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Greater Boston has a housing crisis, but doesn't act like it

In towns like Milton, soaring home prices are a barrier to a new generation of buyers and a clear threat to future prosperity. It is a fact of life here, but it doesn’t have to be.
How will the state’s historic rezoning mandate affect your community? Graphics: Why it’s so hard to afford housing in Boston

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Israel allows limited aid for Gaza as tensions rise following hospital blast
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Retired Brandeis University professor Ilan Troen mourns his daughter, killed by Hamas in Israel

Protesters in Lebanon clash with security near US Embassy

An MIT grad went to the scene of a massacre in Israel to find his cousin. This is what he saw.

GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek options

Representative Jim Jordan’s path to become House speaker was almost certainly lost. He was opposed by 22 Republicans, two more than he lost in first round voting the day before. No further votes Wednesday were scheduled.
ben volin | on football

Everyone wants to know what will happen with Bill Belichick, but Robert Kraft isn’t talking

The Krafts seemed to be the only ones at the NFL owners meetings who didn’t want to discuss Belichick’s future with the Patriots.

Eight creative ways to get the stagnant Patriots going in a better direction

Start Will Grier at quarterback? Bring back the fullback? Take the ball to start the game? It seems like it's time to pull out all the stops.
Colts owner Jim Irsay says Tom Brady is getting too steep a discount to buy into Raiders
dan shaughnessy

The Red Sox seem to be hearing, ‘No thanks,’ from a lot of prospective candidates

Who knew it would be this hard to find qualified folks interested in taking over the baseball operation of the once-vaunted Boston Red Sox?
James Click removes himself from consideration for Red Sox baseball operations job Who are the potential candidates to lead the Red Sox’ baseball ops department?

BPS releases districtwide inclusive education plan for students with disabilities

A report by the Council of Great City Schools last fall found that 29 percent of BPS students with disabilities — thousands of students — are taught in “substantially separate” classrooms — a rate more than twice that of state and national averages.

Amid pushback and criticism, Mass. House votes to pass wide-ranging gun bill
After hours of speeches by state House members on both sides of the issue, lawmakers on Tuesday voted 120-38 to approve a bill to overhaul Massachusetts firearms laws.

As state pleads for federal help, Mass. lawmakers meet with Homeland Security secretary on migrants

The Mass. congressional delegation met with the secretary of Homeland Security for an hour Wednesday morning to impress upon him the need for more assistance to deal with the number of migrants seeking shelter here.
Healey’s move to cap Mass. shelter capacity amid migrant influx invites criticism, legal questions

Woman was raped after leaving Boston nightclub by a man driving what she thought was a rideshare, police say

A woman said she was raped in downtown Boston early Saturday morning after she got into a blue sedan she thought was being operated by an Uber driver, according to court records and a Boston police report.

Video shows terrifying moment when girl on bicycle was struck by hit-and-run driver in East Bridgewater

The driver who was involved in a hit-and-run crash in East Bridgewater over the weekend has been identified by police and is being summonsed to court on criminal charges, authorities said.

Suspect admits he murdered Natalee Holloway on Aruba in 2005, pleads guilty to extorting her mom

Eli Lilly, riding a pharma hot streak, expects to double planned employment in Boston research center

In her first major housing bill, Healey seeks $4.1 billion, zoning changes, and tax on high-dollar sales

 Ten things to know about the $4b housing bond bill
Opinion
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Jim Jordan is one step from House speaker due to gerrymandering

Gerrymandering built the House chaos. The Supreme Court appears disinclined to do anything about it.
EDITORIAL

Go big and go for homes: Healey’s $4b housing plan
LESSONS FROM SWIFTIES

What is the liking gap? Let us explain with Taylor Swift's friendship bracelets.
Renée Loth

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?
JOAN VENNOCHI

Massachusetts shouldn’t walk away from its right-to-shelter law
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Looking forward to a wet, windy weekend

After a sunny Thursday, Friday will quickly go downhill weather-wise with an increase in clouds and a development of showers that will linger through Saturday at least.

Massachusetts is drowning in single-use plastics. Why not ban them?

Despite being a national leader on many environmental issues, Mass. has fallen woefully behind other states that have imposed bans or updated their bottle bills to increase their recycling rate, advocates say.
QUICK BITE

At Medford’s El Tacuba, a packed bar and excellent stuffed plantains

The Tenoch team debuts a high-energy sit-down restaurant.
LOVE LETTERS

I’m done with hookups, but struggling with the next step

At 22, I’m finding it difficult to meet people who want something longer term.

