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Rep. Lori Trahan?s campaign finances will be investigated further by House Ethics Committee

The House Ethics Committee is conducting a further investigation of US Representative Lori Trahan after congressional investigators found ?substantial reason to believe? that she violated campaign finance laws in her upset election victory in 2018.

In Boston and Cambridge, crowds call for Trump?s impeachment
At a Boston Common rally on Tuesday, the crowd chanted ?Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go.? 8:37 p.m.

Trump denounces ?partisan impeachment crusade? as House vote looms

As Democrats reached a critical threshold, gathering majority support for articles of impeachment that charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the president raged against the proceeding. 3 hours ago
Read President Trump?s letter to Speaker Pelosi Ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail

opinion | scot lehigh
Censure, don?t impeach Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could rightly say that with the election less than a year away, members decided to leave the decision to remove Trump from office to the American people, at the ballot box.

Here?s where the Mass. delegation stands on Wednesday?s impeachment vote

 Mass.?s McGovern in the spotlight as Rules Committee discusses impeachment vote PolitiFact: Trump?s claim that whistleblower was wrong about Ukraine call was the ?Lie of the Year?

opinion

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

Lindsey Graham and the impeachment pearl-clutchers
OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Russia isn?t the biggest threat to our elections. It?s Republicans
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Breaking news: James Comey says he was wrong
Editorial

What should our Editorial Board ask the 2020 presidential candidates?

In Boston and beyond, black Santas remain elusive
For many in the black community, both in Boston and elsewhere, finding a Santa their children can see themselves in can be a frustrating ? and sometimes fruitless ? endeavor.

A Kennedy is mulling a congressional run in N.J.
Amy Kennedy, who is married to former 8-term Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy, says she is considering running to replace Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a freshman House Democrat who plans to become a Republican, in New Jersey?s 2nd Congressional District. 3 hours ago

States disclose details of new emissions controls that would drive up gas prices
Officials in a dozen Northeast and mid-Atlantic states rolled out details on Tuesday for an ambitious plan to control greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles by creating new fuel controls at the wholesale level, potentially driving up the cost of gas at the pump for motorists.

More recent headlines

Prosecutors drop charges against man accused of raping five women at gunpoint

Officer pleads not guilty after 11-year-old alleged shoplifter was assaulted in Boston Primark store

First calf of endangered right whale calving season spotted off Georgia

Tell us about your online holiday shopping woes

They say online shopping makes everything easier ? but if that's true, why does it seem so stressful? We want to hear all about your online shopping stress.

Zoning change clears the way for CambridgeSide mall?s redevelopment
The developer?s plans call for an additional 575,000 square feet of space that would include housing, offices, and labs.

Kings 4, Bruins 3
Kings drop Bruins in overtime
Anze Kopitar scored at 3:23 of the overtime period. 2 hours ago

Woman killed by falling debris near Times Square
As Erica L. Tishman was walking on the southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 49th Street, the unimaginable happened.

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shirley leung

Finally, a woman breaks up the all-male boardroom of this Waltham company

A month ago, I told readers to remember the name of a local company that had the ignominious distinction of having no women on its board and no women in its executive suite.

Sex work or sexual abuse? US Representative Pressley, activists debate decriminalizing prostitution
The D.C. Council considered a decriminalization proposal last month, New York state is weighing two alternative plans, and US Representative Ayanna Pressley recently called for federal decriminalization.

Can kids? teeth reveal emotional trauma? A new study suggests yes
Researchers at MGH say microscopic markings within children?s teeth could be a novel tool for detecting trauma.

Rhode Island

R.I. Senate leaders won?t support marijuana legalization in upcoming legislative session

Massachusetts legalized marijuana more than a year ago. But Democratic Senate leaders in Rhode Island say they are concerned about pot?s ?debilitating effect? on the state?s young people.

Interim Providence school superintendent leaving post Friday

No snow day in Providence as other R.I. districts cancel school
Newton

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.

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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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spotlight fellow report

The federal government has one main law to prevent child abuse. No state follows all of it

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.
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

Why NATO, at the ripe age of 70, still matters

OPINION | Alex Beam

The dreaded ?Super-Merry Christmas? letter
Editorial Cartoon | Dan Wasserman

A jury of his peers
OPINION | NIALL FERGUSON

A Brexit victory for Britain ? and Boris
EDITORIAL

Danger at the T
EDITORIAL

Impeach the president

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Mourners remember Pete Frates at funeral

Photos: Santa Speedo Run through the years

Fitting 7-foot-5-inch Tacko Fall for a tuxedo is no small feat

The last full moon of the decade is here

metro

Good Samaritan frees trapped FedEx truck driver in crash on I-290 in Auburn
The person used a crow bar to pry open the driver?s side of the mangled FedEx truck, an Auburn fire official said.

In Charlestown, man nabbed after allegedly stealing truck with $10,000 worth of lobster

A 29-year-old South Boston man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly stole a truck containing at least $10,000 worth of lobsters early Tuesday in Charlestown, Boston police said.

Prosecutors drop charges against man accused of raping five women at gunpoint

Joseph Losano, a 53-year-old ex-Marine, had been slated to stand trial in January for allegedly picking up the women in the ?Methadone Mile? area of Boston between 2017 and 2018 on the pretext of paying for sex, then pulling a gun and sexually assaulting them.

A Kennedy is mulling a congressional run in N.J.

2 teens gravely injured on icy road in Bourne; officials caution driving conditions are dangerous

STAT

Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future

Huntington?s clinical trial opens a door to hope ? but only if patients get in

Families reeling after FDA rejects therapy for kids without a thymus

Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks

sports

NGL notebook

Lions support coach Matt Patricia, GM Bob Quinn despite seven-game skid

The Lions (3-10-1) have lost seven in a row ? for the first time in seven years ? and 10 of 11 games after a 2-0-1 start.
Patriots

Stephon Gilmore leads group of three Patriots? Pro Bowl selections

Cornerback is joined by Matthew Slater and Dont?a Hightower.
Kings 4, Bruins 3

Kings drop Bruins in overtime
PATRIOTS

Bills no longer a typical AFC East pushover for the Patriots

Politics

Here?s where the Mass. delegation stands on Wednesday?s impeachment vote

Business

Some Amazon customers have been playing a waiting game ? and it?s frustrating

Marijuana

Atlanta mayor wants to restrict access to pot conviction records
magazine
cover story

Meet the 2019 Bostonians of the Year: Andrew Lelling and Rachael Rollins

Honorable Mention

The Celtics? Enes Kanter stands tall for human rights
Honorable Mention

To make a deaf child feel welcome, this neighborhood learned sign language
Honorable Mention

The Harvard and MIT economists finding new ways to fight global poverty

sports

Patriots film study: Tom Brady is playing like a shell of his former self

Braintree confident as season begins

Red Sox prospect Noah Song?s process of obtaining active-duty waiver from Navy isn?t over yet

metro

Good Samaritan frees trapped FedEx truck driver in crash on I-290 in Auburn

In Charlestown, man nabbed after allegedly stealing truck with $10,000 worth of lobster

Prosecutors drop charges against man accused of raping five women at gunpoint

Nation

Court orders FBI to fix national security wiretaps after damning report

Democratic debate will go on, after labor agreement is reached

Here?s where the Mass. delegation stands on Wednesday?s impeachment vote

World

UK?s Johnson seeks to rule out Brexit trade pact delay

Protests of India?s citizenship law grow, along with clashes

Pope abolishes ?pontifical secret? in clergy sex abuse cases

politics

Mass.?s McGovern in the spotlight as Rules Committee discusses impeachment vote

In letter to Pelosi, Trump angrily objects to impeachment, calls it ?perversion?

House passes $1.4 trillion federal spending bill that includes money for border fence, domestic programs

business

Some Amazon customers have been playing a waiting game ? and it?s frustrating

Biz groups largely stand behind Baker on regional carbon charge

Southwest to cancel hundreds of Boeing 737 Max flights

lifestyle

Boston to declare Wednesday ?Little Women Day'

Easy-on-the-budget bottles make the season bright

Where hipster lodge meets nature?s playground

marijuana

Atlanta mayor wants to restrict access to pot conviction records

Police: Marijuana Christmas gifts sniffed out at Nashville airport

Pot firms? grim reality: cash crunch, no US bankruptcy access

opinion

Hallmark Channel sent the wrong message

Democrats can?t overlook warning signs of Boris Johnson?s victory

In case you were wondering, Mitt, this is your moment

food & dining

A sweet idea: no-mess maple syrup

A beautiful, functional pepper mill

A party punch that might have been

travel

Easy-on-the-budget bottles make the season bright

Where hipster lodge meets nature?s playground

Deals on ?The Nutcracker,? plus tiny homes in a scenic spot, and a beer train through beauty

Books

?Letters About Literature,' bonuses for bookstores, and a conquered ?Divide?

In ?The Age of Anxiety,? Pete Townshend?s writing no substitute for his rock

?Crisis of Conscience? author Tom Mueller finds respite from fraud in fiction

Movies

Standing ovation at ?Rise of Skywalker? premiere

?Little Women,? lots of prizes

Anna Karina, icon of French New Wave, dead at 79

Television

Feeling conflicted about ?Shameless?

The week in watching: Must-flee TV, Hallmark?s cowardice, live Lear sitcoms

?SNL? takes on holidays in America, Greta Thunberg and Trump in cold open

music

At Jordan Hall, Longwood Symphony joined by soloists Ninomiya and Déjardin

Céline Dion delivers big moments in a TD Garden lovefest

Run AMOC! festival lights up Harvard Square

Theater/Dance

This ?Christmas Revels? goes to the American heartland

A captivating ?Moby-Dick? that ripples through time

The life-and-death stakes of Moonbox?s ?Parade?

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

William Luce; playwright wrote ?Belle of Amherst?

Richard Easton, stage veteran and Tony winner, dies at 86

Fred Burnham, ?resilient? longtime Haverhill sports editor, dies at 81