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Suspect arrested in killing of Newton man, officials say
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Wednesday a suspect will be arraigned in connection with a Newton man’s murder.

Ivan Mendoza began to to repair damage to his mobile home in Davie, Fla., early Wednesday.

Hurricane Ian nears Florida landfall with 155 mile-per-hour winds, just shy of Category 5

Interactive map: Storm tracker shows Ian's projected path

Boats in Tampa Bay sat in the mud as water receded from the bay ahead of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday.

Map: See the timing of Hurricane Ian’s path through Florida

In this NOAA handout image taken by the GOES satellite, Hurricane Ian moved toward Florida on Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico.

Watch live webcams from Florida as Hurricane Ian approaches

EBay harassment mastermind says he previously worked for Joe Biden, Bill Gates

In August 2019, under the direction of Jim Baugh, eBay employees sent a Natick couple a series of harassing messages on Twitter and bizarre deliveries including a funeral wreath, live spiders, and a bloody pig’s head mask.

Adam Montgomery denied harming his daughter Harmony when he was arrested in January

Adam Montgomery is currently jailed on a number of charges, including allegedly assaulting Harmony in 2019, interfering with custody, and endangering the welfare of a child.

US urges Americans to leave Russia ‘immediately’

Pedestrians passed the crumbling concrete where a light pole was anchored in Boston on Wednesday.

35-year-old woman injured after light pole falls on her on Moakley Bridge

On the Street | Watertown

For Armenians in Watertown, Lamajuhn is a taste of home in a changing city

Randy Vazquez

Watertown has been a city for decades. Now, it’s acting like one.

Things are changing fast these days in Watertown, a tight-knit community where families put down roots, small businesses become institutions, and ethnic enclaves have carved their own niches.

Mt. Auburn Street in Watertown at dusk on Tuesday.

Watertown transformed Arsenal Yards. What about its downtown?

The Arsenal Yards development is a mixed-use playground with a slate of new retail on the way, but given its current collection of empty storefronts, it feels to some like Watertown’s downtown got passed by.

Not far from Kendall Square, Watertown emerges as a biotech hub

LeBron James’s opinion on Boston remains unchanged: ‘I still hate Boston, don’t get that twisted’
It turns out he hasn't softened his stance since the comments he made during the summer.

Joe Mazzulla (right) ran his first practice as Celtics coach Tuesday at the Auerbach Center.

dan shaughnessy

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, a Rhode Island kid, remains a mystery. One thing we know? ‘I’m 0-0, so no one’s mad at me yet.’

Mazzulla was a state high school champion, reached the Final Four with West Virginia, and now sits in the same seat Red Auerbach once occupied.

Rhamondre Stevenson knows he has ‘a very special story.’ It’s time to tell it.
Six years ago, the running back found himself working at Wal-Mart, his dream to play football derailed. Hard work and a supportive family helped him find his way to the Patriots.

John Crawley, former IRA volunteer, at his home in Ireland.

IRA gunrunner: ‘I never trusted Whitey Bulger.’

Crawley tells his improbable life story in a revealing new memoir.

Why it’s time to stop leaving voice mail messages

Plus: Tips on dealing with the aftermath of houseguests.

A humpback whale was freed after being tangled in fishing gear east of Hull on Sunday.

Humpback whale freed after being entangled in fishing gear near Hull

The whale had managed to swim four miles from where it was originally spotted, despite having hundreds of rope attached to its body, officials said.

Hispanic Heritage Month

MARCELA GARCÍA

How I learned to stop worrying and love Hispanic Heritage Month
Is dedicating only a month every year to honor Latino culture just another example of “Hispandering”?

Documentando el corazón infatigable de Chelsea 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.

Opinion

As Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker nears the end of his term in office, he spent the day at the Big E Fair in West Springfield, Sept. 22. Baker stands with his wife Lauren as the national anthem is played.

Move out from the safe middle ground, Charlie Baker

He should seize the moment and use his voice to try to realign the values of his party.

