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Cathy Watt broke down after learning of the new regulations, including a seasonal closure for offshore lobstermen on Aug 31. “These kids did it right. The men who are offshore did it right. They work their way up. They work hard. And then someone comes and just flips it upside down on you... You’re out of a job, that’s it. You’re too high for the birds.”
The lobster trap | part 2

Protests and prayers

Federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered whale populations are forcing Maine's proud lobster fishermen to adapt, but many are refusing change.
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House Jan. 6 panel votes to pursue contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6. insurrection at the US Capitol voted Monday to pursue contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Fox News hosts sent texts to Meadows urging Trump to act as Jan. 6 attack unfolded

‘You’re looking at just a huge shortage.’ Eggs could largely disappear from store shelves in January without legislative action, industry warns

Massachusetts lawmakers are at an impasse over an animal welfare bill, a delay that threatens the state's egg supply.

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins's nomination as US attorney for Massachusetts was confirmed by the Senate last week.
Rollins discusses her confirmation as US attorney for Mass., in TV interview, and threats she has faced
Rachael Rollins received no votes of support from Republicans during her confirmation for US attorney of Massachusetts. "Well, we'll prove them wrong," she said Monday in an interview on GBH's "Greater Boston."

Harvard professor accused of hiding ties to Chinese talent program goes to trial

The case sprang from the government’s effort to crack down on suspected espionage and scientific theft, but Charles Lieber’s supporters say he has been unfairly targeted as part of a sweeping campaign that is discouraging US scientists from collaborating with their peers in other countries, particularly China.

celtics 117, bucks 103
Jayson Tatum drives past Bucks guard Pat Connaughton Monday night at TD Garden.
Jayson Tatum drops 42 points on Bucks, Celtics snap three-game losing streak with 117-103 victory
Jaylen Brown added 19 points in his return to the lineup after a five-game absence.

Gary Washburn: The Celtics, finally, got physical and refused to back down in a gritty win
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Brigham and Women’s nurses accuse hospital of defying state order to delay certain surgeries

The union wrote that nonessential surgeries such as tummy tucks were continuing unabated as patients who need urgent surgery for broken bones and brain injuries were sometimes waiting for operating rooms.

Rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Mass. is driven by those who are unvaccinated, Baker says

“If you look at the hospitalization rates of the vaccinated and the unvaccinated in Massachusetts, if the unvaccinated got vaccinated, we drop our hospitalization rates by 50 percent," Governor Baker said on Monday.
Without statewide mask mandate, health experts say Mass. will be at disadvantage in COVID-19 fight These are the cities and towns that were selected to receive at-home COVID-19 tests
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Framingham High School sports teams halt practice last week following COVID-19 surge

Recovery operations continued Sunday after the partial collapse of an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Edwardsville, Illinois, in a tornado on Friday night.
Federal officials promise review after six workers die as tornado wrecks Amazon warehouse
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, after it was struck by a tornado on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized.

Thousands are without heat and water after tornadoes kill dozens in South and Midwest
Looking out from the destroyed Dawson Village Apartments in Dawson Springs, Ky., where a tornado flattened much of the town Friday night.

The climate crisis might have contributed to the weekend’s deadly tornadoes

It's difficult to attribute tornado events to climate change, but the crisis is likely creating conditions that make them more likely to form.
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Tania Fernandes Anderson, newly elected to the Boston City Council, will be the first Muslim, first formerly undocumented person, and first African immigrant to hold office in the city.

She overcame monumental challenges after arriving in Boston as a child. Now, Tania Fernandes Anderson will break multiple barriers as city councilor.

In January, the 42-year-old will be sworn in as the first Muslim to serve on the Boston City Council, joining a body that increasingly reflects the city’s racial and ethnic diversity. She will also be its first formerly undocumented member and first African immigrant.
Juliet Relis Bernstein set up a GoFundMe so she die in her home. CHATHAM, MA - 6/24/2021 Juliet Bernstein sits in the bedroom of her Chatham home on Thursday afternoon. Juliet, who will be 108 in July, doesn’t want to leave her home for care and is raising money online to pay for the cost of home care so she can continue to live independently. Erin Clark/Globe Staff
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Juliet Relis Bernstein, activist who set up a GoFundMe so she could die in her home, passes away at 108

A feminist and an abortion-rights supporter since the 1930s, Mrs. Bernstein spent decades advocating for women's rights and for peace.
At 108 years old, Cape Cod woman starts fund-raiser to allow her to keep living at home
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Tiffany Ortiz announces she and David Ortiz are splitting up

Tiffany Ortiz announced the separation on Instagram after 25 years with the Red Sox legend.
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Activists participate in a rally in New York on the steps of City Hall ahead of a City Council vote in early December to allow lawful permanent residents to cast votes in elections to pick the mayor, City Council members, and other municipal officeholders.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston should follow New York’s lead and allow noncitizens to vote in local elections

It is a massive exercise in enfranchisement.
Tents line Southampton Street near the intersection known as Mass. and Cass in Boston, on September 29.
Joan Vennochi

The tents at Mass. and Cass should come down
Bria Gadsden and Sasha Goodfriend

This is what menstrual equity looks like

Graves listen carefully. They never interrupt. They take it all in, endlessly receptive. Something in their silence makes a person want to talk.
Elissa Ely

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Chickens mill about at Brown's Farm, which produces sustainable eggs for NestFresh, in Gonzales, Texas in May.
EDITORIAL

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Mya Pol is a advocate for those with disabilities and a fourth-year student at UMass Amherst.
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A Boston lawyer accused of rape by as many as a dozen women has avoided conviction since 1996. Now, prosecutors are trying a different tack.

