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Winter Storm

Snow totals in some areas of Mass. have hit 2 feet since Sunday

Winchendon and Royalston were at the top of the snowbank with 25 inches each. 38 minutes ago
Snowfall totals: See how much fell in your town

Winter storm delays at Logan Airport reported along with commuter rail problems

 A snow plow hit a gas main in Beverly
Boston and Massachusetts blanketed in snow
Snow totals hit two feet in some ares of Massachusetts on Tuesday Dec. 3. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs|Globe Staff, Video by Shelby Lum|Globe Staff)
Map

Snow totals in the Northeast
SNOW DAY

Here?s what our TV critic thinks you should watch today

8 ways to survive a snow day with the kids
The Great Divide

New state funding alone is unlikely to bring all public schools up to par

Even as local officials celebrate passage of a law that will dramatically increase spending on students, they must face a sobering truth: The extra money will probably do little to address tumbledown schools. 2 hours ago
Read more from The Great Divide: Race, class, and opportunity in our schools

Rhode Island EMS crews brought patients to the hospital with misplaced breathing tubes: None of them survived

In the world of emergency medicine, an unrecognized esophageal intubation is a ?never event,? meaning that it shouldn?t happen under any circumstances. In Rhode Island, it?s occurred 12 times in the last three years. In each case, the patient died.
A misplaced breathing tube can be fatal

Trump barrels into NATO summit, insults French president Macron

Before meeting with Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the meeting, President Trump laced into the French president for what he said were ?very, very nasty? comments. 19 minutes ago
?Let?s get serious?: Trump, Macron have tense exchange over Islamic State

Court upholds legality of congressional tax subpoenas targeting Trump banking records

Joe Sciacca, editor of Boston Herald, leaving to join Channel 7 as enterprise editor
Boston Herald editor-in-chief Joe Sciacca is leaving the newspaper for a job at WHDH-TV. 2 hours ago

opinion

OPINION | ANNIE HOLLISTER

Harvard graduate students deserve a fair contract
EDITORIAL

Changing culture is key to fixing prisons
OPINION | Alex Beam

Money doesn?t smell
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Elizabeth Warren cries and tries to regain ground with voters
Love Letters Podcast: Season 3

How you know it?s over

From pierced nipples to ?Silent Night,? signs that a relationship has reached its natural end. 8:36 a.m.
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

Harvard grad students to go on strike Tuesday

Last-minute negotiations on Monday between Harvard University officials and graduate student workers failed to produce any contract agreements. The graduate students union wrote late Monday that an indefinite strike begins Tuesday.
Opinion: Harvard graduate students deserve a fair contract

Photos: Remembering the fatal 1999 Worcester fire

Six firefighters lost their lives fighting the blaze at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. in December, 1999.
Ask the Globe

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts?

Ask the Globe is a series where curious readers pose questions they'd like us to probe. We track down an answer and share the story of what we find.

New Bedford woman wins $4 million from lottery scratch ticket
Susana Gaspar bought her winning ticket from Café San Paulo at 431 Bolton St., the Massachusetts State Lottery said in a statement. an hour ago

Police in Maine looking for woman, 37, who went missing on Thanksgiving Day
The Falmouth, Maine, Police Department identified the woman as Anneliese Heinig. an hour ago

State Police need help tracking down hit-and-run driver who injured 60-year-old woman in South Boston
State Police say the driver fled after striking the woman near the L Street Bathhouse Monday. 3 hours ago

More recent headlines

Man, 21, found shot to death in Brockton

Orange Line service resumes after repair on defect on third rail

Man dies after exchanging gunfire with police in Springfield

Small earthquake reported near Newport, R.I.

Recommended Reads

It?s a bottle but so much more. Would you pay $100 to carry water?

Once an afterthought, the humble water bottle has emerged as a designer product ? the ?it? accessory of the moment.

Meet Lauren Birchfield Kennedy, a Harvard-educated lawyer and children?s advocate who?s also Joe Kennedy?s wife
Lauren Birchfield Kennedy will be in the glare of the spotlight now that her husband has launched a high-profile primary challenge to Senator Edward Markey.

OPINION
Choosing, using, and losing your health care: a first-aid kit
From unaffordable care to complex patient guidelines, America?s health care system has becoming increasingly impossible for patients to navigate ? and afford.

