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Israel allows limited aid for Gaza as tensions rise following hospital blast

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Palestinians by the buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Retired Brandeis University professor Ilan Troen mourns his daughter, killed by Hamas in Israel

Ilan Troen's daughter, Deborah, and son-in-law, Shlomi, were music teachers who helped found a bilingual school in Beersheba, where classes were taught in both Hebrew and Arabic.

An MIT grad went to the scene of a massacre in Israel to find his cousin. This is what he saw.

Palestinians in Gaza feel nowhere is safe amid unrelenting Israeli airstrikes

At least six Jewish protesters arrested at pro-Palestine rally outside JFK federal building

Plymouth family stuck in Gaza apartment since Monday, relatives killed in bombardment

The House speaker’s race hits an impasse as defeated GOP Representative Jim Jordan wants to try again

Refusing to drop out, Republican Representative Jim Jordan has brought the House speaker’s race to a stalemate.

Healey’s big new housing push includes $4 billion in funding — and controversial tax and zoning changes

State officials estimate that the proposal could create more than 40,000 new homes — a large portion of which would be set aside for low- and middle-income households — over five years.

Ten things to know about the $4b housing bond bill

Amid pushback and criticism, Mass. House votes to pass wide-ranging gun bill
After hours of speeches by state House members on both sides of the issue, lawmakers on Tuesday voted 120-38 to approve a bill to overhaul Massachusetts firearms laws.

Joran van der Sloot’s confession in Natalee Holloway case provides long-sought answers, mother says
The chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted to killing her.

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83
Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died.

The Patriots have been Bill Belichick’s domain since 2000. What he says goes.

History has lessons about the dangers of Bill Belichick’s concentrated power in Foxborough

Consider what happened with Rick Pitino and the Celtics. And even Red Auerbach knew when to delegate responsibilities.

Ben Volin: Everyone wants to know what will happen with Bill Belichick, but Robert Kraft isn’t talking

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Winter is coming, and what happens now?
Governor Maura Healey on Monday said that, after providing emergency shelter to some 23,000 people, the state system is near capacity.

As state pleads for federal help, Mass. lawmakers meet with Homeland Security secretary on migrants

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Self-driving cars could transform cities, says Motional’s Laura Major
Laura Major discusses how humans and technology can work together to make transportation and mundane tasks more efficient.

Boston Public Schools on Wednesday unveiled a plan that would overhaul its special education system.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS releases plan to overhaul special education

A report by the Council of Great City Schools last fall found that 29 percent of BPS students with disabilities — thousands of students — are taught in “substantially separate” classrooms. It's a rate more than twice that of state and national averages.

Milton

Spotlight Report

Greater Boston has a housing crisis, but doesn't act like it

In towns like Milton, soaring home prices are a barrier to a new generation of buyers and a clear threat to future prosperity. It is a fact of life here, but it doesn’t have to be.

How will the state’s historic rezoning mandate affect your community? Graphics: Why it’s so hard to afford housing in Boston

Explore the project

An artist's rendering of the building — currently under construction along Fort Point Channel — where Eli Lilly plans to open its Institute for Genetic Medicine.

Eli Lilly, riding a pharma hot streak, expects to double planned employment in Boston research center

Daniel Skovronsky, Lilly’s chief scientific and medical officer, said in an interview that the Lilly Institute for Genetic Medicine along Fort Point Channel will ultimately accommodate 500 Lilly scientists and researchers.

Sam Jay in her new HBO special, "Salute Me or Shoot Me."

It’s been a special year for nine comedians with local roots

Here's a guide to stand-up specials by Sam Jay, Sarah Silverman, Joe List, and six other comics with ties to the region that you can watch right now.

Red Sox president/CEO Sam Kennedy said, "If you want to run a baseball organization, this is where you want to be."

dan shaughnessy

The Red Sox seem to be hearing, ‘No thanks,’ from a lot of prospective candidates

Who knew it would be this hard to find qualified folks interested in taking over the baseball operation of the once-vaunted Boston Red Sox?

Opinion

A view of housing on Harvard Street Brookline. Brookline is one of twelve communities that has to have the zoning mandated by the MBTA Communities law completed by the end of the year.

