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Community people and migrants outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Edgartown on Thursday.

‘At first they were surprised, just like us.’ Martha’s Vineyard responds to surprise arrival of planeloads of migrants.

Volunteers on Martha's Vineyard are scrambling to organize the response to the migrants’ unexpected arrival Wednesday and plan to hold organizational meetings Thursday morning.

Planes of Venezuelan migrants land on Martha’s Vineyard Two busloads of migrants dropped off near Vice President Harris’ residence in Washington

Migrants say goodbye to a volunteer while leaving Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Thursday.

Here’s what we know about the migrant situation unfolding on Martha’s Vineyard

Planes dispatched by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis carrying about 43 migrants were abruptly flown to Martha’s Vineyard without notice on Wednesday afternoon.

FALL FOLIAGE

After 150 years, Arnold Arboretum has cracked the color code
The Arboretum preserves one of the planet’s most encyclopedic collections of trees and woody plants from temperate zones. It’s no stretch to say that autumn brings a world of color.

Three off-the-beaten track fall foliage towns

Foliage at Mine Falls Park in Nashua, N.H. on Oct. 14, 2021.

Where to find foliage trackers for each New England state

Never miss the peak of the season again. Here are some key resources when planning your annual leaf-peeping.

I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina.

I’ve come to understand that, for some people, especially other Latinos, this equation does not compute.

Mass. taxpayers to get $3 billion back under obscure law, state officials say

Massachusetts taxpayers are due back nearly $3 billion after a windfall of state revenue triggered an obscure 1980s-era law for just the second time in nearly four decades, officials said Thursday, clearing the way for potentially millions of taxpayers to get a slice of the unprecedented credit.

Roger Federer, after 20 Grand Slam titles, announces retirement from professional tennis
The Swiss tennis star has not competed since Wimbledon in July 2021.

Globe Summit

Sam Waterston, Andrew Sharpless call for end of offshore drilling at Globe Summit
Protecting and revitalizing diverse ocean ecosystems can help reduce the impacts of climate change, actor and Oceana board chair Sam Waterston and Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless said at a Globe Summit panel.

Northeastern on edge as report of package explosion raises questions

A Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a pressurized storage case exploded in his office Tuesday fiercely denied that he staged the incident, even as law enforcement officials told the Globe they are scrutinizing his version of events.

After night of chaos, Northeastern campus wakes up to an uneasy return to normal

Spotlight Follow-up

N.H. hospital promises review after revelations about doctor with 21 malpractice settlements

State legislators are also calling for an independent investigation.

Read the Spotlight report: A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Students who kept ‘Pedo Database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed them

Days after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better

Tom Brady led the Buccaneers to a win over the Cowboys on Sunday night.

Bill Belichick once asked Tom Brady’s throwing coach if he should trade Tom Brady

Tom House made an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show and shared the anecdote from Brady's time with the Patriots.

Dave Sibley loves this spot at Gannon, with the Boston skyline in the distance.

This club pro lost his love for golf, then found it at a municipal course in Lynn. His next challenge? Cancer.

Dave Sibley is entering his ninth year as the course pro at Gannon Municipal Golf Course, but his first doing the job while battling pancreatic cancer.

Attorney General Maura Healey has a wide lead for governor in the new poll.

In governor’s race, Healey holds wide lead over Diehl, poll shows, as voters recoil from Trump-backed candidate

Democrat Maura Healey, the attorney general, leads former state representative Geoff Diehl, 52 percent to 26 percent, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo survey.

Explore the data: See the full results from the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

Hispanic Heritage Month

My Boston History

I’m a multilingual singer-songwriter who grew up among wanderers. Here’s why I call Boston home.
It’s here that I stopped caring about other people’s labels and honed my 'Boston Boricua Chicana emotional crybaby funky jazzy folk.'

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart

Tyrone Anthony Figueroa teaching at East Boston High School.

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now I’m a teacher and coach, I know I’ve ‘made it.’

My true success? Crushing social barriers and stereotypes society has built for young men of color.

Opinion

New US citizens waved American flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance at Faneuil Hall during a naturalization ceremony on July 14. The oath was administered to 334 people.

