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Israel bombards Gaza ahead of expected ground offensive

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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.

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

Former Warren presidential campaign staffers sign open letter, urge her to call for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

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Jim Jordan falls short once again, loses a third vote for House speaker

• Tracking the vote for House speaker

‘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.

Allegations of an inappropriate text, toxic work environment directed at Boston City Hall Cabinet chief

The city of Boston paid $40,000 in severance to a former employee who had accused Brianna Millor of fostering a toxic work environment and threatened to sue for discrimination and retaliation, according to city records.

Pedestrian standing on a sidewalk killed in Malden chain reaction crash

A woman was standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Main Street in Malden when she was struck by an SUV that caromed off another car, officials said.

Two juveniles charged with pouring acid down slides at Longmeadow playground, injuring four children

Judge threatens to hold Donald Trump in contempt after deleted post is found on campaign website

 Jury selection begins in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others
shirley leung

Meet the new millionaires 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.

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The Patriots are on to 2024, with Bill Belichick the Lion in Winter, and other thoughts
Our 23-year joyride is over, and now the Patriots have to be thinking about the future.

Chad Finn: Patriots have struggled in recent years against the Bills, and there’s no reason to believe that will change

Jrue Holiday reached out to a beloved ex-Celtics guard before choosing the No. 4 jersey

It's a tribute to Isaiah Thomas, who offered his blessing on social media.
Celtics and The Sports Hub announce multiyear contract extension on radio rights

I finally climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s what you need to know if you hope to do it, too.
After three years of COVID delays, my wife and I finally accomplished our Kilimanjaro hike this summer, and in doing so learned some things that I have assembled into this guide for a life-changing adventure.

BOOKS

6 takeaways from McKay Coppins’s new Mitt Romney biography ‘Romney: A Reckoning’

The Globe’s former Washington bureau chief gives takeaways from a complex book about a complex man.
Larry Edelman

Massachusetts saw modest job losses in September

Employers cut 2,800 workers last month after a solid gain in August. It was the first decline in the state's job market in a year.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘My favorite part was when he revealed his deepest fear . . . is chickens’

Will this date between a fisherman and an artist be something to crow about?
PARENTING UNFILTERED

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

It’s about managing your kid’s education — and your emotions, too.
How should parents and teachers talk to kids about the Israel-Hamas war? Here’s what some experts recommend.
Connections

I returned home from a carefree summer traveling to learn my mom had cancer

My mother taught me to be patient and that facing illness with humor could make things easier for everyone.
Opinion
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
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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‘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.

BC swimmers and divers seek court order lifting suspension for alleged hazing
Thirty-seven members of the 67-member team are seeking a temporary restraining order as well as unspecified financial damages.

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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

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

6 takeaways from McKay Coppins’s new Mitt Romney biography ‘Romney: A Reckoning’

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

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

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

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

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?

Metro

Former Warren presidential campaign staffers sign open letter, urge her to call for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

More than 200 former staffers from Senator Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign have signed an open letter urging her to call for an immediate cease fire between Israel and Hamas.

Biden argues aid to Israel and Ukraine is 'vital' to US security in Thursday Oval address

Biden said he will send lawmakers an “urgent budget request” Friday to fund U.S. national security needs. (AP, US Network Pool)

Allegations of an inappropriate text, toxic work environment directed at Boston City Hall Cabinet chief

The city of Boston paid $40,000 in severance to a former employee who had accused Brianna Millor of fostering a toxic work environment and threatened to sue for discrimination and retaliation, according to city records.

Two juveniles charged with pouring acid down slides at Longmeadow playground, injuring four children

Prosecutors said the suspects have been charged with four counts of assault and battery on child with injury, four counts of assault and battery with dangerous weapon, and vandalism.

Sports

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Celtics and The Sports Hub announce multiyear contract extension on radio rights

The station will continue to carry the games, with Sean Grande and Cedric Maxwell on the call, although the length of the deal was not disclosed.
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A new name in Red Sox’ search for a baseball boss: Gabe Kapler has interviewed

Kapler, who played for the Red Sox from 2003-06, has managed the Phillies and Giants the last six years but also has front-office experience.
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Jrue Holiday reached out to a beloved ex-Celtics guard before choosing the No. 4 jersey

It's a tribute to Isaiah Thomas, who offered his blessing on social media.
Celtics 127, Hornets 99

Jaylen Brown looks ready for the regular season, and other observations from the Celtics’ preseason finale
PETER ABRAHAM | On Baseball

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

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The Patriots are on to 2024, with Bill Belichick the Lion in Winter, and other thoughts

Business

Larry Edelman

Massachusetts saw modest job losses in September

Employers cut 2,800 workers last month after a solid gain in August. It was the first decline in the state's job market in a year.
shirley leung

Meet the new millionaires 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
TALKING POINTS

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

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Car crashes into town trash ‘pit’ in Southborough

You can call it puppy love: Dogs exchange bow vows

Finding kindness in a world gone mad

sports

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

The Bruins shook off their sleepy ways and defeated the Sharks in trip opener to remain unbeaten

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

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 says it does not plan to control life in Gaza ahead of expected ground offensive. Follow live updates.

Jim Jordan falls short once again, loses a third vote for House speaker

Biden faces tough battle to secure $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, the border, and more

Nation

Jury selection begins in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others

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

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

World

Israel says it doesn’t plan to control life in the Gaza Strip after its war with Hamas

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

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

The fine art of remaking a collection

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

Alumni show fetes 150 years of Mass College of Art and Design — and those who dare to be different

Books

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

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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 pals in real life, 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