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Dolphins 34, Patriots 15

Tara Sullivan

Drake Maye remains the lone star on the Patriots, but coach Jerod Mayo appears to be holding him back

The coach is making head-scratching, conservative decisions rather than let his youg QB make a play.
See how the game unfolded
Ben Volin | Instant analysis

Patriots’ blowout loss to the Dolphins should have Robert Kraft re-evaluating the future with Jerod Mayo

The Patriots should be showing improvement; instead they are going backward.

‘We just weren’t on the same page’: Jerod Mayo breaks down defensive miscues in loss to Dolphins

The Patriots gave up 317 yards through the air as Tua Tagovailoa sliced up the New England defense for four touchdowns.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

New England braces for possible Thanksgiving nor’easter, chilly temps

Timing of this storm is looking like late Thanksgiving night through much of Black Friday could get messy.
Forecasts warn of winter storms across US during Thanksgiving week Over 20 wildfires still raging through Massachusetts

high school football notebook
MIAA Super Bowls await some teams, but will coaches rest players in Thanksgiving rivalry games?
Ask some of the most experienced, successful football coaches in the state, and they’ll say Thanksgiving still means something.

Five takeaways from a Saturday full of soccer champions and football semifinals They’re champs! Meet the girls’ and boys’ soccer MIAA tournament winners.

Meet the nonprofits that hosted the largest food packaging event in New England in 14 years

End Hunger New England and Community Food Packaging joined forces to package meals for 345,000 people this weekend.
CELTICS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 105

After leading by 19 points in second half, Celtics hold off Timberwolves at the buzzer

But Minnesota could not handle the Mavericks in the conference finals, and this year it appears to have taken a step back after trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.

New law aims to shore up and equalize state’s public health services

Massachusetts is mandating new performance standards for its 321 local public health departments.

‘We have finally been heard:’ Healey orders state recognition of Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe in Plymouth
The state recognition — the first granted to a tribe in 48 years — is expected to usher in a new era for the state and the tribal governments.

Facing a cost of more than $1 billion, Healey proposes dramatic changes to emergency shelter system

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.
‘You can’t wait for perfect’: Portland mixes care and a crackdown in its homeless crisis

‘Will it keep the house warm? What will it cost?’: How one family got their home off fossil fuels in a year
“There was something satisfying about shutting off the gas and getting rid of the oil,” said Roslindale homeowner Tim Maher. “But a lot of it’s just been a necessity: what’s broken or not working right now?”

After man killed in Brockton, some residents weigh safety concerns: ‘It makes me sad’

Many of the details surrounding the incident that occurred Friday remain unclear, including the name of the man killed.

Days after being fired by Bruins, Jim Montgomery named Blues coach

Bannister had been on the job in St. Louis for less than a year since succeeding Stanley Cup-winning coach Craig Berube. Montgomery spent two seasons as an assistant on Berube’s staff.

Overdue hiker found dead in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials say

Christopher Huyler’s body was found around 1 a.m. at approximately 2,800 feet in elevation, near a steep, icy slide in the Coppermine Brook valley, officials said.

77-year-old Northampton man fatally hit by car in supermarket parking lot, officials say

Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza

Striking North Shore teachers, school officials resume talks in Beverly, Marblehead Sunday
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.
AS I SEE IT

The wild turkey population has exploded in Mass. Here’s expert advice for living peacefully among them.

Wild turkeys have sparked numerous complaints about the aggressive birds. But they are not out to get you: “Approach every interaction with a turkey as if you are the bigger turkey.”

Tom Holland lookalike contest draws large crowd in Boston Common

“Get off your phones and you might meet the short king, love of your life,” said one of the organizers of the contest.
Opinion
JEFF JACOBY

The myths that hide why Social Security is unsustainable

Beginning with FDR, politicians have promoted fables and fibs about the nation’s largest spending program.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Disqualifying, extreme, and incompetent — Trump’s DEI Cabinet picks
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

How to stop believable bots from duping us all
RAMI ABOU-SABE

Matty in the Morning, in his own words
EDITORIAL

Training to be a state cop shouldn’t be a game of survival
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Thanksgiving

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

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

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

More recent News

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier and wounds 18 as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center was the latest in a series of strikes that have killed over 40 Lebanese troops, even as the military has largely kept to the sidelines in the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

Historically bad year for dolphin strandings on Cape Cod has scientists looking for answers
They say it might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food.

Hyannis advocates want to honor civil rights leader with mural. Town official suggested painting Kennedys there instead.
Eugenia Fortes, known as the "Rosa Parks of Cape Cod," helped establish the local branch of the NAACP.

Mass. State Police Trooper suspended without pay related to sexual misconduct
The Lexington Police Department and the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office are conducting an independent investigation into State Trooper Terence Kent for unspecified reasons related to sexual misconduct.

Raccoon found dead on Cape Cod tests positive for rabies, officials say
State health officials are urging anyone who came in contact with a raccoon found dead on Cape Cod that later tested positive for rabies to contact them and take a risk assessment for the disease.

The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump’s promises on growth and inflation
The higher cost of servicing the debt gives President-elect Donald Trump less room to maneuver with the federal budget as he seeks income tax cuts.

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Do trans female athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports have a competitive edge? Here’s what the science says.
Just 0.5 percent of the US population is estimated to be transgender and a fraction of that fraction is believed to play competitive sports.

BOLD TYPES
Healey makes health insurance reform promise to Mass. retailers group
At the Retailers Association of Massachusetts annual meeting, Gov. Healey said she wants to help curb the maddening increases in health insurance costs.

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Geno Auriemma’s legacy is much more than wins at UConn — it’s in leading the impressive growth of the sport of women’s basketball
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Striking North Shore teachers, school officials resume talks in Beverly, Marblehead Sunday

The unions representing educators in Beverly and Marblehead said Sunday they will not back down despite being admonished by Governor Maura Healey for the work stoppages.
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New England braces for possible Thanksgiving nor’easter, chilly temps

Timing of this storm is looking like late Thanksgiving night through much of Black Friday could get messy.

Rico Carty, exceptional hitter who was stymied by injuries, dies at 85

Despite the injuries, he was able to play until he was 40, amassing 204 home runs.

Who is Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for education secretary?

McMahon supports expanding federal Pell grant eligibility beyond college students to those in workforce training programs, like software coding bootcamps.

Sports

bruins

Days after being fired by Bruins, Jim Montgomery named Blues coach

Bannister had been on the job in St. Louis for less than a year since succeeding Stanley Cup-winning coach Craig Berube. Montgomery spent two seasons as an assistant on Berube’s staff.
Golf: LPGA championship

Big day for Jeeno Thitikul — and women’s golf — by capturing LPGA title and $4 million winner’s share

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How it happened

Dolphins 34, Patriots 15: Miami torches New England through the air as penalties plague Patriots

Tua Tagovailoa finished 29 for 40 for 317 yards with 4 TDs and no interceptions.
Tara Sullivan

Drake Maye remains the lone star on the Patriots, but coach Jerod Mayo appears to be holding him back
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Cowboys 34, Commanders 26

Austin Seibert misses an extra point late as the Commanders lose third in a row

Business

Karen Read’s Mansfield home sells for $810,000

Read had not been living in Mansfield since last year and “now wishes for another family to enjoy the property she spent many years enhancing.”

Lawrence General bought out Holy Family hospitals from Steward. Now comes the hard part.

Lawrence General has transformed from a standalone facility into a small system of “safety net” hospitals treating mostly low-income patients in the Merrimack Valley.

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‘We have finally been heard:’ Healey orders state recognition of Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe in Plymouth

New law aims to shore up and equalize state’s public health services

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sports

After leading by 19 points in second half, Celtics hold off Timberwolves at the buzzer

MIAA Super Bowls await some teams, but will coaches rest players in Thanksgiving rivalry games?

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Trump and GOP eye new limits on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Trump promised to halve energy costs in 18 months. Experts have doubts.

Healey makes health insurance reform promise to Mass. retailers group

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What to know about Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary

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Nation

A Chinatown vendor tallies the NYC neighborhood’s decline in $1 plastic bracelets

After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers

Immigrants across US rush to prepare for Trump crackdown

World

Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops

A corruption case that spilled across Latin America is coming undone

The world seeks an end to plastic pollution at talks in South Korea

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Mike Huckabee and the end of the two-state solution

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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards to present literary celebration at Boston Public Library

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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

Cutting in line? American Airlines’ new boarding tech might stop you at now over 100 airports.

These ‘dead motels’ are a feast for the eyes

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

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

A ‘locally inspired’ bookstore is born, another celebrates a milestone

20 books for everyone on your holiday shopping list this year

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

Movies

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

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

Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

Here, there, and pretty much everywhere

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

music

Kendrick Lamar surprises with new album ‘GNX’

Five years after its premiere, ‘The Brightness of Light’ shines with BSO and Renée Fleming

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Theater/Dance

Martha Graham Dance Company is back in Boston for first time in nearly 20 years

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’

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

Rico Carty, exceptional hitter who was stymied by injuries, dies at 85

Larry Johnson, former WEEI host and sports cartoonist, dies at 75

Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83