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Beyond the Gilded Gate

Rethinking the single-family home
California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

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Truce deal raises hopes of freeing hostages in Gaza and halting worst Mideast violence in decades

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group as well as Palestinian prisoners.

Vandals arraigned on riot charges after disrupting Israeli-owned Elbit Systems in Merrimack, N.H.

kevin paul dupont | on hockey

The facts as we know them right now will leave Bruins little choice but to cut ties with Milan Lucic
No sports franchise, professional or otherwise, can tolerate domestic violence, so this is looking like an easy call.

Bruins’ Milan Lucic pleads not guilty to assault and battery charge; released on personal recognizance

Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO just days after being removed, along with a new board

The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence.

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Thanks to incentives from Washington, D.C., two Massachusetts public schools are turning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy for heating and cooling.

Storm hits New England during Thanksgiving travel surge

Canton police chief says department review over handling of Karen Read case ‘will end wild speculation’

Canton Town Meeting votes for outside review of police over handling of Karen Read case

Ex-Northeastern track coach pleads guilty to charges related to tricking women into sending him explicit photos of themselves under the guise of research, prosecutors say

Tori Antonino, an ecological landscaper, served as a consultant on the newest Miyawaki forest in a Cambridge front yard. Building a forest involves carefully selecting and arranging local trees and plants in close proximity, to mimic a natural growth forest and entice the trees to grow at a faster speed.

A Cambridge resident wanted bigger things for her urban front yard. Neighbors helped plant a ‘Miyawaki forest’ there.

Using a popular approach to planting trees, even a Cambridge front yard can be rapidly transformed into an environmentally friendly space.

In Hyde Park this Thanksgiving, a Boston housing success story
Shamia Chaparro and her three children have finally found a home, after years of bouncing around the local emergency shelter system.

Going behind the scenes at NBC’s ‘Football Night in America’ with former Patriots safety Devin McCourty
McCourty’s ability to share firsthand experiences competing against current NFL stars has great value to the show.

A regretful J.C. Jackson reveals why he was punished by Patriots

Guess who can’t handle a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving? Martha Stewart.

With Thanksgiving anxiety mounting, things are going bonkers. One mom is pondering a turkey-scented candle. A dog-grooming salon is offering plated dog meals. Martha herself is “turkeyed out.”

Globe Magazine.

Apps aside, how do I meet men who are serious about dating?

I’ve been on and off of them for three years now and have had very little success.

Thanksgiving

A Delta flight arrives at Logan Airport.

Storm hits New England during Thanksgiving travel surge

Traffic clogged on State Street near Government Center.

When to fly or drive ahead of Thanksgiving

You, too, can roast the perfect turkey.

How to cook a perfect turkey for Thanksgiving

Bakeries, dive bars, and worthy waterfront dining: These were a few of my favorite things

As always, this year there was much to be thankful for on the culinary scene, writes our restaurant critic Devra First. Here are some standouts.

10 restaurants making Thanksgiving dinner easier

If preparing a whole Thanksgiving meal isn’t in the cards this year, these Boston-area restaurants make it easy to dine in or take out everything you need to enjoy the holiday.

People shared meals on long tables set up on the floor of the the TD Garden at the annual “Table of Friends” event.

‘A nice meal and a smile goes a long way.’ 1,000 gather at TD Garden for annual Thanksgiving meal.

Sitting at a table in the center of TD Garden Tuesday, a five-year-old boy waved a turkey shaped balloon around as his mom, Kim Cook and the rest of their family enjoyed a thanksgiving meal at TD Garden.

Reporter Grant Hermes was grabbed from behind during a live shot Saturday night.

Boston TV reporter was grabbed from behind while working. He posted the clip to send a message.

Looking directly into the camera, a man exclaimed, “Yeah, boy!” and then gave the reporter a bear hug, pushing him down and startling him.

The home sits on nearly 2 acres near the Housatonic River.

Home of the Week: Mid-century modern defies tradition in holiday town

Property near the Housatonic River comes with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, walls of windows, and 1.77 acres.

