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Israeli forces cut off north Gaza as Hamas-run Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll passes 10,000

Troops are expected to enter Gaza City soon, Israeli media reported, and Palestinian militants are likely to fight street by street, launching ambushes from a vast network of tunnels.

Blinken wraps up frantic Mideast tour with tepid, if any, support for pauses in Gaza fighting In letter to congressional delegation, 88 Rhode Island Jews and Israelis urge ceasefire in Gaza

UMass Amherst student arrested after allegedly punching Jewish student and spitting on Israeli flag

Judge chides Donald Trump as he testifies in civil fraud trial: ‘We don’t have time to waste’
The judge presiding over the civil fraud trial of Donald Trump told the former president that “this is not a political rally” as he began testifying in a lawsuit accusing him of dramatically inflating his net worth.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

It’s still a good time to jump on those 5 percent savings rates

The Federal Reserve may well be done hiking rates, forecasters say, but it won’t begin lowering them for a while.

New union agreement will close Stellantis parts center in Mansfield

A tenantive agreement reached late last week allows the parent company of Chrysler to consolidate the facility into a new plant in Fishkill, New York by 2025.

These off-year elections could show whether abortion is still a driving force in politics

The most closely watched contests include an Ohio constitutional amendment that would protect access to abortion; Kentucky’s gubernatorial race; and state Legislature races in Virginia.

Boston City Council candidates make final push before election Here’s what you need to know before you vote in Boston

Voters could pick new mayors in 8 of New Hampshire’s 13 cities on Tuesday

Sorting recycling is a drag. So these UMass grads are teaching AI to do it.

Lewiston, Maine, man arrested, charged with murder following standoff with police

These ‘poofy’ caterpillars can predict winter’s severity, according to New England folklore

Unbeknownst to most, the woolly bear caterpillar has a reputation for being able to predict coming winter weather patterns.

Birds in North America will be renamed to avoid ‘exclusionary and harmful’ associations with people

Beth Teitell

How bad is Boston traffic? It’s on the sidewalk now.
As the micro-mobility movement gains popularity, the sidewalks have become a free-for-all with powered bikes, electric scooters, and those one-wheeled things. But where are people supposed to go?

Commanders 20, Patriots 17

Head coach Bill Belichick looks on in the game against the Washington Commanders during the second half at Gillette Stadium on November 05, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Christopher L. Gasper

The Patriots are a bad team, and even worse, Bill Belichick has them stuck in the past

Reality bites if you’re a Patriots fan, and reality has bitten Belichick in the backside.

Send us your burning questions about the Patriots to be answered in Tuesday’s mailbag

Patriots Notebook

Is Bill Belichick coaching for his job? He was asked about it Monday.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

The Patriots should be losing, but does it have to be this bad?

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Patriots’ sloppy loss to the Commanders is what the end looks like for Bill Belichick

Jayson Tatum needed just 444 regular-season games to reach the 10,000-point mark with the Celtics.

gary washburn | on basketball

Jayson Tatum, seven years and 10,000 points later, has made his mark. We still haven’t seen him at his best.

Tatum has become the most recognizable athlete in this star-studded city, and he's doing his part to give back.

Preview: Boston’s juggernaut offense and Minnesota’s lockdown defense square off tonight

Michael Kwong was fatally shot at the New Dragon Chef restaurant in Arlington on Aug. 11, 1989.

Cold Case Files

He was shot in a Chinese restaurant in Arlington in 1989, but no one has ever been charged

The New Dragon Chef restaurant in Arlington was closing down for the night, when suddenly a gunman showed up at the door and began firing.

Lewiston shootings

Regan Thibodeau with Joshua Seal, who was killed in the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. They were among the few deaf certified American Sign Language interpreters in Maine.

Maine’s deaf community embraces solidarity, and faces old frustrations, as it grieves four of its own

The deaths of four deaf people in the Lewiston shootings have brought to light the profound connections within Maine’s deaf community and renewed a familiar frustration: exclusion.

Maine’s senators ask US Army to investigate response to Lewiston gunman’s mental health decline

‘Strong lives here:’ As Lewiston mourns, community gathers to honor victims and support one another

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is in Arizona for baseball's General Managers Meetings this week.

peter abraham | on baseball

Craig Breslow is jumping into the pitching arms race at the GM Meetings in Arizona this week

The Red Sox are in serious need of some help with starting pitching, and Breslow has little time to get his feet under him.

Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone in "The Curse," coming to Paramount+ and Showtime.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Emma Stone’s ‘The Curse,’ an Edith Wharton drama, and a look back at a great sitcom

Premiering this week: Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder as a married couple who may or may not be cursed, the Apple TV+ period drama “The Buccaneers,” and the space-based sci-fi thriller “Beacon 23.”

