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Politics

Biden crosses liberals to renominate Powell as Fed chairman, keeping a crisis-tested veteran to tackle inflation

Senator Elizabeth Warren and several other high-profile Democrats publicly opposed giving Powell four more years as chairman of the central bank’s board of governors, but President Biden chose to nominate him anyway. Continue reading →

Metro

Judge dismisses all criminal charges against former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

A grand jury had indicted former superintendent Bennett Walsh and ex-medical director Dr. David Clinton for putting elderly veterans at risk of contracting COVID. Continue reading →

Food & Dining

The great Thanksgiving turkey debate

Not everyone agrees that turkey is worthy of its spot at the center of the Thanksgiving table. To hash out this food fight once and for all, Globe writers Devra First (pro turkey) and Christopher Muther (not a fan) face off on this divisive issue. Continue reading →

Metro

Five-year-old Elijah Lewis had fentanyl in his system and died from violence and neglect, autopsy finds

Elijah Lewis, the 5-year-old New Hampshire boy who was found dead in late October in Abington, Mass. nine days after he was reported missing, had fentanyl in his system at the time of his death and died by violent means, according to the medical examiner in Massachusetts which has ruled his death a homicide, authorities said. Continue reading →

K-12

Curley school reopens after closure for COVID outbreak

The district took the unusual move earlier this month to send students and staff home when the campus case count swelled to 46. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Attorneys make final case to jurors in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

Attorneys on Monday offered their final words to the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and the defense repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own death. Continue reading →

Nation

N.Y. Assembly finds ‘overwhelming evidence’ Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment

An eight-month investigation by the New York State Assembly found “overwhelming evidence” that former governor Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment while in office and abused his power to help produce what would become a $5.1 million pandemic memoir. Continue reading →

Nation

56 years ago, he shot Malcolm X. Now he lives quietly in Brooklyn.

Waiting in the holding area of a New York City courthouse in 1966, Talmadge Hayer turned to the two men who were standing trial with him. He told them that he intended to confess to his role in the assassination of Malcolm X and make it clear that they were innocent. Continue reading →

The World

World

US intel shows Russia plans for potential Ukraine invasion

The United States has shared intelligence including maps with European allies that shows a buildup of Russian troops and artillery to prepare for a rapid, large-scale push into Ukraine from multiple locations if President Vladimir Putin decided to invade, according to people familiar with the conversations. Continue reading →

World

Critical witness testifies at Netanyahu trial, reviving a drifting case

The slow-burning corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu shifted back into Israeli public consciousness Monday with the first appearance of a state witness crucial to the prosecution of the former leader, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Continue reading →

World

In Africa, Blinken sees limits of US influence abroad

Traveling across Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken saw firsthand the limits of America’s influence abroad. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

A Thanksgiving plea for compassion

Governor Baker holds the fate of two men in his hands. Now is the time to offer clemency. Continue reading →

OPINION

The Nasdaq mandate will expand diversity in business — and that’s good for business

The stock exchange’s new rule takes on crony capitalism, which for far too long has allowed powerful people to make decisions in the interests of their own restricted group and reserve the spoils of business performance for their own use. Continue reading →

OPINION

A better future for heating your home

A bill in the Legislature empowers utilities to offer clean, renewable thermal energy in order to enlist those companies in the effort toward networked ground source heat pumps, technology already being used cost-effectively in many of our communities. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Judge dismisses all criminal charges against former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

A grand jury had indicted former superintendent Bennett Walsh and ex-medical director Dr. David Clinton for putting elderly veterans at risk of contracting COVID. Continue reading →

Metro

Five-year-old Elijah Lewis had fentanyl in his system and died from violence and neglect, autopsy finds

Elijah Lewis, the 5-year-old New Hampshire boy who was found dead in late October in Abington, Mass. nine days after he was reported missing, had fentanyl in his system at the time of his death and died by violent means, according to the medical examiner in Massachusetts which has ruled his death a homicide, authorities said. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘This relief currently has an expiration date, but parenting does not’: Senator Markey calls for extending child tax credit

More than 1 million children in Massachusetts qualified, receiving payments totaling $265 million in November alone, said Sen. Edward J. Markey. Continue reading →

Sports

baseball

The 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is out, and the David Ortiz debate can begin

"I don’t know if I deserve it; that’s not for me to say," said Ortiz, the Red Sox slugger. "But the things I could control, I controlled very well. The numbers are there.” Continue reading →

revolution

Revolution’s Matt Turner is named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year

In a record-setting season for the Revolution, Turner compiled a 17-4-7 record (with five shutouts), the best mark in franchise history. Continue reading →

Celtics Notebook

Celtics getting reinforcements as Jaylen Brown, Robert Williams return to lineup

Brown returned against the Rockets on Monday after an eight-game absence, while Williams had missed three; Josh Richardson, meanwhile, is out with a non-COVID illness. Continue reading →

Business

Innovation economy

Is this the golden age of health care discovery in Boston?

The amount of money being invested in companies creating cancer drugs, apps to treat addiction, and new kinds of health care plans is setting records. Venture capitalist Michael Greeley chatted about the future of the sector. Continue reading →

Business

Mercedes brings its first electric rides to Boston

The German automaker showed off its new all-electric vehicles — the EQS 580 and the less-costly EQS 450+ — at The Shops at Chestnut Hill, as part of a nationwide tour. These are the first EVs Mercedes has sold in the US. Continue reading →

Technology

In sign of strength for health tech industry, private equity firms acquire Athenahealth for $17b

Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman will take control of the Watertown electronic health records company. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Justus Rosenberg, Holocaust rescuer, dies at 100

Justus Rosenberg was believed to be the last surviving member of the Holocaust rescue operation led by the US journalist Varian Fry, who died in 1967 with his deeds largely unrecognized outside France. Their efforts helped them spirit 2,000 refugees out of Nazi Europe, among them prominent intellectuals, artists and writers including Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, and André Breton. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Bly, poet who gave rise to a men’s movement, dies at 94

Mr. Bly was prolific, writing more than 50 books of poetry; translating European and Latin American writers; offering commentaries on literature, gender roles, and social ills; and editing poetry magazines. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Thanksgiving viewing options: parades to pooches

On Thursday, NBC and CBS will feature the annual staple: New York parade activity filled with music performances, bloated floats, and balloons. Following the parade, NBC will broadcast the "National Dog Show." Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

I want to consider opening the relationship again

"How do I begin this conversation again?" Continue reading →

Music

The story of WBCN as the radio station that mattered, now in a book

Bill Lichtenstein has produced a companion book to his well-received documentary film “WBCN and the American Revolution." Continue reading →