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Trump impeachment overshadows Markey-Kennedy Senate race
As impeachment moves to the Senate, the national drama that has overwhelmed the news may provide an opportunity for Markey to show voters back home that he is fighting against the president a sizeable majority of them love to hate. 8:31 p.m.

Former Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill, wife arrested outside Gillette Stadium before Patriots-Bills game

Hill, a 39-year-old lefthander, and his wife were arrested after Caitlin Hill repeatedly tried to enter the stadium with an oversized bag and then refused to leave the grounds.

For a Dorchester restaurant owner, bullets shattered the night: ?He started shooting. I laid down to hide myself'

The owner of a Dorchester restaurant that was sprayed with bullets during a double shooting Sunday night said Monday that she ducked for cover behind the front counter as a masked gunman fired 19 shots into her establishment.

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM
A very MBTA Christmas
If you relied on the T or commuter trains this year, your days were not merry or bright.

Commuter Rail ticket kiosks go down as MBTA tech problems mount

Protesters call on Boston police to withdraw from Israel trip
A group of activists called on Boston police leaders to stop participating in Anti-Defamation League-sponsored trips to Israel, saying the training ?exacerbates problems in this country.?

Jeremy Roenick suspended by NBC Sports for remark about co-worker

Vineyard-to-Falmouth ferry returns to port after steering trouble with 78 aboard

opinion

EDITORIAL

Run the numbers before gambling on third casino
EDITORIAL

A fair trial in the Senate

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

To make Congress better, make it (a lot) bigger
IDEAS | ALEX KRIEGER & MATTHEW KIEFER

Boston?s new gilded age

Bruins 7, Capitals 3
Bruins celebrate win over Capitals and more observations from Causeway Street
Jake DeBrusk, Brad Marchand, Anders Bjork, and Patrice Bergeron all scored in the first period Monday at TD Garden. 2 hours ago

Brad Marchand works way out of scoring rut

Maine man?s giant Jar Jar Binks tattoo lands on Buzzfeed list of ?50 Worst Things On The Internet In 2019?
Mich Ouellette, who lives in South Portland, Maine, loves Jar Jar Binks, and he loves the tattoo on his back ? even if he can't see it. So take that, Buzzfeed.

Somerville couple surprises guests by saying ?I do? during holiday pub crawl
More than 150 guests attended the Dec. 14 pub crawl turned wedding, but just a third of them knew about the festivities beforehand.

Ex-State Police lieutenant pleads guilty to OT abuse charges, sentenced to two years probation
John Giulino, 69, of Lanesborough, was sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court by Associate Justice Michael P. Doolin to two years of probation and ordered to pay back the money he stole and perform 100 hours of community service, according to Attorney General Maura Healey?s office, which prosecuted the case.

Pharmaceutical industry mounts opposition to state?s effort to curb drug costs

DraftKings to go public, combine with tech firm SBTech

Mass. lawmakers seek answers from Amazon over Fall River fulfillment center injuries

Corey Lewandowski sues his lawyer, alleging malpractice

Opinion: Choosing, using, losing your health care: a policy first-aid kit

Part 4: Prognosis

Policy makers must find consensus on meaningful reforms to America?s health care system. In the final installment of a four-part weekly series, Globe Opinion offers prognoses for the future of health care.

We need a national conversation about our health care priorities

What the American health care system could ? and should ? be after January 20, 2021

The future of health care for patients ? and providers ? is value, not volume

Health care should be structured around how patients experience it

The future of health care? Affordability and inclusiveness
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to step down immediately

Former boxing champ Vinny Paz gets probation in Providence assault case

Mass. pot shops offer gift cards during holiday season
Ask the Globe

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts? We want to hear your questions

Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88
The 1960s counterculture spiritual leader experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with Americans.