Rhode Island

A cybersecurity researcher used a small R.I. town to point out a big problem

A cybersecurity researcher used a small town in the smallest state to demonstrate that it?s way too easy to clone the town?s real website.

Rhode Island EMS crews brought patients to the hospital with misplaced breathing tubes: None of them survived

A misplaced breathing tube can be fatal
Newton

Sports

Checking in on the Celtics? rookie class (yes, that includes Tacko Fall)

Seahawks hold off Vikings to take over top spot in NFC

Bernie Sanders, MLB have ?productive? meeting on minor league contraction

Politics / Business

Trump barrels into NATO summit, insults French president Macron

Court upholds legality of congressional tax subpoenas targeting Trump banking records

?Let?s get serious?: Trump, Macron have tense exchange over Islamic State

Nation / World

Iran state TV admits security forces shot and killed protesters, accuses them of being ?rioters?

Prince Andrew accuser tells BBC she was forced to have sex with the British royal

Trump campaign to stop giving credentials to Bloomberg News

Lifestyle

How you know it?s over

Recipe: When cozy food is in order, clean out the fridge and turn it into vegetable ragu

Recipe: Lightly charred, crispy-skinned roasted sweet potatoes get a head start in the microwave

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting
President Trump?s promise to restore US trade dominance won him deep support in farm country, which helped him secure his narrow victory in Wisconsin in 2016. But there are signs that some farmers are running out of patience with the trade wars.

More from the Battleground project

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

What happened after a young Trump voter in Michigan transformed into a vegan AOC fan
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

(Unsent) Love Letters

Columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein and psychotherapist and ?Where Should We Begin?? podcast host Esther Perel explore the messages we keep to ourselves.
Podcast: Listen to Love Letters Season 3
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

The Mueller Report was not a hoax
OPINON | JOAN WICKERSHAM

Welcome to the KGB hotel
IDEAS | SHAUL AMSTERDAMSKI

The death of free markets
EDITORIAL

Trump undermines the military
OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

The conspiratorialist castle crumbles
OPINION | Gabriel Gomez

Trump, the Constitution, and the military chain of command

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Remembering the fatal 1999 Worcester fire

Photos of Massachusetts? first major snowfall of the season

Photos: Preserving community in Chinatown

Photos: Downtown Crossing Christmas tree lightning

Metro

Funeral services for Peabody school superintendent to be held at City Hall

Cara Murtagh, 44, who died suddenly Friday, will have a wake and funeral in Wiggin Auditorium at Peabody City Hall, her family announced.

Map: See how much snow has fallen in your area

Here?s an up-to-date list of snowfall totals in communities around the region.

Snow totals in some areas of Mass. have hit 2 feet since Sunday

Winchendon and Royalston were at the top of the snowbank with 25 inches each.

Man, 21, found shot to death in Brockton

Brockton police were alerted around 12:45 a.m. to a report of shots fired in the vicinity of 15 Sprague St.

New Bedford woman wins $4 million from lottery scratch ticket
Susana Gaspar bought her winning ticket from Café San Paulo at 431 Bolton St., the Massachusetts State Lottery said in a statement.

List of Boston-area school closures for Tuesday
Many area school systems are closed Tuesday as the second wave of a storm arrived across Massachusetts.

STAT

How a billionaire couple greased the skids for Nancy Pelosi?s drug pricing bill

Why the surge in EEE cases? Rules on samples mean we may never know

Report hints at why vaping illnesses may have sprung up in 2019

With ketamine, researchers rewrite memories in bid to curb drinking

sports

Boston College AD: Goal for Steve Addazio?s replacement will be making top 25

Martin Jarmond said the Eagles were far from reaching their potential, and he hopes to have a new coach in place by Dec. 18.

Checking in on the Celtics? rookie class (yes, that includes Tacko Fall)

Top pick Romeo Langford has had a rough start in Maine and Tacko has handled his sudden fame with grace and humor.

Seahawks hold off Vikings to take over top spot in NFC

The hard-running Seahawks built a big second-half lead but had to hang on against the Vikings.

Bernie Sanders, MLB have ?productive? meeting on minor league contraction

Baseball officials met with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont Monday.

