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Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote

Democrats and Republicans used the otherwise procedural meeting Wednesday evening to deliver sharp, poignant and, at times, personal arguments for and against impeachment. The meeting begins a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges against President Trump.
Watch live: Judiciary Committee considers articles of impeachment

‘So ridiculous’: Trump criticizes Time’s selection of Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year
As he fired off dozens of tweets and retweets on Thursday morning, Trump lashed out at the Swedish teenager, suggesting she “chill” and “go to a good old fashioned movie." an hour ago

Yvonne Abraham

These truths are not self-evident

Truth has kicked the bucket. Facts have shuffled off this mortal coil. Reality has met its maker.

Appeals court to hear arguments in Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case today

An appellate court will hear arguments Thursday in Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's appeal of his conviction and death sentence. 42 minutes ago

When will Rhode Island shake its 38 Studios hangover?
Seven years have passed since Curt Schilling’s video-game venture went belly up, but Rhode Island is still grappling with how to move past the fiasco.

opinion

EDITORIAL

Child predators target of sex offender bill

OPINION | Jennifer C. Braceras

Ranked-choice voting threatens to distort election outcomes

OPINION | Lawrence Lessig

Ranked-choice voting could guarantee that a candidate is elected by a majority

Editorial

What should our Editorial Board ask the 2020 presidential candidates?

Boston has dramatically reworked the design for a new Northern Avenue bridge

City officials working on replacing the long-closed bridge over Fort Point Channel appear to be moving toward a span that would prioritize walking and bicycling and prohibit single-occupancy cars. Indeed, conceptual images shared Tuesday don’t show any vehicles.

Charlie Davidson, the Andover Shop’s ‘Baron of Bespoke,’ dies at 93

Charlie Davidson, 93, of Cambridge, who died Dec. 2, was the longtime proprietor of the Andover Shop, selling menswear in Harvard Square where he was known as the “Baron of Bespoke.”

These 2 Boston companies just topped Glassdoor’s best places to work list

Looking for a new job? Two Boston-area companies were named No. 1 and 2 on Glassdoor’s annual Best Places to Work list — and both are hiring.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Here is Chaim Bloom’s reaction to Gerrit Cole signing with the Yankees
Bloom insisted the Red Sox’ approach to this offseason will not change.

There was a surge in home runs in 2019. Scientists have two reasons why

Pacers 122, Celtics 117
Observations from the Celtics’ loss to the Pacers
Kemba Walker kept the Celtics alive in the first half and finished with 44 points but it wasn’t enough to prevent a loss.

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SUV crashes into house in Brockton

Signal problem reported on the Orange Line during Thursday morning commute

State lawmakers reach compromise on long-stalled spending bill

Ask the Globe

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts?

Ask the Globe is a series where curious readers pose questions they'd like us to probe. We track down an answer and share the story of what we find.

Advice: I’m not allowed to see my grandchild
What can you do when an adult child cuts you out of their life? 2 hours ago

Guys seem to like me, but then things fizzle
I keep getting ghosted after a month. Is it because I’m an introvert?

Nora Princiotti
Why have the Patriots resorted to running so many trick plays?
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has relied upon gadget plays to stimulate a stagnant offense.

Are you ready for a robot boss? Many workers say that yes, they are
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. Is it any wonder that we’re starting to think it might be OK if the machines take over?

Globe Magazine

Bostonians of the Year

Dedicated prosecutors Andrew Lelling and Rachael Rollins don't agree on much, except this: Justice needs to be for everyone.

To make a deaf child feel welcome, this neighborhood learned sign language

The Celtics’ Enes Kanter stands tall for human rights

The Harvard and MIT economists finding new ways to fight global poverty

Who would you include on the list?

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Boch Center helping Globe Santa deliver for Boston children
Once again Josiah Spaulding Jr. and the Boch Center are pitching in to help Globe Santa as they offer the public a wide array of seasonal entertainment.

