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Senate passes landmark bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages

The bill, which would ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law, was approved 61-36 on Tuesday. The House would still have to vote on the legislation and send it to President Biden's desk.

Oath Keepers boss guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case

A jury found Stewart Rhodes guilty of sedition after three days of deliberations in a nearly two-month-long trial that showcased the far-right extremist group’s efforts to keep Republican Donald Trump in the White House at all costs.

Wellesley woman convicted of motor vehicle homicide in crash that killed two Needham High students in 2018

A jury on Monday convicted a 56-year-old woman of motor vehicle homicide but acquitted her of manslaughter in connection with a February 2018 crash in Needham that killed two high school students.

Lawsuits filed in deadly Hingham Apple Store crash; tragedy called ‘preventable’

The civil complaints name Apple, SUV driver Bradley Rein, and Newton-based WS Development and affiliated companies as defendants.

Human remains in South Boston found to be four infants, police say
Police said the human remains had been determined to be two boys and two girls after autopsies conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The results of the autopsies are pending.

Migrant recruiter, transport company, and Fla. officials added as parties to federal lawsuit over Martha’s Vineyard flights
Perla Huerta and Vertol Systems, a Florida-based plane company, were named in an amended complaint filed Tuesday as part of a lawsuit brought by Lawyers for Civil Rights in US District Court in Boston.

She was kidnapped as a baby in 1971. Her family just found her alive.

Melissa Highsmith's family did not give up hope after she was kidnapped as a baby in 1971. They recently found her, using DNA technology and their own perseverance.

Christian Pulisic scores the US goal against Iran in the 38th minute.

‘We got it done’: US beats Iran, 1-0, behind heroic Christian Pulisic goal to advance to Round of 16

Pulisic scored the Americans' only goal in the 38th minute, but he was banged up on the play. The US now will face the Netherlands Saturday.

US World Cup goal scorer Christian Pulisic taken to hospital, says he’ll be ‘ready for Saturday’ after injury England and Wales players take a knee in World Cup match

Christian Pulisic (right) is far and away the Americans' biggest name.

World Cup 2022: Meet the 26 players on the US Men’s National Team roster who are vying for glory in Qatar

From stars Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, and Gio Reyna, to veterans like DeAndre Yedlin and Tim Ream, Gregg Berhalter has assembled a team he believes can challenge the world's best. Let's meet them.

‘I don’t know what he was thinking’: Man accused of setting boat adrift from Nantucket wharf
Disputes over parking spaces have been known to escalate from time to time. But an outburst last month over a borrowed slip at a Nantucket wharf went way overboard.

BETH TEITELL & CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Dear Kate and Will, welcome to Boston. Allow us to suggest an alternative (and much better) itinerary.
The omission of the words “package store” and “iced mochaccino” from your schedule is setting off serious alarms. And no visit would be complete without a spin through one of our most terrifying rotaries — um, roundabouts.

Boston readies royal reception for William and Kate Can William and Kate keep the British monarchy relevant?

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, leave the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after taking part in an event with Coach Core, in London on Oct. 13, 2022. Prince William and Princess Kate will make their first trip to the United States in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on his Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators.

Here’s (almost) everything Prince William and Kate will do during their Boston visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales will be in Boston for three days, culminating with their attendance Friday at the Earthshot Prize, a star-studded awards ceremony at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

Apprentice Brandel Johnson cut a sheet inside Forge, a new trade school that is combining training in construction with new technology, and guarantees a job upon graduation.

Innovation economy

This local startup is running a new kind of trade school — and hiring its graduates

The apprentices at Forge are part of a 12-week program that teaches the basics of construction and pays them $15 per hour as they learn.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare sent a team of rescuers to help six pilot whales that were stranded in Eastham.

Six pilot whales stranded in Eastham; one had died

A team of rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare were sent out to help the whales after they were seen swimming dangerously close to shore north of Sunken Meadow Beach, according to Stacey Hedman, a spokeswoman for the IFAW.

Dolly's Favorite Banana Puddin' Cake, as baked by Globe staff writers Devra First and Christopher Muther. It was created using a Dolly Parton-branded Duncan Hines cake mix.

