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A photo from 1990 is projected nearby the train tracks leading to Dizzy Bridge.

Nightmare in Mission Hill | Chapter Six

An open secret festers north of Boston, within the Stuart family

Charles Stuart’s guilt was widely known in some circles. But no one said a word — until the silence broke.

Patriots 21, Steelers 18

Hunter Henry caught two touchdowns on Thursday. It was the first time he caught two TD passes in a single game since 2021.

nicole yang | state of the patriots

Football hasn’t been fun for the Patriots recently. That all changed on Thursday night.

Unending confidence from Bailey Zappe, big performances from veterans like Hunter Henry, and an offense that finally showed some life all led to the Patriots' first win since Oct. 22.

Bailey Zappe threw three touchdowns passes in the first half, including one to Ezekiel Elliott (right) to open the scoring.

BEN VOLIN | INSTANT ANALYSIS

Bailey Zappe’s winning effort begs the question: What took so long to change quarterbacks?

Ezekiel Elliott was celebrating with the fans in Pittsburgh, most of which were Steelers fans, on his way to the winning locker room.

IN BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS

It took veterans JuJu Smith-Schuster and Ezekiel Elliott to finally jumpstart the Patriots offense

Bill Belichick's Patriots went into Thursday night’s game against the Steelers with a 2-10 record (second worst in the NFL).

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick is clearly trying to win, so what if he is still coach of the Patriots next season?

‘We can’t start our healing journey’: Maine shooting survivors, families demand investigation in Washington
A group of Lewiston shootings survivors and family members of victims met with the four members of the Maine congressional delegation Thursday to share stories and demand an independent investigation.

sabres 3, bruins 1

Loss to Sabres stung, but Bruins have a bigger thing to worry about: Charlie McAvoy’s injury status
McAvoy, who left early in the third after colliding with Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, suffered an upper-body injury, but little is known about the extent of his injury.

Mass. to close shelter in MBTA office building for homeless migrant families, shift ‘operations’ to Quincy

State officials said they will close the shelter site at 10 Park Plaza on Friday, and “transition operations” to a site at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy.

Federal money to shelter migrants caught in messy funding battle

As the left agonizes over Israel-Hamas cease-fire, New England’s progressive leaders stand apart
New England’s congressional delegation, stocked as it is with high-profile progressives, exemplifies the way the war in Gaza has scrambled the usual, easy-to-define ideological coalitions.

Palestinians crowd into ever-shrinking areas in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas enters third month

A plane flying over Harvard’s campus pulled banner that said ‘Harvard Hates Jews’ with Palestinian flag

MIT board declares ‘full and unreserved support’ for university president Watch the exchange between university presidents and Elise Stefanik on a genocide question that sparked uproar

New Hampshire man ordered held without bail in deaths of Waltham police officer, utility worker

In a courtroom filled with somber police officers, Peter Simon, who had twice before been involved in car chases with police, pleaded not guilty to two counts of manslaughter and other motor vehicle charges.

National Grid worker recalled as hardworking technician, devoted to family Veteran Waltham police officer remembered as lifesaver, helpful neighbor

Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe

Mass. attorney general sues Nationalist Social Club over harassment, intimidation

Simona Di Nepi, Curator of Judaica at the Museum of Fine Arts, in the museum's newly opened Judaica gallery. "Intentional Beauty: Jewish Ritual Art from the Collection," its inaugural display, opens Thursday, Dec. 7.

MFA opens its new Judaica gallery on the first night of Hanukkah

The gallery, a rarity among American art museums, has been years in the making but comes at a heavy moment.

This combination of photos shows Gisele Bündchen modeling the Colcci Summer collection at Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 15, 2015, left, and Tom Brady, then with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, before an NFL game against the New Orleans Saints, on Sept. 18, 2021, in New Orleans. Brady and Bündchen divorced last year.

Checking in on Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen, one year after divorce

As Brady podcasts and Bündchen practices martial arts, Us Weekly reports the pair is going about co-parenting in a “really mature way.”

Coral Reefer Band members Peter and Jim Mayer will reunite onstage for the first time since the death of Jimmy Buffett (above) for a benefit concert in Cambridge Saturday.

