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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.

Chargers 6, Patriots 0

Bailey Zappe was 13-of-25 passing for 141 yards and was sacked five times.

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Mac Jones isn’t the answer, but Bailey Zappe isn’t either as Patriots get shut out by Chargers

Zappe showed why he was released at the end of training camp.

David Andrews, pictured here after last Sunday's loss to the Giants, has had some difficult questions to answer all season.

David Andrews comments on Bailey Zappe’s start, Rhamondre Stevenson’s injury, and more

Bailey Zappe (left) couldn't get away from the Chargers pass rush, and in particular Khalil Mack.

‘I tried to do too much.’ Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe takes responsibility for shutout loss.

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

shirley leung

A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people
Projects like these typically take years to pull together, but this one took just a little over a year from the filing of its plan to the start of renovations.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals encouraged dog owners concerned about their pet’s health to avoid dog parks or other areas where dogs congregate “out of an abundance of caution.”

Local vets urge caution but not panic over ‘mystery’ respiratory illness found in dogs

Local veterinarians are encouraging pet owners to be cautious but not to panic over recent reports of a mysterious respiratory illness that has been found in dogs in at least 14 states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

A person runs along Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy, MA.

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.

Milton man, 42, dead after ‘fatal incident’ at Kowloon parking lot in Saugus

Patrick Kenney Jr. was found with a knife wound in the parking lot after 9 p.m. and died a short time later at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, officials said.

FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms
The life-changing drug, developed by Boston-based Vertex and its Swiss partner CRISPR Therapeutics, targets sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that causes crippling pain.

Pentagon says a US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships
The Pentagon says an American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack in the Red Sea.

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive, says efforts in south will be ‘no less strength’ than in north

Israel’s military has ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifts its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.

A Palestinian resident inspects the destruction of their home following an airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Dec. 3.

US is pressing Israel and Hamas to resume talks, White House official says

Forecast | Dave Epstein

The week ahead turns colder, as rain becomes snow showers
After a wet Sunday, expect a fairly typical weather pattern for the first full week of December.

Quincy man’s body found dumped in alley in Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police say

79-year-old Acton man arrested on child enticement charges

Auburn man, Conn. woman killed in wrong-way crash in Webster

The New England Aquarium has treated more than 200 hypothermic sea turtles that have washed up on Massachusetts shores in critical condition since the beginning of November, according to the organization.

New England Aquarium treats more than 200 ‘cold-stunned’ turtles washed up on Mass. shores

Staff and volunteers from the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary roam the beaches along Cape Cod Bay to spot turtles stunned by the cold water and take them to the aquarium’s sea turtle hospital in Quincy, the aquarium said.

Jordan Montgomery, who split last season between the Cardinals and Rangers, could garner interest from the Red Sox to help fill out their rotation.

The Red Sox haven’t done much to their roster since season’s end, but Winter Meetings could change that

Boston isn't alone in its relative inactivity. As of Sunday morning, the team was one of 18 not to have made a major league free agent signing

BC football coach Jeff Hafley threw out the first pitch at a Red Sox game on Sept. 1, 2022, but he'll be back at Fenway Park in a more official capacity while leading the Eagles in the Fenway Bowl on Dec. 28.

Boston College football earns a ‘home away from home’ bowl game at Fenway Park

The Eagles face SMU on Dec. 28 in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl and will try to end their season with a seventh victory.

Opinion

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Massachusetts weighs the legalization of psychedelics — and the future of tripping

A proposed ballot question stirs deeper questions about how we should approach hallucinogenic drugs.

Brookline’s phased cigarette ban is unwise, irrational, and deeply patronizing

If addiction is a disease, why does the probation system treat relapses as a crime?

What I found — and lost — while building a typewriter

Free will vs. determinism, or: What made you read this headline?

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

College football playoff

Michigan vs. Alabama, Washington vs. Texas in College Football Playoff; unbeaten Florida State left out
The Seminoles became the first unbeaten Power Five conference champion to miss the playoff.

Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
School officials, struggling with staffing issues and rising concerns about student mental health, have increasingly turned to telehealth therapy.

Storm warnings issued for parts of New Hampshire as first significant storm of season approaches
A winter storm warning is in effect in Coos and northern Carroll counties from 1 p.m. Sunday until 1 p.m. Monday, with possible snow accumulations of up to 10 inches in those areas, officials said.

‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open riffs on George Santos’s expulsion with a musical farewell; Emma Stone hosts
“SNL” on Dec. 2 was hosted by actress Emma Stone. Indie folk artist and native Vermonter Noah Kahan was the musical guest of the night.

Globe Santa

Globe Santa steps in when illness strikes a family
“I am writing this letter to ask for help with presents for 2 of my children,” a Boston mother wrote to Globe Santa. “I am currently fighting cancer and getting chemo.”

Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt
Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal including debt.

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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Mariana, 15, who suffers from seizures, swung her legs over a railing that her grandmother, Tami Mitchell (right), installed on the bed they share as a way to keep her safe in the cramped hotel room where they live with Mariana’s two siblings.

They’re poor, but not poor enough to qualify for emergency housing in Massachusetts

The income limits for those seeking emergency housing in our right to shelter state are ludicrously low, leaving desperate families like Tami Mitchell’s stranded.

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.

MATTHEW GILBERT

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Holiday Pops at Symphony Hall Friday night.

A sparkling season opener from the Holiday Pops

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

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

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

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

A trans rights protester at a rally in Frankfort, Ky., in March.

It’s been another deadly year for the trans community

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

Bumper stickers featuring former president Donald Trump were for sale at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, in 2021.

