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Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza ahead of expected ground offensive

See live updates about the fighting in Gaza and Israel

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Palestinians inspected a building damaged during a raid by Israeli troops at the Nur Shams refugee camp near the northern city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on Oct. 20, 2023.

With Mideast conflict escalating, local Ukrainians fear gaze has shifted from their country’s struggle
Some Boston-area Ukrainians worry that Americans without personal ties to the country “are starting to forget what is happening.”

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

Mayor Wu speaks at prayer for Palestinians and for peace in Boston, says she is ‘deeply saddened’

Perhaps 100 people were evacuated from a train on the Green Line extension Friday.

Some passengers forced to walk along tracks as T shuts down Green Line extension

The extraordinary scene came a day after general manager Phillip Eng revealed widespread track problems on the newest part of the T’s subway system.

Green line tracks at Ball Square station Medford on Friday.

Timeline of the MBTA Green Line extension’s starts and stops

Key moments in the fraught, decades-long effort to extend the Green Line to Medford and to Union Square in Somerville.

T chief says Green Line extension is so defective that key part will need to be fixed

Everett officials are pushing a deal that would enable a long-planned soccer stadium to be built on the banks of the Mystic near Encore Casino.

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium

Lawmakers are nearing a deal that would enable a long-planned soccer stadium to be built on the banks of the Mystic near Encore Casino.

dan shaughnessy

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.

With Dante Scarnecchia and Mike Vrabel being honored by Patriots, many old tales are told

At the Museum of Printing, ‘We’re trying to save the past for the future’
This gem in Haverhill has the world’s largest collection of typographic technology and ephemera.

5 new museum acquisitions — and the stories they tell

Attendees dance at a Frolic — formerly known as Men of Melanin Magic — event. The Boston nightlife group hosts vetted and curated events for queer people of color and their allies.

These founders couldn’t find Boston nightlife for queer people of color — so they created their own

From boozy brunch drag shows to an annual five-day trip to Provincetown, Frolic knows how to throw a bash.

In Jim Jordan’s failure, House hard-liners get a taste of their own medicine

After three failed votes, Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, withdrew his bid to be speaker of the House.

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

Whoever eventually wins the House speaker job will need to restore trust and heal wounds before moving on to actual governing.

Representative Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, spoke at the Capitol on Thursday.

Here’s how Friday unfolded

Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website

Trump allowed a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia

Chesebro, who was charged alongside Donald Trump and 17 others with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents in a last-minute deal.

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.

Inmates on hunger strike at maximum security prison, call on AG Campbell to investigate alleged assault by correctional officers

2022 Providence police shooting at heavily armed man was justified, attorney general says

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

Gabe Kapler was let go as Giants manager this season after four years at their helm.

Gabe Kapler interviews for Red Sox position, but Kim Ng is not interested in the job

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.

James van Riemsdyk got the glad hands from teammates after scoring against the Sharks Thursday.

bruins notebook

Bruins are getting in some quality time with each other during this road trip

The road is a great place to work on team bonding, not just for the rookies but for newly acquired veterans, too.

Kristina Wagner (left) and Sophia Vitas won a bronze medal in women's doubles at this year's World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

head of the charles

For Weston rower Kristina Wagner, Head of the Charles has become a high-stakes event

The Olympic hopeful will face a stacked field in the championship singles with the regatta offering prize money for the first time.

Your guide to the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta Forecast: It looks like a rainy, windy Head of the Charles weekend

Opinion

A security team watches President Biden's motorcade drive to the airport after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 18 in Tel Aviv.

Three things Washington got wrong before the Hamas attack on Israel

What is now known about the attack debunks widely accepted arguments among Washington’s policy establishment.

The lessons Lincoln can teach us for 2024

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why dog breed bans are misguided and harmful

A child was reportedly killed for being Muslim. We should be horrified, but not surprised.

IDEAS | SUSIE LINFIELD

9/11, apartheid, and other metaphors that make people misunderstand Israel and Palestine

Milton

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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Trustees of Reservations seeks $14.4 million to buy Millborn Farm in Sherborn and Millis
The 180-acre property could be connected through navigable water to other Trustees reservations.

So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatricians group says
According to a new report, the manufacturers make unproven claims that the drinks boost kids’ brains or immune systems.

MARK ARSENAULT | TRAVEL

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.

City Councilor Kendra Lara due in court, seeking dismissal of charges related to June crash
Kendra Lara is due back in West Roxbury Municipal Court Friday where her attorney is asking for the dismissal of all criminal charges related to a June car crash in which she careened into a Jamaica Plain home.

