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Biden will visit Israel and also meet with Arab leaders in Jordan
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The Wexner Foundation cuts ties with Harvard over Hamas response

The Wexner Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering Jewish and Israeli leadership, said in a Monday letter that it is “formally ending its financial and programmatic relationships with Harvard and the Harvard Kennedy School.”
Live updates: See the latest on the fighting in the Mideast

As Israel and Hamas go to war, Republicans blame Biden. Foreign policy experts say that’s unfair.

As war wages in Middle East, US Muslims battle Islamophobia

‘It is just unfathomable’: Medway family still unable to cross border despite State department guidance

Authorities inundated with tips after releasing sketch of ‘person of interest’ in killing of retired Vermont university dean
Officials are pursuing dozens of tips from the public after releasing an artist’s sketch of a “person of interest” in the slaying of a retired university dean on a walking trail near her Vermont home.

Coast Guard launches formal investigation into mast collapse on schooner that led to death in Maine

The formal investigation was ordered by Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, to “determine causal factors that led to the incident and to identify any other information that can improve maritime safety in the future,” the Coast Guard said.

Deaths of two divers have Cape Ann scuba community asking questions
Authorities have yet to announce how two experienced divers died on an easy test dive last week off a beach in Rockport.

Healey says Mass. can no longer guarantee room in shelter system, state on ‘verge of reaching capacity’

State officials said the state will stop adding more shelter units, and will implement a capacity limit on November 1. In their presentation Monday, state officials said they do not have enough units or funding to safely expand capacity beyond 7,500 families.

‘We won’t tolerate it’: Governor Maura Healey reacts to neo-Nazi group protesting outside her home

About 25 protestors, who police believe were members of the New England-based NSC-131, demonstrated outside Governor Maura Healey’s home for roughly one hour Saturday before leaving around 9:40 p.m., according to State Police.
Neo-Nazi group NSC-131 drops recruitment fliers in Westfield

Aides to Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui of Cambridge allege toxic workplace behavior

Siddiqui has positioned herself as a progressive champion, promising to lift the city’s lowest. But eight women who have worked for Siddiqui since 2017 allege that the mayor created a toxic work environment at odds with her public image.

In Boston, ‘Breaking Bad’ stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul talk mezcal, Market Basket, and the SAG-AFTRA strike

The promotional trip for their mezcal brand, Dos Hombres, included multiple stops around the city.

With time to plan this year, Joe Mazzulla puts emphasis on teamwork in Celtics camp

Improved chemistry is the most obvious benefit of more team-focused practices.

Mass. politicians condemn murder of 6-year-old Muslim boy in Illinois

Representative Ayanna Pressley and Boston City Council President Ed Flynn released statements after a 6-year-old boy was killed.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

The US should open its doors to displaced Palestinians amid Israel-Hamas war

Any politician who conflates Gazans — and the rest of the Palestinian population — with the terrorist group is being willfully ignorant.
Alex Beam

Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is good for the presidential election
JOAN VENNOCHI

Not all young people view the 2024 New Hampshire primary the same
Nancy Katz

How one Israeli general prepares his troops for battle
EDITORIAL

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda

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Judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case imposes narrow gag order on Donald Trump
The gag order bars former president Donald Trump from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses, and the judge’s staff.

Dennis Hernandez ordered to undergo competency evaluation in federal court in Connecticut
The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is being prosecuted for a series of threats against the University of Connecticut and three people he knows, records show.

Oprah floated a 2020 presidential run with Mitt Romney, book says
Oprah Winfrey pitched Mitt Romney on the idea of running for president as an independent, with her as his running mate, according to a forthcoming biography of the Republican senator from Utah.

Boston Medical Center writing prescriptions for electricity
The health system will use energy credits generated from a new solar array on its administrative building to help reduce patients’ electric bills.

Barnstable woman files suit against Loon Mountain claiming she was seriously injured at snow tubing site
The woman alleges she was seriously injured when she went airborne and crashed while using a “tot tube” without brakes on an adult snow tubing site at the Loon Mountain Ski Resort in New Hampshire in February, according to a federal lawsuit.

Fourth suit filed against former Brigham doctor, as number of plaintiffs tops 100
The latest lawsuit alleges that Dr. Derrick Todd performed “inappropriate pelvic examinations, breast examinations, and rectal examinations on patients ... for his own sexual gratification.”

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Dorchester man pleads guilty to murdering his mother at their home in 2020

Zackery Grandy was sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court to life in prison, with the possibility of parole at 20 years, officials said.

Coast Guard launches formal investigation into mast collapse on schooner that led to death in Maine

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Authorities inundated with tips after releasing sketch of ‘person of interest’ in killing of retired Vermont university dean

Officials are pursuing dozens of tips from the public after releasing an artist’s sketch of a “person of interest” in the slaying of a retired university dean on a walking trail near her Vermont home.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Copley Square

Demonstrators carrying signs reading, “Free Palestine!” “End the Occupation Now!” and “Let Gaza Live!” spilled across the steps of the Boston Public Library’s main branch amid sporadic rain and later marched through the Back Bay, chanting, “Free, free, Palestine!” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”

Sports

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Dak Prescott, Cowboys rebound from bad loss with win over Chargers on late field goal

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Bryce Harper’s birthday wishes come true with a Phillies win in Game 1 of the NLCS

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