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Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible for presidency and removes him from ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause

The decision marks the first time in history that the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate and likely sets up a Supreme Court showdown.
What is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment? And how is it being used to keep Trump off the ballot? How a post-Civil War provision targeting Confederates is now being used to try to boot Trump off the ballot

Brothel hearings are slated to be held behind closed doors
A day after the a federal task force applied for criminal complaints for the 28 people, their names remained unavailable.

Authorities seek charges against 28 accused of buying sex from Cambridge and Watertown brothels

Mayor Wu to formally apologize to men wrongfully arrested after Carol Stuart’s death, acknowledge harm to Boston’s Black community

More than 34 years after Charles Stuart shot his pregnant wife and blamed a Black man for the crime, Mayor Michelle Wu plans to issue a formal apology from the city to two men who were wrongly linked to the shooting.
Read the full series: Nightmare in Mission Hill The five most surprising findings from the Globe’s Charles Stuart investigation

Milton’s compliance with state rezoning mandate in doubt
A petition drive in Milton appears to have delivered enough signatures to force a townwide vote on the controversial MBTA Communities rezoning plan.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens across central and southern Gaza
The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working to completely clear out Hamas militants.

CNN secures location for N.H. primary debate for Republican candidates

MIT added to list of colleges under US probe for discrimination

‘The power of Mother Nature’: Maine reels from potent storm

The storm hit Maine especially hard, dropping more than a foot of water in Hallowell, flooding streets and basements in many places, and knocking out power for thousands. Two people died in the state, and authorities are searching for two more people who were swept away in the Swift River.
See rainfall totals and peak wind gusts from Monday's storm Map: See power outages across the region

Power restored for some, while areas of New England hit hard by Monday storm brace for lengthy recovery
National Grid warned that restoring power to some communities could take days and Eversource said lights will be back on for most of its customers by Tuesday night.

Beth Teitell
All set for a cruise to the Bahamas, the weather forced them to Boston instead: ‘We thought it was a joke’
Passengers who were dreaming of piña coladas are now facing clam chowder and Bruins fans. And rain, lots of rain.

Money, Power, Inequality
At the Reggie Lewis Center, a balancing act between serving students from across the state and in Boston
Roxbury Community College is still working to secure $10 million in funding needed to renovate the 28-year-old facility.

In an effort to consolidate resources, state is closing some hotel shelters for migrants by year’s end
Amid concerns about the state's communication efforts, families living in Woburn, Arlington, and Billerica will move to new locations.

wild 4, bruins 3 (ot)

Bruins lose again in overtime as Kirill Kaprizov’s second goal caps Wild comeback

It was the fourth straight overtime game for Boston and the second straight in which it lost after leading entering the third period.

Readers remember the Charles Stuart shooting and its aftermath

When the Globe's "Nightmare in Mission Hill" series was released earlier this month, we asked readers to tell us what they remember about the shooting and its aftermath in hopes of better understanding the collective memory of Boston during this time.
Podcast: Listen to 'Murder in Boston' Read chapter one of ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill’ Read the full series

Free-agent ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto may be closing on a decision, and a massive payday

Viewed as one of the best pitchers in the world, the 25-year-old reportedly met with both New York teams over the weekend, with his agent expected to start taking bids for Yamamoto's services soon.
shirley leung

Mayor Wu’s Electeds of Color holiday party was a sign of how far Boston has come

It matters that Boston’s first elected mayor of color can host a gathering for a dozen Black, Latino, and Asian politicians at a locale synonymous with power.

Interest rates bog down Greater Boston housing market, with no sign of relief

In November, potential homebuyers and sellers continued to balk at prohibitive home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates.
Beyond the Gilded Gate

A Boston building, scattered souls, and rent control revisited

The end of rent control three decades ago helped push many working people out of a Fenway apartment building — and out of Boston. Their stories speak to one of the causes of the current housing crisis, and to the increasing demands that rent caps return.

Explore the project
Opinion
IDEAS | JAN FREEMAN

Boston banned lots of things. But not ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.’

