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Israeli bombardments continue as ground invasion in Gaza looms

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People stood among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA centre the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 19, 2023.

An MIT grad went to the scene of a massacre in Israel to find his cousin. This is what he saw.
Days after Hamas’s attack, Doron Hazan left New York and headed close to the border with Gaza.

Harvard Yard remains closed to visitors as students protest Israel-Hamas war

Medway family remains stuck in Gaza; State Department says crossing could open ‘on short notice’

Display of 10,000 US and Israeli flags in Park Plaza shows solidarity amid war

Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address as he seeks billions of dollars for Israel and Ukraine

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng paused to take a final question before he left a press conference where he offered an explanation of what went wrong with the Green Line extension.

‘I wish I had known earlier’: T chief says Green Line extension is so defective that key part will need to be fixed

The fundamental problem with the $2.3 billion project is the track itself, said MBTA general manager Phillip Eng.

innovation economy

MIT alums develop electric boat that aims to be the Tesla of the seas
Navier has solved one the biggest challenges for an electric motor installed on a traditionally designed boat: plowing through a huge amount of resistance from the water.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick usually doesn't have a lot to say after losses.

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

Belichick has made a career answering questions with varying degrees of vagueness to obfuscation, but loyal fans deserve clarity these days.

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

Globe Magazine | Your Home: Kitchens and Bath

Swapping the kitchen and dining room can make a surprising difference
Medfield newlyweds make cooking and entertaining easy by changing the placement of two key spaces.

Deep, moody colors turn a traditional kitchen into New England modern Two homes, two tile floors that make the whole bathroom

Harvard University's endowment returned to the black this year but remains well below its projected long-term return of 8 percent.

Harvard expands financial aid even as its endowment turns in another lackluster year

The university’s investments gained 2.9 percent, according to its annual report, an improvement over the previous year but below the long-term return target of 8 percent.

GOP’s Jordan says he’s still running for House gavel, but there’s no plan for next action

Representative Jim Jordan reportedly delivered the message at a closed door meeting at the Capitol as the Republican majority considered a plan to give the interim Speaker Pro-tempore Representative Patrick McHenry more powers to reopen the House.

Representative Jim Jordan was followed by reporters after leaving an hours-long House Republican members meeting at the Capitol on Thursday.

What is happening with the speaker’s race? A state of play.

Several paths forward are viable, some others are less likely, but Washington is essentially at the mercy of the choices of Ohio Republican Jim Jordan.

Representative Jim Jordan’s run for House speaker resurfaces allegations he ignored abuse

BC swimmers and divers seek court order lifting suspension for alleged hazing

Thirty-seven members of the 67-member team are seeking a temporary restraining order as well as unspecified financial damages.

K-9 Kitt statue unveiled in Braintree; police dog was killed in line of duty

The Braintree Police Department unveiled the K-9 Kitt Memorial and re-dedication of the Braintree Police Officer Memorial at an outdoor ceremony Thursday that was open to the community.

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.

Teen charged with murder in Fall River shooting

1,928 confirmed cases and 20 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Magic Beans baby store to close final storefront

Patriots left tackle Trent Brown returns to practice

The Head of the Charles Regatta. The start line is at Boston University’s DeWolfe Boathouse, and rowers finish the 3-mile upstream course at Herter Park along Soldiers Field Road.

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.

A taxpayer picked up tax forms at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building.

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.”

Lou Jones, "damara family, himba woman opuwo, namibia," August 2016.

Widening the lens on modern Africa

Two shows, in Groton and Fitchburg, highlight the diversity of the continent.

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

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Opinion

Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio listened as the House held its second round of voting for a new speaker at the US Capitol on Oct. 18.

Jim Jordan faces long odds in his fight to become speaker

Pugnacious right-wing populism isn’t the proper prescription for leading the House.

Shira Schoenberg

Bring home the hostages held by Hamas

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

IDEAS | ANDREW REINER

The trouble with boys isn’t boys

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

More recent News

As Red Sox search progresses, Craig Breslow’s candidacy may be picking up steam
While the process is far from the finish line, one MLB source characterized Breslow, a former reliever and integral part of the 2013 championship team, as the leading candidate.

Closing arguments delivered in trial of Logan Clegg charged in slaying of Concord, N.H., couple

A New Hampshire prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to find Logan Clegg guilty of murdering a retired couple as they walked on a trail near their Concord, N.H. home in April 2022, while the defense said he was falsely accused of the slayings but conceded he was guilty of a lesser count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

District 8 city council race rehashes special election matchup
Incumbent Sharon Durkan is defending her seat representing District 8 on Boston's City Council against challenger Montez Haywood, who Durkan beat in July’s special election.

New task force to target crossings along N.H.’s northern border

The initiative will provide training and equipment to state and local police, in addition to authorizing them to patrol within 25 miles of New Hampshire’s northern border.

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

Police said Barry Haight, 77, of Moultonborough, N.H., mistakenly drove down a boat ramp and ended up in the lake.

bruins notebook

Jim Montgomery is looking for a little life from the Bruins as they begin West Coast swing
The Bruins coach lit a fire under his team for the second straight day at the morning skate prior to Thursday night’s game against the Sharks.

Recommended reads

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A graduate of BU’s School of Theology, Bill Banfield established the Africana Studies department at Berklee College of Music.

White House bestows honor on musician, composer, and educator Bill Banfield

Fifteen documentary features and 13 shorts make up this year’s GlobeDocs Film Festival, now in its ninth year.

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

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’

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

The apple, grape, and tart cherry collections at the US Department of Agriculture's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, N.Y.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

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

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

‘I wish I had known earlier’: T chief says Green Line extension is so defective that key part will need to be fixed

The fundamental problem with the $2.3 billion project is the track itself, said MBTA general manager Phillip Eng.

Harvard Yard remains closed to visitors as students protest Israel-Hamas war

Harvard Yard remained closed to visitors Thursday, as students supporting the the Palestinian people amid war between Israel and Hamas walked out of classes about 1 p.m. as part of a “general strike” in response to the ongoing violence overseas.

K-9 Kitt statue unveiled in Braintree; police dog was killed in line of duty

The Braintree Police Department unveiled the K-9 Kitt Memorial and re-dedication of the Braintree Police Officer Memorial at an outdoor ceremony Thursday that was open to the community.

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Oct. 20-27

This week: Scary and seasonal fun, an oyster fest, Colin Quinn, the annual Witches Paddle, and more.

Sports

Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo injured his back in last Sunday's win over the Patriots.

Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo won’t play on Sunday

Either 15-year veteran Brian Hoyer or rookie Aidan O’Connell will start for Las Vegas when the team visits the Chicago Bears.

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery tinkered with his lines during the unusually long gap between games.

bruins notebook

Jim Montgomery is looking for a little life from the Bruins as they begin West Coast swing

The Bruins coach lit a fire under his team for the second straight day at the morning skate prior to Thursday night’s game against the Sharks.

Trent Brown (77), who has been battling a chest injury, did not practice Wednesday but was back on the field Thursday.

Patriots notebook

Patriots left tackle Trent Brown returns to practice

The Patriots could use Brown on Sunday against the Bills, who are tied for the league lead with 24 sacks,

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

This trend-setting trio is why Newton North, Barnstable and Needham are atop the girls’ volleyball rankings as title contenders

As Red Sox search progresses, Craig Breslow’s candidacy may be picking up steam

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

Business

FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program

The special agent in charge of the St. Louis FBI office said any company that hired freelance IT workers “more than likely” hired someone participating in the scheme.

San Francisco billionaires, CEOs battle ‘doom loop’ with new ads

Despite a growing reputation for homelessness, commercial vacancy rates, and crime, the city still has much to offer, a group of high-profile boosters say.

Strong economic data ‘could warrant’ higher rates, Fed chair says

Harvard expands financial aid even as its endowment turns in another lackluster year

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

Ten thousand Israeli and American flags filled Statler Park in Boston in a show of support for Israel amid war with Hamas.

Display of 10,000 US and Israeli flags in Park Plaza shows solidarity amid war

New task force to target crossings along N.H.’s northern border

Closing arguments delivered in trial of Logan Clegg charged in slaying of Concord, N.H., couple

sports

The Foxborough girls' basketball team celebrated a Division 2 title on the Tsongas Center floor in March.

2024 MIAA basketball finals will be back at Tsongas Center, but Hockey East playoffs may be in play

EMass girls’ volleyball: Prolific in a pair of Brookline wins, Bella Bacon and Charlotte Mullen headline Players of the Week

BC swimmers and divers seek court order lifting suspension for alleged hazing

business

A hiring sign displayed at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill.

Applications for US jobless benefits fall to lowest level in more than 8 months

Magic Beans baby store to close final storefront

MIT alums develop electric boat that aims to be the Tesla of the seas

politics

President Biden during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.

Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address as he seeks billions of dollars for Israel and Ukraine

At fraud trial, attention turns to Eric Trump

GOP’s Jordan says he’s still running for House gavel, but there’s no plan for next action

Nation

Sidney Powell (right), a member of Donald Trump’s legal team after he lost the 2020 election, pleaded guilty Thursday morning to six misdemeanor counts for her efforts to subvert the election results in Georgia. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (left) also faces several related charges.

Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia Trump case

1,928 confirmed cases and 20 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

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

World

On Thursday, the European Union pushed forward with plans to limit the high tensions from the war between Israel and Hamas. Calls for increased security have surfaced after a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and killings by extremists in France and Belgium this week. Police in Berlin, Germany, were seen near the building after the attack.

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

The 5 clones in Argentina’s election

Gaza awaits aid from Egypt as Israel readies troops for ground assault

opinion

Rep. Jim Jordan in the House chamber before a vote on House speaker on Capitol Hill on Oct. 18.

Jim Jordan is one step from House speaker due to gerrymandering

Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom

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

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

An internal study conducted by Ernst & Young found that for every additional 10 hours of vacation time employees took, their year-end performance reviews improved 8 percent.

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

Lou Jones, "damara family, himba woman opuwo, namibia," August 2016.

Widening the lens on modern Africa

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

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

Books

LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo as Apollo and Emma in Apple TV+'s "The Changeling," based on the novel by Victor LaValle.

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

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon."

Lily Gladstone eclipses all in Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

‘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

Television

From left: Traylor Howard, Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, and Ted Levine in "Mr. Monk's Last Case."

How the pandemic spawned ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’

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

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

music

A graduate of BU’s School of Theology, Bill Banfield established the Africana Studies department at Berklee College of Music.

White House bestows honor on musician, composer, and educator Bill Banfield

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

Theater/Dance

Leslie Odom Jr. in "Purlie Victorious."

To theaters, laughing matters

‘Frozen’ stars have warm feelings about Anna and Elsa

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

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

Burt Young, a cast member of the film "Rocky Balboa," gestures at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2006.

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83

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

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