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Beacon Hill is at odds over whether lawmakers should require Healey to create overflow shelters for families

Massachusetts legislative leaders are at odds over whether to mandate that Governor Maura Healey create an overflow shelter for families with no other place to go.

Spotlight follow-up

Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science job in Prague

Scientist David Sabatini said he has aspirations to one day expand this lab into the Greater Boston area.

Read the Spotlight report: Fate and the fallen star

Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but the policy lacks means of enforcement
The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves compliance entirely to each justice.

Read the Supreme Court’s new code of ethics

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

All aboard? Amtrak joins push to relocate USPS and expand South Station.
The $2 billion-plus South Station expansion, which would add up to 10 tracks to the existing 13, has been sidelined in part because the postal service showed no sign of budging.

City of Lynn on edge after authorities find more than 10 million doses of illegal drugs in home’s basement

While the seized drugs are now off the streets, outreach workers worry that many of the candy-shaped pills may have already made their way into the community and possibly into area schools.

Report: As PGA Tour board meets, Fenway Sports Group emerges as major potential investor

Lawmaker’s death leaves narrowly divided N.H. House in mourning

Boston man pleads guilty in straw gun-buying conspiracy connected to Littleton mill

Crime alert issued for six Mass. communities after jewelry thefts; couple targeting older residents

Jackpot: “It was sheer, blind, ridiculous luck,” said Mary McPeak of the subsidized apartment she landed through a Brookline lottery.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

We’re living longer and making the housing shortage worse

Many people are staying in their homes years beyond what they would have a generation or two ago.

A shuttered power plant in Everett could be the site of a new purpose-built soccer stadium for the New England Revolution.

Senate bill could enable Revolution stadium in Everett at last

A measure that would enable a soccer stadium to go on the site of a shuttered power plant took a big step forward on Monday.

Tom Brady recently spoke about the 2-8 Patriots on his podcast.

Tom Brady addresses 2-8 Patriots, offers advice to Texans rookie C.J. Stroud

On his podcast, Brady said responsibility is shared for reeling Patriots, then jokingly bet one of his Super Bowl rings on the outcome of this year's Michigan-Ohio State game.

Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals
Thousands fled Gaza’s Shifa Hospital over the weekend as Israeli troops encircled it, and doctors said gunfire and explosions raged all around it Monday.

Plymouth family that had been stuck in Gaza could return to Mass. on Tuesday, relative says Some Brown University faculty call on leadership to divest from weapons manufacturers over war in Gaza Brandeis students stage walkout as seven people are arraigned in connection to pro-Palestinian protest

People boarded a bus at Gillette Stadium to go to Washington, D.C., for Tuesday’s March for Israel.

On buses from Gillette, locals head to D.C. for March for Israel

“This is a historic opportunity for people — Jews, and friends, and allies across North America — to show up proud and strong in Washington, D.C.,” the leader of Combined Jewish Philanthropies said Monday.

Dr. James E. Fanale, the former CEO and president of Care New England, and his wife Deb on their porch in Falmouth, Mass.

He was a hospital CEO in Rhode Island. He cared for patients for 40 years. Now he’s facing Stage 4 lung cancer head on.

Dr. James E. Fanale’s new book “Onward” offers a glimpse of what it’s like to be a cancer patient as a geriatrician.

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard battles Knicks counterpart Immanuel Quickley for the ball during the second quarter of Monday night's ultra-physical Boston victory at TD Garden.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 114, KNICKS 98

Celtics proudly show off their bruises after battling past the physical Knicks

A dead-even heavyweight fight turned into a 12th-round TKO, as the Celtics’ relentlessness wore down their opponent.

Celtics surge in second half, knock off Knicks for third straight win

Inside Central Perk, which evokes the coffeehouse in "Friends," but isn't an exact replica.

World’s first ‘Friends’ coffeehouse opens in Boston Tuesday

Central Perk Coffeehouse will open its doors on Newbury Street on Nov. 14 and be open 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Hanane El Kabda, of Morocco, became a US citizen as her son Yissir waved an American flag.

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

An American dream

“As I See It,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld introduces readers to new American citizens.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, a Louisiana Republican, participates in a ceremonial swearing-in for new US Representative Gabe Amo., a Rhode Island Democrat, right, at the US Capitol on Monday. Amo is filling the seat formerly held by Representative David N. Cicilline in Rhode Island's First Congressional District. He is joined by his parents, Weady Socree and Gabriel Amo.

