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DonJuan Moses poses for a portrait next to a projection of police cars in Mission Hill

Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter Three

The search for a Black man reopens a city’s deep racial wounds

In the days after the murder, the good people of Massachusetts thought they saw the shooter everywhere.

A N.H. bridge illustrates the challenge of Biden campaigning on his infrastructure law

Although the Biden administration has awarded about $400 billion in infrastructure funds to more than 40,000 projects across the country, many of them won’t be finished before voters go to the polls in November.

President Biden heads to Boston for fundraising push

Harvard, MIT, UPenn have ‘basically been the center’ of campus antisemitism, key GOP congresswoman claims ahead of hearing

The leaders of three top universities will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a public hearing before a congressional committee led by Republicans, many of whom are livid over what they describe as rising antisemitism at elite schools.

Mass. lawmakers pass, Healey signs $3 billion spending bill, ending days-long standoff over migrant shelters

The legislation’s passage ended days of partisan drama on Beacon Hill, with Democratic leaders and the House’s small GOP caucus pointing fingers at each for delaying a bill that touches everyone from homeless and migrant families to state employee paychecks.

Newton council passes scaled-back plan to allow more multifamily housing in some areas

The rezoning is Newton’s effort to comply with the state’s new MBTA Communities housing law, which mandates denser multifamily housing near transit corridors in nearly 180 municipalities and has ignited controversy across the state.

Prominent disinformation specialist files whistle-blower complaint against Harvard

Joan Donovan is seeking “an urgent and impartial investigation” into allegations of donor influence at Harvard’s Kennedy School, which she claims fired her after she began investigating Facebook documents. Harvard calls the allegations “baseless.”

Boston woman killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say

Nashua youth pastor facing ‘credible allegations’ of sexually abusing children dies by suicide after firing, church says

A home is seen exploding from a distance, Monday night, Dec. 4, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Arlington County Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday. The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home and that an explosion happened. Arlington is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

Explosion levels home in Arlington, Va.

Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vt. Mayor Miro Weinberger has tackled many problems of gun violence, drug addiction, and homelessness, but the unprecedented number of shootings has left many residents uneasy.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

Once rare, gunfire all too common in Vermont’s biggest city

Burlington, a mostly sleepy college town on Lake Champlain, used to average two shootings a year. Last year, there were 26, and 16 so far this year, including the shooting of three Palestinian college students.

Kinnan Abdalhamid and his mother, Tamara Tamim, spoke about the Nov. 25 shooting in Burlington, Vermont, that injured Kinnan and his two friends.

Palestinian victim of Vermont shooting: ‘We’re just as human over there’

“It’s impossible to see this in a vacuum,” 20-year-old Kinnan Abdalhamid said in an interview with the Globe. “It makes no sense to do that.”

Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second largest city in bloody new phase of the war

Cold Case Files

The bodies of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter were found in the woods in 1973. The killings have never been solved.
On June 5, 1973, Maureen Moynihan, 32, took her 4-year-old daughter, Jennifer, out to run a couple of errands. They never returned.

THE FINE PRINT

A biker’s crash on a publicly maintained road brings a hard-earned lesson on the limits of municipal law
Bill Sykes suffered grievous injuries when he hit a pothole and crashed on his bicycle in Halifax. The town, like all municipalities, is legally protected from paying him full compensation.

How a philosophy major from Harvard became the best college distance runner in the country
Graham Blanks is the first Ivy Leaguer to win the national cross-country title, and he followed up the victory with a record-breaking performance in the 5K. For Blanks, it's all mental.

The Celtics were outdone by Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers on Monday night in Indianapolis, knocked from the In-Season Tournament one win shy of a trip to Las Vegas.

Gary Washburn | PACERS 122, CELTICS 112

Celtics’ loss of composure in Indiana shows championship dreamers have some growing to do

They still have the league’s best record, but damn sure wanted to go to Vegas for the In-Season Tournament semifinals. They blew their chance because they were lured into a style they aren’t very good at.

Bill O'Brien's offense has been punchless for much of the season.

Patriots mailbag: Fans are curious about coaching culpability — and looking ahead to the draft

As one reader put it, "Do Bill O’Brien and Adrian Klemm get a pass this year, or should they be fired already?"

Bailey Zappe talks re-signing with Patriots after getting cut, Mac Jones’ help, and more on WEEI

An off-menu calzone at Si Cara in Central Square.

Boston’s best holiday dining secrets

Singing waiters. Martial arts displays. Hot tub booths and clandestine poutine. Impress your friends and family with our gift to you: a dazzling guide to curiosities, calzones, and even cannabis.

Here are 9 superior soup bowls to try in Rhode Island What it takes: Region’s lauded chefs say they learned it working at pizza joint in high school

Opinion

A build kit for a 9 mm pistol on display at the White House, on April 11, 2022.

Tackling the scourge of ghost guns, preventing the next tragedy a must in 2024

Legislative differences, egos shouldn’t get in the way of needed reforms.

