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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.

Amid burning ballot boxes and other threats, vigilant elections officials say they’re better prepared than in 2020 Libertarian Party leaders back MAGA movement and Trump — against their own nominee

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
The dueling rallies — Trump is in downtown Milwaukee and Harris is in a suburb — may be the candidates’ last appearances in Wisconsin before Election Day.

Question 5 has put tipping culture in the spotlight. But few know its history is linked to slavery.

Tipping was used to help employers cut on labor costs and forgo paying newly freed people, scholars say.

Question 2: What do educators think of repealing the MCAS graduation requirement?

ADRIAN WALKER

Election Day is almost here — but this campaign won’t leave us for a while

Xenophobia and hate speech are spiking heading into the election

Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles ‘shooting at her’

Voter Resources

Find your polling place

Key races to watch

How to vote

What to know about all 5 Mass. ballot questions

Swing state polls

More election coverage

The Fazzalari Sky Bridge over Longwood Avenue connects Boston Children's Hospital with a parking garage.

‘Some were not happy’: At Boston Children’s Hospital, a dispute over how to screen children for gender transition

The testimony provides an extraordinary window into the inner workings of what is perhaps the most influential pediatric gender clinic in the US.

Jaylen Brown gets hacked by the Hornets' Nick Richards during Friday night's physical affair in Charlotte.

CELTICS 124, HORNETS 109

Temps rise as Celtics pull away late to dispatch pesky Hornets

An 11-2 run in the fourth quarter finally put away Charlotte, and then the bodies started flying and two Hornets were ejected.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

American Airlines’ new tactic to tackle ‘gate lice’ crowding may miss the mark
The airline that created the phenomenon of gate-crowding now wants to stop people from trying to jump the line. But its idea for how to do it needs some work.

Quiz: What are the best ways to prevent a cold? The science may surprise you.

From bundling up to popping zinc lozenges, we asked the experts what really works.

Marine Biologist Jarrett Byrnes toured the Condor Street Urban Wild park in East Boston.

Protective sea walls recently installed in East Boston already have tenants

Marine organisms are slowly moving into new hexagon-shaped panels in East Boston designed to bring life to a harsh and barren seawall.

Mookie Betts drove in the World Series-winning run for the Dodgers with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning of Game 5.

Dan Shaughnessy

These Mookie Betts/Babe Ruth parallels with the Red Sox are getting spooky, and other thoughts

Things haven't been the same for the Red Sox since they dealt Betts, who just won another World Series with the Dodgers.

How did the Dodgers get back to California after winning the World Series? The New England Patriots’ plane.

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York’s Rockefeller Christmas tree
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited.

The Roche family is selling Roche Bros.

The supermarket chain’s Connecticut-based food distributor is taking a majority ownership stake.

Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

Harvard leadership debated how to respond publicly after Oct. 7 attack. Read the emails.

Even at the country’s oldest university, the response to the Hamas attack on Israel was fraught as Harvard brass wrestled with how best to address the violence.

Harvard professors bash congressional report on antisemitism as ‘political hit job’

Providence Place mall placed in receivership over alleged $259 million debt
The move raises questions about the future of the mall, which first opened in the heart of the city in 1999.

Missing New Hampshire woman found dead in Mass., police say

Justina Steffy, 31, was reported missing from Keene, N.H., several weeks ago, police said.

Officials: Massachusetts sees ‘unprecedented spike’ in wildfires for October. Here’s where active fires are now.

Here's where the active wildfire are now in Mass.

Owner of spas in Easton and Randolph charged with allegedly giving fake Botox injections, feds say

The owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa was charged Friday in federal court in Worcester, prosecutors said.

Man allegedly raped one woman, attacked another within 45 minutes in Bay Village and Theater District

Woman, 80, dies after she was struck by car in Norwood

‘Conjuring House’ owner arrested, charged with DUI

Globe Magazine

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2024

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofit organizations led by women.

Darrell Hammond as Vice President Dick Cheney interrupts President Bush (Will Ferrell) and tells him to sit at "his" desk: a kiddie table adjacent to the Oval Office desk.

'SNL' at 50

The best ‘SNL’ presidential political impressions in 50 years of shows

Will Ferrell, Dana Carvey, and Chevy Chase have all contributed to a long line of presidential impersonators.

patriots

Patriots are not ruling out Drake Maye for Sunday’s game vs. the Titans

The rookie quarterback again was limited in practice Friday, but his status for the game officially is "questionable."

Harris Vs. Trump on Key Issues

Trump during a speech at the 2024 bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

From Israel to crypto, Trump takes a transactional approach to issues

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke after President Biden signed an executive order on gun violence prevention at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26.

In talking about ‘freedom,’ Harris hopes she has a winning message on guns

Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump and Harris both support a bigger child tax credit. But which families should get it?

New construction for affordable housing in Kalamazoo, Mich., on July 26, 2024.

Trump and Harris embody a stark partisan divide on fighting poverty

Opinion

This image of Nicole Brown Simpson, taken after her 911 call reporting spousal abuse, was used during the 1995 trial of her husband, O.J. Simpson. At Donald Trump's rally last weekend, comic Tony Hinchcliffe said, "Travis Kelce might be the next O.J. Simpson."

Anita Hill and Daniel Thomas Kryder

Voters can show their commitment to ending gender-based violence

The responses to our survey indicate that survivors will take the issue of gender violence with them to the polls. Eighty-four percent reported that voting was now their first priority.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Election forecasts are sophisticated — and possibly meaningless

EDITORIAL

Dana-Farber, Brigham split creates new opportunities for cancer care

MARCELA GARCÍA

The untold story of Boston’s Dominican pride and the 2004 Red Sox

WILL AUSTIN

There is a post-pandemic learning crisis in our schools. MCAS can help fix it.

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'Favorable conditions' still exist for hurricanes to develop, even in November.

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A fundamental question hangs over Healey’s transportation task force
Maura Healey's administration has sent mixed signals about the end goal for the group studying transportation financing. Is it a menu of options or a prioritized list?

For 1,400 lucky fans, a surprise Tyler, The Creator performance was a rare treat
The rapper announced a same-day show at Converse Lovejoy Wharf.

Movie starring Robert Pattinson, Zendaya draws crowd of fans while filming in Downtown Boston

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I had accidentally gotten off at the wrong T stop’

Will their date be able to get back on track?

Bill Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson dress up as a fisherman and a mermaid for Halloween

Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend got into the Halloween spirit, posing for photos on a beach.

Linda Holliday, former girlfriend of Bill Belichick, sets Internet aflame with ‘Kill Bill’ costume

Judge delays Karen Read deposition in wrongful death lawsuit until after her criminal trial

Judge William M. White Jr. ruled that Read did not have to give a deposition or provide other discovery until the completion of her retrial, slated for late January.

‘It was crushing’: Across Boston, late and no-show buses upend the lives of BPS athletes

Across Boston, late and no-show buses are repeatedly upending the lives of student athletes, who already are struggling to overcome obstacles to play sports at subpar high school facilities.

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‘Fight Song’ was Rachel Platten’s breakout song. Then, she broke down.
Almost 10 years after the Newton native’s hit became Hillary Clinton’s campaign song, the singer is rethinking her priorities.

Henning installed as Boston’s seventh archbishop
The installation ritual and Mass marked the end of Cardinal Seán O’Malley’s 21 challenging years as archbishop, a tenure dominated by fallout from the clergy sexual-abuse scandal.

Agency that owns Pink House plans to move forward on demolition
The house has been abandoned for years, and US Fish and Wildlife purchased the structure and 11 acres of adjacent salt marsh in 2011 to protect the area from development.

Culture & Lifestyle

Cillian Murphy in "Small Things Like These."

‘The reckoning is still ongoing’: Cillian Murphy on the Catholic Church, complicity, and his new Irish drama

Charlestown residents Cassy Cortez and Scott Marr were married Sept. 1, 2024, in Indiana on the groom’s family farm.

Their love story begins at the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge

Chris Evans attended the Vanity Fair Oscars Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 10. The Massachusetts native assembled with his "Avengers" costars for a new video in support of the Harris campaign.

Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., and other ‘Avengers’ stars assemble for Kamala Harris endorsement video

Jimmy Kimmel on the red carpet for the film "Saturday Night."

Jimmy Kimmel let Trump make the argument against himself in his own words

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Kamala Harris spoke during a campaign rally on the Ellipse on Oct. 29 in Washington, D.C.

SCOT LEHIGH

America’s choice: democracy, decency, and reason or divisiveness, rumors, and resentment

RENÉE GRAHAM

How I learned to stop worrying and to appreciate Halloween

The Democratic presidential candidate at a campaign rally in Clarkston, Ga., on Oct. 24.

IDEAS | EREC SMITH

Kamala Harris and the phony crime of code-switching

Parent and former Cambridge School Committee member Manikka Bowman speaks during a press conference where officials detail their opposition to Question 2, that would eliminate the MCAS as a graduation requirement. She is flanked by from left, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and Friends of the Children Executive Director Yi-Chin Chen.

EDITORIAL

Look to recent history — and vote no on Question 2

JEFF JACOBY

Why I won’t vote for president

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Boston Police Academy salutes 123 new graduates

The 123 new officers sworn in Friday at the South Boston convention center represent all city neighborhoods.

Biden increases federal disaster aid for Vermont’s historic flooding in 2023

Funding was increased to 90 percent, from 75 percent, for public assistance to rebuild after the July 2023 flooding, the White House said Friday.

Harvard professors bash congressional report on antisemitism as ‘political hit job’

The 325-page report argues university leaders have failed to confront antisemitism on their campuses since the Hamas-led attack on Israel last fall.

ADRIAN WALKER

Election Day is almost here — but this campaign won’t leave us for a while

The most nerve-wracking election of our lifetime is finally closing in on the finish line, and not a moment too soon.

Sports

Wayland seniors Braden Leichliter (No. 2) and Jamie Buffum (No. 17) celebrate after a play during a 62-20 win against visiting Newton South on Friday night.

FRIDAY'S HS FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Geo Woodard sparks Revere in stunning Greater Boston League triumph over Everett

Woodard ran for 201 yards on 19 carries, had 60 receiving yards, and hauled in touchdown catches of 20, 17, and 24 yards in the Patriots' stunning 42-18 victory.

CELTICS 124, HORNETS 109

Temps rise as Celtics pull away late to dispatch pesky Hornets

An 11-2 run in the fourth quarter finally put away Charlotte, and then the bodies started flying and two Hornets were ejected.

After just one year serving as Joe Mazzulla's assistant in Boston, helping the Celtics to the NBA title, Charles Lee departed to take the head coaching job in Charlotte.

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Former Celtics assistant Charles Lee grateful for his title-winning year in Boston

Lee, who was on Joe Mazzulla's staff for the run to last season's NBA title, is now head coach in Charlotte.

HS FOOTBALL: ST. JOHN'S PREP 28, BC HIGH 0

With resolve and a determined D, No. 3 St. John’s Prep bounces back to blank No. 4 BC High

MIAA GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP

In the middle of it all, Johanna Melhorn powers Winchester girls’ volleyball to Division 1 first-round win

sports business

As the NWSL’s BOS Nation found out, naming a sports team can be tricky business. Experts explain why.

Business

Owner of spas in Easton and Randolph charged with allegedly giving fake Botox injections, feds say

The owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa was charged Friday in federal court in Worcester, prosecutors said.

RI BUSINESS

Providence Place mall placed in receivership over alleged $259 million debt

The move raises questions about the future of the mall, which first opened in the heart of the city in 1999.

The Roche family is selling Roche Bros.

Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump promises them historic growth

magazine

Singer-songwriter Rachel Platten in Washington Square Park in New York City in September.

Globe Magazine

‘Fight Song’ was Rachel Platten’s breakout song. Then, she broke down.

In just over a decade, Katherine Clark has risen from state senator to House minority whip — the chamber’s second most powerful Democrat.

Q&A

‘You can be nice and polite, and tough as nails’: How Katherine Clark wields power in Congress

Globe Magazine

A workaholic’s guide to building a sense of self outside of professional achievement

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I had accidentally gotten off at the wrong T stop’

metro

A doctor in Redondo Beach, Calif., injects Botox between a patient's eyes. Federal prosecutors allege that the owner of a Massachusetts spa chain injected hundreds of patients with counterfeit Botox and other cosmetic products while posing as a nurse.

