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Bruins fire Jim Montgomery after poor start; Joe Sacco takes over as interim coach

Montgomery departs with an overall record of 120-41-23, but the Bruins were only 8-9-3 this season.
Your view: Do you agree with the team's decision to fire Jim Montgomery?

Video: The Bruins fired their coach. Here’s what to know.

Trump chooses Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary
Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican in 2022 and as an outspoken supporter of Trump.

What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary Gaetz may not be confirmed, Trump admits. He’s pushing him and others anyway.

Trump sets records with pace of appointments, but that doesn’t mean the transition is going smoothly

Trump has pumped out more than two dozen appointments and nominations, including 16 Cabinet-level positions.

What to know about the anti-trans bathroom bill roiling Capitol Hill — and who it’s targeting

The bill would bar transgender members of the House of Representatives from using single-sex bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity.

No DEI. No ‘transgender movement.’ No women’s studies. Trump World wants to ‘reclaim’ universities.

Trumpian critics of academia are determined to rescue universities from the Marxists and social justice warriors they say unduly influence them.

St. Elizabeth’s and other former Steward hospitals are giving up their Catholic identity

Former Steward Health Care hospitals have new owners that won’t abide by Catholic doctrine on abortion, in vitro fertilization, contraception, and other matters.
More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

Amazon is requiring workers to come back to the office five days a week. Are Boston companies following suit?
Most local employers aren't matching that extreme, but many are rethinking their approach.

Atmospheric rivers: Nature’s massive moisture plumes return. What does that mean for New England?

These rivers in the sky carry massive amounts of moisture that can eventually deluge the Northeast with heavy rain and snow.
Most of Massachusetts now in ‘critical’ drought as water levels continue to fall

Stop & Shop shelves empty at many Massachusetts stores, following cybersecurity issue

Produce and meat sections at many stores had empty shelves across Massachusetts.

‘The fuel load right now is tremendous.’ Firefighters battle brush fire in the Blue Hills Reservation
The brush fire was about 40 acres wide and only 10 percent contained Monday night, according to a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services.

Tracking wildfires across Mass. Map: What is the air quality like in Boston?

Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington to close amid declining enrollment

The closure is the latest in a series of setbacks for small, tuition-dependent colleges in New England and nationwide.

Mass. bill would make it harder for people to resell tickets to live events. Consumer groups are up in arms.
In a letter to Governor Maura Healey, a coalition of consumer groups called the bill “anti-consumer” and urged her to strike a provision on ticket transfers.

A brief bit of good news in Greater Boston’s brutal housing market
Home sales increased briefly last month, according to new data out Tuesday, but that may be short-lived.

A state report recommended ways to aid the state’s struggling shelter system. Here’s what to know.

The report came as the state’s system has grappled with more people seeking support, projected to cost taxpayers more than $1 billion this fiscal year.

Woman injured in Roxbury dog attack has died, police say

Pew survey: 60 percent of Americans say they likely won’t get updated COVID-19 vaccine

Small earthquake recorded in Lunenburg

Two people suffer life-threatening injuries in crash on Cape Cod
ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★½

‘Wicked,’ the beloved Broadway musical, delivers on fan service — but is it really wicked good?

Stephen Schwartz's songs are not for amateurs. What "Wicked" the movie does best is cast people who can sing them.

Nick Pivetta declines Red Sox’ $21.05 million qualifying offer, becoming a free agent

The righthander logged 633 innings during his five-year run with the Sox, with a 4.29 ERA and 1.243 WHIP.

Bill Belichick’s girlfriend jokes that couple still has ‘burn wounds’ from Tom Brady roast

The couple has not forgotten the jabs about their May-December relationship during “The Roast of Tom Brady,” a Netflix comedy special that aired in May.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

America’s great white reckoning again

With Trump’s election, this nation has retreated into a swamp infested with rancor and division.
EDITORIAL

Tougher action is needed on teacher strikes

SCOT LEHIGH

How high will the Senate jump for Trump’s Cabinet nominees?
MARCELA GARCÍA

How a famous candy company is giving pet owners a stomachache
Rose Webster-Smith

BlueHub helps families like mine stay in their homes

More recent News

THE BIG DAY
How LinkedIn led to wedding bells for Jasper White’s son and his high school sweetheart
They rekindled their romance into 2022, culminating when Jasper proposed later that December.

