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ADAM HIMMELSBACH | BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK -- Jayson Tatum's recovery, synergy with Maine, late-game foul logic, and other Celtics observations -- Thoughts as the Celtics prepare for big weekend tests against the Timberwolves and Cavaliers.

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No. 16 Texas 27, No. 3 Texas A&M 17 -- Arch Manning leads No. 16 Texas past No. 3 Texas A&M, ending Aggies' perfect season -- Texas, which started the season No. 1 and at one point was unranked, beat a top-10 opponent for the third time this season to keep alive any faint hopes of making the College Football Playoff for the third consecutive time.

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WPHL -- Record crowd watches Frost spoil Torrent's inaugural game

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Bears' dominant rushing attack helps defeat reeling Eagles

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A landmark law funding special education survived bipartisan support for 50 years. Now, it faces uncertainty under Trump. -- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act sends billions of dollars a year to states to fund special ed services.

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Afghan community shaken by Trump immigration crackdown after D.C. shooting

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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran president Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence -- The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly."

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

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Propane gas leak likely cause of home explosion in Maine on Thanksgiving Day, officials say -- Cliff Hannon, 66, remained hospitalized Friday as investigators returned to the blast scene in Oakland, a small town in central Maine.

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Berklee College makes big bet on Fenway property, with a little help from Samuels

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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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Patriots Notebook - Josh McDaniels dissects Patriots' goal-line failures in Cincinnati - For a group that's excelled in so many other areas, an inability to consistently finish drives remains a maddening part of their game.

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Patriots and their shuffling personnel figure to face stiff run-game test from the Giants

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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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Richard Galvin and Kathy Abbott - Boston needs a plan to pay for flood protection - Boston can look to other cities to learn how they developed investment strategies.

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IDEAS | PETER GROSZ -- A special message from the secretary of health and human services

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

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

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

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Coping with the loss of loved ones during the holidays -- The holidays are tough for those in need, but even tougher when they've recently lost a loved one.

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high school football - High school football players of the week: Trotting out 45 stars from Thanksgiving games - Among this week's highlights are record-breaking performances from Greater Lawrence, Mansfield, Milton, Malden, and Westwood.

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Aerosmith producer says guitar legends stepped in for Perry and Whitford on two early classic tracks -- On the latest episode of Billy Corgan's podcast, producer Jack Douglas says he had to use session players because "[Aerosmith] weren't the players they wanted to be yet."

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Gillette Stadium among possible US stadiums for 2031 Women's World Cup bid -- Foxborough's Gillette Stadium missed the cut among the 14 stadiums specified in the proposal, but was among the additional possible hosts listed for consideration by US Soccer.

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Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers' renovation -- First responders found that some fire alarms in the complex, which housed many older people, did not sound when tested, according to the director of Hong Kong Fire Services.

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Officials had been warned for over a year before Hong Kong fire

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New England's drought didn't stop Christmas tree farmers from growing a great crop -- "Trees are resilient," said one Christmas tree farmer. "It's actually shaping up better than what I had anticipated."

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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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IDEAS | Musa al-Gharbi -- Democrats' wins may not mean what they seem

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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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Women's soccer -- Cat Macario scores twice, US women's soccer team defeats Italy in first of two friendlies -- Olivia Moultrie also scored while goalkeeper Claudia Dickey earned the shutout in just her fifth appearance at the senior level.

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Ben Volin | On football -- Another season of dysfunction leaves Giants with little to play for Monday against the Patriots -- Expectations weren't high for the Giants coming off a 3-14 season, yet they have still managed to underwhelm and implode spectacularly.

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BRUINS -- No David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha for Bruins' post-Thanksgiving matinee with Rangers

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Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping season amid uncertain economy -- Inflation and tariffs are driving consumers to seek better deals, but are not deterring them from shopping.

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Boston Herald, other news outlets sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright violations

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BOLD TYPES -- Titan Casket hopes to 'wake' people up with new line of energy drinks

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- 'Human nature doesn't change.' Ken Burns on what we learn from the American Revolution.

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

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

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Weekend forecast: Sunshine returns Saturday, then rain moves in Sunday

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Police in Maine arrest man who allegedly fled fatal U-Haul crash

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Potential nor'easter next week could bring Boston its first measurable snow of the season

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Shorthanded Bruins hammered by Rangers in Black Friday matinee

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'The government is subsidizing corporate profits': Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts?

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

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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisions

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Trump pushes for more restrictions on Afghan refugees. Experts say many are already in place.

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

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A shopping mall shooting wounds 2 and prompts a Black Friday evacuation in the Bay Area

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Airlines adopt software fix for Airbus A320 after plane has sudden altitude drop

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New York lawmakers put pressure on Hochul to sign prison reform bills

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Israeli raid in southern Syria kills at least 13, Syrian officials say

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Zelensky's top aide resigns amid widening corruption scandal

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In Turkey, pope seeks to soothe an ancient Christian divide

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

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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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Boston's hardcore scene brings its intensity to a holiday tradition

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My spouse doesn't join me for weddings or funerals

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

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Got leftovers? We've got recipes for the day after Thanksgiving.

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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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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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Health insurance premiums just keep going up, worsening affordability crisis

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Boston hospitals, nonprofits use cooking classes to fight rising hunger

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Why constantly checking your phone can drain your focus and memory

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Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity's 'minister of smuggling,' dies at 76

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Paul Ekman, who linked facial expressions to universal emotions, dies at 91

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

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