How a big underground tank in Bedford could help boost state’s ‘bluetech’ economy
Nonprofit defense contractor MITRE is set to open a massive underwater testing facility — more than 20 miles from the sea.

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

Larry Edelman

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.

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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

Ricky Martin, pictured performing during a Trilogy Tour stop in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Martin, Pitbull, and Enrique Iglesias bring the tour to TD Garden Oct. 21.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon."

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

Mitt Romney in 2002, when he was elected governor of Massachusetts.

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Clockwise (from top left): A samovar; a medicine ball belonging to writer Sholem Asch; an early-20th-century photograph of a man wearing a costume celebrating Yiddish newspapers; a yarmulke, inkwell, and bowls; and a scrapbook of William Gropper's cartoons for the "Morgen Frayhayt" Yiddish newspaper are all on display at "Yiddish: A Global Culture," the new permanent exhibition at Amherst's Yiddish Book Center.

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

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.

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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 group of volunteers reacted to learning that some newly arrived migrant families seeking shelter in local hotels had not yet been fed, at a United Methodist church in Woburn, Aug. 31.

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

Two workers discussed plans for the third Boston Harbor tunnel on the East Boston side of the tunnel in 1994. The third Harbor tunnel was the first phase of the Big Dig.

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

Family and friends of those taken hostage by Hamas held a protest outside the Kirya military base on Oct. 18 in Tel Aviv.

Shira Schoenberg

Bring home the hostages held by Hamas

Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio listened as the House held its second round of voting for a new speaker at the US Capitol on Oct. 18.

Jim Jordan faces long odds in his fight to become speaker

The apple, grape, and tart cherry collections at the US Department of Agriculture's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, N.Y.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Apples of the future take root in the nation’s strategic fruit repository

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

Inmates on hunger strike at maximum security prison, call on AG Campbell to investigate alleged assault by correctional officers

The allegations of excessive use of force date back to June, when inmates were transferred to Souza from a solitary confinement unit at another state prison that was shut down in response to a lawsuit filed last year.

On the Cape, a push to save undeveloped property known for offbeat vibe

Vision for 15-acre Brewster plot: holistic sanctuary and community grounds.

2022 Providence police shooting at heavily armed man was justified, attorney general says

Though Scott MacLean, 61, had been in treatment for mental health issues and on medication, he had access to his daughter’s firearms and shot more than 100 rounds at police, a police robot, and an armored vehicle.

T shuts down Green Line extension service; some passengers forced to walk along tracks

The extraordinary scene came a day after general manager Phillip Eng revealed widespread track problems on the newest part of the T’s subway system.

Sports

Christine Sinclair has an international-leading 190 goals, 63 more than second-place Cristiano Ronaldo.

All-time international goal scorer Christine Sinclair to retire from Canadian national team

Sinclair, 40, made her national team debut in 2000 and has played in 327 matches for Canada.

At 23, Tyler Adams was the youngest captain at last year's World Cup.

US captain Tyler Adams sidelined for English club until early 2024 because of hamstring surgery

Adams signed with Bournemouth in August and made his only appearance for the Premier League side last month.

Athletic director Warde Manuel is dealing with a second investigation into the Michigan football program.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Embattled No. 2 Michigan suspends football staffer while NCAA probes program for sign stealing

The accusations harken back to the Spygate scandals involving the Patriots.

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Freshman Lauren Raffetto continues family tradition of running excellence for Canton cross-country

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium

With Dante Scarnecchia and Mike Vrabel being honored by Patriots, many old tales are told

Business

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium

Lawmakers are nearing a deal that would enable a long-planned soccer stadium to be built on the banks of the Mystic near Encore Casino.

A new relief fund for N.H. farmers who have been harmed by extreme weather this year

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire is accepting applications through Nov. 5

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Trustees of Reservations seeks $14.4 million to buy Millborn Farm in Sherborn and Millis

CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

magazine

Layering in contemporary elements such as modern lighting and moody blue-black cabinetry emphasizes the contrast between new and old. “This feels like New England, but in a different way,” says interior designer Sarah Cole. She had Stanhope Framers reframe the owners’ paintings to include gold edging that works with the room’s other details, including the Arteriors bar stools.