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HELP DESK

Some building materials introduce dangerous chemicals into our homes. Here’s a primer on making better choices

Between the chemicals and other hazards found in common building materials, our homes can harbor some very unsavory, if quiet, houseguests. | realestate.boston.com

Rhode Island EMS crews brought patients to the hospital with misplaced breathing tubes: None of them survived
In the world of emergency medicine, an unrecognized esophageal intubation is a “never event,” meaning that it shouldn’t happen under any circumstances. In Rhode Island, it’s occurred 12 times in the last three years. In each case, the patient died.

Jeneé Osterheldt
Art Basel bears far better fruit than that $120,000 banana
The beauty of Miami Art Week is that every type of artist gets a place on the wall. You just have to be willing to look.

Rhode Island

When will Rhode Island shake its 38 Studios hangover?

Seven years have passed since Curt Schilling’s video-game venture went belly up, but Rhode Island is still grappling with how to move past the fiasco.

Coast Guard posthumously awards Purple Heart to R.I. man killed in World War I

Providence schools might be in worse shape than you thought

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Sports

United States stunned by International team in Presidents Cup opener

Kemba Walker’s 44 points nearly rescue Celtics

Observations from the Celtics’ loss to the Pacers

Politics / Business

‘So ridiculous’: Trump criticizes Time’s selection of Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year

Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote

Elizabeth Warren says she has a plan for that. Here’s a running list

Nation / World

UK voters will decide who they want to resolve Brexit impasse

House OKs defense bill, parental leave for federal workers

District apologizes for assignment comparing value of slaves

Lifestyle

Some building materials introduce dangerous chemicals into our homes. Here’s a primer on making better choices

Are these Boston hotels simply the best?

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum opens, and it’s pretty out of this world

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe’s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump’s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president’s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump’s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin’s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They’re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here’s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston’s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation’s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis — a very slow moving crisis — that puts our region’s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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(Unsent) Love Letters

Columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein and psychotherapist and “Where Should We Begin?” podcast host Esther Perel explore the messages we keep to ourselves.
Podcast: Listen to Love Letters Season 3
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

The Trump ‘witch hunt’ that never happened

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Hollywood’s disdain for women journalists

OPINION | Michael Cohen

The Liars Club

OPINION | Shola Lawal

End the ‘Global Gag Rule’

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

The welfare state ‘Brezhnev Doctrine'

EDITORIAL

Impeach the president

VISUAL STORIES

Fitting 7-foot-5-inch Tacko Fall for a tuxedo is no small feat

Globe staff photos of the month, November 2019

Photos of Massachusetts’ first major snowfall of the season

At Millbrook Farm in Concord, an early Christmas miracle

metro

Photos: Speedo Run through the years

Santa Speedo Run celebrates 20 years of raising eyebrows of Back Bay shoppers and donations for charity

This Saturday, hundreds of scantily clad participants will continue the bawdy, benevolent tradition. But the origins of the Speedo Run trace back to a boozy lark born in a Beacon Hill bar at the beginning of the millennium.

When will Rhode Island shake its 38 Studios hangover?

Seven years have passed since Curt Schilling’s video-game venture went belly up, but Rhode Island is still grappling with how to move past the fiasco.

State lawmakers reach compromise on long-stalled spending bill

Coast Guard posthumously awards Purple Heart to R.I. man killed in World War I

STAT

How a billionaire couple greased the skids for Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill

Why the surge in EEE cases? Rules on samples mean we may never know

Report hints at why vaping illnesses may have sprung up in 2019

With ketamine, researchers rewrite memories in bid to curb drinking

sports

Celtics notebook

Jaylen Brown says Al Horford ‘should be celebrated’ in Boston return

Horford returns to Boston Thursday for the first time since opting out of deal with the Celtics.

United States stunned by International team in Presidents Cup opener

The US is trailing, 4-1, with captain Tiger Woods and partner Justin Thomas winning the only point.
Pacers 122, Celtics 117

Kemba Walker’s 44 points nearly rescue Celtics

Pacers 122, Celtics 117

Observations from the Celtics’ loss to the Pacers

Politics

‘So ridiculous’: Trump criticizes Time’s selection of Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year

Business

Local alternative lending startup looks to tap into more US homes

Marijuana

Vermont should legalize marijuana sales, top health department official says

magazine
Globe Magazine

The forgotten story of ‘America’s most famous tool’

Perspective

The gangly LGBTQ+ acronym came from a good place. But we can do better.

Connections

My boyhood friend was forced to join the Taliban. He deserved better

Miss Conduct

My husband hates that our neighbors Airbnb their spare bedroom

sports

Why have the Patriots resorted to running so many trick plays?

Scientists identify two main factors in 2019 increase in home runs

Anthony Rendon agrees to seven-year, $245 million deal with Los Angeles Angels

metro

Photos: Speedo Run through the years

Santa Speedo Run celebrates 20 years of raising eyebrows of Back Bay shoppers and donations for charity

When will Rhode Island shake its 38 Studios hangover?

Nation

Biden proposes immigration overhaul in shadow of Obama era

Gunman in Florida base shooting may have embraced radical ideology years before arriving in US, Saudi report says

Former Michigan bank robber is sworn in as lawyer — by the same judge who sent him to prison

World

New Zealand volcano vents steam; death toll now at 16

Finland gets world’s youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

Fallen rights icon appears in UN court for Rohingya genocide case

politics

Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote

Elizabeth Warren says she has a plan for that. Here’s a running list

Watchdog finds ‘basic and fundamental errors’ in Russia probe

business

Eversource pledges to be carbon neutral by 2030

Fed says interest rates, like economy, should stay stable

In House, FAA chief faces sharp questions over how agency handled Max crisis

lifestyle

Some building materials introduce dangerous chemicals into our homes. Here’s a primer on making better choices

Are these Boston hotels simply the best?

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum opens, and it’s pretty out of this world

marijuana

Vermont should legalize marijuana sales, top health department official says

Pot shop proximity jumps in Canada after a slow retail rollout

Immigration attorneys urge caution with new marijuana law in Illinois

opinion

Mass. has hit ‘pause’ button on easing housing crunch

Ranked-choice voting threatens to distort election outcomes

Child predators target of sex offender bill

food & dining

Chocolate overload? On Grenada, it’s entirely possible

Milkadamia may make milk moot

Recipe: Key Lime juice gives these loaf cakes a delightful, bright taste

travel

Are these Boston hotels simply the best?

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum opens, and it’s pretty out of this world

Dancer Sean Quinn loves Provincetown, neck pillows, and eating local

Books

Only the most devoted fans will get a kick out of ‘The Letters of Cole Porter’

Meredith Atwood gets out of her own way in new self-help book

‘The German House’ an underwhelming tale of overcoming history

Movies

‘Parasite,’ ‘The Irishman,’ 'Once Upon a Time’ get a boost in SAG nominations

‘63 Up’: a film series that shows life, unforgettably, in seven-year slices

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ offers heroes, villains — and smears

Television

A well-timed finale for ‘Silicon Valley’

Learning to appreciate ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

‘The Morning Show’ offers an eye-opening take on a TV anchor’s bad behavior

music

Cousin Stizz repeats as artist of the year at Boston Music Awards

Composer Matthew Aucoin is ‘uncomplicatedly excited’ for his new opera

‘Hallelujah’ for Amanda Forsythe and Ann McMahon Quintero in Boston Baroque’s ‘Messiah’

Theater/Dance

It’s a brave new world for comedian Bethany Van Delft

For Gold Dust Orphans, a journey to outer space — and a new home

More valleys than peaks in ‘Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol’

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don’t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Charlie Davidson, the Andover Shop’s ‘Baron of Bespoke,’ dies at 93

Marie Fredriksson, Roxette singer, dies at 61

Dorothy Brown, state’s oldest resident, dies at 112