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Israel announces resumption of combat in Gaza Strip as truce with Hamas expires

Israel’s military said it had resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the cease-fire.
Israel knew Hamas’s attack plan more than a year ago

DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants
In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate.

Five takeaways from the DeSantis-Newsom debate

‘The only eulogy to Henry Kissinger worth reading’: Anthony Bourdain’s scathing comments about diplomat resurface
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," the chef wrote in his memoir.

Henry Kissinger’s ties to Harvard date back to the 1940s

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on delayed $2.8 billion spending bill with shelter funding, but its fate remains unclear amid GOP objections
The deal would pour $250 million into the struggling emergency shelter system and mandate that the state create overflow sites for families with nowhere else to go.

Worcester Red Sox owners reach agreement to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings

The Diamond group already owns the Single A Salem Red Sox and Double A Portland Sea Dogs among its 26 other minor league teams.

Six takeaways from Liz Cheney’s book assailing Trump and his ‘enablers’

Former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney's new book offers a rare peek inside the Republican cloakroom at what she heard from her colleagues about “the Orange Jesus,” as one wryly called Donald Trump.

Woman killed in apparent murder-suicide in Marlborough came to US ‘seeking the American Dream,’ friend says

Man convicted in federal court in Boston of help set up over 300 fake marriages

Woman seriously injured after piece of metal crashes through windshield on Route 20 in Weston
Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Elizabeth Price and her husband, Ali Awartani, have been bolstered by their son Hisham’s resilience, and his determination to stay strong for other Palestinians.

After friend was shot in Vermont, Palestinian student at Brown says America is ‘no safer’ than home

When Aboud Ashhab learned early Sunday morning during a phone call from his mom that his close friend, Hisham Awartani, had been shot the evening before in Burlington, Vt., he broke down in tears.
Top Places to Work

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more
Discover the 175 companies with the happiest employees in the state.

Although it still remains a secret, Bailey Zappe in line to start for the Patriots on Sunday

As he did last week, Bill Belichick has been evasive about his starter at quarterback.
Patriots-Chiefs gets flexed out of Monday night slot on Dec. 18

Holiday tree brings glowing joy to Boston Common
The annual tree lighting on Boston Common Thursday evening drew a joyous crowd of all ages who rang in the holiday season drinking hot chocolate, munching fried dough and singing Jingle Bells.

D2 SUPER BOWL: KING PHILIP 42, MARSHFIELD 14

King Philip uses a balanced attack in cementing a perfect run with its Division 2 Super Bowl win over Marshfield

Senior QB Tommy McLeish threw three touchdowns and sophomore RB Tallan King ran for three scores to help the Warriors (13-0) pull away in a 42-14 win over Marshfield (9-4) to capture the program’s third state title and first since 2017.
Patrick Miller rallies Milton to win program’s first Division 3 Super Bowl title Justin Marques has record-setting performance in Division 6 Super Bowl win over Salem

Bruins 3, Sharks 0
This time, Sharks sighting is just what the Bruins needed
The Bruins (15-4-3) snapped their three-game losing streak by shutting out their toothless visitors from San Jose, 3-0, Thursday night at TD Garden.

Danton Heinen’s versatility has become an asset for Bruins

‘Hypervisible and invisible’: Olin College president discusses journey as a Black woman in engineering

"I’ve gotten accustomed to entering spaces where I am the first, or the only," said Gilda Barabino.

Everett soccer stadium for Revolution hits legislative roadblock — again

The project faces an unclear future after legislative leaders failed to lift the industrial designation from a key property.

Massive clock projection at MIT uses local twist to track climate crisis

During COP28, the MIT Climate Clock Team will project a countdown to the projected date and time that Earth will have warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius — a limit on global temperature increase that the planet is projected to hit in May 2024.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Trump recycles his health care hokum

Can he fool his MAGA followers again with his cynical promise to replace Obamacare with something "much better"?
RENÉE LOTH

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza
Barney Frank

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservatives renew their attack on the Voting Rights Act
IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Rejecting students who support terrorism isn’t cancel culture
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

More recent News

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won’t back enforcement
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices.