More recent News

MBTA posts first episode of ‘Spilling the T’ podcast after false start: ‘We have a lot of issues across the system’
The podcast was initially posted online Oct. 5 — apparently by mistake — and was then mysteriously taken down.

Deaths in Mass. teen driver crashes hit highest tally since 2008 last year, AAA says

Forty-nine people died in crashes involving teen drivers in Massachusetts last year, the highest tally in the state in a decade and a half, according to AAA Northeast.

Route 1A northbound in East Boston reopened nearly 12 hours after fiery crash forced closure

According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, the car impacted the undercarriage of the fully loaded tanker, damaging piping underneath. “The collision damaged the piping at the bottom of the tanker, causing a fire to both vehicles,” a DEP spokesman wrote in an e-mail.

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" turns 30 this month — and it’s become an unlikely yuletide classic.

DEVRA FIRST | DINING OUT
In Back Bay, Hue wants to throw the party we all deserve
Great nightlife should come with great food. Here it’s still catching up.

Dorchester woman struck by lightning last month leaves Boston Medical Center to applause as she continues recovery
A 31-year-old Dorchester woman who was struck by lightning last month has moved from Boston Medical Center to Spaulding Rehabilitation, officials said.

Chug chug chug? Nah. Student desire for booze-free housing growing at local colleges.
College of the Holy Cross, Tufts University, and Boston College report a recent uptick in students looking for living environments without alcohol.

Suffolk district attorney drops robbery, kidnapping charges in 1973 case involving man whose rape conviction was previously thrown out
Prosecutors formally dropped robbery and kidnapping charges against a man who spent nearly half a century in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit, bringing an end to the decades long legal saga.

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Groton teenager Malcolm Fry signs first-team contract with Revolution
Fry, 18, who joined the Revolution Academy in 2019, originally committed to play at Wake Forest, but the draw of a pro contract kept him in New England.

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Derrick Todd ‘committed indecent assault and battery of a sexual nature,’ according to newest allegations against the ex-Brigham doctor

A lawsuit filed Sept. 29 against the rheumatologist was unsealed in court Tuesday.

Cambridge passes new affordable housing rules, paving the way for taller buildings
The amendments, which passed the council on a 6-3 vote, mark one of the more ambitious local efforts to address the affordable housing crisis in Massachusetts.

Newly released documents give inside look into the attack by, and takedown of, deadly Winthrop shooter
The vivid accounts of eyewitnesses and a Winthrop police sergeant are detailed in investigative files released Tuesday by Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden as he announced his finding that the fatal shooting of Allen was legally justified.

Graphic: What happened during the Winthrop shootings, turn by turn

Proclaiming a grave threat to college sports, Charlie Baker takes push for national NIL policy to Congress
This was the former Massachusetts governor's first appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss name-image-likeness concerns since becoming president of the NCAA in March.

Culture & Lifestyle

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down

Honoring African American history scholars for changing perspective on ‘things we thought we knew’

From Miyazaki’s latest to the Massachusetts-set ‘Eileen,’ here’s what to catch at IFFBoston’s Fall Focus at the Brattle

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

How police chiefs are standing in the way of gun safety
Katherine Clark

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

EDITORIAL

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda
Alex Beam

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

The cycle of violence starts with the Israeli occupation
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Amid pushback and criticism, Mass. House votes to pass wide-ranging gun bill

After hours of speeches by state House members on both sides of the issue, lawmakers on Tuesday voted 120-38 to approve a bill to overhaul Massachusetts firearms laws.

Six Jewish protesters arrested at pro-Palestine sit-in at Sen. Warren’s office in Boston

Those arrested had entered the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building, next to Boston City Hall, and refused to leave while a couple hundred demonstrators gathered outside singing Jewish songs and sharing personal stories of grief and mourning. Some carried signs saying “Ceasefire now” and “Jews against genocide.”
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Winter is coming

The state can no longer provide emergency shelter to every family that needs it. What happens next?

BPS releases districtwide inclusive education plan for students with disabilities

A report by the Council of Great City Schools last fall found that 29 percent of BPS students with disabilities — thousands of students — are taught in “substantially separate” classrooms — a rate more than twice that of state and national averages.