Opinion

This sweater is 100 percent acrylic, which is not biodegradable or compostable.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

From wardrobe to waste

The fashion industry accounts for 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Primary daze

This Thanksgiving, celebrate Native leader Samson Occom

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Thomas Paine is overdue for recognition as America’s greatest Founding Father

Mass. and Cass has been cleared. They haven’t heard from ‘Gina’ in weeks.

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.

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More recent News

Levels of COVID-19 in Boston-area waste water increase ahead of holiday season
Public health officials are giving out free rapid COVID-19 testing kits and urging people to stay up to date on their vaccines.

Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water

Republican Celeste Maloy wins Utah special election to replace her former boss US Representative Chris Stewart

Republican Celeste Maloy has won a Utah special election to replace her former boss, US Representative Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah’s five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019.

beat writer's notebook

From Jaylen Brown’s slump to Jayson Tatum’s new routine, observations from the Celtics’ road trip
They went 3-1 on a trip that was a success in the standings but also showed that they are certainly not invincible.

DiZoglio’s push to audit Legislature has enough signatures to move toward 2024 ballot, supporters say

A group aligned with state Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Tuesday that it has collected more than 100,000 signatures, far above the threshold needed to push an initiative closer to the 2024 ballot that would expressly grant the Democrat’s office the power to audit the Legislature.

Discovery of fetus remains in South Boston linked to unrelated homicide, court records show

Authorities so far have not publicly disclosed any information about the identities of the infants.

President Biden to celebrate Thanksgiving, continue birthday festivities with coconut cake on Nantucket

President Biden, who turned 81 on Monday, will spend Thanksgiving on the island with his family, as he does every year.

Recommended reads

One of the 18 crosses representing victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

In the aftermath of Lewiston mass shooting, Maine grapples with gun laws

History shows that legislative responses to mass shootings yield mixed results, with some states passing sweeping reforms and others taking little action at all.

The Globe has selected football All-Scholastics for 120 years. See who made the all-time team.
The Globe has selected a football All-Scholastic team every year since 1903. To celebrate this anniversary, we chose the best player at each position — based on their career after high school — for inclusion on our all-time team.

Tell us your Massachusetts high school football memories

David Gibbons is out at the Convention Center Authority after board clash and critical audit
After an eight-year tenure as executive director, he is stepping down on Dec. 1 in the wake of a critical audit of the authority's diversity efforts and disputes over a key development project.

He had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his N.H. town millions
For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town.

Culture & Lifestyle

Rap pioneer Roxanne Shanté will be one of three initial inductees into Berklee's Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.

Berklee launches its Hip-Hop Hall of Fame with a queen, a Prince, and a Bulldog

Noah Kahan attends 2023 Time100 Next at Second on Oct. 24, 2023 in New York City. The New England native will perform on "Saturday Night Live" Dec. 2.

Noah Kahan’s dream of performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ finally comes true next month

The Royal Ballet's Hannah Grennell and Giacomo Rovero in "Secret Things" by Pam Tanowitz. The company will perform next summer at Jacob's Pillow in Becket.

The Royal Ballet of London makes exclusive visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2024

Los Angeles-based dance company Bodytraffic performs at the ICA Boston on Nov. 17.

Bodytraffic moves in close quarters at the ICA

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

Model Melissa Michelle wore a dress designed and made by Atkins Stohr on the beach in Cuba in 2017.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Designing woman

Max Page, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Teachers union chief Max Page misleads on MCAS

Family and friends at a funeral service for Captain Arnon Moshe Avraham Benvenisti Vaspi on Nov. 21, in Rosh Pinna, Israel. The Israeli military said he died in the Gaza Strip, while serving in the Givati Brigade.

Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs

What it means to be an Israeli mother in a time of war

Sidney Mae Olson.

Eric Olson and Mary Beth Ellis

Traffic deaths are preventable. Why aren’t we preventing them?

IDEAS | JESSE C. McENTEE

Can you hear me now? Technology’s toll on the call of the wild.

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

Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Thanks to incentives from Washington, D.C., two Massachusetts public schools are turning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy for heating and cooling.

A Cambridge resident wanted bigger things for her urban front yard. Neighbors helped plant a ‘Miyawaki forest’ there.

