Today's Headlines
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Saturday, December 21, 2024
Today's Headlines

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Politics

As Trump causes drama in Congress, Biden stays silent and on the sidelines

Is this a calculated move to let the Republicans stew in their own chaos, or the fading last moments of a presidency? Continue reading →

Massachusetts

It’s last-minute at Toys for Tots. That’s when the Christmas miracles tend to come.

As crunch time arrives, so too do the holes in donations, as the organization scrambles to provide the 74,000 toys that local parents have requested through 460 community organizations. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Karen Read’s first trial cost the state — and taxpayers — an unusual sum. Her second trial could cost even more.

From trial security to court and prosecution salaries, here's how the public costs break down. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

State’s police oversight board suspends Boston police captain for five days

The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission on Friday announced its ruling against Captain John Danilecki, who has faced numerous internal affairs complaints over his 38-year career with the Boston Police Department. Continue reading →

Nation

Official says Wisconsin shooter was new student at Christian school where her victims had deep ties

An official at the Wisconsin school where a student shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student says the 15-year-old was in her first semester there. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Drake Maye vs. Josh Allen: A glimpse into the future?

Columnist Dan Shaughnessy says it’s unfair to compare the two QBs when the Patriots go against the Bills on Sunday. Plus, does coach Jerod Mayo need to go? Continue reading →

Bruins rollercoaster road trip

The B’s are improving, but still have some ways to go. Is new coach Joe Sacco making a difference? Senior staff writer Kevin Paul DuPont is still waiting Continue reading →

The gifts on the Patriots’, Celtics’, Red Sox’, Bruins’ lists

Columnist Dan Shaughnessy and senior staff writer Kevin Paul DuPont play Santa. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades

An investigation of millions of death records — in a partnership between The New York Times, The Baltimore Banner, Big Local News, and nine other newsrooms across the country — reveals the extent to which drug overdose deaths have affected one group of Black men in dozens of cities across America at nearly every stage of their adult lives. Continue reading →

Nation

A homeless woman said she was in labor. Police cited her anyway.

The incident — made public Thursday by Kentucky Public Radio, which first obtained the body-cam footage — sparked outrage from homeless advocates who criticized the officer’s actions as an inappropriate response during a medical emergency. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia launches massive missile strike on Kyiv following Putin’s ‘duel’ threat

Russia unleashed a barrage of ballistic missiles on Kyiv early Friday, killing at least one person and injuring 12, city officials said. Continue reading →

World

Senior US diplomats in Syria to meet with governing militias

US officials traveled through Damascus on Friday to meet with militias controlling the country, and to look for signs of journalist Austin Tice and other missing U.S. citizens. Continue reading →

World

Musk expresses support for far-right party in Germany’s election

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, on Friday endorsed Germany’s far-right party, a group with ties to neo-Nazis whose youth wing has been classified as “confirmed extremist” by German domestic intelligence. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

After Assad: What’s next for Syria?

Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was. After all, the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend.