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Business

Passengers are back at Logan, and the people who run the airport are hoping they’ll enjoy it more now

Massachusetts Port Authority leaders have been tweaking what they can about the airport itself to create a slightly better travel experience. Continue reading →

Business

Inside the frenzied used-car market stuck in overdrive

In Cambridge, a 2021 BMW that cost $79,000 new went for $85,000 — used. Continue reading →

Metro

Mayor Wu says she will sign Boston fossil fuel divestment ordinance Monday

The ordinance would prohibit the use of public investments in any company that derives more than 15 percent of its revenue from fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas, or fossil fuel products, Continue reading →

World

Israeli is killed by Palestinian near holiest site in Jerusalem

A Palestinian teacher shot dead an Israeli tour guide with an automatic gun near the holiest site in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, Israeli officials said. It was the first killing of a Jewish Israeli civilian by a Palestinian gunman since May. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Thanksgiving will cost more this year. That could cost Democrats, too.

As Americans go on the road this week to travel for family gatherings, the higher costs of driving and one of the most expensive meals of the year have alarmed Democrats, who fear that inflation may upend their electoral prospects in the midterms. Republicans are increasingly confident that a rising cost of living — the ultimate kitchen-table issue — will be the most salient factor in delivering a red wave in 2022. Continue reading →

Politics

GOP donors back Manchin and Sinema as they reshape Biden’s agenda

Over the summer, as he was working to scale back President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia traveled to an $18 million mansion in Dallas for a fund-raiser that attracted Republican and corporate donors who have cheered on his efforts. Continue reading →

Nation

Key moments in Arbery case as closing arguments near

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery took the witness stand to tell jurors he pulled the trigger fearing for his own life. But he also said Arbery didn’t threaten him during the five-minute chase before the shooting. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ousted in coup, Sudan’s prime minister returns via military deal

After four weeks under house arrest, Sudan’s ousted prime minister was reinstated Sunday after he signed a deal with the military intended to end a bloody standoff that led to dozens of protester deaths and threatened to derail Sudan’s fragile transition to democracy. Continue reading →

World

Venezuela votes in regional election under international eye

Venezuela’s electoral system was being put to the test Sunday, with millions of people casting ballots for thousands of races — the first in four years with major opposition participation following a series of boycotts over unfair conditions. Continue reading →

World

Sick of the status quo, Chileans head to the polls

Chile’s departing president narrowly dodged impeachment this month. A month earlier, the army was deployed to the south to confront an increasingly violent uprising by Indigenous militants. And since July, delegates in the capital have been drafting a new constitution, prompted by sweeping protests in 2019 over inequality and the rising cost of living. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

As younger children get vaccinated, it’s time to plan for lifting the school mask mandate

Extending the mask mandate was wise, but the state should adopt flexible guidelines for communities as vaccination rates rise and disease outbreaks subside. Continue reading →

OPINION

How health care systems do, and do not, support patients

Effective treatment for people with some chronic diseases and disabilities is being denied as policy makers and insurers, trying to lower drug costs, keep looking to easy and simplistic formulas that are overtly discriminatory to determine what the treatments are worth, and who is worth treating. Continue reading →

OPINION

United States can be a leader on behalf of people with disabilities around the world

It is one of a handful of countries that have not ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Mayor Wu says she will sign Boston fossil fuel divestment ordinance Monday

The ordinance would prohibit the use of public investments in any company that derives more than 15 percent of its revenue from fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas, or fossil fuel products, Continue reading →

K-12

As teacher COVID-19 rates rise, unions support in-person learning but push for stronger mitigation measures

The cases in schools reflect a larger spike in cases statewide ahead of Thanksgiving and other holiday celebrations. Continue reading →

Metro

Friends of Salem Council on Aging bring the turkey home for Thanksgiving

About 150 low-income and homebound senior residents of Salem will receive free turkey dinners delivered straight to their homes on Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

Sports

bruins notebook

Jakub Zboril’s confidence growing, but Bruce Cassidy wants the defenseman to bring his game to another level

Zboril has seen his ice time increase the last four games after dressing just once in the Bruins’ first 11. Continue reading →

Ben Volin | On Football

Week 11 Review: Even on a Sunday off, everything’s coming up Patriots

The Bills and Titans both lost, and suddenly the Patriots are atop the AFC East. Continue reading →

CELTICS

Celtics’ Grant Williams has made himself comfortable behind the arc

“Grant worked really hard this summer on his shooting, and being in those positions and situations that I think you’re starting to see it pay off,” Celtics forward Al Horford said. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Passengers are back at Logan, and the people who run the airport are hoping they’ll enjoy it more now

Massachusetts Port Authority leaders have been tweaking what they can about the airport itself to create a slightly better travel experience. Continue reading →

Business

Inside the frenzied used-car market stuck in overdrive

In Cambridge, a 2021 BMW that cost $79,000 new went for $85,000 — used. Continue reading →

Business

Teamster president-elect Sean O’Brien returns to Local 25 in Charlestown

Sean O’Brien, a fourth-generation Teamster who has led the local union since 2006, found out this week that he was elected general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Bob Bondurant, car racer who tutored actors on the track, dies at 88

Bob Bondurant, a master race car driver who was better known for his driving school in California and later Arizona, where he tutored actors like Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Christian Bale for their onscreen racing roles, died Nov. 12 in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He was 88. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

Allison Kemmerer named director of Andover’s Addison Gallery

After two years as interim director, Allison Kemmerer will take up the director position permanently at the Addison Gallery in Andover on Dec. 1. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Troubled daughters won’t share details

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →