fb-pixel The Boston Globe Skip to main content
The Boston Globe
TRENDING:

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.

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.

Top strategist resigns from DeSantis-backing super PAC with less than a month before Iowa caucuses

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.

Kate McKinnon talks life post-’Saturday Night Live’ in return hosting Christmas-tinged episode
“SNL” on Dec. 16 was hosted by former SNL cast member and comedian Kate McKinnon. Award-winning singer songwriter Billie Eilish was the musical guest.

rangers 2, bruins 1 (ot)

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

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

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.
Israel presses ahead in Gaza as errant killing of captives adds to concern about its wartime conduct Wife of Harvard professor issues apology after video of her harassing student, calling their keffiyeh a ‘terrorist scarf’ goes viral

Boston Globe Spotlight

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.

Part 2: The Internet is awash in parents who endorse co-sleeping. And public health agencies are largely silent. Part 3: New wearable, high-tech baby monitors raise questions about co-sleeping risks

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
Opinion | Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

An interactive comic that explores how medical mistakes can happen in the chaotic environment of an ICU.
Share your thoughts on this interactive comic
Patriots

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?
Promotion for RB Kevin Harris puts him in line to get snaps behind Ezekiel Elliott against Chiefs
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
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

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.

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.
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
IDEAS | LISA WEISS

The profound meaning of simple gifts

A thoughtful offering, no matter how humble, can bestow so much more than just an object.
EDITORIAL

Otis data breach cries out for basic security fixes
Jennifer Belt DuChene

Like Kate Cox in Texas, my baby also had trisomy 18
Durwood Zaelke and Paul Bledsoe

A quick fix from COP28 to address climate change? Mandatory methane cuts
IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

The Christmas miracle of a newly unearthed story by Louisa May Alcott
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

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.

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.

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.

‘Given in love,’ donor puts engagement, wedding rings in Salvation Army Red Kettle in Waltham
While counting money from various donation kettles Thursday night, Lieutenant Nicole Fullop, of the Salvation Army in Waltham, found a pleasant surprise: a wedding band and engagement ring with an anonymous note.

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.
Globe Santa

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.

Donate to Globe Santa

Globe Santa is a program of the Boston Globe Foundation and exists solely to deliver joy to children.

Recommended reads

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.
Somerville-based Bluebird Bio got its sickle cell gene therapy approved. Will it matter for the struggling biotech?

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

Beth Teitell | Commentary
A nation twisting with anxiety is willing to try anything. A bed of nails? Hypnosis? A cold plunge? Bring ‘em on.
The bad news is that the nation is swirling in an epidemic of nerves. The good news is that there’s an industry eager to monetize our distress.

How the Supreme Court’s decision to hear abortion pill case could impact Massachusetts
If a lower court's decision stands, women will have a harder time obtaining the most popular method of abortion.

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

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The Boston Tea Party was a crime
RENÉE GRAHAM

Anti-trans violence threatens us all

MARCELA GARCÍA

The holiday ritual of … stolen packages
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

Boston tradition of ‘Electeds of Color’ party should end
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

Top strategist resigns from DeSantis-backing super PAC with less than a month before Iowa caucuses

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

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

Israel presses ahead in Gaza as errant killing of captives adds to concern about its wartime conduct

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

Israeli forces withdraw after siege at Gaza Strip hospital

opinion

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

Boston tradition of ‘Electeds of Color’ party should end

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

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

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

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

Kate McKinnon talks life post-’Saturday Night Live’ in return hosting Christmas-tinged episode

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ gets second season on Hulu

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

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