UMass-Lowell athlete who lost leg hopes to race in 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

Reviews to consider. Coupons to find. For many online shoppers, FOBO is real
Every online purchase leads into a bewildering warren: There are reviews to consider. Coupon codes to hunt down. Is the product soft enough? Safe enough? Will it last? What if there?s something better out there somewhere?

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In Boston Public Schools, some of the smallest pitch in for Globe Santa
The Lyndon School in West Roxbury and many others in Boston deliver for Globe Santa year after year.

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Recommended Reads

Stan Grossfeld

Here?s what Tom Brady Sr. said while reminiscing about his famous son

The father of the Patriots quarterback was respectful of his son?s privacy, as he was asked to be by his son.

Elizabeth Warren?s brothers are a silent fixture of her campaign
The men are Warren?s older brothers ? Don Reed Herring, John Herring and David Herring ? and, at nearly every campaign stop, she introduces herself to voters by talking about them.

Commentary
Trump has the economy ? and history ? on his side
Since the start of the last century, no incumbent has lost a reelection bid when the economy was expanding. Democrats are hoping that this time will be different.

Rhode Island

Judge Caprio just came out with another show. This time his family is in on the action

It should be called ?Keeping up with the Caprios.?

?Ask questions, especially when everybody seems to accept the way something is done.??

This Former Firefighter Has a Criminal Past. Now, He?s on the Board That Advises the State on Its EMS System.
Newton

Newton South jazz ensemble?s holiday concert raises funds for Panama trip

The ensemble treated the audience in Newton South High School?s Seasholes Auditorium to renditions of holiday classics.

Newton artist?s ?universal? menorah is featured at Museum of Fine Arts

Teachers? contract settled in Newton
Year in arts 2019
TELEVISION

Six things television taught us this year

Among the lessons: Second seasons are a bad idea ("Big Little Lies"), except when they're a good idea ("Fleabag").
10 best TV shows of 2019
MOVIES

Ty Burr?s best movies of 2019

It was a good year for the movies and maybe a better year for moviegoers.
VISUAL ARTS

In 2019, New England museums upended ?dominant? narratives, and almost everything was political

Narrow histories were being broadened, often uncomfortably; conventional wisdom was being pushed aside. Things were getting messy. It was time to choose a side.

Books

BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2019

In fiction, an all-too familiar struggle with the facts
BEST nonfiction BOOKS OF 2019

In nonfiction, a moment defined by the #MeToo movement
BEST young adults BOOKS OF 2019

As YA fiction grapples with gender and sexuality, the coming of age tale comes of age

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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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

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

The incredible shrinking House Republicans

OPINION | RENÉE LOTH

No room at Trump?s inn
OPINION | Josephine Wolff

Mass. tax agency has failed to make your security and privacy a priority
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Impeaching Trump is a celebration and national renewal
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Impeachment is forever
EDITORIAL

Impeach the president

VISUAL STORIES

For one Maine family, the long, hard road from ?nowhere? to home

Photos: Patriots defeat Bills in a thrilling AFC East showdown

Photos: Mourners remember Pete Frates at funeral

Photos: Santa Speedo Run through the years

metro

Tacko Fall conducts the Holiday Pops
Tacko Fall lead the Holiday Pops concert at Symphony Hall.

Boston firefighter steps up to provide Christmas presents to family in need

When a Jamaica Plain family?s house caught fire on Dec. 11, Boston firefighter Sam Dillon was among the first responders who helped contain the damage.

