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Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest-ever base stealer, dies at 65
A thrilling and charismatic Hall of Fame outfielder, Rickey Henderson was widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history.

Remembering Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson: ‘I ended up loving him’
THE FINE PRINT

They thought they were getting $800 off on their new iPhones. Then came the bill.

Plus: The state charges you for automobile excise tax even before you own your vehicle; it’s the Social Security Administration calling (at 12:38 a.m.!); and pity the timeshare owner.

The Golden Age for the Union Leader, New Hampshire’s only statewide newspaper, appears to be over
The Union Leader’s deeply diminished audience in the digital age has cost the organization both its regional dominance and its national clout.

Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

Burnett helped reintroduced Trump to national television and has also produced the hit shows "Survivor" and "The Voice."

MIT paid $1.3 million for a landscape artwork by Maya Lin. Then it forgot to tell anyone.
“The Sound we Travel at," a series of 11 grass-covered, wave-like mounds of earth, can be found in Kendall Square — though there's no sign installed to tell you what you're looking at.

Woman charged with stealing purse at Allston-Brighton holiday toy drive, officials say

Auburn spa owner arrested for attempting to bribe victim of alleged massage sexual assault

Man charged with scamming $35,000 from prospective tenants in Malden

Boston snow storm snarled traffic and caused 200 car crashes. Meteorologists say more tricky weather is ahead.

The area’s weather woes aren’t over yet. Lingering issues plagued air travelers and another storm, albeit weaker, is expected to arrive ahead of the holidays.
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The darkest days are nearly behind you. See how much daylight Boston gains each day after the winter solstice.

On Saturday, we turn the corner toward longer days and a bit more sunlight with the arrival of the winter solstice and the start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Money, Power, Inequality

Why residents in Black neighborhoods will pay more to stay warm this winter

Massachusetts is already warning residents to expect higher gas bills this season, citing a frigid winter forecast. While people across Boston will feel the increase, those who live in Black neighborhoods will be paying more than everyone else.

Drug arrest, lawsuit, and sexual misconduct allegations roil Pittsfield High School
Last week’s revelation that a Pittsfield High School administrator was allegedly trafficking cocaine was shocking, but since then allegations have expanded.

SURVEY SAYS | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The 30 cheapest places to fly in 2025, plus tips for snagging inexpensive flights

Airfares aren’t expected to drop significantly next year, but tickets to these destinations are projected to be a deal.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Seven teams that could be looking for a new coach in 2025, and the names to watch as the carousel quickly approaches

With three teams already making coaching moves, it’s the time of year when the rest of the NFL decides what to do with their head coaches and coordinators.
Bruins 3, Sabres 1

Morgan Geekie breaks tie late in third period as Bruins beat slumping Sabres in return to TD Garden

Brad Marchand sealed the victory with an empty-net goal to extend Buffalo's league-worst winless streak to 0-10-3.
Chad Finn

Vermont’s men’s soccer national title was unprecendented. Dalen Cuff rose to the occasion on the call.

The national championship game aired on ESPN2 in the spot in which the “ManningCast” would normally be, but there was no show last Monday night.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Baseball’s Hall of Fame will be hurt by the incessant chase for velocity — and the injuries that come with it

The art of pitching has changed. Don't expect to see many pitchers with 300 wins or a record-breaking strikeout total coming through Cooperstown.

The Globe podcast

‘Universities are the enemy.’ Final episode of ‘The Harvard Plan’ examines the growing distrust of higher education.

Episode three explores the deep history of Harvard and the distinctly American idea of “diversity.”
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
State Secrets

Massachusetts lawmakers are paid to be full-time legislators. So why do so many have second jobs and side hustles?
About two dozen lawmakers — or roughly one in eight of all 200 — reported earning more than $100,000 in addition to their legislative pay.

Database: See if your lawmaker had a second job on top of legislating

Six takeaways from the series investigating the Legislature

Opinion
Joan Leegant

Jewish authors confront growing backlash in literary world

Calling Jewish writers Zionists as an epithet and the reason to be excluded from the annals of publishing unless we denounce our attachment to our identities is frightening.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Is a Tesla the new MAGA hat?

Katherine Gergen Barnett

My father, David Gergen, has dementia. Here are his reflections on the path forward for our country.

Shira Schoenberg

After Assad: What’s next for Syria?

EDITORIAL

One last chance to protect the press before Trump’s inauguration

Globe Santa

Puzzles and models and books, oh my!
Back in October, Globe Santa got the first of two letters from the mother of a 3-year-old girl.

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

Smarting from property tax defeat, Wu is gearing up for her re-election campaign
In a wide-ranging interview with the Globe this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gave a preview of her pitch to voters as she prepares to launch her bid for a second term.

As Trump causes drama in Congress, Biden stays silent and on the sidelines
Is this a calculated move to let the Republicans stew in their own chaos, or the fading last moments of a presidency?

Germany bulked up Christmas market security. An attack still happened.
An attacker used emergency lanes to drive into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing at least five people.

Woman arrested on murder warrant in death of 65-year-old woman in Ramsay Park

Rasheedah Hughes was taken into custody near Hammond Street, just blocks from the park on the South End-Roxbury line where Celia Simmons was fatally stabbed.

From liberal icon to MAGA joke: the waning fortunes of Justin Trudeau

For a decade, he built a brand around being a feminist, pro-immigration, and an environmentalist, pursuing the same message of change and hope as Barack Obama. Most Canadians, saddling in a soft economy, appear to be ready to move on from him.

Tewksbury firefighters battle flames in commercial building; one person injured
The fire broke out at around 9:30 a.m. in a building at 464 Woburn St. containing auto body shops and warehouse spaces, Tewksbury Fire Chief Joseph Kearns said.

Recommended reads

A leader in trans health has become a critic of the field she helped shape. In a Q&A, she explains why.

Amy Tishelman, the former research director of the gender clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital, spoke with the Globe after winning a lawsuit against the hospital.

For some interfaith families, a special holiday season as Hanukkah and Christmas overlap
For the first time in almost 20 years, the beginning of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, a rare quirk that has occurred only four times since 1900.

Beth Teitell
I wore Dunkin’s Boston Kreme deodorant for 24 hours. Here’s what I learned. And yes, Dunkin’ sells deodorant now.
Dunkin’ is selling self-care products now. But is it good to smell like a doughnut?

Karen Read’s first trial cost the state — and taxpayers — an unusual sum. Her second trial could cost even more.
From trial security to court and prosecution salaries, here's how the public costs break down.

Culture & Lifestyle

Portland may be getting a big new concert venue

Video game designer finds ‘Sweet Spot’ through Boston Public Art Triennial Accelerator program

‘Nosferatu’ lives again thanks to director and New Hampshire native Robert Eggers

‘Organizing … should start at the youngest ages.’ The Home Edit duo shares kid-friendly cleanup strategies.

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

The heroes of the Sandra Birchmore investigation

Katherine Gergen Barnett

My father, David Gergen, has dementia. Here are his reflections on the path forward for our country.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Is a Tesla the new MAGA hat?

RENÉE GRAHAM

A hurricane map, a black Sharpie, and what should have been learned about Trump’s authoritarian need to manipulate the truth

IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Winter is the wistful season

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Woman arrested on murder warrant in death of 65-year-old woman in Ramsay Park

Rasheedah Hughes was taken into custody near Hammond Street, just blocks from the park on the South End-Roxbury line where Celia Simmons was fatally stabbed.

For some interfaith families, a special holiday season as Hanukkah and Christmas overlap

For the first time in almost 20 years, the beginning of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, a rare quirk that has occurred only four times since 1900.

Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest-ever base stealer, dies at 65

A thrilling and charismatic Hall of Fame outfielder, Rickey Henderson was widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history.

Michael Brewer, whose ‘One Toke’ was a big hit, is dead at 80

As half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, he helped write one of the most overt pop odes to marijuana of the hippie era.

Sports

Bruins notebook

Bruins bruiser Mark Kastelic has always thrown his weight around. Now he’s also throwing pucks on net.

In five games prior to Saturday night’s matchup with the Sabres, Kastelic had 17 shots on net — including a goal Thursday night in Edmonton.
Bruins 3, Sabres 1

Morgan Geekie breaks tie late in third period as Bruins beat slumping Sabres in return to TD Garden

Brad Marchand sealed the victory with an empty-net goal to extend Buffalo's league-worst winless streak to 0-10-3.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

Melrose’s Johnny Moraes never thought he’d capture a Bossi Tournament title. Then he just kept on winning.

Seeded 10th, the 113-pound Melrose junior finished with a 17-9 major decision over defending 106-pound All-State champion Cole Glynn of Central Catholic in the final.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Seven teams that could be looking for a new coach in 2025, and the names to watch as the carousel quickly approaches

TEXAS 38, CLEMSON 24

Jaydon Blue, Texas run past Clemson; will face Arizona State in College Football Playoff quarterfinals

CAM KERRY | ON HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

Scouts may be lining the boards, but the Flood-Marr boys’ hockey tournament still feels like a community event

Business

Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

The storm's toll includes ravaged crops, uprooted timber, wrecked farm equipment, and mangled chicken houses.

Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

The bill funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid.
BOLD TYPES

UniBank surprises Worcester business leaders with personalized charity giveaway

The most-popular Christmas ornament in R.I.? The infamous Washington Bridge

magazine
Secrets & Lies | Chapter 1

Sandra Birchmore put her trust in the police. They broke it.

CONNECTIONS

My Uncle Jimmy outdid himself as our very own Santa some six decades ago

Cooking

Babka? Macaroons? Here are some sweet treats you can bake for Hanukkah.

PERSPECTIVE

Over half of Americans are lonely. In Maine, potluck dinners are helping.

metro

Former NHL player’s South Shore home hits market

Drug arrest, lawsuit, and sexual misconduct allegations roil Pittsfield High School

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

sports

Tiger Woods and son Charlie share the lead at PNC Championship

Lefthanded reliever Cam Booser changes Sox from Red to White as part of trade for 18-year-old righthander Yhoiker Fajardo

Jayson Tatum holds no ill will toward Magic Johnson after Lakers passed on him in 2017 draft

business

Smarting from property tax defeat, Wu is gearing up for her re-election campaign

Judge rules in favor of city in effort to restrict outdoor dining in the North End

Party City to wind down operations, fire employees, CEO says

politics

Trump wanted shutdown to happen on Biden’s watch, not his

Congress approves full Social Security benefits for public sector retirees

Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

Nation

Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities

A developer evicted a beloved pair of eagles, leaving a city fuming

World

How will Ukraine keep the lights on this winter?

Germany bulked up Christmas market security. An attack still happened.

Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

opinion

Consider health before lawyers

Make sure polio stays a disease of the past

A hurricane map, a black Sharpie, and what should have been learned about Trump’s authoritarian need to manipulate the truth

lifestyle

Free things to do in Boston this week for the whole family, plus, Frozen Fire Festival

I really, really like her. Now what?

‘Organizing … should start at the youngest ages.’ The Home Edit duo shares kid-friendly cleanup strategies.

food & dining

His father’s legacy and a scoop of joy: Inside Providence’s newest ice cream shop

I wore Dunkin’s Boston Kreme deodorant for 24 hours. Here’s what I learned. And yes, Dunkin’ sells deodorant now.

Newton chef Mario LaPosta brings two styles of pizza to Portsmouth, N.H.; Kyuramen opens in Winchester

travel

How a government shutdown could affect your travel plans

An alternative template for retirement travel

A retirement gift to myself: Two months in Provence

Arts

Video game designer finds ‘Sweet Spot’ through Boston Public Art Triennial Accelerator program

Lorraine O’Grady, trailblazing conceptual artist who critiqued the arts establishment, dies at 90

A moving museum experience at MIT

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 15

In publishing, romance novels are hot. Now there’s a Harvard Square bookstore devoted to them

Boston Public Library shares its top 10 checked out books of 2024

Movies

‘Nosferatu’ lives again thanks to director and New Hampshire native Robert Eggers

10 notable documentaries to close out 2024

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

Television

‘Black Doves’ knows what a spy really needs is a very good friend

Kudrow and Romano leave the laugh tracks behind

It’s the season of the underestimated sleuth

music

Michael Brewer, whose ‘One Toke’ was a big hit, is dead at 80

In his Handel and Haydn Society debut, Ruben Valenzuela conducts a festive trans-Atlantic journey

Meet Amy Allen, the songwriter behind the music stuck in your head

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

Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest-ever base stealer, dies at 65

Michael Brewer, whose ‘One Toke’ was a big hit, is dead at 80

Lorraine O’Grady, trailblazing conceptual artist who critiqued the arts establishment, dies at 90