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Boston Council votes in favor of salary increases for mayor and councilors — bumping pay higher than Mayor Wu proposed

Under the plan, which the 13-member body passed unanimously, the mayor’s annual salary would increase to $250,000 from $207,000, while councilors’ would climb to $125,000 from $103,500.

Window washer killed during fall inside JFK Library in Dorchester
A window washer working inside the JFK Library in Dorchester fell to his death Wednesday and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be investigating, officials said.

In the past week, coyotes killed a dog in Cohasset and followed a 10-year-old dog walker in Hingham
These are some of the latest in a spate of coyote encounters that have become increasingly common across Massachusetts.

Watch: Red Sox, Rays pay tribute to NESN’s Dennis Eckersley
Between the top and bottom of the fifth inning, a lengthy video tribute to Eckersley was shown on the screen, one that included several highlights from his Hall of Fame career.

After a brief climb, levels of coronavirus waver in Eastern Mass. waste water

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

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

Carolyn Bertozzi, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry stood on the steps of Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Stanford University in Stanford, CA. on Oct 5.

Basketball fan, keyboard player, and now Nobel Prize winner in chemistry: Mass. native caps pioneering career with highest honor

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’

DEVRA FIRST

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.

The return of restaurant reviews

Newport police detective won’t be charged in violent Thames Street arrests captured in viral videos
Bystander videos from the June incident show Detective Patrick Walsh knocking a passerby to the ground and punching him in the head as he lies near the curb. A statewide grand jury has declined to indict Walsh.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen after the Bucs won the Super Bowl in 2021.

What we know about the reported rift between Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen

It wasn’t until Tuesday that the “D” word entered the fray.

See a timeline of the Tom Brady-Gisele Bündchen relationship

Over the course of the pandemic, the cost of groceries has seen some major increases. Here's how the prices of staples like bread, bananas, and Coca Cola compare from 2019 to now.

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?

A rendering of the View Boston observatory atop the Prudential Center, which is slated to open in 2023.

Revamped observatory set to open atop Prudential tower in 2023

The observatory will feature 360-degree views of the city and “immersive experiential exhibits,” where visitors can create custom itineraries of what to see, do, and eat in Boston based on their travel interests.

Opinion

MBTA commuter trains at South Station waited for passengers.

Fixing the blatant inequity of Boston transit

International travelers get a taxpayer-supported investment of $130 per person, while the people who power Greater Boston day in and day out get $3.13.

A new home run champion

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

IDEAS | CLAIRE DUNNING

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

IDEAS | SHANTI L. NELSON

Grandma Bertha and the giant wall of pumpernickel

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."

More recent stories

Defunct hotels offer new real estate for housing homeless people

It’s a creative alternative to the traditional congregate-shelter setting that many homeless people tend to avoid.

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.

President Biden to storm-ravaged Florida: ‘We’re not going to leave’

President Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild as he comforted local residents alongside Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 foe.

Witness to crash that killed toddler describes rushing to the scene

Jurors heard opening statements Wednesday morning in the trial of Charlene Casey, who is charged in a fatal crash at a busy South Boston intersection that killed 2-year-old Colin McGrath.

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.

Seattle overtakes Boston as third-richest US city by household income

The recovery from Covid-19 has been uneven across US cities, with economies disrupted as businesses and workers relocated.

Recommended reads

Mr. Thomas, at work in the Globe newsroom in 1979.

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.

KEVIN CULLEN

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

Brigham researchers probe how late eating could lead to weight gain
In another blow to the midnight snack, a new study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital adds to the evidence that late eating leads to increased risk of obesity, researchers said.

Stan Grossfeld

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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Culture & Lifestyle

The Beatles play Boston Garden on Sept. 12, 1964.

Don’t pass Ringo by: What other drummers think of the most underappreciated Beatle

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.

Wilco around the time of the 2001 release of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

Wilco’s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ reissue captures the sound of a band driven to greatness

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

Workers exited a building at the SME Steel Contractors facility in West Jordan, Utah, in February 2021.

America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan

On Sept. 30, two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, businesses near the beach in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., lie in ruins as others were completely swept away.

No, Hurricane Ian will not ‘fuel the economy’

Bridgewater State Hospital refused to admit Adam T. Howe.

An early morning phone call, a tragic decision by DOC

Cameras linked to facial recognition technology display photos of jaywalkers alongside their names and ID numbers in Xinjiang, China.

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

A warning from China’s surveillance state: It could happen here

The chip war is reshaping world politics

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

Will deep pockets doom this dream?

Every fairy tale must have a villain, or at least somebody whose priority is to make a buck.

Newport police detective won’t be charged in violent Thames Street arrests captured in viral videos

Bystander videos from the June incident show Detective Patrick Walsh knocking a passerby to the ground and punching him in the head as he lies near the curb. A statewide grand jury has declined to indict Walsh.

