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Amateurs or not, Martha’s Vineyard robbers follow in the footsteps of famous criminals including Whitey Bulger

The brazen robbery has captured the imagination of an island better known as a swanky sandbox for the rich and powerful. It is also a reminder of a larger tradition in Massachusetts, site of some of the most notorious bank robberies in recent US history.

Second suspect arrested in Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery
A New Hampshire man was taken into custody after a car stop in Connecticut.

Top Apple officials meet with Hingham crash victims at South Shore Hospital

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail and people, met with some of the victims Friday at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston schools lost 15,000 Black students in the past 20 years. Where did they go, and will they ever return?

In a dramatic reshaping of its makeup, Boston Public Schools has lost half its Black student population in the last two decades, as Black enrollment fell from from 29,300 in the 2002-2003 school year to 14,600 last year.

Wayland police chief to resign, was placed on leave in March

Amid civil rights probe, another Everett school administrator files discrimination complaint

Meet the man on a mission to expose sneaky price increases

Janet Milkman, executive director of the Barnstable Land Trust, is pictured on a footbridge crossing a small pond on the sixth green of the Twin Brooks Golf Course in Hyannis.

On a Cape Cod golf course, the region’s housing crisis comes to a head

The 40-acre Twin Brooks Golf Course in Hyannis is the site of converging debates over the island's housing shortage, environment, and the economy itself.

House Republicans don’t really have a plan to lower inflation, but economists say that could be a good thing
The broader stalemate caused by divided government in Washington should help the inflation fight, economists said. It would keep politicians out of the battle, leaving the task to Federal Reserve officials who have the best tool — interest rate hikes — to bring down prices in the short term.

Meet the House Republicans who will wield power in the new Congress

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Which NFL coaches are on the hot seat for the season’s final stretch?
This year may not match the upheaval of last year, but 10 head coaches are fighting for their jobs over the final seven weeks of the 2022 season.

All it takes is ‘a couple of breakdowns’ for the Patriots to give up a crushing kick return

President Biden showed something on his phone to first lady Jill Biden and family members before a Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Nantucket on Thursday.

On Nantucket, Biden family considers a run for a second term

President Biden and his family are tackling a weighty question during their Thanksgiving holiday retreat to the chilly quiet of Nantucket: whether he’ll seek a second term in 2024.

Argentina's Lionel Messi (10) wasn't about to let his final World Cup end in the knockout round, scoring the opening goal against Mexico on Saturday.

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Argentina saved by Lionel Messi as he aims to capture his first World Cup

It was an eighth World Cup goal for Messi — the same number as rival Cristiano Ronaldo and also Diego Maradona.

A view of the pond before the Bond-Hampton House, which was designated as an official city landmark in early November. The building at 88 Lambert Ave. stands out as a remaining example of 19th-century suburban architecture, but it's perhaps most known as the longtime home of "Eyes on the Prize" filmmaker and community organizer Henry Hampton.

Former home of beloved ‘Eyes on the Prize’ creator becomes Boston landmark

The city first received a petition from residents seeking the designation in 2017.

Movie Reviews

From left: Paul Dano, Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord, and Michelle Williams in a scene from "The Fabelmans."

Steven Spielberg makes a ‘Spielberg movie’ about Steven Spielberg — and it soars

From left: Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, and Daniel Craig in a scene from "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Daniel Craig returns as a Southern sleuth in ‘Glass Onion,’ set in Greece

Jonathan Majors, left, and Glen Powell in a scene from "Devotion."

‘Devotion’ is an interracial friendship story that flies

From left: Amy Adams as Giselle, Sofia (played by Mila and Lara Jackson), Gabriella Baldacchino as Morgan, and Patrick Dempsey as Robert in Disney's live-action "Disenchanted," on Disney+.

Amy Adams heads to the ’burbs in ‘Disenchanted’

Opinion

A police officer left the station on Nov. 9 in Blackstone. A former University of Massachusetts Dartmouth police officer accused of groping a female student was hired by the police department in Blackstone. He is assigned to investigate sexual assaults.

Ridding police of bad actors a work in progress

POST Commission takes first steps on a long and winding road to reform.

Carroll Muffett

The world can’t recycle its way out of the plastics crisis

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Supreme Court wining, dining, and leaking no light matter

Want to make it ‘top secret’? Pay top dollar.

Hello, darkness, my new friend

An engraving portrait of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters, circa 1773.

The Emancipator

Poetry and the struggle for justice

Early American abolitionists used the storytelling artistry of poetry as a way to dismantle White supremacist thinking. Paul Lewis dissects an 1820 poem published in the original Emancipator called “Far in a gloomy desart, waste and wild.”

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Biden’s plan to forgive student debt is on hold. That puts borrowers in limbo.

Six lawsuits have challenged the executive order to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt, and the rollout is currently on hold.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Superintendent Mary Skipper during an October retreat at the headquarters of Boston Public Schools in the Bolling Building. It was the first in-person School Committee gathering since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Special-needs bias at BPS cries out for independent oversight

International flags hung in a main hallway at York County School of Technology in York, Pa., in 2017. The flags represent the diversity of the students' heritage at the school.

