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Three Stoughton police officers had inappropriate relationships with a young woman who came to them for mentoring, town report finds

Sandra Birchmore killed herself while pregnant with what she said was one officer’s child.

Sandra Birchmore, then a member of the Stoughton Police Explorers Program with police officer Robert Devine.

DOJ strikes deal with Newton judge charged with helping immigrant evade ICE capture

The Justice Department has agreed to drop all charges against a Newton District Court judge, drawing an end to a contentious case that had been brought under the Trump administration.

Where does Western Mass. begin? The debate plays out on WBZ radio.

Worcester? Lee? Cape Cod? Those were some of the answers floated when WBZ NewsRadio reporter Matt Shearer took to the streets of Boston to ask locals the age-old question.

Yankees 5, Red Sox 4 (10 innings)

Aaron Judge remains stuck on 60 home runs, but Yankees beat Red Sox in 10 innings anyway

New York clinched a playoff berth with the victory.

As The Squad comes to Somerville, their worst nightmare lurches to the far right just up Interstate 93

Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka reacts during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Milwaukee.

Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for a year for violations of team policies, his future with team unclear

Assistant coach Joe Mazzulla is expected to guide the team in place of Udoka.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Ime Udoka was selfish and unprofessional, but blame the Celtics for this mess, too

Udoka got what he deserved, but the Celtics are guilty of a different transgression.

Here’s what the Celtics had to say about Ime Udoka’s suspension

The Celtics said the suspension takes effect immediately.

Udoka issued a brief statement through ESPN.

Ime Udoka issues statement on suspension: ‘I accept the team’s decision’

Udoka added that "out of respect for everyone involved, I will have no further comment.”

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

We spent a night in one of the custom trailers at the Verb Hotel. Was it worth the price?
A luxury urban trailer park at the Verb Hotel called Backstage is now open. For $700 a night, you can experience camping across from Fenway Park.

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde."

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

‘Blonde’ is a rare movie with a NC-17 rating. What set it over the edge?

The official rationale behind the grade is “some sexual content,” a nebulous term. It almost reads like a placeholder. But in the age of streaming, just how meaningful is an MPA rating?

Movie review | ‘Blonde’: Some like it Marilyn

Harwich cranberry farmer Leo Cakounes, who stars in a TV advertisement opposing Question 1, said: "I’ve saved and scrimped and cut back. Now I am being penalized again when this goes through.”

There are rich people, and then there are the ‘one-time millionaires’

Opponents of the November ballot initiative that would raise taxes for some Massachusetts residents are out to redefine what it means to be wealthy.

Lendlease and Ivanhoé Cambridge are developing a nine-story, $500 million life-science lab at 60 Guest St. in the Boston Landing campus facing the Massachusetts Turnpike.

One of the final pieces of the puzzle at Boston Landing is in place

Lendlease and Ivanhoé Cambridge are jointly developing the nine-story, 350,000-square-foot facility, dubbed “Forum," which they hope to open in 2024.

Hispanic Heritage Month

PERSPECTIVE

Aún estoy aprendiendo español. Y siempre seré latina.
He llegado a comprender que, para algunas personas, especialmente para otros latinos, esta ecuación no es válida.

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

Mi Historia en Boston

La risa es la distancia más corta entre dos culturas

Por mucho que lo intentara, sabía que iba a seguir cometiendo errores verbales, culturales, sociales y profesionales en mi nuevo país.

María Eugenia Mayobre

Opinion

President Biden delivered remarks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 21.

At the UN, Biden deftly deals with two of the world’s biggest autocrats

His speech demonstrated a differential approach toward Russia and China.

IDEAS | ED QUINN

Russian bombing reduced their town to rubble. It could not crush their humanity.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

John Roberts’s constitutional color-blindness threatens civil rights

How long will Democrats hunker in their hidey holes?

Friendships in times of political division

Culture

Banned Books Week Quiz
Banned Books Week is now underway! Put your knowledge of banned and challenged works to the test with our quiz.

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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

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

Four-day workweek brings no loss of productivity, companies in experiment say
Talk of a four-day workweek has been around for decades. In 1956, then-Vice President Richard Nixon said he foresaw it in the “not too distant future,” though it has not materialized on any large scale.

This Cambridge restaurant was recently recognized by Bon Appetit magazine and The New York Times
Here’s what we had to say about Dear Annie when it opened in 2021.

Patriots Hall of Famer Vince Wilfork remains big on Boston, Bill Belichick
The two-time Super Bowl champ praised the coaching he received along the way, and hoped to deliver a message to this year's team about the proper mind-set.

9,091 confirmed cases and 45 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.
Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

college football

UMass football to celebrate Pride Day at game when Liberty University is the opponent
Liberty is the Jerry Falwell-founded Christian school that prohibits and imposes stiff punishments for statements and behaviors associated with LGBTQ+ lifestyles.

Mass General Brigham agrees to slash millions of dollars in spending
The hospital system nearly doubled its earlier commitment to reduce spending after months of discussions with a state watchdog agency.