Perspective

Congress is weighing a social media ban for kids under 13. Here’s what you can do at home.

Don’t wait for Congress to restrict how Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms engage with young people. Begin with yourself.

Opinion

Pedestrians cross the street on July 11, 2023 in downtown Boston.

EDITORIAL

Vacant offices to housing: A new reality takes shape for downtown

From the White House to City Hall, incentives hold the key to success.

JEFF JACOBY

A GOP senator joins the anti-Citizens United chorus

Kenneth Roth

Universities should stop commenting on world events

Zahra Asghar

On Harvard’s campus, discussions of the Israel-Hamas war are whispered. It’s time to change that.

Ronald D. Liebowitz

How universities should confront antisemitism on campus

The Prudential Building, left, and One Dalton in the setting sun.

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

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Could climate tech be the next biotech for the Massachusetts economy?

From ship-cleaning robots, to plant-based meat, to paints that better regulate humidity and heat, firms around the state are meeting the challenge of climate change with a range of innovations.

Men hold antiabortion rally at Planned Parenthood and on Boston Common
The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood, which included several young boys, started early Saturday morning.

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

Brockton store worker, 18, turns himself in to police after allegedly shooting knife-wielding man
Both Khamani K. Anderson, 18, and the man he allegedly shot, Brandon C. Theodat, 26, are facing criminal charges in connection with the matter, according to Brockton police.

Drug seizure nets 200 pounds of fentanyl, other drugs worth $8 million, US attorney says; three men arrested

Three men are facing federal charges after authorities seized more than 200 pounds of fentanyl and other drugs with a street value of roughly $8 million from a Lynn address in one of the largest single-location narcotic seizures in New England history, authorities said Monday.

Kingston man arrested for allegedly using 3D printer to make guns

Police executed a search warrant Saturday at a home on Howlands Lane and allegedly found an AR-style rifle, various gun accessories, a 3D printer, 3D-printed gun parts, body armor, steroids, and other evidence, officials said.

Gary Washburn’s surprises and disappointments after the first two weeks of the NBA season

Victor Wembanyama and Tyrese Maxey? On the rise. Julius Randle, the Heat, and the Grizzlies? Not so much.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Is a Business Improvement District coming to the Back Bay?
If enough landlords agree, they would create the state’s biggest business improvement district as measured by assessed property value, taxing commercial properties from Newbury Street brownstones to the Prudential tower.

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Barbara Lee, the political queenmaker, will wind down foundation and work in 2024
By her count, Lee has helped elect more than 200 women in 37 states — including 8 sitting governors, 13 sitting US Senators, 29 sitting House members, and one vice president.

College Basketball

Kim English knows failure, and has faith. That’s why he’s ready to lead Providence basketball.
English takes over for beloved Ed Cooley, who left in the offseason for Georgetown. How will a 35-year-old with two years of mid-major head coaching experience rise to the occasion?

Culture & Lifestyle

This week’s TV: Emma Stone’s ‘The Curse,’ an Edith Wharton drama, and a look back at a great sitcom

The wedding invitations designed by artist Orfeo Tagiuri that became a viral sensation.

How Brookline-born artist Orfeo Tagiuri created a ‘cool girl’ wedding invitation that became a viral sensation

Bob Dylan, shown performing in London in 2019.

At the Orpheum, Bob Dylan does Bob Dylan things

7 stream-worthy movies to get in the sweater weather spirit

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, 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

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

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, has joined with Democrats in seeking to undo the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision that allowed corporations to make independent political expenditures.

JEFF JACOBY

A GOP senator joins the anti-Citizens United chorus

Hobbs, N.M., an oil town near the Texas border, was one of the early sites for Ready4Routines, an eight-week course aimed at helping families build time for reflection into their lives.

IDEAS | MAGGIE JACKSON

For struggling families, classes in resilience can be lifelines

Former governor Mike Dukakis attended Governor Maura Healey’s inauguration, Jan. 5.

RENÉE LOTH

Mike Dukakis, an exemplar of civic engagement

Caution tape near the location in Lisbon, Maine, where officials found the body of the gunman in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Oct. 27.

EDITORIAL

How Maine can start fixing its gun laws

Missing poster and photos of Helen Medina.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A family’s nightmare quest to find their missing loved one

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

RI ARTS

Gamm Theatre’s dark ‘Hangmen’ delights despite the occasional rope burn

Playwright Martin McDonagh clears the path with crisp, razor-sharp dialogue layered with cleverly constructed and wonderfully inappropriate one-liners.

Birds in North America will be renamed to avoid ‘exclusionary and harmful’ associations with people

Next year, the American Ornithological Society will begin to rename around 80 species found in the US and Canada.

