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Healey to seek six-month limit on stays in emergency shelters; officials say current approach ‘not sustainable’

The Legislature passed a law in the spring setting a nine-month limit. But state officials say they want to lower the cap to six months.

GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House

This is the second time state Representative David DeCoste of Norwell, who does not represent any part of Boston, has prevented Mayor Michelle Wu's measure from moving forward in the state House.

In striking districts, para pay — a fraction of teacher salaries — has barely budged due to inflation
School committees are offering substantial pay increases for paraprofessionals, but the strikes continue.

Check your mail. A million letters went out in recent days, warning of lead in pipes.

The letters were required by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which has been working for years to find and eliminate lead.

How many people were apprehended at N.H.’s northern border in the past four years?

US Customs and Border Protection is now making data about apprehensions in N.H. public, with debates over immigration brewing ahead of the next legislation session.

‘The patient is the boss’: Lawrence General expands its reach in the Merrimack Valley

The buyout of Holy Family from bankrupt Steward Health Care has transformed Lawrence General from a standalone facility into a small system of “safety-net” hospitals.

More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

MGH employees cancel ‘Vigil for Palestine’ after administration changes its name to ‘Vigil for Peace’

A top administrator objected to wording that linked the event to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

Jabrill Peppers trial date set for January as accuser files lawsuit

The woman who says Peppers assaulted her at his Braintree home sued him in Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday.

Former state revenue commissioner Navjeet Bal tapped to run MassDevelopment

Providence to pay $15m to school system after funding fight

Former president Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings on the second day of jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, in New York.

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now

Prosecutors have indicated that they're open to putting the case on hold, perhaps as long as he's in office, but they don't want it to be scrapped altogether.

Pam Bondi is Trump’s new choice as attorney general. Here’s what to know about her.
Bondi has a starkly different profile than Matt Gaetz, but a similar reputation for fealty.

Analysis: A breakdown of circulating theories about Gaetz’s nomination and withdrawal — and why they’re ultimately unsatisfying Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general Who is Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for education secretary?

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Beth Teitell | Commentary

Is it possible to live Trump-free? People practicing radical Trump detachment are trying.

Trump Detachment Syndrome is a self-protective gambit that requires a news blackout. Its sufferers were once so up on the news they could sub in for CNN commentators. Now they’re too fatigued to even hate-read.

Arlo Guthrie announces that Alice Brock of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ fame has died
The longtime resident of Provincetown inspired the 1967 Thanksgiving tune.

51 things about Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ incident did indeed happen, and the Berkshire Eagle covered it

Jaylen Waddle makes a catch in front of Christian Gonzalez during the Patriots' first bout with the Dolphins this season in Week 6.

CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

Facing the Dolphins, the Patriots have a chance to show how much they’ve improved

The Dolphins, with Tyler Huntley at quarterback in Week 6, beat the Patriots, 15-10, in one of New England's sloppiest performances to date.

The Watch List: The Patriots never make it simple in Miami. Here’s what you need to know.

Red Sox president and chief executive officer Sam Kennedy, chairman Tom Werner, and director of baseball operations Craig Breslow — pictured with principal owner John Henry — delivered Boston's initial pitch to free-agent slugger Juan Soto.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Red Sox deserve no benefit of the doubt with their Juan Soto pursuit, and other thoughts

Until 2018, the Red Sox had a top-three payroll. They were in almost all conversations for top talent, and stars were happy to bring their talents to the Back Bay. Not anymore.

Sure, we’re all waiting on Juan Soto news, but in the meantime, Red Sox check in on star lefthander Blake Snell Jarren Duran was undoubtedly the 2024 Red Sox' MVP, but what’s next for this excitable talent?

The Crystal Symphony cruise ship docks at Flynn Cruiseport in Boston in 2021.

As cruise ship business keeps growing, Massport will electrify South Boston port

Massport leaders on Friday are announcing they'll invest $60 million to install two power units at the terminal that will allow ships to stop belching diesel fumes and rely on electric power while docked.

