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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Crime & Courts

Spies, microchips, and night lights: The story of an alleged Russian smuggling ring in a N.H. town.

The charging documents outline a plot pulled straight from “The Americans” TV series, about KGB agents raising a family near Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

Politics

Boston officials outline a host of potential improvements for Franklin Park

The sweeping vision includes restoring and coming up with new uses for the park’s bear dens, which have sat defunct for decades, and building a new stage and seating for the Elma Lewis Playhouse. Continue reading →

Climate

Scientific journal investigating UMass hydrogen study after revelations of gas industry influence

The study, by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, endorsed the use of so-called green hydrogen for heating buildings in Massachusetts and recommended the state consider adopting hydrogen as a clean fuel. Continue reading →

Politics

Fed is expected to push forward with more interest rate hikes despite fear that battle against inflation risks economic damage

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to announce another increase in interest rates on Wednesday. But critics say they aren't giving enough weight to the impact of their actions on average Americans, who face possible job losses as rates continue to rise. Continue reading →

Health

‘No one really wants to talk about alcohol’: Alcohol abuse costs Mass. more than $5 billion yearly, new analysis finds

Alcohol-related deaths, disability, and property damage cost Massachusetts at least $5.6 billion annually, while causing thousands of deaths and illnesses. Yet revenues from alcohol-specific taxes fall far short of repaying those costs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Climate

The Arctic is becoming wetter and stormier, scientists warn

As humans warm the planet, the once reliably frigid and frozen Arctic is becoming wetter and stormier, with shifts in its climate and seasons that are forcing local communities, wildlife, and ecosystems to adapt, scientists said. Continue reading →

Nation

With blasts of 192 lasers, scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough

In experimental reactors and laser labs on Earth, fusion lives up to its reputation as a very clean energy source. Continue reading →

Nation

Huge US study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

Researchers aim to track 1 million people from all walks of life for at least a decade to better understand the complex combinations of factors that determine why one sibling gets sick and not another, or why a cure for one patient fails in another. Continue reading →

The World

World

Violence spreads through Peru in days after president’s ouster

A relatively peaceful, if abrupt, transfer of presidential power in Peru last week has shifted into violence and unrest as supporters of the former president intensified claims that his ouster was illegitimate and have staged attacks against police stations, courthouses, factories, airports, and journalists. Continue reading →

World

In Libya, mystery shrouds handover of Lockerbie suspect to US

The transfer of a Libyan suspect to the United States to stand trial in the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing has stoked tensions in Libya, where some in the divided country saw the handover, under murky circumstances, as an abduction rather than an extradition. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Taking aim at gun sales: enforcement matters

Gun dealers too often catch a break from local police assigned to inspect them. Continue reading →

OPINION

The UK may be losing its Marbles

The British Museum in London is reportedly in discussions with Greece concerning what would be the mother of all de-acquisitions: The so-called Elgin Marbles. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Sharp words in Brookline politics? Par for the course. So it goes.

Such emotions have always existed. Years ago, the fights over rent control were even more bitter. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Globe journalist is forced to testify at bribery trial of former Harvard fencing coach and parent

Joshua Miller was forced to testify at the bribery trial of Jie “Jack” Zhao and Peter Brand in US District Court in Boston after a judge denied the Globe’s request to quash a subpoena by the government. Continue reading →

Metro

For Christmas in the City, the future looks merry and bright

While COVID made Christmas in the City’s reach more modest, it never went away. This year, its volunteers will deliver to 38 homeless shelters in and around Boston. Continue reading →

K-12

City watchdog urges Boston Public Schools to delay awarding transportation contract to the only bidder

The Boston Finance Commission’s recommendations come one month after the school system’s current transportation operator, Transdev, emerged as the only bidder. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics Notebook

Joe Mazzulla keeping his Celtics stars in a blowout left heads scratching, but the coach had his reasons

Mazzulla left his starters in with a loss to the Clippers all but guaranteed, something he can both justify and learn from. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Nelson Agholor was looking out for teammate DeVante Parker. Why didn’t the NFL’s concussion spotter see what Agholor clearly did?

Agholor began frantically waving his arms to officials so they could stop the game and get Parker off the field. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Kenley Jansen introduced as Red Sox’ new closer: ‘When you come to Fenway … you feel like a kid again’

The righthander's two-year, $32 million deal became official on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Business

Biotech

Takeda acquires Boston biotech’s experimental autoimmune disease pill for $4 billion

Nimbus Therapeutics says its medicine could be used to treat psoriasis, lupus, and other conditions. Continue reading →

Biotech

Merck-Moderna mRNA vaccine for melanoma shows promise in study, companies say

The Cambridge biotech reported that the experimental shot reduced the risk of progression or death by 44 percent. Continue reading →

Real Estate

New life for old plans to revive the long-empty Alexandra Hotel

Plans to convert the long-abandoned hotel on Mass. Ave. into condos just cleared their final city approval. Next up? Financing. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Curt Simmons, last of the Phillies’ Whiz Kids, dies at 93

While pitching for the Phillies, Mr. Simmons was a three-time All-Star. In his mid-30s, after coming back from elbow surgery, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals’ 1964 NL pennant winners. Continue reading →

Obituaries

‘Twin Peaks’ composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at 85

Angelo Badalamenti created otherworldly scores for many David Lynch productions, from “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” to “Mulholland Drive." Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

What does one serve to royalty? This Hyde Park-baked coffee cake

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu served coffee cake from My Grandma’s of New England when she hosted the Prince William and Kate at City Hall last month, Wu said Tuesday during a monthly appearance on WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio.” Continue reading →

TONY'S TIPS

How to pick the perfect pomegranate and persimmon, and what to do with them

Whether you are searching for the fruits for the first time or your 50th time, take advantage and go shop now. “This time of year, they are perfect.” Continue reading →

GETTING SALTY

Maria Oliva carries on her husband’s legacy at Huron Village’s Trattoria Pulcinella restaurant and has fun in the Seaport

"Of all the crazy and unbelievable things I’ve done in my life, moving to the Seaport was the best." Continue reading →