Recommended reads

WGBH announcer Eric Jackson in 2003.

Eric Jackson, virtuosic jazz announcer on Boston radio, dies at 72

Known as the dean of Boston jazz radio, Mr. Jackson was on the air for more than 50 years. He had a singular position as arguably the most lasting and important voice for jazz fans in a city with a storied jazz history.

Appreciation: Eric Jackson was a singular voice for Boston’s jazz community

How did an image of a fake Massachusetts flag end up in a brochure for Martha’s Vineyard migrants?
“How did this happen? How did this image that I posted two years ago that no one saw end up on anyone’s radar?”

Sea level rise threatens New Bedford’s fishing port and could put South Coast towns under water, new report finds
Rising seas along the South Coast are projected to have catastrophic effects, inundating towns around Buzzards Bay and Narraganset Bay, flooding out roads and wiping away salt marshes that store vast amounts of carbon, according to a new report.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Eliot family summer house, c. 1896-1897.

Poet T.S. Eliot’s Gloucester connection

Sidney Poitier, from “Sidney.”

To Sidney, with love — Poitier, that is

From left: Ken Mottet, Shaun Young, and Sean Mencher of the rockabilly band High Noon perform at a past New England Shake-Up.

There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on at this retro rockabilly rave-up

Gracija Filipović in "Murina."

Two Boston film festivals to check out before the month is over

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

Irina cuts roses from her garden outside her destroyed dacha in Moshchun, Ukraine. She has cleaned the walkways and garden of war's debris.

IDEAS | ED QUINN

Russian bombing reduced their town to rubble. It could not crush their humanity.

Attorney general candidate Andrea Campbell has yet to agree to any debates with her GOP opponent Jay McMahon.

How long will Democrats hunker in their hidey holes?

"The Greatest Beer Run Ever" is based on the true story of John “Chickie” Donohue, who, disillusioned at home by political division and discord over Vietnam — the war at home at times as fierce as the war overseas — decided to show his support for his enlisted buddies from New York City’s Inwood neighborhood by tracking them down and giving them beers.

Friendships in times of political division

Jerome Powell is Powell is acting as if interest rates are like an efficient central air conditioner — just dial up the thermostat and instantly feel the temperature change.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The Fed wants you to lose your job

Jim Dine's "Two Big Black Hearts" (1985) at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH PRESTON

Another reason to ❤️ your heart

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

Three Stoughton police officers had inappropriate relationships with a young woman who came to them for mentoring, town report finds

Sandra Birchmore killed herself while pregnant with what she said was one officer’s child.

‘Moonlight Movies’ brings new family fun to Patton Homestead in Hamilton

“Moonlight Movies,” a series of free outdoor movies, start Saturday with “Back to the Future" at the historic homestead.

Purple Heart to be returned to family of World War II Navy sailor from Dorchester

The mystery of a lost Purple Heart awarded to a Dorchester sailor killed in World War II appears to be solved, after the family of Hugh Farren reached out to the Attleboro veterans director to have the medal returned to them, they said Thursday.

The Argument: Should accessory dwelling units be allowed statewide in Massachusetts?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

Sports

Cleveland Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett had plenty to celebrate.

Browns 29, Steelers 17

Jacoby Brissett, Cleveland Browns rebound from collapse, beat Steelers

The Browns (2-1) built a nine-point lead early in the fourth on Nick Chubb's 1-yard run and then held on for dear life.

Giancarlo Stanton (left) hit a two-run homer for the Yankees in the sixth inning.

Yankees 5, Red Sox 4 (10 innings)

Aaron Judge remains stuck on 60 home runs, but Yankees beat Red Sox in 10 innings anyway

New York clinched a playoff berth with the victory.

Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka reacts during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Milwaukee.

Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for a year for violations of team policies, his future with team unclear

Assistant coach Joe Mazzulla is expected to guide the team in place of Udoka.

Ime Udoka issues statement on suspension: ‘I accept the team’s decision’

Here’s what the Celtics had to say about Ime Udoka’s suspension

Watch: Pittsburgh WR George Pickens makes an amazing one-handed catch against Cleveland

Business

Four-day workweek brings no loss of productivity, companies in experiment say

Talk of a four-day workweek has been around for decades. In 1956, then-Vice President Richard Nixon said he foresaw it in the “not too distant future,” though it has not materialized on any large scale.

Supply chain issues slow development of major Mass. offshore wind farm

Avangrid's move underscores the challenges New England faces as policymakers try to transition the electric grid to rely more heavily on renewable sources.

Big retailers to launch holiday sales early, hoping to ease inflation fears

Zuckerberg, Chan want new Harvard institute to answer questions about the brain, AI

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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

"Charity and Compassion," by Helen Zughaib, will be on display as part of the “Women Hold Up Half the Sky” exhibit in Newburyport.

Showtunes, oompah music, and a call for costumes

Baker, Polito break ground with UMass Amherst officials on new computer science building

Marking a Block Island wind farm milestone, and what it could mean: ‘A lot is coming fast’

sports

Coach Ime Udoka damaged his career and hindered the road for aspiring Black NBA head coaches.

