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Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway, has died

A lawyer by training, Munger helped Buffett, who was seven years his junior, craft a philosophy of investing in companies for the long term.

College students shot in Vermont are high-achieving leaders and proud advocates for Palestinian cause, former teacher says

The teacher described the three students as introspective, charismatic, sarcastic, and a bit nerdy. “These boys are stewards in the community,” she said.
Family of student wounded in Vermont says he may never be able to walk again Mother of man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt. speaks out

What we know about the Burlington, Vt., triple shooting case

Co-owner of Sons of Boston bar pleads guilty to accessory charge in connection with fatal stabbing of Marine

The co-owner of a downtown Boston bar where an altercation led to a Marine being fatally stabbed in March 2022 pleaded guilty Tuesday to an accessory charge for trying to help the accused killer avoid detection after the crime, according to court records.

Harvard, MIT presidents to testify before Congress about confronting antisemitism on campus

Tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have roiled campuses in recent weeks following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, and the war that followed.

Hamas and Israel exchange more hostages for prisoners on fifth day of temporary cease-fire

 Needham man’s cousins among 11 hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire continues

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy
Rosalynn Carter was mourned on Tuesday by a rare gathering of all living US first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter in the front row.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Snow showers possible for parts of southern New England Tuesday night
The best chance to see any flakes in southern New England would be from an hour or two before sunset until around 8 p.m.

‘I feel reborn’: One man’s fight to overcome addiction after living at Mass. and Cass

Miguel Pagan is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his mother to get off heroin, yet the pull of his old life remains strong.

The upside of Boston’s office space glut? Opportunity for startups.
With millions of square feet on the market for subleasing, venture capital firms are snapping up cheap space.

You may think you know everything about the Charles Stuart case. You don’t.

For two years, a team of Globe reporters investigated the case. What they found reveals hard truths, unveils explosive new findings, and changes the narrative of a story long cemented in Boston’s lore.
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Cover-up claims, conspiracies, and a controversial blogger: A full breakdown of the Karen Read case
Last week, a boisterous crowd of Canton residents voted for an outside review of its police department. It was just the latest dramatic development in a murder case filled with controversy, conspiracy accusations, and runaway speculation and theories.

President Biden to join James Taylor at benefit concert in Boston

The Boston-born musician will perform at a show in support of the president’s re-election campaign.
ben volin | on football

Panthers are prowling for a big-name head coach. Watch out for Bill Belichick.

There are several reasons why taking over in Carolina next season would make sense for Belichick.
AS I SEE IT

How well do you know Boston?

The Boston area is full of iconic sights and scenes. How well do you know them?

Did that $4 thrift shop painting really sell for $191,000? Nope.

A New Hampshire couple was quite happy when a rare N.C. Wyeth work they stumbled upon sold for so much at auction. But when the buyer reneged, the sale and their vacation dreams were undone.

Class is in session: Taylor Swift course coming to Harvard next year

"Taylor Swift and Her World" will dive into the singer’s evolution and her artistic counterparts, according to professor Stephanie Burt.
patriots notebook

Bill O’Brien says that who starts at quarterback isn’t up to him

The Patriots offensive coordinator said it wasn't in his power to bench Mac Jones, and he wouldn't say whether he wanted to.
NFL Notebook: Dolphins sign pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul, place Jaelan Phillips on injured reserve
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Donald Trump’s un-wonderful life

Being the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination can’t conceal that the former president is a desperate old man facing more trouble than he ever imagined.
SCOT LEHIGH

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity
EDITORIAL

Cannabis worker’s death cries for improved workplace safety rules
MARCELA GARCÍA

A collision with Boston City Hall over Wu’s car accident
JOAN VENNOCHI

More rabbis are calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

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

More recent News

Man ordered held without bail in slaying of his father in Wareham, officials say
Robert Gomes III was arraigned on charges of murder, assault to murder a person over 60 years of age, and assault and battery with a firearm.

COVID-19 pandemic widened capital gap between white, minority businesses in Mass., data shows

Though the economic downturn of the pandemic hurt businesses' access to capital overall, the hit was especially felt among the state's entrepreneurs of color.

Governor Healey unveils plan to protect Mass. coastline from climate change

Governor Maura Healey laid out a new regional approach to collaborate with 78 coastal communities to protect the state's shoreline from the impacts of climate change.
THE FINE PRINT

Rent-a-Center to pay more than $8 million to settle claims of abusive conduct toward poor consumers

Texas-based Rent-a-Center agrees to pay $8.75 million to settle allegations it engaged in a pattern of abusive misconduct targeting low-income communities

A guaranteed basic income for Boston’s poor? Officials consider the idea.
With about 18 percent of city residents living below the poverty line, Boston officials are mulling the implementation of a temporary guaranteed income program for the city’s poor.

Transit police trying to identify potential suspects in vandalism of historic trolley at Boylston MBTA stop
MBTA Transit Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three people of interest in connection with the vandalism of a historic trolley in early November, officials said.

Recommended reads

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, a Thanksgiving tradition and time shared by lifelong friends ruined by gunfire

Ever since he enrolled at Brown University, Hisham Awartani has spent every Thanksgiving with relatives in Vermont. After a gunman shot him and two of his friends as they walked on a Burlington sidewalk, he and his family are just thankful he’s alive.

With funding challenges looming, Mass. child care could be in jeopardy
Many early education providers have already reached a breaking point, and the loss of additional state funding in June could be devastating.

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.

BPS delays rollout of inclusion plan for English learners
The plan was originally intended to take effect next year in grades K-8 and the following year in grades 9-12, with all English learners moving to inclusive settings by the 2025-26 school year.

