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Why landlords hold the post-pandemic fate of downtown in their hands like never before

Restaurants and retailers still struggling to meet the terms of leases they signed before COVID are approaching landlords with creative proposals to restructure their monthly rent check. The answers often determine the fate of the business.

Small businesses are approaching landlords more and more to negotiate new lease terms, such as lower rents or deferments on payments. Clover recently struggled to find compromise with its Back Bay landlord and filed for bankruptcy shortly after.

Three Palestinian college students shot while visiting Burlington, Vt., according to police
All three are 20-year-old men, who attend Brown University, Trinity College, and Haverford College, according to the schools.

After 4-year-old hostage is freed, her family breathes a sigh of relief

Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal

More than 80 years later, the victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire are remembered
Families of victims and survivors remembered the club fire, which broke out the evening of Nov. 28, 1942, and killed at least 490 attendees.

Efforts to undermine voters’ decisions are part of a perilous pattern, specialists say
Democracy experts say state lawmakers who try to reject the will of the voters are starting down a dangerous path.

Boston man arrested after alleged vandalism spree that included Holocaust Memorial, Paul Revere’s tombstone

Mass. man charged, person injured after crash following police chase in New Hampshire

Giants 10, Patriots 7

Bill Belichick isn't wired to tank, but does he have much choice now?

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick is wired to win, but a hideous loss to the Giants makes us wonder if the Patriots are tanking

Any chance the Patriots, now 2-9, did not want to win this game to stay in position for a top-three pick in the 2024 NFL Draft?

Jabrill Peppers unloads on officials for not flagging Giant hit on Demario Douglas

Bailey Zappe played the second half but he led just one scoring drive, a touchdown on his first series.

Nicole Yang | State of the Patriots

The quarterback controversy continues to swirl, but it really doesn’t matter — the Patriots stink

Chad Ryland made his one PAT but missed his lone field-goal attempt at game's end.

In between the hashmarks

Patriots kicker Chad Ryland owns biggest miss of rookie season

How much leash does Bill Belichick have left?

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Ugly loss to the Giants seals it: It’s over for Bill Belichick with the Patriots

More than 80 years later, the victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire are remembered
Families of victims and survivors remembered the club fire, which broke out the evening of Nov. 28, 1942, and killed at least 490 attendees.

State Senator Joanne Comerford is a sponsor for a bill that would create uniform standards for the state's 351 local health departments.

Effort aims for greater equity in the state’s fractured public health system

A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would make new public health standards law.

Center Neemias Queta (right) provided a rare strong inside presence off the bench for the shorthanded Celtics.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 113, HAWKS 103

Thanks to Neemias Queta and Dalano Banton, the bench has justified getting more minutes for the evolving Celtics

Queta tallied 7 points and 10 rebounds in 15 minutes, while Banton scored 8 points in 19 minutes.

Shorthanded Celtics get contributions up and down the lineup in win over Hawks

Single family garage

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Explore the project

Cash is no longer accepted at Fenway Park, along with Gillette Stadium, TD Garden, and the annual Boston Calling music festival.

Cash is no longer king. Paying by plastic is the new norm.

As use of a credit or debit card becomes second nature for many of us even for the smallest purchases, some businesses are looking for ways to get around the state's must-accept-cash law.

Construction firm Arco is suing a local laborers union in Suffolk County Superior Court over protests that Arco says cost the company business.

Are old Facebook posts fair game in labor protests? Construction company and laborers’ union are heading to court to find out.

A lawsuit highlights the uneasy dynamic between construction firms and labor unions.

The Bruins could have used someone Saturday to deliver a big hit on Rangers captain Jacob Trouba (8) after the defenseman delivered a dangerous high stick on Trent Frederic without any retribution on ice.

kevin paul dupont I on hockey

Who among the Bruins will provide the requisite sandpaper when they get wronged?

An unanswered dangerous hit on Trent Frederic is a bad look for Boston as opponents try to rattle the team with the league's best record.

Opinion

Jews prayed at the Western Wall, beside the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 16.

Want to learn more about the Middle East? Start here.

Many Americans want to know more about the troubled region. But they’re largely on their own because we tend to learn very little about it in school.

Look who’s backing DiZoglio’s ballot campaign

IDEAS | ERINNE MAGEE

This holiday season, try skipping the gift list

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Polls show consumers want to buy clothes that are better for the planet. Can they?

Traffic — of the two-wheeled variety — veers to the sidewalks

More recent News

Body of Avon man missing for months found in well at his home, officials say

Keith McKechnie, 45, was found inside a well near his home at 34 East High St., the Norfolk district attorney’s office said in a statement late Saturday night.

Judge Baron H. Martin, a groundbreaking Black lawyer for MBTA, dies at 97
"If I made a difference in one life, just one, that’s important," Mr. Martin said when he reached the mandatory retireent age for state judges of 70.

‘Person of interest’ detained after fire set at Westborough police station

Firefighters responded to a report of a blaze inside the police station at 45 West Main St. at about 8:20 p.m. and arrived within minutes to find heavy smoke in the lobby, officials said.

Globe Santa

Writing to Globe Santa because it ‘gives me hope’
With higher rents, more expensive gas and food, affordable childcare remains out of reach for many working families. With the holiday shopping season in full swing, parents barely making ends meet are stretched to the limit.

LOVE LETTERS

Should I stay with my husband?
Or start something new with an ex?

Members of Congress head for the exits, many citing dysfunction
More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will not seek reelection next year, some to pursue other offices and many others simply to get out of Washington.

Recommended reads

Kneeling on the floor in a hotel room she cannot pay for, Stacey struggled through her second application for emergency shelter, sorting through an overwhelming pile of forms and documents. Unable to get shelter the first time she applied, Stacey and her 12-year-old daughter have been homeless for 18 months.

For some families, the right to shelter isn’t a right at all

Each year, the state formally denies hundreds of families seeking a temporary place to stay. Many more seek emergency shelter but never complete an application.

In Robert Kennedy Jr.’s run for president, a faint line to his family can be found
Despite being greeted by widespread horror and pained dismissal, Robert Kennedy Jr.’s quest has, in its outlandish improbability, at least faint trace elements of the family’s political playbook.

Teslas, taxes, and millions in real estate: A lawsuit bubbles at Tree House Brewing
A minority shareholder at the Charlton-based beer company has sued its partners for a pattern of behavior he says caused him and the brewery financial damage.

Globe Magazine

30 tiny, perfect things about winter in New England
Globe staffers and other writers share the special places and experiences that keep them cozy — and make the cold months worth savoring.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Adam Yiqi Huang, Jin Chen, Fei Peng, and Kaye Huiyuan Hu in a rehearsal of Vermilion Theater's "God of Carnage," running Dec. 1-3 at Plaza Theatre at Boston Center for the Arts.

Vermilion Theater presents ‘God of Carnage’ as a Mandarin and English production

Patricia Cornwell discusses Kidman as Scarpetta, Bigfoot, and her brand new book

Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga prepares to cut the ribbon for The Cut, as director of operations Travis Siewers (holding daughter Clementine) and Tom Clark, concert and event manager, look on.

Coming to Gloucester, a new destination for live music

Corey Mylchreest as young King George and India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte in "Queen Charlotte," Netflix's binge-worthy "Bridgerton" spinoff.

10 binge-worthy TV shows to satisfy holiday appetites

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Katherine Kloczkowski, a student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, showed off a design created out of an old curtain during a class on sustainable fashion, Oct. 24.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Fixing fashion’s impact on the climate starts with education

IDEAS | ERINNE MAGEE

This holiday season, try skipping the gift list

Family and friends at a funeral service for Captain Arnon Moshe Avraham Benvenisti Vaspi on Nov. 21, in Rosh Pinna, Israel. The Israeli military said he died in the Gaza Strip, while serving in the Givati Brigade.

Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs

What it means to be an Israeli mother in a time of war

Thomas Paine in an oil painting by Laurent Dabos, circa 1791.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Thomas Paine is overdue for recognition as America’s greatest Founding Father

Andre 3000 attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2023 VIP dinner at Chateau Marmont on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles, Calif.

With the lilt of a flute, a legendary rapper carves a path for Black men to grow and evolve

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

Three Palestinian college students shot while visiting Burlington, Vt., according to police

All three are 20-year-old men, who attend Brown University, Trinity College, and Haverford College, according to the schools.

More than 70,000 outgoing passengers expected at Logan Airport on Sunday

As of 7 p.m. Sunday, seven flights were canceled and 247 delayed at Logan, according to aviation monitoring website Flight Aware.

More than 80 years later, the victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire are remembered

Families of victims and survivors remembered the club fire, which broke out the evening of Nov. 28, 1942, and killed at least 490 attendees.

Effort aims for greater equity in the state’s fractured public health system

A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would make new public health standards law.

Sports

Center Neemias Queta (right) provided a rare strong inside presence off the bench for the shorthanded Celtics.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Thanks to Neemias Queta and Dalano Banton, the bench has justified getting more minutes for the evolving Celtics

Queta tallied 7 points and 10 rebounds in 15 minutes, while Banton scored 8 points in 19 minutes.

Jalen Hurts answered a Bills' field goal in overtime with a 75-yard drive, capped with a 12-yard touchdown run to win it for Philadelphia.

EAGLES 37, BILLS 34 (OT)

Eagles pull out another one, come back on Bills in overtime to reach 10-1

Philadelphia’s Jake Elliott tied the game with a 59-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining, and Hurts ran virtually untouched for the winning score after Buffalo went back ahead with a field goal.

Harvard forward Justice Ajogbor dunked on Indiana center Kel'el Ware in first-half action at Indianapolis.

indiana 89, harvard 76

Harvard men’s basketball sees lead quickly vanish with Indiana’s second-half surge

Malik Mack opened the second half with a 3-pointer for a 4-point lead but a 14-2 run gave the Hoosiers a 63-51 lead with 18:07 to go.

celtics 113, hawks 103

Shorthanded Celtics get contributions up and down the lineup in win over Hawks

Wacky schedule not helping struggling Seahawks as they hit difficult stretch

Second-half struggles end for Chiefs in Las Vegas

Business

Still looking for deals on holiday gifts? Retailers are offering discounts on Cyber Monday.

Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday.

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

A newly unsealed legal complaint claims Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids.

Why landlords hold the post-pandemic fate of downtown in their hands like never before

Cash is no longer king. Paying by plastic is the new norm.

magazine

HP Component sled crop

30 tiny, perfect things about winter in New England

Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine.

New England ski resorts are rolling out upgrades this winter. Here’s what you should know.

This week's daters: Kayla L. and Gorden S.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I could definitely see potential’

My mission: Get the client to the Super Bowl. The client: A celebrity dog.

metro

A vehicle sustained heavy damage after it crashed into a utility pole following a police chase in New Hampshire, officials said.

Mass. man charged, person injured after crash following police chase in New Hampshire

Writing to Globe Santa because it ‘gives me hope’

What to know about the upcoming Green Line closures

sports

Bailey Zappe played the second half but he led just one scoring drive, a touchdown on his first series.

The quarterback controversy continues to swirl, but it really doesn’t matter — the Patriots stink

The Xaverian-St. John’s Prep rematch will be decided in the trenches

Senior quarterback Tyler Lennox has been the catalyst in Carver’s amazing turnaround

business

Cash is no longer accepted at Fenway Park, along with Gillette Stadium, TD Garden, and the annual Boston Calling music festival.

Cash is no longer king. Paying by plastic is the new norm.

Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners

Pentagon’s AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons

politics

Democracy experts say state lawmakers who try to reject the will of the voters are starting down a dangerous path.

