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Forecast | Dave Epstein

Weekend storm could drop up to a foot of snow away from the coast
The snow will begin late in the evening Saturday night becoming steady and heavier. Most of the snow, though not all of it, will have fallen by early Sunday afternoon.

These maps show how much snow Southern New England could receive from first storm of season

Forecasters weigh in on intensity, timing of developing winter storm

17-year-old high school student killed 1, injured 5 others at Iowa school, authorities say

The shooter was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said on Thursday afternoon. The injured include a school administrator and four students.

“We as a system will not be closing half of our schools nor does the long-term facilities plan imply we should or would,” Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper said.

Boston Public Schools tells principals it won’t close half its buildings

Two teenagers killed, one gravely injured in early morning rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

Two teenagers were killed and a third was gravely injured in a rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester early Thursday in a car that had been reported stolen out of Jamaica Plain, State Police said in a statement.

Donald Trump received millions from foreign governments as president, House report finds

Donald Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency, according to new documents released by House Democrats on Thursday.

Bail revoked for Boston man charged with rape of woman, assault and battery on police New Year’s Day

A Boston man is facing rape and assault charges after he allegedly attacked a woman in a Beacon Hill apartment and then battled with a Massachusetts state trooper and an off-duty Boston police officer who came to the woman’s aid, officials said.

N.H. House votes to ban gender-affirming genital surgeries for minors

4,790 confirmed cases and 44 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Harvard University

‘Protect students better’: Harvard undergrads and graduate students hope university now focuses more on their well-being

Several Jewish, Muslim, and pro-Palestinian Harvard students in recent days said that the intense focus on Claudine Gay’s leadership at the University has overshadowed the school’s inability or unwillingness to protect them from inside and outside harassment.

Harvard’s federal funding is leverage for lawmakers to push changes amid controversy

Claudine Gay’s resignation was a mainstream victory for conservative media

How does Harvard choose its president, anyway?

Car dealers back away from Buick amid lower sales, EV push

Even as General Motors prepares to roll out electric versions of its Buick vehicles, hundreds of Buick dealerships nationwide, including at least four in Massachusetts, are turning their backs on the storied brand.

How three undecided New Hampshire voters are making their GOP primary decisions
The alchemy of how any individual settles on a political candidate is more unpredictable and complex than reams of polls could ever capture. Hear how these GOP voters are making their decisions.

John Adams, owner of Flat Top Johnny's, a pool hall, bar, and restaurant that's reopening Friday after it closed during the pandemic.

Flat Top Johnny’s, a neighborhood favorite, reopens in Cambridge

“We’ve missed you!” the company wrote on social media this week, announcing its return in a “fresh space."

tara sullivan

In the waning days of a lost season, a shared sense of melancholy in Patriots locker room
The players commendably stick together and try to focus on the game, but there are harsh realities that are impossible to ignore.

Patriots greats Rob Gronkowski, Devin McCourty explain why they don’t believe Bill Belichick will get fired Beat writer's notebook: Leftover thoughts ahead of the Patriots’ season finale

Franklin Pineda-Lopez is an advocate for disabled people and described waiting more than a year to get an armrest for his left arm for his wheelchair.

‘We’ve been fighting so hard’: Senate passes bill to address wheelchair repairs that can drag on for months

A supplier would have to provide a new chair or a refund if repeated attempts at fixes don’t work

US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announced charges against Jeffery Epstein in July 2019 in New York City.

Unsealed documents show again how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his powerful connections

The new documents were sprinkled with the names of celebrities and politicians who socialized with Jeffrey Epstein or worked with him in the years before he was publicly accused of paying underage girls for sex.

Jeffrey Epstein documents: Here’s what we know so far

Tanya Austin is a local attorney who made her own replica of the beetle wing-embellished dress shown in John Singer Sargent's painting "Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth."

Museumgoers dress to impress at MFA’s ‘Fashioned by Sargent’

Several costume enthusiasts have donned period costumes or replicas of clothing depicted in John Singer Sargent’s paintings to visit the exhibit, which closes Jan. 15.

MFA among museums targeted in cyberattack on collections software

Opinion

President Biden spoke to members of the media before boarding Marine One in Washington on Dec. 23.

A frustrated president struggles with his limitations

Biden is no great communicator.