Owner of spas in Easton and Randolph charged with allegedly giving fake Botox injections, feds say

Providence Place mall placed in receivership over alleged $259 million debt

Harvard leadership debated how to respond publicly after Oct. 7 attack. Read the emails.

sports

Martin Garcia rides Citizen Bull to victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile race Friday.

Citizen Bull wins as Bob Baffert’s horses take top two spots in $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Bo MacCormack’s two-way act takes the stage as BB&N wins battle of the unbeatens against Tabor

Four things Boston College football needs to address to get the season back on track

business

Access’s president of Americas, Jonah Paransky, said: “This is the next step in our exciting US story – doubling our team in North America to over 450 and giving us a broader reach into hospitality and retail businesses."

Newton restaurant-tech firm Paytronix acquired by British company

A fundamental question hangs over Healey’s transportation task force

An alternative to Elon Musk? Meet Allison Byers, head of Founders for Kamala.

politics

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Macomb Community College Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Warren, Mich.

Trump and Harris gear up to host dueling rallies in battleground Wisconsin

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin

Nation

What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign

Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid

NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

World

Flame and smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday.

Israel pummels Gaza and Lebanon, killing dozens in latest waves of deadly airstrikes

Botswana voters hand governing party a stunning rebuke

North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war

opinion

Community members held candles in the stands of the Colisée during a service in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 25 commemorating one year since the mass shootings that claimed 18 lives and left 13 wounded at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille.

Yearlong coverage of Lewiston has been a journalistic vigil

How I learned to stop worrying and to appreciate Halloween

America’s choice: democracy, decency, and reason or divisiveness, rumors, and resentment

lifestyle

A Norway spruce, this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, is prepared for harvest, on Oct. 30, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York’s Rockefeller Christmas tree

What’s your take on friendship after this breakup?

Linda Holliday, former girlfriend of Bill Belichick, sets Internet aflame with ‘Kill Bill’ costume

food & dining

A barista pours frothed milk into a drink inside a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in New York.

Starbucks nixes upcharge for milk substitutes amid disappointing earnings

The Mighty Squirrel plans a Watertown taproom; imbibe Colonial cocktails at the InterContinental

Iggy’s Bread opens a croissant café with no signage, but plenty of good vibes

travel

Can gate lice be shamed into going away?

American Airlines’ new tactic to tackle ‘gate lice’ crowding may miss the mark

Christmas on the Cape: Skip the airport and head over the bridge for some festive fun

Holiday feasts and fanfare: New Orleans is always up for a party

Arts

Voting with your eyes: A new exhibition at the MFA looks at art and democracy

In Charles Atlas’s video art, the camera dances too

In the Berkshires, Clark Art Institute receives $45 million donation, 331 works of art from late philanthropist

Books

Best-selling author Jodi Picoult's novel "Nineteen Minutes" was the most banned book for the 2023-24 academic year.

Jodi Picoult’s novel ‘Nineteen Minutes’ was the most banned book in the 2023-24 school year

In Sara Daniele Rivera’s ‘Blue Mimes,’ poetry that moves, in both English and Spanish

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 27

Movies

GlobeDocs viewers honor two local filmmakers with Audience Awards

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 4-10

Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol’s cinematic collaborator, dies at 86

Television

Azul Guaita in "Like Water For Chocolate."

Television loves a triple play

The best ‘SNL’ presidential political impressions in 50 years of shows

Jimmy Kimmel let Trump make the argument against himself in his own words

music

Don’t expect Jakob Dylan to start tweeting any time soon

For 1,400 lucky fans, a surprise Tyler, The Creator performance was a rare treat

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 4-10

Theater/Dance

Jay Wade and Jasimine Bouldin in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."

What makes Frankenstein’s Creature so monstrous, anyway?

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou not in ‘& Juliet’?

Zarna Garg is on a mission — to ‘destroy’ at her Comics Come Home debut

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

Mr. Morrisey, outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, near his apartment in Manhattan, in 1995.

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin The dueling rallies — Trump is in downtown Milwaukee and Harris is in a suburb — may be the candidates’ last appearances in Wisconsin before Election Day.

