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Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Time said that no other Person of the Year has been fact-checked in the near-century that the magazine has annually written about the figure that has had the greatest impact on the news.

Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
In a post on his social media, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.

Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, will assert ‘lack of criminal responsibility,’ records show

“The defendant does intend to present to the Court a defense of lack of criminal responsibility,” her lawyer wrote.

SJC expands First Amendment protection to ‘true threats’ over the Internet, by text, and in person

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court said it was updating the Massachusetts law governing criminal threats to bring it in line with a 2023 US Supreme Court decision.

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle it
The housing crisis Ayotte is inheriting remains challenging. Experts say the Granite State is among the top 10 for rising housing prices and that housing instability is on the rise as well.

Somerville library staff members have resigned. They say over city’s handling of misconduct allegations.

WBUR is canceling ‘Radio Boston’ after 15 years on air

In this Dec. 14, 2023 photo provided by NOIRLab, Meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streak across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, located about 56 miles southwest of Tucson, Ariz., in the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Dave Epstein

Bright Geminids meteor shower is peaking tonight. Here’s how to watch.

One of the strongest meteor showers of the year, the Geminids can be viewed with just the naked eye.

This photo provided by Trisha Bushey shows the evening sky and points of light near in Lebanon Township, N.J.

Drones, planes, or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings.

It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones, but the sightings are producing tons of talk.

The gingerbread hot chocolate from TThe Fat Cactus at the Snowport.

These decadent hot chocolate confections cost a whopping $13. Are they worth it?

One intrepid reporter put several fancy flavors to the test.

Gigi, a 1-year-old chihuahua, and Karma, a 5-year-old Bully mix, have developed a close bond at the Animal Rescue League of Boston shelter.

‘They balance each other out perfectly’: Unlikely pair of bonded dogs looking for joint adoption

“It’s not too often we see a pair like this,” said Mike DeFina, a spokesperson for the Animal Rescue League.

Whitneys, a Harvard Square bar, is closing.

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

The venerable stomping ground will shutter after more than 70 years in Cambridge, after a dispute with its landlord.

Boston Globe book critics share their 75 favorite titles of 2024.

The Year in Arts

The 75 best books of 2024

Boston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles.

More from the Year in Arts

The Celtics have given Kristaps Porzingis a unicorn-sized stage, and he’s enjoying it ‘like crazy’

The 7-foot-2 center, nicknamed "The Unicorn," has paired well with the league's winningest franchise.

Banged-up Jordan Walsh answering the bell was not overlooked by Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla

Jerod Mayo was asked Friday if he thought Brian Belichick might leave to join his father at North Carolina. “I don’t want to get into that,” he said. “That’s a question for him.”

Patriots coach Jerod Mayo doesn’t anticipate losing any of his assistants to Bill Belichick

Mayo added that his wishes his former coach and boss "nothing but the best" at North Carolina.

Bill Belichick’s contract with North Carolina portrays two sides wary of each other’s commitment

In his first year as a starter, Garrett Crochet had a 3.58 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 146 innings for the White Sox last season.

The numbers don’t lie. New Red Sox Garrett Crochet was one of baseball’s best last season, and he’s just getting started.

In 2024, the 25-year-old scratched the surface of what he could become, compiling a 3.58 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 146 innings over in 32 starts.

Will the Red Sox make another deal for a starting pitcher, even after trading for Garrett Crochet?

The Globe podcast

Plagiarism accusations against Claudine Gay fueled headlines. ‘The Harvard Plan’ details the sources of backlash.

Episode two details the plagiarism allegations that surfaced just days after Claudine Gay gave testimony to Congress.

Listen to 'The Harvard Plan' on your favorite podcasting app

Opinion

A temporary shelter was ready for migrants in Roxbury on Jan. 31, 2024. Although the details of the Marlborough case are particularly shocking, problems in migrant shelters have been well documented.

Carine Hajjar

A migrant girl was allegedly raped. Why wasn’t an arrest made?

A teen living in a state shelter in Marlborough reported that her father repeatedly had sex with her. Instead of being charged, he was sent to a different shelter.

Joe Kriesberg

Lessons for Boston, from my hometown

JEFF JACOBY

‘First, set fire to their synagogues’

SCOT LEHIGH

Readers explain their fiction addiction

EDITORIAL

Trump names a fellow hater of journalists to head Voice of America

Globe Santa

The hardships of healing at holiday time
For 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time.

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Bostonians of the Year 2024

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

Their impact only starts with the championship they won. Here are 18 things we loved about the journey to Banner 18.

Clockwise from top left: Ayo Edebiri, Zeyneb Magavi, Frederick Richard and Stephen Nedoroscik, Pastor Keke, and Nick Korn, Liz Miranda, Royal Smith, Brian Worrell, and Chris Worrell

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

Clockwise from top left: Seiji Ozawa, Ethel Kennedy, Luis Tiant, Larry Lucchino, Jack Connors, Jasper White, and Gloria Fox

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

More recent News

State gives green light to develop giant battery farm in Everett over mayor’s objections
Environmental groups have praised the idea of turning the polluted land, formerly an ExxonMobil oil tank farm, into one of the largest battery energy storage systems in New England.

Looking for the famous green lamps at Boston Public Library? Central branch now offers digital guide, audio tours.
The new tools offer a way to supplement the one daily in-person guided tour the library offers.

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials say
Travis Timmerman, 29, was flown out of Syria on a US military helicopter, according to a US official.

McKinsey to pay $650 million for conduct related to Purdue Pharma, opioid crisis

The global consulting firm’s deal with the Department of Justice requires the company to cease any work relating to controlled substances for five years and implement new policies to assess high-risk clients.

Some charities are feeling the crunch as the holiday season approaches. Here’s how you can help.

Charities like Toys for Tots are falling short of their mission to distribute toys for children in need.

Missing an eye. A partial leg. No right hand. Blind. For these disabled athletes, wrestling is the great equalizer.

“Wrestling gave me an outlet for my energy and didn’t limit me by my deformations," said Wellesley sophomore Dominic Staunton, who suffers complications from being hit by a car when he was 7 years old.

Liquor licenses, small business grants, and luring Lego: Segun Idowu thinks big to rebuild the city’s economy

For Boston's chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, coming back from COVID has meant ensuring everybody has the chance to contribute to the recovery.

Boston’s business community can’t stop talking about these two letters

‘Very meaningful’: With new MCAS guidance, state says former students denied diplomas can now earn credentials
The guidance follows the November passage of a voter referendum striking down the state’s longstanding MCAS graduation requirement.

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)
You won’t find ‘Wicked’ here, but our critic goes with the ‘Flow’ and ‘Hard Truths’ among other standouts. Have a bone to pick? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

Cold Case Files
How an out-of-the-blue tip led to an arrest in a 1978 double-murder in West Springfield
Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni called the breakthrough “an amazing turn of events.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Ben Affleck’s journey to becoming a pop star confirms that anything is possible when you run on Dunkin’. Premiered during Super Bowl LVIII, “The DunKings" ad features Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon.

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

Morfydd Clark as Galadriel; Benjamin Walker as High King Gil-galad; Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

Recognize that show’s name? More and more on TV, you will

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.

After a static summer and fall, pop music is showing a spark again

Alan Michelson's "The Knowledge Keepers," a pair of chromium-sheen sculptures of two current Native American cultural leaders, Julia Marden and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr., was installed at the main entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts in November. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

For Native American art and culture, 2024 brought meaningful change

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

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

An Ambulance passed Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

In my column, I mentioned being so utterly repulsed by the closing pages of Ian McEwan’s “The Comfort of Strangers” that I tossed it out the window of a car I was riding in.

SCOT LEHIGH

Readers explain their fiction addiction

Activists from Students for Fair Admissions celebrate the affirmative action opinion outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 29, 2023.

Alex Shieh

Post-affirmative action policy offers new hope for Asian American students

Shelby Hewitt at her pre-trial hearing at Suffolk County Courthouse.

