019, she expects to release an independent financial analysis on the district?s budget, hire up to six high-level employees, and select a new curriculum for students.

Cicilline?s all in on impeachment; Langevin not there yet

R.I. nonprofit has made food for 10 million malnourished children in 55 countries
Newton

Sports

Eagles top Giants in overtime

A suitor will soon come looking for Kevin Love

Kemba Walker shows how it?s done as Celtics roll over Cavaliers

Politics / Business

Democrats poised to hit Trump with two articles of impeachment

Consulting firm where Pete Buttigieg used to work will allow him to release names of clients

Joe Biden offers up fire and folksiness on his ?No Malarkey? tour in Iowa

Nation / World

California church shows Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as a separated refugee family

India takes step toward blocking naturalization for Muslims

Lifestyle

CenterStage gala raises $2.5 million for Mass General Cancer Center research

Why should he pay American Airlines to drop the last leg of his flight if the carrier canceled it?

Boston makes Travel + Leisure?s list of top 50 places to visit in 2020

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

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.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
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.
Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

(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

EDITORIAL

The 2020 election must be a time of reckoning on climate change
Shola Lawal

Exporting the American Dream
OPINION | AYANNA PRESSLEY AND MONIQUE MORRIS

A just society doesn?t criminalize girls
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Bill Barr?s troubling view of law enforcement
EDITORIAL

Impeach the president
OPINION | David Ureña

I am a public servant, not a public charge

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Patriots vs. Chiefs

Globe staff photos of the month, November 2019

At Millbrook Farm in Concord, an early Christmas miracle

Photos of Massachusetts? first major snowfall of the season

metro

Maps: Snowfall levels and arrival times for Wednesday?s storm
These maps outline the exact timing of the storm for various communities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island and highlight how many inches of snowfall towns can expect when all is said and done Wednesday.

53 from Mass. who were prescribed OxyContin died of overdose this year

Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, who is being sued over the addictive nature of its opioid drugs, said in a statement that the statistics were ?highly misleading.?

Orange Line passengers say woes are nothing new

To many commuters who depend on its unpredictable service, rush hour after crowded rush hour, life on the Orange Line has been more than a recent flurry of negative news. It has been a daily indignity.
Globe Santa

It?s not the reindeer and elves, it?s people like Linda, Tammy, and Sue

Kevin Cullen

The White House is tougher on American college professors than on Saudi Arabia

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

Minor League Baseball

Minors president: Negotiations with MLB ?productive?

MiLB president Pat O?Conner addressed minor league owners at the Winter Meetings, emphasizing unity and solidarity
Eagles 23, Giants 17 (OT)

Eagles top Giants in overtime

Carson Wentz rallied the Eagles from a 14-point deficit, tossing a 2-yard TD pass to Zach Ertz in overtime.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

A suitor will soon come looking for Kevin Love
Celtics 110, Cavaliers 88

Kemba Walker shows how it?s done as Celtics roll over Cavaliers

Politics

Democrats poised to hit Trump with two articles of impeachment

Business

Report: Colleges aren?t doing enough to prepare students for Mass. life-sciences jobs

Marijuana

New rule proposed in Rhode Island for out-of-state medical marijuana users
magazine
Globe Magazine

The forgotten story of ?America?s most famous tool?
Perspective

The gangly LGBTQ+ acronym came from a good place. But we can do better.
Connections

My boyhood friend was forced to join the Taliban. He deserved better
Miss Conduct

My husband hates that our neighbors Airbnb their spare bedroom

sports

Andrew Benintendi?s ?in a better place? with his hitting

Pete Frates was an inspiration to all of baseball

When Tacko Fall met Kevin Garnett

metro

Maps: Snowfall levels and arrival times for Wednesday?s storm

53 from Mass. who were prescribed OxyContin died of overdose this year

Orange Line passengers say woes are nothing new

Nation

AG criticizes report?s finding of no bias in FBI Russia inquiry

Democrats expected to draft two articles of impeachment against Trump, one on abuse of power, the other on obstruction of Congress

Supreme Court won?t review abortion law challenged by doctors who say it violates their right to free speech

World

Italy investigates Maltese prof implicated in Russia probe

Up to 13 feared dead in volcanic eruption off New Zealand

5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano

politics

Consulting firm where Pete Buttigieg used to work will allow him to release names of clients

Joe Biden offers up fire and folksiness on his ?No Malarkey? tour in Iowa

Former congresswoman Katie Hill says, ?I?m in the fight?

business

Report: Colleges aren?t doing enough to prepare students for Mass. life-sciences jobs

PG&E stock jumps on report of settlement in wildfire cases

Business agenda

lifestyle

CenterStage gala raises $2.5 million for Mass General Cancer Center research

Why should he pay American Airlines to drop the last leg of his flight if the carrier canceled it?

Boston makes Travel + Leisure?s list of top 50 places to visit in 2020

marijuana

New rule proposed in Rhode Island for out-of-state medical marijuana users

Vaping 101: A crash course on how it works

Mass. health officials concede lung patients may have used illicit vapes, too

opinion

How can Boston get trucks to stop blocking traffic?

A Nobel love story

T stands not for MBTA, but for ?troubled,? or ?tardy,? or . . .

food & dining

Elaine Hsieh went from being a doctor to being a chocolatier, and now her conversations with people are a lot more fun

Lumiere in Newton, a special occasion destination for 20 years, set to close in February

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

travel

Why should he pay American Airlines to drop the last leg of his flight if the carrier canceled it?

An amateur and his bike take on the Alps

By car, train, plane, and ferry: 4 long weekend winter getaways

Books

?The German House? an underwhelming tale of overcoming history

Local bestsellers for the week ending 12/1

?Disappearing Earth? author Julia Phillips always has something good on hold

Movies

HBO?s ?Finding the Way Home? shows children betrayed ? and rescued

Beethoven as inspiration; dogs as art; babies as burdens

A different sort of papal conclave in ?The Two Popes?

Television

?The Morning Show? offers an eye-opening take on a TV anchor?s bad behavior

Miss Universe winner: We should be teaching young girls to ?take up space?

In Netflix special ?Joke Show,' Michelle Wolf takes no prisoners

music

Composer Matthew Aucoin is ?uncomplicatedly excited? for his new opera

?Hallelujah? for Amanda Forsythe and Ann McMahon Quintero in Boston Baroque?s ?Messiah?

Bringing Schoenberg to the shadow of a five-story steam engine

Theater/Dance

More valleys than peaks in ?Dolly Parton?s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol?

A spirited ?Oliver!? at New Rep

Boston Ballet?s ?Nutcracker? keeps the faith

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

Pete Frates, who raised millions for ALS research by championing the Ice Bucket Challenge, dies at 34

Rapper Juice WRLD dies after medical emergency in Chicago

Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch on ?Sesame Street,? dies at 85