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Lewiston, a city shattered, left to pick up the pieces

The Maine city reckons with loss and an aching sense everything has changed.
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Thousands break into UN aid warehouses in Gaza in a sign of growing desperation as war escalates

Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take food and “basic survival items,” a UN agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank ‘We’re trying to live another day:’ Medway family takes shelter as Israel moves into Gaza

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, has died at 54, reports say
The actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Celebrities remember Matthew Perry

Ex-Somerville lawyer found guilty of trying to bribe Medford police chief

Sean O’Donovan, 56, of Somerville, was convicted Friday of trying to bribe Medford’s police chief to approve a recreational marijuana dispensary, Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s office said.

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts
“Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 28 had first-time host Nate Bargatze take the stage, with musical guests Foo Fighters.

Melrose man fatally stabbed in alleged domestic altercation, officials say
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EDITORIAL

The big question looming over Dana-Farber shift: What’s the best way to treat cancer?

The cancer center’s move from Brigham and Women’s Hospital envisions a new model of care.
JEFF JACOBY

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers
EDITORIAL

After Maine shootings, our grim ritual returns: burying the dead, pleading for better gun laws

RENÉE GRAHAM

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate
MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana
Beyond the Gilded Gate

One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.
Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

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BRUINS 4, RED WINGS 1

Bruins get right back on track with strong win over Detroit

Charlie McAvoy has another strong game at both ends, scoring his first goal of the season that stood as the eventual game-winner over the Red Wings.
DuPont: Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick with the Bruins
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will Venable knows who the Red Sox are getting in Craig Breslow, and he says ‘it’ll be great’

Breslow and Venable were never teammates, although they faced each other three times over their careers. Then they worked together for two years with the Cubs.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

It would be a shame if this were indeed the end of The Sports Hub’s ‘Toucher and Rich’

In the past, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb have negotiated their contracts in unison. That was not the case this time.
Shaughnessy: Theo Epstein’s fingerprints are all over the Craig Breslow hire
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown says he’s prepared to assume bigger leadership role with Celtics

Brown, the senior member of the team, said he’s ready to be more vocal and touched on several other subjects in a sit-down interview with the Boston Globe.

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Car crashes into Starbucks in Wellesley

Two people inside the vehicle were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, but no customers or employees inside the store were struck by the vehicle, police said Saturday.

Janitors at buildings across Mass. and R.I. vote to authorize a strike
The union has been in contract negotiations with representatives of the Maintenance Contractors of New England for the last few months.

Two missing Western Mass. men found dead from gunshot wounds in Vermont, police say
The bodies of Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, were discovered along a road about a mile apart in the town of Eden, Vt. , authorities said Thursday.

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction
Pence is the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, and his struggles underscore just how much Trump has transformed the party.

Richard Moll, towering bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
In a career of more than four decades, 6-foot-8 Richard Moll played a variety of roles on television and in films. But he was best known for playing "Bull" on "Night Court."

Medford, Somerville residents march for rent control

The proposed legislation would enable cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants.

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Vampire panic gripped New England in the 1800s. The real evil was in the air.

“Sometimes they called it an ‘evil angel’ inhabiting the body,” says a folklore expert. And they went to macabre lengths to protect the living.

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Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?
The lack of affordable housing has become a defining characteristic of the Boston region.

‘We cannot let that stand’: Wu moves forward with plan to clear ‘Mass. and Cass’
Wu framed the coordinated effort as a permanent and empathetic solution to the prolonged humanitarian crisis at the intersection known as Mass. and Cass, widely considered the epicenter of the region’s opioid abuse and homeless crisis.

BC swimmers and divers drop their lawsuit over suspension for alleged hazing
The college announced the indefinite suspension of the 67-member program in September and its investigation is continuing.

Culture & Lifestyle

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

Celebrating Joni at 80

A tribute to cinema’s bad mother-shut-your-mouth

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

ALEX BEAM

Who is to blame for the state of the nation? Mitt Romney.
Yossi Beilin

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

‘If we stop fighting, we, Ukrainians, will be gone.’

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‘This is not an aberration. This is the American way of life.’
Nadav Tamir

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Boston Police Department welcomes a diverse class of new officers to its ranks

The newly sworn officers include 59 members who speak one or more languages other than English and a total of 16 languages overall, the department said.

At Lewiston shootings vigil, hundreds gather to share prayers, tears

On an unusually warm October evening, attendees and organizers at a twilight vigil in Lisbon Falls said it was time for the community to be together in one space.

