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For some families, the right to shelter isn’t a right at all

Each year, the state formally denies hundreds of families seeking a temporary place to stay. Many more seek emergency shelter but never complete an application.

Kneeling on the floor in a hotel room she cannot pay for, Stacey struggled through her second application for emergency shelter, sorting through an overwhelming pile of forms and documents. Unable to get shelter the first time she applied, Stacey and her 12-year-old daughter have been homeless for 18 months.

Israel and Hamas complete 2nd day of swaps after tense delay, as Gaza cease-fire holds

Hamas militants released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, from captivity in the Gaza Strip, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners.

Temporary cease-fire in Gaza draws mixed reactions from Mass. Jewish and Muslim communities

Israeli hostages and their families rejoice after their release from captivity

‘Trying to get something uniquely Boston’: locals shop holiday markets on Small Business Saturday
The line at the Snowport Holiday Market was long as shoppers shifted focus from the big box stores offering Black Friday bargains to independent dealers.

Body of Avon man missing for months found in well at his home, officials say

Keith McKechnie, 45, was found inside a well near his home at 34 East High St., the Norfolk district attorney’s office said in a statement late Saturday night.

Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms
The news follows a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee that found substantial evidence of lawbreaking by the New York Republican.

5 of the most scathing allegations against George Santos in the House ethics report

Firefighters battle 6-alarm blaze at two multifamily homes in Dorchester, one person taken to hospital

Man shot woman in head at Worcester massage parlor on Thanksgiving Day, court records show

Cans of Tree House Brewing Company's New England IPA Julius make their way down the canning line of the brewery in Charlton in 2019.

Teslas, taxes, and millions in real estate: A lawsuit bubbles at Tree House Brewing

A minority shareholder at the Charlton-based beer company has sued its partners for a pattern of behavior he says caused him and the brewery financial damage.

In Robert Kennedy Jr.’s run for president, a faint line to his family can be found
Despite being greeted by widespread horror and pained dismissal, Robert Kennedy Jr.’s quest has, in its outlandish improbability, at least faint trace elements of the family’s political playbook.

2023 Gift Guides

Ten great gifts for the travelers on your list
Arguably, the best gift for a traveler is a ride to the airport for a 5 a.m. flight. But if you insist on wrapping something up, here are some things we have tested and loved.

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

A dozen gift-worthy books for the holidays

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

What’s wrong with the Chiefs’ offense? Everything.
“It starts with me,” quarterback Patrick Mahomes said, falling on his sword for his teammates. “Offensively, I’m just not where I want to be at this point in the season.”

Brian Daboll won the NFL’s Coach of the Year award last year in turning the Giants around from 4-13 to 9-7-1. But his team has been one of the biggest disappointments in the NFL this year.

Ben Volin I On football

Giants coach Brian Daboll has been one of Bill Belichick’s biggest nemeses, but Tommy DeVito is no Josh Allen

Daboll was 5-7 against the Patriots as an offensive coordinator with the Browns, Chiefs, Dolphins, and Bills, including four wins in five games from 2020-21 with Buffalo.

Patriots waive quarterback Will Grier Unconventional preview: The Patriots aren’t capable of a playoff push, but they could at least make some progress against the Giants

Exterior photo of the Kowloon in Saugus at dusk.

Brawl erupts at Kowloon restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus

Multiple State Police patrols were dispatched to Kowloon restaurant on Thanksgiving Eve to assist Saugus police in breaking up a fight “reportedly involving several people inside the restaurant,” State Police said.

Adrián Beltré hit .321/.365/.553 with 28 homers and 79 extra-base hits for the Red Sox in 2010.

Alex Speier | Sunday baseball notes

Adrián Beltré's season with Red Sox transformed career that should culminate with Hall of Fame induction

Among the dozen newcomers on the Hall of Fame ballot sent out this past week, Beltré stands out as a near lock for first-ballot election.

Celtics center Luke Kornet was forced to play a season-high 24 minutes Friday, and he was put in a tough spot defending at the rim against the likes of Paolo Banchero (5).

Gary Washburn I On basketball

League-leading Celtics should thank Magic for giving them a look into their deficiencies

Boston's lack of viable bench options was exposed in a humbling road loss Friday.

Sunday basketball notes: With more scoring options, versatility is key to the Celtics’ success this season

Opinion

Katherine Kloczkowski, a student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, showed off a design created out of an old curtain during a class on sustainable fashion, Oct. 24.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Fixing fashion’s impact on the climate starts with education

Fashion students are focused on threats to the climate as well as racial and social justice. Schools need to catch up.

Look who’s backing DiZoglio’s ballot campaign

IDEAS | ERINNE MAGEE

This holiday season, try skipping the gift list

Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs

What it means to be an Israeli mother in a time of war

With the lilt of a flute, a legendary rapper carves a path for Black men to grow and evolve

Single family garage

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Explore the project

More recent News

Shootings Friday night into Saturday leave one dead, two injured, Boston police say
Shootings in Hyde Park late Friday night and in Allston early Saturday morning left one man dead, a woman suffering from life-threatening injuries, and another man injured.

Donors give $350,000 for immigrant who intervened in Dublin stabbing
In the wake of a knife attack in Dublin this past week that sparked Ireland’s worst anti-immigrant violence in recent memory, people in the country and beyond are celebrating a Brazilian immigrant who intervened to end the assault.

Soldier from N.H. killed in helicopter crash remembered as devoted family member, friend and leader
The solider from New Hampshire who was one of five aviation special operations forces killed when their helicopter crashed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners
Select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles are being recalled due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Tom Larson had a front-row seat for the Big, Bad Bruins
Larson said that basketball and the Celtics were his first love among winter sports teams, revealing that the first hockey game he ever saw was the Bruins’ opener in 1969.

Family lunch, some shopping, a Christmas tree lighting: President Biden’s day out in Nantucket
President Biden is again spending the Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket, where he is continuing to work but also getting in some vacation time.

Recommended reads

Keela Smith brushed Ben Dyer's hair back after he removed his hat and was about to say what he is thankful for.

Thankful he’s still alive, a survivor of the Lewiston shooting has changed. But he’s also still relentlessly positive on the inside.

Ben Dyer, who was seriously wounded in last month's rampage, is learning to do things differently. And he believes “something good” will grow from this tragedy.

Stolen . . . or saved? Professor accuses late minister of pilfering Edward Hopper artwork now at MFA.
How a humble self-portrait is connected to an unusual, and decades-old, art-world dispute.

Brookline banned anyone born this century from buying tobacco in town. The rule is ‘clever,’ but is it legal?
Currently, no one born in the 21st century or thereafter is allowed to buy tobacco in the Boston suburb of 60,000 people after Town Meeting voters adopted a first-in-the-nation bylaw in 2020.

Globe Magazine

30 tiny, perfect things about winter in New England
Globe staffers and other writers share the special places and experiences that keep them cozy — and make the cold months worth savoring.

Culture & Lifestyle

Patricia Cornwell discusses Kidman as Scarpetta, Bigfoot, and her brand new book

Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga prepares to cut the ribbon for The Cut, as director of operations Travis Siewers (holding daughter Clementine) and Tom Clark, concert and event manager, look on.

Coming to Gloucester, a new destination for live music

Corey Mylchreest as young King George and India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte in "Queen Charlotte," Netflix's binge-worthy "Bridgerton" spinoff.

10 binge-worthy TV shows to satisfy holiday appetites

Activists participate in Cannupa Hanska Luger's "Mirror Shield Project" at the Sioux Standing Rock Indian Reservation outside Cannon Ball, N.D. in 2016.

At the National Gallery, a clear sign of contemporary Indigenous art on the rise

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

Alex Dabagh, founder of ANYBAG, uses a loom at his company in Manhattan, on Feb. 10. Dabagh makes handcrafted totes out of plastic bags and other New York City waste material.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

How fashion designers can offset the impacts of climate change

Graffiti artist Jeff Saint works on a mural on March 31, 2020. He and fellow graffiti artist, Ryan McFee, painted the piece on a building adjacent to the Custom House Square in New Bedford.

Here’s one practical way to help retailers battered by online competition

The late New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren in his studio in Brookfield, Vt., in 2013.

IDEAS | NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF

Remembering my pal of pals, Edward Koren, whose second art was friendship

Thomas Paine in an oil painting by Laurent Dabos, circa 1791.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Thomas Paine is overdue for recognition as America’s greatest Founding Father

Slipper-wearing students worked on a grammar lesson at the John M. Tobin Elementary School in Cambridge in September. While Boston’s MCAS scores remained far below pre-pandemic standards, those of Cambridge schools bounced back from pandemic lows.