Window washer killed during fall inside JFK Library in Dorchester

A window washer working inside the JFK Library in Dorchester fell to his death Wednesday and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be investigating, officials said.

After a brief climb, levels of coronavirus waver in Eastern Mass. waste water

The levels of coronavirus detected in Eastern Massachusetts waste water are wavering after a brief steep climb, according to the latest data from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Sports

After a down season in 2021, Jeff McNeil bounced back to make his second All-Star team and win his first batting crown.

Mets’ Jeff McNeil clinches major league batting crown from the bench

McNeil finished with a major-league best .326 average after Freddie Freeman flew out to center in the fifth inning for the Dodgers.

Eckersley got an emotional sendoff at Fenway Wednesday.

Watch: Red Sox, Rays pay tribute to NESN’s Dennis Eckersley

Between the top and bottom of the fifth inning, a lengthy video tribute to Eckersley was shown on the screen, one that included several highlights from his Hall of Fame career.

Tom Brady took a hard hit on his throwing shoulder when sacked by Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed last Sunday.

Tom Brady and coach Todd Bowles absent from Buccaneers practice

Brady took a hard hit on his throwing shoulder when he was sacked last Sunday, while missed practice for a personal reason and is expected back on Thursday.

women's college hockey notebook

NEWHA takes important steps as women’s college hockey continues to grow

MIAA GYMNASTICS COMMITTEE

Is the future of high school boys’ gymnastics strictly an individual pursuit?

red sox notebook

Alex Verdugo tops Alex Cora’s list of Red Sox players who can make a leap next season

Business

Former DirectTV CEO donates $10 million to BC High

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Will the Supreme Court slam the brakes on social media?

The high court agreed this week to hear two cases, setting up a dramatic challenge to the most important federal law governing the Internet — Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.

Musk adds Twitter mission while taking Tesla’s in new direction

Pilot sues Southwest after colleague exposes himself

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 Democratic Gov. Dan McKee delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island political news: September 2022

Brigham researchers probe how late eating could lead to weight gain

Lantern room of historic Scituate lighthouse to be removed amid safety concerns

sports

King Philip's Ella Pisani (right), taking a a shot on goal in front of Hingham's Claire Murray, had an eight-point week for the Warriors to headline the EMass girls' soccer Players of the Week.

EMass girls’ soccer: An eight-point week from King Philip’s Ella Pisani headlines top performances

Film review: Bailey Zappe showed enough that he should move up the depth chart

Bruins’ lines remain in flux, particularly regarding Jake DeBrusk

business

An Audi e-tron alerted a driver to an oncoming cyclist during a connected car-to-bicycle safety demonstration on Sept. 29 in Oceanside, Calif. Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology can help prevent avoidable incidents with visual and audible warnings for cyclists.

Hello, fellow car. We’ve got a problem. Let’s talk.

‘Best Before’ labels scrutinized as food waste concerns grow

Revamped observatory set to open atop Prudential tower in 2023

Nation

An entrance sign at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Eads, Colo., in 2019.

Haaland: US expanding Native American massacre site

Russian launches to space from US, 1st time in 20 years

Talk of ‘civil war,’ ignited by Mar-a-Lago search, is flaring online

World

FILE — Taiwanese military personnel participated in an amphibious landing as part of military exercises in Pingtung, Taiwan on July 28, 2022. Chinese military exercises around the island studied by American officials showed that China would probably blockade the island as a prelude to any attempted invasion, and Taiwan would have to hold out on its own until the United States or other nations intervened, if they decided to do that, the current and former officials say.

US aims to turn Taiwan into giant weapons depot, officials say

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

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

opinion

Water boiling on an induction cooktop.

Induction cooktops are getting our attention

Right whale’s drawn-out suffering cries out for action

Wait till next year has especially bittersweet ring to this Sox fan

lifestyle

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen after the Bucs won the Super Bowl in 2021.

What we know about the reported rift between Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen

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

Welcome to Polyamory City

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

Aric Prather, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California San Francisco, has written "The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest."

Self-help: Set aside one week to put your sleep issues to bed

Charles Fuller, Pulitzer recipient for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ dies at 83

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

Movies

From left: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in "Amsterdam."

A movie, a city, a state of mind: ‘Amsterdam’

Charles Fuller, Pulitzer recipient for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ dies at 83

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

Television

Samantha Morton as Catherine de’Medici in "The Serpent Queen."

At halfway point, ‘The Serpent Queen’ commands attention

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

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

music

Ringo Starr in 2019.

Ringo at his most fab

Don’t pass Ringo by: What other drummers think of the most underappreciated Beatle

Wilco’s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ reissue captures the sound of a band driven to greatness

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

Mr. Fuller poses, at his home in New York in 1977. He earned the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his acclaimed “A Soldier’s Play.”

Charles Fuller, Pulitzer recipient for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ dies at 83

Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies