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Gaza hospitals say thousands could die as Israeli offensive looms

People in line to buy bread in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Oct. 15, 2023.

‘We’re kicking into survival mode:’ Medway family among Americans trapped in Gaza Sunday amid Hamas-Israel war

Abood Okal is sheltering in a rural area about 10 miles from the Egyptian border with his wife, 18-month-old son, his sister and her three young children.

In first call with Palestinian president Abbas, Biden discusses support for humanitarian aid to Gaza Attleboro synagogue holds services Saturday, undeterred by bomb threat

General Mark Milley voices support for Israel, denounces Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ group in speech at Belmont Hill School

Palestinian Americans watch with dread as family members in Gaza struggle to stay alive

Harvard students rally in support of Palestinians ‘under siege in Gaza’

Salem church group that arrived in Israel just before Hamas attacks has safely returned to Mass.

Patriots at Raiders

Tight end Michael Mayer had three receptions on the Raiders' opening drive on Sunday.

Raiders 19, Patriots 10: New England is holding its own, but needs two scores at least

The last couple games have been rough for the Patriots, and the last time they were in Las Vegas for a regular-season game, the ending was also a horror show.

Live Updates

6:35 p.m.
Stevenson returns
6:28 p.m.
A fourth field goal for Raiders
6:22 p.m.
Third-quarter analysis
6:17 p.m.
Back to old habits

Keion White left Sunday's Patriots game against the Raiders with a head injury.

Patriots rookie Keion White leaves game vs. Raiders with head injury

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions
The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test.

Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures Brian Oliver used weights from a test kit to check the accuracy of a scale at a Whole Foods Market location.

Boston’s referees of retail make sure a pound is a pound, a gallon is a gallon, and mile is a mile

Meet the city's Division of Weights and Measures, "the nerds of a certain world.”

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Coming soon: Beyond the Gilded Gate, a Boston Globe Spotlight report into Massachusetts’ housing crisis

People from in and around Boston are being challenged by the region's housing crisis in ways never before seen.

Local neo-Nazi group demonstrates outside Governor Maura Healey’s home

The protesters, who wore masks and were identified as members of the New England-based NSC-131.

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dead at 76

Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the U.S. television sitcom “Three’s Company” that gained wide popularity in the 1970s and early 80s, has died

Surrounded by reporters, Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, departed a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday. Jordan and his allies have begun a right-wing pressure campaign against Republicans opposed to electing him speaker, working to unleash the rage of the party's base voters against moderate Republicans who might decline to support him.

‘Get it together’: Voters in early GOP primary states express frustration and consternation with Republican House speaker meltdown

‘Informal’ House speaker talks underway with GOP, Jeffries says Jordan activates right-wing pressure campaign in push to win speakership

Dana-Farber’s divorce from Brigham is the culmination of decades of change

According to several people involved in conversations around the deal, the divorce follows decades of tensions between the organizations.

ATF inspectors are well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show

ATF inspectors are well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show

Fitchburg man arrested following Roxbury stabbing

7-year-old girl struck by SUV in Gloucester, flown to Boston hospital

Used solar panels at Earthworm, Inc. This company picks up solar panels and sends them to a recycling company, GoodPoint Recycling.

Solar panel waste could become a problem. A nascent recycling industry has some solutions.

As nations move to keep solar panels out of landfills, the solar panel recycling business is expected to be a $1.72 billion industry by 2028, according to a market research report.

Iowa Methodist nurse manager Megan Carter picked up her youngest son, Oliver, from his last day at the child-care center in August. The hospital parent company, UnityPoint Health, recently received $2 million in grant funding to build a similar facility at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

‘We could start to move the needle’: Iowa offers model for fixing Mass. child-care crisis

Iowa's incentive program matched whatever a business was willing to spend funding new slots for their employees at local child-care centers or building on-site child-care facilities.

A humpback whale breaches off White Horse Beach in Plymouth.

After back and forth, humpback whales to remain on state’s endangered species list

The Healey administration withdrew its proposal to remove humpback whales from the Massachusetts list of endangered species. Conservationists are cheering the decision.

