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Could it happen today? Boston fertility doctor suit stirs worry, but safeguards have improved

Still, advocates say there remains room for fraud like the doctor who allegedly used his own sperm to impregnate a patient.
What to know about the Boston fertility doctor accused of impregnating patient with his own sperm

Judge ‘seriously considering’ holding Boston liable in Terrence Coleman shooting death
After a day-long hearing in US District Court, Judge Mark L. Wolf said he would take a motion for a default judgment against the city for the shooting death of 31-year-old Terrence Coleman under advisement.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Hundreds of BPS jobs on the line as federal funds run out
The bleak financial outlook also could lead to the closure of dozens of classrooms and reductions in support services for students.

CELTICS 116, CAVALIERS 107
Celtics lose the slow start, and win their second straight against the Cavaliers at TD Garden
As they did in winning Tuesday, all five Boston starters scored in double figures and the Celtics moved to 12-0 this season at home.

Protesters demand cease-fire in Gaza, shut down key Boston intersection
Holding signs reading “Justice," “Cease Fire,” and “Peace,” the protesters shouted and chanted as they brought traffic to a standstill at State and Congress streets during the evening rush hour commute Thursday.

Israeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable

Worcester man who allegedly kidnapped a young girl and threw her off a bridge is now charged with rape

Superior Court Judge James G. Reardon Jr. released Hubert on personal recognizance. Hubert has been out on $50,000 cash bail on the original charges since January 2018.

One woman killed, another hospitalized, in 3-alarm fire in Western Mass.

Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Does Logan really need a fifth Legal Sea Foods? What we like and don’t like about the airport’s Terminal E expansion.

Space-age TSA screening lanes and a bizarre duty-free shop are among the additions. I spent six hours in the terminal (on purpose!) taking it all in. Here are some thoughts.
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Cradle of Doubt
The Internet is awash in parents who endorse co-sleeping. And public health agencies are largely silent.
Government officials can be quick to punish parents whose babies die while sleeping with them, but slow to craft a safety message that resonates with today’s parents.

Read Part 1: Judging Emily Share your thoughts on Part 2 of Spotlight’s ‘Cradle of Doubt’ series

What to know about Mayor Wu’s ‘Electeds of Color’ holiday party and why it’s caused such a stir
Mayor Michelle Wu said it was “just an honest mistake” when an email went out from her office Tuesday to the full Boston City Council inviting them to an annual “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” at the Parkman House.

A big project is coming to the Lynn waterfront, helped along by a $45 million tax break
A Boston-based developer won approval for 850-unit apartment complex at the mouth of the Saugus River, despite protests from dozens who say the project does too little to create housing Lynn residents can afford.

Unlike peers, MIT’s president spared worst of blowback from antisemitism hearing

The board moved decisively to show its support for president Sally Kornbluth, praising her leadership and integrity at the height of a public outcry.
Cornel West says university presidents gave ‘weak’ answers on antisemitism Mass. Teachers Association sparks controversy with call for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war
Podcast

Listen to ‘Murder in Boston’

Presented in association with HBO, “Murder in Boston: The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting,” is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Read chapter one of ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill’ Read the full series

Here’s a list of events celebrating 250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party

Looking for ways to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party this weekend? Here’s a list of public events at historical sites around Boston.

How many cancer beds does Boston need? Planned Dana-Farber hospital sparks questions.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to build a 300-bed hospital just for cancer care. But the ramifications of the new hospital could reverberate far beyond the institute and its patients.

Six key developments in the R.I. bridge closure

Limited two-way traffic on Interstate 195 could resume Saturday — or sooner.
How the Washington Bridge closure is impacting truck drivers and deliveries
Opinion
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

Women, liberate yourselves from caring about getting it all done

Supposedly we’re doing too much around the house because men aren’t doing enough. But that’s not the real problem.
JEFF JACOBY

No time to go wobbly on Ukraine
JOAN VENNOCHI

Mass General’s ‘capacity disaster’
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

What disqualifies each of the GOP presidential candidates
Michael A. Cohen

Many Jews see Claudine Gay even if she doesn’t see us

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

The town menorah was destroyed. Residents rallied to raise funds for a new one in time to celebrate the end of Hanukkah.
On Thursday, there will be a lighting of the newly installed menorah in dedication to the last night of Hanukkah, set to take place at 4 p.m. on the town common.

Tom Brady to get roasted at 2024 comedy festival for upcoming Netflix special
The former Patriots quarterback will be the guest of honor for the "Greatest Roasts of All Time: GROAT" special.

