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Election Day

Voters elect new faces, Wu allies in Boston City Council elections
Boston City Council will see a number of new faces after labor attorney John FitzGerald, Enrique Pepén, and Benjamin Weber declared wins in Districts 3, 5, and 6, respectively.

See unofficial election results from the city of Boston

In historic win, Gabe Amo becomes Rhode Island’s first Black congressman
Amo, a former White House aide in the Obama and Biden administrations, beat Republican Gerry W. Leonard Jr. in Tuesday’s special election to fill Rhode Island’s First Congressional District seat.

Democratic Governor Andy Beshear reelected to second term in Kentucky, overcoming state’s GOP dominance

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Why Tuesday’s election results have next to nothing to do with who will be elected president in 2024

To combat the overdose crisis, momentum builds for safe consumption sites in Massachusetts

A growing number of local and state officials are embracing the harm reduction strategy, though major legal barriers remain.

Cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in Cambridge crash
Police responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a cyclist near 300 Mt. Auburn St. shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, a Cambridge police spokesman said.

Northeastern graduate killed in plane crash in Australia: ‘He was the joy of our lives’

After graduating in May, William Jennings, 22, went to Australia last month to join an aerial firefighting team and was supposed to return to Boston in a few weeks, his mother said.

Cape Cod surfers say they narrowly escaped 10-foot shark
“I’ve seen a hundred white sharks while surfing, but this takes the top of all my shark interactions,” Ray Trautz wrote on Facebook.

How bad is Boston traffic? It’s on the sidewalk now.

As the micro-mobility movement gains popularity, the sidewalks have become a free-for-all with powered bikes, electric scooters, and those one-wheeled things. But where are people supposed to go?

What WeWork’s bankruptcy means for Boston’s struggling office market
Not long ago, the co-working giant was Boston’s largest occupier of office space.

Here is a list of the 69 WeWork locations that will close as part of bankruptcy filings

innovation economy

Like a cruise, WeWork was fun, while it lasted

Construction work at the former Edward J. Sullivan courthouse and jail in Cambridge on Oct. 31.

‘A cloud hanging over everybody’s head’: New construction in Greater Boston faces a slowdown

The backlog of projects that are permitted but haven’t yet started work are complicating efforts to address the region’s housing shortage and to build office space better suited for the post-lockdown world.

Jay Ruais, who campaigned against ‘status quo,’ elected mayor of Manchester, N.H.
Ruais, who has backing from Republican leaders, will succeed outgoing mayor Joyce Craig, who is campaigning for governor as a Democrat.

Eight N.H. cities held contested mayoral elections. Here’s who won Nashua reelects Mayor Jim Donchess; N.H. Democrats gain one more vote at the State House

Brandeis bans controversial student group, plunging into free speech debate
“We rise today in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian resistance in all of its forms,” the group, Brandeis Students for Justice in Palestine, wrote on Instagram on Oct. 9, two days after Hamas fighters stormed into Israel, killing more than 1,100 civilians.

G7 nations announce a unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo

Representative Rashida Tlaib spoke during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Oct. 18 near the Capitol in Washington.

House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a stunning rebuke

A woman carries a white flag to prevent being shot, as Palestinians flee Gaza City to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din street in Bureij, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

Growing numbers of Palestinians flee on foot as Israel says its troops are battling inside Gaza City

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said he's in no hurry to hire a general manager.

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Putting together a winning team comes first for the Red Sox’ Craig Breslow. All the rest can wait.

When the pitching market starts to move, the Sox have to be ready to move with it or risk being left behind.

An artistic interpretation of the elusive Sportello bagel.

Boston’s best everything bagel was real. I ate it. Then it vanished.

A decade on, there’s so much I still needed to know: How did it start? Where did it go? Who in the world was “Mike the Baker”?

Bill Murray and Michael Serpa in front "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zassou" painting at Select Oyster Bar in Boston Nov. 3.

Life imitates art when Bill Murray dines in Boston

A Back Bay restaurant had a special table ready for the "Life Aquatic" actor.

Opinion

Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio lacks authority to audit the Legislature, according to the attorney general.

Attorney general schools DiZoglio in limits of her power to audit the Legislature

As a legal matter, it’s not even close, says Andrea Campbell: The state auditor can’t audit a different branch of government without its agreement.