Creating classrooms that draw on immigrants’ skills

Orly Lobel, author of "The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future."

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Logan O'Connor, of the Colorado Avalanche, fought with Ross Colton, of the Tampa Bay Lightning, during the third period in Game 3 of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on June 20 in Tampa.

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Photos of the victims of a mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo. are displayed at a makeshift memorial outside the club. On Nov. 19, a man carrying a handgun and an assault-style rifle opened fire inside the LGBTQ+ club and killed 5 people.

Assault weapons bans work. More states should try them.

The author and his son, Misha, last February.

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Metro

Second suspect arrested in Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

A New Hampshire man was taken into custody after a car stop in Connecticut.

After bruising pandemic, local retailers embrace Small Business Saturday

“Small business Saturday has been building for several years, and it’s become a bigger and bigger event, and the traffic, I think, on the main streets and the local shopping districts was pretty good today,” said Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts,

Amateurs or not, Martha’s Vineyard robbers follow in the footsteps of famous criminals including Whitey Bulger

The brazen robbery has captured the imagination of an island better known as a swanky sandbox for the rich and powerful. It is also a reminder of a larger tradition in Massachusetts, site of some of the most notorious bank robberies in recent US history.

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Sports

Zay Flowers caught two touchdown passes in Boston College's season finale to set a program career record at 29.

SYRACUSE 32, BOSTON COLLEGE 23

Boston College falters late in season finale, loses to Syracuse

Zay Flowers sets Eagles' career record for touchdown receptions with No. 29 in final seconds, after the Orange dominate with a 26-point fourth quarter.

The Celtics' Jayson Tatum will get a day off to rest his sprained left ankle Sunday against the Wizards he is fourth in the NBA in minutes played and the Celtics need to take a long-term approach to his workload.

Gary Washburn I On basketball

Celtics make sure Jayson Tatum’s sprained ankle gets some rest and declare him out for game against Wizards

As much as it may irritate those old schoolers who believe playing 82 games is a sign of manhood and dedication, players need breaks in today’s NBA.

UMass coach Don Brown.

New England college football roundup

Tyhier Tyler (3 TDs), Army ambush UMass

Army is now 5-0 all-time against the Minutemen, who finished at 1-11.

WORLD CUP NOTEBOOK

Kylian Mbappe blasts defending champion France into round of 16

Patriots notebook

All it takes is ‘a couple of breakdowns’ for the Patriots to give up a crushing kick return

FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER

Argentina saved by Lionel Messi as he aims to capture his first World Cup

Business

Meet the man on a mission to expose sneaky price increases

Somerville's Edgar Dworsky has dedicated much of his life to exposing “shrinkflation,” when products or packaging are subtly manipulated so that a person pays the same price, or even slightly more, for something but gets less of it.

On a Cape Cod golf course, the region’s housing crisis comes to a head

The 40-acre Twin Brooks Golf Course in Hyannis is the site of converging debates over the island's housing shortage, environment, and the economy itself.

Sober or bright? Europe faces holidays during energy crunch

On Nantucket, Biden family considers a run for a second term

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10 hacks for the perfect Disney World vacation

How to find a New England ski adventure that’s just right for you

This week's daters: Ben and Garabed

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He moved to a new city and proceeded to join every sports league you can imagine’

Romanian Pork and White Bean Soup With Vinegar and Caraway (Ciorba de Porc) accompanied by pickled red onions.

Recipes: Boost your stock with a Romanian white bean soup, Basque-style leek soup, and more

metro

The single-alarm blaze broke out in the dining area of the unoccupied third floor apartment, but the first and second floor occupants of the multi-family home were made aware of the fire by working smoke alarms, according to the New Bedford Fire Department (Courtesy Photo: STRUCTURE FIRES on Facebook and the Fire Prevention Bureau).

Nine people displaced in New Bedford multi-family home fire

Former home of beloved ‘Eyes on the Prize’ creator becomes Boston landmark

Amid civil rights probe, another Everett school administrator files discrimination complaint

sports

Bruins left wing Nick Foligno has to put up with some bumps and bruises when he holds down a spot at the front of the opponent's net, but it also provides scoring opportunities.

Despite the rough stuff, Bruins’ Nick Foligno is enjoying his net-front duty

Lara Gut-Behrami wins Killington Cup giant slalom; Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 13th

No. 3 Michigan keeps its CFP hopes alive with a rout on the road of No. 2 Ohio State

business

FILE - MGM Grand Macau casino resort is closed in Macao on July 11, 2022. Macao has tentatively renewed the casino licenses of MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and three Chinese rivals after they promised to help diversify its economy by investing in non-gambling attractions, the government said Saturday, Nov. 26. (AP Photo/Kong, File)

Macao awards casino licenses to MGM, Sands, Wynn, 3 others

Musk says he’d back DeSantis for president if he makes 2024 run

Biden’s plan to forgive student debt is on hold. That puts borrowers in limbo.

politics

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, spoke as midterm election results were coming in on Nov. 9 in Washington.