Future COVID vaccines should be inhaled, suggests new study by Boston scientists
Growing evidence suggests that vaccines delivered by nasal spray or inhaler would block infections.

Convention Center board taps former chair Gloria Larson as interim executive director
Larson succeeds David Gibbons, who stepped down two weeks ago amid questions about a scathing diversity audit and an aborted attempt to hire a developer for six-plus acres in the shadow of the authority’s flagship Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Ukraine gets EU membership boost, but no new European aid, after setback in US
The European Union has failed to agree on a $54 billion package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country.

Healey vows to keep abortion pill available in Mass. as Supreme Court considers its use
Earlier this year, Governor Healey moved to obtain 15,000 doses of mifepristone, equal to about a two-year supply, tweeting, “Mifepristone will stay available in Massachusetts. You have my word.“

Globe Santa

Recovering from addiction, parents turn to Globe Santa for a helping hand
Two mothers, at different stages of their recoveries, look to a better future for their children.

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‘Terrible step for the country’: Scholars warn impeachment inquiry into Biden could lead toward a doom loop

With their narrow vote in favor of formalizing their impeachment inquiry into President Biden, House Republicans have steered the country into unprecedented territory.

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023
From Teyonah Parris’s mystery-loving wiseacre in "They Cloned Tyrone" to Ryan Gosling’s Mojo Dojo Casa House-owning Ken in "Barbie," these star turns stood out.

How do people who resemble Santa feel about their jolly burden?
Some embrace their signature look wholeheartedly, donning “the hat” and spreading joy throughout December. Others take it to the next level, attending Santa Camp and going pro. There’s no question: When you spot a Santa in the wild, a quiet magic happens.

As first gene-editing drug hits the market, biotechs race to field new therapies
Drug makers in Mass. and beyond are deploying gene editing, which snips sequences of patients’ DNA, to develop dozens of other treatments for cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and rare genetic disorders.

Culture & Lifestyle

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

David Smith’s ‘Medals for Dishonor’ at Harvard speak to the horrors of war, and our times

Ben Affleck talks first time directing Matt Damon, ‘big brother’ relationship with Michael B. Jordan

A tale of two Keanu Reeves concerts, 28 years apart

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

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

By taking up Jan. 6 appeal, Supreme Court deals potential blow to Trump’s criminal prosecution
Michael A. Cohen

Many Jews see Claudine Gay even if she doesn’t see us

Alan Dershowitz

Harvard president Claudine Gay should resign
MARCELA GARCÍA

What to make of Massachusetts’ lawsuit against neo-Nazi group NSC-131
IDEAS | CELINE BOYLE

Go bless yourself! A message from the better angels of your nature.
CARINE HAJJAR

I watched the Oct. 7 video. I don’t know how anyone can say Hamas are freedom fighters.

Metro

Shooting of Palestinian college students came amid spike in gun violence in Vermont

The recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont’s largest city comes as the small rural state, often ranked as one of the safest in the country, is grappling with a spike in gun violence.

Here’s a list of events celebrating 250th anniversary of Boston Tea Party

Looking for ways to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party this weekend? Here’s a list of public events at historical sites around Boston.

Protesters demand cease-fire in Gaza, shut down key Boston intersection

Holding signs reading “Justice," “Cease Fire,” and “Peace,” the protesters shouted and chanted as they brought traffic to a standstill at State and Congress streets during the evening rush hour commute Thursday.

Judge ‘seriously considering’ holding Boston liable in Terrence Coleman shooting death

After a day-long hearing in US District Court, Judge Mark L. Wolf said he would take a motion for a default judgment against the city for the shooting death of 31-year-old Terrence Coleman under advisement.

Sports

RAIDERS 63, CHARGERS 21

Raiders run, and pass, roughshod over Chargers early and often in a record-setting rout

Three former Patriots — Jakobi Meyers, Brandon Bolden, and Jack Jones — were involved in four of Las Vegas's touchdowns. The Raiders led, 42-0, at the half.
CELTICS 116, CAVALIERS 107

Celtics lose the slow start, and win their second straight against the Cavaliers at TD Garden

As they did in winning Tuesday, all five Boston starters scored in double figures and the Celtics moved to 12-0 this season at home.
Baseball

In first media conference with Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani dodges questions on Tommy John surgery

It was Ohtani’s first time speaking with the media since Aug. 9, two weeks before a pitching injury that required surgery with the Dodgers head team physician.
NFL NOTEBOOK

Joe Flacco, 38, signs on to finish season as Browns quarterback ahead of playoff push
red sox

Alex Verdugo thanks Red Sox fans in Instagram post following trade to Yankees
CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Derrick White has played his way into critical part of Celtics’ mix

Business

TALKING POINTS

Almost 2,000 Mass. residents have worked on Vineyard offshore project

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Is Jerome Powell’s Fed pulling off a soft landing?

