Medical makeover
With fresh cuts expected in Medicaid and Medicare, Kate Walsh's job as the CEO of Boston Medical Center is likely to become more difficult.
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 2
Boston’s slide continues
AP
The Red Sox lost in the first game of a doubleheader for the team’s 18th loss this month, and the Rays won, leaving the Sox only a half-game up in wild-card race.
Kevin Cullen
A mission born when mom chose love over easy path
Jim Brett is the chairman of the president’s committee for people with intellectual disabilities. That’s a high falutin title but Brett’s anything but a big shot in an ivory tower.
For Bay State, lessons in Pa.’s casino experience
The financial success of Pennsylvania’s casinos was built on the ambitious scope of the effort and the profitability of the industry, but also on a foundation of cronyism and back-room deals.
MCAS scores appear stuck in income gap
Scores for low-income students have crept up in the last five years, but the divide between haves and have-nots has stubbornly defied efforts to narrow it, officials said.
AP
BILLS 34, PATRIOTS 31
Patriots can’t hold on
New England had a 21-0 lead in the second quarter but couldn’t withstand an offensive surge by Buffalo, which won it with a field goal as time expired.
“Most of my friends are six feet under or in prison. We were in a young man’s business.’’
Quito Pagan, a former Roxbury drug dealer
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Starts & Stops
The ‘last’ unrestricted Cambridge block? Not quite
The neighborhood once had swaths of unpoliced spaces, but they have been removed block by block as MIT and the area’s tech businesses have flourished.
Business
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Three-year incubation results in a smart car seat
A Woonsocket, R.I., company, Summer Infant Inc., wanted to develop a car seat that would be foolproof for a novice to install properly.
Nation
Obama’s small donors hold off on contributions
In recent months, the frustration and disillusionment that have dragged down President Obama’s approval ratings have crept into the ranks of his vaunted small-donor army.
World
Saudi women gain right to vote
Saudi Arabia has granted women the right to vote starting in 2015, part of changes that will also allow women to run in future elections.
Sports
BILLS 34, PATRIOTS 31
Patriots can’t hold on
New England had a 21-0 lead in the second quarter but couldn’t withstand an offensive surge by Buffalo, which won it with a field goal as time expired.
Arts
Who will pick up the baton?
As the Boston Symphony Orchestra sets out on its search for the next music director, questions have been swirling about the process and what the public can expect.
Travel
travel
A taste of everything
Aboard the Ocean Princess, Southeast Asia’s ports of call boast ancient histories and modern tourist economies.
Books
book review
‘The Swerve: How the World Became Modern’ by Stephen Greenblatt
Cold case: a new look at an old book unlocks the mystery of how culture changed course.
Opinion
“By now, only ideologues and political propagandists insist that all reputable scientists agree on the human responsibility for climate change.”
Jeff Jacoby
Ideas
“Could it be true, Pinker wondered, that humans had actually become less violent with time, as opposed to more? And if so, how had we done it?”
Leon Neyfakh, on Steven Pinker’s new book about violence in history