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Bruins part ways with Mitchell Miller, citing ‘new information’, and apologize to Isaiah Meyer-Crothers

The team's decision late Sunday ended a startling, controversial, and revealing episode in club history.
Read Cam Neely’s statement on the Bruins’ decision to cut ties with Mitchell Miller

Five people injured, one killed in shootings in Mattapan, Dorchester, Hyde Park

Five people were injured and one was killed in three separate shootings in Mattapan, Dorchester, and Hyde Park in a single hour on Sunday night, authorities said.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Pandemic learning losses could cost Massachusetts students $21 billion in future earnings

With higher-poverty districts showing the most lost learning, the pandemic’s effects, if not remedied, are likely to widen income inequality and generally have worse consequences for high-needs students.

Beyond Mass Save: Legislators and advocates say it’s time for a change

Legislators and advocates are renewing calls to overhaul the state’s Mass Save energy efficiency program after revelations that an offer of rebates for climate-friendly construction came with a condition that gas lines also be installed.

Duke, MIT, and Stanford scientists create RNA technology that could improve genetic therapies

The inventions, independently made by the three groups, could lead to safer mRNA medicines and gene editing therapies.

With massive financial flexibility, how will the Red Sox approach a crucial offseason?

“We’re entering an offseason where we will have more options in front of us,” said Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The return of ‘The Crown,’ a James Corden comedy, and David E. Kelley’s ‘The Calling’

David E. Kelley is taking some kind of super-vitamin, it seems. The prolific TV writer and creator has another series premiering this week — “The Calling” on Peacock, about an NYPD detective who is an Orthodox Jew.

The cost of living is the No. 1 issue in Rhode Island. Here are 4 innovators looking to close the equity gap.

Some innovative startups, researchers, and nonprofit leaders have been trying to close the equity gap in their respective industries.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Vulnerable children need advocates in Massachusetts courtrooms

In the case of Harmony Montgomery, a life is lost because lawyers and the system failed. Mass. can do better than this.
Adil Najam

Welcome to the ‘Age of Adaptation’
Rachel Cleetus

COP27 must address mounting losses and damage to poorer nations
Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and Mathew Barlow

Do net-zero pledges add up?
RENÉE GRAHAM

The most important election of our lifetime, part 4
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.
Seattle Team

Her marriage was in trouble. Something drew her to the OZ Museum.

Laura Fredrickson needed time to think. So the 34-year-old from St. Paul set out on a road trip. Somewhere on the way, while Googling roadside attractions, she turned up one that made her heart leap — the OZ Museum in Wamego, Kan.
Boston Team

Tailgating with the families of University of Wisconsin football players — and Drew Bledsoe

The crowd includes an octogenarian here to support her grandson, a safety who she proudly notes has already been setting records; a single mom from Wichita whose son would go on to score the Badgers’ first touchdown of the afternoon; and two former New England Patriots.
Los Angeles team

Inside the weird, wonderful world of Las Vegas Elvis impersonators

Elvis drives a temperamental pink Cadillac with no seat belts and unreliable brakes. He is running late for an appearance in a Mexican Independence Day parade. This may be my fault.
Miami Team

A mother’s loss after the Oklahoma City bombing is seared in a photo we can’t forget

The picture from the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 resurfaces from time to time — and I always think about the baby’s parents. What effect has it had on them? Now I know.
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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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John Powers | On Marathon
New York City Marathon a win for return to normalcy — and dominance by the Kenyans
For the first time since 2019 there was a full 50,000-runner field at the start, ready to celebrate a hardtop season that began and ended without upheaval.

BUCCANEERS 16, RAMS 13
Tom Brady summons more late magic, goes past 100,000 career yards to eke Bucs past Rams
In a sloppy matchup of the past two Super Bowl champions, Brady took over with 44 seconds left and went 5 of 6 for 60 yards on the game-winning drive, the record 55th of his career.

Peter McNab, former Bruin who turned to broadcasting after playing career, dies at 70
McNab, the longtime forward who became a familiar voice of the Avalanche, released in late summer of 2021 that he was battling cancer, but in February said it was in remission.

Police search for suspect in Melrose double-shooting
Around 7:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting near 44 Waverly Place, off West Wyoming Drive, according to a statement from Melrose police.

Elon Musk threatens to boot Twitter account impersonators

Comedian Kathy Griffin had her account suspended Sunday after she switched her screen name to Elon Musk. She told a Bloomberg reporter that she had also used his profile photo.

Lawmakers lift cap on new building at Devens

State set to lift cap on commercial development at former Fort Devens, which is now Massachusetts' largest industrial park.

Recommended reads

Eight-hour waiting times. Patients leaving before being seen. Mass. hospital emergency departments are beyond the brink.

Hospital emergency departments across Massachusetts and the nation are teetering under unprecedented forces. Patients, often in pain, are waiting ever longer for care. And many are just leaving without being seen.

APPRECIATION | DEVRA FIRST
Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever
The restaurant critic and the blogger struck very different tones, but both women challenged their medium by ignoring its conventions and deploying their own authentic voices.

Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison is making herself heard, quietly
Touring off her recent album, “Sometimes, Forever,” the singer-songwriter comes to House of Blues Sunday.

