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Boston Public Works used front-end loaders to clear tents and debris at Newmarket Square in Boston on Jan. 12. The Wu administration ordered the removal of tent encampments in the area known as Mass. and Cass.

A year on, how has Wu done on Mass. and Cass?

The stubborn thicket of problems persists, despite ongoing efforts by Mayor Michelle Wu and her administration to tackle the humanitarian crisis that unfolds daily near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.

‘An unthinkable morning’: Man killed, at least 19 injured after vehicle crashes into Hingham Apple Store, officials say
Authorities identified the man who was killed as Kevin Bradley, 65, a resident of New Jersey. In a statement, an Apple spokesperson said Bradley was helping with construction at the store.

See photos from the scene in Hingham

Search will continue Tuesday in New Hampshire for missing hiker from Massachusetts
The search for a Massachusetts woman who went hiking in New Hampshire on Sunday morning and has not returned is set to resume Tuesday, officials said.

A new coronavirus variant has taken over, sparking concerns of a winter surge

So far, COVID cases don’t seem to be rising, but scientists aren’t sure if that will last. And several studies suggest that new booster shots don’t trigger strong immunity to the new variant.

Seasonal landscaper charged in connection to Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

Miquel Jones pleaded not guilty to a single count of being an accessory after the fact to the robbery.

‘She was sunshine and light and warmth’: Friends recall Brandeis student killed in bus crash
Friends of Vanessa Mark, an undergraduate student who was killed in the crash Saturday night, shared their memories of her.

Baker asks Legislature for $130 million for emergency migrant housing

Most of the migrants reaching Massachusetts — no fewer than 11,000 this year, according to a Boston Globe review earlier this month — entered the country without authorization at the US-Mexico border.

NBA skills trainer Robert McClanaghan arraigned in R.I. on Boston rape, drugging charges

As a basketball trainer, McClanaghan has worked with NBA stars such as Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. He started his career as a physical education teacher and assistant basketball coach at an all-boys school in Warwick, R.I.

Patrice Bergeron celebrates his 1000th career point with teammates last night in the win over Tampa Bay.

BRUINS 5, LIGHTNING 3

Patrice Bergeron’s big night includes the Bruins’ big win against the Lightning

The captain reaches 1,000 points in a second period that also saw Nick Foligno spark a rally for the NHL-best Bruins in Tampa.

Watch: Patrice Bergeron notch his 1000th career point

Hull plays its annual Thanksgiving Day game against rival Cohasset. But the Pirates are undefeated entering the Division 8 Super Bowl in the first week of December. Should they play their starters and try to win, or bench them to ensure they're healthy for the big game?

What should Thanksgiving high school football look like in Massachusetts? It depends on whom you ask.

A proposal by coaches would make Thanksgiving the final day of the regular season, followed by three rounds of playoffs. Under the current system, the timing of Thanksgiving games leaves some teams to decide whether to play starters and others with only pride at stake.

Walkers, bikers, and dogs on the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway in Arlington.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

As Thanksgiving approaches, a dry November will continue

With a little over a week left in November, time is running out for a big storm, and what might have looked like a stormy post Thanksgiving Day with significant rain is now looking drier.

Opinion

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and chief executive of FTX, in Nassau, Bahamas, on April 26.

IDEAS | Emily Frey & Noah Giansiracusa

The moral failing of ‘effective altruism’

The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX stemmed from an idea taken to an absurd — yet predictable — extreme.

Republicans should leave the IRS budget alone

Joan Wickersham

Snow and ice fill a winter library of classics

MARCELA GARCÍA

Mass. lawmakers should make in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants a priority

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The mismeasure of Misha

Demonstrators stand outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on May 5, 2022.

The Emancipator

Indigenous identity theft must stop

Once again, a scholar vaulted to a position of power and influence through a claimed Indigenous descent has been revealed to be a White woman. The overdue embrace of Native voices is being co-opted while real Native women still suffer, facing a disproportionate number of murders and disappearances.

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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

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Reading police officer found not guilty in 2018 shooting
Reading police Officer Erik Drauschke was the first officer to face criminal charges for an on-duty killing in the state in nearly three decades.

John Powers | On soccer

The US team tied Wales in the World Cup, avoiding a crushing loss, but it could have had more
It was a decent outcome for a program that didn’t make it to the World Cup in 2018 and that had to go down to the final match at Costa Rica to earn its ticket to Qatar.

BULLS 121, CELTICS 107

A lethargic start against the Bulls led to the end of the Celtics’ nine-game winning streak
Despite Marcus Smart's return from a two-game absence, the Celtics couldn't come up with stops when they needed them in dropping to 1-2 against Chicago this season.

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing
The temblor sent terrified residents fleeing into the streets, some covered in blood and debris, and caused buildings around the rural area to collapse.

Congressional leaders urge DOJ action after threats against Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital received two bomb threats late last week.

Jay Leno released from Los Angeles hospital, photo shows significant facial burns
Leno, who is often spotted around Newport, was severely injured and suffered “serious burns” from a gas fire.

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The secret life of alleged double murderer Logan Clegg: a loner with a temper, guns — and a taste for travel

Former friends are astonished that the onetime "band kid" is accused of killing a Concord, N.H., couple.

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The biggest problem for movie theaters? Not enough movies.
Box offices saw a summer boom and a fall slump. But the real issue is a dwindling number of movies to show, say experts, who are more hopeful for 2023.

A longstanding pillar of Boston’s economy, finance is fading even faster since COVID
Post-COVID jobs numbers highlight the continued decline of Boston’s once-storied financial services sector.

Massachusetts police who’ve been fired or resigned in scandal just move on to another town
WBUR found more than a dozen current police officers in Massachusetts who were previously fired or resigned from another department after a misconduct investigation.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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BMOP and Odyssey Opera welcome in ‘The Lord of Cries’

Bass-baritone Davóne Tines in the title role of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X" at Detroit Opera. Tines and the rest of the principal cast reprised their roles in Boston Modern Orchestra Project's semi-staged performance.

Artists and orgs with Boston ties make big showing in Grammy noms

Turnstile played an exhilarating hour-long set at Roadrunner Saturday.

Turnstile gives Roadrunner a thrashing

From left: Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, and Daniel Craig in a scene from "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Daniel Craig returns as a Southern sleuth in ‘Glass Onion,’ set in Greece

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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.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington on Nov. 14.

Show Kamala Harris some respect

Election worker Toni Gearo processed mail-in ballots for the midterm election at the Riverside County Registrar-Voter in Riverside, Calif., on Nov. 10.

Counting votes shouldn’t take weeks

In 2021, 601 Congress St. in the Seaport District of Boston was being remade for Boston's booming life-science sector.

Is Boston reaching ‘peak lab’?

The Hanna Woods Elementary School playground in suburban St. Louis remained closed because of COVID fears in July 2020.

Before declaring a pandemic amnesty, we need a pandemic mea culpa

Elon Musk waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware in 2021.

Elon Musk, you broke Twitter. Now sell it.

IDEAS | JOSHUA MACHT

An end run around a college degree

Metro

COMMENTARY | JON NELSON

Californians’ refusal to raise taxes for firefighting and climate mitigation is a wake-up call for New England

The region’s state governments should abolish the cap on municipal property taxes because it hinders urgently needed public investments in climate resiliency, RISD environmental studies Professor Jon Nelson says.

A year on, how has Wu done on Mass. and Cass?

The stubborn thicket of problems persists, despite ongoing efforts by Mayor Michelle Wu and her administration to tackle the humanitarian crisis that unfolds daily near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

As Thanksgiving approaches, a dry November will continue

With a little over a week left in November, time is running out for a big storm, and what might have looked like a stormy post Thanksgiving Day with significant rain is now looking drier.

Two Brockton teens arrested following Bridgewater armed robbery, police seek 3d suspect

Bernaldino DeJesus Pereira Tavares, 19, and Rafael Gomes Andrade, 18, were arraigned Monday in Brockton District Court and are being held pending dangerousness hearings, Bridgewater police said.

Sports

Hull plays its annual Thanksgiving Day game against rival Cohasset. But the Pirates are undefeated entering the Division 8 Super Bowl in the first week of December. Should they play their starters and try to win, or bench them to ensure they're healthy for the big game?

high school football

What should Thanksgiving high school football look like in Massachusetts? It depends on whom you ask.

A proposal by coaches would make Thanksgiving the final day of the regular season, followed by three rounds of playoffs. Under the current system, the timing of Thanksgiving games leaves some teams to decide whether to play starters and others with only pride at stake.

The Rivers School celebrates a long-awaited first NEPSAC bowl victory, 27-9, over Canterbury (Conn.).

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | PREPS

NEPSAC bowl win was a breakthrough for coach Randdy Lindsey and his Rivers football program

With a group of players that bought in, and bonded like a family, the Red Wings completed 8-1 season with a 27-9 win over Canterbury.

Jimmy Garoppolo had another efficient game, completing 20 of 29 passes for 228 yards.

49ers 38, Cardinals 10

Jimmy Garoppolo throws four TD passes as 49ers rout Cardinals in Mexico City

San Francisco has won five of its last seven and is tied with the Seahawks at the top of the NFC West.

Devils 5, Oilers 2

Devils tie franchise mark with 13th straight victory

Fordham 67, Holy Cross 53

Holy Cross can’t keep up with Fordham in men’s college basketball

BULLS 121, CELTICS 107

A lethargic start against the Bulls led to the end of the Celtics’ nine-game winning streak

Business

OECD forecast: High rates, inflation to slow world growth

Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023.

A new coronavirus variant has taken over, sparking concerns of a winter surge

So far, COVID cases don’t seem to be rising, but scientists aren’t sure if that will last. And several studies suggest that new booster shots don’t trigger strong immunity to the new variant.

A new role for Deb Devaux, as neutral arbiter in Mass. health care debate

GBH names former top National Geographic editor Susan Goldberg as CEO

magazine

Lamingtons

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

The writer at age 5, on the right, and her sister, Laura, 6, wearing dresses sewn by their mother, Eleanor Slater.

As I bumbled my way through making curtains, I could hear my mom’s voice

This week's daters: Jacob and Mary

Dinner with Cupid

‘We got the wasabi roulette, a spinning plate with sushi on it’

Austrian Pot-Roasted Beef With Root Vegetables

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

metro

Emily Sotelo was last seen Sunday morning after she was dropped off at Lafayette Place Campground in Franconia, N.H., officials said.

Search will continue Tuesday in New Hampshire for missing hiker from Massachusetts

Raimondo, Walsh urge RI business owners to invest in job training

Seasonal landscaper charged in connection to Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

sports

Jaeden Zackery led Boston College with 16 points.

Boston College men defeat Wyoming for third place at Paradise Jam

The US team tied Wales in the World Cup, avoiding a crushing loss, but it could have had more

Patrice Bergeron’s big night includes the Bruins’ big win against the Lightning

business

A national rail strike could occur as soon as Dec. 5 after the nation’s largest freight rail union, SMART Transportation Division, voted to reject the Biden administration’s contract deal.

Big rail unions split on contract with engineers ratifying

A longstanding pillar of Boston’s economy, finance is fading even faster since COVID

Carriers feeling cheery about on-time holiday deliveries

politics

US Representative David Valadao.

Republican Representative Valadao wins California Central Valley vote

Jan. 6 sedition trial of Oath Keepers founder goes to jury

GOP’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

Nation

People embrace during a candlelight vigil on a corner near the site of a weekend mass shooting at Club Q, Nov. 21, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Rage and sadness as Colorado club shooting victims honored

Wave of sex abuse lawsuits seen as New York opens door for victims

Suspect in Colorado LGBTQ bar shooting is facing murder, hate crime charges, court records show

World

Two elderly Ukrainian women walk towards the Kherson-Kyiv train at the Kherson railway station, southern Ukraine, on Nov. 21.

‘Stock up on blankets’: Ukrainians brace for bleak winter

VP Harris urges respect of sovereignty in South China Sea

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing

opinion

Santo, left, and Benito.

Should I put my puppy on Prozac?

More dust has settled, with some kicked up, after the midterms

Counting votes shouldn’t take weeks

lifestyle

I can’t get this dating thing right

President Biden’s granddaughter Naomi, Peter Neal wed at White House

‘Gray divorce’ brings struggles and a possibility of late-in-life reinvention

food & dining

On Thursday, millions of Americans will sit at their dining room tables, ready to dive into some of traditional Thanksgiving dishes. But many of them have no idea about the roots of those recipes.

The roots of your Thanksgiving dishes

5 classic Thanksgiving side dish recipes

The 5 best pies to make for Thanksgiving dessert

travel

This April 2, 2021, file photo shows freight train cars and containers at Norfolk Southern Railroad's Conway Yard in Conway, Pa.

Rail union rejects contract as strike threatens US economy before holidays

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

Arts

A visitor pauses to look at the roller coaster that is part of artist E.J. Hill’s "Brake Run Helix" inside Mass MoCA. Hill has based a lot of his work around amusement parks and roller coasters in particular as places where terror meets elation, and the potential for these places, as simulated spaces, to generate very real extremes of emotion.

Inside Mass MoCA, EJ Hill’s ‘Break Run Helix,’ is a rideable roller coaster that does double duty as art

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

Fuller Craft Museum offers ‘Food Justice’ for thought

Books

A dozen gift-worthy books for the holidays

Beverly Gage’s biography ‘G-Man’ examines J. Edgar Hoover’s controversial tenure at the FBI

Michelle Obama’s ‘The Light We Carry’ offers tools for navigating a new era, but no deeper insights

Movies

Jeremy Pope in "The Inspection."

‘The Inspection’: Don’t ask, don’t tell, just be

Steven Spielberg makes a ‘Spielberg movie’ about Steven Spielberg — and it soars

Daniel Craig returns as a Southern sleuth in ‘Glass Onion,’ set in Greece

Television

Comedian Jay Leno, seen in this 2017 photo, has been released from Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles after spending after spending 10 days in the hospital.

Jay Leno released from Los Angeles hospital, photo shows significant facial burns

This week’s TV: Extra helpings on Thanksgiving, a sinister ‘Chippendales,’ and an ‘Addams Family’ spin-off

Natasha Rothwell lands Hulu series

music

Turnstile played an exhilarating hour-long set at Roadrunner Saturday.

Turnstile gives Roadrunner a thrashing

P!nk, Kane Brown join Fenway’s summer concert lineup

Collection of love letters written by Bob Dylan in high school sells for $670,000

Theater/Dance

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in "Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth."

Kyle Abraham’s ‘Requiem’ is a journey toward rebirth

Jacob’s Pillow receives largest grant in its history to build reimagined Doris Duke Theatre

How well did the audience play its part? The reviews are mixed.

globe local

Proceeds from the auction will be returned to city coffers, officials said.

City of Brockton puts firetruck on auction block

‘Friends’ to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to homebound Salem seniors

‘Our emergency food system shouldn’t have to serve 40 percent of Massachusetts families’: Food aid programs showing few signs of diminishing

Obituaries

Mr. Lois, shown in 2016, put the counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s into postwar advertising and created stunning covers for Esquire magazine.

George Lois, visionary art director, is dead at 91

Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House founder, dies at 87

Dick Pleasants, host of New England’s premier folk music radio shows, dies at 75