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Israel widens bombing amid worries about escalation

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European cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza

Demonstrators held signs with portraits of hostages held in Gaza during a rally calling for their release in Paris on Sunday.

US advises Israel to delay Gaza invasion, officials say
The Biden administration has advised Israel to delay a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, several US officials said.

Second aid convoy reaches Gaza as Israel attacks targets in Syria and occupied West Bank

Representative Jake Auchincloss re-emphasizes support of Israel on visit to Needham synagogue

Patriots 29, Bills 25

Mac Jones was the man of the hour after the Patriots upset the Bills, 29- 25.

Mac Jones engineered the touchdown drive of his Patriots career, and the signature victory he’s been lacking

This was the second game-winning, comeback drive of Jones’s career, but it was more impressive and important than a rookie year win over the Texans.

‘I’ll worry about that later’: Bill Belichick downplays 300th regular-season win

Media folks and fans never know anything about Bill Belichick’s contract status, which is guarded closely.

Dan Shaughnessy

A reported new contract for Bill Belichick raises questions: Who planted it, and why was it leaked now?

Thanks to the efforts of Mike Onwenu (right) and the rest of the offensive line, Mac Jones was able to lead the offense to a productive day.

Between the hashmarks

Patriots’ offensive line rounds into shape in time to protect Mac Jones and honor Dante Scarnecchia

Patriots tight end Pharaoh Brown had two catches for 51 yards, this one for a first down in the fourth quarter.

Smiles return as Patriots put together their most consistent offensive performance of the season and upset the Bills

A tree fell on a home after a storm in Hingham.

Got insurance? Climate change and inflation are driving up insurance prices for homeowners and condo associations. Some policies aren’t being renewed at all.

An insurance broker’s lament: “Accounts we could place with a phone call a few years ago we can’t even get coverage for today.”

john powers | on olympics

Top US squad wins women’s championship eights race, bragging rights at Head of the Charles
With boats in the championship eights race, the A boat prevailed over the B boat by just two tenths of a second.

Wheelchair repairs can drag out for months. In Mass., people with disabilities seek a solution.

Wheelchair failures can leave users in pain, out of work, and trapped at home.

Jackie Miller waited months to get a new wheelchair (right)to replace her 9-year old one she currently uses. When she got it, parts started falling off.

Police seek man after woman found dead in Gardner

Gardner police and State Police are searching for Aaron Pennington, 33, who is potentially armed, according to Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early.

Lee Berk, former Berklee president and college namesake, dies at 81
Berklee said the music college became "a world-renowned leader in contemporary music education" during the tenure of Berk, who left "a visionary and transformative legacy."

bruins 3, ducks 1

Matt Poitras scores first two NHL goals to help Bruins beat Ducks, sweep California trip
The Bruins won three games in four nights, and the 19-year-old continues to solidify his case to stay with the big boys for the rest of the season.

WWII Airman from Newton to be laid to rest 80 years after his plane was shot down
Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Alfred W. Pezzella, who died after being shot down over Romania 80 years ago, will be laid to rest Tuesday at the Massachusetts Veterans National Cemetery in Bourne following a service and procession from a Waltham funeral home.

Registered sex offender accused of exposing himself to woman waiting for ride-hail driver in Dorchester

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

Sheryl Julian's Boston Cream Pie.

How to make Sheryl Julian’s homestyle Boston Cream Pie

Bakers of many skill levels will find this classic treat easy to create.

Monday is National Boston Cream Pie Day, and Boston takes the cake

Brad Stevens (right) provided Joe Mazzulla (left) with a big new piece to the Celtics' puzzle by acquiring Kristaps Porzingis.

A few burning questions hover over the start of the new season for the Celtics. Here are some answers.

The Globe's Adam Himmelsbach and Gary Washburn discussed the key storylines as the Celtics get set to open up the 2023-24 season.

For frights and delights this Halloween, look no further than Salem. Pictured, a reveler on Halloween in Salem 2021.

