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LA area’s 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures, while new fire leads to more evacuations

All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile band north of downtown, spreading a sense of fear and sadness across the nation’s second-largest city.
Emerson College’s Los Angeles campus evacuated as wildfires devastate Southern CaliforniaSee a map of where wildfires have prompted evacuation zonesWhat ignited the deadly wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities.

See photos and videos of flames, smoke, and residents fleeing the Southern California wildfires

Strong winds have sent wildfires ripping through the mountains and foothills around Los Angeles.

Patriots complete interview with Mike Vrabel; Aaron Glenn declines request

By the time the Patriots reached out on Wednesday to add the Lions defensive coordinator to their search, Glenn had already heard from the five other teams with vacancies. Now Vrabel appears to the frontrunner.

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.
Read N.H. Governor Kelly Ayotte’s inaugural speech

As H Mart opens in Davis Square, neighbors turned out in droves for fresh produce — and oh so many snacks
The much-anticipated grocery store opened its doors to an eager — very eager — Somerville audience Thursday.

Quick Bite: At Kyuramen, warming noodle soups and fluffy omelets

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.

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.

A ‘Clean slate’: Lawmakers, advocates push for automatic sealing of criminal records

A coalition of lawmakers, advocacy groups and business leaders are backing legislation to automatically seal eligible criminal records.

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House

With President-elect Donald Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and prosecutors aren't opposing it.

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Storm tracking to the south will brush New England with weekend snow
Here’s what the latest models are saying about this next storm.

These maps show how much snow we will get from this weekend systemHere’s your Northern New England ski weather outlook for the weekend

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.

Canada’s Liberal Party to decide who will be country’s next prime minister on March 9

Woman rescued from Cape Cod Canal in Bourne on Thursday, officials said

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.

Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia

All living U.S. presidents attended, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse Carter's 1976 presidential run, delivering a eulogy.
‘He set a high bar.’ Bostonians mourn former president Jimmy Carter at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.
ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★★

‘The Brutalist’: When the architecture of the American Dream goes awry

Adrien Brody stars in Brady Corbet’s epic drama about a brilliant architect from Budapest hired by a dangerous capitalist played by Guy Pearce
Opinion
EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Ann Telnaes’s Bezos-Trump cartoon was rejected by The Washington Post. Here are four tributes.

Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post after her cartoon featuring Jeff Bezos was rejected by the editor. Other editorial cartoonists raised their voices in support and protest.
SCOT LEHIGH

O Canada, sorry for our boorish behavior

Jill Abramson

The Washington Post’s identity crisis

EDITORIAL

A loss for Milton is a victory for housing

JEFF JACOBY

The growing appeal of the ‘Live Free or Die’ state

More recent News

Authorities investigating after FedEx driver was robbed and threatened while delivering package, officials said

The driver was delivering an Apple computer to a home on Thursday, police said.

Taunton woman pleads guilty to using counterfeit coupons to steal thousands in discounts at grocery stores

Jacqueline White, 42, entered her plea in Plymouth Superior Court in Brockton, where she was charged with one count of larceny by false pretense under a single scheme, prosecutors said.

State officials announce $102 million in federal grants to support infrastructure projects across Mass.

The grants include $43 million for McGrath Highway in Somerville, where officials plan to “reconnect neighborhoods” that for years have been separated by an elevated portion of the road.

Red Sox agree to terms with arbitration-eligible Tanner Houck, Garrett Crochet, and Kutter Crawford
The Red Sox and outfielder Jarren Duran did not come to terms prior to Thursday’s 1 p.m. loose deadline. Duran filed a $4 million arbitration figure; the Red Sox came in at $3.5 million.

Alec Baldwin sues for malicious prosecution after judge dismissed case of fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting
The suit was filed in Santa Fe, where a judge in July dismissed a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin.

Naloxone vending machine in Middlesex County jail offers free overdose-reversing medication
Since being installed in December, the machine has been used 24 times, Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian said Thursday.

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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.
‘Lord help me... I can’t afford it.’ Jan. property tax bills are out and some Boston homeowners are reeling.

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Here are the highest earners on the Massachusetts state payroll for 2024
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Residents evacuated Cambridge condo building amid structural issues. Now they’re worried it may have to be demolished.
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Culture & Lifestyle

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Metro

Woman rescued from Cape Cod Canal in Bourne on Thursday, officials said

Shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the canal for a report of a woman in the canal, Bourne police said.

Authorities investigating after FedEx driver was robbed and threatened while delivering package, officials said

The driver was delivering an Apple computer to a home on Thursday, police said.

Naloxone vending machine in Middlesex County jail offers free overdose-reversing medication

Since being installed in December, the machine has been used 24 times, Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian said Thursday.

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.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' HOCKEY

Globe Top 20 boys’ hockey poll: The Top 3 get shuffled and Tewksbury enters the Top 10

Pope Francis sets its flag atop the Globe’s Top 20 boys’ hockey poll, climbing to the No. 1 spot after downing Arlington, 2-1. The Cardinals have yet to lose to an MIAA opponent this season.
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Waltham boys’ hockey didn’t have a goalie, so Shant Gebeyan nominated his brother. One problem: He’d never played there.

The first time he tried to put on pads, Garo Gebeyan found himself watching a YouTube tutorial while facedown on the locker room floor struggling with the straps. Now the Hawks are 5-2.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' HOCKEY

Eastern Mass. boys’ hockey: Globe Players of the Week for Jan. 2-8

An eighth-grade goalie, a 6-point game, an 8-point week and an overtime winner are among this week's top performances.
BASEBALL

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. comes to $28.5 million agreement with Blue Jays for his final season before free agency

HIGH SCHOOLS

Thursday’s six biggest high school takeaways, including a Gatorade award and a new all-time leading scorer in Saugus

ORANGE BOWL | NOTRE DAME 27, PENN STATE 24

After electric fourth quarter, late interception, Notre Dame gets back in the national championship game

Business

US economy likely added 153,000 jobs last month, returning to normal after strike and hurricanes

The December jobs numbers, out Friday from the Labor Department, are expected to deliver a more accurate reading of where things stand.
TALKING POINTS

Los Angeles wildfire costs double to $20 billion overnight for insurers

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US orange juice and steel will be on Canada’s list for retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs

RI BUSINESS

Prospect Medical Holdings, a cash-strapped hospital owner in R.I. and Conn., exploring restructuring finances

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PERSPECTIVE

If you’re not part of the conversation at work, you’re not on the path to success

MISS CONDUCT

Fragrances bother me; can I tell my guests not to use them?

Globe Magazine

How a tiny ski area in Vermont is beating the odds to stay open

LOVE LETTERS

My 79-year-old boyfriend stopped sleeping at my house

metro

McKee declines to declare homelessness an emergency in R.I.

Emerson College’s Los Angeles campus evacuated as wildfires devastate Southern California

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

sports

Lightning send Bruins to sixth straight loss

Bishop Feehan girls’ basketball honors the late Mike Babul with a hard-fought win over Bishop Fenwick

Vikings-Rams playoff game moved from Los Angeles to Arizona due to wildfires

business

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins says uncertainties point to slower cuts in 2025

TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech and national security

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

politics

Jimmy Carter is remembered as a humanitarian and public servant

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House

Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia

Nation

See photos and videos of flames, smoke, and residents fleeing the Southern California wildfires

LA area’s 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures, while new fire leads to more evacuations

Firefighting aircraft collides with drone over Palisades fire

World

Tanker hit by Yemen rebels that threatened Red Sea spill has been salvaged

South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

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

opinion

How does no punishment for Trump uphold the ‘rule of law’?

Plan for affordable homes hits a wall in Milton

The growing appeal of the ‘Live Free or Die’ state

lifestyle

Participate or keep it quiet?

Dumped at the worst time

Here’s how you can help victims of the Los Angeles-area fires

food & dining

At Kyuramen, warming noodle soups and fluffy omelets

PopUp Bagels opens in the Seaport; Comfort Kitchen pops up in Dover

Kin Southern Table & Bar in downtown Providence has closed

travel

High-speed sledding and ice canoeing. Quebec City gets creative with wintertime fun.

Hotel has no record of a reservation. So, where’s the refund?

A special deal for the slopes, a new San Francisco hotel, and a portable and very smart chess set

Arts

‘We miss them’: Exit of UMass art school leaves void in downtown New Bedford

At the MFA, when Robert Frank captured a captivating Paris

A life of literature, wealth, and concealment: The Morgan Library celebrates its first director

Books

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

Author readings around Boston through Jan. 18

Melville statue ahoy, a grant for Rozzie Bound, and poetry of St. Matthew

Movies

‘The Brutalist’: When the architecture of the American Dream goes awry

‘September 5’: How ABC Sports covered the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy

Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette.

Television

‘Shifting Gears’ can’t quite shift into drive

No, ‘The Pitt’ isn’t ‘ER.’ But it doesn’t need to be.

Scarlett Johansson joins a long tradition of guest hosting as she heads to ‘Today’

music

Where to see live music in R.I. this weekend

PVRIS marks a milestone: playing their first club show in their hometown

They opened for Nirvana. Now they’re playing the Crystal Ballroom.

Theater/Dance

‘Ain’t No Mo’’ digs deep to find the comedy in the taboo

How Mary Beth Barone found her comedy groove

What makes life worth living? ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ is making a list.

Health

Naloxone vending machine in Middlesex County jail offers free overdose-reversing medication

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

USTR warns of risks from online pharmacies in its ‘notorious markets’ report

Obituaries

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

Richard Hays, theologian who saw God as capable of change, dies at 76

Alison Field, who conducted groundbreaking research into eating disorders and obesity, dies at 58