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Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital Thursday after his treatment for injuries from a violent assault last week.

Tufts Medical Center doctor charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child

Dr. Sadeq Quraishi is accused of agreeing to pay an undercover federal agent who was posing as the mother of a teenage girl, prosecutors said.

Former State Police union head convicted of taking kickbacks

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Dana Pullman, former leader of the Massachusetts State Police union, and lobbyist Anne Lynch of sweeping charges for running the bargaining unit like a racketeering enterprise.

Boston is a health care Mecca. But not for everyone. New federal money will help change that, Mayor Wu says.

A cornerstone of Boston’s plan for the new federal money will be to bolster the intensive services it launched last year in its effort to address the crisis of people living in tents and persistent drug use in the Mass. and Cass area of the city.

Husband of ‘Lady of the Dunes’ killed in Provincetown in 1974 also suspected of Seattle double slaying in 1960

The former husband of Ruth Marie Terry, the woman authorities identified as the “Lady of the Dunes” whose mutilated remains were discovered in Provincetown in 1974, was suspected of murdering a previous wife and her daughter in 1960 in Seattle.

5,569 confirmed cases and 69 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Ethan Singer, a junior at Boston University and one of the creators of Ump Scorecards, is pictured as he watches Game Four of the World Series.

innovation beat

How accurate are MLB umps? Meet the BU junior keeping score.

What began as a personal project in 2020 has become a widely cited source on baseball stats, followed on Twitter by a couple dozen professional baseball players.

Confused by all the ‘millionaires tax’ ads? So were we. So we fact-checked a whole bunch of them.
Sorting half true from mostly false on both sides of the hottest race on next week’s ballot.

2022 voter guide: Massachusetts general election

MATTHEW GILBERT

‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best
Despite my affection for “Seinfeld” and its impish comedy of manners, I am relieved that “All in the Family” beat it in the final round of our bracket competition for best series of the past 50 years. Globe readers got it right.

See the complete bracket Here's how readers voted in every round of our Best TV Show bracket

Indiana's attorney general Todd Rokita speaks, in Indianapolis.

Abortion doctor sues Indiana AG over bids to access records

An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana’s attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous” consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients’ confidential medical records.

The Boston City Council chamber

The Troubles in the Boston City Council

What passes for political debate in the City Council has descended into the kind of tribal, venomous rhetoric that held Northern Ireland back for generations.

Cookie, a four-year-old pregnant Jersey cow, was fatally shot Sunday on New Hampshire's Ilsley Farm, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.

‘All of our cows are pets to us.’ Pregnant cow fatally shot on New Hampshire farm

The 1,200-pound Jersey cow, named Cookie, was brought in to be milked Sunday evening by the owners of Ilsley Farm when they noticed something was very wrong.

Politics

Maura Healey at the Massachusetts Get Out the Vote Rally at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College on Wednesday.

Maura Healey wants to be governor. She bristles at the suggestion that she always did.

The situation is, in many ways, exactly what many Democrats envisioned for her, but Healey insists running for governor was not on her radar until fairly recently.

Your 2022 voter guide: Massachusetts general election

Your Home

Since wooden ceilings prevented the installation of recessed lights, it was important to choose lights that are as functional as they are beautiful. Designer Desiree Burns found numerous options on Etsy, including the articulating sconces by Enchant Lighting and disc pendants by Balance Lamp.

Kitchens and Baths

When redoing their kitchen, this family took inspiration from history and Stanley Tucci

Designer Hannah Guilford reinterpreted the kitchen’s color scheme, adding touches of brass, copper, and wood, and adjusted the layout so it functions smoothly for cooking, eating, and accessing the yard.

Kitchens and Baths

A designer remakes a Maine kitchen in a 1920s-era palette that’s fresh and family ready

Two people walk out of the end of a tunnel in Franklin Park in Roxbury on Oct. 16, 2022.

A pandemic trend that seems to be sticking around: walking the world

Photos from a recent Rodney Fox Shark Expedition.

What it takes to cook for a hungry bunch of people on a shark expedition

Opinion

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2. The Federal Reserve delivered another steep interest rate increase on Wednesday, with its move to cool red-hot inflation taking on more weight amid the political maelstrom ahead of key US midterm elections.

