Midterm Elections

For Democrats, anxiety mounts as it’s all on the line. Again.
Two years ago, Democrats thought they had banished Donald Trump for good. But a chilling concern for the party has set in that Republicans could take control of Congress in Tuesday's elections.

Democrats seek to topple Bristol County’s sheriff Trump says US ‘in decline’; Biden has his own dire warning

Question 1 supporters make final push before Election Day

Question 1 targets the state’s flat 5 percent state income by adding an additional 4 percent tax on every dollar of taxable income earned over $1 million.

Will voters stick with Biden outlook or take US another way?
President Biden has traveled the country this fall trying to turn the midterm elections into a choice between two visions for America. Tuesday's elections will deliver a verdict on what voters think.

Boston breaks record on balmy fall day

Temperatures in the region soared past 70 for the third day running on Sunday.

With massive financial flexibility, how will the Red Sox approach a crucial offseason?
“We’re entering an offseason where we will have more options in front of us,” said Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

There was plenty of New England flavor in this Astros World Series win, including the MVP — Rhode Islander Jeremy Peña

Rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña, who grew up in Providence and went to the University of Maine, won MVP. Former Red Sox catcher Christian Vázquez had his fingerprints all over the victory as well.

Astros claim another World Series, with Yordan Alvarez blast sealing Game 6 knockout of Philadelphia

Janet Cook, photographed at her home in Norfolk, waited in a wheelchair for nearly eight hours in an emergency department in October before an inpatient bed opened up.

Eight-hour waiting times. Patients leaving before being seen. Mass. hospital emergency departments are beyond the brink.

Hospital emergency departments across Massachusetts and the nation are teetering under unprecedented forces. Patients, often in pain, are waiting ever longer for care. And many are just leaving without being seen.

Why some young Black Bostonians are choosing to move to the South
Some are returning to the states their ancestors were itching to leave. Others, without Southern roots, are planting their own seeds.

Live Updates

Live updates: With the Colts looking beatable, can the Patriots find some momentum?
New England has won back-to-back games only once this season, but they have a big chance to do it a second time today.

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Colts quarterback Sam Ehlinger played competently in his first start last Sunday against the Commanders, completing 17 of 23 passes without a touchdown or interception in the 17-16 loss.

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

The Colts are ripe for a defeat Sunday. Can the Patriots deliver it?

If the Colts aren’t in turmoil, they’re on the verge of it.

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on midterm elections, Twitter moderation as Amy Schumer hosts
Stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer took the 'SNL' stage for the third time, while Steve Lacy was the night's musical guest.

Cheryl Angel (right) gave gifts to members of the Barre Museum Association at the return ceremony for remains stolen from the Wounded Knee massacre site.

‘A step toward healing:’ Barre museum returns looted Wounded Knee artifacts to Lakota

In an emotional, poignant, and at times joyful two-hour public ceremony Saturday afternoon, the leadership of the Founders Museum symbolically returned more than 130 artifacts to representatives from the Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne River tribes.

Kyrie Irving was suspended for at least five games by the Nets.

Kyrie Irving appears to be his own worst enemy, and the mess in Brooklyn continues to spiral

His stubbornness has only gotten him suspended, and honestly, on the verge of being out of the NBA.

Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout

A delegate from the Cook Islands attends an opening session at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, Nov. 6, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks

Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change that come as the world also grapples with multiple crises, including the war in Ukraine, high inflation, food shortages and an energy crunch.

What’s going on with the UN climate talks

Opinion

A worker straightened ballots for scanning at the Board of Elections office in Doylestown, Pa., on Oct. 28.

The GOP does not deserve control of Congress

Voters must make clear that extremism and election denial will not be tolerated at the ballot box.

What the Yes on Question 1 and No on Question 4 campaigns have in common

The most important election of our lifetime, part 4

Tax relief gets short shrift on Beacon Hill

IDEAS | TOM SHEEHAN

Salutes of a special kind

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.

Two weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it's better than you think.

Laura Fredrickson looked up as she stepped into the basket of a hot air balloon to pose for a picture inside the OZ Museum.

Her marriage was in trouble. Something drew her to the OZ Museum.

Laura Fredrickson needed time to think. So the 34-year-old from St. Paul set out on a road trip. Somewhere on the way, while Googling roadside attractions, she turned up one that made her heart leap — the OZ Museum in Wamego, Kan.

From left: Students Austin Barrett, Al Beckman of Worcester, Mass., and Meryl Hubbard took to a roof to enjoy the tailgate before the University of Wisconsin Badgers played the Washington State Cougars in Madison, Wis.

Tailgating with the families of University of Wisconsin football players — and Drew Bledsoe

The crowd includes an octogenarian here to support her grandson, a safety who she proudly notes has already been setting records; a single mom from Wichita whose son would go on to score the Badgers’ first touchdown of the afternoon; and two former New England Patriots.

Jesse Grice, an Elvis impersonator of over 30 years, zipped up his suit.

Los Angeles team

Inside the weird, wonderful world of Las Vegas Elvis impersonators

Elvis drives a temperamental pink Cadillac with no seat belts and unreliable brakes. He is running late for an appearance in a Mexican Independence Day parade. This may be my fault.

Toys and mementos hang on a small section of fence at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, dedicated to those affected by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

A mother’s loss after the Oklahoma City bombing is seared in a photo we can’t forget

The picture from the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 resurfaces from time to time — and I always think about the baby’s parents. What effect has it had on them? Now I know.

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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.

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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.

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North Adams woman is arrested and charged with allegedly killing her grandmother

Kelsie Cote, 26, of North Adams, allegedly murdered 74-year-old Doris Cote at the woman's home on Church Street on Halloween night, officials said Saturday.

Powerball jackpot up to record $1.9 billion after no winner

A record Powerball jackpot grew to an even larger $1.9 billion after no one won the lottery drawing on Saturday night.

Small earthquake reported off the coast of Nantucket Saturday afternoon

The 2.1 magnitude earthquake happened just before 3 p.m. Saturday about three miles north northwest from the island along the Hyannis to Nantucket ferry route.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

For Massachusetts, a giant step forward, and an effort to drag us back
Come January, five of our six constitutional officers could be women. We’re finally making progress, despite those who still want to hold us back.

Lawmakers lift cap on new building at Devens
State set to lift cap on commercial development at former Fort Devens, which is now Massachusetts' largest industrial park.

Singer-rapper Aaron Carter dies in California at age 34
Singer-rapper Aaron Carter was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34.

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Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

From Ye and Kyrie to Elon Musk and David DePape, we have to denounce hate and recognize truth.

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Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever
The restaurant critic and the blogger struck very different tones, but both women challenged their medium by ignoring its conventions and deploying their own authentic voices.

Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison is making herself heard, quietly
Touring off her recent album, “Sometimes, Forever,” the singer-songwriter comes to House of Blues Sunday.

Suffolk prosecutor suspended as wrongly convicted man alleges misconduct
Robert Foxworth, who was exonerated in 2021, served an additional nine years in prison after prosecutor Mark Lee learned in 2007 from a federal informant that Foxworth was innocent, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the Board of Bar Overseers.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Mikhail Baryshnikov in "The Orchard," sharing the stage with a robotic arm.

Mikhail Baryshnikov explores ‘The Orchard’ anew, with robot in tow

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

Andre Strongbearheart. Gaines Cultural Steward of the Nipmuc Tribe, took a minute to rest while burning a traditional mishoon (canoe) at the Charlestown Little Mystic Boat Slip. Organized by leaders in in the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes, it is the first burn and launch of a traditional mishoon in the city limits of Boston in countless generations.

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

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

Special Projects

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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.

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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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An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

A sign outside the Black Leaders Organizing Communities outreach group headquarters. Members of the group have been hitting the streets in Milwaukee to get out the Black vote ahead of the midterm elections.

A chorus of concerns ahead of Nov. 8

An area of forest on fire near a logging area in Humaita, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas on Sept. 17. President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised to reverse a surge in deforestation in the Amazon rain forest.

Saving the Amazon requires change in Brazil but also in the US and Europe

A man walked past a burning barricade during a protest over the death of journalist Romelson Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince on Oct. 30. Vilsaint died Sunday while protesting the release of a colleague in police custody.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Biden’s purported plan to send Haitian asylum seekers to Guantánamo is racist history repeating itself

A missing poster inside the Manchester Police Department. Police are asking the public to call the tip line if they have any information on Harmony Montgomery. Harmony’s father, Adam Montgomery, has been charged with murder in her death.

Sarah A. Font and Naomi Schaefer Riley

Massachusetts’ policies failed Harmony Montgomery

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

Romano Mazzoli, who oversaw major immigration reform, dies at 89

The legislation, called the Immigration Reform and Control Act, was the last successful effort to change the country’s immigration laws.

Newton church holds community meal-packing event

More than 100 volunteers gathered at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Newton last month for a community meal-packing event to address food insecurity around the world.

Bacari enjoys arts and crafts and basketball

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Small earthquake reported off the coast of Nantucket Saturday afternoon

The 2.1 magnitude earthquake happened just before 3 p.m. Saturday about three miles north northwest from the island along the Hyannis to Nantucket ferry route.

Sports

The Bruins are under fire for their decision to sign defenseman Mitchell Miller.

Mitchell Miller’s agent releases statement after Bruins’ controversial signing

Eustace King, cofounder of O2K Sports Management, explained his agency’s decision to represent Miller, citing “months of research, deliberation, introspection within our organization, and conversations with outside advisors” before taking him on.

Quarterback Mac Jones has thrown three touchdown passes this season.

Live updates: With the Colts looking beatable, can the Patriots find some momentum?

New England has won back-to-back games only once this season, but they have a big chance to do it a second time today.

