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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?

Explore the project

Road conditions improve as temperatures rise in parts of Mass. amid holiday travel

In a sign that highway conditions were improving in Massachusetts by mid-morning on Wednesday, normal speed limits returned to the Massachusetts Turnpike and MassDOT sharply reduced the number of plows deployed during the pre-Thanksgiving travel day.

Map: Snowfall totals from around the region

Forecast | Dave Epstein

After rain moves out, a sunny, brisk Thanksgiving is on the table

The storm that arrived Tuesday night was cold enough for snow in parts of Massachusetts. Worcester recorded 2 inches, for a record snowfall for the date.

Larry Summers jumps to center of AI stage with OpenAI board seat

The former president of Harvard University carries deep ties to Wall Street and Washington — and an adamant belief that artificial intelligence is coming for white-collar jobs.

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

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

Harvard University researchers discover one of the origins of itch
The key lies in a common bacteria found on the skin.

Defendants in high-end brothel case scheduled to appear in Worcester court

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Ex-Northeastern track coach pleads guilty to charges related to tricking women into sending him explicit photos, prosecutors say

A person departs Harvard Yard on July 19, 2023.

The conflagration at Harvard over the Israel-Hamas war was years in the making

The campus conflicts of recent weeks have been extraordinary, and extraordinarily public, but the bitter disagreements at their root are not new.

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

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?

A temporary cease-fire agreement is expected bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza and a glimmer of hope to the families of the captives.

Israel and Hamas agree on truce to free hostages in swap, raising hopes of halting war in Gaza

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.

Oxford Properties and Pappas Enterprises have plans for an eight-building mixed-use development on a swath of industrial land off Summer Street and Pappas Way in South Boston.

Developers file big plans on the industrial edge of South Boston

Oxford and Pappas are planning an eight-building, 1.7 million-square-foot lab, residential and commercial campus on the W.B. Mason site along the Reserved Channel.

J.C. Jackson did not travel with the Patriots to Germany for their game against the Colts.

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

Jackson didn't travel with the team to face the Colts in Germany.

"RuPaul's Drag Race" winners BenDeLaCreme (left) and Jinkx Monsoon will perform "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show" at the Wang Theatre on Nov. 28.

For these superstar queens, the holidays are anything but a drag

"RuPaul's Drag Race" winners Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme bring "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show" to the Wang Theatre on Nov. 28.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving dinner at Boston Chops Downtown.

10 restaurants making Thanksgiving dinner easier

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.”

2023 movies to stream while finishing your Thanksgiving leftovers

From acclaimed dramas to fantasy action, here are 10 new films to stream this holiday break.

Chocolate Cream Pie.

The best pies to make for Thanksgiving dessert

Caramelized apple pie. Finish this caramelized apple pie with a traditional whole crust, or a lattice crust, woven to your preference. Food styled by Laurie Ellen Pellicano.

Show us your pie photos

How to cook a perfect turkey for Thanksgiving

Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Cooper's "Maestro."

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ is really a ‘portrait of a marriage,’ says daughter

Director Bradley Cooper stars as the iconic conductor while Carey Mulligan captures ‘the essence’ of his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.

Shamia Chaparro prepared dinner with the help of her 3-year-old, Zavian, in her new home in Hyde Park.

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.

Am I in a ‘stable of men’?

I’d like to be the only one.

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

Opinion

Thomas Paine in an oil painting by Laurent Dabos, circa 1791.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

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

Let's give him a proper memorial.

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

Massachusetts has the latest primary date in the country. Here’s why that’s a problem.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

From wardrobe to waste: How the fast fashion industry is killing the planet

Why the JFK era still matters

More recent News

Thanksgiving travelers gear up for the journey at South Station
Holiday travelers descended on South Station on Wednesday morning, hoping for smooth rides on Thanksgiving Eve to their holiday destinations.

New Hampshire man, 70, dies after collapsing on Mt. Monadnock

Officials were notified Tuesday morning that Kenneth Swymer Sr. had collapsed along the Marlborough Trail and subsequently was unresponsive.

Flag draped over President John F. Kennedy’s coffin to be displayed at JFK Library on 60th anniversary of his assassination

The American flag that was draped over the 35th president’s coffin during his funeral procession will go on display as part of a weeklong tribute to his legacy on the 60th anniversary of his assassination.

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

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

Canton Police Chief Helena Raffery said she “welcomes” an outside audit of her department’s handling of the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, whose girlfriend, Karen Read, allegedly struck him with her SUV and left him for dead in a blizzard.

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.

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

Tatiana Johnson-Boria will read her poetry and lead a writing workshop at the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library.

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 2

A Thanksgiving menu inspired by Grandma and styled by Sheryl Julian. From top right: Green Beans in Ginger-Soy Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, Roast Turkey with Paprika Butter, Buttery Pull-Apart Blossom Bread, Chocolate Cream Pie, Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes.

A warm and welcoming Thanksgiving feast, Grandma-style

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

A collection of books by Indigenous authors to gift your Thanksgiving host.

Bring Indigenous voices to the Thanksgiving table

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

A demolition. A garden. An umpire’s mask. How one city moved forward after a mass shooting.

“It’s not something that we want to necessarily forget,” said Michael Morrissette, whose daughter Kristina was killed in the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California.

Investigators confirm N.H. Hospital shooter rented the U-Haul found with rifle, ammunition inside

Police found the unattended truck with its engine running in the parking lot of the state-run psychiatric hospital in Concord at the time of the attack last week.

Road conditions improve as temperatures rise in parts of Mass. amid holiday travel

In a sign that highway conditions were improving in Massachusetts by mid-morning on Wednesday, normal speed limits returned to the Massachusetts Turnpike and MassDOT sharply reduced the number of plows deployed during the pre-Thanksgiving travel day.

Thanksgiving travelers gear up for the journey at South Station

Holiday travelers descended on South Station on Wednesday morning, hoping for smooth rides on Thanksgiving Eve to their holiday destinations.

Sports

Al Horford is still getting it done for the Celtics at 37 years old.

Celtics’ Al Horford talks NBA longevity, coming off the bench for the first time

Horford is one of just five players left from the 2007 draft class.

Linus Ullmark (left) and Jeremy Swayman had their trademark goalie hug after beating the Panthers back on Oct. 30.

BRUINS AT PANTHERS | 7 P.M. (TNT)

Bruins at Panthers: Boston looks to split Florida swing after Tampa disappointment

The Bruins are looking to bounce back after a late collapse against the Lightning.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard are one of the NBA's most dynamic duos.

Celtics vs. Bucks | 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Celtics vs. Bucks: Boston gets its first shot at the Giannis Antetokounmpo-Damian Lillard duo

The Celtics (11-3) and Bucks (10-4) should be fixtures in the NBA championship hunt.

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

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

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL: Brighton 20, TechBoston 14

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

Business

Who you gonna call? Larry Summers, apparently.

The former Harvard president's arrival on the scene of the OpenAI quagmire offers a chance to look back at some of his most prominent moments on the global stage.

Developers file big plans on the industrial edge of South Boston

Oxford and Pappas are planning an eight-building, 1.7 million-square-foot lab, residential and commercial campus on the W.B. Mason site along the Reserved Channel.

Larry Summers jumps to center of AI stage with OpenAI board seat

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

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

A high-end brothel ring was operating out of three units at 90 Fawcett St. in Cambridge, as well as a fourth unit in Watertown, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in Boston.

Defendants in high-end brothel case scheduled to appear in Worcester court

Body of soldier killed in Army helicopter crash returning to N.H. for funeral

✏️ The state of chronic absenteeism in R.I. heading into Thanksgiving

sports

Cornerback Jabbar Muhammad and the Huskies are fourth in the rankings.

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

The exterior view of VMware headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.

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

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.

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

Wendy Anderson sits in her art room next to a Georgia O'Keefe style painting that her daughter, Noel Sparks, painted when she was a teenager. Noel was killed during the mass shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Calif. Borderline Bar and Grill in 2018.

A demolition. A garden. An umpire’s mask. How one city moved forward after a mass shooting.

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

World

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?

Israel and Hamas agree on truce to free hostages in swap, raising hopes of halting war in Gaza

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

opinion

Max Page, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Teachers union chief Max Page misleads on MCAS

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

lifestyle

Am I in a ‘stable of men’?

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

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

food & dining

Mexican street corn on the cob with roasted garlic mayo, cotija cheese, and cayenne, as prepared at the Painted Burro in Davis Square.

The Painted Burro replaces the Border Cafe in Harvard Square; Kenmore Square’s Blue Ribbon Brasserie prepares to open

Reader submitted pie photos

Reshape your cookie game this holiday season

travel

A pair of Amtrak Acela trains at South Station in Boston

Thanksgiving travelers gear up for the journey at South Station

Ten great gifts for the travelers on your list

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

Arts

Photos of Davol Square, a historic area within the Jewelry District of Providence, R.I., where Brown's renovated museum space will be located.

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

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

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

Books

Hardcover fiction No. 1 bestseller "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride, and hardcover nonfiction No. 1 bestseller "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America” by Heather Cox Richardson.

Local bestsellers for the week ended Nov. 19

Sunset at 4:15 p.m. got you down?

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 2

Movies

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight in "Air," now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

2023 movies to stream while finishing your Thanksgiving leftovers

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ is really a ‘portrait of a marriage,’ says daughter

‘Saltburn’ takes a dark, very dark, view of the English class system

Television

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

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

‘Blue Bloods’ final season will stretch across 2024

music

Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Cooper's "Maestro."

Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’ is really a ‘portrait of a marriage,’ says daughter

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

Theater/Dance

"RuPaul's Drag Race" winners BenDeLaCreme (left) and Jinkx Monsoon will perform "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show" at the Wang Theatre on Nov. 28.

For these superstar queens, the holidays are anything but a drag

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

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