PODCAST | SAY MORE

Shelby Hewitt conned a lot of people. Globe reporter Patricia Wen tries to explain why.

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson departs the Moakley Courthouse on Dec. 6.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Given the Trump standard, why should Tania Fernandes Anderson resign?

When the CFPB stops a big bank from cheating you, that’s one less chunk of change that goes into its pockets.

Elizabeth Warren

If Trump really wants to help working people he won’t kill this federal agency

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Coastal storms have taken their toll. Now clam diggers in the Boston area face the ‘end of an era’ with closing of century-old plant.

The soft-shell clams from the mudflats around Boston Harbor need to be cleaned of contaminants before they can be eaten. But the only facility in Massachusetts that can do that needs costly repairs, in part because of climate change.

NH HOUSING

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle it

The housing crisis Ayotte is inheriting remains challenging. Experts say the Granite State is among the top 10 for rising housing prices and that housing instability is on the rise as well.

GLOBE SANTA

The hardships of healing at holiday time

For 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time.

Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, will assert ‘lack of criminal responsibility,’ records show

“The defendant does intend to present to the Court a defense of lack of criminal responsibility,” her lawyer wrote.

Sports

Niners linebacker De'Vondre Campbell walks to the locker room during Thursday night's game against the Rams.

NFL

De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers after his refusal to enter Thursday’s game, Kyle Shanahan says

Shanahan said the team is still working through the options of how to deal with Campbell, who walked to the locker room in the middle of a 12-6 loss to the Rams on Thursday night when he refused to enter the game.

Red Sox

The numbers don’t lie. New Red Sox Garrett Crochet was one of baseball’s best last season, and he’s just getting started.

In 2024, the 25-year-old scratched the surface of what he could become, compiling a 3.58 ERA and 209 strikeouts in 146 innings over in 32 starts.

Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos signed with Florida State on Friday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos officially transfers to Florida State

Former Boston College standout Thomas Castellanos officially signed with FSU on Friday.

SKIING

Lindsey Vonn to return to World Cup ski races for first time in five years next weekend in Switzerland

NFL

Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss says he’s being treated for cancer in his bile duct

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

14 Eastern Mass. wrestlers to follow on the mat this season, plus other notables

Business

OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman is now heading to a federal judge.

Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Time said that no other Person of the Year has been fact-checked in the near-century that the magazine has annually written about the figure that has had the greatest impact on the news.

Drones, planes, or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings.

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

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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

A tour group in the Abbey Room at the central branch of the Boston Public Library this month.

Looking for the famous green lamps at Boston Public Library? Central branch now offers digital guide, audio tours.

R.I. program will help minority-owned businesses bid on state contracts

Two Suffolk County corrections officers accused of pandemic unemployment and loan fraud

sports

The Revolution signed Colombian defender Brayan Ceballos (left) to a three-year contract following a transfer from Brazilian club Fortaleza. Ceballos most recently played with Dynamo Kyiv while on loan.

Revolution bolster defense by signing Brayan Ceballos to a three-year contract from Brazilian club Fortaleza

We asked for your help on who should be considered No. 5 on the list of all-time great Celtics, and you delivered

Yankees get All-Star closer Devin Williams from Brewers for lefthanded pitcher Nestor Cortes, prospect Caleb Durbin

business

New Hampshire Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte.

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle it

What the polio vaccine has meant for public health

R.I. program will help minority-owned businesses bid on state contracts

politics

House Speaker Emerita Representative Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Nov. 19, 2024, in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ from fall on official trip to Luxembourg

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials say

Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Nation

Drones, planes, or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings.

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

Feds propose protection for giant salamanders devastated by Hurricane Helene

World

France's former prime minister Michel Barnier (right), welcomed new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during the handover of power at the Matignon Hotel in Paris France on Friday.

President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s next prime minister

Thousands of Syrians celebrate in central Damascus during first Friday prayers since Assad’s fall

Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure with a massive attack of cruise missiles and drones

opinion

Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.

Warmed by the life that Nikki Giovanni lived

Trump says ‘do not get involved.’ But that’s the wrong approach in Syria.

