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Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter One

The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting

You may have heard the story. You may think you know what happened. But you don’t.

A majority of the state’s youngest students struggle to read, new report finds
As many as 20 percent of children studied showed signs of having dyslexia, a language processing disorder that must be addressed with specialized reading instruction.

Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, causing renewed concern about civilian deaths
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children.

Protester critically injured after setting self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta

Top cannabis regulator suspended after she allegedly made racist remarks, which she denies

The allegations detail publicly for the first time why state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg suspended Shannon O’Brien as the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission. O'Brien said none of the accusations have "any merit."

Belmont man accused of sexually assaulting teenager arrested following overnight search, authorities say

Rickland Powell sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl known to him on multiple occasions, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office said Friday.

Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say

A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the Nov. 24 prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.

At UN climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; environmentalists call it a ‘smokescreen’

Fifty oil companies have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s climate talks said Saturday.

Developing nations press rich world to better fight climate change at UN climate summit US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

Maine teen who allegedly shot woman in Saco arrested in NY, authorities say

Five charged after delivery driver kidnapped in New York, body buried in N.H. forest

Sharon police investigating ‘hit list’ allegedly created by high school student

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

A sibling rivalry for the ages. A road-rage incident. A restaurant’s struggles. A chaotic cross-country journey. And many murders in many buildings. They all add up to a rewarding year for television viewers.

On Football

Firing Patriots’ Bill Belichick and Chargers’ Brandon Staley sooner rather than later would be the humane thing to do
Week after week their job status is a main topic during game broadcasts, and they have to appear in front of cameras and take a beating for their underachieving teams.

Jabrill Peppers apologizes for disparaging comment caught on hot mike after Giants game

It will be interesting to see if Robert and Jonathan Kraft lean on outside consultants to help them navigate the head coach hiring process for the first time in 24 years.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Patriots may soon look for a new coach, and they’re going to have a lot of competition

Almost half of the NFL’s 32 teams are weighing whether to fire their coach.

What’s your risk of dementia? New tool from Mass. General helps assess brain health.
New research suggests a high score on measures of physical health, lifestyle, and social life translates to a lower risk of some brain diseases.

Chris Dagesse, president of DCD Automotive Holdings, is dropping the Boch name from eight dealerships, including this one in Norwood.

DCD Automotive drops the famed Boch name from eight dealerships

Affected dealerships include the Boch Honda and Boch Toyota stores on the “Automile” stretch of Route 1 in Norwood.

Ashley Randele (right) with her late father, Thomas Randele of Lynnfield, who turned out to be one of America’s most-wanted fugitives.

Daughter tells story of Lynnfield father’s secret past as an infamous bank robber, and how he got away with it

Remember the guy who robbed a bank in Cleveland, then changed his name and moved to Massachusetts, where he started a new life for himself and never got caught? In a new podcast, his daughter tells her side of the wild story.

Opinion

A team of veterinarians, scientists, and volunteers attempt to turn a tranquilized 7-ton wild African elephant that had collapsed on his belly onto his side in preparation for an elaborate and messy procedure that will collect the animal's semen.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek with photographs by Matjaž Krivic

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

Fertility rates of the majestic creatures are in decline, both in the wild and in captivity. Frozen Dumbo 3 aims to reverse that.

It’s been another deadly year for the trans community

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

MARCELA GARCÍA

What’s behind the congressional fight over Ukraine and immigration

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has not made any significant moves, but that will change at some point.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Who will be in the spotlight at baseball’s Winter Meetings?

It could be four memorable days with superstar players available in the trade and free agent markets and several prominent teams eager to improve their rosters.

Rating the Red Sox’ top 10 prospects: Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony are reasons for optimism

The website Futurism revealed Monday that Sports Illustrated had published an assortment of articles bylined by writers who didn’t exist — with accompanying headshots that originated on a website selling images generated by Artificial Intelligence.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

Talented humans still working at Sports Illustrated deserved so much more than shameful AI episode

It’s sad to see the life wrung out of it by parasitic owners who value Sports Illustrated’s name as a brand while utterly disregarding why it once meant so much to so many.

“These programs are very, very expensive," Lourdes Alvarez, Chelsea’s communications and outreach manager, said of the guaranteed basic income pilots. She's shown distributing boxes of groceries to Chelsea residents at a pop-up food pantry in 2020.

For a guaranteed basic income pilot, Boston can look to its neighbors

Officials in Chelsea and Cambridge report that their pilot programs, which gave cash to low-income households, were successful. But they admit they are not sure where the money is going to come from to extend their initiatives.

Boston firm Venture Guides, cofounded by tech executives Ben Nye and Ben Holzman, has taken space at 120 Causeway St.

innovation beat

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.

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

More recent News

Trump and DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events in Iowa with the caucuses just six weeks away
Ron DeSantis plans to complete his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties, a timeworn tactic for presidential candidates hoping to make their mark in the leadoff state.

Trump not immune from being sued for Jan. 6 riot, judges rule

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the earthquake, and officials said tsunami waves of about a meter high were possible.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

It’s a rainy start to meteorological winter
Saturday looks like the best day to head outdoors this weekend.

Broadcom closes downtown Boston office, cutting 150 jobs
The move is as part of a much broader cost-cutting effort following the completion Broadcom's VMware acquisition last week.

In helping expel George Santos, House Republicans draw a line at his abuse of the political system
Santos, a 35-year-old first term lawmaker, became just the sixth House member in history to be expelled, and the first who wasn’t already convicted of crimes or who had demonstrated “disloyalty to the Union” during the Civil War.

LOVE LETTERS

My wife’s sex drive is gone
We’re in our 70s. Is it over?

Globe Santa

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children
Grandparents, ideally, can often offer a safe home with unconditional love. But for many it comes at a cost, and often this cost is financial.

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Recommended reads

After launching last November, ChatGPT became one of the fastest-growing online applications ever. And one year later, it attracts about 100 million users each week.

ChatGPT launched one year ago. Here’s what we’ve learned about AI and the future.

OpenAI's chatbot took the world by storm last November. But it will take much longer to understand generative AI's impact, its risks, its vast capacity for error, and the downsides of relying on machines to do our thinking and communicating for us.

dan shaughnessy

Imagine if you will a Bill Belichick job interview, and other thoughts
The notion of Belichick coaching another team next season has taken on steam. But how would that hiring process go?

RFK Jr.’s campaign spending is as unconventional as his run for president
Running for president as a political neophyte, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign has been financed by millions in donations from a motley group of supporters that include a sizable group who share Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism.

Dinner with Cupid

‘By the end of the meal, I had almost forgotten that I was on a blind date’
Will this law student make his case for a second date?

Culture & Lifestyle

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

Author Ben Mezrich at his Newton home in the room where he often writes.

Ben Mezrich’s new book is on Elon Musk and how Twitter broke the billionaire

Installation view of "Like Magic" at MASS MoCA. Foreground: Gelare Khoshgozaran, "U.S. Customs Demands to Know", ongoing. Courtesy of the artist. Background (from left): Raven Chacon, "Compass," 2021. "Score," painted on wall. Courtesy of the artist. Raven Chacon, For Zitkála-Šá, 2017–2020. Courtesy of the artist.

In ‘Like Magic,’ 10 artists conjure shadowy refuge at MassMoCA

Eric Andre

In his chaotic live shows, Eric Andre detonates a comedy ‘explosion’

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

Students participated in a protest outside the Columbia University campus on Nov. 15.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Rejecting students who support terrorism isn’t cancel culture

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

The inescapable conundrum of anonymous speech

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, pictured, was charged with felony domestic assault by Los Angeles County prosecutors after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children in 2022.

IDEAS | JOSHUA PEDERSON

Don’t draft horrible people for your fantasy sports team

Lights adorned a Marshfield home. Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Governor Maura Healey have called for the end of the state’s residential electricity retail program. But Massachusetts should fix rather than nix the residential retail program.

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity

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

Unexpected cattle call on a baseball field in West Bridgewater

Officers encounter large animals on a baseball field in West Bridgewater, a rat on the loose warrants attention of police in Wareham, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

A gift for Globe Santa, from Ukraine

Letters to Globe Santa tell us that the ordeal of the war in Ukraine is anything but “done” for Ukrainian families in Massachusetts, though they are miles away from the Black Sea.

Ted Conrad's daughter tells story of father’s secret past as an infamous bank robber

Her dad, one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives, led a quiet life on the North Shore.

R.I. Ethics Commission appointee resigns after Globe investigation into sexual harassment complaints

Governor Daniel McKee’s office “acknowledges vetting process was not adequate.”

Sports

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has not made any significant moves, but that will change at some point.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Who will be in the spotlight at baseball’s Winter Meetings?

It could be four memorable days with superstar players available in the trade and free agent markets and several prominent teams eager to improve their rosters.

It will be interesting to see if Robert and Jonathan Kraft lean on outside consultants to help them navigate the head coach hiring process for the first time in 24 years.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Patriots may soon look for a new coach, and they’re going to have a lot of competition

Almost half of the NFL’s 32 teams are weighing whether to fire their coach.

The last time these teams faced each other, it ended in a 3-2 shootout win for the Bruins.

bruins at maple leafs | 7 p.m. (nesn)

Bruins at Maple Leafs: A trip to Toronto is the perfect way to take the temperature of this team

The Maple Leafs are bona fide Atlantic Division contenders after going 6-3-1 in their last 10.

With baseball’s Winter Meetings about to start, here are some pros and cons of pitchers the Red Sox may target

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Talented humans still working at Sports Illustrated deserved so much more than shameful AI episode

‘Welcome to Wrexham’ another example of the right mix of sports, life, and television

Business

US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

The United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit.

Biden rule aims to reduce methane emissions, targeting US oil and gas industry for global warming

The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the US oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.

Broadcom closes downtown Boston office, cutting 150 jobs

US to limit China’s ability to benefit from electric vehicle industry

magazine

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more

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

What 52 bandannas say about my late son’s life

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

metro

“These programs are very, very expensive," Lourdes Alvarez, Chelsea’s communications and outreach manager, said of the guaranteed basic income pilots. She's shown distributing boxes of groceries to Chelsea residents at a pop-up food pantry in 2020.

