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An underground food pantry in Boston draws needy families, and the city?s disapproval

A food distribution operation in Boston has become a battle between the volunteers who run it and Boston officials.

Unemployment aid set to lapse Saturday as Trump?s plans for relief bill remain unclear

Lawmakers in Congress and White House officials have indicated that they remain uncertain if President Trump will relent and sign the legislation, issue a formal veto, or just leave it unsigned.

NETS 123, CELTICS 95
Celtics can?t handle Nets? stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, who combine for 66 points
Kyrie Irving scored 37 points in his first regular-season game at TD Garden since leaving the Celtics for the Nets in 2019, Kevin Durant added 29 and Brooklyn cruised in the second half.

Here?s what we know so far about the RV explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas

Police were responding to a report of shots fired downtown before 6 a.m. when they found an RV blaring a recorded warning that a bomb was going to detonate in 15 minutes, officials said. Here's what we know so far about the blast.
?Intentional? Nashville explosion causes widespread communication outages See photos from the scene of the explosion in Nashville

See how Massachusetts? COVID-19 risk map has evolved week-by-week

Massachusetts? weekly public health reports shows the town-by-town risk for COVID-19 spread getting higher and higher.
See how Massachusetts? COVID-19 risk map has evolved week-by-week Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Blind date: ?He?d lived in a repurposed railroad caboose during college!?
Will this train enthusiast find romance?or just a roommate?

Should residents of hard-hit cities and towns be vaccinated before other groups? Some epidemiologists think so
Rhode Island is finalizing plans to move hard-pressed Central Falls to the front of the vaccination line, giving priority to a densely packed city of immigrants and people of color who have contracted COVID-19 at staggering rates. Some scientists say Massachusetts should consider a similar strategy.

Opinion

LETTERS

9 months of coronavirus coping strategies, one postcard at a time

As we approach the New Year and the promise of the vaccine rollout, we look back at an edited sampling of readers? Postcards from the Pandemic.
EDITORIAL

Business needs a break on unemployment taxes
Jimmy Tingle

The other pandemic
Joan Wickersham

Why ?War and Peace? is my book of the year
Alex Beam

The White House has a gift shop?
A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE | Jeneé Osterheldt

Claiming land and water on Martha?s Vineyard

If you?re willing to see, the walls have something to say

In protest, there is community and joy rising

Black queer lives are Black lives that matter, too

To be Black, Bostonian, and proud

With every sip, a labor of love

COLD COMFORTS
Tranquil trails for winter hiking
We?re bundling up and eschewing the crowded mega ski areas in favor of more natural, less-visited destinations.

Globe Magazine
The Globe photographers? best photos of 2020
Discover the stories behind some of the most memorable images from a long year.

See more from our 2020 Year in Review

Black doctor dies of COVID-19 after racist treatment complaints
A Black doctor who died battling COVID-19 complained of racist medical care in widely shared social media posts days before her death, prompting an Indiana hospital system to promise a ?full external review? into her treatment.

Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck hopes hard work earns him a roster spot
Houck is working this offseason with a renowned baseball trainer and surrounding himself with elite competition.

?Surprise? medical billing ban included in legislation after Richard Neal gets on board
Congress included a ban on the surprise, sky-high medical bills patients get when they use an out-of-network service on Monday, after Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal dropped his objections to earlier proposals and prevailed with his version of a fix.

LOVE LETTERS
Left my husband and fell in love with a woman at work
Help a reader who's falling in love with a woman after leaving her husband.

Fire at Jamaica Plain house leaves one person with life-threatening injuries
Firefighters arrived to 24 Union Ave. at about 4 a.m. to find ?heavy fire? in the home, the Boston Fire Department said on Twitter.

Democrats in Georgia runoffs bring in record fund-raising haul
Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock have each raised more than $100 million since October, with Ossoff becoming the best-funded Senate candidate in history after pulling in $106.7 million.

Recommended Reads

Twin brothers struggle to adjust to college in a time of pandemic

Janiel and Jael Rosario are at different schools, but the first semester has fallen far short of what they?d imagined. The twins? experiences are common among first-year students who have seen their college dreams stalled by COVID-19.

