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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Today's Headlines
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REVOLUTION

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game this past season. So why build a smaller stadium?

In an interview with the Globe, team president Brian Bilello discussed the franchise's latest thinking regarding plans for a new soccer-specific stadium in Everett. Continue reading →

K-12

Are the North Shore teacher strikes a coincidence or a carefully coordinated effort?

School district leaders say anecdotal evidence suggests the strikes were planned together. But union leaders say the decisions to strike were made independently based on local circumstances. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ oldest resident dies at 113. ‘She was small but had big-person energy.’

Wellesley’s Herlda Senhouse helped Black students pay for college after racial quotas kept her out of nursing school in the 1930s. Continue reading →

Transportation

MBTA workers are taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay

The T's top earner took home $236,472 in overtime, bringing the official's annual earnings to $392,207 — nearly as much as the president of the United States. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Citing ‘burnout,’ nearly 300 primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham take steps to unionize

The doctors comprise the vast majority of primary care physicians employed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Tips to combat memory loss in young people

WATCH: Globe magazine contributor Felice Freyer dug into why young adults are developing memory problems and what they can do to stop it. Watch →

Hacked? Here's what to do.

WATCH: Information was leaked from 7 million Massachusetts accounts. Data reporter Scooty Nickerson unpacks how to know if yours was one of them. Watch →

NDAs muzzle Mass. families suing for special education

WATCH: Reporter Mandy McLaren explains why families who successfully sue the state to get their children's needs met have to keep quiet about it. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Trump confirms plans to use the military to assist in mass deportations

Congress has granted presidents broad power to declare national emergencies at their discretion, unlocking standby powers that include redirecting funds lawmakers had appropriated for other purposes. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year. Continue reading →

Nation

About 20 percent of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says

The findings provide an indication of how Americans consumed the news during the height of the US presidential campaign that President-elect Donald Trump ultimately won. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing at least five people as the United States pressed ahead with cease-fire efforts. Continue reading →

World

Looters strip aid from about 100 trucks in Gaza, UN agency says

A large convoy of trucks carrying aid was “violently looted” in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and its drivers forced at gunpoint to unload supplies, the main United Nations agency that helps Palestinians said Monday, calling it one of the worst such incidents of the war. Continue reading →

World

Freed from restraints, Ukraine is poised to strike Into Russia

Ukraine signaled a new sense of urgency Monday following a decision by the Biden administration to allow long-range strikes inside Russia using US-provided missiles, with Ukrainian politicians suggesting that the first launches would come soon and without warning. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

New owners of Steward doctors network need to prove themselves

Can a private equity-backed company improve care quality? Continue reading →

OPINION

Elizabeth Warren’s crusade against the rising cost of pet care charges ahead

The senator from Massachusetts now has her sights set on Mars, the storied global candy conglomerate that’s also the biggest vet provider in the country. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Where the Democrats could do no wrong

A reader begs to differ with a letter writer's assessment of the Democrats' missteps in the election. Continue reading →

Metro

AS I SEE IT

The wild turkey population has exploded in Mass. Here’s expert advice for living peacefully among them.

The rebirth of wild turkeys in Massachusetts has sparked numerous complaints about the aggressive birds. But they are not out to get you: “Approach every interaction with a turkey as if you are the bigger turkey.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘She was one of the first women to approach me and show me love.’ Friends mourn 65-year-old woman killed in Boston park.

Celia Simmons was found with multiple stab wounds to her torso at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, police said. She died in a hospital that night. Continue reading →

Politics

FBI searched Lawrence doughnut shop tied to Democratic state lawmaker

The FBI on Thursday searched an Essex Street building owned by state Representative Francisco Paulino of Methuen. It was not immediately clear what they were investigating. Continue reading →

Sports

BLUE JACKETS 5, BRUINS 1

Slow start, two shorthanded goals sink Bruins in loss to Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves, several of the showstopping variety, to lead his club to a 5-1 win over the freefalling Bruins at TD Garden. Continue reading →

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Jeffrey Viel called up in hopes he’ll give Bruins forward group a jolt of intensity

A veteran of nearly 300 AHL games who has 139 penalty minutes in his 49 games of NHL experience, Viel is well aware of the step up in competition. Continue reading →

Unconventional review

Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams

The Patriots' approach was more suitable against a rookie, not a seasoned veteran with a Super Bowl ring. Continue reading →

Business

REVOLUTION

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game this past season. So why build a smaller stadium?

In an interview with the Globe, team president Brian Bilello discussed the franchise's latest thinking regarding plans for a new soccer-specific stadium in Everett. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Best Buy finally makes good on a price match guarantee. Plus: tips on insurance and ballet tickets.

A customer gets the $202 he was owed on a TV purchase, how to check if you’re the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, and be careful when ordering ballet tickets. Continue reading →

Bold Types

Math professor Loring Tu gives eight-figure gift to Tufts

Plus: Saucony makes tracks for Boston; the Marathon draws big out-of-state crowds; and developers celebrate earmarks in the latest Mass. economic bill. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Natasha Alexenko, who helped cut backlog in rape-kit testing, dies at 51

Ms. Alexenko transformed her suffering and anger from twin traumas — being sexually assaulted and then discovering that her rape kit with forensic evidence from her attacker had gone untested for 10 years — into a foundation that worked to eliminate delays on testing nationwide. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sim Van der Ryn, early practitioner of sustainable architecture, dies at 89

The Dutch-born architect would become known as the “father of green architecture.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Ken Burns, Renaissance man

The documentarian travels outside America for the first time in his newest film. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

Should I swear off dating?

I might wind up single forever anyway. Continue reading →

Names

Honoring heritage in every pour: the first Native women-owned brewery in the US shares culture through craft

Bow and Arrow Brewing Co.’s founders will speak at a Celebrating Native American Craft Brewers event at the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture on Thursday. Continue reading →