House Republicans don’t really have a plan to lower inflation, but economists say that could be a good thing

Meet the House Republicans who will wield power in the new Congress

On Nantucket, Biden family considers a run for a second term

Nation

Carey Johnson and her son Fabian Swain are photographed wearing face masks in their Germantown, Md., home on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

After a year, Omicron still driving COVID surges and worries

At protests across America, guns are doing the talking

Happy Birthday, Omicron

World

This undated photo provided on Nov. 27 by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter, right, walking to a photo session with those involved in the recent launch of what it says was a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea.

Kim’s daughter called ‘most beloved’ child in 2nd appearance

Landslide on Italian island sweeps away homes and turns roads into rivers of mud

Iran leader praises force tasked with quashing protests

opinion

Superintendent Mary Skipper during an October retreat at the headquarters of Boston Public Schools in the Bolling Building. It was the first in-person School Committee gathering since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Special-needs bias at BPS cries out for independent oversight

Meat producers’ overuse of antibiotics is unhealthy

A plea, a shout, alas, a reiteration over mass shootings

lifestyle

Does anyone really change?

Tight security at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, police say

This Boston-based party planner was behind Naomi Biden’s White House wedding

food & dining

Hill Farm by Sagra is a 50-acre sustainable farm, restaurant, and boutique inn situated along the Battenkill River in Vermont’s Equinox Mountain Valley.

Farm-to-table-to-bed in Vermont, ski resort deals, and California dreaming

A woman made chili for neighbors — and outrage ensued. Was she wrong?

This Martha’s Vineyard inn owner cooks the ‘best breakfast in the US’ — with no culinary training

travel

Weston Backcountry, also a leader in offering scholarships for women and underrepresented groups (and supporting backcountry safety and education, in general), has released its first women’s-specific swallowtail snowboard, The Revel, available in 143, 148, and 153 cm.

New winter sports gear worth checking out

Despite a reality TV makeover, this Berkshires motel is not quite ready for its close-up

Holiday splendor in the Brandywine Valley

Arts

Edward Hopper, "Manhattan Bridge Loop," 1928. Oil on canvas. Gift of Stephen C. Clark, Esq.

In ‘Edward Hopper’s New York,’ a city and artist forever entwined

At Yale, Fazal Sheikh exposes the elements in every sense

Looking back at an experiment in looking and learning at MIT

Books

Do not go gentle

A new study of John Singer Sargent views the painter through a 21st century lens

Netflix and poetry in Darryl Pinckney’s post-pandemic literary life

Movies

Thomas Hudner III, whose father, Thomas Hudner Jr., was a Korean War hero and is one of the subjects of a new film called "Devotion," held a flight jacket that belonged to his Navy aviator father.

Stirring tale of Korean War heroism of Thomas Hudner comes to the big screen

With ‘The Fabelmans,’ Spielberg joins the club of filmmakers mining their early years for the movies

‘Devotion’ is an interracial friendship story that flies

Television

Extras on the set of “The Chosen” in Midlothian, Texas, on June 8, 2022.

‘The Chosen’ makes Jesus Christ into a streaming star

AMC’s ‘Invitation to a Bonfire’ has been filming in New Bedford

Expect trials, tribulations from anthology series ‘Accused’

music

Haitian star Emeline Michel performs Sunday at Vincent's Nightclub in Randolph.

During Thanksgiving week, a bounty of Haitian music

Tedeschi Trucks’ 2022 tally: four albums, four films, four nights in Boston

Wilko Johnson, British guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, dies at 75

Theater/Dance

A pedestrian, whose reflection is captured in a window, passes under the marquee at the Emerson Paramount Center. ArtsEmerson, which stages some of its shows at the theater, says its attendance this season is below pre-pandemic levels.

At many Boston-area theaters, audiences haven’t staged a comeback

Not ready for the seasonal influx of holiday theater? Try these 4 shows.

Kyle Abraham’s ‘Requiem’ is a journey toward rebirth

globe local

A view of the pond before the Bond-Hampton House, which was designated as an official city landmark in early November. The building at 88 Lambert Ave. stands out as a remaining example of 19th-century suburban architecture, but it's perhaps most known as the longtime home of "Eyes on the Prize" filmmaker and community organizer Henry Hampton.

Former home of beloved ‘Eyes on the Prize’ creator becomes Boston landmark

NO LIMITS: Waypoint Adventure gives students with physical and emotional challenges real-life experiences outdoors

The Argument: Should the state require later start times for all middle and high schools?

Obituaries

Former Scotland player Doddie Weir looked on during the Autumn International match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield Stadium on November 13, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Rugby star and ALS campaigner Doddie Weir dies at 52

Harriet Bograd, 79, dies; mentor to Jewish communities around the world

Ellen Wittlinger, award-winning young adult author who included LGBTQ protagonists, dies at 74