Maine shooting suspect legally purchased some firearms shortly before killings, authorities say

Officials didn’t specify whether the weapon used in the killings was among Robert Card’s recent purchases, but said police recovered a long gun from the vehicle he abandoned near the Androscoggin River Wednesday and located two more firearms near his body.
Lewiston shootings

Maine police were alerted about the shooter’s threats last month. Follow live updates.

The investigation into the Lewiston shootings is expected to continue through the weekend, and extra security will guard vigils for the victims, officials said.

Sports

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Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick with the Bruins

After spending most of his five pro seasons down in the AHL, the winger has once again gotten the call from the big club — and hopes he'll stay for a while this time.
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The Diamondbacks’ run to the World Series has been a mix of emotions for general manager Mike Hazen

Nicole Hazen, Mike’s wife and the mother of Charlie, John, Teddy, and Sam, died last August, two years after being diagnosed with brain cancer. She was only 45.
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Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks roll past Rangers in Game 2 to get even in World Series

Merrill Kelly pitched three-hit ball over seven innings as Arizona tied the best-of-seven series at a game apiece with Game 3 Monday in Phoenix.
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Rangers’ Max Scherzer to start against Diamondbacks in Game 3 of World Series
HS FOOTBALL: MARTHA'S VINEYARD 24, NANTUCKET 21

In 43rd Island Cup meeting, Martha’s Vineyard gets a real kick out of trip to Nantucket
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Bruins get right back on track with strong win over Detroit

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More help arrives in Acapulco, and hurricane’s death toll expected to rise as searchers comb debris

More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.

Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford, reports say

The deal, which still has to be ratified by members, leaves only General Motors without a contract with the union.

Cambridge’s Forsyth Institute joins ADA to create ‘biggest monster in dentistry’
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Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves
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One family scammed the lottery for $20 million. Then their luck ran out.

MISS CONDUCT

I’m a finalist for two jobs. How do I navigate between them?
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He shared his love of Halloween’
PERSPECTIVE

Mike Gorman, the legendary voice of the Celtics. And my dear friend.

metro

Lewiston, a city shattered, left to pick up the pieces

Janitors at buildings across Mass. and R.I. vote to authorize a strike

How a Maine trauma center responded to the state’s worst mass shooting

sports

When it comes to the MLS postseason, the Revolution are built to score — and lose

Patriots downgrade Josh Uche and Vederian Lowe to out for Sunday’s game against the Dolphins

Despite negative night against Anaheim, Hampus Lindholm still a positive in Jim Montgomery’s eyes

business

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?

Will Ivanka Trump have to testify at her father’s civil fraud trial? Judge to hear arguments Friday

politics

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction

The Maine mass shooting changed Representative Jared Golden’s mind on assault weapons. Will it change his state?

For Mike Johnson, religion is at the forefront of politics and policy

Nation

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, has died at 54, reports say

Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford, reports say

Team Trump revives attack ads against DeSantis in Iowa

World

Thousands break into UN aid warehouses in Gaza in a sign of growing desperation as war escalates

Explosive device blows up at convention center in south India killing at least one and wounding 36

Gaza phone, internet services being restored amid heavy Israeli bombardment

opinion

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’

Help people with disabilities live in the community

lifestyle

Bagel misses coffee

How to raise good kids in a scary world

I’m cynical about love

food & dining

Ghost stories — and unearthly encounters — feed curious guests at this Chepachet, R.I., tavern

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing is turning 1 and ready to party

In Rhode Island, a hunt is on to understand the decline of the state’s iconic quahog clam

travel

Our travel writer has found a new favorite destination, and it’s in Switzerland

Feeling down? Welcome to the ‘happy place’ of the happiest people in the world

Puzzling a way out in Indigenous Connecticut

Arts

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

Books

New poetry collection captures stillness in motion; local press celebrates author, fall book lineup; new collection by local poet examines joy and healing

Author readings around Boston Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

The awe of horror; or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rep

Movies

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

Television

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts

Amazon to reboot ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Jill Biden, Laura Bush help unveil Nickelodeon short series to teach kids civics

music

Celebrating Joni at 80

For musicians on the way up, nonprofit’s support hits all the right notes

Podcast: Folk singer Chance Emerson on building his music career in New England

Theater/Dance

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

‘How I Learned to Drive’ burrows deep into the murky memories of trauma

‘Liberal Redneck’ Trae Crowder knows what you think about Southerners

Health

Lifespan, largest hospital owner in R.I., could change name in expanded partnership with Brown University

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

Obituaries

Li Keqiang, former Chinese premier, dies of heart attack at 68

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Terry Dischinger, college basketball star and Olympian, dies at 82