Despite what Wikipedia and John Mellencamp say, the classic Christmas song wasn’t actually censored here.
RENÉE GRAHAM

At this year’s holiday table, heated debates will be on the menu

H.D.S. Greenway

Israel, how many deaths in Gaza are enough?
Christine Keating

Why the phrase ‘women and children’ is bad for gender equality
EDITORIAL

$2 billion redevelopment will turn public housing into mixed-income community

More recent News

Sports Hub officially announces ‘Toucher and Hardy’ morning show
Hardy, the third voice on the midday “Zolak and Bertrand” show among other jobs in the market, replaces Rich Shertenlieb, who left the station in late November after working with Toucher in Boston for 17 years.

innovation beat
MIT startup develops new kind of camera that sees in the dark (and around corners)
Ubicept's founders say their technology is especially good for shooting sharp images of fast-moving objects, even in low light.

Residents question launch of new ferry service from Bristol to Providence
The free ferry is set to run every half hour between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., seven days a week through March 29, 2024.

McKee administration will contract for external review of bridge crisis

Police looking to identify two subway surfers who jumped into the Neponset River
The video has been circulating on social media and caught the eye of police, who were not impressed.

Feds raided Rudy Giuliani’s home and office in 2021 over Ukraine suspicions, unsealed papers show
A 2021 federal raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office was spurred by suspicions that the former New York City mayor had illegally acted as a foreign agent by seeking the removal of the US ambassador to Ukraine at the request of Ukrainian officials.

Cambridge woman, 26, loses luggage when Lyft driver takes off; trip to visit family in India postponed
A Cambridge woman is desperately hoping for the return of the belongings she lost on Friday night when a Lyft driver took off with her luggage in his vehicle, stranding her without a passport and delaying a planned trip to India to visit relatives, including her father who is battling cancer, she said Tuesday.

Globe Santa

Parents of children with complex medical problems turn to Globe Santa for help
The 17,000-plus families who write letters to Globe Santa find their way to us through a variety of social service agencies that assist them in some way. There are 52 of these agencies in Greater Boston which are registered to recommend families for holiday gifts.

Donate to Globe Santa

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

Recommended reads

Her Lewiston bar radiated laughter for 25 years. Then came the mass shooting.

With Schemengees Bar & Grille, Kathy Lebel brought her own love of billiards to life, always reinventing, always coming back with the next big idea for how to have a great time. Now, she's unsure what's next for the pool hall but cautiously hopeful.
See the Globe’s complete coverage of the Maine shootings

Somerville City Council unanimously approves home rule petition for local rent stabilization
Efforts to slow rent increases in Somerville took a step forward last week after the City Council unanimously backed sending a proposed rent stabilization home rule petition to the state Legislature.

GETTING SALTY
This restaurant manager, gingerbread house expert, and Taylor Swift podcast host is living her wildest dreams
Kait Smith, the GM at Cure, sweetens Portsmouth, N.H.’s cultural scene in many ways.

Police went to a Berkshires middle school after receiving a complaint about an explicit book
Police in Great Barrington were recently called to a local middle school after receiving a complaint of a sexually explicit book being shown to students, but authorities determined no laws had been broken.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tom Brady responds on TikTok to family who accidentally got a photo of him at CVS

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

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

EDITORIAL

Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.
JOAN VENNOCHI

The Lynn temporary commuter rail platform is one stop along the way to a better MBTA
Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse
Edward J. Markey

America is both a leader and a laggard on climate action
Joe Baerlein

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

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

Metro

Power restored for some, while areas of New England hit hard by Monday storm brace for lengthy recovery

National Grid warned that restoring power to some communities could take days and Eversource said lights will be back on for most of its customers by Tuesday night.

For some, the countdown to Christmas is a pleasureless pursuit

“Dear Globe Santa, it has been another hard year,” begins a letter from the mother of a 6-year-old girl. “I am trying my best to make the holidays special, but I am struggling with how to get [my daughter] Christmas presents.”

Brothel hearings are slated to be held behind closed doors

A day after the a federal task force applied for criminal complaints for the 28 people, their names remained unavailable.

‘The power of Mother Nature’: Maine reels from potent storm

The storm hit Maine especially hard, dropping more than a foot of water in Hallowell, flooding streets and basements in many places, and knocking out power for thousands. Two people died in the state, and authorities are searching for two more people who were swept away in the Swift River.

