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Harvard sees applications for early admission drop by 17 percent over last year
The figures are the first measure of undergraduate applications to Harvard since the onset campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war that began in October and a US Supreme Court ruling in June that banned the use of race in college admissions.

Wife of Harvard professor issues apology after video of her harassing student, calling their keffiyeh a ‘terrorist scarf’ goes viral

 Netanyahu says Israel is as ‘committed as ever’ to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages

Trump quotes Putin during N.H. campaign speech; declares indictments ‘politically motivated persecution’
Trump on Saturday invoked Vladimir Putin to support his case that the four criminal indictments he is facing are political payback.

A victim of early success on solar, Mass. now lags behind
Massachusetts has long been a national leader in solar adoption, thanks in large part to an innovative incentive program that drove early developments. But now, it’s a different narrative: there’s very little room on the electric grid for new projects to connect.

A Boston holiday party was held. Racial outrage ensued.
A seemingly innocuous holiday party is not usually headline news, but this week’s gathering for a local “Electeds of Color” group went viral after an e-mail gaffe for the soiree.

Mayim Bialik says she will stop hosting ‘Jeopardy!’

In a ‘breakthrough,’ Biden administration awards Mass. nearly $400 million toward Cape bridge project

‘That was my hero’: Hundreds mourn National Grid worker killed in Waltham crash

Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

First rehearsal, then a grand reenactment of the Boston Tea Party

A mock rebellion staged in Boston Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an event carried out in secrecy on Dec. 16, 1773, that put the country on the road to revolution.

‘Dump It!’ The 250th Anniversary of Boston Tea Party in photos

Men in tricorn hats and women in long dresses filled Downtown Crossing. Redcoats were jeered in Post Office Square. And, everywhere, the sound of fifes-and-drums wafted through the city. Shouts of “Huzzah!” and “Dump It!” echoed as reenactors of the Sons of Liberty dumped tea from all over the world into Boston Harbor on Saturday night.

Rise in machine guns used in street crimes, fueled by technology and a 3-D printer
The rising number of street crimes involving machine guns is a throwback to the gangster era of 1920s and 1930s.

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.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Blaming homeless families
Eviction is always ruinous. Eviction from subsidized housing is even more so, leaving many homeless families with nowhere to go.

Yvonne Abraham: For some families, the right to shelter isn’t a right at all Yvonne Abraham: When rock bottom isn’t low enough

Future of the Patriots’ coaching staff up in the air as season — and Bill Belichick’s fate — plays out
If Belichick ends up coaching elsewhere, would his sons and other assistants join him at his next stop? If not, how many of these coaches would look elsewhere?

What will happen with Bill Belichick? That was the question at the NFL owners’ meetings. Forecast: Dry, seasonable Sunday in store for Patriots-Chiefs game in Foxborough
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
rangers 2, bruins 1 (ot)

Things get physical at TD Garden, but Bruins can’t hang onto lead in overtime loss to Rangers

On a night meant to celebrate their past, specifically their rough-and-tumble Lunch Pail A.C. era of the 1970s and ‘80s, the Bruins were smacked by the present.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

NBC is missing an opportunity for another magical Al Michaels moment during NFL playoffs

It’s understandable that NBC wants to cross-promote with its college football broadcasts, but there should have been room for Michaels.
Tara Sullivan

Catch ‘It Ain’t Over’ and revel in the wonderfulness of Yogi Berra

If Academy Award voters have any clue what they’re doing, “It Ain’t Over” will soon be nominated for Best Documentary.
Sunday baseball notes: Why teams like the Guardians, Mets, and Astros are putting trust in rookie managers
Opinion
Rachelle G. Cohen

Boston tradition of ‘Electeds of Color’ party should end

Events that divide people and leave some behind aren’t the holiday traditions we should cling to.
MARCELA GARCÍA

The holiday ritual of … stolen packages
Jennifer Belt DuChene

Like Kate Cox in Texas, my baby also had trisomy 18
Rachel Cleetus

World leaders at COP28 agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Will they follow through?
LETTERS

Veritas and consequences: Both Harvard and its president are under fire
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

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At least 61 migrants drown in a shipwreck off Libya, agency says
More than 60 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Libya, an international migrant agency said Saturday.

Florida sex scandal shakes Moms for Liberty, as group’s influence wanes
Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to COVID-19 school closures and mask mandates. But it quickly became just as well known for pushing policies branded as anti-LGBTQ by opponents.

Sister Ann Fox, ‘living saint’ in Southie and Rwanda, dies at 89
"I had to do something. I couldn’t just walk away," Sister Ann said of building a girls' school in Rwanda, which had been devastated by the 1994 genocide.

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West
There are more women than men in some of the largest urban US counties east of the Mississippi River, on the Eastern Seaboard, and in the Deep South.

Pedestrian taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle in Back Bay
The person was struck in the area of Clarendon Street and St. James Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Officer Jason Villanueva, a spokesman for the Boston police said.

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in Roxbury shooting

Around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the intersection of Warren and Quincy streets, where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.
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Five decades later, she thanks Globe Santa for brightening her childhood
Laura Dees, who has lived for decades in California, grew up poor in Lowell and thinks "every year" about the gifts Globe Santa brought to her large family. So she decided to write about it.

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Cradle of Doubt

Judging Emily

Government officials are blaming some parents who endure the tragedy of an infant death while co-sleeping. Instead of compassion, they got mostly criticism and penalties — and this falls largely on low-income families.

BEST BOOKS OF 2023
Here is a list of 55 books we loved in 2023
Boston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles

Police Officer Paul Tracey remembered at church service in Waltham: ‘You will never be forgotten’
Hundreds of solemn police officers stood in long lines outside a Waltham church Friday to participate in the funeral of Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey, who was killed along with National Grid worker Roderick Jackson in a traffic crash last week.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Here is a list of 55 books we loved in 2023

An earful of artists, albums, and tracks that represent the best of Boston music

Our 50 favorite albums of the year

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The Boston Tea Party was a crime
RENÉE GRAHAM

Anti-trans violence threatens us all

Durwood Zaelke and Paul Bledsoe

A quick fix from COP28 to address climate change? Mandatory methane cuts
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

By taking up Jan. 6 appeal, Supreme Court deals potential blow to Trump’s criminal prosecution
Alan Dershowitz

Harvard president Claudine Gay should resign
CARINE HAJJAR

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

Metro

‘Dump It!’ The 250th Anniversary of Boston Tea Party in photos

Men in tricorn hats and women in long dresses filled Downtown Crossing. Redcoats were jeered in Post Office Square. And, everywhere, the sound of fifes-and-drums wafted through the city. Shouts of “Huzzah!” and “Dump It!” echoed as reenactors of the Sons of Liberty dumped tea from all over the world into Boston Harbor on Saturday night.

First rehearsal, then a grand reenactment of the Boston Tea Party

A mock rebellion staged in Boston Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an event carried out in secrecy on Dec. 16, 1773, that put the country on the road to revolution.

Harvard sees applications for early admission drop by 17 percent over last year

The figures are the first measure of undergraduate applications to Harvard since the onset campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war that began in October and a US Supreme Court ruling in June that banned the use of race in college admissions.

‘That was my hero’: Hundreds mourn National Grid worker killed in Waltham crash

Roderick Jackson stood out not for his size — he was well over six 6 feet — but for the depth and breadth of his heart, mourners recalled on Saturday.

Sports

LIONS 42, BRONCOS 17

Jared Goff’s 5 TDs has Lions on brink of a long-awaited return to playoffs

Detroit cooled off a hot Denver team that is also looking to end a postseason drought.
High schools

Girls’ hockey roundup: No. 12 Andover takes down No. 2 Shrewsbury behind Allie Batchelder’s shutout

Check out the latest high school girls' hockey scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe.
rangers 2, bruins 1 (ot)

Things get physical at TD Garden, but Bruins can’t hang onto lead in overtime loss to Rangers

On a night meant to celebrate their past, specifically their rough-and-tumble Lunch Pail A.C. era of the 1970s and ‘80s, the Bruins were smacked by the present.
NO. 22 VIRGINIA 56, NORTHEASTERN 54

Northeastern men’s basketball leads into final minute, but loses late at No. 22 Virginia
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ROUNDUP

Freshmen power Central Catholic past Natick to win the Sharon Lombardo Wrestling Tournament

COLTS 30, STEELERS 13

Gardner Minshew leads injury-depleted Colts past struggling Steelers and into AFC playoff spot

Business

Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a financial trial that tested its justice system.
innovation economy

Breathing life into an online community isn’t easy. Here’s what HubSpot and others have learned.

From HubSpot to Ekos to Reddit, building a business around digital forums takes a great deal of time and focus.

Vertex’s first Crispr gene-editing therapy gets EU backing

Prince Harry claims vindication in court victory as judge finds British tabloid hacked his phone
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

A Boston holiday party was held. Racial outrage ensued.

Dry, seasonable Sunday in store for Patriots-Chiefs game in Foxborough

Rise in machine guns used in street crimes, fueled by technology and a 3-D printer

sports

Flea-flicker surprisingly works to propel Florida A&M to Celebration

By playing with flow, Rivers swamps Brooks for its third straight holiday tournament title

No. 3 Purdue topples No. 1 Arizona in early season men’s basketball top 25 marquee matchup

business

Taylor Swift and Jerome Powell are an unlikely pair of economic titans

To buy or not to buy? For Gen Zers in Greater Boston, home ownership can feel impossible.

BPDA approves redo of Southie’s Mary Ellen McCormack public housing complex

politics

Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies

N.H. man accused of making death threats to Ramaswamy released, can’t have contact with any candidate

Biden is not on the New Hampshire primary ballot. A write-in effort is trying everything to make him win.

Nation

Trump quotes Putin during N.H. campaign speech; declares indictments ‘politically motivated persecution’

Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be removed despite GOP opposition

On the Texas border, folk healers bring modern touches to their ancient practice

World

Netanyahu says Israel is as ‘committed as ever’ to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages

Israel says 3 hostages bore white flag before being killed by troops

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plan to return looted antiquities

opinion

Roiled and embroiled, universities are getting a hard look

What disqualifies each of the GOP presidential candidates

No time to go wobbly on Ukraine

lifestyle

Briar Blush and Rusty Hammer prioritize inclusive ‘escapism’ for their holiday extravaganza

What we talk about is ... boring

10 cozy holiday activities, from curling to choirs

food & dining

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

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

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

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

Cunard canceled my cruise, but won’t give me a full refund

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

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 20

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 10

Here is a list of 55 books we loved 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

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ gets second season on Hulu

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’

music

Taylor Swift and Jerome Powell are an unlikely pair of economic titans

An earful of artists, albums, and tracks that represent the best of Boston music

Our 50 favorite albums of the year

Theater/Dance

Yes, ‘Real Women Have Curves.’ And the ART has a winner.

‘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

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

Neil Drossman, adman who wrote for Meow Mix, 1-800-Flowers, is dead at 83

Sister Ann Fox, ‘living saint’ in Southie and Rwanda, dies at 89

Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies