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Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reckoning with Boston’s towers of wealth

Luxury high-rises are sprouting across the skyline. Why is Boston, amid a grave housing crisis, so much better at building homes for the wealthy than those in need?

Explore the project
Lewiston Shootings

Army reservist sent texts before Maine attack warning gunman would ‘do a mass shooting’
A set of desperate texts and a letter from a US Army Reserve training supervisor to a Maine sheriff in September reveal the high level of concern the gunman's fellow reservists had about the severity of his mental illness.

See our complete coverage of the Maine shootings

Tracking the misinformation in police’s response to Maine gunman

Law enforcement, military officials knew about gunman’s instability for months. But repeated warnings weren’t enough.

Maine governor launches independent commission to probe Lewiston mass shooting

Amid influx of migrants, state judge allows Healey to move ahead with limits on Mass. emergency shelter system

A judge on Wednesday rejected a request from Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based advocacy group, to temporarily block the Healey administration from creating a cap of 7,500 families on the statewide program.

Harvard students and alumni call for more action to fight antisemitism on campus

More than 1,200 people identifying themselves as Harvard College students and alumni have signed an open letter to top administrators calling for more action to protect Jewish students from antisemitism as controversy over the war between Israel and Hamas continues to roil the campus.

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but keeps open possibility of a future hike

The Fed said in a statement after its latest meeting that it would keep its benchmark rate at about 5.4 percent, its highest level in 22 years.

Harvard breaks ground on big Allston project
The Enterprise Research Campus is set to include lab space, green space, and housing.

City clears final tents from the ‘Mass. and Cass’ homeless encampment
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the task “has been a long-standing challenge in the city of Boston.”

Boston continues intensive effort to clear Mass. and Cass homeless encampments

Salem State University student, 18, killed in overnight shooting
A Salem State University student was fatally shot early Wednesday amid the North Shore city’s massive annual Halloween celebration, law enforcement and university officials said.

Postal Service letter carrier assaulted in Medford, taken to hospital with serious injuries

Woman accused of killing pro cyclist Moriah Wilson tracked her on a fitness app, prosecutors say

After weeks in besieged Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians are allowed to leave

The first people to leave Gaza — other than four hostages — crossed into Egypt, escaping the territory’s growing misery as bombings drive hundreds of thousands from their homes, and food, water, and fuel run low.

Medway family remains trapped in Gaza as some foreign nationals exit: ‘We hope our turn will come soon’

Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza, but Plymouth family remains stuck
ben volin | on football

Josh McDaniels took the fall, but owner Mark Davis has only himself to blame for Raiders’ failures

No coach could succeed under the conditions and in the time McDaniels was given by Davis, who can't decide whether he wants to rebuild or win now.
On Football: Forgoing a fire sale was the right move for Patriots
Forecast | Dave Epstein

November arrives with hard frost in some areas before a pleasant weekend

In the short run temperatures are going to moderate a little bit over the next few days after a cold start Thursday.
DEVRA FIRST

10 new restaurants to try right now

As the weather gets colder, Boston’s dining scene continues to bloom, and there is plenty to look forward to. Here are some spots to try soon.
Movies

Move over, Wordle: Movie Grid, a new daily trivia game, has users flexing their film knowledge

The online movie guessing game was created by longtime friends and 25-year-old roommates in East Boston.
Take an early look inside Boston’s first Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

What do you mean by ‘right to shelter,’ Governor Healey?

It would be better and more honest if Healey just said she wanted to change the law and forced state lawmakers to consider that.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Will Supreme Court put limits on the use of social media?

JEFF JACOBY

Why most Americans are tuning out the news
Miren Uriarte and Rosann Tung

Why we resigned from the Boston School Committee’s English Learners Task Force
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Biden’s real reelection problem isn’t his age. It’s his waning popularity.

The MBTA just eliminated one of its longest-lasting slow zones

First identified by work crews before Labor Day in 2022, the Red Line slow zone was “being removed” as of Wednesday morning. Here is its story.
Red Sox

Above all else, Craig Breslow has been a problem solver — on the mound and in the front office

The Red Sox’ new chief baseball officer has demonstrated boldness and a willingness to reach for a high bar and grasp it. He confronts forks along the way with decisiveness and ambition.

Fannie Mae keeps a secret condo blacklist. Why?