During a socially distant Christmas, shelters work to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness
On a normal Christmas Day, guests at St. Francis House on Boylston Street would gather tightly around decorated cafeteria tables and be served a feast restaurant-style by dozens of volunteers. But Friday wasn?t a normal Christmas Day.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
5 destinations to satisfy your wanderlust post-pandemic
By late 2021, most of us will hopefully have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Here's where to go then.

metro

Gusty winds, warm temperatures knock out power, melt snow across the state Christmas morning
Temperatures in Boston lingered just below 60 degrees throughout the morning. Despite the spring-like conditions, the city did not break the record high of 65 degrees set in 1889, according to meteorologists.

Greater Boston is no longer one of the country?s 10 largest metro areas. How did that happen?

Brigham and Women?s doctors carry on with their caroling this year, albeit with some COVID-compliant adjustments

Sports

Sports Log
Duke women?s basketball decides to end 2020-21 season because of pandemic
The Duke women?s basketball team has been on pause since Dec. 16 because of two positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program?s travel party.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

K.C. Jones avoided the spotlight, which may have cost him greater acclaim
saints 52, vikings 33

Kamara?s six rushing touchdowns tie NFL record, help Saints clinch NFC South

business

Does the shoe fit? Try it on with augmented reality
A growing number of consumers, stuck at home because of the pandemic, are shopping in augmented reality.

Aid holdup threatens another blow for already shaky economy

Comcast will charge more for house calls

politics

Unemployment aid set to lapse Saturday as Trump?s plans for relief bill remain unclear
Lawmakers in Congress and White House officials have indicated that they remain uncertain if President Trump will relent and sign the legislation, issue a formal veto, or just leave it unsigned.

Answering Trump, Democrats try and fail to jam $2,000 payments through House

House Republicans block Democratic bid to pass Trump demand for $2,000 checks

lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS
Left my husband and fell in love with a woman at work
Help a reader who's falling in love with a woman after leaving her husband.

Wrapping up Boxing Day

How to get kids cross-country skiing this winter

arts

Wampanoag voices on Harvard?s Peabody Museum collection
A virtual exhibit lends contemporary Wampanoag perspectives to historic objects.

TELEVISION

Page one: Getting a head start on the books slated to be TV series in 2021

What?s happening in the arts world

rhode island

RI NEWS
Community rallies for family after 7-year-old girl dies in Providence fire
Thousands are raising money and offering support to the families displaced by the 3-alarm fire Tuesday.

RI BUSINESS

Top R.I. lawmakers have concerns about possible Lifespan-Care New England merger

Girl, 7, dies after being rescued from Providence house fire; toddler sister in critical condition

Newton

Special Projects

A beautiful resistance | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

To be Black, Bostonian, and proud

Boston's Black history is often hidden, but a quarter of the city's population is Black. That's nearly double the percentage of the Black population of the US.
See more from 'A Beautiful Resistance' Follow on Instagram

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center?s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
They stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored ? one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It?s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You?ll hear from both.

Comfort Zone

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Spanish-inspired pork, sauteed vegetables, and almond cake

A few key ingredients pack outsized flavor into these dishes.

Min Jin Lee on the ?deep moral conscience? of ?The Great Gatsby?

The "Pachinko" author has a new introduction to Fitzgerald's classic, which enters the public domain on Jan. 1.
HOLIDAYS

9 light displays for oohs and aahs by automobile

These festive drive-through destinations serve up holiday magic the safe way.

Catch these online classical concerts before year?s end

Highlights include multicultural takes on "Messiah" and creatively staged vocal concerts.
MUSIC REVIEW

With sleigh bells jingling, the Pops puts on a holiday show in your home instead of theirs

Though the virtual concert can?t compare to experiencing a Holiday Pops show live in Symphony Hall, its mere existence is something to applaud in a season when so many traditions have been disrupted.
COMFORT ZONE

These thoughtful, last-minute gifts arrive in an instant, no mailing required

And many benefit local businesses, to boot.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Abdallah Fayyad

