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Police investigate multiple bomb threats to synagogues across the state

“The State Police Commonwealth Fusion Center is monitoring multiple bomb threats made to Jewish synagogues and affiliated facilities in Massachusetts today,” State Police spokesperson David Procopio said in a statement Sunday afternoon.

Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza

Santa Claus is coming to town. And he’s making bank.
New England impersonators say playing St. Nick can be a sophisticated and lucrative affair, particularly when Santas are in short supply.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Drenching rainstorm with powerful winds to snarl Monday morning commute
The rain will start Sunday night and continue through early Monday, bringing 1 to 3 inches and some flooding in Southern New England with wind gusts of up to 65 miles per hour along the coast.

Temporary commuter rail platform to open Monday in Lynn, thanks to the Big Dig
Inbound trains stop at the Lynn platform about every half hour on weekdays, starting around 5:30 a.m. On the weekends, inbound and outbound trains pass through Lynn roughly hourly.

Hundreds of children celebrate the season at Christmas in the City
"It feels good, it’s like a breath of fresh air... and not things be so stressed and intense,” one mother said.

Authorities in Stow and Needham search for man considered armed and dangerous

Authorities in Stow and Needham were searching late on Sunday night for a man believed to be armed and dangerous.

Man and woman found shot dead on remote road in Millis

The bodies were discovered on a remote dirt road off Route 115 near the intersection with Route 27 by a town worker, according to a statement from Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office.
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

Northeastern applicants get good news. Then the bad news follow-up. Again.

Northeastern spokesperson Daniel Sarro said in a statement that “due to a technical error, a small number of applicants for a master’s degree program received an erroneous email of acceptance.”
Harvard sees applications for early admission drop by 17 percent over last year

Vase bought at Goodwill for $3.99 sells for more than $100,000

Jessica Vincent had a feeling the incandescent vase might be worth something. Its history, however, stunned her.

Israel-Gaza tensions mount at Wellesley College

The president of Wellesley College on Saturday rebuffed a letter from some faculty members who want administration officials to state that criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.
Tensions remain high as K-12 schools struggle to address Israel-Hamas war
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

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Car plows into parked vehicle in Biden’s motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters
A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden’s motorcade Sunday night while the president was leaving a visit to his campaign headquarters.

Teenager arrested on DUI charges after crashing into Cheshire State Police barracks

At around 6:22 p.m., a 17-year-old girl crashed a 2000 Nissan Altima into the east front corner of the State Police-Cheshire Barracks, damaging a kitchen area, said David Procopio, a State Police spokesperson.

LOVE LETTERS
He texted me after two years
Now I have to get over him.

Haley slams DeSantis for stumping in Iowa with Massie, who’s opposed votes condemning antisemitism
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley have increasingly sparred publicly, as they have during debates, while ads by groups supporting each have sought to stall the other's movement in Iowa with less than a month until the caucuses.

Four taken to hospital, one in custody, after stabbing at hotel in Dorchester

Four people stabbed in Dorchester, receiving treatment in hospital.

Lynn program for Afghan refugees gets grant support from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation
The New American Association of Massachusetts received a grant for its Afghan Women Workshop.

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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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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.

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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

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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

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Two Weeks in America

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The Boston Tea Party was a crime
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Anti-trans violence threatens us all

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The holiday ritual of … stolen packages
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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

Richard Hunt, sculptor who transformed public spaces, dies at 88

His towering metalwork became a mainstay of American public art over his 70-year career.

Boston Tea Party Museum workers in awe over descendant’s preserved documents

Evan O’Brien, creative director for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, said the story of the Boston Tea Party is one of “common, everyday people.”
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Drenching rainstorm with powerful winds to snarl Monday morning commute

The rain will start Sunday night and continue through early Monday, bringing 1 to 3 inches and some flooding in Southern New England with wind gusts of up to 65 miles per hour along the coast.

Temporary commuter rail platform to open Monday in Lynn, thanks to the Big Dig

Inbound trains stop at the Lynn platform about every half hour on weekdays, starting around 5:30 a.m. On the weekends, inbound and outbound trains pass through Lynn roughly hourly.

Sports

That’s a wrap: Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ air their last episode after 29 years.

Bryant Gumbel’s “Real Sports” airs its final episode on HBO after 29 years this week, and an era in sports journalism ends with it.
RAVENS 23, JAGUARS 7

Lamar Jackson, surging Ravens clinch postseason berth with win over slipping Jaguars

With a fourth straight victory, Baltimore moved a step closer to securing the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
Golf

While Tiger Woods’s son thrills his dad, Bernhard Langer amazes all with his fifth PNC Championship

Langer capped his memorable, record-setting year when he teamed with his son, Jason, to produce a 13-under-par 59 at the event, which puts major champions with family members.
Ben Volin | On Football

Once rivals, Chiefs now show pity on Bill Belichick and the Patriots
Gary Washburn | ON BASKETBALL

Peak ‘Celtics basketball’ has been achieved by this year’s 20-5 team
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Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson active, but doesn’t see field in loss to Chiefs

Business

Santa Claus is coming to town. And he’s making bank.

New England impersonators say playing St. Nick can be a sophisticated and lucrative affair, particularly when Santas are in short supply.

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

Vertex’s first Crispr gene-editing therapy gets EU backing
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Bostonians of the Year 2023

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metro

What are R.I. House Speaker Shekarchi’s plans for 2024?

Police investigate multiple bomb threats to synagogues across the state

Israel-Gaza tensions mount at Wellesley College

sports

49ers make it back-to-back NFC West titles with a win over the Cardinals

Bills outrun Cowboys behind James Cook’s career-best 179 yards, gain ground in playoff push

Impressive run for Patriots defense comes to a screeching halt in loss to high-powered Chiefs

business

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

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.

politics

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, to lie in repose

Haley slams DeSantis for stumping in Iowa with Massie, who’s opposed votes condemning antisemitism

Trump quotes Putin condemning American democracy during N.H. campaign speech, praises autocrat Orban

Nation

Study bolsters evidence that severe obesity increasing in young US kids

Car plows into parked vehicle in Biden’s motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters

Vase bought at Goodwill for $3.99 sells for more than $100,000

World

Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza

North Korea fires suspected long-range ballistic missile into sea in resumption of weapons launches

Israel invites journalists into car-width tunnel beneath Gaza

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

Fans swoon over Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi Gillette appearances

Lynn program for Afghan refugees gets grant support from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation

He texted me after two years

food & dining

Mike Grgich dies at 100; his wine stunned the French by besting theirs

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

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

Here is a list of 55 books we loved in 2023

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 20

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 10

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

That’s a wrap: Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ air their last episode after 29 years.

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

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ gets second season on Hulu

music

Fans swoon over Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi Gillette appearances

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

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

Richard Hunt, sculptor who transformed public spaces, dies at 88

Mike Grgich dies at 100; his wine stunned the French by besting theirs

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