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Immigrant rights advocates file suit against Florida officials for sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston names Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, the Department of Transportation, the State of Florida, and five “unidentified accomplices” as defendants, records show.

Local officials and advocates support Texas sheriff’s probe into relocation of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard Mass. delegation requests expedited financial aid to local nonprofits that aid migrants

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes says he’s received death threats over advocacy for Martha’s Vineyard immigrants

Inside GOP politics, Trump is increasingly on defense, while DeSantis is on offense

What happened Saturday evening spoke volumes about the prospects of the two men, who could end up clashing in a Republican primary.

Arbiter in Trump documents investigation signals intent to move quickly

On abortion, N.H. Republican Senate challenger has a message: ‘Get over it’

Video shows ‘unauthorized access’ to Georgia election equipment

A former Republican Party official in Georgia who was a fake elector in 2020 misrepresented her role in an alleged breach of voting equipment at an elections office after the last presidential election, a court filing says.

Mayor Wu makes some temporary street changes permanent after Orange Line shutdown
The changes remaining in place include a new Chinatown bus stop; bus lanes in the Copley Square area; loading and drop off zones in the South End; pavement marking and signage in Jamaica Plain; and a bus and bike priority lane on Huntington Avenue.

Students file across the campus of Boston University.

More than 800,000 Mass. student loan borrowers eligible for debt relief, White House says

The data shed new light on what has become a point of contention surrounding President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $10,000 per person in student debt: Exactly who will, and who won’t, benefit from the relief.

What downturn? Tech job listings are way up. So are salaries.
Many of the 2,000-odd people who were laid off this summer by Boston-area tech companies are already back at work — and many have higher salaries than they did before.

Innovation Economy: Tech insiders have a lot to say about the local startup scene. Most of it is good.

Broad scales up as Biogen scales back in Kendall Square
A three-way deal between Broad, Biogen, and Boston Properties will aid the research institute’s expansion while generating roughly $600 million in cash for the drugmaker.

Lil Nas X

‘I accidentally fell in love.’ Lil Nas X sends pizza to religious protesters outside his Boston show.

The “Old Town Road” singer performed Sunday at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, and when a small group of religious protesters gathered outside the venue, the Grammy winner sent them pizza.

Emily Crowell is known for flexing her muscle to get the job done.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Meet the woman who just helped Brett Smiley become mayor of Providence

No one’s stock in Rhode Island politics has risen more than Emily Crowell’s over the past decade.

It's not likely anyone else but Zdeno Chara (right), who was hugged by former teammates Brad Marchand (center) and Patrice Bergeron (left), will ever don the No. 33 for the Black and Gold.

Matt Porter | On hockey

An imposing figure on and off the ice, former Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara was ‘one in a million’

Chara was the largest player in NHL history — 6 feet 9 inches and at his Stanley Cup-hoisting peak, a chiseled 260 pounds — and certainly one of the strongest, with piercing green eyes and a voice of a subterranean register.

Hispanic Heritage Month

CONNECTIONS

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories
A family outing to Jamaica Plain’s old Hi-Lo Foods market was always a taste of home.

Talent and education aren’t always enough. So I work to ensure opportunities for all. Ideas | Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

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.'

Alisa Amador

Opinion

During his successful primary campaign, US Senate candidate Don Bolduc of New Hampshire had repeatedly declared that Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential election. But less than two days after winning his party’s nomination, Bolduc effectuated an epic about-face.

Why do some citizens let themselves be duped by election deniers?

It runs contrary to what we say and believe about ourselves. And yet . . .

Trump and QAnon: A marriage made in Hell

IDEAS | BILL EVILLE

Showing up for migrants who were pawns in a cruel gambit

MARCELA GARCÍA

The immigrants who were already on Martha’s Vineyard

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The oft-repeated jokes that make us roll our eyes

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

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

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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INNOVATION BEAT

This Boston startup has the scoop on return-to-office rates
The stubbornly low rate of office use indicates that many workers may not be following employer mandates to be in at least three days per week, based on data from Boston startup Robin.

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Here’s what we learned from the new ‘Serial’ episode about Adnan Syed’s case
Adnan Syed walked out of prison after 23 years when a Baltimore judge ordered his release and overturned his conviction.

