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Friday, December 2, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Climate

Prince William and Princess Kate get a taste of Boston’s climate innovation

This was day two of the much-watched visit by the royal couple, whose trip will culminate in hosting the glitzy Earthshot Prize ceremony on Friday. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Once underperforming, East Boston High School made gains through the pandemic. Can BPS replicate the success?

East Boston High School has become a model for the district, managing to continue years of academic gains even through the pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

After disastrous election, the state GOP faces a choice: Fresh leadership or more of the same?

Beaten down by catastrophic election losses and looking ahead to a chairman’s race in January, the Massachusetts Republican Party finds itself at a crossroads. Continue reading →

Commentary

Has anyone ever looked so delighted to see Charlie Baker? The Princess of Wales has perfected the thrilled look.

I plastered on a Kate-style smile and adopted a thrilled demeanor — to the confusion of my family. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court to rule on Biden administration’s student loan cancellation plan

The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether the Biden administration had overstepped its authority with its plan to wipe out billions of dollars in student debt. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Senate moves to avert rail strike amid dire warnings

The Senate moved quickly Thursday to avert a rail strike that the Biden administration and business leaders warned would have had devastating consequences for the nation’s economy. Continue reading →

Elections

They used robocalls to suppress Black votes. Now they have to register voters.

Two conservative operatives responsible for placing tens of thousands of calls in Midwestern states that made false claims about the legitimacy of mail-in ballots were sentenced by an Ohio judge to spend hundreds of hours registering new voters. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden, Macron vow unity against Russia, discuss trade row

Macron’s visit to Washington has been tempered by his criticism of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and the challenges both leaders face amid the mounting costs of keeping military and economic aid flowing to Kyiv with no end in sight for the Russian invasion. Continue reading →

The World

World

US and Ukrainian embassies targeted by letter bombs in Spain

The targets in the Spain attacks are either connected to Ukraine or have expressed support for the country in its war effort against Russia, but Ignacio Torreblanca, director of the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, cast doubt on the idea that Moscow was behind the attacks. Continue reading →

World

Lavrov defends strikes, even as 6 million people in Ukraine remain without power

As Ukrainian officials warned that Moscow was preparing to launch yet another wave of missile strikes aimed at destroying the nation’s energy grid, Russia’s foreign minister Thursday defended Moscow’s attacks, calling infrastructure a legitimate military target despite United Nations warnings that they could amount to war crimes. Continue reading →

World

UN seeks $51.5 billion in aid, driven in part by war in Ukraine

The disruption to food and fertilizer shipments caused by the war in Ukraine has combined with climate-related disasters and a looming threat of a global economic recession to produce what the UN appeal warns is “the largest global food crisis in modern history.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

EVs are selling like hotcakes. Don’t rejoice just yet.

Sales are up on electric vehicles, but too many people continue to drive their gas-fueled cars. The right kind of subsidies can help. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Blue Hill Avenue is choking on traffic. Here’s a way to unclog it.

Boston is embarking on an ambitious plan to redesign one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. While it has prompted some resistance, the backlash should only be a minor bump in the road. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Congress strikes out in preventing rail strike

It’s time for those who stole the union’s best bargaining chip to put a little balance of power back into the negotiations. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Prince William’s effort to showcase a new royal family in Boston has been distracted by the old one back in London

As he was flying across the Atlantic, the future king had to renounce not his throne but his godmother. Continue reading →

Metro

A football miracle at St. Bernard’s

The story of St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg is an underdog story worthy of Hollywood. Continue reading →

GLOBE SANTA

All I want for Christmas is a place to call home

Families living in shelters, Globe Santa is a source of much needed holiday cheer. Continue reading →

Sports

Tara Sullivan

The Patriots couldn’t hang with the new beasts of the AFC East

The Bills have the Patriots’ number the way we are used to seeing the Patriots have the Jets’ number. Continue reading →

boston marathon

World’s greatest men’s marathoner will run Boston Marathon for the first time in 2023

The incomparable Eliud Kipchoge has won four of the world's six marathon majors and two Olympic gold medals, but Boston has been on his bucket list. Continue reading →

Celtics

Al Horford and Celtics agree to two-year, $20 million extension

According to sources, the 36-year-old veteran accepted a below-market deal because he believes his best chance to win a title is in Boston. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Somerville and Seattle scientists use A.I. to design proteins from scratch

A new paper posted on Generate Biomedicines' website offers a rare glimpse under the hood of the startup, which has tripled its headcount from about 80 to 240 employees over the last year and raised at least $470 million since it was founded in 2018. Continue reading →

Business

Harvard lays out plans for new home for the A.R.T.

Harvard University this week filed plans with the city of Boston for both a new A.R.T. and a 14-story apartment tower for Harvard graduate students on property it owns along North Harvard Street in its burgeoning Allston campus. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

After FTX, how will Massachusetts tackle blockchain and crypto policy?

Despite the recent crypto implosion, Massachusetts state Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian remains committed to advancing policy to support the industry — but not every politician shares her sentiment. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame pitcher with a doctoring touch, dies at 84

Gaylord Perry, the Hall of Fame right-hander who won 314 games and struck out more than 3,500 batters, but was remembered as well for his spitballs that enraged opposing batters and managers over his 22 major league seasons, died early Thursday at his home in Gaffney, South Carolina. He was 84. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Michael Feingold, forceful drama critic, dies at 77

Michael Feingold, whose learned writing about the theater was a fixture of The Village Voice for decades, and who was also a dramaturge, a translator and a Tony Award-nominated lyricist and adapter, died on Nov. 21 in Manhattan. He was 77. Continue reading →

Obituaries

US Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura dies at 97

The son of Japanese immigrants, Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura was awarded the US Medal of Honor for holding off an attack to allow an American squad to withdraw during the Korean War. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

APPRECIATION

Christine McVie, a songbird who led with her heart

McVie, who died Wednesday at 79, penned songs that were openhearted and romantic even as her musical partners churned with drama. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Season’s greetings from Cirque du Soleil

While you’ll find few surprises if you’ve seen a Cirque production before, the young audiences at whom “Night” is primarily pitched aren’t likely to be disappointed. Continue reading →

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more, selected by Globe critics and writers. Continue reading →