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Patriots 24, Dolphins 27
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In an embarrassing loss to Dolphins, one thing is clear: Patriots going nowhere in playoffs

The Patriots dropped to the No. 3 seed in the AFC and blew an opportunity to get a bye with a pathetic loss.
Bye, bye: Miami shocks Patriots, 27-24, sending New England to wild-card round Patriots now await late afternoon results to learn wild card playoff opponent Kansas City handles its business, swipes bye from Patriots

What Bill Belichick had to say after Sunday?s loss
The Patriots lost to the Dolphins, and squandered a chance to have a bye for the first round of the playoffs. 41 minutes ago

Suspect is arrested after 5 people are stabbed during Hanukkah celebration north of NYC; Cuomo calls it ?domestic terrorism?
A suspect is in custody and will face five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary after five people were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration Saturday night in Monsey, N.Y., north of New York City. ?This is violence spurred by hate, it is mass violence and I consider this an act of domestic terrorism,? New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. ?Let?s call it what it is.?

2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas

Winter storm promises a miserable Monday morning commute
What could be the first ice storm in years in parts of Massachusetts is expected to arrive Sunday night and last into Tuesday, bringing a mix of sleet, rain, and snow, with the worst impacts in the interior of the state. 2 hours ago

First Night worker killed in accident Saturday identified as 34-year-old Sherborn man

Brandon McSweeney, who was killed in a construction accident in Copley Square Saturday, was remembered by his family as a ?good-natured man of quiet strength, solid intelligence and perpetual kindness.?

Globe Magazine
Dave Barry?s year in review: Well, that was something
Were the events of the last 12 months worthy of a toast? Nah.

Boston's Financial District is becoming a new tech district, showing how the city continues to change
As big banks, law firms, and professional services companies have pared back their space in downtown towers or decamped to the Seaport, tech companies have poured in to the core of the city.

Devra First
Looking back on the decade in dining in the Boston area
It?s dinnertime, and you?re meeting friends at Locke-Ober or L?Espalier, Doyle?s or Durgin-Park. No one is tweeting or photographing the food, and you'll need to catch a taxi home, because Uber doesn't exist in Boston yet. The year is 2010.

Yvonne Abraham
Remembering the horror of the Brookline clinic shootings, 25 years later
Monday will mark 25 years since the bitterly cold morning when an anti-abortion zealot went on a shooting rampage at two Brookline clinics. So long ago, that the killings seem almost historical, abstract. Unless you lived through it. Here are six who did.

opinion

EDITORIAL

Trump reshapes judiciary in his image
IDEAS | MARCELA GARCÍA

Asylum crisis: Out of sight, out of mind
OPINION | GINA SCARAMELLA

Uber?s safety report is an example for all to follow

OPINION | Steven Kadish, Rebecca Davis, Ken Kimmell, and Eileen McAnneny

The future of transportation in Boston could be bold ? and bright

For evangelicals, climate change causes a split between young and old that could hurt Republicans
Concern for the environment has challenged the political views of many young evangelicals, a trend that could one day spell trouble for the Republican hold on this religious group.

NAMES
?Little Women,? ?Fleabag? among Barack Obama?s favorite movies, TV shows of 2019
The 44th president is sharing his now-traditional end-of-year picks for the movies, TV shows, and books that "made the last year a little brighter" for him. an hour ago

INNOVATION ECONOMY
Technology and planning are helping to take a bite out of food waste
There has been an increase in activity locally, by startups and nonprofits, to try to reduce food waste and ensure that more food gets to people who can?t afford it. an hour ago

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Boy who went missing in Chicopee woods and was pulled from water dies

Three seriously injured after two-car crash on Route 139 in Pembroke

NY man dies after hitting tree at Killington ski resort

Couple marries at Worcester Dunkin? 30 years after meeting there

Ask the Globe

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

Final Plunge for Pete draws 1,000-plus supporters
The Frates family decided that Saturday?s eighth dive into the frigid waters off nearby Good Harbor Beach would be the last Plunge for Pete, a fund-raiser they began in 2012 after his diagnosis of ALS.