Quiet cutting: Wayfair undergoes multiple, small rounds of layoffs
The Boston online retailer has cut dozens of jobs in recent weeks, despite undergoing two major layoffs over the past 18 months.

‘Brain Care Score’ aims to empower patients to prevent strokes and dementia
New research suggests a high score on measures of physical health, lifestyle, and social life translates to a lower risk of these devastating diseases.

Celtics learned to floor it when needed, but can they do so again when it really counts?
The NBA In-Season Tournament might have been derided by some, but Boston could apply a valuable lesson from it for the rest of its season.

Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows
At least 117 people in 34 US states have been sickened by contaminated cantaloupe, including 61 who were hospitalized and two who died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

‘Hey bestie’: Cambridge gets the spotlight in Spotify Wrapped 2023
Other frequently assigned “Sound Town” locations were Burlington, Vt., and Berkeley, Calif.

Globe Santa

Parenting alone, with strength and courage
The usual tribulations of parenting are magnified — greatly — when there is only one parent. All the more so when there’s bereavement, divorce, or separation to contend with.

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Recommended reads

Coming soon: ‘Nightmare in Mission Hill,’ the true story of the Charles Stuart case

For two years, a team of Globe reporters investigated the case. What they found reveals hard truths, unveils explosive new findings, and changes the narrative of a story long cemented in Boston’s lore.

RFK Jr.’s campaign spending is as unconventional as his run for president
Running for president as a political neophyte, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign has been financed by millions in donations from a motley group of supporters that include a sizable group who share Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism.

bob ryan
A message to all the LeBron James haters out there, and other thoughts
Once again, it’s time to empty out that Desk Drawer of the Sports Mind.

The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up
“We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alone together in a new world

Jeremy Strong cast as Roy Cohn in new Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

With ‘Phoenix,’ jazz saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin soars to a new realm

A dozen thrilling new page-turners to give you goosebumps this winter

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The inescapable conundrum of anonymous speech
IDEAS | JOSHUA PEDERSON

Don’t draft horrible people for your fantasy sports team
SCOT LEHIGH

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity
JOAN VENNOCHI

Where’s the public in the talks about Robert Kraft’s plan for a soccer stadium in Everett?

RENÉE GRAHAM

Donald Trump’s un-wonderful life
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

‘Brain Care Score’ aims to empower patients to prevent strokes and dementia

New research suggests a high score on measures of physical health, lifestyle, and social life translates to a lower risk of these devastating diseases.

Holiday tree brings glowing joy to Boston Common

The annual tree lighting on Boston Common Thursday evening drew a joyous crowd of all ages who rang in the holiday season drinking hot chocolate, munching fried dough and singing Jingle Bells.

State trooper who shot and killed gunman at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital identified

State Trooper Nathan Sleight, who has about 11 years experience in law enforcement, shot and killed the armed suspect who opened fire in the lobby of New Hampshire Hospital, killing a security officer.
Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, a mother and father marvel at a son who will not be stopped by bullets

Elizabeth Price and her husband, Ali Awartani, have been bolstered by their son Hisham’s resilience, and his determination to stay strong for other Palestinians.

Sports

COWBOYS 41, SEAHAWKS 35

Cowboys’ victory was anything but bland as they set up big NFC showdown with Eagles

Dallas won a back-and-forth affair and improved to 9-3 ahead of its home game against NFC-leading Philadelphia (10-1).

MIAA Super Bowl live updates: With six straight touchdowns, Milton is Super Bowl champs for the first time

Follow along as 16 schools from across the state vie for the ultimate crown here in Foxborough, starting with Division 8 on Wednesday evening.
PWHL

PWHL teams trim rosters to 27 players

Lindsey Browning and Tatum Skaggs were cut from PWHL Boston.
D3 SUPER BOWL: Milton 42, Walpole 21

Patrick Miller (4 TD passes) rallies Milton from slow start with strong finish vs. Walpole to win program’s first Division 3 Super Bowl title
Bruins 3, Sharks 0

This time, Sharks sighting is just what the Bruins needed
MIAA Super Bowls

Success in the MIAA Super Bowl is no secret for running teams: ‘Get off the football, knock the sled back, drive blocking every day.’