Christians in Syria are holding their breath

lifestyle

Catch a ride on the Polar Express at Roadrunner where the Christmas classic will be screened this week.

Boston free events, deals: ‘Polar Express’ matinee, an epic theatre trio, and Nutcracker dance workshop

Should I have given this relationship more time?

Here’s where your whole family can give, donate, and volunteer for the holidays (and all year)

food & dining

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

These decadent hot chocolate confections cost a whopping $13. Are they worth it?

The mother-daughter business trying to keep N.H. seafood local

travel

A sculpture of Jólakötturinn, the Icelandic yule cat, lights Reykjavik's city center. According to Icelandic folklore, Jólakötturinn eats children who do not have new clothes at Christmas.

Cold nights, hot lava, and a giant murderous cat. How I found the holiday spirit in Iceland.

Boy, does this place look familiar — if you’re a ‘Death in Paradise’ fan

Looking for a mix of French flair and Caribbean cool? Here’s where you’ll find it.

Arts

For Native American art and culture, 2024 brought meaningful change

MFA removes 20 Dutch and Flemish paintings from its collection

Worlds collided when a museum steward found clues about her Chippewa family in Harvard’s possession

Books

The remarkable, resilient public library

Author Alison Espach on writing, teaching in R.I., and why her latest novel, ‘The Wedding People,’ takes place in Newport

The 75 best books of 2024

Movies

Scenes from the Boston Tea Party will be reenacted on Monday.

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 16-22

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

TSA agent Taron Egerton has to keep calm in ‘Carry-On’

Television

Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston in "Malcolm in the Middle," which ran on Fox from 2000-06.

Cranston, Kaczmarek, and Muniz to reprise their roles in revival of ‘Malcolm in the Middle’

Recognize that show’s name? More and more on TV, you will

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

music

For the first time, the Kingdom Choir plays Boston

It’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ season, and Darlene Love is in town

Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 16-22

Theater/Dance

"Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'" from Commonwealth Shakespeare Company creates a pastiche of sumptuous holiday music and suggestive set pieces to enrich the color and sound of the loosely sketched Dickens story.

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

Boston dance stages filled this year with everything from creative updates to troubling works, to the exhilaratingly new

Ensembles took the lead this year in Boston theater

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

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

Dr. Thomas F. O'Brien was the first director of the division of infectious diseases at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving timeIn a post on his social media, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.

Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, will assert ‘lack of criminal responsibility,’ records show

SJC expands First Amendment protection to ‘true threats’ over the Internet, by text, and in person

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle itThe housing crisis Ayotte is inheriting remains challenging. Experts say the Granite State is among the top 10 for rising housing prices and that housing instability is on the rise as well.

Somerville library staff members have resigned. They say over city’s handling of misconduct allegations.

WBUR is canceling ‘Radio Boston’ after 15 years on air

Bright Geminids meteor shower is peaking tonight. Here’s how to watch.

Drones, planes, or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings.

These decadent hot chocolate confections cost a whopping $13. Are they worth it?

‘They balance each other out perfectly’: Unlikely pair of bonded dogs looking for joint adoption

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

The 75 best books of 2024

More from the Year in Arts

The Celtics have given Kristaps Porzingis a unicorn-sized stage, and he’s enjoying it ‘like crazy’

Patriots coach Jerod Mayo doesn’t anticipate losing any of his assistants to Bill Belichick

The numbers don’t lie. New Red Sox Garrett Crochet was one of baseball’s best last season, and he’s just getting started.

The Globe podcast

Plagiarism accusations against Claudine Gay fueled headlines. ‘The Harvard Plan’ details the sources of backlash.

A migrant girl was allegedly raped. Why wasn’t an arrest made?

Lessons for Boston, from my hometown

‘First, set fire to their synagogues’

Readers explain their fiction addiction

Trump names a fellow hater of journalists to head Voice of America

The hardships of healing at holiday timeFor 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time.

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

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

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

More recent News

State gives green light to develop giant battery farm in Everett over mayor’s objectionsEnvironmental groups have praised the idea of turning the polluted land, formerly an ExxonMobil oil tank farm, into one of the largest battery energy storage systems in New England.