GIFT GUIDE

20 books for everyone on your holiday shopping list this year

Gifts for all kinds of readers, from art lovers to bird enthusiasts to film buffs.

From left: The writer (right) and her sister, Kelly, in the 1970s, at home in Queens, New York. Tina (right) and Kelly in Nashville several years ago.

CONNECTIONS

How Nora Ephron’s sister snapped me out of my sister funk

I couldn’t bring myself to reach out to my sister. So I reached out to someone else’s.

Opinion

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee gestures as a campaign event Oct. 29 in Drexel Hill, Pa.

Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

Mike Huckabee and the end of the two-state solution

Trump’s choice to be ambassador to Israel seems a clear sign that the incoming president has abandoned the idea of a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Want a say in how Boston’s schools are run? Get involved with the School Committee

EDITORIAL

Removing consumer protections from BlueHub mortgages was the wrong move

SCOT LEHIGH

Progress on abortion rights and gun safety must come in the states

IDEAS | MATJAZ KRIVIC

Eerie reminders of another time when the world was on edge

Globe Santa

Exhibit A: Her gas bill

The mother’s financial need is so great she wanted to be sure her point was not lost on Globe Santa. In her October letter requesting holiday toys for her kids, she enclosed her most recent gas bill.

Donate to Globe Santa

Thanksgiving

All the fixings for a contemporary Thanksgiving feast

The UMass Amherst marching band played during halftime at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

UMass Amherst marching band ready to take its star turn in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

Steve Martin and John Candy in 1987's "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."

‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ is the perfect Thanksgiving movie

Turkeys were on sale at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., this month. Turkey prices declined this year for the first time since 2018, a Globe data analysis showed.

Shoppers expect to pay more for Thanksgiving this year. They’re in for a tasty surprise.

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How New England’s incarcerated population trains service dogs for those in need
Puppies live with their incarcerated trainer during training. Staff from a Princeton-founded service dog nonprofit visit facilities weekly to teach incarcerated people how to train the dogs.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, work is well underway on new $1.9 billion clinical care facility
The Phillip and Susan Ragon Building will house the Mass General Cancer Center and the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, with 482 single-bed rooms and other hospital amenities.

N.H. Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte is staffing up for her incoming administration
Two people with prominent roles in her campaign will be part of her inner circle when she takes over as governor in January.

As cruise ship business keeps growing, Massport will electrify South Boston port

Wrongfully convicted man wins $13m verdict — but not really

A state law capping compensation in such cases reduced the judgment to $1 million.

Boston man charged with attacking transgender woman on MBTA Blue Line train on Halloween

Gregory Burnett, 53, was arraigned last week in the East Boston division of Boston Municipal Court on multiple assault charges and a civil rights violation charge, prosecutors said Thursday.

Public defender agency sues State Police for allegedly withholding internal affairs records

The allegation has already led to the dismissal of charges against a Quincy man who was arrested by the trooper, according to the suit.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

What to say to someone who’s lost a child
Maybe we’re too afraid to say the wrong thing, and silence beats awkwardness. Now’s a good time to talk about it: November is Children’s Grief Awareness Month.

‘There’s a real pandemic’: Illegal drug known as K2 prevalent across Mass. prisons
A recent court ruling describes a corrections system “currently dealing with a large number of inmate medical emergencies, overdoses, and assaults on staff and inmates due to the drug distribution networks infiltrating the prison system.”

This 175-square-foot Back Bay condo is for sale. Could you live in it?
A pint-size unit in a stately brownstone on Commonwealth Avenue is on the market for $399,000.

Culture & Lifestyle

Corinne Wasmuht, "50 U Heinrich-Heine-Str.," 2009.

Seeing the US in Germany’s mirror

Britt Robertson as Ashley and Chad Michael Murray as Luke in "The Merry Gentlemen."

Grab your hot cocoa: These holiday movies deliver sweet romance

Giuliana Santa Cruz in Jayro Bustamante's "Rita."

With ‘Rita,’ filmmaker Jayro Bustamante tells a different kind of horror story

Robert Frank as seen in footage from "Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage."