Jeff Bezos moves to Florida, leaving Washington — and its rising tax burden — behind

MARCELA GARCÍA

Bilingual education is the foundation for Boston’s next generation

IDEAS | JENNIFER BLOCK

Youth gender medicine has become a hall of mirrors

A public outing, a mayor’s suicide, and the toll of anti-trans hate in a small Southern city

The Prudential Building, left, and One Dalton in the setting sun.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reckoning with Boston’s towers of wealth

Luxury high-rises are sprouting across the skyline. Why is Boston, amid a grave housing crisis, so much better at building homes for the wealthy than those in need?

Explore the project

More recent News

44-year-old Sturbridge man dies after being electrocuted at AT&T facility in Cambridge

Cambridge police received a call Tuesday morning reporting an electrocution at the facility at 250 Bent St., the department said.

UMass student describes alleged assault by another student during Israel solidarity demonstration
Dylan Jacobs, 21, said he was attending a “peaceful gathering” hosted by the UMass Hillel group on Friday “to honor the hostages that were taken from Israel and the Gaza,” when Efe Ercelik allegedly came outside, punched and kicked him, and took the flag.

Mass. lawmakers propose $250 million for strained shelter system, push Healey to create overflow site for homeless families

Massachusetts House leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would delay Governor Maura Healey’s plan to limit the number of families in the state’s emergency shelter system if officials don’t quickly stand up an overflow site.

Virginia Democrats sweep legislative elections after campaigning on abortion rights
The outcome is a sharp loss for Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, who exerted a great deal of energy, money, and political capital on an effort to secure a GOP trifecta.

‘One way to heal’: In Lewiston, a memorial to honor shooting victims grows
A local museum director and an artist in Lewiston, Maine, are creating a display at a Lewiston museum to honor the victims of the Oct. 25 shooting.

Mass General Brigham announces first moves toward integrated cancer program
Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2015, will take on a system-wide role.

Recommended reads

Diane Sawyer's 'Chip Chop,' a sprawling estate on Martha's Vineyard, hit the market in August.

Diane Sawyer’s Martha’s Vineyard estate sells for $23.9 million

The sprawling "Chip Chop" compound was sold to investor David Malm, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Internal Boston University audit finds no financial mismanagement at Ibram Kendi’s antiracist center, BU says
The results of the audit represented a partial vindication for Ibram Kendi, who faced criticism of his management as well as unfounded accusations of financial malfeasance in the weeks after he laid off more than half of his center’s staff.

MUSIC REVIEW

Seduction and showmanship from Romeo Santos at TD Garden
As a solo artist and as the lead singer of Aventura, Santos’s career spans more than two decades, and on Monday he whirled through his discography with charm and verve.

Turkey Trots and other Thanksgiving races happening in the Boston area
Grab your best turkey-inspired outfit and lace up your running shoes. It's turkey trot season.

Culture & Lifestyle

Although Affleck been spotted with Starbucks on a few occasions over the years, his affection for Dunkin’ is well known.

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

Diane Sawyer's 'Chip Chop,' a sprawling estate on Martha's Vineyard, hit the market in August.

Diane Sawyer’s Martha’s Vineyard estate sells for $23.9 million

A still image of Robert Fripp from "In the Court of the Crimson King."

In the documentary ‘In the Court of the Crimson King,’ one man rules

Romeo Santos performs at TD Garden Monday night.

Seduction and showmanship from Romeo Santos at TD Garden

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

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, has joined with Democrats in seeking to undo the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision that allowed corporations to make independent political expenditures.

A GOP senator joins the anti-Citizens United chorus

Hobbs, N.M., an oil town near the Texas border, was one of the early sites for Ready4Routines, an eight-week course aimed at helping families build time for reflection into their lives.

IDEAS | MAGGIE JACKSON

For struggling families, classes in resilience can be lifelines

Former governor Mike Dukakis attended Governor Maura Healey’s inauguration, Jan. 5.

Mike Dukakis, an exemplar of civic engagement

Caution tape near the location in Lisbon, Maine, where officials found the body of the gunman in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Oct. 27.

How Maine can start fixing its gun laws

Missing poster and photos of Helen Medina.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A family’s nightmare quest to find their missing loved one

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

An identity crisis comes to town

Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has become a preserve for the privileged. This is no accident, but the fruit of decades of exclusionary actions. Now facing a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, Brookline faces a choice: What kind of town does it want to be?

