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Kristaps Porzingis continues to make progress, and Celtics hope for his return before too long

The big center, who is coming off ankle surgery, has been doing drills with assistant coaches and teammates.

Did Democrats stay home in 2024? Here’s what we know.
Votes are still being tallied across the country, but a Globe analysis of results from counties where counting is largely complete shows a broad drop-off in Democratic votes.

JAMES PINDELL | ANALYSIS

What’s Trump’s strategy with these Cabinet picks? Here are three insights to help make sense of his controversial selections.

Is there a method or is there just madness?
Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’ Johnson says he’ll ‘strongly request’ ethics report on Gaetz not be released

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

Leavitt, 27, who grew up in New Hampshire, currently serves as a spokesperson for the Trump transition.

Changes RFK Jr. could make as HHS secretary, from vaccines to raw milk

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to revisit federal vaccine recommendations, take fluoride out of public water, and boost access to raw milk, among other goals.

‘Extraordinarily bad’: Health officials, specialists express alarm over prospect of RFK Jr. running HHS

“His ideas may sound good on bumper stickers but are unserious and often downright harmful,” Dr. Ashish K. Jha said.

See photos of the November supermoon that rose Friday

The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Supermoon, rose on Friday evening. See photos from across the world of the celestial event.
kara miller | the big idea

Some patients are paying up to $50,000 per year in fees for ‘concierge medicine.’ Here’s what’s behind its rise.

More and more patients are ponying up a yearly membership fee for their care, putting pressure on an already strained, physician-starved primary care system.

Prosecutors file motion seeking phone records of Karen Read’s mother

Prosecutors said Read’s phone records indicate she called her mother three times in the hours before John O’Keefe's body was found, at 1:14 a.m., 4:38 a.m., and 4:42 a.m.

Pro-Palestinian Harvard students arraigned a year after protest clash

Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim Bharmal, dressed in suits, stood quietly near the front of a district courtroom in Brighton as they were arraigned on charges of assault and battery and a civil-rights violation.

Want to send your kid to a top private school in Mass.? Here’s how much it’s going to cost you.
Some communities, including several Boston suburbs, have seen the percentage of students enrolling in private schools climb in recent years. But the sticker prices can be steep.

Yes, a Masshole was behind the Onion’s Infowars buy: ‘My whole family will fight you in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot.’

The acquisition is just the latest development at the 36-year-old satirical publication, which has been a rare bright spot this year in media.
Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing

Driver dies in crash with school bus in New Hampshire
The driver's car crossed over the center line and hit the bus, police said.

ADRIAN WALKERSJC decides men who patronize high-priced brothels should be treated like any other defendants
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously this week that so-called “show cause” hearings — in which a clerk-magistrate decides whether criminal cases against the accused will go forward — must be made public.

The BPDA board is back, and elbows are rubbing once again

Boston teen charged with shooting man on platform of MBTA Red Line Broadway station

Democrats scramble to fill federal judgeships in Massachusetts, appeals court

An alumna just gave the University of Rhode Island the largest gift in its history
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘THAT is the kind of unapologetically nerdy passion I’m looking for’

Will these two video gamers level up in love?
Love Letters: A + B = I’m single again
Dan Shaughnessy

Steve Grogan can tell Drake Maye all about a scrambling quarterback, and other thoughts

 Here’s why the 3-7 Patriots have more in common with the talented Rams than one might think The Watch List: Everything you need to know about this week’s Patriots game
TV CRITIC’S CORNER

The real strangeness of ‘Stranger Things’

Actors can play a character who’s older than they are relatively easily. Playing younger is a whole different portal of worms. Season 5 will be coming out nine years after season 1 did.
Opinion
Cara Hoffman

Anarchists have some lessons for Trump’s America

The specter of authoritarian rule stalks the United States. How its citizens respond will determine their future and the future of the world. But what should that response be?
LETTERS

Who’s to blame for 2024 election results? Apparently, anyone and everyone.
EDITORIAL

John Does in brothel case can’t hide forever, state’s high court rules
MARCELA GARCÍA

Ruben Gallego’s blueprint for Democratic success
RENÉE GRAHAM

A postelection life as a social media nomad
Globe Santa

Lives upended by domestic violence, parents ask for Globe Santa’s help

For children in a fractured family, the holiday season is little more than a painful reminder of what they lack.
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Jury convicts man charged with killing woman and her three children in West Brookfield in 2018
Matthew P. Locke, 38, was convicted Friday on four counts of first-degree murder by a Worcester Superior Court jury.

