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Internal audit of BU Center for Antiracist Research finds no financial mismanagement, university says

A probe into the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research found no mismanagement of funds, after the center came under scrutiny in September when it laid off more than half its staff and said it was transitioning to a fellowship model, the university said Tuesday.

Mass. lawmakers propose $250 million for strained shelter system, push Healey to create overflow site for homeless families

Massachusetts House leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would delay Governor Maura Healey’s plan to limit the number of families in the state’s emergency shelter system if officials don’t quickly stand up an overflow site.

‘A cloud hanging over everybody’s head’: New construction in Greater Boston faces a slowdown
The backlog of projects that are permitted but haven’t yet started work are complicating efforts to address the region’s housing shortage and to build office space better suited for the post-lockdown world.

Beyond the Gilded Gate: Reckoning with Boston’s towers of wealth

11 key takeaways from Donald Trump’s testimony

The trial is focused on how much Trump and other executives within the Trump Organization were involved in assembling financial statements valuing his properties.

Donald Trump lashes out from the witness stand as he testifies in fraud trial

Young mom’s final words to her husband among new details in Northfield, N.H., triple murder case
The mother and her two young sons were gunned down in August 2022, allegedly by their teenage brother-in-law and uncle.

A view of a great white shark off Cape Cod in 2022.

Cape Cod surfers say they narrowly escaped 10-foot shark

Worker dies after being electrocuted at AT&T facility in Cambridge

Vegetarian restaurant chain Clover Food Lab files for bankruptcy

WeWork files for bankruptcy amid glut of empty offices

An artistic interpretation of the elusive Sportello bagel.

Boston’s best everything bagel was real. I ate it. Then it vanished.

A decade on, there’s so much I still needed to know: How did it start? Where did it go? Who in the world was “Mike the Baker”?

Kassandra Laskarides is the hospitality manager at Chattermark Distillers in Charlestown.

Kassandra Laskarides was going to be a high school history teacher. She taught about beer instead.

In this Oct. 7, 2020, photo, chef Sohla El-Waylly prepares Swedish meatballs during a taping of "Stump Sohla," in New York.

SHERYL JULIAN | WHAT SHE'S HAVING

You might not have heard of her yet, but she’s on her way to cooking stardom

Although Affleck been spotted with Starbucks on a few occasions over the years, his affection for Dunkin’ is well known.

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

Plymouth family to return to Mass. after a month trapped in Gaza
The Shafai family tried to flee Gaza last week but was denied passage. On Tuesday, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Bill Keating announced the family had made it into Egypt.

North Andover officials cancel meeting to discuss raising Palestinian flag at town common Jewish man dies after confrontation during pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in California

Brandeis University bans local chapter of National Students for Justice in Palestine

The school will no longer recognize the campus chapter of the National Students for Justice in Palestine organization, saying the group has “openly” shown support for the Hamas terrorists who attacked Israeli civilians in October, according to a statement from the university.

Report of hit-and-run of Muslim student at Stanford prompts hate crime inquiry Ronald D. Liebowitz | Opinion: How universities should confront antisemitism on campus

Election day in the preliminary municipal election in September for the City of Boston at the Mattahunt Elementary School in Boston. The general election is on Nov. 7.

Boston City Council Election Day is today. 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.

Key decisions, but low turnout, expected in Boston and elsewhere, top state official says Voters head to the polls in Boston City Council elections

Craig Breslow is a Connecticut native who graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular physics and biochemistry.

dan shaughnessy

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow sure can talk a good game

The way the cerebral Breslow speaks is in stark contrast to some more plain-spoken Boston sports executives.

Alex Speier: The Cubs hiring Craig Counsell shows this MLB offseason is sure to be chaos. What does that mean for the Red Sox?

Mac Jones couldn't believe some of the things he was seeing in Sunday's loss to the Commanders.

Mac Jones strikes the pose of a Patriot whose future does not lie in New England next year

The quarterback continues to behave like a consummate pro in the midst of a trying season, but his days in Foxborough seem to be numbered.

‘We’re good.’ Here’s what Mac Jones told JuJu Smith-Schuster after costly drop against Commanders

We Found Love | Love Letters

‘I know what he did was a very bad thing, but he’s never ... come across as a bad person.’

In Part 3 of the "We Found Love" series, a couple wrestles with whether a life sentence for murder will keep them apart forever.

Opinion

Shifting to even-year local elections could improve representation both in the electorate and among elected officials.