Your ultimate guide to Halloween Week in Salem: from tricks to treats

Whether it’s your first or fifth time experiencing Halloween in Salem, fear not. (Unless that’s your end goal.)

Demand to stay in Salem around Halloween leads to ‘astronomical’ fees for Airbnb and Vrbo rentals

Opinion

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Don’t expect the government to save us from misinformation

What is now known about the attack debunks widely accepted arguments among Washington’s policy establishment.

Statewide zoning could boost accessory dwelling unit construction

Amazon is huge, but it’s no monopoly

The Patriots are lousy. I’m loving it.

Invest in child care with direct support to families

More recent News

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Big Game Nate Eovaldi gets it done yet again, as Rangers win in Houston to stay alive
The hard-throwing former Red Sox right-hander once again came through when he was needed most, as Texas staved off elimination and forced a decisive Game 7 in the ALCS.

Two kayakers rescued from Ipswich Bay during potentially hazardous weather

Police and firefighters responded to reports of one or two kayakers in the water at approximately 9:35 a.m. While en route, emergency responders were told that an Ipswich policer officer near Clark Beach had spotted at least one person treading water.

LOVE LETTERS

I think I want a postnuptial agreement
Is that a thing?

Cambridge Community Foundation makes more than $1 million in grants to address food insecurity
Seven nonprofits received grant funding through the foundation's Food Access and Security Initiative, a key part of a five year plan to address the most pressing social needs in Cambridge.

Gen Xer mourns the death of the ultimate monument to teen culture: the mall
As malls continue to struggle, the country has lost something precious: a shared space for young people to safely grow up.

Colors of the season
Since mid-September, seasonal workers, mostly immigrants, have waded waist-deep in the flooded bogs of Wareham, forming large crimson-colored circular shapes so that the cranberries can be siphoned by large pumps into waiting tractor-trailer trucks.

Recommended reads

Harvardwood offers a Cambridge-to-Hollywood pipeline. But first, you have to get into Harvard.

Harvard alums occupy every rung of the entertainment industry ladder. The Harvardwood network seeks to harness that power for Crimson students and graduates looking for a career in film and beyond.

I returned home from a carefree summer traveling to learn my mom had cancer
My mother taught me to be patient and that facing illness with humor could make things easier for everyone.

Allegations of an inappropriate text, toxic work environment directed at Boston City Hall Cabinet chief
The city of Boston paid $40,000 in severance to a former employee who had accused Brianna Millor of fostering a toxic work environment and threatened to sue for discrimination and retaliation, according to city records.

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium
Lawmakers are nearing a deal that would enable a long-planned soccer stadium to be built on the banks of the Mystic near Encore Casino.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ricky Martin, pictured performing during a Trilogy Tour stop in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Martin, Pitbull, and Enrique Iglesias bring the tour to TD Garden Oct. 21.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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’

Mitt Romney in 2002, when he was elected governor of Massachusetts.

6 takeaways from McKay Coppins’s new Mitt Romney biography ‘Romney: A Reckoning’

Clockwise (from top left): A samovar; a medicine ball belonging to writer Sholem Asch; an early-20th-century photograph of a man wearing a costume celebrating Yiddish newspapers; a yarmulke, inkwell, and bowls; and a scrapbook of William Gropper's cartoons for the "Morgen Frayhayt" Yiddish newspaper are all on display at "Yiddish: A Global Culture," the new permanent exhibition at Amherst's Yiddish Book Center.

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

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

A security team watches President Biden's motorcade drive to the airport after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 18 in Tel Aviv.

Three things Washington got wrong before the Hamas attack on Israel

Supporters of the XL bully dog breed held placards during a protest against the UK government’s plans for the breed, in central London on Oct. 7.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why dog breed bans are misguided and harmful

Susan Hall’s extended family with her son and his school bus.

