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Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Massachusetts

‘The pinnacle of my career’: Meet the North End teacher who helped restore the Notre Dame

His journey included becoming one of just a handful of Americans artisans to work with the French team that completed a stunning reconstruction of one of the world’s great cultural buildings. Continue reading →

Health

‘I am retraumatized all the time’: Holyoke veterans home nursing aides plagued by PTSD after COVID deaths

Nursing aides feel abandoned as they grapple with mental and physical troubles that they say stem from their work during the pandemic. Continue reading →

RELIGION

Finding his faith community: Mayor of Providence Brett Smiley converts to Judaism

“I was very private about it at first, because I wasn’t sure,” Smiley said. But the more he studied, talked and thought about the Jewish faith, “the more it felt right,” he said. Continue reading →

Climate

Could Trump’s return derail the US offshore wind boom?

Massachusetts climate goals bank on more offshore wind projects getting approved. But the industry is bracing for an uncertain future. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Unwrap these holiday movie gems

WATCH: Boston.com entertainment writer Kevin Slane runs down his favorite festive flicks. Watch →

Wrap up the perfect read

WATCH: Book editor Kate Tuttle presents four books that will keep you or your loved one turning the pages. Watch →

Bostonians of the Year: The Celtics win on and off the court

WATCH: Columnist Chad Finn highlights a few of the 18 things we loved about the C's journey to Banner 18. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Raging waves batter California’s coast and its beloved piers

The towering waves that hammered California’s coast this week have been unusually destructive, killing at least one person and prompting warnings by officials to the public to stay away from the state’s beaches. Continue reading →

Nation

In New Mexico, a Democratic governor wants to get tough on crime

Even as crime declines across the United States and fatal overdoses decrease, the violent crime rate in New Mexico was twice the national average in 2023. Continue reading →

Nation

20 big cats die from bird flu at a Washington sanctuary

Cats are particularly vulnerable to avian influenza. The dead included a half-Bengal tiger. Continue reading →

The World

World

Why Palestinian forces are cracking down on Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank

Palestinian Authority forces are clashing with armed groups in the occupied West Bank in a rare crackdown aimed at restoring order in a militant stronghold. Continue reading →

World

Syria’s new leaders try to unite rebel factions under a single government

Disbanding the country’s armed factions was a logical step for a leadership trying to establish a single national military. Continue reading →

World

Russia unleashes another wave of attacks on Ukraine

“Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement. “What could be more inhuman?” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Deferring the dream of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

A multilateral approach involving Saudi normalization could set a framework for future peace. Continue reading →

LETTERS

We mustn’t forget how immigration fits into the American ideal

Are we to reject the "oppressed and persecuted" because they could drain our public funding resources? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Trump weighs in on the ‘sickness’ of our times

A reader grapples with a word the president-elect uses to describe the support people have shown toward the suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

New Boston archbishop draws hope from carols in first Christmas Day Mass

Boston’s newly installed Archbishop Richard Henning led Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘We enjoy being part of everybody’s special day’: From Logan to the ICU, here’s who is working Boston’s Christmas shift

Thousands of workers across Boston clocked in on Christmas Day to help keep the city moving — from the airport terminals to hospital wards to homeless shelters serving Boston’s most needy. Continue reading →

Health

Boston marks first night of Hanukkah with annual menorah lighting on the Common

It was only the second time in the past 40 years that Christmas and the start of Hanukkah fell on the same day. Continue reading →

Sports

ON BASKETBALL

The Celtics are starting to slide, and need to get back to their game before things get worse

The Celtics have been mortal in December, losing five of 11 games with a defense that plays hard when it feels like it. Continue reading →

Bruins

An improving Bruins defense under Joe Sacco delivered a masterclass against the Capitals

Boston held Washington's high-powered offense to 11 shots on goal in a 4-1 win. Continue reading →

ON FOOTBALL

Despite struggles this year, the Chiefs once again control the road to the Super Bowl

Wednesday’s Christmas Day win over the Steelers, 29-10, improved the Chiefs to 15-1 and locked up the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, giving the Chiefs the only bye in the AFC, plus home-field advantage. Continue reading →

Business

THE FINE PRINT

In 2024, The Fine Print helped win $25,000 in refunds for beleaguered consumers

It was also the year “home equity theft” was finally outlawed by the state to protect property owners in tax-taking cases, an issue first highlighted in this column in 2021. Continue reading →

Retail

What’d you spend on holiday presents? Four approaches to giving this year.

Their bills ranged from about $200 to more than $2,000. But they all had one thing in common: a desire to make their loved ones feel merry, no matter the price tag. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Giant floating clown heads, suggestive spider doughnuts, and a googly-eyed T: 2024 was a wacky year for Boston business

It wasn’t all private equity and property taxes in New England this year. So let's revisit some of the weirder memories, shall we? Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

11 ways to ring in ’25 in Boston and beyond

From a Kowloon throwdown to skating shows, early family parties to late-night dancing, we found epic ways to kick 2024 to the curb. Continue reading →

tv critic's corner

Looking back at ‘Dont Look Back’

An early look at Bob Dylan is available to stream for free over the holidays. Continue reading →

ASKING ERIC

Friend avoiding long-time friend after weight gain

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →