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Acton police officers accused of inappropriate conduct resign

Two Acton police officers who were placed on paid leave in March over allegations of inappropriate conduct have resigned after disciplinary hearings, the police department said Friday.

Unsealed court documents say 2005 sexual assault allegations against Arroyo were ‘unfounded’
A Boston police detective in 2006 found that sexual assault allegations made against Ricardo Arroyo when he was a teenager were “unfounded,” meaning they did not constitute a crime, according to documents unsealed Friday. Law enforcement does not question the truthfulness of his alleged victim.

When to get your Omicron booster, and other things to know about the new shots

Here’s what to know about the new shots, now that the FDA and CDC have signed off.

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Hundreds line up to say farewell to Gorbachev; Putin absent
The Kremlin's refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its uneasiness about the legacy of Gorbachev, who has been venerated worldwide for bringing down the Iron Curtain but reviled by many at home for the Soviet collapse and the ensuing economic meltdown that plunged millions into poverty.

Job market flashes signs of cooling down. Here’s what that means for the economy.

US employers slowed hiring in August from the torrid pace of July. The jobless rate edged up to 3.7 percent as more people jumped into the labor pool.

What do Bostonians want from the new police commissioner?
The Boston Globe went out in search of Bostonians with some advice for their new police commissioner. Here’s what they said.

Andrea Campbell (left) and Shannon Liss-Riordan, candidates for attorney general, during the Framingham Dems BBQ on Aug. 27.

With Mass. attorney general Democratic primary down to two, crucial question emerges: Who is more qualified?

In a battle between candidates with divergent backgrounds, experts stress that experience is about more than years spent in the courtroom.

We asked the Democratic candidates for attorney general why they are the best person for the job. Here are their answers. 2022 Massachusetts voter guide: The primary elections

Trump’s attorney general says no ‘legitimate reason’ for former president to have classified documents
In his sharpest critique of his former boss, former attorney general William Barr said there is no reason classified documents should have been inside Donald Trump's personal residence in Florida after he was no longer president.

Trump search inventory released, reveals new details on Mar-a-Lago documents

Ann Coulter waves to the audience after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 12, 2011.

‘Conservative media is lying to you.’ Ann Coulter encourages GOP split from Trump

Ann Coulter, conservative media commentator and once a fan of former Republican president Donald Trump, is now a harsh critic.

Smells like luxury: Yankee Candle founder’s property hits the market for $23 million
The sprawling estate, which was built and owned by the late Michael J. Kittredge II, boasts an indoor water park, two car barns with space for classic cars, and a 4,000-square foot stage.

Connor Wong (right) made some noise with his first career home run, a massive blast over the Green Monster that scored Kiké Hernández in the seventh inning.

RED SOX 9, RANGERS 1

Connor Wong’s loud first home run puts exclamation point on Red Sox’ convincing win over Texas Rangers

The Red Sox scored eight runs with two outs between the fourth, fifth and seventh innings, then settled in as the bullpen threw six scoreless innings.

Red Sox shut down Tanner Houck, as the reliever is likely headed for back surgery

Serena Williams's stirring run at the US Open ended Friday night, and she said a new chapter in life awaits her.

A fitting farewell at the US Open for Serena Williams, who displayed the resiliency that defined her career

Williams lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in three grueling sets in a tournament widely expected to be her finale.

In likely final match, Serena Williams loses to Ajla Tomljanovic at US Open

A group of friends and surfers gathered at a beach camp set up on Monhegan Bluffs Beach on Block Island, R.I., on Aug. 27.

On Block Island, parties in town and pristine, natural beauty to explore outdoors

Grittier than Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket, people from all walks of life come to Block Island for the beaches, bird watching, and rural beauty – or in search of a good time in town.

Opinion

Boris Johnson, then prime minister of the United Kingdom; President Biden; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; and France's president, Emmanuel Macron, during the G7 Summit in Germany on June 28.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The West is languishing without great leaders

Commanding political figures with coherent world views are becoming harder to find.

IDEAS | Bruce A. Kimball & Sarah M. Iler

How the richest university endowments exacerbate inequality

Readers weigh in on our dysfunctional democracy

MARCELA GARCÍA

How bad are the staffing shortages at the Boston Public Schools?

