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‘A series of mixed signals’: After Rollins, progressives question new DA’s commitment

Kevin Hayden inherited a clear mandate from voters for reform after stepping into a role vacated by Rachael Rollins. His policies so far have some wondering whether he will keep his campaign promises.

Healey promises marijuana pardons if elected Mass. governor

Democrat Maura Healey pledges to follow Biden's lead and pardon past marijuana convictions if elected governor.
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law

Breaking
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial, and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties.

Justice Department is said to believe Trump has more documents

A top Justice Department official told former president Donald Trump’s lawyers in recent weeks that the department believed he had not returned all the documents he took when he left the White House, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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Tell us about your recent travels on the Orange Line

We want to hear your stories — the good, the funny, the bad, the strange, or the frustrating — and we’ll later share highlights from your feedback.

What was it like in the ‘pedo database’ teacher’s class? ‘Very, very tense,’ a former student says.

“As an adult, you can recognize that these behaviors are very inappropriate,” the 21-year-old woman, who attended Davisville Middle School, told the Globe. “And as a child, you’re just stuck there in the moment and you don’t know what to think.”
Peter abraham | on baseball

There was one thing missing from the Red Sox end-of-season press conference

It would have been nice to hear from ownership — John Henry and Tom Werner — and get their thoughts on this dreary season.
In Red Sox offseason stuffed with needs, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers situations loom large

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 Brady-Bündchen relationship
Opinion
Sandy Lish and Evelyn Murphy

Year of the Woman in Massachusetts? No thanks.

Instead let’s continue to make progress toward gender equity.
EDITORIAL

When zoning is a buzzkill
Renée Loth

Proxy battles on the Massachusetts ballot
IDEAS | DARYLN BREWER HOFFSTOT

A garden must be put to bed, too
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Supreme Court wetlands ruling could hit communities of color like a tidal wave

U.S. military to stop honoring Confederate history — finally
The Naming Commission's goal is to remove all official commemorations of the Confederacy, which Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has called “an act of rebellion. It was an act of treason.”

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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
Part 2

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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‘It means everything’: Nigerian Patriots get a chance to honor their heritage and their immigrant parents
Nelson Agholor, Josh Uche, and Mike Onwenu proudly wear the country's flag on their helmets, in large part to recognize the sacrifices their parents made.

Fan sues Patriots for what he says is irreparable damage to US flag signed by Tom Brady
After it had been on display at the team's Hall of Fame, Brady’s signature had significantly faded, which reduced the flag’s value by as much as $1 million, according to the suit.

Proud Boys member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.

Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ‘62 crisis, Biden says

President Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine.

Death toll from Hurricane Ian reaches triple digits
The number of recorded storm-related deaths has risen to at least 101 in the eight days since the storm made landfall in southwest Florida.

Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden

The next step is for the US Attorney in Delaware, a Trump administration holdover, to decide on whether to file such charges, The Washington Post reported.

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Some doctors are reluctant to care for patients with disabilities, study finds

Details of three focus groups made public this week offer disturbing and eye-opening details about the challenges individuals with disabilities face when seeking care.

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.

Rebuild again or leave? Hurricane Ian might have blown snowbirds and transplants from New England back north.
The possibility of catastrophic hurricanes had rarely been a deal-breaker for them, but now they're thinking twice.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

An invitation to Sudan Archives’s prom

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Dead & Company plan a farewell date at Fenway in 2023

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

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Kenneth Rogoff

The scandal rocking the chess world
Kerry Donahue

Focused federal relief fund spending can help avoid long-term harm to BPS students
Seth Moulton

Fixing the blatant inequity of Boston transit
EDITORIAL

It’s great to see city councilors unite. But did it have to be for a pay raise?
Joan Vennochi

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

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

Metro

Back to (home)school

The number of children homeschooled in Massachusetts soared after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NORTH KINGSTOWN SCHOOLS

What was it like in the ‘pedo database’ teacher’s class? ‘Very, very tense,’ a former student says.

“As an adult, you can recognize that these behaviors are very inappropriate,” the 21-year-old woman, who attended Davisville Middle School, told the Globe. “And as a child, you’re just stuck there in the moment and you don’t know what to think.”

Harvard presents W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for furthering African and African American studies

This year’s recipients included former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, artist Betye Saar, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, actress Laverne Cox, arts patron Agnes Gund, and executive and philanthropist Raymond J. McGuire, according to the website for Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.

‘A series of mixed signals’: After Rollins, progressives question new DA’s commitment

Kevin Hayden inherited a clear mandate from voters for reform after stepping into a role vacated by Rachael Rollins. His policies so far have some wondering whether he will keep his campaign promises.

