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Israel escalates strikes on Gaza amid push to free hostages

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Palestinians looked for survivors amid the rubble of a building hit in an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24, 2023.

UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise

Romney and Klarman criticize Harvard over response to Israel-Hamas war

Dentist who allegedly tore down Israeli hostage posters fired from Boston practice

Mass. couple trapped in Gaza rebuts Blinken’s comments on Hamas

Beyond the Gilded Gate

One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership
Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.

Share your thoughts on this story: One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Milton

In towns like Milton, home prices are a threat to prosperity. But they don’t have to be.

Graphics: Why it’s so hard to afford housing in Boston

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Craig Breslow accepts Red Sox offer to become team’s next chief baseball officer, sources say

Breslow, 43, pitched professionally for 17 seasons, including a pair of stints with the Red Sox, from 2002-18.

Four things to know about Craig Breslow

Boston police commissioner rejects excessive force claim, suspends captain for 3 days
Michael Cox concluded that Captain John Danilecki violated only one regulation, for neglect of duty, related to a 2019 incident.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury woman charged in children’s deaths, researched ways to kill, court documents say

A Duxbury woman charged with murdering her three small children in January allegedly researched ways to kill on her cell phone prior to the slayings, according to search warrant affidavits made public Tuesday.

President Biden will not file for N.H.’s Democratic primary

“Biden for President will refrain from submitting a Declaration of Candidacy for the Primary ahead of Friday’s candidate filing deadline,” the head of the New Hampshire Democratic party said in a statement.

Lee Berk, ‘visionary’ president who expanded Berklee’s range as a music college, dies at 81
Mr. Berk’s “visionary leadership and immeasurable contributions to Berklee have left an indelible mark on our community and on the world of contemporary music,” said David Bogen, the college’s interim president.

Here’s where the defendants in the 2020 Georgia election interference case stand

Four of the 19 defendants indicted in the 2020 Georgia election interference case have entered into plea deals with prosecutors.

Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as GOP factions jockey for power.

Mike Johnson is the latest GOP nominee for House speaker as Republican infighting shows no end

When the House convenes at noon Wednesday ahead of a floor vote, Johnson, who won the majority behind closed doors, will need almost all Republicans in the public roll call to win the gavel.

T officials disclose more delays on key projects like new Red and Orange line cars; say Green Line Extension could be fixed soon
MBTA officials announced a grim series of setbacks on projects that will impact hundreds of thousands of transit riders and the state’s climate goals Tuesday, including more delays on new Red and Orange line cars as well as the infrastructure for electric buses.

‘What good is the train for me?’ For those building a life around the Green Line Extension, frustration mounts.

Globe Magazine

One family scammed the lottery for $20 million. Then their luck ran out.
A Watertown father and sons cashed more than 14,000 winning tickets, but something just didn’t add up. Inside the largest lottery scheme in Massachusetts history.

Matthew Poitras made it three goals in two games when he beat Chicago goaltender Petr Mrazek during the third period Tuesday.

BRUINS 3, BLACKHAWKS 0

Matthew Poitras adds another goal as Bruins shut out Blackhawks, make it a 6-0-0 start

Boston scored twice in 56 seconds early in the third period, Poitras's tally followed by one from Trent Frederic, and Jeremy Swayman made it stand up with the Bruins' first shutout of the season.

District 5 City Council candidates Jose Ruiz (left) and Enrique José Pepén.

In District 5, a stark choice for voters for Boston City Council

There is Jose Ruiz, a 63-year-old retired Boston police officer who enjoys the support of former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh. He faces Enrique José Pepén, a 27-year-old who stepped down as the executive director of the city’s neighborhood services, and has the endorsement of Mayor Michelle Wu.

The Celtics hope to stir the masses at TD Garden with a championship drive to banner No. 18 this season, which begins Wednesday night when they tip off against the Knicks in New York.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Amid an offseason of roster upheaval, the Celtics truly appear to be championship-driven for banner No. 18

This is the franchise’s most significant year since Danny Ainge spent his summer of 2007 acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join Paul Pierce.