What if Ricardo Arroyo wins?

The Talk | Kristen Pope

Lily’s big hair day
For the last year of pre-kindergarten, my daughter, Lily, has thrived as the only Black child in her entire school, where her teachers and school administrators love her, care for her, and support her. But there have been some bumps that mostly involved race; one instance was related to her hair.

Orange Line shutdown

Representative Seth Moulton calling for ‘top-to-bottom changes’ and ‘a wholesale culture shift’ at the MBTA
US Representative Seth Moulton is calling for “top-to-bottom changes” and “a wholesale culture shift” at the MBTA.

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity
From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

During first week of Orange Line shutdown, officials highlight obstacles cyclists often face
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Councilor Alanna Mallon took to Twitter this week to highlight common safety issues cyclists face.

Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown
The Orange Line is shut down until the morning of Sept. 19. Find shuttle bus routes, schedules, and guides to navigate Boston.

Pick your stops: Find an alternative Orange Line route

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150 years of The Boston Globe

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Jane Fonda says she has cancer, is dealing well with chemo
Fonda said she has begun a six-month course of chemotherapy, is handling the treatments well, and will not let it interfere with her climate activism.

John Harwood exits CNN amid changes at the news channel
CNN White House correspondent Harwood said he’s exiting the news channel, an abrupt departure that comes amid other CNN changes.

A Red Line train waits to depart Alewife station this week.

‘Disturbed and disappointed’ lawmakers want answers from DPU after FTA slams agency over T oversight failures

Watch: Shocking videos of Pakistan drowning spur community in Boston into action
With one third of Pakistan under water due to catastrophic flooding, members of Greater Boston’s Pakistani community are mobilizing to provide financial and moral support.

Thousands flee, several hurt as wildfire scorches California
The fire that began Friday afternoon on or near a wood-products plant quickly blew into a neighborhood on the northern edge of Weed but then carried the flames away from the city of about 2,600.

Breakheart Reservation in Saugus partially reopened after fires
Video message boards, cones, and signs will also identify which areas are open and which remain closed.

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Chaim Bloom's Red Sox are likely to finish in last place in the AL East for a second time in his three seasons.

Dan Shaughnessy

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Bloom says there is no mandate from ownership to cut payroll, adding, “We expect we will have resources to do the job.”

Golf

‘This is more of a party.’ Here’s what it was like at the first round of the LIV Golf Invitational Boston.
A moderate crowd attended Friday — LIV organizers do not provide crowd estimates — and at one point fans stood three rows deep along the first tee and down the first fairway.

Protesters in Bolton oppose Saudi involvement in LIV Golf Invitational

9 fun things to do on Labor Day weekend
From $3 movies to free cultural events and the swan boats' last rides for the season, here's how to savor this last long weekend of summer.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How bad are the staffing shortages at the Boston Public Schools?
The hundreds of key vacancies ahead of reopening next week include 203 teachers and more than 100 bus monitors. Will Boston be ready?

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Culture & Lifestyle

The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5 in Lowell is one of more than 20 area movie theaters participating in National Cinema Day.

Coming soon: $3 tickets for National Cinema Day

Wesley T. Jones (left) as Keith Watson and Elena Hurst as Hector Tobar in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," at American Repertory Theater.

In a riveting ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,′ a disparate community speaks its truths

9 fun things to do on Labor Day weekend

Ruth Erickson from Cambridge with Jullian Kalim, 8, and his brother Cassidy Kalim, 3, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA is the seventh and last stop of “The Obama Portraits Tour."

‘Obama Portraits Tour’ lands at MFA for seventh and final stop

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Governor Baker, along with MBTA transportation officials, observed completed track work and construction on the Orange Line at the State Street MBTA station on Aug. 28.

Safety first, but the MBTA can’t forget about the big transportation picture

Douglas Rushkoff, whose latest book is “Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires.”

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Escape plans of the rich and famous

The work of the late Philip Guston is given a major show at the Museum of Fine Arts. The MFA show had been delayed over questions around disturbing imagery, including depictions of the Ku Klux Klan.

For Philip Guston, the political was personal

Health misinformation is making us sick

This aerial view of construction in Allston has Harvard's new Science and Engineering Complex in the foreground.

IDEAS | Alaina D. Boyle & Jennie C. Stephens

Higher education needs a new mission. How about climate justice?

“My ovaries, like me, are only 37, still working hard to regulate my mood, metabolism, and sleep cycle. I’d like to hang on to them for as long as possible.”

IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

The medical gamble of my life

Metro

Man in his 70s infected with West Nile Virus in Suffolk County

The incident prompted officials to increase its risk level for the virus in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville from moderate to high.

Protesters in Bolton oppose Saudi involvement in LIV Golf Invitational

Organized by the Massachusetts Peace Action, nine protesters stood outside the fan bus area holding signs to bring awareness to the Saudi Arabian government’s role in LIV Golf.

Breakheart Reservation in Saugus partially reopened after fires

Video message boards, cones, and signs will also identify which areas are open and which remain closed.

Roundtable held on abortion care and Black maternal health

US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Representative Ayanna Pressley joined maternal health specialists at Codman Square Health Center on Friday to assess the fallout from the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and its impact on maternal health in Massachusetts.

Sports

After a battle that went three sets and lasted more than three hours, Serena Williams thanked the fans after being defeated by Ajla Tomlijanovic in the third round of the US Open on Friday in New York.

In likely final match, Serena Williams loses to Ajla Tomljanovic at US Open

Unwilling to go quietly, Williams staved off five match points to prolong the three-hours-plus third-round match. It did end after a 14-minute final game on Tomljanovic's sixth chance, when Williams netted a shot.

Serena Williams's stirring run at the US Open ended Friday night, and she said a new chapter in life awaits her.

A fitting farewell at the US Open for Serena Williams, who displayed the resiliency that defined her career

Williams lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in three grueling sets in a tournament widely expected to be her finale.

Connor Wong (right) made some noise with his first career home run, a massive blast over the Green Monster that scored Kiké Hernández in the seventh inning.

RED SOX 9, RANGERS 1

Connor Wong’s loud first home run puts exclamation point on Red Sox’ convincing win over Texas Rangers

The Red Sox scored eight runs with two outs between the fourth, fifth and seventh innings, then settled in as the bullpen threw six scoreless innings.

Nick Pivetta leaves Red Sox game after taking comebacker off left leg

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox shut down Tanner Houck, as the reliever is likely headed for back surgery

Matthew Wolff gets LIV rocking with tour’s first ace to share LIV Golf Invitational Boston lead

Business

CVS nears $8 billion purchase of Signify Health

CVS Health Corp. is nearing a deal to buy home-health and technology services provider Signify Health Inc. for about $8 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Boston opted out of hosting the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament. So Providence opted in.

The tournament is a long-standing tradition that began in Boston in the mid-1940s, and Boston’s Chinatown business leaders had hoped its return would boost the economy.

Old Boston collides with new in storage dispute at Haymarket

Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of US warehouses

magazine

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

‘It’s a lost cause’: Inside the last stand of New England’s soft-shell clam

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? There's a fight over that.

15 picture-perfect treats for under $20 at Boston restaurants

Pasta with zucchini, pancetta, and saffron.

Recipes: Summer veggies like zucchini and corn put a fresh spin on pasta

metro

Andrea Campbell (left) and Shannon Liss-Riordan are candidates for attorney general.

We asked the Democratic candidates for attorney general why they are the best person for the job. Here are their answers.

‘Disturbed and disappointed’ lawmakers want answers from DPU after FTA slams agency over T oversight failures

R.I. chiropractor charged in sexual assault of patient; Health Dept. suspends his license for second time

sports

Andy Murray lost a third-round match to Matteo Berrettini in 3 1/2 hours but was nontheless proud of his effort that after two hip surgeries, he could keep up with players at the top of the game.

Matteo Berrettini dominates Andy Murray in third-round match

5 EMass boys’ cross-country runners to watch this fall

Zach Plesac breaks hand with a punch, dealing another blow to young Cleveland staff

business

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, left, with University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange in August, next to a small-scale model of URI's vision of the future Bay Campus in the current Ocean Science and Exploration Center building.

URI misses out on $78 million federal grant for blue economy

Job market flashes signs of cooling down. Here’s what that means for the economy.

Biden climate adviser Gina McCarthy resigns From White House

politics

This photo shows an aerial view of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump search inventory released, reveals new details on Mar-a-Lago documents

Jan. 6 panel calls Gingrich to testify, saying he had role in Trump plot

‘Conservative media is lying to you.’ Ann Coulter encourages GOP split from Trump

Nation

Migrants walk along concertina wire toward Border Patrol officers after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

US Border Patrol: 8 migrants die trying to cross Rio Grande

Thousands flee, several hurt as wildfire scorches California

Jane Fonda says she has cancer, is dealing well with chemo

World

Honour guards stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow on Sept. 3.

Hundreds line up to say farewell to Gorbachev; Putin absent

Zimbabwe government harasses opposition with arrests, jail

Rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary

opinion

Lily’s big hair day

Safety first, but the MBTA can’t forget about the big transportation picture

For Philip Guston, the political was personal

lifestyle

Director Rebecca Taichman during a New York rehearsal of "Sing Street," now on stage at the Huntington Theater Company.

Live performances and a season brimming with entertainment on display at the Greater Boston Arts Expo

After 1,500 texts, is this an emotional affair?

Playing with your emotions? A Boston video game startup aims to help kids regulate their behavior.

food & dining

Bartender Neomy Delacruz crafts a Mum's The Word cocktail at 345 by Plant City in Providence. The speakeasy style bar offers a selection of plant-based craft cocktails, mocktails, high end spirits, local beer, and elevated snacks.

A guide to all things green: The best of R.I.’s vegan and vegetarian scene

Davis Square welcomes a sandwich sensation

Cocktails are the mane attraction at the retro-themed Wig Shop; hunt big game on Beacon Hill

travel

A group of friends and surfers gathered at a beach camp set up on Monhegan Bluffs Beach on Block Island, R.I., on Aug. 27.

On Block Island, parties in town and pristine, natural beauty to explore outdoors

Plan to launch Montreal-to-Boston train service gains steam

A Southern California road trip in the summer? I surprised even myself.

Arts

Amy Heller, "Horseshoes vs Skates," LED mixed-media cyanotype on silk, in "Out of the Blue" at PAAM.

Tangled up in blue at Provincetown Art Association and Museum

At the MFA, the liveliness of ‘Stillness’

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

Books

A young duchess, an angry husband, a murder?

A good man is hard to find

Reading aloud, to children and adults

Movies

The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5 in Lowell is one of more than 20 area movie theaters participating in National Cinema Day.

Coming soon: $3 tickets for National Cinema Day

‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ ministers to the faithful

Game, set, ‘McEnroe’

Television

Cast members Reese Witherspoon (left) and Julianna Margulies attended a photo call for "The Morning Show" in September 2021.

Will season 3 be a wakeup call for ‘The Morning Show’?

I just want to watch a TV show. Please don’t make me work for it

Will ‘SNL’ experience addition by subtraction?

music

Steven Tyler onstage at Fenway Park in August 2014. The band returns to the ballpark for their twice-delayed 50th anniversary show Sept. 8.

Aerosmith all-timers: 10 favorite shows from decades of covering the band

Campfire festival blazes again at Passim this weekend

The familiar voice of Dan Tyminski returns to bluegrass

Theater/Dance

Wesley T. Jones (left) as Keith Watson and Elena Hurst as Hector Tobar in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," at American Repertory Theater.

In a riveting ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,′ a disparate community speaks its truths

In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

Jacob’s Pillow festival closes with mighty Miami City Ballet

globe local

MetroWest residents attending a job and resource fair at South Middlesex Opportunity Council, in Framingham.

MetroWest: A region with prosperity and inequity

Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest

Will Massachusetts benefit from sports betting?

Obituaries

Author Barbara Ehrenreich poses at her home in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 25, 2005.

Barbara Ehrenreich, muckraking writer and activist, dies

Amy Stechler, documentarian who helped define a style, dies at 67

Lee Thomas, former Sox player, architect of the 1993 Phillies, dies at 86