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In the midst of increasing anti-Semitic violence, a growing unease for Jewish community

For many members of the local Jewish community, the rise in anti-Semitic violence has left them grappling with a tricky personal calculus: How to continue taking pride in their heritage and beliefs ? while not making themselves targets.

No Name Restaurant announces closure after 102 years

The century-old No Name Restaurant on South Boston?s Fish Pier said Monday night that it would close, ending a historic run for the classic eatery along a stretch of waterfront that has seen a period of dramatic transformation.

Chinese medical student accused of trying to smuggle cancer research material out of Boston

His arrest reflects a wider crackdown by the US government in the past year on Chinese scholars and researchers suspected of espionage and scientific theft.

With a jab at Massachusetts, N.H. ushers in online sports betting

Sounding as much pitchman as governor, Chris Sununu encouraged bettors ?to come on over the border.? The start of legalized wagering in New Hampshire put in sharp relief the unhurried deliberations in Massachusetts, where lawmakers have been considering similar legislation since January.

Globe writers look back on the most memorable sports moments of the 2010s

With championship after championship after championship, it?s hard to choose. Here are our favorites.

A farewell to those who died in 2019

Of the voices stilled in 2019, two spoke boldly and vividly of equality. The new year offers an opportunity to reassess the lives and legacies of Toni Morrison and Elijah Cummings, along with scores of other notable figures, men and women who left lasting imprints on the world, nation, and our neighborhoods.

Other notable deaths in 2019

Here?s everything you need to know about Boston?s First Night celebration

From intricate ice sculptures to fireworks over the city skyline, Boston?s First Night celebrations will kick off the new decade with a festive ? if a bit rainy ? flourish.

opinion

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

Jew-haters, right and left

Journalists under siege around the world

Opinion | Phillip Niemeyer

Charting the decade

2019 Words of the Year

Obituary

Smoki Bacon, doyenne of Boston?s cultural and volunteer scenes, dies at 91

Smoki Bacon, 91, who had lived in Boston?s Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods and died Dec. 27, was an ?Auntie Mame? for the city?s cultural scene and volunteer community.

Ben Volin | On Football

Josh McDaniels is a wanted coach again

Teams with head coaching openings are interested in the Patriots? offensive coordinator, who flip-flopped on the Colts two years ago.

Christopher L. Gasper: Patriots face a tough road ahead to keep the dynasty rolling

Yang would fine gunmakers for deaths caused by their products

You probably know Andrew Yang wants to give every American $1,000 a month. Something you might not know: He wants to fine gun manufacturers $1 million for every death caused by one of their products.

Biden rebounds, Warren slows, Sanders rolls: the latest on the 2020 money race

More recent headlines

Girl, 13, dies after crash involving alleged drunken driver in Pembroke

Wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town?s waterfront

Striking Harvard grad students will return to work New Year?s Day while talks continue

Nathan Carman?s aunts withdraw appeal in N.H. lawsuit

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

This cafe will have a mission: Help homeless youth

The opening of the cafe will mark a major expansion of a pilot program founded last year by a pair of Harvard University undergraduates. It offered a handful of homeless youth on-the-job training as baristas, with the goal of bringing them into the workforce and out of homelessness.

New approach to curbing marijuana use among teens: ?just say no? gives way to ?just smoke less?

New initiatives to help teenagers tend to focus on treatment, instead of solely on stopping cold turkey and on punishment.

Our marijuana predictions for 2019: What we got right and wrong

?2 trains, 4 buses?: man rides public transit from Cambridge to Northampton and tweets about it along the way

Anthony Thomas, 26, took public transportation all the way from Cambridge to Northampton ? spending about seven hours on what could have been a roughly two-hour trip by car, all in the service of his enthusiasm for public transit.

Snowy owls are majestic visitors from the Arctic during winter in Massachusetts

A good place to see snowy owls in Massachusetts is Plum Island or Salisbury, although they may be at other coastal areas ? or Logan Airport. With a wingspan of close to 5 feet and weighing up to 6½ pounds, the owls are the heaviest owl species in North America.

A look back at a defining decade in Boston

From the Marathon bombing to Whitey Bulger?s capture to Snowmageddon, here are some of the most memorable stories of the past 10 years.

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

Were the events of the last 12 months worthy of a toast? Nah.

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

Recommended Reads

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.

One big barrier to MBTA ridership? Not enough space for cars

Of all the challenges with getting more people off the roads and onto public transit, one stands out for its irony: At some stations, there?s not enough room for the cars.

