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Judge tosses murder conviction, cites Boston Police corruption in freeing man after 26 years

Prosecutors said key evidence went missing, crucial witnesses were coached or ignored, and “significant evidence of police misconduct and perjured testimony" exists.
He was sent to prison by a corrupt Boston police detective. Now, 26 years later, prosecutors want him freed

ADRIAN WALKER
James Lucien was greeted as he walked out of Suffolk Superior Court a free man.
A wrongfully convicted man walks free, but the stench of police misconduct remains
James Lucien walked free because his prosecution was rotten at its core.

3,720 confirmed cases and 51 deaths. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here's a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
Mass. reports 11,321 new breakthrough COVID-19 cases, raising total to 1.8 percent of fully vaccinated people Weekly averages of COVID-19 detected in Boston wastewater reach highest levels yet

Medford mayor apologizes for menorah display at City Hall that offended Jewish community

Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn on Tuesday apologized for the “appalling error” made by her office last week, when a City Hall menorah display outraged members of the local Jewish community for its anti-Semitic presentation that included Christian terminology.
The bar area at Guy Fieri’s Kitchen & Bar.

At Guy Fieri’s new Theater District restaurant, gluttony takes center stage

Celebrity chef and TV host Guy Fieri, who has elevated junk food to an art form, opens Guy Fieri’s Kitchen & Bar on Thursday in the old Explorateur Café space overlooking Boston Common. In true Fieri tradition, the menu reads like Mad Libs.
It wasn't exactly a breeze, but Bill Belichick managed a smile at the conclusion of Monday night's win.
christopher l. gasper

In Buffalo, Bill Belichick proved that he is still adept at adapting the Patriots

This is what Belichick is about, the ability to morph into whatever football team he needs to be to win the game that week.
Patriots’ mission was minimizing mistakes, even if that minimized the passing game too
Jason Shaw, who chairs the Rockport Planning Board, at the commuter rail station.

With a new requirement to build housing near train stations, towns brace for density — and drama

The measure is one of the most ambitious housing laws to clear Beacon Hill in years. But months later, many details — like how much housing, exactly how close to the T, and how much should be affordable — remain unclear.
Opinion
Pallbearers, who were among only 10 allowed mourners, walked the casket for internment at the funeral for Larry Hammond, who died from the coronavirus, at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans, April 22, 2020.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Don’t look away from 800,000 dead from COVID-19

If 100,000 dead from the coronavirus was “incalculable,” how then to describe another 700,000 Americans gone?
The conservative radio host Alex Jones addresses the "Rally to Save America" in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021, the evening before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.
Scot Lehigh

Courts reveal truths, rogues, rascals
The FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14.
Harvey Silverglate

Reform isn’t enough; get rid of the FBI
A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 6.
Rachel R. Yorlets

No one taught me that epidemiology is political — but it is
A memorial for retired Air Force veteran Ramona Cooper and retired State Police Trooper David Green, at Winthrop Town Hall in July. Both were slain in an apparent hate crime.
EDITORIAL

State hate crime law needs a 2022 redo
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Kinesha Goldson and Sofi Madison are sisterhood and self-love: Black Girl Magic.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

What we mean by Black Girl Magic

Black women are not mythical. Nor superhuman. Our magic is in our realness, our love, and the way we rally around one another.
See more from A Beautiful Resistance Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

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Coast Guard suspends search for woman who fell off Prudence Island ferry

The Coast Guard and Rhode Island first responders are searching Narragansett Bay Tuesday for a woman who was reported to have fallen overboard off the Prudence Island ferry late Monday, officials said.

Man arrested on attempted murder charge for allegedly firing shots in Encore Boston Harbor casino parking garage last week

State Police identified the man as Steven Gonzalez, who was arrested at a Salem apartment on charges stemming from gunfire that erupted shortly before midnight on Dec. 1.

University of New Hampshire student was in ‘altercation’ at fraternity before death, school says

A UNH fraternity is on suspension status after authorities learned that 22-year-old Vincenzo Lirosi was in an “altercation” at a fraternity event hours before his body was found near the school’s Durham campus.

