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Governor Charlie Baker chatted with beekeeper Jim Stefanik at the Hampden County Beekeepers stand inside the Big E Fair in West Springfield.

Doughnut breakfast sandwich, selfies, ribbon-cuttings: Baker quietly taking local roads to exit

Unlike many of his predecessors, Governor Charlie Baker will leave office in January showing no appetite for national politics. His months have instead been drumbeat of groundbreakings, grant announcements, and small-town appearances.

PACKERS 27, PATRIOTS 24

Dan Shaughnessy

Bailey Zappe’s fairy-tale debut had all the makings of a winning show for the Patriots, until the end
The rookie quarterback was 9 for 15 passing for 99 yards and a touchdown in his NFL debut. The third-stringer took over for an injured Brian Hoyer.

Christopher L. Gasper

The Patriots might have lost, but Bill Belichick’s performance? It was masterful.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

When is a loss impressive? When the Patriots are down to a rookie QB against Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field.

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

There’s suddenly a lot more reason to be optimistic about the Patriots

THE FINE PRINT

Left by the side of the road by a Lyft driver and then charged for a pricey second ride
The customer says the second ride-share she took on her journey more than doubled the cost of the trip.

Man accused of killing mother in Truro has died, DA and sheriff’s office say

Adam Howe, 34, was being held at Ash Street Jail in New Bedford, District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said. His death is under investigation by the State Police detectives, O’Keefe said.

breaking

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolution
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insights into our immune system and what makes us unique compared with our extinct cousins, the award’s panel said.

This is my fifth bear market. We’ll get through it.

With stock prices down 25 percent this year, perspective is important. So is planning and some luck.

Here are five no-electricity products to lower your energy bills this winter
As colder months near and the cost of heating your home soars, these devices may make it easier to avoid raising your thermostat.

Former State Police union boss Dana Pullman and former lobbyist Anne Lynch face trial for alleged kickback schemes

Dana Pullman's long-awaited trial gets underway in US District Court on charges that he took kickbacks totaling $41,250 from a union lobbyist and diverted thousands of dollars from the union for personal expenses.

After ‘horror show’ hiker rescues, N.H. asks whether criminal charges are the next frontier
With volunteer rescue teams and conservation officers already “stretched thin,” officials in the state take a defiant stand against irresponsible hiking.

Here’s what to know before hiking N.H. mountains

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars as a disgraced New York journalist in “Alaska Daily,” an ABC drama set in Anchorage.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: True-crime kidnapping, a ‘Community’ movie, and a Hilary Swank series

Peacock has announced that it has greenlit a “Community” movie, with a number of original cast members — Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong — already signed on to star.

Jeff Mullan navigated the traffic on Congress Street on his ride home to Milton from his Seaport office.

I finally biked to work. Was it worth it?

Boston may have gotten more bike-friendly, but there’s a long way to go. An 8.5-mile ride to downtown would be a good test.

Ideas: The joyful and planet-friendly mobility of e-bikes

Michael Wacha allowed five runs on six hits, three of them home runs, over four innings in the Sox' 6-3 loss to the Jays.

Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 3

Makeshift lineup can’t help Red Sox in loss to Blue Jays

The Sox finished the season 3-16 against the Jays. It was their most losses against one opponent in a season since going 1-17 against the American League champion Twins in 1965.

Opinion

Afghan refugee children in a playroom at an immigration center in Alexandria, Va., on July 30, 2022.

Biden needs to unclog the refugee pipeline

Though the president maintained the cap on refugees at 125,000 for 2023, his administration only processed 20,000 people last year. It must speed up the process.

Putin is not bluffing with his nuclear threats

Dr. Richard Dupee

Hope for those with Alzheimer’s disease?

Oliver McPherson-Smith

Empty promises won’t end green slavery

Idris Elba won’t be the next James Bond

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

In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places. It was clear the road to recovery from this monster storm will be long and painful.

‘We’re with you,’ Biden tells Puerto Rico ahead of visit

Innovation economy

These people have the inside take on Boston’s tech scene
Who are the central nodes in Boston’s tech network — the people who unfailingly know about funding rounds coming together, founders on the verge of being ousted, and acquisition whispers?

Fire damages 4 homes in Dorchester, including Walhberg family childhood home
Six alarms were quickly sounded to help stop the fire, officials said.

Three off-the-beaten track fall foliage towns
Foliage season is supposed to be New England’s most glorious time of year, but it can quickly turn ugly when we’re in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a Tour de Foliage. But in these colorful towns, you’ll notice maple trees, not motorists.

Food tours are popular in Europe, but could they take off in Rhode Island?
The beauty of Rhode Island Red Food Tours — similar to other food tours — is that it’s not just about eating.

LOVE LETTERS

I don’t think I can be friends with this ex
“I felt like she never really liked me in the first place.”

Recommended reads

Immigrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia waited on the sidewalk outside the Migrant Resource Center in San Antonio.

An island of acceptance in an ever-redder Texas: How San Antonio, a gateway for migrants, became a hunting ground for DeSantis

Locals say this hospitality toward outsiders is a longstanding tradition in the city, the first major metropolitan area that many crossing the US border with Mexico encounter.

Prison guards beat him and shattered his face. Eight years later, this formerly incarcerated man glimpses justice.
“There’s no accountability for bad behavior. And there’s no acceptance of responsibility,” attorney Robert Griffin said of the Massachusetts Department of Correction.

innovation beat

Why a Boston sneaker design veteran and crypto entrepreneur are making NFT shoes
A shoe designer and a blockchain entrepreneur have teamed up to launch Endstate, a local startup that sells more than just sneakers.

In Rhode Island, a congressional race with national implications
Though New Hampshire and other states opted for more conservative and pro-Trump candidates in this year’s primaries, in Rhode Island moderate Republican Allan Fung has a better chance of turning a blue seat red.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Lizzo in concert at TD Garden Friday.

Love is all around Lizzo at TD Garden show

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

An image from the title sequence of "Severance."

12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

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

A proposed Department of Transportation rule would replace a vague dictum that airlines offer refunds for “significant delays” — a standard easily manipulated or ignored by the carriers — with a set of hard-and-fast rules.

Badly treated air travelers need a new advocate. Make that 50 new advocates.

Workers build a border wall in the Dominican Republic to stop the flow of migrants fleeing Haiti.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The other country building a border wall

Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Mary Skipper spoke to reporters at Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester on Sept. 26, 2022.

The latest Mission Hill report is an early test for Boston’s new schools superintendent

The author, her husband, and their four foster children enter the Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court in Monterey Park, Calif., for their adoption finalization hearing.

IDEAS | GEORGENE SMITH GOODIN

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

A woman voted last Tuesday in Donetsk, the capital of a region in Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists.

Putin’s phony vote

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

Combating food insecurity among college students with campus farms

The University of Rhode Island launched a free farmer’s market in 2021. This year, they are providing up to 1,000 pounds of free produce every week.

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

Food tours are popular in Europe, but could they take off in Rhode Island?

The beauty of Rhode Island Red Food Tours — similar to other food tours — is that it’s not just about eating.

M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie ‘Knock at the Cabin’ is based on a book by local author Paul Tremblay. He’s very excited about it.

The trailer for the movie has been viewed nearly 10 million times on Twitter.

Fire damages 4 homes in Dorchester, including Walhberg family childhood home

Six alarms were quickly sounded to help stop the fire, officials said.

Sports

This picture taken on October 1, 2022 shows police gesturing at people carrying an injured man after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java.

Indonesian police probe tear gas firing at soccer match

Indonesian police said they were investigating over a dozen officers responsible for firing tear gas that set off a crush that killed 125 people at a soccer match, as families and friends grieved Monday for the victims that included 17 children.

Bailey Zappe (left) connected with DeVante Parker for his first touchdown pass in the NFL.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

When is a loss impressive? When the Patriots are down to a rookie QB against Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field.

Bailey Zappe had his NFL initiation in the most overwhelming of circumstances, and the Patriots nearly pulled off the heist.

Kansas City tight end Jody Fortson (88) and Patrick Mahomes strike a pose with JuJu Smith-Schuster during the second half of their victory in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday night.