For a guaranteed basic income pilot, Boston can look to its neighbors

Daughter tells story of Lynnfield father’s secret past as an infamous bank robber, and how he got away with it

Rhode Island is investing in trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. East Providence is helping lead the way.

sports

Brandon Staley's 4-7 Chargers visit Bill Belichick's 2-9 Patriots Sunday afternoon.

Firing Patriots’ Bill Belichick and Chargers’ Brandon Staley sooner rather than later would be the humane thing to do

Celtics should feel fortunate they walked off Garden floor with that win

From Xaverian’s crowning to Foxborough’s home cooking: Relive eight MIAA Super Bowls over three days

business

Chris Dagesse, president of DCD Automotive Holdings, is dropping the Boch name from eight dealerships, including this one in Norwood.

DCD Automotive drops the famed Boch name from eight dealerships

When you can’t afford to live in Boston, where do you go?

R.I. reaps millions in first year of recreational cannabis sales

politics

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) departs his office en route to the House Chamber for a scheduled vote on his expulsion from Congress, in Washington on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.

How Republicans split over whether to expel George Santos

Lawsuits against Donald Trump over Jan. 6 insurrection can move forward, appeals court says

In helping expel George Santos, House Republicans draw a line at his abuse of the political system

Nation

Atlanta Fire Chief Rodrick Smith, center, and others leave the scene after a protester set themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, on Dec. 1.

Protester critically injured after setting self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta

Trump and DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events in Iowa with the caucuses just six weeks away

Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say

World

Capuava oil refinery owned by Petrobras sits in Maui, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2023.

At UN climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; environmentalists call it a ‘smokescreen’

Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, causing renewed concern about civilian deaths

Developing nations press rich world to better fight climate change at UN climate summit

opinion

Owner Gary Brockney wears a "Team Trump" T-shirt inside Gary’s Barber Shop in Wolfeboro, N.H.

If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?

Trump recycles his health care hokum

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

lifestyle

My wife’s sex drive is gone

The Children’s Room in Arlington wants to normalize the last taboo: grief

She says she won’t date men

food & dining

Exterior of the Kowloon at dusk.

Four people charged in connection to Thanksgiving Eve brawl at Kowloon Restaurant

Somerville’s Wade BBQ promises smoky meat with a Boston spin; june bug opens from the Field & Vine team

In Harvard Square, the Painted Burro is a stylish replacement for the Border Cafe

travel

The essence of a Saint Lucia getaway: piton views, the sea, and a hammock (in your own private villa).

We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned.

How to eat your way around San Juan

What we learned on our multigenerational trip to Disney World

Arts

Installation view of "Like Magic" at MASS MoCA. Foreground: Gelare Khoshgozaran, "U.S. Customs Demands to Know", ongoing. Courtesy of the artist. Background (from left): Raven Chacon, "Compass," 2021. "Score," painted on wall. Courtesy of the artist. Raven Chacon, For Zitkála-Šá, 2017–2020. Courtesy of the artist.

In ‘Like Magic,’ 10 artists conjure shadowy refuge at MassMoCA

Sylvia Plath’s botanical interests offer a fresh perspective on the poet’s life and work in a Smith College exhibit

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

Books

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum recently acquired a rare first edition of Phyllis Wheatley's poetry collection.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum acquires first-edition copy of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry collection; new book offers complex portrait of Henry David Thoreau; Rumspringa Books opens in Springfield

‘Faces of Phillis’ imagines Phillis Wheatley’s life for the 250th anniversary of her poetry collection

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 9

Movies

Beyoncé performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Aug. 1, 2023, on her "Renaissance World Tour."

‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ illuminates a superstar in command of her artistry, onstage and off

In John Woo’s ‘Silent Night,’ all is neither calm nor bright

‘The Last Detail’: How Hal Ashby’s 1973 Navy movie gave me a portal into my Pops’ past

Television

On March 10, Jimmy Kimmel (pictured in 2018) will host the Academy Awards for the fourth time.

Oscars to start an hour early next year

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

‘Slow Horses’ cast hits its stride in season 3

music

Beyoncé performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Aug. 1, 2023, on her "Renaissance World Tour."

‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ illuminates a superstar in command of her artistry, onstage and off

Darren Criss is having himself a merry little ‘Crissmas’

Why has ‘Messiah’ been so popular for nearly 300 years?

Theater/Dance

Judy Song (left) and Jenna Agbayani in Lloyd Suh's "The Heart Sellers," now at the Huntington.

Alone together in a new world

In his chaotic live shows, Eric Andre detonates a comedy ‘explosion’

‘Chicago’ holds up a mirror to its times, and to ours

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

French-born US photographer Elliott Erwitt posed on at La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris in 2010.

Elliott Erwitt, whose photos were famous, and often funny, dies at 95

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died

Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos, whose political novel inspired award-winning film ‘Z,’ dies at 89