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Even with a career marked by controversy, Larry Summers seemed to rise above it all. Then came the Epstein emails.

A towering figure at Harvard University and in national politics for over a quarter-century, the economist now faces the greatest challenge to his legacy.
Justice Department renews bid to unseal Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials

Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
The rulings amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to target the president’s political opponents.

Follow live updates on the Trump administration

White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies

A White House proposal would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years.

Pentagon says it’s investigating Senator Mark Kelly after video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’

The Pentagon’s statement cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary.

Belichick girlfriend Jordon Hudson stirs controversy, as Tar Heels’ bowl ambitions sink

Some have labeled the Maine native a distraction to her high-profile boyfriend's college coaching career; now she's threatened a lawsuit.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

A punchline for most of the year, the Cowboys are suddenly surging, and other Week 12 takeaways

They have the NFL’s No. 1 offense led by Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and George Pickens.
Patriots expected to be without rookie left tackle Will Campbell for multiple games

Is your bus route one of the slowest in Boston? A new study shows the worst performers.

Two free bus routes are among the ten slowest in the city, according to TransitMatters.
Sections of MBTA Green Line to be closed for 15 days of repairs next month. Here’s what to know.
BOLD TYPES

Mass. lawmaker says ‘congestion pricing’ should be considered to address the T’s fiscal woes

How Rubio tried to bring a pro-Russia peace plan to middle ground

While President Trump had embraced the proposed deal as the near-final word, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was talking about it as an opening gambit.
Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine while US peace plan is discussed

Harvard orchestra did not violate hazing policy, school decides

The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra was suspended in September following allegations of hazing.

‘A five-alarm fire’: Pressley demands federal action as job losses among Black women rise

The unemployment rate of Black women of 7.5 percent in September is nearly twice the national average, officials said Monday.

Massport picks local marina owner to redevelop North Jetty site in South Boston
The Massport board voted to designate Boston Marine Terminal LLC to redevelop 16 acres and to rebuild the crumbling North Jetty on the South Boston waterfront.

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Clouds increase Tuesday with showers arriving later in the day
Hitting the road Tuesday night? Expect light rain or even showers in some areas.

Polar vortex disruptions look to hit New England with post-Thanksgiving cold snaps

Modern forensics help solve N.H. woman’s murder after 50 years

Dorchester couple charged for death of their 5-week-old daughter who was exposed to drugs

AS I SEE IT

What can we be grateful for this Thanksgiving? In the spirit of Charlie Brown: ‘everything.’

Even amid travel headaches and rising prices and polarized times, we can try to relax, take a deep breath, and be nice.

Thanksgiving week high school football games to watch, and our picks

Wherever the games take place, and no matter the stakes, Thanksgiving football has extra significance.
Fenway Park game adds special touch to Plymouth North-Plymouth South Thanksgiving rivalry
odie henderson review | ★★★★

Benoit Blanc draws a blank in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

In the latest "Knives Out" movie, Daniel Craig’s supersleuth gets stuck on his darkest case. Josh O’Connor and an all-star cast are the usual suspects.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Democrats just won back voters who’d embraced Trump. Will they stick around?

American politics could be entering a new phase of volatility.
EDITORIAL

Why does a Roxbury Community College graduate earn nearly $15,000 less than a Bunker Hill grad?

JOAN VENNOCHI

Trump plays buddy with Mamdani. With Wu, it’s pure hostility.

ALAN WIRZBICKI

Thanksgiving trains are sold out. Why not borrow more?

IDEAS | Daryln Brewer Hoffstot

My favorite Thanksgiving recipe: Reading poems

More recent News

Teenager charged as adult in fatal Mattapan shooting of Stoughton student

Allen Curry, 16, was arraigned as an adult on a first-degree murder and firearms indictment in Suffolk Superior Court.

Tragic BPS school bus accident video appears to show driver’s eyes off the road

The driver was seemingly not looking at the road when the bus ran over and killed a Hyde Park kindergartner, according to a video recording viewed by the Globe.

Former president Biden arrives on Nantucket for annual Thanksgiving with family

Biden has celebrated Thanksgiving on Nantucket nearly every year since 1975.

Study finds mental health benefits in 1-week social media break

On average, symptoms of anxiety dropped by 16.1 percent; symptoms of depression by 24.8 percent; and symptoms of insomnia by 14.5 percent.

US consumers plan to cut Black Friday spending for first time since 2021, survey shows

Nearly three-quarters of Gen Z respondents plan to shop in-person on Black Friday.

Mamdani can have his ‘bromance’ with Trump, but Mayor Wu says she’s ‘not interested’

Last Friday’s meetup between President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani raised eyebrows on both sides of the political aisle.

Recommended reads

Why are so many primary care clinicians moving from Mass General Brigham to Beth Israel?

The doctors' departures are expected to cost MGB millions of dollars in revenue.

BETH TEITELL
Rating the mystics: A new website helps users avoid spiritual scammers
“I wouldn’t hire an accountant without doing my due diligence,” said Marisa Fanelli, whose networking group helps people vet shamans, psychics, and others before navigating the unknown.

Near Fenway Park, a deck over the Pike is nearly done. But that’s all they’ll build for now.
Developer IQHQ says it will put the $1 billion project on hold until the life science real estate market improves.

‘This could happen again.’ Federal employees are relieved the shutdown is over. But it hasn’t been forgotten.
The rest of the country might be able to put the record-long government shutdown in their rear view mirror, but for federal workers, its impacts will linger.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

Free November events in Boston: small business sales, Wampanoag Nation performance, and more

A haunting concerto by Thomas de Hartmann, and a spectacular surprise debut by Anna Handler at BSO

Revisiting a Black artist who rearranged history to uncloak difficult truths

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

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.

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | Daryln Brewer Hoffstot

My favorite Thanksgiving recipe: Reading poems

RENÉE GRAHAM

The Epstein survivors have waited long enough

EDITORIAL

Uptick in prison suicides cries out for humane solution

Alex Beam

In the Gilded Age 2.0, the rich aren’t just different — they’re intolerable

Renée Graham

Michelle Obama is right. America ‘ain’t ready’ for a woman president.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Will the ‘Mamdani effect’ on Israel work for Moulton and Pressley?

Metro

Portland, Maine, mother and three children remain split in US detention centers

Those close to the family fear they could be deported quickly, before an attorney is secured.

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

Ms. Fletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood torched by white citizens in what became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died.

‘A five-alarm fire’: Pressley demands federal action as job losses among Black women rise

The unemployment rate of Black women of 7.5 percent in September is nearly twice the national average, officials said Monday.

TD Garden to host annual ‘Table of Friends’ Thanksgiving feast

“This community effort provides a full Thanksgiving feast,” officials wrote in a release Monday.

Sports

THANKSGIVING HS FOOTBALL

Fenway Park game adds special touch to Plymouth North-Plymouth South Thanksgiving rivalry

Friends who grew up playing with and against each other will cap their high school football careers in front of the Green Monster.
high school football

Thanksgiving week high school football games to watch, and our picks

Wherever the games take place, and no matter the stakes, Thanksgiving football has extra significance.
49ers 20, Panthers 9

Christian McCaffrey’s big night leads 49ers to victory over his former team, the Panthers

McCaffrey helped the 49ers overcome a three-interception first half from Brock Purdy in the win.
NFL

Raiders name Greg Olson interim offensive coordinator after firing Chip Kelly

BASKETBALL

Chauncey Billups, Trail Blazers coach, pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Men's college hockey

Providence forward Roger McQueen’s slow start to his college career has been replaced by a hot streak

Business

A $100,000 robot dog is becoming standard in policing — and raising ethical alarms

The 75-pound, German Shepherd-sized robot is increasingly being deployed by local law enforcement to handle armed standoffs, hostage rescues, and hazardous materials incidents.

