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6 people killed in Jersey City shooting, including officer

A police officer, three bystanders, and two suspects were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy gunfire for about an hour. The shootout is believed not to be an act of terrorism. 9 minutes ago

House Democrats charge Trump with two articles of impeachment
House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Trump ? abuse of power and obstruction of Congress ? pushing toward historic votes over charges that he corrupted the US election process and endangered national security. 2 hours ago

5 things to know Read the articles of impeachment

Dave Epstein
A little snow is coming Wednesday. Here?s what to expect
This is a very quick-moving and relatively insignificant system, but it can still affect the morning commute disproportionately to the snowfall total. 3 hours ago

Maps: Snowfall prediction and arrival times Cold front to arrive with a dose of snow

Kim Janey claims votes to be next Boston City Council president

St. Guillen concedes City Council election that ended in a one-vote difference

opinion

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

Trumping truth: The president and his defenders are sticking with their absurd story
OPINION | Michael Cohen

The Liars Club: a president and a political party that cannot tell the truth
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Who?s the boss? Nancy Pelosi
Editorial

What should our Editorial Board ask the 2020 presidential candidates?

Late Globe writer Nick Cafardo wins baseball?s J.G. Taylor Spink Award
The honor recognizes meritorious contributions to baseball writing. Cafardo will be celebrated in July in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Bengals are said to be ?livid? over Patriots? illegal videotaping
It is uncertain whether there will be any discipline for the Patriots, who have admitted to an inadvertent violation. 2 hours ago

Bill Belichick says he had ?no knowledge? of Patriots filming Bengals? sidelines Chad Finn: It?s not time to call Tom Brady finished. It?s time to appreciate what he?s doing even more
Alex Speier

Here?s what the Red Sox would face if they don?t get under the luxury tax threshold this year

The penalties for continuing to exceed the luxury tax threshold would only get more severe.
Trading Mookie Betts doesn?t seem to be high priority for Red Sox

Boston College running back AJ Dillon declares for NFL Draft
Dillon, who leaves Chestnut Hill as the Eagles? all-time rushing leader, will forgo playing in the Birmingham Bowl.

NAMES

Megan Rapinoe talks activism, pay equity, and sports longevity ahead of speech at Boston women?s conference

The soccer icon will be a keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston on Thursday, Dec. 12.
More recent headlines

Tree worker fatally injured in Wakefield

Man, 18, arrested after confronting, shooting at man in Chelmsford during argument

TSA stops man from flying with loaded gun in messenger bag at Portland International Jetport
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.

THOMAS FARRAGHER
Dan Snow: An artist who works in stone
He?s a master craftsman who builds walls that are sturdy works of art. Simply put: Snow is a stone whisperer.

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

dan shaughnessy
As a ballplayer and a person, Pete Frates hit it out of the park
Before he was famous, Frates was just a baseball player from Boston College who hit a home run at Fenway Park. But after being diagnosed with ALS, Pete would go on to global fame as an inspirational figure, kick-starting the Ice Bucket Challenge fund-raising campaign that may yet lead to a cure for the disease.

Timeline: Looking back at Pete Frates?s life

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.

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.

Rhode Island

Providence schools might be in worse shape than you thought

We?ve heard a lot about the struggles of Providence schools over the last six months, but the Johns Hopkins University professor who led the review of the district is making it clear that Rhode Island?s largest school district is in even worse shape than most state leaders thought.

