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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.

One child in critical condition following suspected chemical spill at Cape Cod YMCA

Three of the children exposed Friday to toxic fumes from a chemical spill at the Cape Cod YMCA have been transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, according to a hospital spokesman, while police continued their investigation Saturday.

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.

‘Exactly what I wanted’: Anna Sorokin’s first night of house arrest
Minutes after immigration agents dropped Anna Sorokin off at her fifth-floor walk-up apartment in the East Village of Manhattan late Friday night, she returned downstairs dressed in black-framed glasses, a hoodie and sweats, a monitor loosely hanging from her ankle.

Explosion damages bridge to Crimea, hurts Russia supply line

Devils 5, Bruins 3

Bruins can’t catch up to slippery Devils

(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.

A ticket rested on a car in front of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Boston on March 11, 2022.

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.

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

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.

NFL’s concussion protocol modified after Tua Tagovailoa review
Language addressing abnormality of balance/stability was added to symptoms that would keep a player from returning to action, with both sides concluding the Miami QB's situation "was not what was intended" from the policy.

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.

Two Norwood residents honored with Heartsaver Hero award for saving man’s life at a gym
Paula Verderber and Scott Leverenz were preparing for a class at CrossFit Prosperity on June 28 when classmate Chris Dull collapsed. They sprang into action, performing CPR and using a defibrillator to revive him before Norwood paramedics arrived, officials said.

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

In every letter, a story of need and appreciation

For 67 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at holiday time. Please consider giving by phone, mail or online at globesanta.org.

Red bandanna pride swells at Boston College for alumnus Welles Crowther

Welles Crowther, who graduated from BC in 1999, is credited with rescuing at least a dozen people from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, with only a red bandanna to protect his face from smoke and debris.

Stephanie Dabney, electrifying prima ballerina, dies at 64

Firebird became Ms. Dabney’s signature role, and she performed it more than any other during her career.

Two Norwood residents honored with Heartsaver Hero award for saving man’s life at a gym

Paula Verderber and Scott Leverenz were preparing for a class at CrossFit Prosperity on June 28 when classmate Chris Dull collapsed. They sprang into action, performing CPR and using a defibrillator to revive him before Norwood paramedics arrived, officials said.

Sports

The pressure was on Alabama's defense with Bryce Young out, and it stepped up.

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Without Bryce Young, No. 1 Alabama escapes Texas A&M

Playing without their injured Heisman Trophy winner, the Crimson Tide needed two late stops from Will Anderson Jr. and the defense to survive four turnovers.

Wide receiver Jaden Williams gets a hand on this first-quarter pass, but just like victory for BC, it was just out reach.

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BC hangs for a half, but No. 5 Clemson proves too much

The Eagles hung within one score at halftime, before Tigers quarterback DJ Uiagalelei tossed three second-half touchdown passes.

From left, Quinn Fidler, Gavin Colby, Braeden McDonald, Connor Houlihan, Ricky Gardella, and Griffin Houlihan have powered Triton Regional to a 15-0 start on the links.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

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

They went 18-0 as freshmen and now the four-year players are three victories from duplicating that feat as seniors under first-year coach Ryan Sheehan.

Devils 5, Bruins 3

Bruins can’t catch up to slippery Devils

NFL’s concussion protocol modified after Tua Tagovailoa review

Predators 3, Sharks 2

Predators beat Sharks to sweep two-game series in Prague

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

Protesters carried signs and chanted while they marched in Boston Saturday as part of a national “Day of Action” for reproductive rights.

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

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

Herschel Walker gives the game away

sports

Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green answers questions from the media at Chase Center in San Francisco, Saturday n his first public statements about an incident where Green punched teammate Jordan Poole during a Wednesday practice.

Draymond Green’s absence from Golden State Warriors ‘mutual decision’ after punch

Amid Pride Day backdrop in Amherst, Liberty kept focus on beating UMass

Patrick Cantlay one putt short of a 59 in claiming share of lead at Shriners Children’s Open

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

Anna Sorokin sits at the defense table during jury deliberations in her trial at New York State Supreme Court, on April 25, 2019, in New York.

‘Exactly what I wanted’: Anna Sorokin’s first night of house arrest

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

Vegas showgirls describe shock of stabbings that left 2 dead

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

Ms. Dabney, in her Manhattan apartment in 2010. “Stephanie had it all: line, feet, technique, speed, imagination, and the most important thing of all, heart,” said Virginia Johnson, the artistic director of the Dance Theater of Harlem.

Stephanie Dabney, electrifying prima ballerina, dies at 64

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

Japanese avant-garde pioneer composer Ichiyanagi dies at 89