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Friday, November 4, 2022
Today's Headlines
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West Virginia

The mystery of Mothman, the red-eyed monster of Point Pleasant

Strange things started to happen in Point Pleasant, W.Va., in November 1966. Continue reading →

Idaho

The Shams sisters decided to open a bakery to help other Afghan women. The hitch? They didn’t bake.

Bahar Amir Shams returned to the United States in 2016 with a plan to open a bakery with three of her sisters and send some of the proceeds back to Kabul to support single mothers. Continue reading →

Elections

Maura Healey wants to be governor. She bristles at the suggestion that she always did.

The situation is, in many ways, exactly what many Democrats envisioned for her, but Healey insists running for governor was not on her radar until fairly recently. Continue reading →

Politics

With the House possibly poised to flip Republican, where does that leave the all-Democratic Mass. delegation?

They would lose their perches chairing committees and subcommittees, forfeiting much of their ability to shape legislation. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Husband of ‘Lady of the Dunes’ killed in Provincetown in 1974 was also suspected of Seattle double slaying in 1960

The former husband of Ruth Marie Terry, the woman authorities identified as the “Lady of the Dunes” whose mutilated remains were discovered in Provincetown in 1974, was suspected of murdering a previous wife and her daughter in 1960 in Seattle. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Man in Pelosi attack shouldn’t have reentered US, official says

The Canadian suspect should have been flagged by immigration officials and blocked from getting back into the United States after overstaying his authorized entry more than two decades ago, a federal official said Thursday. Continue reading →

Nation

CDC releases new, more flexible guidelines for prescribing opioids

The new recommendations eliminate numerical dose limits and caps on length of treatment for chronic pain patients that had been suggested in the landmark 2016 version of the agency’s advice. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Obama uses heckler’s interruption to highlight need for civility

“This increasing habit of demonizing opponents, of just yelling and thinking not just that, ‘I disagree with someone’ but that they are evil or wrong — that creates a dangerous climate,” Obama said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Backup power used at Ukraine nuclear site to fend off crisis

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was relying on emergency diesel generators to run its safety systems Thursday after external power from the Ukrainian electric grid was again cut off. Continue reading →

World

Lapid concedes in Israel, paving way for Netanyahu’s return to power

Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Israel conceded Israel’s election on Thursday evening to Benjamin Netanyahu, paving the way for Israel’s opposition leader to return as prime minister. Continue reading →

World

North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM

After already setting an annual record with dozens of ballistic launches in 2022, North Korea has further dialed up its testing activity since late September, including what it described as simulated nuclear attacks on South Korean and US targets. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Chris Pappas for New Hampshire’s First District

Pappas is a better, more moderate fit for this district and deserves re-election to a third term. Continue reading →

OPINION

Closer economic ties with China put Germany in the business of betrayal

Like its misguided collaboration with Russia, Germany’s engagement with China runs much deeper than a tone-deaf business delegation. Continue reading →

OPINION

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

With persistent inflation weighing heavy on voters, it’s hard for the in-power party to prevail. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Tufts Medical Center doctor charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child

Dr. Sadeq Quraishi is accused of agreeing to pay an undercover federal agent who was posing as the mother of a teenage girl, prosecutors said. Continue reading →

Metro

The Troubles in the Boston City Council

What passes for political debate in the City Council has descended into the kind of tribal, venomous rhetoric that held Northern Ireland back for generations. Continue reading →

Elections

Andrea Campbell could make history as the next attorney general

Poised to be the first Black woman to head the Massachusetts’ Attorney General’s office, Campbell’s blueprint for the job is rooted in both professional and lived experience. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins 5, Rangers 2

Bruins refuse to back down in beatdown of Rangers in New York

Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, Jake DeBrusk, and Hampus Lindholm scored third-period goals for Boston. Continue reading →

christopher l. gasper

An Alabama teammate recalls that Mac Jones was at his best when he faced a challenge

If there were to be any quarterback controversy with the Patriots, former Crimson Tide receiver Slade Bolden likes Jones's chances. Continue reading →

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

World Series has Philly buzzing, but the Astros’ no-hitter added even more excitement

The fervor in Philadelphia is part of what has made this a captivating World Series. Continue reading →

Business

innovation beat

How accurate are MLB umps? Meet the BU junior keeping score.

What began as a personal project in 2020 has become a widely cited source on baseball stats, followed on Twitter by a couple dozen professional baseball players. Continue reading →

Economy

Biz leaders say Beacon Hill dropped the ball by delaying tax reform

On Wednesday, House Speaker Ron Mariano cited economic uncertainty as a reason to not include structural tax reforms in the final economic development bill. Continue reading →

Biotech

Moderna sales and profits are down as it lowers COVID vaccine sales expectations

The Cambridge company now anticipates making $18 billion to $19 billion from the shots in 2022, down from its previous estimate of $21 billion. Continue reading →

Obituaries

NFL

Ray Guy, the only punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, dies at 72

Guy revolutionized punting in the NFL and played on three Super Bowl champions with the Raiders. Continue reading →

Obituaries

George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist of sublime zaniness, dies at 96

In a half-century at The New Yorker, Mr. Booth drew roughly a score of covers and hundreds of zany cartoons for the inside pages. He became one of the most popular stars of the magazine. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★

Jennifer Lawrence gives a career-defining performance in ‘Causeway’

The actress gives a career-best performance as an injured Afghanistan war vet in this drama costarring Brian Tyree Henry as a mechanic with his own history of trauma. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

The artist, 24, grew up in New Delhi, going to Hindu temple with their family. They said people who menstruate aren’t allowed to enter temples while they’re menstruating. Anukriti's artmaking is a form of devotional protest, and it's now at Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts. Continue reading →

Theater

Mikhail Baryshnikov explores ‘The Orchard’ anew, with robot in tow

Baryshnikov, who stars in Igor Golyak's unique adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard," explains how he connected with the Boston-based director, whether Chekhov intended his play as a comedy, and what he thinks about sharing a stage with a machine. Continue reading →