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Scientists see few signs of a big COVID-19 wave this winter. But you just never know.

In Massachusetts and throughout the nation, the Omicron subvariant called BA.5 remains the dominant strain, although it is slowly losing ground to BA.4.6, a subvariant that is similar enough that it isn’t raising alarms.

Pregnancy complications spiked during the pandemic. No one knows exactly why.

Life in a single room
A look at one immigrant family’s epic quest for a home on the margins of Boston’s housing crisis.

Concerns raised over former MFA director’s dealings with English art collector
Troubling questions are being asked about work a former director of the Museum of Fine Arts performed for a controversial English art collector and businessman who’s been on trial in England for money laundering.

Double parking at Boston churches often goes unchecked. Muslims say they want the same flexibility.

Public records show that people attending Friday prayers at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury were much more likely to receive a parking ticket than those attending Sunday morning services at a handful of churches in other neighborhoods.

Explosion damages bridge to Crimea, hurts Russia supply line

Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed three people.

(Left) North Atlantic right whale “Snow Cone” spotted south of Nantucket on Sept. 21, dragging heavy fishing gear and in poor health. And a lobster roll (right)

Whales are dying. Ropes from lobster traps are partly to blame. That’s put lobsters — and the people who catch them — in the crosshairs of conservation groups.

A key seafood industry watchdog group urges consumers not to eat lobster because of the impact on endangered right whales.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Herschel Walker gives the game away
Time and again, we’ve seen evidence that many of the people who lead the Republican Party don’t give a hoot about abortion.

Analysis: Race between Warnock and Walker could end in another extraordinary moment Four weeks out, Senate control hangs in the balance in tumultuous midterms

‘A wave of opposition’: Hundreds march in Boston as part of nationwide protest for abortion rights
The State House lawn was awash with pink and green Saturday afternoon as hundreds gathered for a national “Day of Action” for reproductive rights.

Kemba Walker got a warm reception in Charlotte at Friday night's Hornets-Celtics preseason game.

Former Celtic Kemba Walker is missing October basketball for the first time as he waits for a call

Walker is sorting out a buyout from the Pistons, with hopes of landing a roster spot elsewhere despite his decline in recent years.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (above) says Barry Bonds is baseball's single-season home run king.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Aaron Judge, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth; who is baseball’s real home run king?

Some people want Aaron Judge recognized as baseball’s single-season champion because his 62 home runs were the most since the end of the Steroid Era.

Even though the Patriots lost in overtime, you had to take your hat off to Bailey Zappe for his effort against the Packers.

chad finn | unconventional preview

Even if it’s Bailey Zappe’s first NFL start, Patriots should be able to handle the Lions

Detroit has key injuries on offense, and Zappe showed he could run the Patriots offense competently in his relief role at Green Bay.

For Everett’s Lewis Cine, a devastating injury 4,000 miles and an ocean away

Opinion

Police hold back demonstrators looking to confront anti-trans activist Chris Elston, outside of Boston Childrens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 18, 2022. - The demonstrators showed up as a counter-protest to a group that was against the hospital's programs that deal with gender affirmation surgeries and hormonal treatments.

Protecting transgender health care for the kids who need it

Hospitals on the front lines under attack physically and financially need protection.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why is Question 4 so confusing?

IDEAS | DANIEL BAKER AND CARL JUNE

A disease-slaying drug that lives on in the body?

Sandy Lish and Evelyn Murphy

Year of the Woman in Massachusetts? No thanks.

Proxy battles on the Massachusetts ballot

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

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

Documents indicate Florida had plans for other migrant trips
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration told at least one contractor vying for a bid to transport immigrants out of the state that the job involved sending “criminals” to Massachusetts, according to an interview with the contractor and documents obtained by The Boston Globe.

Trump wanted to make a deal: He would return documents for information on Russia investigation

Late last year, as the National Archives ratcheted up pressure on former president Trump to return boxes of records he had taken from the White House, he had an idea: Let's make a trade.

Lyft driver assaulted outside MBTA station in Revere, Transit Police say

A 30-year-old East Boston man is facing a charge of assault and battery after he admitted to punching the driver in the face around 1:30 a.m. Saturday following a dispute over the number of passengers who could ride in the vehicle, Transit Police said.

Christopher L. Gasper

Chaim Bloom needs more time to see if he can produce a winner with Red Sox
The Sox have to see Bloom Ball through at this point or they’ll only create a bigger mess.

Vibe check: How Bostonians are holding up, and helping each other, as times stay tough
Sky-rocketing prices. A dire affordable housing shortage. A lingering pandemic. In the face of everything, Bostonians in four disparate neighborhoods tell the Globe how they've persevered — and had their neighbors' backs.

Vermont town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years
The water and wastewater superintendent in Richmond, Vermont, said in September that he had reduced the amount of fluoride in the town's water, surprising residents and officials.

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An Orange Line Train arrived at the Oak Grove MBTA station.

