Today's Headlines
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Rhode Island Crime

A nightmare on Hope Street, a frantic manhunt, and the tip that broke open the case

Providence residents went days without knowing who the gunman behind the Brown shooting was, or whether he was still among them. Continue reading →

Spotlight

The Mass. board of medicine is meant to protect the public. Instead, it has increasingly protected neglectful doctors.

The Massachusetts medical board should be the ultimate protector of patients. But a Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation found it is slow to act on physician lapses and regularly fails to protect patients. Continue reading →

Celtics

‘Does he even have enough money?’ Bill Chisholm closed the deal of his life when he bought the Celtics.

Chisholm grew up a tortured Boston sports fan. As a billionaire in his 50s, he achieved every child's dream: He bought his favorite team. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Amid crisis and criticism, Brown president Christina Paxson stays the course

Christina Paxson has drawn criticism for her response to this week’s shooting. But those who know her say Brown’s longtime president is a steady, hands-on leader. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

How my father escaped Nazi Germany and later rescued his own parents

A Jewish organization helped him flee as a teen. Years later as a US soldier, my father went in search of the parents he'd lost. Continue reading →

Prop bets in sports are dangerous. Officials in Massachusetts were warned of the risks.

Amid a torrent of scandals, 56 percent of monthly bettors here now believe the harms of gambling outweigh the benefits. Continue reading →

The state wants to replace a crumbling women’s prison. But some lawmakers are trying to abolish prisons altogether.

The Commonwealth imprisons fewer people than any other state. Reformers think the conditions are perfect for a radical experiment. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

US forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers

Venezuela’s government in a statement on Saturday characterized the US forces’ actions as “criminal” and vowed to not let them “go unpunished." Continue reading →

Politics

Trump’s ‘A+++++’ economy collides with reality in a Pennsylvania city critical to the midterms

Economic anxiety is a vulnerability for Republicans in competitive congressional districts, which could decide control of the US House in next year’s midterms. Continue reading →

Nation

Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat

Researchers and activists increasingly fear that under the Trump administration, the US government is abdicating its historic role as a clearinghouse for reliable information. Continue reading →

The World

World

High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India

The train driver spotted the herd of about 100 elephants and used the emergency brakes, but the train still hit some of the animals. Continue reading →

World

US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price.

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya. Continue reading →

World

With attacks on oil tankers, Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s war financing

The oil business fuels Russia’s economy and its war, and throughout the conflict, the West has tried to crack down on its profits with sanctions. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

When daytime TV used rape as a precursor to a romance

On "General Hospital," Laura fell in love with Luke, her rapist. What message did that send to my generation? Continue reading →

Editorials