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Wisconsin school shooter had 2 guns and got messages from man accused of plotting his own attack

Police are still investigating why a 15-year-old student shot and killed a fellow student and teacher at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.

Jaylen Brown was excused from practice Tuesday after his mother’s home was broken into Sunday

Brown's mother and nephew were in the home, according to two NBA sources, but were not harmed.

Man accused in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing expected to appear at hearing on extradition to New York

If a judge authorizes his extradition, Luigi Mangione would then be brought to New York, where he could appear in state court for arraignment Thursday afternoon or Friday.

Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown

Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays.

State Senator Nick Collins defends opposition to Wu’s property tax bill he helped kill on Beacon Hill
After months of contentious back and forth over the proposal, Wu’s proposal ultimately died in the state Senate — in part, due to Collins’ opposition.

DOJ holds community meeting after investigation finds civil rights violations by Worcester police

The DOJ’s investigation found that the department had engaged in “outrageous” conduct that violated the Constitution.
After investigation found Worcester police had sex with suspected prostitutes, calls for police reform grow

Mass General Brigham is $2 billion richer, financials show

The latest earnings release ran counter to a drumbeat of concern that the state’s hospitals are all in financial jeopardy.
AS I SEE IT

In these darkest days, light dances with wonder

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the story of Mount Auburn Cemetery and its celebration of light.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Frontier launches two new direct flights from Boston to Florida with $29 fares; will add first-class seats in 2025

The budget airline has no immediate aspirations to become a luxury one — you’ll still pay for everything from seat selection to ginger ale — but it is making moves to offer more comfort.

Christa McAuliffe documentary premieres on N.H. PBS with focus on late teacher’s zeal for education

“Hearing her voice and hearing what she stood for and hearing her be a champion for the field of education, I thought, was really important,” said Kathleen Young, the film’s producer.
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Softened reports. Lax oversight. How state officials enabled Steward’s rise and fall.

The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from state officials, including Governor Maura Healey, until it was too late. Healey’s administration says it did everything it could to avoid a crisis.
Timeline of the state’s lax oversight of Steward Health CareRead the full investigation
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

How will Mayor Wu juggle new motherhood, power, and politics, and how will the media cover her?

How the media will cover Wu and her new baby is uncharted territory.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Will a federal call for fast-fashion climate action ring hollow in the Trump era?

JEFF JACOBY

A commutation for federal death row inmates would be a travesty of justice

IDEAS | MATTHEW COLEMAN & JOSHUA GREENE

This giving season, give with your heart and your head

IDEAS | Mary Ziegler

The abortion fight goes to the states

Globe Santa

Strong, determined and courageous: “I am breaking the cycle”
Through tough times, Globe Santa petitioners show resiliency and are grateful for help from the foundation.

Donate to Globe Santa
The best (and worst) of 2024

The 75 best books of 2024

10 notable documentaries to close out 2024

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)

Odie Henderson’s 10 worst movies of the year

More recent News

US Justice Department sues CVS, alleging corporate practices allowed unlawful opioid prescriptions
The authorities accuse CVS of ignoring “complaints from pharmacists that their pharmacies were dangerously understaffed.” The Woonsocket-based health giant “strongly disagrees” with federal authorities, a spokesperson said.

Another slow month for Greater Boston’s frozen housing market, but home prices tick ever upward
Only 835 homes were sold throughout the region last month, according to new figures out this week, a sign that the region’s housing market still has not recovered from nearly three years of elevated mortgage rates.

Prosecutors in Karen Read case want to seal documents that may touch on ‘unrelated’ criminal matter
“This order is necessary to effectuate the well-established privacy and safety interests of witnesses and the victim’s family,” prosecutors wrote.

MBTA proposing to consolidate stations on Green Line in Brookline
The project calls for the Kent Street station to be “decommissioned” and the Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into one stop.

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel
Thursday’s strikes risk further escalating conflict with the Iranian-backed Houthis, whose attacks on the Red Sea corridor have drastically impacted global shipping.

Lindsay Clancy trial date set for December 2025
A Duxbury woman charged with killing her three small children last year will face trial next December, where her attorney plans to pursue an insanity defense.

Recommended reads

DEVRA FIRST

Announcing the 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards

These are the restaurants, chefs, dishes, and ideas that shaped the dining scene this year.

Beth Teitell
‘You feel like you’re at war with an enemy you can’t see.’ As porch pirate thefts mount, residents feel besieged.
The thieves stealing packages from our front doors are getting more aggressive. And Bostonians are fighting back.

Gloucester, not Charlestown, standing in for ‘Bunker Hill’ 250th reenactment
Urban congestion and National Park Service restrictions were cited for moving the reenactment 35 miles north of Charlestown.

150 ornaments, a lot of glitter. These local designers turned the White House Green Room into a Christmas wonderland.
John Ross and Don Carney went to Washington, D.C., on Thanksgiving weekend to set up the display. "When you’re asked to decorate a stateroom in the White House, it’s a big deal.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Randolph couple elopes on Plum Island, in a simple ceremony designed just for two

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

A beloved Hanukkah album gets its moment to shine

Wall-to-wall wassail

Special Projects

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

EDITORIAL

Just imagine: What if Healey regulated Steward as aggressively as her administration looked out for one nurse?

Simon B. Amaya Price

I am formerly trans. Why won’t Berklee let me share my story?

JEFF JACOBY

Minimum wage goes up. Employment goes down. Rinse and repeat.

Jill Abramson

Was ABC right to settle with Trump?