Cozy table seating separate from the bar space at Eastern Standard in Boston, Oct. 22, 2023.

Eastern Standard is back. We paid it a visit to see if it can live up to the original.

The new Eastern Standard doesn’t look much like the old Eastern Standard, but it sure feels like the old Eastern Standard.

Sharlene and DeWayne Blake met, dated, and got married when he was in prison, always hoping for the day that he would come home.

We Found Love | Love Letters

How to find love in a hopeless place

When Sharlene met Blake in 1991, he was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder at a Massachusetts state prison. This is the first story in a special three-part series about relationships forged in prison.

Listen to the first episode on Spotify

Opinion

Muslim community members mourned Wadea Al-Fayoume at his grave in La Grange Park, Ill., Oct. 16, 2023. A Palestinian American woman seriously injured in a suspected hate crime that left her 6-year-old son dead in a suburb of Chicago is asking the public to “pray for peace” as she recuperates from her injuries.

Passionate debate over the Israel-Hamas war is fine. Violence is not.

Dehumanizing rhetoric is making both Jews and Muslims fearful. Elected officials and civic leaders could do more to counter the vitriol.

‘If we stop fighting, we, Ukrainians, will be gone.’

Say it again, Supremes: Forced union dues in government are illegal

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas

Pregnant women face a desperate scramble in family shelter crisis

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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High markups on secondary market are pricing out some fans for Army-Navy game in Foxborough
Resale prices are soaring into the thousands of dollars for tickets with face values that top out at $215.

Gardner murder suspect is an Air Force veteran, recently worked for Raytheon, officials say
Aaron M. Pennington, 33, is a suspect in the death of his wife, who was found shot to death Sunday morning inside the 42 Cherry St. home they shared with their four children, police said.

‘Rox Box,’ a food pantry for students and staff opens at Roxbury Community College
The pantry, located in the college's health science building, is stocked with a cereal, pasta, soups, rice and other non-perishable and perishable food items, as well as personal care products.

Stephanie Fattman to pay record-high penalty to settle allegations that her husband schemed to boost her campaign
State Senator Ryan Fattman will also pay $55,000 under the civil agreement he and his wife — both Sutton Republicans — signed with the office of Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81
The actor redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “Shaft” in 1971.

Massachusetts, 40 other states sue Instagram over child marketing
Rhode Island and New Hampshire are also part of the legal action accusing the company of designing its apps to addict younger users.

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Somerville artist Andrew Carr worked in his studio to carve the death’s head piece on a replica of one of two historic gravestones that went missing in a Salem cemetery in 2010.

Stone-carved graves are going extinct. A Somerville artist is bringing them back to life.

A Salem-born artist is working to bring two stolen Salem gravestones back from the dead by carving replicas by hand, and hoping to revive a nearly extinct New England art form in the process.

New RSV drug for infants in short supply, just months after landmark approval
The drug reduces the risk of hospitalizations and health care visits by about 80 percent.

Late to the game, Mass. drugmakers seek to piggyback on obesity drug boom
Several biotechs in Massachusetts are seeking to elbow their way into the lucrative market, which is dominated by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.

After more than a century of blade-making, Gillette set to end manufacturing in South Boston
The company will move its production facility to Andover, though about 750 corporate jobs will stay at Fort Point headquarters.

Culture & Lifestyle

For frights and delights this Halloween, look no further than Salem. Pictured, a reveler on Halloween in Salem 2021.

Your ultimate guide to Halloween Week in Salem: from tricks to treats

Israeli violinist Guy Braunstein performing Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto at Symphony Hall on Friday night with the Boston Philharmonic under the baton of conductor Benjamin Zander.

Boston Phil starts off 45th season with style

Jonathan Richman, shown in October 2018 performing at the Middle East in Cambridge.

At Somerville Theatre, Jonathan Richman is his unique self

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

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

Creating things in the OctoStudio app from the MIT Media Lab involves graphical coding blocks.

IDEAS | MITCHEL RESNICK

Transforming screen time: Kids can use smartphones to enhance their creativity

A key stakeholder that seems to be constantly underutilized in the real estate industry: builders of color. Wendy Estrella, along with her husband and business partner, Jose Estrella, has developed and owns over 300 units of residential housing in Lawrence. The couple, both immigrants from the Dominican Republic, have been in business for three decades.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Massachusetts needs more builders of color

Republican members of the House met in the House Ways and Means Committee room for a closed-door vote to select a House speaker candidate on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24.

How the Jan. 6 insurrectionists won

An undated photo of the author, walking in the water, with Weenies, his erstwhile sailboat, near Charles Island in Milford, Conn.

IDEAS | RICHARD D. ZBORAY

I had a small boat, and I sold her

A truck carried an Iranian Khorramshahr missile during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the1980-1988 war with Iraq, in Tehran on Sept. 22, 2023.

What happened to Biden’s promise to be tough on Iran?

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

Share your thoughts on this story: One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.

In Warren, a vacant 1847-era school could be preserved and redeveloped. But neighbors are fighting the project’s plans.

The 10 Liberty St. project would be the site for 25 new residential units. Seven of the units would be considered affordable.

One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

The actor redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “Shaft” in 1971.

Sports

Army cadets marched on the field before last year's meeting with Navy at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

sports business

High markups on secondary market are pricing out some fans for Army-Navy game in Foxborough

Resale prices are soaring into the thousands of dollars for tickets with face values that top out at $215.

After the final out of Game 7 against the Phillies, the Diamondbacks celebrated the franchise's first trip to the World Series in 22 years.

Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 2

Diamondbacks beat Phillies in Game 7, advance to World Series

Game 1 against the Texas Rangers will be Friday night.

Ross Colton (right) scored an empty-net goal and the Avalanche celebrated another victory on enemy ice.

AVALANCHE 7, ISLANDERS 4

Avalanche set NHL record for consecutive road wins at 15 by beating Islanders

Colorado's streak includes 11 victories away from Denver to close last season. The Sabres held the record of 14 bridging the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

BRUINS 3, BLACKHAWKS 0

Matthew Poitras adds another goal as Bruins shut out Blackhawks, make it a 6-0-0 start

NUGGETS 119, LAKERS 107

Nuggets raise championship banner, then lower boom on Lakers in NBA season opener

Four things to know about Craig Breslow, who accepted the job as the new Red Sox chief baseball officer

Business

In Warren, a vacant 1847-era school could be preserved and redeveloped. But neighbors are fighting the project’s plans.

The 10 Liberty St. project would be the site for 25 new residential units. Seven of the units would be considered affordable.

GE’s final spinoff to take place in April

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence

innovation beat

Three observations on where the world of AI is heading

magazine

Abby Chin and Mike Gorman

Mike Gorman, the legendary voice of the Celtics. And my dear friend.

Smashed Potatoes With Chili-Lemon Vinaigrette

Skip the mashing and try smashing for a standout potato side dish

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Moving the tub turns a dark, clunky bathroom into a hotel-like retreat

Join the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston for a program Tuesday.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 23 - Oct. 29

metro

The push is part of a larger discussion on forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for the city’s role in slavery and its legacy of inequality.

Boston councilmember wants hearing to consider renaming Faneuil Hall due to slavery ties

Boston police commissioner rejects excessive force claim, suspends captain for 3 days

‘Rox Box,’ a food pantry for students and staff opens at Roxbury Community College

sports

Bob Melvin has a 1,517-1,425 managerial record in 20 seasons for four teams.

Giants hire Bob Melvin away from division rival Padres to be new manager

Broncos safety Kareem Jackson’s four-game suspension reduced to two

Bishop Stang golf completes a fore-peat; Dover-Sherborn and Marblehead win by narrowest of margins

business

Birkenstock shares have fallen since the company's trading debut on Oct. 10

US IPO market teetering on edge after fall class disappoints

GE boosts profit outlook amid surging demand for jet engines

How safe are cockpits? Aviation experts weigh in after security scare on board Horizon Air flight.

politics

Palestinians looked for survivors amid the rubble of a building hit in an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24, 2023.