Kawashima-Ginsberg, Levine, and Lieberman

Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years

Moving local elections to even-numbered years would boost voter turnout and save money.

More questions than answers in handling of Danilecki case

IDEAS | BOB KATZ

May every unpublished novel finally find a reader

Lighten up on Bill Belichick

MARCELA GARCÍA

Bilingual education is the foundation for Boston’s next generation

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

More recent News

Report: Former Celtics big man Robert Williams facing potentially season-ending knee surgery
Williams is facing a potential season-ending surgical procedure to repair bone and ligament damage in his right kneecap.

Timberwolves 114, Celtics 109 (OT): Anthony Edwards goes supernova as Celtics wither

bruins

Breaking the ice was twice as nice for Bruins rookies Mason Lohrei and Johnny Beecher
Connecting for their first NHL goals in the same game is another indication that the Bruins are getting better at drafting young talent.

Mass General Brigham announces first moves toward integrated cancer program
Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2015, will take on a system-wide role

To combat the overdose crisis, momentum builds for safe consumption sites in Massachusetts
A growing number of local and state officials are embracing the harm reduction strategy, though major legal barriers remain.

Top aide to commander of Ukraine’s military killed by a grenade given as a birthday gift
Major Hennadii Chastiakov was showing off the grenades to his family at home when his son took one and began twisting the ring.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

New exam school data show how many low-income students missed out on bonus points doled out to higher-income peers

Of the 408 higher-income students who received bonus points based on where they attend school, nearly 85 percent were admitted. Of the 29 low-income students who didn’t, 13 were not admitted.

Recommended reads

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

A white-tail deer darted across Mahkeenac Lake Road in Stockbridge.

Eyes on the road

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize-winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld warns drivers to be mindful of deer during breeding season.

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.

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?

Months after request, Mass. lawmakers to vote on funding for emergency shelters. But they won’t say how much they’ll authorize.
On Monday, a key House leader repeatedly declined to specify just how much money legislative leaders are willing to give, saying it’s “still to be determined.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy of Wilco poses for a portrait in Los Angeles ahead of the release of "World Within a Song."

Jeff Tweedy on the 49 songs and one band that inspired his new book

Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez attends a pretrial court hearing in superior court in Fall River, Mass. Oct. 9, 2013.

FX series ‘American Sports Story’ casts its Aaron Hernandez

Schuyler Bailar (”He/She/They”) is in conversation with Kimm Topping at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at All She Wrote Books.

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 11

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Plymouth family to return to Mass. after a month trapped in Gaza

The Shafai family tried to flee Gaza last week but was denied passage. On Tuesday, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Bill Keating announced the family had made it into Egypt.

Internal audit of BU Center for Antiracist Research finds no financial mismanagement, university says

A probe into the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research found no mismanagement of funds, after the center came under scrutiny in September when it laid off more than half its staff and said it was transitioning to a fellowship model, the university said Tuesday.

Mass. lawmakers propose $250 million for strained shelter system, push Healey to create overflow site for homeless families

Massachusetts House leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would delay Governor Maura Healey’s plan to limit the number of families in the state’s emergency shelter system if officials don’t quickly stand up an overflow site.

Cape Cod surfers say they narrowly escaped 10-foot shark

“I’ve seen a hundred white sharks while surfing, but this takes the top of all my shark interactions,” Ray Trautz wrote on Facebook.

Sports

Mason Lohrei was pumped up after burying his first NHL goal Monday night in Dallas.

Breaking the ice was twice as nice for Bruins rookies Mason Lohrei and Johnny Beecher

Connecting for their first NHL goals in the same game is another indication that the Bruins are getting better at drafting young talent.

Staying healthy continues to be trouble for Robert Williams.

Report: Former Celtics big man Robert Williams facing potentially season-ending knee surgery

Williams is facing a potential season-ending surgical procedure to repair bone and ligament damage in his right kneecap.

JuJu Smith-Schuster's fourth-quarter drop sealed the Patriots' seventh loss of the season Sunday.

‘We’re good.’ Here’s what Mac Jones told JuJu Smith-Schuster after costly drop against Commanders

Jones appeared on WEEI on Monday, touching on a variety of topics — including Smith-Schuster’s costly drop on Sunday, Kayshon Boutte’s reps, and more.

Celtics’ Derrick White, wife Hannah welcome second child

The Cubs’ hiring of Craig Counsell shows this MLB offseason is sure to be chaos. What does that mean for the Red Sox?

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: As losses mount, so do the issues on fans’ minds

Business

Mass General Brigham announces first moves toward integrated cancer program

Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2015, will take on a system-wide role

GE Aerospace agrees to $9.4 million fine for faulty jet engines

The Defense Department claims that engines built in Lynn were delivered with ‘unallowable metal fragments.’

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

For chefs and party hosts: R.I. restaurant owners’ new kitchen goods store specializes in hard-to-find products

‘A cloud hanging over everybody’s head’: New construction in Greater Boston faces a slowdown

magazine

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

On Thursday, explore what it means to fail at WBUR CitySpace’s Freakonomics Radio Live.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 6- Nov. 12

Orecchiette With Broccolini

Recipes: Skip the tomatoes for these boldly-flavored pastas

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Mass.

metro

Multiple Just Vote! signs dotted the median along Truman Parkway, in Hyde Park.

Voters head to the polls in Boston City Council elections

A quick guide to Election Day in Rhode Island

Just opened and coming soon: 14 new restaurants and bars in Rhode Island to try this fall

sports

Craig Breslow is a Connecticut native who graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular physics and biochemistry.

New Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow sure can talk a good game

Jets’ three-game win streak emphatically snapped by Chargers’ relentless defense

Anthony Edwards goes supernova as Timberwolves hand Celtics their first loss

business

Micah Remley, CEO of Robin.

We’re coming back to the office, and the office is getting smaller, according to Robin CEO Micah Remley

WeWork files for bankruptcy amid glut of empty offices

Mass. AG objects to terms of Vantage’s bankruptcy filing

politics

Voters casted their ballots at the Shelby Traditional Academy on Nov. 7 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Beshear hopes abortion debate will help him win another term as governor in GOP-leaning Kentucky

Ohio is the lone state deciding an abortion rights question, providing hints for 2024 races

Special counsel in the Hunter Biden case testifying before lawmakers in ‘unprecedented step’

Nation

People walked on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower, March 14, 2019, in Stanford, Calif.

Report of hit-and-run of Muslim student at Stanford prompts hate crime inquiry

Could a prominent Democrat really challenge Biden? It’s unlikely, at this point.

Tech startups try to sell a cautious Pentagon on artificial intelligence

World

Palestinians looked for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

A month into war, Israel envisions an ‘overall security’ role in Gaza indefinitely

Top aide to commander of Ukraine’s military killed by a grenade given as a birthday gift

Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war among items on crisis-heavy global agenda

opinion

Soldiers fired a grenade launcher toward Russian forces near the front line in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Oct. 28.

The Ukraine war has no end in sight

How universities should confront antisemitism on campus

From afar, cries over Israel-Hamas war can only sound discordant

lifestyle

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

She stayed over ... in the spare room

I think he’s cheap

food & dining

Turkeys right out of the oven. The shop sells fresh, frozen, cooked turkeys and all the sides, and more.

It’s busy season at Bongi’s Turkey Roost

Yolélé spice blends add West African flare to your meals

Recipe: Warm buns studded with bittersweet chocolate chunks have the texture of buttery scones

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

Movies

Although Affleck been spotted with Starbucks on a few occasions over the years, his affection for Dunkin’ is well known.

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

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

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

Television

Although Affleck been spotted with Starbucks on a few occasions over the years, his affection for Dunkin’ is well known.

Ben Affleck with a Starbucks cup is the Internet’s new favorite ‘sad Affleck’ meme

FX series ‘American Sports Story’ casts its Aaron Hernandez

‘The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror’ special pokes fun at Gronk, NFTs

music

Singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy of Wilco poses for a portrait in Los Angeles ahead of the release of "World Within a Song."

Jeff Tweedy on the 49 songs and one band that inspired his new book

At the Orpheum, Bob Dylan does Bob Dylan things

Conductor Joana Mallwitz and soloist Anna Vinnitskaya light up the BSO

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Rohn and Dennis Trainor Jr. in "How I Learned to Drive" at Actors' Shakespeare Project.

A troubling journey into the past in ‘How I Learned to Drive’

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

Health

A person walks into a CVS Health store on Aug. 1, 2023, in Miami, Fla.

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

Mr. Davis, playing for the Phoenix Suns, controlled the ball in a 1978 game against the Golden State Warriors. Mr. Davis was a five-time NBA All-Star.

Walter Davis, basketball star with a velvet touch, dies at 69

Cody Dorman, who watched namesake horse win Breeders’ Cup race, dies on trip home

Hillel Stavis, innovative founder of Harvard Square’s WordsWorth Books, dies