<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/notre-dame-college-football-playoff/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T23:26:40.923Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XQMBYATYBUXUTTBPMIVF4OYSHM.jpg?auth=a44786bf5d20651a1e9fe403ab03ee2104ac8f39fe002664af18b85309172330&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5705&amp;height=3804</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jeremiyah Love is a Heisman Trophy finalist, but his season is over after a playoff-spurned Notre Dame opted out of playing a bowl game.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/ap-female-athlete-year-aja-wilson/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T23:17:24.355Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VFGXZTPV4PZOVSOPSJMQHFAXRE.jpg?auth=7e0c71f91dd3b1884ef3211e17de86ad457b58ebf13a1a88ff0f7677734a491a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7763&amp;height=4880</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Aces center A'ja Wilson commemorates scoring her 5,000th point in her WNBA career after beating the Connecticut Sun on June 25 in Las Vegas. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/boston-city-council-property-tax-rates-2026/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T23:15:39.648Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ALS4T7AMAMXOUA4VO25P2BSHAA.jpg?auth=9159568fd353a2d35db4b842e0babb57be438908a129e52e3fc057eafad4d52f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune is photographed in the council chamber on Dec. 10, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/stoneham-override/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T23:05:21.118Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/C7VX4HCNFNEFXMJ3LH5AULXJQM.jpg?auth=b7ea7e265b42ae8cc9c4172477ee011a357b568a3c9d0383d2ac4da6966aae46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3999&amp;height=2999</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Paul Michaud and his son Bennett, 3, take part in a Save Our Stoneham stand out over the weekend in support of a property tax increase. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/boston-medical-center-stabbing/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T23:00:31.979Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AMPCAD6NSK6CPGNS7BQPCYECPY.JPG?auth=c44f579d4743e1d3afbebee35cceba90aa0c0e1c4584ff416c102bdd267d7beb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A view of Boston Medical Center on September 30, 2024.
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/canada-olympic-mens-hockey/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:59:26.168Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WJD5VZ23KNE2RMMF4BJH6PWV3Y.jpg?auth=7713af1c6ae8d33ee85dded6b522fb2d490b030dc7856eb0594643ff0d6fd51d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5503&amp;height=3669</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Blackhawks star Connor Bedard won the Calder Trophy last season and is a top-three NHL scorer now.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/cedric-lodge-harvard-morgue/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:50:10.846Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N6VMSFQYVFC3FA3SCCUF23YZZA.jpg?auth=d63fa868acdb21ad2f2af19b8708f34bd4352ce89b09f07cb46521ae97683d0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3520&amp;height=1980</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, 55, shielded his face with a printout of the indictment against him as he walked from the federal courthouse in Concord, N.H., in June 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/holyoke-schools/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:49:23.012Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BEJQP3MIGJECLZO6RLXTAZKYWU.jpg?auth=df59921e0ac1b5ef254a32e4f88a2d8cfdc108902c6536f9538a4bef1386f8ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5772&amp;height=3848</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Kyla and Joe Lemelin worked on getting their children, Noah, 3, Julia, 5, prepared for their day before school, at their home in Holyoke on Dec. 3. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/jessie-diggins-olympics-qualified/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:43:02.156Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PS3T7NABN5F6JIH24D4EKUN5BY.jpg?auth=ebe60efda852c376e57306b443d55e85920279c81c6f40f5d0c95b5d22cab6f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4292&amp;height=2861</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jessie Diggins's victory in Trondheim, Norway, over the weekend helped her remain the overall World Cup leader.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/trump-racist-comments-somali/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:40:19.028Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JZOWISCWRVDN3JLIGOTE6DQPR4.jpg?auth=dfecc529fade00cdb0a2be1df27cacc613a0817fb128487eacdf0ed79154c3fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5400&amp;height=3791</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump spoke during a Cabinet meeting at the White House Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/boston-childrens-hale-pediatric-psychiatric-hospital/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:30:52.463Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/L6NBBAS5GQQPU7UTJGHWZWHGQ4.jpg?auth=65e9aec0b3a5c26161eb49f42581bbeada50cc8eee9a972e4a208ac97045ab8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7177&amp;height=5055</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Boston Children's Hospital president and CEO Dr. Kevin Churchwell; psychiatrist in chief Dr. Stacy Drury; and Karen Hale and Rob Hale in the Friendship Garden at the hospital. The $100 million gift from the Hales is the largest donation they have made to a single entity. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/globe-santa-grandparents-raising-grandchildren/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:25:40.409Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RKNHP25YNBGYFAOVDNXWVNVVFQ.png?auth=f04c9e51f836058784c7378df6e3318f949dc3c58f58f00021fb24f0c44357cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=438&amp;height=471</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/suffolk-sheriff-tompkins-extortion-evidence/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:25:20.241Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6S6CHGEF6FGDRBU5JTQ6PSNLRE.jpg?auth=eba287856a12b23e99e0a3e1ffc998daff563ab2cbfcb28ff4eac67c6c74b80a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7228&amp;height=4741</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins (center) stood with his lawyer, Martin G. Weinberg (left), after he pleaded not guilty to extortion charges in August. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/bharat-awasarmol-nj-guilty-plea-gold-bar-scam/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:17:16.775Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LMEXYPX77AFXGSL4VH4JDROHVM.jpg?auth=9775bc0dc3be42397f4dce8fcd57a66ca26e723a09a8522072591d325feea639&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[One kilogram gold bars at the ABC Refinery smelter, operated by Pallion, in Sydney, Australia, on April. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/27/metro/hashtag-that-became-rallying-cry-black-academics/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:13:09.181Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DIORDZNXSLCMRDXOERAFF6ELPQ.jpg?auth=76a5eae683fff2048ce35159d62c04d09e134ee6e497fa983e3d602aca04b704&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4070&amp;height=2876</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Troy Amen, a student at Harvard Medical School and Business School, has been waiting to talk about race and diversity, especially among medical faculty for years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/boston-taxes-wu-spilka-senate/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:07:39.725Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7BP3T5SVHQ6UTOHRPQRMGKRA5Q.jpg?auth=847b39572cf6129c7ddc64530573cfce6c77d9e0787c1bb4d99a18e1593dcd00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor Michelle Wu has so far failed to get state approval for a proposal that would let her shift some of the tax burden to commercial property owners and away from homeowners.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/us-stats-agencies-need-immediate-help-do-their-job-report-says/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T22:05:23.788Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AQEAO3WDPXZ7WZCJDMHGUYACR4.jpg?auth=a7b53c5249e0344ecc61dbacaa4d0e59359aba11ce31cd78cf6880a4c95075aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The headquarters of the US Census Bureau in Suitland, Md., in 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/brian-walshe-trial-live-updates/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:56:17.576Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/56M365II25FIG3CHUSIEOLDLOU.jpg?auth=671d2023163bd654db8d24a47d9e19b02ff136916b10026c96f26a0025c4866b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Walshe, listens to testimony as a photo of his Cohasset, Mass, kitchen is displayed to the court during his murder trial, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/search-begins-find-families-black-boys-buried-abandoned-md-site/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:50:47.584Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QPROAQKSAURAPL7VGWPHKN3LVQ.jpg?auth=917c7a87bf321f09382d5fa2961cd24c04a74dacb0a40fafc3919bddc7c3c457&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5333&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Delegate Jeffrie E. Long Jr. (D-Calvert) led members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland in prayer near a wooded area with gravestones from the site of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/usa-today-eic-exit/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:49:54.472Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WU5EDS526TLY7WZQB3LPN7LKGY.jpg?auth=43cfeaa778b01760d1aa25e234fe01a3ceebe3f27856dbdd39be1e7530d54f71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1146&amp;height=764</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Caren Bohan attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2012.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/woman-gives-birth-self-driving-waymo-robotaxi/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:49:23.369Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ECGWUFET4OVRU76LRBCQASP3KI.jpg?auth=84a7fce40d6a0d236c908e376f7ea4bb897e70713fe4d3f34636980f90022a09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4976&amp;height=3317</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A Waymo car in San Francisco. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/fed-reserve-rate-cuts/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:48:35.931Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HMYQODMFWVCQ6X2F6CNDP6PMFA.jpg?auth=c1971e94a753f9dfa5878238928036d656a0addd59284341def8948b3d1e3d07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3442&amp;height=2294</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/new-york-times-trump-health/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:41:11.918Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CITWND5KDFDJFNQ552JHTGDJPY.jpg?auth=f3bdba5a1aed3559d4fb2c9d72d81a4cb3ed0fb51f565cfec6334793cf696a9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4429&amp;height=2953</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump spoke during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on 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hearing.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/brian-walshe-murder-trial-gem-mutlu/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:37:28.529Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7ND6EIYIZVT24IUZQUQGZ4FOBM.jpg?auth=3c713f7f2b0d3179e198df3ea3b802d06ada4169b1d4f233975dccd29f7edeb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1730</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Walshe (left), facing a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing his wife Ana Walshe, spoke with his lawyer Kelli Porges (right) during testimony in his trial on Wednesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/ge-vernova-stock-dividend-buybacks/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:28:19.897Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DNBUQKEOIBQEHJNSPYOZ7KQEGA.jpg?auth=4071c0fb6abf99406f180d38bd7e5db1d30b291e8d7751b31a5a8a4da919627f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3556&amp;height=2371</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[GE Vernova chief executive Scott Strazik in the company's Cambridge headquarters last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/scientists-discover-oldest-evidence-human-made-fire-400000-year-old-hearth/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:27:09.606Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EDCRVXTBDGNLFHVSQJVEBBA5Z4.jpg?auth=5f8d7ca95c8fac03ff091fc8c39e7c5c5f81a2591944fb2fb10801c26b89cec6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5100&amp;height=3508</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An artist’s impression of sparks from flint and pyrite.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/miami-mayoral-election-trump-democrats/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:25:50.292Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E7BTS2CDKFANOXJA5YIGXETMAQ.jpg?auth=6feb9a708f4da6df720405aac0a0c9db2071f0201a6e6a5a8a1cb2ce99009027&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5315&amp;height=3544</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins spoke at her campaign headquarters on Wednesday, in Miami.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/visa-ban-stops-2-surgeons-treating-patients-chad/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:21:48.61Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZPLNQL66VGSJJRJXOH6L5RLBMM.jpg?auth=c875edb8231ffcc4456a71b14750fe18d03993baecc4899ed53ec0f663316f34&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1600&amp;height=1200</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The surgical ward at Béré Adventist Hospital in rural Chad, seen in May.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/botulism-outbreak-expands-all-byheart-products/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:07:35.985Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DBKL46WYOVWJUPDLXKXKAZYW6U.jpg?auth=530ea87f0105b7c72fffa45a6be91788ef6e8309b361fe5e94e9058068fcd726&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1620&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FILE - Stephen Dexter holds a container of ByHeart baby formula, which was recently recalled by ByHeart, in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/epstein-files-unsealed-request/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T21:00:29.551Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/553FHKJXFRAN3GXSSW7UD3S3GU.jpg?auth=02739e32cf290ce286b2bfafcaa408f51047a9eee566ee4145d18ab33ffeffba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5418&amp;height=3677</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last 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year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/boston-ice-tea-party-protest/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T20:47:09.172Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BMWUSJRSZBP2LF24YO4PNAABSY.jpg?auth=efc19d6e9f122780026663b1d42479a71368ba06af2bb803c26a9d75bbe4157e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5472&amp;height=3648</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial view of Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum in Boston leading up to the 250th anniversary of the American colonists' protest, pictured on Dec. 12, 2023. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/business/hellenic-college-land-sale-jamaica-plain/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T20:46:27.334Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KS7NS62BVG733ZIA3Z53RLHCTI.jpg?auth=a6d95636c43c6354fd979cf165649aa3ce7a7eb9eae9770be442ef7cc1a8feab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3556&amp;height=2388</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is preparing to sell about 25 acres of its campus on the Boston-Brookline border for use as conservation land.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/immigrants-miss-school-fear-ice-poll/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T20:41:03.63Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/55FYF5NTDRK4V2D7TGG4AUFQG4.jpg?auth=147d09ee5dc8a8b80ce6c3a3f525d17f9cb90c4695dfc53525282f2b24cacd35&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1987&amp;height=1355</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Almost two-thirds of school principals said children in immigrant families have missed classes because of fears of ICE enforcement activity. Pictured: Fifth grade math teacher Linda Wallace walked among her students in a school in Chelsea, where school enrollment declined by 300 students citywide.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/whale-tangled-in-fishing-line-georgia/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T20:29:57.134Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZLMNMFV5QFYN72W5MDK4SGAVTM.JPG?auth=1ce140c060d8e96aab561bd54eca0ee98a742e4ac580707b46fb87d94b47822c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=970&amp;height=670</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Division, a 3-year-old male North Atlantic right whale, swims off Jekyll Island, Georgia, on Dec. 3 with fishing line and rope entangled around his body.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/bruins-marco-sturm-lineup/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:55:44.033Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RS7YDUVD5RVOCCMUV6JHLMC2RQ.jpg?auth=b8053bfe43b0dc95bb3c7c4a7d51bed36de7e84036e084fcc0d19d2da4f4ced4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3696&amp;height=2464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Marco Sturm shuffled his lineup on Tuesday with the return of David Pastrnak.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:37:20.703Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5AKQTVHKZLTATKJJBMS444RW5E.jpg?auth=e46fd6f0baaf6c650b91b61002d28f6c12bb1bb47be6d15128647d1ad9115472&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Olga Urbina held her son, Ares Webster, as people gathered outside the Supreme Court on May 15 to protest President Trump’s policy to end birthright citizenship. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/nh-woodlock-sentenced-ydc-sexual-assault/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:36:39.964Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LYYO7WVCEHSJJR6WA2HDKLCGTI.JPG?auth=f5c037ec31ac366a4afde70154708e6f55368bbeea99116a1a676a7871d22142&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3780&amp;height=2521</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[James Woodlock is arraigned via video as Judge William Lyons presides at right, Thursday, April 8, 2021, at Manchester, N.H. District Court, in connection with sexual abuse allegations at the Sununu Youth Services Center, a state-run youth detention center.   ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/nh-us-attorney-creegan-confirmation/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:36:04.637Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WIH3SQ3BY5DNHJTO63OTTBGASA.JPG?auth=9edef9b695992bc3e5cc7b495e7e29263bc2acda87f2a77e681157799761e468&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3396&amp;height=2547</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Erin Creegan, who had been serving as general counsel for the New Hampshire Judicial Branch, was appointed as interim US attorney for New Hampshire, effective Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/reality-winner-is-this-a-room-apollinaire/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:33:05.658Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/YVW53ADC2N3JTELYRLDC7PWQLQ.jpg?auth=c629d11a4c43294e3a374daf03ebc6213af9169ec938512ca8157c53e18f6840&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7917&amp;height=5278</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Parker Jennings, center, as Reality Winner, with, from left, Brooks Reeves, and Cristhian Mancinas-García during rehearsal for the Apollinaire Theatre Company's production of "Is This a Room." ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/metro/spotify-or-not-have-no-shame-about-your-2025-playlist/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:28:51.898Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BYDLMYWTUEMOCFGMGXXCEBLWCU.jpg?auth=d159bc7aff23d0535acf66540279827225aa183a5e94a5b1dbd8ac76f19640f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4414&amp;height=2943</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tyler, The Creator delivered the author's favorite album of the year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/metro/geminids-meteor-shower-peak/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:26:38.989Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DYTIYBVV42A6ZWVK4X3IQKU2IU.jpg?auth=e7f2a860940993dfd637301d7781e519935d059e0de441a5624f48668d9f1ded&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6960&amp;height=4640</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In this 2023 photo provided by NOIRLab, meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streaked across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab, located about 56 miles southwest of Tucson. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/nation/trump-administration-pennsylvania-rally/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:25:00.67Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/666CPGRZOOUAGCM2A7ZCKZNLTQ.jpg?auth=9458a143991ce3a01edd4a2c7cce5c1161397f2d680b6a8ac97e7b52d80bf4d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3849&amp;height=2566</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump spoke at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Tuesday in Mount Pocono, Pa.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/water-main-break-worcester/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T19:17:04.135Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZA3LVFGRO2GUW3PBA5K77G34BE.JPG?auth=d922bdcab2e90961b1ab02b54cfc78d1a8e20c70a6b6eabfaecb97d24d3dd1d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1152</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A water main broke in Worcester on Wednesday, closing multiple streets. (Worcester Police Department)11water]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/central-falls-house-fire-ri/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T18:36:11.261Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NALFMBOZZMQZMNFQ6MSSGQEJUI.JPG?auth=3791beb153a01af43e280a820534e48ed914e5ede684c29ad301bb6bbdca328c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=4284</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Eighteen people are displaced after a four-alarm fire engulfed a triple-decker home on Mary Street in Central Falls, R.I., early Wednesday morning. 