Steamship Authority: Sorry, we’re not going to name our new ferries after ‘Jaws’
The Steamship Authority held a public contest to name two new ferries. But they've urged the board that ultimately decides which ones to pick to reject movie references and submissions like "Ferry McFerryface" and "Steamy McSteamface."

Larry Edelman

Jack Shields scores big with Walgreens buyout
The drugstore giant is acquiring the rest of Shields Health Solutions in a deal that values the company at $4.2 billion.

Salvation Army helping out in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona
Salvation Army personnel from Massachusetts stand ready to assist the victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, the charity said Monday.

Fiona brings hurricane winds to Turks and Caicos Islands

Hip-hop concert culminates Boston Cannabis Week
In its third year, Boston Cannabis Week boasts an impressive lineup for Xperience Boston, its music festival. Artists scheduled to perform include Common, Curren$y, Roc Marciano & The Alchemist, Akrobatik & Dub Apocalypse, Dutch ReBelle and DJ Slipwax.

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Waiting, grumbling, and . . . sandals? Jury duty is a drag. But it’s also vital to democracy.

For a week and a half, jury duty would dominate my days, infiltrate my sleep, and, ultimately, recalibrate the way I viewed an essential civic obligation.

AG sues car dealership for overcharging Black and Hispanic customers for add-ons
The office of Attorney General Maura Healey said a dealership in Haverhill charged Black customers about $500 more and Hispanic customers almost $400 more for add-ons, compared with white customers.

‘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.

Amid historic drought, more are turning to an ancient practice in their quest for water.
Those in need of a consistent water source appear to be shelving skepticism about dowsing — or water divining as it’s sometimes called — turning increasingly to the centuries-old practice to fill the void.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Noelle Lambert and her "Survivor" tribe mates. Season 43 of the show premieres Wednesday night.

N.H. Paralympian aims to be the first amputee to win ‘Survivor’

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

Lil Nas X shown in concert in Minneapolis in 2021.

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

Michelle Zauner's book (left) and a picture with her mother.

With food as comfort, Michelle Zauner is crying a little less intensely in H Mart

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Vineyard volunteers, including the author's wife and daughter (foreground, in white T-shirts) helped administer COVID tests to Venezuelan migrants at St. Andrew's Church in Edgartown on Sept. 14.

IDEAS | BILL EVILLE

Showing up for migrants who were pawns in a cruel gambit

A sign at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School displays a message in Portuguese, "Welcome MVRHS" and "PTSO meeting."

MARCELA GARCÍA

The immigrants who were already on Martha’s Vineyard

Crummy joke fatigue is real, especially when you've heard that joke one time too many.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: The oft-repeated jokes that make us roll our eyes

The Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. The Federal Open Market Committee is set to hold its two-day meeting on interest rates starting on Sept. 20.

Tyler Goodspeed

It’s time to stop believing in immaculate disinflation

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?

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

Can dogs help people stay sober?

Going to 12-step meetings helps. Having a sponsor helps. Spirituality helps. Why wouldn’t a lovable dog?

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes says he’s received death threats over advocacy for Martha’s Vineyard immigrants

Fernandes said in an interview Tuesday on GBH-TV that he has alerted State Police, who are “looking into” the threats.

A former dispatcher, now he’s the chief of police

A former dispatcher, now he’s the chief of police

Immigrant rights advocates file suit against Florida officials for sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston names Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, the Department of Transportation, the State of Florida, and five “unidentified accomplices” as defendants, records show.

Sports

Patrice Bergeron and Linus Ullmark attended Bruins captains practice last week in Brighton.

Bruins release roster ahead of start to training camp

The Bruins officially open training camp Thursday. Here's a look at who will be skating in Brighton.

Franklin seniors (left-right) Kaeley Dubriske, Kaitlyn Carney, and Shaw Downing lead the Panthers into another season with title aspirations.

FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

With a memorable 2021 in the rearview mirror, Franklin field hockey looks to take it one step further in 2022

The Panthers made an impressive run to the Division 1 semifinals last season, and a strong senior class is hungry for more.

Dustin Johnson won the LIV Golf event earlier this month at The International in Bolton.

