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Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike

President Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, following pressure by business groups on the stalled negotiations.

It’s been a year since the vote. Where is Boston’s elected School Committee?

Nearly 80 percent of voters made it clear they wanted to elect Boston School Committee members, but Mayor Michelle Wu says now is no time for transition.

‘I wanted to learn from the best,’ Healey says of her early years of private law practice

Years before Maura Healey embarked on a public service career that would see her become the state’s first elected woman governor, she was a junior attorney in the litigation department of WilmerHale in Boston.

Boston readies royal reception for William and Kate

The prince and princess of Wales arrive in Boston on Wednesday for a round of visits before attending the Friday presentation of the Earthshot Prize, a prestigious environmental award.

Biden to be in Boston on Friday, just like the royals Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, leave the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after taking part in an event with Coach Core, in London on Oct. 13, 2022. Prince William and Princess Kate will make their first trip to the United States in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on his Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators.

Here’s (almost) everything Prince William and Kate will do during their Boston visit

The aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove fire on Nov. 28, 1942.

Victims of Cocoanut Grove fire remembered on 80th anniversary

Human remains in South Boston found to be four infants, police say

Police said the human remains had been determined to be two boys and two girls after autopsies conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The results of the autopsies are pending.

Virginia Representative Donald McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle

Virginia Representative Donald McEachin represented Virginia's 4th Congressional District, which includes part of Richmond and extends south to the North Carolina border. He was reelected to a fourth term earlier this month.

A view of the Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course in Brookline.

A group wants more green space in Brookline. Their proposal has led to a ‘rancorous’ debate about the town’s public golf course.

The future of the Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course has stirred controversy for months, pitting those who want to increase public access to the 120-acre parcel against those who want it to remain mostly unchanged.

Celtics 140, Hornets 105

Celtics ride dominant first quarter to steamroll hapless Hornets, take 13th win in last 14
Jayson Tatum had 35 points, Marcus Smart had 22 points and 15 assists, and Malcolm Brogdon added 21 in another convincing win.

Blake Griffin even managed a couple of dunks Monday at TD Garden, a highlight in a night festooned with them as Boston pounded Charlotte by 35 points.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Blake Griffin at peace with his game, and ready for whatever the Celtics give him

The one-time Lob City superstar with the Clippers played a season-high 22 minutes on Monday, a chance to show the crowd, NBA faithful, and even his teammates that he has some bounce left at age 33.

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We’ll find out Thursday against the Bills whether the Patriots defense is for real
The New England defense has put up impressive statistics for most of the season — but largely against subpar quarterbacks.

NFL Week 12: The balance of power has shifted in the AFC East, and it’s not in the Patriots’ favor

Francis St. Germain Sr. 98, with two of his 36 great grandchildren, Jarren Gregoire (left) 7, and
Kadynce Gregoire, 3. St. Germain has a brother who is 99 and a brother who is 92. Their father lived to 107. He has been enrolled in a study of families of super agers at Boston University for 20 years, following his father into the study.

The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.

Researchers hope to identify inherited and natural factors that protect against the diseases of aging.

Over 133 Kemp's ridley turtles and 37 green turtles have been rescued from the shores of Cape Cod Bay since Nov. 18, according to the New England Aquarium.

More than 150 hypothermic sea turtles rescued off Cape Cod are being treated at aquarium facility in Quincy

Cape Cod Bay traps turtles each fall, and volunteers and staff members at the New England Aquarium sea turtle hospital provide individualized care for the animals.

The Iranian team is coming off a victory over Wales. It will face the US Tuesday, with advancement on the line.

A coach who knows both teams sizes up the US-Iran World Cup match

Dan Gaspar has coached in the US ranks and was Iran's top assistant from 2011-17.

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Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from its App Store

Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple, Twitter's top advertiser, after he said the company threatened to block the social network from its App Store and mostly had stopped advertising on Twitter.

Opinion

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C.

We should all care about the integrity of the IRS

Tax administration that is fair, impartial, and free of meddling is essential to the nation.

MARCELA GARCÍA

World Cup’s frenzied fandom gives the boot to geopolitical morality

Time to end the mystery, incoming Governor Maura Healey

Biden must hold more press conferences

Adrian Bonenberger

Under fire from Russia, Ukrainian morale remains high

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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Robert Kraft lets Virginia football team use Patriots plane to attend funerals
The services for the three players slain this month were scheduled for locations in Florida, Virginia, and South Carolina.

