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Geoff Diehl and Maura Healey are facing off in the general election for Massachusetts governor in November. And neither campaign is articulating their plans for addressing COVID-19 should the state face a surge this winter.

Sleepwalking into a third COVID winter? Neither Healey nor Diehl have shared a plan for the pandemic.

Neither major party candidate for governor in Massachusetts has articulated their plans for how they might manage another surge, if elected.

Clockwise from top left: Nashville-style fried chicken from Hot Chix in Cambridge, the Yunnan Kitchen crew, “Father’s Advice” cocktail at Baldwin Bar at Sichuan Garden, oysters and lobster at The Little Whale Oyster Bar, and culinary director Brendan Pelley of Xenia Greek Hospitality.

10 restaurant and bar openings we’re excited about this fall

I hope you’re hungry. There’s so much to look forward to on the local dining scene: Homey Greek cooking, fancy finger food, a modern Hong Kong cafe, and more.

We are adding a star for restaurant reviews.

The return of restaurant reviews

Paused during the pandemic, official reviews are back next week — with one change.

How do 2019 grocery receipts compare with food costs today? Here’s what we found.
Inflation has caused the price of staples like bread, yogurt, and bananas to surge. But by how much?

Mass. native among 3 awarded Nobel chemistry prize for attaching molecules

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to design medicines. Bertozzi grew up in Lexington.

How three chemists made molecules 'click'

Law school at Northeastern University mistakenly sends out acceptance emails

The Northeastern University School of Law mistakenly sent 205 email messages to applicants informing them of their acceptance for the incoming class next fall, the school confirmed Wednesday.

OPEC+ makes big oil cut to boost prices; pump costs may rise

Oil is trading well below its summer peaks because of fears that major global economies such as the US or Europe will sink into recession due to high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainty over the war in Ukraine.

Russian launches to space from US for the first time in 20 years

Alec Baldwin reaches settlement with family of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ set

Window washer suffers life-threatening injuries after fall at JFK Library in Dorchester

Tom Brady kisses Gisele Bündchen in 2018.

Have Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen split up? Here’s a look at their relationship.

The picture-perfect power couple’s relationship is reportedly on the rocks, with multiple outlets reporting on Tuesday the two have hired divorce lawyers. Here's a look back at their relationship.

Bill Belichick revealed little about his quarterback plans.

Once again, Bill Belichick won’t reveal his plans for who will play quarterback this Sunday

The Patriots coach wouldn't commit to Bailey Zappe starting, and shared no details about Mac Jones and Brian Hoyer.

Six things to know about Patriots practice squad quarterback Garrett Gilbert

In their first game under Joe Mazzulla — a preseason contest vs. Charlotte — the Celtics ran off to a 41-point win.

Signs are hopeful for Celtics, but can Joe Mazzulla be stern with them when needed?

Ime Udoka, who played in the NBA and coached under Gregg Popovich, commanded players' respect, but the new coach doesn't bring those credentials.

Opinion

Anthony Amore, security director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, is reflected in the empty frame that held the painting "The Concert" by Vermeer.

If he can’t find stolen art, can Anthony Amore find what’s stolen in state government?

Someone had to ask, so I did. The state auditor candidate’s first reaction: It’s “a cheap shot.” But he addressed it anyway with reasonably good humor.

America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan

An early morning phone call, a tragic decision by DOC

IDEAS | CLAIRE DUNNING

The unintended consequences of Boston’s nonprofit-led urban development

No, Hurricane Ian will not ‘fuel the economy’

Health | Mary T. Bassett

Black Americans’ poor health outcomes is proof of wildly overdue unpaid tab for slavery
Successful reparations means eliminating racial health disparities. Until racism no longer drives negative effects on the health and length of a Black person’s life, equity remains theoretical.

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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."

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KEVIN CULLEN

Perla, the spy who came in from the heat
From the get-go, the migrants were duped.

Home of the Week: Tired of your commute? With this Arlington condo, you can mix things up.
Renovated unit comes with four bedrooms and three full baths.

Cory Youmans, the fan who caught Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball, could be in for a big payday

Judge said:" It would be great to get it back, but that’s a souvenir for a fan. He made a great catch out there, and they’ve got every right to it.”

Watch: Judge blasts his record-breaking homer

Biden to meet with DeSantis, survey damage from Hurricane Ian in Florida

President Biden is headed to hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday with a pledge that federal, state, and local governments will work as one to help rebuild homes, businesses and lives — putting politics on mute for now to focus on those in need.

