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Chef Barbara Lynch is opening her first restaurant in more than a decade in The Rudder, a former restaurant and bar that closed three years ago.

For her first new restaurant in more than a decade, chef Barbara Lynch looks homeward

The award-winning chef — whose heart isn't in Boston the way it once was — is opening The Rudder in Gloucester, another step in a colorful journey.

Migrants detail ruse as lawyers, advocates explore possible criminal violations
The undocumented migrants consistently report they were induced to board the planes in San Antonio with false promises of work in Boston, educational opportunities, and help with immigration paperwork.

Voices of migrants, from a New England island in a new land

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with
The woman who enticed desperate Venezuelan migrants onto the planes that dropped them on Martha’s Vineyard without notice last week is straight out of a Dickens story.

Migrants head to temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod
In an emotional farewell Friday, the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants flown unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday left the island.

See more coverage of the migrant crisis

Putting together the pieces of ‘The Embrace’
Boston’s long-awaited memorial to the Kings is headed to the Common in January. Our art critic traveled to the Walla Walla Foundry in Washington state, and visited the Brooklyn studio of artist Hank Willis Thomas, to trace its journey.

spotlight follow-up

New Hampshire keeps patients in the dark about their doctors’ malpractice, disciplinary records

Patients and families in New Hampshire have no reliable way to learn crucial information about a doctor because the state’s medical board is one of the least transparent in the nation.

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

Trump’s former accounting firm begins turning over documents to Congress

Mazars USA, the longtime accounting firm for former president Donald Trump that cut ties with him and his family business this year, has begun turning over documents related to his financial dealings to Congress.

Queen’s 8 grandchildren hold silent vigil beside her coffin
All eight of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin Saturday, capping another huge day in which thousands came to pay their respects to the monarch. Many had huddled in line amid waits that stretched up to 16 hours, enduring London’s coldest night in months.

Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe

Congressman Matt Gaetz told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon from President Donald Trump regarding an investigation in which he is a target, according to testimony given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Here’s how much money you could get back through the new Mass. tax refund

Everything you need to know about how to get your tax refund under a little-known law triggered by the state’s record windfall of tax collections.

Millions of Mass. taxpayers will get money back starting in November, officials say. Here are the details.

As school sports kick off, a test for new protocols to spot, report abuses

The state's initiative, developed last spring, largely relies on aspiration and education rather than tougher policies to better hold schools, staff, and students accountable for misconduct.

It didn't take long for Brian Flores to catch on with the Steelers after the Dolphins fired him as head coach.

Ben Volin | On football

His coaching career clouded not long ago, Brian Flores is bringing clarity to Steelers

Miami fired him after three years as head coach. And a reunion with the Patriots wasn’t in the cards. So Pittsburgh brought Flores on as linebackers coach and senior defensive assistant.

Last Sunday's Patriots-Dolphins game got a 23.9 rating on Ch. 4, down considerably from last year’s 33.1 rating for the Patriots’ opener, which was also against the Dolphins.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

If the Patriots are mediocre this season, can we can expect mediocre broadcast teams, too?

Getting the best national broadcast teams to call so many of their games was a perk of the Patriots’ excellence for all those years.

Dan Shaughnessy: Bill Belichick is on the hot seat, and other thoughts ahead of a must-win for the Patriots

“The teams that win a championship, the run doesn’t always go smooth and perfect,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will the turmoil the Yankees have endured this season help them in the playoffs?

The Yankees were on a pace to win 113 games at the All-Star break. They are under .500 since.

J.D. Martinez delivers as Red Sox rally past Royals After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer

Hispanic Heritage Month

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now that 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.

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

Leaving East Boston, and Coming Back Home

After dreaming of a career in football Tyrone Figueroa’s career took an unexpected turn: he became a public school teacher and returned home to East Boston. ( By Randy Vazquez/Globe Staff, By Andrea Patiño Contreras/Globe Staff )

Opinion

Just after winning his Republican primary on Tuesday, New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc said he no longer believed that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Trump and conceded that Joe Biden is the legitimate president of the United States.