Looking for the famous green lamps at Boston Public Library? Central branch now offers digital guide, audio tours. The new tools offer a way to supplement the one daily in-person guided tour the library offers.

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials sayTravis Timmerman, 29, was flown out of Syria on a US military helicopter, according to a US official.

McKinsey to pay $650 million for conduct related to Purdue Pharma, opioid crisis

Some charities are feeling the crunch as the holiday season approaches. Here’s how you can help.

Missing an eye. A partial leg. No right hand. Blind. For these disabled athletes, wrestling is the great equalizer.

Recommended reads

Liquor licenses, small business grants, and luring Lego: Segun Idowu thinks big to rebuild the city’s economy

‘Very meaningful’: With new MCAS guidance, state says former students denied diplomas can now earn credentialsThe guidance follows the November passage of a voter referendum striking down the state’s longstanding MCAS graduation requirement.

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)You won’t find ‘Wicked’ here, but our critic goes with the ‘Flow’ and ‘Hard Truths’ among other standouts. Have a bone to pick? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

Cold Case FilesHow an out-of-the-blue tip led to an arrest in a 1978 double-murder in West Springfield Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni called the breakthrough “an amazing turn of events.”

Culture & Lifestyle

The 24 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2024

Recognize that show’s name? More and more on TV, you will

After a static summer and fall, pop music is showing a spark again

For Native American art and culture, 2024 brought meaningful change

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Readers explain their fiction addiction

Post-affirmative action policy offers new hope for Asian American students

Shelby Hewitt conned a lot of people. Globe reporter Patricia Wen tries to explain why.

Given the Trump standard, why should Tania Fernandes Anderson resign?

If Trump really wants to help working people he won’t kill this federal agency

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Coastal storms have taken their toll. Now clam diggers in the Boston area face the ‘end of an era’ with closing of century-old plant.

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle it

The hardships of healing at holiday time

Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, will assert ‘lack of criminal responsibility,’ records show

Sports

De’Vondre Campbell won’t be part of the 49ers after his refusal to enter Thursday’s game, Kyle Shanahan says

The numbers don’t lie. New Red Sox Garrett Crochet was one of baseball’s best last season, and he’s just getting started.

Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos officially transfers to Florida State

Lindsey Vonn to return to World Cup ski races for first time in five years next weekend in Switzerland

Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss says he’s being treated for cancer in his bile duct

14 Eastern Mass. wrestlers to follow on the mat this season, plus other notables

Business

OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’

Unique among ‘Person of the Year’ designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Drones, planes, or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings.

Pour one out for Whitneys, a stalwart Harvard Square dive bar that is closing at year’s end

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

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

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

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

metro

Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
In a post on his social media, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.

N.H. housing crisis: How Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte says she’ll tackle it
The housing crisis Ayotte is inheriting remains challenging. Experts say the Granite State is among the top 10 for rising housing prices and that housing instability is on the rise as well.

The hardships of healing at holiday time
For 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time.

State gives green light to develop giant battery farm in Everett over mayor’s objections
Environmental groups have praised the idea of turning the polluted land, formerly an ExxonMobil oil tank farm, into one of the largest battery energy storage systems in New England.

Looking for the famous green lamps at Boston Public Library? Central branch now offers digital guide, audio tours.
The new tools offer a way to supplement the one daily in-person guided tour the library offers.

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials say
Travis Timmerman, 29, was flown out of Syria on a US military helicopter, according to a US official.

‘Very meaningful’: With new MCAS guidance, state says former students denied diplomas can now earn credentials
The guidance follows the November passage of a voter referendum striking down the state’s longstanding MCAS graduation requirement.

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)
You won’t find ‘Wicked’ here, but our critic goes with the ‘Flow’ and ‘Hard Truths’ among other standouts. Have a bone to pick? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

Cold Case Files
How an out-of-the-blue tip led to an arrest in a 1978 double-murder in West Springfield
Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni called the breakthrough “an amazing turn of events.”