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High school Democratic clubs multiply as young people worry about their future

Since President Trump’s election, the country has seen an explosion of activism by young people stemming from the belief that their future is at stake if they do not participate to address problems like climate change and gun violence. 3 hours ago

Four key sections from the House Democrats’ 111-page impeachment briefDershowitz says voters should judge Trump’s conduct

In first remarks since royal split, Prince Harry says there was ‘no other option’

Harry framed the decision to leave as his own, made on behalf of Meghan and their young son, Archie. He said that Meghan shares his values and remains “the same woman I fell in love with.”

What will Harry and Meghan do? A look at their options

On quiet Campobello Island, Canadians angered by US inspection of their mail
US Customs and Border Protection agents have been opening mail bound for Campobello since September — searching Amazon packages, personal letters, Christmas presents, and even prescriptions headed toward the island made famous as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s summer retreat. 9:13 p.m.

Patriots
Tom Brady: I still want to play in 2020
On Sunday, the Patriots quarterback told Westwood One he’s still interested in playing in 2020, adding that he understands he’s heading into an uncertain stretch.

More employers are offering parents a chance to bring their babies to work

For a growing number of workers across the country, having a baby doesn’t set off the customary scramble to arrange child care — at least not right away. That’s because they are employed by the 300-plus organizations that allow employees to bring their infants to work.

ALEX SPEIER
Inside Alex Cora’s departure from the Red Sox
Monday began with buzzing around the Fenway offices. Within 24 hours, a decision had to be made.

Ron Roenicke believes in playing the honest wayDan Shaughnessy: Are the championship days over in Boston?

After 17 lawsuits, 27 years in court, a judge rules in Beverly neighbors’ feud
One owner celebrates a path to finally being able to build on his oceanfront lot; the other vows to appeal.

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Improving outcomes for state’s foster kids

Show us the stop-and-frisk data

OPINION | Devin Michelle Bunten

Boston must bring back rent control to protect tenants

OPINION | Ilyon Woo

Alcott’s Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy — and Fun See?

‘Parasite,’ Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston win at SAG Awards
Bong Joon Ho’s Korean class satire "Parasite" became the first foreign language film to take top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday, setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender at next month’s Academy Awards. an hour ago

A list of SAG Award winners Photos: Stars at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | DEVRA FIRST
Some very ‘Boston’ restaurants are closing — and that’s OK
We don’t have to go into mourning every single time a long-lived restaurant goes out of business. Sometimes those lights should go out. Sometimes it's just time.

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Movies to stream while you’re stuck inside this winter
Here are some movies well worth streaming that you likely missed when in theaters.

What to watch on TV this week

More recent headlines

Here’s who the New York Times’ editorial board endorsed for president

Federal inspectors detail shortcomings at VA facilities in Northampton, Bedford

2 retired priests in Mass. suspended amid decades-old abuse complaints

Virginia’s governor declares temporary state of emergency days ahead of gun-rights rally

WINTER ARTS GUIDE

In the ART’s ‘Gloria: A Life,’ Steinem speaks, but she has plenty of company

The documentary play invites other women to tell their own stories, onstage and off.

Boston’s 10 must-see museum shows for winter

Some of the best exhibitions feature work by African-Americans.

‘Hunters’ creator on killing Nazis and casting Al Pacino in his ‘Jewish superhero’ series

10 of the season’s most promising TV shows

A photographer taps her Iranian roots for ‘universal’ images about home

Get more out of your Globe subscription during the NFL playoffs by texting with Ben Volin

WEEK AHEAD
Here are some MLK Day events that caught our attention
There are many Boston-area events on Monday commemorating the towering American who endured, persevered, and ultimately lost his life fighting to uplift his countrymen and women.

What’s open, closed on Martin Luther King Jr. DayOn the eve of MLK Day, group remembers black lives at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Adrian Walker
Tom Tinlin was lucky to survive his aneurysm. Now he’s advocating for other survivors
Tom Tinlin — then the state highway chief — knew almost nothing about brain aneurysms when he was struck by one in 2017. Now he is the new board chairman of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.