In Narragansett, short-term rental debate weighs owners’ rights, community concerns

Councilwomen who drafted a restrictive ordinance say something needs to be done: “We’re losing community and it’s driving up the prices.” Critics say the plan is an encroachment on property rights.

Photos: One last look back at the 2022 Red Sox season
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But if you had to describe the 2022 last-place Red Sox season in one word for a family newspaper — no expletives, please — what would it be?

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Jack Thomas, journalist who poignantly wrote of his terminal diagnosis, dies at 83

“I just wish I could stay a little longer,” Mr. Thomas wrote last year after learning he would soon die of cancer.

Archive: I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I want to say.

By age 15, she’d hosted a Netflix series and launched #1000BlackGirl Books. Now she’s a Harvard freshman.
Since age 10, Marley Dias has been pushing “authors, educators, and administrators to reconsider the messages they’re sending to children.”

Take a look inside this $15.9 million waterfront compound on Cape Cod
Marybeth and Stephen Bisson, owners of Wicked Craft in Boston, are selling the property on Red Brook Harbor that includes both a private beach and a tennis court.

‘Worst teacher I ever had’: Former Davisville Middle School student speaks out against former teacher
The woman is the latest former student from North Kingstown, R.I., to accuse school administrators of failing to deal with teachers who were behaving inappropriately with students.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Miles Teller hosted the 48th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

Trash-talking ‘SNL’ has always been part of the game

Marley Dias is the host of “BookMarks” on Netflix and a freshman at Harvard.

By age 15, she’d hosted a Netflix series and launched #1000BlackGirl Books. Now she’s a Harvard freshman.

Frontman Brandon Flowers and the Killers at TD Garden.

The Killers go big at TD Garden

Lucy Lawless in Acorn's "My Life Is Murder."

Why British streamers aren’t getting this TV critic’s attention

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‘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

Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Sacheen Littlefeather’s eternal challenge to Hollywood and America

A coach bus with migrants aboard departed the Steamship Authority ferry from Martha’s Vineyard as onlookers greet them with a wave, in Woods Hole on Sept. 16. Migrants shipped to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida’s Republican governor said on Friday that they had been misled about where they were being taken, prompting immigration lawyers to promise legal action as the refugees from Venezuela were relocated temporarily to a federal military base.

Time to get ‘Perla’ before a grand jury

Over the weekend, Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, and released a post in which he called Elaine Chao, his former Labor secretary and wife to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, “China Loving Wife, Coco Chow.”

There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore

Carlos Munoz reached out to hug Larkin Stallings of Vineyard Haven as the Venezuelan migrants prepare to leave Martha's Vineyard, Sept. 16.

Our Martha’s Vineyard moments

A groups of migrants walk from the Migrant Resource Center to a nearby shopping center in search of food in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 19.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A private sponsorship program for displaced Venezuelans

A Democratic nominee for Congress, Joseph Alfonso, knocks on doors around downtown Plainwell, Mich.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

‘What the hell are we doing?’: Democrats are letting beatable election-denying Republicans cruise to reelection

Metro

Sleepwalking into a third COVID winter? Neither Healey nor Diehl have shared a plan for the pandemic.

Neither major party candidate for governor in Massachusetts has articulated their plans for how they might manage another surge, if elected.

In Narragansett, short-term rental debate weighs owners’ rights, community concerns

Councilwomen who drafted a restrictive ordinance say something needs to be done: “We’re losing community and it’s driving up the prices.” Critics say the plan is an encroachment on property rights.

BankRI to build new headquarters in Providence

Construction begins in summer 2023 on a six-story building on former I-195 land at the corner of South Main and Pike streets.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Generational change is coming to Rhode Island - across every sector

Over the next year, key leaders in the nonprofit, government, and business world are set to leave their jobs. Can Rhode Island handle the change?

Sports

Bill Belichick revealed little about his quarterback plans.

Once again, Bill Belichick won’t reveal his plans for who will play quarterback this Sunday

The Patriots coach wouldn't commit to Bailey Zappe starting, and shared no details about Mac Jones and Brian Hoyer.

Chess site alleges ‘likely’ cheating by embattled Magnus Carlsen rival Hans Niemann

In a 72-page report released Tuesday, a major online chess platform found that Hans Niemann “likely cheated” on its site more frequently and at a later age than he has publicly acknowledged.

In their first game under Joe Mazzulla — a preseason contest vs. Charlotte — the Celtics ran off to a 41-point win.

Signs are hopeful for Celtics, but can Joe Mazzulla be stern with them when needed?

Ime Udoka, who played in the NBA and coached under Gregg Popovich, commanded players' respect, but the new coach doesn't bring those credentials.

