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Husband of ‘Lady of the Dunes’ killed in Provincetown in 1974 was also suspected of Seattle double slaying in 1960

The former husband of Ruth Marie Terry, the woman authorities identified as the “Lady of the Dunes” whose mutilated remains were discovered in Provincetown in 1974, was suspected of murdering a previous wife and her daughter in 1960 in Seattle.

Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital Thursday after his treatment for injuries from a violent assault last week in which he was attacked with a hammer.

Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving, guard issues apology
In a statement, the team said the suspension will be without pay, and “no less than five games.” Hours later Thursday, Irving issued an apology on social media.

Elon Musk, under financial pressure, pushes to make money from Twitter

Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, is throwing everything against the wall to make more money at the social media company and will begin laying off about 7,500 Twitter employees on Friday.

Tufts Medical Center doctor charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child

Dr. Sadeq Quraishi is accused of agreeing to pay an undercover federal agent who was posing as the mother of a teenage girl, prosecutors said.

Former State Police union head convicted of taking kickbacks

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Dana Pullman, former leader of the Massachusetts State Police union, and lobbyist Anne Lynch of sweeping charges for running the bargaining unit like a racketeering enterprise.

Cookie, a four-year-old pregnant Jersey cow, was fatally shot Sunday on New Hampshire's Ilsley Farm, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.

‘All of our cows are pets to us.’ Pregnant cow fatally shot on New Hampshire farm

The 1,200-pound Jersey cow, named Cookie, was brought in to be milked Sunday evening by the owners of Ilsley Farm when they noticed something was very wrong.

With the House possibly poised to flip Republican, where does that leave the all-Democratic Mass. delegation?
They would lose their perches chairing committees and subcommittees, forfeiting much of their ability to shape legislation.

Confused by all the ‘millionaires tax’ ads? So were we. So we fact-checked a whole bunch of them.
Sorting half true from mostly false on both sides of the hottest race on next week’s ballot.

2022 voter guide: Massachusetts general election

Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark denied the Rangers' Ryan Carpenter in the second period.

Bruins 5, Rangers 2

Bruins refuse to back down in beatdown of Rangers in New York

Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, Jake DeBrusk, and Hampus Lindholm scored third-period goals for Boston.

Justin Verlander and Jeremy Peña, the oldest and one of the youngest Astros in this World Series, each played a key role in getting the series back to Minute Maid Park with Houston one win from another championship.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Justin Verlander gets his World Series win, and puts Houston on the cusp of another

In what was surely his last start of this Series and perhaps for the Astros, the righthander — 0-6 in eight Fall Classic starts before Thursday — refused to give in during a crucial sequence in the fifth inning.

The Boston City Council chamber

The Troubles in the Boston City Council

What passes for political debate in the City Council has descended into the kind of tribal, venomous rhetoric that held Northern Ireland back for generations.

Politics

Maura Healey at the Massachusetts Get Out the Vote Rally at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College on Wednesday.

Maura Healey wants to be governor. She bristles at the suggestion that she always did.

The situation is, in many ways, exactly what many Democrats envisioned for her, but Healey insists running for governor was not on her radar until fairly recently.

Your 2022 voter guide: Massachusetts general election

Your Home

Since wooden ceilings prevented the installation of recessed lights, it was important to choose lights that are as functional as they are beautiful. Designer Desiree Burns found numerous options on Etsy, including the articulating sconces by Enchant Lighting and disc pendants by Balance Lamp.

Kitchens and Baths

When redoing their kitchen, this family took inspiration from history and Stanley Tucci

Designer Hannah Guilford reinterpreted the kitchen’s color scheme, adding touches of brass, copper, and wood, and adjusted the layout so it functions smoothly for cooking, eating, and accessing the yard.

Kitchens and Baths

A designer remakes a Maine kitchen in a 1920s-era palette that’s fresh and family ready

Two people walk out of the end of a tunnel in Franklin Park in Roxbury on Oct. 16, 2022.

A pandemic trend that seems to be sticking around: walking the world

Photos from a recent Rodney Fox Shark Expedition.

What it takes to cook for a hungry bunch of people on a shark expedition

Opinion

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2. The Federal Reserve delivered another steep interest rate increase on Wednesday, with its move to cool red-hot inflation taking on more weight amid the political maelstrom ahead of key US midterm elections.