Photos: A blizzard buried Newfoundland — and more snow is on the way
At the peak of the storm, which some people described as being like a blizzard in a hurricane, even snowplows were pulled off roads as visibility dropped to near zero. The city of St. John’s experienced a one-day snowfall of 30 inches.

Couple together for nearly 65 years dies on the same day
A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home.

Recommended Reads

The Aaron Hernandez saga: Everything you need to know

Here’s a primer for you to reference while binge-watching the new Netflix series.

Netflix’s new documentary on Aaron Hernandez offers a gripping look at his descent into darknessText messages reveal Aaron Hernandez’s double lifeListen to 'Gladiator,' the Globe Spotlight Team's podcast on Aaron Hernandez

Trump’s EPA is said to cut scientists out of new water policy that threatens New England wetlands
Scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency’s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines as the Trump administration plans to announce a policy that could drastically curb protections of the nation’s streams and wetlands.

Is Bernie Sanders the Democrats’ best hope, or their worst fear?
His rivals warn that the country would never elect him, but Sanders' supporters argue he may be uniquely positioned to win back the White House for the Democratic Party by beating Trump at his own game.

Environment Council of R.I. disappointed in Mattiello’s climate change comments

The Environment Council of Rhode Island disputes House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello's comments about climate change, saying investments in "climate resilience" are good for both the economy and the environment.

Poll: Raimondo is no longer the most unpopular governor in the US

Reed, Whitehouse gear up for Senate impeachment trial

Development community watches as Newton referendum could upend Northland project

“People will have great pause about doing business in Newton,” said Greg Vasil, chief executive and president of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.

Newton artist’s ‘universal’ menorah is featured at Museum of Fine Arts

Newton takes a step to solve housing crisis

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.

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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spotlight fellow report

The federal government has one main law to prevent child abuse. No state follows all of it

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.

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

OPINION | Rebecca Diamond and Jonathan Gruber

Housing costs are a problem in Boston and beyond, but rent control isn’t the answer

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Note to Democratic candidates: Fight Trump, not each other

OPINION | Victor Santos

I’m a Dreamer. Ask my 80+ employees if I should be deported

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Bernie Sanders says Citizens United has been ‘disastrous.’ Is he right?

OPINION | BURT NEUBORNE

Citizens United gave the wealthy too much power

OPINION | FLOYD ABRAMS

Citizens United was a triumph for free speech

VISUAL STORIES

Warnings of ‘volcanic tsunami’ after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero’s deadly dust claims another victim

Photos: Patriots vs. Titans in AFC wild-card playoffs

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After a cancer diagnosis, Jane Wallis Gumble, 65, kept leading the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development
Jane Wallis Gumble, 65, of Stow, who died Jan. 16, formerly was director of the state Department of Housing and Community Development, and was treated for a rare brain cancer for most of her 11-year tenure.

Chicopee man arrested for drug trafficking charges after search warrant

A Chicopee man was arrested for drug trafficking on Thursday after officers allegedly found cocaine, marijuana, cash, and ammunition while executing a search warrant at the suspect’s home.

On quiet Campobello Island, Canadians angered by US inspection of their mail

US Customs and Border Protection agents have been opening mail bound for Campobello since September — searching Amazon packages, personal letters, Christmas presents, and even prescriptions headed toward the island made famous as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s summer retreat.

Firefighters save deer that was stuck in ice at Ashland Reservoir

Here are some MLK Day events that caught our attention

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New heart transplant method being tested for the first time in the U.S.

Opinion: Why Black doctors like me are leaving academic medicine

‘How long do I have?’ A website on cancer survival rates seeks to help

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Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka win opening matches

Williams started her bid for a first major title as a mom when she beat 18-year-old Anastasia Potapova, 6-0, 6-3.