EDITORIAL

This Republican’s pivot should fool no one

Don Bolduc was an election denier until this week, when he won the GOP primary for Senate in New Hampshire. How dumb does he think voters are?

LETTERS

Getting out from under the weight of student loan debt

LETTERS

A path to Massachusetts, paved with political intentions

Colin Diver

My old college boycotted the US News ratings. I wish more schools would do the same.

IDEAS | CRAIG THOMAS

Hollywood and the ‘R-word’

Culture | V. Jo Hsu

The irony of the trans ‘villain’
When Boston Children's Hospital gets violent threats for providing gender-affirming care, and drag queen story hours are attacked as “sites of sexual predation,” it’s time to confront the rising tide of anti-trans propaganda seeking to divide us.

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

Part 2

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."

FDA approves Bluebird Bio gene therapy for lethal brain disease in children

Skysona, now the firm’s second commercial gene therapy, will cost $3 million, making it the most expensive drug in the country.

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81
"She wanted to be the voice of the newborn," a colleague said of Dr. Als.

After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer
With Reese McGuire and Connor Wong set to return, Plawecki, 31 and due to hit free agency at the end of the year, wasn’t in the Sox’ long term plans.

Shrewsbury woman killed in crash involving school bus

A 49-year-old Shrewsbury woman was killed Thursday morning after a car crash involving a school bus, according to a press release from the Shrewsbury Police Department.

For Russia’s Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount
Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops pushed their counteroffensive Saturday to advance farther into Ukraine’s partly recaptured northeast.

Biden warns Putin against using nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine

MUSIC REVIEW

A Samara Joy-ride at Scullers
The 22-year-old singer has been on a trajectory since winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019, and the performance at Scullers showed why.

Four secrets from the world’s longest happiness study

A Harvard study traced people into old age, asking them about their proudest moments and regrets. The results can help us reframe our parenting priorities.

An illustrated guide to people seen on the T
The Orange Line is set to come back online on Monday, and people around Boston are getting ready to resume their regularly scheduled commutes. And by extension — headaches. To mark the occasion, we’ve created a guide to the archetypes you’ll likely brush shoulders with while riding the MBTA.

Incoming Boston schools leader discusses her vision for the district and its challenges at Globe Summit
Mary Skipper says she's been trying to understand people’s perspectives and experiences about what’s working in the district, as well as the priorities of the community.

Opera star lands in Boston after opposing ‘Europe’s last dictator’
Ilya Silchukou, who publicly sided with protesters following the disputed 2020 election in Belarus, is starting over in the US with his wife and their three children. He performs in Boston on Saturday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Rosalía with her dancers in concert at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, the first date on her US tour.

Pop powerhouse Rosalía in full command at MGM Music Hall

David Koechner plays Laugh Boston September 16-17, with a special “Office” trivia show as Todd Packer Saturday afternoon.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Museum of Fine Arts’ Latinx Heritage Night

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in Poland, circa 1941, as seen in "The U.S. and the Holocaust."

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ examines a question that haunts us still: Why didn’t we do more?

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

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

Globe Magazine

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

King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on Sept. 14.

Alex Beam

Charles — be still my heart

A Boston Police bomb squad officer, left, and a K-9 unit officer, right, on the campus of Northeastern University on Wednesday.

RENÉE GRAHAM

A city in a state of dread and unease

President Biden is driving a message of Democratic accomplishment, while the GOP is bumbling about in foggy disarray.

SCOT LEHIGH

The midterms take a distinctly Democratic turn

Members of the Martha's Vineyard community and migrants gather at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Edgartown on Sept. 15. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has claimed responsibility for the stunt that sent two unexpected planes of migrants from Venezuela to the island.

EDITORIAL

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

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

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Metro

OBITUARY

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81

"She wanted to be the voice of the newborn," a colleague said of Dr. Als.

Seal pops up in Shoe Pond in Beverly

The seal may have been chasing fish up the Bass River and ended up in nearby Shoe Pond, next to the Cummings Center, officials said Friday.

