Federal officials investigate Boston city councilor

WATCH: Over Tania Fernandes Anderson's two-plus years in office, she has faced controversies. Reporter Danny McDonald unpacks what we know and what's next. Watch →

They left Massachusetts and regret it

WATCH: Reporter Dana Gerber spoke to people all over the country about why they fled the Bay State, including some who came back. Watch →

Steward execs turn insurance fund into piggy bank

WATCH: Medical reporter Jessica Bartlett explains why patients who suffered from alleged misconduct or medical errors haven’t seen settlement money. Watch →

Politics

Why Republicans might oppose Trump’s push to undo Biden’s triumphs

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to unravel President Biden’s major legislation when he takes office next month, but Biden is hoping to salvage his most prized policies with help from an unlikely source: Republicans. Continue reading →

Nation

Jury deliberations begin in trial of man charged with fatally choking man on New York subway

The jury is weighing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of Jordan Neely, a street performer who was homeless. Continue reading →

Nation

10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches

The North Wildwood City Council voted to accept a settlement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under which the state will cancel $12 million worth of fines it has levied against the city for conducting unauthorized and potentially harmful beach repair work. Continue reading →

World

Biden says the US is ‘all in’ on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter China

Biden’s visit, the first to Angola by a US president, is meant to promote billions of dollars of commitments to the sub-Saharan African nation for what he called the largest ever US rail investment overseas. Continue reading →

World

Israeli strike kills a shepherd in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous cease-fire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the truce. Continue reading →

World

Fighting worsens already dire conditions in northwestern Syria

Hospitals have been ripped apart by airstrikes. Nearly 50,000 people have fled their homes, and tens of thousands lack running water. Civilians are being laid out in body bags on hospital floors after shells struck their neighborhoods. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Tenants shouldn’t be forced to pay broker fees

Boston area city councilors want to ban the practice. Continue reading →

OPINION

A student’s T-shirt says: ‘There are only two genders.’ What does the Constitution say?

A Middleborough seventh-grader is asking the Supreme Court to take up his case. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Science, sports, and trans athletes — and politics

"Trans youth are not among the dangers our nation faces right now," writes one reader. Another: "Let trans women compete in events where physical differences are not a determination for winning." Continue reading →

North Shore

‘It brings you right back to good times.’ How a Merrimack Valley bakery chain made it to 100.

It’s not hyperbole to say Tripoli is an icon of the Merrimack Valley, now with five locations in the area and a customer base so loyal that one regular got a tattoo of its iconic yellow sign. Continue reading →

Politics

As Beacon Hill slow-walks Boston tax proposal, pro forma meeting at City Hall takes on higher stakes

The Boston City Council held its annual hearing on setting the residential exemption and property tax rates Tuesday. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Panel files charges against Judge Shelley Joseph with SJC for ‘willful judicial misconduct’

Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade federal officials who showed up to arrest him in Newton District Court in April 2018. Continue reading →

Celtics

Nine stats and trends that explain the Celtics’ hot start, and where there’s room for improvement

With over one-fourth of the season complete, the Celtics (17-4) on pace for 66.4 wins, putting them slightly ahead of last season’s 64-win championship run. Continue reading →

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Bruins pull together as Pavel Zacha’s goal clips Red Wings in overtime

Zacha ripped home a nifty feed from David Pastrnak at 2:15 of overtime and Boston improved to 5-2 under coach Joe Sacco. Continue reading →

red sox

Red Sox to sign reliever Aroldis Chapman to one-year deal worth $10.75 million

Chapman, who turns 37 in February, spent 2024 with the Pirates. Continue reading →

BUSINESS

New England shoppers aim to spend less this holiday season as concern about the economy grows

According to a new poll by the University of New Hampshire, people in N.H., R.I., and Mass. are looking to spend less this year than they did last year Continue reading →

Media

Amid growing ‘news deserts’ in the US, non-traditional media outlets are on the rise

A recently released study by Northwestern University shows steady declines in local news outlets. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Federal health agency ARPA-H has brought nearly $300 million to Mass. in its first year

The awards range from $4 million to develop a “smart” stent that can monitor and transmit data from inside a patient, to $3.5 million to create a disposable “microneedle” drug-delivery device. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Homan, Washington Post journalist, dies at 88

Richard L. Homan, a Washington Post journalist for 37 years who distinguished himself covering Maryland politics and later was a foreign desk editor specializing in Middle East and Central European affairs, died Nov. 29 at a retirement home in Green Valley, Arizona. He was 88. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Debbie Nelson, Eminem’s mother, dies at 69

Debbie Nelson, a single mother from Missouri whose tumultuous relationship with her eldest son, rapper Eminem, provided fodder for some of his early hits, died Monday. She was 69. Continue reading →

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Music

Kendrick Lamar and SZA to swing by Gillette Stadium in 2025

The rapper and R&B singer announced their new co-headlining tour on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Arts

‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ is No. 1 on the holiday charts — again. But is it the best ever?

Mariah Carey is coming to town this week, so we're looking back on her best hits. But first, we want to know: What's your favorite holiday song? Continue reading →

Music

Alison Krauss + Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas to tour for first time since 2015

The tour will kick off in Louisville, Ky., on April 17. Continue reading →