Drydock turned lab space: Inside developer Jon Cronin’s plans for a unique corner of Boston’s waterfront
The restaurateur-turned-developer envisions a trio of lab buildings overlooking the drydock — one of the last of its kind on the East Coast — that together will total nearly 900,000 square feet.

Bob Dylan apologizes following controversy about autographs in new book
The artist admitted to using an auto-pen to sign special editions of "The Philosophy of Modern Song.”

Lowell water main break causes flooding; dozens evacuated

Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau said about 10:45 p.m. that crews were still working on repairs.

She was kidnapped as a baby in 1971. Her family just found her alive.

Melissa Highsmith's family did not give up hope after she was kidnapped as a baby in 1971. They recently found her, using DNA technology and their own perseverance.

Company dismantling Pilgrim plant seeks clearance to discharge radioactive wastewater
The move comes after the Environmental Protection Agency told the company, Holtec International, in July that its existing permit does not authorize it to discharge wastewater into the ocean.

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When grandparents become parents again
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Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, with the Atlas robot.

Boston Dynamics, known for its wacky robot videos, is now focused on making money

With its newest robot, Stretch, Boston Dynamics is taking a more commercial — and lucrative — approach.

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 region's housing shortage, environment, and the economy itself.

Nearly 50 years later, his murder conviction was overturned. Now Milton Jones wants his name cleared.
Milton Jones has fought to prove his innocence since 1976, when a jury relied on flimsy evidence to convict him of second-degree murder in the robbery of a Roxbury bar.

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.

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Justin Freed, the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s former owner and film programmer, will bring his film “Jazz Saved My Life” to the theater, as well as musicians Maria Schneider and Donal Fox for "An Evening of Jazz and Healing."

‘Jazz and healing’ at Coolidge Corner, through the lens of Justin Freed

James Hetfield, left, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform during the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Central Park in New York.

Metallica announces two Gillette Stadium dates on upcoming world tour

Authors Stacy Schiff (left) and Bora Chung will be reading at author events in Boston this week.

Author readings around Boston Nov. 27-Dec. 3

Boston Ballet principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio and soloist Chisako Oga in Mikko Nissinen's "The Nutcracker."

Boston Ballet returns with a full staging of ‘The Nutcracker’

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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

President Biden responded to a question from a reporter during a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House a day after the midterm elections on Nov. 9.

Biden must hold more press conferences

An apartment building in Irpin, Ukraine. Heavily damaged during the fight to retake the town in April, it serves as evidence of the terrible toll that Ukrainian civilians have suffered at the hands of Russia.

Adrian Bonenberger

Under fire from Russia, Ukrainian morale remains high

Plastic waste and garbage on the beach in Costa del Este, Panama City, Panama, on Sept. 21.

Carroll Muffett

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

Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks during the Federalist Society's 40th Anniversary dinner at Union Station in Washington, Nov. 10, 2022.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Supreme Court wining, dining, and leaking no light matter

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

The author and his son, Misha, last February.

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The mismeasure of Misha

Metro

Company dismantling Pilgrim plant seeks clearance to discharge radioactive wastewater

The move comes after the Environmental Protection Agency told the company, Holtec International, in July that its existing permit does not authorize it to discharge wastewater into the ocean.

Susan Kikuchi, 74, dies; staged Martha Graham dances and ‘King and I’

With her mother, Yuriko, one of Martha Graham’s leading dancers and teachers, Ms. Kikuchi grew up, in part, in the company.

Human remains in South Boston found to be four infants, police say

Police said the human remains had been determined to be two boys and two girls after autopsies conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The results of the autopsies are pending.

Incoming R.I. secretary of state Amore names senior leadership and transition teams

LeeAnn Byrne will serve as chief of staff, former Representative Shelby Maldonado and Rob Rock will become deputy secretaries of state.

Sports

Blake Griffin even managed a couple of dunks Monday at TD Garden, a highlight in a night festooned with them as Boston pounded Charlotte by 35 points.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Blake Griffin at peace with his game, and ready for whatever the Celtics give him

The one-time Lob City superstar with the Clippers played a season-high 22 minutes on Monday, a chance to show the crowd, NBA faithful, and even his teammates that he has some bounce left at age 33.

Pittsburgh's Benny Snell Jr. bounces into the end zone for the game-deciding score.

Steelers take advantage of bumbling Colts

Pittsburgh (4-7) matched San Francisco for the most Monday night victories in league history (52).