DEVRA FIRST & CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Baking 9 to 5! Dolly Parton can do it all, but can her cake mixes of many colors satisfy our picky palates?

The singer, actress, philanthropist, theme park mogul, and perfumer is looking to add "Queen of Cake Mixes" to her resume.

Opinion

Former president Donald Trump met with Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., in January 2021.

The craven Kevin McCarthy

Never before has the House minority leader been this close to becoming speaker. He’ll do whatever it takes to get the gavel in his undeserving hands.

How Congress can attack inflation

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Shirking work by doing any other worthwhile thing

Bob Dylan gets tangled up in green

Time to end the mystery, incoming Governor Maura Healey

An engraving portrait of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters, circa 1773.

The Emancipator

Poetry and the struggle for justice

Early American abolitionists used the storytelling artistry of poetry as a way to dismantle White supremacist thinking. Paul Lewis dissects an 1820 poem published in the original Emancipator called “Far in a gloomy desart, waste and wild.”

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Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ actor, dies at 66
The death of the “Top Gun” and “Matlock” actor was announced this week by the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he taught stage and screen acting.

100 people displaced by Lowell water main break assisted by state and local officials

Approximately 100 people who were displaced Monday night by a water main break in Lowell continued to receive services at a local senior center on Tuesday as the city worked to find them more appropriate housing, officials said.

The ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie poster was just released. It looks exactly how you might imagine.

Curious what happens when a 175-pound black bear ingests colossal amounts of cocaine? Get in line.

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This team is playing Celtics basketball the way it is supposed to be played
There are contributions coming from everywhere, there is chemistry and camaraderie that can't be faked — and they'll get even better when Robert Williams returns.

Celtics meet with an Italian soccer club to see how they can mutually benefit

Providence offers reparations to address racism. White people can apply.

Providence, Rhode Island, is joining the growing ranks of cities trying to rectify their history of discrimination against Black residents through reparations programs.

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In Mattapan’s Haitian Creole program, a taste of the bilingual education BPS wants to expand

Bilingual education can be a tough sell to many immigrant parents who believe their children should focus only on English.

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After reconnecting with my ex, I realize I want her back in my life
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Survivor of Virginia Walmart mass shooting files $50m lawsuit against company
The lawsuit claims the company is responsible for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.”

Supreme Court wrestles with President Biden’s deportation policy
It was not clear after arguments that stretched past two hours and turned highly contentious at times whether the justices would allow the policy to take effect, or side with Republican-led states that have so far succeeded in blocking it.

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Keith Lockhart, shown conducting a Holiday Pops show at Symphony Hall, is preparing a program this season that augments classic Pops fare with a new work by México-born composer Arturo Rodríguez, a pair of Ukrainian carols, and songs sung in five different languages.

Keith Lockhart promises a festive Holiday Pops show in any language

An illustration from the Center for Cartoon Studies in the “Drawing Us Together” exhibit at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

At Harvard, drawing conclusions about America’s health care system

Justin Freed, the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s former owner and film programmer, will bring his film “Jazz Saved My Life” to the theater, as well as musicians Maria Schneider and Donal Fox for "An Evening of Jazz and Healing."

‘Jazz and healing’ at Coolidge Corner, through the lens of Justin Freed

James Hetfield, left, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform during the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Central Park in New York.

Metallica announces two Gillette Stadium dates on upcoming world tour

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A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Former president Donald Trump met with Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., in January 2021.

The craven Kevin McCarthy

Knitting, cooking, cleaning the house, stacking paper cups — anything but actual work will do.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Shirking work by doing any other worthwhile thing

Bob Dylan in the early 1970s.

Bob Dylan gets tangled up in green

Governor-elect Maura Healey is seen during a press conference following her meeting with Governor Charlie Baker at the State House on Nov. 9.

Time to end the mystery, incoming Governor Maura Healey

The Rev. Rob Schenck, who spent years at the center of the anti-abortion movement and led a secretive effort to influence Supreme Court justices, in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 15.

Confidence in the Supreme Court is cratering. It needs to adopt a code of ethics.

The author and his son, Misha, last February.

