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Attack on Paul Pelosi was ‘intentional,’ SFPD Chief says

Investigators believe the intruder gained entry to the home in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood by breaking through glass-paneled doors, according to the Associated Press.
Biden condemns attack on Paul Pelosi, saying there is ‘too much hatred’ Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon

In key New Hampshire congressional race, Trump casts long shadow
It’s a race where each candidate has labeled the other as extreme, where Trump-era arguments such as border security and support for the police are being rehashed, and where the outcome could help determine which party gains control of the House of Representatives.

Billions in state tax refunds to start flowing to taxpayers on Tuesday, officials say
State officials said they intend to begin sending taxpayers their share of a $3 billion refund on Tuesday when the calendar flips to November, kicking off a roughly six-week process of doling out checks and direct deposits to millions of taxpayers.

Dave Epstein | Winter Forecast

Are winter forecasts even worth it?

Here's how to interpret the winter weather predictions you might encounter this season. But know that it's a meteorologically unpredictable time of year, so outlooks for cold and snow are likely to range.
Dan Shaughnessy

The World Series is a huge deal in Houston and Philadelphia, but not so much elsewhere

It feels like this once-national event is shrinking by the hour.

Bird watchers atwitter over rare bird sighting on Cape Cod

“God only knows where this bird came from," said Mark Faherty, the science coordinator for Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Plastic recycling is a ‘myth,’ study says

Of the 51 million tons of plastic waste US households generated in 2021, just 2.4 million tons — or 5 percent — was recycled, new research shows.
Women & Power 2022 | Globe Magazine

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.
Shirley Leung: ‘Write the damn check’: How female funders can help women entrepreneurs grow Despite its progressive reputation, Massachusetts has lagged in women’s representation See the full Women & Power issue from Globe Magazine
Opinion
IDEAS | SHANTI L. NELSON

Hot-flashing towards Bethlehem

(Actually, it was Europe.) On the indignities and joys of solo travel at menopausal midlife.
EDITORIAL

Seth Magaziner for Congress
Alex Beam

Save me from our robot overlords
IDEAS | LETICIA DUARTE & CHARLES M. SENNOTT

Authoritarianism’s rise and journalism’s fall are intersecting
SCOT LEHIGH

A WIN-win tool worth trying again to curb inflation
The Emancipator

‘Originalism is intellectually indefensible,’ says noted historian about right-leaning Supreme Court

In a Q&A with The Emancipator, Eric Foner, a leading authority on the post-Civil War era, said he wants to see liberal justices develop a vision of the Constitution that doesn’t build on conservative legal ideology.
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Special reports

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.
Part 2: A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau

Our Best TV bracket is down to eight, and older series are getting some love

After Round 3, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "All in the Family" are moving on in the competition, while "Succession," "The Wire," and "The Office" are all taking a seat.
Vote in Round 4 of our Best TV Shows bracket

Celebrating 150 years of The Boston Globe

We’re marking the Globe’s 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.
Play this Boston Globe crossword puzzle from 1917 150 years, 150 front pages

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CRIME
Former Miss Rhode Island pleads guilty to lying to ICE officials to see lover in Miami immigrant detention center
Julianna Clare Strout, former Miss Rhode Island and South Florida village commissioner, has been convicted of a federal crime after pretending to be a paralegal to see her boyfriend at an immigration detention center in Miami.

The Orange Line is finally faster than it was before the shutdown. There’s more work to do to get to full speed
A roundtrip on the line, which runs between Malden and Jamaica Plain, was just over five minutes slower than it would be if trains were running at full speed on Thursday, compared to about seven minutes slower when the MBTA closed the line for a host of critical repairs.

Eversource CEO urges Biden to expand natural gas supply and avert risk of winter blackouts
The chief executive of New England’s largest utility is imploring President Joe Biden to use his emergency powers to help protect the region from rolling blackouts this winter.

Jerry Lee Lewis, groundbreaking, troubled rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

An untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer known for records like "Great Balls of Fire" and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Jerry Lee Lewis's talent, energy and ego sustained a career otherwise upended by significant personal scandals.