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The treacherous fem-bot that complicated AI ethics

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

DOJ holds community meeting after investigation finds civil rights violations by Worcester police

The DOJ’s investigation found that the department had engaged in “outrageous” conduct that violated the Constitution.

After federal investigation found Worcester police had sex with suspected prostitutes, calls for police reform grow

On Wednesday, the Justice Department’s civil rights division and the US attorney’s office are holding a community meeting to discuss the findings.

Beverly legislator approved for district court judgeship

Jerald Parisella, a seven-term Beverly Democrat, was unanimously approved by the 7-member panel on Wednesday.
AS I SEE IT

In these darkest days, light dances with wonder

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the story of Mount Auburn Cemetery and its celebration of light.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL

Globe Top 20 boys’ basketball poll: An unranked team leaps into Top 10

The top four teams remain the same after rolling in their first few games, but St. Mary’s of Lynn drops out of the Top 10 with top guard JJ Martinez injured.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

The Bourne Legacy: When the prep schools came calling, boys’ basketball star Nate Reynolds said no

The 6-foot-5-inch forward led Bourne to a 23-2 record, eclipsed the 1,000-point mark, and secured the South Coast Conference MVP, but he hasn't won a championship with his childhood friends.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL

Eastern Mass. boys’ basketball: The Globe’s players of the week for Dec. 11-17

Players from Arlington, Boston Latin, Holland (Burke), Catholic Memorial, Beverly, Lowell, and Brookline got out to hot starts.
HIGH SCHOOLS

Five takeaways from a youthful Wednesday in high school sports

ST. MARY'S 3, ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS 1

St. Mary’s sixth-grader Emma Doucette plays beyond her years to take down No. 5 Archbishop Williams

Celtics

Jaylen Brown was excused from practice Tuesday after his mother’s home was broken into Sunday

Business

Teamsters say Amazon workers will strike at multiple facilities as union seeks labor contract

The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a Dec. 15 deadline the union set for contract negotiations.

The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative.

Chick culling is an outgrowth of a poultry industry that for decades has raised one kind of chicken for eggs and another for meat.

How New York prosecutors used a terrorism law in the charges against Luigi Mangione

Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk’s help

magazine
2024

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics

Honorable Mentions

A home-grown star, a climate innovator, the team behind new liquor licenses, and other Bostonians who made a difference

Lasting Legacies

Remembering Jack Connors, Ethel Kennedy, Seiji Ozawa and others we lost in 2024

MISS CONDUCT

Our politics are very different, ‘but I hate being alone.’ Should I breakup with him?

metro

State Senator Nick Collins defends opposition to Wu’s property tax bill he helped kill on Beacon Hill

Gloucester, not Charlestown, standing in for ‘Bunker Hill’ 250th reenactment

Here’s where weather trouble spots could impact holiday travel in New England, nationally

sports

With the late Freddy Espinal’s family watching, Saugus/Peabody wrestling honors its fallen teammate

23XI Racing, Front Row teams can compete in NASCAR’s 2025 season as chartered teams in legal victory

Man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers

business

US retreats from massive air bag recall and says industry comments show need for more investigation

State Senator Nick Collins defends opposition to Wu’s property tax bill he helped kill on Beacon Hill

Consumer watchdog takes aim at credit card rewards programs

politics

US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge

A key Trump ally on immigration explains how mass deportations could work

Stumping for confirmation as health secretary, RFK Jr. tells Republican senators what they want to hear

Nation

Man accused in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing expected to appear at hearing on extradition to New York

US deaths are down and life expectancy is up, but improvements are slowing

Former Uvalde schools police chief who asked for charges to be dropped returns to court

World

Judges in France are delivering verdicts in the Gisèle Pelicot historic rape trial

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

South Korea’s acting leader to veto opposition-sponsored bills, deepening political strife

opinion

A commutation for federal death row inmates would be a travesty of justice

This giving season, give with your heart and your head

The abortion fight goes to the states

lifestyle

What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer

Health officials say Louisiana patient is first severe bird flu case in US

Randolph couple elopes on Plum Island, in a simple ceremony designed just for two

food & dining

Meet Point bakery in Brookline offers superb Turkish pastries and sandwiches

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

Announcing the 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards

travel

Frontier launches two new direct flights from Boston to Florida with $29 fares; will add first-class seats in 2025

These are the best and worst times to travel by car this holiday season

This Maine destination has been named the country’s best small town to visit. And not for the first time.

Arts

A moving museum experience at MIT

MIT paid $1.3 million for a landscape artwork by Maya Lin. Then it forgot to tell anyone.

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

Books

Dreading Christmas and/or Hanukkah? Have we got the books for you!

A richly satisfying debut about an inconvenient inheritance

For Nicholas Sparks, a great read comes down to voice

Movies

10 notable documentaries to close out 2024

‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ advance in Oscars shortlists

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: If Pride Rock could talk

Television

For Liza Minnelli, life is a cabaret — and a TV series

Wall-to-wall wassail

A score is settled on ‘Yellowstone’

music

Amanda Shires is working things out onstage

A beloved Hanukkah album gets its moment to shine

50 of the best albums of the year

Theater/Dance

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

‘Selkie Girl’ may have a slim plot, but the show’s music makes up for it

A new ‘Christmas Carol’ masters the music, but is leaner on the emotional power

Health

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

John Spratt, South Carolina congressman and fiscal steward, dies at 82

Francis X. Bellotti, influential Mass. attorney general, dies at 101

Dick Van Arsdale, 81, one of first identical twins in the NBA, dies