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‘Give them a little trouble.’ The women mechanics overhauling the auto industry.

Only 1.6 percent of mechanics are women – and they’re ready for some company.

Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons
Half of voters identified democracy as the single most important motivating factor for their vote.

Trump made gains in heavily Hispanic areas all over the map. Here’s how he did it. These maps show the New England states that took the sharpest turn toward Trump

Donald Trump wins Arizona, reversing the state’s blue trend

These uncalled seats will determine control of the House. See live results.

Fear, and relief, spreads through divided Massachusetts immigrant communities after Trump wins

Chad Finn | Sports Media

The reasons for Rich Shertenlieb’s show already getting the axe at WZLX are not complicated

Ratings were dismal, and nothing Shertenlieb did with the program since launching in May suggested it was going to get better.

Negotiations grind ahead amid three North Shore teachers strikes

The strikes in Gloucester, Beverly, and Marblehead are separate, but the issues are similar: pay, benefits, and parental leave. In Marblehead, teachers are also seeking greater efforts to improve teacher safety, union officials said.
Cold Case Files

After drinking beer with co-workers, he was shot dead in his parents’ driveway in Harvard. His murder was never solved.

John Reardon, the police chief at the time, said no one reported hearing gunshots on the quiet residential street.“It’s really strange,” he said in an interview. “Very, very strange.”
Opinion: The trauma of the unsolved murder of my brother Cold Case Files: N.H. investigators asking witnesses to 1989 disappearance to come forward

FEMA worker fired after directing workers to avoid helping hurricane survivors who supported Trump

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “This was reprehensible.”

Beloved UPS Store owner in Cambridge celebrated by his neighborhood, including Elizabeth Warren

Few things in this life are as reliable as the "marvelous" domain of Sajid Bhatti, who, according to a nearly true neighborhood legend, has never taken a single day off work in his decade-and-a-half here.

Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie ‘Candyman’ and other films, dies at 69
Todd died Wednesday at his home in the Los Angeles area, his manager Jeffrey Goldberg said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Trump said he’d repeal the IRA. Could that slow Massachusetts’ energy transition?

The Inflation Reduction Act provided money for clean energy, something President-elect Trump has called a "hoax" and "scam."

10 stranded dolphins rescued from Cape Cod beaches, IFAW says
The IFAW said its stranding hotline started getting calls Saturday morning reporting multiple dolphins found stranded on beaches in Brewster, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans.

‘Saturday Night Live’ to take on a second Trump term after focusing on Harris

‘Saturday Night Live’ will be heading in a new direction as it looks toward a second term for Donald Trump in its first post-election episode.

After less than a year on the job, R.I.’s deputy housing secretary resigns in latest shakeup of new agency
After less than a year on the job, Deborah Flannery, the 30-year veteran in the housing field who was picked as the deputy secretary of housing for the state, has resigned.

‘We just want to be heard’: Long COVID patients still feel invisible

Scores of long COVID patients reached out to the Globe after a recent story on doctors who have uncovered new treatments.

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

13 large fires continue burning across Massachusetts

SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2 (OT)

The shots dried up and the Bruins are searching for answers following an overtime loss to Linus Ullmark’s Senators

Brady Tkachuk’s goal only 21 seconds into overtime followed a third period that saw the Bruins out-shot 12-0.
Patriots Notebook

Patriots elevate Joe Giles-Harris to boost linebacker depth for Sunday’s game in Chicago

The need for linebacker depth came after Christian Elliss was downgraded to out because of an abdomen issue, and the release of Raekwon McMillan after the acquisition of Yannick Ngakoue on Friday afternoon.
Ben Volin: Taking a look at the best offensive coordinators of the NFL season Injury not stopping Cole Strange from helping veterans
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Reds are thrilled that Terry Francona wasn’t done with managing after all

Cincinnati has made the playoffs once in the last 11 seasons and hasn’t finished better than third place in the NL Central since 2012.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Scared of another Trump term? Here’s how it could work out better than you think.

The silver linings playbook for the next four years.
IDEAS | RO KHANNA

My Democratic colleagues and I need to face these harsh truths
Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum

Trump disavowed Project 2025. Get ready for it anyway.
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

The Democrats ran out of ideas
LETTERS

A lingering question after Nov. 5: Who are ‘we’?

More recent News

Tara Sullivan
‘The boys aren’t forgotten and are not left behind’: BC hockey family turns out to remember Gaudreau brothers
It was just the sort of night Matthew and Johnny would have loved.