That test question again: A place, or not, for the MCAS?

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

‘Trying to get something uniquely Boston’: locals shop holiday markets on Small Business Saturday

The line at the Snowport Holiday Market was long as shoppers shifted focus from the big box stores offering Black Friday bargains to independent dealers.

Homeless but not hopeless, families turn to Globe Santa for help

The hard knocks of life can throw any family off balance and out of a home. Divorce, illness, domestic violence, lost jobs, and inability to work in the face of the impossibly high cost of child care are only a few of the many dismal circumstances described in letters to Globe Santa.

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Thanks to incentives from Washington, D.C., two Massachusetts public schools are turning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy for heating and cooling.

For some families, the right to shelter isn’t a right at all

Each year, the state formally denies hundreds of families seeking a temporary place to stay. Many more seek emergency shelter but never complete an application.

Sports

Offensive lineman Zak Zinter acknowledges the fans at Michigan Stadium as he is carted off during the third quarter of Saturday's showdown against Ohio State.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Michigan standout lineman Zak Zinter of North Andover suffers broken tibia, fibula vs. Ohio State

The North Andover native and former Globe All-Scholastic was hospitalized and underwent surgery after a Buckeye defender was blocked into his left leg.

Westford Academy senior Paul Bergeron will be pointing the way to San Diego for teammate Jack Graffeo and Philips Andover's Tam Gavenas after the Bay State trio finshed among the top 10 at the Northeast Regional Saturday at Franklin Park to qualify for the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals Dec. 9 at Balboa Park in San Diego. Bergeron led the trio with his third-place finish (15:02).

HS boys' cross-country

Westford Academy’s Paul Bergeron leads Bay State trio to cross-country nationals in San Diego

Bergeron finished third at the Northeast Regional (15:02) to punch his ticket to the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals along with Phillips Andover's Tam Gavenas (4th, 15:07) and Westford teammate Jack Graffeo (8th, 15:11).

Cambridge Rindge & Latin junior Aoife Shovlin continued her three-week run of success with a 10th-place finish (18:16) in the 44th Northeast Regional at Franklin Park., qualifying for nationals on Dec. 9

HS girls' cross-country

Cambridge’s Aoife Shovlin qualifies for Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals in San Diego

The Cambridge R&L junior continued an amazing three-week run with a 10th-place finish (18:16) at the 44th Northeast meet at Franklin Park. Belmont's Ellie Shea was the runner-up to Zariel Macchia (Pennsylvania).

uconn 31, umass 18

UMass football falls behind early, can’t catch up to UConn in season finale

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

As Matt Grzelcyk finally returns, Bruins ship Mason Lohrei back to Providence

World Cup skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin loses temporary lead at Killington Cup, settles for third in giant slalom

Business

Honda recalls select Accords and HR-Vs over missing piece in seat belt pretensioners

Select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles are being recalled due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners.

Pentagon’s AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons

There is little dispute among scientists, industry experts and Pentagon officials that the U.S. will within the next few years have fully autonomous lethal weapons.

Hamas says it will delay release of second group of hostages held in Gaza

X may lose up to $75 million in revenue as more advertisers pull out

magazine

HP Component sled crop

30 tiny, perfect things about winter in New England

This week's daters: Kayla L. and Gorden S.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I could definitely see potential’

Velvety Turkish Scrambled Eggs With Yogurt

Three quick egg recipes perfect for any meal of the day

Stop making MCAS a graduation requirement. Students would be better for it.

metro

Brookline in 2020 adopted a bylaw banning the sale of tobacco or e-cigarettes to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2000.

Brookline banned anyone born this century from buying tobacco in town. The rule is ‘clever,’ but is it legal?

Thankful he’s still alive, a survivor of the Lewiston shooting has changed. But he’s also still relentlessly positive on the inside.

When a child falls ill, all the siblings suffer

sports

Celtics center Luke Kornet was forced to play a season-high 24 minutes Friday, and he was put in a tough spot defending at the rim against the likes of Paolo Banchero (5).

