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Boston Public Schools receives over $2 million in funding to improve student outcomes

The new funding will be given to up to 12 schools in Boston throughout the next three years and will target support in instruction and professional learning.

Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be intentional and was probably launched by air defenses in neighboring Ukraine.

As Trump launches another White House bid, Republicans increasingly appear ready to move on

Many Republicans are blaming former president Donald Trump and warning the party could suffer again in 2024 if he’s the presidential nominee.
James Pindell | Analysis

Why Donald Trump is running for president in 2024 — and why he announced it now

Healey has said she lives in Boston. In reality, the governor-elect moved out of the city months ago.

Maura Healey quietly moved to Cambridge months before her election victory last week, a relocation she had not shared with campaign finance officials, the general public, and even some supporters.

Same-sex marriage faces Senate test with GOP votes uncertain

JetBlue to introduce Boston to Paris route in 2023

Killer who stabbed four University of Idaho students to death still at large

Parents, share the gratifying moments that you absolutely nailed this year

Parenting Unfiltered columnist Kara Baskin is compiling a list of achievements, and no triumph is too small to share.
Midterm elections

Kevin McCarthy clears first test in bid to lead House GOP, battle still ahead for speakership
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy cleared the first major step Tuesday toward becoming House speaker, winning majority support from colleagues on a secret ballot. He now faces a weeks-long slog to quell objections from his right flank before a final vote.

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218 seats for the majority

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At bars and restaurants, Thursday is the new Friday

The pandemic-altered rhythms of work and life mean the once-unremarkable day that predated the weekend is busier than ever.
LOVE LETTERS

I would like to get to know a kind man who was an officer where I was incarcerated. Is there a chance?

After being released, I thought of reaching out to him.

Newton family offers city nearly 15 acres for $24 million

A Newton family is offering the city the chance to buy about 15 acres of largely undeveloped land for $24 million — and local officials are soliciting developers’ proposals on partnering with the city to make a deal.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Despite midterms, Trump’s MAGA movement leaves him a force to be reckoned with inside the GOP

The former president remains a threat in a multicandidate primary.
EDITORIAL

Battle lines drawn in council’s quest for civilian flaggers
JEFF JACOBY

RIP, Citizens for Limited Taxation
Presidents of the New England Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics

America needs to invest in pediatric health care
RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump — a wannabe kingmaker turned the king of losers
The Emancipator

Call ‘tough on crime’ what it is: a tool of racial oligarchy

Conservatives and liberals alike embrace a “law and order” framework, which blames reformers, the poor, and the unhoused for concerns about crime, and enforces rule based on wealth and racism. We need to build a better future.
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Special reports

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.
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.
44 indelible images from more than a century of Boston Globe photography Play this Boston Globe crossword puzzle from 1917

More recent News

Does Roxbury have too much affordable housing? A new proposal raises key questions.

Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has filed a hearing order to mull a development moratorium on city-owned lots in her district, which includes parts of Roxbury, the South End, and the Fenway.

Actor Kevin Spacey to face 7 additional sex charges in UK
Actor Kevin Spacey will be charged with seven further sex offenses, all relating to the same alleged victim, piling on the pressure for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

Judge orders University of Virginia shooting suspect to remain in custody

A University of Virginia student accused of killing three members of the school’s football team and wounding two other students in an on-campus shooting will be held without bond, a judge ordered Wednesday.
Virginia cancels final home football game after shooting deaths of three players

SURVEY SAYS | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Social media is ruining our vacations
For insecure travelers, vacation fun is now determined by clicks and likes.

christopher l. gasper
In this view, Matt Judon is the best free agent signing of the Bill Belichick Patriot era
Barring injury, Judon appears destined to obliterate the Belichick-era Patriots sacks record and could challenge Andre Tippett’s franchise record of 18½.

Mortgage rates, inflation fears pump brakes on Greater Boston housing market
The region recorded the lowest October home sales in a decade, while prices have cooled considerably since hitting all-time highs earlier this year.

Recommended reads

MacKenzie Scott’s office called. A Boston health nonprofit’s future changed forever.

The money will supplement projects that NICHQ spearheads across the US to make improvements in children’s health and elevate access to healthcare for families of color.

Boston’s lab boom is hitting the brakes
A report projects that 80 percent of proposed lab projects in region may be “curtailed” amid rising interest rates and a shaky economy.

Teens and young adults are self-diagnosing mental illness on TikTok. What could go wrong?
The role of social media in the mental health space has grown as the country’s intense mental health crisis meets a shortage of mental health providers.

Boston Athenaeum, a remnant of the city’s Brahmin past, looks to engage an increasingly diverse population
Following a 16-month construction project that nearly doubled its size, the Athenaeum is reenvisioning “what we display, how we display, and how we use our collections more fully,” said Leah Rosovsky, the director.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Social media is ruining our vacations

A defining moment for Bartees Strange at the Sinclair

AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ adaptation works

In ‘The Chinese Lady,’ prejudice and exploitation, seen from a stage

Special Projects

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.
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

JEFF JACOBY

The taming of income inequality
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Not euphemistically speaking
Joan Vennochi

No, Elizabeth Warren is not a problem for Democrats
David M. Shribman

A comeback — or a payback — for Donald Trump?

