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Beyond the Gilded Gate

A working-class paycheck could once buy a house in Greater Boston. Not anymore.
Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.

Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

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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Warnings of growing health crisis in Gaza as Israeli strikes persist

See live updates about the fighting in Gaza and Israel

LIVE UPDATES

12:29 p.m.
Calls rising globally for pause in Israel-Gaza violence to allow in aid
12:07 p.m.
Ground war on hold as US bolsters bases, WSJ says

Displaced families, who returned from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip to the north due to the dangers and difficulties they faced there under Israeli bombardment, took at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 25, 2023.

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

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

Students at several Mass. colleges staging protests against Israel’s attacks on Gaza, joining nationwide rallies

Institute of Contemporary Art Boston director Jill Medvedow in front of United States' pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice in April 2022.

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

The museum’s longtime leader will step down at the end of 2024.

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, who accepted the job as the new Red Sox chief baseball officer

Jetblue said Wednesday it will operate daily flights from Boston to Dublin from March through September and from Boston to Paris in April.

JetBlue announces new routes from Boston to Dublin and Paris

The airline is continuing its expansion into Europe. Just last month, JetBlue launched a Boston to Amsterdam flight. It also flies a Boston to London route.

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.

Live Updates

House convenes ahead of vote to elect Mike Johnson as speaker. Follow live updates.

Read more:
12:14 p.m.
Trump weighs in on Johnson as speaker

5 things to know about Johnson
Johnson contested the results of the 2020 election, urging Donald Trump to "stay strong and keep fighting." He also objected to certifying President Biden's electoral win.

Tracker: See the Republicans who have been nominated for House speaker

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.

Gardner murder suspect is an Air Force veteran, recently worked for Raytheon, officials say

Aaron Pennington is a suspect in the death of his wife, who was found shot to death Sunday morning inside the home they shared with their four children, police said.

Massachusetts state climate chief lays out the plan for big reforms

In a sweeping report issued Wednesday, Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer called for a host of changes across state government to align state investments with its ambitious climate goals.

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.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

‘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

Bill Burr in a scene from "Old Dads."

Bill Burr’s controversial movie ‘Old Dads’ opens at No. 1 on Netflix’s charts

The Canton comic’s directorial debut is drawing ire from critics but praise from fans.

Sicilian pie from Gufo in East Cambridge.

Mothership plans to touch down near Alewife; pastrami comes to the Fenway

Plus, French pastries and Sicilian pies and other restaurant news you can use.

The Hummanist sandwich at Circus Cooperative Cafe (formerly Darwin's), now owned by the employees.

At Circus Cooperative Cafe, worker-owners prep your order

Former Darwin’s staffers, running a Cambridge location, kept some favorite sandwiches and invented new ones.

John Danilecki confronted a counterprotester during the Straight Pride Parade in 2019.

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.

More recent News

Biogen, Eli Lilly present new clinical data in race to field Alzheimer’s treatments

Cambridge-based Biogen is vying with the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for leadership in the emerging multibillion-dollar market for Alzheimer’s therapies.

Suspect arrested after two recent sexual assaults reported on Boston University campus
Boston University police and Boston police arrested a suspect after two sexual assaults took place on campus Tuesday.

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify in fraud trial after onslaught from inner circle
The once respected crypto mogul is facing decades in prison on charges that he directed the transfer of FTX customer money into Alameda Research, an affiliated hedge fund.

Dana-Farber offers sneak peek of plans for 300-bed hospital in new filing

Dana-Farber will argue to regulators that its its proposed independent hospital collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will reduce emergency room wait times and increase competition.

Crucifix outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross vandalized by Attleboro man caught on video
A man damaged a large crucifix located outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End Tuesday night, an act recorded on video by shocked passersby.

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.

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.

Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco
After ripping through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early Wednesday, Hurricane Otis weakened from a Category 5 hurricane to a strong Category 2 storm, dousing the steep mountains of the state of Guerrero and leaving a trail of damage in its main city, Acapulco.

Hurricane tracker: Follow the path of storms around the US

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.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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

Institute of Contemporary Art Boston director Jill Medvedow in front of United States' pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice in April 2022.

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

Cartoonist and author Roz Chast and her new book, “I Must Be Dreaming.”

Roz Chast draws on eggs with melted wax

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

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

Crucifix outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross vandalized by Attleboro man caught on video

A man damaged a large crucifix located outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End Tuesday night, an act recorded on video by shocked passersby.

Massachusetts state climate chief lays out the plan for big reforms

In a sweeping report issued Wednesday, Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer called for a host of changes across state government to align state investments with its ambitious climate goals.

Biden awards Brown professor Subra Suresh the National Medal of Science

The president recognized Suresh, the first Asian-born American to lead National Science Foundation, for pioneering research across engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences.

Video shows man vandalizing crucifix outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross

The Boston Archdiocese is assessing the damage done to the a large crucifix located outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End.

Sports

Hingham senior central midfielder Claire Murray accounted for all six goals against Whitman-Hanson and Duxbury.

HS GIRLS' SOCCER: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ soccer: Scoring all 6 goals in two Hingham wins, Claire Murray headlines Players of the Week

The University of Illinois-bound senior powered the Harborwomen to Patriot League victories over Whitman-Hanson and Duxbury.

Chase Winovich (and his golden locks) was a fan favorite in New England.

Former Patriots linebacker Chase Winovich announces NFL retirement

Winovich played three seasons in New England, leading the team in sacks his rookie season with 5.5 in 16 games.

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones wasn't the only member of the team dressed as Buzz Lightyear on Tuesday.

Featuring Mac Jones dressed as Buzz Lightyear, Patriots players celebrate Halloween with cancer patients

“We come out here to see the smiles on their faces, but they honestly give us so much joy," said tight end Mike Gesicki. "Just really appreciative and it puts everything in perspective.”

celtics at knicks | 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Celtics at Knicks: 2023-24 season opens with a clash of Atlantic Division contenders

Bruins’ Jakub Lauko avoids major injury after being hit by skate blade near his eye

BRUINS 3, BLACKHAWKS 0

Rookie Matthew Poitras is ‘making a hard decision pretty easy’ after helping Bruins to another win

Business

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify in fraud trial after onslaught from inner circle

The once respected crypto mogul is facing decades in prison on charges that he directed the transfer of FTX customer money into Alameda Research, an affiliated hedge fund.

Biogen, Eli Lilly present new clinical data in race to field Alzheimer’s treatments

Cambridge-based Biogen is vying with the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for leadership in the emerging multibillion-dollar market for Alzheimer’s therapies.

Dana-Farber offers sneak peek of plans for 300-bed hospital in new filing

Home of the Week: The man who built ‘This Old House’ lived here

magazine

I am enjoying my current flings, but wonder about a real relationship

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

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

Cumberland is asking voters to borrow $52 million for a new B.F. Norton Elementary School, shown here in an artist's rendering.

There’s more than $1 billion worth of ballot questions in Rhode Island this year

Contest emerges in N.H. for ‘most important office you’ve never heard of’

Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

sports

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

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

Diamondbacks beat Phillies in Game 7, advance to World Series

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

business

Joseph David Emerson, left, 44, was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Tues., Oct. 24, 2023, in Portland, Ore. Emerson, a pilot, is accused of attempting to disable the engines of a plane on which he was riding while off-duty last Sunday.

Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight, charging documents say

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

GE’s final spinoff to take place in April

politics

Displaced families, who returned from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip to the north due to the dangers and difficulties they faced there under Israeli bombardment, took at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 25, 2023.

Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes; White House rejects calls for cease-fire. Follow live updates.

House convenes ahead of vote to elect Mike Johnson as speaker. Follow live updates.

Albanese arrives at White House to start day of meetings and celebrations of alliance with US

Nation

FILE - Brandon Wolf, a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting and activist, looks at the photos that are a part of the Pulse memorial in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 9, 2022. The city of Orlando plans to purchase the gay nightclub property where 49 people were massacred seven years ago, in what at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with the intention of building a memorial for the victims, Mayor Buddy Dyer said Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson, file)

City of Orlando buys Pulse nightclub property to build memorial to massacre victims

Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight, charging documents say

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

World

A view of buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heading into a third week of heavy bombing from Israel, Gaza buckles under a shortage of basic needs including fuel, whilst several neighborhoods on the Gaza strip have been wiped out and thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

Calls rising globally for pause in Israel-Gaza violence to allow in aid

Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco

Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast nearing Acapulco

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

Sicilian pie from Gufo in East Cambridge.

Mothership plans to touch down near Alewife; pastrami comes to the Fenway

At Circus Cooperative Cafe, worker-owners prep your order

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

travel

Jetblue said Wednesday it will operate daily flights from Boston to Dublin from March through September and from Boston to Paris in April.

JetBlue announces new routes from Boston to Dublin and Paris

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

Arts

Institute of Contemporary Art Boston director Jill Medvedow in front of United States' pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice in April 2022.

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

The joys of juxtaposition

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

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

Bill Burr in a scene from "Old Dads."

Bill Burr’s controversial movie ‘Old Dads’ opens at No. 1 on Netflix’s charts

Interrogating the interrogator in ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’

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

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