Shira Schoenberg

Campus DEI offices have failed to address antisemitism

MARCELA GARCÍA

Shots fired: Normalizing crime in Boston

The migrant crisis is a problem for Democrats and Republicans are happy to exploit it

Seeking clarity on what the state’s electricity market buys us

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

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

World awaits Craig Breslow’s first move in Sox big chair, but suggestions are he’s willing to deal
Some six weeks into his tenure, Boston's chief baseball officer characterized the Sox as not feeling a need to wait for the perfect situation to make a move.

Shirley Leung

Women are expected to hold as many seats on corporate boards as men in ... 2044. We can do better.
Progress has been made on gender parity, according to the Boston Club’s annual census of the biggest publicly-traded companies in Massachusetts. But if we want to go further, we must go much faster.

As I See It

The snow must go on
“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld takes us behind the scenes of “The Nutcracker” with the Boston Ballet.

Prince Harry challenges UK government’s decision to strip him of security detail when he moved to US

Prince Harry is challenging the British government's decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States.

17-year-old boy taken to hospital, 19-year-old man charged after stabbing in Chelsea

Chelsea police responded to a report of a group fight on Hawthorne Street near Essex Street with participants using weapons, including baseball bats, at about 3:45 p.m., officials said.

Boston police union approves new contract agreement

A spokesperson for the politically powerful labor group said the agreement was approved “overwhelmingly” although exact vote counts were not immediately available. The matter now heads to the city council.

Globe Santa

Making the most of a ‘Bad Situation’
Bad Situations. They come in many guises. But making them more bearable is at the heart of the Globe Santa program.

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Recommended reads

Former US representative George Santos, expelled last week from Congress, is going to be the subject of an HBO movie.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The ‘Murder in Boston’ docuseries, ‘Monk’ returns, and rubbernecking George Santos

When we spot bad behavior, we reward it with views and clicks, word of mouth and airtime. And so it may be George Santos’s moment, beginning with the news that an HBO movie about him is already in the works.

INNOVATOR Q&A

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.
Eric Moyal is the founder and executive director of Project Insulin, a Providence-based nonprofit working to ensure that every American has access to affordable insulin.

Americans gained wealth during COVID pandemic, but racial wealth gap persists, study says
White and Asian families still hold far more wealth than other racial groups.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The economic outlook is mixed. That could be a problem for Biden.
Inflation will continue to cool next year, forecasters say, but growth will slow and unemployment will rise.

Culture & Lifestyle

"Live from the Underground" author Kate Jewell at Village Vinyl and Hi-Fi in Brookline.

A Fitchburg State professor’s new book traces the left-of-the-dial history of college radio

Bill Janovitz and Buffalo Tom play the Paradise Rock Club Saturday night.

Buffalo Tom’s show at the Paradise proves there’s no place like home

Charles and Carol Stuart.

‘Murder in Boston’ director hopes documentary can lead to healing for Mission Hill residents

Doja Cat performs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Nov. 29.

A confident Doja Cat commands a busy stage at TD Garden

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

Tobacco shelves like these will vanish over time in Brookline if a town ordinance is allowed to stand.

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

How the tiny band of Beacon Hill Republicans made an important stand for transparency

IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Why the best holiday gift could be the worst

What Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida did in Massachusetts over a year ago shows a visceral understanding of the dynamics of the immigration issue, along with a willingness to exploit it in a cruel and possibly illegal way.

The migrant crisis is a problem for Democrats and Republicans are happy to exploit it

Andrea Macone, who works for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, helped to plant some of the 20,000 purple flags in the Common that commemorate Overdose Awareness Day and kick off Recovery Month on Aug. 29, 2022. The purple flags represent the lives lost to overdose in Massachusetts over the past 10 years.

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

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

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

It’s soup season. Here are 9 superior bowls to try in Rhode Island.

Matzo ball, okra stew, wonton, pozole, and other classics to explore.

RI FOOD & DINING

What it takes: Region’s lauded chefs say they learned it working at pizza joint in high school

Their careers intertwined since they worked together for early mentor Walter Slater, Kevin O’Donnell and Will Rietzel are teaming up once again, this time at Giusto in Newport.

COMMENTARY | DYLAN CONLEY

Think about tax breaks for real estate developers like an introductory rate for a streaming subscription

A tax stabilization agreement is just a time-limited discount to draw in a new customer, designed to collect the full rate a little later, writes a Providence land use attorney.

As polls predict Trump rematch, President Biden heads to Boston for fundraising push

Biden’s trip to Boston is part of a weeklong fundraising effort to bolster his campaign coffers as part of his 2024 reelection bid.

Sports

Graham Blanks (center) won the NCAA men’s cross-country national championship meet last month.

How a philosophy major from Harvard became the best college distance runner in the country

Graham Blanks is the first Ivy Leaguer to win the national cross-country title, and he followed up the victory with a record-breaking performance in the 5K. For Blanks, it's all mental.

Bill O'Brien's offense has been punchless for much of the season.

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Fans are curious about coaching culpability — and looking ahead to the draft

As one reader put it, "Do Bill O’Brien and Adrian Klemm get a pass this year, or should they be fired already?"