MoMA looks at Robert Frank’s six decades of photography and filmmaking after ‘The Americans’

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

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

An Ambulance passed Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

While well-defined scientific specialties are deeply explored, the most creative findings often arise where distinct bodies of knowledge intersect.

Wendy Schmidt and Eric S. Lander

Don’t rely on chance meetings for scientific discoveries

The Massachusetts Legislature is generally responsive to union desires — and no cause beats as strongly in the hearts of the Massachusetts building trades as excluding nonunion rivals from work on public construction.

EDITORIAL

Governor Healey’s short-sighted move on project labor agreements risks higher construction costs

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Let’s make renting better — for real this time

This is not about sports, women, trans people, or fairness. This conversation about trans athletes is about power and control.

Schuyler Bailar

Anti-trans rhetoric in sports: A power play, not protection

JOAN VENNOCHI

The political mystery of Josh Kraft

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

RI EDUCATION

Providence to pay $15m to school system after funding fight

Student athletes will be back on the basketball court soon after a funding fight averted the cancellation of all winter and spring sports in Providence schools

Jan. 6, classified documents, hush money: Tracking the investigations into Donald Trump

Former president Donald Trump faces a growing mountain of legal trouble. We've compiled all the cases in one place to help you keep track.

Jabrill Peppers trial date set for January as accuser files lawsuit

The woman who says Peppers assaulted her at his Braintree home sued him in Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday.

Rainfall totals: Over 2 inches reported around New England as region sees first soaking rain in weeks

More rain is forecast Friday afternoon as another storm moves into the region.

Sports

Al Horford was a crucial part of the Celtics' most recent NBA Cup win over previously undefeated Cleveland.

Celtics at Wizards: Boston continues NBA Cup play against a struggling Washington team

The Celtics enter Friday’s game on a three-game win streak and have won five of their past six contests.

Passionate Rhode Island FC fans chant during the second half of the sold-out home opener against New Mexico United at Beirne Stadium in Smithfield, R.I.

⚽ Rhode Island is a soccer town this weekend

Rhode Island FC has a shot at glory tomorrow when it takes on the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in the USL Final on Saturday at noon.

CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

Facing the Dolphins, the Patriots have a chance to show how much they’ve improved

The Dolphins, with Tyler Huntley at quarterback in Week 6, beat the Patriots, 15-10, in one of New England's sloppiest performances to date.

celtics

At the White House, baby Jrue Powell meets the Celtics star he was named after

Baseball

Todd Helton’s a Hall of Famer again: Former Orleans Cardinal honored by Cape Cod League

men's college hockey notebook

Sky feels like the limit as Stonehill men’s hockey begins to find its Division 1 skates

Business

chesto means business

With new climate bill, Mass. politicians are ready to go nuclear

A provision in the state's new climate bill allows Massachusetts utilities to enter into long-term contracts with either of the two remaining nuclear power plants in New England.

Former state revenue commissioner Navjeet Bal tapped to run MassDevelopment

Bal, who ran the Department of Revenue under then-governor Deval Patrick, has been at Boston-based national nonprofit Social Finance Inc. for nearly a decade.

GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House

Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

magazine

In Carrabassett Valley, Maine, skiers and snowboarders alike flock to Sugarloaf.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

The seven wonders of winter in New England

The writer, at right, and his friend Craig pose for a selfie while snorkeling.

Winter Travel

The best view of the Florida Keys may be through a snorkel mask

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Emma is a librarian ... it made it easy to talk about our recent favorite books’

MISS CONDUCT

Settling debates over tips, divvying up leftovers, and an unwanted prayer circle

metro

GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House

Healey to seek six-month limit on stays in emergency shelters; officials say current approach ‘not sustainable’

In striking districts, para pay — a fraction of teacher salaries — has barely budged due to inflation

sports

President Joe Biden (center) is flanked by Celtics players Jayson Tatum (left) and Derrick White (right) as he holds up a jersey the team presented to him during an event to celebrate the team's victory in the 2024 NBA Championship on the South Lawn of the White House.

