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Palestinians try to flee northern Gaza after Israeli evacuation order

Gaza Gif

Trump comments on Israel unite his Republican rivals after attacks by Hamas

A number of Trump's rivals criticized the former president for slamming Israel's prime minister and calling the militant group Hezbollah “very smart.”

Senator Markey ‘deeply concerned’ for Mass. families trapped in Gaza, Israel amid continued fighting Palestinians killed in Gaza mourned at MIT vigil, while students at Harvard declare solidarity with Israel Israeli shelling along Lebanon border kills 1 journalist, wounds 6

‘Our traditions seek peace’: Faith leaders shepherd their congregations after horrors in Mideast

Philanthropist couple leaving Harvard Kennedy School board over university’s response to Hamas attack

The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military

Israel’s Iron Dome system doesn’t work, says missile defense critic

‘It’s hard to believe he’s Al Capone’: Republicans portray Biden as both incompetent and a criminal mastermind

This tale of two Bidens comes as the party’s long-running narrative about the oldest sitting president in history clashes with a growing line of attack highlighted by a House Republican impeachment inquiry.

Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the GOP’s far right into a central seat of US power.

Here's how the vote to nominate Jordan unfolded

James Pindell | Analysis

House Republicans appear to have wasted an entire week infighting

Racist abuse in Concord just latest in wave at Massachusetts schools

Incidents in Concord follow a series of similar incidents in districts around Massachusetts in recent years.

Concord family demands accountability after Black teen faces racist abuse

Quinn Mitchell, teen who made Ron DeSantis squirm, escorted by police from N.H. GOP event
Mitchell, 15, was walked out of the Sheraton Nashua by multiple Nashua police officers just before 4 p.m.

Meet Quinn Mitchell

How a series of air traffic control lapses in Texas nearly killed a planeload of people

A FedEx plane almost hit a Southwest Airlines jetliner in Austin, Texas, last February. The incident highlights problems faced by the US air traffic control system.

Mark Goddard, a star of the ’60s series ‘Lost in Space’ who was from Mass., dies

Mark Goddard, the actor best known for playing Major Don West on the science-fiction series “Lost in Space,” died Tuesday at a hospice center in Hingham. He was 87.

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

Dartmouth professor developed rockets studying Saturday’s eclipse

Jose Masso III, a former Massport director of policy, tries out the airplane simulation room in the new sensory room at Boston Logan International Airport.

‘The doors are opening’: Mass. venues offer sensory-friendly experiences to give families sense of belonging

TD Garden opened four sensory rooms Tuesday for neurodivergent people to use when attending sports games and performances, and MassPort celebrated the opening of Logan International Airport’s first sensory room on Friday.

Dan Shaughnessy

It would be nice if Patriots fans could hear from Bob Kraft, and other thoughts
We hear from Bill Belichick and Mac Jones almost every day. But Kraft’s is the voice that counts most right now.

Is it time for the Patriots to unveil Malik Cunningham to give the offense a spark? Seven Patriots declared out for Sunday’s game vs. the Raiders

Jakobi Meyers (left) has pulled in 25 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns in his first year playing for the Raiders.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

This year’s big-ticket NFL free agents are almost all struggling

The Raiders' Jakobi Meyers has proven to be one of the few offseason acquisitions to help his new team.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Coming soon: Beyond the Gilded Gate, a Boston Globe Spotlight report into Massachusetts’ housing crisis
People from in and around Boston are being challenged by the region's housing crisis in ways never before seen.

Maria Mossaides, director of the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, said residential schools “need to be treated holistically, as one program, not as a separate school and residential program."

Spotlight follow-up

More oversight needed of residential schools specializing in autism and other disabilities, state’s child advocate says

The state Office of the Child Advocate is pushing for stricter oversight of residential schools that serve children with autism and other disabilities, amid disturbing reports of abuse.

Read the report: There are no words

Sunflowers that finished blooming bow their heads under a brilliant sun at at Hanson’s Farm in Framingham on Oct. 5, 2023.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Boston might have a rain-free weekend, the first since August

The last time we had an entire weekend without any rainfall was back in August. Will the streak continue?

General manager Mike Hazen (right) and manager Torey Lovullo have the Diamondbacks in the NLCS for the first time since 2007.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Despite possible lure of returning to Red Sox, Mike Hazen has unfinished business with Diamondbacks

Hazen, who grew up in Abington and worked for the Red Sox from 2006-16, has been general manager of the Diamondbacks for seven years.