League-leading Celtics should thank Magic for giving them a look into their deficiencies

No. 3 Michigan fends off No. 2 Ohio State to reach third straight Big Ten title game

Rangers deliver Bruins a Big Apple beatdown at Madison Square Garden

business

Ski companies have introduced so many different options — season passes, quad pack passes, stay-and-ski deals, seven-day passes, six-day passes, and decide soon because prices are going up — that now even a ski bum needs a spreadsheet.

These days, even a ski bum needs a spreadsheet

Argentina’s president elect Milei signals against move to U.S dollar

Roomba maker iRobot soars on report Amazon deal will win E.U. clearance

politics

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has said the “best way” to ensure GOP support for Ukraine is for Biden and Democrats to accept border policy changes that would limit the flow of migrants across the border with Mexico.

The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security

In Robert Kennedy Jr.’s run for president, a faint line to his family can be found

Donald Trump will look to upstage Clemson grad Nikki Haley at her alma mater’s football rivalry game

Nation

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., talks to reporters as House Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms

Soldier from N.H. killed in helicopter crash remembered as devoted family member, friend and leader

Cantaloupes linked to deadly salmonella outbreak, US says

World

Released Israeli hostage Ohad Munder (9) sits inside an Israeli military helicopter, shortly after arrival in Israel on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.

Israel and Hamas complete 2nd day of swaps after tense delay, as Gaza cease-fire holds

Israeli hostages and their families rejoice after their release from captivity

Cockroaches and mountains of trash plague Acapulco after hurricane

opinion

A CVS on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester in April 2020.

Pharmacists are burning out: Where’s the prescription for this ill?

Drawing a party line in the sand

Why the JFK era still matters

lifestyle

I don’t want to be the sugar daddy

Am I in a ‘stable of men’?

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

food & dining

Exterior photo of the Kowloon in Saugus at dusk.

Brawl erupts at Kowloon restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus

Three quick egg recipes perfect for any meal of the day

Harvard Square’s Sea Hag is the little sister to Grendel’s Den

travel

Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine.

New England ski resorts are rolling out upgrades this winter. Here’s what you should know.

How to act like a rude jerk while traveling. (But please don’t.)

Shelby Acosta on having curves, scoring a deal, and the appeal of airport food

Arts

MFAHopper - Self Portrait, Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967), about 1903. Oil on canvas. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Stolen . . . or saved? Professor accuses late minister of pilfering Edward Hopper artwork now at MFA.

’80s hip-hop culture, courtesy of Ice-T and DJ Afrika Islam, is on vivid display at Harvard

At the National Gallery, a clear sign of contemporary Indigenous art on the rise

Books

Vanessa Lillie's new thriller is included in a holiday gift package from Ink Fish Books in Warren, R.I.

Rhode Island bookstore offers holiday gift to support Indigenous author and museum; new book presents portrait of Bangor during a decade of change; Purple Couch Bookshop opens in North Andover

Claire Keegan chronicles malignant masculinity in slim but foreboding collection

Patricia Cornwell discusses Kidman as Scarpetta, Bigfoot, and her brand new book

Movies

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight in "Air," now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

2023 movies to stream while finishing your Thanksgiving leftovers

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ is really a ‘portrait of a marriage,’ says daughter

‘Saltburn’ takes a dark, very dark, view of the English class system

Television

Dolly Parton performed during halftime of an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.

Dolly Parton brings down the house with Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show

Reid Scott fills Jeffrey Donovan’s slot on ‘Law & Order’

Emma Corrin is Hart and soul of ‘A Murder at the End of the World’

music

Dolly Parton performed during halftime of an NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.

Dolly Parton brings down the house with Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show

Buffy Sainte-Marie addresses CBC investigation into her Indigenous ancestry

Coming to Gloucester, a new destination for live music

Theater/Dance

John Kander, 96, accepts the award for lifetime achievement in theater at the Tony Awards in June.

Two Broadway legends with staying power: ‘Chicago’ and composer John Kander

For these superstar queens, the holidays are anything but a drag

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

Health

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

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

Joan Jara (left) spent decades trying to figure out who was responsible for killing her husband, singer Victor Jara (pictured).

Joan Jara, who found justice for singer husband slain in Chilean coup, dies at 96

Former New York Mets catcher Ron Hodges dies at 74

Charles Peters, founding editor of The Washington Monthly magazine, has died at 96