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Gang shooting erupts after Dorchester Pop Warner practice, shocking coaches, players, and parents
Parents were picking their kids up after football practice on Thursday at Roberts Field when 14 shots were fired in a gang shooting, police said. One man sustained a minor wound but declined medical assistance and was uncooperative with investigators.

Search continues Saturday for suspects in Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

Investigators continued their pursuit Saturday of three armed suspects who raided a Rockland Trust bank branch Martha’s Vineyard Thursday morning, tied up its employees, and fled with thousands in cash, authorities have said.

Photos: Dangerous lake-effect snow wallops northern New York state
Residents of northern New York state were digging out Saturday morning from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped nearly 6 feet of snow in some areas and caused three deaths.

‘It’s the people’s plaza’: Here’s what’s new after Boston City Hall Plaza’s $95 million makeover
The space now features new event and gathering spaces, public art installations, and green infrastructure meant to “usher in an opportunity to interact with the building in new ways,” city officials said in a press release.

The story behind Boston’s ‘bleak’ City Hall Plaza and its new facelift

Biden’s granddaughter Naomi to marry Saturday at White House

Baker recommends pardons for siblings convicted in Fells Acres day-care abuse case

The end of American-made vaccines at ‘warp speed’

Operation Warp Speed, the program that poured billions of dollars into developing COVID shots, showed how lifesaving medicines could be unveiled in months. But the effort has slowed, and scientists say thousands of people could die of COVID in the US in the coming months.

Twitter

Answers to some of the biggest Twitter questions
Could Twitter go under? How many people still work there? Are there any viable alternatives?

Check out the best of #RIPTwitter Musk’s Twitter fix-it team fades out as billionaire says transition is almost done With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your account

‘We’re all about to get fired’: Boston employees resign from Twitter amid chaos
Employees are resigning from Twitter’s local office, two weeks after a mass layoff and amid turmoil under new owner Elon Musk, according to social-media posts and a source familiar with the matter.

Hundreds quit following Musk ultimatum, throwing Twitter into further disarray
“It does look like he’s going to blow up Twitter,” said Robert Graham, a veteran cybersecurity entrepreneur.

A dozen gift-worthy books for the holidays
We might be a little biased, but here at the Globe Books section, we firmly believe there is no greater gift than a book for the holidays.

Five treats guaranteed to wow at your next holiday party. Get the recipes here. 10 holiday classical concerts, from dueling ‘Messiahs’ to a Moravian Christmas 16 family-friendly holiday celebrations for 2022
Alex Speier | Sunday baseball notes

J.D. Martinez and other big hitters pulling for the return of opposite-field success

Home runs have dropped significantly after a record 6,776 were hit in 2019, falling to 5,215 in 2022.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Success of Germany game could lead to more NFL games across Europe and beyond

Tampa Bay beat Seattle in front of a sellout crowd of 69,811 in the NFL’s first regular-season trip to Germany. There were more than 3 million ticket requests, per Ticketmaster.
WORLD CUP 2022

World Cup 2022: Group-by-group previews of all 32 teams in Qatar

Find out about the stars and coaches of the teams who are trying to take home the trophy.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Mr. Smith goes to Washington

By appointing a little-known, politically independent prosecutor named Jack Smith as special counsel in the federal Trump investigations, Attorney General Merrick Garland protects the probe’s integrity.
LETTERS

Is it deja vu? What is it exactly? Anyway, Trump is running again.
EDITORIAL

Elon Musk, you broke Twitter. Now sell it.
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The future of cooking is flameless
Abbi Matheson

Break up Ticketmaster
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.

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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Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud at her failed startup Theranos
A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing.

Attorney General Merrick Garland taps Jack Smith to serve as special counsel, lead Trump-related investigations
Jack Smith is a veteran prosecutor who led the Justice Department’s public integrity section in Washington and who later served as the acting chief federal prosecutor in Nashville, Tennessee, during the Obama administration.

Many Mass. residents are still awaiting a refund check triggered by tax-cap law. Here’s why.
Eligible taxpayers are set to receive their refunds on a rolling, random basis, officials have said. Anyone who’s filed a 2021 tax return, and incurred a tax liability, will automatically receive a refund by Dec. 15, officials said.

After Taylor Swift fans decry staggering ticket resale prices, Ticketmaster issues an apology
Swift on Friday addressed the Ticketmaster debacle, writing on Instagram that she is “trying to figure out how this situation can be improved moving forward” and that she's not “going to make excuses for anyone.” Late Friday night, Ticketmaster issued an apology.

Justice Department said to investigate Ticketmaster’s parent company, New York Times reports

Maryland finds that for hundreds of clergy abuse victims, ‘no parish was safe’
The attorney general of Maryland has identified more than 600 young victims of clergy sexual abuse over the course of 80 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, according to a court document filed Thursday.

Accused Albany bishop asks to be removed from priesthood

FIFA president Infantino says double standard behind World Cup critics
Gianni Infantino said he feels gay. That he feels like a woman. That he feels like a migrant worker. He lectured Europeans for criticizing Qatar’s human rights record and defended the host country’s last-minute decision to ban beer from World Cup stadiums in a one-hour tirade on Saturday.

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Florida paid company $1.5 million to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

The numbers, requested by the Florida-based aviation Vertol Systems and supplied by Ohio-based Ultimate JetCharters, was included in documents released Friday in response to public records requests submitted by the Globe and other media outlets after Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration flew the migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.

Larry Edelman
Fame, fortune, and bankruptcy: A crypto star implodes
Samuel Bankman-Fried, the billionaire founder of FTX and Alameda Research, soared quickly to the top of cryptocurrency world. His demise was even faster.

More human remains found in South Boston condominium where fetal or infant remains were found Thursday
A second set of human remains has been discovered in a South Boston apartment complex where remains belonging to a fetus or infant were found in a freezer in a unit Thursday afternoon, police said Friday.

A #MeToo reckoning in Everett, four years late
A Globe investigation found a glaring lack of scrutiny and accountability in Everett, a city nearly synonymous with political controversy, regarding the sexual assault accusations against Frederick F. Foresteire, even in the midst of the #MeToo movement.

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Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘Six,’ a royal we of dynamic divas

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

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

‘She Said’ and the investigation that mobilized #MeToo

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

Renée Loth

Is Boston reaching ‘peak lab’?
SCOT LEHIGH

GOP governors can help rescue their party

David Sweeney

Thinking big about Boston’s transit future
Joan Vennochi

Trump’s power comes from the press that promotes him
EDITORIAL

Antiabortion pregnancy centers are deceiving women. They need to know that.
IDEAS | JOSHUA MACHT

An end run around a college degree

Metro

Search continues Saturday for suspects in Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

Investigators continued their pursuit Saturday of three armed suspects who raided a Rockland Trust bank branch Martha’s Vineyard Thursday morning, tied up its employees, and fled with thousands in cash, authorities have said.

City of Brockton puts firetruck on auction block

Bids will be accepted online until just before noon Monday for the 1981 Mack Model CF611F fire truck that has 75,587 miles on it, according to the city.

After Taylor Swift fans decry staggering ticket resale prices, Ticketmaster issues an apology

Swift on Friday addressed the Ticketmaster debacle, writing on Instagram that she is “trying to figure out how this situation can be improved moving forward” and that she's not “going to make excuses for anyone.” Late Friday night, Ticketmaster issued an apology.

‘Friends’ to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to homebound Salem seniors

About 300 senior citizens in Salem will get a free turkey dinner and a card wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday, thanks to the efforts of the Friends of the Salem Council on Aging

Sports

Patriots

The later the bye week, the better the Patriots like it

Under Bill Belichick, the Patriots are 15-7 coming off a bye in the regular season, although they've lost two years in a row.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Do aging Warriors have enough left to rebound from rough start and get back into contention?

