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What we do and don't know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in D.C.

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Afghan community shaken by Trump immigration crackdown after D.C. shooting -- The government announced it is temporarily halting Afghan immigration after officials identified the suspect in the D.C. shooting as an Afghan refugee.

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Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in anti-immigrant social media screed -- The extended rant came in the wake of the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members who were deployed to patrol Washington, D.C. under Trump's orders.

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Ralph Lauren Christmas is the latest trend — but in New England, it's classic: 'It belongs here' -- Move over white Christmas. This year, tastemakers have decreed that tartan-clad "Ralph Lauren Christmas" is the holiday trend du jour.

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It's a good weekend to go to the movies. Eight films to see in theaters right now.

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The cost of streaming TV just keeps on climbing. Why?

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Ben Volin: Another season of dysfunction leaves Giants with little to play for against Patriots

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Chance encounter provides glimpse of Patriot TreVeyon Henderson

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Winter has come early, and skiers are flocking to the slopes -- Across New England, ski mountains and their dedicated fans are enjoying a nice surprise: early openings with plenty of snow.

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Five things to know as trial resumes in grandparents visitation rights case -- A Family Court judge will decide whether Dr. Siavash Ghoreishi and Dr. Jila Khorsand have the right to visit their 4-year-old granddaughter.

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Berklee College makes big bet on Fenway property, with a little help from Samuels -- Berklee has purchased the half-acre property at 2 Charlesgate West, and the eight-story building with 56,000 square feet of office space, for $28.1 million.

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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- Friday is colder with a chance of flurries in Western Mass. Boston's first shot at snow could come Tuesday.

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Here's your Monday night weather forecast for the Patriots' showdown with the Giants

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Somerville police warn residents about string of home break-ins

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Mass. agency unveils 50-year plan to protect coastlines from rising seas and extreme weather

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Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire; 8 more arrested over towers' renovation

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Reviving history: How Plimoth Patuxet is weather-proofing pilgrim homes -- The Winslow and Alden homes, named for two prominent Pilgrim families, are half-way finished, and due to open in spring 2026.

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This historic house in the heart of Providence has an unexpected 1980s interior -- Listed at about $2.4 million, this 1854 house in Rhode Island, comes with an official historic designation, major views — and leopard-print carpet.

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IDEAS | PETER GROSZ - A special message from the secretary of health and human services - RFK Jr.'s CDC is done with your definition of evidence.

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Karen Stabiner -- Am I too old to do this anymore?

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IDEAS | Daniel J. Flynn -- The long, strange trip of David Brudnoy

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Stephen Kinzer -- A peace plan for Ukraine: Painful, imperfect — and inevitable

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EDITORIAL -- Wu made two good School Committee appointments. With their terms ending, she should reappoint them.

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Paris' Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the European Union -- The measure was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this year as part of a decade-long plan of renovation and expansion of the museum.

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Cultural tribute or Asian stereotype? Salem roiled by dispute over city seal. -- To one side, the seal contains an anachronistic, racial caricature of a 19th-century Asian merchant. To the other, it honors a progressive, cross-cultural commerce that benefited peoples a world apart.

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'I guess I snapped': North Adams man charged with killing parents and setting their house on fire, police say -- The man allegedly got a can of gasoline from the basement and poured it on the floor upstairs before lighting a match, police said.

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Graduate student caused international flight's diversion to Logan Airport after allegedly stabbing two with metal fork, court records say -- Praneeth K. Usiripalli, 28, faces two felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft, according to federal court records.

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With 'love and good snow,' a ski resort on the northern border hopes to overcome US-Canada tensions - Situated just miles from the northern border and less than two hours from Montreal, Vermont's Jay Peak Resort typically draws half its visitors from Canada.

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'I'm losing everything': Babson College freshman speaks out about her deportation to Honduras ahead of Thanksgiving -- In an interview, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza said she is now trying to pick up the pieces of a life she and her family have built in the United States for more than a decade.

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CRIME - How did these men scam so many homeowners in New England? With an appeal to shared Irish roots — and plenty of charm. The stories begin with a knock on the door and end with Irish and UK nationals being charged in home repair fraud schemes in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York.

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Looking for a change of pace from Holiday Pops and Handel? Check out this young French accordionist.

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'Zootopia 2′ has clever animal puns, yes, but also a genuinely thoughtful plot

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From Bauhaus to outhouse: Historic New England opens design competition for public restroom

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Patti Smith toasts the 50th anniversary of 'Horses' at the Orpheum

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Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope -- The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston's busing era.

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A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care -- A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

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Explore the project: Snitch City -- In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill -- The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Ashish K. Jha -- Three things in public health to be thankful for

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Thanksgiving trains are sold out. Why not borrow more?

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Tracy Brady -- Thanksgiving begins with the annual national freak-out over the bird

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EDITORIAL -- What did Healey know about the background of aide arrested for drug trafficking?

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Will the 'Mamdani effect' on Israel work for Moulton and Pressley?

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Money, Power, Inequality - 'The government is subsidizing corporate profits': Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.

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What is the dreaded polar vortex and how does it impact our weather? -- This dramatic-sounding phenomenon is a naturally occurring component of the Earth's atmosphere that can play a huge role in the type of weather we experience in the US.

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rangers at bruins | 1 p.m. (HBO MAX, TNT) -- Rangers at Bruins preview: Boston gets its first look at New York in a Friday matinee -- The Bruins are coming off a road trip in which they split four games, and now play on back-to-back days.

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Chad Finn | Unconventional Preview -- Injuries mounting, but Patriots still should have enough to extend win streak to 10 games against disappointing Giants

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Bengals 32, Ravens 14 -- Bengals win Joe Burrow's return, take advantage of five Ravens turnovers on Thanksgiving

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL -- Thanksgiving football: Recapping all the rivalry games from across Massachusetts

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Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash expected to miss peak delivery season

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How Russian drones targeting civilians are turning one Ukrainian city into a 'human safari'

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Winter Travel -- Killington's independent era is starting. Will it change skiing in New England?

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WINTER TRAVEL -- Summer in the winter: From saunas in Maine to a tiki bar in Cambridge, best bets for escaping the New England cold

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Globe Magazine -- Can the iconic huts of the White Mountains weather the rise of glamping?

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PERSPECTIVE -- When my parents died 28 days apart, I was left with grief — and a lot of stuff

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Thanksgiving crash on I-95 kills driver in North Attleborough

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Rare polar vortex shift signals coldest winter chill in years for Northeast

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Weekend forecast: Dry and chilly with rain closing out the long holiday break

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Football roundup: Shane Knowlton Simard, Lynn English close out rival Classical with ninth straight win

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Dak Prescott overcomes Patrick Mahomes' fourth down magic to lead the Cowboys past the Chiefs

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Nine takeaways from Thanksgiving football

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New England's drought didn't stop Christmas tree farmers from growing a great crop

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Health insurance premiums just keep going up, worsening affordability crisis

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New college grads are entering weakest job market in years, report shows

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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members facing first-degree murder charge. Follow live updates.

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Why Nadine Menendez still hasn't visited her husband in prison

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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade brings Pac-Man and Labubu to Manhattan

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How Russian drones targeting civilians are turning one Ukrainian city into a 'human safari'

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Israeli forces kill at least 13 in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say

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Bill Belichick wrote the book on winning. Then he broke his own rules.

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Boston's World Cup moment in the sun gets some shade

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Democrats' wins may not mean what they seem

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Photos: New balloons join the usual suspects in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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I relate to letter writers who aren't happy in long marriages

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Why constantly checking your phone can drain your focus and memory

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Localito, an empanada café from the Tenoch team, shines in Medford Square

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Gangnam Spice opens in Jamaica Plain; Anna's Taqueria debuts in Dedham

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Thankful as always, but this year was different

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Elsewhere in Orlando

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Diego Cordova on being cast in 'Wonder,' eating Toblerone on flights, and trying whatever's on your plate

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New Universal theme park unites dragons, Dracula, Princess Peach, and the Harry Potter pack

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Revisiting a Black artist who rearranged history to uncloak difficult truths

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From Locke-Ober to the Franklin Public Library

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Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236 million sale

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Nov. 23

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Crossing borders and making (good) trouble, Jessica Mitford was a model for our times

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Is everything you ever learned about capitalism wrong?

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Odie Henderson recommends five out-of-the-ordinary Christmas movies to watch at home

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'Hamnet' filters a classic play through the prism of grief

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Putting Wes Anderson into a box and a book

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The hardwood lessons and self-aware white savior complex of 'The White Shadow'

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Five Black Friday streaming deals to help you save on Apple TV, HBO Max, Hulu, and more

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Some families are more nuclear than others

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Books, box sets, and more: 'Anthology' isn't the only new Beatles content this fall

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Hampshire County is often the focal point of culture in Western Mass. But Hampden County is getting in the game.

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Eminem surprises fans by joining Jack White during Thanksgiving NFL halftime show

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'Annie,' and the promise of a better tomorrow, return

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He's an actor and comedian, and soon he'll help show how the American Revolution got started

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Two well-known literary figures unite in 'A Sherlock Carol'

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Boston hospitals, nonprofits use cooking classes to fight rising hunger

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Udo Kier, German actor who played eccentric villains, dies at 81

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Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111

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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black power activist known as H. Rap Brown, dies at 82

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