Coral Reefer Band members honor Jimmy Buffett ahead of Christmas benefit concert in Cambridge

Peter and Jim Mayer will perform on stage together for the first time since Buffett’s death at the upcoming show.

Opinion

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu held a news conference to discuss the tentative contract agreement between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association on Dec. 5. On left is Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, and next to him is Michael Cox, Boston Police Commissioner.

Wu scores some important wins in new police contract

But follow-through will be critical in setting Boston policing on a new and better path.

Stephen F. Lynch

Why the US must support Ukraine with aid

IDEAS | CHRISTOPHER THURBER

A fiendish trio: Three ways well-meaning parents heap unhealthy pressure on their kids

The pages of life keep turning

Reliving the Charles Stuart case (though it’s never left 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

UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 rounds of ammunition and a target list, police say
Police say a gunman who killed three faculty members at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was an unemployed professor who stuffed his waistband with loaded handgun magazines before beginning the attack.

Police say man killed his parents before killing four others in Austin
Authorities in Texas said Wednesday that a former U.S. Army officer with a history of mental health issues killed his parents in the family’s San Antonio-area home before traveling about 80 miles to Austin, where he fatally shot four more people Tuesday.

‘Never forget the past.’ Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony held at Charlestown Navy Yard
Military officials, veterans, and members of the public gathered at the Charlestown Navy Yard Thursday to remember those who perished in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 82 years ago.

US Senator Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in crash that killed North Dakota sheriff’s deputy
The 42-year-old son of US Sen. Kevin Cramer is charged with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy.

One teen killed, three other teens injured, in Middleton crash

An 18-year-old male from Malden, a senior at Northeast Metro Tech in Wakefield, was killed after the pickup he was riding in crashed on an unpaved portion of a road in Middleton around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

‘Insane.’ T reports back-to-back worker safety incidents. Again.
The T disclosed Thursday a pair of safety incidents — including a worker injury and a near-miss involving an electrified third rail — less than three months after a series of similar incidents led the agency to be rapped by federal officials.

Globe Santa

‘A lot of us comedians, we’re like big kids’: Globe Santa comedy show raises money for children in need
The 11th Annual Globe Santa Comedy Night will feature nine comedians for a stand-up showcase at Giggles Comedy Club in Saugus - and pizza!

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Recommended reads

Flavors of charged lemonade displayed at a Panera in Novato, Calif.

Two people have died after drinking Panera’s ‘charged’ beverages. Is marketing to blame?

Both wrongful death lawsuits claimed the deceased typically steered clear of energy drinks and argued that Panera’s beverages were not adequately advertised as such.

Winter Outlook | Dave Epstein

Bracing for winter 2023: How much snow is in store for New England?
El Niño will play a major role in whether we have a mild season or not.

Expert review of Harvard morgue finds shortcomings in handling donated bodies
The report comes after the medical school’s morgue manager was charged with stealing and selling body parts.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.
The city is all decked out for Christmas, but come January, food, lodging, and shows are an absolute bargain.

Culture & Lifestyle

Coral Reefer Band members Peter and Jim Mayer will reunite onstage for the first time since the death of Jimmy Buffett (above) for a benefit concert in Cambridge Saturday.

Coral Reefer Band members honor Jimmy Buffett ahead of Christmas benefit concert in Cambridge

Kenice Mobley will perform her autobiographical show “Don’t Kill Yourself Yet” at the Rockwell on Friday.

In her solo show, Kenice Mobley casts a light on her darkest hours

Norman Lear posed for a portrait during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on Jan. 13, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. The TV icon died Tuesday at the age of 101.

Seven classic Norman Lear shows available on streaming

Emmet Van Driesche, owner of Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm in Ashfield, in front of the farm's trailer.

Grab your handsaw and get ready for an adventure in one of the few Christmas tree farm forests in the country

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

Angus King said, “We really have worked hard to make it something that has a shot at getting passed but also will pass constitutional muster.”

Senator Angus King of Maine looks for middle ground on gun safety

IDEAS | CAREY GOLDBERG

Would you do it if you could? Advanced DNA testing for embryos is here — and it’s fraught.

A Hanukkah menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 2017.

