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Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
As jobless benefit ends, Massachusetts recipients worry about their next steps
Spotlight Team Follow-Up

Hospital staff revived a man?s stopped heart ? and he sued

A successful ?wrongful prolongation of life? lawsuit in Montana, among other things, reflects the extent to which many ordinary Americans will go to gain ? and enforce ? their rights to control their final days.
A three-part Globe Spotlight Team series exposes the inequities that follow people in Massachusetts to their very last breaths

?They just sort of showed up?: The Amish find a home in Vermont?s Northeast Kingdom
The Brownington Amish ? Vermont?s sole Amish church district or settlement ? have become a colorful fixture, their revived farms giving a boost to the region?s flagging agriculture even as their energies and skills give sharp competition to local building contractors.

Long the House?s consummate insider, Ronald Mariano poised to finally lead it
With Speaker Robert A. DeLeo preparing to leave Beacon Hill for a job at Northeastern University, Representative Ronald Mariano's supporters say the Quincy Democrat has more than enough votes to succeed him.

?Believe in science?: EU kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign

Doctors, nurses, and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care crisis in a century.

Nashville explosion investigation prompts FBI to search home

Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that damaged dozens of buildings on Christmas morning.

Capacity limits, taking effect just after Christmas, scramble shoppers? plans
There were lines outside supermarkets, but things were far from normal on the day after Christmas at malls and retail stores.

How the ?living room of West Roxbury? deals with the COVID-19 pandemic
A single positive COVID-19 test could thwart the painstaking effort Miriam and Hector Morales are taking to keep Recreo Coffee and Roasterie open in West Roxbury. But they keep roasting, grinding, and serving the neighborhood.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts sheriffs shouldn?t be enforcing federal immigration laws

A new lawsuit challenges the role of county authorities in immigration enforcement. But it?s the legislature that should ensure that sheriffs do not act as federal ICE agents.
IDEAS | LEAH C. STOKES

Sowing seeds of climate action in the garden
IDEAS | COLIN WOODARD

Maine can finally get out of Massachusetts? shadow
EDITORIAL

Business needs a break on unemployment taxes
Jimmy Tingle

The other pandemic
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

BUCCANEERS 47, LIONS 7
Tom Brady leads Buccaneers to first playoff berth since 2007
Brady threw for four touchdowns and 348 yards in the first half as the Bucs ended the NFL's second-longest playoff drought.

How much competition will the Patriots have for quarterbacks this offseason?

Bob Ryan
K.C. Jones was exactly what the mid-?80s Celtics needed
If ever anyone was the polar opposite of Bill Fitch in temperament and coaching style, it was K.C. Jones.

The Celtics and the basketball world react to the death of Jones

Nancy Harrington, who achieved a trio of firsts as Salem State?s president, dies at 81
Dr. Harrington was the first woman to serve as president of Salem State, the first Salem State graduate to do so, and the first person born and raised in Salem to hold the office.

One dead, five injured in Lynn shooting
Six men were filming a music video on a Lynn side street late Saturday afternoon when they were shot, leaving one dead.

State Republican official was hospitalized with COVID-19 after attending White House Hanukkah party

The vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee is battling COVID-19 after attending what he described as a largely maskless holiday party at the White House earlier this month.

Replay | December 24, 1967
It?s 1967, and Boston needs to replace Fenway Park
Even more than 50 years ago, America's Most Beloved Ballpark was seen as inadequate in its capacity, parking facilities, and dimensions.

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

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.

Recommended Reads

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.

Anxiety, relief ? and confusion ? as vaccines head to Massachusetts? hard-hit senior care sites
Inoculating the tens of thousands of frail elders who live in long-term-care facilities and the small army of caregivers who look after them may be the single most challenging phase of the state?s ambitious vaccine program.

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.

metro

Nancy Harrington, who achieved a trio of firsts as Salem State?s president, dies at 81
Dr. Harrington was the first woman to serve as president of Salem State, the first Salem State graduate to do so, and the first person born and raised in Salem to hold the office.

SEMLEC remembers Taunton police officer who died of COVID-19 on Christmas Eve

Capacity limits, taking effect just after Christmas, scramble shoppers? plans

Sports

Sports Log
LeBron James named AP?s Male Athlete of the Year for fourth time
James' fourth win of the AP award matched Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods for the most by a man.

Millis?s Matthew Boldy scores hat trick in United States laugher over Austria
Dolphins 26, Raiders 25

Ryan Fitzgerald is magic again, Dolphins escape Las Vegas with playoff dream intact

business

New York state probes possibly fraudulently obtained COVID vaccines
A health care provider in New York may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccines and diverted them to members of the public in violation of priority guidelines, the state government said on Saturday.

Jobless benefits are set to expire as Trump resists signing relief bill
Shirley Leung

The Massachusetts Miracle is alive and well. ?There are a lot of potential Modernas?

politics

Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.

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

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

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

Joan Wickersham

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

The White House has a gift shop?
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

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

Is Isaiah Thomas the answer to the Celtics? scoring-challenged bench?

Browns lose linebacker B.J. Goodson and their top four receivers to COVID-19 for Sunday?s game

NBA broadcast partners face new challenges in a season without a bubble

metro

One dead, five injured in Lynn shooting

Nancy Harrington, who achieved a trio of firsts as Salem State?s president, dies at 81

SEMLEC remembers Taunton police officer who died of COVID-19 on Christmas Eve

Nation

Over so soon? Some people are dreading the return to a post-pandemic world

Trump?s fraud claims died in court, but the myth of stolen elections lives on

Dad got the vaccine, but no one else did ? yet

World

Truck jam eases at UK port days after France reopens border

Top associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny detained

After early success, South Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis

politics

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

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

business

New York state probes possibly fraudulently obtained COVID vaccines

Jobless benefits are set to expire as Trump resists signing relief bill

The Massachusetts Miracle is alive and well. ?There are a lot of potential Modernas?

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

Maine can finally get out of Massachusetts? shadow

Sowing seeds of climate action in the garden

Massachusetts sheriffs shouldn?t be enforcing federal immigration laws

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

Nancy Harrington, who achieved a trio of firsts as Salem State?s president, dies at 81

Hank Adams, prolific Native American rights advocate, dies

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