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

With persistent inflation weighing heavy on voters, it’s hard for the in-power party to prevail.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

In Rhode Island, a moderate Republican looks for a place in a Trumpian party

Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

GOP didn’t unite to ban gay marriage like it united on abortion

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

Emancipator road trip. Photo Illustration by Alex LaSalvia.

The Emancipator

The Great Election Road Trip

Join us in a tour across the country highlighting activists, issues, and races ahead of next week’s midterm elections.

High Med. Low

Select a county:

Special reports

Photo illustration

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

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.

See the full Women & Power issue from Globe Magazine

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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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Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico announce they’re married, after keeping it private

Fabiola Valentín, 22, and Mariana Varela, 26, met in 2020 at the Miss Grand International competition in Thailand, where they represented Puerto Rico and Argentina, respectively. They tied the knot Oct. 28, according to an Instagram post.

Warren on Musk and his Twitter takeover: ‘I’ve got a real problem with him’

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Elon Musk have exchanged barbs in the past, sparring over both the implications of the controversial deal as well as her criticizing the tech billionaire for reportedly not paying federal income taxes.

Child rapist charged in slaying of 10-year-old Chicopee girl 56 years ago
Donald Mars, 73, was arraigned Thursday in connection with the 1966 slaying of 10-year-old Betty Lou Zukowski, who left her Chicopee home after taking a telephone call and was never seen alive by her parents again.

Boston’s first postcolonial mishoon burning is underway. Go see it.
The mishoon — or canoe — at the heart of this Indigenous tradition can be seen at the Little Mystic Boat Slip in Charlestown.

In Inman Square, Bom Dough is a worthy successor to the East Coast Grill
The space was once a lair of hedonism and hot sauce. A Brazilian café is rolling out a different concept for a new generation.

TABLES

Hue will open in the old Storyville space; Chicken & The Pig serves cutlets and dogs in Lynnfield
Plus, a doughnut-themed diner fills a hole in Arlington Center.

Recommended reads

Brian Tyree Henry and Jennifer Lawrence in "Causeway."

MOVIE REVIEW | Odie Henderson | ★★★

Jennifer Lawrence gives a career-defining performance in ‘Causeway’

The actress gives a career-best performance as an injured Afghanistan war vet in this drama costarring Brian Tyree Henry as a mechanic with his own history of trauma.

On track to be the first Gen Zer in Congress, a Florida Democrat hopes to boost his party’s future while remembering his family’s past
Maxwell Alejandro Frost is hoping to teach his fellow Democrats in Congress an important thing: the art of messaging.

LOVE LETTERS

My bisexual boyfriend wants to open the relationship
"I don’t want to be with anyone else."

One man’s quest to photograph, paint, and preserve Boston’s historic buildings
Matthew Dickey acts as an ambassador for the lesser-known abodes tucked into Boston’s historic neighborhoods.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in "Armageddon Time."

Q&A: Jeremy Strong has always been ‘drawn to fallible, vulnerable characters’

Beth Orton plays the Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theatre Nov. 6.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Butter boards designed by Sally Pasley Vargas.

We turned our noses up at the butter board trend taking over social media. Then we tried them.

Artist Anukriti poses for a portrait with “In place of monuments,” left, and “Mother Militant,” in their exhibition "A Temple for Timeless Beasts" at Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts.

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

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

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Right before Congress broke for August recess, many Republicans joined forces with Democrats to pass the Respect for Marriage Act.

Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

GOP didn’t unite to ban gay marriage like it united on abortion

Voters lined up to put their ballots in the voting machine during the New Hampshire primary on Sept. 13 in Bedford, N.H.

Taking the political pulse of purple New Hampshire

If Question 1 passes, and promises are kept, we should expect to see combined spending on education and transportation shoot up by up to $2 billion almost overnight.

Yes on Question 1

US Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia votes on the first day of early voting in Atlanta on Oct. 17.

‘Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year

Allan Fung greeted diners at the Brewed Awakenings coffee shop in Warwick, R.I., on Oct. 25.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

In Rhode Island, a moderate Republican looks for a place in a Trumpian party

Don Bolduc, center, during a campaign appearance at the American Legion in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 10.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Boston is a health care Mecca. But not for everyone. New federal money will help change that, Mayor Wu says.

