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Carolyn Rafaelian poses for a photo at her home, wearing some of her own jewelry designs.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist

Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

Alex and Ani founder Carolyn Rafaelian launches Metal Alchemist, a new jewelry empire

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.

Mysterious signs mandating ‘no eye contact’ and ‘no running with sticks’ pop up on Belmont trails
From a distance, the signage greeting visitors to conservation land in Belmont looked official. Up close, the bizarre messages left hikers scratching their heads.

Choose a scenario: How the battle for the Senate could play out

Who will have control in 2023? Use an interactive graphic to see how the midterms could play out.

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.

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 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.

Legislature sends $3.8 billion spending bill to Baker. Here’s what is — and isn’t — included.

With little debate and almost no fanfare, Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday pushed a nearly $3.8 billion spending bill through a lightly attended informal session, landing it on Governor Charlie Baker’s desk.

Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter

Elon Musk is beginning mass layoffs at Twitter, sharply reducing the company’s workforce of 7,500 and kicking off his wholesale overhaul of the company.

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.

The Celtics may be seeing Ime Udoka again when they face the Nets in Brooklyn Dec. 4.

Some thoughts on Ime Udoka, the compensation issue, and other Celtics matters

It has been an interesting start to the Celtics season, and Udoka's rapid return with another team certainly was unforeseen.

Roxbury’s AJ Reeves, on an Exhibit-10 contract with the Celtics, wants to prove he’s here to stay

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.

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

Venezuelan migrants arrive at Canaán Membrillo village, the first border control of the Darién Province in Panama. The perilous journey through the Darién Gap typically takes five or six days and puts migrants at the mercy of many hazards: bad weather, venomous snakes, impassable swamps, and drug traffickers who use the same routes to move cocaine into Central America.

IDEAS | MARCELA GARCÍA

A 6,000-mile trek to limbo

For the record numbers of Venezuelans who have made it to America this year, the harrowing journey is far from over.

Chris Pappas for New Hampshire’s First District

On Boston Common, dreams and responsibilities

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

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

globe 150 magazine cover

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

What’s it like to be on ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’? A Cambridge resident calls it an ‘amazing experience.’
Maureen O’Neil is one push of the buzzer closer to becoming the ultimate “Jeopardy!” champion.

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.

Andrea Campbell could make history as the next attorney general
Poised to be the first Black woman to head the Massachusetts’ Attorney General’s office, Campbell’s blueprint for the job is rooted in both professional and lived experience.

‘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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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

A doctor examines his profession, and his choices

Each day, doctors must decide to blame or to be merciful. It shouldn’t be a difficult choice—but it is. In “Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy,” one doctor explores the reasons why.

Peabody Peaker plant would harm already ‘overburdened’ communities, advocates say

The new research, commissioned by the Massachusetts Climate Action Network, found that those living within 1.2 miles of the project already experience significantly elevated rates of cancer and other health problems.

Mysterious signs mandating ‘no eye contact’ and ‘no running with sticks’ pop up on Belmont trails

From a distance, the signage greeting visitors to conservation land in Belmont looked official. Up close, the bizarre messages left hikers scratching their heads.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist

Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

Sports

AJ Reeves signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Celtics.

Roxbury’s AJ Reeves, on an Exhibit-10 contract with the Celtics, wants to prove he’s here to stay

Reeves, who signed an Exhibit-10 contract, is with the Maine Celtics. Boston's G-League outlet tips off its season on Sunday.

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.

World Series | Game 5: Astros 3, Phillies 2

Astros one win away from World Series title

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

Business

Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter

Elon Musk is beginning mass layoffs at Twitter, sharply reducing the company’s workforce of 7,500 and kicking off his wholesale overhaul of the company.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist

Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

Alex and Ani founder Carolyn Rafaelian launches Metal Alchemist, a new jewelry empire

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

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

Saundra Edwards, seen here in 2016, won damages of more than $820,000 Wednesday in her lawsuit filed against Patrick and the Commonwealth in Essex Superior Court.

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

McKee, Kalus come out swinging in feisty gubernatorial debate

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

sports

Boston Pride players have two more reasons to think they will continue a run to another PHF championship -- the additions of Olivia Zafuto and Loren Gabel.

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

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

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

business

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

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

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

politics

President Biden speaks at a campaign rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 3.

Biden to plug tech bill in California, campaign in Illinois

Biden trying to save incumbent Democrats in campaign sprint

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

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

A woman places bouquet over the wall of a hospital where former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is being treated for a gunshot wound in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 4.

Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan stable after shooting

Rival Koreas scramble warplanes in extension of tensions

Ukrainians face nuclear threat with grit and dark humor

opinion

The Rev. John Gibbons (left), pastor Valerie Copeland (center), and the Rev. Kevin Peterson chained themselves to Faneuil Hall Oct. 19 to urge city leaders to rename the building.

Faneuil name has to go from this hallowed hall

Sign up for Arguable with Jeff Jacoby

Taking the political pulse of purple New Hampshire

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

A nurse practitioner talks to a patient and holds her hand while a doctor administers an IV at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago in 2020.

A doctor examines his profession, and his choices

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

Chuck Wendig finds comfort in horror

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

Maureen O’Neil on "Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions."

What’s it like to be on ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’? A Cambridge resident calls it an ‘amazing experience.’

‘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

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