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Sunday, December 21, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Rhode Island Crime

A nightmare on Hope Street, a frantic manhunt, and the tip that broke open the case

Providence residents went days without knowing who the gunman behind the Brown shooting was, or whether he was still among them. Continue reading →

Spotlight

The Mass. board of medicine is meant to protect the public. Instead, it has increasingly protected neglectful doctors.

The Massachusetts medical board should be the ultimate protector of patients. But a Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation found it is slow to act on physician lapses and regularly fails to protect patients. Continue reading →

Celtics

‘Does he even have enough money?’ Bill Chisholm closed the deal of his life when he bought the Celtics.

Chisholm grew up a tortured Boston sports fan. As a billionaire in his 50s, he achieved every child's dream: He bought his favorite team. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Amid crisis and criticism, Brown president Christina Paxson stays the course

Christina Paxson has drawn criticism for her response to this week’s shooting. But those who know her say Brown’s longtime president is a steady, hands-on leader. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

How my father escaped Nazi Germany and later rescued his own parents

A Jewish organization helped him flee as a teen. Years later as a US soldier, my father went in search of the parents he'd lost. Continue reading →

Prop bets in sports are dangerous. Officials in Massachusetts were warned of the risks.

Amid a torrent of scandals, 56 percent of monthly bettors here now believe the harms of gambling outweigh the benefits. Continue reading →

The state wants to replace a crumbling women’s prison. But some lawmakers are trying to abolish prisons altogether.

The Commonwealth imprisons fewer people than any other state. Reformers think the conditions are perfect for a radical experiment. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

US forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers

Venezuela’s government in a statement on Saturday characterized the US forces’ actions as “criminal” and vowed to not let them “go unpunished." Continue reading →

Politics

Trump’s ‘A+++++’ economy collides with reality in a Pennsylvania city critical to the midterms

Economic anxiety is a vulnerability for Republicans in competitive congressional districts, which could decide control of the US House in next year’s midterms. Continue reading →

Nation

Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat

Researchers and activists increasingly fear that under the Trump administration, the US government is abdicating its historic role as a clearinghouse for reliable information. Continue reading →

The World

World

High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India

The train driver spotted the herd of about 100 elephants and used the emergency brakes, but the train still hit some of the animals. Continue reading →

World

US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price.

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya. Continue reading →

World

With attacks on oil tankers, Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s war financing

The oil business fuels Russia’s economy and its war, and throughout the conflict, the West has tried to crack down on its profits with sanctions. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

When daytime TV used rape as a precursor to a romance

On "General Hospital," Laura fell in love with Luke, her rapist. What message did that send to my generation? Continue reading →

Editorials

Fewer meetings, more housing

Getting zoning and building rules right at a state and city level would limit delays. Continue reading →

Letters

Another vile step in Trump game plan: accusing Boston of racial bias

It is a calculated attempt by conservatives to whitewash history. Continue reading →

Metro

Transportation

Steamship Authority’s website project a ‘cascade of failures’ that wasted millions in public funds, report finds

The website project that began in 2022 "was doomed from the start," Inspector General Jeffrey S. Shapiro said. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Crime

How a Redditor named John helped Providence police track down the Brown University shooter

The man, a graduate of Brown University who told police he was homeless, “blew the case right open,” the attorney general said. Continue reading →

North Shore

The Dwinell farm hadn’t changed much since colonial times. Then a son asked his dad if he could plant some Christmas trees.

For the past 40 years, Holiday Tree Farm has become a cherished tradition for Topsfield — and even more so for the Dwinell family. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins

Opponents running hot to open games not cool with Bruins coach Marco Sturm: ‘Our starts have to be better’

Thursday's loss to the Oilers marked the fifth straight game in which the Bruins allowed the first goal, a season high. Continue reading →

Bruins

Seesaw battle swings in wrong direction with Bruins’ shootout loss to Canucks

Andrew Peeke tied it with less than four minutes left in regulation, but Boston couldn't score in the shootout. Continue reading →

Patriots

Note to Boston front-office folks: Draft the player with many older siblings, and other thoughts

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is the next in line to follow the "George Brett Syndrome," where older brothers pushed him to achieve the athletic heights he had reached today. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

Ideas

Hollywood rediscovers dads

In a time of deep anxiety about parenthood, fathers got a surprising star turn in movies this year. Continue reading →

Ideas

I’m a scholar of gun violence. Not even I can process what happened at Brown.

My typical response to school shootings is to call for policy changes. But I’m afraid the task ahead is bigger than that. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

James B. Hunt Jr., N.C. governor who kept state blue, dies at 88

James B. Hunt Jr., a Democrat who burnished North Carolina's reputation as a beacon of moderation in the South over four terms as governor but who lost a Senate race against a hard-right Republican that might have vaulted him toward the presidency, died Thursday at his home in Lucama, North Carolina. He was 88. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Emily Korzenik, 96, dies; rabbi took a bar mitzvah to Poland

In a midlife career change, she became part of the first generation of women ordained as rabbis in the United States. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Theater

On Boston stages this year, infinite variety was found in the simplest of formats: the family drama

The dissatisfaction of marriage, complicated familial bonds, and the complexities of joining families were just a few of the ways Boston theaters explored the concept. Continue reading →

Restaurants

Two sisters run Luna’s, a friendly pastry and coffee shop in Newton Centre

The cafe owners bake scones, cookies, familiar cakes, and elaborate confections. Continue reading →

Food & Dining

How to toast the holidays, from seafood to latkes

Christmas Eve menus, fried dough bars, and more. Continue reading →

Travel

Travel

Seals, surf, and solitude: Walking in Thoreau’s footsteps on Cape Cod

We headed out on a modern, exhausting, and exhilarating 24-mile adventure. Continue reading →

Travel

The biggest bargain in Boston? A cleaned-up, odor-free Midtown Hotel returns to its no-frills roots.

In the decade since I last stayed there, the Midtown has seen a lot of changes. And that's a good thing. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

When kitchen makeovers are the product of stressful holiday hosting

During the holidays, hosts are often forced to see what their kitchens are lacking. In the new year, a growing number of homeowners are doing something about it. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: For $1.29m, a Boxborough Colonial with a sweet suite

Property comes with four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a lower level with its own entrance, and a koi pond. Continue reading →