Amo sworn in, becoming R.I.’s first Black congressman

“In those 233 years, Rhode Island has never sent an African-American or any person of color to Congress — until today,” Representative Magaziner said in introducing Amo on the House floor.

A Green Line train passes through Coolidge Corner.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

What kind of town does Brookline want to be?

Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has become a preserve for the privileged. This is no accident, but the fruit of decades of exclusionary actions. Now, the town faces a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, offering a litmus test of suburbs’ willingness to help reckon with the regional housing crisis.

Explore the project

Opinion

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, left, and philanthropist Jack Connors, right, at a gala where the two were honored for their leadership and impact on Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston, Nov. 2

Jack Connors has a dream for a more inclusive Catholic Church

Priests should be able to marry. Women should be able to serve as priests. The sacrament of marriage should be open to all Catholics, no matter their sexuality. The church should be there ‘for everyone,’ Connors said.

Shira Schoenberg

Is there a future for Jewish progressivism after Oct. 7?

Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks

Please pull the plug on the White House daily press briefings

IDEAS | LEIF WEATHERBY

ChatGPT broke the Turing test

More recent News

Monica Tibbits-Nutt named Massachusetts secretary of transportation
She has been serving as acting secretary of transportation since mid-September when her predecessor, Gina Fiandaca, resigned from the post abruptly after fewer than eight months on the job.

Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini

Former president Donald Trump denigrated his domestic opponents and critics during a Veterans Day speech Saturday, calling them “vermin.” That language is drawing rebuke from historians, who compared it to that of authoritarian leaders.

Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s older sister, has died

North End nursing facility agrees to pay potentially more than $100,000 following alleged ADA violations

The agreement between the North End Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center and federal officials resolves claims that the facility violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, prosecutors said.

Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when three people try to break into SUV
The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV, according to the Associated Press.

Triston Casas wasn’t Rookie of the Year, but he looks like a huge part of the Red Sox’ future
What Casas did in the second half of 2023 suggests a big place in the lineup, particularly given his sense of the gap between his performance and his potential.

What the northern lights look like from the Mount Washington Observatory
The northern lights were visible from the Mount Washington Observatory Sunday night.

Recommended reads

Sharlene and DeWayne Blake embraced in their home in Worcester. The couple met while he was incarcerated.

Three men were sentenced to life in prison. These women chose to love them anyway.

The arm of the justice system is long, and for both the partners of current inmates, and the families of those released on parole, common struggles underscore how that system touches many more people than just those incarcerated.

PERSPECTIVE

What we lost when we lost the Brockton Fair
It’s been canceled for good, leaving residents to ponder about what it meant to the city — and to families like mine.

More than a rock and the Mayflower, downtown Plymouth aims high
With Plymouth’s population growing by about 1,000 residents a year, business owners, developers, and town officials are increasing their focus on the sprawling community’s historic downtown.

Beth Teitell

Do you live with a decorative-pillow tyrant? Are you one yourself? Read on.
The trend has been declared over by Architectural Digest. But word hasn’t filtered down to the masses.

Culture & Lifestyle

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives. From left: Kenny Vaughan, Chris Scruggs, Harry Stinson, and Stuart.

Marty Stuart enjoying a Byrds-eye view from his new ‘Altitude’

Fans gathered outside the Wilbur Theatre for one of John Mulaney's record-setting 21 shows in August 2021.

In Boston, a comedy boom fills the biggest rooms

"Toshiko Takaezu: Shaping Abstraction" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

At the Museum of Fine Arts, an abstract artist’s ‘painting in the round’

Sohla El-Waylly will be discussing her debut cookbook, "Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook," at a Harvard Book Store event Monday.

Sohla El-Waylly prioritized accessibility and technique for her ‘fun school’ debut cookbook

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

Teaching about the Middle East is challenging, especially now as violence flares in the region. But if college students don't learn about the conflict in the classroom, they'll learn about it instead from the loudest, least nuanced voices of advocates on both sides.

Students should learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the classroom — not on TikTok

Moved by the memory of a final conversation

People walked through Brandeis University’s Waltham campus on Tuesday.

Brandeis lands in the thick of clashing views over Israel-Hamas war

A Stop Handgun Violence billboard went up at the garage on 50 Dalton St., Aug. 11, 2020. It depicts Joaquin Oliver, one of the students killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.

Jonathan Lowy and Manuel Oliver

If the US can’t fix its gun policy, maybe an international lawsuit can

Leaders of member countries of the Arab League and of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation attend an emergency summit in Riyadh on Nov. 9, amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

The question remains: Why did Hamas attack Israel?

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

Brandeis students hold walkout as seven people are arraigned in connection to pro-Palestinian protest

As students held a walkout Monday, three of their classmates and four people unaffiliated with the university were arraigned in Waltham District Court on charges connected with Friday’s protest, including assault on a police officer, trespassing, and resisting arrest, according to court records.

Amo sworn in, becoming R.I.’s first Black congressman

“In those 233 years, Rhode Island has never sent an African-American or any person of color to Congress — until today,” Representative Magaziner said in introducing Amo on the House floor.

Lawmaker’s death leaves narrowly divided N.H. House in mourning

The Democratic state representative from Lee is remembered by colleagues for his "knowledge, directness, dedication, and wry humor."

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

An American dream

“As I See It,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld introduces readers to new American citizens.

Sports

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard battles Knicks counterpart Immanuel Quickley for the ball during the second quarter of Monday night's ultra-physical Boston victory at TD Garden.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics proudly show off their bruises after battling past the physical Knicks

A dead-even heavyweight fight turned into a 12th-round TKO, as the Celtics’ relentlessness wore down their opponent.

Tom Brady recently spoke about the 2-8 Patriots on his podcast.

Tom Brady addresses 2-8 Patriots, offers advice to Texans rookie C.J. Stroud

On his podcast, Brady said responsibility is shared for reeling Patriots, then jokingly bet one of his Super Bowl rings on the outcome of this year's Michigan-Ohio State game.

Buffalo defensive back Taron Johnson (7) interferes with Denver wideout Jerry Jeudy, putting the Broncos in position to boot the winning field goal as time expired Monday night in Buffalo.

Broncos 24, Bills 22

Wil Lutz is good on second-chance field goal as Denver shocks Buffalo

The Broncos kicker got a do-over and booted a 36-yard field goal as time expired, and Denver rallied for a 24-22 victory over the turnover-prone Bills on Monday night.

Report: As PGA Tour board meets, Fenway Sports Group emerges as major potential investor

CELTICS 114, KNICKS 98

Celtics surge behind physical play and Jayson Tatum’s late scoring, push past Knicks

MIAA GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

With dominant defense, Medfield girls’ volleyball digs its way into first state championship match since 2010

Business

Inflation likely eased last month thanks to cheaper gas but underlying price pressures may stay high

Inflation in the United States likely remained high last month, a trend that if sustained could raise concerns at the Federal Reserve, which is considering whether to raise interest rates again.

Starbucks workers plan strike Thursday

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Senate bill could enable Revolution stadium in Everett at last

Hyundai joins Honda and Toyota in raising wages after auto union wins gains in deals with Detroit 3

magazine

The Brockton Fair in 2018.

What we lost when we lost the Brockton Fair

The oak tree

At a dark time in my life, an oak tree gave me hope

Cheryl Katon

Cheryl Katon’s impossible decision

Check out model trains and railroads at the Bay State Model Railroad Museum Open House in Roslindale on Saturday and Sunday.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 13- Nov. 19

metro

Nanotte Jean Francois has been in Boston, with her 4-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter, for 15 days. With the state reaching capacity for emergency housing, large numbers are seeking assistance at the Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan.

Beacon Hill is at odds over whether lawmakers should require Healey to create overflow shelters for families

Some Brown University faculty call on leadership to divest from weapons manufacturers over war in Gaza

On buses from Gillette, locals head to D.C. for March for Israel

sports

A shuttered power plant in Everett could be the site of a new purpose-built soccer stadium for the New England Revolution.

Senate bill could enable Revolution stadium in Everett at last

Celtics rename media workroom to honor late vice president Heather Walker

Potential new Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey talks to Yankees about bench role

business

Attorney Christopher Kise, Donald Trump Jr., and Attorney Cliff Robert sat in the courtroom for Trump's civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Monday.

Donald Trump Jr. exuberantly lauds dad’s real estate exploits as civil fraud trial shifts to defense

Some Brown University faculty call on leadership to divest from weapons manufacturers over war in Gaza

For Cisco’s Harman, a long road to an expensive whiskey

politics

Nearly a dozen advocates around the country detailed widespread problems they’ve encountered while helping some of the estimated 10 million people who’ve already been dropped from Medicaid. Some fear systemic problems are being ignored.

Biden administration slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say

The last government shutdown deadline ousted the House speaker. This week’s showdown could be easier

Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when three people try to break into SUV

Nation

About 2 in 10 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (23 percent) say they have experienced being verbally harassed or abused in the last year, and 22 percent have been called a racial or ethnic slur.