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/calibri-font-dei-target-marco-rubio/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T18:24:50.268Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/B4MU2OKGGGEYRJ6Y5Q6HND5XPI.jpg?auth=ce1ab834bbee3cd050475786ba377fdc2f8630cc29b10344a07161e5da6b0b32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5000&amp;height=3333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived to join Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol to brief lawmakers on the military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew in the Caribbean near Venezuela Sept. 2, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 9.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/blue-world-adult-swim/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T18:00:54.091Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/O3A22KDY4ZGFTPELRVLJEVU2NQ.tif?auth=6500020330496b2add94f92e14b3a155b9a212cda45a05d3cd30b33301a81858&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A scene from Adult Swim's "Haha, You Clowns."]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/what-to-know-epstein-files/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:58:45.803Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FHADBDKWSJV3PBZJTKM7KDXBOQ.jpg?auth=fffdf1c16e6dfabf3c7d4d3341a53ee18ba42d63a17956fe2323ebecd827d2e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5000&amp;height=3333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sky Roberts, brother of prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, speaks as his wife Amanda holds her photograph during a news conference as the House prepares to vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, at the Capitol in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/opinion/art-museums-babies/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:54:31.738Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FZQ6VQXDBZBY7J2B2TOADAI2XU.jpg?auth=22395cd698f4f5f6d591296820694ba55a27d3b8a470db4ec6a75ebc5728ac16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1350</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Leaping Trout, by Winslow Homer at the MFA.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/boston-music-awards-new-categories/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:44:33.072Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E2YBZOOJFXSWHYS6ZKAFYKMIUU.jpg?auth=91b57ca81ab26c49fe546fa908ea8f56fbe4c49b425cc6b0b638717c739d8358&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2100&amp;height=1350</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Echezona (left) and Roots Alley Collective are two of the 
Afro/Caribbean artist of the year nominees at this year's Boston Music Awards.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/jennifer-lynn-fay-disappearance/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:17:52.672Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FLTZQPJ4H2XY3IAO3MHJD27FJ4.JPG?auth=d242d5dc88f51b64c3715f83f86ffde3b7253c8ed4d4e4320b9134e2b017502a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1817&amp;height=2154</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Lynn Fay has been missing since Nov. 14, 1989. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/the-secret-agent-wagner-moura/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:11:44.27Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EXMU4B6ROSQNXHJ4GXBWKVF65E.jpeg?auth=d846dac138dd38f5ccd24652d98bcc0e6cb6850e81c1c4676743656fd20e7aef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1600&amp;height=1067</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wagner Moura in "The Secret Agent," directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/ella-mccay-emma-mackey-review/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T17:00:02.209Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6OD3C6G47J3Q5A4MVCFQVNYVYM.jpg?auth=d91e449d25b1023818c68cd19726f1d5ec221e93e36defc6075f71569c220df5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6240&amp;height=4160</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Emma Mackey as Ella McCay.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/sophie-kinsella-obituary/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T16:43:27.331Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6KEJDXOTNJ256RSATXAMYK7HYA.jpg?auth=3456cc77cdf51325e87e603fbb5e7da9839ced16b675f5d2365702d02a472b4d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1519</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Author Sophie Kinsella in 2004. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/metro/boston-bilingual-students-parent-mentors/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T16:14:09.881Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Q3OQNYSF44PM6DIRSV2NXBFXQQ.jpg?auth=50aa26e80df2f8531ef47359b4b1ad6dcdff96aff6ea16381fdbc5b91b24705f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, parents participate in a program that trains parents of English language learners to become educators in their child's classroom. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/ella-mccay-movie-rhode-island/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T16:00:08.07Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JSIIEPFKGKXAMRRJUKH4LC7HE4.jpg?auth=f440fa3d50ada3e3235aab543b027a17bc91207ab68908416aba32899f4270fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3453&amp;height=2385</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA["Ella McCay" cast members Jamie Lee Curtis, left, and Emma Mackey, center, with director James L. Brooks, right, at a Rhode Island State House event in February 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/roslindale-woman-charged/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:59:26.456Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/the-drama-teaser-trailer-zendaya-robert-pattinson/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:52:51.001Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/U2ASARLINBGA3KPCE2MJPPOQRA.jpg?auth=a3dfca7e297074e2da0726dcc74445e06b3652c3d07a33b5db640f127107e6e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1926&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star in "The Drama."]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/trump-cognitive-tests-dementia/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:51:18Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XHDH5EX6P6JCWNOMZRM7MIBDHU.jpg?auth=c776b9f20c63a14baf20746545d017d6c43d8633bdd4e9ab659b2b65a00502fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3389&amp;height=2259</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump spoke at a rally at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mt. Pocono, Pa., Tuesday. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/warner-bros-bid-tencent-national-security-issues/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:50:42.388Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SMPCSDW4OPZC7BISHPN45POVFE.jpg?auth=37fe1ae2e4d7fa7c6db14a435de47462b3a145bd5678636da5e4858d371218e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5624&amp;height=3749</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/manchester-new-hampshire-fatal-police-shooting/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:50:34.25Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/lifestyle/met-gala-beyonce-venus-williams-nicole-kidman/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:41:06.887Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MMZM6LDO42ZN7UINUGAMWNL4A4.jpg?auth=43c7eacf2212b86c84dd3f5ac61004fc4f7ee1f78606eb491a0f8f0403682b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2040&amp;height=1523</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award as presenter Stevie Wonder looks on during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/common-cause-aclu-ri-voter-data-lawsuit/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:40:34.879Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RYCTMDGYD3B2S7ABHDRETHEF4I.jpg?auth=e128d918c737dc0b906c7a0a0c7814583eb3562d3914c5ff6204418b25519376&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[US District Court in Providence. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/red-sox-johan-oviedo/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:30:59.122Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SL2TJSO6HNPT5DXKJDJCBP7TQM.jpg?auth=30a9d75f1073bd13d7e7b8615b48ed0271c0d49055ff99edea42c146d709a6dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3078&amp;height=2052</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Johan Oviedo was acquired by the Red Sox on Thursday. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/borrowers-face-unexpected-taxes/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:30:39.611Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RQPN7OEX4GKWTJDPJJ7ZRETVOE.jpg?auth=e897fa7531246a1fa907b3ddd27031934d3e2f97d450a0ea70c8a529dc914e4e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5725&amp;height=3817</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Some people who have their student loans canceled will face unexpected tax bills if the Trump administration does not restore an exemption expiring at the end of 2025.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/science/ahold-delhaize-grocery-store-methane-emissions/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:26:12.854Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HOX5REJ6FR2PAJABJRI4O5CK7M.jpg?auth=72da67919bfd71e5d9dc8af73aafc45f3211f8ca7ddc9c606ec280695064a2e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3556&amp;height=2371</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hannaford, a regional grocery chain, announced in 2021 that it had achieved zero food waste going to landfills. Still, a new report says US grocers need to be more ambitious and transparent in their waste diversion actions. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/trump-california-national-guard-los-angeles/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:19:58.012Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MEHPHKWPVVKKGUU7MLNWI6X54M.jpg?auth=cd120b75629ace5354c3ea4e458362fd25c524133e513baf1b0e37348a9069a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3936&amp;height=2632</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the California National Guard and US Marines guard a federal building in Los Angeles over the summer. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/new-england-boston-storm-forecast/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:15:09.44Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WLCVZ2KPGBBGRFUQPDOGE4OENA.png?auth=f194a32fbca696262958ae2c5bd918f9d86ceaf11b56fa304a1ec4fd87b0b257&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wednesday's forecast snow totals across New England.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/fifa-trump-peace-prize-trump-ethics-complaint/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:06:21.652Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/32NGSCO73UTV33GEMVNFU6WM4A.jpg?auth=f3f6c1b80f00b627f2ee7b70d0bd5c60591aa6ac4cba9f30f6d9f5c19cfe49d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7563&amp;height=5041</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/real-estate/holiday-house-tours-boston-salem-historic-homes-christmas/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T15:05:52.579Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/U6PZZEKXMO6KABHNIU7Z7BIMU4.jpg?auth=fa978b246bb78e968ad00e2cf8acf15a78e40b9471a5c91e74071bf6bb73aa8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8048&amp;height=5173</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[People line up to tour the home of Janice LeBel on the second day of the 46th annual Christmas in Salem home tour on Dec. 7, 2025.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/review-wilbury-theatre-octet-musical-ri/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:43:35.296Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/46N44P7EW3MYPLBJXJZXWBAXMI.jpeg?auth=2ad7c32343f9ba4956cb9aaad127007e4883b92693dbfa3e27708e9bcfe6393a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Jenna Benzinger, Jason Quinn, Alexander Boyle, Helena Tafuri, Naomi Tyler, and Jason Cabral and the Wilbury Theater Group cast of "Octet," which is running  Dec. 4-21 at the Providence theater. (Erin X. Smithers)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/business/massachusetts-health-insurance-connector/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:35:34.281Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EITYF2GTFZUIPXCLQWZ42UIZXU.jpg?auth=7e1e2f66b1e5ee14c5f7a3a62d324c3949acd0da12e00fc01170584cbb306216&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5307&amp;height=3538</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Massachusetts Health Connector Executive Director Audrey Morse Gasteier posed for a portrait in the state health insurance marketplace's office in Boston on July 2. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/ice-church-protest-nativity-scene-dedham/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:35:26.709Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TGGHKESNL5VPVN42AHQQF23E5E.jpg?auth=baa1dc3ca5e257475eec7a8f19dd87f2b3207432136f3cc269968c77ee2374af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7347&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Father Stephen Josoma in the rectory at  St. Susanna Church in Dedham.  He said that the nativity there will continue to see the absence of baby Jesus as a protest of ICE.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/real-estate/boston-vermont-new-hampshire-real-estate-market-2026/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:22:46.899Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3L2KYFRNVVGIAFCG3N74LTPFZM.jpg?auth=0287d67f66bb91d741bbc8688a9c87ab78a0b7c6c1334fc84987346d40585113&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A view of the Boston skyline from Nubian Square in Roxbury. 
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/dalton-and-the-sheriffs-hiatus/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:19:53.178Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AZ5X6UJDAXZ5OHIZTXBRGSTHLY.jpg?auth=3f216697491d555f0ff7c5a8798bed1ff0bdaeb80a439c9a195ad82838db9a5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3999&amp;height=3181</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Scully is the lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist for the Boston country band Dalton & the Sheriffs. The band will go on an indefinite hiatus after a Dec. 12 fundraiser at the House of Blues.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/lifestyle/saks-personal-shopper-fraud/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T14:10:40.14Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/H2OZTQSNWRAFHFGUDG6VICBGXM.jpg?auth=20f12c48aaa481dfa9f538e9606e85fbc57f629f8c99816ce9a14c77d95e27b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2845&amp;height=2134</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Suhail Kwatra at Saks in 2014.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/franchise-changing-decisions-for-red-sox/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:50:15.664Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N6PL2DSTG7H22I5KKH2PRENBQM.JPG?auth=5d03657f9295dfced8d7e531bc1b8db155b52894f583c49c2d37d9d168fc4bd7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4564&amp;height=3043</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Red Sox goal is to bring back free agent third baseman Alex Bregman.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/democrat-wins-miami-mayoral-race/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:20:51.409Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XZMO7ILFIBCUR3PDFMRBRYC52M.jpg?auth=c12a6597ac849862f8ca9f02e1cdffee8644a72f37b68b88f198702c563fc23d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5611&amp;height=3741</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins celebrates at a watch party after winning the Miami mayoral runoff election.