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Nearly 50 years later, his murder conviction was overturned. Now Milton Jones wants his name cleared.

Milton Jones has fought to prove his innocence since 1976, when a jury relied on flimsy evidence to convict him of second-degree murder in the robbery of a Roxbury bar.

Here’s (almost) everything Prince William and Kate will do during their Boston visit
The Prince and Princess of Wales will be in Boston for three days, culminating with their attendance Friday at the Earthshot Prize, a star-studded awards ceremony at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

From left to right, top to bottom, Billie Eilish, Rami Malek, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Dae Kim and Halle Bailey (left) and her sister Chloe Bailey, of the R&B duo Chloe X Halle are all slated to take part in the Earthshot Prize Awards this Friday.

Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

Georgia Senate runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker has bitter closing

Ads with the candidates’ former wives. Cries of “liar” flying in both directions. Stories of a squalid apartment building and abortions under pressure. Questioning an opponent’s independence. His intellect. His mental stability. His religious faith.

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

“Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.

This image provided by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows a view from a research camera on the north rim of the summit caldera of the Mauna Loa volcano, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Final days of fall to bring weather swings

What to know about the potential sale of 2 R.I. hospitals to out-of-state buyers

Trump is faulted for dinner with white nationalist and rapper Ye

Restaurateur Jon Cronin has big plans for Boston Ship Repair and its drydock. 2015 FILE PHOTO

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Jon Cronin has a plan for improving the city’s last working drydock: Lab space

The restaurateur-turned-developer envisions a trio of lab buildings overlooking the drydock — one of the last of its kind on the East Coast — that together will total nearly 900,000 square feet.

Ceremony to be held marking 80th anniversary of Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire; mysteries — and myths — persist years later
On Nov. 28, 1942, a fire broke out at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, killing hundreds of people.

Francis St. Germain Sr. 98, with two of his 36 great grandchildren, Jarren Gregoire (left) 7, and
Kadynce Gregoire, 3. St. Germain has a brother who is 99 and a brother who is 92. Their father lived to 107. He has been enrolled in a study of families of super agers at Boston University for 20 years, following his father into the study.

The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.

Researchers hope to identify inherited and natural factors that protect against the diseases of aging.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This week’s TV: Why Scrooge is timeless, a ‘Willow’ series, and a Dolly Parton movie
The “Christmas Carol” adaptation “Spirited,” starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, is now on Apple TV+. This week, another adaptation comes our way, this time an animated musical from Netflix called “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol.”

Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, with the Atlas robot.

Boston Dynamics, known for its wacky robot videos, is now focused on making money

With its newest robot, Stretch, Boston Dynamics is taking a more commercial — and lucrative — approach.

Levain Bakery of New York opened its Newbury Street shop earlier this year, introducing Bostonians to its hefty, 6-ounce cookies.

Gift boxes they’ll devour: Here are 4 ideas for people who love food

Who wouldn’t love getting a box of goodies delivered to their door?

Tree lightings, holiday markets, and more family-friendly events for 2022

The BlockFi website on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.

Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads

BlockFi had been reeling since the spring, when the collapse of several influential crypto firms pushed the market into a panic, sending the value of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin plunging.

Fame, fortune, and bankruptcy: A crypto star implodes

Strand Therapeutics cofounders Jake Becraft and Tasuku Kitada in their company’s new lab in Fenway. The biotech firm is developing mRNA therapies for cancer.

Boston mRNA startup raises millions to test its targeted cancer therapies

The $97 million in new money comes as anticipation builds for companies to prove that the COVID-19 vaccines were not one-hit wonders for mRNA technology.

Point32Health evaluating blood test benefit to screen for 50 types of cancer

An apartment building in Irpin, Ukraine. Heavily damaged during the fight to retake the town in April, it serves as evidence of the terrible toll that Ukrainian civilians have suffered at the hands of Russia.

Adrian Bonenberger

Under fire from Russia, Ukrainian morale remains high

During a recent trip to Kyiv, the author spoke with residents to gauge their willingness to continue resisting.

Biden must hold more press conferences

Ridding police of bad actors a work in progress

Carroll Muffett

The world can’t recycle its way out of the plastics crisis

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Supreme Court wining, dining, and leaking no light matter

An engraving portrait of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters, circa 1773.

The Emancipator

Poetry and the struggle for justice

Early American abolitionists used the storytelling artistry of poetry as a way to dismantle White supremacist thinking. Paul Lewis dissects an 1820 poem published in the original Emancipator called “Far in a gloomy desart, waste and wild.”

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Organ donations increase during huge motorcycle rallies, Harvard researchers find
Anecdotes and some data show that traffic accidents, injuries, and traffic-related deaths increase during the events.

Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre, guaranteeing life in prison

The gunman previously pleaded not guilty to separate federal hate crime charges that could result in a death sentence if he is convicted. The Justice Department has not said whether it will seek capital punishment.

Two Mass. men charged with driving while intoxicated, accused of driving 100 m.p.h. on I-93 in N.H.

Two Massachusetts men were arrested and charged with driving under the influence after they were pulled over while allegedly speeding down Interstate 93 in New Hampshire at 100 miles per hour or more over the weekend, officials said.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston schools lost 15,000 Black students in the past 20 years. Where did they go, and will they ever return?

In a dramatic reshaping of its makeup, Boston Public Schools has lost half its Black student population in the last two decades, as Black enrollment fell from from 29,300 in the 2002-2003 school year to 14,600 last year.

Ten years later, a new memorial and indelible memories in Sandy Hook
The understated memorial, nine years in the making, encourages visitors to reach the water basin in their own way and at their own pace.

Wayland police chief to resign after he was placed on leave in March

Wayland Police Chief Sean Gibbons will resign in December as part of an “employment settlement agreement” with the town, officials announced Saturday.

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When grandparents become parents again
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer, right, who won an Oregon House seat in the midterms, posed with supporters while canvassing in Gladstone, Ore., on Oct. 19.

The next Congress will be the most racially diverse ever, and an evolving Republican Party gets some of the credit

Ahead of the midterm elections, Republican Party leaders invested heavily in recruiting and funding a diverse group of candidates, seeing them as key to gaining control of the House.

On a Cape Cod golf course, the region’s housing crisis comes to a head
The 40-acre Twin Brooks Golf Course in Hyannis is the site of converging debates over the region's housing shortage, environment, and the economy itself.

Amateurs or not, Martha’s Vineyard robbers follow in the footsteps of famous criminals including Whitey Bulger
The brazen robbery has captured the imagination of an island better known as a swanky sandbox for the rich and powerful. It is also a reminder of a larger tradition in Massachusetts, site of some of the most notorious bank robberies in recent US history.

Second suspect arrested in Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

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Maura Healey’s first big test: Finding someone to fix the T
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Culture & Lifestyle

Authors Stacy Schiff (left) and Bora Chung will be reading at author events in Boston this week.

Author readings around Boston Nov. 27-Dec. 3

Boston Ballet principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio and soloist Chisako Oga in Mikko Nissinen's "The Nutcracker."

Boston Ballet returns with a full staging of ‘The Nutcracker’

Isabella Dume, 3, admires herself in the reflection of a Christmas ball hung from a tree outside of Faneuil Hall Marketplace during the lighting ceremony on Tuesday night.

Tree lightings, holiday markets, and more family-friendly events for 2022

Tiffany Haddish and John Early in "The Afterparty."

A baker’s dozen of shows to binge during the holiday weekend

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A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

So, Taylor Swift, when you come to Gillette in May, please do as destiny demands and add “Be Bear Aware” to your set list.

Taylor Swift, it’s a fate we share: To help America ‘Be Bear Aware’

International flags hung in a main hallway at York County School of Technology in York, Pa., in 2017. The flags represent the diversity of the students' heritage at the school.

Creating classrooms that draw on immigrants’ skills

Orly Lobel, author of "The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future."

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Is digital privacy overrated?

A lockbag was visible on then President Donald Trump's desk during a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in Trump's term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident.

Want to make it ‘top secret’? Pay top dollar.

I’m tired of reading witless articles counseling me how to survive winter's gloom.

Hello, darkness, my new friend

The author and his son, Misha, last February.