1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, new poll shows

Colorado supermarket shooting suspect’s case finally resumes after he’s ruled competent

How much can trees fight climate change? Massively, but not alone, study finds.

World

An Israeli army flare is seen over Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel in south Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing along the border since the Israel-Hamas war started five weeks ago with a bloody incursion into southern Israel by Hezbollah ally Hamas.

Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

Death and despair at Gaza hospital as fighting reaches its doors

At tourist hotels, Israeli evacuees plan for long stays

opinion

Brig. Gen. Enoch "Woody" Woodhouse, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, sheds a tear as he is recognized at a Veterans Day ceremony at Faneuil Hall on Nov. 10.

Veterans Day should be about more than parades and programs

The question remains: Why did Hamas attack Israel?

For colleges, world events can be teachable — or impeachable — moments

lifestyle

Patrick Dempsey manages to hit the ball while playing for the First Responders team during the Lewiston Strong Memorial Benefit Softball Tournament at the Randall Field Complex in Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

Patrick Dempsey steps up to bat at softball fundraiser for Lewiston victims

Do you live with a decorative-pillow tyrant? Are you one yourself? Read on.

Sohla El-Waylly prioritized accessibility and technique for her ‘fun school’ debut cookbook

food & dining

Corn cakes made with the recipe created by Mashpee Wampanoag chef Sherry Pocknett of Sly Fox Den restaurant in Charlestown, R.I.

Recipe: Mashpee Wampanoag chef Sherry Pocknett adds dried cranberries and scallions to corn cakes

World’s first ‘Friends’ coffeehouse opens in Boston Tuesday

To reduce environmental impact, Grey Sail Brewing turns to solar

travel

Georgia Wrenn at her Salem stand.

12-year-old Salem girl has cornered the tourist market

Secret tourist hot spots and hidden gems, revealed!

Christmas by Candlelight at Old Sturbridge Village, new National Geographic itineraries, and grab-and-go meal kits

Arts

"Toshiko Takaezu: Shaping Abstraction" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

At the Museum of Fine Arts, an abstract artist’s ‘painting in the round’

Have camera, will travel

A fertile ground for artists in Fall River

Books

Sarah Bernstein appears on screen after winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel "Study For Obedience" in Toronto, on Nov. 13.

Author Sarah Bernstein wins Canadian fiction prize for her novel ‘Study of Obedience’

He was a hospital CEO in Rhode Island. He cared for patients for 40 years. Now he’s facing Stage 4 lung cancer head on.

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 18

Movies

From left: Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, and Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau in "The Marvels."

Girl power meets cat power in ‘The Marvels’

Hollywood’s strikes are both now over as actors reach deal with studios, return to work with writers

Watch: ‘Mean Girls’ musical releases first trailer for 2024 film

Television

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in the final season of "The Crown," premiering Thursday on Netflix.

This week’s TV: The final season of ‘The Crown,’ an Iceland thriller, and ‘Julia’ is back for seconds

Timothée Chalamet marks end of actors’ strike in ‘SNL’ musical monologue, boygenius performs

Light mystery trend continues with Mandy Patinkin in ‘Death and Other Details’

music

Molly Tuttle (center) and Golden Highway play the Berklee Performance Center on Friday.

Rising bluegrass star Molly Tuttle is picking her way to the top

Kenny Chesney announces second Gillette Stadium show

Marty Stuart enjoying a Byrds-eye view from his new ‘Altitude’

Theater/Dance

Fans gathered outside the Wilbur Theatre for one of John Mulaney's record-setting 21 shows in August 2021.

In Boston, a comedy boom fills the biggest rooms

Fact, fiction, and forging an identity in ArtsEmerson’s ‘The Real James Bond … Was Dominican’

In ‘The Band’s Visit,’ there’s harmony in human connection

Health

Dr. James E. Fanale, the former CEO and president of Care New England, and his wife Deb on their porch in Falmouth, Mass.

He was a hospital CEO in Rhode Island. He cared for patients for 40 years. Now he’s facing Stage 4 lung cancer head on.

Prospect Medical Holdings has underfunded two R.I. hospitals and affected operations, state says

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

Obituaries

Mr. Ballard was second-in-line to become church president based on being the second-longest tenured member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

High-ranking Mormon leader M. Russell Ballard dies at age 95

Maryanne Trump Barry, federal judge and Trump’s sister, dies at 86

Arni Cheatham, ‘Jazz Hero’ saxophonist who got ‘to hold the horn while God plays,’ dies at 79