Jorja Fleezanis, violinist and pioneering concertmaster, dies at 70

Ms. Fleezanis was one of the first women to serve as concertmaster of a major symphony orchestra in the United States.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with

The woman who enticed desperate Venezuelan migrants onto the planes that dropped them on Martha’s Vineyard without notice last week is straight out of a Dickens story.

Sports

Jakobi Meyers was undrafted but is now one of the Patriots’ best all-around threats.

Patriots notebook

How Jakobi Meyers and Gunner Olszewski persevered after being afterthoughts with the Patriots in 2019

As the big names came and left, Meyers and Olszewski kept showing up and showing out.

Nicholas Barr-Mira booted the winning field goal for UCLA as time expired.

ucla 32, south alabama 31

Last-second field goal helps UCLA escape upset bid by South Alabama

South Alabama looked to be in control of becoming the fourth Sun Belt Conference team in two weeks to beat a Power Five team, but was done in when a trick play went awry.

Kevin Plawecki played in 149 games over three seasons with the Red Sox before getting designated for assignment Friday night.

red sox notebook

After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer

With Reese McGuire and Connor Wong set to return, Plawecki, 31 and due to hit free agency at the end of the year, wasn’t in the Sox’ long term plans.

As school sports kick off, a test for new protocols to spot, report abuses

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

Tournament a win-win for Mansfield golf team and Hockomock Area YMCA integrated golf program

ROYALS AT RED SOX | 4:10 P.M. (NESN)

Game 145: Royals at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

Global economy weakening amid inflation fight, war and lingering pandemic

Stubbornly high inflation has Wall Street worried that the Federal Reserve will respond by raising interest rates until the United States tumbles into recession, taking the weakening global economy with it.

FDA approves Bluebird Bio gene therapy for lethal brain disease in children

Skysona, now the firm’s second commercial gene therapy, will cost $3 million, making it the most expensive drug in the country.

Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

Senator Warren urges DOT to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion Spirit deal

magazine

My Boston History

Why humor is the best bridge between cultures

My Boston History

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

CONNECTIONS

A taste of home at the Hi-Lo Supermarket

PERSPECTIVE

For her first new restaurant in more than a decade, chef Barbara Lynch looks homeward

Migrants detail ruse as lawyers, advocates explore possible criminal violations The undocumented migrants consistently report they were induced to board the planes in San Antonio with false promises of work in Boston, educational opportunities, and help with immigration paperwork.

YVONNE ABRAHAM Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with The woman who enticed desperate Venezuelan migrants onto the planes that dropped them on Martha’s Vineyard without notice last week is straight out of a Dickens story.

Migrants head to temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod In an emotional farewell Friday, the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants flown unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday left the island.

See more coverage of the migrant crisis

Putting together the pieces of ‘The Embrace’ Boston’s long-awaited memorial to the Kings is headed to the Common in January. Our art critic traveled to the Walla Walla Foundry in Washington state, and visited the Brooklyn studio of artist Hank Willis Thomas, to trace its journey.

New Hampshire keeps patients in the dark about their doctors’ malpractice, disciplinary records

Trump’s former accounting firm begins turning over documents to Congress

Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe

Here’s how much money you could get back through the new Mass. tax refund

As school sports kick off, a test for new protocols to spot, report abuses

His coaching career clouded not long ago, Brian Flores is bringing clarity to Steelers

If the Patriots are mediocre this season, can we can expect mediocre broadcast teams, too?

Will the turmoil the Yankees have endured this season help them in the playoffs?

Hispanic Heritage Month

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

This Republican’s pivot should fool no one

Getting out from under the weight of student loan debt

A path to Massachusetts, paved with political intentions

My old college boycotted the US News ratings. I wish more schools would do the same.

Hollywood and the ‘R-word’

Mass. coronavirus at a glance

Cases and deaths

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150 years of The Boston Globe

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.