Evans Chebet took the men's race at the New York City Marathon.

Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya win New York City Marathon races in debuts

Chebet won the men's race in his first appearance in New York, while Lokedi made a big splash in her first attempt at 26.2 miles.

With massive financial flexibility, how will the Red Sox approach a crucial offseason?

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

There was plenty of New England flavor in this Astros World Series win, including the MVP — Rhode Islander Jeremy Peña

Coyotes 3, Capitals 2

Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals scores No. 787, passes the Red Wings’ Gordie Howe for most goals with one team

Business

Lawmakers lift cap on new building at Devens

State set to lift cap on commercial development at former Fort Devens, which is now Massachusetts' largest industrial park.

Philadelphia Home Depot workers vote to reject unionization

Home Depot workers in Philadelphia rejected the first store-wide labor union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer Saturday night, a loss for a fledgling movement to organize at major US companies.

Trump says US ‘in decline’; Biden has his own dire warning

Trump attacks DeSantis as he hints again at presidential run

magazine

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

I froze my eggs. Now I’m in the middle of the abortion fight.

‘My sister-in-law has mandated that we not exchange Christmas presents this year’

Savory Kale and Two-Cheese Scones

Recipes: Fresh breads and scones for breakfast

metro

Paul Heroux (left) who is running for sheriff against incumbent Tom Hodgson.

Democrats seek to topple Bristol County’s sheriff

Question 1 supporters make final push before Election Day

Why some young Black Bostonians are choosing to move to the South

sports

Brad Marchand reaches for the puck during the first period against the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

Auston Matthews scores twice as the Maple Leafs get the jump on Bruins

Sweet-shooting Celtics bury Knicks under franchise-record barrage of 3-pointers

On Joe Mazzulla’s watch, the Celtics are running on positive energy

business

French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group leader Marine Le Pen and MP Jordan Bardella (L) attend the Rassemblement National's congress to elect their president in Paris on Nov. 5.

French far-right party elects new leader to replace Le Pen

Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

politics

President Biden spoke in Philadelphia on Saturday.

Will voters stick with Biden outlook or take US another way?

At global summits, Biden aims to assert America’s leadership

Post-ABC poll: House vote nearly split, GOP has edge on economy and turnout

Nation

Hector Solis holds up lottery tickets purchased with his co-workers at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., Nov. 5, for the Saturday drawing of the Powerball lottery.

Powerball jackpot up to record $1.9 billion after no winner

Oz could be the first Muslim US Senator, but some Muslim Americans are ambivalent

Number of early votes cast surpasses early-vote total in 2018 midterm election

World

Shelling aftermath is seen in Maram camp in Idlib province, Syria, on Nov. 6.

Monitors say 9 killed in Syria shelling of tent settlements

World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks

Italy stops 35 migrants from getting off rescue ship in port

opinion

A restaurant worker participates in a wage strike demonstration organized by One Fair Wage outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill restaurant on May 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

The fight to end a little-known legacy of slavery is at a tipping point

Massachusetts’ policies failed Harmony Montgomery

Biden’s purported plan to send Haitian asylum seekers to Guantánamo is racist history repeating itself

lifestyle

This breakup has me wondering: Am I a terrible person?

How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

food & dining

Claire Cheney believes that her North Cambridge-based company, Curio Spice Co., is doing its part to bring a sense of wonder back into the world of spices.

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever

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

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

A nurse practitioner talks to a patient and holds her hand while a doctor administers an IV at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago in 2020.

A doctor examines his profession, and his choices

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

Chuck Wendig finds comfort in horror

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

US comedian Amy Schumer arrives for the season five New York premiere of Inside Amy Schumer, at the Pendry Hotel in New York City, on Oct. 18.

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on midterm elections, Twitter moderation as Amy Schumer hosts

Letterman-Zelensky interview will air by year’s end

As the credits roll, 5 closing thoughts on our Best TV Show bracket

music

Bono onstage Friday night at the Orpheum Theatre, the second stop on book tour marking the publication of his new memoir, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.”

With tales to tell and songs to sing, Bono brings his book tour to the Orpheum

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

Strauss’s ‘Alpine Symphony’ keeps the BSO running up that hill

Theater/Dance

Tyson Ali Clark in William Forsythe's "Approximate Sonata," as part of the Boston Ballet's "As Anticipated."

Boston Ballet rises to the challenge of Forsythe

Dancing to the good vibrations of Carol Kaye, trailblazer

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

globe local

Victoria "Tori" Giordano stood next to a loading truck outside St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Newton during a community meal-packing event last month.

Newton church holds community meal-packing event

City inching towards reparations commission

Back on the home front

Obituaries

After signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act, President Reagan shook the hand of Representative Mazzoli, an architect of the bill.

Romano Mazzoli, who oversaw major immigration reform, dies at 89

Dow Finsterwald, first PGA champion in stroke play, dies at 93

Philip Hiat, rabbi who forged bonds with other faiths, dies at 95