IDEAS | ROBIN CHASE

The joyful and planet-friendly mobility of e-bikes

The battle within the state Republican Party

Robert D. Putnam and Terry Babcock-Lumish

The White House bowling alley is a symbol of what’s wrong with US politics

Wu cleans house at zoning board

Black Progress Index | Donna M. Owens

Montgomery County, Maryland emerges as place where Black people can live their best lives
The county is cited in groundbreaking new data about places nationwide where Black residents are prospering. Dubbed the Black Progress Index, this historic collaboration between the Brookings Institution and the NAACP examines the social factors that influence Black well-being.

High Med. Low

Select a county:

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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

Body of Maine boy, 14, found; was reported missing last week

Theo Ferrara, 14-year-old Freeport, Maine boy who went missing last week, was found dead Tuesday in the waters of Maquoit Bay, officials said.

Person dies in mobile home fire in Hooksett, N.H.

The person was brought to an area hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Five residents displaced in Roslindale house fire
An early morning blaze engulfed a two and a half story house in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale, displacing five people on Wednesday, authorities said.

42 cats flown to Worcester after being evacuated from Florida ahead of hurricane

An airplane full of cats evacuated from Florida animal shelters landed in Worcester on Tuesday morning, according to MSPCA-Angell. More than 40 cats — ranging from two months to 13 years old — were relocated ahead of Hurricane Ian.

2 Boston-area scientists win prestigious Lasker Awards for cell research

Two Boston-area researchers are among the winners of prestigious Lasker Awards for their discoveries concerning integrins, proteins on the surface of cells that help them attach to other cells as well as to the extracellular matrix, the substance that surrounds cells.

Biogen and Eisai say their second Alzheimer’s drug slows the disease in large study
Although far from a cure, the therapy provides tentative hope to the millions of Americans afflicted by the devastating disease.

Recommended reads

People waited in line to fill propane tanks in February 2021 in Houston.

Trouble brewing in the power grid as officials warn of possible electricity shortages in N.E. this winter

Russia’s war with Ukraine has destabilized energy markets, particularly supplies of liquefied natural gas.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Orthodontist vs. insurer: How Question 2 could bring sweeping changes to dental industry
If Question 2 passes, it could affect not just the insurers that do business here, but also dentists and orthodontists — not to mention anyone with dental insurance.

Book excerpts: The Trump era

Trump referred to supporters as ‘[expletive] crazy,’ claimed he was ‘having meetings’ during Jan. 6 attack, Haberman book says
Snippets from several new books about the Trump administration provide an inside look at explosive encounters between members of Trump’s Cabinet and White House officials on a variety of topics.

OSHA proposes fining contractor $1.2m in fatal accident at downtown garage
The Brockton demolition company was cited with 11 safety violations for creating unsafe working conditions and not adequately training its workers at the demolition site.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at Roadrunner.

At Roadrunner, Carly Rae Jepsen cuts to all the feelings

Billy Novick (left) and Guy Van Duser

Nearly 50 years on, Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick are still swinging

Mishy Jacobson in "Ada and the Engine" at Central Square Theater.

With a few clanks, ‘Ada and the Engine’ offers an eye-opening ride through computer history

Mikhail Svetlov (bass) as The Baron in "The Miserly Knight."

Odyssey Opera soars in Rachmaninoff’s ‘Troika’

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

Protesters shout slogans as they hold photos of Iranian Mahsa Amini during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus on Sept. 27. pm, T

Tara D. Sonenshine

The women of Iran need the world to protest with them

Few trees and plantings visible along Warren Avenue create a heat island for the residents who live outside of Nubian Square, June 2021. Neighborhoods with higher amounts of asphalt and concrete are hotter, and more dangerous, especially as the city heats up from climate change.

Rosalyn Negrón, Rebecca Herst, and Antonio Raciti

Greater Boston’s climate adaptation field is divided by race

Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora.

With the Celtics and Udoka, it’s about brand

In November 2021, the Kayak office in Cambridge is shown with empty work stations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kayak had called employees back to the office three days a week, then switched to work from anywhere after employees asked for more flexibility.

How remote work withers our social networks

Mary Gaines, a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments, displayed contaminated water in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 1. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems.

A deteriorated water system erodes public trust in Jackson, Miss.

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

42 cats flown to Worcester after being evacuated from Florida ahead of hurricane

An airplane full of cats evacuated from Florida animal shelters landed in Worcester on Tuesday morning, according to MSPCA-Angell. More than 40 cats — ranging from two months to 13 years old — were relocated ahead of Hurricane Ian.