Amid push to free hostages, death toll climbs in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify. Follow live updates.

Australia state visit to feature talk of submarines and tech partnerships — and a lavish dinner

Mike Johnson is the latest GOP nominee for House speaker as Republican infighting shows no end

Nation

The storm was forecast to come in waves, beginning with precipitation that fell Tuesday as rain at lower elevations in Washington state and as snow in the mountains. The snow was then forecast to spread across northern Idaho, Montana, northwestern Wyoming and North Dakota into Friday.

Snow hits northern Cascades and Rockies in the first major storm of the season after a warm fall

LA police commission says officers violated lethal force policy in struggle with man who later died

Recovering from attack that killed Illinois boy, Palestinian American mother urges prayers for peace

World

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Oct. 24, shows Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's Pacific coast near Acapulco.

Hurricane Otis weakens to Category 4 storm while heaving rains, flash floods batter southern Mexico

UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise

Leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures

opinion

Ruthzee Louijeune, Julia Mejia, Erin Murphy, and Henry Santana

Boston City Council: Globe endorses Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, and Santana for at-large seats

Transforming screen time: Kids can use smartphones to enhance their creativity

Standardize wheelchair design so that users aren’t sidelined

lifestyle

For frights and delights this Halloween, look no further than Salem. Pictured, a reveler on Halloween in Salem 2021.

Your ultimate guide to Halloween Week in Salem: from tricks to treats

I think I want a postnuptial agreement

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

food & dining

Cozy table seating separate from the bar space at Eastern Standard in Boston, Oct. 22, 2023.

Eastern Standard is back. We paid it a visit to see if it can live up to the original.

From sauerkraut to salsa: Fermentation makes its way to sauces

Fruit preserves with a boozy twist, made at Commonwealth Kitchen

travel

The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, is viewed on Oct. 3, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Mayor says West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 after fire and workers are ready to return

In New England, ‘human trafficking is definitely a problem,’ says head of federal initiative combatting it

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

Arts

Darlene DeVita, "The Hand, Cuba," 2017.

The joys of juxtaposition

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’

Books

Jennifer McMahon is the author, most recently, of “My Darling Girl."

Jennifer McMahon reads horror in order to face fears ‘in a controlled way’

In Bryan Washington’s new novel ‘Family Meal,’ family is both the forge and the prison of the self

Roz Chast draws on eggs with melted wax

Movies

Mr. Roundtree, in 2019.

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

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

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

Television

Andy Allo (left) and Zainab Johnson in "Upload."

In season 3, ‘Upload’ errors include unnecessary twists, turns

This week’s TV: ‘Yellowstone’ gives CBS a win, the end of ‘Billions,’ and a McCarthy-era drama

Bad Bunny hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

music

Pianist Paul Lewis playing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director Andris Nelsons during their performance of the complete cycle of Beethoven's five piano concertos.

Paul Lewis creates Beethovenian bliss with the BSO

At Somerville Theatre, Jonathan Richman is his unique self

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

Theater/Dance

Diana Steinberg dances as she films herself for her TikTok page at Arnold Arboretum on Oct. 11.

On TikTok, a Jamaica Plain mom dances through life

Subject:Matter makes its own music at the ICA

To theaters, laughing matters

Health

Signs posted in the windows of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence serve as a send-off to the military medical team that helped the hospital through some of the pandemic’s darkest days. (Bill Murphy/Lifespan)

Lifespan, largest hospital owner in R.I., could change name in expanded partnership with Brown University

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

Obituaries

Mr. Roundtree, in 2019.

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the ‘first Black action’ movie hero, has died at 81

Lee Berk, ‘visionary’ president who expanded Berklee’s range as a music college, dies at 81