Healey was elected to tackle housing. With big $4 billion bond bill, she confronts the challenge head on.

ADU zoning, transfer tax worth supporting.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

War is a cost of holding on to history too tightly

LESSONS FROM SWIFTIES

Jim Jordan is one step from House speaker due to gerrymandering

Massachusetts shouldn’t walk away from its right-to-shelter law

IDEAS | ANDREW REINER

The trouble with boys isn’t boys

More recent News

In the Allston-Brighton city council race, a tale of two progressives
In the District 9 race, barrier-breaking incumbent Liz Breadon faces a challenge from another progressive, Jacob deBlecourt.

Dorchester woman struck by lightning last month leaves Boston Medical Center to applause as she continues recovery

A 31-year-old Dorchester woman who was struck by lightning last month has moved from Boston Medical Center to Spaulding Rehabilitation, officials said.

Massachusetts is drowning in single-use plastics. Why not ban them?
Despite being a national leader on many environmental issues, Mass. has fallen woefully behind other states that have imposed bans or updated their bottle bills to increase their recycling rate, advocates say.

Video shows terrifying moment when girl on bicycle was struck by hit-and-run driver in East Bridgewater
The driver who was involved in a hit-and-run crash in East Bridgewater over the weekend has been identified by police and is being summonsed to court on criminal charges, authorities said.

Woman was allegedly raped after leaving Boston nightclub by a man driving what she thought was a rideshare, police say

A woman said she was raped in downtown Boston early Saturday morning after she got into a blue sedan she thought was being operated by an Uber driver, according to court records and a Boston police report.

Who starts for Celtics isn’t a perfectly clear picture, but it’s still one that looks very good
The surprising addition of Jrue Holiday last month seemed to blur things, giving Joe Mazzulla a welcome problem to solve.

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Tufts student Nick Dahlen (middle) and fellow students attended a dedication reception in the new substance-free housing at Simpson House, where he is staying.

Chug chug chug? Nah. Student desire for booze-free housing growing at local colleges.

College of the Holy Cross, Tufts University, and Boston College report a recent uptick in students looking for living environments without alcohol.

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 30 this month — and it’s become an unlikely yuletide classic.

Biotech investors push to extend time before pills are subject to price negotiations
Consumer and senior advocates see the lobbying push as another attempt by the pharmaceutical industry to undermine measures to make drugs more affordable for Americans.

Proclaiming a grave threat to college sports, Charlie Baker takes push for national NIL policy to Congress
This was the former Massachusetts governor's first appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss name-image-likeness concerns since becoming president of the NCAA in March.

Culture & Lifestyle

A scene from New Repertory Theatre's recent production of "A Raisin in the Sun." From left: Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Joshua McKenna, Juanita A. Rodrigues, Valyn Lyric Turner, Damon Singletary, and Jon Vellante.

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down

Tufts University Associate Professor Kerri Greenidge was a finalist for the 2023 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award for "The Grimkes."

Honoring African American history scholars for changing perspective on ‘things we thought we knew’

A still from "Fallen Leaves," directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

From Miyazaki’s latest to the Massachusetts-set ‘Eileen,’ here’s what to catch at IFFBoston’s Fall Focus at the Brattle

Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" turns 30 this month.

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic

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

Two workers discussed plans for the third Boston Harbor tunnel on the East Boston side of the tunnel in 1994. The third Harbor tunnel was the first phase of the Big Dig.

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

Swifties showed off their friendship bracelets in the parking lot at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in May. Exchanging the bracelets became a hallmark pastime for fans attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

IDEAS | Lindsay Brainard and Ryan Davis

How Taylor Swift’s friendship bracelets closed the liking gap

The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association came out in official opposition to a wide-ranging gun reform bill aimed at closing a number of loopholes, including the one that allows the “frame game,” the sale of parts of guns that if assembled would be illegal to sell in the state in easily assembled parts, and updating the state’s gun control laws.

How police chiefs are standing in the way of gun safety

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 new bill would make "revenge porn" a crime and also tackle the thorny issue of teen sexting — attempting to strike a balance between writing off offenses that can cause real harm to victims and yet not ruining forever the lives of youthful offenders prone to engage in, well, high-risk and often just plain dumb stuff.

