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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way for a new generation of leaders after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections.

Tufts University announces Sunil Kumar as its next president
Kumar replaces Anthony Monaco, who is stepping down after 12 years as the school’s leader.

Three armed suspects at large after robbing bank on Martha’s Vineyard, tied up employees, authorities say

The armed robbery took place at the Rockland Trust bank in Vineyard Haven, authorities said.

Green Line Extension’s Medford branch to open Dec. 12

The MBTA’s long-awaited Medford branch, part of the $2.3 billion Green Line Extension, will open Dec. 12, General Manager Steve Poftak announced at a Thursday board meeting.

MBTA board approves new fare evasion regulations and a revised bus map to increase service around Boston

Haverhill cancels rest of high school football season after seeing alleged hazing video

School administrators said “significant material was uncovered” Wednesday regarding an ongoing investigation into misconduct by “some members” of the team, according to the statement from the school district.

‘Case study in how not to do it’: Musk’s Twitter overhaul could demoralize employees

Workplace and management experts have major concerns about burnout, employee morale, and productivity at the social media company following Elon Musk's takeover.

Advocates for locally-owned package liquor stores see silver linings in last week's defeat of a ballot measure that would have raised the cap on retail alcohol licenses but kept a far broader expansion at bay.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

After voters rejected Question 3, where you can buy beer will be up to the Legislature again

All sides in the long-running saga over retail booze sales in Massachusetts see a silver lining in last week’s vote rejecting a compromise ballot measure.

Elizabeth Warren demands answers from FTX following crypto firm’s collapse
In a letter to FTX, Sen. Warren and Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois recounted the information that has surfaced this month about the crypto firm once heralded as one of the more trustworthy players in the sector.

MIT Media Lab cancels fellowship program tied to crypto firm FTX

Open-collar boomers ask nostalgically: Where have all the neckties gone?
More than a few older employees and retirees admit to nostalgia for a time when the tie signified a more structured, if slower paced, business world.

Supporters cheered after former president Donald Trump announced that he is running for president for the third time.

Murdoch helped make Trump. Now he thinks he can break him.

When Donald Trump was a winner, Rupert Murdoch and his ilk were all too happy to sacrifice lives, democracy, and decency for power, profits, and lower taxes. Now they’re hitching their wagons to the Florida star Ron DeSantis.

Former vice president Mike Pence sits for an interview with the Associated Press, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in New York.

Mike Pence says voters are ‘looking for new leadership’ after Donald Trump announces another White House run

In an interview with the Associated Press, former vice president Mike Pence declined to say whether he thinks Donald Trump is fit to return to his old job. But he implicitly positioned himself as a potential alternative for Republicans seeking conservative leadership without the chaos of the Trump era.

Workers at a Starbucks on Commonwealth Ave. near Boston University went on strike for nearly two months in August.

Starbucks worker strike on ‘Red Cup Day’ includes seven stores in Mass.

The walkout, which includes over 100 Starbucks locations nationwide, comes on the company’s “Red Cup Day,” when customers can score a free branded Starbucks cup with select purchases of holiday drinks.

Bill Belichick (left) and the Patriots take on Robert Saleh and the Jets Sunday, with both teams — and the rest of the division — in the thick of the AFC playoff hunt.

Ben Volin | On Football

Breaking down the AFC East race, with all four teams holding playoff spots right now

They all have winning records, but with seven divisional matchups remaining, anything can happen down the stretch.

Patriots Notebook: Sunday’s Patriots-Jets rematch could have playoff ramifications

Opinion

IDEAS | JOSHUA MACHT

An end run around a college degree

University tuition and student debt skyrocketed as higher education became a prerequisite for many jobs. Now new kinds of credentialing programs are giving big employers a chance to end the madness.

Antiabortion pregnancy centers are deceiving women. They need to know that.

Thinking big about Boston’s transit future

Trump’s power comes from the press that promotes him

Despite midterms, Trump’s MAGA movement leaves him a force to be reckoned with inside the GOP

The New York Police Department graduating class of 2016 salutes during a ceremony at Madison Square Garden, July 1, 2016.