Why some young Black Bostonians are choosing to move to the South
Some are returning to the states their ancestors were itching to leave. Others, without Southern roots, are planting their own seeds.

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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

EDITORIAL

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements
EDITORIAL

The GOP does not deserve control of Congress
IDEAS | TOM SHEEHAN

Salutes of a special kind
JEFF JACOBY

What the Yes on Question 1 and No on Question 4 campaigns have in common
RENÉE GRAHAM

The most important election of our lifetime, part 4
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

RI BUSINESS

The cost of living is the No. 1 issue in Rhode Island. Here are 4 innovators looking to close the equity gap.

Some innovative startups, researchers, and nonprofit leaders have been trying to close the equity gap in their respective industries.
James Pindell | Analysis

These are the 5 most important midterm races to watch — and why they’re so crucial

The sheer volume of data as election returns start to roll in can be overwhelming. So here’s a viewer’s guide to five national contests you should absolutely pay attention to.
RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

R.I.’s leading food business incubator is launching a marketplace for food entrepreneurs

The Downtown Makers Marketplace in Providence will be operated by Hope & Main, a food and beverage business incubator program.

In weekend push to Election Day, all-but-sure Democrats make last appeal to voters

With hours left until Tuesday, the air of political apathy is hard to ignore in Massachusetts.

Sports

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

Patriots have plenty to sort out if they are going to have a relevant place in the playoff picture

They’re 5-4, having won four of their last five, but remain in last place in the AFC East.
Chiefs 20, Titans 17

Patrick Mahomes threw 68 passes before earning an overtime win for the Chiefs with his legs

Chiefs coach Andy Reid improved to 21-3 coming off a bye while beating the Titans for just the third time in 12 tries.
Christopher L. Gasper

It wasn’t pretty, and the Patriots are above .500, but why do we still have that sinking feeling?

More than halfway through the year it’s tough to know what to make of the Patriots.
Jim McBride | Between the hash marks

Jonathan Jones changed the game with a blocked punt, then sealed Patriots’ win over Colts with a pick-6
bruins

Peter McNab, former Bruin who turned to broadcasting after playing career, dies at 70
Bruins

Read Cam Neely’s statement on the Bruins’ decision to cut ties with Mitchell Miller

Business

RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

R.I.’s leading food business incubator is launching a marketplace for food entrepreneurs

The Downtown Makers Marketplace in Providence will be operated by Hope & Main, a food and beverage business incubator program.

China trade down on weak global demand, virus curbs

hina’s trade shrank in October as global demand weakened and anti-virus controls weighed on domestic consumer spending.

Elon Musk threatens to boot Twitter account impersonators

Meta to start laying off thousands of staff this week, Wall Street Journal says
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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

City inching toward reparations commission

Former state official wins $820,000 in lawsuit against state

Pandemic learning losses could cost Massachusetts students $21 billion in future earnings

sports

The Bruins signed a player with a history of bullying and racial abuse, and have now parted ways with him. Here’s what we know.

At this point, Don Sweeney, Cam Neely and the Bruins have to be questioning the team’s decision to sign Mitchell Miller

Bruins part ways with Mitchell Miller, citing ‘new information’, and apologize to Isaiah Meyer-Crothers

business

Duke, MIT, and Stanford scientists create RNA technology that could improve genetic therapies

Twitter is said to postpone any changes to blue checks until after midterms

Lawmakers lift cap on new building at Devens

politics

These are the 5 most important midterm races to watch — and why they’re so crucial

What to watch in the high-stakes 2022 midterm elections

Biden, Trump to make final appeals ahead of crucial midterms

Nation

Confidence, anxiety, and a scramble for votes two days before the midterms

Indigenous voters, gaining influence, look to mobilize

Powerball jackpot up to record $1.9 billion after no winner

World

COP27: UN chief tells climate summit, cooperate or perish

Power back on in occupied Kherson, Russian authorities say

Hong Kong court upholds veteran journalist’s conviction

opinion

Quality of heart surgery still a problem, as is hospitals’ responses

Update from an Orange Line rider: Still not satisfactory

Tax relief gets short shrift on Beacon Hill

lifestyle

He slept with me the night he broke up with me

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

How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?

food & dining

R.I.’s leading food business incubator is launching a marketplace for food entrepreneurs

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

Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever

travel

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

She loves Greece, her parents, and coming back to Boston

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

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

This week’s TV: The return of ‘The Crown,’ a James Corden comedy, and David E. Kelley’s ‘The Calling’

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on midterm elections, Twitter moderation as Amy Schumer hosts

Letterman-Zelensky interview will air by year’s end

music

With tales to tell and songs to sing, Bono brings his book tour to the Orpheum

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

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

Theater/Dance

To this drama critic, Bill Belichick’s postgame act is a performance for the ages

Boston Ballet rises to the challenge of Forsythe

Dancing to the good vibrations of Carol Kaye, trailblazer

globe local

City inching toward reparations commission

Newton church holds community meal-packing event

Back on the home front

Obituaries

Alan E. Lewis, travel industry executive and philanthropist, dies at 74

Romano Mazzoli, who oversaw major immigration reform, dies at 89

Dow Finsterwald, first PGA champion in stroke play, dies at 93