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda

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

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

‘She never let life defeat her’: Retired academic dean slain on Vt. trail remembered by family

Honoree Fleming, a 77-year-old retired scientist and academic, was shot to death while walking on a rail trail in sleepy Castleton, Vt.

N.J. manufacturer of food paper products is moving to R.I., to be considered for tax credits

The company plans to hire about 75 to 100 people over the next three years.

A run-down city pool roils political waters in Cranston, R.I.

Mayor Kenneth Hopkins plans to replace the 22,000-square-foot city pool with an 8,000-square-foot pool. Critics warn he could pay for his decision at the polls.

‘It wasn’t my time’: Providence councilwoman recounts life-threatening crash in California

Helen Anthony is returning to the City Council on Thursday night, more than four months after being hit by a vehicle in a California state park.

Sports

The Patriots have been Bill Belichick’s domain since 2000. What he says goes.

History has lessons about the dangers of Bill Belichick’s concentrated power in Foxborough

Consider what happened with Rick Pitino and the Celtics. And even Red Auerbach knew when to delegate responsibilities.

Jose Altuve (center) scored two runs in Wednesday's Game 3, one on his solo home run off Texas starter Max Scherzer, and the second on a Yordan Alvarez single during the seventh inning.

ASTROS 8, RANGERS 5

Cristian Javier delivers again, and Max Scherzer doesn’t, as Astros get one back on Rangers

Texas lost for the first time this postseason after a 7-0 start, with Scherzer gone after four innings in his first outing in more than a month.

A'ja Wilson, who had 24 points and 16 rebounds in the Aces' series-clinching victory, was the Finals MVP.

WNBA Finals: Aces 70, Liberty 69

Las Vegas Aces top New York Liberty to become first repeat WNBA champions in 21 years

The Aces joined the Los Angeles Sparks (2001-02) and the Houston Comets (1997-2000) as the only teams in league history to win consecutive titles.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

The Phillies’ Craig Kimbrel knows the closer role has changed, but no matter when he enters a game, he’s still getting important outs

Alex Verdugo is Red Sox lone Gold Glove finalist after stellar year in right field

HS FOOTBALL: WEEK 7

Here’s the kicker, Central Catholic senior captain Presley Titus has a storied family legacy at Andover in advance of MVC showdown

Business

N.J. manufacturer of food paper products is moving to R.I., to be considered for tax credits

The company plans to hire about 75 to 100 people over the next three years.

Massachusetts residents may be able to file taxes for free next year

Massachusetts is one of 13 states in the Internal Revenue Service’s experimental Direct File program for “relatively simple returns.”

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Self-driving cars could transform cities, says Motional’s Laura Major

US announces $3.5 billion for projects nationwide to strengthen electric grid, bolster resilience

magazine

I’m afraid my insulting mother will ruin my holiday dinner

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

I’m done with hookups, but struggling with the next step

Somali Chicken Soup

Spice up your standard chicken soup with versions from around the world

metro

District 3 City Council candidate John FitzGerald.

This Boston City Council candidate has more than $100k in his coffers. His campaign says he didn’t raise a single cent of it.

BPS releases plan to overhaul special education

Mass, N.H. senators implore Biden administration to help Americans trapped in Gaza

sports

Brandon Pfaadt started the clincher against the Dodgers in the Division Series, but can he do what Arizona's top two, Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, couldn't against the Phillies?

Diamondbacks rookie Brandon Pfaadt latest to try and slow the rampaging Phillies offense

Patriots list 20 players on injury report ahead of Sunday’s game against the Bills

After a rocky start, the Wellesley girls’ soccer team has righted its ship and on a 10-game win streak

business

An apartment building under construction in Quincy in 2019. Governor Healey on Wednesday rolled out a plan her administration says will spur 40,000 new homes in Massachusetts over five years.

Healey’s big new housing push includes $4 billion in funding — and controversial tax and zoning changes

Ford chair says politics slowing production of electric pickups

Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

politics

Palestinians by the buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

US says Israel ‘not responsible’ for Gaza hospital blast; Biden offers unequivocal support in Tel Aviv. Follow live updates.

Ron DeSantis was endorsed by an anti-trans activist. Then he paid her to work for his campaign.

State Department official resigns over arms transfers to Israel

Nation

Emergency responders work outside the visa office at the Chinese Consulate building after a person drove into the building in San Francisco, on Oct. 9.

San Francisco police to give update on fatal shooting of driver who crashed into Chinese Consulate

Joran van der Sloot’s confession in Natalee Holloway case provides long-sought answers, mother says

Man who killed 2 South Carolina officers and wounded 5 others in ambush prepares for sentencing

World

German police officers stand guard in front of the building complex.

EU seeks answers to rising security challenges as Israel-Hamas war fuels new concerns

Palestinians in Gaza feel nowhere is safe amid unrelenting Israeli airstrikes

Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel

opinion

Curtesy of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom

I Worked On Twitter’s Rules on Hate Speech. Social Media Platforms Are Failing Us Right Now

Healey was elected to tackle housing. With big $4 billion bond bill, she confronts the challenge head on.

lifestyle

"Breaking Bad" stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston were at Time Out Market Boston on behalf of their mezcal, Dos Hombres, on Oct. 15, 2023.

In Boston, ‘Breaking Bad’ stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul talk mezcal, Market Basket, and the SAG-AFTRA strike

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

A year later, it’s the same problem

food & dining

Charbroiled steak au poivre and creamed spinach with roasted garlic and white wine at DW French.

Douglass Williams opens DW French in the Fenway; Snowport returns to the Seaport

At Medford’s El Tacuba, a packed bar and excellent stuffed plantains

In Back Bay, Hue wants to throw the party we all deserve

travel

Anthony Bourdain grew up in Leonia, N.J., and spent summers on the Jersey Shore.

Feeding our souls on the Anthony Bourdain Food Trail in N.J.

Rites of passage: Celebrating Day of the Dead in San Antonio and Santa Fe

Here’s a list of all the new dining, drinking, and shopping options in Logan’s upgraded Terminal E

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

The 45th annual Boston Antiquarian Book Festival takes place this weekend. PIctured here, the "Parisian Book of Hours," from Germano Hardouyn Librario, 1533.

Puerto Rican history in a literary debut of poetry and prose; Newtonville Books celebrates 25th anniversary; antiquarian book fair turns 45 this weekend

Phoebe Sinclair, author of ‘Confessions of a Candy Snatcher,’ finds her characters have lives of their own

Journalist Amy Yee’s ‘Far from the Rooftop of the World’ reflects 14 years of remarkably empathetic reporting

Movies

Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" turns 30 this month.

How Tim Burton’s Christmas ‘Nightmare’ channeled a generation’s angst into a holiday classic

From Miyazaki’s latest to the Massachusetts-set ‘Eileen,’ here’s what to catch at IFFBoston’s Fall Focus at the Brattle

Taylor Swift reportedly lends Rhode Island home to Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid

Television

Greta Lee with Billy Crudup in "The Morning Show."

Appreciating Greta Lee’s subtlety in ‘The Morning Show’

Another experiment bites the dust as ‘The Afterparty’ is canceled

Phyllis Coates, the first Lois Lane on TV’s ‘Superman,’ dies at 96

music

From left: Bad Rabbits guitarist Salim Akram, drummer Sheel Davé, and vocalist Fredua Boakye.

With ‘Garden of Eden,’ Boston’s Bad Rabbits once again have some spring in their step

Carla Bley, jazz composer, arranger, and provocateur, dies at 87

Taylor Swift reportedly lends Rhode Island home to Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid

Theater/Dance

Sam Jay in her new HBO special, "Salute Me or Shoot Me."

It’s been a special year for nine comedians with local roots

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down

With a reimagined show, Blue Man Group adds some new hues

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

Mr. Lutvak, in a cabaret performance in New York City on March 31, 2006.

Steven Lutvak, whose darkly comic show won Tonys, dies at 64

Roland Griffiths is dead at 77; led a renaissance in psychedelics research

Carla Bley, jazz composer, arranger, and provocateur, dies at 87