Boston (Mass)

• George Cabot Lodge, Last of His Family to Battle a Kennedy, Dies at 98 - The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
• Major U.S. Public Transit Systems Brace for Storm With Detours and Warnings - Officials in several cities, including Boston, New York and Philadelphia, advised residents to avoid traveling if possible through the weekend.
• Suspect in MIT Professor’s Death Was an Ex-Classmate from Portugal, Prosecutors Say - Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
• A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation - A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.
• What We Know About the Suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. Killings - Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
• Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders - The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.