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Federal investigators served warrants, seized phones of two top Steward Health Care executives, sources say

The move marks an escalation in the sprawling federal criminal probe into the national health care chain.
Read a Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

What can be done to end Mass. teacher strikes?
The state’s labor relations board in a precedent setting decision last week determined school committees are no longer obligated to engage in contract negotiations with striking teachers.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

A powerful storm is expected to move in on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It could evolve into a full-blown nor’easter.

Timing of this storm is looking like Thanksgiving through much of Black Friday could get messy.
Weather trouble spots across the US could impact Thanksgiving travel

These maps show how this Thanksgiving storm could play out for New England

President Biden and family due to arrive Tuesday on Nantucket for Thanksgiving holiday, White House confirms

Air Force One is due to land at Nantucket Memorial Airport at 3:20 p.m., the White House said Monday.

Multiple sick people on flights landing in Boston prompts officials to alert CDC ‘out of an abundance of caution’

Doubling down: New program focuses on racial wealth disparities in Mass.

Lawyers for Karen Read slam prosecution request for her mother’s phone records

ben volin | on football

NFL Week 12: Remarkably, a running back is now the favorite for MVP

Philadelphia's Saquon Barkley, who has gained more than 500 total yards over the last two weeks, is the clear front-runner for the award.

The story of ‘Wicked’ started in Jamaica Plain. Sort of.

Author Gregory Maguire explains it’s not wicked accurate, but kind of true.
‘Wicked’ singalong showings starting Christmas Day?
WHAT SHE'S HAVING | KARA BASKIN

First, a colonoscopy; then, a favorite destination

I checked the dreaded procedure off my to-do list and then promptly enjoyed a turkey, brie, horseradish mayonnaise, and roasted red pepper sandwich on focaccia from the Concord Cheese Shop — a middle age perk.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Trump’s war on the media escalates: Here’s why it should worry everyone

When press freedoms are at risk, the rights and freedoms of every individual are, too.
JOAN VENNOCHI

‘Alice’s Restaurant’ — a fun sing-along or a serious antiwar song?
Alex Beam

My plan for surviving the next four years
EDITORIAL

Using tax dollars to block new housing is bad policy
Ashish K. Jha

What’s next for public health?

Thanksgiving

What is open and closed on Thanksgiving in Mass.?

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

More recent News

Earned sick time in Massachusetts now covers reproductive losses
Many workers in Massachusetts are now entitled to sick time if they or their spouse experience a miscarriage or an unsuccessful attempt at assisted reproduction, surrogacy, or adoption.

Millis man pleads guilty to leaving voicemails threatening to kill Jewish people, bomb local synagogues

John Reardon, 59, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force, among other charges, prosecutors said Monday.

Prosecutors seek to postpone sentencing for woman who ran brothel ring in Cambridge, Watertown
Han Lee pleaded guilty in September to conspiring to run the interstate brothel network and engaging in a money-laundering conspiracy.

House advances Boston property tax proposal, after GOP representative blocked it last week. Senate set to take it up after Thanksgiving.
The Senate president intends to bring the legislation, backed by Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, to the chamber's floor on Monday, December 2.

Vigil planned for Mass. woman and infant fatally shot in Hartford

Jessiah Mercado, 20, of Springfield, and her 4-month-old son, Messiah Diaz, will be remembered at a vigil Tuesday evening in Hartford organized by Mothers United Against Violence.

Tom Holland and Zendaya swing by Newbury Street for date night
The couple has been spotted around Boston while she’s filming a movie with Robert Pattinson, "The Drama."

Recommended reads

‘You don’t know what you have till it’s gone’: Here’s what people miss most after leaving Massachusetts

From top-rated health care to walkable neighborhoods to cultural hotspots, people who have departed Greater Boston in the last few years say there's a lot they feel they left behind.

CRIME
A man was charged with killing a girl decades after she went missing. The case fell apart, and the accusation cost him everything.
A child went missing in Pawtucket, R.I., in 1988. More than 30 years later, a detective announced she had caught the killer — even though police at the time said there was no evidence of foul play.

Two decades after declaring bankruptcy, The Ground Round is returning to Mass.
Co-owner Joseph Shea, 37, said residents in central Massachusetts have missed the restaurant “for as long as I can remember.”

THE FINE PRINT
A repair on a doorknob and lock turned into a $3,915 ordeal for a Jamaica Plain condo owner
Plus: Tips on using an AirTag to track down lost luggage, good news for retiring public employees who have been denied Social Security benefits, and more thoughts on price match guarantees.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tom Holland and Zendaya swing by Newbury Street for date night

Meet the artists who bring Mount Auburn Cemetery from darkness to light

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

20 books for everyone on your holiday shopping list this year

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

JEFF JACOBY

The myths that hide why Social Security is unsustainable
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
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Planes collide in two separate incidents hours apart at Logan airport

AAmerican Airlines jet made contact with the wingtip of a Frontier Airlines plane waiting at its gate on Monday. Hours later, a JetBlue plane that was being owed clipped a Cape Air plane that had landed from Nantucket.

President Biden and family due to arrive Tuesday on Nantucket for Thanksgiving holiday, White House confirms

Air Force One is due to land at Nantucket Memorial Airport at 3:20 p.m., the White House said Monday.

Tony Campolo, preacher who challenged religious right, dies at 89

Rev. Campolo urged Christians to affirm that their faith called them, first and foremost, to fight poverty and racism.

What can be done to end Mass. teacher strikes?

The state’s labor relations board in a precedent setting decision last week determined school committees are no longer obligated to engage in contract negotiations with striking teachers.

Sports

CELTICS 126, CLIPPERS 94

With Kristaps Porzingis back in the fold, Celtics crush Clippers with 51-point second quarter

The Celtics improved to 15-3 on the season after routing the Clippers.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Watch out, NBA: Kristaps Porzingis’s return means the Celtics are back at full power

The big man's season debut couldn’t have transpired any better, instantly making the Celtics the favorites to win another NBA title.
CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Five months after ankle surgery, Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis makes season debut

Porzingis returned to action against the Clippers after missing the first 17 games while recovering from ankle surgery.
BASEBALL

MLB shuffles Rays schedule to pack early season with home games, in hopes of avoiding summer rain
RED SOX

Cam Booser wins Tony Conigliaro Award for fighting his way back to the majors with Red Sox
ben volin | on football

NFL Week 12: Remarkably, a running back is now the favorite for MVP

Business

Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China on first day in office

President-elect Donald Trump said he is considering new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China as soon as he takes office to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs.

Planes collide in two separate incidents hours apart at Logan airport

AAmerican Airlines jet made contact with the wingtip of a Frontier Airlines plane waiting at its gate on Monday. Hours later, a JetBlue plane that was being owed clipped a Cape Air plane that had landed from Nantucket.
talking points

Widespread Microsoft outage takes email and videoconferencing offline

‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA plans to handle record air travel
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

The seven wonders of winter in New England

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

Doubling down: New program focuses on racial wealth disparities in Mass.

Red means ... go? Red Line free of slow zones for first time in more than 20 years, MBTA says.

A powerful storm is expected to move in on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It could evolve into a full-blown nor’easter.

sports

UConn men’s basketball upset by Memphis at Maui Invitational

Northeastern men’s hockey showed resilience with a bounce-back win over BC

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers is removed from NFL commissioner’s exempt list

business

Judge in Alex Jones’ bankruptcy case orders new hearing on The Onion’s bid for Infowars

Newsom says California could offer electric vehicle rebates if Trump eliminates federal tax credit

Dale Stephanos achieves longtime dream of drawing a postage stamp, starting with Betty White

politics

Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations

Voters will choose judges for Mississippi’s top courts in runoff elections

Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump

Nation

With D.C. case dismissed, Trump is no longer under federal indictment

What to know about the Menendez brothers’ resentencing plea

‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA plans to handle record air travel

World

Israel launches new airstrikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to a cease-fire with Hezbollah

Ukraine prepares to lobby Trump on why US should maintain support of its troops

Special relationship? Trump and UK’s Starmer may not be great chums.

opinion

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

How to stop believable bots from duping us all

The myths that hide why Social Security is unsustainable

lifestyle

Would I regret not having a wedding?

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

Free holiday events, $25 show tickets, and cultural celebrations in Boston

food & dining

First, a colonoscopy; then, a favorite destination

Middleborough cafe goes viral for giving customers free coffee when they come in and dance: ‘Keep spreading joy!’

Two decades after declaring bankruptcy, The Ground Round is returning to Mass.

travel

Great Wolf Lodge to open second New England location near Foxwoods

Charlotte airport workers strike at outset of busy Thanksgiving travel week

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

Arts

Meet the artists who bring Mount Auburn Cemetery from darkness to light

Seeing the US in Germany’s mirror

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

Books

Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for ‘A Woman of Substance,’ has died at 91

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

20 books for everyone on your holiday shopping list this year

Movies

The story of ‘Wicked’ started in Jamaica Plain. Sort of.

‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator’ make gravity-defying theater debuts

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

Television

On ‘Frontline,’ Xi, and the transformation of China

Gronkowski defends Tom Brady amid critiques of his work in the broadcast booth

This week’s TV: Michael Fassbender in ‘The Agency,’ and the National Dog Show

music

Drake alleges Universal falsely inflated popularity of Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’

Peter Wolf’s memoir has an official publication date

Kendrick Lamar surprises with new album ‘GNX’

Theater/Dance

A searing ‘Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?)’ at CHUANG Stage

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

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

Tony Campolo, preacher who challenged religious right, dies at 89

Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for ‘A Woman of Substance,’ has died at 91

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