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The mismeasure of Misha

Metro

Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

Billie Eilish, Annie Lenox, Rami Malek, Daniel Dae Kim, and "Schitt's Creek" star Catherine O'Hara are among the many celebrities participating in the event Friday.

What to know about the potential sale of 2 R.I. hospitals to out-of-state buyers

Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital may be purchased by an Atlanta foundation whose leaders have backgrounds in investment banking and accounting.

Organ donations increase during huge motorcycle rallies, Harvard researchers find

Anecdotes and some data show that traffic accidents, injuries, and traffic-related deaths increase during the events.

Here’s (almost) everything Prince William and Kate will do during their Boston visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales will be in Boston for three days, culminating with their attendance Friday at the Earthshot Prize, a star-studded awards ceremony at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

Sports

Guard Jaeden Zackery started all 33 games as a freshman in 2021-22, and now he is a sophomore leader for the Eagles.

men's college basketball notebook

Jaeden Zackery took a circuitous route but has found his place with BC basketball

Zackery went from high school in Wisconsin to prep school in Pennsylvania to junior college in Florida before being recruited by BC.

A stunning goal from Lionel Messi put Argentina back in the driver's seat in the group stage.

Keep up with the World Cup: See the scores of every match, and check out today’s schedule

Find out when the USMNT plays, the scores of each game, how to watch on streaming, and which channel you can find every World Cup game on cable.

Catholic Memorial will face King Philip in the Division 2 Super Bowl after beating Milford in the state semifinals.

MIAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

The high school football Super Bowl schedule is set. See when teams will play at Gillette Stadium.

Games begin Friday, Dec. 2 in Foxborough with the Division 7 matchup and continue through that Saturday.

World Cup TV pundit under fire for disparaging Qatari attire

US Soccer briefly scrubs emblem from Iran flag at World Cup

celtics 130, wizards 121

The Celtics are obviously better with Jayson Tatum, but it’s OK for him to take a night off, too

Business

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

“Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.

What to know about the potential sale of 2 R.I. hospitals to out-of-state buyers

Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital may be purchased by an Atlanta foundation whose leaders have backgrounds in investment banking and accounting.

Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads

Boston mRNA startup raises millions to test its targeted cancer therapies

10 hacks for the perfect Disney World vacation

How to find a New England ski adventure that’s just right for you

This week's daters: Ben and Garabed

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He moved to a new city and proceeded to join every sports league you can imagine’

Romanian Pork and White Bean Soup With Vinegar and Caraway (Ciorba de Porc) accompanied by pickled red onions.

Recipes: Boost your stock with a Romanian white bean soup, Basque-style leek soup, and more

metro

Milton Jones.

Nearly 50 years later, his murder conviction was overturned. Now Milton Jones wants his name cleared.

R.I. is seeing an ‘alarming’ rise in antisemitism

Final days of fall to bring weather swings

sports

Luke Kornet paid the price to come down with the rebound in a tough battle with the Wizards' Daniel Gafford.

The Celtics are obviously better with Jayson Tatum, but it’s OK for him to take a night off, too

With Jayson Tatum out, we saw the best of Jaylen Brown

Red Sox promote Ramón Vázquez to bench coach, reports say

business

Restaurateur Jon Cronin has big plans for Boston Ship Repair and its drydock. 2015 FILE PHOTO

Jon Cronin has a plan for improving the city’s last working drydock: Lab space

Boston Dynamics, known for its wacky robot videos, is now focused on making money

An app that helps business students, professionals practice the art of selling

politics

The East Colonnade is decorated during a media preview for the 2022 Holidays at the White House in Washington, DC, Monday.

‘We the People’ is the White House’s theme for the holidays

Biden boosts US effort to stem sexual violence in war zones

Georgia Senate runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker has bitter closing

Nation

A memorial to the victims of the mass shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., in May.

Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre, guaranteeing life in prison

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

Crews rescue 2 from plane caught in power lines in Maryland

World

Dua Lipa.

