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Curious sightseers walk in the receding waters of Tampa Bay due to the low tide and tremendous winds from Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 28.

Ian weakens after slamming Florida, leaving millions without power as flooding rains continue

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, knocking out power to 2.5 million people before aiming for the Atlantic Coast. The National Hurricane Center said Ian became a tropical storm over land early Thursday and was expected to regain near-hurricane strength later in the day.

Map: See the timing of Ian’s path through Florida Watch live webcams from Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian’s landfall

People walk on the Ballast Point Pier in Tampa ahead of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday

See photos and videos from Florida, where Hurricane Ian has left a path of destruction

In this Oct. 29, 2011, file photo, The Weather Channel host, Jim Cantore goes live from Commonwealth Avenue behind the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. A Florida county threatened by Hurricane Michael is warning a television meteorologist to stay away.

Hurricane Ian, flying tree branch bring Jim Cantore to his knees

People watch sailboats at Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian approached on Wednesday.

Will New England feel any effects of Hurricane Ian?

Even in Boston’s left-leaning suburbs, some police reforms remain elusive two years after Floyd murder
Many liberal-minded communities have not met the demand by some for sharp reductions in police budgets.

Promising Alzheimer’s drug provides second chance for Biogen, and a debated theory about the disease
Neurologists are saying that lecanemab, the latest amyloid-busting drug, could be the biggest advance in treating Alzheimer’s yet. But it does not cure, reverse, or halt the memory-robbing disease.

The level of coronavirus in Eastern Mass. waste water just shot up

An important indicator of the prevalence of COVID-19 infections, the level of coronavirus detected in Eastern Massachusetts waste water, registered a sharp increase in recent days.

Report faults BPS leaders for failing to adequately respond to Mission Hill school problems

Boston school district leaders at the highest levels were aware of and failed to fully investigate several allegations of abuse and bullying at the now-shuttered Mission Hill K-8 School, according to a report released Wednesday night.

Littleton official tells angry residents 80-plus gun dealers in mill have complied with laws
The meeting followed a Globe report on Sept. 10 that the Mill houses the largest cluster of federally licensed firearms dealers in the nation and that many were openly defying Attorney General Maura Healey’s directives on the assault weapons ban.

Staffing shortages keep one-fifth of psychiatric beds out of commission

Hundreds more beds could be used if there were enough workers to staff them.

Newton man, 65, allegedly killed by woman suspected of stealing $40,000 from him, Middlesex DA Ryan says
Leonard J. Garber, 65, was allegedly bludgeoned to death with a hammer by a former tenant, Xiu Fang Ke, who allegedly stole $40,000 by forging the victim’s name on checks, authorities said Wednesday.

Park where youth football teams practice is even more littered with dirty needles
Before every practice, the coaches of the Boston Bengals Pop Warner football program have to walk up and down the field at Clifford Park in Roxbury picking up dirty needles.

Belichick pauses during a break in the action Wednesday in Foxborough.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick’s Patriots are now unable to pull out all the stops against the best QBs

With Aaron Rodgers and the Packers up next after a loss to Lamar Jackson's Ravens, the numbers reveal that the defense really has its work cut out.

Ben Volin: Why would Mac Jones get a second opinion on his injury, and how common is that?

Hill drops down with an offering in the fourth inning of Wednesday's win.

Red Sox 3, Orioles 1

Rich Hill’s homecoming continues to pay dividends: ‘I love pitching here’

Six shutout innings in a win over the Orioles meant plenty to the lefthander, but the opportunity pitching in Boston has given him to spend time with his family has meant even more.

Aaron Judge spoke to Roger Maris Jr. following Wednesday's game in Toronto.

Son of Roger Maris believes Aaron Judge should be considered true home run king if he gets to No. 62

The son of the late Yankee slugger said if Judge can hit one more this season, his 62 should be the new standard.

Judge ties Roger Maris’s AL record with 61st homer Watch: Toronto fan can’t hold on to Judge’s 61st homer

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

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, left, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer spoke with reporters in 2021. All three are age 82 or older.

House Democrats should adopt leadership term limits

The party’s top leaders in Congress are all in their 80s.

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The awareness of time

Move out from the safe middle ground, Charlie Baker

Alexandra Vacroux

Is Putin bluffing on using nuclear weapons?

