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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.

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.

Walsh, local man share stories of sobriety, sports, and a home
The mayor, himself sober for 24 years, was impressed with Thomas Fields?s story and he wanted to see his apartment.

And now conducting the Boston Pops in a big way, it's Tacko Fall!
The Celtics center?s debut as guest conductor at Symphony Hall for the Boston Pops gave him the occasion to wear a tuxedo for the first time.

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

The hockey analyst made a crude comment about colleague Kathryn Tappen on a Barstool Sports podcast.

opinion

OPINION | Michael Mullen Jr.

Biden?s speaking up for those of us with a stutter silences Sarah Huckabee Sanders?s taunts
EDITORIAL

Reform the au pair program
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

At a meeting with Governor Baker, disability advocates push for more accessibility
OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

A very MBTA Christmas

Celtics center Enes Kanter allowed to travel to Toronto for game on Christmas
Kanter said he felt "numb" when he heard the news. ?I?m finally going to be able to leave the country and step outside of America. It feels kind of weird.

Seven thoughts on the state of the Celtics

Kevin Paul Dupont | on hockey
Bruins in need of some tough love
No pushback after Capitals? Tom Wilson pounded on David Pastrnak

Bruins score four in first to knock out contentious Capitals

Michael Silverman
Curt Flood is having a moment, and his family is thrilled about it
First, new Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole praised Flood after signing a megadeal, and on Tuesday Flood?s famous letter to MLB turns 50.

OPINION | STEPHEN KINZER
Among the casualties of US wars in the Middle East: Christianity
Wars waged by ostentatiously Christian leaders in Washington have done enormous harm to their co-religionists half a world away an hour ago

Which way is this guy swinging? The Internet can?t decide
Is the dress black and blue or white and gold? Do you hear "Laurel" or "Yanny"? Another social media post is sparking heated debates on the Internet. 47 minutes ago

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.?

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

DraftKings to go public, combine with tech firm SBTech

Hanukkah celebrations have kicked off across the Boston area
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Woman accused in racist attack is charged in 2nd incident
An Iowa woman who told police she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl because she believed the girl was Mexican has been charged with a hate crime for an incident that occurred shortly after the girl was struck.

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

Pharmaceutical industry mounts opposition to state?s effort to curb drug costs
Legislators and Governor Charlie Baker approved a change in law this past summer that allows the administration to curb drug costs in the state but the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council says the proposed regulations go too far.

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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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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.

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?

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

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

Green Bay 23, Vikings 10

Packers rally vs. Vikings to clinch NFC North title

Aaron Jones ran for 154 yards and two second-half TDs to help Packers to win The North in 23-10 victory on Monday night.
NFL notebook

Ravens taking no chances: QB Lamar Jackson to skip finale

Guard Marshal Yanda, safety Earl Thomas, defensive tackle Brandon Williams, and running back Mark Ingram not playing against Steelers.
Kevin Paul Dupont | on hockey

Bruins in need of some tough love
Bruins 7, Capitals 3

Bruins score four in first to knock out contentious Capitals

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

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

Ademide Badmus powers Lynn English boys? basketball in overtime vs. Mansfield

Fenway Sports Group ranks third among richest sports conglomerates

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

Marlboro College releases documents related to closure

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

Shark reportedly bites surfer off Southern California coast

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

Which way is this guy swinging? The Internet can?t decide

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

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

Among the casualties of US wars in the Middle East: Christianity

Biden?s speaking up for those of us with a stutter silences Sarah Huckabee Sanders?s taunts

?Twas the night before 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