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Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reimagining an American ideal

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

Explore the project

‘It’s a very human condition’: Researchers seek answers to mystery of autism, in blood

A campaign aims to get more people with autism to provide blood samples for research.

N.Y. governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing
A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a US-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Metco wants to expand student enrollment but faces a fight on Beacon Hill over funding
State leaders level-funded Metco for the first time since 2018, causing participating suburban districts to scramble to find money to offset the inflationary costs of maintaining the program while also putting expansion efforts on hold.

Defendants in high-end brothel case concealed $1 million in prostitution proceeds, prosecutors say

Two people accused of operating a high-end brothel ring in Massachusetts and Virginia that catered to a wealthy clientele agreed Wednesday to remain in custody while the case is pending.

Weather roundup: heavy rain and some record snowfall make for stressful Thanksgiving eve

Dave Epstein: After rain moves out, a sunny and brisk Thanksgiving is on the table

Thanksgiving travelers gear up for journey at South Station, Logan Airport

Map: Snowfall totals from around the region

In this 2014 file photo, a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle sits in front of police headquarters in Watertown, Conn.

Police vehicle in fatal Marshfield crash was military surplus repurposed for emergencies, chief says

Northeastern University student recruiter charged with possession of child pornography

Herring Pond Tribe chairperson Melissa Ferretti inside the tribe's meetinghouse.

Herring Pond Tribe of Plymouth pushes for federal recognition

Gaining the recognition would allow the small tribe, part of the Wampanoag Nation, to tap into federal funds to help members with food, housing, and wellness programs.

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.

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

A demolition. A garden. An umpire’s mask. How one city moved forward after a mass shooting.
Every place shattered by a mass shooting has to decide what to remember, and what to leave behind. In this way, Lewiston, Maine, might look to Thousand Oaks, Calif., which is marking five years since its community was irrevocably changed.

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.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on Nov. 16 in San Francisco, California.

OpenAI’s new ‘initial’ board is all white, all male. Really?

With the return of Sam Altman as CEO, the neanderthal days of technology are back with a vengeance.

Here are five times Larry Summers has been in the midst of an economic crisis

Thanksgiving

Xi Viola purchased the last 4 “extra” pies at Greystone Café, Bakery, and Provisions in Boston on Wednesday. “It’s not last minute. I had the plan, I just didn’t act on the plan,” she said.

The last-minute scramble to procure a Thanksgiving pie

Chocolate Cream Pie.

The best pies to make for Thanksgiving dessert

How to cook a perfect turkey for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving dinner at Boston Chops Downtown.

10 restaurants making Thanksgiving dinner easier

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

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.

"We have to take care of East Boston High School the best we know how, and sending the kids out with one more game is the best option available." JOHN PARZIALE, East Boston football coach

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL

Unable to field a team, South Boston football forfeits Thanksgiving matchup against East Boston

The South Boston/Burke co-op has played one varsity game this season. East Boston coach John Parziale: “I had seniors breaking down in tears when I told them."

Thanksgiving high school football schedule

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is commemorating the 60th anniversary of assassination of the 35th president. In a guest book, visitors can pen their memories of the statesman from Massachusetts.

60 years later, JFK assassination still evokes emotional memories

On Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, visitors to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum recalled where they were when they heard the news.

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

Customers hold Shein bags outside the Shein Tokyo showroom in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Fast fashion retailer Shein opened its first permanent store in the world in the Harajuku district of Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 13. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Noriko Hayashi

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

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

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

Why the JFK era still matters

Wichita picks a libertarian

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

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

This Thanksgiving, celebrate Native leader Samson Occom

More recent News

Kitten saved after nearly freezing to death in Berkley, officials say
A 5-week-old kitten almost froze to death on a cold morning in Berkley, but was saved by a community cat feeder and the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

New Hampshire man 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.

on the job

This Massachusetts farmer oversees a yearly turkey pardon
For Kate Stillman, of Stillman's Quality Meats, Thanksgiving planning begins in July, when her farm receives the baby turkeys that will eventually grow into the hundreds of fresh birds that she raises, processes, and butchers every year.

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

Woonsocket police cracks down on alleged new teen gang suspected in gunfire and violence

Seven teens are accused of being involved in a violent street gang wreaking havoc at the high school and city's east side. Once the teens acquired guns, “it reached a level of violence so quickly over nothing,” Deputy Chief Thomas A. Calouro said.

Ride-hailing unionization battle takes big step toward the 2024 ballot
A statewide poll earlier this month found that two-thirds of Massachusetts voters support drivers’ right to organize.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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.

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

Culture & Lifestyle

Clive Owen in "Monsieur Spade."

Clive Owen pulls a P.I. out of retirement in ‘Monsieur Spade’

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme bring their "Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show" to the Boch Center Wang Theatre Nov. 28.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

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

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

Decades later, they are grateful to Globe Santa

Letters of thanks, from people who have been deeply affected by Globe Santa, validate the foundational principle of Globe Santa, which is that the contents of the box that children receive are more than mere playthings or reading material.

‘It’s a very human condition’: Researchers seek answers to mystery of autism, in blood

A campaign aims to get more people with autism to provide blood samples for research.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Metco wants to expand student enrollment but faces a fight on Beacon Hill over funding

State leaders level-funded Metco for the first time since 2018, causing participating suburban districts to scramble to find money to offset the inflationary costs of maintaining the program while also putting expansion efforts on hold.

Peter Tarnoff, diplomat who helped plot the ‘Argo’ escape from Iran, dies at 86

From early in his career, Mr. Tarnoff developed a reputation as the consummate confidential assistant, guiding high-profile diplomats through high-profile negotiations.

Sports

The NFC North-leading Lions (8-2) will have another opportunity to show the masses what they can do against the Packers (4-6) on Thursday.

This Thanksgiving, fans are actually excited about watching the Detroit Lions

The Lions have opened a year with eight wins in 10 games for the first time since 1962.

UConn's Azzi Fudd (No. 35) will miss the remainder of the season with a right knee injury suffered in practice last week.

Women's college basketball

UConn guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the season with a right knee injury

The school announced Wednesday that Fudd tore the medial meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a noncontact drill last week in practice.

Patriots left tackle Trent Brown will be a free agent at the end of the season.

Patriots’ Trent Brown pushes back on report of tardiness, instead details his injuries this season

The 30-year-old Brown has been on and off the injury report with a variety of issues, including ankle, knee, chest, and concussion.

Men's college basketball: Colorado State 86, BC 74

Boston College men’s basketball suffers first loss of season against Colorado State in Hall of Fame Classic

NBC to highlight John Madden-Darryl Stingley friendship that long endured out of the public eye

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL

Unable to field a team, South Boston football forfeits Thanksgiving matchup against East Boston

Business

Broadcom to complete purchase of VMware

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

This Massachusetts farmer oversees a yearly turkey pardon

For Kate Stillman, of Stillman's Quality Meats, Thanksgiving planning begins in July, when her farm receives the baby turkeys that will eventually grow into the hundreds of fresh birds that she raises, processes, and butchers every year.

US unemployment claims fall sharply, another sign of labor market resiliency

Ride-hailing unionization battle takes big step toward the 2024 ballot

magazine

Stop making MCAS a graduation requirement. Students would be better for it.

Globe Magazine.

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

How can I ask a relative who drinks a lot to limit his intake around me?

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

metro

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is commemorating the 60th anniversary of assassination of the 35th president. In a guest book, visitors can pen their memories of the statesman from Massachusetts.

60 years later, JFK assassination still evokes emotional memories

Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire memorial to break ground Sunday during ceremony marking 81st anniversary

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

sports

Mac Jones, shown at practice Tuesday, has been removed from games three times this season.

Mac Jones is hopeful about getting the starting nod against the Giants

Women’s college hockey gets to join the party this year for Gloucester’s anniversary

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

business

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on Nov. 16 in San Francisco, California.

OpenAI’s new ‘initial’ board is all white, all male. Really?

Here are five times Larry Summers has been in the midst of an economic crisis

Developers file big plans on the industrial edge of South Boston

politics

President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, waved to the crowd during the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square in New York in 1980.

Flags to be lowered to honor Rosalynn Carter

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

Nation

The recent mailing of powder-filled envelopes to election offices in five states is a public indicator of what some election officials say is a rise in threats to their safety and the functioning of the US election system.

For election workers, fentanyl-laced letters signal a challenging year

N.Y. governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing

How many abortions did the post-Roe bans prevent?

World

People watched a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.

South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed

Ukraine heads into winter with a fragile power grid

A ‘black day’ for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides

opinion

Javier Milei, Argentina's president-elect, on Sunday.

Argentina may be undertaking the world’s most radical experiment in populism

Teachers union chief Max Page misleads on MCAS

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

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

Kate Stillman, owner of Stillman Quality Meats in Hardwick, and her staff have their Thanksgiving turkey operation down to a science.

This Massachusetts farmer oversees a yearly turkey pardon

The last-minute scramble to procure a Thanksgiving pie

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

travel

The mass exodus of Thanksgiving travelers began early Wednesday morning as South Station was filled with people taking trains to various parts of the Northeast.

Thanksgiving travelers gear up for journey at South Station, Logan Airport

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

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

Bring Indigenous voices to the Thanksgiving table

Local bestsellers for the week ended Nov. 19

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

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

Clive Owen in "Monsieur Spade."

Clive Owen pulls a P.I. out of retirement in ‘Monsieur Spade’

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

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

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

Mr. Tarnoff (right), then undersecretary of state for political affairs, held a news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Theordoros Pangalos in Athens in 1996. Mr. Tarnoff visited Ankara before coming to Athens, in a bid to ease tension between the United States' NATO allies Turkey and Greece.

Peter Tarnoff, diplomat who helped plot the ‘Argo’ escape from Iran, dies at 86

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