Ceremony at Navy Yard remembers Pearl Harbor attack, 80 years ago, that changed everthing

About 70 people gathered in Boston to observe the 80th anniversary of the surprise attack that killed more than 2,400 service members, wounded 1,000 more, and thrust the US into global conflict.

Skeletal remains found near Wakefield Memorial High School
The remains were found by a survey crew working in the area of the high school on Farm Street at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, Wakefield Police Chief Steven Skory said in a statement.

About 250 people convened at the 9th Annual NEVY Awards, hosted by the New England Venture Capital Association, at the House of Blues in Boston last week.
A ‘superhero’ startup gala returns in-person
It’s been quite an eventful year for Boston tech companies. Why not celebrate with a superhero-themed party — ahem, awards ceremony — at the House of Blues?

Best of the holidays

The 80th annual Christmas tree lighting event was held on the Boston Common Dec 2.

Boston is dressed in its wintery best. Here’s where to see Christmas trees, menorahs, and other holiday decorations

It’s that time of year where every walk around the block feels like a stroll through a storybook, and we want to connect readers to all the best spots around Boston to revel in the holiday spirit.
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Globe Santa

A home in ashes, a family begins anew

“In March, our home burned down and we were left homeless with nothing but what was on our backs,” reads a letter to Globe Santa. “We lost everything.”

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Some of the paintings gifted to Boston College by Peter Lynch: A Winslow Homer painting (left) a Martin Johnson Heade (center top) a Pablo Picasso (center bottom) and Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child, right.

Boston College museum receives $20m gift of art from Peter Lynch

Lynch’s gift to BC’s McMullen Museum of Art includes works by Pablo Picasso, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt.

HelloPrenup founders Julia Rodgers (left) and Sarabeth Jaffe.
Fresh off ‘Shark Tank,’ they’re out to disrupt divorce
HelloPrenup looks to simplify the way Americans get prenuptial agreements, which can cost couples upwards of $5,000.

Adagio Therapeutics cofounders Tillman Gerngross, Laura Walker, and Rene Russo.
In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants
The Omicron variant has driven home the reality that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. But one of New England’s leading biotech thinkers is pursuing a new way to fight it.

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.
Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94
Mr. Rappaport had been changing Boston’s history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A scene from "Apple Cinema" shows Boston under attack.

An empty Cambridge movie theater is just what this filmmaker needed to create a zombie apocalypse
Mariah Carey offered to replace Ayanna Pressley's missing copy of the singer's Christmas album on Twitter on Friday morning.

All Ayanna Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah Carey album returned

The set of actress Margot Robbie's video for "73 Questions," a Vogue video series where Boston College alumnus Joe Sabia asks celebrities 73 rapid-fire questions.

The guy from ‘73 Questions’ answers 73 questions
Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner is back on the ice, on her own terms

Special Projects

The 2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Is your employer among the 150 companies to make the list?
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Special Report

In Harm’s Way

Vehicle rammings against protesters are on the rise, but the justice system often sides with drivers

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Caroline McDonald (left) a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join an abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1.
Joan Vennochi

From Texas to Massachusetts for an abortion
Jamel Davis stands in front of his tent in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood in San Francisco, on April 17. He said his girlfriend died from a fentanyl overdose.
John E. Rosenthal

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?
Photos of murdered transgender women and men at the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York June 27, 2021.
RENÉE GRAHAM

In 2021, another devastating record for deadly anti-transgender violence
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

During the trial on Nov. 9, Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney (left) and Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian looked at the weapon Rittenhouse used on the night of Aug. 25, 2020.
Cynthia Lee

When it comes to guns and claims of self-defense, juries need guidance
Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Joe Biden, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

What if a new New Deal was coming and no one noticed?

Metro

ADRIAN WALKER

A wrongfully convicted man walks free, but the stench of police misconduct remains

James Lucien walked free because his prosecution was rotten at its core.

University of New Hampshire student was in ‘altercation’ at fraternity before death, school says

A UNH fraternity is on suspension status after authorities learned that 22-year-old Vincenzo Lirosi was in an “altercation” at a fraternity event hours before his body was found near the school’s Durham campus.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Our first snow of the season will be followed by a burst of warmth

The first snow of the season always gets people talking. But so do 60-degree days in December. Greater Boston is in store for a bit of both over the next couple of weeks.

Ceremony at Navy Yard remembers Pearl Harbor attack, 80 years ago, that changed everthing

About 70 people gathered in Boston to observe the 80th anniversary of the surprise attack that killed more than 2,400 service members, wounded 1,000 more, and thrust the US into global conflict.

Sports

Central Catholic quarterback Ayden Pereira (center) is the first CC football player to be named Gatorade Massachusetts Football Player of the Year.

Central Catholic quarterback Ayden Pereira named Massachusetts Gatorade Football Player of the Year

In his team's 11-2 season, he passed for 2,823 yards and 34 touchdowns and rushed for 790 yards and 14 more scores.
Angela Ruggiero represented Team USA at four Olympics and 10 World Championships.

After setting the standard for women’s hockey, Tradition honoree Angela Ruggiero has moved on to analyzing data for sports teams

She will be honored by the The Sports Museum’s The Tradition event Wednesday evening at the TD Garden.
Big Drew Timme is going to be a handful for the Merrimack defense.
men's college basketball

Merrimack men’s basketball gets a taste of the big time this week vs. Gonzaga

Joe Gallo's Warriors are headed to Spokane to face the No. 5 team in the country, and they follow up with a game at Indiana.
baseball

Examining the issues in the MLB standoff: Compensating younger players
ben volin | on football

Patriots’ mission was minimizing mistakes, even if that minimized the passing game too
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Rick Santos, record breaking QB as a player, takes over New Hampshire football as head coach

Business

In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants

The Omicron variant has driven home the reality that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. But one of New England’s leading biotech thinkers is pursuing a new way to fight it.
ENVIRONMENT

National Grid says not ‘more than 20 gallons’ of coal tar oil spilled in Seekonk River at Tidewater Landing site

On Dec. 1, weathered coal tar oil breached the booms at National Grid’s $400 million Tidewater Landing site in Pawtucket, marking the second spill in the last month at the site.
INNOVATIONBEAT

A ‘superhero’ startup gala returns in-person

With a new requirement to build housing near train stations, towns brace for density — and drama

STAT

Dr. Monica McLemore, Associate Professor in the Family Health Care Nursing Department at UCSF, stands for a portrait at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Friday, September 10th, 2021 in Oakland, Calif.
‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Covid winter illustration
Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

Funeral goers sing during a service for Daisy Pace at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in January 2021.
DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Boston, MA -- 05/12/21 -- Dr. Matthew Carty examines patient Jerry Majethic at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital on May 12, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.

magazine
Efforts to make companies more equitable have gone “way past the business case,” says Sara Nochur, chief diversity and inclusion officer at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.
Top Places to Work

Talk about diversity and inclusion is easy. These companies are putting in the real work
CONNECTIONS

Even Robert's Rules can't keep order in our family. We've tried
Sarah F. and David R.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: "Talking about food was a great icebreaker"
Urban Nutcracker celebrates its 20th anniversary season at the Shubert Theatre.
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, Dec. 6-19

metro

Boston, MA, 04/3/2019 -- Dr. Gregory Colburn (R) and his wife Amy leave Federal Court.

Two Silicon Valley parents plead guilty to mail and wire fraud in college admissions scandal

Weather maps: Light snowfall is expected on Wednesday

Man arrested on attempted murder charge for allegedly firing shots in Encore Boston Harbor casino parking garage last week

sports

Rick Santos, who graduated from New Hampshire in 2008 with school records for attempts, completions, and yards that he still holds, was named the program's 20th head coach on Tuesday.

Rick Santos, record breaking QB as a player, takes over New Hampshire football as head coach

In Buffalo, Bill Belichick proved that he is still adept at adapting the Patriots

Revolution playmaker Carles Gil is named Major League Soccer’s MVP

business

Rei Goffer (left), cofounder of Tomorrow.io, and Jim Carswell, chief architect at Tomorrow.io's ARENA team, stood next to a weather radar device.