MIAA D8 SUPER BOWL | ST. BERNARD?S VS. WEST BRIDGEWATER
Ben Skinner has proven himself a player of impact at West Bridgewater
The 6-foot-2-inch, 185-pound junior has factored in all phases of the game ? offense, defense, special teams ? for the Wildcats.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
The Celtics sit at 14-5 almost a quarter into the season. How can they improve on this start?
Better play from the center spot and quicker starts are among the ways Boston can make a push for the top spot in the East.

Politics

Trump barrels into NATO summit, insults French president Macron
Before meeting with Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the meeting, President Trump laced into the French president for what he said were ?very, very nasty? comments.

Business

STAT
Purdue?s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, files show
In one e-mail, Sackler wrote that he wanted Purdue to draw attention to its patent infringement lawsuits so that ?we are feared as a tiger.?

Marijuana

MARIJUANA MOMENT
Nearly 100 cities are considering decriminalizing psychedelics, map shows
The movement to decriminalize psychedelics has spread so rapidly this year that it can be hard to keep track.

magazine
Perspective

Frustrated by Boston?s public school registration process? You?re not alone
Top Places to Work

The 2019 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts
Holiday Style

Recipes: 5 classic holiday treats made simple
Cooking

Recipes: Three classic Thanksgiving side dishes made easier

sports

In a small town like Abington, football represents ?one big family?

Patriots players see their problems as fixable

Red-hot Bruins face busy month in December

metro

Winter storm delays at Logan Airport reported along with commuter rail problems

Map: See how much snow has fallen in your area

Mobile Book Fair?s former home is reborn as small business hub

Nation

Trump campaign to stop giving credentials to Bloomberg News

Republican defense claims Trump?s Ukraine pressure was apolitical

Tennessee prepares to execute blind death row inmate

World

Officials say ISIS in Afghanistan has been ?obliterated? in key province

Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost

One dead, thousands displaced in Philippines as storm nears

politics

Court upholds legality of congressional tax subpoenas targeting Trump banking records

?Let?s get serious?: Trump, Macron have tense exchange over Islamic State

Trump says China deal could wait until after election

business

Purdue?s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, files show

Wells Fargo plucks Boston banker as CEO

Former interim Boston schools chief to lead early education provider

lifestyle

How you know it?s over

Recipe: When cozy food is in order, clean out the fridge and turn it into vegetable ragu

Recipe: Lightly charred, crispy-skinned roasted sweet potatoes get a head start in the microwave

marijuana

Nearly 100 cities are considering decriminalizing psychedelics, map shows

Over 500,000 pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US

Deals dry up with pot stocks limping into year end

opinion

Changing culture is key to fixing prisons

Money doesn?t smell

Harvard graduate students deserve a fair contract

food & dining

Recipe: Lightly charred, crispy-skinned roasted sweet potatoes get a head start in the microwave

Recipe: Sauteed scallops with brown butter are served on a bed of fennel and blood orange

The holidays call for cheeky tiki drinks

travel

Santas hit the slopes, a new beer tour debuts, and these buds might be for you

New flights out of Boston; how to score travel deals; Logan ranks low on reliability

Stymied about what to give? Check out these locally made goods (bonus points for up-cycling and attitude)

Books

Booker Prize winner ?Girl, Woman, Other? an enlightening, exuberant epic for right now

From ?Desk 88,? Senator Sherrod Brown follows a parade of progressives

?Africaville? author Jeffrey Colvin finds a good read wherever life takes him

Movies

Celebrating exemplary students, unmasking an execrable teacher

Recalling the Troubles and a troubled father-son relationship in ?The Image You Missed?

?Recorder? rewinds the life of an inveterate screen saver

Television

Here?s what our TV critic thinks you should watch today

Gabrielle Union?s firing from ?America?s Got Talent? draws celebrity condemnation, an investigation

This week on TV: In the room with Tom Brady, ?Maisel? is back, and a ?Black Mitzvah?

music

Christian Zacharias returns to the BSO with Schumann and Brahms

The old gang from WBCN is getting back together

Composer Lei Liang scores $100,000 award for BMOP commission

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet?s ?Nutcracker? keeps the faith

The musical that could capture ?Moby-Dick?

Broadway star Lillias White kicks off a new Thanksgiving tradition in Quincy

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Mariss Jansons, who led top orchestras, dies

Shelley Morrison, Rosario on ?Will & Grace,? dies at 83

James L. Holloway III, Navy chief under three presidents, dies at 97