NYC is about to make landlords cover most brokers fees. Will Boston follow suit?
Over the years, city and state lawmakers have periodically pushed to modify broker fees, which real estate agents charge for acting as the middleman between prospective tenants and landlords.

The $38 million question: Supreme Court asked to intervene in N.H. youth center abuse case
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a disputed $38 million verdict awarded to David Meehan, which the state contends should be capped at $475,000.

Jake Paul, Mike Tyson set for fight between influencer-turned-boxer and retired giant of the sport
The eight-round bout Friday night at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys will be streamed on Netflix, which has more than 280 million subscribers globally.

Adam Himmelsbach | Beat writer's notebook
Jayson Tatum’s free-throw shooting, Jaylen Brown vs. Nike continues, and other nuggets about the Celtics
Payton Pritchard stepped in admirably when Tatum opted not to shoot a technical free throw when he was having an off night.

NBA veteran assists with Boston’s youth sports development

Should Boston have a vacancy tax on empty storefronts? City councilors are mulling the idea.
But leaders of key business groups called it a nonstarter. “Believe me, if [landlords] could fill them, they would, but they can’t," one said.

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Spotlight

Former House speaker John Boehner appears in federal courthouse amid grand jury probe into Steward Health Care

Several Steward board members have been summoned or subpoenaed to answer questions as part of the sprawling federal probe.

PARENTING UNFILTERED
Bobby’s Books is Winchester’s newest pop-up. Plot twist: It’s run by a second-grader, and all the proceeds go to charity.
Bobby Atchinson, a "Captain Underpants" fan, will donate to the Home for Little Wanderers.

A migrant family was evicted from a Lexington shelter. The mother wound up in ICE custody, facing deportation.
A clash highlights the brewing desperation at short-term shelters, where homeless families are often tightly packed in, and many are reaching state-mandated departure times with nowhere else to go.

CONNECTIONS
Little Mary died in 1884. Yet on my walks at Mount Auburn Cemetery, she drew me in.
Though she was a young child who died more than a century ago, she came to mean so much to me.

Culture & Lifestyle

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

That time she manifested her ideal man

With a COVID cliff coming, what can Boston artists bank on?

‘Boston was always a great movie town,’ says filmmaker John Waters

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Revs soccer stadium is a classic Boston insider story
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

Can we please have less political art now?
Cathy Young

The many faces of Trump’s gender politics
LETTERS

It was the stupid economy
RENÉE GRAHAM

The hypocritical politics of identity politics
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Amid strike, Gloucester School Committee says high school sports and extra curriculars may resume

All activities must be supervised by advisors or coaches, the Gloucester School Committee said Friday.

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

Leavitt, 27, who grew up in New Hampshire, currently serves as a spokesperson for the Trump transition.

Boston teen charged with shooting man on platform of MBTA Red Line Broadway station

The teen was arraigned in juvenile court Friday and ordered held, officials said.

See photos of the November supermoon that rose Friday

The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Supermoon, rose on Friday evening. See photos from across the world of the celestial event.

Sports

BASKETBALL

Tom Brady tosses the pigskin around Madison Square Garden during Knicks’ game

The seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback turned NFL color commentator showed off his arm at Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game on Friday night.
FRIDAY's HS FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

In a triumph for the record books, Justin Marques does it all for Fairhaven in a Division 6 quarterfinal OT win vs. Lynnfield

The senior ran 40 times for 193 yards and scored four touchdowns to give him a record 103 career touchdowns. And he sealed the 36-34 overtime victory with an interception on Lynnfield's 2-point conversion attempt.
BOXING

Katie Taylor retained her unanimous super lightweight championship with another disputed decision over Amanda Serrano

Taylor retained her unanimous super lightweight championship in a razor-thin unanimous decision over Serrano on Friday night in a slugfest remarkably similar to their epic bout in New York two years ago.
FOOTBALL

Bills’ new stadium costs balloon to $2.1 billion, $560 million over initial estimate
READING 21, MILFORD 18

Reading goes vertical, Jack Murphy to Bobby Morris with 44 seconds left, and rallies past Milford in Division 3
No. 2 UConn 69, No. 14 North Carolina 58

Paige Bueckers scores 29, Geno Auriemma ties Division I coaching record as No. 2 UConn beats No. 14 UNC

Business

SPORTS MEDIA

Tyson-Paul fight gives Netflix opportunity to show it can handle big events with NFL, WWE on horizon

For Netflix, it is their biggest live sports event to date, and an opportunity to make sure it can handle audience demand with the NFL and WWE on the horizon.

In jobs bill, Mass. lawmakers move to protect Roxbury nonprofit accused of predatory lending

A measure in the state's nearly $4 billion economic development bill stands to benefit BlueHub Capital, which specializes in helping distressed homeowners but, some claim, also deceived them.

The BPDA board is back, and elbows are rubbing once again

Should Boston have a vacancy tax on empty storefronts? City councilors are mulling the idea.
magazine
Globe Magazine

A woman with cancer needed a miracle from a stranger. A veteran in pain needed one, too.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘THAT is the kind of unapologetically nerdy passion I’m looking for’
PERSPECTIVE

Puerto Ricans have fought for the US since WWI. They must never be forgotten.
holiday style

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

metro

In jobs bill, Mass. lawmakers move to protect Roxbury nonprofit accused of predatory lending

Weekend forecast: Sunny and mild weather awaits with some gusty winds

New Hampshire shelter faces enor-mouse problem after man surrenders nearly 1,000 rodents

sports

Tennyson Charney comes up in the clutch for Wellesley in Division 2 quarterfinal win over Bishop Feehan

Jake Paul, Mike Tyson set for fight between influencer-turned-boxer and retired giant of the sport

Tyson-Paul fight gives Netflix opportunity to show it can handle big events with NFL, WWE on horizon

business

Want to meet a millionaire? Best chance is in Bay Area.

US stocks have already reversed half of post-election rally

R.I. to install at least another 110 electric vehicle chargers

politics

House elections produced a stalemate. Can Republicans figure out how to work with a thin majority?

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

Here are the people Donald Trump has picked for key positions so far

Nation

More states are ditching exams as high school graduation requirements

The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader’s assassination

Trump immigration targets: Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians

World

Engineers discover a 132-year-old message in a bottle in a Scottish lighthouse

Putin talks with German chancellor, breaking ice with the West

Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform

opinion

‘Thank you,’ she exclaimed

A postelection life as a social media nomad

A pellucid primer for a perplexing political period

lifestyle

A + B = I’m single again

Bobby’s Books is Winchester’s newest pop-up. Plot twist: It’s run by a second-grader, and all the proceeds go to charity.

Is your living room boring? Here are 12 ways to jazz it up.

food & dining

Sad hour continues: Beacon Hill lawmakers again decline to bring ‘happy hour’ back to Mass.

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

Feast & Fettle will close its retail store in Pawtucket, R.I.

travel

We spent 12 days on the greatest hiking trail in the world. You can, too.

Taylor Goldsmith on doing what he wants, catching up on sleep, and making coffee on a plane

See the world by train; renew your passport soon

Arts

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

Laurie Simmons: when a house is not a home

At the Griffin: a collector, not an acquirer; and otherworldliness meets thinginess

Books

Poems of desire, looking at graffiti, a new bookstore in Quincy

Stephen King refutes rumors he called Elon Musk Trump’s ‘First Lady,’ was kicked off X

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 23

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Conan O’Brien tapped to host the 2025 Oscars

‘Boston was always a great movie town,’ says filmmaker John Waters

Television

The real strangeness of ‘Stranger Things’

Mattapan native SeeFour wanted the world to see Boston hip-hop on Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’

How ‘Interior Chinatown’ makes a striving, overlooked background character the hero

music

The Berliners are back

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Mattapan native SeeFour wanted the world to see Boston hip-hop on Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’

Theater/Dance

American Repertory Theater launches Lavine Learning Lab for local high schools

For a fast-moving ‘Noises Off,’ set designers used every inch of the stage

'Tartuffe' finds new resonance, and an antic comic tone to match

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

Natasha Alexenko, who helped cut backlog in rape-kit testing, dies at 51

Frank Auerbach, revered painter of single-minded devotion, dies at 93

Vardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90