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

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

Forecast | Dave Epstein

The week ahead turns colder, as rain becomes snow showers

After a wet Sunday, expect a fairly typical weather pattern for the first full week of December.

Local vets urge caution but not panic over ‘mystery’ respiratory illness found in dogs

Local veterinarians are encouraging pet owners to be cautious but not to panic over recent reports of a mysterious respiratory illness that has been found in dogs in at least 14 states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

New England Aquarium treats more than 200 ‘cold-stunned’ turtles washed up on Mass. shores

Staff and volunteers from the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary roam the beaches along Cape Cod Bay to spot turtles stunned by the cold water and take them to the aquarium’s sea turtle hospital in Quincy, the aquarium said.

John Nichols, author of ‘The Milagro Beanfield War,’ dies at 83

Mr. Nichols, a New York City transplant to New Mexico whose exuberant novels transformed him from an urban gringo into a local idol, died Nov. 27 at his home in Taos.

Sports

Cardinals tight end Elijah Higgins (left) provided the assist as running back James Conner landed in the end zone over Steelers linebacker Mark Robinson.

CARDINALS 24, STEELERS 10

James Conner, Cardinals outrun Steelers, severe weather to score third win of season

Conner ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns against his former team. Pittsburgh lost the game and quarterback Kenny Pickett (ankle) as the offense sputtered.

Bailey Zappe started for the Patriots for the first time this season.

The Patriots changed quarterbacks, but the result was the same – another low-scoring loss

The Patriots were shut out for the second time and fell to 2-10, and now face a short week to get ready for a Thursday game vs. the Steelers.

Jordan Montgomery, who split last season between the Cardinals and Rangers, could garner interest from the Red Sox to help fill out their rotation.

The Red Sox haven’t done much to their roster since season’s end, but Winter Meetings could change that

Boston isn't alone in its relative inactivity. As of Sunday morning, the team was one of 18 not to have made a major league free agent signing

DOLPHINS 45, COMMANDERS 15

Tua Tagovailoa-Tyreek Hill connection propels AFC East-leading Dolphins to rout of Commanders

‘I tried to do too much.’ Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe takes responsibility for shutout loss.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

‘Surprising’ call to state baseball coaches’ hall elicits a smile from former Lincoln-Sudbury coach Kirk Fredericks

Business

Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy

School officials, struggling with staffing issues and rising concerns about student mental health, have increasingly turned to telehealth therapy.

Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal with debt

Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal including debt.

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars

A miracle on Clarendon Street: How a Back Bay building became apartments for homeless people

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

Police encountered this small group of cattle on a field in West Bridgewater.

Unexpected cattle call on a baseball field in West Bridgewater

Man stabbed in parking lot at Kowloon in Saugus taken to hospital

Mass. State Police announce death of Trooper assigned to Cape & Islands detective unit

sports

BC football coach Jeff Hafley threw out the first pitch at a Red Sox game on Sept. 1, 2022, but he'll be back at Fenway Park in a more official capacity while leading the Eagles in the Fenway Bowl on Dec. 28.

Boston College football earns a ‘home away from home’ bowl game at Fenway Park

David Andrews comments on Bailey Zappe’s start, Rhamondre Stevenson’s injury, and more

Mac Jones isn’t the answer, but Bailey Zappe isn’t either as Patriots get shut out by Chargers

business

Rahman Oladigbolu, a filmmaker in Brockton with sickle cell disease, is among local patients interested in Casgevy, a gene-editing treatment expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration for people with severe cases of the disease.

FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms

Surging US oil production brings down prices and raises climate fears

Chicago and other northern US cities scramble to house migrants with coldest weather just ahead

politics

A ruling against the settlement could blow up the painstakingly negotiated deal, leaving the fate of Purdue Pharmaceutical and the urgently sought payments up in the air.

Fate of billions for opioid victims from Sacklers rests with Supreme Court

It’s Kennedy Center Honors time for a crop including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal, and Dionne Warwick

The US government can’t quit Elon Musk - even amid erratic behavior

Nation

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida.

DeSantis says he would pass a bill to ‘supersede’ Obamacare

The plan to save a California island? Shoot all of the deer.

Surging US oil production brings down prices and raises climate fears

World

A Venezuelan voter in Caracas checked his ID number on the electoral roll outside a polling station during a consultative referendum over sovereignty over the Essequibo region controlled by neighboring Guyana, in Caracas on Dec. 3, 2023. Venezuela was holding a referendum that it hoped would strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory.

Maduro, under pressure, holds vote to annex territory from a neighbor

Pentagon says a US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea. Houthis claim attacking 2 ships

US is pressing Israel and Hamas to resume talks, White House official says

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.

How to collect a sperm sample from an elephant

Thomas Paine’s place in our history, both nationally and personally

Healey’s financial aid boost leaves many deserving students behind

lifestyle

Wilma Mankiller, who was chief of the Cherokee from 1985 to 1995, put much of her focus on education, health and housing.

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions

My wife’s sex drive is gone

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

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

Emma Stone attends "Bleat"during the 61st New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on Oct. 4, in New York City.

‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open riffs on George Santos’s expulsion with a musical farewell; Emma Stone hosts

Oscars to start an hour early next year

The 10 best TV shows of 2023

music

Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Holiday Pops at Symphony Hall Friday night.

A sparkling season opener from the Holiday Pops

‘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’

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

Mr. Nichols in New Mexico in 1988. His novel “The Milagro Beanfield War” was adapted into a film starring Rubén Blades, Christopher Walken, and Melanie Griffith.

John Nichols, author of ‘The Milagro Beanfield War,’ dies at 83

Tim Dorsey, who turned Florida’s quirks into comic gold, dies at 62

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