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Connections | Magazine

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

My path brought me to Harvard. His to an impossible decision to pay off a family debt.

At Millbrook Farm in Concord, an early Christmas miracle
Construction on the Cambridge Turnpike kept customers away from the farmstand for months. But just in time for the holidays, friends — and friends of friends — began to rally.

Emily Sweeney
My grandfather fell onto the third rail and didn’t get electrocuted, thanks to his ‘lucky’ wooden leg
Here’s a strange — but absolutely true — story about my grandfather, and how he became known for his “lucky leg.”

Remembering the attack on Pearl Harbor, 78 years later
Francis Emond, 101, still remembers exactly where he was the moment the bombs began to drop at Pearl Harbor.

Developer proposes changes for ambitious Fenway Center project

The developer wants to build a 20-story, 311-foot-tall tower over the Mass. Pike, with another 160-foot-tall building along Brookline Avenue. 3 hours ago

Discuss: What do you think of the revised project?

Murder suspect said he stole jewelry from victims ‘cause I’m greedy’

A man on trial for the murders of two doctors inside their South Boston condominium told police that the worst thing he did was steal jewelry from the couple, according to a recording of the interview played in court Friday. an hour ago

White House says it won’t participate in Monday’s impeachment hearing

The White House counsel called the impeachment inquiry an “abuse of power” in a letter to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. 2 hours ago

Three killed, shooter dead after gunfire at Fla. Navy base

An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning. 2 hours ago

Pearl Harbor gunman was unhappy with commanders, military official says

Youth climate activists march to Baker’s office, demand to see governor
Hundreds of young people rallied Friday on Copley Plaza and then headed to the State House. State troopers blocked activists from making their way further into Governor Charlie Baker’s office. 3 hours ago

Opinion: Why I strike over climate changeOpinion: In climate change fight, hope is not enough

Mother, daughter rescued from White Mountains during whiteout conditions

opinion

Impeach the president

OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Bill Barr’s troubling view of law enforcement

OPINION | AYANNA PRESSLEY AND MONIQUE MORRIS

A just society doesn’t criminalize girls

What should the Globe’s Editorial Board ask the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates?

Father surprises children at Rockland school assembly after 10-month National Guard deployment
Three Rockland brothers were surprised by their father, who had just returned home from a 10-month National Guard deployment overseas, during an assembly at their elementary school Friday afternoon. an hour ago

Why that Chris Evans sweater in ‘Knives Out’ has so many people unraveling
The marketing gurus tasked with plugging the Mass.-made “Knives Out” have taken notice.

Blind date: ‘I was a pool lifeguard; pool lifeguards are inferior to ocean lifeguards’
Will these two former lifeguards high dive or belly-flop?

NAMES
‘Jeopardy!’ had a Patriots category, and the contestants fumbled
Local sports fans who watched Thursday night’s episode of “Jeopardy!” probably felt wicked smaht during one category.

OPINION | NANCY GERTNER
This isn’t a partisan hit job; Trump deserves to be impeached
There is both direct and circumstantial evidence of misconduct.

Editorial: We think Trump should be impeached

Live updates
It’s high school Super Bowl weekend, and we’re following the action
Massachusetts will crown eight new champions, and we’ll keep you up to date on each game. 2 hours ago

More recent headlines

3 charged in connection with slaying of Woonsocket, R.I., 17-year-old in case of mistaken identity

Virginia man convicted in Boston hotel rape

Boston police rescue man who fell into Boston Harbor

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.

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.

Read the series: Back to the Battleground: Examining four crucial states in 2020

Partners HealthCare generates $14 billion in revenue

Chief financial officer Peter Markell said the numbers give the company flexibility as it prepares to invest in a name change and rebranding, the launch of several new outpatient clinics, and new digital health programs.

Globe Santa
With fond memories of Globe Santa, mother now finds herself in need of help
A mother who received presents from Globe Santa when she was young now needs help to make the holidays happier for her 5-year-old.

Donate to Globe Santa

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Perspective | Magazine

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

Parsing our community ever more finely hurts us, both internally and externally.

Globe Magazine
The forgotten story of ‘America’s most famous tool’
150 years ago, Charlestown’s Daniel Stillson invented a wrench — yes, a wrench — that changed everything.

NAMES
Obamas reportedly buy Martha’s Vineyard waterfront estate for $11.75 million
The Edgartown mansion formerly owned by Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck sold for $11.75 million, according to land records.

Climate change activists marching to R.I. State House to press Raimondo

The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led movement to stop climate change, will march to the State House at 1 p.m. today as part of a national “climate strike.”

3 charged in connection with slaying of Woonsocket, R.I., 17-year-old in case of mistaken identity

Census test in Providence didn’t count on Russian hackers, report finds

Sports

Tom Brady is off the injury report and expecting a bounce-back game

New York Knicks fire coach David Fizdale

Marcus Smart expected to be back in Celtics lineup Friday night

Politics / Business

White House says it won’t participate in Monday’s impeachment hearing

Warren criticizes Buttigieg over closed-door fund-raisers with wealthy donors

Michael Bloomberg says 2020 rivals criticizing his fortune could have made their own

Nation / World

With deadline passing to participate, White House tells House Democrats to end impeachment inquiry

Weinstein accused of misusing ankle monitor; $5m bail sought

US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

Lifestyle

6 things to know about Ben Shattuck (psst, he’s Jenny Slate’s fiance)

14 free things to do in Boston this holiday season

‘Jeopardy!’ had a Patriots category, and the contestants fumbled

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

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.