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

Politicians look to God and the Bible to do their heavy lifting

Under pressure from the state, the Newton City Council approved zoning changes on Monday that will allow more multifamily housing around MBTA stations.

In Newton, an outside force provides momentum for zoning reform

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

Providence Streets Coalition urges city leaders to pursue strategy to minimize serious crashes

The group has been compiling data about traffic crashes and fatalities that have happened in the city over the last decade. They'd like to see changes.

Trinity Rep reimagines Charles Dickens’ holiday classic ‘A Christmas Carol’

With a middle-aged Scrooge and several neurodivergent actors, director Stephen Thorne says this year's show “opens up opportunities for people to see themselves and their direct experience."

COMMENTARY | BILL BARTHOLOMEW

Amid housing crisis, R.I. must adapt existing structures to meet the moment

It is essential that existing non-residential properties are converted to house many R.I. communities, and that the new Adaptive Reuse law is not used as a means to create only luxury housing.

Spreading the light in times of darkness

For 29 years, the Lossmans’ Christmas display in Billerica has brought comfort and joy.

Sports

Hunter Henry caught two touchdowns on Thursday. It was the first time he caught two TD passes in a single game since 2021.

nicole yang | state of the patriots

Football hasn’t been fun for the Patriots recently. That all changed on Thursday night.

Unending confidence from Bailey Zappe, big performances from veterans like Hunter Henry, and an offense that finally showed some life all led to the Patriots' first win since Oct. 22.

Bailey Zappe completed 19 of 28 passes for 240 yards.

Bailey Zappe’s confidence, aggression shines during impressive first half in Patriots’ win vs. Steelers

Zappe threw for three touchdowns passes in the first half as the Patriots hung on to beat the Steelers, 21-18.

Bailey Zappe threw three touchdowns passes in the first half, including one to Ezekiel Elliott (right) to open the scoring.

BEN VOLIN | INSTANT ANALYSIS

Bailey Zappe’s winning effort begs the question: What took so long to change quarterbacks?

Zappe was everything Mac Jones hasn’t been — poised in the pocket, quick with his reads and throws, and able to connect on a few big plays downfield.

Patriots catch big break in fourth quarter with controversial false-start call on Steelers

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick is clearly trying to win, so what if he is still coach of the Patriots next season?

IN BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS

It took veterans JuJu Smith-Schuster and Ezekiel Elliott to finally jumpstart the Patriots offense

Business

Biden heads to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2B for 10 major rail projects around the country

The administration says the 218-mile train route linking Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, California, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, may one day serve more than 11 million passengers annually.

Is the US economy on track for a ‘soft landing’? Friday’s jobs report may offer clues

Can the US economy achieve a much-hyped “soft landing”? Friday’s jobs report for November will provide some signs of whether that elusive scenario is coming into view.

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tenn. have signed cards seeking union representation

White House targets drug patents in latest effort to lower prices

magazine

Guimel DeCarvalho, chief diversity officer at Wayside Youth & Family Support Network in Framingham.

Top Places to Work

These workplaces are doubling down on their commitment to diversity and inclusion

Top Places to Work

Some companies are remote, some hybrid. At least one lets you work from a boat.

Illustration for 2023 Top Places to Work perks feature

Top Places to Work

Eight great job perks: Free work boots, $10k toward an electric car, and more

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

metro

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth spoke during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

MIT board declares ‘full and unreserved support’ for university president

‘We can’t start our healing journey’: Maine shooting survivors, families demand investigation in Washington

Expert review of Harvard morgue finds shortcomings in handling donated bodies

sports

Hunter Henry scored two touchdowns on Thursday.

Patriots beat Steelers, snap five-game losing streak behind three first-half touchdowns

Army-Navy bobblehead released ahead of Saturday’s Gillette Stadium game

Jayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year

business

Schematic designs for a redevelopment proposal for 9-11 Hayes St. in Providence, R.I.

A 1900s home near Providence Place Mall, R.I. State House could be redeveloped into mixed-use building

JetBlue hikes forecast, buoyed by bookings

Trader Joe’s plans second Back Bay location

politics

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del.

Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe

House votes to censure Representative Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building

Donald Trump returns to court as his defense expert asserts there’s no evidence of accounting fraud

Nation

Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys, Paulette Loftin and Amy Hopp, during his hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court, Aug. 1, in Pontiac, Mich.

Michigan school shooting victims to speak as teen faces possible life sentence

UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 rounds of ammunition and a target list, police say

Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it.

World

Palestinians strike the concrete of a destroyed building while looking for survivors following Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 7.

Palestinians crowd into ever-shrinking areas in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas enters third month

Judge rules against Prince Harry in early stage of libel case against Daily Mail publisher

After day of rest at climate summit, COP28 negotiators turn back to fossil fuels

opinion

The view outside a South End convenience store in 2000.

Foreseeing the dreary future of cigarette buying

Abuzz with concern over leaf removal

Would you do it if you could? Advanced DNA testing for embryos is here — and it’s fraught.

lifestyle

For families who value education but also have other priorities (like, you know, saving for retirement), the psychological stress of budgeting can be as taxing as the admissions process.

Inside the middle-class world of college budgeting

A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire

Checking in on Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen, one year after divorce

food & dining

A sooty, sought-after Sally's pie.

New Haven classic Sally’s Apizza prepares to slice into Woburn; Blackbird Doughnuts fills a hole in Watertown’s sweets scene

Milton man who died in apparent accident in Kowloon parking lot was devoted father of twins, former athlete

Cookbooks for everyone

travel

Even Wall Street is lit for the holidays in New York.

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.

A Green Mountains escape, a California escape, and a kit with road trip essentials

I’m still waiting on a refund from a canceled pandemic flight

Arts

Simona Di Nepi, Curator of Judaica at the Museum of Fine Arts, in the museum's newly opened Judaica gallery. "Intentional Beauty: Jewish Ritual Art from the Collection," its inaugural display, opens Thursday, Dec. 7.

MFA opens its new Judaica gallery as Hanukkah begins

Virginia state art museum returns 44 pieces authorities determined were stolen or looted

‘Unearthing the Sky’ unearths big questions at Providence College Galleries

Books

Left: An new oral history tells the life and times of the Andover Shop's iconic Charlie Davidson. Right: Local Black Ocean press recently published a new collection from Korean poet Ha Jaeyoun.

New book offers glimpse of history behind Cambridge’s Andover Shop; launch celebration for poet David Ferry’s posthumous collection on Dec. 13; local press publishes contemporary Korean poetry series

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 16

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 3

Movies

Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway in "Eileen."

‘Eileen’: Fear and loathing in Massachusetts

‘The Boy and the Heron’: a magical Miyazaki mystery tour

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

Television

From left: Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor, Sally Struthers, and Rob Reiner in "All in the Family."

Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ remains watchable — and topical

The truth was out there: Internet sleuths identify lost ‘X-Files’ song, solving a 25-year mystery

PBS returning to ‘Wolf Hall’ with ‘The Mirror and the Light’

music

Coral Reefer Band members Peter and Jim Mayer will reunite onstage for the first time since the death of Jimmy Buffett (above) for a benefit concert in Cambridge Saturday.

Coral Reefer Band members honor Jimmy Buffett ahead of Christmas benefit concert in Cambridge

Def Leppard and Journey announce 2024 tour, Fenway Park concert

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on cocaine charges in South Florida

Theater/Dance

Satya Chávez (left) and Lucy Gondínez rehearse a scene from "Real Women Have Curves: The Musical." Gondínez plays Ana, the strong-willed teen at the center of the story.

Latina women command center stage in ART’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’

In her solo show, Kenice Mobley casts a light on her darkest hours

After more than half a century, ‘Black Nativity’ remains inspired and inspiring

Health

A CVS pharmacy in Miami.

CVS to launch new pharmacy reimbursement model aimed at simplifying drug pricing

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.

Obituaries

FILE - Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter, Oct. 27, 2009, in Miami. Juanita Castro, the anti-communist sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raul Castro who worked with the CIA against their government, has died in Miami at age 90. Journalist María Antonieta Collins, who co-wrote Juanita Castro’s 2009 book, “Fidel and Raúl, My Brothers. The Secret History," wrote on Instagram that she died on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90

Norman Lear, producer of TV’s ‘All in the Family’ and influential liberal advocate, has died

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