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

With persistent inflation weighing heavy on voters, it’s hard for the in-power party to prevail.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

In Rhode Island, a moderate Republican looks for a place in a Trumpian party

Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

GOP didn’t unite to ban gay marriage like it united on abortion

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

Emancipator road trip. Photo Illustration by Alex LaSalvia.

The Emancipator

The Great Election Road Trip

Join us in a tour across the country highlighting activists, issues, and races ahead of next week’s midterm elections.

High Med. Low

Select a county:

Special reports

Photo illustration

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

Part 2: A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.

See the full Women & Power issue from Globe Magazine

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Celebrating 150 years of The Boston Globe

We’re marking the Globe’s 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.

Play this Boston Globe crossword puzzle from 1917 150 years, 150 front pages

More recent stories

Former state official wins $820,000 in lawsuit against Deval Patrick, state government

Saundra Edwards won damages of more than $820,000 Wednesday in her lawsuit filed against Patrick and the Commonwealth in Essex Superior Court. The jury awarded Edwards $443,512 in back pay, $327,030 in retirement benefits, and $50,000 for emotional distress, according to court documents.

Suspect in Brockton murder dies in hospital, officials say

Joao Correira, 56, told police he had ingested battery acid and had a medical episode, officials said. He was flown to a Boston hospital, hours after he allegedly fatally stabbed 48-year-old Veronica Goncalves in the driveway of her home Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Middleton man charged with scrawling vulgar graffiti, anti-Joe Biden phrase, on sign at Winthrop Beach
Mark Evans, 61, is charged with tagging property and malicious destruction of property under $1,200, and will be summonsed to East Boston District Court, Winthrop police said Thursday.

Boston is a health care mecca. But not for everyone. New federal money will help change that, Mayor Wu says.

A cornerstone of Boston’s plan for the new federal money will be to bolster the intensive services it launched last year in its effort to address the crisis of people living in tents and persistent drug use in the Mass. and Cass area of the city.

McKee, Kalus come out swinging in feisty gubernatorial debate
The debate was testy right from the get-go, forcing the moderator to use a bell to calm down the candidates and their passionate supporters.

innovation beat

How accurate are MLB umps? Meet the BU junior keeping score.
What began as a personal project in 2020 has become a widely cited source on baseball stats, followed on Twitter by a couple dozen professional baseball players.

Recommended reads

Norman Lear's "All in the Family" won our Best TV Show bracket.

MATTHEW GILBERT

‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best

Despite my affection for “Seinfeld” and its impish comedy of manners, I am relieved that “All in the Family” beat it in the final round of our bracket competition for best series of the past 50 years. Globe readers got it right.

See the complete bracket

MOVIE REVIEW | Odie Henderson | ★★★

Jennifer Lawrence gives a career-defining performance in ‘Causeway’
The actress gives a career-best performance as an injured Afghanistan war vet in this drama costarring Brian Tyree Henry as a mechanic with his own history of trauma.

LOVE LETTERS

My bisexual boyfriend wants to open the relationship
"I don’t want to be with anyone else."

Warren on Musk and his Twitter takeover: ‘I’ve got a real problem with him’
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Elon Musk have exchanged barbs in the past, sparring over both the implications of the controversial deal as well as her criticizing the tech billionaire for reportedly not paying federal income taxes.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in "Armageddon Time."

Q&A: Jeremy Strong has always been ‘drawn to fallible, vulnerable characters’

Beth Orton plays the Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theatre Nov. 6.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Butter boards designed by Sally Pasley Vargas.

We turned our noses up at the butter board trend taking over social media. Then we tried them.

Artist Anukriti poses for a portrait with “In place of monuments,” left, and “Mother Militant,” in their exhibition "A Temple for Timeless Beasts" at Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts.

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Right before Congress broke for August recess, many Republicans joined forces with Democrats to pass the Respect for Marriage Act.

Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

GOP didn’t unite to ban gay marriage like it united on abortion

Voters lined up to put their ballots in the voting machine during the New Hampshire primary on Sept. 13 in Bedford, N.H.

Taking the political pulse of purple New Hampshire

If Question 1 passes, and promises are kept, we should expect to see combined spending on education and transportation shoot up by up to $2 billion almost overnight.

Yes on Question 1

US Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia votes on the first day of early voting in Atlanta on Oct. 17.

‘Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year

Allan Fung greeted diners at the Brewed Awakenings coffee shop in Warwick, R.I., on Oct. 25.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

In Rhode Island, a moderate Republican looks for a place in a Trumpian party

Don Bolduc, center, during a campaign appearance at the American Legion in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 10.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Former state official wins $820,000 in lawsuit against Deval Patrick, state government

Saundra Edwards won damages of more than $820,000 Wednesday in her lawsuit filed against Patrick and the Commonwealth in Essex Superior Court. The jury awarded Edwards $443,512 in back pay, $327,030 in retirement benefits, and $50,000 for emotional distress, according to court documents.

McKee, Kalus come out swinging in feisty gubernatorial debate

The debate was testy right from the get-go, forcing the moderator to use a bell to calm down the candidates and their passionate supporters.

Husband of ‘Lady of the Dunes’ killed in Provincetown in 1974 was also suspected of Seattle double slaying in 1960

The former husband of Ruth Marie Terry, the woman authorities identified as the “Lady of the Dunes” whose mutilated remains were discovered in Provincetown in 1974, was suspected of murdering a previous wife and her daughter in 1960 in Seattle.

Fung, Magaziner clash in final debate before Election Day

Magaziner warns that House Republican leaders will cut Social Security. Fung tells his mother, “He’s lying – I’m not going to touch your Social Security.”

Sports

Justin Verlander and Jeremy Peña, the oldest and one of the youngest Astros in this World Series, each played a key role in getting the series back to Minute Maid Park with Houston one win from another championship.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Justin Verlander gets his World Series win, and puts Houston on the cusp of another

In what was surely his last start of this Series and perhaps for the Astros, the righthander — 0-6 in eight Fall Classic starts before Thursday — refused to give in during a crucial sequence in the fifth inning.

Irving has been at the center of multiple controversies over the last few years.

Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving, guard issues apology

In a statement, the team said the suspension will be without pay, and “no less than five games.” Hours later Thursday, Irving issued an apology on social media.

Jeremy Peña tracks his solo homer off Noah Syndergaard that broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning of Thursday night's 3-2 victory over the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series.

World Series | Game 5: Astros 3, Phillies 2

Astros one win away from World Series title

Jeremy Peña (3 for 4, 2 RBIs) delivered the decisive blow with his solo homer in the fourth inning off Noah Syndergaard to give the Astros a 2-1 lead. Houston now heads home with a chance to clinch in Game 6.

Eagles 29, Texans 17

Jalen Hurts, Eagles beat Texans for their first 8-0 start

Bruins 5, Rangers 2

Bruins refuse to back down in beatdown of Rangers in New York

Premier Hockey Federation

The Boston Pride and the PHF were too good to pass up for hockey players Olivia Zafuto and Loren Gabel

Business

US hiring may have slowed to a still-solid pace in October

The US jobs report for October will be closely watched Friday for any indication that employers are slowing their hiring — a prospect the Federal Reserve would likely welcome as a sign that the high inflation that is gripping the economy might soon begin to ease.

China’s COVID outbreak worst since May as lockdowns persist

China’s daily local COVID-19 infection rate soared to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the nation.

Elon Musk, under financial pressure, pushes to make money from Twitter

Superman building in Providence gets key approval for redevelopment, city subsidy

magazine

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

Barbara Clarke began investing in women-owned companies in 2013.

Women & Power 2022

‘Write the damn check’: How female funders can help women entrepreneurs grow

Election campaign badge button with the word "Her" written on it

Women & Power 2022

Despite its progressive reputation, Massachusetts has lagged in women’s representation

MIT student Elizabeth E. Brennan (left) and Boston University student Victoria Gonzalez-Canalle work on signs for the Sept. 14 Stand Up and Be Counted rally held at MIT, which Gonzalez-Canalle helped organize.

Women & Power 2022

‘FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science

metro

Acton police are seeking to identify this vehicle that may have been involved in a hit-and-run that critically injured a 13-year-old boy on Great Road.

Acton police seek public’s help to identify vehicle that struck 13-year-old boy

Superman building in Providence gets key approval for redevelopment, city subsidy

R.I. state representative Justin Price, who attended Jan. 6 insurrection, pays for it in fund-raising

sports

The fans were again rollicking at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Thursday night, as the Phillies and Astros battled to get within one game of a world championship.

Philadelphia’s frenzy critical part of this World Series’ appeal

World Series has Philly buzzing, but the Astros’ no-hitter added even more excitement

Natick summons fight in first-round Division 1 victory over Bishop Feehan

business

Comcast distributed grants to Boston area groups to support digital access and adoption for residents.

Comcast gives grants to expand digital access

First-time US home buyers are oldest on record and least diverse since 1997

Biz leaders say Beacon Hill dropped the ball by delaying tax reform

politics

President Biden speaks about threats to democracy ahead of next week's midterm elections, on Nov. 2.

Biden trying to save incumbent Democrats in campaign sprint

‘Get ready,’ Trump tells Iowa crowd, for his next presidential bid

High costs, economy, abortion top last Pappas-Leavitt debate

Nation

A report released Friday focused on more than a dozen kinds of "alcohol-induced" deaths that were wholly blamed on drinking.

Alcohol death toll is growing, US government reports say

Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault

Drug maker Teva to pay over $500 million in New York opioid case settlement

World

Residents get their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site setup along a pedestrian walkway in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022.

China’s COVID outbreak worst since May as lockdowns persist

Lapid concedes in Israel, paving way for Netanyahu’s return to power

Backup power used at Ukraine nuclear site to fend off crisis

opinion

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

‘Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year

Voters must reject any candidate seeking power by turning us against each other

lifestyle

Dylan Lach stands guard while burning a traditional mishoon (canoe) at the Charlestown Little Mystic Boat Slip. Organized by leaders in the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes, it is the first burn and launch of a traditional mishoon in the city limits of Boston in generations.

Boston’s first postcolonial mishoon burning is underway. Go see it.

My bisexual boyfriend wants to open the relationship

How social media helped L.L. Bean tote bags become a thing

food & dining

Egg sandwich at Bom Dough in Cambridge.

In Inman Square, Bom Dough is a worthy successor to the East Coast Grill

Trader Joe’s opens in Providence

Hue will open in the old Storyville space; Chicken & The Pig serves cutlets and dogs in Lynnfield

travel

South Portland-based Brant & Cochran makes two hand-forged portable axes — the Allagash Cruiser and Dirigo Belt camp axes — that are perfect for chopping wood for smokeless fire pits or taking on canoeing and camping adventures.

A power outage party, belly laughs in N.Y., and axes made in Maine

Lufthansa canceled my flight a year ago. Where’s the refund?

A pandemic trend that seems to be sticking around: walking the world

Arts

Marc Swanson, "A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco," at Mass MoCA, 2022.

At Mass MoCA, dead deer and disco lights elegize a dying world

Jemila MacEwan’s ‘Human Meteorite’ surveys a scarred planet

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

Books

The loss of their mother tests sibling bonds in ‘Flight’

Chuck Wendig finds comfort in horror

Inside the mind of Haruki Murakami

Movies

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a scene from the 1944 movie "Double Indemnity" (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)

‘It’s a Bitter Little World’: Noirvember in Boston

When Opportunity (and Spirit) knocked, NASA knew just what to do

Jennifer Lawrence gives a career-defining performance in ‘Causeway’

Television

Norman Lear's "All in the Family" won our Best TV Show bracket.

‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best

Heidi Klum worms her way into the spotlight, and the Internet can’t stop squirming

Hulu’s ‘Reboot’ is solid and sly

music

A crowd turns out for a performance by rapper Entellekt at the Drake in Amherst. The town’s first-ever dedicated music venue, with a capacity of 250, opened in May.

In Western Mass., a vibrant music scene gets a makeover

Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison is making herself heard, quietly

Jack has left the building, but Stereo Jack’s goes on

Theater/Dance

Olivia Coombs of Boston Dance Theater performs in "Carol/Karole," choreographed by Karole Armitage.

Dancing to the good vibrations of Carol Kaye, trailblazer

In ‘Six,’ the ill-fated wives of Henry VIII are re-imagined as pop divas

Farruquito revels in the joy of flamenco

globe local

From left: Thomas J. Fahey Jr. was an Army gunner on a B-17 bomber during World War II; His son, Thomas J. Fahey III, served in the Air Force during the Vietnam era; Thomas J. Fahey III's daughter, Mikaela (Fahey) Felcher, served in the Army and the National Guard during the 2003-2011 Iraq War.

Back on the home front

The Argument: Should Massachusetts eliminate the subminimum wage for restaurant workers?

A pioneer woman during the Iraq War

Obituaries

In an undated image, Mr. Booth (left) met with his friend and fellow cartoonist Sam Gross.

George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist of sublime zaniness, dies at 96

Ray Guy, the only punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, dies at 72

Judy Coughlin, wife of former NFL coach Tom Coughlin, dies at 77 after battle with brain disorder