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Israel says it is ready for its offensive as Palestinians flee

Gaza 2 Gif

Palestinian citizens of Israel are wary, weary, and afraid

After this unprecedented killing of Israelis inside Israel, when an enraged Israeli Jewish population is calling for revenge, normal tensions have been raised to almost unbearable levels.

Medway family remains stranded in Gaza Blinken calls for protection of civilians as Israel prepares for expected assault on Gaza Trump comments on Israel unite his Republican rivals after attacks by Hamas

General Mark Milley voices support for Israel, denounces Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ group in speech at Belmont Hill School

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

The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military

Synagogues in Attleboro, Rhode Island targets of email bomb threats Saturday, authorities say

Dana-Farber’s divorce from Brigham is the culmination of decades of change

According to several people involved in conversations around the deal, the divorce follows decades of tensions between the organizations.

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.

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

Andy Bean, 11-time PGA Tour winner, dies from complications of lung surgery
Andy Bean had lung replacement surgery in September. A friend posted on Facebook at the time that Mr. Bean’s lungs had been damaged from COVID-19.

Quinn Mitchell, teen who made Ron DeSantis squirm, escorted by police from N.H. GOP event

The 15-year-old from Walpole, N.H., was walked out of the Sheraton Nashua by multiple Nashua police officers just before 4 p.m.

Meet Quinn Mitchell

Crowds cheer as ‘ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

It was a spectacular show for some parts of the western United States as the moon moved into place and the ring formed.

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.

2023 Shattuck awards honor city’s ‘everyday heroes’

7-year-old girl struck by SUV in Gloucester, flown to Boston hospital

18-year-old man shot multiple times in Fall River

Iowa Methodist nurse manager Megan Carter picked up her youngest son, Oliver, from his last day at the child-care center in August. The hospital parent company, UnityPoint Health, recently received $2 million in grant funding to build a similar facility at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

‘We could start to move the needle’: Iowa offers model for fixing Mass. child-care crisis

Iowa's incentive program matched whatever a business was willing to spend funding new slots for their employees at local child-care centers or building on-site child-care facilities.

State of the Patriots

Soon will be the time for the Patriots to give youngsters a longer look
As the Patriots (1-4) navigate the remainder of the season, playing and evaluating their young talent will have its benefits.

Malik Cunningham joining Patriots’ active roster Dan Shaughnessy: It would be nice if Patriots fans could hear from Bob Kraft 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

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.

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

Man found fatally shot in Dorchester early Saturday morning
Police could not comment on whether the shootings were connected at the current stage of the investigation.

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.

Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert
The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French government started deploying 7,000 troops to increase security around the country after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected Islamic extremist.

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?

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.

Photographer Bruce Weaver, who captured horrifying images of Challenger breaking apart after launch, has died
Bruce Weaver, a Florida-based photographer, took a definitive image of space shuttle Challenger breaking apart into plumes of smoke and fire after liftoff.

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Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia listened to testimony during a hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Biden.

‘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.

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

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.

‘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.

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

Gen. Mark Milley voices support for Israel, denounces Hamas as a ‘terrorist’ group in speech at Belmont Hill School

Retired Army general Mark A. Milley, a Winchester native, offered a full-throated support of Israel during remarks at the centennial celebration of Belmont Hill School on Friday, about a week after the devastating slaughter of Israeli civilians in a surprise attack by Hamas.

2023 Shattuck awards honor city’s ‘everyday heroes’

The Henry L. Shattuck Public Service Awards were presented to 10 city employees and two civic leaders during an Oct. 5 celebration at the Seaport Hotel.

Medway family remains stranded in Gaza

Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayda, and their 1 ½-year-old son Yousef, were in Gaza on Saturday and have been near the border with Egypt, hoping to leave the territory as soon as possible.

Andy Bean, 11-time PGA Tour winner, dies from complications of lung surgery

Andy Bean had lung replacement surgery in September. A friend posted on Facebook at the time that Mr. Bean’s lungs had been damaged from COVID-19.

Sports

Brooks Koepka takes a three-stroke lead into the final round of LIV Golf-Jeddah.

Brooks Koepka puts himself in position for back-to-back LIV Golf wins in Saudi Arabia

Koepka, who won at Royal Greens last year, got off to a quick start Saturday by opening with six birdies in eight holes, then adding back-to-back birdies on the back nine.

Oliver Ames senior Katie Sobieraj has clear sailing to the finish line to win the girls' varsity race at the 62nd Catholic Memorial Invitational at Franklin Park on Saturday.

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL

Oliver Ames star Katie Sobieraj uses her experience to race to Catholic Memorial Invitational title

Strategic thinking played a big role in the Tigers senior capturing the girls’ varsity title at the 62nd annual Catholic Memorial Invitational cross country race.

William Byron has six NASCAR Cup Series wins this season, the most on the circuit.

William Byron goes into Sunday’s race in Las Vegas as the favorite to win NASCAR Cup Series title

A win would lock him into the title-deciding championship finale.

Germany 3, United States 1

Germany beats US men’s national soccer team in Connecticut exhibition

HS GOLF: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass golf: The key to Wellesley’s Bay State Conference title, Ryan Keyes headlines Players of the Week

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

Scioletti sibling rivalry has driven St. John Paul II golf team to lofty heights

Business

Dana-Farber’s divorce from Brigham is the culmination of decades of change

According to several people involved in conversations around the deal, the divorce follows decades of tensions between the organizations.

Amid a mental health crisis, toy industry takes on a new role: building resilience

While still in its early phase, a growing number of toy marketers are embracing MESH — or mental, emotional and social health — as a designation for toys that teach kids skills like how to adjust to new challenges, resolve conflict, advocate for themselves, or solve problems.

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

Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with health care workers

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

Haitian woes reach the ears of Globe Santa

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

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

sports

Andy Bean held up the trophy after winning the Champions Tour's Greater Hickory Classic golf tournament at Rock Barn Golf and Spa's Jones Course in Conover N.C., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006.

Andy Bean, 11-time PGA Tour winner, dies from complications of lung surgery

Malik Cunningham joining Patriots’ active roster

Soon will be the time for the Patriots to give youngsters a longer look

business

A Microsoft store in New York on June 17.

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

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

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

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

The moon began its descent below the sun's horizon during an annular solar eclipse on Saturday in Kerrville, Texas.

Crowds cheer as ‘ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

Inside Trump’s backroom effort to lock up the nomination

Sen. Joe Manchin considers independent 2024 run, warns party system could be nation’s ‘downfall’

World

Gaza 2 Gif

Israel says it is ready for its offensive as Palestinians flee

New Zealand elects its most conservative government in decades

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

Andy Bean held up the trophy after winning the Champions Tour's Greater Hickory Classic golf tournament at Rock Barn Golf and Spa's Jones Course in Conover N.C., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006.

Andy Bean, 11-time PGA Tour winner, dies from complications of lung surgery

Khaled Khalifa, lauded Syrian novelist who was ‘exiled at home,’ dies

Photographer Bruce Weaver, who captured horrifying images of Challenger breaking apart after launch, has died