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Congress certifies Donald Trump’s electoral victory with Kamala Harris presiding

Trump was certified as the winner of the 2024 election without challenge, a stark contrast to the violence of 4 years ago.

Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint.

In total, January 6 rioters have been sentenced to 1,300 years in prison

Takeaways from Robert Kraft’s news conference: When he decided to fire Jerod Mayo, who will choose the next coach, and more
Kraft opened the press conference by accepting responsibility and expressing guilt over Mayo’s firing and the position Kraft put Mayo in.

live updates

NFL Black Monday live updates: Robert Kraft addresses Patriots’ coaching search

Jerod Mayo lost his job after a disappointing first season as head coach of the Patriots. Keep up with reaction to Robert Kraft's decision and other moves around the league.
Dan Shaughnessy

In Jerod Mayo’s case, nice guys really do finish last

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

Jerod Mayo should have been fired for playing to win, which really stuck it to the Patriots

Boston Calling 2025 lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, and Fall Out Boy to headline

The festival will feature an updated layout, plus performances from more than 50 artists, including T-Pain, TLC, Avril Lavigne, Sublime, and Public Enemy. See the full lineup.

Inside the Golden Globes: What you didn’t see on television

The Golden Globes are a social affair with occasional breaks for awards.
Zendaya sparks engagement speculation at Golden Globes with a sparkling ringPhotos: See ‘Wicked’ cast, Zendaya, Mindy Kaling, and more stars hit the Golden Globes red carpet

Canada’s Trudeau announces resignation after nearly a decade as prime minister

He planned to stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the Liberal Party is chosen.

Governor Healey orders system-wide inspections of shelters after undocumented immigrant’s arrest on gun, drug charges

Healey’s order followed the arrest late last month of Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic, who police said was living at the Quality Inn. Revere Police said they seized an assault rifle and roughly 10 pounds of fentanyl.

Are all Johns sex traffickers? SJC hears arguments in prostitution sting case.

The case stems from a Massachusetts State Police operation in which troopers placed ads posing as sex workers and arrested men when they showed up to meet for sex.

Suspended investigator in Karen Read case to appear before State Police board on Jan. 15
Trooper Michael Proctor has been suspended without pay since July.

Polar vortex keeps a huge swath of the US in its icy grip

Snow, ice, wind, and plunging temperatures in the US stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast.
These cities will be hardest hit as winter storm brings snow and ice to many states

See photos of winter storm blasting US with snow, wind, and ice

innovation economy

Kim Kardashian’s latest venture? A private equity firm in Boston.

Skky Partners, which plans to invest in up-and-coming consumer brands, has maintained a very low profile, given that its cofounder has more than 350 million followers on Instagram.

Trump’s lawyers ask judge to halt Friday’s hush-money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

If sentencing proceeds as scheduled, Trump’s lawyers argued, he will be appealing the verdict while in office and will be “forced to deal with criminal proceedings for years to come.”

Nashua man held without bail after police officer shot during struggle

R.I. man charged with body slamming woman to the ground in Attleboro road rage clash, court filings say

ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★

Pamela Anderson quietly shimmers in ‘The Last Showgirl’

She's the best part of this underwritten and over-the-top film about a Vegas dancer whose show closes up shop.
Gary Washburn | THUNDER 105, CELTICS 92

In what could have been an NBA Finals preview, it was the Thunder who taught the Celtics a hard lesson

The Celtics attributed their second-half collapse to lack of offensive fundamentals, but they also succumbed to Oklahoma City's physicality.
Celtics go ice cold in loss to Thunder
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The struggling Bruins find themselves in need of a ‘shock trade,’ but is one possible?

The need may be there, to shake the lethargy, but the biggest names are protected.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How the Democrats come back

The Democratic Party expected that an increasingly diverse country would deliver an enduring majority. The election proved the folly of that prediction — or did it?
Leslie Epstein

From hope to despair: A writer’s lament for a nation

LETTERS

Spitting out the bitter pill that Jan. 6, 2025, administers

EDITORIAL

Auditor should review shelter meal contracts

Janie Nitze

Why FDR might have supported DOGE

More recent News

N.H. lawmakers preparing device-based porn filter policy to protect kids

The prime sponsor said her proposal represents "an easy step" as age-verification laws in other states are mired in legal challenges.

Boston police warn residents about parking ticket texting scam

“Please be advised that these messages were NOT sent by the City of Boston,” police said.
talking shop

Goodies galore: New Roslindale market, Dorchester bakery come to town

Plus, good news for Ocean State Job Lot.

Man found dead inside Providence hotel, police say

The man’s body was discovered when housekeeping staff went to clean the room, according to authorities.

Armed man surrenders after hourslong standoff in Hyde Park home, police say

The suspect fired at least one shot at officers early Monday but no one was injured, police said.

4-alarm fire damages several Onset small businesses

Several small businesses are located in the strip mall on Cranberry Highway in Onset, a village of Wareham.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Ready to start exploring? Here’s where to go in 2025.

A list to inspire your wanderlust, or at least daydreaming.

‘It’s like a rebirth’: At 83, a feminist icon from Jamaica Plain unravels a Holocaust family mystery
Vilunya Diskin has lived in Greater Boston since the '60s, and in her 20s, she was a member of a local 13-member collective that wrote “Our Bodies, Ourselves."

Cambridge tried to get better racial and economic diversity among students. Now it has one of the most segregated schools in the state.
Data show wide disparities in the distribution of low-income students and those of different racial backgrounds among the district’s schools, according to a Globe review.

Community behavioral health centers have helped ease the ER boarding crisis. Now some are struggling financially.
Workers say many beds in these urgent care clinics are still sitting empty.

Culture & Lifestyle

This week’s TV: ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action,’ ‘Hollywood Squares,’ and more

Lani Asunción may be the busiest artist in Boston

New year, new deals: bingo, Latin dancing, $1 oysters, and more

Boston’s poet laureate opens ‘first of its kind’ independent bookstore in Dorchester

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Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How the Democrats come back

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A woman died in agony as onlookers pressed ‘Record’

RENÉE GRAHAM

A homeless woman was murdered in New York. The immigration status of her accused killer is getting most of the attention.

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts legislative reform requires more than lip service

Marvin Kalb

After Putin: Could a modern Khrushchev reshape Russia-West relations?

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Melissa DuBose sworn in as first Black and first openly LGBTQ judge on US District Court in R.I.

The former Providence teacher was nominated by President Joe Biden two years ago and confirmed by the US Senate in March.

Erratic winter weather has snowplow companies seeking alternatives

Snowplowing used to be a steady business in wintery cities, but rising temperatures have made it more unpredictable.

Governor Healey orders system-wide inspections of shelters after undocumented immigrant’s arrest on gun, drug charges

Healey’s order followed the arrest late last month of Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic, who police said was living at the Quality Inn. Revere Police said they seized an assault rifle and roughly 10 pounds of fentanyl.
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

10 topics to watch in Rhode Island in 2025

From pallet shelters to the Washington Bridge, from the governor’s race to the Friars, here are the biggest issues facing the state this year.

Sports

Patriots

Takeaways from Robert Kraft’s news conference: When he decided to fire Jerod Mayo, who will choose the next coach, and more

Kraft opened the press conference by accepting responsibility and expressing guilt over Mayo’s firing and the position Kraft put Mayo in.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on the firing of Jerod Mayo

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft answers questions about the firing of head coach Jerod Mayo.
live updates

NFL Black Monday live updates: Robert Kraft addresses Patriots’ coaching search

Jerod Mayo lost his job after a disappointing first season as head coach of the Patriots. Keep up with reaction to Robert Kraft's decision and other moves around the league.
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

The struggling Bruins find themselves in need of a ‘shock trade,’ but is one possible?

nfl playoff schedule

The NFL playoff picture is set. With the Wild Card round beginning Saturday, see the full schedule.

sports media

Lawsuit alleges Fox Sports ex-host Skip Bayless harassed hairstylist and offered her $1.5 million for sex

Business

Erratic winter weather has snowplow companies seeking alternatives

Snowplowing used to be a steady business in wintery cities, but rising temperatures have made it more unpredictable.

Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month

Fed governor Michael Barr said in a letter to President Joe Biden that he would step down as vice chair for supervision Feb. 28, or earlier if a successor was confirmed.
BOLD TYPES

Private school expands with $8.5 million purchase of Newbury Street property

Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it.

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The top 10 Boston Globe Magazine stories of 2024

PERSPECTIVE

In pricey Boston, choosing between your pet and housing is heartbreakingly common

CONNECTIONS

How a three-legged dog taught this old human a new trick

Secrets & Lies | Chapter 2

Investigators assumed Sandra Birchmore took her own life. What did they miss?

metro

Are all Johns sex traffickers? SJC hears arguments in prostitution sting case.

Congress certifies Donald Trump's election win four years after Capitol attack, VP Harris presides

Cold snap with biting wind chills grips New England this week

sports

A righthanded bat eludes the Red Sox, free agents Boston could still sign, and other nuggets

Patriots coaching candidates: Beyond Mike Vrabel, who might be a good fit? Here are names to watch.

‘One of the hardest decisions I have ever made:’ What Robert Kraft said about firing Jerod Mayo

business

Housing hopes and office returns: Massachusetts' 2025 economic storylines

Asian grocery chain H Mart set to open in Davis Square this week

Kim Kardashian’s latest venture? A private equity firm in Boston.

politics

Congress meets to certify Trump’s election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day

Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint.

Trump’s lawyers ask judge to halt Friday’s hush-money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

Nation

See photos of winter storm blasting US with snow, wind, and ice

In total, January 6 rioters have been sentenced to 1,300 years in prison

Polar vortex keeps a huge swath of the US in its icy grip

World

Canada’s Trudeau announces resignation after nearly a decade as prime minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office

opinion

Massachusetts legislative reform requires more than lip service

How the Democrats come back

A homeless woman was murdered in New York. The immigration status of her accused killer is getting most of the attention.

lifestyle

Photos: See ‘Wicked’ cast, Zendaya, Mindy Kaling, and more stars hit the Golden Globes red carpet

Jeremy Strong makes Golden Globes fashion statement with velvet suit and bucket hat

I found out someone has a crush on me

food & dining

The Cut in Gloucester is closed, for now

All in the family at Althea

Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer and drinks should carry warning label, surgeon general says

travel

Ready to start exploring? Here’s where to go in 2025.

Can’t always travel? There are close-by places that can bring the world to you.

The Boston Wine & Food fest, California dreaming, and travel gear for pets

Arts

Lani Asunción may be the busiest artist in Boston

At the MFA, the beauty and terror of the sea

At the Clark, a photographer pays homage to two great painters

Books

Boston’s poet laureate opens ‘first of its kind’ independent bookstore in Dorchester

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 29

Writing a love story that unfolds amid a world in tumult

Movies

Zendaya sparks engagement speculation at Golden Globes with a sparkling ring

Pamela Anderson quietly shimmers in ‘The Last Showgirl’

Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Shogun,’ and more winners. See the full list.

Television

Zendaya sparks engagement speculation at Golden Globes with a sparkling ring

This week’s TV: ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action,’ ‘Hollywood Squares,’ and more

Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Shogun,’ and more winners. See the full list.

music

Boston Calling 2025 lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, and Fall Out Boy to headline

The Cut in Gloucester is closed, for now

Looking to build your vinyl collection? These local services can help.

Theater/Dance

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

What to see on Broadway if you’re heading to New York

Ayodele Casel’s ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ at the ART writes forgotten women into the art form’s story

Health

Community behavioral health centers have helped ease the ER boarding crisis. Now some are struggling financially.

State agency failed to monitor hospitals’ financial health over several years, Mass. auditor finds

The surgeon general says that there is a direct link between alcohol and cancer. What does that mean for you?

Obituaries

Tomiko Itooka, Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person, has died at 116

Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza’s husband, found dead at Los Angeles-area residence

Martin Karplus, Harvard professor who shared 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry, dies at 94