The Federal Reserve appears to be creeping closer to an outcome that its own staff economists viewed as unlikely just six months ago: lowering inflation back to a normal range without plunging the economy into a recession.

Older workers are a growing share of the workforce

Merck-Moderna vaccine cuts return of skin cancer by half
magazine
Bostonians of the Year 2023

Tributes to Mel King, Tim Wakefield, and other giants we lost in 2023
MISS CONDUCT

My kids feel hurt that their aunts and uncles blow off important events
CONNECTIONS

Our kids had a dream baby sitter, the kind who changes the world
LOVE LETTERS

How do you figure out which dating app is best for you?

metro

Could it happen today? Boston fertility doctor suit stirs worry, but safeguards have improved

Hundreds of BPS jobs on the line as federal funds run out

Lawyers pitch judge on how Goldberg-O’Brien case should unfold

sports

Connecticut Sun to host WNBA regular season game at TD Garden

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) leaps into top five in latest boys’ hockey Globe Top 20

EMass boys’ hockey: A high 5 to Duxbury senior Chris Gillis, who headlines Players of the Week

business

Pope, once a victim of AI-generated imagery, calls for treaty to regulate artificial intelligence

Convention Center board taps former chair Gloria Larson as interim executive director

Roche subsidiary Foundation Medicine gets new head

politics

How the US keeps funding Ukraine’s military — even as it says it’s out of money

Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers’ case

Israeli military veteran Mazi Pilip tapped as GOP candidate in special election to replace George Santos

Nation

An appeals court will hear arguments over whether Meadows’ Georgia charges can move to federal court

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West

Her 6-year-old son shot his teacher, now a Virginia woman faces sentencing for child neglect

World

Ukraine gets EU membership boost, but no new European aid, after setback in US

Three-day Israeli raid in Jenin kills at least 12 Palestinians, West Bank officials say

Confident Putin suggests he has winning hand in Ukraine

opinion

Mass General’s ‘capacity disaster’

A patient called me a racial slur. Unfortunately, my experience is universal.

The cost of not funding Ukraine in its war against Russia

lifestyle

We don’t get time alone

How do people who resemble Santa feel about their jolly burden?

2023 in other words: AI might be the term of the year, but consider these far-flung contenders.

food & dining

The union comes to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory in Vermont

Dorchester Brewing to merge with Aeronaut, forming ‘Tasty Liquid Alliance’

At Blackbird Doughnuts, stylized sweets at a new Watertown nest

travel

Does Logan really need a fifth Legal Sea Foods? What we like and don’t like about the airport’s Terminal E expansion.

At Pittsburgh’s Moonshot Museum, a window into the future of aerospace

What’s on your skiing and riding bucket list this year?

Arts

David Smith’s ‘Medals for Dishonor’ at Harvard speak to the horrors of war, and our times

A photographer sizes up her subjects

Photographic inwardness, photographic outwardness

Books

‘A born-again Boricua’ revisits a turbulent time in Puerto Rico in ‘A Delicate Marriage’

Penguin Random House reaches for underrepresented audiences with The Reader Lounge

Here are 6 of our favorite poetry collections in 2023

Movies

In ‘Monster,’ a mother seeks answers after discovering her son’s bully is his teacher

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

With ‘American Fiction,’ writer-director Cord Jefferson flips the script on stereotypes

Television

How ‘The Crown’ turned an epic about the dullest heroine ever into must-watch TV

A couple of very good reasons to pull for ‘Colin From Accounts’

With the final episodes capping off ‘The Crown,’ we feel the weight of it

music

A Jewish writer’s favorite Christmas music

Boston brewery to host Taylor Swift themed watch party for Patriots-Chiefs game

The doctor will be in the house

Theater/Dance

‘The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show’ has the Gold Dust Orphans up to their usual mischief and mayhem

Song by song, ‘Legally Blonde’ builds a case for frivolous fun

For 20 years, a Boston theater company has been opening a window into Indian culture

Health

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

Mort Engelberg, producer of hit films and presidential campaigns, dies at 86

Michael Blakemore, single-season double Tony winner for directing, dies at 95

George Cohon, who brought Big Macs to Moscow, dies at 86