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Three masked men at large after Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery
State Police, the FBI, and local police are searching for three armed suspects who tied up the staff and then robbed a Rockland Trust branch in Vineyard Haven.

Resignations roil Twitter as Elon Musk tries persuading some workers to stay

Hours before a Thursday deadline that Elon Musk had given Twitter employees to decide whether to stay or leave their jobs, the social media company appeared to be in disarray.

‘Case study in how not to do it’: Musk’s Twitter overhaul could demoralize employees

After denialism faltered in the midterms, Republicans seek distance from a movement they unleashed

After numerous election deniers lost statewide campaigns, an indication that their cause is politically toxic, GOP strategists are insisting it’s time to drop it.

Charlie Baker believes many Republicans are ‘looking at a different 2024’

Frustration, disappointment over alleged hazing incident in Haverhill

The alleged hazing incident in Haverhill that’s prompted the cancellation of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game against Lowell High School as well as a criminal investigation is “extremely concerning,” a Haverhill city councilor said Thursday.

Harvard doctors warn of viral triple threat for the holidays

Bruins 4, Flyers 1

Bruins improve franchise record to 10-0-0 at home to start season

Are you waiting on student debt forgiveness? Tell us in this survey.

President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student debt has faced a number of legal challenges recently. The Globe wants to hear from student borrowers on the topic.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cheered Thursday after she announced that she would step down from her leadership position.

As Pelosi’s historic reign as speaker ends, House Democrats prepare to pass the torch

That new slate of the party’s House leaders is widely expected to include Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress R.I. Democrats praise Pelosi as she announces she will step down

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announces that she will be stepping down from her leadership position, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.

Pelosi will go down in history as the first female House Speaker. But that’s only the beginning of her legacy.

These days, members of Congress largely fall into three categories: workhorses, show horses, and prolific fundraisers. Pelosi excels in all three.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Huge lake effect storm could bring heavy snow to New York, Pennsylvania
The snow that falls on the leeward side of the Great Lakes could be monumental and bring travel to a full halt, even in the snow hardy areas of Western New York and Pennsylvania.

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda star in first trailer for Tom Brady movie ‘80 for Brady’
The upcoming comedy tells the story of four lifelong Tom Brady fans who road-trip to Super Bowl LI in the hopes of watching him take down the Atlanta Falcons.

An associate professor at Boston University was killed on Sept. 11, 2021, when he fell from a dilapidated state-owned staircase near a Dorchester T stop. His family is now suing Massachusetts transportation authorities and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Family of BU professor who fell to his death in Dorchester sues MBTA, MassDOT

The wrongful death suit names the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the state Department of Transportation as defendants.

Taylor Swift

Ticketmaster cancels general sale for Taylor Swift tickets, cites ‘insufficient remaining ticket inventory’

This announcement comes after Ticketmaster reported “unprecedented traffic” for tour tickets during Tuesday's pre-sale, where about 1.5 million fans were permitted to scramble for tickets to the 52 show dates.

Tennessee AG probing Ticketmaster’s role in chaos over Taylor Swift tickets

Takiyah McCoy brings food to a client outside The Charity Guild Food Pantry in Brockton.

‘Our emergency food system shouldn’t have to serve 40 percent of Massachusetts families’: Food aid programs showing few signs of diminishing

As Thanksgiving approaches, the widespread need for food assistance the COVID-19 pandemic generated is showing few signs of abating.

Opinion

Keep your eye on Republican Asa Hutchinson, the former US senator from, and now outgoing governor of, Arkansas, who has signaled strong interest in running for president in 2024.

GOP governors can help rescue their party

They can move the party in a more moderate and constructive direction.

Pelosi passes the torch to a new generation

IDEAS | JOSHUA MACHT

An end run around a college degree

Thinking big about Boston’s transit future

Antiabortion pregnancy centers are deceiving women. They need to know that.

The New York Police Department graduating class of 2016 salutes during a ceremony at Madison Square Garden, July 1, 2016.

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.

Special reports

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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.

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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.

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INNOVATION BEAT

Failed crypto firm FTX has some key Boston connections
Several top executives previously spent time in Boston, either attending school in the area, growing up here, or working at local companies.

KEVIN CULLEN

The ‘don’t be gay’ World Cup
Officials in Qatar are dramatically altering the World Cup’s inclusive, carnival-like atmosphere — and not for the better.

MATTHEW GILBERT

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ is still speaking to us
Two months after its release, the docuseries about what was happening in our own country while the Nazis were trying to exterminate the Jews in Europe has taken deep root in my mind, which is as it should be.

Dementia Special Care Units use new tools, strategies for improving quality of life for residents
"We focus not on what has been lost, but on all the abilities that remain"

Plans underway to convert two historic court buildings in Salem
WinnDevelopment seeks to convert two adjacent former court buildings on Federal Street — the Salem Superior Court and County Commissioners’ buildings — to a mixed-use development featuring housing and museum and event space.

New bike association leader sees group’s diversity as an opportunity
One hot-button topic facing Nicole Freedman, and NEMBA, is the growing popularity of electric mountain bikes.

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Venezuelan migrants board a bus on a ferry from Martha's Vineyard to Woods Hole on Sept. 16. The group was transported to Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay.

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.

See the texts between coordinators of Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

‘Spirited’ was filmed entirely in Mass. Here are all the Boston-area locations.
It may feel early, but a new film starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is about to jump-start a season of holiday streaming. Location manager Mark Fitzgerald popped open the hood on the Boston-based production.

Open-collar boomers ask nostalgically: Where have all the neckties gone?
More than a few older employees and retirees admit to nostalgia for a time when the tie signified a more structured, if slower paced, business world.

LEGO versions of the Mona Lisa, ‘Starry Night,’ coming to Boston
Michelangelo’s “David," Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” will all be on display in Boston starting Friday — their LEGO versions, that is.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Thom Yorke performs with The Smile at Roadrunner.

Radiohead offshoot brings a Smile to Roadrunner

Carey Mulligan as Megan Twohey (left) and Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor in a scene from "She Said."

‘She Said’ and the investigation that mobilized #MeToo

Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, shown in a re-created image by video designer Katherine Freer that was inspired by a black-and-white photo taken by Jason Moran. The original photo was part of the couple's inspiration for "Family Ball."

For Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, home is where the art is

Jesse Eisenberg as Toby Fleishman in "Fleishman Is in Trouble."

A middle-age muddle in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’

Special Projects

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.

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

A rendering of a Green Line "Supercar."

Thinking big about Boston’s transit future

Members of the media set up their cameras on the back riser before the arrival of President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in 2020.

Trump’s power comes from the press that promotes him

The awning outside of Your Options Medical, a crisis pregnancy center in Revere.

Antiabortion pregnancy centers are deceiving women. They need to know that.

A police officer stood at the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge construction site in Boston on July 31, 2017.

Battle lines drawn in council’s quest for civilian flaggers

Barbara Anderson, the longtime executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, outside of her home in Marblehead, Mass., in 1990.

RIP, Citizens for Limited Taxation

IDEAS | JOSHUA MACHT

An end run around a college degree

Metro

Frustration, disappointment over alleged hazing incident in Haverhill

The alleged hazing incident in Haverhill that’s prompted the cancellation of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game against Lowell High School as well as a criminal investigation is “extremely concerning,” a Haverhill city councilor said Thursday.

‘Our emergency food system shouldn’t have to serve 40 percent of Massachusetts families’: Food aid programs showing few signs of diminishing

As Thanksgiving approaches, the widespread need for food assistance the COVID-19 pandemic generated is showing few signs of abating.

The Argument: Should Massachusetts set an annual cap on gun purchases by an individual?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

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.

Sports

Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns.

Titans 27, Packers 17

A sharper Ryan Tannehill leads surging Titans over sinking Packers

The Titans (7-3) won for the seventh time in eight games; the Packers (4-7) have lost six of seven.

Lydia Ko was in full swing with eight birdies, including four in a row, in the opening round.

Lydia Ko takes first step toward largest prize in women’s golf history at LPGA finale

Ko shot a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead in the CME Group Tour Championship.

Tomas Nosek's shot beat Flyers goalie Carter Hart in the second period, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

Bruins 4, Flyers 1

Bruins improve franchise record to 10-0-0 at home to start season

Tomas Nosek opened the scoring for the Bruins in the second period, and Boston's Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci (two) added tallies in the third.

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda star in first trailer for Tom Brady movie ‘80 for Brady’

MIAA football semifinals

This quartet came together to lead Cardinal Spellman from its coaching upheaval to an improbable run to the Division 6 semifinals

World Cup soccer notebook

Senegal star Sadio Mané is out of World Cup

Business

Resignations roil Twitter as Elon Musk tries persuading some workers to stay

Hours before a Thursday deadline that Elon Musk had given Twitter employees to decide whether to stay or leave their jobs, the social media company appeared to be in disarray.

Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as 1st snow falls

Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv, a harbinger of the hardship to come if Moscow’s missiles continue to take out power and gas plants as winter descends.

New chief calls FTX’s corporate control a ‘complete failure’

SpaceX employees say they were fired for speaking up about Musk

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Lamingtons

Five treats guaranteed to wow at your next holiday party. Get the recipes here.

I was laser focused on getting into Harvard. Here’s why I want my kids to be different.

Advice: Why does small talk get such a bad rap?

Austrian Pot-Roasted Beef With Root Vegetables

Recipes: Skip the turkey this Thanksgiving and try one of these creative alternatives

metro

A rendering that shows how the courthouse (left) and county commissioner buildings will look when redeveloped.