LIV Golf asking world ranking board for retroactive points

The newly started tour has filed a request for players to be rewarded in rankings now despite established rules for a one-year wait, stating, "an OWGR without LIV would be incomplete and inaccurate."

Baseball notebook

Yankees pitcher Frankie Montas has another cortisone injection

Matt Porter | On hockey

An imposing figure on and off the ice, former Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara was ‘one in a million’

Utah family sues Little League over son’s head injury at World Series

Business

A celebration at South Station as tower marches skyward

More than two years after its groundbreaking, officials gathered on Tuesday to celebrate a complicated project at South Station.

Maine paper mill damaged by 2020 blast to close for good

The Pixelle Specialty Solutions mill, which will close in the first quarter of 2023, lost its ability to produce pulp but continued to operate a pair of paper machines after the explosion.

Broad scales up as Biogen scales back in Kendall Square

Greater Boston housing market cooled off in August

magazine

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

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

US Chamber of Commerce endorses Fung for Congress

Local officials and advocates support Texas sheriff’s probe into relocation of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

sports

Could Jamie Collins return to New England (again)?

Veteran linebacker Jamie Collins has a free agent visit with the Patriots

Red Sox shut down Garrett Whitlock; reliever will have surgery on hip

Maury Wills, base-stealing shortstop for Dodgers, dies at 89

business

The top of the Flyer Express Quad at Jay Peak in Vermont.

Judge OKs Utah-based company’s $76M bid to buy Jay Peak

More than 800,000 Mass. student loan borrowers eligible for debt relief, White House says

Tech insiders have a lot to say about the local startup scene. Most of it is good.

politics

Former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Arbiter in Trump documents investigation signals intent to move quickly

Inside GOP politics, Trump is increasingly on defense, while DeSantis is on offense

US needs to reform efforts to stop enemy spies, report says

Nation

On Tuesday, federal authorities indicted 44 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts due to a massive scheme that took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Feeding Our Future’s founder and executive director was among those indicted.

Indictments accuse 44 in Minnesota of brazen pandemic aid fraud

‘Very harmful’ lack of data blunts US response to outbreaks

In a first, health panel calls for routine anxiety screening in adults

World

People leave a flooded house after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Barrio Playita, a neighborhood in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 19, 2022.

Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanup

Four Ukrainian separatist regions plan votes to join Russia

UN chief: World is ‘paralyzed’ and equity is slipping away

opinion

Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, with her 1977 novel "Song of Solomon" on Sept. 21, 2012.

Books have power; it’s no surprise the powerful want to control them

Lindsey Graham’s bait and switch

Marty Walsh in 2024?

lifestyle

US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says

No roadmap required

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

food & dining

Steak Antonio's at Antonio's Restaurant in New Bedford.

A personalized Portuguese food crawl through Fall River and New Bedford

Ploughgate makes boring butter a thing of the past

Carbone’s sauces, now on a shelf near you

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 that’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

Jordan Seaberry, "That Freed Self," 2022. Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, and modeling paste on canvas.

Jordan Seaberry’s nod to the WPA is a labor of love

The perpetual motion of Alex Katz at Colby College Museum of Art

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

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

From "Stranger at the Gate."

‘Stranger at the Gate’ tells story of ‘shared humanity’

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

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

Television

Noelle Lambert and her "Survivor" tribe mates. Season 43 of the show premieres Wednesday night.

N.H. Paralympian aims to be the first amputee to win ‘Survivor’

Hulu’s satirical ‘Reboot’ gets it right the first time

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

music

Lil Nas X

‘I accidentally fell in love.’ Lil Nas X sends pizza to religious protesters outside his Boston show.

Hip-hop concert culminates Boston Cannabis Week

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

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

State transportation officials are examining ways to improve traffic safety in Newton Corner.

MassDOT to hold public meeting on Newton Corner traffic safety Sept. 28

MBTA Green Line D branch work to begin Sept. 24

These little piggies are finding their way home

Obituaries

Mr. Wills played on World Series title teams in 1959, ’63, and ’65 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Maury Wills, base-stealing shortstop for Dodgers, dies at 89

Valery Polyakov dies at 80; took the longest journey in space

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