Sports

patriots

‘It means everything’: Nigerian Patriots get a chance to honor their heritage and their immigrant parents

Nelson Agholor, Josh Uche, and Mike Onwenu proudly wear the country's flag on their helmets, in large part to recognize the sacrifices their parents made.
COLTS 12, BRONCOS 9 (OT)

Stephon Gilmore makes game-winning play as Colts slog past Broncos

The first game in NFL history that pitted quarterbacks with at least four Pro Bowl appearances each ended with zero touchdowns, Matt Ryan beating Russell Wilson despite six sacks, a fumble, and two interceptions.

1 dead as police, fans clash outside Argentine soccer match

The incident came less than a week after the use of tear gas outside a soccer match in Indonesia set off a crush that left 131 people dead.
GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Girls’ volleyball: If you’re looking for a hotbed of volleyball, look no further than the Cape Ann League
RED SOX

In Red Sox offseason stuffed with needs, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers situations loom large

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Young, speedy Guardians unfazed by challenge of playoff-tested Rays

Business

More people in Greater Boston are giving up on buying a house. That’s bad news for renters.

An increasing number of would-be home buyers are staying in their apartments or hunting for new ones, making it harder for everyday renters to find a place to live.

US hiring likely slowed last month (which may be good news)

The government’s jobs report for September, coming Friday morning, is expected to show that employers added 250,000 jobs last month, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet.
Larry Edelman

Here’s how a Boston Pops musician made a fortune on Wall Street

Mortgage rates dip slightly
magazine
The Education Issue

TikTok, Instagram, and the endless scroll of unattainable happiness
The Education Issue

The unauthorized school handbook for bewildered parents and caregivers
THE GREAT DIVIDE

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

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

metro

Former rookie state trooper arraigned in 2021 crash that killed Winthrop motorcyclist

After nearly 36 years in prison, Fred Weichel gets a Catch-22

McKee leads Kalus in race for R.I. governor: WPRI/RWU poll

sports

Toughness, versatility, and Milford pride have returned football program to prominence

Top-ranked Alabama looks to avenge last year’s loss to Texas A&M

Fan sues Patriots for what he says is irreparable damage to US flag signed by Tom Brady

business

US applications for jobless benefits increased last week

Twitter-Musk trial delayed as two sides argue over money and trust

Delta, MIT partner to erase planet-warming contrails from skies

politics

Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ‘62 crisis, Biden says

Kelly distances from Biden, Masters yields in Senate debate

Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law

Nation

2 dead, 6 injured in stabbings along Las Vegas Strip, police say

Hurricane Ian floods leave mess, insurance questions behind

Death toll from Hurricane Ian reaches triple digits

World

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

US carrier, South Korea warships start new drills amid tensions

Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

opinion

It’s great to see city councilors unite. But did it have to be for a pay raise?

Focused federal relief fund spending can help avoid long-term harm to BPS students

New era of Boston zoning under Mayor Wu?

lifestyle

Is she in this relationship for the sex — or to build a new life?

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.

food & dining

Where to go apple picking in Massachusetts 🍎

Spicy salsas and warm service at Woburn’s new Dora Taqueria

Reunion BBQ opens in the South End; Boston Public Market throws a party

travel

This fall in the Berkshires, outdoor art rivals the foliage

Explore the world by bike, get a bird’s-eye view of the Rockies, and bring along a stuffed pal

When the Krishna River rises

Arts

Ever wanted to see the Northern Lights? ‘Borealis’ illuminates the Cambridge Science Festival.

At the MFA, a new show looks at what Life left out

Harvard Art Museums examines the power of print in the Enlightenment era

Books

Existing on the edge of extinction

Sandra Cisneros on reading books to become a better writer

Life (and death) of the party in ‘Shrines of Gaiety’

Movies

GlobeDocs 2022: from Massachusetts to Mars, and many destinations between

Going for the gold — and redemption — in ‘The Redeem Team’

Christian Bale thinks ‘we need to find something to be obsessed about’

Television

Capitol attack hearing, documentary air dates set

Why vampires have our undying attention

Ziwe masters the art of asking all the wrong questions

music

Dead & Company plan a farewell date at Fenway in 2023

Just by being her authentic self, Loretta Lynn made sure women were heard

An invitation to Sudan Archives’s prom

Theater/Dance

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

Back to (home)school

Bluebirds are making a comeback — thanks to a little help from their friends

Owl caught in net needs an assist

Obituaries

Jerzy Urban, acerbic communist turned free-speech hero, dies at 89

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

Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86