Music superstar Dua Lipa granted Albanian citizenship

Young women are at front line of China’s sweeping COVID-19 protests

China eases COVID-19 rules after wide protests of lockdowns

opinion

A lockbag was visible on then President Donald Trump's desk during a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico all but warned of Trump's handling of sensitive documents early in Trump's term. “Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101,” tweeted Heinrich, a member of the Intelligence Committee, days after the February 2017 incident.

Want to make it ‘top secret’? Pay top dollar.

Spot the difference that saves 40,000 lives a year

Assault weapons bans work. More states should try them.

lifestyle

This image released by Merriam-Webster shows a screen shot of the word gaslighting and its definition from Merriam-Webster.com.

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

How chasing viral guitar riffs made Will Paquin a TikTok sensation

The love of my life ghosted me

food & dining

Levain Bakery of New York opened its Newbury Street shop earlier this year, introducing Bostonians to its hefty, 6-ounce cookies.

Gift boxes they’ll devour: Here are 4 ideas for people who love food

After 10 years of cooking in Chicago, this chef is hosting pop-ups in North restaurant’s former space

Farm-to-table-to-bed in Vermont, ski resort deals, and California dreaming

travel

Weston Backcountry, also a leader in offering scholarships for women and underrepresented groups (and supporting backcountry safety and education, in general), has released its first women’s-specific swallowtail snowboard, The Revel, available in 143, 148, and 153 cm.

New winter sports gear worth checking out

Despite a reality TV makeover, this Berkshires motel is not quite ready for its close-up

Holiday splendor in the Brandywine Valley

Arts

Edward Hopper, "Manhattan Bridge Loop," 1928. Oil on canvas. Gift of Stephen C. Clark, Esq.

In ‘Edward Hopper’s New York,’ a city and artist forever entwined

At Yale, Fazal Sheikh exposes the elements in every sense

Looking back at an experiment in looking and learning at MIT

Books

Do not go gentle

A new study of John Singer Sargent views the painter through a 21st century lens

Netflix and poetry in Darryl Pinckney’s post-pandemic literary life

Movies

Thomas Hudner III, whose father, Thomas Hudner Jr., was a Korean War hero and is one of the subjects of a new film called "Devotion," held a flight jacket that belonged to his Navy aviator father.

Stirring tale of Korean War heroism of Thomas Hudner comes to the big screen

With ‘The Fabelmans,’ Spielberg joins the club of filmmakers mining their early years for the movies

‘Devotion’ is an interracial friendship story that flies

Television

From left to right, top to bottom, Billie Eilish, Rami Malek, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Dae Kim and Halle Bailey (left) and her sister Chloe Bailey, of the R&B duo Chloe X Halle are all slated to take part in the Earthshot Prize Awards this Friday.

Here are the celebs slated to appear at the Earthshot Prize awards with William and Kate

This week’s TV: Why Scrooge is timeless, a ‘Willow’ series, and a Dolly Parton movie

‘The Chosen’ makes Jesus Christ into a streaming star

music

Dua Lipa.

Music superstar Dua Lipa granted Albanian citizenship

During Thanksgiving week, a bounty of Haitian music

Tedeschi Trucks’ 2022 tally: four albums, four films, four nights in Boston

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio and soloist Chisako Oga in Mikko Nissinen's "The Nutcracker."

Boston Ballet returns with a full staging of ‘The Nutcracker’

At many Boston-area theaters, audiences haven’t staged a comeback

Not ready for the seasonal influx of holiday theater? Try these 4 shows.

globe local

A view of the pond before the Bond-Hampton House, which was designated as an official city landmark in early November. The building at 88 Lambert Ave. stands out as a remaining example of 19th-century suburban architecture, but it's perhaps most known as the longtime home of "Eyes on the Prize" filmmaker and community organizer Henry Hampton.

Former home of beloved ‘Eyes on the Prize’ creator becomes Boston landmark

NO LIMITS: Waypoint Adventure gives students with physical and emotional challenges real-life experiences outdoors

The Argument: Should the state require later start times for all middle and high schools?

Obituaries

Lucia Small, in the documentary film "One Cut, One Life."

Lucia Small, who brought women’s and girls’ voices to forefront in documentaries, dies at 59

Rugby star and ALS campaigner Doddie Weir dies at 52

Harriet Bograd, 79, dies; mentor to Jewish communities around the world