IDEAS | SUSAN HALL

Planning for my vulnerable son’s future without me

President Biden, seen through a window, addressed the nation about the wars in Israel and Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday. In a prime-time address on Thursday night, Biden ramped up his efforts to explain to Americans what is at stake as wars rage in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Biden was right to show solidarity with Israel. He is also right to counsel restraint in Gaza.

A demonstrator outside the Israeli Embassy in London after the Hamas attacks.

IDEAS | SUSIE LINFIELD

9/11, apartheid, and other metaphors that make people misunderstand Israel and Palestine

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

Lee Berk, former Berklee president and college namesake, dies at 81

Berklee said the music college became "a world-renowned leader in contemporary music education" during the tenure of Berk, who left "a visionary and transformative legacy."

WWII Airman from Newton to be laid to rest 80 years after his plane was shot down

Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Alfred W. Pezzella, who died after being shot down over Romania 80 years ago, will be laid to rest Tuesday at the Massachusetts Veterans National Cemetery in Bourne following a service and procession from a Waltham funeral home.

Representative Jake Auchincloss re-emphasizes support of Israel on visit to Needham synagogue

“Israel is at war,” Auchincloss said to about 60 people who attended a town hall at Temple Beth Shalom. “For so many of us in the Jewish community, that’s not just a geopolitical earthquake, that’s a deeply personal reality.”

Cambridge Community Foundation makes more than $1 million in grants to address food insecurity

Seven nonprofits received grant funding through the foundation's Food Access and Security Initiative, a key part of a five year plan to address the most pressing social needs in Cambridge.

Sports

Rookie center Matthew Poitras scored his first two goals and then celebrated the Bruins' win over the Ducks with goalie Linus Ullmark.

bruins 3, ducks 1

Matt Poitras scores first two NHL goals to help Bruins beat Ducks, sweep California trip

The Bruins won three games in four nights, and the 19-year-old continues to solidify his case to stay with the big boys for the rest of the season.

Andrew Heaney (left) got the final three outs on four pitches and celebrated with Adolis Garcia, who put the Rangers up big with a grand slam.

RANGERS 9, ASTROS 2

Rangers overpower Astros to force ALCS Game 7 on strength of Nathan Eovaldi’s start and big bats

Adolis Garcia's ninth-inning grand slam capped the scoring for Texas. The road team has won all six games in the series.

Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi added to his postseason lore by throwing into the seventh inning to earn his fourth win of this year's playoffs, a 9-2 victory over the Astros in Monday night's Game 6 of the ALCS in Houston.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Big Game Nate Eovaldi gets it done yet again, as Rangers win in Houston to stay alive

The hard-throwing former Red Sox right-hander once again came through when he was needed most, as Texas staved off elimination and forced a decisive Game 7 in the ALCS.

EAGLES 31, DOLPHINS 17

Jalen Hurts hardly perfect, but he and Eagles bounce back to handle Dolphins

Christopher Bell wins spot in NASCAR finale

Between the hashmarks

Patriots’ offensive line rounds into shape in time to protect Mac Jones and honor Dante Scarnecchia

Business

Got insurance? Climate change and inflation are driving up insurance prices for homeowners and condo associations. Some policies aren’t being renewed at all.

An insurance broker’s lament: “Accounts we could place with a phone call a few years ago we can’t even get coverage for today.”

US push for release of hostages delays Israeli ground war, but won’t stop it

Israel supports diplomatic efforts to get Hamas to release hostages from Gaza quickly and in large numbers, a move that could delay and possibly alter its ground war, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Israel says Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon toward war as towns empty

Mitch McConnell says he’s ‘completely recovered’ from health issues

magazine

Layering in contemporary elements such as modern lighting and moody blue-black cabinetry emphasizes the contrast between new and old. “This feels like New England, but in a different way,” says interior designer Sarah Cole. She had Stanhope Framers reframe the owners’ paintings to include gold edging that works with the room’s other details, including the Arteriors bar stools.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Deep, moody colors turn a traditional kitchen into New England modern

This week's daters: Travis and Nola.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He revealed his deepest fear . . . is chickens’

I returned home from a carefree summer traveling to learn my mom had cancer

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

metro

Jackie Miller waited months to get a new wheelchair (right)to replace her 9-year old one she currently uses. When she got it, parts started falling off.

