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Israel widens bombing amid worries about escalation

See live updates about the fighting in Gaza and Israel

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Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war
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US push for release of hostages delays Israeli ground war, but won’t stop it
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Israel says Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon toward war as towns empty
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UN says aid convoys for Gaza are ‘far from enough’
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Second shipment of 17 trucks bringing aid crosses into Gaza: Egyptian media

Humanitarian aid arrived through the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

As Israel fights on two fronts, the risks for US entanglement grow
If Israel becomes overwhelmed by fights against Hamas and Hezbollah, US forces could quickly feel compelled to protect their strongest ally in the region or American interests.

Gaza border open for relief supplies, but Medway family still unable to escape

At Cairo summit, even Arab leaders at peace with Israel expressed growing anger over the Gaza war

Bills at Patriots | 1 p.m. | CBS

The Patriots are 1-5.

Live updates: Inactive designation puts Malik Cunningham on the sidelines today for Patriots

Sunday's game matches one of the NFL's lowest-scoring teams – the Patriots are ranked No. 31 in the league – against one of the best.

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Rich McKay, chairman of the NFL's competition committee, chose to focus on competitive balance rather than lack of offense at the owners meetings.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

For the second straight year, offense and scoring are way down in the NFL

Though some fans may prefer defensive battles, the NFL judges its product by its offense, under the guise of points = excitement.

Harvardwood offers a Cambridge-to-Hollywood pipeline. But first, you have to get into Harvard.
Harvard alums occupy every rung of the entertainment industry ladder. The Harvardwood network seeks to harness that power for Crimson students and graduates looking for a career in film and beyond.

Michelle Sechser cashes in big time in women’s championship race at Head of the Charles Regatta
Michelle Sechser and Sorin Koszyk each earned $10,000 for winning their respective championship singles races Saturday on the Charles River.

Rain drenches Boston spectators during Head of the Charles regatta Your guide to the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta

Scenes from the Watertown Mall on Oct. 19.

Gen Xer mourns the death of the ultimate monument to teen culture: the mall

As malls continue to struggle, the country has lost something precious: a shared space for young people to safely grow up.

Mitch McConnell says he’s ‘completely recovered’ from health issues
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he’s fully recovered from health issues that led him to freeze in public and he prodded House GOP members to agree on a new speaker.

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.”

Bad Bunny hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’
"Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 21 was hosted by Bad Bunny, who was also the musical guest for the night. Watch clips from the show.

Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, posed for a portrait in February 2020 when she visited the Shaughnessy Family Center at Laboure in South Boston.

‘The pope’s favorite nun’ honored by Paulist Center of Boston for her work serving migrant families at Texas-Mexico border

Ex-director of Boston Center for Adult Education found guilty of embezzlement, forgery

Reading police investigate three car thefts, nine vehicle break-ins overnight Saturday

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

Explore the project

Cedric “Vise1” Douglas, "Majestic," 2023. Spray paint on vinyl. Courtesy of the artist.

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

MassArt Art Museum marks the anniversary with ‘The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression’

From left: Samuel Katz, "Torah Ark from Orange Street Shaare Zion Synagogue," 1913-20. Gio Swaby, "Pretty Pretty 10," 2021. Mildred Thompson, "Zylo-Probe," c. 1975. Doris Ulmann, "Fisherman, South Carolina,” c. 1925. Zanele Muholi, “Nokuthula Dhladhla, Berea, Johannesburg,” 2007.

5 new museum acquisitions — and the stories they tell

Piece by piece, collection by collection, museums are trying to present a fuller picture of the arts.

Winslow Homer, “Weatherbeaten,” 1894. A new installation at the Portland Museum of Art brings new perspectives to one of the museum's signature works.

The fine art of remaking a collection

Faced with holdings out of step with the times, museums everywhere are doing the hard work of catching up.

Opinion

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Don’t expect the government to save us from misinformation

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

Statewide zoning could boost accessory dwelling unit construction

Amazon is huge, but it’s no monopoly

The Patriots are lousy. I’m loving it.

Invest in child care with direct support to families

More recent News

Woman killed in New Hampshire crash
Six people were inside the sports utility vehicle, and four were taken to a local hospital.

Armenian delegation presses humanitarian issues with local leaders in Cambridge
Five women leaders from Armenia pressed their concerns with Massachusetts leaders on the refugee crisis and border security issues facing Armenians.

Voicing history: Audio technology added to Boston Women’s Memorial
A collaboration between the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail and the Talking Statues Association unveiled Saturday gives voice to First Lady Abigail Adams, poet Phillis Wheatley and suffragist Lucy Stone.

Three of nine charges dropped against City Councilor Kendra Lara in Jamaica Plain crash last summer
The charges of reckless operation of a motor vehicle and speeding were dismissed, and Lara was found not responsible for a charge of failure to wear a seatbelt, according to court records.

On the Cape, a push to save undeveloped property known for offbeat vibe
The vision for a 15-acre Brewster plot includes a holistic sanctuary and community grounds.

Does Kristaps Porzingis change the dynamic of the Celtics enough to put them over the top?
It can be risky to remake a team that has been in championship contention, but the big man could be just the piece they've been missing.

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Beta Technologies' ALIA aircraft received the inaugural charge from the state's first public electric charging station for aircraft and ground vehicles at Marshfield Municipal Airport.

First electric aircraft charging station in Mass. lands on the South Shore

Aviation startup Beta Technologies unveiled the state's first aircraft charging station at Marshfield Municipal Airport.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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

Supporters of the XL bully dog breed held placards during a protest against the UK government’s plans for the breed, in central London on Oct. 7.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why dog breed bans are misguided and harmful

Susan Hall’s extended family with her son and his school bus.