AP and Trump administration argue access case before federal appeals court; no ruling yet

The Associated Press and the Trump administration renewed their argument Monday over a president’s ability to limit media access to journalists he disagrees with, resuming a courtroom dispute with potential First Amendment implications that began last winter when the president announced that he had renamed the Gulf of Mexico.
BOLD TYPES

Ashley Stolba follows Yvonne Hao out of Healey administration and into Flagship

Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries

magazine
winter travel

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

Winter Travel

Killington’s independent era is starting. Will it change skiing in New England?

DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: ‘I was amazed at how much we had in common’

PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

DOJ agrees not to restrict aid for domestic abuse and assault survivors based on immigration status

Modern forensics help solve N.H. woman’s murder after 50 years

Dorchester couple charged for death of their 5-week-old daughter who was exposed to drugs

sports

TreVeyon Henderson maintains spot as top RB, and other snap count observations from Patriots-Bengals

Patriots concerns after Bengals win

Ben’s Hot Take: The Patriots aren’t perfect, but they keep winning

business

Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic pill fails in long-shot Alzheimer’s effort

Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups

Mass. lawmaker says ‘congestion pricing’ should be considered to address the T’s fiscal woes

politics

Follow live updates on the Trump administration

How Rubio tried to bring a pro-Russia peace plan to middle ground

Justice Department to pursue ‘immediate appeal’ following dismissal of Comey and James cases. See a recap.

Nation

Reconstructed road opens grand views at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota

Galápagos tortoise at San Diego Zoo dies at about 141

AP and Trump administration argue access case before federal appeals court; no ruling yet

World

Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine while US peace plan is discussed

Denmark offers lessons as Europe toughens up on immigration

As Ukraine sets ‘red lines,’ a US peace plan is slimmed down

opinion

Extremism goes from an inside joke to a terrible reality

Schools grapple with AI policies and preventing cheating

Secondhand clothes are a cornerstone of Kenya’s circular economy

lifestyle

BU alum Josh Safdie introduces local student filmmakers to ‘Marty Supreme’ at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Belichick girlfriend Jordon Hudson stirs controversy, as Tar Heels’ bowl ambitions sink

Never had a high school love

food & dining

These 3 New England restaurants are among OpenTable’s Top 100 in the country

Talking to strangers is a joy of travel. But we’re doing less of it.

A little shop in Newton’s Nonantum neighborhood makes sandwiches to go

travel

The shutdown is over. Flights have resumed. Thanksgiving travelers might wonder: What now?

Trying to fly without a REAL ID or passport? It might cost you.

Government wants ‘civility’ back on flights, starting with your clothes

Arts

Revisiting a Black artist who rearranged history to uncloak difficult truths

From Locke-Ober to the Franklin Public Library

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

Books

Is everything you ever learned about capitalism wrong?

Literary Cambridge, behaving badly

The Providence stories in former Friar star God Shamgod’s memoir: From Kobe to homelessness

Movies

BU alum Josh Safdie introduces local student filmmakers to ‘Marty Supreme’ at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Benoit Blanc draws a blank in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

‘Eternity’ is no ‘Defending Your Life,’ but it wants to be

Television

A new HBO doc shows how the 1985 Chicago Bears did the Super Bowl Shuffle

20 Thanksgiving-themed TV episodes to stream this Turkey Day

Wong Kar-wai is the latest movie master to go TV with ‘Blossoms Shanghai’

music

Harvard orchestra did not violate hazing policy, school decides

Donald Glover says he had a stroke

A haunting concerto by Thomas de Hartmann, and a spectacular surprise debut by Anna Handler at BSO

Theater/Dance

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

Two well-known literary figures unite in ‘A Sherlock Carol’

‘Fun Home’ cuts deep at the Huntington

Health

Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups

Why are so many primary care clinicians moving from Mass General Brigham to Beth Israel?

Harvard stands by Sackler name on its buildings despite student complaints

Obituaries

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

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

Morry Casso, believed to be state’s oldest WWII veteran, dies at 108