Selfies, apple cider, and an audience with the President: Inside the Celtics’ White House visit

Will the Celtics be the last championship team to visit the White House?

Red Sox deserve no benefit of the doubt with their Juan Soto pursuit, and other thoughts

business

Lawrence General CEO Dr. Abha Agrawal (center) spoke with nurse manager Jennifer Small (right) as she met with staff members at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen on Nov. 7.

‘The patient is the boss’: Lawrence General expands its reach in the Merrimack Valley

At Massachusetts General Hospital, work is well underway on new $1.9 billion clinical care facility

MGH employees cancel ‘Vigil for Palestine’ after administration changes its name to ‘Vigil for Peace’

politics

Jan. 6, classified documents, hush money: Tracking the investigations into Donald Trump

Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now

Nation

Sheriff Mark Podoll holds a news conference regarding Ryan Borgwardt, who faked his own drowning this summer on Nov. 21, in Green Lake, Wis.

What to know about a Wisconsin man who faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe

Texas is taking a final vote on allowing Bible-infused lessons in public schools

Colorado funeral home owners charged with 100s of corpse abuse counts set to plead guilty

World

South Korea says Russia supplied air defense missiles to North Korea in return for its troops

Ukraine’s parliament cancels session after Russia fired a new missile

Second Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 tourists

opinion

Anti-trans rhetoric in sports: A power play, not protection

Governor Healey’s short-sighted move on project labor agreements risks higher construction costs

‘I never expected my life to go the way it did.’ Connie Chung on her new memoir.

lifestyle

Children grieve for parents, and too many parents also grieve for children.

What to say to someone who’s lost a child

Should I hire an escort?

Aging, summed up in one sentence: ‘I have to do 20 minutes a day of rehab for a muscle I didn’t know existed.’

food & dining

All the fixings for a contemporary Thanksgiving feast

Arlo Guthrie announces that Alice Brock of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ fame has died

How LinkedIn led to wedding bells for Jasper White’s son and his high school sweetheart

travel

A postcard of Kings Grant Motel in Gilford, N.H., in its midcentury heyday and a photo of what it looks like now. A Virginia woman is documenting the fate of small roadside motels as they fade into obscurity.

An obituary for the classic American roadside inn

What happens in Las Vegas may have to stay there, but you don’t

This New Hampshire town was named the ‘best ski town’ in North America

Arts

Seeing the US in Germany’s mirror

‘Family Romance’ paints a portrait of Sargent and his patrons

MoMA looks at Robert Frank’s six decades of photography and filmmaking after ‘The Americans’

Books

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‘Family Romance’ paints a portrait of Sargent and his patrons

Looking at the natural world, finding what makes us human

Movies

The Nutcracker performed by the Boston Ballet in 2023

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Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

With ‘Rita,’ filmmaker Jayro Bustamante tells a different kind of horror story

Television

Gaffigan performing in Hulu's first comedy special.

‘The Skinny’ showcases a veteran comic doing what he does best

‘The Great British Baking Show’ is cooking up an exciting finale

Grab your hot cocoa: These holiday movies deliver sweet romance

music

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 25 - Dec. 8

Anjimile, Clairo, and Ezra Furman lend their voices to TRAИƧA

Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards, but Morgan Wallen gets entertainer of the year

Theater/Dance

Emma (Josephine Moshiri Elwood) dancing with Frank Churchill (Fady Demian) in Actors' Shakespeare Project's "Emma."

Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s freewheeling ‘Emma’ gets the essence of the novel

‘That’s So Jewish’ aims to get to the bottom of who’s ‘most chosen’

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

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

Dr. Joyce Grant rose to become a deputy superintendent in the Boston Public Schools and was a civil rights activist in the city, before finishing her career at Michigan State University.

Healey to seek six-month limit on stays in emergency shelters; officials say current approach ‘not sustainable’

GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House

In striking districts, para pay — a fraction of teacher salaries — has barely budged due to inflation School committees are offering substantial pay increases for paraprofessionals, but the strikes continue.

Check your mail. A million letters went out in recent days, warning of lead in pipes.

