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High prices, mortgage rates, keep Greater Boston housing market stuck in neutral

Home sales remain slow as prices are at record highs.

‘Overworked and lied to’: Starbucks workers will try to unionize in Providence
Workers at the coffee chain’s location at One Financial in Providence announced their intention to unionize.

Campbell says new unit will crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, providing guidance in era of abortion misinformation

Crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics such as Planned Parenthood more than 2-to-1 in Massachusetts.

Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos
A former attorney for Donald Trump has told Georgia prosecutors that a top presidential aide said to her in December 2020 that “the boss” did not plan to leave the White House “under any circumstances,” according to a video recording.

House blocks Marjorie Taylor Greene’s push to impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas
Eight Republicans joined with Democrats to vote 209-201 to send Greene’s resolution to committees for possible consideration, like any other bill.

EMD Serono headquarters plans to join biopharma cluster in Boston’s Seaport
The company will join more than two dozen life sciences companies, including Vertex and Eli Lilly, in the neighborhood.

Semitrailer rear-ends bus carrying students in Ohio, killing 3 and sending 15 to hospital

Lasers pointed at 4 flights near Boston, FAA says

Cape Cod 5th grader’s message in a bottle found 26 years later in France

Tell us: Have you had trouble accessing the new RSV drug for infants?

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

‘I never realized what people go through’: Former doctor, hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

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

Cape Codders say no to offshore wind transmission lines under their beaches
A growing wave of opposition in Barnstable and other coastal communities on the front-lines of the offshore wind revolution represent a potential threat to the growth of clean energy.

Residents walk through a flooded street after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Cristal River, Florida, on Aug. 30, 2023. Hurricane Idalia knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of Florida customers.

The US military is preparing to fight climate change

Four experts spoke at an event hosted Monday about the military’s efforts to switch to renewable sources of energy, as climate change threatens to fuel future conflicts.

National Climate Assessment points to a wetter and hotter Northeast

Palestinians call for evacuation of hundreds of patients and newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital
Israeli forces have encircled Shifa Hospital, where hundreds of patients, medical staff, and displaced people are trapped with dwindling supplies and without electricity to run incubators and other equipment.

Airstrike kills renowned doctor in Gaza and relatives who sought shelter together

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

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.

Many project USC quarterback Caleb Williams as the top pick in the spring's NFL Draft — could the Patriots be in the mix for him?

Patriots are in position for top-three draft pick after latest loss

Sunday’s loss overseas — coupled with a few wins from other NFL cellar-dwellers in Week 10 — have put New England in position for a top pick in April.

Patriots mailbag: Restless fans want to know what lies ahead for a struggling team

Food

GETTING SALTY

From ice cream at Bailey’s to high school with Matt Damon, Grendel’s Den restaurateur Kari Kuelzer personifies Harvard Square
And now she has a new neighborhood pub: Sea Hag.

Cape Cod Holiday Baking Classic

TV chef Carla Hall shares her down-to-earth holiday baking tips
She’ll judge a cookie competition at the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club on Dec. 3.

Scooping up some chickens.

A chaotic nighttime chicken scramble? For the good of the flock? Sign me up.

I would like to tell you I attended because I wanted to support a community farm’s work in sustainable agriculture. The truth is, it was for the headlamps and hilarity. Here's what it's like to chase after chickens in the dark.

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.

Mingko performs at a house show in Allston. Boston's underground concert scene includes a network of student-run house shows featuring young performers.

Dozens of young people have created a thriving underground concert scene. The only challenge: keeping it underground.

House shows are a draw for young people migrating to Boston. In a city with a lackluster nightlife scene that’s financially and logistically inaccessible for many, student-run concerts provide a place for twenty-somethings to hang out.

Opinion

Nikki Haley is a fearless leader with executive, legislative, and international experience.

Jennifer Nassour

GOP should dump Trump and rally around Nikki Haley

If we as Republicans are serious about winning in 2024, it begins with nominating the person best suited to not only beat Joe Biden in November but rebuild the respect for Republican principles.

If family members can be paid caregivers, why not spouses?

Will robot cars let you cross the street?

IDEAS | CHARLES E. KRAUS

A bibliophile’s dilemma: downsizing

Katherine Gergen Barnett

BMC’s prescription for better health? A job.

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

More recent News

Boston auction house opens bidding on Prince’s puffy ‘Purple Rain’ shirt, other wardrobe pieces
Fans of Prince have a chance to bid on a selection of the late star’s wardrobe and other items at an online auction this week.

Confederate military relics unearthed in South Carolina river cleanup
Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in the birthplace of the secessionist movement.

World’s first ‘Friends’ coffeehouse opens in Boston Tuesday
Central Perk Coffeehouse will open its doors on Newbury Street and be open 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

BBC says 2 more people have come forward to complain about Russell Brand’s behavior
The BBC says two more people have come forward since the broadcaster launched a review into the actor and comedian’s behavior.

Fire that indefinitely closed vital Los Angeles freeway was likely arson, governor says
California Governor Gavin Newsom says arson caused a massive fire that has indefinitely closed a vital section of a freeway in Los Angeles.

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the World Health Organization has paid $250 each to at least 104 women in Congo who say they were sexually abused or exploited by Ebola outbreak responders.

Recommended reads

David Sabatini had resigned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology amid an investigation into sexual harassment.

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

A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging effects in New England
More than 60,000 federal employees work in the region, and they could be facing halted paychecks.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

"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

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’

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

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

A protester wrapped in an Israeli flag during a rally for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas operatives in Times Square in New York on Oct. 19, 2023.

Shira Schoenberg

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

Brockton High School students are dismissed at the end of the school day on Sept. 22, 2023.

Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Oct. 30.