Won’t buy loans for these properties and forbids lenders from telling anyone. In October, 37 Massachusetts developments were singled out.
ADDRESS

Home of the Week: Consider this Sudbury house DIY done

Multi-level home with extensive renovations offers four bedrooms, three full baths, three levels of living space, and nearly an acre of land.

More recent News

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades.
White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier had significant death rate increases.

In Boston speech, Exxon Mobil CEO says he’s still betting big on oil
Woods says the oil giant brings little to the table on renewables.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN
Meet the 22-year-old Rhode Island woman living her pro baseball dream
Kayla Baptista is a development coach in the Rangers organization, and the big club now finds itself just one victory away from winning its first-ever World Series.

Mass General Brigham won’t require patients to mask this winter
The state's largest health system may mandate staff to wear masks in some circumstances if respiratory illnesses rise above certain levels.

NH POLITICS

Write-in Biden? Some N.H. Democrats are not sold on the idea.

Some Democrats questioned whether the write-in campaign might waste political resources. Others worried overemphasizing the presidential race might distract from other important contests. And a few cozied up to Biden’s newest challenger.
In N.H., Vivek Ramaswamy and Ro Khanna debate America’s future

Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York trial of fraud suit against his father
The former president’s son is the first of his children to testify, kicking off a blockbuster stretch as the trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit enters its second month.

Dunkin’ announces its 2023 holiday menu and the return of Free Donut Wednesdays
We've officially entered the season of peppermint mocha lattes, holiday sprinkles, and complimentary doughnuts.

MFA hands over pair of likely looted Bubon bronzes to Manhattan DA’s office
A spokesperson for the Manhattan DA’s office confirmed the two fragments are part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation into an antiquities smuggling ring.

MISS CONDUCT
Do nieces and nephews age out of Christmas gifts?
Also, my neighbor has a hoarding problem and I’d like to help.

Recommended reads

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Like clockwork, it’s time to debate daylight saving time again

The twice-annual debate over what time zone Massachusetts should be in has been revived anew.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Nine members of BPS’s English Learners task force resign in protest of district inclusion plan
In a letter to Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper, the resigning task force members said the district’s plan to integrate English learners into general education classrooms will lead to worse outcomes.

Boston City Council election day is coming up. Here’s what to know before you vote.
Eligible Bostonians will be able to cast their ballots to elect the city's next district councilors and at-large city councilors, whether that's by mail, voting early, or going to the polls on Election Day.

Putting their John Hancock on the city skyline
The life insurer on Tuesday completed the installation of its signature sign — which long hung over center field in Fenway Park — at the top of its Back Bay headquarters.

Culture & Lifestyle

Move over, Wordle: Movie Grid, a new daily trivia game, has users flexing their film knowledge

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

Nick Lowe on Christmas music, his masked accomplices, and why he had to change his tune

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

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

IDEAS | DOUG SMITH

The last thing my father told me
Andrew Bacevich

Is the US an ‘indispensable nation’ or reckless and misguided?
EDITORIAL

In defense of Halloween
EDITORIAL

Transfer tax would give communities one more weapon in the housing battle
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The deficit has doubled — to $2 trillion. This economist says worrying about it is silly.
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about the guns in the Maine mass shootings

Authorities found three guns with Robert R. Card II’s body and in his vehicle, but we still don’t know which ones were used in the shootings.

Salem State University student, 18, killed in overnight shooting

A Salem State University student was fatally shot early Wednesday amid the North Shore city’s massive annual Halloween celebration, law enforcement and university officials said.

Amid influx of migrants, state judge allows Healey to move ahead with limits on Mass. emergency shelter system

A judge on Wednesday rejected a request from Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based advocacy group, to temporarily block the Healey administration from creating a cap of 7,500 families on the statewide program.

Harvard students and alumni call for more action to fight antisemitism on campus

More than 1,200 people identifying themselves as Harvard College students and alumni have signed an open letter to top administrators calling for more action to protect Jewish students from antisemitism as controversy over the war between Israel and Hamas continues to roil the campus.