Women have come forward to allege lawyer Gary Zerola raped them in nearly indistinguishable assaults dating to 1996, court records show.

Governor Charlie Baker.
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Three Fall River diocese priests banned from ministry after sexual abuse allegations found credible

The Reverands James F. Buckley, Edward J. Byington, and Richard E. Degagne, who were all previously suspended, have been added to the diocese’s list of “Credibly Accused” clergy on its website and are not allowed to return to ministry, the diocese said Monday.

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Starbucks employees are petitioning to unionize two Massachusetts coffee shops, just days after a landmark New York vote created the sole labor foothold among the chain’s thousands of corporate-run US stores.

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The disconnect between economic indicators and how Americans feel about the economy grows
On Friday, two numbers were released and they might perfectly explain the complicated feelings that Americans are having about the economy.

A collaboration between E-ZPass Group and Boston-based PayByCar can help Massachusetts residents save at the pump.
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People under the holiday lights on Boston Common.

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A century ago, this Santa Claus lookalike from Maine was considered the ‘Christmas Tree King of America’

From 1866 until his death in 1928, if you lived in certain major cities and had a Christmas tree in your home, there was a good chance that Edward Chapman had a hand in getting it there.

Chris Sinclair at The Anchor at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Anchors away? City launches bidding process for popular spot on Charlestown waterfront
Since 2019, "Shipyard Park" has been occupied by The Anchor, a beer-garden-and-beyond. Now the Boston Planning and Development Agency is seeking to award a new license for the use of the property through February 2025.

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Before the pandemic, BAMS Fest brought thousands to Franklin Park. The festival's founder, Catherine T. Morris, called the arts portion of the ARPA funding bill "disheartening."
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From left: Luke Ferrari, YDE, and Paravi Das with members of the Boston Children's Chorus in "WILD: A Musical Becoming" at American Repertory Theater.
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Siobhan Miller performs in 2019's "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" at Cutler Majestic Theatre. The show is back live this year.

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Graves listen carefully. They never interrupt. They take it all in, endlessly receptive. Something in their silence makes a person want to talk.
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Chickens mill about at Brown's Farm, which produces sustainable eggs for NestFresh, in Gonzales, Texas in May.
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Wu to join newly elected mayors in Tuesday meeting at the White House

The group will meet with senior White House leadership and cabinet secretaries to discuss working with the administration “on domestic priorities for cities,” according to he statement.

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Rachael Rollins received no votes of support from Republicans during her confirmation for US attorney of Massachusetts. "Well, we'll prove them wrong," she said Monday in an interview on GBH's "Greater Boston."
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Rhode Island redistricting commission receives latest version of House districts.

Brigham and Women’s nurses accuse hospital of defying state order to delay certain surgeries

The union wrote that nonessential surgeries such as tummy tucks were continuing unabated as patients who need urgent surgery for broken bones and brain injuries were sometimes waiting for operating rooms.

Sports

Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (left) fights through the defensive pressure from Bucks forward Khris Middleton for two of his game-high 42 points in the Celtics' 117-103 win.
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The Celtics, finally, got physical and refused to back down in a gritty win

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The Rams won their second straight and look rejuvenated following a three-game losing streak in November.
Stephen Curry made 5 of his 15 3-point attempts and is one shy of tying Ray Allen's record.
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Stephen Curry now one short of 3-point record but leads Warriors past Pacers

Curry made five 3-pointers and scored 26 points to help the Warriors rally past the Pacers.
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Jayson Tatum drops 42 points on Bucks, Celtics snap three-game losing streak with 117-103 victory
NFL

NFL is requiring COVID-19 booster shots by Dec. 27

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UConn women slide to No. 7 in Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll

Business

Fox News hosts sent texts to Meadows urging Trump to act as Jan. 6 attack unfolded

Three prominent Fox News anchors sent concerned text messages on Jan. 6 to Mark Meadows, the last chief of staff for President Donald Trump, urging him to persuade the president to take the riot seriously and to make an effort to stop it.

Starbucks workers push to unionize in Boston area after N.Y. win

Starbucks employees are petitioning to unionize two Massachusetts coffee shops, just days after a landmark New York vote created the sole labor foothold among the chain’s thousands of corporate-run US stores.

Federal officials promise review after six workers die as tornado wrecks Amazon warehouse
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Top Places to Work

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Some visitors to Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

Framingham High School sports teams halt practice last week following COVID-19 surge

Harvard professor accused of hiding ties to Chinese talent program goes to trial

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A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the US Olympic movement.

USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380m settlement with victims

Celtics turn to the video tape to try to identify source of recent defensive struggles

Ravens planning on injured Lamar Jackson playing Sunday against the Packers

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Eli Lilly & Co. has partnered with Foghorn Therapeutics Inc., based in Cambridge, to focus on developing genetic treatments for cancer.

Lilly joins Foghorn in $380 million pact for genetic cancer treatments

Anchors away? City launches bidding process for popular spot on Charlestown waterfront

Fidelity closes New England offices over COVID-19 concerns

politics

Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows addresses reporters outside the White House on Oct. 26, 2020.

Fox News hosts sent texts to Meadows urging Trump to act as Jan. 6 attack unfolded

House Jan. 6 panel votes to pursue contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows

The disconnect between economic indicators and how Americans feel about the economy grows

Nation

Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows addresses reporters outside the White House on Oct. 26, 2020.

Fox News hosts sent texts to Meadows urging Trump to act as Jan. 6 attack unfolded

House Jan. 6 panel votes to pursue contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows

Framingham High School sports teams halt practice last week following COVID-19 surge

World

An intensive care area for COVID-19 patients at Medipole Hospital in Nouméa, New Caledonia.

Across the world, COVID anxiety and depression take hold

Blinken competes with top Russian official in Indonesia

No US troops will be punished for deadly Kabul strike, Pentagon chief decides

opinion

A passenger boards a T bus to Ruggles Station from Ashmont last month. Boston has moved ahead on a pilot program that will eliminate fares on the 23, 28, and 29 bus routes for two years.

Move to eliminate transit fares is growing

From 50 years ago to now, he can see same trouble spots in Quincy schools over racial bias

COVID tests for all

lifestyle

A new 38-second Peloton advertisement features an amusing twist.

Peloton claps back at ‘And Just Like That’ moment with viral ad — and an assist from Ryan Reynolds

I left my husband for someone who has left me

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives hundreds of set pieces from ‘Dickinson’

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The Pour House is planning to reopen under new management in 2022.

Pour House to reopen in Boston’s Back Bay early next year

Micro-brewery opens in former US Rubber Company mill complex

Cambridge’s Loyal Nine bids farewell; Nash Bar plans a mid-January debut

travel

Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina’s Stay and Skate package includes unlimited skating with skate rentals.

A stay-and-skate package in Newport, a museum of miniatures in Tucson, and a dash cam to go

New England ski resorts with throwback charm and (relatively) retro prices

White Elephant, a Nantucket mainstay, opened a sister hotel in Palm Beach. We had to meet her

Arts

Dresses from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" that were donated to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives hundreds of set pieces from ‘Dickinson’

ICA announces name, details of US exhibition at Venice Biennale: ‘Simone Leigh: GRITTIN’

Painter Katherine Bradford and weaver Diedrick Brackens pair up in exhibition at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Books

“I wrote novels about people who are shut out of life for various reasons,” Ms. Rice wrote.

Anne Rice, author of vampire novels, dead at 80

A new work from a Maine-based illustrator Jamie Hogan and Ralph Culver’s first full-length collection

Author readings for Dec. 12-18

Movies

The filming of Hocus Pocus 2 began on Federal Hill, on Atwells Avenue in Providence on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. It will continue through the weekend. The Sanderson sisters, played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy were expected to be on set at some point during the weekend filming a flying broom scene. Here, film crew members set up a night scene on Atwells Avenue.

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‘Drive My Car’ big Boston Society of Film Critics winner

Television

A new 38-second Peloton advertisement features an amusing twist.

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music

Megan Thee Stallion.

Megan Thee Stallion graduated from college Saturday, and the outpouring of support was real

R.E.M., Coltrane, Buena Vista Social Club, and more: 10 of the best reissues, box sets, and archival releases of 2021

The sounds of 617: Local music aficionados choose their favorites of the year

Theater/Dance

Soneka Anderson and Davron Monroe in Moonbox Productions' "Passing Strange."

Rising to the challenge of ‘Passing Strange’

For Eugene Mirman’s holiday show, the more the merrier

At the Orpheum, a Louis C.K. reboot

globe local

Wenham Museum train curator Rob Flanagan (left) and railroad volunteer Walt Meibaum pose with one of the seasonal train layouts.

All aboard for holiday fun at the Wenham Museum

Should the state impose a tax on high-sugar drinks?

A car drives into a swimming pool in Norwood

Obituaries

Juliet Relis Bernstein set up a GoFundMe so she die in her home. CHATHAM, MA - 6/24/2021 Juliet Bernstein sits in the bedroom of her Chatham home on Thursday afternoon. Juliet, who will be 108 in July, doesn’t want to leave her home for care and is raising money online to pay for the cost of home care so she can continue to live independently. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Juliet Relis Bernstein, activist who set up a GoFundMe so she could die in her home, passes away at 108

Billy Chin, who brought Boston’s Chinatown ‘into the mainstream,’ dies at 92

Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, civil rights activist, dies at 96