Some of Boston Globe readers' favorite restaurant desserts.

Globe readers share their favorite restaurant desserts in honor of National Dessert Day Saturday

We wanted to know: What gem at the bottom of a menu makes the entrée look like a warm-up act? Here's what you told us.

Opinion

Former president Donald Trump endorsed Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in the GOP race for speaker of the House. Jordan supported Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election, defied a congressional subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, and denies any knowledge of allegations of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University team doctor while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach there.

Katherine Clark

To my House GOP colleagues: Choose bipartisanship, not extremism, with next speaker

Since they took the majority in January, House Republicans haven’t been guided by the duties of public service but by a desperate, obsessive desire to out-MAGA one another.

The world is watching the US Senate’s dysfunction and delay on ambassadors and military officials

MARCELA GARCÍA

Immigration reform: Yes, we can?

Redeeming captives is a high Israeli priority. Destroying Hamas must be a higher one.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The cycle of violence starts with the Israeli occupation

Hispanic Heritage Month

For social use with baile folklórico video

Local dancer connects to his Mexican culture, subverts gender norms with baile folklórico

Horror fiction has seen an explosion in the number of Latinx authors joining the field in recent years.

Latinx horror authors are a new force in the genre. Here are 5 books to get you into the spooky season.

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Owner Edner Ttrente Et Un at Viva Mi Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in West Roxbury.

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

Vivek Ramaswamy campaign sued by N.H. landlord seeking $50,000 in rent
The entrepreneur’s campaign broke its lease right before Marianne Williamson moved into the building, and a prominent Ron DeSantis supporter was a prior tenant

Logan International Airport marks 100-year anniversary
Local and state officials gathered at Logan International Airport on Friday to mark its 100th anniversary and celebrate the opening of four new gates and other improvements at Terminal E, which welcomes international travelers to the city.

Great Chelsea Fire of 1973 to be remembered at Saturday event; blaze consumed 18 city blocks
Fifty years later, locals still have vivid memories of escaping the Great Chelsea Fire, which left multiple firefighters with minor injuries but caused no deaths.

Former businessman Christopher Luxon wins New Zealand election as voters seek conservative change
Conservative Former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday.

Partial Red Line shutdown begins this weekend. Here’s what you need to know.
The 16-day closure of the Red Line's Ashmont branch and the Mattapan Trolley, first announced by the MBTA in August, begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 29.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There was just so much to like about her’
Will this teacher and his date sail off into the sunset?

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Recommended reads

Robert Janoschek at Nara Park in Acton walked with his dogs. Janoschek is among hundreds of employees who were laid off from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals in Marlborough recently.

‘Like playing the lottery’: Laid-off life sciences workers give a snapshot of a cooling-down sector

Thousands of Massachusetts biopharmaceutical workers have been laid off in the past two years in what experts describe as one of the industry’s biggest shakeouts in decades.

Twin tattoo artists bring magic and myth to Salem’s Pioneer Village
The sixth annual Salem Night Faire will haunt the area through the last two weekends of October.

Could a meat tax help fight climate change?
With rising concern about a sector that worldwide shows no sign of slowing and that now accounts for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, some are talking about a nuclear option: taxes on meat.

LOVE LETTERS

She gaslights me all the time
Is it time to give up?

Culture & Lifestyle

What’s a favorite show of yours that nobody is talking about? Tell us and we’ll share it.

Juliette Binoche is "radiant" in "The Taste of Things."

Priscilla’s story, ‘Janet Planet,’ and French food draw attention at the New York Film Festival

BIA returns to Boston for a show at the Paradise Oct. 17.

After years of hip-hop stardom, Medford’s BIA returns home as a tour headliner

Members of The State who are currently on tour pose for a photo in Denver.

The State’s skewed sketch comedy was panned by critics, but then a funny thing happened

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Former president Donald Trump endorsed Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in the GOP race for speaker of the House. Jordan supported Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election, defied a congressional subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, and denies any knowledge of allegations of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University team doctor while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach there.

Katherine Clark

To my House GOP colleagues: Choose bipartisanship, not extremism, with next speaker

A child in Gaza looked at the destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a bombing by Israel on Oct. 8.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The cycle of violence starts with the Israeli occupation

A Chinese squid ship in the Pacific.

IDEAS | IAN URBINA

The return of an old scourge reveals a deep sickness in the global fishing industry

Israeli soldiers prepared for a mission Thursday outside Be’eri, a kibbutz that was overrun by Hamas militants last week.

Redeeming captives is a high Israeli priority. Destroying Hamas must be a higher one.

Senator Tommy Tuberville looked on as US Air Force General David W. Allvin, nominee to be chief of staff of the Air Force at the Department of Defense, not pictured, spoke during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12.

The world is watching the US Senate’s dysfunction and delay on ambassadors and military officials

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

‘The doors are opening’: Mass. venues offer sensory-friendly experiences to give families sense of belonging

TD Garden opened four sensory rooms Tuesday for neurodivergent people to use when attending sports games and performances, and MassPort celebrated the opening of Logan International Airport’s first sensory room on Friday.

Palestinians killed in Gaza mourned at MIT vigil, while students at Harvard declare solidarity with Israel

Supporters of the Palestinian people gathered at MIT late Friday afternoon to mourn the lives lost this week in Israeli bombings in Gaza, while a simultaneous gathering at Harvard University showed support for Israel after last weekend’s brutal sneak attack by Hamas.

Great Chelsea Fire of 1973 to be remembered at Saturday event; blaze consumed 18 city blocks

Fifty years later, locals still have vivid memories of escaping the Great Chelsea Fire, which left multiple firefighters with minor injuries but caused no deaths.

Logan International Airport marks 100-year anniversary

Local and state officials gathered at Logan International Airport on Friday to mark its 100th anniversary and celebrate the opening of four new gates and other improvements at Terminal E, which welcomes international travelers to the city.

Sports

Jakobi Meyers (left) has pulled in 25 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns in his first year playing for the Raiders.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

This year’s big-ticket NFL free agents are almost all struggling

The Raiders' Jakobi Meyers has proven to be one of the few offseason acquisitions to help his new team.

Jets center Mark Scheifele was rumored to be a trade target of the Bruins over the summer.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele, Connor Hellebuyck sign long-term deals that signal a change in NHL contracts

Months after the free agent market delivered a mixed message, the pair decided they’d stick to the game, and city, they know best.

The low level of competition in the All-Star Game was exemplified by Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum (left) and Jaylen Brown going one-on-one while other players watched.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Joe Dumars delivers all-in message across the NBA

The NBA's head of basketball operations is telling players that the days of load management are over, the All-Star Game is important, and the in-season tournament ain’t going away.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Despite possible lure of returning to Red Sox, Mike Hazen has unfinished business with Diamondbacks

Bruins, young and old, past and present, share 100 years of memories and hope to make 100 more

FRIDAY'S HS FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Lynnfield took a lesson from Tyler Adamo’s resiliency to stay undefeated and claim the top spot in the Cape Ann League

Business

How a series of air traffic control lapses in Texas nearly killed a planeload of people

A FedEx plane almost hit a Southwest Airlines jetliner in Austin, Texas, last February. The incident highlights problems faced by the US air traffic control system.

Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with health care workers

Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal with more than 75,000 of its health care workers Friday morning, a week after a three-day walkout that disrupted appointments and services at many hospitals and clinics.

Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision deal, overcoming regulators’ objections

American Airlines adds Hyannis routes in long-awaited win for Cape Cod

magazine

Karen and Gale on Oahu, 1963.

My mother’s descent into dementia, in her own words

Older people rarely want hearing aids. A dementia study could change that.

The writer’s father took this picture of his wife, seven kids, and a baby sitter.

A fraught question for the children of Alzheimer’s: Is it coming for us?

This week's daters: Max and Siena.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There was just so much to like about her’

metro

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2023 First in the Nation Leadership Summit on October 13, 2023 in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Trump comments on Israel unite his Republican rivals after attacks by Hamas

‘Our traditions seek peace’: Faith leaders shepherd their congregations after horrors in Mideast

USS Constitution Museum invites public to help celebrate the 226th birthday of ‘Old Ironsides’

sports

Salem’s Quinn Rocco Ryan hurdles Lynn Classical’s Julius Patterson during a wild back-and-forth win.