Ime Udoka was selfish and unprofessional, but blame the Celtics for this mess, too

Kyle Bradish outduels Justin Verlander as O’s keep Astros from 100 wins

Bruins rookie John Beecher is now more in touch with his game

business

Harwich cranberry farmer Leo Cakounes, who stars in a TV advertisement opposing Question 1, said: "I’ve saved and scrimped and cut back. Now I am being penalized again when this goes through.”

There are rich people, and then there are the ‘one-time millionaires’

Small businesses are struggling to return to pre-pandemic form, new survey says

Memes are no longer silly Internet jokes — they’re upending American politics

politics

Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a measure last week proposing a nationwide abortion ban that would allow rare exceptions.

White House: GOP abortion ban would mean a nationwide crisis

Nazi sympathizer is sentenced to 4 years over role in Jan. 6 attack

Governors’ races take on new prominence, with higher stakes

Nation

Inmate Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of capital murder in a workplace shooting rampage that killed three men in 1999.

US Supreme Court says Alabama can carry out execution

Why New York is resorting to tents to house surge of migrants

Judge temporarily suspends Indiana abortion ban

World

A patriotic mural in Moscow on Dec. 13, 2021, showing Soviet pilots from World War II, based on a photograph of the Victory Parade in 1945.

Ukraine war comes home to Russians as Putin imposes draft

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for joint drills

Biden vows US won’t walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico

opinion

Nyah McClain colored a picture at her desk during the last week of school at the Higginson-Lewis school in Boston in June 2013.

Working toward equity in education is a collaborative effort

The Fed wants you to lose your job

Kids and gender — we have to (be able to) talk about it

lifestyle

These two women know each other

Antonio Brown, former NFL star, to perform rap show at Worcester nightclub

US adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says

food & dining

Some dishes at Barcelona wine bar in Cambridge. Shown are the patatas bravas, scallop crudo, albondigas, and pork belly.

Near Harvard Square, a Spanish tapas bar that feels distinctly Cambridge

New Hampshire gets a Haitian destination; Hot Chix beefs up Inman Square’s food scene

This Cambridge restaurant was recently recognized by Bon Appetit magazine and The New York Times

travel

Lace up your running shoes and head to Newport for a 4-mile race that crosses the famous Newport Pell Bridge.

Robots, runs, and King Tut

Preacher Lawson is ready to catch some Z’s

Can I get a refund for these airline credits on Expedia?

Arts

© Gilbert Hernandez (1957–) and Jaime Hernandez (1959–), cover color separations, "Love and Rockets," 1, no. 5, 1982. Acetate overlays on board, 121/2 x 18 in., Private collection. (McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College)

Subversive strips at Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art

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

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

Books

Joshua Bennett's new book is “The Study of Human Life."

Joshua Bennett on reading ‘to pursue astonishment’

Two books on pandemic parenting

Making sense of life after loss

Movies

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde."

‘Blonde’ is a rare movie with a NC-17 rating. What set it over the edge?

Forty years ago, Hollywood ushered in a new age of LGBTQ+ films. It didn’t last long.

‘The Collaboration’ and HBO’s ‘Julia’ filming around Boston this month

Television

From left: Sarah Greene, Claes Bang, Anne-Marie Duff, and Eva Birthistle in “Bad Sisters.”

As title sequences go, ‘Bad Sisters’ is in good company

With tiresome reboots, TV is stuck in a cycle of watch, rinse, repeat

Golden Globes broadcast to return in January

music

Jake Blount, a banjoist, fiddler, and singer, performs at the Columbus Theater in Providence on Oct. 21.

Jake Blount’s ‘The New Faith’ takes on the past and imagines the future under climate change

Slanted, enchanted, and a few years older, Pavement embarks on a reunion tour

Eric Jackson was a singular voice for Boston’s jazz community

Theater/Dance

Zurin Villanueva as Tina Turner and the cast of "Tina."

‘Tina’ reaches for a star but falls short

At Moonbox, a journey of reconciliation in ‘The Good Deli,’ a venture into the unknown with ‘Jonathan’

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

globe local

Hamilton, MA 050412 The Patton family estate in Hamilton wich was purchased in 1927 by the iconic WWII general George S. Patton. The Patton family is offering it as a gift to the town of Hamilton. Joanne Holbrookk Patton, 80, daughter in law of the famous general, gaves us a tour of the property on May 4, 2012. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ NOWK

‘Moonlight Movies’ brings new family fun to Patton Homestead in Hamilton

The Argument: Should accessory dwelling units be allowed statewide in Massachusetts?

Showtunes, oompah music, and a call for costumes

Obituaries

A photo provided by Caltech Archives shows the astronomer Maarten Schmidt in 1965 using a microscope to measure wavelengths in photographic spectra.

Maarten Schmidt, first astronomer to identify a quasar, dies at 92

Darrell Mudra, successful coach at all levels, dies at 93

Saul Kripke, philosopher who found truths in semantics, dies at 81