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Friday, January 3, 2025
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Politics

They made history with their elections. Now they’ll represent groups that could be targeted by Trump’s policies.

While the history makers generally won’t have direct authority to try to halt Trump’s actions, their election offers a platform for new voices to speak out. Continue reading →

Health

A promise fulfilled: mother launches ‘overdose awareness’ license plate after son’s death

Cheryl Juaire hopes the specialty plate will combat stigma and honor those who have died from drug overdoses. Continue reading →

Health

Winthrop to revamp emergency response procedures in wake of patient deaths

The initiatives include more training for firefighters and an effort to prioritize emergency calls more effectively. Continue reading →

Climate

Hundreds of Mass. schools are located in floodplains. They weren’t built for a changing climate.

Many schools are built in floodplains, leaving the buildings vulnerable to inundation particularly as climate change enhances flood risks across New England. Continue reading →

RI BUSINESS

How tariffs could hurt small businesses in New England

The tariffs are intended to encourage big companies to produce goods domestically but economists say the plan could be detrimental to small businesses. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Wicked cold weekend ahead

Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan breaks down this weekend’s weather, next week’s arctic blast, and the season’s snow chances with guest host James Pindell. Watch →

Massachusetts bans circus animals in 2025

Mass. is ringing in the new year with new laws. From salary transparency to parental rights, reporter Matt Stout unpacks how these changes will impact you. Watch →

Former college athlete tackles mental health

Pressure on student-athletes is high, but mental health support is not. Francesca Corsinetti knows the struggle firsthand, and started a program to help. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

New Orleans attacker most likely acted alone, officials say

A Texas man who expressed support for the Islamic State group before he drove into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 14 people, appears to have acted alone, an FBI official said Thursday, as the city reopened Bourbon Street after the attack and hosted thousands of fans for the Sugar Bowl. Continue reading →

Nation

Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say

The man inside a Tesla vehicle that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was an active-duty US Army Green Beret, officials said. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden awards the 2nd highest civilian award to leaders of the Jan. 6 committee and 18 others

President Biden awarded Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson the Presidential Citizens Medal. President-elect Trum has said Jan 6. committee members should be jailed. Continue reading →

The World

World

Gaza truce looks unlikely before Trump’s inauguration

Israel has kept up with its campaign in Gaza even as mediators have conducted months of shuttle diplomacy. Israeli and Hamas officials said in December that there had been progress toward a deal, before each started blaming the other side for throwing up fresh obstacles. Continue reading →

World

Israeli threat to banish aid agency looms over Gaza

To Palestinians, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, is a critical lifeline, providing food, water and medicine to hundreds of thousands of Gaza Strip residents who have endured more than a year of war. Continue reading →

World

‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

The extraordinary find made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, in June expands upon previous paleontology work in the area and offers greater insights into the Middle Jurassic period, researchers at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Confidence in judicial system hits the skids

Ethics reforms — even from within — would help stem the slide. Continue reading →

OPINION

What the ghost of Grover Cleveland would tell Trump

Eight pieces of advice for the incoming president. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Don’t smirk. Anti-obesity drugs have changed people’s lives.

I applaud the Biden administration’s recent moves to make these anti-obesity drugs more accessible to people on Medicaid and Medicare. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Five Assumption University students charged in connection with ‘To Catch a Predator’ kidnapping plot

The students allegedly lured a man to campus through a dating app in a “To Catch a Predator”-type sting popular on TikTok, records show. Continue reading →

K-12

Mass. teachers want paid parental leave, an issue that has driven teachers to picket lines

Massachusetts is one of only a dozen states with paid parental leave — but municipal employees are left out. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Are you ready for Dry January?

Addiction specialists say the first step is to reflect on why you want to participate; in short, to examine your motivation. Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Jaylen Brown sits out opener of Celtics road trip in Minnesota

Brown missed Thursday’s game against the Timberwolves because of a right shoulder strain he suffered in Tuesday’s 125-71 win over the Raptors at TD Garden. Continue reading →

RANGERS 2, BRUINS 1

Jonathan Quick turns back the clock to make 32 saves and keep Bruins offense reeling as struggling Rangers earn win

Staked to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Mika Zibanejad and Brett Berard, the Rangers won for only the sixth time in their last 20 games (6-14-0), backed by the brilliant netminding by Jonathan Quick, the former UMass standout. Continue reading →

Bruins notebook

Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm ‘getting closer to being on the ice’

Lindholm was felled in the first period of the Nov. 12 game against the Blues, struck by a puck that appeared to make contact on or above a knee. Continue reading →

Business

AI/Robotics

Cambridge startup Pickle Robot seeks to automate the dreary work of unloading trucks

It's a hotly competitive area of robotics that has drawn some well-known competitors. Continue reading →

Business

The biggest lesson about Harvard, Claudine Gay, and the future of diversity is yet to come

The conservative forces that undermined Gay as Harvard’s first Black president are emboldened by the reelection of Donald Trump. Continue reading →

Deals

Tripadvisor paying $435 million to simplify its ownership

The struggling travel site, based in Needham, is aiming for greater flexibility and more potential deals. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Agnes Keleti, world’s oldest Olympic champion, dies at 103

Growing up in a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, Agnes Keleti was immersed in sports and the world of music. She took gymnastics lessons, swam and played the cello. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dick Capri, Catskills comic who took his shtick to Broadway, dies at 93

Dick Capri, an Italian American who built his long comedy career at the summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains — nicknamed the Borscht Belt for its appeal to Jewish patrons — then hit it big decades later as one of the four stars of “Catskills on Broadway,” a nostalgic 1990s hit revue, died Dec. 26 at his home in Boca Raton, Florida. He was 93. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

PARENTING UNFILTERED

In 2025, be in more family photos. Put down the phone at dinner. And say ‘no’ without guilt.

New Year’s resolutions for parents (and all people). Continue reading →

FOOD

Order up! Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe begins dinner service once again.

The historic South End diner has rolled out an all-new dinner menu featuring Italian family recipes. Continue reading →

Television

Denis Leary on picking projects and which celeb he’s always mistaken for

The comedian returns to the world of sitcoms with "Going Dutch" on Fox. Continue reading →