Share your thoughts on this story: An identity crisis comes to Brookline

Brookline has always considered itself special. And, in many ways, it is.

Democrats win in several states on abortion rights and other highlights from Tuesday’s elections

Democrats had plenty of good news to celebrate in Tuesday’s off-year elections and more evidence that they can win races centered on the national debate over abortion. Here are some key results.

Jam Sessions at the Blue Room: Newport Jazz, cool vibes, and plenty of new talent

“We felt like we had more of a responsibility to work year-round to try and cultivate that scene and help highlight the talent that’s here,” said Dan Swain of the Newport Festivals Foundation.

Sports

Jordan Montgomery joined the Rangers prior to the trade deadline and helped them with the World Series.

Report: Red Sox have spoken to pitcher Jordan Montgomery’s agent

Montgomery is fresh off contributing to a World Series championship with the Texas Rangers.

Bill Self will make more than $11 million this season in base pay, professional services and royalties along with a one-time signing bonus and retention payments,

College Basketball

Kansas coach Bill Self signs richest college basketball contract ever given by a public university

Self signed a lifetime contract that will pay him $53 million over the first five years, surpassing Kentucky coach John Calipari for the richest deal ever.

Kristaps Porzingis was a forgotten man down the stretch in the Celtics' loss to the Timberwolves on Monday night.

gary washburn | on basketball

First loss of season showed Celtics have room to improve. And Joe Mazzulla is ready to get to work.

"It’s a good opportunity to figure out what we did well and what we can do to get better," the coach said of Boston's loss at Minnesota on Monday.

MIAA FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

Manchester Essex draws upon its scoring depth to roll past John Paul II in the Division 4 field hockey tournament

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Putting together a winning team comes first for the Red Sox’ Craig Breslow. All the rest can wait.

College football

Ohio State remains No. 1, followed by Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, as College Football Playoff rankings stand pat

Business

Google’s Kendall Square office is the key to AI-powered search

The tech giant has fallen behind Microsoft and other competitors. But engineers in Cambridge are working hard to help the company preserve its dominance.

The AI boom is shaking up the tech industry and moving markets. But is it all a mirage?

The glowing forecasts and huge investments are starting to draw scrutiny from those who have witnessed past tech bubbles, from the dot-com bust to the recent cryptocurrency crash.

Nike sues New Balance

Treasury’s Yellen calls Republican effort to cut IRS funding for Israel ‘damaging and irresponsible’

magazine

Congress is weighing a social media ban for kids under 13. Here’s what you can do at home.

On Thursday, explore what it means to fail at WBUR CitySpace’s Freakonomics Radio Live.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 6- Nov. 12

Orecchiette With Broccolini

Recipes: Skip the tomatoes for these boldly-flavored pastas

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Mass.

metro

The winning candidates for Boston City Council Districts are Enrique Pepen (City Council District 5), top; Benjamin Weber (City Council District 6), bottom; and John FitzGerald (City Council District 3), right.

Voters elect new faces, Wu allies in Boston City Council elections

Eight N.H. cities held contested mayoral elections. Here’s who won

Michelle Wu and Henry Santana make speech at Santana's victory party

sports

Grace Seaman (right) and her teammates celebrate No. 12 Burlington's 3-0 win over No. 5 Duxbury on Tuesday night after delivering the winning smash on match point.

Burlington girls’ volleyball breaks through to Division 2 quarterfinals

While Craig Breslow is looking to add players, naming a new Red Sox pitching coach is also high on his to-do list

Michigan prepared to take Big Ten to court if punished without full investigation

business

Arturo Béjar, former Facebook employee and consultant for Instagram, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on privacy, technology, and the law during a hearing to examine social media and the teen mental health crisis, Tuesday.

A Meta engineer saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before Congress.

Atlanta, Boston budgets most sensitive to office-market stress

Like a cruise, WeWork was fun, while it lasted

politics

Mississippi incumbent Republican Governor Tate Reeves spoke to supporters during an election night watch party at The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center on Nov.07, 2023 in Flowood, Mississippi.

Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves wins 2nd term, defeating Democrat Brandon Presley

Democratic Governor Andy Beshear reelected to second term in Kentucky, overcoming state’s GOP dominance

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights

Nation

Democrats Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, right, and Del. Rodney Willett celebrate at an election party Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023, in Richmond, Va.

Virginia Democrats sweep legislative elections after campaigning on abortion rights

Ohio votes to establish right to abortion

Trump’s rivals battle one another, and his aura of inevitability, as next debate approaches

World

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ahead of the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Tokyo on November 7, 2023.

G7 nations announce a unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo

Growing numbers of Palestinians flee on foot as Israel says its troops are battling inside Gaza City

‘I still can’t believe how we went through this’: Medway family describes harrowing experience living through Israel-Hamas war

opinion

John Danilecki (left) and other police officers arrest a counterprotest on Boylston Street as the Straight Pride Parade approaches on in Boston, MA on August 31, 2019.

More questions than answers in handling of Danilecki case

Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years

May every unpublished novel finally find a reader

lifestyle

Diane Sawyer's 'Chip Chop,' a sprawling estate on Martha's Vineyard, hit the market in August.

Diane Sawyer’s Martha’s Vineyard estate sells for $23.9 million

How Brookline-born artist Orfeo Tagiuri created a ‘cool girl’ wedding invitation that became a viral sensation

She stayed over ... in the spare room

food & dining

Fresh baked bread is a hallmark at Tutto Italiano in Hyde Park. The Italian sandwich here contains mortadella, salami, soppressata, and provolone.

Where to find the best Italian sandwiches

Life imitates art when Bill Murray dines in Boston

It’s busy season at Bongi’s Turkey Roost

travel

The family's guide, Matt, showed the author's daughter how to use her wand to conjure up some magic in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

My kids unwrapped packed suitcases on Christmas morning, and we took a surprise trip. Would I do it again?

A guide to navigating holiday travel with less stress and a minimum of catastrophes

It’s Warren Miller film time, plus a doughnut tour and an app to turn your phone into a rescue locator

Arts

Mark Chester, "Route 84 Junction, Hartford, CT," from "Roadshow Anthropology," 2023

Have camera, will travel

A fertile ground for artists in Fall River

In Collecting 101, UMass Amherst students learn inner workings of museum acquisition

Books

Rebecca F. Kuang, award-winning novelist and author of "Yellowface."

Catching up with Rebecca F. Kuang on ‘Yellowface,’ a novel ‘told in the style of twitter’

‘LibraryTok’ flips the script on public libraries and their relevance to Gen Z

In Scot Lehigh’s debut novel, small-town Maine is both a comfort and an obstacle

Movies

Although Affleck been spotted with Starbucks on a few occasions over the years, his affection for Dunkin’ is well known.

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

‘You don’t need a multimillion dollar budget’: R.I. director, writer on breaking into TV industry

7 stream-worthy movies to get in the sweater weather spirit

Television

A bicyclist pedals past the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County ahead of the third Republican presidential primary debate on Nov. 6, 2023 in Miami, Fla. The debate is scheduled to air on Wednesday from 8-10 p.m. ET on NBC and a variety of streaming platforms.

How to watch the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday night

There’s good, bad, but little in between in ‘All the Light We Cannot See’

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

music

Leland Baker performs with the house band — Matt Marcus on piano, Lumanyano Mzi on drums, and Brayden Beason on bass — on Oct. 25, 2023, at the first of Newport Jazz Festival's new Jam Sessions at The Blue Room in Cranston, R.I.

Jam Sessions at the Blue Room: Newport Jazz, cool vibes, and plenty of new talent

Seduction and showmanship from Romeo Santos at TD Garden

Ex-gang leader gets June date for Vegas murder trial stemming from 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Rohn and Dennis Trainor Jr. in "How I Learned to Drive" at Actors' Shakespeare Project.

A troubling journey into the past in ‘How I Learned to Drive’

Orlando Baxter doesn’t have to come home for Comics Come Home — he’s already here

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

Health

A person walks into a CVS Health store on Aug. 1, 2023, in Miami, Fla.

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

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

Obituaries

Zdenek Macal with the New Jersey Symphony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark in 1999.

Zdenek Macal, conductor with an international reach, dies at 87

Walter Davis, basketball star with a velvet touch, dies at 69

Cody Dorman, who watched namesake horse win Breeders’ Cup race, dies on trip home