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Searching for depth, Celtics sign six-time All-Star Blake Griffin to one-year deal

The veteran forward/center averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Nets last season.

Blake Griffin (right) defended Jayson Tatum during the Celtics' sweep of the Nets in the first round of the playoffs last season.

Putin illegally annexes Ukraine land; Kyiv seeks NATO entry
After Russian President Vladimir Putin's signing ceremony, Zelensky then held one of his own in Kyiv, releasing video of him putting pen to papers that he said were a formal NATO membership request.

US hits Russia with sanctions for annexing Ukrainian regions

Retired clarinetist donates $100 million to rename Boston University’s medical school after his friend

Retired clarinetist and philanthropist Edward Avedisian's friend refused to have his name on the school alone, and the two men reached a compromise in honoring both.

Boston School Committee approves $141.6 million teachers union contract

The contract includes money for new hires to help integrate students with special learning needs into general classroom settings, a 9.5 percent pay raise for educators over the course of the contract, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all union members.

Price of Cambridge biotech’s new ALS drug criticized by watchdog group

Rock climber injured after falling from cliff in New Hampshire

Book excerpts: The Trump era

Trump wanted to fire Jared and Ivanka by tweet, assumed staffers of color were waiters, Haberman book says

Damaged boats lie on the land and water in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, on Sept. 29, in Fort Myers, Fla.

Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida

A revived Hurricane Ian set its sights on South Carolina’s coast Friday and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge and floods after the megastorm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and left people trapped in their homes.

Hurricane tracker map: Live updates on Ian's path See photos and videos from Florida, where Hurricane Ian has left a path of destruction Coast Guard rescue team deployed from Cape Cod to Florida for Hurricane Ian search and rescue

A woman lost contact with her mom amid Hurricane Ian. She launched a search on Twitter to find her.

Beth Booker chronicled her quest to find her mother in gut-wrenching tweets she tagged #GetCaroleHome and emotional videos she uploaded on Instagram after Hurricane Ian tore through Fort Myers.

A person walked along the wall as effects from Hurricane Ian are felt on Friday in the Battery of Charleston, S.C.

Watch live webcams from South Carolina ahead of Hurricane Ian’s landfall

The cargo ship Ever Fortune was docked Thursday at the Conley Terminal in South Boston.

More shippers on board after $850m expansion of Boston freight terminal

Starting later this fall, the Conley Container Terminal will be served by six routes that connect with 25 ports around the globe.

Patriots at Packers, Sun., 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Belichick won’t rule Mac Jones out for Packers game quite yet

Chad Finn | Unconventional Preview

Patriots-Packers game won’t be a mismatch, but it sure looks like one on paper

Ben Volin | On Football

Maybe the Dolphins did wrong by Tua Tagovailoa, but the NFL’s concussion protocols have too many loopholes

Patrons crowd the lobby bar at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport on Sept. 17, 2022.

Seaport’s new stock of hotels finally has the guests to fill them

A slate of summer events, groups traveling for in-house meetings, and a sustained boom in leisure travel ushered in a hectic season for Seaport hotels.

John Anastos (left), lost his phone when it slipped off a dock on the Charles River in Kendall Square. So he went after it. He couldn't find his own, but found 11 other ones down there, including three that still work.

‘It was disgusting’: There’s a cellphone junkyard at the bottom of the Charles River

When an Andover man dropped his smartphone in the Charles River, he dove in after it and found 11 more. None were his.

This week's daters: Lucinda and Jamie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The craziness of the Fluff Festival helped break the ice’

Will these two daters decide to stick together after a stop at this quirky event?

Opinion

MBTA management and its most powerful union, the Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589, have been at odds for years over state efforts to put the T pension system — which is separate from the pension system for all other state workers — on a more sustainable financial footing.

A good start to fixing the off-the-rails MBTA pension system

Now T officials need to make sure a favorable arbitrator’s decision sticks.

Emerson Clauss III

The state can ease its housing problem by building more starter homes

There’s already a blueprint for helping migrants. Let’s invest in it.

Is Catholicism ... cool?

IDEAS | GEORGENE SMITH GOODIN

I love my children enough to wish I had never met them

Black Progress Index | Donna M. Owens

Entrepreneur who charted her own Great Migration finds purpose, place in Florida
Carol Thompson-Finn has thrived in Collier County, a locale identified by the Black Progress Index as a top county for Black well-being, and and whose Black community boasts a long, rich history.

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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

Could Rhode Island conjure a following like Salem, Mass., after ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ filming?

The Ocean State has a paranormal history, and now it has a 'Hocus Pocus 2'-inspired festival in Lincoln. After an invitation-only screening of the movie, Governor Dan McKee told the Globe: "I think that it’s Rhode Island’s time."

Book a stay at ‘The Hocus Pocus Cottage’ in Danvers

college football

The hottest college football matchup in New England this weekend? Holy Cross vs. Harvard.

The 4-0 Crusaders are continuing their ascension under fifth-year coach Bob Chesney. Longtime Crimson coach Tim Murphy has his squad positioned for success in the Ivy League. On Saturday, the two FCS powers will clash.

The unauthorized school handbook for bewildered parents and caregivers

An insider’s guide to everything you need to know, but are never actually told, about having a kid in school.

Why prize-winning birds may be absent from New England fairs this year
Topsfield is the latest fair across the country to scale back or cancel events involving birds this year as researchers sound the alarm about the highly pathogenic avian influenza spreading via migratory birds across the United States and Canada.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

For many women, getting a mammogram is a mental health trigger
Screening is framed as self-care. But let’s acknowledge the anxiety, too.

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections, but the money is still missing

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections and cut-off transmission, but data supporting the approach, and funding for clinical trials, is scant.

Recommended reads

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo listened to colleague Frank Baker speak during a contentious meeting in August.

Deeply divided, can Boston’s city councilors repair relations?

A highly charged August meeting laid bare what has become a raw rift that had been months in the making.

Maggie Hassan and Chris Sununu lead Senate and governor races, N.H. poll finds
A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan leads Republican Don Bolduc by 8.5 percentage points, while Republican incumbent Governor Chris Sununu leads Democratic rival Tom Sherman by a wide margin.

Explore the full data: N.H. voters poll

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On the eve of his 30th birthday, Xander Bogaerts reflects on his tenure with the Red Sox, and what might come next
Bogaerts, who can become a free agent after the season, said 2022 has been one the hardest years of his career.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

2022 MCAS scores show slow progress in student academic performance
Jeffrey Riley, the state’s education commissioner, said it could take up to five years before students fully catch up.

See 2022 MCAS scores for schools across the state

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Culture & Lifestyle

An image from the title sequence of "Severance."

12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

The MIT Museum will open its new 56,000-square-foot, purpose-built home to the public on Oct. 2.

New MIT Museum glimpses the future and examines school’s past

An Airbnb rental in Danvers looks like the witches' cottage in "Hocus Pocus"

To celebrate ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ release, book a stay at ‘The Hocus Pocus Cottage’ in Danvers

The Topsfield Fair runs from Sept. 30-Oct. 10.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

An 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

R.I. to spend $3.5m on additional shelter beds before winter

The funding, which was distributed to six organizations, will create 231 new beds for the state’s homeless population.

Boston School Committee approves $141.6 million teachers union contract

The contract includes money for new hires to help integrate students with special learning needs into general classroom settings, a 9.5 percent pay raise for educators over the course of the contract, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all union members.

Rock climber injured after falling from cliff in New Hampshire

A 36-year-old rock climber from New Jersey was rescued after falling several feet from a cliff on Whitehorse Ledge in New Hampshire on Thursday afternoon, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.

Scoop: Ed Board chair Barbara Cottam is going to work for Raimondo

Cottam will be a senior advisor for the Commerce Department's "Internet for All" initiative, a multibillion-dollar program to expand broadband.

Sports

All week, Bill Belichick (above) said only that Mac Jones was being evaluated day by day.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots’ attempt at a guessing game on starting QB is uncalled for, and other thoughts

Does it matter whether Mac Jones or Brian Hoyer plays Sunday? Does Bill Belichick really think any ambiguity is going to confuse the Packers?

Tua Tagovailoa had to be stretchered off the field on Thursday night — his second big hit in five days.

Ben Volin | On Football

Maybe the Dolphins did wrong by Tua Tagovailoa, but the NFL’s concussion protocols have too many loopholes

On Sunday, the Miami quarterback missed just three snaps due to what was initially termed a head injury. On Thursday, he had to be carted off the field and taken to a hospital after suffering a head and neck injury.

Bill Belichick has been giving veteran backup Brian Hoyer the first-team reps throughout practice this week.

Bill Belichick won’t rule Mac Jones out for Packers game quite yet: ‘I don’t have a crystal ball’

The second-year quarterback hasn't been practicing this week after leaving the field Sunday in obvious pain. He was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain.

Searching for depth, Celtics sign six-time All-Star Blake Griffin to one-year deal

college football

The hottest college football matchup in New England this weekend? Holy Cross vs. Harvard.

Red Sox at Blue Jays | 7:07 p.m. (NESN)

Game 157: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes

Business

Ten things Elon Musk’s texts reveal about the Twitter deal

The texts show who wanted to be part of the buyout and reveal the inner circle’s musings on who should run the company if Musk did come to own it.

Price of Cambridge biotech’s new ALS drug criticized by watchdog group

It says the $158,000 annual cost per patient isn’t justified, based on the medicine’s effectiveness.

Seaport’s new stock of hotels finally has the guests to fill them

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections, but the money is still missing

magazine

From left: Grade 9 students Dehlen Rabb, Marlon Benjamin, and Jose Jimenez.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘The Mary Lyon way’: A Boston inclusion school’s successful approach to re-engagement

Schools should teach the forgotten history of the Pledge of Allegiance

Why it’s time to stop leaving voice mail messages

The writer’s baby sitter, Miss Anderson, in 1957.

My baby sitter sent me into the woods to look for butterflies

metro

Dar Williams performs during the Club Passim 60th anniversary show at the Shubert Theatre on Nov. 14, 2019.

Best things to do in R.I. this week: Sept. 29-Oct. 7

Why prize-winning birds may be absent from New England fairs this year

Could Rhode Island conjure a following like Salem, Mass., after ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ filming?

sports

Louisville's Malik Cunningham (left) averages 7.1 yards per carry and 98.8 rushing yards per game.

BC football faces another quarterback problem in Louisville’s Malik Cunningham

US women’s basketball team reaches World Cup gold-medal game

Patriots-Packers game won’t be a mismatch, but it sure looks like one on paper

business

Fom left to right, Taylor Henderson as a young Winifred Sanderson, Juju Journey Brener as a young Sarah Sanderson, and Nina Kitchen as a young Mary Sanderson in Hocus Pocus 2.

Could Rhode Island conjure a following like Salem, Mass., after ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ filming?

Inflation hits record 10 percent in 19 EU countries using euro

Storm-battered Florida businesses face arduous rebuilding

politics

President Biden.

US hits Russia with sanctions for annexing Ukrainian regions

Justice Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony

Trump called his supporters ‘[expletive] crazy,’ wanted to fire Jared and Ivanka by tweet, and other revelations from new Haberman book

Nation

Firearms training unit Det. Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used by Adam Lanza in the December 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing of a legislative subcommittee in Hartford, Conn., on Jan. 28, 2013.

Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida

Maine pauses rental assistance program launched in pandemic

World

Police officers and medical workers work near damaged cars after a Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sept. 30.

Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions

Inflation hits record 10 percent in 19 EU countries using euro

Thai court rules PM can stay, did not exceed term limit

opinion

David Flynn, the former head football coach at Dedham High School.

A bitter lesson in Dedham schools

My local polling station has become a hostile environment

Entrepreneur who charted her own Great Migration finds purpose, place in Florida

lifestyle

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

For many women, getting a mammogram is a mental health trigger

I don’t want to do long-distance

Eight open studios events to explore on weekends this fall

food & dining

Cabanas at Ballard's Beach Resort.

Ballard’s Beach Resort ordered to remove canopies, tiki bar, stage, other structures by CRMC

It’s National Coffee Day. Here’s where you can find the deals.

A new spot in Kenmore Square offers traditional Yemeni food

travel

A couple walks along Menemsha Public Beach in Chilmark on Sept. 23, 2022.

A fondness for shoulder season

Keep that summer vibe going: 10 reasons to head to Martha’s Vineyard now

Where to find a workspace when you’re on vacation in the Berkshires

Arts

John Thomson, "Curio Shop," 1868–1872

When the camera has an imperial power

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

Sofía Córdova eyes the other side of apocalypse

Books

A brief era of brutality and change in ‘American Midnight’

Linda Ronstadt can’t stand ‘boring writing’

On the shimmering border between truth and fiction

Movies

Luke Macfarlane (left) and Billy Eichner in a scene from "Bros."

When Bobby met Aaron: ‘Bros’ is a meet cute that hits the mark

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

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

Television

An image from the title sequence of "Severance."

12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

Apple TV+ announces some series return dates

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

music

Curator Deana McCloud and Boch Center CEO Joe Spaulding at the Wang Theatre, where exhibits for the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame were being installed this week ahead of its launch.

A new hall of fame at the Wang brings Boston’s musical history into view

Losing his vision has opened Mark Erelli’s eyes

Julia Adolphe doesn’t want to be your tortured artist

Theater/Dance

Maria Hendricks rehearses a scene from "Dracula: A feminist revenge fantasy, really" at Umbrella Stage Company in Concord. Hendricks plays Dr. Van Helsing.

A feminist take on ‘Dracula’ that bites back

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

globe local

Cyclists from the Charles River Wheelers along the Battle Road Trail in Lincoln. The group is among many taking their bikes off the road and onto gravel paths as a safer alternative to street riding.

The asphalt exodus: Bicyclists and runners turn to gravel trails as a safer way to ride and run

Discovering there’s no quit on the volleyball court

A horse and donkey show up at a local high school

Obituaries

Coolio attended the 2015 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards in Beverly Hills.

Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper, dies at 59

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

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