Opinion

The apple, grape, and tart cherry collections at the US Department of Agriculture's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, N.Y.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Apples of the future take root in the nation’s strategic fruit repository

Climate change will require breeders to develop apples that can withstand harsher conditions. But can they do that while keeping the fruit crisp and sweet?

Everyone deserves safe drinking water

How well are we grappling with Mass. and Cass?

Who needs the circus when there are House Republicans?

Redeeming captives is a high Israeli priority. Destroying Hamas must be a higher one.

Hispanic Heritage Month

For social use with baile folklórico video

Local dancer connects to his Mexican culture, subverts gender norms with baile folklórico

Horror fiction has seen an explosion in the number of Latinx authors joining the field in recent years.

Latinx horror authors are a new force in the genre. Here are 5 books to get you into the spooky season.

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Owner Edner Ttrente Et Un at Viva Mi Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in West Roxbury.

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

Dorchester Food Co-op opens its doors to bring fresh, affordable produce to the community
After more than a decade of planning and organizing, the co-op at 195 Bowdoin St. was bustling Saturday with neighborhood residents, both working the registers and crossing items off their grocery lists.

Celtics excited to have longtime coach and TV analyst Jeff Van Gundy on board as senior consultant
Van Gundy coached the Knicks and Rockets before beginning a lengthy career at ESPN, where he became one of the network’s top game analysts.

LOVE LETTERS

A year later, it’s the same problem
We still haven’t met in person.

Readers are invited to fall in love with romance at Marlborough book conference
Fall in Love New England will bring 57 romance authors to mingle, celebrate, and trick-or-treat with fans.

Mark Goddard, a star of the ’60s series ‘Lost in Space’ who was from Mass., dies
Mark Goddard, the actor best known for playing Major Don West on the science-fiction series “Lost in Space,” died Tuesday at a hospice center in Hingham. He was 87.

LIBERTY 87, ACES 73

Jonquel Jones and Breanna Stewart help Liberty take Game 3, avoid sweep in WNBA Finals
Jones scored 27 points and Stewart added 20 to help host New York beat Las Vegas on Sunday to force a Game 4 Wednesday night back in Brooklyn.

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Recommended reads

Jacques Pépin at his home in Madison, Conn., on Aug. 15, 2022.

‘Cooking for someone is the greatest expression of love’: Jacques Pépin on love, loss, and eating alone

In his latest book, “Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way,” the celebrated French chef focuses on simplicity, economy, and efficiency.

Blind date: ‘There was just so much to like about her’
Will this teacher and his date sail off into the sunset?

CONNECTIONS

Alzheimer’s eroded my grandpa’s brain. Now I’m the keeper of our memories.
“Wait for me,” I told my grandfather on our last video call. Would he last until I could return to see him in China?

‘It’s hard to believe he’s Al Capone’: Republicans portray Biden as both incompetent and a criminal mastermind
This tale of two Bidens comes as the party’s long-running narrative about the oldest sitting president in history clashes with a growing line of attack highlighted by a House Republican impeachment inquiry.

Culture & Lifestyle

What’s a favorite show of yours that nobody is talking about? Tell us and we’ll share it.

Juliette Binoche is "radiant" in "The Taste of Things."

Priscilla’s story, ‘Janet Planet,’ and French food draw attention at the New York Film Festival

BIA returns to Boston for a show at the Paradise Oct. 17.

After years of hip-hop stardom, Medford’s BIA returns home as a tour headliner

Members of The State who are currently on tour pose for a photo in Denver.

The State’s skewed sketch comedy was panned by critics, but then a funny thing happened

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Former president Donald Trump endorsed Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in the GOP race for speaker of the House. Jordan supported Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election, defied a congressional subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, and denies any knowledge of allegations of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University team doctor while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach there.

Katherine Clark

To my House GOP colleagues: Choose bipartisanship, not extremism, with next speaker

A child in Gaza looked at the destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a bombing by Israel on Oct. 8.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The cycle of violence starts with the Israeli occupation

A Chinese squid ship in the Pacific.

