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Storm to hit New England during Thanksgiving travel surge
Tuesday may have perfect travel weather during the day. But rain and strong winds are set to move in during the evening, and continue into Wednesday.

When to fly or drive ahead of Thanksgiving

‘Do your job!’ Frustration builds as Legislature’s talks on spending bill drag on

Lawmakers negotiating a wide-ranging spending bill faced pressure to act on multiple fronts Monday, with labor leaders adding to the calls for a compromise while the influx of migrants remained an urgent issue.

Mass. to house migrant homeless families in MBTA, Department of Transportation office building

Healey: Rent control no ‘lifeline’ in housing crisis

Retired Norwell pediatrician arraigned on child rape, indecent assault charges, 22 more alleged victims come forward

Dr. Richard A. Kauff pleaded not guilty Monday in Hingham District Court to four counts of rape of a child by force and a dozen counts of indecent assault and battery under 14.

Bruins winger Milan Lucic allegedly attacked wife during argument, police say

Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic was arrested after police responded to the couple’s North End home. A police report alleges the couple began arguing when Lucic could not locate his cellphone.

The St. Regis Residences (right) opened last year.

St. Regis condo developer sells 10 units in unconventional ‘limited inventory bid’ process

HORNETS 121, CELTICS 118 (OT)

Celtics let late lead slip away, stung by Hornets in overtime

lightning 5, bruins 4 (ot)

Bruins fall to Lightning in overtime after allowing equalizer with five seconds left in third period

How much do you remember about the original Boston Garden, which was home to the Celtics and Bruins through 1995?

dan shaughnessy

If I used these old Boston sports references, would you know what I mean?

Sure, we like to drop in an old reference now and then, but they're classics and timeless, aren't they?

innovation beat

What OpenAI’s fiasco means for tech (and humanity)
Why can't the world's most influential startups get decent governance? And other questions swirling around the latest mad drama in technology.

Microsoft hires Sam Altman and OpenAI’s new CEO vows to investigate his firing

Elon Musk

After Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, Microsoft is the big winner — and Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

“Yikes,” Musk posted in reaction to news of Microsoft’s growing AI investments as the company planned to put ousted OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman in charge of a new AI subsidiary.

Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital that is sheltering thousands
Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza on Monday, battling militants around a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks.

Israel’s military releases video it says shows Hamas tunnel at Shifa Hospital

John Walsh, shown in 2010, created a campaign template Barack Obama would build upon during his road to the White House.

John Walsh, who engineered Deval Patrick’s historic win, dies at 65

“He was a political genius,” US Senator Ed Markey said of Mr. Walsh, the Democratic strategist he picked to be his chief of staff.

A CVS store in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 17.

CVS stores make relatively little money. Here’s why.

The company has seen revenues rise significantly over the years. But inflation, theft, and discounting combined with fewer federal dollars for drugs have eaten into profits.

CVS pharmacists are at a breaking point, imperiling company’s reinvention plans

One Fair Wage announced Monday that it had collected 108,000 signatures for its ballot initiative, which would let voters decide in 2024 whether to incrementally phase out the state’s “service rate” — which allows restaurants to pay employees $6.75 an hour if tips make up the difference between that and the standard $15 minimum wage.

In Mass., tipped employees can make $6.75 an hour. Voters may change that in 2024.

The measure would also allow tip sharing between front- and back-of-house workers once wages were level across the workforce.

A view outside TD Garden before a game between the Boston Bruins and the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 26.

‘I wanna be clear how not OK this is’: Boston TV news reporter condemns man for grabbing him from behind

Looking directly into the camera, a man exclaimed, “Yeah, boy!” and then gave the reporter a bear hug, pushing him down and startling him.

Opinion

President-elect Jimmy Carter with his wife, Rosalynn Carter, Dec. 3, 1976.

How Rosalynn Carter shaped the office of first lady

Carter decided to be a politically active first lady, creating new possibilities for her successors.

Jonathan Hakim and Charlie Sidoti

How the home insurance industry can ensure climate-resilient policies

IDEAS | JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN

A blueprint in bloodshed: The Troubles in Ireland then, the war between Israel and Gaza now

Insurers are making the world uninsurable and unlivable

Ban expensive surprise bills for ambulance rides

A Green Line train passes through Coolidge Corner.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

What kind of town does Brookline want to be?

