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Millionaires tax is a big change for Massachusetts. What happens now?

Lawmakers could tinker with the tax code if too many people are caught up in the new tax on high earnings, but few expect changes anytime soon.

Man dies after beating by swarm of ATV and dirt bike riders

Police investigators are seeking suspects in a homicide weeks after a 45-year-old man was beaten by about 30 people on ATVs and dirt bikes on East 125th Street in East Harlem, police said Wednesday.

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.

100 days in as police commissioner, Cox is starting slow — and that’s exactly how he likes it
The new head of the Boston Police Department has made it clear to the community that he intends to be a leader who listens before he acts.

Massachusetts communities are poised for a windfall if Congress can pass a new federal budget soon

But with Republicans set to take over the House next year, the fate of the more than $1.5-trillion federal budget and earmarks themselves are at risk.

Indigenous people, allies mourn in Plymouth on Thanksgiving Day
The demonstrators met as part of the National Day of Mourning, a nationwide movement that seeks to “shatter the untrue image of the Pilgrims."

PERSPECTIVE | MAGAZINE

The Supreme Court has a rare chance to protect Native American families

Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders

Trump sued for battery by E. Jean Carroll under new NY law
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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Body of missing Mass. hiker found in White Mountains

Westford resident Emily Sotelo was hoping to reach the summit of every 4,000-foot peak in New Hampshire before she turned 20 on Wednesday, officials said.

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.

A new holiday guest: World Cup shakes up Thanksgiving Day routines

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.

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.

Across state, regional transit authorities offering free fares this holiday season

The state’s 15 regional transit authorities are offering free fares this holiday season, thanks in part to a $2.5 million MassDOT grant program meant to promote public transportation ridership across Massachusetts.

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.
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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.

What we know about the fatal Hingham Apple Store crash
Bradley Rein was ordered held on $100,000 bail Tuesday for alleged reckless homicide by motor vehicle stemming from a Monday morning crash.

By one measure, 2022 has already been the worst year for mass shootings since at least 2006
The year 2022 is shaping up to be the worst year for mass shootings in decades, according to one metric, with a surge in violence in recent weeks pushing the tally beyond America’s already unparalleled levels.

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.

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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.
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.

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

Runners start off Thanksgiving with Turkey Trot race in Dorchester

The 5K event, which had nearly 1,500 registered runners, bills itself as the largest Thanksgiving Day race in Boston.

Indigenous people, allies mourn in Plymouth on Thanksgiving Day

The demonstrators met as part of the National Day of Mourning, a nationwide movement that seeks to “shatter the untrue image of the Pilgrims."

100 days in as police commissioner, Cox is starting slow — and that’s exactly how he likes it

The new head of the Boston Police Department has made it clear to the community that he intends to be a leader who listens before he acts.

Across state, regional transit authorities offering free fares this holiday season

The state’s 15 regional transit authorities are offering free fares this holiday season, thanks in part to a $2.5 million MassDOT grant program meant to promote public transportation ridership across Massachusetts.

Sports

Vikings 33, Patriots 26

How it happened: Patriots’ offense fizzles out after three furious quarters in loss to Vikings

The Patriots, playing in their first Thanksgiving game in a decade, lost their momentum in the fourth quarter and fell to 6-5 with a big game against the Bills looming.
WORLD CUP 2022

Keep up with the World Cup: See the scores of every match, and check out today’s schedule

Find out when the USMNT plays, the scores of each game, how to watch on streaming, and which channel you can find every World Cup game on cable.
Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Vikings were the first real test for the Patriots’ defense, and it didn’t meet the moment

The story of the night was that the Patriots’ defense finally played a real quarterback and a real offense, and looked decidedly average.
Jim McBride | Between the hash marks

Patriots fail to keep up with the Vikings in the fourth quarter and lose in the end
Thursday's HS football roundup

Wyatt Stevens snares a last-minute touchdown to carry Dennis-Yarmouth to Chowder Bowl comeback win over Nauset
Cowboys 28, Giants 20

Dak Prescott finds his tight ends as Cowboys drop Giants again

Business

Inflation hovers over shoppers heading into Black Friday

Black Friday marks a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, but inflation is weighing on consumers.

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.
Analysis

Millionaires tax is a big change for Massachusetts. What happens now?

Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts
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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

A new holiday guest: World Cup shakes up Thanksgiving Day routines

How dipping into the cold has become a hot trend

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

sports

Ghana coach calls out American referee for awarding penalty kick to Cristiano Ronaldo

A new holiday guest: World Cup shakes up Thanksgiving Day routines

Celtics prospect Mfiondu Kabengele focused on improvement, wherever it comes

business

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

Adidas launches probe into claims rapper Ye mistreated staff

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

politics

Massachusetts communities are poised for a windfall if Congress can pass a new federal budget soon

Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders

Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders

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

Algeria sentences 49 to death for mob killing amid wildfires

UN rights body deplores Iran crackdown, establishes probe

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

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