Trump promised Wisconsin’s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They’re still waiting
President Trump’s promise to restore US trade dominance won him deep support in farm country, which helped him secure his narrow victory in Wisconsin in 2016. But there are signs that some farmers are running out of patience with the trade wars.

More from the Battleground project

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

What happened after a young Trump voter in Michigan transformed into a vegan AOC fan

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.

Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

(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

OPINION | Ali Noorani

Impeaching America’s immigration values

OPINION | David Ureña

I am a public servant, not a public charge

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

In presidential politics, money is changing everything

OPINION | NANCY GERTNER

This isn’t a partisan hit job; Trump deserves to be impeached

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

A tide of contempt is corroding our politics. Where is the leader who can turn it aside?

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

Save democracy. Unfriend Facebook

VISUAL STORIES

Globe staff photos of the month, November 2019

At Millbrook Farm in Concord, an early Christmas miracle

Photos of Massachusetts’ first major snowfall of the season

Photos: Preserving community in Chinatown

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Father surprises children at Rockland school assembly after 10-month National Guard deployment
Three Rockland brothers were surprised by their father, who had just returned home from a 10-month National Guard deployment overseas, during an assembly at their elementary school Friday afternoon.

Murder suspect said he stole jewelry from victims ‘cause I’m greedy’

A man on trial for the murders of two doctors inside their South Boston condominium told police that the worst thing he did was steal jewelry from the couple, according to a recording of the interview played in court Friday.

Bent, but not broken, at Battle of the Bulge

Local veterans share their stories of survival 75 years after the epic World War II clash.

Should Massachusetts lift its ban on coupons for beer, wine, and liquor?

Forecasters say Friday commute home could be slippery

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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

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Schedule and results for the high school Super Bowls

Eight championship games will be played at Gillette Stadium Dec 6 and 7.

Tom Brady is off the injury report and expecting a bounce-back game

Brady said there has been “a lot of urgency” in practice this week after the loss to the Texans.

New York Knicks fire coach David Fizdale

Marcus Smart expected to be back in Celtics lineup Friday night

Politics

White House says it won’t participate in Monday’s impeachment hearing

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Business

Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet, jury finds

Marijuana

Six with lung illness linked to regulated marijuana vapes, state says

Frustrated by Boston’s public school registration process? You’re not alone

Top Places to Work

The 2019 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Recipes: 5 classic holiday treats made simple

Recipes: Three classic Thanksgiving side dishes made easier

sports

With his wager, Arizona’s Josh Shaw committed a cardinal sin

If they can limit Tyreek Hill and Pat Mahomes just enough, expect the Patriots to stay unbeaten at home

Bill Belichick won’t confirm Patriots will re-sign kicker Nick Folk

metro

Father surprises children at Rockland school assembly after 10-month National Guard deployment

Murder suspect said he stole jewelry from victims ‘cause I’m greedy’

Bent, but not broken, at Battle of the Bulge

Nation

Warren criticizes Buttigieg over closed-door fund-raisers with wealthy donors

Michael Bloomberg says 2020 rivals criticizing his fortune could have made their own

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election

World

Close associates of Israeli PM to be indicted in graft case

Vaccine group announces creation of Ebola vaccine stockpile

Fears rise as at least 13 are stabbed in Baghdad square

politics

Warren criticizes Buttigieg over closed-door fund-raisers with wealthy donors

Michael Bloomberg says 2020 rivals criticizing his fortune could have made their own

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election

business

Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet, jury finds

J.Jill president, CEO steps down

Labor market remained strong in November as US economy added 266,000 jobs and jobless rate fell to 3.5%

lifestyle

6 things to know about Ben Shattuck (psst, he’s Jenny Slate’s fiance)

14 free things to do in Boston this holiday season

‘Jeopardy!’ had a Patriots category, and the contestants fumbled

marijuana

Six with lung illness linked to regulated marijuana vapes, state says

Cowboys DT Antwaun Woods arrested on marijuana, tampering charges

Minnesota sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth vaping rise

opinion

Trump, the Democrats, and the gathering Sturm (and Drang)

We’re all shark researchers now

Bill Barr’s troubling view of law enforcement

food & dining

Restaurant guide: Where to eat in Providence, R.I.

Recipe: When cozy food is in order, clean out the fridge and turn it into vegetable ragu

Recipe: Lightly charred, crispy-skinned roasted sweet potatoes get a head start in the microwave

travel

An amateur and his bike take on the Alps

By car, train, plane, and ferry: 4 long weekend winter getaways

Fly by night: Exploring the secretive world of owls

Books

‘The German House’ an underwhelming tale of overcoming history

Local bestsellers for the week ending 12/1

“Disappearing Earth” author Julia Phillips always has something good on hold

Movies

HBO’s ‘Finding the Way Home’ shows children betrayed — and rescued

Beethoven as inspiration; dogs as art; babies as burdens

A different sort of papal conclave in ‘The Two Popes’

Television

The return of Ian Somerhalder, thanks to ‘V-Wars’

Emilio Delgado recalls his sunny days as Luis on ‘Sesame Street’

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert’s top 10 shows of 2019

music

Bringing Schoenberg to the shadow of a five-story steam engine

At the Orpheum, Tedeschi Trucks share the love

R. Kelly is charged with using bribes so he could marry a 15-year-old singer

Theater/Dance

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

A spirited ‘Oliver!’ at New Rep

Boston Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ keeps the faith

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

Joe Smith, career-making record executive, dies at 91

Howard Cruse, ‘godfather of queer comics,’ dies at 75

Adam Peiperl, creator of kinetic light sculptures, dies at 84