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‘A dark day for Maine’: 18 killed in Lewiston shootings

 Follow the latest updates about the shootings in Maine
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Arrest warrant issued for suspect as manhunt continues

Who is suspect Robert Card? This is what records tell us.

Mass shooting rocks ‘close-knit community’ of Lewiston, Maine

See photos from Lewiston, Maine, following mass shootings

Eighteen killed in Lewiston shootings, governor says. Arrest warrant issued for suspect as manhunt continues.

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to ‘prepare’ for an expected full-scale incursion

Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” before a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating airstrikes.

Local advocates step up efforts to help Americans leave Gaza as conditions worsen

Hundreds rally for Palestinians at demonstration in Copley Square

‘All it takes is one airstrike to miss its target’: Medway family in Gaza fears anticipated ground invasion

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The Red Sox needed someone with more experience than Chaim Bloom, and in Craig Breslow they ended up with someone with less
Boston is a brutal place for on-the-job training. The learning curve can be as steep as the Monster Seats.

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It wasn’t a great start for Jaylen Brown, but the Celtics have faith in the NBA’s highest-paid player

"JB is going to be fine; he’ll probably have a great game on Friday," Jayson Tatum said after Brown had just 11 points and two crucial turnovers in the season opener.
Gary Washburn: It’s just one game, but it’s already obvious Kristaps Porzingis can make a difference for the Celtics Kristaps Porzingis makes historic debut as Celtics down Knicks in season opener

Boston City Council passes ordinance making it easier for police to clear tents at Mass. and Cass
The Boston City Council on Wednesday voted to make it easier for police to clear tent encampments from streets and sidewalks, the city’s latest effort to address dangerous conditions and a humanitarian crisis near Mass. and Cass.

‘Tick tock’: Now that the House has a speaker, Congress has a big to-do list and not much time to act

Lawmakers face a federal government shutdown deadline on Nov. 17 and a White House call for more than $160 billion for immediate national security and domestic priorities.
Mike Johnson is the new House speaker, but the ally of Donald Trump faces same GOP challenges ahead What to know about Mike Johnson, new House speaker

Inside the movement to legalize magic mushrooms in Massachusetts
A growing number of recreational users of psilocybin mushrooms in New England are attempting to turn their passion for the fungi into a broader movement, while campaigning for local measures that would legalize the use and cultivation of the plants.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay to give $56 million to 124 Mass. nonprofits
Through its newly adopted framework, the nonprofit is providing more than $56 million to 124 local organizations in 12 cities through 2030.

Advocates call for answers over Boston police internal affairs investigation

Police reform advocates on Wednesday called on Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox to be more forthcoming about his handling of an internal affairs investigation of a police captain.

Details revealed from unsealed court docs in Lindsay Clancy case

Newly unsealed court documents this week provided a stark look at the physical and electronic evidence in the case against Lindsay Clancy, the 33-year-old Duxbury woman charged with murdering her three small children in January.

Judge rules against BC swimmers and divers seeking anonymity in hazing case

“The plaintiffs have failed to offer any evidence that their conditions or harms will worsen as a result of the disclosure of their names,” said the judge.

Otis’ stunning turn to monster Pacific hurricane kills at least 27 in Acapulco

Boston City Council approves resolution to rename Faneuil Hall
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.
Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

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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.
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Ducks at Bruins: Boston begins four-game homestand on the cusp of history

Boston is 6-0-0 for only the second time, dating back to the Bruins’ 1937-38 season.

A $2 million effort to ‘level up’ Downtown Boston

The initiative aims to recalibrate downtown, and the the business improvement district’s work within it, to a post-pandemic reality.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

State, Boston police caught using high-tech surveillance gadgetry without a warrant

The days of old style “bugs” and body wires may be gone, but a civil liberties nightmare lives on.
IDEAS | JOY BUOLAMWINI

How I accidentally became a fierce critic of AI
IDEAS | HOWARD AXELROD

On college campuses, a new form of pressure: to take a stand
JOAN VENNOCHI

Other Trump lawyers flipped. John Eastman won’t, his attorney says.
Tanzina Vega

What do single mothers really need? Hint: It isn’t marriage.

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Otis’ stunning turn to monster Pacific hurricane kills at least 27 in Acapulco
Hurrican Otis turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out how — and why they didn’t see it coming.

US economy accelerated to a strong 4.9% rate last quarter as consumers shrugged off Fed rate hikes

Thursday’s report on the nation’s gross domestic product showed that consumers drove the acceleration, ramping up their spending on everything from cars to restaurant meals.
Weekly applications for US jobless benefits tick up slightly

Murder warrant issued for Gardner man wanted in wife’s slaying; search for suspect in woods suspended
The search for Aaron Pennington, wanted on a murder warrant in the killing of his wife, was suspended late Wednesday afternoon. It will not resume Thursday unless investigators find new information, State Police said.

Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial
The fine came after former president Donald Trump was called to the witness stand to explain his comment outside the courtroom about “a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside” the judge in the case, Judge Arthur Engoron.

Providence officer acquitted of assault given ‘last chance’ after falling asleep on job

Officer Jeann Lugo’s six-month agreement would allow the city to circumvent the controversial Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights if he gets in trouble again.

Are Toucher and Rich on 98.5 The Sports Hub breaking up?
Co-host Fred Toucher recently signed a multiyear contract extension but longtime co-host Rich Shertenlieb has not.

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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.

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire
The museum’s longtime leader will step down at the end of 2024.

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.

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 New England art form in the process.

Culture & Lifestyle

All signs point to Reneé Rapp being just fine with Boston

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

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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.

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Passionate debate over the Israel-Hamas war is fine. Violence is not.
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Eighteen killed in Lewiston shootings, governor says. Arrest warrant issued for suspect as manhunt continues.

“Mr. Card is considered armed and dangerous,” Mills said. “And police advise that Maine people should not approach him under any circumstances.”
Lewiston shootings

At least 18 people killed in Lewiston, Maine, shootings, governor says. Follow live updates.

At least 18 people are dead in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, according to officials. Authorities identified a Bowdoin man, Robert Card, as a suspect.

Terry Dischinger, college basketball star and Olympian, dies at 82

Mr. Dischinger, part of the gold medal-winning team of 1960, was also an NBA All-Star for several seasons in Chicago.

Lewiston, Maine, mass shootings: What we know so far about what happened and the suspect

Eighteen people were shot and killed at a restaurant and at a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday evening, according to Maine Governor Janet Mills. Thirteen more were wounded.

Sports

EMass girls’ volleyball: Bishop Feehan, Canton, and Franklin are late risers in Globe Top 20

Feehan toppled No. 3 Barnstable, Franklin took down No. 7 Attleboro, and Canton (19-0) continued its perfect run, closing out the regular season with a No. 2 ranking.
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Dolphins are out to write their own narrative, and they can start Sunday vs. the Patriots

Miami is tried of hearing that it can't beat a good team or that Tua Tagovailoa is merely a "system quarterback."

Terry Dischinger, college basketball star and Olympian, dies at 82

Mr. Dischinger, part of the gold medal-winning team of 1960, was also an NBA All-Star for several seasons in Chicago.

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery, a former Maine player, offers condolences for Lewiston shooting victims
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Five Bruins observations following a 4-0 road trip
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Business

Tripadvisor cofounder’s next venture focuses on philanthropy

Steve Kaufer’s new startup, Give Freely, allows consumers to send money to a favorite charity when they shop online.

Weekly applications for US jobless benefits tick up slightly

In Massachusetts, about 2,519 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 129 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.

US economy accelerated to a strong 4.9% rate last quarter as consumers shrugged off Fed rate hikes

Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers
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metro

Mass shooting rocks ‘close-knit community’ of Lewiston, Maine

Who is suspect Robert Card? This is what records tell us.

‘We just kept running’: Shooting survivors, family members searching for answers

sports

Patriots signing receiver Jalen Reagor to 53-man roster after ‘impressive’ practices

Matthew Slater’s new postgame message in the Patriots’ locker room hit all the right notes

It wasn’t a great start for Jaylen Brown, but the Celtics have faith in the NBA’s highest-paid player

business

Podcast: Folk singer Chance Emerson on building his music career in New England

JetBlue to fly from Boston to Dublin and Paris

Strongest US economic growth since 2021 puts Fed in tough spot

politics

New GOP Speaker Mike Johnson says prayer is an appropriate House response to the Maine shootings

As world roils, US and China seek to ease strained ties and prepare for possible Biden-Xi summit

New US House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one

Nation

Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers

An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks

Biden, shifting tone, stresses need for Palestinian state after war

World

Otis’ stunning turn to monster Pacific hurricane kills at least 27 in Acapulco

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to ‘prepare’ for an expected full-scale incursion

Local advocates step up efforts to help Americans leave Gaza as conditions worsen

opinion

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

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas

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

lifestyle

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How to talk to kids about gun violence

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

food & dining

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing is turning 1 and ready to party

In Rhode Island, a hunt is on to understand the decline of the state’s iconic quahog clam

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

travel

Feeling down? Welcome to the ‘happy place’ of the happiest people in the world

Puzzling a way out in Indigenous Connecticut

Brian Regan on his ‘adequate comedy,’ Germany’s coolness, and his love of swim-up bars

Arts

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

The awe of horror; or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rep

Author of new biography of Mitt Romney based his book on ‘the whole truth’

Scholastic apologizes, will discontinue its separate diversity catalog after facing criticism

Movies

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

A tribute to cinema’s bad mother-shut-your-mouth

‘Anatomy of a Fall’: a murder mystery that casts shadows of doubt

Television

Seeing Lily Gladstone beyond ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Tom Bergeron details ‘betrayal’ that led to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ departure

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

music

Podcast: Folk singer Chance Emerson on building his music career in New England

All signs point to Reneé Rapp being just fine with Boston

Andris Nelsons reflects on recorded Shostakovich symphonies and their meaning in this moment

Theater/Dance

‘Liberal Redneck’ Trae Crowder knows what you think about Southerners

An unflinching ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Moonbox

David C. Howse is leaving ArtsEmerson for presidency of California college

Health

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

Terry Dischinger, college basketball star and Olympian, dies at 82

Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92

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