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Sunday, December 24, 2023


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Spotlight


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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.
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Transportation


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The MBTA’s new Green Line extension has a long history of trouble. It’s still not fixed.

“There’s a lot of hiding at the T, of keeping secrets, of not passing along bad news,” said Thomas P. Glynn, the chair of the T's oversight board. “It’s part of the culture.”
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Painkillers without addiction? Vertex hopes its experimental pill can be first in a new class of drugs.

Vertex wants to interrupt pain signals before they reach the brain, and because its non-opioid drug would bypass the central nervous system, it would provide pain relief without the risk of addiction.
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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK


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The arts won’t save the world, but they might save you

Inner survival in times of darkness is a human art. It is, in fact, art — and music. And movies, TV. Books.
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Israel and Hamas measures get a look as most US state legislatures meet for first time since Oct. 7

Legislatures in at least eight states that were in session late in 2023 have already condemned the attacks.
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Politics


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Clarence Thomas’s clerks: an ‘extended family’ with reach and power

In the 32 years since Clarence Thomas came through the fire of his confirmation hearings and onto the Supreme Court, he has assembled an army of influential acolytes unlike any other.
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Nation


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Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain’s death. That could make other first responders pause

The outcome could set a precedent for how emergency personnel respond to situations with people in police custody, said University of Miami criminologist Alex Piquero.
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Ukraine accuses senior defense official of embezzling $40 million

Ukrainian police have arrested a senior Defense Ministry official on suspicions that he embezzled nearly $40 million as part of a fraudulent purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine’s military.
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Putin quietly signals he is open to a cease-fire in Ukraine

Buoyed by Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive and flagging Western support, Putin says that Russia’s war goals have not changed. Addressing his generals Tuesday, he boasted that Ukraine was so beleaguered that Russia’s invading troops were doing “what we want.”
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About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe

Those aboard included children and families. The youngest passenger is a toddler of 21 months, and among the children are several unaccompanied minors, according to the local civil protection agency.
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The 29 best photos of 2023 taken by Boston Globe photographers

Staff photographers share the stories behind their most unforgettable images of the past year.
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Actor Lenny Clarke’s best ever childhood Christmas came unexpectedly

Ten stockings lined the mantelpiece. But he and his siblings thought they'd be empty — until a visit from Globe Santa.
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Our national addiction to super-sized SUVs is killing us

Instead of rewarding pedestrians and cyclists, we punish them as second-class travelers.
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LETTERS


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Beep-beeps, heartbeats: illustrating the world of an ICU nurse

About the myriad bells, whistles, policies, and procedures: We all want greater enhancement of error-free medicine and nursing. But which groups of professionals are stuck in the middle? The actual direct caregivers.
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EDITORIAL


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Massachusetts should ban PFAS in consumer products

Exemptions will be necessary for products without alternatives.
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OPINION


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In this season of hope, a year of sorrow ends for the trans community

75 anti-LGBTQ laws passed in 2023. But the worst attacks against this marginalized community weren’t in Republican-led state houses.
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YVONNE ABRAHAM


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These advocates see the pain of homeless families up close every day. It takes a toll.

“Given the whole state of housing in Massachusetts, this job is the opposite of hopeful.”
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North Shore


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How John Cena’s dad became a star Santa in Massachusetts

He doesn’t want kids coming to meet the famous wrestler and actor’s dad; he wants them to meet a jolly old elf.
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Cambridge and Somerville


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With new reforms recommended, Somerville still lacks a permanent police chief

Last month, Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Police Chief Search Committee announced that interviews with three candidates for the department’s top job “did not result in a successful hire.”
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Celtics 145, Clippers 108


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Jayson Tatum returns to score 30 points as Celtics rout Clippers

The Celtics certainly made themselves at home in Los Angeles, roaring to their second consecutive blowout on this road trip.
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Dan Shaughnessy


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A legendary day is looming at the end of a forgettable Patriots season, and other thoughts

The regular-season finale will be at Gillette against the Jets on Jan. 7, and despite Bill Belichick's feelings about that franchise, it could be one the Patriots need to lose to secure the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft.
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WILD 3, BRUINS 2


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Ragged-looking Bruins get overrun by Wild in last two periods, drop fourth straight

Playing its third game in four days, Boston could not make a 1-0 lead in the first period courtesy of David Pastrnak hold up.
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Resurrecting the lost arboretum of Salem

Tree lovers with foresight once planted an extraordinary collection in Greenlawn Cemetery. Getting to the bottom of it all has become a satisfying botanical mystery.
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IDEAS


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Social Studies: Segregated cities; influencer peddling; CEOs with selective secrecy

Surprising findings from the social sciences.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Hall of Fame drag racer Paula Murphy, 1st woman licensed to drive a Funny Car, dies at 95

Paula Murphy was a pioneer for women in racing, setting a women’s land-speed record of 161 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1963.
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Obituaries


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Essra Mohawk, self-described flower child singer-songwriter, dies at 75

A prolific singer-songwriter, Essra Mohawk's soulful, dreamlike songs captured the sunny optimism of the Woodstock era, and her varied career included performing with Frank Zappa and Jerry Garcia.
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Obituaries


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Ryan Minor, Orioles 3B who replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting streak, dies at 49

Ryan Minor became part of baseball history when he replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting consecutive games streak in 1998.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Art Review


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Forgotten women of the American landscape

The celebrated Hudson River School included no women artists. A new exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art gives them their due, 150 years later.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★½


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‘The Color Purple’: A movie-musical sings Miss Celie’s Broadway Blues

An all-star cast featuring Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, and Taraji P. Henson sets Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to music.
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From screen to stage and back to screen, this time trying to carry a tune

The films "The Color Purple" and "Mean Girls" were transformed into Broadway musicals; now both are heading back to movie houses in musical form. But this combination of shape-shifting and baton-passing is a tricky task, and the third time is not always the charm.
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TRAVEL


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Why are bachelorettes and BFFs heading to the sport-fishing capital of the world?

Bimini’s waters hold a bounty of fish, and the island has a low-key Bahamian vibe.
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TRAVEL


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Winter sports are hotter than ever

While many travelers spend their winters trying to escape the cold, more than ever are embracing it. And so are destinations.
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‘If we didn’t do something and soon, the whole thing would fall off the house.’

It took a team and the original drawings to turn back the clock on this crumbling Victorian near Harvard Square.
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Home of the Week: R.I. Colonial gets a second chance, and it’s winning

Circa 1900 Colonial has three bedrooms, two full baths, and new plumbing, electrical, AC, and heating systems.
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