Culture & Lifestyle

Salem Film Festival spotlights documentary films from around the world

Tess Gerritsen spies literary opportunity in the unexpected

President Biden to join James Taylor at benefit concert in Boston

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ brings classic holiday magic

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

William Lefebvre and Victoria Wisniewski

Gen Z takes a seat — and sets the table — at COP28
Uri Dromi

A UN refugee agency has been perpetuating the problem of Palestinian refugees
ALEX BEAM

‘Napoleon’ isn’t accurate? Excuse me, mate, were you there?
EDITORIAL

Challenges to Trump’s eligibility are murky at best. But there is a clear way to stop him.
EDITORIAL

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

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

NH NEWS

Security guard fatally shot at New Hampshire hospital remembered for dedication to community, family

Law enforcement from multiple departments joined state officials and family members on Monday for a celebration of life service for Bradley Haas.

Felony wrongful voting charge filed in N.H. against ex-lawmaker

Troy E. Merner was arrested and accused of a crime that could cost him his right to vote in New Hampshire.
AS I SEE IT

How well do you know Boston?

The Boston area is full of iconic sights and scenes. How well do you know them?

Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway, has died

A lawyer by training, Munger helped Buffett, who was seven years his junior, craft a philosophy of investing in companies for the long term.

Sports

D7 SUPER BOWL: AMESBURY VS. UXBRIDGE

Amesbury will put its ground-and-pound game to the test against top-seeded Uxbridge in the Division 7 Super Bowl

Led by a senior-laden offensive line, the Hawks (9-2) have used their “Straight-T” offense to produce 3,272 rushing yards and 390 points in 11 games.
D3 SUPER BOWL: MILTON VS. WALPOLE

Previewing and predicting the Division 3 Super Bowl: Milton vs. Walpole

The Bay State Conference rivals met on Oct. 13, with Walpole registering its first win, 42-23, over Milton since 2014. What happens seven weeks later at Gillette Stadium?
D3 SUPER BOWL: MILTON VS. WALPOLE

Bay State Conference rivals Milton and Walpole will be led by first-year starting quarterbacks in Division 3 Super Bowl

Senior Patrick Miller (Milton) and junior Owen Mackenzie (Walpole) pace the division with 29 and 28 touchdown passes, respectively, in teams' drive to Gillette.
NFL notebook

Dolphins sign pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul, place Jaelan Phillips on injured reserve
red sox

Watch: Dennis Eckersley says Red Sox hiring Andrew Bailey was a ‘good move’

revolution

Tomas Chancalay becomes a permanent addition to Revolution as a Designated Player

Business

Cyber Monday sales hit record $12.4 billion even as savings dwindle

Spending increased 9.6 percent from a year ago, making it the biggest online shopping day ever, according to Adobe Inc., which compiles the data.

Newburyport plant where worker died to close permanently

The facility hasn’t operated for months and production will not resume, according to PolyCarbon Industries, Inc., known as PCI.

Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway, has died

The upside of Boston’s office space glut? Opportunity for startups.
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

The Globe’s film critic picks 6 holiday movies that are actually good
MISS CONDUCT

My in-laws helped repay my student loan. How do I thank them?
winter travel

30 tiny, perfect things about winter in New England
Winter travel

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

metro

Co-owner of Sons of Boston bar pleads guilty to accessory charge in connection with fatal stabbing of Marine

Mr. Amo goes to Washington (and Smithfield)

Delilah, a critically endangered Sumatran rhino, gives birth to a new calf

sports

Bill O’Brien says that who starts at quarterback isn’t up to him

Bruins will go back to work at practice Wednesday, seeking to cure what ails them

Leadership and production made Tradition honoree Kevin Faulk ‘the consummate Patriot’

business

Hall suing Oates over plan to sell stake in their joint venture

A few standout restaurants and food businesses in R.I. giving back

With funding challenges looming, Mass. child care could be in jeopardy

politics

Hunter Biden offers to testify in House inquiry, but only in public

Mr. Amo goes to Washington (and Smithfield)

Koch network endorses Nikki Haley in Republican presidential primary

Nation

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court

Scientists consider dyeing the Connecticut River to help keep it alive

World

Hamas and Israel exchange more hostages for prisoners on fifth day of temporary cease-fire

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates

Fearful, humiliated, and desperate: Palestinians heading south in Gaza face horrors

opinion

‘Napoleon’ isn’t accurate? Excuse me, mate, were you there?

Gen Z takes a seat — and sets the table — at COP28

Climate education should be taught in schools

lifestyle

With White House holiday decorations, Jill Biden wanted holiday visitors to feel like kids again

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

Should I stay with my husband?

food & dining

Training the next generation of chefs in New Hampshire

Atelier Colette sits sweetly atop Beacon Hill

Spice up your winter cocktails

travel

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

The rooms where it happened: A new MFA show looks at photographers’ studios

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

Books

Tess Gerritsen spies literary opportunity in the unexpected

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

Movies

‘Maestro’ presents master challenge for director, star Bradley Cooper

Salem Film Festival spotlights documentary films from around the world

Watch: Chris Evans’s rescue dog Dodger adorably crashes interview on ‘The View’

Television

A world at war in season 4 of ‘All Creatures Great and Small’

This week’s TV: Eddie Murphy makes a deal with an elf, ‘Bookie’ debuts, and the return of Blue Sky shows

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

music

Class is in session: Taylor Swift course coming to Harvard next year

President Biden to join James Taylor at benefit concert in Boston

Hall suing Oates over plan to sell stake in their joint venture

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ brings classic holiday magic

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

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

Health

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

Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway, has died

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

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