On Friday the 13th, Salem’s Albert Pujols haunts Lynn Classical with winning TD catch in final seconds

Browns rule Deshaun Watson out, will start P.J. Walker at quarterback vs. unbeaten 49ers

The 2020s are starting to feel like the 1990s for the Braves after another playoff flop

business

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system targets rockets launched from Gaza on October 13, 2023.

Israel’s Iron Dome system doesn’t work, says missile defense critic

Neil Steinberg, former CEO of Rhode Island Foundation, to chair R.I.’s new life sciences agency

Exxon works hard to keep America addicted to fossil fuels

politics

Representative Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, talked with reporters as House Republicans meet again behind closed doors to find a path to elect a new speaker on Friday.

Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach

Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for House speaker. Here’s how Friday’s vote unfolded.

House Republicans appear to have wasted an entire week infighting

Nation

People look at eclipse merchandise for sale in the park headquarters gift store on Oct. 13 in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

Mark Goddard, a star of the ’60s series ‘Lost in Space’ who was from Mass., dies

Biden is talking about green energy and jobs in Pennsylvania again. Will his message break through?

World

Israeli soldiers were at a kibbutz near the Gaza border that was attacked by Hamas militants.

The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military

Palestinians try to flee northern Gaza after Israeli evacuation order

Blinken calls for protection of civilians as Israel prepares for expected assault on Gaza

opinion

Lidiane Jones, CEO of Slack Technologies, spoke during a keynote at the 2023 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 14.

The future of work has arrived — and the CEO of Slack isn’t looking back

The return of an old scourge reveals a deep sickness in the global fishing industry

Stepping back from a housing showdown in Braintree

lifestyle

She gaslights me all the time

So your parents have outgrown their home. What now?

Why was a dating app on his phone?

food & dining

Red pepper cavatelli.

At Midnight Morning, it’s always a good time to gather

Globe readers share their favorite restaurant desserts in honor of National Dessert Day Saturday

H+L Market brings clam shack vibes to the Seaport; Rebelle’s bagels fill a hole in the Kendall Square dining scene

travel

In Vermont, the median age is the third oldest in the country and the unemployment rate is just 1.8 percent.

A new role for tourism agencies: getting vacationers to stay permanently

Boston tops list of cities with the most expensive hotels in the country

With new gates, Massport makes an $800 million bet on international travel at Logan

Arts

Art dealer William Vareika in front of a John La Farge stained glass triptych, which he and his wife Alison donated to the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College.

🖌️ You have to get down to Newport to check out this art gallery this fall

At sea with ‘Forecast Form’ at the ICA

At the Addison, a Maine painter takes on the age-old conventions of maritime art

Books

Poet Louise Glück appeared at a ceremony honoring her with the National Humanities Medal in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 22, 2016.

Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

Latinx horror authors are a new force in the genre. Here are 5 books to get you into the spooky season.

Jhumpa Lahiri, writing in Italian, finds freedom from personal identity but distance from true engagement

Movies

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” was shot over three nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ gives fans the best seat in the stadium

Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ movie: Four takeaways from the premiere.

Welcome back, Carter: Legendary costumer Ruth E. Carter honored with Coolidge Award

Television

The presence of Meghan Markle in the cast has helped "Suits" break all kinds of viewership records on Netflix.

Watch for expansion of ‘Suits’ franchise

What’s a favorite show of yours that nobody is talking about? Tell us and we’ll share it.

A creature so wondrous, a brutality so immense

music

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing a Shostakovich cello concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Yo-Yo Ma makes Shostakovich concertos the main event with BSO

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ gives fans the best seat in the stadium

Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 84

Theater/Dance

Members of The State who are currently on tour pose for a photo in Denver.

The State’s skewed sketch comedy was panned by critics, but then a funny thing happened

Moonbox’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ offers theatergoers an early peek at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge

British comic Russell Howard brings his mix of wonder and silliness to the Shubert stage

Health

Neil Steinberg, the former president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, is expected to be named chairman of the state's new life sciences corporate body.

Neil Steinberg, former CEO of Rhode Island Foundation, to chair R.I.’s new life sciences agency

R.I. life sciences agency inches closer to becoming reality

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

Obituaries

Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom put his ballot into the box at a local polling station of a Budapest elementary school on April 11, 2010 during the first round of the country's general election that year.

Laszlo Solyom, a transitional president of Hungary, dies

Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 84