Sports

MIAA GIRLS' SOCCER TOURNAMENT

State girls’ soccer tournament: Favorites, sleepers, players to watch, Divisions 1-5

Five divisions, 206 teams, with two defending champions (Hingham and Sutton) on the move with realignment, all with a goal of playing for a state title later this month.
women's college hockey notebook

Power play by first-place Boston College produces an advantage in Hockey East

The importance of special teams has been on full display in conference play.
NHK

NHL is trying to follow Taylor Swift’s lead in trying to sell out MetLife Stadium for back-to-back outdoor games

The Devils and Flyers Feb. 17 and the Rangers and Islanders Feb. 18 are set to play the NHL’s 40th and 41st regular-season outdoor games.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Saved from the bus, defenseman Mason Lohrei reports for duty with Bruins
MIAA BOYS' SOCCER TOURNAMENT

State boys’ soccer tournament: Favorites, sleepers, players to watch, Divisions 1-5
MIAA GIRLS' SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Seedings and matchups for the state girls’ soccer tournament

Business

US job openings were steady in September

There were 9.6 million job openings in September, slightly up from August’s revised total of 9.5 million, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

WeWork may enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as next week

Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a company to keep operating while it works out a plan to repay its debts.

Offshore wind firm cancels New Jersey projects, as industry’s prospects dim

Prosecutor cites ‘pyramid of deceit’ by Sam Bankman-Fried; defense lawyer says he’s no monster
magazine
Women & Power 2023

Where are the women in tech and AI?

PERSPECTIVE

We’ve earned these wrinkles. We don’t need to hide them.
MISS CONDUCT

Do nieces and nephews age out of Christmas gifts?

COOKING

Cauliflower is a good vegetarian option for shawarma and other dishes

metro

Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza, but Plymouth family remains stuck

Medway family remains trapped in Gaza as some foreign nationals exit: ‘We hope our turn will come soon’

Law enforcement, military officials knew about gunman’s instability for months. But repeated warnings weren’t enough.

sports

Seedings and matchups for the state boys’ soccer tournament

Josh McDaniels took the fall, but owner Mark Davis has only himself to blame for Raiders’ failures

Bill Belichick provides no answers on Patriots’ lack of trade-deadline moves

business

In Boston speech, Exxon Mobil CEO says he’s still betting big on oil

Harvard breaks ground on big Allston project

Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York trial of fraud suit against his father

politics

Biden travels to Minn. to highlight rural investments

Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York trial of fraud suit against his father

In N.H., Vivek Ramaswamy and Ro Khanna debate America’s future

Nation

Donald Trump Jr. testifies he never worked on the key documents in his father’s civil fraud trial

Millions more smokers should be screened for lung cancer, group says

Woman accused of killing pro cyclist Moriah Wilson tracked her on a fitness app, prosecutors say

World

Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel over strikes in Gaza

Researchers hope tracking senior Myanmar army officers can ascertain blame for human rights abuses

Does a two-state solution, long discounted, still have a future?

opinion

May I have a word: Halloween-related terms that really strike a gourd

Governor Healey adds equity, fairness to her clemency priorities

In defense of Halloween

lifestyle

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades.

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

food & dining

Dunkin’ announces its 2023 holiday menu and the return of Free Donut Wednesdays

10 new restaurants to try right now

Turkish coffee (and the space to enjoy it) at Sip of Joy Cafe & Bakery in the South End

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

Brian Regan on his ‘adequate comedy,’ Germany’s coolness, and his love of swim-up bars

Arts

The Boston Tea Party turns 250

Crystalle Lacouture centers loss and care at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

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

Books

For dyslexic readers, a boon in Dyslexie font

Becoming Henry Winkler

Sigrid Nunez’s latest novel meditates upon age, illness, writing, and macaws

Movies

Move over, Wordle: Movie Grid, a new daily trivia game, has users flexing their film knowledge

Elvis is the devil in disguise in ‘Priscilla’

‘The Holdovers’ is Payne’s paean to all the lonely people

Television

B.J. Novak’s pet project a boon to ‘Lessons in Chemistry’

‘Six Feet Under’ the latest HBO series to pop up on Netflix

‘Friends’ cast mourns death of Matthew Perry

music

New Kids on the Block to bring ‘Magic Summer 2024’ tour to Mansfield

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

Theater/Dance

Orlando Baxter doesn’t have to come home for Comics Come Home — he’s already here

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

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

Health

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

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

Obituaries

Frank Howard, long the face of baseball in Washington, D.C., dies at 87

Climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who emphasized helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54