The Celtics were outdone by Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers on Monday night in Indianapolis, knocked from the In-Season Tournament one win shy of a trip to Las Vegas.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics’ loss of composure in Indiana shows championship dreamers have some growing to do

They still have the league’s best record, but damn sure wanted to go to Vegas for the In-Season Tournament semifinals. They blew their chance because they were lured into a style they aren’t very good at.

BENGALS 34, JAGUARS 31

Jaguars lose Trevor Lawrence, then fall to backup Jake Browning, Bengals in OT

Bailey Zappe talks re-signing with Patriots after getting cut, Mac Jones’ help, and more on WEEI

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Garrett Reagan Summit marks traditional start of high school hockey season

Business

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining

Tesla is non-unionized globally, but the Swedish workers are demanding that the carmaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in Sweden have.

To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question at COP28 climate talks.

After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday are zeroing in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what’s overheating the planet: fossil fuels.

AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators.

The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could rule out a tax on wealth favored by some Democrats

magazine

Top Places to Work

These companies are using AI to help their employees, not replace them

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

This week's daters: Jake T. and Elizabeth C.

Dinner with Cupid

‘By the end of the meal, I had almost forgotten that I was on a blind date’

See seven shorts from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival at the ICA.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 4-17

metro

On June 6, 1973, the bodies of 32-year-old Maureen Moynihan (right) and her 4-year-old daughter Jennifer (left) were found in a wooded area off Route 122A in Rutland.

The bodies of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter were found in the woods in 1973. The killings have never been solved.

Once rare, gunfire all too common in Vermont’s biggest city

Funeral services scheduled for State Police sergeant who died suddenly last week

sports

Kaitlyn Zipay (center) and teammates celebrated Florida State's national championship.

Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women’s soccer national championship — all since 2014

Pacers’ inspired finish eliminates Celtics from In-Season Tournament

Heisman winner Caleb Williams to skip USC’s Holiday Bowl trip, fueling NFL Draft expectations

business

According to a report by the Boston Club, only five out of 100 companies in the club's annual census have reached gender parity on their boards. The group, which tracks women in boardrooms and corner offices, says equality may not be achieved until 2044, back on the current pace.

Women are expected to hold as many seats on corporate boards as men in ... 2044. We can do better.

Newton council passes scaled-back plan to allow more multifamily housing in some areas

China Evergrande gets an unexpected reprieve from liquidation

politics

President Biden spoke about the bipartisan infrastructure law on the Route 175 bridge over the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, N.H., on Nov. 16, 2021, the day after he signed the legislation.

A N.H. bridge illustrates the challenge of Biden campaigning on his infrastructure law

Zelensky to address US senators by video as White House pushes Congress to support aid for Ukraine

Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg

Nation

A home is seen exploding from a distance, Monday night, Dec. 4, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Arlington County Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday. The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home and that an explosion happened. Arlington is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

Explosion levels home in Arlington, Va.

Owners of a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found to appear in court

The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could rule out a tax on wealth favored by some Democrats

World

Speed trains are parked outside the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, after snowfalls on Dec. 4.

Freezing rain causes accidents that leave 3 dead in Germany while Munich airport suspends flights

Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street

Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds

opinion

Former president Donald Trump at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2022.

The Constitution is not optional — Trump is disqualified

In annual gathering, Indigenous protesters mischaracterize Israel

Generation to generation, hope runs smack into harsh realities

lifestyle

An Oxford English Dictionary.

Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year

A man picked up the phone

Barbie doll honoring Cherokee Nation leader is met with mixed emotions

food & dining

Tortilla chicken soup from Casa Azul Taqueria in Providence, R.I.

It’s soup season. Here are 9 superior bowls to try in Rhode Island.

What it takes: Region’s lauded chefs say they learned it working at pizza joint in high school

Boston’s best holiday dining secrets

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

Kristin Harris, the research coordinator at the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, emptied tea that had been sent to the museum to be thrown in the Boston Harbor on Dec. 16 for the 250th anniversary.

250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party to feature reenactment

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

Books

Craig Santos Perez, author of “From Unincorporated Territory [åmot], ” which won the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry.

Craig Santos Perez doesn’t read poetry when he’s writing it

‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ presents the First Lady of Song as a consummate artist who wrote for both the connoisseur and the public

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

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

Former US representative George Santos, expelled last week from Congress, is going to be the subject of an HBO movie.

This week’s TV: The ‘Murder in Boston’ docuseries, ‘Monk’ returns, and rubbernecking George Santos

‘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

music

Alicia Keys attends the "Hell's Kitchen" Off-Broadway opening night at The Public Theater on Nov. 19, in New York.

Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical stage musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ moves to Broadway in spring

A Fitchburg State professor’s new book traces the left-of-the-dial history of college radio

A confident Doja Cat commands a busy stage at TD Garden

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

Eric Moyal is the executive director of Project Insulin, a nonprofit that is raising money to soon begin manufacturing insulin that will be more affordable in New England.

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.

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’

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