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/science/judge-overturns-trump-wind-projects/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:17:58.955Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/COO4CKO4U5B2RHJ3HLMTI5JBTQ.jpg?auth=f4f0adccefa06fb93461b83a64de354834d21b7184e0b47774a2ac4e9237bb15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1805&amp;height=1203</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Vineyard Wind turbines spin off the coast of Nantucket.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/fraser-minten-mark-kastelic-each-bury-pair-goals-bruins-road-win-over-blues/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:15:20.647Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NU3TX2NWHIFPMEZPL32TE5LSRM.jpg?auth=6e87d8d3af6a03c77f0e8299c0c4891e8a495e4116872c1b315fb57f4ca1dbf1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3088&amp;height=2059</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bruins center Fraser Minten (No. 93) scored a pair of goals in Tuesday night's 5-2 win over the host Blues.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/us-military-fighter-jets-venezuela/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:14:42.968Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OFUMBUQR6J3NQVYJT26NZCJBXQ.jpg?auth=d41080be672b41b65553689a3225eba078cf1d554658be3dfd117692fcc69586&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5187&amp;height=3458</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during news conference with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/celtics-recent-improvement/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T13:07:00.838Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LRYSPCDGXBMXKZRCPYHMDIVHPM.JPG?auth=5e5b34a9579aa741fad1468a898877de76a738dfb9555984cdb05ecd2e68eb0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4881&amp;height=3254</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Derrick White is shooting nearly 40 percent from the 3-point line during the Celtics' recent 10-2 streak, a marked improvement from his 28 percent in the first 12 games.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/arts/lorna-simpson-ica-meraki-prize/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T12:54:26.605Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BWHRN7P4PRGNTHOSHDT3EMOW5Q.jpg?auth=b650c49af90a1001d31ac661eae92ef82aa3d8dfd07d1e93f291a029c5999b0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1000&amp;height=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lorna Simpson is the 2026 recipient of the ICA's Meraki Artist Award, which was established last year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/either-orchestra-returns/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T12:30:00.523Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UR6YO262JVHHNMTKO3HWFSULRA.tiff?auth=1b71d1d0f6149e9d8fc0754e2ca162cccf6b8d418933fda6ec83455989482cc0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=915&amp;height=686</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Either/Orchestra performs at Regattabar Dec. 17.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/newsletters/starting-point-atlantic-magazine-boston/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T12:10:20.297Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/J6TFDCPSG5E5TBULKAE7TTQ4RU.jpg?auth=59ab745df9f5cd11e6bbbab7fc7012143f53d9a9b1d6642c328c8dfeae79f4ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500&amp;height=1000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg spoke with NPR host Meghna Chakrabarti at WBUR's CitySpace for the first "The Atlantic Across America" event on Dec. 2. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/boston-forecast-maps-snowstorm/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T12:07:57.273Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QLNLCKUBENFB7HDLHFBWVLQXU4.gif?auth=5aaacafde95a02f049a7355ce75fcde094197ff03c4e3a345ac6b1b22e67ba88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800&amp;height=450</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wednesday will see a storm bringing snow and rain to New England beginning mid-morning and lasting through the evening.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/carrie-romney-mitt-romney-suicide-death/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:12:56.87Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F3EFBWNAGW3QLM7OBXXRH45GYM.jpg?auth=0de04fd3b041f99fcb876d0bb94ee10af61e54df1910a60dd7500410ba517478&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, spoke during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in January, 2022. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/magazine/lonely-widow-dating-religious-man/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:00:13.199Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HGKKT76N2NABRF7NYNT5E56WVE.jpg?auth=cf7be728a5d1345f7c91e7167ae26d539e803dfd8881d7179af67b59f32c85e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=827&amp;height=827</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/faneuil-hall-marketplace-safra-boston/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:00:12.664Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/Y2UHGN53UFFGUYBDFIWDE6OKV4.JPG?auth=055429a2864598ee90aa202eb84af90782fda9a60f9dbb708228dccc0f99570a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse vendor stalls at Quincy Market, one of the busiest corridors of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/lifestyle/ritcey-east-snap-recipients-governor/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:00:11.541Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QWKTGDF6LPDFRHIYQFAAYV3BGQ.JPG?auth=6ad8e15e0b2bb92e0166fb97804c9f64e14fc3feb17a07a4701ea5b589deedb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7278&amp;height=4852</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Chelsea Ritcey and Max Ritcey, in the dining area of Ritcey East in Watertown. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/business/scams-holiday-season-emails-texts/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:00:10.097Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WTB5RRDCTJC2LBNLKSJLLTB7VA.jpg?auth=70a8968e1c3fec8f08d2a4db1c2ea932dfd02631857dc1b33b2408efad94fcff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7956&amp;height=5295</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[If you see or hear the words “gift card” in any communication from someone unfamiliar to you, think “scam danger.”]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/arts/dick-van-dyke-american-masters/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T11:00:04.687Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LZFXH6KX6VAQPZHDQZTB7NHAXM.jpg?auth=eed4f6b16826114dbfa56b4ddaad67b437b47320ce357cf86dc5920d2d5a3423&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dick Van Dyke at home in Malibu, Calif., in 2021.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/commentary-cap-utility-spending-ri/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T10:55:00.334Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/D4D5W63J4AFJ5BJZIFLYJ7LKC4.jpg?auth=f5e8c5370f773139de4804d824ea078927b9f0f646322e9746278a095eb7547b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7646&amp;height=4525</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Gas meters at a Medford, Mass., condo building in January.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/morocco-building-collapse/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T10:52:51.156Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/patriots-drake-maye-marcus-jones/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T10:00:02.436Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JV6YY7IL3PPVT7QM4PVR27JJEU.JPG?auth=a4695ee9f2d45542778c4586b37fd60f5300f2e63b07459146ff7f68b941aad8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3699&amp;height=2466</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Marcus Jones's burst and acceleration make him ideal for returning punts.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/gerrymandering-texas-california-congress/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T09:00:02.588Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/22NINIFCRTALXBQRQQVZKQHYI4.jpg?auth=93086978e5a1b4497218d1dd3fd8d9ae6e7141b7098b5cbca1bd001f746ad81e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[One way to reduce the power of gerrymandering would be to increase the number of seats in Congress. There is nothing special about the House of Representative’s current size, 435 members, and no practical reason why it couldn’t be bigger.