IDEAS | IAN URBINA

The return of an old scourge reveals a deep sickness in the global fishing industry

Israeli soldiers prepared for a mission Thursday outside Be’eri, a kibbutz that was overrun by Hamas militants last week.

Redeeming captives is a high Israeli priority. Destroying Hamas must be a higher one.

Senator Tommy Tuberville looked on as US Air Force General David W. Allvin, nominee to be chief of staff of the Air Force at the Department of Defense, not pictured, spoke during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12.

The world is watching the US Senate’s dysfunction and delay on ambassadors and military officials

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

ATF inspectors are well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show

ATF inspectors are well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show

After back and forth, humpback whales to remain on state’s endangered species list

The Healey administration withdrew its proposal to remove humpback whales from the Massachusetts list of endangered species. Conservationists are cheering the decision.

Boston’s referees of retail make sure a pound is a pound, a gallon is a gallon, and mile is a mile

Meet the city's Division of Weights and Measures, "the nerds of a certain world.”

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions

The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test.

Sports

Kyle Larson (5) takes the checkered flag over Christopher Bell (20) to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Kyle Larson earns spot in NASCAR’s championship race with victory at Las Vegas

Larson, the 2021 Cup champion, edged Christopher Bell at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway finish line to become the first driver locked into the championship finale on Nov. 5.

Tight end Michael Mayer had three receptions on the Raiders' opening drive on Sunday.

Raiders 19, Patriots 10: New England is holding its own, but needs two scores at least

The last couple games have been rough for the Patriots, and the last time they were in Las Vegas for a regular-season game, the ending was also a horror show.

Max Scherzer brought plenty of playoff experience when the Rangers acquired him from the Mets in July.

Rangers add Max Scherzer and Jon Gray to roster, bolstering pitching staff for ALCS against Astros

Texas manager Bruce Bochy indicated Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner out since Sept. 12 with a shoulder strain, will start Game 3 or 4.

Patriots rookie Keion White leaves game vs. Raiders with head injury

HS FOOTBALL: TOP 20

With Week 6 wins, Billerica makes a jump and Central Catholic returns to the Globe Top 20 high school football poll

LIBERTY 87, ACES 73

Jonquel Jones and Breanna Stewart help Liberty take Game 3, avoid sweep in WNBA Finals

Business

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions

The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test.

A Supreme Court dispute over a $15,000 IRS bill may be aimed at a never-enacted tax on billionaires

Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they believe is unconstitutional

Solar panel waste could become a problem. A nascent recycling industry has some solutions.

‘Informal’ House speaker talks underway with GOP, Jeffries says

magazine

Karen and Gale on Oahu, 1963.

My mother’s descent into dementia, in her own words

Older people rarely want hearing aids. A dementia study could change that.

The writer’s father took this picture of his wife, seven kids, and a baby sitter.

A fraught question for the children of Alzheimer’s: Is it coming for us?

This week's daters: Max and Siena.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There was just so much to like about her’

metro

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023.

Harvard students rally in support of Palestinians ‘under siege in Gaza’

A place of love and success

‘It’s hard to conceive of this as anything other than like a death march’: Local experts decry forced displacement of Gazans

sports

Will Anderson Jr. and the Texans gave up 353 yards and a touchdown to Saints quarterback Derek Carr, but never trailed thanks in part to two takeaways.

C.J. Stroud, defense shine again for Houston as they hold off New Orleans

Political stances by countries may hurt bids to host the Olympic Games

Brooks Koepka beats Talor Gooch in LIV Golf-Jeddah playoff, but Gooch wins season points title

business

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Dana-Farber’s divorce from Brigham is the culmination of decades of change

Amid a mental health crisis, toy industry takes on a new role: building resilience

How a series of air traffic control lapses in Texas nearly killed a planeload of people

politics

Representative Jim Jordan and his allies have begun a right-wing pressure campaign against Republicans opposed to electing him speaker, working to unleash the rage of the party’s base voters against any lawmaker standing in the way of his election.