Sports

Aaron Rodgers’s comeback this season for the Jets appears over

With the Jets out of playoff contention, Rodgers never firmly said he won’t play this season, but strongly indicated that is the case.
wild 4, bruins 3 (ot)

Bruins lose again in overtime as Kirill Kaprizov’s second goal caps Wild comeback

It was the fourth straight overtime game for Boston and the second straight in which it lost after leading entering the third period.
LAWRENCE 61, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 47

Joendy Rosario isn’t afraid to assume the mantle for Lawrence boys’ basketball

The senior captain scored 11 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter as he adjusts to the graduation of eight teammates from last season.
CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Steve Kerr’s Warriors weaker, but coach takes note of changed Celtics’ strengths
HS GIRLS' HOCKEY: TOP 20

EMass girls’ hockey: St. Mary’s moves up to No. 2 as Duxbury remains on top
bruins notebook

Bruins showing confidence in Johnny Beecher, but rookie knows he can be better

Business

talking points

Massachusetts’ population is growing again

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Shoppers get a price break in the toy aisle this holiday season

Toy companies such as Mattel and Hasbro are managing sales declines and squeezed consumer budgets by giving shoppers a gift this holiday season: discounts.

Immigration and declines in death cause uptick in US population growth this year

Interest rates bog down Greater Boston housing market, with no sign of relief
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

In an effort to consolidate resources, state is closing some hotel shelters for migrants by year’s end

Milton’s compliance with state rezoning mandate in doubt

At the Reggie Lewis Center, a balancing act between serving students from across the state and in Boston

sports

EMass girls’ hockey: With 7 points in three games, Lincoln-Sudbury’s Harper Friedholm headlines Players of the Week

After backstopping Shrewsbury to a state title, Marisa Montoya returns with a new fearlessness

Whatever the reason, Jake DeBrusk’s numbers are lacking after a career year for Bruins

business

MIT startup develops new kind of camera that sees in the dark (and around corners)

Marvel kicked out Jonathan Majors after his conviction. It’s thrown years of plans into disarray.

Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement

politics

Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible for presidency and removes him from ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause

What is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment? And how is it being used to try to keep Trump off the ballot?

Nation

States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire

What we know about Texas’ new law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally

Trump defends controversial comments about immigrants poisoning the nation’s blood at Iowa rally

World

UN resolution on Gaza hampered by issues important to US: cessation of hostilities and aid monitors

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens across central and southern Gaza

UN Security Council vote on Gaza humanitarian resolution delayed again in effort to avoid US veto

opinion

The Lynn temporary commuter rail platform is one stop along the way to a better MBTA

Safe consumption sites seem death-proof. What are we waiting for?

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

lifestyle

Tom Brady responds on TikTok to family who accidentally got a photo of him at CVS

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

food & dining

Flip the script: Try these three inverted pizza recipes

Cow. Almond. Hemp. Oat. Flaxseed. Pea, even! With so many different milks available, which should you choose?

You’ll want to say ‘Yes!’ to this apples and cardamom mixer

travel

All set for a cruise to the Bahamas, the weather forced them to Boston instead: ‘We thought it was a joke’

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

Arts

Old North Church’s oldest artifacts, four wooden angels, repaired and reinstalled ahead of holiday services

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

A photographer sizes up her subjects

Books

One era’s comedic gold is another’s moral outrage in Kliph Nesteroff’s ‘Outrageous’

Movies rarely portray the publishing industry with any degree of realism, but ‘American Fiction’ is a refreshing exception

Here is a list of 55 books we loved in 2023

Movies

Marvel kicked out Jonathan Majors after his conviction. It’s thrown years of plans into disarray.

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

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2023

Television

James McCaffrey, 65; ‘Max Payne’ and ‘Rescue Me’ actor

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.

music

Fans swoon over Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi Gillette appearances

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

Our 50 favorite albums of the year

Theater/Dance

Midwinter Revels serves up a frolicsome ‘Feast of Fools’

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

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

James McCaffrey, 65; ‘Max Payne’ and ‘Rescue Me’ actor

Influential people we lost in 2023

Merle Goldman, whose insights informed US relations with modern China, dies at 92