To rebuild, Harvard needs to reform DEI culture

What is Ray Flynn’s legacy in light of the Charles Stuart case?

IDEAS | LEIF WEATHERBY

The misguided idea that universities are left-wing hotbeds

An unwillingness to accept a Black woman as Harvard’s president led to Claudine Gay’s resignation

Beyond the Gilded Gate

The $600,000 problem. Why does it cost so much to build housing in Boston, and what can we do about it?

Many forces drive the housing crisis here, and the sky-high cost of construction is one of the most powerful.

Calculator: How costs affect construction of an apartment building

Explore the project

More recent News

Property owners are fighting R.I.’s new shore access law in state court, after loss in federal court
An LLC that owns property in South Kingstown is suing the state and the Coastal Resources Management Council arguing the law amounts to a taking and seizure of property, in violation of the US Constitution.

Man who allegedly placed fake bomb on Harvard campus to plead guilty
A New Hampshire man is slated to plead guilty next week to federal charges related to a bizarre scheme in which he claimed he was duped into planting a fake bomb at Harvard University last spring as part of a plot to extort bitcoin payment from the Ivy League school, legal filings show.

Firefighters rescue injured deer trapped on ice at lake in Alton, N.H.
Firefighters in Alton, N.H., rescued an injured deer Thursday morning on a nearby lake, that was trapped on the ice a hundred yards from shore, officials said.

Israeli defense minister lays out vision for next steps of Gaza war ahead of Blinken visit
Yoav Gallant issued a statement Thursday describing how Israeli forces would shift to an apparently scaled-down combat approach in northern Gaza while continuing to fight Hamas in the south of the territory “for as long as necessary.”

Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge

NH POLITICS

After a parental rights bill was defeated, lawmakers look for a new way to pass the same concepts
Taking a sprawling bill that failed and breaking it into smaller, discrete parts worked with housing. Now, lawmakers will test the strategy with so-called “parental rights.”

Press Play: Operas based on true events
Many composers and librettists have found the opera stage a fine lens through which to examine specific moments in history or illustrate the lives of individual figures.

Globe Santa

Half a century of remembering Globe Santa
Joseph A. Milano, president of Boston’s Union Oyster House, has many titles and many interests, but an initiative that’s particularly close to his heart is Globe Santa.

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Karen Read

Karen Read’s lawyers want judge to unseal Norfolk district attorney’s letters to federal authorities about murder investigation

Prosecutors had filed a motion to have the letters sealed. Read’s defense team wants them to be publicly available.

Jeff Speck, Chris Dempsey team up to launch new urban design firm
Two local planners aim to make America more walkable.

In Gloucester, ‘Above the Fold’ celebrates those behind the lens
The Cape Ann Museum celebrates the photojournalists and photojournalistic tradition of the Gloucester Daily Times.

Carrying fentanyl test strips could lead to arrest. Now, Mass. lawmakers could legalize them.
The state Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to amend a state law that classifies lifesaving fentanyl test strips, which have become a vital tool in stemming overdose deaths, as illegal drug paraphernalia.

Culture & Lifestyle

Mia Asano on electric violin and Ally Crowley-Duncan on bagpipes perform as Mia x Ally at Brighton Music Hall on Jan. 5.

‘I’m Shipping up to Boston’ on electric violin and bagpipes? Mia x Ally went for it

Madonna performs at the Grammys in 1999, where "Ray of Light" won best pop album.

I was just a borderline Madonna fan at first — and then her second decade happened

Robert Glasper, shown in Brooklyn in September ahead of his monthlong "Robtoberfest" residency at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York.

Robert Glasper is jazz’s on-the-go innovator

From left: Jean Duffy, Laura Beretsky, and Bev Boisseau Stohl holding copies of their published memoirs.

Three local writers’ group members turn six years of dedication into published memoirs

Special Projects

Stuart share 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.

Photo Illustration

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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

"I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection,” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows wrote in her 34-page decision to keep Donald Trump off of the Maine presidential ballot.

Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

In defense of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’s courageous decision to keep Trump off the ballot

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy.

After Claudine Gay’s resignation, Harvard needs to take a hard look at its own leadership

Recent polls indicate almost three quarters of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 years-old surveyed disapprove of Biden’s position on the war in Gaza.

Is Gen Z bailing on Biden?

The racialized, ideological attacks against Claudine Gay should frighten us all, including those at Harvard now tasked with finding and supporting a new leader.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

The bullies beat Claudine Gay. Black women in academia wonder if they will be next.

The chapel at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

The little chapel near the fish tank

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

Interfaith coalition urges R.I. officials to address poverty

“Poverty is a policy choice,” said Angela Howard-McParland, of the Sisters of Mercy. “And it’s one we don’t need to keep making.”

Join the Globe for an in-depth look at the N.H. Primary

We’ll be in Manchester on Jan. 17, hosting a party featuring the state’s movers and (cocktail) shakers — along with veteran Globe political reporters and the Globe New Hampshire team

How does Harvard choose its president, anyway?

It's unique in how it chose Claudine Gay, and her predecessors, to lead.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Weekend storm could drop up to a foot of snow away from the coast

The snow will begin late in the evening Saturday night becoming steady and heavier. Most of the snow, though not all of it, will have fallen by early Sunday afternoon.

Sports

For tight end Pharaoh Brown, who played for the Raiders, Browns, and Texans before signing with the Patriots, going through a losing season is nothing new.

Patriots notebook

Patriots are enjoying their time together, knowing changes are coming

It’s simply what happens after a season like this.

Flanked by assistant captains Derek Labadini (left) and Cam Daley (right), senior captain Jay Carter has helped fueled an unbeaten start for Concord-Carlisle.

A 7-0 start for Concord-Carlisle boys’ hockey has been top of the line

Senior captain Jay Carter (100 career points) centers a prolific first line featuring sophomore Will Manchuso and freshman Joe Grasso and a goaltending trio has been solid.

Boston College's Will Smith (center) celebrates his goal with Boston University's Lane Hutson and BC teammate Gabe Perreault during Team USA's semifinal victory against Finland.

Boston College trio key United States comeback at world juniors, set up gold-medal showdown with host Sweden

The tournament hosts defeated Czechia and UMass goalie Michael Hrabal, while the Americans remained the event's only unbeaten team by erasing an early two-goal deficit against Finland.

Chris Sale acknowledges ‘I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain’ with the Red Sox, ‘and they were always great to me’

Patriots beat writer's notebook

Here are some leftover thoughts ahead of the Patriots’ season finale

HS BOYS' HOCKEY: TOP 20

EMass boys’ hockey: With decisive wins, Xaverian has a firm hold on No. 1 ranking in Globe Top 20

Business

Car dealers back away from Buick amid lower sales, EV push

Even as General Motors prepares to roll out electric versions of its Buick vehicles, hundreds of Buick dealerships nationwide, including at least four in Massachusetts, are turning their backs on the storied brand.

How does Harvard choose its president, anyway?

It's unique in how it chose Claudine Gay, and her predecessors, to lead.

Major French retailer drops Pepsico products over high prices

US companies ramped up hiring in December, ADP data show

magazine

Dave Barry’s 2023 year in review

Sing along to The Music of Abba at The Wilbur Theatre on January 6.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Jan. 1-14

This week's daters: Julia and Jared

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I felt more comfortable as we learned more about each other’

Globe Magazine.

My dates seem overly interested in my late wife

metro

Franklin Pineda-Lopez is an advocate for disabled people and described waiting more than a year to get an armrest for his left arm for his wheelchair.

‘We’ve been fighting so hard’: Senate passes bill to address wheelchair repairs that can drag on for months

Two teenagers killed, one gravely injured in early morning rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard

These maps show how much snow Southern New England could receive from first storm of season

sports

Junior goalie AJ Farese (31) was the tourney MVP of the Pete Frates Winter Classic.

EMass boys’ hockey: Stellar in goal, St. John’s Prep junior AJ Farese headlines Players of the Week

‘This has never been done before’: Behind the scenes at the PWHL’s triumphant Boston debut

New coach Caleb Porter believes the Revolution are ‘ripe for success’

business

Semiconductor shortages helped motivate lawmakers to pull together a funding bill aimed at shoring up American manufacturing and reducing reliance on foreign chips.