Sports

Neymar tears ACL playing for Brazil in World Cup qualifying game

Neymar injured his left knee in the first half of Brazil’s 2-0 loss to Uruguay on Tuesday.
NBA

James Harden skips 76ers practice, leaving coach Nick Nurse unsure of what comes next

Harden has yet to play in the preseason, although he did attend training camp and continued to practice with ther 76ers in the wake of his offseason trade demand.
Golf

Defiant as ever, Phil Mickelson claims more players want to jump to Saudi-backed LIV Golf

There has been no indication of top players wanting to leave the PGA Tour, which next year will feature eight “signature events” with $20 million in prize money.
bruins notebook

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery senses some instant chemistry with one of his new line combos
NFL notebook

Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray returns to practice
women's college hockey notebook

Mary Edmonds’s veteran leadership gets results for Merrimack women’s hockey

Business

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

The e-commerce giant says customers will be able to choose from more than 500 medications, a list that includes common treatments for conditions like the flu or pneumonia, but not controlled substances.

Starbucks sues Workers United union, saying pro-Palestinian post damaged its reputation

Starbucks sued the union organizing its workers Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestine social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation.

United Airlines rolling out plan that lets passengers in economy class with window seats board first

Eli Lilly, riding a pharma hot streak, expects to double planned employment in Boston research center
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MISS CONDUCT

I’m afraid my insulting mother will ruin my holiday dinner
PERSPECTIVE

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

I’m done with hookups, but struggling with the next step
COOKING

Spice up your standard chicken soup with versions from around the world

metro

Retired Brandeis University professor Ilan Troen mourns his daughter, killed by Hamas in Israel

Protesters condemning Israel hold ‘die-in’ at Harvard Business School

In the Allston-Brighton city council race, a tale of two progressives

sports

Masataka Yoshida thanks Red Sox fans for their support during his first season with team

EMass girls’ soccer: With a win over King Philip, a high 5 for Franklin in Globe Top 20

Who starts for Celtics isn’t a perfectly clear picture, but it’s still one that looks very good

business

China says US moves to limit access to advanced computer chips hurt supply chains, cause huge losses

US sanctions 10 Hamas members and its financial network over the surprise Israel attack

Google just changed how you log in to your account

politics

US says Israel ‘not responsible’ for Gaza hospital blast; Biden offers unequivocal support in Tel Aviv. Follow live updates.

President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being ‘consumed’ by rage

Woman arrested after trying to get close to Donald Trump at New York civil fraud trial

Nation

Woman arrested after trying to get close to Trump at New York trial; she says she’s a supporter

US halts collection on some past-due COVID loans, sparking federal probes

Trump lawyer acknowledged political agenda in election suit, emails show

World

With Putin by his side, Xi outlines his vision of a new world order

Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims

Putin plays down threat posed by powerful US-supplied missiles

opinion

Big plan for Andrew Square is a design downer

‘My world seems so diminished without Louise Glück’

Joe Biden’s performance on Israel leaves the GOP looking foolish

lifestyle

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

Douglass Williams opens DW French in the Fenway; Snowport returns to the Seaport

At Medford’s El Tacuba, a packed bar and excellent stuffed plantains

In Back Bay, Hue wants to throw the party we all deserve

travel

Rites of passage: Celebrating Day of the Dead in San Antonio and Santa Fe

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

Arts

🖌️ 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

Puerto Rican history in a literary debut of poetry and prose; Newtonville Books celebrates 25th anniversary; antiquarian book fair turns 45 this weekend

Phoebe Sinclair, author of ‘Confessions of a Candy Snatcher,’ finds her characters have lives of their own

Journalist Amy Yee’s ‘Far from the Rooftop of the World’ reflects 14 years of remarkably empathetic reporting

Movies

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic

From Miyazaki’s latest to the Massachusetts-set ‘Eileen,’ here’s what to catch at IFFBoston’s Fall Focus at the Brattle

Taylor Swift reportedly lends Rhode Island home to Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid

Television

Appreciating Greta Lee’s subtlety in ‘The Morning Show’

Another experiment bites the dust as ‘The Afterparty’ is canceled

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

music

With ‘Garden of Eden,’ Boston’s Bad Rabbits have some spring in their step again

Carla Bley, jazz composer, arranger, and provocateur, dies at 87

Taylor Swift reportedly lends Rhode Island home to Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid

Theater/Dance

It’s been a special year for nine comedians with local roots

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down

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

Health

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

Roland Griffiths is dead at 77; led a renaissance in pyschedelics research

Carla Bley, jazz composer, arranger, and provocateur, dies at 87

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