N.H. investigators asking witnesses to 1989 disappearance to come forward
The body of David Braley, 21, was recovered from the Merrimack River a few months after he was last seen.

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab
The monkeys escaped on Wednesday when a worker left a door unsecured. They have remained near the compound, and officials said they will continue to try to recapture the escapees.

What’s open and closed on Veterans Day 2024 in Massachusetts
A look at how the holiday might impact your plans on Monday.

Veterans Day events in Massachusetts Struggling veterans ask Globe Santa to help them

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes
Charles Lee’s journey to his first NBA head coaching job included helping the Celtics to their 18th championship
Charlotte wanted an energetic, young coach, someone who could relate to their 20-somethings but who also was considered a defensive mastermind.

Hurricane Rafael to spare US coast, expected to weaken in Gulf
The Category 2 storm is forecast to dissipate in the Gulf over the next several days.

Recommended reads

Trump won support of young men, but also gained with young women: ‘He was able to speak to them and motivate them’

“We’re seeing a rightward shift among young people, or a Trump-ward shift, if you will,” said Abby Kiesa, deputy director of the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
Election night television viewership drops sharply from 2020 and 2016

Figure Skating
Boston’s World Figure Skating Championships will play a key role in shaping the 2026 Winter Olympics
Tickets go on sale Friday for the event in March at TD Garden that will determine how many skaters each nation can send to the 2026 Olympics in Italy.

HOLIDAY ARTS GUIDE
Boston Ballet stages a ‘Nutcracker’ for people with sensory sensitivities
This is the second year of a shorter, sensory-friendly matinee thoughtfully developed to create a welcoming experience for a specific audience.

RI BUSINESS
Historic R.I. temple donated by Alex and Ani founder to become housing, community center
Carolyn Rafaelian gifts former Jewish temple in Providence to Center for Southeast Asians.

Culture & Lifestyle

The Prince of Christmas comes to Boston

A new Christmas tradition? Commonwealth Shakespeare Company hopes so.

Boston Ballet stages a ‘Nutcracker’ for people with sensory sensitivities

His gift to the world? Original Christmas music.

Special Projects

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
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Tanzina Vega

Democrats lost the working class. How does the party move forward?
IDEAS | LAURA KIPNIS

Kamala Harris didn’t lose because she is a woman. Donald Trump won because he’s a particular kind of man.
IDEAS | RO KHANNA

My Democratic colleagues and I need to face these harsh truths
Susan Donaldson James

The trauma of the unsolved murder of my brother
IDEAS | DAOUD KUTTAB

Palestinians ponder what Trump’s win will mean
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘Alright ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy’: Bill Burr reacts to Trump’s election victory in ‘SNL’ monologue

The Canton comic hosts "Saturday Night Live" in the show’s first episode following the election.

10 stranded dolphins rescued from Cape Cod beaches, IFAW says

The IFAW said its stranding hotline started getting calls Saturday morning reporting multiple dolphins found stranded on beaches in Brewster, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans.

Negotiations grind ahead amid three North Shore teachers strikes

The strikes in Gloucester, Beverly, and Marblehead are separate, but the issues are similar: pay, benefits, and parental leave. In Marblehead, teachers are also seeking greater efforts to improve teacher safety, union officials said.

See photos of Boston’s Veterans Day Parade

Boston honored veterans Saturday afternoon with parade through the city, starting at Boston Public Library in Copley Plaza and ending with a flag-raising at City Hall Plaza.

Sports

Bernhard Langer in position to extend Champions Tour winning streak

The 67-year-old German star with a Champions-record 46 career victories, had a 4-under-par 67 at Phoenix Country Club.
SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2 (OT)

The shots dried up and the Bruins are searching for answers following an overtime loss to Linus Ullmark’s Senators

Brady Tkachuk’s goal only 21 seconds into overtime followed a third period that saw the Bruins out-shot 12-0.

Sean Kilty powers Stoneham past Oakmont in Division 6 first-round win

Kilty's 1-yard plunge with 56 seconds remaining lifted the No. 2 Spartans (8-1) to a 28-21 first-round victory.
no. 3 uconn 92, new hampshire 53

No. 3 UConn men’s basketball pulls away from New Hampshire in second half
MLS PLAYOFFS: ATLANTA 3, INTER MIAMI 2

Messi, Inter Miami ousted from MLS Playoffs by Atlanta United in shocking first-round upset
Bruins notebook

With the power play lacking juice, the Bruins look to jump-start their attack

Business

Trump’s economy was good for New England before. Now there are big concerns.

Massachusetts unemployment fell, income surged, and nobody was complaining about inflation during the first years of Donald Trump's first term. What is the outlook now?

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president.

Thermo Fisher, Akamai, iRobot eliminate jobs in latest local layoffs

Wall Street cruises to its best week in a year
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‘I lied to you about something big’: Confessions of Shelby Hewitt, high school imposter
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‘Give them a little trouble.’ The women mechanics overhauling the auto industry.

CONNECTIONS

My writing partner and I are like Sesame Street’s Don Music and Kermit the frog
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘This sounds corny, but I was speechless for a second’

metro

‘We just want to be heard’: Long COVID patients still feel invisible

Struggling veterans ask Globe Santa to help them

Fear, and relief, spreads through divided Massachusetts immigrant communities after Trump wins

sports

Hamilton-Wenham girls’ cross-country seizes Division 3B title with a measured, and determined approach

Abigail Marsolais backstops Bishop Feehan in Division 1 shootout win over Franklin

Watch: Linus Ullmark shares hug with Jeremy Swayman, salutes Bruins fans in return to TD Garden

business

Trump’s win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgiveness

In Chelsea, a new model for public housing opens its doors

DraftKings considering adding election betting

politics

‘The economy will be in a better place.’ Beyond the red-blue divide, pocketbook issues prevailed

President Biden will host President-elect Trump in the Oval Office; Democrats insist they still have a path to House majority

Donald Trump wins Arizona, reversing the state’s blue trend

Nation

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds

Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie ‘Candyman’ and other films, dies at 69

1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others remain on the run from South Carolina lab

World

Qatar suspends its mediation efforts on Gaza and the Hamas office there may have to leave

Madeleine Riffaud, who fought for Paris with French Resistance, dies at 100

A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26

opinion

Palestinians ponder what Trump’s win will mean

A war-weary Ukraine warily eyes a Trump presidency

Kamala Harris didn’t lose because she is a woman. Donald Trump won because he’s a particular kind of man.

lifestyle

After the election, a call for women to swear off men

He friendzoned me and got a girlfriend

Here’s to the people who bring warmth no matter what. (Mr. Fuller at school drop-off, I’m looking at you.)

food & dining

Looking to ‘thrive rather than survive,’ Lord Hobo merges with Maine’s Lone Pine Brewing

Food that tastes like it was made by a Mexican grandmother (even if it wasn’t)

Sick of turkey on Thanksgiving? Break tradition. Here’s some Rhode Island restaurants to pre-order from.

travel

There are 10,000 reasons to smile in Australia’s criminally overlooked wild west

A holiday tradition, a cloud forest getaway, and a facial mask for travelers

Mentalist Vinny DePonto on a good journal, early morning flights, and the Notes app

Arts

At Mass MoCA, Jeffrey Gibson brings difference into the light

Designer Es Devlin to receive Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

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

Books

Julian Zabalbeascoa on rediscovering the Spanish Civil War and his own family lore

Lili Anolik on icons Didion and Babitz

Richard Price’s ‘Lazarus Man’ asks what you’d do with a second chance

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 11-17

Cillian Murphy delivers a master class in quiet acting in ‘Small Things Like These’

As bombs fall in ‘Blitz,’ a look at WWII history in London through new eyes

Television

‘Alright ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy’: Bill Burr reacts to Trump’s election victory in ‘SNL’ monologue

A whopping 25 percent fewer people followed election night news on cable than in 2020

Bobby Flay, ‘Hot Frosty,’ and more ways to celebrate the season with TV

music

Taylor and Beyoncé face off again, but who’s missing in Grammy nominations?

BSO’s Ellington homage dances through the darkness

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 11-17

Theater/Dance

‘Sojourners’ rises to the challenge — and beyond — of launching a nine-play cycle

‘& Juliet’ is a skillful blend of pop concert and musical theater

Vinny DePonto wants to read your mind ... but you’ll get a glimpse of his thoughts, too

Health

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

Ben Baldanza, who brought no-frills flying to Spirit Airlines, dies at 62

Former Providence bishop Louis Gelineau dies at 96

Warren Washington, groundbreaking climate scientist, dies at 88