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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Today's Headlines
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RHODE TRIP

A Christmas tradition, with love and lobster traps

The Stonington, Conn., Lobster Trap Tree is a glorious tower of steel, art, and light — a nod to the legacy of local fishermen in the home of Connecticut’s last commercial fishing fleet. Continue reading →

Politics

Here’s what salaries will be for top Mass. officials in the new year

All six statewide constitutional officers’ salaries would rise by roughly $19,000 or more beginning Jan. 1, meaning that each of their pay would top $200,000 for the first time. Continue reading →

nwsl

BOS Nation FC signs 10-year lease with City of Boston for use of White Stadium. Here’s what the terms say.

Boston's NWSL outfit is scheduled to begin play in March 2026. If the stadium and field are not finished in time, the team could pay the city up to $45 million to finish construction. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden commutes 37 death sentences ahead of Trump’s plan to resume federal executions

President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of nearly all prisoners on federal death row, sparing the lives of 37 men just a month before Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office with a promise to restart federal executions. Continue reading →

Politics

House Ethics panel report accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex and using drugs

The report was released weeks after Gaetz withdrew from consideration to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and resigned from Congress, and after years in which he had spawned enemies on both sides of the aisle with his bellicose political style. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Critiquing Hollywood’s Boston accents

WATCH: Who sounds real? And who sounds like a fraud? Reporter Emily Sweeney polled staffers and locals. Watch →

Obesity drug boom in Boston

WATCH: STAT reporter Allison DeAngelis unpacks the big business gaining ground in Massachusetts. Watch →

Cut from the team? Help your kid bounce back

WATCH: “Parenting Unfiltered” correspondent Kara Baskin plays out how to walk children through adversity like a champion. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Mangione pleads not guilty in first NY state court appearance

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, pleaded not guilty Monday as he was arraigned in New York state Supreme Court. Continue reading →

Nation

Suspect charged in fatal burning of woman on NYC subway

The man accused of burning a woman to death on a subway train in Brooklyn over the weekend was identified by federal immigration officials Monday as a 33-year-old from Guatemala who was in the United States illegally. Continue reading →

Nation

The three death row prisoners Biden chose not to spare

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombings, was one of the three inmates whose sentences were not commuted. Continue reading →

The World

World

Organized looting throws Gaza deeper into chaos

Hundreds of truckloads of relief are piling up at Kerem Shalom in part because aid groups fear they will be looted. Continue reading →

World

Top Arab diplomats, in Syria visits, aim to build ties with new leadership

Top Arab diplomats visited the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Monday, the latest in a string of diplomatic overtures by the international community as Syria emerges from years of isolation under President Bashar Assad. Continue reading →

World

Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Who voted for Elon Musk?

The Republicans taking direction from the billionaire founder of Tesla might want to reconsider. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Shutdown turmoil may be the shape of things to come under Trump 2.0

"More Republicans need to be willing to take a little heat and call Trump’s bluff and, for that matter, Musk’s," writes one reader. Another: "It is really sad to see Republican members of Congress ceding their constitutional authority and obligation to the executive branch." Continue reading →

LETTERS

Fusion tech might just be a win-win clean energy solution

Fusion power plants actually could be one of the silver bullets that promotes the end of fossil fuel use. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Mpox is spreading in Congo’s capital, threatening global efforts to contain the virus

The detection of a new, fast-spreading strain of the virus in a remote mining town in eastern Congo led the World Health Organization to declare mpox a global public health emergency in August. Since then, its spread has only accelerated. Continue reading →

Politics

Smarting from property tax defeat, Wu is gearing up for her reelection campaign

In a wide-ranging interview with the Globe this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gave a preview of her pitch to voters as she prepares to launch her bid for a second term. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Natick engineer linked to deadly drone attack on US military base is due in federal court in Boston

Three American service members died in a drone attack on a US outpost in Jordan on Jan. 28. A Natick engineer with American and Iranian citizenship faces 10 charges. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins notebook

Bruins’ Charlie Coyle, a center most his career, delivered from right wing against Capitals

Coyle was the first star of the night, with a goal and an assist. Continue reading →

MAGIC 108, CELTICS 104

Jayson Tatum a late scratch and the Celtics go frosty cold from 3-point range in loss to Magic

Host Orlando ramped up its defense in the third quarter, the Celtics couldn’t even get off consistent 3-pointers, and then Boston's late rally fell short. Continue reading →

ON FOOTBALL

NFL Week 16: Several teams are suddenly back in the playoff races

The AFC wild-card race in particular has gotten interesting, with either a Chargers or a Broncos loss opening the door to chaos. Continue reading →

Business

bold types

Rapper-actor George Carroll, aka Slaine, opens mental health clinic in Norwood

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of movers and shakers on the Boston business scene. Continue reading →

Economy

1 million taxpayers will soon receive up to $1,400 from the IRS. Who are they and why now?

The IRS said it's distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns. Continue reading →

Innovation Economy

Cometeer, Keurig, and Nespresso: Which brand has the best at-home coffee? We put it to the test.

A group of coffee experts rated each java on a scale of 0-10, with zero being “how dare you serve this to me” and ten being “best coffee I’ve ever had.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Yoshio Taniguchi, architect for MoMA’s expansion, dies at 87

Mr. Taniguchi was a Japanese architect who gained international fame in 1997 when he was chosen to renovate and expand New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, a project that cost $850 million and was completed in 2004. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

He has to work for another 10 years

I have the means to be semi-retired. Continue reading →

tv critic's corner

When the ax falls on a beloved series, fans feel the pain

It's hard to say goodbye to shows that are still in their prime. Continue reading →

Arts

Blake Lively accuses ‘It Ends With Us’ director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign

Lively has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint. Continue reading →