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Sunday, December 10, 2023
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Politics

As the left agonizes over Israel-Hamas cease-fire, New England’s progressive leaders stand apart

New England’s congressional delegation, stocked as it is with high-profile progressives, exemplifies the way the war in Gaza has scrambled the usual, easy-to-define ideological coalitions. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher has always been a trailblazer and a risk taker

Glimcher is taking what may be the greatest risk of her career: breaking up a decades-long partnership with Brigham & Women’s Hospital and inking a deal for with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to build a 300-bed Dana-Farber cancer hospital. Continue reading →

Around New England

Once rare, gunfire all too common in Vermont’s biggest city

Burlington, a mostly sleepy college town on Lake Champlain, used to average two shootings a year. Last year, there were 26, and 16 so far this year, including the shooting of three Palestinian college students. Continue reading →

Investigations

New clues challenge the long-held narrative. It may be too late for many.

The Stuart case left Boston a divided city, where the truth is still chasing the lies. Continue reading →

World

Israel presses on with bombarding Gaza, including areas it has called safe zones for Palestinians

Israeli warplanes are striking parts of Gaza it had described as safe zones when telling Palestinians in the south to evacuate Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

UPenn president, board chairman resign after firestorm over answers to Congress about antisemitism on campus

Penn president Liz Magill was under intense pressure over her testimony at a congressional hearing Tuesday on campus antisemitism. Continue reading →

Nation

It’s taking longer to schedule abortions in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures

About half of U.S. states now have laws that ban or restrict access to abortion. Because of that, many clinics don't offer the procedure, which has increased demand for appointments at the remaining providers. Continue reading →

Nation

Diminutive and mysterious, the Pentagon’s X-37B set to launch again

Is it a secretive Pentagon weapon? Is it stealthy? Does it sneak up to satellites? What exactly does it do in space? And why is it up there for so long? Continue reading →

The World

World

State Department bypasses Congress to approve Israel’s order for tank ammunition

The State Department is pushing through a government sale to Israel of 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition, bypassing a congressional review process that is generally required for arms sales to foreign nations, according to a State Department official and an online post by the Defense Department on Saturday. Continue reading →

World

Palestinian Authority’s leader assails US veto of UN cease-fire resolution

Criticism of a US veto of a UN Security Council resolution for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip grew Saturday, with rights groups and aid organizations warning that the move would prolong the suffering in the enclave and the leader of the Palestinian Authority issuing a strong condemnation. Continue reading →

World

With Putin’s reelection all but assured, Russia’s opposition still vows to undermine his image

Although they believe Putin will be declared the winner no matter how voters cast their ballots, they say they hope to undermine the widespread public support he enjoys, turn popular opinion against the devastating war he unleashed on Ukraine, and show those who oppose it already that they are not alone. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

‘By the end of the meal, I had almost forgotten that I was on a blind date’

Will this law student make his case for a second date? Continue reading →

Letters to the editor of the Globe Magazine

Among this week’s comments: Readers praise Celtics broadcaster Mike Gorman, and Perspective author Abby Chin for sharing her story about him. Continue reading →

Milton homeowners gain needed space without building an addition

By pushing into the porch, designers are able to remake the kitchen — and add a family room. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Crux of freewill debate is in how we approach restorative justice

Considering whether we have free will would seem to be less important than acknowledging the impact of circumstances and events on one’s behavior. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Pine Street Inn played a key role in Back Bay housing advance

For many years, Pine Street has been on the front line of protecting the most vulnerable. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Help more students complete financial aid forms

FAFSA completion is tied to higher college attendance rates. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Most sheriffs scored a $20,000 raise in Legislature’s overdue spending bill, their second in three years

The state's 14 county sheriffs — who serve six-year terms and oversee county jails — last received a pay increase in 2021, when their salaries jumped by 13 percent. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Pittsfield airman ‘was the glue’ that kept his family, friends close, relatives say