Frustration, confusion, then acceptance for Logan?s new Uber drop-off system

The controversial new rules went fully into effect about two weeks ago ? just in time for the holiday travel season.
THOMAS FARRAGHER

Making a home away from home at a Vermont inn

Trump impeachment overshadows Markey-Kennedy Senate race

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

Bruins notebook

Brad Marchand works way out of scoring rut

Before scoring in the first period Monday, Marchand was stuck on 18 goals, having fired blanks on his last 38 shots.
Nicole Yang

Celtics center Enes Kanter allowed to travel to Toronto for game on Christmas

An outspoken critic of the Turkish government, Kanter collaborated with American and Canadian officials so he would be able to safely travel to Canada.
MONDAAY?S SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Ademide Badmus powers Lynn English boys? basketball in overtime vs. Mansfield
MICHAEL SILVERMAN | SPORTS BUSINESS NOTEBOOK

Fenway Sports Group ranks third among richest sports conglomerates

Politics

Elizabeth Warren?s brothers are a silent fixture of her campaign

Business

The lost decade: energy stocks seek relevancy as investors flee

Marijuana

Mass. pot shops offer gift cards during holiday season
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

Inside look at Tom Brady and Bill Belichick sharing the set for NFL 100 All-Time Team

Ravens taking no chances: QB Lamar Jackson to skip finale

Jeremy Roenick suspended by NBC Sports for remark about co-worker

metro

Tacko Fall conducts the Holiday Pops

Boston firefighter steps up to provide Christmas presents to family in need

Frustration, confusion, then acceptance for Logan?s new Uber drop-off system

Nation

Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88

Shark reportedly bites surfer off Southern California coast

Elizabeth Warren?s brothers are a silent fixture of her campaign

World

Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of models and a rave as it looks to polish its image

Saudi court sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi?s killing

Banksy Nativity scene in Bethlehem depicts a bullet hole over baby Jesus

politics

Inside impeachment: How an ?urgent? tip became ?high crimes?

White House predicts Pelosi will ?yield? on impeachment delay

White House told Pentagon to stop Ukraine aid right after Trump-Zelensky call

business

The lost decade: energy stocks seek relevancy as investors flee

After truce with US, China cuts tariffs on many global imports

Candidates and causes are seeking a social media boost, too

lifestyle

Bill Cosby?s publicist calls Eddie Murphy a ?Hollywood Slave? over an SNL joke

UMass-Lowell athlete who lost leg hopes to race in 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

Robert Kraft flies 50 kids and their parents on private jet to see Patriots game, draw attention to criminal justice reform

marijuana

Mass. pot shops offer gift cards during holiday season

Online vape sellers violating flavor ban, AG says

New Hampshire to consider 2 vaping-related bills next year

opinion

Reform the au pair program

A crack in Trump?s evangelical wall

A very MBTA Christmas

food & dining

High Street Place announces new vendors, and Lion?s Tail goes out with a roar

At Backbar, a not-so-dry January

Longtime Chinatown favorite BLR by Shojo to close this week

travel

Shayna Smith put college on ice to travel with Disney on Ice

Japan?s top ski gems, and the guys who can guide you there

A visit to a German Christmas market is a gift in itself

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ending 12/15

Paper cuts J.P. gets an upgrade, Josh Cook gets a tattoo, and a ?Cub? reporter gets the story

In fiction, an all-too familiar struggle with the facts

Movies

?Little Women?: When sisterhood is powerful (and not just in Concord)

?Uncut Gems? excels with diamonds in the rough ? very rough

?Little Women? was filmed entirely in Mass. Here?s where pivotal scenes were shot

Television

This week?s TV: Playing catch-up, thinking about ?You,? holiday marathons

Here?s what happened when Eddie Murphy returned to host ?SNL? after 35 years

Netflix to revisit Aaron Hernandez story in ?The Killer Inside?

music

Holiday cheer and grownup pop from Hanson at the House of Blues

Handel and Haydn Society offers an intimate Christmas feast at Jordan Hall

At the Sinclair, Lucero chases the regrets away

Theater/Dance

Last chances, unexpected gems, and a Boston flavor in New York theater

Merrimack Rep picks the leader of a Seattle children?s theater as its new artistic director

For new faces, a key role in 2019

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

Mama Cax, an amputee model and disability activist, 30

Elspeth Halvorsen Vevers, whose dioramas explored the ?mystery of the cosmos,? dies at 90

Randy Suess, computer bulletin board inventor, dies at 74