Understanding the motives of mothers involved in their children?s deaths
They often suffer from distorted thinking and believe their children are better off dying with them, say experts who have studied the tragic topic.

Mother, children ID?d in likely double murder-suicide at Boston garage Christmas Day

You can return your unwanted gifts to these stores ? even if you didn?t buy them there
Call it the package paradox: Consumers love to shop online, but most people still prefer to take their unwanted items back to a physical location ? and that?s led to unexpected retail alliances in this digital age.

Investigators seek cause of Concord fire
Fire officials could not put a dollar figure Saturday on how much damage the fire caused. The 6,500-square-foot home is valued at nearly $3 million, according to town records.

The photos of the decade

The 2010s were a decade marked by turmoil and triumph. Here are a selection of images taken by the photographers of The Boston Globe that characterized the past 10 years.

Ty Burr picks the 50 best movies of the decade

These are the cinematic moments that define what the medium, at its best, was capable of during a time of immense social and cultural flux.
Too many movies to choose from? Here are Ty Burr's best of 2019
MOVIE REVIEW ? ? ? ?

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

Adam Sandler is nothing short of brilliant as Howard Ratner, a New York diamond district hustler with a rare opal, a gambling addiction, and a history of terrible decisions.
MOVIE REVIEW ? ? ? ?

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

Director Greta Gerwig knows how much Louisa May Alcott?s novel means to the DNA of American womanhood.

Recommended Reads

A skyscraper is headed for South Station in downtown Boston. Work starts next month

The project will be fantastically complex and it will take years to complete. When it?s finished, a 678-foot tower of condos and office space will rise above the platform between South Station?s historic terminal and its rail lines.

Plan to give nurse practitioners greater role in patient care fuels debate
Health policy experts say changes in state law to allow the nurses to work independently from physicians would expand access to much-needed primary care. But doctors? groups argue they are not qualified.

Former city councilor, activist Chuck Turner dies
Chuck Turner, a former Boston city councilor who was a passionate advocate for his black and Latino constituents but left office amid a bribery scandal, died Wednesday.

Rhode Island

Elorza: Underground bus tunnel for Kennedy Plaza is ?unlikely? to move forward

Providence?s mayor said he remains committed to moving most of the buses out of the downtown plaza.

Facing term limits as Providence mayor, Elorza eyeing run for R.I. governor

We asked, you answered: These were the biggest R.I. stories of the last decade
Newton

Baramor a bar ? and much more ? in Newton Centre

Baramor owner-operator Arpit Patel was working in the corporate world when he started imagining where he could focus his energies instead.

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

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

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 | Glen Johnson

Boston needs an emergency summit to address epic transportation problems
OPINION | Diane Hessan

When voters hear about foreign policy, they yawn
OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

What was so great about the 2010s
IDEAS | ELIZABETH DUNN & JIAYING ZHAO

How to cut carbon ? and get happier
IDEAS | KATHERINE J. IGOE

Is there really such a thing as sustainable shopping?

EDITORIAL

Back Baker?s climate plan

VISUAL STORIES

The photos of the decade

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

Photos: Mourners remember Pete Frates at funeral

Photos: Patriots defeat Bills in a thrilling AFC East showdown

metro

Winter storm promises a miserable Monday morning commute
What could be the first ice storm in years in parts of Massachusetts is expected to arrive Sunday night and last into Tuesday, bringing a mix of sleet, rain, and snow, with the worst impacts in the interior of the state.

First Night worker killed in accident Saturday identified as 34-year-old Sherborn man

Brandon McSweeney, who was killed in a construction accident in Copley Square Saturday, was remembered by his family as a ?good-natured man of quiet strength, solid intelligence and perpetual kindness.?

Sanders touts his health plan in N.H.

Bernie Sanders?s Medicare-for-all plan would transform how health care is delivered in the United States and is deeply popular with his supporters ? but also has divided the Democratic presidential field and voters in general.

Wintry mix to hit Massachusetts starting Sunday night as storm system moves across the US

Couple marries at Worcester Dunkin? 30 years after meeting there

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

chad finn

So much for the idea Patriots would surge into the postseason

After an impressive win over Buffalo last week, the wheels fell off again ? on both sides of the ball ? in an embarrassing loss to Miami.
Live Updates

Bye, bye: Miami shocks Patriots, 27-24, sending New England to wild-card round

Chiefs win over Chargers and Pats? loss means New England starts playoffs with No. 3 seed.
CHIEFS 31, CHARGERS 21

Kansas City handles its business, swipes bye from Patriots
AROUND THE HORN | OUTFIELD

Red Sox outfield remains among the game?s best

Politics

Amid swing through New Hampshire, Tulsi Gabbard catches a Celtics game

Business

Technology and planning are helping to take a bite out of food waste

Marijuana

Marijuana?s ten biggest victories of 2019
magazine
cover story

The ?Miracle on Ice? in the words of Olympic hockey hero Mike Eruzione
A look back

Dave Barry?s year in review: Well, that was something
Perspective

If the economy is booming, why is charitable giving in trouble?
Cooking

Recipes: Three quick, tasty appetizers for New Year?s

sports

Patriots now await late afternoon results to learn wild card playoff opponent

In an embarrassing loss to Dolphins, one thing is clear: Patriots going nowhere in playoffs

Tom Brady eclipses Peyton Manning with TD pass to Elandon Roberts

metro

Winter storm promises a miserable Monday morning commute

First Night worker killed in accident Saturday identified as 34-year-old Sherborn man

Sanders touts his health plan in N.H.

Nation

Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower

After ICE raids, a reckoning in Mississippi?s chicken country

Biden says no ?legal basis? exists for the Senate to seek his testimony

World

Thousands of koalas feared dead in Australia wildfires

New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound

An old menstruation taboo killed her. This time, a man went to jail.

politics

For evangelicals, climate change causes a split between young and old that could hurt Republicans

Biden says no ?legal basis? exists for the Senate to seek his testimony

Elizabeth Warren reports sharp decrease in fund-raising ahead of FEC deadline

business

Technology and planning are helping to take a bite out of food waste

New Calif. law vastly expands digital privacy. Will people use it?

You might call it the Financial District ? but these days it?s full of tech companies

lifestyle

Yo-Yo Ma spends Boxing Day in Cambridge with the Christmas Revels

?Little Women,? ?Fleabag? among Barack Obama?s favorite movies, TV shows of 2019

Winter cactuses are hard to name but easy to grow

marijuana

Marijuana?s ten biggest victories of 2019

?Marijuana is not Harmless? campaign launched in Colorado

USDA approves first state hemp plans following crop?s federal legalization

opinion

2019 Words of the Year

Key catalyst of Boston?s golden age: a public water supply

It?s Trump vs. the green movement

food & dining

Time Out Market plays host on New Year?s Eve

Craving Neapolitan pizza in the suburbs? Thanks to Posto Bedford, it?s not a stretch

How to stay healthy while traveling this winter

travel

Skate your way through winter, plus art in the Seaport

Where to go in 2020 . . . or not

Food lovers: walk this way when you?re in Maine (to burn off the calories)

Books

Former president Obama shares his favorite books of the year

Booksellers and writers ring in their reading resolutions for 2020

Brookline Booksmith expands the conversation; Axelrod pays close attention; and McKowen pens a sobering self-portrait

Movies

Ty Burr picks the 50 best movies of the decade

In Focus: The short-sightedness of the Oscar shortlist

Scene Here: Marxism in action; ?Little Women? in the large

Television

New year will bring new experience for Al Pacino

Returning series to look for in the new year

The most underappreciated TV shows of the decade

music

The indelible Cole Porter: style, sophistication, and plenty of ooh-la-la

In the evolution of jam bands, it?s Twiddle?s time

It?s the most Mighty Mighty Bosstones time of the year

Theater/Dance

As an artistic inspiration, ?Moby-Dick? looms large

At the corner of Beckett and Black Lives Matter

At comedy shows around Boston, a LOL ending to the year

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

Lee Mendelson dies; brought ?Charlie Brown Christmas? to TV

Don Imus, whose career as a disc jockey was made and betrayed by his acid tongue, dies at 79

Edward Aschoff, ESPN college football reporter, dies at 34