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After Israel visit, Biden to deliver prime-time address

 See live updates about the fighting in Gaza and Israel
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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.

Is the US getting involved as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza? What to know.

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

Lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors over efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia

A judge agreed that she will serve about six years of probation, have to pay $2,700 in restitution, and have to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.

Larry Edelman
St. Regis condo developer gambles with below-market ‘bid sale’ on 10 units
Jon Cronin is offering one- and two-bedroom condos with minimum required offers that are about 20 percent below recent sales.

This Boston City Council candidate has more than $100,000 in his coffers. His campaign says he didn’t raise a single cent of it.
State ethics law is clear: Public employees cannot receive “directly or indirectly, any contribution or anything of value for any political purpose.”

Lanternfly infestation reported in Wellesley
Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission reported that the infestation was found near Carisbrooke Reservation, by the Weston-Wellesley town line.

Netflix is raising prices again. Here’s how much it will cost.

The company is increasing the cost of its most expensive plan and its basic plan in the US, while keeping two other plans the same.

The Guardian fires longtime cartoonist after allegations of antisemitic imagery

The newspaper refused to run a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that critics said drew on antisemitic imagery.

Body of man, 59, found off Tully Mountain hiking trail in Orange

New Hampshire man dies after accidentally driving SUV into Lake Winnipesaukee, officials say

Your guide to the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta: schedule, where to watch, top stories, and more

More than 50 races will take place from Friday through Sunday in the 58th edition of the rowing extravaganza.
LOVE LETTERS

I fell for a romance scam

How will I trust anyone now?

Mass. residents may be able to file taxes for free next year. Here’s what you need to know.

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

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Opinion
IDEAS | ANDREW REINER

The trouble with boys isn’t boys

The way we talk about them has become the way to talk to them, and that’s not good for anybody.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Jim Jordan is one step from House speaker due to gerrymandering
EDITORIAL

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

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

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

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Harvard postpones W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘It is not the right time to host a celebration’
The star-studded awards ceremony was initially scheduled for Thursday in Cambridge.

Following Boston, Somerville residents no longer have to specify gender on marriage certificates

Somerville officials announced Thursday that the city will no longer require people to specify their gender on marriage certificates, after Boston adopted a similar policy in August.

BC football team used bye week to recalibrate a few things for season’s second half
Among other adjustments, coach Jeff Hafley will tailor the offense to Thomas Castellanos when things resume against Georgia Tech Saturday.

Newport artist creates ‘Alphabet of Saints’ exhibit to empower, inspire, and educate
Valorie Sheehan's collection of 26 clay figurines depicting women will be displayed at the St. George's School in Middletown until Nov. 18. The show is meant to highlight the importance of courage, confidence, and education, as essential elements to challenge injustice and effect change.

Rising star Danielle Ponder went to law school in Boston. But she’s given up the courtroom for the concert stage.
The Northeastern law school grad, whose 2022 debut album and recent festival appearances generated plenty of buzz, has closed the case on which career she wants to pursue.

At the Gardner, ‘Inventing Isabella’ meets a modern intervention
An exhibit looking at how the museum’s namesake fashioned her own mystique pairs with two new shows exploring intersections of history, identity, power, and culture.

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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

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?

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.

After much hype, self-driving cars could transform cities, says Motional CTO
Laura Major discusses how humans and technology can work together to make transportation and mundane tasks more efficient.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Journalistic eye’ guides GlobeDocs Film Festival, now in its ninth year

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down

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

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

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

Renée Loth

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?
IDEAS | Lindsay Brainard and Ryan Davis

How Taylor Swift’s friendship bracelets closed the liking gap
EDITORIAL

How police chiefs are standing in the way of gun safety
Katherine Clark

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

EDITORIAL

Punishment for revenge porn is back on legislative agenda
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

RI ARTS

Newport artist creates ‘Alphabet of Saints’ exhibit to empower, inspire, and educate

Valorie Sheehan's collection of 26 clay figurines depicting women will be displayed at the St. George's School in Middletown until Nov. 18. The show is meant to highlight the importance of courage, confidence, and education, as essential elements to challenge injustice and effect change.

Governor Healey proposes sweeping $800 million into new account to bolster state’s pursuit of federal cash

Staring down a growing list of major projects, Governor Maura Healey is seeking to sweep hundreds of millions of dollars in interest from the state’s emergency savings fund in the coming years and wield it instead as matching funds to compete for badly needed federal cash.

Lanternfly infestation reported in Wellesley

Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission reported that the infestation was found near Carisbrooke Reservation, by the Weston-Wellesley town line.

Following Boston, Somerville residents no longer have to specify gender on marriage certificates

Somerville officials announced Thursday that the city will no longer require people to specify their gender on marriage certificates, after Boston adopted a similar policy in August.

Sports

Bob Ryan

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.
bc at georgia tech | saturday, noon (ACC network)

BC football team used bye week to recalibrate a few things for season’s second half

Among other adjustments, coach Jeff Hafley will tailor the offense to Thomas Castellanos when things resume against Georgia Tech Saturday.
wnba

WNBA champion Aces poised for a three-peat with finals MVP A’ja Wilson, core group returning

Their core group of players — WNBA Finals MVP A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray — are all returning.
head of the charles

Your guide to the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta: schedule, where to watch, top stories, and more
Bruins

A confident and ‘assertive’ Trent Frederic is settling into a key role for Bruins
Tara Sullivan

With his Patriots 1-5, doesn’t Bill Belichick owe the fans more of an explanation?

Business

Beam Therapeutics to lay off 100 as it trims costs, narrows research focus

The Cambridge firm is the latest biopharma company in Massachusetts to shed workers in what experts describe as one of the industry’s biggest shakeouts in decades.

The Guardian fires longtime cartoonist after allegations of antisemitic imagery

The newspaper refused to run a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that critics said drew on antisemitic imagery.

Netflix is raising prices again. Here’s how much it will cost.

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

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

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

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

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

metro

URI poll finds low levels of trust in all levels of government

Pro-Palestine demonstration at JFK Federal Building calls for ceasefire, ends in arrests

Harvard postpones W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘It is not the right time to host a celebration’

sports

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

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

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

business

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

After much hype, self-driving cars could transform cities, says Motional CTO

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

politics

GOP’s Jordan will back a temporary House speaker as he tries to shore up support, lawmakers say

Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes, as defense minister promises ground invasion. Follow live updates.

Jordan reportedly tells GOP lawmakers he will back Patrick McHenry as temporary House speaker. Follow live updates.

Nation

Jordan denounces threats against Republicans who oppose his speaker bid

Scholastic isolates ‘diverse titles’ at book fairs as challenges spike

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

World

Palestinians in Gaza find nowhere is safe amid steady bombing, as Israeli ground invasion looms

Is the US getting involved as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza? What to know.

What is Islamic Jihad, the group Israel blamed for Gaza hospital strike?

opinion

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

I fell for a romance scam

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?

food & dining

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

An argument for lengthier vacations

There are few things worse than traveling with a famous person, says singer-songwriter A.J. Croce

How do I get off Avis’s Do Not Rent list?

Arts

At the Gardner, ‘Inventing Isabella’ meets a modern intervention

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

At sea with ‘Forecast Form’ at the ICA

Books

In ‘The Changeling,’ Victor LaValle confronts demons of the intimate past

Jesmyn Ward, in ‘Let Us Descend,’ enters the underworld of slavery with spirits — and poets — as guides

Scholastic isolates ‘diverse titles’ at book fairs as challenges spike

Movies

‘Journalistic eye’ guides GlobeDocs Film Festival, now in its ninth year

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

Television

Netflix is raising prices again. Here’s how much it will cost.

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

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

music

Rising star Danielle Ponder went to law school in Boston. But she’s given up the courtroom for the concert stage.

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

Theater/Dance

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, 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

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