A cornerstone of Boston’s plan for the new federal money will be to bolster the intensive services it launched last year in its effort to address the crisis of people living in tents and persistent drug use in the Mass. and Cass area of the city.

‘All of our cows are pets to us.’ Pregnant cow fatally shot on New Hampshire farm

The 1,200-pound Jersey cow, named Cookie, was brought in to be milked Sunday evening by the owners of Ilsley Farm when they noticed something was very wrong.

Andrea Campbell could make history as the next attorney general

Poised to be the first Black woman to head the Massachusetts’ Attorney General’s office, Campbell’s blueprint for the job is rooted in both professional and lived experience.

Biz leaders say Beacon Hill dropped the ball by whiffing on tax reform

Lawmakers agreed on the economic development bill but left Massachusetts’ estate tax as-is, for now.

Sports

Watertown High coach John Cacace (left) communicates a play to his son, senior quarterback John Cacace IV (4), during a 21-0 victory over Pentucket in September.

HS FOOTBALL | MIAA PLAYOFFS

Playing for their fathers, Watertown’s John Cacace IV and Holliston’s TJ Kiley will bring their family’s football passion to bear in statewide playoffs

Cacace IV, known as "LJ" at Watertown, and Kiley, known at "TJ" at Holliston, will be at the helm as dual-threat quarterbacks of the their respective playoff teams.

James Harden stumbled on a drive to the basket early in the game and injured his foot Wednesday night.

76ers star James Harden out a month with an injured foot

Harden was injured during a loss at Washington Wednesday.

The Celtics may be seeing Ime Udoka again when they face the Nets in Brooklyn Dec. 4.

Some thoughts on Ime Udoka, the compensation issue, and other Celtics matters

It has been an interesting start to the Celtics season, and Udoka's rapid return with another team certainly was unforeseen.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos interested in bidding on Commanders, possibly with music mogul Jay-Z

Newly acquired Bradley Chubb, Dolphins agree on five-year extension

Men's college hockey notebook

With 15 NHL draft picks on the roster, expectations are high for Harvard men’s hockey

Business

First-time US home buyers are oldest on record and least diverse since 1997

Mortgage rates have more than doubled this year, sidelining potential buyers, curbing the number of home sales and triggering a decline in residential real-estate prices from Covid-era peaks.

Biz leaders say Beacon Hill dropped the ball by whiffing on tax reform

Despite economic development bill, business leaders say Beacon Hill has unfinished business when it comes to tax reform.

Fidelity opens waitlist for retail crypto trading with zero fee

Amazon pauses corporate hiring amid economic worries

magazine

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

Barbara Clarke began investing in women-owned companies in 2013.

Women & Power 2022

‘Write the damn check’: How female funders can help women entrepreneurs grow

Election campaign badge button with the word "Her" written on it

Women & Power 2022

Despite its progressive reputation, Massachusetts has lagged in women’s representation

MIT student Elizabeth E. Brennan (left) and Boston University student Victoria Gonzalez-Canalle work on signs for the Sept. 14 Stand Up and Be Counted rally held at MIT, which Gonzalez-Canalle helped organize.

Women & Power 2022

‘FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science

metro

The Middle Passage Port Marker in Boston Harbor is meant to acknowledge Boston's history of slavery and honor the Africans who survived or perished on the transatlantic voyage.

Harvard symposium seeks to answer: Can reparations close the racial health gap?

Best things to do in R.I. this week: Nov. 4-10

Ashley Kalus tries to put down roots in Rhode Island

sports

Brittney Griner appears at a hearing in August.

US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison, see ‘tenacity and perseverance’

Former team psychologist sues Josh Primo, Spurs, alleging he exposed himself

An Alabama teammate recalls that Mac Jones was at his best when he faced a challenge

business

A line outside the door for Beacon Hill Books & Cafe, a new bookstore on Charles Street.

Want to go to the new Beacon Hill bookstore on a weekend? You may have to wait outside a bit.

George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist of sublime zaniness, dies at 96

Abortion doctor sues Indiana AG over bids to access records

politics

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley stopped at the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library as part of a statewide tour to tout the Biden administration's student debt cancellation initiative.