Anne Frank’s friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93

Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Jewish diarist Anne Frank’s best friends, has died at age 93, the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House museum said.

Russia moves to suspend grain export deal with Ukraine, official says

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it’s halting involvement in a deal allowing the safe transit of exports of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports, blaming drone attacks against its naval vessels.

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Buying a house in Mass. is expensive. Now the state is offering some people $50,000 to help.

A new state program will direct $65 million to help first-time home buyers cover down payments, closing costs, and other expenses.

High school football
It’s the final weekend of high school football before the playoffs. Here’s how things played out.
Milford delivered a statement win, Bridgewater-Raynham made its point in D2, Swampscott may survive in D5, but 6-2 Hopkinton is out of the race.

See turnover data and hear from elections officials
Turnover among top county election workers has jumped dramatically in key battleground states, according to a Boston Globe analysis of election official turnover data. The Globe collected data from those states and others as well as analyzed a database of election workers maintained by the nonprofit US Vote Foundation.

‘I don’t need hair to have a crown’: Ayanna Pressley unpacks hair journey in Hulu series ‘The Hair Tales’
Pressley spoke with the Globe about her experience participating in ‘The Hair Tales,’ the troubles and triumphs of living with Black hair, and how losing hair to alopecia has shifted her self-expression.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Jennifer Coolidge is making this up as she goes

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Soul searching yields ‘The Skippy White Story,’ rare nuggets from Black Boston artists of the ‘60s

Untangling the riddle of Samuel Beckett

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | REGINA M. HANSEN

No wonder you’re afraid, pumpkin
Hubie Jones and James Jennings

Breaking down silos to help Boston’s children of color

EDITORIAL

The world according to Vlad
David B. Oppenheimer and James N. Bierman

Harvard president Abbott Lowell is laughing at us again
G. Gabrielle Starr

Widen the college pipeline so that talent everywhere can succeed anywhere
IDEAS | JON ROBERTS AND MATT BIVENS

Who will care for our sickest children? Pediatric hospitals are turning some of them away.

Metro

Dave Epstein | Winter Forecast

Are winter forecasts even worth it?

Here's how to interpret the winter weather predictions you might encounter this season. But know that it's a meteorologically unpredictable time of year, so outlooks for cold and snow are likely to range.
BEYOND ROE

Oz says abortion decisions should involve women, doctors — and local politicians

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, stunned debate viewers Tuesday night by saying the federal government shouldn’t be involved in abortion decision-making. But local politicians should.

Billions in state tax refunds to start flowing to taxpayers on Tuesday, officials say

State officials said they intend to begin sending taxpayers their share of a $3 billion refund on Tuesday when the calendar flips to November, kicking off a roughly six-week process of doling out checks and direct deposits to millions of taxpayers.

In key New Hampshire congressional race, Trump casts long shadow

It’s a race where each candidate has labeled the other as extreme, where Trump-era arguments such as border security and support for the police are being rehashed, and where the outcome could help determine which party gains control of the House of Representatives.

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

The World Series is a huge deal in Houston and Philadelphia, but not so much elsewhere

It feels like this once-national event is shrinking by the hour.
Celtics

Jayson Tatum added a floater in the offseason, and that could unlock even more of his scoring potential

What Tatum was missing was a reliable scoring option inside the 3-point line but outside of the paint to use in the pick-and-roll.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

How Bill Belichick put his quarterbacks in a difficult position, on and off the field

After the bizarre decision to have both quarterbacks play Monday night, reporters rightfully and repeatedly have asked how and when they found out their playing status.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Astros’ success on the field belies some unrest on the management level
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Winless through five games, can things get any worse for the Lakers?
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Colts pulled the plug on Matt Ryan — and potentially on their season

Business

Russia moves to suspend grain export deal with Ukraine, official says

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it’s halting involvement in a deal allowing the safe transit of exports of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports, blaming drone attacks against its naval vessels.

Biden condemns attack on Paul Pelosi, saying there is ‘too much hatred’

President Biden denounced the attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he blamed it on extremist rhetoric and urged Americans to reject political violence.

Eversource CEO urges Biden to expand natural gas supply and avert risk of winter blackouts

Inflation and wages continue to climb rapidly, in bad news for the Fed
magazine
MISS CONDUCT

We often host my child’s friend at our house, but that family never reciprocates
PERSPECTIVE

Nine key skills all effective leaders tend to showcase
LOVE LETTERS

Can they try again after her desire for a baby ended their relationship?
COOKING

Recipes: Build bold flavors in 3 pork dishes

metro

Brady and Bundchen say their divorce is already ‘finalized.’ Legal experts say a solid prenuptial agreement could be why.

What drives someone to buy a 12-foot skeleton? Or several?

A quarter of Rhode Island’s top local election officials have left since 2020

sports

Major League Baseball cancels postseason trip to South Korea

The Phillies won Game 1 because Rob Thomson managed like it was the World Series

J.T. Realmuto homers in the 10th inning as the Phillies come all the way back to beat the Astros

business

Musk took over Twitter. Then some users began testing chaos

Five things to watch now that Elon Musk is in charge of Twitter

Buying a house in Mass. is expensive. Now the state is offering some people $50,000 to help.

politics

Attack on Paul Pelosi was ‘intentional,’ SFPD Chief says

Ex-Capitol police officer found guilty of obstruction in Jan. 6 case

Oz says abortion decisions should involve women, doctors — and local politicians

Nation

Attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband increases fears of political violence

Miami Beach condo building near deadly collapse evacuated

Penn State scraps center touted as ‘just the beginning’ of racial justice

World

Russians said to be clearing Ukrainian region’s hospitals

50 dead, dozens feared missing as storm lashes Philippines

Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back home

opinion

Communities hit a maddening lag from the DPU in green energy bids

Watchful, hopeful as Gulf of Maine floating wind project advances

We’ve seen downturns before. Boston-area office market will be OK.

lifestyle

Drag balls, masquerades, and spooky bears: queer nightlife this Halloweekend

8 New England-based horror films to haunt your Halloween

His wife texted me, pretending to be him

food & dining

These are the best and worst candies of Halloween

A new bar in Providence makes you feel like you’re in downtown Nashville

Yellow Door Taqueria plans to open in Mission Hill; Dragon Pizza expands in Somerville

travel

Hertz demands $658 one year after rear-end crash with rental

Fireplace suites, crafts in Vermont, and guest rooms you can swim up to

Tom Paxton on keeping your cool, the Arizona desert, and all the guilty pleasures

Arts

At Tufts, dark visions cloud ‘The Sun Rises in the West and Sets in the East’

At the MFA, ‘Frank Bowling’s Americas’ is a pivotal show for an artist who’s impossible to peg

At UMass Dartmouth, the clitoris gets its close-up

Books

Two men locked in a long battle In ‘The Last Campaign’

Siddhartha Mukherjee on reading essays to relax, novels to escape

Three new books look at the roots of today’s conservatism — and its future

Movies

Lovers of gross stuff, rejoice — ‘Wendell & Wild’ is plum nasty

‘Aftersun’ is a father-daughter memory play that will stay with you

‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ celebrates the Sun King of American music

Television

Our Best TV bracket is down to eight, and older series are getting some love

Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen announce divorce after 13 years of marriage

Best TV Show bracket: Here’s how you voted in Rounds 1-3

music

Preparing for Japan, BSO unveils second tour program

Soul searching yields ‘The Skippy White Story,’ rare nuggets from Black Boston artists of the ‘60s

The wiseguy wisdom of Too Much Joy

Theater/Dance

‘Kinky Boots’ has a hitch in its stride at North Shore Music Theatre

Boston Ballet gears up for ‘As Anticipated,’ an all Forsythe program, next week

Untangling the riddle of Samuel Beckett

globe local

Some Salem residents haunted by Halloween

The Argument: Should Massachusetts divest its pension fund from fossil fuel companies?

Catalytic converter theft on the rise in Newton

Obituaries

The Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

Jerry Lee Lewis, groundbreaking, troubled rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

Lucianne Goldberg, key figure in Clinton impeachement, dies