Planning to spend Thanksgiving in Boston? You’re in one of the best cities in the country to do it, according to a new report from WalletHub.

The study ranked the 100 best U.S. cities for Thanksgiving based on factors like volunteer rates, weather, safety, and Thanksgiving celebrations and traditions. Boston came in 18th overall — and was the only New England city to make the list.

Boston’s vibrant restaurant scene helped secure its spot in the top 20. The city ranked No. 1 in the country for the number of restaurants with Yelp ratings of at least 4.5 stars or higher, giving those spending the holiday in the city plenty of dining options for a Thanksgiving meal or weekend outing.

Boston also scored well for “Giving Thanks,” a measure which included volunteer hours per capita, charities per capita, and income donated to charities.

Cities in Texas and California cities dominated the top of WalletHub’s list, with San Antonio, Texas taking first place overall.

“The best cities for celebrating Thanksgiving all have an abundance of high-quality restaurants and places to buy festive decorations, and their residents get very excited for the holiday based on their Google search history. Other features make individual cities stand out; for example, San Antonio has great weather, Atlanta has a fantastic track record for on-time flights and Virginia Beach has surprisingly affordable accommodations,” said WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo.

The report also shared that the average American spends $235 over the five-day Thanksgiving period — and 71% aim to avoid talking politics at the dinner table.

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) CEO Christina Cassotis is keeping her promise to travelers that they will enjoy the airport’s spacious new terminal by Thanksgiving.

The airport has set an opening date of Tuesday, Nov. 18 — just over a week before the holiday — for the new $1.7 billion terminal.

“This is a new day for our region,” said Cassotis in a statement Monday. “This is an airport built for Pittsburgh, by Pittsburgh. It improves the passenger experience and ensures this region remains on a global stage.”

Sneak peek: Pittsburgh’s glistening new $1.7 billion terminal that’s about to open

The new Pittsburgh terminal opens at a time of uncertainty for the airline industry. Airlines are canceling thousands of flights nationally due to the toll on air traffic controllers from the longest-ever federal government shutdown. Data from flight-tracking website FlightAware shows 16 flights departing Pittsburgh, or 8% of the airport’s scheduled total, were canceled Monday.

And the growth in traveler numbers at the airport, while still above prepandemic levels, flatlined in September, Allegheny County Airport Authority data shows.

Still, the new terminal ushers in, as Cassotis put it, a “new day” for Pittsburgh. No longer is the former US Airways hub saddled with a terminal complex designed for (much) busier days, but one designed and sized for the 21st century and the city’s future.

The new 811,000-square-foot building houses all airline ticketing and check-in counters, and the baggage claim. The check-in level features a soaring wood-toned ceiling speckled with pinpoint lights akin to stars in the night sky. Treelike supports hold up the structure.

“If we look at the building, and you walk through one of those beautiful forests around Pittsburgh, it’s all flooded with natural light,” said Luis Vidal, founding principal of Luis Vidal + Architects, on the design. “This wood-appearing ceiling is taking us back to remembering we’re in the middle of a pavilion, we’re in the middle of a forest.”

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Gensler and HDR, with Luis Vidal + Architects, designed Pittsburgh’s new terminal.

The terminal is connected directly to the airport’s existing concourses by a “Skybridge” that Vidal compared to the experience of exiting the city’s Fort Pitt tunnel and seeing Pittsburgh’s famous skyline on display before you.

When it opens, the airport’s existing terminal, which opened in 1992, and the train connecting it to the concourses will close.

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NEW CANAAN, Conn. (WTNH) — A New Haven teen suffered life-threatening injuries after being thrown from a moped on Route 15 Monday afternoon, according to Connecticut State Police.

State police said the 16-year-old girl was a passenger on a black moped being driven by a 17-year-old boy, also from New Haven.

They were driving southbound on Route 15 when the driver lost control of the moped while moving into a lane for the Exit 13 off ramp.

As a result of the collision, the 16-year-old passenger was thrown from the moped.

She was transported to Norwalk Hospital first, then Yale New Haven Hospital for a higher level of care, state police said.

The driver had no apparent injury, according to a report from state police.

Route 15 South was closed for more than three hours as the incident was investigated. The collision remains under investigation.