With the House possibly poised to flip Republican, where does that leave the all-Democratic Mass. delegation?

Obama uses heckler’s interruption to highlight need for civility

R.I. man arrested for alleged disorderly conduct after confronting Bolduc before N.H. senate debate

Nation

Police tape blocks a street outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault

Prosecution rests, Oath Keepers Jan. 6 case turns to defense

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has conceded Israel's election to Benjamin Netanyahu, the former leader.

Lapid concedes in Israel, paving way for Netanyahu’s return to power

Backup power used at Ukraine nuclear site to fend off crisis

Imran Khan, ex-prime minister of Pakistan, is shot at rally

opinion

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

‘Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year

Voters must reject any candidate seeking power by turning us against each other

lifestyle

Dylan Lach stands guard while burning a traditional mishoon (canoe) at the Charlestown Little Mystic Boat Slip. Organized by leaders in the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes, it is the first burn and launch of a traditional mishoon in the city limits of Boston in generations.

Boston’s first postcolonial mishoon burning is underway. Go see it.

My bisexual boyfriend wants to open the relationship

How social media helped L.L. Bean tote bags become a thing

food & dining

Egg sandwich at Bom Dough in Cambridge.

In Inman Square, Bom Dough is a worthy successor to the East Coast Grill

Trader Joe’s opens in Providence

Hue will open in the old Storyville space; Chicken & The Pig serves cutlets and dogs in Lynnfield

travel

South Portland-based Brant & Cochran makes two hand-forged portable axes — the Allagash Cruiser and Dirigo Belt camp axes — that are perfect for chopping wood for smokeless fire pits or taking on canoeing and camping adventures.

A power outage party, belly laughs in N.Y., and axes made in Maine

Lufthansa canceled my flight a year ago. Where’s the refund?

A pandemic trend that seems to be sticking around: walking the world

Arts

Marc Swanson, "A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco," at Mass MoCA, 2022.

At Mass MoCA, dead deer and disco lights elegize a dying world

Jemila MacEwan’s ‘Human Meteorite’ surveys a scarred planet

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

Books

The loss of their mother tests sibling bonds in ‘Flight’

Chuck Wendig finds comfort in horror

Inside the mind of Haruki Murakami

Movies

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a scene from the 1944 movie "Double Indemnity" (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)

‘It’s a Bitter Little World’: Noirvember in Boston

When Opportunity (and Spirit) knocked, NASA knew just what to do

Jennifer Lawrence gives a career-defining performance in ‘Causeway’

Television

Norman Lear's "All in the Family" won our Best TV Show bracket.

‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best

Heidi Klum worms her way into the spotlight, and the Internet can’t stop squirming

Hulu’s ‘Reboot’ is solid and sly

music

A crowd turns out for a performance by rapper Entellekt at the Drake in Amherst. The town’s first-ever dedicated music venue, with a capacity of 250, opened in May.

In Western Mass., a vibrant music scene gets a makeover

Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison is making herself heard, quietly

Jack has left the building, but Stereo Jack’s goes on

Theater/Dance

Olivia Coombs of Boston Dance Theater performs in "Carol/Karole," choreographed by Karole Armitage.

Dancing to the good vibrations of Carol Kaye, trailblazer

In ‘Six,’ the ill-fated wives of Henry VIII are re-imagined as pop divas

Farruquito revels in the joy of flamenco

globe local

From left: Thomas J. Fahey Jr. was an Army gunner on a B-17 bomber during World War II; His son, Thomas J. Fahey III, served in the Air Force during the Vietnam era; Thomas J. Fahey III's daughter, Mikaela (Fahey) Felcher, served in the Army and the National Guard during the 2003-2011 Iraq War.

Back on the home front

The Argument: Should Massachusetts eliminate the subminimum wage for restaurant workers?

A pioneer woman during the Iraq War

Obituaries

In an undated image, Mr. Booth (left) met with his friend and fellow cartoonist Sam Gross.

George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist of sublime zaniness, dies at 96

Judy Coughlin, wife of former NFL coach Tom Coughlin, dies at 77 after battle with brain disorder

Daniel Smith, 90, dies; thought to be the last child of an enslaved person in US