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/australia-social-media-ban/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:13:01.391Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/56CELCJ3KZ2PBBQNBDFNXSHZX4.jpg?auth=09f8eead869b54295489dcb0de830b38d4cccda84a6feaf1d2e61e96e85ee352&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6314&amp;height=4210</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson, and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, on Dec. 8.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/david-drake-museum-fine-arts-potter/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:00:01.601Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3WI73X2IBTXS23XOGGWIVTTCGA.jpg?auth=ef35f0100890c75bb10c8981321c61674a9ba03b6f1bec66d51c6955807cd569&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2033&amp;height=1355</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At a time when it was a crime to teach enslaved people to read or write, David Drake defiantly inscribed his name and polysemous verses of poetry onto his jars.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-america/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:00:01.517Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4X2L2ZVZFICR7DEMHTFUAWWKII.jpg?auth=e2ae6b1647bb22534eeb8ea16100bed171c04a6d7f1a349e8aa042542a13cabe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A young child held an American flag during a campaign rally on Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Ga.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/miaa-girls-hockey-players-to-watch/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:00:01.014Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P3Y7FEAFQCOXVZNLZVKRYTYGZQ.JPG?auth=ec7e5ce141f26f834b1da9f72763ce7b13f5a9198063407440cb1f0e5dd67e94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4715&amp;height=3144</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sabrina Stone posted 27 goals and 16 assists to earn Bay State (Herget) MVP honors and lead Milton to a Division 2 championship game appearance]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/miaa-girls-hockey-rankings-globe-top-20/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:00:00.976Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SXYRL77H7XZLGLGUFEV2BRF7A4.jpg?auth=1b558c6273972e21b9749564dab488fdd799396046eec7a762d14721aad21ecd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1865</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Callie Crean leads Hingham into the season as the defending Division 1 champions and the No. 1 team in the Globe's preseason rankings. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/sports/bishop-feehan-girls-hockey-georgia-murray/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T08:00:00.902Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4JKCF6JPOI5SJXUUZBJ2RRFGVY.JPG?auth=16bbb4fecf3ca99e789ea820e173d0e6e0d1d3ed720b928e882e2911ef9ea28d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4689&amp;height=3126</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Now a captain, Bishop Feehan junior center Georgia Murray produced a program-record 58 points, with 36 assists, as a sophomore. 
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/world/trump-administration-moving-closer-to-resolving-turkeys-f-35-ban/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:54:05.39Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BSUNNQVPRXIEB4HBILVVYUYLCM.jpg?auth=7c2232939706d839d048401d205f63763d30ab4669382616b06c0ef82986be07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3779&amp;height=2519</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump, right, shakes the hand of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 25, in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/letters-mayor-wu-boston-property-tax/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:30:00.581Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WXUXIZGW2VHX3P3YJRHE2JJQZU.jpg?auth=bb1107c49512eb64dc23e04cba038abc2960cad34fc8f61367724a2b6bdbc8a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=2100</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston greeted members of a senior center visiting for Hispanic Heritage Month outside City Hall on Oct. 15.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/letters-boston-neighborhood-schools-busing/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:20:00.33Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/J2RBMK2BATT733UGLOUG4K6F7A.jpg?auth=828818d02c477055c449c1554ebef06ce48dd7f2ba3dac9b168d18e9635d3a14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Children lined up outside the Phineas Bates Elementary School in Roslindale last month.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/letters-harvard-and-its-undergrads/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:10:00.322Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KVULCQIBPGIOCNBEMZEHQRFJQ4.JPG?auth=4c9b75440fb5693a0f66bae95bbe0cbef4a6404fe02fee9ee2ccf87705613be1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4838&amp;height=3005</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The tower on the Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University at sunset, as seen Dec. 3 from near Cambridge Common.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/lifestyle/best-cookbooks-2025/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:06:44.335Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FFM7OVNZVFATBNWEFFYMEYODEI.jpg?auth=2802e50c1216708ff3e27e2c3cb7d0b57d0dc8d4bb5c7a1684a31a51eefc9206&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[These are some of the best cookbooks of the year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/letters-trump-fifa-world-cup/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T07:00:01.78Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NNR4E5EJOIFO7YLF2HK2IAT4VY.jpg?auth=9ccb6d6a0767325f969f26109f193868dca7d6f6ed5c12e3cd3cd0b647303fca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5555&amp;height=3703</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump (left) spoke to reporters as FIFA president Gianni Infantino stood by at the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 5 in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/jubilant-sykes-stabbed-to-death-at-california-home/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T06:23:35.664Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/A5D6TF7R7Y6AJUYO23FV4H5SMY.jpg?auth=aa97f8c687db702268e10eb47b32953b0c21e30f1f51447a4c87ff675c34c0fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2290&amp;height=1527</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/georgia-special-election/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:47:38.579Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TA534ZDKRHAJ3LGB24HPXTAW3M.jpg?auth=5994a0138c2b080c9936a4e52b5ebd87df45c79eb5cd9132c6365df7ed06da5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3984&amp;height=2656</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Democrat Eric Gisler talks to supporters about his election victory in a Georgia state House race on Dec. 9, at the Trappeze Pub in Athens, Ga.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/trumps-crackdown-immigration-is-taking-toll-child-care-workers/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:24:06.517Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NVY7LYLXZFQMLFXLKPFZLYNKAU.jpg?auth=7a16b86c4737b3a4ffb5e5bb283d5beff69438eb8f9d4f790723e77faab4f7a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5063&amp;height=3375</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Families leave CentroNia at the end of the school day in Washington, on Dec. 9.