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Abrupt resignations leave one man running the Halifax Select Board on his own

Since August, when a day of resignations rendered him the only administrative official in Halifax, Jonathan Selig has been running the Select Board’s weekly meetings solo. He moves a motion, seconds that motion, and approves it all by himself with a unanimous vote.

Suffolk prosecutor suspended as wrongly convicted man alleges misconduct

Robert Foxworth, who was exonerated in 2021, served an additional nine years in prison after prosecutor Mark Lee learned in 2007 from a federal informant that Foxworth was innocent, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the Board of Bar Overseers.

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Bruins’ justifications for signing Mitchell Miller are not convincing
General manager Don Sweeney cast Miller's misbehavior as a moment of misguided youth, a teenage mistake, but the victim said the cruelty went on for years.

Bruins sign Mitchell Miller, who admitted to bullying, racial abuse of a developmentally disabled peer

Musk’s Twitter layoffs include some in Boston office

A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Twitter’s Boston office, at 2 Center Plaza, was closed to employees on Friday (as were all company offices).
Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform

Tufts Medical Center fires doctor charged with attempted sex trafficking

Dr. Sadeq A. Quraishi was accused Thursday by federal prosecutors of agreeing to pay an undercover federal agent who was posing as the mother of a teenage girl. Tufts said that it had placed Quraishi on administrative leave and revoked his medical privileges. On Friday, the hospital said it had fired him.

N.H. school officials push back after Bolduc repeats hoax about kids using litter boxes

Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout

The shoe giant announced Friday night that it will halt its relationship with the Brooklyn guard, who has been suspended by the Nets for what the team called a repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.”
Connections | Magazine

A note to my realtor: My front door may be dated, but my home is full of family memories.

If a buyer objects, tell her the beveled glass casts rainbows on the stairs that her toddler will follow as the sun rises.

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.
Best TV Shows bracket

As the credits roll, 5 closing thoughts on our Best TV Show bracket

Only one show out of 64 made it to the end, but the choices voters made through all six rounds offered some interesting revelations along the way.
‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best See the complete bracket
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Biden’s purported plan to send Haitian asylum seekers to Guantánamo is racist history repeating itself

Haiti is “on the verge of an abyss.”
Sarah A. Font and Naomi Schaefer Riley

Massachusetts’ policies failed Harmony Montgomery
Raoni Rajão

Saving the Amazon requires change in Brazil but also in the US and Europe
IDEAS | MARCELA GARCÍA

A 6,000-mile trek to limbo
EDITORIAL

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements
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.
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Special reports

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
Globe Magazine

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

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

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Fall River police officer seriously injured in hit-and-run crash

The officer was struck at 7:54 p.m. Friday near Robeson and Delcar streets by a vehicle that “fled the scene immediately after,” Fall River police said in a statement.

Motorcyclist flown to Boston hospital after crash in Salem

The crash occurred around 5:45 p.m. Friday on the James Ayube Memorial Bypass Road, which runs parallel to Bridge Street. The motorcyclist was in critical condition at a Boston hospital, according to Salem police.

21-year-old man dies, another injured, after rollover crash in Brockton

The crash occurred around 5 p.m. at 500 Center St., the Plymouth district attorney's office said in a statement.

Ch. 5 reporter Janet Wu announces retirement
The legendary television news reporter will retire from her job at WCVB-TV at the end of the year, capping a nearly five-decade run at the heart of the station’s political coverage that vexed corrupt lawmakers and captivated audiences.

Wu, Cox celebrate graduation of police cadet class ‘unlike any other’
Claps and cheers echoed off the high ceiling as family and friends from across the state and country joined to mark the culmination of 28 weeks of training at the police academy that included a combination of classes and fieldwork, as well as written and physical exams.

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.

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Photos: Harvest time in the cranberry bogs is a Mass. tradition

The cranberry harvest is a scene that has played out in Massachusetts bogs for generations.

BOLD TYPES
Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.
The owner of the North Cambridge-based company wants to support small growers by keeping a short supply chain, putting more money in the pockets of the farmers.

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.

Blind date: ‘I was nervous when I saw her! She was beautiful and stylish.’
Will this grad student and improv comedian say yes to another date?

