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Monday, December 12, 2022
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Business

After two years of muted celebrations, holiday parties are back

The Omicron surge prompted many celebrations to cancel last year. But this time around, the party is on — and, in some cases, bigger than ever. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

New England’s last remaining pay phones are things of beauty — if you look at them right

Some people feel compelled to document these landmarks from another technological era, before they’re gone forever. Continue reading →

Elections

Not long ago, the GOP controlled most of Cape Cod. A blue wave is changing the region.

“I feel like I just climbed out of a bomb shelter and looked around and everything is leveled,” one Cape Cod Republican activist said of the election results. “I don’t see a clear path forward after what we just suffered.” Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Lawmakers, citing new momentum, plan to reintroduce right-to-die bill in January

Supporters argue terminally ill residents, not the state, should decide whether to hasten their deaths. Continue reading →

World

Man accused of making Lockerbie bomb is in US custody, authorities say

The apprehension of Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi, confirmed Sunday by the Justice Department, comes after an international, 34-year pursuit of those responsible for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks against Americans. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

The election is over. The fight over voting rules and gerrymanders isn’t.

With Raphael Warnock’s victory in the Georgia Senate race on Tuesday, the major midterm elections are over. Continue reading →

Nation

Arizona governor stacks containers on border at term’s end

Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern boundary with Mexico in a bold show of border enforcement by Republican Governor Doug Ducey even as he prepares to leave office. Continue reading →

Nation

Splashdown! NASA’s Orion capsule has landed in the Pacific Ocean.

Suspended under parachutes, an astronaut capsule without astronauts made a gentle splash in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, bringing NASA’s Artemis I moon mission to a close. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine faces more outages, and strikes Russian-controlled Melitopol

Russian drone strikes on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa plunged more than 1.5 million people in the region into darkness over the weekend, while 220 miles to the east, the Ukrainians struck the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, an attack that opened another front in the fiercely contested battle for territory. Continue reading →

World

4 charged with corruption in bribery inquiry linked to Qatar

The office of the Belgian federal prosecutor announced on Sunday that it had charged four people with corruption and other crimes as part of a major investigation into suspected bribes from Qatar to current and former officials and lawmakers in the European Parliament. Continue reading →

World

Aid groups dock 2 rescue vessels with 500 migrants in Italy

Two European aid groups docked their rescue vessels in Italian ports on Sunday and some 500 would-be refugees disembarked, even as the government insisted it wasn’t backing down on its hard line against migrant smuggling operations from North Africa. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Take Dapper O’Neil’s name off a City Hall hearing room

During his council tenure from 1971 to 1999, O’Neil was a loud and proud bigot. Continue reading →

OPINION

Democratic majority in the Senate is a mandate for a progressive agenda

Our newly won majority means we can make major progress for American families. Continue reading →

OPINION

Let beavers get busy fighting fires — and climate change

Beavers bring much-needed water back to the land, and their wetlands slow, store, and cleanse water — water that residents need to fill their wells, water plants and crops, and, yes, fight the coming wildfires. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

For families of Lockerbie bombing victims, ‘there is never closure’

Jeannine Boulanger’s daughter, Nicole Elise Boulanger, was 21 when she was killed returning from study abroad in London. She was one of 35 Syracuse students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Continue reading →

Politics

Founder of Mission Hill nonprofit says city ‘effectively pushed’ it out of community center

Cherie Craft, director of the SMART from the Start program run out of the Thomas Johnson Community Center in Mission Hill, said BCYF has repeatedly delayed essential funding, requiring staff to “jump through an ever-changing series of flaming hoops” to make ends meet. Continue reading →

Maine

‘We are gutted’: Maine Maritime community grieves four students killed in Saturday crash

Saturday’s fiery crash that killed four Maine Maritime Academy students and injured three others struck through the tightly-knit hearts of both the college and its small hometown over the weekend, as investigators continued their search for the tragedy’s cause. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

By looking ahead, Patriots’ advance scouts help team prepare for today

The advance staff can include support personnel, scouts, and coaches, who must juggle responsibilities for multiple games. Continue reading →

ON BASKETBALL

Celtics need to contend with their shortcomings after failing test against the Warriors

Not all is lost in a December matchup with another NBA title contender, so long as progress is made going forward. Continue reading →

BRUINS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1

Bruins draw a winning hand in Las Vegas after Jim Montgomery deals out line changes

Jake DeBrusk scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Charlie Coyle added an insurance tally, and Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for the win. Continue reading →

Business

Business

After two years of muted celebrations, holiday parties are back

The Omicron surge prompted many celebrations to cancel last year. But this time around, the party is on — and, in some cases, bigger than ever. Continue reading →

Business

MassVentures doubles down on diverse founders with $30 million fund

MassVentures, the state’s venture capital arm, recently made 3 deals out of its new $30 million fund for deep-tech startups with a focus on underserved founders or those based in underserved regions outside the Boston-Cambridge area. Continue reading →

Business

Wynn eyes expansion of Everett casino — including gambling — on big site across Broadway

Wynn Resorts is seeking state approval to expand gaming to a new building it's planning across Broadway from the Encore Boston Harbor Casinos in Everett. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jay M. Pasachoff, Williams professor who saw eclipses around the world, dies at 79

"A total eclipse is indescribably wonderful," said Dr. Pasachoff, who probably witnessed more solar eclipses than anyone in history. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Silver Saundors Friedman, who helped found the Improv, dies at 89

A former Broadway chorine, Silver Saundors Friedman's hankering for an affordable after-work hangout in the New York City borough of Manhattan inspired her future husband to open the original Improvisation, the grandfather of comedy clubs, which she later owned outright. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

‘Tis the season for gay Christmas movies

For mistletoe and merrymaking, here are some love stories bound to spread holiday cheer. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Handmade holiday cards are gifts in themselves; some tips

Handmade cards are a way to express creativity and connection. And gathering to make them can be a nice social activity. Continue reading →

Names

Bio-based, 3D-printed tiny house offers solutions to Maine’s housing crisis

The prototype, which was created by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is 600 square feet in total. Continue reading →