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/david-pastrnak-charlie-mcavoy-bruins/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:19:16.157Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZB72DKY2K7CT4EQ3EFO7WDY4D4.JPG?auth=3f0fa1b56f9726994c8190df109329d72cd8ec0bb7938ddadffa8a68a84e366d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3332&amp;height=2222</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[David Pastrnak has missed the last five games with a lower-body injury. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/supreme-court-alabama-appeal-execution/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:17:58.654Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FXSAMNAVVMMQOEXRCMMQG3UF2M.jpg?auth=a5e0400161e51473ca2ab6291cd7fb3401da917d746a7344e51c6f94d452f420&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Supreme Court facade is seen in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/texas-senate-race-different-strategies/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:11:32.178Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AFQIFDTQ72I2Y3MD2EFVTUHVTE.jpg?auth=fbf3888c7a1466c76909eebf1b2e5fdbef72ff8f46338c9e3e886430157118cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5318&amp;height=3545</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Representative Jasmine Crockett speaks to reporters after announcing her run in the Democratic primary for US Senate, Dec. 8, in Dallas.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/nation/georgia-hand-marked-ballots-election-emergencies/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:07:58.452Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NB44K4M2Q7K4RHCMJZKBCDMN4A.jpg?auth=877c2615b532bdd49dceb2d7ed17eb56fd9ca8f0dd067e8892810eb3e95afa6b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5084&amp;height=3390</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/lifestyle/bird-sightings-cape-cod/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:00:03.928Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/lifestyle/mutual-friend-turns-two-friends-against-third/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:00:03.827Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/today-history-teddy-roosevelt-is-first-american-win-nobel-prize/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T05:00:02.745Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/byu-clemson-brockton-aj-dybantsa/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T04:41:17.044Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CGFODULWHFDET266AAWA24TFDI.jpg?auth=d8ef0c5796ed28ee8330c83bffeca359d74bfb4f1d4bfa70a2b7161793807913&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[BYU forward AJ Dybantsa reacts after setting up a dunk for teammate Keba Keita during the second half on Tuesday night against Clemson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/red-sox-trades/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T03:59:49.623Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HOJ7C5IEKVWQTPXKKUO2GA76ME.jpg?auth=1b5e1d4c99b09fd360bfbcbb0b082721fe98643d7a9b6bd5b618280ffc404426&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6249&amp;height=4166</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Red Sox are very much interested in Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel 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Shine is a scientist who donated blood plasma that is used to create the treatment for infant botulism.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/nation/north-carolina-high-school-stabbing/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T03:28:41.116Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GVYNOLXKOYI6DB6H5VO7GCPEQU.jpg?auth=1806e6707d99b9741ab936144dd2693823d4429880cdc89bd6599f5d22c3b750&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1937</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Family members and friends of North Forsyth High School students watch and wait in a parking lot across the street from the school after a fatal stabbing , Dec. 9, in Winston-Salem, N.C.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/man-charged-cold-cases-vermont-massachusetts/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T03:03:33.043Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/nation/trump-presidency-live-updates/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T03:02:11.886Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7GBVDGUQ3Y2VX2HNY3SXNZRMWQ.jpg?auth=2b9f31c0c2c1d6a15c8b05b22c4b3a2728ddb4669b4892d431e6b08c9b920474&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1333</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Trump spoke on inflation at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/nh-report-hospitals-health-care-cost/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T02:54:08.158Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PXTDBVV5QFEQWHDMHNVNLPNOCE.jpg?auth=d7e583fcb7d372924fc59a7cc2e9116c4e832d4e275e78e3e4519b9d639311d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An empty bed in a room at the emergency department at a hospital in San Diego, Calif.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/sports/lionel-messi-mls-mvp/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:58:00.435Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3SQB5IIQILYBQSSS7DB4Q3FCKI.jpg?auth=4d76ef30a355686dce2855ba455d331d8dcf2ac4f534afdd65a622755db8c266&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6500&amp;height=4314</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lionel Messi led Inter Miami in the regular season, then lifted the franchise's first MLS Cup on Dec. 6.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/massachusetts-state-of-the-judiciary-courts-kimberly-budd/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:54:52.27Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/K766MCWZYU4YDSZSXN3GNDKK44.JPG?auth=4a8983564ed32baecfa6c4de3d466e7a3bb07a720d6ea4f899d36f32c7a63496&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1600&amp;height=746</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd (R) and Justice Frank Gaziano listened to arguments from Karen Read's defense team bid to get some charges dropped in November 2024. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/nation/hegseth-boat-strikes-video/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:48:26.102Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SV6CUKPS6RBIJMVZRWXJAMI6CY.jpg?auth=5fb2da7da3f2fa800b565ebd4b0f9fcc085a52bf19793c5411d8a827c998affe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4683&amp;height=3122</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth arrives for a closed door meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/brian-walshe-trial-ana-walshe-dna-evidence/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:37:07.506Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5HWQLR3OPCRKNJ6MQA73422P3Q.jpg?auth=21c74977f9232902658765b5d49cf989f70368ce920223ef59107d321e6ae914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ At Norfolk  Superior Court Tuesday, Brian Walshe speaks with his lawyer during testimony at the murder trial of his wife, Ana. 
]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/metro/im-counting-my-degree-pull-us-out-poverty/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:16:11.747Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RKNHP25YNBGYFAOVDNXWVNVVFQ.png?auth=f04c9e51f836058784c7378df6e3318f949dc3c58f58f00021fb24f0c44357cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=438&amp;height=471</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/metro/long-term-care-insurance-tax/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-10T00:11:10.577Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://bostonglobe-bostonglobe-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NTAHD63SNRCJEB5MB3NYQN56CY.jpg?auth=e1aab206011faba497386ab430ec8e6b127be14b30121ee0ae74067a5fa9cc30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[ Jane Brown (right) sat with her attorney, Kathleen Lynch Moncata, who is an elder law attorney.  Brown’s husband died three years ago from Alzheimer’s, and the care he needed nearly bankrupted her.  State health leaders are considering creating a public long-term care insurance program to help people pay for care as they age and need more help.
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