COMMENTARY | SARAH MACK

With antisemitic incidents on the rise, we must disregard indifference and take action

Looking to the New Year, Rabbi Sarah Mack of Temple Beth-El in Providence writes that we must find the courage to summon our very best in the face of cruelty and division.

Humpback whale freed after being entangled in fishing gear near Hull

The whale had managed to swim four miles from where it was originally spotted, despite having hundreds of rope attached to its body, officials said.

New federal funding aims to help R.I. improve resiliency at shore access points

The pandemic prompted a lot of people to go outside and use outdoor amenities — exacerbating conflicts over shore access — while pressures like sea level rise are impacting the sites.

Sports

Rich Hill is 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA in 18 career appearances, including eight starts, against Baltimore.

Orioles at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 155: Orioles at Red Sox lineups and notes

Rich Hill will be on the mound when the Red Sox face Baltimore at Fenway Park Wednesday night.

LeBron James took another jab at Boston during Lakers media day on Tuesday.

LeBron James’s opinion on Boston remains unchanged: ‘I still hate Boston, don’t get that twisted’

It turns out he hasn't softened his stance since the comments he made during the summer.

A betting sheet at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I.

Rhode Island has surpassed $1 billion in sports bets

And let's just say the house is winning at a higher-than-average clip.

dan shaughnessy

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, a Rhode Island kid, remains a mystery. One thing we know? ‘I’m 0-0, so no one’s mad at me yet.’

Rhamondre Stevenson knows he has ‘a very special story.’ It’s time to tell it.

Celtics reportedly interested in interviewing Clippers assistant Jay Larranaga to serve under Joe Mazzulla

Business

Watertown transformed Arsenal Yards. What about its downtown?

The Arsenal Yards development is a mixed-use playground with a slate of new retail on the way, but given its current collection of empty storefronts, it feels to some like Watertown’s downtown got passed by.

Not far from Kendall Square, Watertown emerges as a biotech hub

Dozens of biotech companies — most of them smaller and younger operations looking for room to grow — have migrated to Watertown's East End from Cambridge and Boston.

Watertown has been a city for decades. Now, it’s acting like one.

Biogen stock soars after Alzheimer’s drug announcement

magazine

Homeowner/decorator Hanwen (Evan) Bai displays his father-in-law’s creations on walnut shelves in the living room of the South Boston condo he shares with his husband. “He prefers darker wood tones, so I decided on walnut early on,” Bai says.

Your Home | Small Spaces

A scientist with a newly launched decorating career creates calm in his condo

This week's daters: Rafael and Genevieve.

Dinner with Cupid

'She looked like she'd put in some effort, which made me nervous'

Boston Veg Food Fest will be held Saturday and Sunday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Sept. 26-Oct. 2

Tyrone Anthony Figueroa teaching at East Boston High School.

My Boston History

Now that I'm a teacher and coach, I know I've 'made it'

metro

A woman passed a commuter train at South Station in Boston.

Delays reported on multiple commuter rail lines

A socialist might be Providence’s next council president. So what?

Rhode Island has surpassed $1 billion in sports bets

sports

Trent Frederic (left) and Patrice Bergeron talked things over when the Bruins opened training camp last week.

Bruins sizing up Trent Frederic’s potential as a net-front presence on power play

After a furious start, Red Sox out-slug Orioles in chaotic contest to snap losing streak

Yankees clinch AL East in Toronto, but Aaron Judge still on 60 homers

business

The alleged deliveries to a Natick couple included a bloody pig's head Halloween mask and the book “Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss of a Spouse.”

EBay harassment mastermind says he previously worked for Joe Biden, Bill Gates

For Armenians in Watertown, Lamajuhn is a taste of home in a changing city

Rhode Island has surpassed $1 billion in sports bets

politics

President Biden speaks during an event on health care costs, on Sept. 27

Biden on ending hunger in US: ‘I know we can do this’

Biden looks to win over Pacific Island leaders at summit

Feds want psychological tests for parents of separated kids

Nation

Ivan Mendoza began to to repair damage to his mobile home in Davie, Fla., early Wednesday.

