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How dipping into the cold has become a hot trend
For millennia, humans have avoided plunging into cold water. Now they’re paying good money to do it.

Witness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people

The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia seemed to target people and fired at some victims after they were already hit and appeared to be dead, said a witness who was present when the shooting started.
After three mass shootings, a Thanksgiving with 14 empty chairs By one measure, 2022 has already been the worst year for mass shootings since at least 2006

Hundreds displaced from Worcester high-rise after early Thanksgiving morning fire

The Worcester Fire Department responded to a fire in an electrical room at Plumley Village high-rise.

Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts

New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders
President Biden on Thursday delivered at least half a dozen pumpkin pies to Massachusetts firefighters during a Thanksgiving Day show of appreciation.

Trump sued for battery by E. Jean Carroll under new NY law

Body of missing Mass. hiker found in White Mountains
Beth Teitell

We’re living in a golden age of gift guides, but even so, no one knows what to give

Some suggestions are so banal they shouldn’t even count as suggestions. Others are flat-out ludicrous.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Melissa Stark has fit in nicely on NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’

Stark came over from NFL Network to replace sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.

A baker’s dozen of shows to binge during the holiday weekend

It’s time to give thanks — for the good and great shows TV has to offer. These series — some dramas, some comedies, a couple of whodunits — might be just the thing to fill downtime after your company leaves.

Winter Travel

How to find a New England ski adventure that’s just right for you

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

10 hacks for the perfect Disney World vacation

Some of those ‘best’ lists are just the worst
Opinion
Jessica Lander

Creating classrooms that draw on immigrants’ skills

Their journeys to America have often made them masters at negotiation, problem solving, teamwork, and language.
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Is digital privacy overrated?
Charles A. Popkin

Ban fighting in the NHL
EDITORIAL

Talking turkey on immigration reform in the lame-duck session
IDEAS | JEANNE BONNER

Why you should record your holiday dinner conversations
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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Iran arrests soccer player over government criticism

State-linked media in Iran are reporting that Voria Ghafouri, a former member of the country’s national soccer team, has been arrested for criticizing the government.

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Sizing up Friday’s huge US-England World Cup match
The outcome will go a long way in determining whether the Americans advance, and on paper, they are heavy underdogs.

MIT scientists invent technology to replace broken genes or upload new ones
The researchers behind the new gene editing technique have also founded the secretive Watertown biotech company Tome Biosciences

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Here’s why your body wash, deodorant, and toothpaste are locked up at the drugstore

Today’s retailers are facing a lose-lose scenario: Lock up merchandise, and risk annoying the paying customer, or leave merchandise out in the open, and risk it being swiped.

Cities see electric rate hikes as a boost to municipal green-energy plans
The Wu administration is urging Eversource customers to switch to cheaper city-negotiated plan ahead of steep boost in costs.

With Boston’s lodging market rebounding, developers are reviving stalled hotel projects
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Is climate change coming for Thanksgiving turkeys?
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Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘Edward Hopper’s New York,’ a city and artist forever entwined

Rob Delaney can endure grief, as long as there’s laughter

Turns out, TV viewers will forgive and forget

Tedeschi Trucks’ 2022 tally: four albums, four films, four nights in Boston

Special Projects

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.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

What makes a good citizen?
SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, should Biden run again?
IDEAS | Emily Frey & Noah Giansiracusa

The moral failing of ‘effective altruism’
IDEAS | MIKE MARTIN

Remembering my summer of ’43
EDITORIAL

Education becomes the catch-22 of prison life
IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The mismeasure of Misha

Metro

Ellen Wittlinger, award-winning young adult author who included LGBTQ protagonists, dies at 74

Ms. Wittlinger’s pioneering 2007 book “Parrotfish" featured a transgender main character, which many readers said was the "first time they saw themselves reflected in books written for them."
BILLY BAKER

How dipping into the cold has become a hot trend

For millennia, humans have avoided plunging into cold water. Now they’re paying good money to do it.

City and state officials help celebrate Thanksgiving at Boston’s Pine Street Inn

Mayor Michelle Wu, Senator Edward J. Markey, state Representative Aaron Michlewitz, and Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy were among those who helped prepare the feast for more than 2,000 people.
Beth Teitell

We’re living in a golden age of gift guides, but even so, no one knows what to give

Some suggestions are so banal they shouldn’t even count as suggestions. Others are flat-out ludicrous.

Sports

Live Updates

The Patriots will take on the Vikings in their first Thanksgiving game in a decade. Follow along.

New England, at 6-4, is entering a stretch of four straight primetime games. First up is 8-2 Minnesota on the road.
Celtics notebook

Mfiondu Kabengele focused on improvement, wherever it comes

The 2019 first-round pick is averaging 17.9 points, 10 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, and 2.4 assists per game for Maine in the G League, while also seeing plenty of time in Boston.
men’s college hockey notebook

Captain Aidan McDonough back at the helm to help ‘inconsistent’ Northeastern right the ship

Not too long ago, a 7-4-3 start would be cause for celebration for the Huskies, but recent seasons have raised expectations for Jerry Keefe's team on Huntington Avenue.
high school football

Last-minute victories and historic wins: See what happened on a festive day of Thanksgiving high school football
NFL

Bills star edge rusher Von Miller injures right knee, taken to locker room on a cart
Bills 28, Lions 25

Bills outlast Lions for second win in five days at Ford Field in Detroit

Business

Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts

New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.

Witness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people

The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia seemed to target people and fired at some victims after they were already hit and appeared to be dead, said a witness who was present when the shooting started.

Twitter, others slip on removing hate speech, EU review says

Adidas launches probe into claims rapper Ye mistreated staff
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Winter Travel

10 hacks for the perfect Disney World vacation
Winter Travel

How to find a New England ski adventure that’s just right for you
MISS CONDUCT

How do we keep our family connected now that our parents are gone?
COOKING

Recipes: Boost your stock with a Romanian white bean soup, Basque-style leek soup, and more

metro

Body of missing Mass. hiker found in White Mountains

For Thanksgiving, community leaders ensure migrant families don’t go hungry

More than 170 ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles wash up on shores of Cape Cod

sports

Resourceful Duxbury claims its 14th straight league title by flattening Marshfield

See the latest World Cup scores and find out how to watch every match

Hull stays perfect as it knocks off Cohasset for first time since 2009

business

MIT scientists invent technology to replace broken genes or upload new ones

Holiday shopping kicks off with inflation dampening spirits

Edward C. Prescott, 81, dies; received Nobel for studying business cycles

politics

Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders

Trump sued for battery by E. Jean Carroll under new NY law

Mary Peltola, first Alaska Native in Congress, wins full term after defeating Sarah Palin and others

Nation

After three mass shootings, a Thanksgiving with 14 empty chairs

High-flying balloon characters star in Thanksgiving parade

Writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape files new lawsuit

World

UN rights body deplores Iran crackdown, establishes probe

Lawmakers back bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution

Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees

opinion

What makes a good citizen?

Why you should record your holiday dinner conversations

Neckties don’t hold quite the same place in the fabric of our lives

lifestyle

Tight security at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, police say

Guess who planned last weekend’s wedding at the White House?

How do I break up with my great boyfriend?

food & dining

Farm-to-table-to-bed in Vermont, ski resort deals, and California dreaming

A woman made chili for neighbors — and outrage ensued. Was she wrong?

This Martha’s Vineyard inn owner cooks the ‘best breakfast in the US’ — with no culinary training

travel

Holiday splendor in the Brandywine Valley

Double-billed by Avis for a van returned after hours

Rajesh Bose on India, eating anything on vacation, and packing light

Arts

In ‘Edward Hopper’s New York,’ a city and artist forever entwined

At Yale, Fazal Sheikh exposes the elements in every sense

Looking back at an experiment in looking and learning at MIT

Books

Do not go gentle

A new study of John Singer Sargent views the painter through a 21st century lens

Netflix and poetry in Darryl Pinckney’s post-pandemic literary life

Movies

With ‘The Fabelmans,’ Spielberg joins the club of filmmakers mining their early years for the movies

‘Devotion’ is an interracial friendship story that flies

Famed ‘Goonies’ house for sale in coastal Astoria, Oregon

Television

Turns out, TV viewers will forgive and forget

In season 2, ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ continues to coast on characters’ appeal

Reboot offers a fresh start for ‘Frasier’

music

Tedeschi Trucks’ 2022 tally: four albums, four films, four nights in Boston

Wilko Johnson, British guitarist of Dr. Feelgood, dies at 75

During Thanksgiving week, a bounty of Haitian music

Theater/Dance

At many Boston-area theaters, audiences haven’t staged a comeback

Not ready for the seasonal influx of holiday theater? Try these 4 shows.

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

globe local

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

Ellen Wittlinger, award-winning young adult author who included LGBTQ protagonists, dies at 74

Edward C. Prescott, 81, dies; received Nobel for studying business cycles

Jerry D’Alfonso, the Globe’s first Living/Arts editor, dies at 90