Disease devastates Vermont family farm?s turkey flock

Fowl cholera spread quickly from barn to barn, killing dozens of Peter Stone?s turkeys within hours and about 80 a day at its peak.

Executive sous chef Manny Depina of Brasserie Jo, which has been busy planning Thanksgiving dinners ince October.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

What?s it like to work Thanksgiving at a restaurant?

An industry perspective on preparing the holiday meal.

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More than 80 city sanitation trucks will be used at strategic spots along the 2 ½ mile parade route to create an imposing physical barrier to terror.

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Worried about contentious political conversations this week? Here?s how to get out of them.

TV CRITIC?s CORNER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/season10group.jpg Couch much? Turkey Day marathons on TV

Here are a few marathons to help you space out and avoid multigenerational family political conversations.

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Officials urged people to be flexible in choosing when to leave their homes.

23pilgrims - David LandonÕs research team was cautiously optimistic that they had found a location inside the original Plymouth settlement walls. And then they found the remains of this calf, which UMass Boston students have affectionately named ÒConstance.

UMass

Remains of Pilgrims? Plymouth settlement unearthed

The Pilgrims constructed a settlement not long after they landed in 1620, and researchers think they have at last located it.

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Sophia Wilansky?s family and supporters say she lost part of her left arm during an incident Sunday night.

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Margaret Hamilton started writing computer code at MIT in 1960. Tuesday, she won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Columnists reflect on 2016 race

Associated Press

RENÉE LOTH

Big data?s big election fail

The rush to embrace big data doesn?t just steer us wrong; it can also undermine democratic ideals.

The transition to Trump

Globe reporter Matt Viser during a segment on CNN Monday.

I went on CNN. I got mistaken for an alt-right leader.

It began with some gentle poking at my unruly hair. It ended with insinuations that I was a leader of the alt-right who hated Jews.

President-elect Donald Trump, left, and New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., right, during a meeting at The New York Times building.

Trump unapologetic about flouting ethics conventions

At The New York Times, Donald Trump said he had no obligation to set boundaries between his businesses and his White House.

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Commissioner James O?Neill stopped short of saying Trump?s victory played a role in what he described as a troubling trend.

Love Letters

He doesn?t believe in ?I love you?

Should I let go of the expectation that he will ever verbalize what I think he feels?

Stephanie Roch at the ancient city Gamla, on the Golan Heights. (Handout)

Handout

For Jews in Boston area, a trip to Israel is common

A newly released study found that two-thirds of Jewish adults in Boston have been to Israel at least once.

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A rare handwritten poem signed by Anne Frank is expected to sell for thousands of euros when it is auctioned.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hiker.jpg With no function in her legs, she?s still hiking the Appalachian Trail

Stacey Kozel has hiked more than two-thirds of the trail, trekking solo with a major disadvantage: She cannot walk on her own.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

Big Picture

Training Afghanistan?s women soldiers

Kabul?s military training academy is churning out classes of enthusiastic women to serve in Afghanistan?s army.