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Voices from the front lines

Even as the threat of COVID recedes, nurses face multiple crises.

SPOTLIGHT INVESTIGATION

Doctors tried to stop a surgeon from operating. Hospital leaders resisted.
Alarmed doctors at Manchester's Catholic Medical Center tried to get a troubled colleague barred from surgery. But hospital leaders resisted. Then came the "summer of death."

Read part 1: A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

At an old mill in Littleton, gun dealers openly defy Maura Healey’s assault weapon decrees
A former elastic mill northwest of Boston hosts the most federally licensed gun manufacturers and dealers in the country. It's place where you can find almost anything from pistols to World War I antiques — and, especially, all manner of ways around the state’s gun laws.

Charles III is proclaimed king at tradition-steeped royal ceremony

King Charles III was formally proclaimed sovereign of the United Kingdom on Saturday, as officials unveiled details of the meticulously choreographed ceremonies that will culminate in the state funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Sept. 19.

Photos: In a centuries-old ritual, King Charles III is publicly proclaimed Britain’s new monarch

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Could the British royal mystique be shattered? We can hope.

The middle school boys thought their teacher was a ‘creep.’ So they tracked how he treated the girls.

A “pedo database” where some Davisville Middle School students documented how their teacher harassed girls in their class is now part of an investigation into the North Kingstown teacher.

Boston’s most valuable biotech? It’s not who you might expect.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ market valuation has reached $75 billion, thanks to its drug sales for cystic fibrosis and plans to expand into other diseases.

Russia announces troop pullback after Ukrainian offensive in Kharkiv area

Black preacher arrested while watering flowers sues police

Poland's Iga Swiatek blows a kiss to the crowd after defeating Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win her first US Open and second Grand Slam title of 2022.

US OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL

Iga Swiatek wins her first US Open to cement her place atop women’s tennis

Swiatek also won the French Open in June and is the first woman since 2016 to collect two major titles in a season.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise the roof, as promised

As good as the album cuts were that the pair performed at Leader Bank Pavilion — and they were very, very good — what Plant and Krauss wrought when they made heavy folk out of Led Zeppelin was something else entirely.

The Bills should be great this season, but expectations are reaching near-impossible levels.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Here are the most overhyped and underrated teams heading into the NFL season

The Super Bowl picks have been submitted and MVP predictions are in; who's getting too much credit, and who isn't getting enough?

Dan Shaughnessy: Bill Belichick voices support for Matt Patricia and Joe Judge as Patriots get set to open their season

Opinion

A page from the order granting a request by former President Donald Trump's legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Special master does not spell doom for DOJ’s investigation of Trump

While the Department of Justice is right to appeal the nonsensical decision to appoint an independent arbiter to review classified documents in the criminal investigation of the former president, it must proceed with the utmost caution.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The queen we couldn’t stop watching is dead. The monarchy should be next.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The skies, and TSA, still aren’t friendly to those with Black hairstyles

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latino political power grows at the Massachusetts State House

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Education | Kimi Waite

The great resisters of Japanese American history have a powerful story to tell
History shows us Asian Americans have consistently engaged in resistance against injustices by challenging systemic racism as far back as 1879, but ongoing anti-critical race theory campaigns and backlash from the far right demonstrate the struggle for an antiracist education continues.

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More recent stories

Monkeypox cases decline, but ethnic and racial disparities persist

Among reported monkeypox cases in Massachusetts, 29 percent were in Hispanic people and 15 percent in Black people, according to a report last week from the state Department of Public Health. But among those who have received the vaccine, the state’s analysis shows, only 11 percent were Hispanic and only 5 percent were Black.

State Police investigate unattended death of 12-year-old girl in Fitchburg, according to DA

The girl, who was not identified, died on Sept. 3, according to the Worcester district attorney's office.

Justice Department and Trump legal team clash over special master candidates
The Justice Department and lawyers for former president Donald Trump failed to agree Friday on who could serve as an independent arbiter to sift through documents the FBI seized from Trump’s Florida club and residence last month.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Taking a look at the races for baseball’s major awards as the regular season winds down
Most of the attention will be on the American League Most Valuable Player competition between Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. But the other categories hold some intrigue, too.

Guaranteed income programs spread, city by city
More than 48 guaranteed income programs have been started in cities nationwide since 2020, according to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

Tewksbury man killed Friday in single-car crash in Boxborough
A 60 year old Tewksbury man was killed in a car crash Friday afternoon on I-495 north Boxborough.

Recommended reads

HBO's "The White Lotus" returns for a second season, this time set in Sicily.

FALL ARTS PREVIEW

20 TV shows to watch while chilling out this fall

The season brings notable new series from the likes of David E. Kelley, Guillermo del Toro, and Taylor Sheridan, plus some returning favorites, including “The White Lotus,” “Abbott Elementary,” and “The Crown.”

‘The Next Boston’: Globe Summit returns with a focus on the future
The Boston Globe’s three-day virtual conference starting Sept. 14 will feature some of the country’s most acclaimed and influential minds as well as stars such as Red Sox hall-of-famer David Ortiz and actor Sam Waterston.

Globe Magazine

Six perfect New England towns for a fall getaway
From breathtaking views and foliage to charming seacoasts and Main Streets, these regional gems are great places to have a classic autumn experience.

Maps: Takeaways from the town-by-town results in Tuesday’s primaries
See how your community voted in several key races.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in "Succession."

Who’ll win at the Emmys, who should, and who’s owed an apology

Pedestrians pass an art installation titled “Summer Sets,” by Juan Obando at Dock Square in Boston, on Aug. 10, 2022. The arts nonprofit Now + There, which commissioned the architectural rendering of the square and Faneuil Hall, recently announced it would launch a public art triennial in 2025.

Public art triennial announced for Boston

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise the roof, as promised

Courtnee Carter and Adam Bregman lead the cast of "Sing Street" at the Huntington Theatre Company.

A rollicking drive down ‘Sing Street’ at the Huntington

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

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

The state’s highest court will hear arguments Friday in the two cases, which raise the question of whether the correction commissioner is abiding by a 2018 law, designed to provide an exit ramp for terminally ill or permanently incapacitated prisoners, or whether she’s going out of her way to avoid doing so.

Mercy in short supply for frail, incapacitated inmates

The Baker administration has picked Leggat McCall Properties to redevelop the Hurley building off Cambridge Street in Boston.

A redo for the Hurley building

A protester held a "Let's Go Brandon" sign as the motorcade for President Biden passed him on Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Democrats are losing on a key battleground — the meme wars

President Biden recently said, “What we’re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism.”

MAGA and Biden’s charge of semi-fascism

Michael T. "Nuf Ced" McGreevy, in center with megaphone, led the Royal Rooters back to Boston from Pittsburgh during the 1903 World Series. The Boston Americans left Boston trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates but returned with the series lead.

IDEAS | PAUL RINGEL

Red Sox Nation, meet your horn-tooting, rabble-rousing granddaddies, the Royal Rooters

IDEAS | LASHYRA NOLEN

Woke medicine doesn’t mean worse medicine

Metro

Voices from the front lines

Even as the threat of COVID recedes, nurses face multiple crises.

Kurt Gottfried, physicist and foe of nuclear weapons, dies at 93

Kurt Gottfried, a theoretical physicist who barely escaped the brutal reality of one world war and devoted his career to preventing another as a co-founder of the influential Union of Concerned Scientists, died Aug. 25 in Ithaca, New York. He was 93.

Sheila Tobias, who defined ‘math anxiety,’ dies at 86

Although math anxiety affected men as well, Ms. Tobias found, she framed it as a feminist issue at a time when the women’s movement was in the forefront.

William Spring, ‘quintessential public servant,’ dies at 87

For Mr. Spring, a friend said, "the war on poverty has never ended."

Sports

Neither Tampa's Manuel Margot nor the fans in the first few rows at Yankee Stadium could come up with Josh Donaldson's single in the first inning Saturday in the Bronx, one of eight New York hits in the frame.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Aaron Judge, Yankees sting Rays with quick six to add a little distance in AL East

Leadoff man Aaron Judge singled twice during a six-run first inning off Corey Kluber as the embattled division leaders started with seven straight hits in a game for the first time since 1990.

Red Sox Connor Wong has played only 16 major league games since his trade from the Dodgers but is showing signs he’s ready for a heavier workload.

Red Sox notebook

Connor Wong has caught the eye of Red Sox coaching staff

“He’s a good athlete; he has a great arm; very smart; studies the game," said manager Alex Cora.

Kyle Busch removes his helmet after making a run during qualifying for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway. He will be starting in the 20th positon.

Kyle Busch chases season title while pondering NASCAR Cup Series future

Busch, 37, is optimistic about his chances this weekend, and he’s trying to do the same with his future.

Viktor Hovland and Soren Kjeldsen on top of leaderboard logjam at BMW PGA Championship

US OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL

Iga Swiatek wins her first US Open to cement her place atop women’s tennis

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

Four things we learned after Watertown field hockey’s win over top-ranked Andover

Business

Guaranteed income programs spread, city by city

More than 48 guaranteed income programs have been started in cities nationwide since 2020, according to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

Boston’s most valuable biotech? It’s not who you might expect.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ market valuation has reached $75 billion, thanks to its drug sales for cystic fibrosis and plans to expand into other diseases.

Advocates make push for Montreal-to-Boston passenger rail

How technology made the pandemic more bearable — and how it didn’t

magazine

Ogunquit, Maine.

Six perfect New England towns for a fall getaway

I’m leaving for college; he’s starting work. Can our love endure?

However you become a parent, caring for a baby dramatically changes your brain

Chocolate Biscotti With Pistachios, Almonds, and Dried Cherries

Recipes: Chocolate and cocoa powder combine for intensely rich desserts

metro

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island political news: September 2022

A long-shot GOP candidate for R.I. governor has criminal record under different name

What’s at stake in Rhode Island’s upcoming political primaries?

sports

Duane Brown signed on with the Jets last month, after agreeing to a two-year, $22 million contract.

Jets lose another starting tackle as Duane Brown placed on injured reserve

A new generation emerges in the US Open men’s final as Carlos Alcaraz faces Casper Ruud

No. 1 Alabama survives scare from Texas with Will Reichard’s late field goal

business

Water levels at certain points in the Charles River were at an all-time low in August, as seen at Millennium Park.

Climate change could worsen supply chain turmoil

Condé Nast workers win recognition of companywide union

Stocks end broadly higher, breaking a 3-week losing streak

politics

This is an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Justice Department and Trump legal team clash over special master candidates

US, Trump team propose names for arbiter in Mar-a-Lago probe

What will happen to gas prices this fall? The answer could shape the midterms.

Nation

Actress Marsha Hunt, one of the last living stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, posed for a portrait at her Los Angeles home in 2007.

Marsha Hunt, movie star who confronted blacklist, dies at 104

Black preacher arrested while watering flowers sues police

Governor Hochul declares polio state of emergency for New York

World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, after a press conference in Kyiv on Sept. 9.

Russia announces troop pullback after Ukrainian offensive in Kharkiv area

Charles III is proclaimed king at tradition-steeped royal ceremony

In a centuries-old ritual, King Charles III is publicly proclaimed Britain’s new monarch

opinion

The Baker administration has picked Leggat McCall Properties to redevelop the Hurley building off Cambridge Street in Boston.

A redo for the Hurley building

The skies, and TSA, still aren’t friendly to those with Black hairstyles

Boston should provide day care to get BPS staff back to school

lifestyle

How do you get over a bad breakup?

In West Concord, Barefoot Books celebrates 30 years of diversity, inclusion, and fearless reading for kids

My boyfriend or my work crush?

food & dining

Day Boat Sea Scallops at Northern Spy in Canton.

Northern Spy hosts a fermented feast; Urban Hearth pops up in the Fenway

After years of redevelopment rumors, The Middle East in Cambridge may become a hotel

Recipe: Mom’s old-fashioned tuna casserole gets a boost and an update with spicy white beans

travel

From left: Many visitors get around Key West on mopeds; a signpost at Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park; and Key West’s Old Town Trolley.

In fall, Key West serves up inspiration and rejuvenation — without the crowds

Following in Georgia O’Keeffe’s footsteps

High-end cruising in Arctic Canada, a device that breaks language barriers, and a gym for on the road

Arts

Robert Capa, "Normandy Invasion on D‐Day, Soldier Advancing through Surf," 1944. (The Howard Greenberg Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust/ Robert Capa © International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos/Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

MFA examines Life magazine’s portrait of America with a critical eye

Chelsea, then and now, in black and white

In Provincetown show, Kurt Reynolds sculpts stories out of objects

Books

Merriam-Webster.com is displayed on a computer screen on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in New York. The Springfield-based company added 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary this week.

ICYMI: Merriam-Webster adds ‘lewk,’ ‘yeet,’ and ‘side hustle’ to the dictionary

An exercise in memory in ‘Lessons’

A mother’s letter to her daughter — and others

Movies

90-plus movies to be pumped about this fall

‘The Story of Film: A New Generation’ looks at 80 films from the past decade

In the new ‘Pinocchio,’ on Disney+, the nose knows

Television

Olivia Colman portrayed Queen Elizabeth II for two seasons in "The Crown." The Netflix series returns in November with Imelda Staunton assuming the role of the queen in her later years.

For many of us, ‘The Crown’ is how we got to know the queen

What the future holds: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ to end, yet go on

20 TV shows to watch while chilling out this fall

music

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise the roof, as promised

At the Wang, a delightfully off-script Diana Ross

A fiery 50th for Aerosmith at Fenway

Theater/Dance

From left: Elise Piliponis, Jesse Hinson, and Dayna Cousins rehearse a scene from "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" at SpeakEasy Stage Company.

Catholic conservatives who grapple with culture, faith, and politics are people ‘Heroes’ playwright Will Arbery knows well

A rollicking drive down ‘Sing Street’ at the Huntington

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

globe local

The hall of flags at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.

‘The jewel of our city’

The Argument: Should the state expand the potential use of dangerousness hearings?

Creating gardens for pollinators — and people

Obituaries

An undated photo provided by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows Kurt Gottfried, the theoretical physicist.

Kurt Gottfried, physicist and foe of nuclear weapons, dies at 93

Sheila Tobias, who defined ‘math anxiety,’ dies at 86

William Spring, ‘quintessential public servant,’ dies at 87