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Families of wounded Palestinian students speak out

The parents of Kinnan Abdalhamid said he “told us that he was afraid to leave the hospital."
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

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

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

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

Amid Israel-Hamas unrest on campus, Department of Education opens investigation into Harvard

The investigation was prompted by a complaint that alleged Harvard “discriminated against students on the basis of their national origin (shared Jewish ancestry and/or Israeli) when it failed to respond appropriately to reports of incidents of harassment” last month, according to portions of a letter from the Department of Education seen by the Globe.
With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoner

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.

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.

Family planning contracts headed back before N.H. council that’s rejected them 4 times
GLOBE SANTA

Lives upended by crises, mothers ask Globe Santa for help

Globe Santa helps make wishes come true, delivering quality gifts to thousands of families annually since 1956.

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.

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.
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

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Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies, and presidents, including husband Jimmy
Rosalynn Carter was memorialized with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living US first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter.

Eighth grade boy arrested after gun found in backpack at South Boston charter school

The boy, 14, who attends Academy on Dorchester Street, will be charged as a juvenile with illegal possession of a gun on school grounds and other gun and ammunition offenses, officials said Tuesday.

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?

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

NESN to debut first of four-part series on Wednesday celebrating the history of the Bruins
The first episode, airing at 8 p.m and again immediately afterward at 9, focuses on the team’s special connection with Boston and New England.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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

Amid Israel-Hamas unrest on campus, Department of Education opens investigation into Harvard

The investigation was prompted by a complaint that alleged Harvard “discriminated against students on the basis of their national origin (shared Jewish ancestry and/or Israeli) when it failed to respond appropriately to reports of incidents of harassment” last month, according to portions of a letter from the Department of Education seen by the Globe.

Boston police renew calls for leads on 25th anniversary of transgender woman’s death

Rita Hester was stabbed to death in her Brighton apartment 25 years ago and whose murder inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance, held globally every year on Nov. 20 since 1999.

Families of wounded Palestinian students speak out

The parents of Kinnan Abdalhamid said he “told us that he was afraid to leave the hospital."
GLOBE SANTA

Lives upended by crises, mothers ask Globe Santa for help

Globe Santa helps make wishes come true, delivering quality gifts to thousands of families annually since 1956.

Sports

gary washburn | on basketball

When it came time, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla pulled out all the stops to advance in In-Season Tournament

Mazzulla, who downplayed the tournament for weeks, spent the final period feverishly coaching his team to win by enough points to reach the quarterfinals.
no. 7 colorado 85, boston university 55

Boston University women’s basketball led late in the third quarter, before No. 7 Colorado went on a 38-3 run

Trailing 50-47 with 2:27 left in the third, the Buffaloes went on a spurt to pull away from the Terriers.
Celtics 124, Bulls 97

Celtics blow out Bulls, advance to quarterfinals of In-Season Tournament

Jaylen Brown had 30 points and eight rebounds to lead the Celtics, and Jayson Tatum added 21 points.
nhl

Blackhawks cutting ties with Corey Perry, citing unacceptable conduct on part of veteran forward
Celtics

Celtics honor hero who saved lives during Lewiston shooting
High school boys' hockey

Five story lines to watch with the start of the boys’ hockey season

Business

Conservative attack on government regulation reaches the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests.
TALKING POINTS

AIM to help diverse companies improve digital skills

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 workers and injuring 75

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong
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

Family planning contracts headed back before N.H. council that’s rejected them 4 times

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

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

sports

Tiger Woods not optimistic PGA Tour deal with Saudis will be done by end of year

AP source: Mark Cuban working on $3.5 billion sale of Mavericks to Sands casino family

Kristaps Porzingis believes he’ll be back in Celtics’ lineup soon

business

Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

Fed officials hint rate increases are over, and investors celebrate

Amazon introduces Q, an AI chatbot for companies

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

Heavy winds knock over Christmas tree in front of White House, but it’s back upright

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

US agency ends use of ‘cyanide bomb’ to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns

World

41 Indian construction workers rescued from collapsed tunnel where they were trapped for 17 days

With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed

Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 workers and injuring 75

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.

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

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

Morgan Wallen tops Apple Music’s 2023 song chart while Taylor Swift, SZA also lead streaming lists

Jean Knight, who struck platinum with ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ dies at 80

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

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

Jean Knight, who struck platinum with ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ dies at 80

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

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