Boston Globe Today | November 16, 2023

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Mass. lawmakers fail to reach a deal to address shelter crisis

WATCH: Reporter Samantha J. Gross explains what’s next as families sit in limbo. Watch →

How Cambridge's 'bike bus' is attempting to make cycling safer

WATCH: It’s part parade, part political statement. Reporter Spencer Buell cycles through the operation that's working to improve bike safety. Watch →

Politics

As Congress starts Thanksgiving break, a cornucopia of problems awaits their return

Leaving the fights behind them, Congress will return for a second helping of chaos after the holiday. Continue reading →

Politics

Santos won’t seek reelection after House panel finds evidence of crimes

The House Ethics Committee on Thursday found “substantial evidence” that Representative George Santos violated federal law, setting the stage for another push to expel the embattled first-term Republican from New York and prompting him to declare that he would not seek reelection. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Defense Department fails to get clean audit for 6th year

About 1,600 auditors and 700 site visits were needed to review the Defense Department’s business processes and activities. Continue reading →

World

Russian artist sentenced to jail for antiwar stance

Alexandra Skochilenko, a pacifist Russian artist and musician with no prior history of political activism, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a St. Petersburg court on Thursday. Continue reading →

World

Whiplash in China as state media does U-turn on US

After months of criticizing the United States for trying to contain China’s growth, state-controlled Chinese websites were filled Thursday with reports on the “positive, comprehensive, and constructive” talks between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies. Continue reading →

World

Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis

Internet and telephone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday for lack of fuel, the main Palestinian provider said, bringing a potentially long-term blackout of communications as Israel signaled its offensive against Hamas could next target the south, where most of the population has taken refuge. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Lawmakers’ brinksmanship on migrant housing a dangerous game

Homeless families and state workers due a raise all held in limbo as politicians dither. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The ‘affirming’ model of youth gender medicine draws some nays

"I helped dozens of detransitioners find compassionate physicians to help them manage their complications," writes one reader. "Families suffer considerably and go though a lengthy process before pursuing youth gender medicine," writes another reader. Continue reading →

OPINION

Peter Faneuil was a slave trader. He shouldn’t have one of Boston’s most important buildings named after him.

The name rebukes the ideal of the nation becoming a multiracial democracy. Continue reading →

Politics

City reaches $2.6 million settlement with Black police officers, cadet in long-running drug ‘hair test’ lawsuit, lawyers say

The test was designed to detect the presence of drugs in hair follicles, but specialists said the test couldn’t reliably identify drug particles found in hair due to ingestion versus “external contamination.” Continue reading →

Health

Cannabis worker’s death prompts call for steps to prevent work-related asthma

Health officials want the cannabis industry to better protect workers from dust and other hazards. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The Harvard Book Store was expecting a shipment of books. A pallet of boxes marked ‘haddock filets’ arrived instead.

Staff panicked when the boxes showed up at their warehouse earlier this month. But it was just a red herring. Continue reading →

Patriots

During a disappointing season for the Patriots, center David Andrews has been the constant

The Patriots’ 2-8 record has generated questions about the level of buy-in for some players moving forward. But certainly not for Andrews. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Tom Werner makes point that Athletics’ approved move to Las Vegas relates to Red Sox

At Owners Meetings, Werner's Red Sox, along with all of the other 29 clubs, voted in favor of allowing John Fisher's team to leave Oakland. Continue reading →

Bruins

Why Bruins need a ‘selfish’ D corps to help their offense reach new heights

All it takes is a glance at Tuesday’s scoresheet to discern why the offense spiked against the Sabres. Continue reading →

Real Estate

The plan for a New England Revolution stadium in Everett has hit a speed bump — including concerns from Mayor Wu

After a measure to enable Revolution stadium in Everett was stalled on Beacon Hill, Boston wonders why it wasn’t part of the negotiations. Continue reading →

Biotech

Vertex sickle cell drug, based on novel gene-editing technology, wins approval in UK

The go-ahead comes about two weeks before the FDA is set to determine whether CRISPR and Boston-based Vertex can market the same drug in the United States, a much larger market. Continue reading →

say more

Is it time for revisionist history of the Big Dig?

Was the Big Dig a boon or a bust? Ian Coss set out to answer that question in his nine-part podcast series “The Big Dig” from GBH News and PRX in Boston. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Peter Tarnoff, US envoy who helped craft ‘Argo’ escape in Iran, dies at 86

A US diplomat, Peter Tarnoff rose to No. 3 in the State Department in the 1990s after years as a behind-the-scenes envoy, including helping to craft a plan to smuggle six State Department employees out of Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Joe Sharkey, travel writer who survived midair collision, dies at 77

Joe Sharkey, who delivered pragmatic advice to business travelers in hundreds of columns in The New York Times only to find himself at the focal point of a harrowing disaster in 2006, when the executive jet in which he was flying collided with a Boeing 737 over Brazil, died Nov. 6 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was 77. Continue reading →

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MUSIC REVIEW

At long last: Daniil Trifonov in recital at Symphony Hall

The Russian pianist delivered a riveting performance presented by the Celebrity Series. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★

‘Dream Scenario’: Broadcasting your dreams on Nic at night

Nicolas Cage stars as the man of everyone’s dreams in Kristoffer Borgli’s clever cancel culture horror-comedy. Continue reading →

MUSIC

With a kindergarten-inspired musical in the works and two shows at the Paradise, Kay Hanley’s past is very present

Letters to Cleo is back in Boston celebrating the 30th anniversary of its debut album, “Aurora Gory Alice.” Continue reading →