CHIEFS 41, BUCCANEERS 31

Patrick Mahomes throws for 3 TDs, Chiefs overwhelm Tom Brady’s Buccaneers

Playing in a packed stadium only four days after Hurricane Ian ravaged portions of Florida, Mahomes rolled in his first meeting with Brady since Tampa Bay’s rout of Kansas City in the Super Bowl two seasons ago.

Marcus Cannon helps ignite Patriots’ rushing attack, another positive out of Sunday’s loss

Patriots rise to challenge in Green Bay after losing another QB: ‘To hell with it. Let’s go play ball.’

Jim McBride | Between the hash marks

Patriots rookie Bailey Zappe displayed poise in debut, but Aaron Rodgers got final say for the Packers

Business

Combating food insecurity among college students with campus farms

The University of Rhode Island launched a free farmer’s market in 2021. This year, they are providing up to 1,000 pounds of free produce every week.

UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

The U-turn comes as more lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party turn on government tax plans announced 10 days ago.

Here are five no-electricity products to lower your energy bills this winter

US home prices now posting biggest monthly drops since 2009

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

Governor Charlie Baker chatted with beekeeper Jim Stefanik at the Hampden County Beekeepers stand inside the Big E Fair in West Springfield.

Doughnut breakfast sandwich, selfies, ribbon-cuttings: Baker quietly taking local roads to exit

Another former student accuses R.I. middle-school teacher of misconduct, abuse, and harassment

Former State Police union boss Dana Pullman and former lobbyist Anne Lynch face trial for alleged kickback schemes

sports

Jack Jones celebrates his pick-six on Aaron Rodgers.

Patriots rookie Jack Jones did something only three other players have done to Aaron Rodgers

Bailey Zappe’s fairy-tale debut had all the makings of a winning show for the Patriots, until the end

Patriots lose Brian Hoyer, Jonnu Smith to injuries in loss to Packers

business

Supporters of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacted as they watched the vote count of the legislative and presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.

Bolsonaro, Lula appear headed for runoff in Brazil race

This is my fifth bear market. We’ll get through it.

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

politics

Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 19.

‘We’re with you,’ Biden tells Puerto Rico ahead of visit

Jurors to begin hearing Jan. 6 Oath Keepers sedition case

As new term starts, Supreme Court is poised to resume rightward push

Nation

People stand on the destroyed bridge to Pine Island as they view the damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., on Oct. 2.

In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

‘Saturday Night Live’ tackles Trump skits, Mitch McConnell, Adam Levine in premiere

Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescues

World

An Iranian pro-government demonstrator held up a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally condemning recent anti-government protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation's morality police, in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 25, 2022.

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolution

Indonesian police probe tear gas firing at soccer match

opinion

British actor Idris Elba at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, in May.

Idris Elba won’t be the next James Bond

The sound of the audience is itself a musical accompaniment

Antisemitic past of German town’s Passion Play is not to be overlooked

lifestyle

The Extraordinary Rendition Band, hailing from Providence, is one of 20 bands that will take to Davis Square for this year's HONK! Festival.

HONK! returns with a multi-day music extravaganza

I don’t think I can be friends with this ex

‘Portraits of Pride’ celebrates truth and love for LGBT History Month with new public art exhibition

food & dining

Students harvesting produce at the University of Rhode Island, which will eventually be given out as part of the campus' free farmers market. The program is combatting food insecurity among students.

Combating food insecurity among college students with campus farms

Food tours are popular in Europe, but could they take off in Rhode Island?

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere

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

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars as a disgraced New York journalist in “Alaska Daily,” an ABC drama set in Anchorage.

This week’s TV: True-crime kidnapping, a ‘Community’ movie, and a Hilary Swank series

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere

Untitled upcoming NBC show has local ties

music

Lizzo in concert at TD Garden Friday.

Love is all around Lizzo at TD Garden show

Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is feeling anxious for all of us

Wang joins BSO to tackle (and record) Shostakovich piano concertos

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

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

Discovering there’s no quit on the volleyball court

Obituaries

Mr. Bussard played blues on his guitar in his home in April.

Joe Bussard, obsessive collector of rare records, dies at 86

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

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