Efforts to undermine voters’ decisions are part of a perilous pattern, specialists say

Members of Congress head for the exits, many citing dysfunction

Many voters are weary about a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. Third parties hope they can fill the gap.

Nation

Paramedics Jeremy Cooper, left, and Peter Cichuniec, right, attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo., on Jan. 20.

Final trial over Elijah McClain’s death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics’ role

Rosalynn Carter tributes will highlight her reach as first lady, humanitarian and small-town Baptist

Stabbing of Derek Chauvin raises questions about inmate safety

World

The tanker Central Park, in a photo released by Zodiac Maritime.

US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow

Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal

President Biden to skip UN climate summit, White House official says

opinion

If free will is only an illusion, it’s the most convincing one ever

Wu just shy of starting line in bid for fossil fuel-free buildings

Pharmacists are burning out: Where’s the prescription for this ill?

lifestyle

From left: Adam Yiqi Huang, Jin Chen, Fei Peng, and Kaye Huiyuan Hu in a rehearsal of Vermilion Theater's "God of Carnage," running Dec. 1-3 at Plaza Theatre at Boston Center for the Arts.

Vermilion Theater presents ‘God of Carnage’ as a Mandarin and English production

Should I stay with my husband?

I don’t want to be the sugar daddy

food & dining

Exterior photo of the Kowloon in Saugus at dusk.

Brawl erupts at Kowloon restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus

Three quick egg recipes perfect for any meal of the day

Harvard Square’s Sea Hag is the little sister to Grendel’s Den

travel

Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine.

New England ski resorts are rolling out upgrades this winter. Here’s what you should know.

How to act like a rude jerk while traveling. (But please don’t.)

Shelby Acosta on having curves, scoring a deal, and the appeal of airport food

Arts

MFAHopper - Self Portrait, Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967), about 1903. Oil on canvas. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Stolen . . . or saved? Professor accuses late minister of pilfering Edward Hopper artwork now at MFA.

’80s hip-hop culture, courtesy of Ice-T and DJ Afrika Islam, is on vivid display at Harvard

At the National Gallery, a clear sign of contemporary Indigenous art on the rise

Books

Vanessa Lillie's new thriller is included in a holiday gift package from Ink Fish Books in Warren, R.I.

Rhode Island bookstore offers holiday gift to support Indigenous author and museum; new book presents portrait of Bangor during a decade of change; Purple Couch Bookshop opens in North Andover

Claire Keegan chronicles malignant masculinity in slim but foreboding collection

Patricia Cornwell discusses Kidman as Scarpetta, Bigfoot, and her brand new book

Movies

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight in "Air," now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

2023 movies to stream while finishing your Thanksgiving leftovers

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ is really a ‘portrait of a marriage,’ says daughter

‘Saltburn’ takes a dark, very dark, view of the English class system

Television

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Hannah Waddingham in a scene from her holiday special "Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas," premiering Nov. 22.

This week’s TV: ‘Fargo’ is back, Hannah Waddingham sings, and about those ghosts in ‘The Crown’

Marty Krofft, co-creator of fantastical TV shows, dies at 86

Dolly Parton brings down the house with Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show

music

Dolly Parton performed during halftime of an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.

Dolly Parton brings down the house with Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show

Buffy Sainte-Marie addresses CBC investigation into her Indigenous ancestry

Coming to Gloucester, a new destination for live music

Theater/Dance

John Kander, 96, accepts the award for lifetime achievement in theater at the Tony Awards in June.

Two Broadway legends with staying power: ‘Chicago’ and composer John Kander

For these superstar queens, the holidays are anything but a drag

A moving portrait of hope and heartbreak in ‘The Band’s Visit’

Health

Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center in Providence.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

Obituaries

Judge Baron H. Martin.

Judge Baron H. Martin, a groundbreaking Black lawyer for MBTA, dies at 97

Marty Krofft, co-creator of fantastical TV shows, dies at 86

Joan Jara, who found justice for singer husband slain in Chilean coup, dies at 96