Six things to know about Patriots practice squad quarterback Garrett Gilbert

Cory Youmans, the fan who caught Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball, could be in for a big payday

Rays at Red Sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 162: It’s the final game of the Red Sox season; see lineups and notes

Business

OPEC+ makes big oil cut to boost prices; pump costs may rise

Oil is trading well below its summer peaks because of fears that major global economies such as the US or Europe will sink into recession due to high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainty over the war in Ukraine.

How do 2019 grocery receipts compare with food costs today? Here’s what we found.

Inflation has caused the price of staples like bread, yogurt, and bananas to surge. But by how much?

Elon Musk says he wants Twitter again and will pay $44 billion price

Putting on the Ritz above South Station

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

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green.

RICAS results won’t be released until after the election

Rhode Island, it’s time for statewide paratransit service

Defunct hotels offer new real estate for housing homeless people

sports

It was better that fans at the Red Sox' on-field photo day faced away from the Green Monster, where the standings showed their team in last place.

Photos: One last look back at the 2022 Red Sox season

The loudest kid at his Montreal hockey camp. A man who put his life back together. Meet Jim Montgomery, who is ready to lead the Bruins.

Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits 62nd homer to top Roger Maris, set American League record

business

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Tuesday.

Stocks rally for a second day, regaining some lost ground

Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter

A Musk retweet: Tesla CEO says he’ll pay $44B to buy Twitter

politics

President Biden waved before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Florida to visit areas impacted by Hurricane Ian on Wednesday at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Biden to meet with DeSantis, survey damage from Hurricane Ian in Florida

Georgia Senate bombshell dials up questions about the quality of GOP candidates

Federal money to replace Cape Cod bridges has yet to arrive, but lawmakers maintain confidence

Nation

Crew-5 members, from left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Aunapu Mann and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata departed for Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Russian launches to space from US for the first time in 20 years

Princess Anne takes the Staten Island ferry to Manhattan

Hurricane Ian closes some Florida schools indefinitely

World

Chess site alleges ‘likely’ cheating by embattled Magnus Carlsen rival Hans Niemann

Nobel Prize awarded to three chemists who made molecules ‘click’

Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount

opinion

What would you call a Bullwinkle in tears? A lachrymoose, of course. Pictured, "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle," starring Rocky the flying squirrel and his moose pal.

May I have a word: Of lexicoins, misnamers, and changelingos

The chip war is reshaping world politics

Black Americans’ poor health outcomes is proof of wildly overdue unpaid tab for slavery

lifestyle

Tom Brady kisses Gisele Bündchen in 2018.

Have Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen split up? Here’s a look at their relationship.

Welcome to Polyamory City

HONK! returns with a multi-day music extravaganza

food & dining

We are adding a star for restaurant reviews.

The return of restaurant reviews

10 restaurant and bar openings we’re excited about this fall

Goodnow Farms Chocolate is now offering tours

travel

An American cockroach.

Should Airbnb refund for ‘biggest roach I’ve seen in my life’?

A fondness for shoulder season

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

Arts

Clint Baclawski, "Departure," 2022. Scrolling lightbox kits, electronic ballasts, Latex prints, 2-foot LED bulbs, speaker wires, power cords, Stinger cable power supply, matte black wall.

Clint Baclawski’s grand illusions

Mr. Lincoln goes to Concord

When the camera has an imperial power

Books

Marley Dias is the host of “BookMarks” on Netflix and a freshman at Harvard.

By age 15, she’d hosted a Netflix series and launched #1000BlackGirl Books. Now she’s a Harvard freshman.

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

Linda Ronstadt can’t stand ‘boring writing’

Movies

Part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died from a gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin last October.

Alec Baldwin reaches settlement with family of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ set

Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando’s Oscar, dies at 75

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

Television

Miles Teller hosted the 48th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

Trash-talking ‘SNL’ has always been part of the game

Why British streamers aren’t getting this TV critic’s attention

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

music

Frontman Brandon Flowers and the Killers at TD Garden.

The Killers go big at TD Garden

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies

Ed Sheeran announces a 2023 summer stop at Gillette Stadium

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

Vehicles stand at a Tesla Supercharger station.

Wellesley to hold electric vehicle showcase and test drive Oct. 16

Brookline recognized in Fortune’s ‘25 Best Places to Live for Families’

Emergency call box gives beachgoers direct access to 911

Obituaries

Judge Silberman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2008.

Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies

Jack Thomas, journalist who poignantly wrote of his terminal diagnosis, dies at 83