Please pull the plug on the White House daily press briefings

IDEAS | LEIF WEATHERBY

ChatGPT broke the Turing test

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

In 2016, a Memorial Day weekend party in Lynnfield turned deadly. Despite dozens of witnesses, the case is still cold.

Keivan Heath was fatally shot at a party in Lynnfield on May 29, 2016. His murder remains unsolved.

Cape Cod 5th grader’s message in a bottle found 26 years later in France

In 1997, fifth graders in Sandwich threw messages in bottles into Nantucket Sound as part of a science project on ecosystems and ocean currents. Those currents took one of the bottles all the way to France, where a retired fisherman found it along the shore in August.

Tell us: Have you had trouble accessing the new RSV drug for infants?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned health providers there won’t be enough of the drug to protect all babies from the common, but sometimes serious, respiratory infection.

The US military is preparing to fight climate change

Four experts spoke at an event hosted Monday about the military’s efforts to switch to renewable sources of energy, as climate change threatens to fuel future conflicts.

Sports

Linus Ullmark is set to start in net Tuesday at Buffalo.

bruins at sabres | 7 p.m. (NESN)

Bruins at Sabres: Boston looks to get back on track after second straight loss

The Bruins sit atop the Eastern Conference despite suffering their second straight loss against a divisional foe Saturday.

Boston University's Alexandra Giannaros led the nation in 3-point accuracy last season at an impressive 51.5 percent clip.

women's college basketball notebook

Alexandra Giannaros is expanding her game, and that means good things for BU women’s basketball

The junior is still a 3-point sharpshooter but she has moved beyond the traditional point guard role, adding new skills to her repertoire.

Many project USC quarterback Caleb Williams as the top pick in the spring's NFL Draft — could the Patriots be in the mix for him?

Patriots are in position for top-three draft pick after latest loss

Sunday’s loss overseas — coupled with a few wins from other NFL cellar-dwellers in Week 10 — have put New England in position for a top pick in April.

Patriots notebook

Bill Belichick won’t cite reasons for waiving Jack Jones: ‘Felt that we needed to move on’

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Restless fans want to know what lies ahead for a struggling team

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

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

Business

EMD Serono headquarters plans to join biopharma cluster in Boston’s Seaport

The company will join more than two dozen life sciences companies, including Vertex and Eli Lilly, in the neighborhood.

High prices, mortgage rates, keep Greater Boston housing market stuck in neutral

Home sales remain slow as prices are at record highs.

‘Overworked and lied to’: Starbucks workers will try to unionize in Providence

YouTube creators will soon have to disclose use of gen AI in videos or risk suspension

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

Logan International Airport as seen from View Boston, the viewing platform on the upper floors of the Prudential tower.

Lasers pointed at 4 flights near Boston, FAA says

‘Overworked and lied to’: Starbucks workers will try to unionize in Providence

Rhode Island’s AG doubles as a Twitter troll

sports

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

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

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

business

Sale signs are displayed at an appliance store in Arlington Heights, Ill., on Nov. 8.

US consumer inflation eased in October, driven lower by cheaper gas, cars, and airfares

Roxbury’s Suya Joint, a West African restaurant, to open second location in Providence

Starbucks workers plan strike Thursday

politics

President Biden departed the White House on Tuesday. Biden is scheduled to travel to California to attend the APEC summit in San Francisco.

Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get US-China communications back to normal

March for Israel in D.C. draws thousands at the National Mall

House blocks Marjorie Taylor Greene’s push to impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas

Nation

Emergency responders on the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, Ohio, on Tuesday.

Semitrailer rear-ends bus carrying students in Ohio, killing 3 and sending 15 to hospital

Defense to call witnesses in trial of man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer

Confederate military relics unearthed in South Carolina river cleanup

World

This undated photo provided by Shaymma Alloh shows her brother, Hammam Alloh. He was a well-known doctor at Gaza’s largest hospital and was killed Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, along with relatives in an airstrike on the home where they were sheltering. (Shaymma Alloh via AP)

Airstrike kills renowned doctor in Gaza and relatives who sought shelter together

Palestinians call for evacuation of hundreds of patients and newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital

Putin approves new restrictions on media coverage ahead of presidential elections

opinion

Brockton High School students are dismissed at the end of the school day on Sept. 22, 2023.

Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks

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

ChatGPT broke the Turing test

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

A meat gift box from Walden Local Meat Co. in Tewksbury.

Cross the carnivores off your list. Walden Local Meat can help.

Branch Line in Watertown celebrates Indigenous Food Week in honor of Native American Heritage Month

10 restaurants making Thanksgiving dinner easier

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

Joanna Tam, video still from "Visibility Studies (Wandering: South End to Chinatown)."

Safety, surveillance, and being seen — Joanna Tam examines it all in ‘Visibility Studies’

Some clean, well-lighted places at the Griffin

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

Books

Pamela Wise, KO, and Natalie Dion at Designers Circus in Allston.

Deep discounts, creative design make Allston’s Designers Circus a go-to fashion destination

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

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

Movies

A scene from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"

‘Hunger Games’ prequel traces the rise of Panem president Coriolanus Snow

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

Television

Vincent Curatola poses during the Greatest Auction of Television History at Heritage Auctions on May 18, 2023 in New York City.

‘Sopranos’ actors decry fake Facebook accounts used to scam fans

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

music

Prince performed at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in 1985. Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant wardrobe as for his chart-topping hits, will have a chance to bid on some of the late musician's sartorial splendor in an online auction running through Thursday.

Boston auction house opens bidding on Prince’s puffy ‘Purple Rain’ shirt, other wardrobe pieces

Dozens of young people have created a thriving underground concert scene. The only challenge: keeping it underground.

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

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.

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

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