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Friday, January 10, 2025
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Around New England

He didn’t vote for Carter. But over a shared theology of the hammer, this farmer found a friend in the former president.

How a Vermont house builder met Jimmy Carter and formed a lifelong bond. Continue reading →

Investigations

Healey administration acknowledges it hasn’t been conducting full background checks on state homeless shelter residents

The state has been conducting searches for sex offenses and outstanding warrants — but not checks of past criminal activity. Continue reading →

Transportation

Governor Healey’s task force eyes major cash infusion to fill T’s growing budget gap

It recommends using hundreds of millions of dollars from the new tax on millionaires. Continue reading →

Nation

Firefighters in Los Angeles race to corral inferno as gusts ease

The scale of the destruction, across diverse communities of every socioeconomic status, is already without precedent. Continue reading →

Politics

Jimmy Carter is remembered as a humanitarian and public servant

The nation bade farewell to former president Jimmy Carter on Thursday with a majestic state funeral for a man who was anything but, remembering a peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to the heights of power and used it to fight for justice, eradicate disease, and wage peace, not war. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

TikTok ban heads to Supreme Court

The social media app’s presence in the US is at risk. Media reporter Aidan Ryan what a ban could mean. Watch →

Saving sea turtles from frigid waters

Adam Kennedy, director of rescue and rehabilitation at the New England Aquarium, unpacks their mission to rescue hundreds of stranded turtles. Watch →

Sobering link between ice hockey and CTE

A Boston University study found a correlation between ice time and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Sports reporter Michael Silverman breaks down the data. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

New York prosecutors urge Supreme Court to let Trump’s sentencing proceed

Trump’s sentencing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the same Manhattan courtroom where his trial took place last spring, when the jury convicted him on all 34 felony counts. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge rejects Biden’s Title IX rules, scrapping protections for trans students

The ruling, which extends nationwide, came as a major blow to the Biden administration in its effort to provide new safeguards for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students, among others, through the law known as Title IX. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden administration wages last-minute battle over plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

The fight has put the Biden administration at odds with the US military officials it had appointed to oversee justice in Al-Qaeda’s attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people. Continue reading →

The World

World

Venezuela’s opposition leader defies Maduro to lead protests that end in confusing arrest claims

Aides to Maria Corina Machado say the Venezuela opposition leader has been arrested when her convoy was intercepted by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas. Continue reading →

World

Lebanon has new president: armed forces commander

General Joseph Aoun was widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States, which funds, trains, and arms the Lebanese military and helped broker a cease-fire between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in November. Continue reading →

World

Meet the combative populist on a path to become Canada’s next leader

If the polls hold, Pierre Poilievre will emerge as the next prime minister after Justin Trudeau’s announcement he would resign once his party decides on a successor. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

O Canada, sorry for our boorish behavior

After a wonderful holiday in Quebec City, this American rues Donald Trump’s rude remarks. Continue reading →

LETTERS

This time feels different: Despairing for America after Nov. 5

Whatever we call the Trump phenomenon — MAGA, white nationalist, neo-Confederate, fascist — he and his followers intend to put the many challenges to patriarchy back in the bottle. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

SJC should release court records in Harmony Montgomery case

Transcript of hearing where Adam Montgomery got custody remains secret. Continue reading →

Metro

NH POLITICS

Newly inaugurated N.H. Governor Kelly Ayotte calls Massachusetts ‘a cautionary tale’

The new governor also announced a state-level plan modeled after President-elect Donald Trump’s DOGE initiative. Continue reading →

K-12

Blankets, space heaters, and puffy coats. Students battle the cold in some BPS classrooms.

In 2022, Boston Public Schools launched an indoor air quality monitoring system that collects real-time data from thousands of classrooms about temperature, humidity, and pollution. Continue reading →

Politics

Official says, ‘It’s all about the .01 percent’ during transgender nominee’s hearing, drawing criticism from LGBTQ bar

Joseph Ferreira, a Democrat on the Governor's Council, said his comments were not about Connor Barusch, an openly transgender nominee for the Boston Municipal Bench. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins notebook

Tobi Geekie in Tampa to watch her sons carry the family tradition of playing hockey to another level

Tobi Geekie was in Tampa to see her sons — the Bruins' Morgan and the Lightning's Conor — face off for the first time. Continue reading →

Lightning 4, Bruins 1

Lightning send Bruins to sixth straight loss

A slow start, penalties, and self-inflicted wounds did in the Bruins, and they may have lost center Mark Kastelic. Continue reading →

Chad Finn

Dear Robert and Jonathan Kraft: Here’s how you win Patriots fans back

You got your team back. Now it's time to send a message to your fan base. Hiring Mike Vrabel is the first step. Continue reading →

Business

Commentary

Homeowners and renters in Boston are feeling the pain of higher property taxes. Who will they blame?

Sure, Mayor Wu could have been a little savvier handling the delicate political dynamics, but her heart was in the right place: protecting homeowners and renters. Continue reading →

Trendlines

The Massachusetts biotech industry rebounded in 2024. Can the momentum last?

The industry continues to face financial and regulatory headwinds, including high interest rates and uncertainty about President-elect Donald Trump’s health care policies. Continue reading →

Consumer

We have enough stuff. No-buy 2025 offers other ways to fill the void.

No-buy doesn’t mean abstaining from all purchases, but rather picking specific categories to avoid. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Ed Van Put, who hooked Jimmy Carter on the Catskills, dies at 88

In addition to chaperoning the former president, Mr. Van Put volunteered as a guide and fly-fishing tutor for other high-profile visitors, including John F. Kennedy Jr. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, chronicler of wartime internment, dies at 90

Her book "Farewell to Manzanar," which was based on her family's experience at the World War II relocation camp, was widely acclaimed. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Pippa Garner, conceptual artist with a satirical streak, dies at 82

Pippa Garner, a conceptual art provocateur whose radically modified consumer goods — like a midriff-baring men’s “Half Suit” and a ’59 Chevy with its chassis reversed — offered witty commentary on gender, body modification, American car culture and the boundaries of fine art, died Dec. 30 in Los Angeles. She was 82. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

FOOD

It’s cold outside. Here’s where to dine by a fireplace (or in an igloo).

These are some of the area’s coziest places to chill. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

In ‘Mood Machine,’ BU grad Liz Pelly examines the hidden costs of Spotify’s music empire

Stories about Spotify’s insidious effect on the livelihood of musicians aren't new. Pelly takes that criticism further, exploring how the platform’s reliance on AI is affecting popular music — and its fans. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★★

Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers ‘Hard Truths’ — and 2024’s best performance

She reteams with her "Secret and Lies" director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed with anger. Continue reading →