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Aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals
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Biden reportedly considering Israel trip in coming days, but travel isn’t final

A trip would be a chance for President Biden to personally affirm to the Israeli people the US is standing firm behind them. But it would come amid growing fears that a looming Israeli move into Gaza could spark a wider war.
Biden postpones trip to Colorado to discuss domestic agenda as Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies

‘We’re kicking into survival mode’: Medway family among Americans trapped in Gaza

Flight carrying Americans lands in Florida in evacuation DeSantis approved

How has the Israel-Hamas war affected you or your loved ones?

Healey to implement capacity limits at emergency shelter system, as state on ‘verge of reaching capacity’

State officials said the state will stop adding more shelter units, and will implement a capacity limit on November 1. In their presentation Monday, state officials said they do not have enough units or funding to safely expand capacity beyond 7,500 families.

Aides to Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui allege toxic workplace behavior

Siddiqui has positioned herself as a progressive champion, promising to lift the city’s lowest. But eight women who have worked for Siddiqui since 2017 allege that the mayor created a toxic work environment at odds with her public image.
shirley leung

‘Best commute I’ve ever had’: Red Line shutdown gives Fairmount Line a chance to shine

Over the next two weeks, the line is getting its chance to show what public transportation can be.

Red Line shuttles running slowly, but frequently, on first weekday of partial shutdown
The extended commute is “gonna change my whole morning routine,” said one rider.

Here’s what you need to know about the partial Red Line shutdown

Fourth suit filed against former Brigham doctor, as number of plaintiffs tops 100
The latest lawsuit alleges that Dr. Derrick Todd performed “inappropriate pelvic examinations, breast examinations, and rectal examinations on patients ... for his own sexual gratification.”

UNH’s upset of No. 1 BU shows that anything can happen in men’s college hockey

The Wildcats' win was their first defeat of a top-ranked team in 20 years, and their first against the Terriers since 2015.

Five things to know about the ‘60 Minutes’ report on migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard last year
The show featured a report that unveiled new details about the migrants affected by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s decision to send the group to Massachusetts.

Judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case imposes narrow gag order on Donald Trump

The gag order bars former president Donald Trump from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses, and the judge’s staff.

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions

Woman’s body found at Carson Beach in South Boston, State Police say

Local neo-Nazi group demonstrates outside Governor Maura Healey’s home
PERSPECTIVE

Can a Gen Z-er function without a smartphone? We made a co-worker find out.

A 23-year-old Globe staffer spent an old-fashioned weekend without his beloved device. Here’s how he did.

James Pindell | Analysis
Eight players to watch in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary
Money and endorsements matter less in 2024, but people still do. Here are eight who are shaping the contours of New Hampshire’s primary.

‘Get it together’: Voters in early GOP primary states express frustration and consternation with Republican House speaker meltdown

In Iowa and New Hampshire, voters and presidential contenders alike urged a quick resolution so lawmakers could begin to address the country’s urgent business currently on hold.
Jim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
Raiders 21, Patriots 17
Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick’s Patriots used to always win Sunday’s type of game. Not anymore.

A victory was there for the taking, but the Patriots' final drive was a complete failure that ended in their own end zone.
Your view: What will it take for the Patriots to turn their season around? Ben Volin: Will the Patriots win another game this season after a disheartening loss to the struggling Raiders?

‘Somebody will pay it’: Demand to stay in Salem around Halloween leads to ‘astronomical’ fees for Airbnb and Vrbo rentals
Crowds have swelled since the pandemic. A look at some of the listings still available for October showed prices ranging from around $1,500 to $2,400 per night at a condo unit (the most expensive found was an apartment going for $5,000).

Your view: What do you think is the worst tourist trap in New England?

What we know about the Red Sox’ search for a baseball boss, and what the team can learn from the process

The search for Chaim Bloom’s replacement should provide the Red Sox an opportunity to conduct an internal review that clarifies the needs of the organization.
LOVE LETTERS

Tell us: What helped you make your romantic relationships or single life better?

Maybe it was couples counseling, maybe it was a trip that put things into perspective, or maybe it was seeing an ex who made you realize you love being alone.

Fighting learning loss: Summer programs served more Boston students than ever before

The increase in students attending summer programs is an encouraging sign for educators who are focused on addressing academic and social emotional learning losses driven by the pandemic.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Ken Burns’s ‘American Buffalo,’ a British crime thriller, and news of a JFK series modeled on ‘The Crown’

Netflix is developing a limited series based on the life and times of President John F. Kennedy that, according to Variety, the streamer sees as a kind of American version of its epic take on the British royal family.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Frustrated that online payments can take days to clear? The wait might be over.

FedNow is a behind-the-scenes system that any bank can plug into to build instant payments into their online and app-based banking services.
Opinion
Alex Beam

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — full of nonsense but good for the presidential race

Cool it, Kennedy kiddos: Let Bobby run.
Laurie H. Glimcher and Kevin Tabb

Boston needs its own cancer center. Dana-Farber, BIDMC will create it.
Anne Klibanski

The only thing Mass General Brigham is competing with is cancer itself
EDITORIAL

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda
IDEAS | VANESSA NAKATE

Why I became a climate activist in my native Uganda

More recent News

Dennis Hernandez ordered to undergo competency evaluation in federal court in Connecticut
The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is being prosecuted for a series of threats against the University of Connecticut and three people he knows, records show.

First electric aircraft charging station in Mass. lands on the South Shore
Aviation startup Beta Technologies unveiled the state's first aircraft charging station at Marshfield Municipal Airport.

beat writer's notebook
How Jeff Van Gundy landed with the Celtics, and seven other training camp nuggets
Even though the Celtics recently hired the former coach and television commentator as a senior consultant, this role will not be entirely new for him.

INNOVATOR Q&A
A former lawyer focuses on reducing sexual assaults on college campuses
Alex Romano’s app, Student Ally, can help reduce incidents of sexual assault on college campuses by educating students and helping Title IX coordinators streamline reporting.

Restoring the reputation of Bathsheba Sherman after ‘The Conjuring’ made her into a witch
“She’s not at rest,” said Betty Mencucci, president of the Burrillville Historical Society, who painstakingly restored Sherman’s gravestone only to see it vandalized again and again.

After back and forth, humpback whales to remain on state’s endangered species list
The Healey administration withdrew its proposal to remove humpback whales from the Massachusetts list of endangered species. Conservationists are cheering the decision.

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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.

ATF is well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show
The well-known loophole relies on the state’s definition of a “firearm,” which hasn’t been changed since it was enshrined into law in 1998.

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.

Boston’s referees of retail make sure a pound is a pound, a gallon is a gallon, and mile is a mile
Meet the city's Division of Weights and Measures, "the nerds of a certain world.”

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

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

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Katherine Clark

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

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The cycle of violence starts with the Israeli occupation
IDEAS | IAN URBINA

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

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

EDITORIAL

The world is watching the US Senate’s dysfunction and delay on ambassadors and military officials
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Aides to Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui allege toxic workplace behavior

Siddiqui has positioned herself as a progressive champion, promising to lift the city’s lowest. But eight women who have worked for Siddiqui since 2017 allege that the mayor created a toxic work environment at odds with her public image.

Healey to implement capacity limits at emergency shelter system, as state on ‘verge of reaching capacity’

State officials said the state will stop adding more shelter units, and will implement a capacity limit on November 1. In their presentation Monday, state officials said they do not have enough units or funding to safely expand capacity beyond 7,500 families.

Needham man returns to Israel to serve in military with four daughters

A Needham man who served for more than two decades as a pilot with the Israeli Air Force has returned to Israel to join the fight against Hamas alongside his four daughters.

Dennis Hernandez ordered to undergo competency evaluation in federal court in Connecticut

The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is being prosecuted for a series of threats against the University of Connecticut and three people he knows, records show.

Sports

college hockey

UNH’s upset of No. 1 BU shows that anything can happen in men’s college hockey

The Wildcats' win was their first defeat of a top-ranked team in 20 years, and their first against the Terriers since 2015.
Red Sox

What we know about the Red Sox’ search for a baseball boss, and what the team can learn from the process

The search for Chaim Bloom’s replacement should provide the Red Sox an opportunity to conduct an internal review that clarifies the needs of the organization.
RI SPORTS

Photos: The Grog and Dog Jog returns, in all its appalling glory

More than 100 people turned out for the Providence relay race that involves running a mile, downing a beer, and eating a hot dog.
Patriots

Bill Belichick talks Mac Jones, Malik Cunningham, and Patriots’ roster-building approach on offense

Between the hashmarks

Raiders Brian Hoyer and Jakobi Meyers proud of their roles in beating their former Patriots teammates

Patriots

The Patriots were competitive, but they beat themselves with mistakes and penalties

Business

RI SPORTS

Photos: The Grog and Dog Jog returns, in all its appalling glory

More than 100 people turned out for the Providence relay race that involves running a mile, downing a beer, and eating a hot dog.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Frustrated that online payments can take days to clear? The wait might be over.

FedNow is a behind-the-scenes system that any bank can plug into to build instant payments into their online and app-based banking services.

‘Somebody will pay it’: Demand to stay in Salem around Halloween leads to ‘astronomical’ fees for Airbnb and Vrbo rentals
shirley leung

‘Best commute I’ve ever had’: Red Line shutdown gives Fairmount Line a chance to shine

magazine
Globe Magazine

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

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

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

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

metro

Fourth suit filed against former Brigham doctor, as number of plaintiffs tops 100

Photos: The Grog and Dog Jog returns, in all its appalling glory

Red Line shuttles running slowly, but frequently, on first weekday of partial shutdown

sports

Cricket and flag football among 5 sports given Olympic status for 2028 Los Angeles Games

The Patriots talked about starting over, but this loss to the Raiders looked eerily similar

Sloppy Bills slip past gritty Giants, who come up one yard shy — twice

business

First electric aircraft charging station in Mass. lands on the South Shore

A former lawyer focuses on reducing sexual assaults on college campuses

Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

politics

Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema Has Another Lackluster Fundraising Quarter

Blinken meets with Israeli officials for second time in a week. Follow live updates.

Judge weighing gag order on Trump in 2020 election case says prosecutors’ proposal may be too broad

Nation

Muslim boy is buried, mother treated after attack in Illinois that police call a hate crime

French authorities say school where teacher was fatally stabbed last week evacuated over bomb alert

Muslim boy killed and woman wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say

World

Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply

How has the Israel-Hamas war affected you or your loved ones?

Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars

opinion

Everyone deserves safe drinking water

Apples of the future take root in the nation’s strategic fruit repository

N.H. GOP irked as Mass. folks move north: How do you like them apples?

lifestyle

Tell us: What helped you make your romantic relationships or single life better?

A year later, it’s the same problem

She gaslights me all the time

food & dining

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

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

🖌️ 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

Writing ‘Black Friend,’ a new book of essays, forced comedian Ziwe into ‘terrifying’ position

Readers are invited to fall in love with romance at Marlborough book conference

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

Movies

‘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

This week’s TV: Ken Burns’s ‘American Buffalo,’ a British crime thriller, and news of a JFK series modeled on ‘The Crown’

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dies

As ‘SNL’ returns, Pete Davidson opens the show on a somber note

music

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

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, 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

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dies

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

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