Everett School Committee appoints acting superintendent

The appointment comes days after the School Committee placed the current superintendent on leave, over the objections of students, teachers, and community members.

RI WEATHER

These ‘poofy’ caterpillars can predict winter’s severity, according to New England folklore

Unbeknownst to most, the woolly bear caterpillar has a reputation for being able to predict coming winter weather patterns.

Sports

Quinnipiac goalie Vinny Duplessis, a transfer from Boston University, shut out Harvard this weekend.

men's college hockey notebook

Quinnipiac gets back on track, and other takeaways from men’s college hockey this weekend

The defending national champions are off to a comparatively slow start, but they dominated Harvard in a 6-0 win Saturday.

Jeremy Swayman (left) and Linus Ullmark will hope to get back to their celebratory hugs on Monday night in Dallas.

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Bruins at Stars: Boston looks to bounce back from first regulation loss

The Bruins wrap up a brief two-game road trip in Dallas on Monday night.

Jaylen Brown and the 5-0 Celtics will test themselves against a stingy Timberwolves defense.

celtics at timberwolves | 8 p.m. (NBC Sports Boston)

Celtics at Timberwolves: Boston’s juggernaut offense and Minnesota’s lockdown defense square off

The Celtics lead the NBA in points per game, and the Timberwolves are allowing the fewest points per game to opponents.

gary washburn | on basketball

Jayson Tatum, seven years and 10,000 points later, has made his mark. We still haven’t seen him at his best.

peter abraham | on baseball

Craig Breslow is jumping into the pitching arms race at the GM Meetings in Arizona this week

patriots

Is Bill Belichick coaching for his job? He was asked about it Monday.

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

It’s still a good time to jump on those 5 percent savings rates

The Federal Reserve may well be done hiking rates, forecasters say, but it won’t begin lowering them for a while.

Judge chides Donald Trump as he testifies in civil fraud trial: ‘We don’t have time to waste’

The judge presiding over the civil fraud trial of Donald Trump told the former president that “this is not a political rally” as he began testifying in a lawsuit accusing him of dramatically inflating his net worth.

New union agreement will close Stellantis parts center in Mansfield

Sorting recycling is a drag. So these UMass grads are teaching AI to do it.

magazine

2023

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Mass.

Just after learning October 9 that she’d won a Nobel Prize, Claudia Goldin, at home, speaks with a reporter.

Women & Power 2023

Advice from the Nobel Prize winner who’s seen the ‘Barbie’ movie multiple times

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was not on time. My Uber took a wrong turn.’

MISS CONDUCT

My neighbor has a hoarding problem and I'd like to help

metro

TEL AVIV -- A protestor waves an Israeli flag in front of the crowd. The demonstration for the release of the Hamas hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 is one of the most significant and most numerous since the war began.

Jews, Israelis in R.I. voice concerns about Israel’s response to Hamas’s terrorist attack

In letter to congressional delegation, 88 Rhode Island Jews and Israelis urge ceasefire in Gaza

Voters could pick new mayors in 8 of New Hampshire’s 13 cities on Tuesday

sports

Why would the Bruins sign a prospect who was selected in the seventh round of the draft?

🏀 Catch up fast as college basketball season tips off tonight

The Patriots should be losing, but does it have to be this bad?

business

Brianna J. Cox, a professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, at the Media Educators Conference at the Television Academy on Oct. 25 in Los Angeles.

‘You don’t need a multimillion dollar budget’: R.I. director, writer on breaking into TV industry

Could climate tech be the next biotech for the Massachusetts economy?

Google’s antitrust headaches compound with another trial, this one targeting its Play Store

politics

Former president Donald Trump prepared to testify during his trial in New York State Supreme Court on Monday.

Judge chides Donald Trump as he testifies in civil fraud trial: ‘We don’t have time to waste’

Maine’s senators ask US Army to investigate response to Lewiston gunman’s mental health decline

Yellen to host Chinese vice premier for talks in San Francisco ahead of start of APEC summit

Nation

Robert E. Crimo Jr., talked to his attorney George Gomez as he appeared before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse on Monday.

Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors linked to son’s gun license

Biden is off to Delaware give out more money for trains

What the Golden Gate is (finally) doing about suicides

World

Palestinians reacted as they checked the rubble of a building, in Khan Yunis on Nov. 6, 2023.

Israeli forces cut off north Gaza as Hamas-run Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll passes 10,000

Blinken wraps up frantic Mideast tour with tepid, if any, support for pauses in Gaza fighting

Gaza has lost telecom contact again, while Israel’s military announces it has surrounded Gaza City

opinion

Governor Maura Healey at an appearance last month.