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The protests in Iran could be a turning point

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

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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

‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio dies at age 59
Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for “Gangsta's Paradise,” the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film “Dangerous Minds."

YVONNE ABRAHAM

With Question 4, GOP wants to trade safety for votes
A GOP-led ballot question would repeal a law, passed by state lawmakers in June, allowing undocumented residents to apply for driver’s licenses.

From Beverly to Block Island: Beloved seal ‘Shoebert’ released into ocean
"Shoebert," the famous seal who spent a week in Beverly’s Shoe Pond and later waddled to the police station in the middle of the night, was released into the ocean off Rhode Island Tuesday after a brief stay at a Connecticut aquarium, according to a statement from NOAA.

Robert Ferrante, innovative news producer at WGBH, NPR, and ‘The World,’ dies at 87

In a decades-long career fostering innovative approaches to broadcast news programs, Mr. Ferrante also oversaw the overhaul and growth of National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” during the 1990s.

New five-year MassHealth agreement will improve homeless insurance coverage, hospital funding

The state has signed a new $67 billion five-year agreement with the federal government on a number of reforms for Medicaid, an approval that will increase federal money to Massachusetts hospitals and fuel changes in how the state’s Medicaid program insures the homeless.

4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday, Kremlin says

Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged.

Recommended reads

A colorful nook in Arsenal Yards, a mixed-used hub of apartments, lively restaurant patios and stores and lab space in Watertown.

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.

Watertown transformed Arsenal Yards. What about its downtown? Not far from Kendall Square, Watertown emerges as a biotech hub

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.

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.

KEVIN CULLEN

IRA gunrunner: ‘I never trusted Whitey Bulger.’
Crawley tells his improbable life story in a revealing new memoir.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Visitors browse artwork at the Fort Point Arts Community's 2019 Open Studios.

Eight open studios events to explore on weekends this fall

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

Special Projects

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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.

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

A e-bike, seen in Key Biscayne, Fla., in 2021.

IDEAS | ROBIN CHASE

The joyful and planet-friendly mobility of e-bikes

President Richard Nixon bowls with the winners of the Seventh World International Bowling Federation Tournament in the Executive Office Building bowling alley on Sept. 17, 1971.

Robert D. Putnam and Terry Babcock-Lumish

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

Mayor Wu's staffing changes to the Zoning Board of Appeals doesn’t solve the larger issues that she was so intent on solving — providing diversity of professional backgrounds and skills without leaving board members open to charges of insider dealing or even intentional insider obstructionism.

Wu cleans house at zoning board

Governor Charlie Baker (right) greets Anthony Amore, the GOP candidate for auditor.

The battle within the state Republican Party

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

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

Indigenous chef keeps Wampanoag traditions alive in her kitchen

Chef Sherry Pocknett, owner of Sly Fox Den Too, cooks with sustainably raised, hunted and fished animals at her Charlestown restaurant.

Misinformation expert warns about ‘terrifying’ implications for future elections

But on the Rhode Island Report podcast, Claire Wardle says she remains hopeful that younger generations will figure out how to cut through the conspiracy theories, doctored photos, and lies.

RI POWER SUPPLY

Rolling blackouts in R.I. this winter? Clean energy advocates say they’ve heard these warnings before.

ISO New England, which manages the power grid, says a shortage of natural gas could require controlled power outages across the region during prolonged cold weather this winter.

New ad focuses on abortion rights in R.I. governor’s race

Governor McKee’s new ad said rival Ashley Kalus would “take us backward.” Kalus has said she would not seek to overturn existing state abortion protections, but would not support the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act

Sports

Belichick pauses during a break in the action Wednesday in Foxborough.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick’s Patriots are now unable to pull out all the stops against the best QBs

With Aaron Rodgers and the Packers up next after a loss to Lamar Jackson's Ravens, the numbers reveal that the defense really has its work cut out.

Aaron Judge spoke to Roger Maris Jr. following Wednesday's game in Toronto.

Son of Roger Maris believes Aaron Judge should be considered true home run king if he gets to No. 62

The son of the late Yankee slugger said if Judge can hit one more this season, his 62 should be the new standard.

Judge had plenty of reasons to smile after clouting No. 61, but the Toronto fan who came up just short of catching the legendary homer wasn't as happy.

Watch: Toronto fan can’t hold on to Aaron Judge’s 61st homer

The Toronto fan agonized over coming up just short.

High school girls' soccer notebook

Masconomet readily embraces its past while playing for the present and preparing the next wave of players for the future

Red Sox 3, Orioles 1

Rich Hill’s homecoming continues to pay dividends: ‘I love pitching here’

Aaron Judge ties Roger Maris’s AL record with 61st homer

Business

4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday, Kremlin says

Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged.

Ventus Therapeutics cuts $70m deal with Danish drug giant Novo Nordisk

The local company is working on drugs to treat conditions such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and chronic kidney disease.

RI POWER SUPPLY

Rolling blackouts in R.I. this winter? Clean energy advocates say they’ve heard these warnings before.

US candidate to lead UN telecoms agency after US-Russia race

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

The now-shuttered Mission Hill School in Jamaica Plain.

Report faults BPS leaders for failing to adequately respond to Mission Hill school problems

The Argument: Should Massachusetts impose an additional tax on income above $1 million?

First annual Martin J. Walsh Alumni Award presented on nonprofit’s 50th anniversary

sports

Ms. Nelson and James Morrison, after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2018.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, top ski mountaineer, is dead in Nepal avalanche

If the Red Sox let Xander Bogaerts walk, is Trevor Story still armed with the right stuff at shortstop?

LIV Golf refutes report of a deal to buy television time on Fox Sports 1 as it attempts to get TV viewership in US

business

British Prime Minister Liz Truss visits Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, Kent, Britain, on Sept. 23.

UK’s Truss defends economic plan that sent pound tumbling

Promising Alzheimer’s drug provides second chance for Biogen, and a debated theory about the disease

Russia poised to annex occupied Ukraine after sham vote

politics

President Biden listens as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on April 8, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court.

Biden, Harris to attend Jackson’s Supreme Court investiture

Michigan lawmakers approve early absentee ballot processing

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

Nation

Curious sightseers walk in the receding waters of Tampa Bay due to the low tide and tremendous winds from Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 28.

Ian weakens after slamming Florida, leaving millions without power as flooding rains continue

See photos and videos from Florida, where Hurricane Ian has left a path of destruction

Hurricane Ian hammers southwest Florida with devastating winds and storm surge

World

US Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol hold a bilateral meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 29.

VP Harris caps Asia trip with stop at DMZ dividing Koreas

Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years

UK’s Truss defends economic plan that sent pound tumbling

opinion

A e-bike, seen in Key Biscayne, Fla., in 2021.

The joyful and planet-friendly mobility of e-bikes

Montgomery County, Maryland emerges as place where Black people can live their best lives

Wu cleans house at zoning board

lifestyle

Visitors browse artwork at the Fort Point Arts Community's 2019 Open Studios.

Eight open studios events to explore on weekends this fall

Shakira ordered to stand trial for tax fraud in Spain

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

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

Author Morgan Talty won the New England Book Award for fiction for his debut collection, "Night of the Living Rez."

Morgan Talty wins New England Book Award for ‘Night of the Living Rez’

Libraries face increased attempts to ban books

Joshua Bennett on reading ‘to pursue astonishment’

Movies

Russell Crowe (left) and Zac Efron in "The Greatest Beer Run Ever."

‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’: It’s a strange brew

In new Sinead O’Connor documentary, no one compares 2 her

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

Television

Sam Reid (left) as Lestat de Lioncourt and Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac in AMC's "Interview with the Vampire."

Fresh blood brings new life to ‘Interview with the Vampire’

‘Bridgerton’ prequel on tap for 2023

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

music

Ata Kak has embarked on his first US tour, with a date Sunday at Sonia.

How Ata Kak’s long-forgotten ‘Awesome Tape’ turned into an awesome tour 30 years later

Sue Mingus, who championed her husband’s jazz legacy, dies at 92

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

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

The Argument: Should Massachusetts impose an additional tax on income above $1 million?

Within days, 2 babies in a hurry

Open studios, open skating, and a film under the open sky

Obituaries

Ms. Nelson and James Morrison, after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2018.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, top ski mountaineer, is dead in Nepal avalanche

Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84

Robert Ferrante, innovative news producer at WGBH, NPR, and ‘The World,’ dies at 87