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Biden to visit Israel Wednesday in show of support

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Palestinian medics in Gaza struggle to save lives under Israeli siege and bombardment
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Palestinians report heavy shelling in south Gaza towns where civilians are seeking refuge
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As Biden heads to Israel and Jordan, aid is held up for a Gaza on the verge of total collapse

Palestinians stand by the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 16.

Live updates: See the latest on the fighting in the Mideast

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.”

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Copley Square

Thousands rallied in Copley Square and marched to the Israeli consulate calling for Palestinian liberation on Monday evening, as war raged between Israel and Hamas.

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

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

"I can’t trust people in the medical field any more," said Lana Ryder, a former patient of Dr. Derrick Todd, who is a plaintiff in a class-action suit against him and his employers.

Patients say accused doctor seemed ‘warm’ and ‘caring’ at first

Later, they allege, Dr. Derrick Todd conducted inappropriate gynecological exams that amounted to sexual assault.

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.

The landscape of college sports is changing by the minute, and not everyone is happy about it
The introduction of NIL deals means student-athletes are now being compensated, but there is sharp division on whether they should be officially designated as “employees.”

Sunday's loss to the Raiders dropped the Patriots to 1-5.

Patriots mailbag: Fans are wondering whether they’ll win another game this year

There also are questions about Bill Belichick's ability to judge talent and whether Robert Kraft would consider a new general manager.

Tara Sullivan: Looking ahead or looking back, it all looks grim for the Patriots

An outpost of the Boston Harbor Distillery is among the new restaurants and shops located in Logan Airport's new Terminal E expansion.

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

The 300,000-plus-square-foot expansion includes a handful of spots to grab a pizza, a cocktail, or a phone charger before your international jet-setting.

Republicans will try to elect Trump ally Representative Jim Jordan as House speaker but GOP holdouts remain

On Tuesday, the House is scheduled to start voting at noon in what could become a showdown for the gavel.

House is set to vote on a new speaker. What to know.

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.

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.

Front Beach in Rockport.

‘We won’t tolerate it’: 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 fliers in Westfield

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

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

Josh Patenaude's Halloween display in Smithfield, Rhode Island, pays tribute to local businesses that have shuttered over the years.

R.I. Halloween display pays tribute to iconic New England businesses past

This year, Josh Patenaude of Smithfield added two new mock headstones, memorializing the Pawtucket Red Sox and Christmas Tree Shops.

Condominium units for sale in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood in 2021.

It’s fall and Greater Boston’s housing market is still frozen by interest rates

The 752 houses sold in and around Boston in September represented the lowest tally for the month since 1995.

"Breaking Bad" stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston were at Time Out Market Boston on behalf of their mezcal, Dos Hombres, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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.

Opinion

The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association came out in official opposition to a wide-ranging gun reform bill aimed at closing a number of loopholes, including the one that allows the “frame game,” the sale of parts of guns that if assembled would be illegal to sell in the state in easily assembled parts, and updating the state’s gun control laws.

Memo to chiefs: Gun control is your business too

ATF makes clear enforcement begins at the local level.

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

How one Israeli general prepares his troops for battle

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

As war rages, there seems to be no end to the tragedy

More recent News

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.

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.

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.

Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street

Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen attack on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.

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Commuters got off the Fairmount Line at the Blue Hill Avenue stop in Mattapan on Sept. 14.

‘Best commute I’ve ever had’: Red Line shutdown gives Fairmount Line a chance to shine

Over the next two weeks, the line is getting its chance to show what public transportation can be.

PERSPECTIVE

Can a Gen Z-er function without a smartphone? We made a co-worker find out.
A 23-year-old Globe staffer spent an old-fashioned weekend without his beloved device. Here’s how he did.

Demand to stay in Salem around Halloween leads to ‘astronomical’ fees for Airbnb and Vrbo rentals
“Somebody will pay it,” said one visitor who has been coming every October since 1995 to experience Salem in all of its spooky glory.

James Pindell | Analysis

Eight players to watch in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary
Money and endorsements matter less in 2024, but people still do. Here are eight who are shaping the contours of New Hampshire’s primary.

Culture & Lifestyle

Backed by his dancers, Maluma performs at Agganis Arena Sunday night.

Maluma is a captivating ‘Don Juan’ at Agganis Arena

The refreshed show, which includes a new finale, is the first major overhaul of Blue Man Group's Boston production since 2011.

With a reimagined show, Blue Man Group adds some new hues

Noah Kahan is among the nominees for artist and album of the year at the Boston Music Awards.

It’s time to vote for the Boston Music Awards

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.

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

A new bill would make "revenge porn" a crime and also tackle the thorny issue of teen sexting — attempting to strike a balance between writing off offenses that can cause real harm to victims and yet not ruining forever the lives of youthful offenders prone to engage in, well, high-risk and often just plain dumb stuff.

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems to be the skunk at the party.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — full of nonsense but good for the presidential race

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

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

R.I. Halloween display pays tribute to iconic New England businesses past

This year, Josh Patenaude of Smithfield added two new mock headstones, memorializing the Pawtucket Red Sox and Christmas Tree Shops.