A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line

More recent stories

FDA approves Bluebird Bio gene therapy for lethal brain disease in children

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81 "She wanted to be the voice of the newborn," a colleague said of Dr. Als.

After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer With Reese McGuire and Connor Wong set to return, Plawecki, 31 and due to hit free agency at the end of the year, wasn’t in the Sox’ long term plans.

Shrewsbury woman killed in crash involving school bus

For Russia’s Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops pushed their counteroffensive Saturday to advance farther into Ukraine’s partly recaptured northeast.

MUSIC REVIEW A Samara Joy-ride at Scullers The 22-year-old singer has been on a trajectory since winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019, and the performance at Scullers showed why.

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Four secrets from the world’s longest happiness study

Incoming Boston schools leader discusses her vision for the district and its challenges at Globe Summit Mary Skipper says she's been trying to understand people’s perspectives and experiences about what’s working in the district, as well as the priorities of the community.

Opera star lands in Boston after opposing ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Ilya Silchukou, who publicly sided with protesters following the disputed 2020 election in Belarus, is starting over in the US with his wife and their three children. He performs in Boston on Saturday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Pop powerhouse Rosalía in full command at MGM Music Hall

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ examines a question that haunts us still: Why didn’t we do more?

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A Beautiful Resistance

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Charles — be still my heart

A city in a state of dread and unease

The midterms take a distinctly Democratic turn

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

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

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Metro

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81

Seal pops up in Shoe Pond in Beverly

Jorja Fleezanis, violinist and pioneering concertmaster, dies at 70

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with

Sports

How Jakobi Meyers and Gunner Olszewski persevered after being afterthoughts with the Patriots in 2019

Last-second field goal helps UCLA escape upset bid by South Alabama

After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer

As school sports kick off, a test for new protocols to spot, report abuses

Tournament a win-win for Mansfield golf team and Hockomock Area YMCA integrated golf program

Game 145: Royals at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

Global economy weakening amid inflation fight, war and lingering pandemic

FDA approves Bluebird Bio gene therapy for lethal brain disease in children

Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

Senator Warren urges DOT to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion Spirit deal

Why humor is the best bridge between cultures

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

A taste of home at the Hi-Lo Supermarket

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

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Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend brings in $165k from auction of their old stuff

Migrants detail ruse as lawyers, advocates explore possible criminal violations
The undocumented migrants consistently report they were induced to board the planes in San Antonio with false promises of work in Boston, educational opportunities, and help with immigration paperwork.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with
The woman who enticed desperate Venezuelan migrants onto the planes that dropped them on Martha’s Vineyard without notice last week is straight out of a Dickens story.

Migrants head to temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod
In an emotional farewell Friday, the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants flown unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday left the island.

Putting together the pieces of ‘The Embrace’
Boston’s long-awaited memorial to the Kings is headed to the Common in January. Our art critic traveled to the Walla Walla Foundry in Washington state, and visited the Brooklyn studio of artist Hank Willis Thomas, to trace its journey.

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.

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81
"She wanted to be the voice of the newborn," a colleague said of Dr. Als.

After three seasons as the Red Sox’ backup catcher, Kevin Plawecki was sent off with a beer
With Reese McGuire and Connor Wong set to return, Plawecki, 31 and due to hit free agency at the end of the year, wasn’t in the Sox’ long term plans.

For Russia’s Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount
Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops pushed their counteroffensive Saturday to advance farther into Ukraine’s partly recaptured northeast.

MUSIC REVIEW

A Samara Joy-ride at Scullers
The 22-year-old singer has been on a trajectory since winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019, and the performance at Scullers showed why.

Incoming Boston schools leader discusses her vision for the district and its challenges at Globe Summit
Mary Skipper says she's been trying to understand people’s perspectives and experiences about what’s working in the district, as well as the priorities of the community.

Opera star lands in Boston after opposing ‘Europe’s last dictator’
Ilya Silchukou, who publicly sided with protesters following the disputed 2020 election in Belarus, is starting over in the US with his wife and their three children. He performs in Boston on Saturday.