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Deep, moody colors turn a traditional kitchen into New England modern

This week's daters: Travis and Nola.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He revealed his deepest fear . . . is chickens’

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

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

metro

Mitch Landrieu, the White House's infrastructure coordinator, visited Cape Cod with Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren for a roundtable discussion about the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges. Rear Admiral Francis McDonald, far right, president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, was with the group.

Massachusetts has ‘put some real juice’ behind Cape bridges project, Biden adviser says

Mayor Wu speaks at prayer for Palestinians and for peace in Boston, says she is ‘deeply saddened’

A new relief fund for N.H. farmers who have been harmed by extreme weather this year

sports

Gabe Kapler was let go as Giants manager this season after four years at their helm.

Gabe Kapler interviews for Red Sox position, but Kim Ng is not interested in the job

Bruins are getting in some quality time with each other during this road trip

EMass cross-country: Westford’s Jack Graffeo, Holliston’s Carmen Luisi headline Runners of the Week with top Twilight finishes

business

Nonprofit defense contractor MITRE is set to open a massive underwater testing facility in Bedford — 20 miles from the sea.

How a big underground tank in Bedford could help boost state’s ‘bluetech’ economy

Massachusetts saw modest job losses in September

Meet the new millionaires tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million

politics

Palestinians inspected a building damaged during a raid by Israeli troops at the Nur Shams refugee camp near the northern city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on Oct. 20, 2023.

Two Americans held hostage by Hamas have been released. Follow live updates.

With Mideast conflict escalating, local Ukrainians fear gaze has shifted from their country’s struggle

Jim Jordan’s speakership bid ended, and new candidates jumped into the race. Here’s how Friday unfolded.

Nation

So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatricians group says

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia

Families hold out hope for hostages after a mother and daughter are released

World

Venezuelan presidential pre-candidate for the opposition Vente Venezuela party, Maria Corina Machado, speaks during a press conference in Caracas on Oct. 13, 2023.

A thaw between US and Venezuela ahead of a key vote

Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released

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

opinion

Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio listened as the House held its second round of voting for a new speaker at the US Capitol on Oct. 18.

Jim Jordan faces long odds in his fight to become speaker

Bring home the hostages held by Hamas

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

lifestyle

Attendees dance at a Frolic — formerly known as Men of Melanin Magic — event. The Boston nightlife group hosts vetted and curated events for queer people of color and their allies.

These founders couldn’t find Boston nightlife for queer people of color — so they created their own

Giving a ‘Masked Hero’ a new spin

Am I not enough drama?

food & dining

Charbroiled steak au poivre and creamed spinach with roasted garlic and white wine at DW French.

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

The grave of Peleg Walker, who was killed at the Ram Tail Factory in the early 1800s in Foster, Rhode Island.

10 of the spookiest places in Rhode Island with a peculiar past

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

An argument for lengthier vacations

Arts

Clockwise (from top left): A samovar; a medicine ball belonging to writer Sholem Asch; an early-20th-century photograph of a man wearing a costume celebrating Yiddish newspapers; a yarmulke, inkwell, and bowls; and a scrapbook of William Gropper's cartoons for the "Morgen Frayhayt" Yiddish newspaper are all on display at "Yiddish: A Global Culture," the new permanent exhibition at Amherst's Yiddish Book Center.

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

The fine art of remaking a collection

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

Books

Clockwise (from top left): A samovar; a medicine ball belonging to writer Sholem Asch; an early-20th-century photograph of a man wearing a costume celebrating Yiddish newspapers; a yarmulke, inkwell, and bowls; and a scrapbook of William Gropper's cartoons for the "Morgen Frayhayt" Yiddish newspaper are all on display at "Yiddish: A Global Culture," the new permanent exhibition at Amherst's Yiddish Book Center.

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

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 15

The macabre bookstore you need to visit for spooky season

Movies

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon."

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

Suranne Jones (pictured in "Vigil") plays one of two estranged sisters in the imported British drama "MaryLand."

Two strong reasons to look forward to ‘MaryLand’ on ‘Masterpiece’

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’

music

A graduate of BU’s School of Theology, Bill Banfield established the Africana Studies department at Berklee College of 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

Leslie Odom Jr. in "Purlie Victorious."

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

A a CVS branch on in Pasadena, Calif.

CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

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

Obituaries

The novelist and screenwriter Vincent Patrick in an undated handout photo.

Vincent Patrick, chronicler of hustlers and mobsters, dies at 88

Kenneth Force, marching band leader of distinction, dies at 83

Haydn Gwynne, UK stage and screen star, dies at 66 after cancer diagnosis