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Lacking heat, Lawrence-area residents face a cold Thanksgiving

Laura Alefantis (left) helped Hadde Diaz, 4, find a pair of snow pants and a winter jacket as she volunteers at Debbie's Treasure Chest during Keeping The Merrimack Valley Warm Night. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Hundreds of families affected by the gas outage in the Merrimack Valley are expected to join their neighbors at communal holiday dinners.

Get ready for bitter cold and possible snow squalls

Watch out for patches of black ice on the way to work Wednesday morning, and be prepared for a sudden snow squall while you?re on your way home.

THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL

A number of Thanksgiving football games moved up to Wednesday

Forecasts for extreme cold on Thursday prompted some schools to reschedule their games.

Macaroons, Christmas wreaths, almond crescents, and Italian natale cookies bring on the warm memories. — Photograph by Anthony Tieuli; Styling by Sheila Jarnes

Holiday Style | Magazine

Classic holiday cookie recipes from Boston-area bakers

Recipes for classic holiday cookies with an extra-special ingredient: nostalgia.

Here?s how pre-Thanksgiving traffic looks in the Boston area right now

Traffic as of 11 a.m. in the Boston area wasn?t too bad. However, if you haven?t left yet, you?re likely to hit the worst of it, according to Google predictions.

Love Letters

My boyfriend confessed he kissed a co-worker while drunk. What now?

I gave him the third degree, but I?m not sure I can trust him.

American believed killed by isolated tribe on Indian island

Seven fishermen have been arrested for facilitating the American?s visit to a restricted island home to a tribe known to resist all contact with outsiders, often attacking anyone who comes near.

Wild turkey bangs on Franklin Police Department door before Thanksgiving

A wild turkey tried to break into the Franklin Police Department before Thanksgiving.

5 things to do in Boston this weekend

Here are ways to get out of your home and not be bored in the city this weekend.

Carver-10/19/18 From September 15 until November 15, the A.D. Makepeace Company harvests cranberries at their 1700 acres of bogs throughout the South Shore, including the 250 acres of cranberry bogs on Pond Street. Water pours from a wash truck where debris is removed from the cranberries before dropping into a shipping truck. Most of the workers are immigrants who are hired for the seasonal work. Eighteen tractor trailer truckloadshaul away the cranberries from the Pond Street bog. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro) — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Editorial

Thanks for nothing Trump. Trade war has cranberry growers seeing red

The little red fruit has been drawn into President Trump?s trade wars. To ease the pain, the federal government should extend financial assistance to cranberry growers.

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Ideas | Kelly Kasulis

Study suggests abused children carry trauma in their DNA

?We?ve learned that children who are abused have physical and mental health issues during their whole life. Epigenetics, or these marks on DNA, is one hypothesis for how that happens,? said one researcher.

Of recreational marijuana, Ramon Aldoyn said, ?The people want it, the people demand it, and the people use it.? — Michael Swensen for The Globe

Why they came: Marijuana customers flock to East Coast?s first stores

One man bought at a store but said he?ll also buy on the black market due to legal weed?s high prices.

People waited in line for the opening of Cultivate. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

A brand new state industry kicked off in Leicester and Northampton

Massachusetts? first two recreational marijuana dispensaries opened to long lines and lots of buzz.

Authorities eye two more inmates in ?Whitey? Bulger slaying

Investigators are focusing on Felix Wilson, who shared a cell with James ?Whitey? Bulger before his death, and Sean McKinnon, a Vermont man serving an eight-year sentence.

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis appeared before the MBTA board to express his support for a North-South rail link in Boston. Seated in the backround is former Mass. governor William Weld, who spoke after Dukakis. — Jim Davis/Globe Staff

NESTOR RAMOS

He ran a state. He ran for president. Now, Michael Dukakis waits his turn

Try to imagine another major-party presidential candidate enduring a MassDOT meeting.

Dartmouth #MeToo case sparks worldwide mentorship effort

A week after seven current and former students alleged that Dartmouth College failed to protect them from a culture of sexual harassment and assault, the case has sparked grass-roots activism.

Serial rapist linked to 1969 murder of Jane Britton at Harvard

After conducting fresh DNA testing and analysis, Middlesex County prosecutors announced Tuesday they have at last identified Britton?s killer.

Over 6,000 restaurants, stores in Mass. told to stop serving romaine

Bob Luz, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, said the word went out to roughly 5,500 member establishments before the dinner rush on Tuesday.

Kevin Cullen

Not even Gate of Heaven can stand up to Southie?s building boom

There is no better example of the current state of the quality of life in Southie today than the fact that tearing down a school to make way for a parking lot is considered something of a victory.

Trump pressed to have Justice Department prosecute Comey and Clinton

President Trump told the White House counsel that he wanted to order the Justice Department to bring charges against two of his enemies: Hillary Clinton, and former FBI Director James Comey.

In tweet, President Trump says he might attend White House Correspondents? Dinner

Michelle Wolf had some words for President Donald Trump after he claimed the ?so-called comedian? bombed at last year?s event.

Driver in Sweet Tomatoes crash is sentenced to four years in jail

During a wrenching hearing, prosecutors asked a judge to send Bradford Casler to jail for five years after the 2016 crash, which killed two customers.

Jim Calhoun is back on the sideline, this time coaching a Division 3 team

After six years of retirement, the 76-year-old coach is back in the game with a brand-new Division 3 team at Saint Joseph.

Talking Points AM/Larry Edelman

Investors exhale as stocks rebound, led by tech shares

Plus: Is it time to buy GE?s stock? Verizon?s logo is coming to the Boston skyline. And just how crowded planes are these days.

Martha?s Vineyard detective fired for conducting illegal background checks

The detective came under scrutiny after a separate investigation found packages filled with large amounts of cocaine had been delivered to a tenant living inside his home.

Special reports

Globe Magazine

Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

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The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Aerial photos show devastation from Calif. wildfires

At least 79 people have lost their lives in California?s deadliest wildfire.

Globe must-reads

Park users can now enjoy a refurbished system of pathways, traffic patterns, and entrances within Franklin Park.

Franklin Park renovations are nearly complete

Photographer Peter Simon captured a summer scene at Menemsha Harbor.

Martha?s Vineyard photographer Peter Simon dies at 71

The National Monument to the Forefathers.

On Thanksgiving, revisiting the other Plymouth

Stephen Curry and the Warriors put on a great show at Oracle Arena ? but some fans in the building can only see it on TV.

Dan Shaughnessy

$100 to not see a Warriors game live? I?ll pass

UMass researchers discover giant viruses in Central Mass.

Sylvester Stallone stars as Rocky Balboa and Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed in ?Creed II?.

Andrew Mahoney

If boxing?s popularity is waning, why are movies about it so popular?

A man stretches out across empty airplane seats. As the number of passengers increases on flights, it's becoming rarer for passengers to wind up with an empty seat next to them, or better yet, their own row.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

An ode to the disappearing empty airplane seat

The annual gift of an evergreen Christmas tree from Nova Scotia arrived Tuesday and was set up for the holidays.

Christmas tree arrives at Boston Common from Nova Scotia

Garlic and anchovy rubbed turkey, in New York. Why can?t turkey taste more like lamb ? specifically, a Provençal-style leg of lamb, rubbed down with garlic, anchovies and rosemary? Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Prop Stylist: Courtney de Wet. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times)

Would a take-out turkey ruin Thanksgiving?

Melissa Gaudette, 33, and Edwin Benitez-Figueroa, 36, died Saturday when they were hit by a Christmas-themed train near this spot in Wareham.

Family mourns after two are killed on train tracks

Alicia Restrepo was found fatally shot in her car on Oct. 15. She was 24.

8 killings, 11 days, and the last to die was Alicia

Former Massachusetts governors William Weld (left) and Michael Dukakis united again Monday to restate their support for the North-South Rail Link.

Dukakis, Weld want movement on north-south rail link

Sports

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BOSTON, 11/20/2018 -Mike Luong (26) of Foxborough on a carry during their matchup with Foxborough at Fenway Park. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Metro, Desk )

Foxborough 35, Mansfield 33

In a triple-overtime thriller at Fenway Park, Foxborough outlasts Mansfield

Foxborough scored the winning points on Liam Foley?s 9-yard TD pass to Mike Luong and his conversion pass to Rob Fay.

Metro

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You could become the ?Mayor of Southie? for this year?s St. Patrick?s Day parade. Here?s how

The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which organizes the St. Patrick?s Day parade, is bringing back the tradition this year.

Politics

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Nancy Pelosi has said she has the votes to become the Speaker of the House when Democrats take control of the chamber in January.

So far, half of the House Democrats in New England support Pelosi

Half of the recently elected Democrats from New England ? who now occupy every House seat in the region ? are so far publicly supporting Nancy Pelosi to serve as their next speaker.