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

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

Sports

Patriots targeting ways to get N?Keal Harry more opportunities

Bengals are said to be ?livid? over Patriots? illegal videotaping

Trading Mookie Betts doesn?t seem to be high priority for Red Sox

Politics / Business

Trump meets Russian official as impeachment charges unveiled

Trump tweets sharp criticism of FBI head Wray after Russia probe report

Democrats, White House forge new North American trade deal

Nation / World

FTC reaches $191 million settlement with University of Phoenix in deceptive-advertising probe

In UK campaign, online disinformation abounds ? often spread by the politicians themselves

Lifestyle

There?s more to ski vacations than skiing and riding

Megan Rapinoe talks activism, pay equity, and sports longevity ahead of speech at Boston women?s conference

As tourism gets complicated, your guide is more likely to have a graduate degree

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.
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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

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

Yuri Luzhkov, former Moscow mayor, dies at 83
As mayor from 1992 to 2010, Mr. Luzhkov oversaw an ambitious municipal overhaul, navigating the difficult transition from Soviet communism to capitalism with a combination of czar-like decisiveness and a flair for populist gestures.

Man found guilty of murdering two doctors in South Boston condo

Teixeira was removed from the court room after an outburst in which he yelled, ?Want to know his last words?? apparently referring to the slaying of Dr. Field.
Adrian Walker

Fixing the T will take more than just tightening our belts

A scathing new report says the MBTA has placed managing its finances over safety and reliable daily operations. That will ring true to many users, who haven?t seen fiscal health translate into better service.

Man found guilty of murdering two doctors in South Boston condo

Kim Janey claims votes to be next Boston City Council president

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

With roster, Red Sox don?t have a to-do list ? more like what-if

Things are so fluid that even they can?t say what the plan is until the first dominos start to fall.
PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Patriots targeting ways to get N?Keal Harry more opportunities

Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is exploring ways to make better use of the rookie receiver?s skills.

Bengals are said to be ?livid? over Patriots? illegal videotaping

Trading Mookie Betts doesn?t seem to be high priority for Red Sox

Politics

Trump meets Russian official as impeachment charges unveiled

Business

Business agenda

Marijuana

Mass. vape sales ban lifts Wednesday ? what happens next?

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

Here?s what the Red Sox would face if they don?t get under the luxury tax threshold this year

Boston College running back AJ Dillon declares for NFL Draft

Bill Belichick says he had ?no knowledge? of Patriots filming Bengals? sidelines

metro

Yuri Luzhkov, former Moscow mayor, dies at 83

Man found guilty of murdering two doctors in South Boston condo

Fixing the T will take more than just tightening our belts

Nation

National Spelling Bee will have fewer wild cards next year

Democrats announce articles of impeachment against Trump

Watch live: House committee announces two articles of impeachment against President Trump

World

5 things to know about the impeachment announcement by House Democrats

Cyclone hits Madagascar, killing nine and making 1,400 homeless

Six dead from New Zealand volcano as helpers describe horror

politics

Trump tweets sharp criticism of FBI head Wray after Russia probe report

Democrats, White House forge new North American trade deal

Democrats announce articles of impeachment against Trump

business

Business agenda

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

lifestyle

There?s more to ski vacations than skiing and riding

Megan Rapinoe talks activism, pay equity, and sports longevity ahead of speech at Boston women?s conference

As tourism gets complicated, your guide is more likely to have a graduate degree

marijuana

MLB plans to remove marijuana from banned substances list for minor leaguers

Turns out Green Wednesday is real: Cannabis sales spiked just before Thanksgiving

Michigan sales top $1.6M in first week of recreational pot

opinion

Biden?s fiery response to voter could be a turning point ? for good or ill

Hollywood?s disdain for women journalists

The Liars Club

food & dining

Milkadamia may make milk moot

Recipe: Key Lime juice gives these loaf cakes a delightful, bright taste

Where you can learn to finesse a pastry bag

travel

There?s more to ski vacations than skiing and riding

As tourism gets complicated, your guide is more likely to have a graduate degree

Pet-friendly package deals, island retreats, and good eats

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

Gospel documentary ?Say Amen, Somebody? gets ?between the marrow and the bones?

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

Beethoven as inspiration; dogs as art; babies as burdens

Television

Learning to appreciate ?The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?

?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?

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

Yuri Luzhkov, former Moscow mayor, dies at 83

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