Boston Globe Today | December 7, 2023

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Murder in Boston: How the Charles Stuart investigation was born

Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter Brendan McCarthy and a team of Boston Globe reporters spent years reexamining the 'Nightmare on Mission Hill.’ Watch →

Pindell grades fourth GOP debate, reacts to Biden’s stunning admission

WATCH: The Globe political reporter explains who emerged as #2 behind Trump. Plus, why Biden is running for reelection and a discouraging poll on young voters. Watch →

Politics

Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe

Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. Continue reading →

Nation

No UNLV students killed in shooting; victims were faculty members, university says

After opening fire, the gunman went to several other floors of the business school before he was killed in a shootout with two university police detectives outside the building, which is next to the university’s student union, UNLV Police Chief Adam Garcia said. Continue reading →

Nation

Texas judge grants woman’s request for abortion

A Texas judge granted a request on Thursday to allow an abortion despite the state’s strict bans, ruling in the case of a pregnant woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. Continue reading →

World

Israel says Hamas fired rockets from near Gaza shelters

Israel accused Hamas on Thursday of firing rockets from what it called “humanitarian zones” in the southern Gaza Strip where thousands of desperate Palestinians have sought refuge, adding to concerns that no place in the battered enclave may be truly safe for civilians. Continue reading →

World

Killing of Reuters journalist was ‘apparently deliberate’ Israeli strike, group says

An Oct. 13 strike that killed a videographer for the Reuters news agency and injured six others in southern Lebanon was carried out by the Israeli military and appeared to be a deliberate attack, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine carries on fight while pondering an erosion of US aid

As the Kremlin reveled in the failure of Congress to approve new military assistance for Ukraine and President Biden railed against Republican lawmakers for “kneecapping” an ally in its hour of need, Ukrainian soldiers, political leaders, and Ukraine’s allies were all left asking the same question Thursday: What happens if the United States stops providing military assistance? Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Wu scores some important wins in new police contract

But follow-through will be critical in setting Boston policing on a new and better path. Continue reading →

OPINION

Why the US must support Ukraine with aid

The Ukrainian people deserve our continued military and humanitarian support to resist an escalating war of Russian state-sponsored terrorism that has already killed nearly 10,000 and injured almost 18,000 Ukrainian civilians. Continue reading →

OPINION

The pages of life keep turning

You start as a young mother smiling at cross-legged children and then, a seeming minute later, you are an older person balancing a pile of books in a corner of a Children’s Room — where you don’t really belong — and the library is closing. Such is time passing without choice. Continue reading →

Transportation

‘Insane.’ T reports back-to-back worker safety incidents. Again.

The T disclosed Thursday a pair of safety incidents — including a worker injury and a near-miss involving an electrified third rail — less than three months after a series of similar incidents led the agency to be rapped by federal officials. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Mass. attorney general sues Nationalist Social Club over harassment, intimidation

“NSC-131 has engaged in a concerted campaign to target and terrorize people across Massachusetts and interfere with their rights,” Campbell said in a statement. Continue reading →

Higher Education

A plane flying over Harvard’s campus pulled banner that said ‘Harvard Hates Jews’ with Palestinian flag

The Globe could not immediately confirm who organized or funded the plane that circled low over Harvard's campus in Cambridge on Thursday. Continue reading →

sabres 3, bruins 1

Loss to Sabres stung, but Bruins have a bigger thing to worry about: Charlie McAvoy’s injury status

McAvoy, who left early in the third after colliding with Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, suffered an upper-body injury, but little is known about the extent of his injury. Continue reading →

Golf

In a stunner, Masters champion Jon Rahm bolts PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf

He said he would keep private how much the deal was worth amid reports his compensation is in the $500 million range. Continue reading →

bruins notebook

With Jeremy Swayman ailing, Tuukka Rask dons the goalie gear at Bruins morning skate

With Brandon Bussi getting the call up from Providence in the afternoon, Rask’s time as the emergency backup goalie was limited to less than an hour. Continue reading →

Business

Two people have died after drinking Panera’s ‘charged’ beverages. Is marketing to blame?

Both wrongful death lawsuits claimed the deceased typically steered clear of energy drinks and argued that Panera’s beverages were not adequately advertised as such. Continue reading →

say more

You should still get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Nobel Prize winner who helped discover it explains why.

Dr. Drew Weissman, who grew up in Lexington, is this week’s guest on the Globe’s Say More podcast with Shirley Leung. Continue reading →

Technology

As EV sales growth slows, Mass. car dealers ask Biden to ‘tap the brakes’ on electric transition

The owners of 111 Massachusetts auto dealerships have urged the administration to back off on tougher emissions standards that would effectively compel carmakers to use electric drivetrains in two-thirds of all new cars in the next decade. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90

The sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro, Juanita Castro worked with the CIA against their communist government. Florida had been her home since shortly after fleeing the island nearly 60 years ago. Continue reading →

Obituaries

William Murphy Jr., an inventor of the modern blood bag, dies at 100

A biomedical engineer, Dr. William Murphy Jr. was an inventor of the vinyl blood bag that replaced breakable bottles in the Korean War and made transfusions safe and reliable on battlefields, in hospitals, and at scenes of natural disasters and accidents. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Andrea Fay Friedman, who built a breakthrough acting career, dies at 53

An actress who starred in the groundbreaking television series “Life Goes On,” Andrea Fay Friedman was known for her portrayals of people with developmental disabilities. Continue reading →

FOOD

Boston tourism officials want visitors to put their money where their mouth is

Meet Boston launches a new initiative to elevate the area as a dining destination. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

MFA opens its new Judaica gallery on the first night of Hanukkah

The gallery, a rarity among American art museums, has been years in the making but comes at a heavy moment. Continue reading →

Theater

In her solo show, Kenice Mobley casts a light on her darkest hours

Mobley, who began her stand-up career in Boston, deals with weighty subjects in “Don’t Kill Yourself Yet,” which she'll perform at the Rockwell in Somerville. Continue reading →