Boston Globe Today | November 6, 2023

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Election Day 2023: key decisions expected around the state

WATCH: Politics editor Victoria McGrane breaks down the big changes that could be coming. Watch →

Maine’s deaf community feels a familiar frustration post-shooting: exclusion

WATCH: Reporter Jason Laughlin highlights the battle those who are deaf and hard-of-hearing face on a regular basis. Watch →

Politics

Donald Trump lashes out from the witness stand at judge, N.Y. attorney general as he testifies in fraud trial

The former president's testimony about property valuations and financial statements was punctuated by personal jabs at the judge. He proudly boasted of his real estate business and disputed claims that he had deceived banks and insurers. Continue reading →

Nation

Tech startups try to sell a cautious Pentagon on artificial intelligence

The growing role of AI in national security is playing out against concerns about granting life-or-death decisions to software programs and at a time when governments are taking initial steps to regulate development of the technology. Continue reading →

Nation

Could a prominent Democrat really challenge Biden? It’s unlikely, at this point.

A theoretical primary challenger would have to raise tens of millions of dollars to compete with the $90.5 million Biden’s campaign committees and the allied Democratic National Committee reported having. And the party’s major donors are effectively in lockstep behind Biden. Continue reading →

World

As Gaza hospitals collapse, medical workers face the hardest choices

Doctors say they must decide which patients get ventilators, who gets resuscitated, or who gets any medical treatment at all. Continue reading →

World

Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms

Israeli forces have severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with intense airstrikes overnight, setting the stage for an expected push into the dense confines of Gaza City and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war. Continue reading →

World

President taps Poland’s outgoing prime minister to form new government despite lack of a majority

The invitation to Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party was likely to delay formation of a new government because the opposition won enough votes in the Oct. 15 election to take control of Parliament and oust the nationalist and conservative government after eight years in power. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

More questions than answers in handling of Danilecki case

An internal review initially found the BPD captain had used excessive force in a 2019 confrontation in Dorchester, but Commissioner Michael Cox asked investigators to look again — and this time they came to a different conclusion. Continue reading →

OPINION

Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years

Moving local elections to even-numbered years would boost voter turnout and save money. Continue reading →

OPINION

Lighten up on Bill Belichick

Does the Patriots’ lousy season mean he is done as a coach and all that he achieved is reduced to nothing? If that’s true, it says as much about the New England psyche as it does about Belichick. Continue reading →

Politics

Key decisions, but low turnout, expected in Boston and elsewhere on Election Day, top state official says

Secretary of State William F. Galvin said he expects turnout for Tuesday's election in Boston to fall below that of the 2021 mayoral race, when just 32 percent of registered voters cast a ballot. Continue reading →

Health

Daylight saving time has ended. Here’s how to keep the winter blues at bay.

After clocks fell back this weekend, days feel shorter, darker, and colder. Experts say it’s possible to manage mood changes with these activities. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Fatal fentanyl overdose in Salem leads to one of New England’s largest drug busts

Three men are facing federal charges after authorities seized more than 200 pounds of fentanyl and other drugs with a street value of roughly $8 million from a Lynn address in one of the largest single-location narcotic seizures in New England history, authorities said Monday. Continue reading →

TIMBERWOLVES 114, CELTICS 109 (OT)

Anthony Edwards goes supernova as Timberwolves hand Celtics their first loss

The Celtics struggled with turnovers and poor shooting while getting a taste of emerging star Anthony Edwards, who scored 38 and hit a clutch 3-pointer late in overtime. Continue reading →

peter abraham | on baseball

Craig Breslow is jumping into the pitching arms race at the GM Meetings in Arizona this week

The Red Sox are in serious need of some help with starting pitching, and Breslow has little time to get his feet under him. Continue reading →

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Movement afoot for Jim Montgomery’s Bruins to work out kinks on power play

Before Brad Marchand broke through against the Stars, the Bruins' power play ranked 21st in the NHL. Continue reading →

bold types

We’re coming back to the office, and the office is getting smaller, according to Robin CEO Micah Remley

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Jobs

‘A blow to the face.’ Despite strike, new UAW contract would shutter Mansfield parts warehouse

A tentative agreement reached late last week allows the parent company of Chrysler to consolidate the facility into a new plant in Fishkill, New York, by 2025. Continue reading →

Retail

Vegetarian restaurant chain Clover Food Lab files for bankruptcy

The fast casual chain said it could no longer the pay the leases on its new commissary and two restaurants. Continue reading →

Obituaries

William Pelham Jr., who rethought how ADHD is treated, dies at 75

Dr. Pelham Jr., a child psychologist who challenged how his field approached attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, arguing for a therapy-based regimen that used drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall as an optional supplement, died Oct. 21 in Miami. He was 75. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Walter Davis, basketball star with a velvet touch, dies at 69

Mr. Davis, whose smooth shooting propelled him to basketball stardom with the University of North Carolina and the Phoenix Suns, but who late in his career struggled with drug addiction, died Thursday while visiting family in Charlotte, N.C. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jeffrey A. Bader, who helped steer Obama’s ‘pivot’ to Asia, dies at 78

In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Mr. Bader “one of the most knowledgeable and insightful East Asia hands of his generation, and his intellect was matched only by his heart and his decency.” Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

She stayed over ... in the spare room

Was it a bad idea to acknowledge our flirty connection? Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★1/2

In the documentary ‘In the Court of the Crimson King,’ one man rules

Director Toby Amies's film tells the 50-year story of prog rockers King Crimson, which is also the story of the band's polarizing founder and guitarist, Robert Fripp. Continue reading →

Music

Jeff Tweedy on the 49 songs and one band that inspired his new book

“World Within a Song,” out Tuesday, gives readers a glimpse into the songs, from the inescapable to the obscure, that shaped Tweedy. Continue reading →