US plans to award chip supplier $162 million to bolster critical industries

Jewish protesters calling for cease-fire in Gaza disrupt first day of California legislative session

Jewish protesters calling for cease-fire in Gaza disrupt first day of California legislative session

politics

Globe New Hampshire will host an event in Manchester to discuss the presidential primary.

Join the Globe for an in-depth look at the N.H. Primary

Trump’s lawyers want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt in 2020 election interference case

Trump wants prosecutors held in contempt in federal election case

Nation

Migrants from Texas disembark from a charter bus at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan.

New York City sues bus companies that brought 30,000 migrants from Texas

4,790 confirmed cases and 44 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Unsealed documents show again how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his powerful connections

World

John Kirby, a White House national security spokesperson, said Thursday that North Korea has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were used in recent attacks on Ukraine.

North Korea providing Russia with ballistic missiles, US says

Israelis question army’s rules of engagement after hostages slain

Israeli defense minister lays out vision for next steps of Gaza war ahead of Blinken visit

opinion

The racialized, ideological attacks against Claudine Gay should frighten us all, including those at Harvard now tasked with finding and supporting a new leader.

The bullies beat Claudine Gay. Black women in academia wonder if they will be next.

Is Gen Z bailing on Biden?

Germany and Japan are beefing up their militaries. No cause for concern — right?

lifestyle

Messy divorce, but are we still in love?

Swifties, here’s your chance to help teach Taylor Swift class at Harvard

Aaron Rodgers ignites feud with Jimmy Kimmel after Jeffrey Epstein comment

food & dining

The Latin Bowl at Cilantro Latin Kitchen in Mission Hill.

Cilantro Latin Kitchen: because you’re eating healthier but you still love tacos

TGI Fridays closes six Massachusetts locations, 36 across the US

Tawakal Halal Café closes in East Boston; Soleil signs off in Nubian Square

travel

Thumb-size kumquats can be eaten skin and all.

Florida festival throws spotlight on kumquats

Snowmobile adventures in New England, a new Finnish hotel, and a versatile bag for on the go

If you go to the Kumquat Festival

Arts

Piet Mondrian, "Beach with Five Piers at Domburg," 1909. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The making of Mondrian

These are the people in her neighborhood: Cambridge photographer documents changing city in ‘Book of Saints’

Museumgoers dress to impress at MFA’s ‘Fashioned by Sargent’

Books

The past refuses to loosen its hold on the troubled characters of Jill McCorkle’s ‘Old Crimes’

For fan fiction star Olivie Blake, author of the Atlas trilogy, viral success was the result of years that looked like failure

Reinvention courses through a country – and a family – in Aube Rey Lescure’s debut, ‘River East, River West’

Movies

Kerry Condon in "Night Swim."

‘Night Swim’: Everybody out of the pool!

Golden Globes 2024: 15 nominated movies you can stream right now

How to watch this year’s Golden Globes

Television

Holt McCallany and Anna Torv in season 1 of "Mindhunter."

An interesting development for ‘Mindhunter’ fans

Golden Globes 2024: 15 nominated movies you can stream right now

How to watch this year’s Golden Globes

music

Richard Nixon in 1970; opera singer Lucia Lucas in 2019.

Press Play: Operas based on true events

Bim Skala Bim gets the old gang back together for a trio of shows

I was just a borderline Madonna fan at first — and then her second decade happened

Theater/Dance

Bharatanatyam dancer Ashwini Ramaswamy will present “Let the Crows Come,” Jan. 19-20 at Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.

One small theater, two very different Boston dance premieres coming up on consecutive weekends

In ‘Northside Hollow,’ deep thoughts about mortality

12 New Year’s Eve comedy shows for a last laugh at 2023

Health

Nurse Michele Kaine tends to Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients will receive investigational cancer treatments.

Ryan T. Conaty for the Boston Globe

Top 6 health care stories to watch in Rhode Island in 2024

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.

Obituaries

Mr. Hines, who brought "Tapping Thru Life: An Evening With Maurice Hines" to the Arts Emerson Theater in Boston in 2013, shared his experiences with the audience at a cast party held at the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill.

Maurice Hines, tap-dancing star with his brother, dies at 80

Former Packers center Ken Bowman, who played on three straight championship teams, dies at 81

Frank Ryan dies at 87; cerebral quarterback led Browns to ’64 title