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‘Incompatible with the gospel’: Religious leaders condemn flight of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Catholic, Evangelical Christian, and Jewish community leaders called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ move a political stunt that betrays the values of most religions, including his own.

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Baker says ‘screwed-up’ US immigration system needs fixing, after migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard

What we know about Perla, the woman at the center of the transfer of migrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard

Plane towing a banner reading ‘Vineyard Hypocrites’ circles Martha’s Vineyard

Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, to be released, conviction tossed
A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”

‘I call malarkey.’ Biden says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over.’ But some experts say not so fast.

The president's comments Sunday came as the United States is still seeing a seven-day average of 391 COVID-19 deaths and 60,831 cases per day as of mid-September from the disease that swept into the country in 2020.

Former MBTA inspector, once a highest earner, to stand trial for sexual assault threat

A former MBTA employee, who was among the agency’s top earners, is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 27 for allegedly threatening a colleague with sexual assault.

A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico, on Sunday. According to authorities three people were inside the home and were reported to have been rescued.

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

After ‘no comment’ sparked controversy, Diehl will accept results of the November election, campaign says

Attorney General Maura Healey is suing a prominent Merrimack Valley car dealership, alleging discrimination against Black and Hispanic car buyers in their pricing of add-on services such as extra warranties.

AG sues car dealership for overcharging Black and Hispanic customers for add-ons

Jaffarian Volvo Toyota, a Haverhill auto dealership, uses “unfair, deceptive and discriminatory” pricing practices when it sells “add-on” products, such as prepaid car repair and remote starters, to Black and Hispanic customers, according to a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Maura Healey last week.

Goodbye, shuttle buses. Hello, trains. The Orange Line’s return is greeted with hope that T service will improve.
The Orange Line reopened Monday morning around 5 a.m., marking the end of the unprecedented 30-day shutdown.

Commuters ride into Boston from Oak Grove on the MBTA Orange Line on the first day of the line's reopening after a one month shutdown.

The Orange Line is back. Here are some of the best memes about its return.

"Congratulations! If you're reading this, you survived the MBTA's Orange Line Meltdown of 2022!"

An illustrated guide to people seen on the T

Larry Edelman

‘He is going to have to battle his ghosts’: Charles takes over the family business
At 73, he becomes CEO of the royal family’s $28 billion business at an age when most leaders have already stepped down.

Photos: Saying a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II

Amaya is a 475-unit apartment building planned near the MBTA Blue Line Beachmont Station in Revere by development partners The HYM Investment Group, National Real Estate Advisors, and Cathexis Holdings LP.

Suffolk Downs apartments land $150M construction loan

Suffolk Downs spans 161 acres in Revere and Boston and has more than 16 million square feet planned, including about 10,000 housing units.

A view from inside one of the Long Island Shelter buildings with another in the background.

Is there a future for Long Island beyond a recovery campus?

The reopening of Long Island will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars, but if it is to be an option at all, the planning needs to start.

Josh McDaniels, back out on his own with the Raiders, has been reminded of how hard it is to win in the NFL.

Ben Volin | On football

NFL Week 2 review: Josh McDaniels and Mike McDaniel — both part of 28-3 — were on opposite ends of wild comebacks

It was a fascinating NFL Sunday. The Jets came back to win, Jimmy Garoppolo was pressed into service, and the Broncos look like a mess.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Growing up as a Black Latina on the North Shore, I searched for role models who looked like me
The power of my mother’s example carried me forward.

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories I’m a multilingual singer-songwriter who grew up among wanderers. Here’s why I call Boston home. Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

From festivals and films to art and music, here are some ways to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Museum of Fine Arts’ Latinx Heritage Night

Opinion

President Biden, accompanied by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh (center right) speaks in the Oval Office of the White House Sept. 15 in Washington. Biden said that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections.

Marty Walsh in 2024?

Heading off an imminent rail strike raises Walsh’s profile as a working-class hero at a time when Democrats are fighting the perception they represent the party of elites and could set him up as a potential running mate in the 2024 election.

Lindsey Graham’s bait and switch

José Ignacio Hernández G.

Four ideas to ease the Venezuelan migrant crisis

MARCELA GARCÍA

The immigrants who were already on Martha’s Vineyard

DeSantis and Abbott are using tactics straight out of the Jim Crow playbook

CULTURE | KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Books have power; it’s no surprise the powerful want to control them
The Emancipator looks at the history of book banning, from the burning of the nation’s first Black bookstore in 1800's New York City, to author Toni Morrison's books being taken off school shelves, to kick off this year's Banned Books Week.

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Spotlight investigation

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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

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."

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Air passengers could see sweeping reforms and easier refunds. Consumer advocates and lawmakers say it’s still not enough.
Under a new proposal, the US could soon clearly spell out the circumstances under which passengers are entitled to compensation from airlines.

Trump rally plays music resembling QAnon song, and crowds react
Former president Donald Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.

Governor Baker talks Mass. climate efforts at start of New York City Climate Week
Governor Baker discussed a new climate law he signed last month, as well as the state’s earlier efforts to prioritize growing the offshore wind industry, such as a 2016 law aimed at boost renewable energy.

Former BPDA chief Brian Golden steps over to law firm
Golden was the longest-serving BPDA director in the agency’s history until his departure in May.

Mother, daughter arrested after trying to enter Excel High School and confront student, officials say

Boston police arrested a 31-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter after they allegedly tried to force their way into Excel High School in South Boston on Friday to confront a student who they claimed had spit on the daughter, according to the Suffolk district attorney's office.

Strong earthquake shakes Mexico´s Pacific coast; 1 killed
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico’s central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes.

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Grace Bannasch, Shutesbury's part-time clerk, displayed the mechanical ballot box, made in 1934, used by the town in elections.

‘I have no idea what any of these even mean’: Massachusetts clerks are getting bombarded with conspiracy-fueled records requests about the 2020 election

The problem has become so pervasive it’s caught the attention of Secretary of State William F. Galvin, whose office has contacted the attorney general.

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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

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.

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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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

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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Venezuelan migrants and volunteers gather in St. Andrew's Parish House on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 15. Two planes of migrants from Venezuela arrived suddenly Sept. 14, causing the local community to mobilize and create a makeshift shelter at the church.

DeSantis and Abbott are using tactics straight out of the Jim Crow playbook

Venezuelan migrants run as they cross the Rio Grande into the United States to seek political asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico, on Sept. 12.

José Ignacio Hernández G.

Four ideas to ease the Venezuelan migrant crisis

University of Pennsylvania junior Coby Rich, 20, helped Makayla Davis, 23, register to vote during an All In PA voter drive on campus in Philadelphia on Aug. 31.

Why the midterms may send more young voters to the polls than ever before

Columbia University was demoted from number 2 to number 18 in the US News & World Report college rankings on Sept. 12, after a Columbia math professor alleged that the school submitted inflated statistics for 2022.

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

A shopper holds a shopping basket with groceries inside a grocery store in San Francisco on May 2.

Not so fast on interest rates

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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US SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court shouldn’t be ‘inserting itself into every hot button issue in America,’ Justice Kagan says

Speaking at Salve Regina University, Kagan rejects the idea that “law is politics,” saying a court does best “when it doesn’t allow personal political views, personal policy views to affect or infect its judging."

After ‘no comment’ sparked controversy, Diehl will accept results of the November election, campaign says

A spokeswoman for GOP gubernatorial nominee Geoff Diehl said he will accept the results in his race against Democratic nominee Maura Healey, who has also pledged to accept the results.

Firefighters battle 3-alarm blaze in Roxbury home

A three-alarm fire broke out in Roxbury on Monday, spreading to every floor of a three-story building.

Goodbye, shuttle buses. Hello, trains. The Orange Line’s return is greeted with hope that T service will improve.

The Orange Line reopened Monday morning around 5 a.m., marking the end of the unprecedented 30-day shutdown.

Sports

Mets owner Steve Cohen has had no problem spending big to try and bring a World Series title to Queens for the first time since 1986.

Baseball Notebook

Mets have top payroll, Dodgers drop to second without suspended Trevor Bauer

The Mets are on track to have baseball’s highest payroll for the first time since 1989, among a record-tying six teams set to pay a penalty for spending.

Belmont and Watertown played to an MIAA tie during 'Soccer Night in Bedford' but decided to figure out an unofficial winner using penalty kicks.

BOYS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

‘Soccer Night in Belmont’ draws 2,500 to revel in the beautiful game

“We try to make it as close to a World Cup Final as possible in a high school stadium with a budget of $2,000,” said Rob Gray, a co-founder of the event.

David Krejci, who said he felt great all year while playing in Czechia, at the Olympics, and at the world championships, has returned to the Bruins eager to play.

David Krejci returns to Bruins eager to tackle some exciting opportunities, including playing with David Pastrnak

He enters the season with 962 games played and the 1,000-game milestone in sight.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Kendrick Bourne sees more time, but plenty of depth chart left to climb

Why Red Sox rookie Brayan Bello could end up in the 2023 rotation

Photos: See how the Celtics plan to honor Bill Russell on the TD Garden parquet

Business

It’s no joke: Improv Asylum CEO branches out into the co-working business

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

From ports to parks: Wu asks state to lift industrial restrictions along Eastie waterfront

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday asked the state’s top environmental official to lift “Designated Port Area” restrictions on a number of properties along East Boston’s waterfront, potentially opening them up for park construction or developments beyond the maritime industrial uses allowed there today.

AG sues car dealership for overcharging Black and Hispanic customers for add-ons

‘He is going to have to battle his ghosts’: Charles takes over the family business

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Alisa Amador

My Boston History

I'm a multilingual singer-songwriter. Here's why I call Boston home.

The Acostas in Havana — parents Antonio and Rosa Acosta, 2-year-old Rosalin in her mother’s arms, and brother Anthony.

My Boston History

Talent and education aren’t always enough. So I work to ensure opportunities for all.