Conor McGregor again on top of the MMA world

After three years without a victory, the Irish superstar needed just 40 seconds to dispatch Donald Cerrone at their bout in Las Vegas.

NFC Championship | 49ers 37, Packers 20

Raheem Mostert ushers 49ers to Super Bowl with win over Packers

Andrew Landry regroups to take the American Express

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Business

More employers are offering parents a chance to bring their babies to work

Marijuana

Oklahoma’s GOP lawmakers want more medical marijuana regulations

My teenager brought a robot baby home from school

Eight historic Massachusetts wedding venues for your big day

Politicians not listening? Try flexing your consumer muscles

Recipes: Chinese beef stew and sesame scallion bread

sports

LeBron James, Anthony Davis spearhead Lakers’ return to NBA prominence

Patrick Mahomes leads Chiefs to first Super Bowl berth in 50 years

Raheem Mostert ushers 49ers to Super Bowl with win over Packers

metro

After a cancer diagnosis, Jane Wallis Gumble, 65, kept leading the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development

Chicopee man arrested for drug trafficking charges after search warrant

On quiet Campobello Island, Canadians angered by US inspection of their mail

Nation

Couple together for nearly 65 years dies on the same day

Clones help famous elm tree named Herbie live on, for now

Gun industry gathers amid slumping sales, rising tensions

World

Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path

Dozens wounded as Iraqi protesters ramp up pressure on government

Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

politics

High school Democratic clubs multiply as young people worry about their future

With Trump impeachment trial approaching, defense and prosecutors dig in

Dershowitz says voters should judge Trump’s conduct

business

More employers are offering parents a chance to bring their babies to work

Stakes are high as Huawei executive goes to court to fight extradition to US from Canada

5 things you have to check out at the new 99 Ranch supermarket

lifestyle

Surprise 65th birthday party for Jake Kennedy draws a crowd

From an Everglades Seafood Festival to a toboggan showdown in Camden

Kate Wallich and Perfume Genius free the body

marijuana

Oklahoma’s GOP lawmakers want more medical marijuana regulations

North Dakota governor pardons 16 low-level pot offenders

Advocates hopeful as Kansas heads for medical marijuana debate

opinion

Senate trial underway beneath a shadow of partisanship

Improving outcomes for state’s foster kids

Rising costs pose problems for recycling

food & dining

Cash in your chips at Encore Cantina, or go green in Southie

Lily P’s enters the competitive fried chicken arena with its super crispy bird

Asians cringe at ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’ entry in dictionary

travel

From an Everglades Seafood Festival to a toboggan showdown in Camden

Wayne Brady on Hawaii, the aisle seat, and buying too many airport electronics

Winter blahs? Cozy up and cheer up in these N.E. towns

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ending Jan. 12

William Gibson’s ‘Agency’ goes further into the future and deeper into the present

‘The Crying Book’ author Heather Christle searches out books for pleasure and plight

Movies

Photos: Stars arrive at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles

30 great documentaries to stream right now

Movies to stream while you’re stuck inside this winter

Television

This week’s TV: ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Mindhunter’ fans left in the lurch, Awkwafina’s new comedy, Gwyneth’s ‘Goop’

Issa Rae’s banter a golden moment from the Oscar nominations announcement

10 of the season’s most promising TV shows

music

With a fantastic cast on board, Enigma Chamber Opera debuts

At BSO, a new work honoring Taiwan’s oldest music

10 pop music concerts to warm up the winter

Theater/Dance

In the ART’s ‘Gloria: A Life,’ Steinem speaks, but she has plenty of company

10 dance shows to see this season

Three companies present Boston premieres at Global Arts Live’s new Winter Dance Fest

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

After a cancer diagnosis, Jane Wallis Gumble, 65, kept leading the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development

Longtime Caribbean journalist Bernard Diederich dead at 93

Former Walmart exec, Royals owner David Glass dies at 84