IDEAS | SUSAN HALL

Planning for my vulnerable son’s future without me

President Biden, seen through a window, addressed the nation about the wars in Israel and Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday. In a prime-time address on Thursday night, Biden ramped up his efforts to explain to Americans what is at stake as wars rage in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Biden was right to show solidarity with Israel. He is also right to counsel restraint in Gaza.

A demonstrator outside the Israeli Embassy in London after the Hamas attacks.

IDEAS | SUSIE LINFIELD

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

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

‘The pope’s favorite nun’ honored by Paulist Center of Boston for her work serving migrant families at Texas-Mexico border

Sister Norma Pimentel of the Missionaries of Jesus, and executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, was honored Saturday with the Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice by the Paulist Center of Boston.

Voicing history: Audio technology added to Boston Women’s Memorial

A collaboration between the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail and the Talking Statues Association unveiled Saturday gives voice to First Lady Abigail Adams, poet Phillis Wheatley and suffragist Lucy Stone.

Harvardwood offers a Cambridge-to-Hollywood pipeline. But first, you have to get into Harvard.

Harvard alums occupy every rung of the entertainment industry ladder. The Harvardwood network seeks to harness that power for Crimson students and graduates looking for a career in film and beyond.

Rain drenches Boston spectators during Head of the Charles regatta

A steady rainstorm moved through the Boston area Saturday morning and early afternoon during the annual Head of the Charles Regatta, but the show went on as planned.

Sports

The Patriots are 1-5.

Bills at Patriots | 1 p.m. (CBS)

Live updates: Inactive designation puts Malik Cunningham on the sidelines today for Patriots

Sunday's game matches one of the NFL's lowest-scoring teams – the Patriots are ranked No. 31 in the league – against one of the best.

The men’s championship doubles competitors race on the Charles River.

headsaturday

head of the charles

Photos: Check out scenes from the 58th Head of the Charles Regatta

The world-class rowing event began Friday morning in Boston and runs through Sunday.

Quarterback Mac Jones says he's trying to attack the challenge of staying upbeat despite the team's 1-5 start.

Bills at Patriots | 1 p.m. (CBS)

The Patriots have limited the finger-pointing, but will that continue if they keep losing?

Even the most invested individuals within the organization are showing signs that the lack of results and repeated mistakes are weighing on the team.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Slugger Kyle Schwarber is doing his thing, and now the Phillies are one win from the World Series

Bruins 4, Kings 2

A former Kings teammate was chirping, so Derek Forbort returned fire on the ice to lift the Bruins

Revolution 2, Philadelphia Union 1

Gustavo Bou scores twice as Revolution snap three-game skid

Business

US push for release of hostages delays Israeli ground war, but won’t stop it

Israel supports diplomatic efforts to get Hamas to release hostages from Gaza quickly and in large numbers, a move that could delay and possibly alter its ground war, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Israel says Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon toward war as towns empty

As Israel’s military battles Gaza-based Hamas, it has also been facing the threat to the north posed by Hezbollah.

Mitch McConnell says he’s ‘completely recovered’ from health issues

Gen Xer mourns the death of the ultimate monument to teen culture: the mall

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.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

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

‘I am very heartbroken’: Children open up to Globe Santa

Service resumes after electrical issue strikes Green Line for second day

Green Line Extension was shut for four hours because of new problem on Friday

sports

Zack Wheeler continued his postseason dominance by tossing seven innings of one-run ball, surrendering only six hits and a walk while striking out eight during Saturday night's Game 5 of the NLCS in Phoenix.

Wheeler deals, Schwarber, Harper, Realmuto homer and Philadelphia beats Arizona for 3-2 NLCS lead

MLB tosses Astros’ Bryan Abreu for two games for throwing at Rangers’ Adolis García

Peach State natives propel Boston College football at Georgia Tech for third straight victory

business

Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and founder of Web Summit, speaks at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon on Nov. 1, 2021.

Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war

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

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

politics

Humanitarian aid arrived through the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Israel says it will increase attacks on Gaza even as aid trucks move in. Follow live updates.

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

As Israel fights on two fronts, the risks for US entanglement grow

Nation

Jehad Adwan holds a hand-written list of the names and ages of his wife's relatives – with the word "killed" or "K" next to five of the names, and the word "injured" or "I" beside another five – inside his home in Blaine, Minn., on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

5 dead and 5 injured — names on a scrap of paper show impact of Gaza war on a US family

Seeds of Cherokee knowledge grow in North Carolina

A mother in Maine rallied for her son’s emotional support chickens

World

Israeli soldiers were on patrol in Kibbutz Beeri along the Gaza border on Sunday.

US push for release of hostages delays Israeli ground war, but won’t stop it

Israel says Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon toward war as towns empty

Israel strikes Gaza, Syria, and West Bank as war against Hamas threatens to ignite other fronts

opinion

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng spoke to reporters during a press conference where he offered an explanation of what went wrong with the Green Line extension.

MBTArghhhhhhh (again)!

Three things Washington got wrong before the Hamas attack on Israel

Why dog breed bans are misguided and harmful

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

A collection showing the developing design of the typewriter at the Museum of Printing.

At the Museum of Printing, ‘We’re trying to save the past for the future’

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

Roxane Gay (”Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business”) will discuss her essay collection at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School at an event hosted by Porter Square Books.

Author readings around Boston Oct. 22-28

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

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

Bad Bunny performs at the Latin Billboard Awards, Oct. 5, in Coral Gables, Fla.

Bad Bunny hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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 . . .

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

Manchester United's Bobby Charlton (in red) challenged his brother Jack Charlton, a Leeds United defender, during a match in Leeds, England, in 1969.

Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United and England soccer great, dies at 86

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

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