Boston weather-tech startup going public in latest SPAC deal

Glaxo antibody treatment works on Omicron mutations in study

Amid homeless crisis, Yawkey Foundation pledges $15 million to Pine Street Inn

politics

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand before a wreath and mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington.

Biden visits WWII Memorial to honor fallen at Pearl Harbor

Attorney says Meadows won’t cooperate with Jan. 6 panel

Beyond Ukraine, plenty of issues for Biden-Putin talks

Nation

Adagio Therapeutics cofounders Tillman Gerngross, Laura Walker, and Rene Russo.

In the long war against COVID, this Waltham biotech is designing a way to fight all variants

Weekly averages of COVID-19 detected in Boston wastewater reach highest levels yet

Mass. reports 11,321 new breakthrough COVID-19 cases, raising total to 1.8 percent of fully vaccinated people

World

A police car patrols a pedestrianized shopping street in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021.

Austria to end lockdown on Sunday, keep limits on unvaccinated

Beyond Ukraine, plenty of issues for Biden-Putin talks

Explainer: What’s behind the Russia-Ukraine tensions?

opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1.

Summit for Democracy will follow the money

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?

After court arguments, the abortion debate is striking a lot of nerves

lifestyle

Glazed Cornish Hens.

Recipe: Glazed Cornish hens with citrus and honey make a fine party dish

The legend of Mott the Lesser

Recipe: Claudia Roden’s cheese polenta cubes are crisp on the outside and creamy inside

food & dining

Glazed Cornish Hens.

Recipe: Glazed Cornish hens with citrus and honey make a fine party dish

The legend of Mott the Lesser

Recipe: Claudia Roden’s cheese polenta cubes are crisp on the outside and creamy inside

travel

A nearly empty shopping district in Seoul. A vast majority of Chinese tourists are staying home because of the coronavirus epidemic.

When the biggest spenders aren’t coming back any time soon

Omicron is here. Should you cancel your trip?

Shopping in R.I.: Check out these great holiday markets

Arts

Some of the paintings gifted to Boston College by Peter Lynch: A Winslow Homer painting (left) a Martin Johnson Heade (center top) a Pablo Picasso (center bottom) and Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child, right.

Boston College museum receives $20m gift of art from Peter Lynch

In new exhibit at Beacon Gallery, Caron Tabb explores privilege — and the past — with mixed results

Art school confidential

Books

The mystery of Garbo

At the bottom of the bottle in ‘Bright Burning Things’

A neuroscientist on the science of reading

Movies

The dance at the gym from "West Side Story."

Could it be? Yes, it could

🧙🏻‍♀️The latest on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ in Rhode Island

‘Hocus Pocus 2′ to begin filming on Federal Hill this Friday

Television

Chris Cuomo.

This week’s TV: Chris Cuomo’s gone, the ‘Sex and the City’ revival is here, and two retro sitcoms go live

GBH puts ‘Talking Politics’ in old ‘Beat the Press’ time slot

The 10 best TV shows of 2021 (and 10 more that almost cracked the list)

music

Drake at the Billboard Music Awards in May.

Drake withdraws 2 Grammy nominations from final ballot

Olivia Rodrigo announces Boston date for 2022 ‘Sour’ world tour

Julian Lage Trio stretches out at Berklee Performance Center

Theater/Dance

Matthew Aucoin posed for a photo outside the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Nov. 28, 2021.

Matthew Aucoin’s adventures in opera

Idina Menzel stars in ‘WILD’ at the ART in Cambridge — a show that imagines the world in better hands

In Arlekin Players’ ‘Witness,’ there’s nowhere for Jews to call home

globe local

Newton city councilors Susan Albright and Rick Lipof.

Albright, Lipoff reelected to lead Newton City Council

Brookline teen helps pass Town Meeting animal fur ban

Pop-up retailers are on the rise around Greater Boston

Obituaries

Jerry Rappaport left his mark on the city's neighborhoods and skyline.

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Philip Heymann, former Harvard Law professor and US deputy attorney general, dies at 89

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98