Wheelchair repairs can drag out for months. In Mass., people with disabilities seek a solution.

‘The pope’s favorite nun’ honored by Paulist Center of Boston for her work serving migrant families at Texas-Mexico border

Voicing history: Audio technology added to Boston Women’s Memorial

sports

Jake DeBrusk has no points in his first three games of the season.

Jake DeBrusk back in Bruins lineup after benching, but Milan Lucic out after leaving pregame skate

Top US squad wins women’s championship eights race, bragging rights at Head of the Charles

Big plays on special teams tip gridiron scales for Winthrop, Methuen, others

business

Scenes from the Watertown Mall on Oct. 19.

Gen Xer mourns the death of the ultimate monument to teen culture: the mall

Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war

Everett set to try again to win state approval for Revolution stadium

politics

Demonstrators held signs with portraits of hostages held in Gaza during a rally calling for their release in Paris on Sunday.

Fears continue that Israel-Hamas war could widen. Follow live updates.

Meet the Republicans running for speaker

Biden walks a tightrope with his support for Israel as his party’s left urges restraint

Nation

Greg Schneider, research museum collections manager for the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's division of reptiles and amphibians, holds a jar containing snake specimens, Oct. 18, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

University of Michigan slithers toward history with massive acquisition of jarred snake specimens

Blinken, Austin say US is ready to respond if US personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war

A president, a billionaire, and questions about access and national security

World

Palestinians look for survivors in buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, on Oct. 22.

Second aid convoy reaches Gaza as Israel attacks targets in Syria and occupied West Bank

Internet snarl delays vote count in Venezuelan opposition’s primary to choose presidential candidate

US advises Israel to delay Gaza invasion, officials say

opinion

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng spoke to reporters during a press conference where he offered an explanation of what went wrong with the Green Line extension.

MBTArghhhhhhh (again)!

Three things Washington got wrong before the Hamas attack on Israel

Why dog breed bans are misguided and harmful

lifestyle

For frights and delights this Halloween, look no further than Salem. Pictured, a reveler on Halloween in Salem 2021.

Your ultimate guide to Halloween Week in Salem: from tricks to treats

I think I want a postnuptial agreement

These founders couldn’t find Boston nightlife for queer people of color — so they created their own

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

The grave of Peleg Walker, who was killed at the Ram Tail Factory in the early 1800s in Foster, Rhode Island.

10 of the spookiest places in Rhode Island with a peculiar past

I finally climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s what you need to know if you hope to do it, too.

An argument for lengthier vacations

Arts

A collection showing the developing design of the typewriter at the Museum of Printing.

At the Museum of Printing, ‘We’re trying to save the past for the future’

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

The fine art of remaking a collection

Books

Roxane Gay (”Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business”) will discuss her essay collection at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School at an event hosted by Porter Square Books.

Author readings around Boston Oct. 22-28

At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 15

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

Bad Bunny performs at the Latin Billboard Awards, Oct. 5, in Coral Gables, Fla.

Bad Bunny hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Two strong reasons to look forward to ‘MaryLand’ on ‘Masterpiece’

It shouldn’t matter to us if TV castmates are pals in real life, and yet . . .

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

Subject:Matter performs on Oct. 20 at ICA Boston.

Subject:Matter makes its own music at the ICA

To theaters, laughing matters

‘Frozen’ stars have warm feelings about Anna and Elsa

Health

A a CVS branch on in Pasadena, Calif.

CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

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

Obituaries

David Bowie mugged upon receiving his honorary degree from Berklee College of Music president Lee Eliot Berk.

Lee Berk, former Berklee president and college namesake, dies at 81

Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United and England soccer great, dies at 86

Vincent Patrick, chronicler of hustlers and mobsters, dies at 88