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Israel bombards Gaza ahead of expected ground offensive

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Biden says support for Israel and Ukraine is ‘vital’ for US security, will ask Congress for billions

In a rare Oval Office address, the president called on Congress for billions to support Israel and Ukraine.

At Boston hospitals, controversy erupts over what should be said about the Israel-Hamas war
Institutions are under fire from their own staff for their comments — as well as for their silence.

Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas

How should parents and teachers talk to kids about the Israel-Hamas war? Here’s what some experts recommend.

Harvard Yard remains closed to visitors as students protest Israel-Hamas war

Representative Jim Jordan will try again for House gavel, but Republicans won’t back the hardline Trump ally

The House is scheduled to convene Friday, but Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker, and return to the work of Congress.
Jim Jordan’s run for House speaker resurfaces allegations he ignored abuse

‘Passions are very, very high’: House speaker battle shatters trust between Republican factions

Republicans remained in disarray as Jim Jordan tried unsuccessfully to win over some of his opponents in a late afternoon meeting.

‘I wish I had known earlier’: T chief says Green Line Extension is so defective that key part will need to be fixed
The fundamental problem with the $2.3 billion project is the track itself, said MBTA general manager Phillip Eng.

‘This level of dysfunction and irresponsibility defies explanation.’ Advocates react to Green Line extension woes.

Even those inured to the MBTA’s dysfunction reacted with surprise to T general manager Phillip Eng’s announcement that workers will have to reposition the rails along much of the Green Line extension.

Warmer than usual winter predicted for New England, forecasters say
Northern New England has the greatest odds for warmer-than average conditions from December through February, according to the the 2023-24 Winter Outlook issued Thursday by the National Weather Service.

BC swimmers and divers seek court order lifting suspension for alleged hazing
PARENTING UNFILTERED

A parent’s guide to the special education mind-set

It’s about managing your kid’s education — and your emotions, too.
MATTHEW GILBERT

It shouldn’t matter to us if TV castmates are real-life pals, and yet . . .

When stars like Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul or Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack remind us that they're off-screen besties, it casts a warm glow over the legacy of their shows.
Bruins 3, Sharks 1

Bruins finally awaken, take care of woebegone Sharks in trip opener to remain unbeaten

The Bruins moved to 3-0 as Brad Marchand, James van Riemsdyk, and David Pastrnak scored.
Spotlight Report

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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Steve Inskeep

The lessons Lincoln can teach us for 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep on the lessons we can learn from Abraham Lincoln ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
EDITORIAL

Filling the leadership vacuum in the House requires a new plan
IDEAS | SUSIE LINFIELD

9/11, apartheid, and other metaphors that make people misunderstand Israel and Palestine
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The unexpected opportunity in the House’s nasty speaker’s fight
IDEAS | ANDREW REINER

The trouble with boys isn’t boys

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Jaylen Brown scored 20 points and Boston led by as many as 40 points.

Governor Healey proposes sweeping $800 million into new account to bolster state’s pursuit of federal cash
Staring down a growing list of major projects, Governor Maura Healey wants to wield hundreds of millions of dollars in interest from the state’s emergency savings fund as matching funds to compete for badly needed federal cash.

As Red Sox search progresses, Craig Breslow’s candidacy may be picking up steam
While the process is far from the finish line, one MLB source characterized Breslow, a former reliever and integral part of the 2013 championship team, as the leading candidate.

Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military
An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States earlier this month has been detained by the US military.

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Harvard expands financial aid even as its endowment turns in another lackluster year
The university’s investments gained 2.9 percent, according to its annual report, an improvement over the previous year but below the long-term return target of 8 percent.

A Maryland circuit court judge was fatally shot in the driveway of his home, police say
Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found with apparent gunshot wounds around 8 p.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

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‘She never let life defeat her’: Retired academic dean slain on Vt. trail remembered by family

Honoree Fleming, a 77-year-old retired scientist and academic, was shot to death while walking on a rail trail in sleepy Castleton, Vt.

Your guide to the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta: schedule, where to watch, top stories, and more
More than 50 races will take place from Friday through Sunday in the 58th edition of the rowing extravaganza.

Mass. residents may be able to file taxes for free next year. Here’s what you need to know.
Massachusetts is one of 13 states in the Internal Revenue Service’s experimental Direct File program for “relatively simple returns.”

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MIT alums develop electric boat that aims to be the Tesla of the seas
Navier has solved one the biggest challenges for an electric motor installed on a traditionally designed boat: plowing through a huge amount of resistance from the water.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

White House bestows honor on musician, composer, and educator Bill Banfield

‘Journalistic eye’ guides GlobeDocs Film Festival, now in its ninth year

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

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.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Massachusetts shouldn’t walk away from its right-to-shelter law
Renée Loth

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?
Shira Schoenberg

Bring home the hostages held by Hamas
SCOT LEHIGH

Jim Jordan faces long odds in his fight to become speaker

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Apples of the future take root in the nation’s strategic fruit repository
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

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The macabre bookstore you need to visit for spooky season

The Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council in Providence is a tribute to all things weird and wonderful.

‘This level of dysfunction and irresponsibility defies explanation.’ Advocates react to Green Line extension woes.

Even those inured to the MBTA’s dysfunction reacted with surprise to T general manager Phillip Eng’s announcement that workers will have to reposition the rails along much of the Green Line extension.
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Meet the new millionaire’s tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million

Communities would be able to adopt a real estate transaction fee of 0.5 percent to 2 percent on the portion of a property sale over a $1 million and put the funds toward affordable housing programs.

How should parents and teachers talk to kids about the Israel-Hamas war? Here’s what some experts recommend.

Some of the suggestions include keeping conversations age appropriate, prioritizing empathy, and doing some background research.

Sports

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

The Patriots have struggled in recent years against the Bills, and there’s no reason to believe that will change on Sunday

With 20 players on the injury report as of Thursday, the Patriots are neither healthy nor good as they try to end a three-game losing streak in which they’ve been outscored, 93-20.
Bruins 3, Sharks 1

Bruins finally awaken, take care of woebegone Sharks in trip opener to remain unbeaten

The Bruins moved to 3-0 as Brad Marchand, James van Riemsdyk, and David Pastrnak scored.
Jaguars 31, Saints 24

Trevor Lawrence bounces back from knee injury to lead Jaguars past Saints

Lawrence returned from a sprained knee that forced him out of Sunday's win over Indianapolis and completed 20 of 29 passes for 204 yards and one TD.
GAME 4: ASTROS 10, RANGERS 3

Astros’ offensive fireworks even ALCS with Rangers
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Even Torey Lovullo second-guessed taking out Brandon Pfaadt, but it paid off with an NLCS win for the Diamondbacks
HS FOOTBALL: BISHOP FEEHAN 29, BISHOP FENWICK 26 (3 OT)

Jack Higgins, Owen Mordas make a winning connection for Bishop Feehan in a triple-overtime road win at Bishop Fenwick

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Meet the new millionaire’s tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million

Communities would be able to adopt a real estate transaction fee of 0.5 percent to 2 percent on the portion of a property sale over a $1 million and put the funds toward affordable housing programs.

Long lines at gas pump unlikely, but Middle East crisis could disrupt oil supplies, raise prices

Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and raise prices.

Representative Jim Jordan will seek third floor vote on House speaker bid
TALKING POINTS

Fenway rooming house to become site of affordable housing
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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

‘I wish I had known earlier’: T chief says Green Line Extension is so defective that key part will need to be fixed

At Boston hospitals, controversy erupts over what should be said about the Israel-Hamas war

Local Jewish students raise $3,600 for Israel by baking challah

sports

Celtics end preseason on a resounding note, dominating the Hornets, and other observations

Diamondbacks rattle back into NLCS with walkoff win over Phillies

For former Red Sox coach Brian Butterfield, the NLCS coaching showdown between Rob Thomson and Torey Lovullo is must-see TV

business

FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program

San Francisco billionaires, CEOs battle ‘doom loop’ with new ads

Strong economic data ‘could warrant’ higher rates, Fed chair says

politics

Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes as defense minister promises ground invasion. Follow live updates.

US commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU leaders amid congressional chaos

Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military

Nation

After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes

Jury selection set to begin in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others

Major US Muslim group cancels Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

World

The leaders of Ukraine and Russia assess their resources as their war heads into winter

A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike

Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas

opinion

After much hype, self-driving cars could transform cities, says Motional CTO

The trouble with boys isn’t boys

War is a cost of holding on to history too tightly

lifestyle

A parent’s guide to the special education mind-set

I fell for a romance scam

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

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

I finally climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s what you need to know if you hope to do it, too.

An argument for lengthier vacations

There are few things worse than traveling with a famous person, says singer-songwriter A.J. Croce

Arts

Widening the lens on modern Africa

At the Gardner, ‘Inventing Isabella’ meets a modern intervention

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

Books

The macabre bookstore you need to visit for spooky season

Mitt Romney, man of many faces

Eve Bunting, 94, dies; tackled adult themes in children’s books

Movies

Lily Gladstone eclipses all in Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

‘Journalistic eye’ guides GlobeDocs Film Festival, now in its ninth year

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

Television

It shouldn’t matter to us if TV castmates are real-life pals, and yet . . .

How the pandemic spawned ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’

Netflix is raising prices again. Here’s how much it will cost.

music

White House bestows honor on musician, composer, and educator Bill Banfield

Rising star Danielle Ponder went to law school in Boston. But she’s given up the courtroom for the concert stage.

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

Theater/Dance

To theaters, laughing matters

‘Frozen’ stars have warm feelings about Anna and Elsa

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

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

Eve Bunting, 94, dies; tackled adult themes in children’s books

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83

Steven Lutvak, whose darkly comic show won Tonys, dies at 64