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The mismeasure of Misha

Metro

Families shattered by sudden loss seek help in the holidays

When families face grief and loss, Globe Santa is there.

To Boston, Thelma D. Burns ‘was love personified’

Hundreds of elected officials, nonprofit leaders, clergy, and community members packed Morning Star Baptist Church to celebrate late Dorchester activist Thelma D. Burns, who spent decades pushing for equity in the state’s schools and local community.

BETH TEITELL & CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Dear Kate and Will, welcome to Boston. Allow us to suggest an alternative (and much better) itinerary.

The omission of the words “package store” and “iced mochaccino” from your schedule is setting off serious alarms. And no visit would be complete without a spin through one of our most terrifying rotaries — um, roundabouts.

Can William and Kate keep the British monarchy relevant?

Their itinerary, and past actions, suggest Kate and William are people of conscience and admirable values. Their interest in climate change, mental health, and social justice fits their millennial generation nicely.

Sports

Karl-Anthony Towns was hurt midway through the third quarter Monday night in a 142-127 loss at Washington.

Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns out multiple weeks with calf strain

The team said Towns would be reassessed in several weeks.

Wakefield High quarterback Javin Willis (center) is flanked by twin brothers Christian (left) and Nathan Delgado (right), who rank as perhaps the smallest but the best players on their unbeatean (12-0) Division 3 Super Bowl-bound team..

D3 SUPER BOWL: MILTON VS. WAKEFIELD

D3 Super Bowl: Wakefield’s Nathan and Christian Delgado will likely loom large against Milton

At 5-foot-9-inches and 165 pounds, the twins from Day 1 have been the smallest on the team but have always measured up as the best players for the Warriors (12-0).

Roope Hintz has eight goals and 16 assists in 22 games this season for the Stars.

Stars sign Roope Hintz to $67.6 million, eight-year extension through 2030-31

Hintz is 26 and close to a point-a-game player in the prime of his career.

US World Cup goal scorer Christian Pulisic taken to hospital, says he’ll be ‘ready for Saturday’ after injury

College football

USC’s Caleb Williams, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, and Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker finalists for top player in college football

Here’s how fans can watch the Patriots’ ‘Thursday Night Football’ matchup against the Bills

Business

Mass. council names a new chief executive

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Shoppers broke records this holiday weekend, but inflation took its toll

Sales on Cyber Monday — the biggest shopping day of the long weekend — hit $11.3 billion, a 5.3 percent jump from last year, according to Adobe Analytics.

What we know about the railroad labor talks

Innovation economy

This local startup is running a new kind of trade school — and hiring its graduates

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10 hacks for the perfect Disney World vacation

How to find a New England ski adventure that’s just right for you

This week's daters: Ben and Garabed

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He moved to a new city and proceeded to join every sports league you can imagine’

Romanian Pork and White Bean Soup With Vinegar and Caraway (Ciorba de Porc) accompanied by pickled red onions.

Recipes: Boost your stock with a Romanian white bean soup, Basque-style leek soup, and more

metro

Viktoria Kreshchuk plays violin in the Second Baptist Church of East Providence.

A refugee family from Ukraine rebuilds in Rhode Island

Migrant recruiter, transport company, and Fla. officials added as parties to federal lawsuit over Martha’s Vineyard flights

He says he’s ready to put his life in a jury’s hands again. But Joey Bennett should be home to stay.

sports

Phil Foden (center) got his first start and scored as England eased past Wales.

England tops Wales, tops Group B to advance to World Cup knockout stage

Red Sox officially promote Ramón Vázquez to bench coach

Tiger Woods calls for Greg Norman’s ouster in PGA Tour’s feud with LIV

business

How will crypto legislation shake out on Beacon Hill next year?

After FTX, how will Massachusetts tackle blockchain and crypto policy?

Warehouse robot maker Locus gets $117 million boost

Whole Foods to stop buying Maine lobster amid risk to endangered whales

politics

The US Capitol building.

Senate passes landmark bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages

Oath Keepers boss guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case

Migrant recruiter, transport company, and Fla. officials added as parties to federal lawsuit over Martha’s Vineyard flights

Nation

The vaccine would not replace annual flu shots but would provide a shield against severe disease and death from potential pandemic threats.