How many people were apprehended at N.H.’s northern border in the past four years?

‘The patient is the boss’: Lawrence General expands its reach in the Merrimack Valley

MGH employees cancel ‘Vigil for Palestine’ after administration changes its name to ‘Vigil for Peace’

Jabrill Peppers trial date set for January as accuser files lawsuit

Former state revenue commissioner Navjeet Bal tapped to run MassDevelopment

Providence to pay $15m to school system after funding fight

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now

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Mike Huckabee and the end of the two-state solution

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Removing consumer protections from BlueHub mortgages was the wrong move

Progress on abortion rights and gun safety must come in the states

Eerie reminders of another time when the world was on edge

Exhibit A: Her gas bill

All the fixings for a contemporary Thanksgiving feast

UMass Amherst marching band ready to take its star turn in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

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N.H. Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte is staffing up for her incoming administration Two people with prominent roles in her campaign will be part of her inner circle when she takes over as governor in January.

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PARENTING UNFILTERED What to say to someone who’s lost a child Maybe we’re too afraid to say the wrong thing, and silence beats awkwardness. Now’s a good time to talk about it: November is Children’s Grief Awareness Month.

This 175-square-foot Back Bay condo is for sale. Could you live in it? A pint-size unit in a stately brownstone on Commonwealth Avenue is on the market for $399,000.

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Don’t rely on chance meetings for scientific discoveries

Governor Healey’s short-sighted move on project labor agreements risks higher construction costs

Let’s make renting better — for real this time

Anti-trans rhetoric in sports: A power play, not protection

The political mystery of Josh Kraft

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Providence to pay $15m to school system after funding fight

Jan. 6, classified documents, hush money: Tracking the investigations into Donald Trump

Jabrill Peppers trial date set for January as accuser files lawsuit

Rainfall totals: Over 2 inches reported around New England as region sees first soaking rain in weeks

Sports

Celtics at Wizards: Boston continues NBA Cup play against a struggling Washington team

⚽ Rhode Island is a soccer town this weekend

Facing the Dolphins, the Patriots have a chance to show how much they’ve improved

At the White House, baby Jrue Powell meets the Celtics star he was named after

Todd Helton’s a Hall of Famer again: Former Orleans Cardinal honored by Cape Cod League

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Business

With new climate bill, Mass. politicians are ready to go nuclear

Former state revenue commissioner Navjeet Bal tapped to run MassDevelopment

GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House

Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

The seven wonders of winter in New England

The best view of the Florida Keys may be through a snorkel mask

Blind date: ‘Emma is a librarian ... it made it easy to talk about our recent favorite books’

Settling debates over tips, divvying up leftovers, and an unwanted prayer circle

metro

In striking districts, para pay — a fraction of teacher salaries — has barely budged due to inflation
School committees are offering substantial pay increases for paraprofessionals, but the strikes continue.

Pam Bondi is Trump’s new choice as attorney general. Here’s what to know about her.
Bondi has a starkly different profile than Matt Gaetz, but a similar reputation for fealty.

Arlo Guthrie announces that Alice Brock of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ fame has died
The longtime resident of Provincetown inspired the 1967 Thanksgiving tune.

How New England’s incarcerated population trains service dogs for those in need
Puppies live with their incarcerated trainer during training. Staff from a Princeton-founded service dog nonprofit visit facilities weekly to teach incarcerated people how to train the dogs.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, work is well underway on new $1.9 billion clinical care facility
The Phillip and Susan Ragon Building will house the Mass General Cancer Center and the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, with 482 single-bed rooms and other hospital amenities.

N.H. Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte is staffing up for her incoming administration
Two people with prominent roles in her campaign will be part of her inner circle when she takes over as governor in January.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

What to say to someone who’s lost a child
Maybe we’re too afraid to say the wrong thing, and silence beats awkwardness. Now’s a good time to talk about it: November is Children’s Grief Awareness Month.

This 175-square-foot Back Bay condo is for sale. Could you live in it?
A pint-size unit in a stately brownstone on Commonwealth Avenue is on the market for $399,000.