Question 5 has put tipping culture in the spotlight. But few know its history is linked to slavery.

Election Day is almost here — but this campaign won’t leave us for a while

Xenophobia and hate speech are spiking heading into the election

Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles ‘shooting at her’

Voter Resources

‘Some were not happy’: At Boston Children’s Hospital, a dispute over how to screen children for gender transition

Temps rise as Celtics pull away late to dispatch pesky Hornets

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER American Airlines’ new tactic to tackle ‘gate lice’ crowding may miss the mark The airline that created the phenomenon of gate-crowding now wants to stop people from trying to jump the line. But its idea for how to do it needs some work.

Quiz: What are the best ways to prevent a cold? The science may surprise you.

Protective sea walls recently installed in East Boston already have tenants

These Mookie Betts/Babe Ruth parallels with the Red Sox are getting spooky, and other thoughts

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York’s Rockefeller Christmas tree This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited.

The Roche family is selling Roche Bros.

Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

Harvard leadership debated how to respond publicly after Oct. 7 attack. Read the emails.

Providence Place mall placed in receivership over alleged $259 million debt The move raises questions about the future of the mall, which first opened in the heart of the city in 1999.

Missing New Hampshire woman found dead in Mass., police say

Officials: Massachusetts sees ‘unprecedented spike’ in wildfires for October. Here’s where active fires are now.

Owner of spas in Easton and Randolph charged with allegedly giving fake Botox injections, feds say

Man allegedly raped one woman, attacked another within 45 minutes in Bay Village and Theater District

Woman, 80, dies after she was struck by car in Norwood

‘Conjuring House’ owner arrested, charged with DUI

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2024

The best ‘SNL’ presidential political impressions in 50 years of shows

Patriots are not ruling out Drake Maye for Sunday’s game vs. the Titans

From Israel to crypto, Trump takes a transactional approach to issues

In talking about ‘freedom,’ Harris hopes she has a winning message on guns

Trump and Harris both support a bigger child tax credit. But which families should get it?

Trump and Harris embody a stark partisan divide on fighting poverty

Voters can show their commitment to ending gender-based violence

Election forecasts are sophisticated — and possibly meaningless

Dana-Farber, Brigham split creates new opportunities for cancer care

The untold story of Boston’s Dominican pride and the 2004 Red Sox

There is a post-pandemic learning crisis in our schools. MCAS can help fix it.

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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
The dueling rallies — Trump is in downtown Milwaukee and Harris is in a suburb — may be the candidates’ last appearances in Wisconsin before Election Day.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

American Airlines’ new tactic to tackle ‘gate lice’ crowding may miss the mark
The airline that created the phenomenon of gate-crowding now wants to stop people from trying to jump the line. But its idea for how to do it needs some work.

Crowds flock to tiny Massachusetts town to send off New York’s Rockefeller Christmas tree
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited.

Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

Providence Place mall placed in receivership over alleged $259 million debt
The move raises questions about the future of the mall, which first opened in the heart of the city in 1999.

Every child deserves a gift, ‘no matter who and what they are’
For 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time. Please consider giving by phone, mail, or online at globesanta.org.

Late-season tropical threat emerges in Caribbean’s warm waters
'Favorable conditions' still exist for hurricanes to develop, even in November.

bold types

A fundamental question hangs over Healey’s transportation task force
Maura Healey's administration has sent mixed signals about the end goal for the group studying transportation financing. Is it a menu of options or a prioritized list?

For 1,400 lucky fans, a surprise Tyler, The Creator performance was a rare treat
The rapper announced a same-day show at Converse Lovejoy Wharf.

Globe Magazine

‘Fight Song’ was Rachel Platten’s breakout song. Then, she broke down.
Almost 10 years after the Newton native’s hit became Hillary Clinton’s campaign song, the singer is rethinking her priorities.

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The installation ritual and Mass marked the end of Cardinal Seán O’Malley’s 21 challenging years as archbishop, a tenure dominated by fallout from the clergy sexual-abuse scandal.

Agency that owns Pink House plans to move forward on demolition
The house has been abandoned for years, and US Fish and Wildlife purchased the structure and 11 acres of adjacent salt marsh in 2011 to protect the area from development.