Hurricane Ian nears Florida landfall with 155 mile-per-hour winds, just shy of Category 5

2 Boston-area scientists win prestigious Lasker Awards for cell research

Manchin ends pipeline push, easing path for spending bill

World

Mercedes Valdez holds her dog Kira as she waits for transportation after losing her home to Hurricane Ian in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Sept. 27.

Cuba begins to turn on lights on after Ian blacks out island

EU seeks trade sanctions on Russia over ‘sham’ Ukraine votes

North Korea test launches missile on eve of Harris trip to Seoul

opinion

With his 2020 endorsement of Donald Trump, Brett Favre earned his conservative purity badge and a guarantee that those in the same political corner would always have his back. They don’t care that Favre has long been known as a louse.

Brett Favre, welfare queen

The women of Iran need the world to protest with them

Living life like it’s golden: Where Black people are thriving in the U.S.

lifestyle

Shakira.

Shakira ordered to stand trial for tax fraud in Spain

Art Walk Project puts public art on the map with free, self-guided tours

John Cena sets world record after granting 650 Make-A-Wish wishes

food & dining

Kim Ragosta crafts recipes that farms in Rhode Island and Connecticut offer to customers.

Kim Ragosta writes the recipes that keep local R.I. farms cooking

The Boston Veg Food Fest returns this weekend with even more vendors

Lord Hobo to open new location in Somerville

travel

Frederik Mayet leans on a cross before heading to the stage for his impending crucifixion scene. Under his loincloth he wears a climbing belt, which will be used to attach him to the cross. Mayet is the first Jesus in his family, and it’s a big deal.

‘We must do this’: German village fulfills promise to God by staging Passion Play every 10 years

Robots, runs, and King Tut

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

Arts

Lisa Reihana, "In Pursuit of Venus [infected]," installation view.

At Wellesley’s Davis Museum, a colonial misappropriation gets a 21st-century makeover

Sofía Córdova eyes the other side of apocalypse

‘How could a piece of art possibly help the world?’ Warren commissions mural to further awareness of climate change.

Books

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in recent weeks on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

Libraries face increased attempts to ban books

Joshua Bennett on reading ‘to pursue astonishment’

Two books on pandemic parenting

Movies

Sigourney Weaver in "The Good House."

In ‘The Good House,’ some things matter more than location, location, location

‘My Imaginary Country’: watching Chile’s present overcome its past

Steve Carell spotted out shopping in Chestnut Hill: ‘Dude loves malls’

Television

Imelda Staunton portrays Queen Elizabeth II in the final two seasons of "The Crown."

Second to last season of ‘The Crown’ premieres Nov. 9

Steve Carell spotted out shopping in Chestnut Hill: ‘Dude loves malls’

This week’s TV: ‘SNL’ cast shrinks, Jan. 6 hearings resume, and a new ‘Interview with the Vampire’

music

Composer Carlos Simon

Carlos Simon readies his ‘Requiem for the Enslaved’ for live premiere

At Roadrunner, Carly Rae Jepsen cuts to all the feelings

Nearly 50 years on, Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick are still swinging

Theater/Dance

Comedian Steve Sweeney

Steve Sweeney opens a cozy comedy club in Quincy

With a few clanks, ‘Ada and the Engine’ offers an eye-opening ride through computer history

For ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a not-so-little shot of hurrahs

globe local

Attendees of Hummingbird Books' first Local Author Book Fair mingle with authors at their tables Sept. 15.

‘Why not bring them all together?’ Newton bookstore hosts local authors

Archeologists dig into what’s buried on Burial Hill

Beach gathering will once again show Hull is No Place for Hate

Obituaries

FILE - President Bill Clinton talks with New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio, left, prior to making an address on his national service plan at the Lewis Brown Athletic Center on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., on Monday, March 1, 1993. Florio, who narrowly lost his re-election bid in 1993 died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. He was 85. His law partner Doug Steinhardt and current Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed Florio died in statements on Monday. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Former NJ governor James Florio dies at 85

Egyptian cleric revered by Muslim Brotherhood dies at 96

Just Jaeckin, whose ‘Emmanuelle’ was a scandalous success, dies at 82