Mitra Shavarini, Ronnie Millar, Jeff Thielman, and Elizabeth Sweet

It’s time to truly recognize Constitution Day by recognizing immigrants

Immigrants played, and continue to play, a huge role in making Massachusetts the economic powerhouse it is.

Natasha Warikoo

Are Asian Americans victims of racism or beneficiaries of whiteness? It’s complex.

Jeff German, a journalist whose passion for exposing wrongdoing cost him his life

A way to revive local news

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

HEALTH | Katherine Standish and Afi Semenya

Paying attention: Boston hospital helps breastfeeding Black moms, babies thrive

Many healthcare interventions can help families successfully breastfeed and address compelling evidence of racist structures that perpetuate the vicious cycle of health inequities.

Stream the second-annual Globe Summit September 14-16
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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

Spotlight investigation

Part 1

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau Video: What the Spotlight Team’s investigation discovered about Dr. Baribeau

Dr. Yvon Baribeau

A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line

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."

More recent stories

CVS says some locations have run out of one of the new booster shots
CVS says some locations have run out of the updated, bivalent booster shots made by Moderna, but it continues to offer the Pfizer version of the boosters.

INNOVATION BEAT

Can this city councilor bring Miami crypto culture to Quincy?
Quincy City Councilor Ian Cain thinks he can build a blockchain-tech ecosystem that will bring jobs and a culture of innovation to his hometown.

Roof of truck sheared off on Memorial Drive in Cambridge
A delivery truck had its roof sheared off as it drove under a footbridge on Memorial Drive in Cambridge Thursday morning, police said.

Stabbing suspect arrested wearing bloodied clothing in Roslindale

Kenneth Edwards, 37, was arrested and charged with stabbing another man in Roslindale Wednesday afternoon.

Pell Bridge gets $82.5m in federal infrastructure funding

The grant will be used for reconstruction of portions of the bridge deck, installation of a dehumidification system for the main cables and anchorages, and for tower elevator repairs.

Boston Teachers Union ratifies new contract

The three-year, $141.6 million contract includes a 9.5 percent pay rise for educators over the course of the contract and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all union members.

Recommended reads

New Hampshire's motto has taken on a different connotation with the Free State movement.

For this New Hampshire family, ‘Live Free or Die’ is more than a motto

The Browns, who relocated in November, are part of the most recent influx of Free Staters to arrive in New Hampshire, and their embrace of the movement offers a glimpse into its appeal.

Bullying incidents at Boston’s Mission Hill K-8 School spur federal lawsuit
The lawsuit is the latest fallout from an explosive report in April by the law firm Hinckley Allen that found Mission Hill K-8 School endangered children by failing to address allegations of sexual abuse and pervasive bullying while also neglecting students with disabilities.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Olympia Sports CEO explains why the athletic goods retailer is going out of business
A long string of acquisitions and missteps spells the end for former powerhouse of New England sporting goods.

Citing an undercount of college students and immigrants, Wu challenges 2020 Census tally
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is challenging the 2020 US Census population count of the city, a significant move as the count has big consequences when it comes to the allocation of public resources and understanding the needs of Boston’s various communities.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Henry Swenson with the gigantic pumpkin he's growing for this year's Topsfield Fair

Can this Gen Z farmer’s mega pumpkins squash records in Vermont and Topsfield?

Naomi Rodgers (left) and Zurin Villanueva ham it up in rehearsal for "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," at New 42 Studios in Manhattan. The actresses are alternating in the title role.

It takes two to play the one-and-only Tina Turner

Terri Lyne Carrington is the founder and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

Terri Lyne Carrington has 101 reasons to celebrate women composers

Psychotherapist and relationship podcast host Esther Perel and "Here & Now" host Robin Young at the 10th anniversary of Boston Book Festival in 2018.

Boston Book Festival returns with an in-person array of events

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

“If we take back the House and the Senate, I can assure you we’ll have a vote on our bill,” promised Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

Believe Lindsey Graham: Abortion is on the November ballot

Senator Lindsey Graham gives thumbs up to abortion rights protesters in Washington on Tuesday.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Republicans try to un-ring the bell on abortion

Members of the Borrero family, from Venezuela, stand outside Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Aug. 25, after arriving on a bus from Texas. The family traveled for a month and half from Venezuela to reach the border in Texas.