Healey lauded for taking clemency in a whole new direction

For Ukraine, for the world order, the stakes couldn’t be higher

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s reading list

lifestyle

How Brookline-born artist Orfeo Tagiuri created a ‘cool girl’ wedding invitation that became a viral sensation

She stayed over ... in the spare room

I think he’s cheap

food & dining

A rendering of the Museum of Ice Cream, coming soon to the Seaport.

The Museum of Ice Cream is coming to Boston

Don’t want to cook? Sick of turkey on Thanksgiving? Here’s some R.I. restaurants to pre-order from.

4 pop-up restaurants worth checking out in Rhode Island in November 2023

travel

The family's guide, Matt, showed the author's daughter how to use her wand to conjure up some magic in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

My kids unwrapped packed suitcases on Christmas morning, and we took a surprise trip. Would I do it again?

A guide to navigating holiday travel with less stress and a minimum of catastrophes

It’s Warren Miller film time, plus a doughnut tour and an app to turn your phone into a rescue locator

Arts

University of Massachusetts Amherst students Micah Schmerling and Jade Shum inspect an artwork at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

In Collecting 101, UMass Amherst students learn inner workings of museum acquisition

The Boston Tea Party turns 250

Crystalle Lacouture centers loss and care at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

Books

Scot Lehigh, author of "Just East of Nowhere.”

In Scot Lehigh’s debut novel, small-town Maine is both a comfort and an obstacle

Alice McDermott, in ‘Absolution,’ examines the lives of the wives in Vietnam War-era Saigon

Local poet offers wisdom and transcendence in ninth collection; Maine anthology draws power from youth perspectives; New bookstore opens in Turners Falls

Israeli forces cut off north Gaza as Hamas-run Health Ministry says Palestinian death toll passes 10,000

UMass Amherst student arrested after allegedly punching Jewish student and spitting on Israeli flag

It’s still a good time to jump on those 5 percent savings rates

New union agreement will close Stellantis parts center in Mansfield

These off-year elections could show whether abortion is still a driving force in politics

Voters could pick new mayors in 8 of New Hampshire’s 13 cities on Tuesday

Sorting recycling is a drag. So these UMass grads are teaching AI to do it.

Lewiston, Maine, man arrested, charged with murder following standoff with police

These ‘poofy’ caterpillars can predict winter’s severity, according to New England folklore

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The Patriots are a bad team, and even worse, Bill Belichick has them stuck in the past

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Maine’s deaf community embraces solidarity, and faces old frustrations, as it grieves four of its own

Maine’s senators ask US Army to investigate response to Lewiston gunman’s mental health decline

‘Strong lives here:’ As Lewiston mourns, community gathers to honor victims and support one another

Craig Breslow is jumping into the pitching arms race at the GM Meetings in Arizona this week

This week’s TV: Emma Stone’s ‘The Curse,’ an Edith Wharton drama, and a look back at a great sitcom

Congress is weighing a social media ban for kids under 13. Here’s what you can do at home.

Vacant offices to housing: A new reality takes shape for downtown

A GOP senator joins the anti-Citizens United chorus

Universities should stop commenting on world events

On Harvard’s campus, discussions of the Israel-Hamas war are whispered. It’s time to change that.

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Could climate tech be the next biotech for the Massachusetts economy?

Men hold antiabortion rally at Planned Parenthood and on Boston Common The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood, which included several young boys, started early Saturday morning.

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

Brockton store worker, 18, turns himself in to police after allegedly shooting knife-wielding man Both Khamani K. Anderson, 18, and the man he allegedly shot, Brandon C. Theodat, 26, are facing criminal charges in connection with the matter, according to Brockton police.

Drug seizure nets 200 pounds of fentanyl, other drugs worth $8 million, US attorney says; three men arrested

Kingston man arrested for allegedly using 3D printer to make guns

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It’s still a good time to jump on those 5 percent savings rates

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Sorting recycling is a drag. So these UMass grads are teaching AI to do it.

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How bad is Boston traffic? It’s on the sidewalk now.
As the micro-mobility movement gains popularity, the sidewalks have become a free-for-all with powered bikes, electric scooters, and those one-wheeled things. But where are people supposed to go?

Men hold antiabortion rally at Planned Parenthood and on Boston Common
The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood, which included several young boys, started early Saturday morning.

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

Brockton store worker, 18, turns himself in to police after allegedly shooting knife-wielding man
Both Khamani K. Anderson, 18, and the man he allegedly shot, Brandon C. Theodat, 26, are facing criminal charges in connection with the matter, according to Brockton police.

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Barbara Lee, the political queenmaker, will wind down foundation and work in 2024
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