DeLeo is poised to work at Northeastern. So far, he?s let students down

IDEAS | JULIA HOTZ

When money is running short, print your own
Diane Hessan

?Twas the night before Christmas, 2020

Scot Lehigh

Beware of authoritarianism and conspiratorialism, twin threats to our democracy
EDITORIAL

The system worked ? this time
IDEAS | JOSH BERNOFF

Social media broke America. Here?s how to fix it

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months ? and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients? need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19?s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus ? and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Cover Story

Diagnosed with leukemia at age 8, he?d need two bone marrow transplants. Help came from unexpected places.
Perspective

My COVID anxiety has evolved into a persistent funk. Now what?
Miss Conduct

Miss Conduct: What the pandemic taught me
Cooking

Recipes: Spanish-inspired pork, sauteed vegetables, and almond cake

sports

Celtics can?t handle Nets? stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, who combine for 66 points

Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck hopes hard work earns him a roster spot

Five things to know about the surging Buffalo Bills

metro

Fire at Jamaica Plain house leaves one person with life-threatening injuries

Gusty winds, warm temperatures knock out power, melt snow across the state Christmas morning

Greater Boston is no longer one of the country?s 10 largest metro areas. How did that happen?

Nation

BMC doctor with history of severe allergies says Moderna vaccine gave him the worst allergic reaction he?s had as an adult

New coronavirus restrictions take effect Saturday

?Intentional? downtown Nashville explosion causes widespread communication outages

World

US will require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from the United Kingdom

Mexico begins vaccination amid virus surge

Pakistani court orders men released in Daniel Pearl case

politics

Answering Trump, Democrats try and fail to jam $2,000 payments through House

House Republicans block Democratic bid to pass Trump demand for $2,000 checks

A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

business

Does the shoe fit? Try it on with augmented reality

Aid holdup threatens another blow for already shaky economy

Comcast will charge more for house calls

lifestyle

Left my husband and fell in love with a woman at work

Wrapping up Boxing Day

How to get kids cross-country skiing this winter

marijuana

COVID can?t cancel canna-Christmas

Rockland gives green light to a fourth marijuana business

This high-end furniture is designed to secure your cannabis

opinion

Business needs a break on unemployment taxes

The other pandemic

9 months of coronavirus coping strategies, one postcard at a time

food & dining

Legal Oysteria closes in Charlestown; Pammy?s offers Sunday supper; and more restaurants head into hibernation

Recipe: This single-layer chocolate cake topped with chocolate cream is an elegant ending to a holiday dinner

This year I will dine with the many ghosts of Christmas Eves past

travel

Tranquil trails for winter hiking

5 destinations to satisfy your wanderlust post-pandemic

Seen the back of your junk drawer lately? 6 mundane ?trips? to take before you?re vaccinated

Books

Min Jin Lee on the ?deep moral conscience? of ?The Great Gatsby?

The 55 best books of 2020

Caught between Boston and Quincy in ?The Last American Aristocrat?

Movies

?Promising Young Woman? pushes buttons as it turns the tables

Doc Talk: Accursed Mountain State, Belgium abandoned

Tom Hanks, Texas, 1870: ?News of the World? -- as usual, he?s the right man for the job

Television

Page one: Getting a head start on the books slated to be TV series in 2021

GBH?s Julia Child marathon will keep you entertained all day long on Dec. 26

Reaction to John Mulaney underscores double standard for female and Black celebs who go into rehab

music

Top 10 jazz albums of 2020

Top 12 best pop albums of 2020

Top 10 hip-hop albums of 2020

Theater/Dance

Boston record label Dead & Mellow marks a first year in which nothing went according to plan

Williamstown Theatre Festival re-creates its lost summer season on Audible

This virtual ?Christmas Revels? is a virtual triumph

globe local

Day or night, a winter wonderland awaits

Should Massachusetts lift its ban on flavored tobacco products?

Beverly Beckham: What we will remember about a year we?d just as soon forget

Obituaries

K.C. Jones, a Celtics legend and 12-time NBA champion, dies at 88

Roger Berlind, who scored on Wall Street, Broadway, dies at 90

Rebecca Luker, a Broadway star for three decades, dies at 59