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, the town faces a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, offering a litmus test of suburbs’ willingness to help reckon with the regional housing crisis.

Explore the project

More recent News

Officer killed in N.H. hospital shooting remembered as embodying the ‘definition of heroism’
A candlelight vigil held not far from the scene of the violence was attended by many state employees, who felt the impact of the loss.

Shooter who killed security officer at N.H. psychiatric hospital had been held there years earlier

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

Making the journey
“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld visits all the places that get you to home and back.

As holidays approach, advocates call for a return to universal masking in health care settings
Hospitals have eased requirements since the end of the public health emergency in May.

More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail

Bill O’Brien will not commit to a starting quarterback vs. the Giants this Sunday
The Patriots offensive coordinator deferred to Bill Belichick but certainly made it sound as though the decision will come down to who performs best in practice.

School counselor charged with assaulting 10-year-old student in Middleborough, police say

A school counselor at READS Collaborative was arrested on multiple assault charges Friday after allegedly striking a 10-year-old student in the face, Middleborough Police said.

ICE arrests man convicted of child rape in Brazil on Martha’s Vineyard
A 37-year-old Brazilian man who allegedly skipped out on a 14-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a child in his native country was arrested during a traffic stop near his home on Martha’s Vineyard last week and remains in federal custody in Boston, officials said Monday.

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Marcie Fusillo Martini was 32 years old when she was found dead in her Walpole townhouse in July 1996. Her murder remains unsolved. She's pictured with her dog, Rocky, in this photo.

Cold Case Files

It looked like an overdose, with pills scattered all over the bedroom floor. But she had been strangled.

Marcie Fusillo Martini was 32 years old when she was found dead in her Walpole townhouse in July 1996. Her murder remains unsolved.

Panel investigating response to Lewiston mass shootings holds first meeting, calls probe ‘a daunting task’
An independent commission investigating the Oct. 25 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, held its first meeting Monday, kicking off a probe that will seek answers about the police response before, during, and after the rampage that left 18 dead.

The New Hampshire primary’s most sought-after undecided voter? Republican Governor Chris Sununu.
Once seen as a potential presidential contender himself, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has become perhaps the state’s most sought-after undecided voter, as well as its most prominent booster.

PERSPECTIVE

Stop making MCAS a graduation requirement. Students would be better for it.
Massachusetts students could learn important life skills with some of the time they’re made to jump through testing hoops.

Culture & Lifestyle

Maureen Keiller (left) and the ensemble of "The Game's Afoot."

An all-in ensemble elevates Lyric Stage’s madcap ‘The Game’s Afoot’

A Thanksgiving menu inspired by Grandma and styled by Sheryl Julian. From top right: Green Beans in Ginger-Soy Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, Roast Turkey with Paprika Butter, Buttery Pull-Apart Blossom Bread, Chocolate Cream Pie, Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes.

A warm and welcoming Thanksgiving feast, Grandma-style

Authors Wednesday Boateng (left), Lisa Braxton (top middle), Lesa Cline-Ransome (bottom middle), and Denise Cosby (right) are featured in Saturday's author showcase.

Black women authors seek to inspire young readers and writers at Dorchester event on Saturday

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

The lot at 230-232 Beech St. in Holyoke before and development.

How to turn blighted properties into the new housing Massachusetts needs

A woman walks by posters with photos of hostages taken to the Gaza Strip during Hamas' attack on the Israeli south on Nov. 15 in Hadera, Israel.

Elizabeth Gaufberg and Cami Tussie

Israeli women and girls were raped during Hamas attack. Where’s the outcry?

Clockwise from top left: Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Republican Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, and Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky.

A ‘crisis’ in masculinity? Look no further than the fussin’ and fightin’ Republicans

A cynical demagogue and implacable foe of a two-state solution, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has done everything he can to undermine efforts for such a settlement. Israel would be much better served with a different prime minister.

Antisemitism on campuses should concern us all

An aerial view shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley, June 30, 2020. Israeli and Palestinian public figures, including Yossi Beilin, a former senior Israeli official and peace negotiator who cofounded the Geneva Initiative, and Hiba Husseini, a former legal adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team who hails from a prominent Jerusalem family, have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.

