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Imari Paris Jeffries took a selfie with a group visiting from Boston near portions of "The Embrace" at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington, on July 20. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. It was designed by Hank Willis Thomas.

Piece by piece, Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is coming together

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

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Live updates: Will the Patriots avoid an 0-2 start? Follow along as they take on the Steelers.
The Patriots will look to avoid their first 0-2 start in more than 20 seasons when they take on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, who vanquished the Super Bowl runner-up Bengals last week.

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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, despite two consecutive winning seasons. And a reunion with the Patriots wasn’t in the cards. So Pittsburgh brought Flores on as linebackers coach and senior defensive assistant.

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

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?
Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.

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 detail ruse as lawyers, advocates explore possible criminal violations See more coverage of the migrant crisis

Venezuelan migrants gather outside of St. Andrew's Parish House in Martha’s Vineyard on Friday.

Civil rights lawyers ask Healey, Rollins to open criminal investigation into migrants’ plight

Counterprotesters gather outside Children’s Hospital in anticipation of right-wing demonstration

The counterprotesters stood in front of the hospital’s main entrance along Longwood Avenue in Boston carrying signs with messages like: “We love our trans kids.”

DEVRA FIRST

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.

These Republicans won’t promise to accept 2022 election results, in a echo of Trump
Geoff Diehl in Massachusetts and Don Bolduc in New Hampshire are among the Republican candidates nationwide who have not said that they would accept the results of the November election.

Members of the public pay their respects as they pass the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, Lying in State inside Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster in London, on Sept. 18.

World leaders head to London for Queen Elizabeth II funeral

US President Joe Biden and other dignitaries are arriving in London for the funeral, to which around 500 royals, heads of state and heads of government from around the globe have been invited.

Nicole Baker was among those in a long line of people outside White Stadium in Franklin Park on Saturday for the B Healthy Back-to-School vaccination clinic.

Long lines were part of Franklin Park vaccination clinic aimed at getting kids shots

A vaccination clinic held in Franklin Park Saturday and timed with the return to school drew hundreds to the city’s White Stadium, but it was an hours-long wait before many people could get a shot.

Dr. Heidelise Als at Boston Children's Hospital.

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.

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

Dr. Yvon Baribeau works the controls of a surgical robot working inside an artificial chest cavity at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., on April 3, 2002.

EDITORIAL

Patients’ rights in the Live Free or Die state

Spotlight’s exposure of Dr. Yvon Baribeau’s record shows need for transparency in malpractice cases.

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.

JEFF JACOBY

A powerful new account of how Washington abandoned Hitler’s victims

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."

‘It’s terrible to get their funeral mixed up in this:’ Horse slips and dies outside funeral at Roslindale’s church
A horse struck its head and died in a fall outside of Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale Saturday while waiting to transport a carriage-drawn hearse to a local cemetery.

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.

Juveniles arrested on armed robbery charges in Jamaica Plain
A 13-year-old was carrying a baseball bat and a 14-year-old had a machete when they allegedly robbed Blanco Market on Day Street Friday, according to Boston police.

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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It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but Boston College football breaks through to beat Maine
The Eagles (1-2), who haven’t dropped a game to the Black Bears (0-3) since 1915, avoided what would have been a calamitous loss.

Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people, derails train
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.

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?

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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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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

The author hikes with his son and daughter in the Berkshires in 2020.

IDEAS | CRAIG THOMAS

Hollywood and the ‘R-word’

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

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

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

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SUNDAY'S CHILD

Mateo, 5, is very imaginative

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

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.

Civil rights lawyers ask Healey, Rollins to open criminal investigation into migrants’ plight

Venezuelan migrants whose surprise journey to Martha’s Vineyard unwittingly thrust them into the nation’s divisive immigration debate met Saturday with pro bono attorneys at their temporary quarters on Cape Cod as a prominent civil rights group asked Massachusetts prosecutors to launch criminal investigations.

Long lines were part of Franklin Park vaccination clinic aimed at getting kids shots

A vaccination clinic held in Franklin Park Saturday and timed with the return to school drew hundreds to the city’s White Stadium, but it was an hours-long wait before many people could get a shot.

Sports

Mac Jones came out early for some long toss before Sunday's game.

LIVE UPDATES

Live updates: Will the Patriots avoid an 0-2 start? Follow along as they take on the Steelers.

The Patriots will look to avoid their first 0-2 start in more than 20 seasons when they take on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, who vanquished the Super Bowl runner-up Bengals last week.

Nick Pivetta can finally reach double-digit wins in a season with a victory Sunday.

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Game 146: Royals at Red Sox lineups and notes

Despite a five-start winless streak since Aug. 16 in Pittsburgh, Sunday starter Nick Pivetta has a 3.86 ERA since the beginning of August

A banner for the Danvers High School Hockey team hung inside Endicott College’s Raymond J. Bourque Arena, where the team had played before it became embroiled in accusations of racial and homophobic hazing assaults on a hockey player.

High Schools

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?

Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.

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It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but Boston College football breaks through to beat Maine

NASCAR

Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch eliminated from playoffs as Chris Buescher wins at Bristol

Saturday's HS football roundup

Joe Carrara, Phillips Andover off to the races in season-opening win over Kent

Business

EU recommends suspending billions in funding to Hungary

The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion euros in funding to Hungary over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money.

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

Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

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patriots at steelers | 1 p.m. | cbs

LIVE UPDATES Live updates: Will the Patriots avoid an 0-2 start? Follow along as they take on the Steelers. The Patriots will look to avoid their first 0-2 start in more than 20 seasons when they take on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, who vanquished the Super Bowl runner-up Bengals last week.

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

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year? Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.

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

Civil rights lawyers ask Healey, Rollins to open criminal investigation into migrants’ plight

Counterprotesters gather outside Children’s Hospital in anticipation of right-wing demonstration

DEVRA FIRST 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.

These Republicans won’t promise to accept 2022 election results, in a echo of Trump Geoff Diehl in Massachusetts and Don Bolduc in New Hampshire are among the Republican candidates nationwide who have not said that they would accept the results of the November election.

World leaders head to London for Queen Elizabeth II funeral

Long lines were part of Franklin Park vaccination clinic aimed at getting kids shots

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

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.’

Patients’ rights in the Live Free or Die state

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.

A powerful new account of how Washington abandoned Hitler’s victims

Mass. coronavirus at a glance

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‘It’s terrible to get their funeral mixed up in this:’ Horse slips and dies outside funeral at Roslindale’s church A horse struck its head and died in a fall outside of Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale Saturday while waiting to transport a carriage-drawn hearse to a local cemetery.

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.

Juveniles arrested on armed robbery charges in Jamaica Plain A 13-year-old was carrying a baseball bat and a 14-year-old had a machete when they allegedly robbed Blanco Market on Day Street Friday, according to Boston police.

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After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?

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Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch eliminated from playoffs as Chris Buescher wins at Bristol

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

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

LIVE UPDATES

Live updates: Will the Patriots avoid an 0-2 start? Follow along as they take on the Steelers.
The Patriots will look to avoid their first 0-2 start in more than 20 seasons when they take on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, who vanquished the Super Bowl runner-up Bengals last week.

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?
Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.

DEVRA FIRST

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.

These Republicans won’t promise to accept 2022 election results, in a echo of Trump
Geoff Diehl in Massachusetts and Don Bolduc in New Hampshire are among the Republican candidates nationwide who have not said that they would accept the results of the November election.

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.

‘It’s terrible to get their funeral mixed up in this:’ Horse slips and dies outside funeral at Roslindale’s church
A horse struck its head and died in a fall outside of Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale Saturday while waiting to transport a carriage-drawn hearse to a local cemetery.

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.

Juveniles arrested on armed robbery charges in Jamaica Plain
A 13-year-old was carrying a baseball bat and a 14-year-old had a machete when they allegedly robbed Blanco Market on Day Street Friday, according to Boston police.

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.

bc 38, maine 17

It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but Boston College football breaks through to beat Maine
The Eagles (1-2), who haven’t dropped a game to the Black Bears (0-3) since 1915, avoided what would have been a calamitous loss.

Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people, derails train
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.

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.