Jordan activates right-wing pressure campaign in push to win speakership

Federal firefighters face steep pay cuts

‘Get it together’: Voters in early GOP primary states express frustration and consternation with Republican House speaker meltdown

Nation

Megafires, which dwarf typical wildfires in size, have an immediate ecological toll, killing individual plants and animals that might have survived more contained blazes. In the longer term, changing fire patterns could drive some species out of existence, like Western screech owls.

How megafires are remaking the world

A Supreme Court dispute over a $15,000 IRS bill may be aimed at a never-enacted tax on billionaires

State Fair of Texas evacuated and 1 man arrested after shooting in Dallas injures 3 victims

World

From left, Wafaa Abuzayda, Yousef Okal, and Abood Okal. The family has been trapped in Gaza since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel.

‘We’re kicking into survival mode:’ Medway family among Americans trapped in Gaza Sunday amid Hamas-Israel war

Ukraine worries that prolonged war in Gaza may dilute global support

Gaza hospitals say thousands could die as Israeli offensive looms

opinion

Senator Tommy Tuberville looked on as US Air Force General David W. Allvin, nominee to be chief of staff of the Air Force at the Department of Defense, not pictured, spoke during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12.

The world is watching the US Senate’s dysfunction and delay on ambassadors and military officials

Which war crimes?

Redeeming captives is a high Israeli priority. Destroying Hamas must be a higher one.

lifestyle

A year later, it’s the same problem

She gaslights me all the time

So your parents have outgrown their home. What now?

food & dining

Red pepper cavatelli.

At Midnight Morning, it’s always a good time to gather

Globe readers share their favorite restaurant desserts in honor of National Dessert Day Saturday

H+L Market brings clam shack vibes to the Seaport; Rebelle’s bagels fill a hole in the Kendall Square dining scene

travel

In Vermont, the median age is the third oldest in the country and the unemployment rate is just 1.8 percent.

A new role for tourism agencies: getting vacationers to stay permanently

Boston tops list of cities with the most expensive hotels in the country

With new gates, Massport makes an $800 million bet on international travel at Logan

Arts

Art dealer William Vareika in front of a John La Farge stained glass triptych, which he and his wife Alison donated to the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College.

🖌️ You have to get down to Newport to check out this art gallery this fall

At sea with ‘Forecast Form’ at the ICA

At the Addison, a Maine painter takes on the age-old conventions of maritime art

Books

Fall in Love New England hosts a Halloween costume contest for readers and authors every year.

Readers are invited to fall in love with romance at Marlborough book conference

Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

Latinx horror authors are a new force in the genre. Here are 5 books to get you into the spooky season.

Movies

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” was shot over three nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ gives fans the best seat in the stadium

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ movie: Four takeaways from the premiere.

Welcome back, Carter: Legendary costumer Ruth E. Carter honored with Coolidge Award

Television

Suzanne Somers is seen in 2007. Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company,” as well as her business endeavors, died early Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dead at 76

As ‘SNL’ returns, Pete Davidson opens the show on a somber note

Watch for expansion of ‘Suits’ franchise

music

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing a Shostakovich cello concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Yo-Yo Ma makes Shostakovich concertos the main event with BSO

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ gives fans the best seat in the stadium

Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 84

Theater/Dance

Members of The State who are currently on tour pose for a photo in Denver.

The State’s skewed sketch comedy was panned by critics, but then a funny thing happened

Moonbox’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ offers theatergoers an early peek at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge

British comic Russell Howard brings his mix of wonder and silliness to the Shubert stage

Health

Neil Steinberg, the former president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, is expected to be named chairman of the state's new life sciences corporate body.

Neil Steinberg, former CEO of Rhode Island Foundation, to chair R.I.’s new life sciences agency

R.I. life sciences agency inches closer to becoming reality

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

Obituaries

Suzanne Somers is seen in 2007. Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company,” as well as her business endeavors, died early Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dead at 76

Andy Bean, 11-time PGA Tour winner, dies from complications of lung surgery

Khaled Khalifa, lauded Syrian novelist who was ‘exiled at home,’ dies