A pathway to a two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis

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

New Hampshire man had no car, no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions

For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town.

State Police find 45 pounds of marijuana, two guns inside unregistered minivan in Sturbridge

State Police allegedly found over 45 pounds of marijuana, alongside multiple guns and ammunition, after they arrested a man driving in Sturbridge on an outstanding warrant last week, State Police said on Monday.

Herbert Gold, postwar novelist of love and marriage, dies at 99

He emerged in the 1950s as a promising young writer exploring the emotional lives of ordinary men and women and the complexities of Jewish identity in America.

Police investigating after man allegedly hit, threatened mother with baby on Blue Line

MBTA Transit Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest in connection with an alleged assault on a mother on the Blue Line last month after she accidentally bumped into a man with her baby’s stroller, officials said.

Sports

Josh Sweat and the Eagles defense kept Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in check in the second half.

EAGLES 21, CHIEFS 17

Jalen Hurts spurs Eagles rally as Chiefs let one slip through their hands in fourth quarter

Despite two touchdowns from Hurt, the Chiefs had a chance with less than two minutes to go, but a would-be 51-yard touchdown went through the hands of Marquez Valdes-Scantling.

Giannis Antetokounmpo shot 87 percent from the field, the highest mark in a game by a player with at least 20 attempts since 1983.

NBA: Bucks 142, Wizards 129

Giannis Antetokounmpo misses just three shots, scores 42 points, and the Bucks keep rolling with the Celtics up next

The Bucks won their fifth consecutive game and have rebounded from a pedestrian start.

Brandon Hagel had Lightning fans on their feet after he scored the overtime winner against the Bruins at Amalie Arena.

lightning 5, bruins 4 (ot)

Bruins fall to Lightning in overtime after allowing equalizer with five seconds left in third period

Brandon Hagel scored on an overtime breakaway to cap a wild last 20-plus minutes of hockey that saw the Bruins lose a pair of one-goal leads.

HORNETS 121, CELTICS 118 (OT)

Celtics let late lead slip away, stung by Hornets in overtime

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

After seeing first action, Neemias Queta feeling more comfortable on Celtics bench

bruins notebook

Brando Carlo, a pillar of strength on defense for the Bruins, continues to grow game on offense

Business

Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving

The busiest days to fly will be Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

American Airlines flight attendants ask for permission to strike. Southwest pilots could be next.

Leaders of the flight attendants’ union say they are frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations over a new contract for workers who have not seen raises since 2019.

After Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, Microsoft is the big winner — and Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

innovation beat

What OpenAI’s fiasco means for tech (and humanity)

magazine

You really shouldn’t have. Gifts these writers won’t forget.

Writer Kara Baskin and her mother on Christmas over the years.

At the holidays, my mom always critiqued my clothes. Now that she’s gone, I miss it.

What my mother was trying to protect in a fortress of Christmas cookies

This week's daters: Carly and Lucas.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both went to school in the Bronx’

metro

Dr. Richard A. Kauff, 68, pleaded not guilty in Hingham District Court on Monday.

Retired Norwell pediatrician arraigned on child rape, indecent assault charges, 22 more alleged victims come forward

Shooter who killed security officer at N.H. psychiatric hospital had been held there years earlier

Officer killed in N.H. hospital shooting remembered as embodying the ‘definition of heroism’

sports

Navy revealed special uniforms ahead of its Dec. 9 rivalry game against Army at Gillette Stadium.

Navy reveals special uniforms for Army-Navy football game at Gillette Stadium: See photos

Preparing for a Thanksgiving rival and a Super Bowl appearance: A no-win situation for coaches

Former Red Sox Adrián Beltré, Adrián Gonzalez among new dozen on MLB Hall of Fame ballot

business

Kyle Vogt

Cruise’s CEO quits as the driverless carmaker aims to rebuild trust

Ramos takes reins, and a new direction, at Transportation for Mass.

St. Regis condo developer sells 10 units in unconventional ‘limited inventory bid’ process

politics

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Detroit, Michigan, in March 2020.