The NBA champs are a mess. Stephen Curry has been a one-man team because the veterans aren’t providing support and the youngsters aren’t ready.
TENNIS

Novak Djokovic reaches ATP Finals as he eyes record-tying sixth title

The Serb will face either third-seeded Casper Ruud or Andrey Rublev in Sunday’s final as he attempts to match Roger Federer’s record.
Alex Speier | Sunday baseball notes

J.D. Martinez and other big hitters pulling for the return of opposite-field success

SKIING

After multiple delays due to warm weather, Mikaela Shiffrin opens World Cup season with her 48th slalom victory
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Success of Germany game could lead to more NFL games across Europe and beyond

Business

Musk’s Twitter fix-it team fades out as billionaire says transition is almost done

(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk told a court in Delaware on Wednesday that his reorganization of Twitter Inc. is almost done, and he’ll spend less time on the company by the end of next week. The team of lieutenants he assembled to help with the transition is already inching toward the door.

VP Harris meets briefly with China’s Xi to ‘keep lines open’

US Vice President Kamala Harris spoke briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Saturday in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies.

Asia-Pacific leaders condemn war, renew calls for open trade

After Taylor Swift fans decry staggering ticket resale prices, Ticketmaster issues an apology
magazine
Holiday Style

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

As I bumbled my way through making curtains, I could hear my mom’s voice

Dinner with Cupid

‘We got the wasabi roulette, a spinning plate with sushi on it’
COOKING

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

metro

More human remains found in South Boston condominium where fetal or infant remains were found Thursday

Florida paid company $1.5 million to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Baker recommends pardons for siblings convicted in Fells Acres day-care abuse case

sports

For fans wanting an inside look at NHL salaries, CapFriendly and PuckPedia are great resources

FIFA president Infantino says double standard behind World Cup critics

The high school football Super Bowls are being set this weekend. Here’s who punched their ticket to Gillette Stadium.

business

Hundreds quit following Musk ultimatum, throwing Twitter into further disarray

With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your account

Boston Fed chief says more rate hikes needed to cool inflation

politics

Garland names special counsel for Trump inquiries

Attorney General Merrick Garland taps Jack Smith to serve as special counsel, lead Trump-related investigations

Katherine Clark poised to continue political rise with bid for number two House Democrat

Nation

The end of American-made vaccines at ‘warp speed’

Maryland finds that for hundreds of clergy abuse victims, ‘no parish was safe’

Photos: Dangerous lake-effect snow wallops northern New York state

World

Maldives minister: negotiators reach deal on climate fund

North Korea’s Kim boasts new ICBM as US flies bombers

Bulgaria detains 5 suspects in deadly Istanbul bombing

opinion

Pelosi passes the torch to a new generation

Indigenous identity theft must stop

GOP governors can help rescue their party

lifestyle

Biden’s granddaughter Naomi to marry Saturday at White House

Is divorce the right answer?

Ryan Reynolds’s ‘Spirited’ Boston return

food & dining

Where to watch the World Cup: R.I. bars where soccer fans gather

At Si Cara, crusty delights in edgy surrounds

Once last resorts, hotel restaurants are making a comeback

travel

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

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

A dozen gift-worthy books for the holidays

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

Movies

‘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

Natasha Rothwell lands Hulu series

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

Bob Odenkirk is back — is AMC?

music

After Taylor Swift fans decry staggering ticket resale prices, Ticketmaster issues an apology

Benjamin Zander settles the score by rethinking it after his notes are stolen

‘The Marriage of Figaro’: Handel and Haydn Society revels in Mozart’s madcap world

Theater/Dance

Jacob’s Pillow receives largest grant in its history to build reimagined Doris Duke Theatre

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

globe local

City of Brockton puts firetruck on auction block

‘Friends’ to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to homebound Salem seniors

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

Obituaries

Activist Carol Leigh, who coined term ‘sex work,’ dies at 71

Olympic ice dance champion Alexander Gorshkov dies at 76

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