The shutdown was supposed to make the Orange Line faster. It’s slower, data show.

T officials acknowledged that service is slower, and offered a series of explanations. For one, they indicated that the five years’ worth of work they said was completed during the 30-day closure turned out not to be enough to immediately eliminate all slow zones targeted during the shutdown.

Tell us about your recent travels on the Orange Line

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.

Larry Edelman

Here’s how a Boston Pops musician made a fortune on Wall Street
Clarinetist Edward Avedisian picked enough winning stocks to donate $100 million to Boston University. It took hard work, perseverance — and a high tolerance for risk.

Where to go apple picking in Massachusetts 🍎
With the fall season upon us, apple orchards are suddenly calling. Explore our map of the best places to go apple-picking around Massachusetts.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Lia Cirio and Patrick Yocum in George Balanchine's "Apollo."

Boston Ballet’s ‘My Obsession’ is worth obsessing over

Jennifer Koh performs Bernstein's Serenade with Andris Nelsons and the BSO.

Nelsons and BSO make Shostakovich shine

Veronica Raya dances in a ceremonial performance with the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa at the Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration in Newton. Hundreds of people gathered in Albemarle Park last year as Newton recognized its first-ever Indigenous Peoples Day.

A few ways to mark Indigenous Peoples Day around Boston

Christian Bale attended the European premiere of "Amsterdam" Sept. 21 in London.

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

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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

The scandal rocking the chess world

The author's western Pennsylvania garden in warmer days.

IDEAS | DARYLN BREWER HOFFSTOT

A garden must be put to bed, too

MBTA commuter trains at South Station waited for passengers.

Fixing the blatant inequity of Boston transit

Leech Lake Tribal College students harvest wild rice in Steamboat Bay on Leech Lake in Minnesota on Sept. 12.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

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

Anthony Amore, security director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, was 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?

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

Hundreds of women in the construction industry gather for conference

In Massachusetts, women comprise 10 percent of building trade apprentices, which is triple the national average, according to the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues.

‘A wave of opposition’: Hundreds march in Boston as part of nationwide protest for abortion rights

The State House lawn was awash with pink and green Saturday afternoon as hundreds gathered for a national “Day of Action” for reproductive rights.

Anton Fier, ferocious drummer who played across genres, dies at 66

Even at his musical peak in the 1980s, Anton Fier, a drummer, producer and bandleader who brought power and precision to his work with acts as diverse as the Feelies, Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson and his own star-studded ensemble, the Golden Palominos, seemed to glimpse a dark end for himself.

Japanese avant-garde pioneer composer Ichiyanagi dies at 89

Mr. Ichiyanagi studied at The Juilliard School and emerged a pioneer, using free-spirited compositional techniques that left much to chance, incorporating not only traditional Japanese elements and instruments but also electronic music.

Sports

Daniel Suarez (right) will start third in Sunday's playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in position to reach NASCAR's round of eight in the first season of Justin Marks's Trackhouse Racing.

NASCAR CUP SERIES

Trackhouse Racing showing no signs of slowing down as playoff field cut to eight

Justin Marks launched the team last season around Daniel Suárez on a leased charter because the demand to buy the guaranteed spots in the field was too high. One year later, both are challenging at the highest levels.

Oscar Gonzalez flipped his bat and Guardians fans were soon flipping out after the rookie ended the American League wild-card series in Cleveland with a homer.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Rookie Oscar Gonzalez blasts the Guardians past the Rays in the 15th inning for a wild-card sweep

With the series completed in two games when a walkoff homer ends the longest scoreless game in MLB postseason history, Cleveland turns its attention to the Yankees and the AL Division Series.

Andover's Rose Memmolo (20) is surrounded by her teammates after scoring the only goal in the Golden Warriors' 1-0 win over previously unbeaten Longmeadow on Saturday in Andover.

HS Field Hockey | Andover 1, Longmeadow 0

Andover prevails over Longmeadow in a matchup of the state’s top Div. 1 and Div. 2 field hockey teams

Striker Rose Memmolo scored the game's only goal on a second-quarter tally in Andover's 1-0 victory Saturday against previously unbeaten Longmeadow.

Patriots notebook

Patriots activate rookie Tyquan Thornton ahead of their game against the Lions

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No. 4 Michigan regroups after coach carted off field, rallies to beat Indiana

Bruins notebook

Pain-free Brad Marchand reports improved range in his skating after hip surgery but a return still scheduled for late November

Business

Whales are dying. Ropes from lobster traps are partly to blame. That’s put lobsters — and the people who catch them — in the crosshairs of conservation groups.

A key seafood industry watchdog group urges consumers not to eat lobster because of the impact on endangered right whales.

LARRY EDELMAN | THE 2-MINUTE DRILL

The latest job report offers a glimmer of hope in the fight against inflation

We're in the midst of an economic Catch-22: Nobody wants runaway inflation. But nobody wants the Fed to relentlessly jack up interest rates and simply pray it doesn’t topple the economy into a job-killing recession.