MARCELA GARCÍA

Here’s what the national pundits missed about Nevada
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The abortion rights movement may be regaining the upper hand

Metro

In text messages, coordinators of Ron DeSantis migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard reveled in plotting surprise political stunt

The records come three months after the administration of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unceremoniously stranded migrants in Martha’s Vineyard.
Dave Epstein | Forecast

First fall nor’easter ushers in below-average temperatures in New England

The theme of our weather for the next seven days is cold. While it won’t be January cold, it will be certainly below average for this time of the year.
Informer

Open skating, a call for artists, and a Thanksgiving reenactment

Historic Newton and the Natick Historical Society have collaborated to develop a virtual exhibit centering on the experience and legacy of the area’s Massachusett and Nipmuc people.
SOUTH OF BOSTON

Church coffeehouse honors late comrades

Plans for regional events with an eye to the December holiday season are well underway.

Sports

patriots

Patriots running back Ty Montgomery out for season after undergoing shoulder surgery

He suffered the shoulder injury midway through the season opener against the Dolphins.
christopher l. gasper

In this view, Matt Judon is the best free agent signing of the Bill Belichick Patriot era

Barring injury, Judon appears destined to obliterate the Belichick-era Patriots sacks record and could challenge Andre Tippett’s franchise record of 18½.
Ski Racing

Despite warm temperatures and little natural snow, World Cup ski races at Killington get green light

A “positive snow control announcement” from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation on Wednesday officially signaled that the two-day event will happen on Nov. 26-27.
red sox

Ranking the top 10 prospects in the Red Sox system heading into the 2023 season

Virginia cancels final home football game after shooting deaths of three players
World Cup

A closer look at the state of the US men’s soccer team heading into the World Cup

Business

Amid the Adderall shortage, people with ADHD face withdrawal and despair

After an initial withdrawal period subsides, typically after a week or two, people still have to confront what comes next, as they face an unknown stretch of time without Adderall.

Musk to remaining Twitter staff: Go ‘hardcore’ or leave

Elon Musk has asked Twitter employees to decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business, according to an email sent by the company’s new owner to its remaining staff.

US retail sales rise most in eight months as consumers hold on

At Tufts, undergrad resident assistants are pushing for a union
magazine
Globe 150

44 indelible images from more than a century of Boston Globe photography
PERSPECTIVE

How I outraged friends and family: By not having a smartphone
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was a tad sleepy. I’m not used to being out on a Sunday evening.’
COOKING

Recipes: Crispy Sichuan-chili chicken and two more sweet and savory meals

metro

Providence police officer Jeann Lugo acquitted in assault case

Boston Public Schools receives over $2 million in funding to improve student outcomes

How not to fix the Providence public schools

sports

US women top Canada in shootout in opener of Rivalry Series

Walpole and Andover earn a rematch in Division 1 field hockey final

Dilin Meloni’s decisive goal helps Needham break through in Division 1 semifinal victory over Weymouth

business

Mortgage rates, inflation fears pump brakes on Greater Boston housing market

At bars and restaurants, Thursday is the new Friday

UK inflation rises to 41-year high at 11.1 percent

politics

Same-sex marriage faces Senate test with GOP votes uncertain

Facing doubts within his own party, Donald Trump announces third bid for the presidency

Mike Pence on a Trump 2024 run: ‘I think we’ll have better choices’

Nation

Killer who stabbed four University of Idaho students to death still at large

Judge orders University of Virginia shooting suspect to remain in custody

NASA’s mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

World

Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack

Actor Kevin Spacey to face 7 additional sex charges in UK

G-20 leaders end meeting condemning war but note divisions

opinion

Trump — a wannabe kingmaker turned the king of losers

May I have a word: Not euphemistically speaking

No, Elizabeth Warren is not a problem for Democrats

lifestyle

Right Here Waiting for You

He hasn’t introduced me to his mother

‘It’s a Date!’ skips the small talk, goes straight for the funny business

food & dining

At bars and restaurants, Thursday is the new Friday

Lodge lightens up with the Blacklock line of cast iron cookware

Tahini from SoCo doesn’t disappoint

travel

JetBlue to introduce Boston to Paris route in 2023

Social media is ruining our vacations

Breeze Airways adds service from R.I.’s T.F. Green to New Orleans and Raleigh-Durham

Arts

A camera cornucopia in the Seaport; drawers, but not drawings, in Brookline

At the Portland Museum of Art, the gift of ‘Presence’

Sam Cady stretches the bounds of painting with shaped canvas

Books

Margaret Sullivan chronicles the rise of her career and democracy’s decline in new memoir

In Russell Banks’s new novel, ‘The Magic Kingdom,’ an aged exile details the darker side of utopia

Kerri K. Greenidge’s ‘The Grimkes’ examines slavery’s enduring family legacy

Movies

‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ comes with some strings attached

In ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?,’ history lesson meets film criticism

Black enough for me: Two critics discuss ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’

Television

AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ adaptation works

Jay Leno has ‘serious burns’ from a gas fire at his LA garage

This week’s TV: ‘The Crown’ and the truth, Jesse Eisenberg as ‘Fleishman,’ and the end of ‘Dead to Me’

music

A defining moment for Bartees Strange at the Sinclair

Ice Nine Kills frontman gives ‘Thanx’ for slasher flicks and psychos

From Brussels to Boston, a young cellist brings Dvorak to Symphony Hall

Theater/Dance

In ‘The Chinese Lady,’ prejudice and exploitation, seen from a stage

Boston Dance Theater completes ‘The Carol Kaye Project’

The holidays’ most festive dance performances include 7 different Nutcrackers

globe local

Open skating, a call for artists, and a Thanksgiving reenactment

Church coffeehouse honors late comrades

Newton family offers city nearly 15 acres for $24 million

Obituaries

John Aniston, star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dead at 89

Samuel Folsom, 102, who fought the Japanese above Guadalcanal, dies

Brian O’Doherty, art critic and (conceptual) art creator, dies at 94