Business

TALKING POINTS

Musk blasts companies that have stopped advertising on X

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures continuing to cool

Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department said prices were unchanged from September to October, down from a 0.4 percent rise the previous month.

OPEC Plus cuts production further to blunt falling oil prices

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits
magazine
2023

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more
PERSPECTIVE

The Globe’s film critic picks 6 holiday movies that are actually good
CONNECTIONS

What 52 bandannas say about my late son’s life

MISS CONDUCT

My in-laws helped repay my student loan. How do I thank them?

metro

Grandparents lament they are ‘a little old for the task’ of raising children

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on delayed $2.8 billion spending bill with shelter funding, but its fate remains unclear amid GOP objections

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Dec. 1-8

sports

King Philip uses a balanced attack in cementing a perfect run with its Division 2 Super Bowl win over Marshfield

In his first event since the Masters, Tiger Woods has a sloppy finish for a 75 in his return in the Bahamas

Bills linebacker Von Miller facing arrest for assaulting a pregnant woman, Dallas police say

business

‘Hypervisible and invisible’: Olin College president discusses journey as a Black woman in engineering

Everett soccer stadium for Revolution hits legislative roadblock — again

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

politics

Representative George Santos is facing a vote on his expulsion from Congress as lawmakers weigh accusations

DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won’t back enforcement

Nation

Five takeaways from the DeSantis-Newsom debate

Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US, report says

Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

World

Israel announces resumption of combat in Gaza Strip as truce with Hamas expires

Ukraine’s Zelensky says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms

Families reunite with 17 Thai hostages freed by Hamas at homecoming at Bangkok airport

opinion

Bid to move USPS facility and expand South Station has potential

Seeking new funding source to adapt to and mitigate climate change

One headline read two ways

lifestyle

She says she won’t date men

Why extended warranties aren’t necessary

With White House holiday decorations, Jill Biden wanted holiday visitors to feel like kids again

food & dining

Four people charged in connection to Thanksgiving Eve brawl at Kowloon Restaurant

Somerville’s Wade BBQ promises smoky meat with a Boston spin; june bug opens from the Field & Vine team

In Harvard Square, the Painted Burro is a stylish replacement for the Border Cafe

travel

We’ve visited St. Lucia 10 times. Here’s what we’ve learned.

How to eat your way around San Juan

What we learned on our multigenerational trip to Disney World

Arts

In ‘Like Magic,’ 10 artists conjure shadowy refuge at MassMoCA

Sylvia Plath’s botanical interests offer a fresh perspective on the poet’s life and work in a Smith College exhibit

The rooms where it happened: A new MFA show looks at photographers’ studios

Books

Six takeaways from Liz Cheney’s book assailing Trump and his ‘enablers’

Sylvia Plath’s botanical interests offer a fresh perspective on the poet’s life and work in a Smith College exhibit

Ben Mezrich’s new book is on Elon Musk and how Twitter broke the billionaire

Movies

In John Woo’s ‘Silent Night,’ all is neither calm nor bright

‘The Last Detail’: How Hal Ashby’s 1973 Navy movie gave me a portal into my Pops’ past

Jeremy Strong cast as Roy Cohn in new Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

Television

‘Slow Horses’ cast hits its stride in season 3

Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93

‘Girls5eva’ fan club may grow after show’s revival on Netflix

music

Darren Criss is having himself a merry little ‘Crissmas’

Why has ‘Messiah’ been so popular for nearly 300 years?

With his rebel spirit, Shane MacGowan fought ‘to make Irish music hip’

Theater/Dance

Alone together in a new world

In his chaotic live shows, Eric Andre detonates a comedy ‘explosion’

‘Chicago’ holds up a mirror to its times, and to ours

Health

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

Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos, whose political novel inspired award-winning film ‘Z,’ dies at 89

Julius Becton, Army general who led FEMA and D.C. schools, dies at 97

Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93