US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jacob M. Galliher was among eight airmen killed in an Osprey crash in Japan in November. The military has since grounded its fleet of the aircraft. Continue reading →

GLOBE SANTA

When lightning strikes more than twice

It’s been said that lightning doesn’t strike twice, but as a disconcerting number of letters to Globe Santa illustrate, it can strike three or four times, sometimes more. It seems that any of us can, at any time, be struck by a series of calamities — a spouse lost, a cancer diagnosis received, a favorite pet killed, a teenager succumbing to drugs. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins 5, Coyotes 3

David Pastrnak’s second goal helps Bruins survive to defeat Coyotes in TD Garden matinee

David Pastrnak scored twice for Boston. Continue reading →

MLB

Shohei Ohtani, two-time unanimous MVP, agrees to record $700 million contract with Dodgers

The star hitter/pitcher ended one of the most anticipated free agencies in the sport's history. Continue reading →

Sunday baseball notes

A few thoughts on what went down at baseball’s Winter Meetings

There wasn’t much big news beyond the Yankees trading for Juan Soto as everything was breaking up. Continue reading →

Business

Globe NH | MORNING REPORT

Extreme weather cost N.H. farmers $13 million in lost crops, a new survey found

The UNH Extension surveyed fruit and vegetable producers to estimate how much they had lost to a late frost and record rainfall this past summer. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Would you do it if you could? Advanced DNA testing for embryos is here — and it’s fraught.

We’re still far from "Brave New World" or "Gattaca" but also closer than you may think. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Rethinking our relationship with the past

A new book by Tobias Becker argues that it’s time to stop slinging the word "nostalgia" as a sloppy, all-purpose insult against perceived enemies of progress. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Janet Panetta, 74, dies; admired dancer, choreographer, and teacher

Janet Panetta, who overcame childhood polio to become a dancer with American Ballet Theater, was a performer in New York’s thriving downtown modern dance scene and a revered ballet teacher. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sandra Elkin, creator of a pioneering feminist talk show, dies at 85

The creator and host of weekly PBS talk show “Woman” in the mid-1970s, Sandra Elkin brought frank discussions about birth control, job discrimination, health care, and other issues confronting American women into millions of living rooms across the country. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mary Cleave, shuttle astronaut who tracked climate change, dies at 76

A NASA astronaut who joined the space agency after seeing a recruitment flier at a post office, Mary Cleave served on two space shuttle missions in the 1980s and lead climate change research that scanned ocean ecosystems with images from orbit. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

TABLES

New Haven classic Sally’s Apizza prepares to slice into Woburn; Blackbird Doughnuts fills a hole in Watertown’s sweets scene

Plus, Hook + Line anchors in the Seaport and other restaurant news you can use. Continue reading →

THE YEAR IN ARTS

Jeffrey Gantz’s 10 best dance performances of 2023

Ranging from the classic to the digitally inspired, this year's dance offerings ranged widely. Continue reading →

THE YEAR IN ARTS

Social issues, climate change, and even humor showed up on dance stages this year

Globe dance critic Jeffrey Gantz surveys 2023's dance offerings on Boston stages and at Jacob's Pillow. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

All across Europe, ‘stumbling stones’ honor victims of the Nazi regime

Laid into the pavement in front of the last voluntarily chosen residence of these citizens, the plaques are the life’s work of German sculptor Gunter Demnig, whose inspiration comes from a passage in the Talmud: “A person is only forgotten when his name is forgotten.” Continue reading →

TRAVEL

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.

The city is all decked out for Christmas, but come January, food, lodging, and shows are an absolute bargain. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

‘No glitter!’ Holiday homes get age appropriate.

Christmas decorations are driven by sentiment and family traditions, but we can also let the age and style of our house guide us, whether that means creating a candlelit 18th-century interior that never was or displaying the shiny baubles of atomic style. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Remodeler: This propane fireplace sends soot everywhere

Send your home improvement questions to [email protected]. Continue reading →