Sabrina Avilés

My Boston History

Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart

My Boston History

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

metro

Volunteers gather in a circle before helping Venezuelan migrants board buses outside of St. Andrew's Parish House in Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 16, 2022.

What we know about Perla, the woman at the center of the transfer of migrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard

Adult member of Boston Public Schools community tests positive for monkeypox, officials say

Former MBTA inspector, once a highest earner, to stand trial for sexual assault threat

sports

With stars like Chelsea Gray (center) and A'ja Wilson (right), the Aces look like they'll be a problem for the long term.

Aces poised to capture multiple WNBA titles with A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray at the forefront

We should have known Bill Belichick would refuse to let the Patriots fall to 0-2

Former Patriots receiver Josh Gordon added to Titans’ roster in time for Monday Night Football

business

Amaya is a 475-unit apartment building planned near the MBTA Blue Line Beachmont Station in Revere by development partners The HYM Investment Group, National Real Estate Advisors, and Cathexis Holdings LP.

Suffolk Downs apartments land $150M construction loan

Former BPDA chief Brian Golden joins law firm to launch real estate practice

Porsche IPO to raise up to $9.4 billion for parent VW

politics

Volunteers gather in a circle before helping Venezuelan migrants board buses outside of St. Andrew's Parish House in Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 16, 2022.

What we know about Perla, the woman at the center of the transfer of migrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard

Plane towing a banner reading ‘Vineyard Hypocrites’ circles Martha’s Vineyard

Baker says ‘screwed-up’ US immigration system needs fixing, after migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard

Nation

Adnan Syed, center, walked out of a Baltimore prison Monday. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”

Judge vacates murder conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’

NYC mayor considers housing migrants on cruise ships

Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, to be released, conviction tossed

World

First responders looked a damage to a building in Mexico City after an earthquake on the country's southwest Pacific coast on Monday.

Strong earthquake shakes Mexico´s Pacific coast; 1 killed

US contractor freed by Taliban in swap for drug trafficker

Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral

opinion

A Venezuelan migrant mother and her child on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 15.

Wanted: a bipartisan brain trust to propose true immigration reform

To Chief Justice Roberts: Jurist, heal thy court

Centering the colonized in a time of mourning

lifestyle

Brewster Book Store displays some of the titles to be featured during the Cape and Islands Banned Books Hunt.

It’s Banned Books Week — and these bookstores are hiding challenged books for their readers to find

My boyfriend comes with too much baggage

Queen’s 8 grandchildren hold silent vigil beside her coffin

food & dining

A couple enjoys a drink in D'Vino wine bar in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Like Italian wine? 🍷 Start thinking about Croatian grapes.

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

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

travel

“When Americans buy an airline ticket, they should get to their destination safely, reliably, and affordably,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement last month. “This new proposed rule would protect the rights of travelers and help ensure they get the timely refunds they deserve from the airlines.”

Air passengers could see sweeping reforms and easier refunds. Consumer advocates and lawmakers say it’s still not enough.

On both coasts, oyster tours are the new wine tours

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

Arts

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

At the Griffin: ‘Shootapalooza,’ ‘hair portraits,’ and going to the Mardi Gras

Jeff Perrott’s roller coaster of color

Books

Brewster Book Store displays some of the titles to be featured during the Cape and Islands Banned Books Hunt.

It’s Banned Books Week — and these bookstores are hiding challenged books for their readers to find

Getting to the heart of the matter

Can women plus law save us?

Movies

Mr. Silva (right) joined Ernest Borgnine at the latter's 90th birthday party in Los Angeles in 2007.

Henry Silva, actor who specialized in menace, dies at 95

Greg Mottola on going by the book for ‘Confess, Fletch’

‘The Woman King’ leads with humanity, not perfection

Television

King Viserys Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Laenor Velaryon in episode five of "House of the Dragon."

Two ancient families unite in episode 5 of ‘House of the Dragon’

This week’s TV: Norman Lear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of ‘Quantum Leap’

Planning to watch Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday? Set your alarm.

music

Lil Nas X shown in concert in Minneapolis in 2021.

Lil Nas X, a pop star in three acts, at MGM Music Hall

A Samara Joy-ride at Scullers

Jorja Fleezanis, violinist and pioneering concertmaster, dies at 70

Theater/Dance

From left: Shani Farrell, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, and Dayenne CB Walters in “Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine” at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.

A fallen entrepreneur reconnects with the community she left behind in ‘Fabulation’

Chita Rivera brings Broadway to Worcester

With a pair of premieres, Moonbox showcases local playwrights to start its season

globe local

Kim Smothermon greets a guinea pig after it returned from a checkup at the vet clinic.

These little piggies are finding their way home

The Argument: Should Massachusetts adopt legislation barring deceptive ads by pregnancy crisis centers?

Keep doing whatever prompts you to say, ‘I love the journey’

Obituaries

Ms. Dwan, in her apartment in New York in 2016.

Virginia Dwan, behind-the-scenes force in the art world, dies at 90

Sonny Walker, pioneering Black tavern owner, dies at 97

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