Stocks slump on fears about rates, recession after jobs data

Gas prices in US rise for a second week after refineries shut down

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

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

This week's daters: Lucinda and Jamie

Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

Manuel's son carried a mattress though the streets of Somerville to the new residence early in the morning of Sept. 2. The family had to move late in the night, the only time when Manuel and Teresa did not have work.

Life in a single room

Vibe check: How Bostonians are holding up, and helping each other, as times stay tough

Double parking at Boston churches often goes unchecked. Muslims say they want the same flexibility.

sports

Runners in the boys' varsity C race took their mark, got ready and were off to the races at the MSTCA Bay State Invitational Cross-Country meet Saturday at Fort Devens.

Cambridge’s Aoife Shovlin, Westford’s Paul Bergeron make statement triumphs at Bay State Invitational at Fort Devens

After a perfect start at Triton Regional, Braeden McDonald and Ricky Gardella chart a course for a perfect finish to their high school careers

Former Celtic Kemba Walker is missing October basketball for the first time as he waits for a call

business

During a visit to Boston, BioNTech chief medical officer Dr. Özlem Tureci and chief executive Dr. Ugur Sahin, said they are planning to test three new versions of their firm's COVID-19 vaccine, which could lead to stronger protection against future versions of the coronavirus.

In Boston visit, BioNTech’s leaders say the pandemic isn’t close to being over

Dunkin’ just rolled out a new rewards program, and some customers aren’t happy

Condo near top of One Dalton to list for $38 million. Take a look inside.

politics

The US Capitol in Washington, D.C., US, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022.

Four weeks out, Senate control hangs in the balance in tumultuous midterms

National Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace

Trump wanted to make a deal: He would return documents for information on Russia investigation

Nation

Charles A. Bowsher, chairman of the Public Oversight Board and former comptroller general of the United States, testified before the Senate Banking Committee in 2002.

Charles Bowsher, federal auditor during 1980s banking crisis, dies at 91

Vegas showgirls describe shock of stabbings that left 2 dead

Pregnancy complications spiked during the pandemic. No one knows exactly why.

World

A helicopter drops water to stop a fire on a bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait on Oct. 8.

Explosion damages bridge to Crimea, hurts Russia supply line

Blast on bridge to Crimea deals a blow to Russian war effort

Sticky rice and toy trucks: Honoring tradition in tragedy

opinion

Two issues in particular have ignited Republican ire: Question 1 (the “millionaire’s tax”), which would apply a small surcharge to incomes over $1 million, and Question 4, allowing undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses in the state.

Proxy battles on the Massachusetts ballot

Thanks for the donation to BU med school, but did it have to come with a name change?

Winter is coming, and the power grid strains

lifestyle

Veronica Raya dances in a ceremonial performance with the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa at the Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration in Newton. Hundreds of people gathered in Albemarle Park last year as Newton recognized its first-ever Indigenous Peoples Day.

A few ways to mark Indigenous Peoples Day around Boston

My ex signs her texts ‘xx’

In Roxbury, the Jeremiah Program offers single mothers fellowship, confidence, and a road map for the future

food & dining

A Dunkin' store at Washington and East Berkeley streets in Boston.

Dunkin’ just rolled out a new rewards program, and some customers aren’t happy

Where to go apple picking in Massachusetts 🍎

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

travel

The flight ride attraction “FlyOver in Las Vegas” has launched “Windborne: Call of the Canadian Rockies,” which takes viewers on an immersive adventure to some of the most isolated and untouched areas of the mountain range.

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

This fall in the Berkshires, outdoor art rivals the foliage

Arts

The installation, known simply as “Borealis,” is currently in the middle of an international tour, and arrived in Kendall Square as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.

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

A still from the documentary "Good Night Oppy"

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

US actress Amy Schumer.

‘Inside Amy Schumer’ is back — with a new home

Capitol attack hearing, documentary air dates set

Why TV vampires have our undying attention

music

Jonathan Cohen led Handel and Hadyn in a season-opening program of Bach on Friday, Oct. 10.

Handel and Haydn Society steps confidently into a new era

Nelsons and BSO make Shostakovich shine

Dead & Company plan a farewell date at Fenway in 2023

Theater/Dance

Lia Cirio and Patrick Yocum in George Balanchine's "Apollo."

Boston Ballet’s ‘My Obsession’ is worth obsessing over

A feminist take on ‘Dracula’ that bites back

Steve Sweeney opens a cozy comedy club in Quincy

globe local

Emily Schadler) homeschools her three children in the backyard of their Maynard home.

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

The drummer Anton Fier performed with the Golden Palominos, the band he formed in the 1980s, at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan in 2010.

Anton Fier, ferocious drummer who played across genres, dies at 66

Japanese avant-garde pioneer composer Ichiyanagi dies at 89

Judy Tenuta, brash ‘Love Goddess’ comedian, dies at 72