Plans underway to convert two historic court buildings in Salem

Dementia Special Care Units use new tools, strategies for improving quality of life for residents

What’s at the end of this rainbow? Your local police

sports

Patriots Matthew Judon (right) and David Andrews connected during practice.

The return of center David Andrews brings smiles to the faces of the Patriots

Aaron Judge, Paul Goldschmidt win first MVP awards

Commanders sued by District of Columbia, this time for cheating fans out of ticket money

business

Shoppers walked to the Macy's store in the Downtown Crossing district in 2021 in Boston.

Macy’s boosts 2022 guidance while Kohl’s outlook withdrawn

Are you waiting on student debt forgiveness? Tell us in this survey.

Fed official suggests substantial rate hikes may be needed

politics

This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before US District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, on Nov. 7.

Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition case moves to closing arguments

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing

As Pelosi’s historic reign as speaker ends, House Democrats prepare to pass the torch

Nation

Payton Gendron was led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, May 19, 2022.

Buffalo mass shooter to plead guilty, victims’ lawyers say

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

4,497 confirmed cases and 72 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

World

A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 18.

North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US

Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as 1st snow falls

Dutch court convicts 3 of murder for 2014 downing of airliner in Ukraine

opinion

Demonstrators marching in solidarity with protesters in Iran stood around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Oct. 29.

A startling split in the Iranian American community

Trump’s power comes from the press that promotes him

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

lifestyle

Can I say ‘I love you’ first?

Open-collar boomers ask nostalgically: Where have all the neckties gone?

Right Here Waiting for You

food & dining

Arancini at Si Cara restaurant in Central Square.

At Si Cara, crusty delights in edgy surrounds

Once last resorts, hotel restaurants are making a comeback

Tiffani Faison pitches a nostalgic pizza parlor in the Fenway; Cambridge’s Beat Brew Hall says goodbye

travel

Get your sweet tooth on and join the Mt. Washington Valley Inn to Inn Cookie Tour, Dec. 10-11.

Cookies and crafts in N.H., art in Worcester, and a superhero’s view of New York City

With no hotel experience, they quit their jobs and bought a Vermont inn

American Cruise Lines protection plan isn’t protecting me

Arts

A visitor pauses to look at the roller coaster that is part of artist E.J. Hill’s "Brake Run Helix" inside Mass MoCA. Hill has based a lot of his work around amusement parks and roller coasters in particular as places where terror meets elation, and the potential for these places, as simulated spaces, to generate very real extremes of emotion.

Inside Mass MoCA, EJ Hill’s ‘Break Run Helix,’ is a rideable roller coaster that does double duty as art

LEGO versions of the Mona Lisa, ‘Starry Night,’ coming to Boston

Fuller Craft Museum offers ‘Food Justice’ for thought

Books

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Beverly Gage’s biography ‘G-Man’ examines J. Edgar Hoover’s controversial tenure at the FBI

Michelle Obama’s ‘The Light We Carry’ offers tools for navigating a new era, but no deeper insights

Nicholas Dawidoff on violence in novels, favorite books, and the power of rereading

Movies

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Menu."

‘The Menu’ skewers foodies in a horror-satire that will leave you hungry

How ‘She Said’ breaks the journalism movie mold

Marine-turned-movie director Elegance Bratton on making ‘The Inspection’

Television

Members of the Sturmabteilung, the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, as seen in "The U.S. and the Holocaust."

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ is still speaking to us

Bob Odenkirk is back — is AMC?

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

music

Ray Angry

Ray Angry of the Roots makes his classical composing debut

Ticketmaster cancels general sale for Taylor Swift tickets, cites ‘insufficient remaining ticket inventory’

Radiohead offshoot brings a Smile to Roadrunner

Theater/Dance

How well did the audience play its part? The reviews are mixed.

‘Into the Breeches!’ gives rise to an all-female Boston-based Shakespeare production

So much goes right in Lyric’s uproarious ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

globe local

Takiyah McCoy brings food to a client outside The Charity Guild Food Pantry in Brockton.

‘Our emergency food system shouldn’t have to serve 40 percent of Massachusetts families’: Food aid programs showing few signs of diminishing

The Argument: Should Massachusetts set an annual cap on gun purchases by an individual?

Newton family offers city nearly 15 acres for $24 million

Obituaries

Soviet ice dancers Lyudmilla Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov during compulsories of Olympic ice dance in Olympic Stadium, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 5, 1976. The pair won the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Games and Gorshkov later became a leading official in Russian figure skating. He has died at the age of 76, it was announced Thursday.

Olympic ice dance champion Alexander Gorshkov dies at 76

Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96

Henry Rosovsky, who redefined Harvard to its core, dies at 95