One step closer to a universal flu vaccine?

Survivor of Virginia Walmart mass shooting files $50m lawsuit against company

Drying California lake to get $250 million in US drought funding

World

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, a close ally of President Alexander Lukashenko, has died at age 64.

A ‘path to the West’ dies in Belarus, as Moscow seeks more help in Ukraine

UN mission joins growing calls to label Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’

Stowaways found on ship’s rudder after 11 days at sea

opinion

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C.

We should all care about the integrity of the IRS

The mismeasure of Misha

How we all handled the pandemic: a reckoning, of sorts

lifestyle

Love Letters Podcast 11/29/22

The best partner I ever had

Metallica announces two Gillette Stadium dates on upcoming world tour

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

food & dining

Dolly's Favorite Banana Puddin' Cake, as baked by Globe staff writers Devra First and Christopher Muther. It was created using a Dolly Parton-branded Duncan Hines cake mix.

Baking 9 to 5! Dolly Parton can do it all, but can her cake mixes of many colors satisfy our picky palates?

Recipes: Add global flair to roasted veggies with miso, honey and ginger, and more

Recipe: Press the holiday reset button with warm roasted vegetables drizzled with citrus dressing

travel

Weston Backcountry, also a leader in offering scholarships for women and underrepresented groups (and supporting backcountry safety and education, in general), has released its first women’s-specific swallowtail snowboard, The Revel, available in 143, 148, and 153 cm.

New winter sports gear worth checking out

Despite a reality TV makeover, this Berkshires motel is not quite ready for its close-up

Holiday splendor in the Brandywine Valley

Arts

An illustration from the Center for Cartoon Studies in the “Drawing Us Together” exhibit at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

At Harvard, drawing conclusions about America’s health care system

In ‘Edward Hopper’s New York,’ a city and artist forever entwined

At Yale, Fazal Sheikh exposes the elements in every sense

Books

Do not go gentle

A new study of John Singer Sargent views the painter through a 21st century lens

Netflix and poetry in Darryl Pinckney’s post-pandemic literary life

Movies

Thomas Hudner III, whose father, Thomas Hudner Jr., was a Korean War hero and is one of the subjects of a new film called "Devotion," held a flight jacket that belonged to his Navy aviator father.

Stirring tale of Korean War heroism of Thomas Hudner comes to the big screen

With ‘The Fabelmans,’ Spielberg joins the club of filmmakers mining their early years for the movies

‘Devotion’ is an interracial friendship story that flies

Television

Jesse Eisenberg as Toby Fleishman and Lizzy Caplan as Libby Epstein in "Fleishman Is in Trouble."

It’s easy to warm up to Lizzy Caplan’s complexity in ‘Fleishman’

Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ actor, dies at 66

Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

music

Keith Lockhart, shown conducting a Holiday Pops show at Symphony Hall, is preparing a program this season that augments classic Pops fare with a new work by México-born composer Arturo Rodríguez, a pair of Ukrainian carols, and songs sung in five different languages.

Keith Lockhart promises a festive Holiday Pops show in any language

Joyce Bryant, a pop singer of vast range who created a sensation before becoming a missionary, dies at 95

Guest conductor Václav Luks brings out musical merits of Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Messiah’

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio and soloist Chisako Oga in Mikko Nissinen's "The Nutcracker."

Boston Ballet returns with a full staging of ‘The Nutcracker’

At many Boston-area theaters, audiences haven’t staged a comeback

Not ready for the seasonal influx of holiday theater? Try these 4 shows.

globe local

Baramor owner Arpit Patel talked with customers dining outside at his Newton Centre restaurant.

More than 1,600 sign petition supporting permanent outdoor dining in Newton

Former home of beloved ‘Eyes on the Prize’ creator becomes Boston landmark

NO LIMITS: Waypoint Adventure gives students with physical and emotional challenges real-life experiences outdoors

Obituaries

Mr. Gilyard was an associate professor of theater and film at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ actor, dies at 66

Joyce Bryant, a pop singer of vast range who created a sensation before becoming a missionary, dies at 95

Virginia Representative Donald McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle