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Forecast | Dave Epstein

Drenching rainstorm with powerful winds to snarl morning commute

The strongest winds will arrive in the early-morning hours of Monday and continue through the middle part of the day; they will tend to diminish later in the afternoon and evening. Power outages are a distinct possibility where the wind is strongest.

In Israel, the US defense secretary is expected to press for a more targeted approach in Gaza

The US has vetoed international calls for a cease-fire and rushed munitions to its close ally while pressing it to take greater steps to avoid harming civilians.

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.

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.”

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.

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

Man and woman found shot dead on remote road in Millis

Authorities in Stow and Needham capture man considered armed and dangerous
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
Gary Washburn | CELTICS 114, MAGIC 97

Peak ‘Celtics basketball’ has been achieved by this year’s 20-5 team

The 2022-23 edition had the same record through 25 games, but the current squad is conveying a superior feel.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Farewell to ‘Curb,’ Happy Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, and welcome to ‘Extended Family’

It was starting to seem as though “Curb Your Enthusiasm” would be competing with “The Simpsons” in the longevity category. But Larry David has announced that season 12, premiering in February, will be the HBO show’s last batch.
INNOVATOR Q&A

Emily Oster: economist, parenting author, Brown University professor, and ... fashion innovator?

“I’ve worn their clothes for many years, and I think that’s because they’re really designed for the kind of person that I am,” Oster said of her new fashion capsule with M.M.LaFleur.
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.
EDITORIAL

Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.
Edward J. Markey

America is both a leader and a laggard on climate action
Renée Loth

The trouble with Effective Altruism
Joe Baerlein

Who should prep university presidents? Crisis managers, not lawyers.
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

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.”

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.

Temporary commuter rail platform to open 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.

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

Four people stabbed in Dorchester, receiving treatment in hospital.

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.

Three firefighters injured battling blaze at Falmouth home

One firefighter suffered significant but non-life-threatening injuries after falling through a floor into the basement and was taken by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital, officials said.
Globe Santa

Children confide in Globe Santa about their health challenges
Sprinkled among the heartfelt and often heartbreaking letters to Globe Santa are those written by children themselves.

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Recommended reads

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.

Biden is not on the New Hampshire primary ballot. A write-in effort is trying everything to make him win.
Leaders of the “Write-In Biden” campaign in New Hampshire trotted out a giant sample ballot on Thursday to show voters precisely how to cast a ballot for the incumbent president.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

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

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

Durwood Zaelke and Paul Bledsoe

A quick fix from COP28 to address climate change? Mandatory methane cuts
Jennifer Belt DuChene

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

Otis data breach cries out for basic security fixes
IDEAS | LISA WEISS

The profound meaning of simple gifts
IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

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

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

Metro

INNOVATOR Q&A

Emily Oster: economist, parenting author, Brown University professor, and ... fashion innovator?

“I’ve worn their clothes for many years, and I think that’s because they’re really designed for the kind of person that I am,” Oster said of her new fashion capsule with M.M.LaFleur.

5 takeaways from the Globe’s examination of the Stuart case

Here are some of the top findings from the “Nightmare in Mission Hill” series and podcast “Murder in Boston.”
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Drenching rainstorm with powerful winds to snarl morning commute

The strongest winds will arrive in the early-morning hours of Monday and continue through the middle part of the day; they will tend to diminish later in the afternoon and evening. Power outages are a distinct possibility where the wind is strongest.

Temporary commuter rail platform to open 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

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

At this point for Patriots fans, being draft kings is something to look forward to

The Patriots are No. 2 right now, but the Panthers surprisingly won Sunday, so the No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft is in play.

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
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

Business

Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement for December 2022 flight-canceling meltdown

Southwest Airlines is paying a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement with the government over a meltdown last holiday season.

Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it’s going through a reckoning.

The promise of self-checkout has meant that customers can avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers can be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves, and retailers can save on labor costs.

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

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

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

Hundreds of children celebrate the season at Christmas in the City

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

sports

Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson active, but doesn’t see field in loss to Chiefs

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

business

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

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

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

In Israel, the US defense secretary is expected to press for a more targeted approach in Gaza

Berlin Zoo sends the first giant pandas born in Germany to China

Israel’s allies urge restraint as Netanyahu vows ‘fight to the end’

opinion

Otis data breach cries out for basic security fixes

The profound meaning of simple gifts

Hamas, Israel, Hanukkah, and the raging war of words — and bloodshed

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

This week’s TV: Farewell to ‘Curb,’ Happy Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, and welcome to ‘Extended Family’

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

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