City Hall corruption case remains in legal, political purgatory

More than four months after two top City Hall aides were found guilty of corruption in federal court, their convictions effectively remain on hold.

Rhode Island

Gun found in carry-on bag at Rhode Island?s T.F. Green airport

It was the second gun found at T.F. Green?s security checkpoint this month, and the third this year, according to the TSA

New Year?s resolutions from some of R.I.?s top leaders

Old skateboards find new life after final kickflip

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

Newton takes a step to solve housing crisis

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 | Amar Diwakar

India battles for its democratic soul

2020: The year to pass a housing bill

Trump reshapes judiciary in his image

2019, in Globe readers? own words

OPINION | GINA SCARAMELLA

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

IDEAS | MARCELA GARCÍA

Asylum crisis: Out of sight, out of mind

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

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Globe Local

No Name Restaurant announces closure after 102 years

The century-old No Name Restaurant on South Boston?s Fish Pier said Monday night that it would close, ending a historic run for the classic eatery along a stretch of waterfront that has seen a period of dramatic transformation.

In the midst of increasing anti-Semitic violence, a growing unease for Jewish community

For many members of the local Jewish community, the rise in anti-Semitic violence has left them grappling with a tricky personal calculus: How to continue taking pride in their heritage and beliefs ? while not making themselves targets.

Chinese medical student accused of trying to smuggle cancer research material out of Boston

His arrest reflects a wider crackdown by the US government in the past year on Chinese scholars and researchers suspected of espionage and scientific theft.

FIELD GUIDE

Snowy owls are majestic visitors from the Arctic during winter in Massachusetts

Gun found in carry-on bag at Rhode Island?s T.F. Green airport

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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

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NFL Black Monday: Dolphins fire ex-Patriots assistant Chad O?Shea; Jason Garrett remains in limbo

Expect to hear Josh McDaniels? name tossed around as coaching vacancies open up.

Cole Caufield?s tally makes US men group winners at world juniors

The US began the tournament by losing to Canada, but won its next three, finishing the preliminary round in the top spot.

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Jaylen Brown honored by NBA, shelved by illness in one afternoon

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS? BASKETBALL NOTES

At Newton North, it?s all about ?Team Above Self?

Politics

Bernie Sanders is healthy enough for ?rigors of presidency,? his doctors say

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Business

Fires force thousands onto beaches as Australia crisis worsens

Marijuana

Arkansas? cannabis shops rake in $28 million in 2019

magazine

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

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

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

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

sports

Josh McDaniels is a wanted coach again

Giants dismiss coach Pat Shurmur, keep GM Dave Gettleman

Patriots facing physical challenge in slowing Derrick Henry

metro

No Name Restaurant announces closure after 102 years

In the midst of increasing anti-Semitic violence, a growing unease for Jewish community

Chinese medical student accused of trying to smuggle cancer research material out of Boston

Nation

Federal prosecutors charge man accused in Hanukkah stabbing

As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

2 dead in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas

World

Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge for US airstrikes

Putin thanks Trump for helping foil terrorist acts in Russia

Bolivia says it?s expelling Mexican ambassador

politics

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

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

business

Fires force thousands onto beaches as Australia crisis worsens

As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

Netflix?s 10-year 4,000% rally underlines shift to streaming

lifestyle

Solar-power-popped popcorn from BjornQorn

Recycled glass has never looked so good

Bean-to-bar chocolate with some extra pizzazz

marijuana

Arkansas? cannabis shops rake in $28 million in 2019

Pot stocks end 2019 on a dismal note

Michigan OKs 3 businesses for home deliveries of marijuana

opinion

Biggest barrier to gender equity in the workplace

Journalists under siege around the world

Trump policy is not for the birds

food & dining

Recycled glass has never looked so good

Bean-to-bar chocolate with some extra pizzazz

Looking back on the decade in dining in the Boston area

travel

Taking an Uber? Here are nine tips to ride safely

Skate your way through winter, plus art in the Seaport

Where to go in 2020 . . . or not

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

This week?s TV: The glitzy Globes, an ?SVU? fest, and New Year?s Eve for sofa-sitters

New year will bring new experience for Al Pacino

Returning series to look for in the new year

music

Spirit of the season ? and of punk rock ? permeates Mighty Mighty Bosstones? latest Throwdown

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

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

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

Smoki Bacon, doyenne of Boston?s cultural and volunteer scenes, dies at 91

Jerry Herman, 88, composer of ?Hello, Dolly!?

Ari Behn, Spacey accuser and ex of Norwegian princess, at 47