Bottomless brunch restaurants in California are charging ‘vomit fees’

Servers and staff at restaurants have long groused about the ill behavior of brunchers determined to wring the most out of mimosa deals.

Patients say accused doctor seemed ‘warm’ and ‘caring’ at first

Later, they allege, Dr. Derrick Todd conducted inappropriate gynecological exams that amounted to sexual assault.

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

The 300,000-plus-square-foot expansion includes a handful of spots to grab a pizza, a cocktail, or a phone charger before your international jet-setting.

Sports

Police and inspectors work in an area where a shooting took place in the center of Brussels, on Oct. 16.

Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street

Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen attack on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.

Ohio State was the No. 1 college in the country last year in athletic revenue at $251.6 million, with the football team (above) accounting for $109.1 million of that.

The landscape of college sports is changing by the minute, and not everyone is happy about it

The introduction of NIL deals means student-athletes are now being compensated, but there is sharp division on whether they should be officially designated as “employees.”

Sunday's loss to the Raiders dropped the Patriots to 1-5.

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Fans are wondering whether they’ll win another game this year

There also are questions about Bill Belichick's ability to judge talent and whether Robert Kraft would consider a new general manager.

COWBOYS 20, CHARGERS 17

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

PHILLIES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3

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

Mac Jones talks about teammates’ belief in him, Jakobi Meyers, and more

Business

R.I. Halloween display pays tribute to iconic New England businesses past

This year, Josh Patenaude of Smithfield added two new mock headstones, memorializing the Pawtucket Red Sox and Christmas Tree Shops.

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

The 300,000-plus-square-foot expansion includes a handful of spots to grab a pizza, a cocktail, or a phone charger before your international jet-setting.

Chinese search engine company Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI model, claims that it rivals GPT-4

Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won’t be there

magazine

Can a Gen Z-er function without a smartphone? We made a co-worker find out.

A team trains ahead of last year’s Head of the Charles.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 16 - Oct. 22

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.

metro

Honoree Fleming.

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

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in Copley Square

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

sports

Lowell sophomore goalie Ikaro Da Silva has averaged 5 saves a game and posted nine shutouts this season.

Streaking Lowell boys’ soccer is hungry for rematch with MVC rival Billerica

Nate Eovaldi adds to his postseason success by pitching Rangers to 2-0 lead over Astros in ALCS

On the way to a 2-0 series lead, Rangers hitting coach Tim Hyers borrowed the approach of the 2018 Red Sox

business

President Biden.

Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan in bid to keep war from escalating

How Birkenstock’s lackluster debut mistimed the shaky IPO market

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company’s future is at stake

politics

Israeli soliders rode in their armoured vehicles towards the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

Biden to visit Israel and Jordan as airstrikes continue across Gaza. Follow live updates.

Republicans will try to elect Trump ally Representative Jim Jordan as House speaker but GOP holdouts remain

Trump scheduled to be questioned in lawsuits from ex-FBI employees who sent negative texts about him

Nation

Leonard Allen Cure.

Georgia deputy shoots, kills man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction

Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won’t be there

What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the cases against police and paramedics

World

Legal rights for LGBTQ+ people in India have been expanding over the past decade, mostly as a result of the Supreme Court’s intervention.

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, saying it is up to Parliament

Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street

Russia is sending more forces to an eastern Ukraine city after its assault slows, analysts say

opinion

A fox at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford in March.

Steel traps are a senseless assault on wildlife

Campus clashes kick up fog of war

With screens surrounding us, who really reads anymore?

lifestyle

"Breaking Bad" stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston were at Time Out Market Boston on behalf of their mezcal, Dos Hombres, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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

Tell us: What helped you make your romantic relationships or single life better?

A year later, it’s the same problem

food & dining

Several California restaurants offering bottomless brunches have recently imposed a fee for "any incident" stemming from their patrons' intoxication.

Bottomless brunch restaurants in California are charging ‘vomit fees’

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

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

travel

An outpost of the Boston Harbor Distillery is among the new restaurants and shops located in Logan Airport's new Terminal E expansion.

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

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

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

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

Comedian Ziwe Fumudoh is publishing a collection of personal essays entitled “Black Friend."

Writing ‘Black Friend,’ a new book of essays, forced comedian Ziwe into ‘terrifying’ position

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

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

Ms. Coates, as Lois Lane, with George Reeves, as Superman, in a still from the television series, "Adventures of Superman."

Phyllis Coates, the first Lois Lane on TV’s ‘Superman,’ dies at 96

This week’s TV: Ken Burns’s ‘American Buffalo,’ a British crime thriller, and news of a JFK series modeled on ‘The Crown’

Five things to know about the ‘60 Minutes’ report on migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard last year

music

Backed by his dancers, Maluma performs at Agganis Arena Sunday night.

Maluma is a captivating ‘Don Juan’ at Agganis Arena

It’s time to vote for the Boston Music Awards

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

Theater/Dance

The refreshed show, which includes a new finale, is the first major overhaul of Blue Man Group's Boston production since 2011.

With a reimagined show, Blue Man Group adds some new hues

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

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

Ms. Coates, as Lois Lane, with George Reeves, as Superman, in a still from the television series, "Adventures of Superman."

Phyllis Coates, the first Lois Lane on TV’s ‘Superman,’ dies at 96

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dies

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