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Iran announces arrests over downing of Ukrainian plane
Iran?s judiciary says arrests have been made over the shootdown of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 people on board. 2 hours ago

Russians hacked Ukrainian gas company at center of impeachment

The timing and scale of the attacks suggest the Russians may be looking for the same kind of damaging information on Joe Biden that President Donald Trump wanted from Ukraine, security experts say.
Preparations accelerate this week for Senate impeachment trial of Trump

Kevin Cullen
For British royals, it's an abdication of stiff upper lips
So it turns out Queen Elizabeth has a heart to go along with that crown, after all.

Queen Elizabeth II agrees to let Prince Harry, Meghan move part-time to Canada

Justina Pelletier trial set to begin Tuesday after Boston Children?s Hospital loses bid to delay

A judge declined to dismiss civil rights counts against Boston Children?s Hospital in the medical malpractice case brought by Justina Pelletier and her parents, clearing the way for jury selection to begin Tuesday.
Children?s Hospital, family of Justina Pelletier bring case to court
College Football Playoff | LSU 42, Clemson 25

Joe Burrow leads LSU to promised land with victory over Clemson in CFP title game

opinion

OPINION | Andrew Grainger

Pelosi restricts McConnell to a narrow impeachment path
OPINION | Nancy Gertner

What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial

OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Bernie Sanders can?t win ? right?

Opinion | Niall Ferguson

The Trump family and the Corleone Doctrine

CELTICS 113-101
Celtics run the Bulls ? and other observations
Jayson Tatum scored 21 points and Jaylen Brown added 19 to lead the Celtics over the Bulls at TD Garden.

Jayson Tatum leads the way as Celtics run the Bulls Even on an off night, Gordon Hayward gave it his best shot

The Democratic presidential candidates will debate again tonight. Here are four things to watch
Tuesday night?s debate in Iowa will be the smallest, the whitest, and possibly the most important event of the 2020 campaign. 6 minutes ago

Jeneé Osterheldt
The Academy could benefit from Big Jo March Energy and value Hollywood?s little women
Would it be too much for the Academy to recognize Greta Gerwig and a woman?s mind?

Ty Burr: Oscars celebrate the Hollywood boys? club

MBTA hopes to expand bus garages ? a first step toward more frequent service

One of the most pressing issues facing MBTA riders is taking place somewhere they?ll probably never visit: at nine decrepit, over-crowded bus garages.
FLYERS 6, BRUINS 5 (SO)

Bruins squander three-goal lead, lose a seventh in shootout

Up 5-2 early in the second period, Boston left Philadephia with only a point after another collapse.
Zdeno Chara?s 1,000th is one to forget as Bruins blow lead, lose shootout

New Year, new Boston City charter?

Councilor Lydia Edwards is calling for a hearing to review the city?s charter ? what could ultimately be an effort to give the council more power by taking some away from the mayor.

Prescription drug overload: Critics fighting to curb an epidemic of medication side effects
The Lown Institute, a health care think tank in Brookline, warns that millions of seniors have been admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms in the past decade with serious side effects from prescription medication.

How Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia found her voice
Julia Mejia, the Boston City Council?s first Afro-Latina member, won her improbable election by a single vote. She wants her historic victory to convey this message: That this is possible for everyone, no matter their polish or their pedigree. If she can be heard, they can, too.

Fantasy game maker is taking on a big rival: Amazon
But Needham?s Standing Stone says it?s not panicking over impending competition for its ?Lord of the Rings Online.?

More recent headlines

New Hampshire man killed in head-on crash along I-495 in Salisbury

Loughlin, other defendants in Varsity Blues case have yet to produce discovery, feds say

Justices turn away appeal of women who went topless at N.H. beach

Get more out of your Globe subscription during the NFL playoffs by texting with Ben Volin

At major San Francisco conference, it?s Mass General Brigham, not Partners

The health care system?s CEO, Dr. Anne Klibanski, highlighted the new corporate name during her presentation.

Shooting at Fla. airbase was terrorism, Barr says

Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the December shooting that killed three US sailors on a Florida base was an act of terrorism, as officials revealed harrowing new details about the 15-minute rampage and publicly called on Apple Inc. to help them unlock the killer?s phones.
INNOVATION ECONOMY

Catch?s founders just wouldn?t take no for an answer

After spending a year in limbo, the Cambridge startup went from almost shutting down to having $5 million in the bank.

Supreme Court won?t hear Michelle Carter case

The US Supreme Court has denied a request from lawyers for Michelle Carter to have the court review her involuntary manslaughter conviction stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III.

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

A paperwork glitch cuts a widow?s pension payment nearly in half

Darlene Lamusta is alone after her husband ? who worked for decades at Logan Airport ? was struck down by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. And his pension? She feels cheated out of that, too, or at least a large portion of it.

THOMAS FARRAGHER
Fighting the fight against climate change
Gina McCarthy intends to do something about our warming planet. And those who know her track record say she is a formidable weather system all her own.

Recycling is becoming so expensive that some towns don?t know what to do
The economics of recycling changed after China decided two years ago to stop accepting large amounts of paper and plastic from the US. ?It?s a horrific situation, with high costs and limited demand,? an official with a recycling company said.

Rhode Island

Providence official fired as city investigates permitting process

Nonprofit Innovation Lab launches today in Rhode Island
Newton

Development community watches as Newton referendum could upend Northland project

?People will have great pause about doing business in Newton,? said Greg Vasil, chief executive and president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.

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

EDITORIAL

MIT?s Inconvenient Truth
Opinion | Niall Ferguson

The Trump family and the Corleone Doctrine
EDITORIAL

Housing crisis needs all hands on deck
Alister Martin and Cass R. Sunstein

In the ER? Sign up to vote
OPINION | Lauren Zabierek

Expect the US-Iran conflict to continue to play out in cyberspace
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

A CIA chemist, mind control ? and the return of psychedelic drugs

VISUAL STORIES

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

Photos: Patriots vs. Titans in AFC wild-card playoffs

Globe staff photos of the month, December 2019

metro

Loughlin, other defendants in Varsity Blues case have yet to produce discovery, feds say
Federal prosecutors have said that actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, along with other defendants, have yet to provide authorities with any discovery in the sprawling college admissions case known as ?Varsity Blues," according to a Friday court filing.

Group plans to appeal Mass. judge?s decision that rejected a right to medically-assisted death

An advocacy group pushing to legalize medically-assisted suicide in Massachusetts said Monday that it will appeal a recent court decision, which said patients do not have a right to end their lives with the help of doctors.
Jeneé Osterheldt

The Academy could benefit from Big Jo March Energy and value Hollywood?s little women

Would it be too much for the Academy to recognize Greta Gerwig and a woman?s mind?
Kevin Cullen

The abdication of stiff upper lips

MBTA hopes to expand bus garages ? a first step toward more frequent service

STAT

A spate of new class-action lawsuits threaten the CBD industry

Despite Trump?s pressure, only 15 veterans have received new antidepressant esketamine

Pregnant women and providers grapple with how to talk about marijuana

Watch: What is vitamin E acetate, and why does it seem to make some vapers so sick?

sports

Even on an off night, Celtics? Gordon Hayward gave it his best shot

The veteran forward missed his first seven shots but was able to make other contributions, which he might not have been able to provide last season.
FLYERS 6, BRUINS 5 (SO)

Zdeno Chara?s 1,000th is one to forget as Bruins blow lead, lose shootout

Up 5-2 midway through the second period, Philadelphia tied it, and Boston made it seven shootouts without a win this season.
CELTICS 113, BULLS 101

Jayson Tatum leads the way as Celtics run the Bulls
College Football Playoff | LSU 42, Clemson 25

Joe Burrow leads LSU to promised land with victory over Clemson in CFP title game

Politics

The Democratic presidential candidates will debate again tonight. Here are four things to watch

Business

Biogen buys experimental Alzheimer?s disease drug from Pfizer

Marijuana

New Mexico man in house arrest sues to use medical marijuana

magazine
cover story

New Year?s resolutions already wavering? Stick to them with these 8 easy ideas

The heartbreak of Alzheimer's

How could my wife have Alzheimer?s? She was only 56.
Globe Magazine

Signs of early-onset Alzheimer?s: When not to worry, and when to see a doctor
Resolutions you can keep

If you want to read more, you don?t need to start with Shakespeare

sports

Alex Cora, Red Sox await punishment as Astros clean house following cheating scandal

Takeaways from MLB?s report on the Astros? sign-stealing

Bruins squander three-goal lead, lose a seventh in shootout

metro

Loughlin, other defendants in Varsity Blues case have yet to produce discovery, feds say

Group plans to appeal Mass. judge?s decision that rejected a right to medically-assisted death

The Academy could benefit from Big Jo March Energy and value Hollywood?s little women

Nation

Elizabeth Warren says Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn?t win the presidency

Shooting at Fla. airbase was terrorism, Barr says

Authorities: Kosher store shooters planned attack for months

World

Pakistan court overturns death penalty for ex-president

Queen Elizabeth II agrees to let Prince Harry, Meghan move part-time to Canada

Desperate residents ignore dangers of Philippine volcano and return home

politics

Six big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting

Elizabeth Warren says Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn?t win the presidency

Fact check: No, Trump didn?t save coverage for preexisting conditions

business

Biogen buys experimental Alzheimer?s disease drug from Pfizer

Mills becomes latest governor to express concern about regional fuel pact

Consumers made 2,600 health complaints to Juul about e-cigarettes, FDA says

lifestyle

Dunkin? and Snoop Dogg cook up a new plant-based sandwich served on a glazed doughnut

Panelist Abby Huntsman says she?s leaving ?The View?

Justin Long on riding 'The Wave? and his harrowing near-death experience

marijuana

New Mexico man in house arrest sues to use medical marijuana

Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization

Proposed US hemp rules worry industry

opinion

What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial

Democratic debate so white? So what?

Pelosi restricts McConnell to a narrow impeachment path

food & dining

Rialto makes a (temporary) comeback, and the Seaport gets a new lunch spot

In Watertown, healthy Indian food with a few surprises

This Bloody Mary Tree is rooted in fun

travel

Veteran pilot offers tips for smooth travel with children

Get a deal during R.I.'s first hotel week, plus a package for fans of ?Little Women?

He sees dead people ? and soon you can see him on TV

Books

#Megxit blows up, Gervais bears down, Prince Charming pops question, and everyone starts crying

Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 5

Books a bridge through difficult times for novelist Namwali Serpell

Movies

Oscars celebrate the Hollywood boys? club

?Joker? scores big, Greta Gerwig gets snubbed, and other takeaways from the Oscar nominations

The full list of nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards

Television

This week?s TV: Aaron Hernandez still fascinates, Oscar nods, and a new ?Curb?

HBO adapting ?Parasite? as a limited series

Dystopia TV and the urge to look away

music

In Jordan Hall, A Far Cry eloquently pairs Shostakovich and Mahler

At BSO, an all-French program with flair

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is tired of classical music?s ?institutional inertia?

Theater/Dance

Humor and humanity are the icing on ?The Cake?

?Cats? live has lost none of its capacity to inflict suffering

Pearl S. Buck?s life takes the stage

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

Sultan Qaboos, quiet peacemaker who built Oman, dies at 79

Harold Burson, considered a giant in public relations, dies at 98

Neil Peart, drummer for Rush, dies at 67