Using a popular approach to planting trees, even a Cambridge front yard can be rapidly transformed into an environmentally friendly space.

Share your thoughts on this story: Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Sports

From left: Football Night in America’s Chris Simms, Maria Taylor, Devin McCourty, and Jason Garrett on stage during the taping of the show at NBC Sports Headquarters.

Going behind the scenes at NBC’s ‘Football Night in America’ with former Patriots safety Devin McCourty

McCourty’s ability to share firsthand experiences competing against current NFL stars has great value to the show.

King Philip head coach Brian Lee celebrates his 150th career win with his team after they defeated Franklin, 35-0, on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL: King Philip 35, Franklin 0

King Philip delivers football coach Brian Lee his 150th career win in beatdown of Thanksgiving rival Franklin

The Division 2 Super Bowl-bound Warriors (12-0) scored twice in the first four minutes of the game, then twice more in the final 20 seconds of first half, in a 35-0 rout of Franklin.

Brighton quarterback Quentyn Dulin (No. 2) leaves several TechBoston defenders in his wake a on his 67-yard touchown run in Tuesday night's 20-14 victory at Fenway Park. It was the first of three TD runs Dulin had in the game.

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL: Brighton 20, TechBoston 14

Brighton’s Quentyn Dulin dominates in City League triumph over TechBoston at Fenway Park

The senior quarterback Dulin ran for 93 yards and touchdowns of 67, 4, and 2 yards, calling his own number seven times in a 20-14 win over TechBoston. He also completed 6 of 9 passes for 134 yards.

College football

Washington jumps Florida State to move into College Football Playoff position; Georgia still on top.

Despite the Red Sox’ struggles this past season, new pitching coach Andrew Bailey sees Boston as the perfect fit

A regretful J.C. Jackson reveals why he was punished by Patriots

Business

Home of the Week: Mid-century modern defies tradition in holiday town

Property near the Housatonic River comes with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, walls of windows, and 1.77 acres.

Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK

Computer chip and software maker Broadcom says it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69 billion acquisition of cloud technology company VMware on Wednesday.

Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO just days after being removed, along with a new board

If you haven’t started your Thanksgiving trip, you’re not alone. The busiest days are still to come.

magazine

You really shouldn’t have. Gifts these writers won’t forget.

Writer Kara Baskin and her mother on Christmas over the years.

At the holidays, my mom always critiqued my clothes. Now that she’s gone, I miss it.

What my mother was trying to protect in a fortress of Christmas cookies

This week's daters: Carly and Lucas.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both went to school in the Bronx’

metro

The latest episode of "Native America," on Rhode Island PBS, explores the value of Native American languages.

‘Indigenous intelligence ... goes back thousands of years’: Listening to ancient Native voices in modern times

Brown University’s anthropology museum to move from Bristol to Providence’s Jewelry District

Storm hits New England during Thanksgiving travel surge

sports

Bruins forward Milan Lucic arrived at Boston Municipal Court Tuesday for his arraignment on an assault charge.

The facts as we know them right now will leave Bruins little choice but to cut ties with Milan Lucic

Willie Hernández, MVP and Cy Young winner for champion 1984 Detroit Tigers, dies at 69

Army reveals special uniforms for Army-Navy football game at Gillette Stadium: See photos

business

The US Postal Annex and South Station railroad tracks.

Moving postal facility away from South Station gains support

David Gibbons is out at the Convention Center Authority after board clash and critical audit

Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his possible return

politics

Utah 2nd Congressional District Republican nominee Celeste Maloy speaks to reporters before an election night party at the Utah Trucking Association, Nov. 21, in West Valley City, Utah.

Republican Celeste Maloy wins Utah special election to replace her former boss US Representative Chris Stewart

Nearly half of Americans think the US is spending too much on Ukraine aid, new poll shows

Johnson pays Trump visit as he faces mounting criticism from the right

Nation

Two feral hogs are caught in a trap on a farm in rural Washington County, Mo., Jan. 27, 2019.

Exploding wild pig population on western Canadian prairie threatens to invade northern US states

JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses to history, including AP reporter

Omicron, now 2 years old, is not done with us yet

World

Election billboards are seen near the parliament building in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 20.

An election to replace the longest-serving leader of the Netherlands gives voters a clean slate

Pope Francis meets with relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners

Truce deal raises hopes of freeing hostages in Gaza and halting worst Mideast violence in decades

opinion

Family and friends at a funeral service for Captain Arnon Moshe Avraham Benvenisti Vaspi on Nov. 21, in Rosh Pinna, Israel. The Israeli military said he died in the Gaza Strip, while serving in the Givati Brigade.

What it means to be an Israeli mother in a time of war

Social Studies: Police retaliation; outlier laws that stick around; the politics of bank loans

Traffic deaths are preventable. Why aren’t we preventing them?

lifestyle

Det. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg, third from left) and Capt. Ray Holt fourth from right) are dispatched during Det. Amy Santiago's (Melissa Fumero, center) holiday dinner in an episode of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

Guess who can’t handle a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving? Martha Stewart.

Rob Gronkowski is thankful for his first Emmy this Thanksgiving

food & dining

Peach pie with a Lattice crust from Ayer.

Reader submitted pie photos

Reshape your cookie game this holiday season

Study of Black wine entrepreneurs now has a part two

travel

Security lines at airports could be long because of the crowds. Delta Air Lines is telling passengers to arrive at the airport at least two hours before their flight if they are traveling within the United States, three hours early if they're flying overseas — and maybe earlier on Sunday and Monday.

If you haven’t started your Thanksgiving trip, you’re not alone. The busiest days are still to come.

Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving

Driving or flying before feasting? Here are some tips for Thanksgiving travelers.

Arts

Mr. Bailey, at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta in 2011.

Radcliffe Bailey, artist who explored Black migration, dies at 54

In ‘Fluid/Solid,’ Rosanne Somerson goes with the flow — of wood

In a stunningly honest exhibition, Harvard Art Museums put their links to China’s opium trade on display

Books

Matthew Longo, author of “The Picnic A Dream of Freedom and The Collapse of The Iron Curtain."

Matthew Longo’s ‘The Picnic’ tells the story of a forgotten Pan-European gathering on the border between Hungary and Austria in 1989

James Ellroy is not impressed

For Oliver de La Paz, community is built on sonnets and verse

Movies

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon Bonaparte in the theatrical release of "Napoleon."

‘Napoleon’ is far from dynamite

‘Wish’ unfulfillment

New ‘Jason Bourne’ film reportedly in the works, eyeing Matt Damon return

Television

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jack Dawkins in Hulu's "The Artful Dodger."

An ‘Artful Dodger’ with a twist: He’s now a doctor down under

‘Blue Bloods’ final season will stretch across 2024

Donnie Wahlberg’s ‘Blue Bloods’ to end with season 14 in 2024

music

A woman holds a poster during a rally against British band Coldplay ahead of its concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 15.

Coldplay concert in Malaysia can be stopped by organizers if the band misbehaves, government says

Berklee launches its Hip-Hop Hall of Fame with a queen, a Prince, and a Bulldog

After his Bosstones split, Dicky Barrett has a new band and purpose

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Apple and Brian Thomas Abraham in "The Band's Visit" at the Huntington Theatre.

A moving portrait of hope and heartbreak in ‘The Band’s Visit’

The Royal Ballet of London makes exclusive visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2024

An all-in ensemble elevates Lyric Stage’s madcap ‘The Game’s Afoot’

Health

Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center in Providence.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’

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

Obituaries

FILE - Detroit's Alan Trammell, left, Willie Hernandez and Darrell Evans, right, celebrate after they beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 to win the American League Championship in Detroit, Oct. 5, 1984. Three-time All-Star relief pitcher Hernández, who won the 1984 Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards as part of the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Willie Hernández, MVP and Cy Young winner for champion 1984 Detroit Tigers, dies at 69

Radcliffe Bailey, artist who explored Black migration, dies at 54

Carlton Pearson, influential Oklahoma megachurch founder who rejected hell, dies at age 70