24 years down the road, indictment dismissed against fugitive Frenchman charged with Big Dig-related bid rigging

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed an indictment initially filed 24 years ago against a French national who allegedly rigged bids for bridge cables as part of the Big Dig, saying that the former construction executive has remained a fugitive for more than two decades.

Just back from the global climate talks, Senator Markey weighs in: ‘Ours is a generational fight’

Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey spent a few days at the UN climate talks in Baku, meeting with delegates from the United States and abroad.

State investigating police officers’ misuse of technology in online training; courses suspended

If an officer completed an online course in less than the minimum run time, they will forfeit their ability to do online training.

Song will remain the same at Charlestown Rehearsal Studios
Musicians triumphed in their efforts to preserve practice spaces in Charlestown.

Post Malone to perform at Gillette Stadium for the first time next summer

Get your cowboy boots ready, Massachusetts, because Post Malone is coming to town this summer.

A Babe Ruth rookie card turned up after a Danvers yard sale. The memorabilia world is buzzing.
The 1916 card for the Sultan of Swat is expected to fetch at least $500,000, and possibly far more.

‘She was one of the first women to approach me and show me love.’ Friends mourn 65-year-old woman killed in Boston park.

Friends said they remembered Celia Simmons, known as CeCe, as a kind, caring woman. She died in a hospital Saturday night.

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden’s arms decision for Ukraine
The approval of the document demonstrates Putin’s readiness to tap his nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down.

Recommended reads

Social workers have quit DCF in droves, costing children stability and delaying family reunifications

High workloads, less stressful employment options, and disillusionment are playing a role in DCF's worst staffing problems in years.

TRANSPORTATION
The best and worst times to travel for Thanksgiving, according to AAA
About 80 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles this year for the holiday.

Citing ‘burnout,’ nearly 300 primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham take steps to unionize
The doctors comprise the vast majority of primary care physicians employed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Could Greenland hold the answer to New England’s drought? Experts warn months of rain needed to break dry cycle.
New England needs a drastic shift in weather pattern, and soon to offset the tremendous loss in rainfall since August.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tips from a former Food Network Christmas cookie challenge contestant

‘Gladiator II’ is a very silly sequel, but only Denzel Washington got the memo

Faye Driscoll’s ‘Weathering’ is a fearless journey through flesh and feeling

Row 34 will open adjacent to The Hotel Commonwealth in 2025, bringing a familiar name to an evolving block

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

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

Trump escaped #MeToo reckoning. Will his nominees?
Jill Abramson

Trump, Musk, and the rise of the conservative press
Renée Loth

Welcome to the world of influencer media
EDITORIAL

Judges throw a wrench in Massachusetts adoptions
JOAN VENNOCHI

Revs soccer stadium is a classic Boston insider story
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Most of Massachusetts now in ‘critical’ drought as water levels continue to fall

The state is now one level away from an emergency drought stage, according to officials.

A state report recommended ways to aid the state’s struggling shelter system. Here’s what to know.

The report came as the state’s system has grappled with more people seeking support, projected to cost taxpayers more than $1 billion this fiscal year.
COMMENTARY | Darrèll Brown and Richard Stang

For years, Providence’s South Side has suffered from polluting industries. It’s time to protect residents from further harm.

In rejecting revisions to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, a community that already bears a disproportionate environmental burden is being harmed, say Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island leaders.

Atmospheric rivers: Nature’s massive moisture plumes return. What does that mean for New England?

These rivers in the sky carry massive amounts of moisture that can eventually deluge the Northeast with heavy rain and snow.

Sports

MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

MIAA playoffs: Meet the state champs in field hockey, volleyball, and cross-country

The MIAA tournaments are crowning champions, keep track of all the scores and game times right here, including the schedule for the soccer and football semifinal games.
NASCAR

Ryan Preece joins Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing in the Cup Series for 2025

Preece, who is winless in 187 Cup starts, will join Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher on the grid for RFK Racing.
NHL

Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin is week-to-week with a leg injury amid chase for NHL career goals record

The team said that their captain's injury, sustained on a shin-on-shin collision Monday night in Utah, would be evaluated further when they return home from their road trip.
MLB

Tampa Bay Rays say new St. Pete stadium is unlikely to be ready for 2028 season, if at all
Red Sox

Nick Pivetta declines Red Sox’ $21.05 million qualifying offer, becoming a free agent
CAVALIERS AT CELTICS | 7 P.M. (NBCSB)

Cavaliers at Celtics preview: Champions meet undefeated contenders in an NBA Cup must-win

Business

Mass. bill would make it harder for people to resell tickets to live events. Consumer groups are up in arms.

In a letter to Governor Maura Healey, a coalition of consumer groups called the bill “anti-consumer” and urged her to strike a provision on ticket transfers.

What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary

The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of a sprawling Cabinet agency that is involved in funding new computer chip factories, imposing trade restrictions, releasing economic data and monitoring the weather.

3 ways TikTok might survive a ban, with or without Trump’s help

CVS added Glenview’s Robbins to board under activist pressure
magazine
Perspective

The dos and don’ts of grandparenting: From Vicks to surprise haircuts

Cooking

Miso, polenta, and pie: Three ways to elevate corn this season
Your Week Ahead

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

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

metro

Pew survey: 60 percent of Americans say they likely won’t get updated COVID-19 vaccine

Shuttle buses replace Red Line trains between Harvard and Broadway this week

24 years down the road, indictment dismissed against fugitive Frenchman charged with Big Dig-related bid rigging

sports

Red Sox add pitcher Hunter Dobbins and outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia to 40-man roster

Bruins fire Jim Montgomery after poor start; Joe Sacco takes over as interim coach

Bill Belichick’s girlfriend jokes that couple still has ‘burn wounds’ from Tom Brady roast

business

Robots struggle to match warehouse workers on ‘really hard’ jobs

A brief bit of good news in Greater Boston’s brutal housing market

UMass seeks to nurture startups at all-women schools, commuter campuses

politics

What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush-money conviction but are open to sentencing delay

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

Nation

Manhattan DA suggests freezing Trump’s case while he is president

This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves

What the Republican trifecta could mean for student loan borrowers

World

In Delhi, another air pollution nightmare with no answers

US envoy signals progress in Israel-Hezbollah talks as war intensifies

Ukraine fired US-made missiles into Russia for first time, officials say

opinion

Where the Democrats could do no wrong

The other east-west rail

Trump escaped #MeToo reckoning. Will his nominees?

lifestyle

Bill Belichick’s girlfriend jokes that couple still has ‘burn wounds’ from Tom Brady roast

Honoring heritage in every pour: the first Native women-owned brewery in the US shares culture through craft

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

food & dining

Tips from a former Food Network Christmas cookie challenge contestant

This cake and candy supply store is anything but cookie-cutter. And Amazon has taken a big bite of business.

Miso, polenta, and pie: Three ways to elevate corn this season

travel

Arthur Frommer, 95, dies; his guidebooks opened travel to the masses

The best and worst times to travel for Thanksgiving, according to AAA

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom

Arts

‘I’m building a world,’ says sculptor Funlola Coker

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

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

Books

Cher briefly considered becoming a nun — and nine other surprises from her new memoir

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

Movies

‘Wicked’ defies brevity

‘Gladiator II’ is a very silly sequel, but only Denzel Washington got the memo

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

Television

A Lara Croft for the ages

‘Morning Joe’ hosts say they visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago: ‘It’s time to do something different’

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

music

Post Malone to perform at Gillette Stadium for the first time next summer

Song will remain the same at Charlestown Rehearsal Studios

The Berliners are back

Theater/Dance

An off-balance ‘Galileo’s Daughter’ at Central Square Theater

Uneven ‘Mindplay’ illustrates the perils of interactivity

Faye Driscoll’s ‘Weathering’ is a fearless journey through flesh and feeling

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

Dallas Long, who won 2 Olympic medals while dominating the shot put in the 1960s, has died at 84

Arthur Frommer, 95, dies; his guidebooks opened travel to the masses

Sim Van der Ryn, early practitioner of sustainable architecture, dies at 89