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Culture & Lifestyle

Mikhail Baryshnikov explores ‘The Orchard’ anew, with robot in tow

‘It’s a bitter little world’: Noirvember in Boston

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

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

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

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

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

SCOT LEHIGH

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message
EDITORIAL

Chris Pappas for New Hampshire’s First District
Renée Loth

On Boston Common, dreams and responsibilities
Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

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

Taking the political pulse of purple New Hampshire
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Suffolk prosecutor suspended as wrongly convicted man alleges misconduct

Robert Foxworth, who was exonerated in 2021, served an additional nine years in prison after prosecutor Mark Lee learned in 2007 from a federal informant that Foxworth was innocent, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the Board of Bar Overseers.

Ch. 5 reporter Janet Wu announces retirement

The legendary television news reporter will retire from her job at WCVB-TV at the end of the year, capping a nearly five-decade run at the heart of the station’s political coverage that vexed corrupt lawmakers and captivated audiences.

Acton police locate vehicle that allegedly struck and seriously injured a 13-year-old boy

Detectives located the vehicle and were working to seize it Friday night, Acton police said.
Jeneé Osterheldt

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

From Ye and Kyrie to Elon Musk and David DePape, we have to denounce hate and recognize truth.

Sports

DUKE 38, BC 31

BC’s Emmett Morehead made a statement in his first start, but the defense couldn’t hold up against Duke

He finished 27-of-45 passing for 330 yards, 4 touchdowns, and no interceptions while showing poise in the second half.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL | UCONN 27, UMASS 10

UConn keeps cooking, dealing UMass its sixth straight loss

Victor Rosa ran for a pair of touchdowns in the second half as UConn, which has won four of its last five games, pulled away to beat the Minutemen,
Celtics 123, Bulls 119

DeMar DeRozan scores 46 for Chicago but Celtics pull out a close win over Bulls

DeMar DeRozan has 46 points for Chicago.
FRIDAY'S HS FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

With a 24-point run, Jack Finnegan fuels unbeaten Milton past Minnechaug
BASEBALL

Aaron Judge voted player of the year as Yankees commit to keep pushing to sign him long-term

Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout

Business

Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform

Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the company, raising grave concerns about chaos enveloping the social media platform and its ability to fight disinformation just days ahead of the US midterm elections.
Jeneé Osterheldt

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

From Ye and Kyrie to Elon Musk and David DePape, we have to denounce hate and recognize truth.

First participant in test of custom gene editing therapy dies

Musk’s Twitter layoffs include some in Boston office
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Kitchens and Baths

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

I froze my eggs. Now I’m in the middle of the abortion fight.
MISS CONDUCT

‘My sister-in-law has mandated that we not exchange Christmas presents this year’
COOKING

Recipes: Fresh breads and scones for breakfast

metro

Motorcyclist flown to Boston hospital after crash in Salem

How abortion rates changed after Dobbs

Globe challenges subpoena of reporter’s work on Harvard admissions scandal

sports

The postseason journey of Rhode Island product Jeremy Peña with the World Series-leading Astros is no trivial pursuit

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

Wakefield football holds off furious Masconomet comeback with a lift from the Delgado brothers

business

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

Bold Types | With Curio Spice Co., Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade

Boston Fed president signals she’s open to smaller interest rate hikes

politics

Jan. 6 panel extends deadline for Trump to produce documents

How abortion rates changed after Dobbs

‘The last election’: In Arizona, the guardrails of democracy may be about to fall

Nation

Study shows new booster improves protection for older people, Pfizer says

Biden will campaign for Governor Hochul in New York on Sunday

Florida to ban transgender health care treatments for minors

World

US, allies clash with China, Russia over NKorea missiles

Iran marks 1979 US Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests

French lawmaker suspended after shouting, ‘Go back to Africa,’ in Parliament

opinion

Urgency over national report card distracts from longstanding challenges

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

lifestyle

This breakup has me wondering: Am I a terrible person?

How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

food & dining

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever

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

travel

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

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 doctor examines his profession, and his choices

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

Chuck Wendig finds comfort in horror

Movies

‘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

Letterman-Zelensky interview will air by year’s end

As the credits roll, 5 closing thoughts on our Best TV Show bracket

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

music

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

Strauss’s ‘Alpine Symphony’ keeps the BSO running up that hill

Taylor Swift adds third show at Gillette Stadium for her new tour

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet rises to the challenge of Forsythe

Dancing to the good vibrations of Carol Kaye, trailblazer

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

globe local

City inching towards reparations commission

Back on the home front

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

Obituaries

Philip Hiat, rabbi who forged bonds with other faiths, dies at 95

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