Busing migrants from the border is a blessing, not a punishment

The Low Memorial Library on the campus of Columbia University in Manhattan on March 11, 2020. Columbia University was demoted from number 2 to number 18 in the influential US News & World Report college rankings on Sept. 12, about eight months after a Columbia math professor accused the university of fudging some key statistics used in the rankings.

Rein in these ridiculous rankings

Supporters of the proposed constitution that failed in Chile hold a sign that says "And Now What?" during a demonstration the day after the vote.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

How to rewrite a constitution

IDEAS | LASHYRA NOLEN

Woke medicine doesn’t mean worse medicine

Metro

Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, dies; created database of enslaved people

She managed to rescue the identities of more than 100,000 enslaved people from archival oblivion and demonstrate the vast extent of African influence on America’s cultural heritage.

RI TRANSPORTATION

Pell Bridge gets $82.5m in federal infrastructure funding

The grant will be used for reconstruction of portions of the bridge deck, installation of a dehumidification system for the main cables and anchorages, and for tower elevator repairs.

Rhode Island business news: September 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

Sam Waterston, Andrew Sharpless call for end of offshore drilling at Globe Summit

Protecting and revitalizing diverse ocean ecosystems can help reduce the impacts of climate change, actor and Oceana board chair Sam Waterston and Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless said at a Globe Summit panel.

Sports

T.J. Watt will miss at least four games with a left pectoral injury.

Steelers place linebacker T.J. Watt on injured reserve

The Steelers already had ruled Watt out for Sunday's visit from the Patriots.

Dave Sibley loves this spot at Gannon, with the Boston skyline in the distance.

This club pro lost his love for golf, then found it at a municipal course in Lynn. His next challenge? Cancer.

Dave Sibley is entering his ninth year as the course pro at Gannon Municipal Golf Course, but his first doing the job while battling pancreatic cancer.

In the Division 4 Super Bowl last December in Foxborough, Keegan Sullivan (21) and Scituate prevailed, 14-13, over Patriot League rival Duxbury.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Nate Weitzer’s high school football picks and games to watch for Week 2

St. John's Prep-Central Catholic, Duxbury-Scituate, North Attleborough-Mansfield, and Natick-Walpole headline a stacked Friday night lineup.

Roger Federer, after 20 Grand Slam titles, announces retirement from professional tennis

Bill Belichick once asked Tom Brady’s throwing coach if he should trade Tom Brady

Alex Speier | Minor details

Meet the prolific base-stealer cruising through the Red Sox minor league system

Business

Biden says tentative railway labor agreement reached, averting strike

President Biden made a key phone call to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as the talks were ongoing, which helped lead to a tentative railway labor agreement and avert a potentially devastating strike.

INNOVATION BEAT

Can this city councilor bring Miami crypto culture to Quincy?

Quincy City Councilor Ian Cain thinks he can build a blockchain-tech ecosystem that will bring jobs and a culture of innovation to his hometown.

Crispr Therapeutics becomes the latest biotech to open in the Seaport

Mortgage rates hit 6 percent, first time since 2008 housing crash

magazine

Spicy Portuguese Shrimp With Garlic (Shrimp Mozambique)

Recipes: Three ways to cook shrimp for dinner

Is it weird that someone sent an evite for a funeral and asked me to RSVP?

‘I have an e-mail all queued up’ for my ex. Should I send it?

Ogunquit, Maine.

Six perfect New England towns for a fall getaway

metro

Piles of tax returns sat at a Department of Revenue facility in Chelsea.

Mass. taxpayers to get $3 billion back under obscure law, state officials say

🏆 And the winners of the Rhode Map contest are...

‘At first they were surprised, just like us.’ Martha’s Vineyard responds to surprise arrival of planeloads of migrants.

sports

Brayan Bello cringed when a throw from catcher Connor Wong sailed into right field, allowing two Yankees to score in the fifth inning.

There’s no defense for Red Sox’ shoddy play in the field in this loss to Yankees

Brayan Bello had another strong start for the Red Sox, but his defense let the rookie down in loss to the Yankees

All the signs are there, Red Sox bullpen is in need of a major makeover

business

President Biden listens as Ambassador Caroline Kennedy speaks before Biden about the cancer moonshot initiative at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Boston.

Biden order sharpens foreign investment screening process

As ‘buy now, pay later’ plans grow, so do delinquencies

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits again last week

politics

Migrants from Central and South America loaded into vans near the residence of US Vice President Kamala Harris after being dropped off on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Texas Governor Greg Abbott dispatched buses carrying migrants from the southern border to Harris' home early Thursday morning.

Two busloads of migrants dropped off near Vice President Harris’s residence in Washington

Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms, new poll shows

‘At first they were surprised, just like us.’ Martha’s Vineyard responds to surprise arrival of planeloads of migrants.

Nation

COVID-19 shots

CVS says some locations have run out of one of the new booster shots

Biden says tentative railway labor agreement reached, averting strike

R. Kelly is convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing

World

People queue to pay their respect to the late Queen Elizabeth II during the Lying-in State, at Westminster Hall in London, on Sept. 15.

Crowds queue for Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as Charles spends quiet day

Putin, Zelenskyy court major allies as Ukraine makes gains

Swedish PM formally resigns after right-wing bloc wins vote

opinion

Russians in retreat

Believe Lindsey Graham: Abortion is on the November ballot

Republicans try to un-ring the bell on abortion

lifestyle

I’ve cheated with my ex from high school

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

Can this Gen Z farmer’s mega pumpkins squash records in Vermont and Topsfield?

food & dining

The signature burger from The Haven.

The Haven, a beloved Scottish restaurant and pub, spreads out in new JP location

The Wig Shop opens in Downtown Crossing; potato pizza comes to Central Square

Brother Cleve was the godfather of the local cocktail scene

travel

Scenes from the Maine Oyster Trail.

On both coasts, oyster tours are the new wine tours

A local science festival, a beer week in San Diego, and crafts across Maine

It’s a walk in the park to find both nature and culture in the Berkshires

Arts

Jeff Perrott, "Construction (Passage)," in "New Construction" at LaMontagne Gallery.

Jeff Perrott’s roller coaster of color

Photo-conjuror meets photojournalist at the Addison Gallery

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

Books

The Beacon Hill Books & Cafe is set to open on multiple floors in an old building on Charles Street come late September.

In Beacon Hill, a big new bookstore comes to life at last

Boston Book Festival returns with an in-person array of events

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

Movies

Sam Rockwell (left) and Saoirse Ronan in "See How They Run."

‘See How They Run’ springs a ‘Mousetrap’

‘Moonage Daydream’ celebrates David Bowie and his many ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Irene Papas, actress in ‘Zorba the Greek’ and ‘The Guns of Navarone,’ dies at 96

Television

A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in Poland, circa 1941, in a scene from “The U.S. and the Holocaust.”

PBS alters Holocaust documentary airings due to queen’s funeral

You talkin’ to me? On TV, the fourth wall is crumbling.

Ready for another fantasy reboot? Here comes ‘Willow.’

music

James Taylor performs at an event celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday.

James Taylor performs at White House celebration for the Inflation Reduction Act

Brookline Porchfest returns with old favorites and new faces

Why your favorite songs are your favorite songs

Theater/Dance

Naomi Rodgers (left) and Zurin Villanueva ham it up in rehearsal for "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," at New 42 Studios in Manhattan. The actresses are alternating in the title role.

It takes two to play the one-and-only Tina Turner

Ideology and personality prove a combustible combination in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’

10 shows to see in a robust season at the theater

globe local

Devon Fields has been named Brookline's assistant town administrator for operations.

Brookline announces new assistant town administrator for operations

Newton Senior Center to close in November for NewCAL project

Newton advocates renew calls to use more federal pandemic aid for affordable housing, support services for lower-income residents

Obituaries

Jim Smith and Paula Barry of Conway, Mass., examined names of Louisiana slaves recorded on the 18 monument walls in the Allees Gwendolyn Midlo Hall at Whitney Plantation.

Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, dies; created database of enslaved people

Irene Papas, actress in ‘Zorba the Greek’ and ‘The Guns of Navarone,’ dies at 96

Dr. W. Gerald Austen, MGH surgeon and legendary leader in Boston medicine, dies at 92