The Emancipator

Call ‘tough on crime’ what it is: a tool of racial oligarchy

Conservatives and liberals alike embrace a “law and order” framework, which blames reformers, the poor, and the unhoused for concerns about crime, and enforces rule based on wealth and racism. We need to build a better future.

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Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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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Three US Customs agents shot, wounded off coast of Puerto Rico

US Customs and Border Protection says the agents suffered various gunshot wounds during the incident that happened around 8 a.m. Thursday.

In text messages, coordinators of Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard reveled in plotting surprise political stunt

The records come three months after the administration of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unceremoniously stranded migrants in Martha’s Vineyard.

See the texts between coordinators of Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Dutch court convicts three men of murder over shooting down of plane over Ukraine in 2014

A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. One Russian was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Harmony Montgomery’s stepmother to plead guilty on perjury charges, officials say

Lawyers for Kayla Montgomery filed a motion on Wednesday notifying the court of their client’s intent to plead guilty, according to the New Hampshire attorney general's office.

Move over, cat cafés: A dog bar is coming to Everett
Park 9, a combination pub-indoor/outdoor dog park, would be the first of its kind in New England.

Tennessee AG probing Ticketmaster’s role in chaos over Taylor Swift tickets

Tennessee’s attorney general said he would look into whether Ticketmaster violated consumers’ rights and antitrust regulations, after glitches during the sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour left some fans stranded in hours-long virtual queues.

Recommended reads

Ryan Reynolds, left, and Will Ferrell in a scene from "Spirited" shot on Boston's Devonshire Street.

‘Spirited’ was filmed entirely in Mass. Here are all the Boston-area locations.

It may feel early, but a new film starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is about to jump-start a season of holiday streaming. Location manager Mark Fitzgerald popped open the hood on the Boston-based production.

Holiday Style

Forget Frosty. A year like this deserves Krampus and a magical pooping log.
In a pandemic-ish season of political division and general grinchiness, isn’t it time for some holiday mascots that match?

Study touting hydrogen — a technology favored by gas firms — was funded by gas interests, e-mails show
A study by researchers at UMass Lowell on hydrogen’s potential seemed innocuous enough. But hundreds of pages of e-mail correspondence now raise questions about the influence the gas industry may have had on the report.

LEGO versions of the Mona Lisa, ‘Starry Night,’ coming to Boston
Michelangelo’s “David," Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” will all be on display in Boston starting Friday — their LEGO versions, that is.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Carey Mulligan as Megan Twohey (left) and Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor in a scene from "She Said."

‘She Said’ and the investigation that mobilized #MeToo

Jesse Eisenberg as Toby Fleishman in "Fleishman Is in Trouble."

A middle-age muddle in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’

Is social media ruining our vacations?

Social media is ruining our vacations

Bartees Strange performs at the Sinclair, a stop on his first-ever headlining tour.

A defining moment for Bartees Strange at the Sinclair

Special Projects

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.

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

A police officer stood at the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge construction site in Boston on July 31, 2017.

Battle lines drawn in council’s quest for civilian flaggers

Barbara Anderson, the longtime executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, outside of her home in Marblehead, Mass., in 1990.

RIP, Citizens for Limited Taxation

Donald Trump looked on as Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, spoke at Trump's fly-in campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa., on Nov. 5. Oz lost to Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman.

Trump — a wannabe kingmaker turned the king of losers

Parents in New England are asking pediatricians if their sick child may end up transported long distances to find a hospital room.

Presidents of the New England Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics

America needs to invest in pediatric health care

When former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford went off the grid for a few days in June, 2009, he claimed to have been "hiking the Appalachian Trail." The phrase quickly became a euphemism for having an extramarital affair, which is what Sanford was really doing.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Not euphemistically speaking

A supporter holds her breath as preliminary results for Michigan Proposal 3 are announced at a watch party in Detroit, Mich., on Nov. 8.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The abortion rights movement may be regaining the upper hand

Metro

Rhode Island political news: November 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Best things to do in R.I. this week: Nov. 18-25

You’ll have the best times! This week: stuff yourself at a Thanksgiving buffet, relive Scrooge’s story, and get a jump on holiday shopping.

Genetic genealogy leads police to suspect in 1980s Exeter rape case

Indiana man ordered held without bail. He faces first-degree sexual assault and first-degree child molestation charges after cold case was reopened.

Tell us: Have you had trouble filling prescriptions for your sick child?

In late October, the FDA declared shortages of two common medicines that children take when they are sick: the antibiotic amoxicillin and a solution called albuterol that children breathe in through a nebulizer to ease asthma symptoms. Tell us about your experience filling prescriptions.

Sports

Liverpool is in sixth place in the Premier League standings this season.

sports business

Fenway Sports Group’s Sam Kennedy says interest is high in possible sale of Liverpool FC

Kennedy, an FSG partner who is also CEO of the Red Sox, said interest has come on two fronts: buying the club outright and buying in as a minority partner.

Bill Belichick (left) and the Patriots take on Robert Saleh and the Jets Sunday, with both teams — and the rest of the division — in the thick of the AFC playoff hunt.

Ben Volin | On Football

Breaking down the AFC East race, with all four teams holding playoff spots right now

They all have winning records, but with seven divisional matchups remaining, anything can happen down the stretch.

Murphy's Pub in Providence is a place where year-round soccer fans congregate, and could be a good place to watch the World Cup.

Where to watch the World Cup: R.I. bars where soccer fans gather

The FIFA men’s World Cup starts on Sunday. These local bars have the atmosphere, the buzz and the Guinness that year-round fans and the soccer curious are looking for.

PC grad Emily Sisson recounts setting US marathon record

Those ‘Trade Jayson Tatum!’ demands don’t seem so wise now, do they? Good thing the Celtics never listened.

No. 11 Texas 93, No. 2 Gonzaga 74

No. 2 Gonzaga belted by No. 11 Texas in men’s basketball

Business

Elizabeth Warren demands answers from FTX following crypto firm’s collapse

In a letter to FTX, Sen. Warren and Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois recounted the information that has surfaced this month about the crypto firm once heralded as one of the more trustworthy players in the sector.

sports business

Fenway Sports Group’s Sam Kennedy says interest is high in possible sale of Liverpool FC

Kennedy, an FSG partner who is also CEO of the Red Sox, said interest has come on two fronts: buying the club outright and buying in as a minority partner.

Boston software company PTC strikes $1.5 billion deal to acquire California firm

‘Case study in how not to do it’: Musk’s Twitter overhaul could demoralize employees

magazine

I was laser focused on getting into Harvard. Here’s why I want my kids to be different.

Advice: Why does small talk get such a bad rap?

Austrian Pot-Roasted Beef With Root Vegetables

Recipes: Skip the turkey this Thanksgiving and try one of these creative alternatives

44 indelible images from more than a century of Boston Globe photography

metro

A 28 bus heads inbound to Ruggles Station on Blue Hill Avenue. Route 28 is one of 30 routes planned to have busses arrive no less than every 15 minutes as part of the MBTA's revised map.

MBTA board approves new fare evasion regulations and a revised bus map to increase service around Boston

Tufts University announces Sunil Kumar as its next president

Green Line Extension’s Medford branch to open Dec. 12

sports

Luke Kornet has always been an afterthought, but he's contributed in a big way for the Celtics this season.

A struggling Celtics bench was their undoing in the Finals. Now, the depth has them rolling.

Hornets guared LaMelo Ball re-injures his ankle — stepping on a fan’s foot

Chris Ledlum scores 29 as Harvard keeps Northeastern winless in men’s basketball

business

Workers at a Starbucks on Commonwealth Ave. near Boston University went on strike for nearly two months in August.

Starbucks worker strike on ‘Red Cup Day’ includes seven stores in Mass.

US jobless claims retreat slightly, hovering near historic lows

After voters rejected Question 3, where you can buy beer will be up to the Legislature again

politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., spoke on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress

Mike Pence says voters are ‘looking for new leadership’ after Donald Trump announces another White House run

Obama to announce expansion of young leaders program to US

Nation

Caitlyn and Ethan Berg, who are both doctors, and their children Natalie, an infant, and Emmett, 3, who both contracted RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), at home in Mount Zion, Ill., Oct. 30, 2022.

RSV, COVID, and flu are keeping kids out of school — and parents out of work

Repeat coronavirus infections can still be dangerous, study suggests

White House seeks more than $47 billion in emergency COVID, Ukraine aid

World

President Biden shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen before their meeting during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodia’s Hun Sen has COVID-19 at G-20 after earlier summit

Climate negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal

Dutch court convicts three men of murder over shooting down of plane over Ukraine in 2014

opinion

Barbara Anderson, the longtime executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, outside of her home in Marblehead, Mass., in 1990.

RIP, Citizens for Limited Taxation

America needs to invest in pediatric health care

Crisis in emergency care will take a broad, systemic solution

lifestyle

Can I say ‘I love you’ first?

Open-collar boomers ask nostalgically: Where have all the neckties gone?

Right Here Waiting for You

food & dining

Whitney McMorris, the chef at French brasserie Venteux.

Once last resorts, hotel restaurants are making a comeback

Tiffani Faison pitches a nostalgic pizza parlor in the Fenway; Cambridge’s Beat Brew Hall says goodbye

Five treats guaranteed to wow at your next holiday party. Get the recipes here.

travel

Get your sweet tooth on and join the Mt. Washington Valley Inn to Inn Cookie Tour, Dec. 10-11.

Cookies and crafts in N.H., art in Worcester, and a superhero’s view of New York City

With no hotel experience, they quit their jobs and bought a Vermont inn

American Cruise Lines protection plan isn’t protecting me

Arts

Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" is pictured at the “Art of the Brick” LEGO exhibit, which features works by Nathan Sawaya and opens Friday.

LEGO versions of the Mona Lisa, ‘Starry Night,’ coming to Boston

Fuller Craft Museum offers ‘Food Justice’ for thought

A camera cornucopia in the Seaport; drawers, but not drawings, in Brookline

Books

Andrew Morton's new book is "The Queen: Her Life"

Princess Diana biographer depicted in ‘The Crown’ stops in Boston this weekend on his latest book tour

Margaret Sullivan chronicles the rise of her career and democracy’s decline in new memoir

In Russell Banks’s new novel, ‘The Magic Kingdom,’ an aged exile details the darker side of utopia

Movies

Writer-director Elegance Bratton on the set of "The Inspection."

Marine-turned-movie director Elegance Bratton on making ‘The Inspection’

‘Spirited’ was filmed entirely in Mass. Here are all the Boston-area locations.

‘She Said’ and the investigation that mobilized #MeToo

Television

Entertainer Jay Leno smiles for a photo with fans at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 30, 2021.

Jay Leno has ‘serious burns’ from a gas fire at his LA garage

Jay Leno could need skin grafts after being severely burned in gas explosion in his garage

A middle-age muddle in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’

music

Thom Yorke performs with The Smile at Roadrunner.

Radiohead offshoot brings a Smile to Roadrunner

Tennessee AG probing Ticketmaster’s role in chaos over Taylor Swift tickets

For Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, home is where the art is

Theater/Dance

From left: Lily Ayotte, Nettie Chickering, June Kfoury, and Jessica Golden in Hub Theatre Company of Boston's "Into the Breeches!"

‘Into the Breeches!’ gives rise to an all-female Boston-based Shakespeare production

So much goes right in Lyric’s uproarious ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

In ‘The Chinese Lady,’ prejudice and exploitation, seen from a stage

globe local

"Holiday Gala at the Whistler House," painted by Dave Drinon in 2015 for that year's auction, imagines the house's main gallery through a 19th-century lens. The annual party and auction returns Dec. 2.

Open skating, a call for artists, and a Thanksgiving reenactment

Church coffeehouse honors late comrades

Newton family offers city nearly 15 acres for $24 million

Obituaries

Professor Henry Rosovsky, right, with the philosopher and author Allan Bloom in New Brunswick, N.J. on March 11, 1988.

Henry Rosovsky, who redefined Harvard to its core, dies at 95

Virginia McLaurin, sharecroppers’ daughter who danced with the Obamas, dies

John Aniston, star of ‘Days of Our Lives,’ dead at 89