Federal court moves to drastically weaken Voting Rights Act

Court seems inclined to keep restricting Trump’s trial speech. But gag order could be narrowed.

Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell, before traveling to Nantucket for holiday

Nation

Erin Mendenhall.

Affordable housing and homelessness are top issues in Salt Lake City’s ranked-choice mayoral race

Utah special election for Congress sees Republican former House staffer face Democratic legislator

A Georgia judge will consider revoking a Trump co-defendant’s bond in an election subversion case

World

Palestinian medics prepared premature babies, evacuated from Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital, for transfer from a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip to Egypt, on Nov. 20, 2023.

Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital that is sheltering thousands

Between Israelis and Palestinians, a lethal psychological chasm grows

Hundreds sentenced in trial that sought to break Mafia’s grip on southern Italy

opinion

Crews were on the scene after catastrophic flooding washed out the intersection of Pleasant and Colburn streets in Leominster, leaving a house there an island on its own foundation, Sept. 12.

How the home insurance industry can ensure climate-resilient policies

A blueprint in bloodshed: The Troubles in Ireland then, the war between Israel and Gaza now

Insurers are making the world uninsurable and unlivable

lifestyle

Rob Gronkowski arrived at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Rob Gronkowski is thankful for his first Emmy this Thanksgiving

Are there more relationship problems around the holidays?

He deleted messages from one specific woman

food & dining

Apple pie at Twist Bakery & Cafe.

Twist Bakery honored as a top gluten-free cafe

In Mass., tipped employees can make $6.75 an hour. Voters may change that in 2024.

An early look at Maven’s Delicatessen, one of R.I.’s most-anticipated restaurants of 2023

travel

Travellers queue up to pass through the south security checkpoint at Denver International Airport, Nov. 20, in Denver.

Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving

Driving or flying before feasting? Here are some tips for Thanksgiving travelers.

Wild about trolls? See the movie — or even better, Norway

Arts

Opium pipe, China, Qing dynasty to Republican period, inscribed with cyclical date corresponding to 1868 or 1928. Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic. (Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop)

In a stunningly honest exhibition, Harvard Art Museums put their links to China’s opium trade on display

Safety, surveillance, and being seen — Joanna Tam examines it all in ‘Visibility Studies’

Some clean, well-lighted places at the Griffin

Books

Oliver de la Paz, whose book “The Diaspora Sonnets” was longlisted for this year's National Book Award for poetry.

For Oliver de La Paz, community is built on sonnets and verse

Jennifer Burns, in chronicling the life of Milton Friedman, charts a struggle of national ideals

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 25

Movies

Cast members take a break during filming for Tim Burton’s "Beetlejuice 2" on Charles Street in Melrose, Nov. 17, 2023.

Melrose turns spooky as ‘Beetlejuice 2′ films in town

‘Thanksgiving’: How Eli Roth made the most Massachusetts horror movie ever

Wes Anderson will curate new film club Galerie

Television

Rob Gronkowski arrived at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Rob Gronkowski is thankful for his first Emmy this Thanksgiving

Noah Kahan’s dream of performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ finally comes true next month

This week’s TV: ‘Fargo’ is back, Hannah Waddingham sings, and about those ghosts in ‘The Crown’

music

The US premiere of Thomas Adès's song cycle "Növények," with mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi, the composer at the piano, and members of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.

Influences at play with Adès and Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Noah Kahan’s dream of performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ finally comes true next month

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presents an emotional, exhilarating evening with unexpectedly tender conclusions

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Apple and Brian Thomas Abraham in "The Band's Visit" at the Huntington Theatre.

A moving portrait of hope and heartbreak in ‘The Band’s Visit’

The Royal Ballet of London makes exclusive visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2024

An all-in ensemble elevates Lyric Stage’s madcap ‘The Game’s Afoot’

Health

Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center in Providence, R.I.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

Obituaries

A photo provided via the Gold family shows Mr. Gold in 2010. He emerged in the 1950s as a promising young writer exploring the emotional lives of ordinary men and women and the complexities of Jewish identity in America.

Herbert Gold, postwar novelist of love and marriage, dies at 99

John Walsh, who engineered Deval Patrick’s historic win, dies at 65

David Del Tredici, who set ‘Alice’ to music, dies at 86