Shohei Ohtani led all designated hitters with at least 100 at-bats in hits, runs, total bases, triples, homers, RBIs, and walks in 2022.

Baseball notebook

Shohei Ohtani named top DH in the majors

Ohtani, who finished second in the AL MVP voting, is the first player to win the designated hitter trophy in back-to-back years since David Ortiz won it five straight times (2003-07).

Celtics 140, Hornets 105

Celtics ride dominant first quarter to steamroll hapless Hornets, take 13th win in last 14

HS GIRLS' BASKETBALL

On Day 1, Andover girls’ basketball makes a spirited return to the court

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Rhamondre Stevenson’s do-it-all reputation with Patriots didn’t come easy

Business

Pence tells Trump to apologize for dining with white nationalist

Former vice president Mike Pence is the most prominent Republican to criticize former president Trump after he had dinner last week at his Mar-a-Lago estate with rapper Ye and a well-known white nationalist.

Athenahealth CEO looks to take Watertown health IT company public, for a second time

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

Two Fed officials endorse raising key rate to 5 percent or more

Yahoo takes minority stake in ad network Taboola

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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

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A group wants more green space in Brookline. Their proposal has led to a ‘rancorous’ debate about the town’s public golf course.

‘I wanted to learn from the best,’ Healey says of her early years of private law practice

sports

Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen is 3-1 in his last four games against the Patriots, and the one loss was somewhat of a fluke.

We’ll find out Thursday against the Bills whether the Patriots defense is for real

As former Celtic Kemba Walker latches on in Dallas, his old coaches are pulling for him

Judging by the way he is thumping opponents, Charlie McAvoy’s shoulder is fine

business

Meta fined $275m for breaking EU data privacy law

Sick of Zoom? Try beaming in by ‘hologram.’

Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflation

politics

French President Emmanuel Macron whispers to President Biden following their dinner at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany, on June 26.

Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit

High court to hear arguments over Biden’s deportation policy

Virginia Representative Donald McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle

Nation

Birds take flight in the Salton Sea on the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge on July 15, 2021, in Calipatria, Calif.

Drying California lake to get $250 million in US drought funding

Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist attack that left 10 dead

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts, officials warn people to prepare

World

A man watches a plume of gas being expelled from the crater of the Chaparrastique volcano in San Jorge, El Salvador, on Nov. 28.

Volcano begins to erupt in eastern El Salvador

In China, protesters are using memes, puns, and blank sheets of paper in creative acts of defiance

What you need to know about China’s COVID-19 protests

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

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

‘Bought and sold’: that troublesome UMass Lowell hydrogen study

lifestyle

James Hetfield, left, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform during the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Central Park in New York.

Metallica announces two Gillette Stadium dates on upcoming world tour

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

How chasing viral guitar riffs made Will Paquin a TikTok sensation

food & dining

Levain Bakery of New York opened its Newbury Street shop earlier this year, introducing Bostonians to its hefty, 6-ounce cookies.

Gift boxes they’ll devour: Here are 4 ideas for people who love food

After 10 years of cooking in Chicago, this chef is hosting pop-ups in North restaurant’s former space

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

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

From left to right, top to bottom, Billie Eilish, Rami Malek, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Dae Kim and Halle Bailey (left) and her sister Chloe Bailey, of the R&B duo Chloe X Halle are all slated to take part in the Earthshot Prize Awards this Friday.

Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

This week’s TV: Why Scrooge is timeless, a ‘Willow’ series, and a Dolly Parton movie

‘The Chosen’ makes Jesus Christ into a streaming star

music

Tenor soloist Ben Bliss and conductor Václav Luks performing Handel's "Messiah" with the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and Chorus on Sunday.

Guest conductor Václav Luks brings out musical merits of Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Messiah’

‘Jazz and healing’ at Coolidge Corner, through the lens of Justin Freed

Bob Dylan apologizes following controversy about autographs in new book

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio and soloist Chisako Oga in Mikko Nissinen's "The Nutcracker."

Boston Ballet returns with a full staging of ‘The Nutcracker’

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

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

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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

Ms. Kikuchi, at a public event in Manhattan last month.

Susan Kikuchi, 74, dies; staged Martha Graham dances and ‘King and I’

Eleanor Jackson Piel, lawyer who fought capital convictions, dies at 102

Lucia Small, who brought women’s and girls’ voices to forefront in documentaries, dies at 59