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Man sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and death of Jassy Correia in 2019

Rhode Island man Louis D. Coleman III was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison without parole for kidnapping Jassy Correia from outside a Boston nightclub in 2019 and killing her during a violent struggle inside his car.

Angela Lansbury, star of ‘Gypsy’ on stage and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ on screen, has died
Ms. Lansbury was five days shy of her 97th birthday. She won five Tony Awards for her Broadway performances and a lifetime achievement award and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards for her work in film.

Mayor Michelle Wu says new raises approved by City Council for elected officials are ‘too high’

“The timing of it is concerning to me, and the scale of it,” Wu said of the 20 percent raises the Boston City Council passed last week for the mayor and councilors.

Councilor Michelle Wu never would have backed this City Council raise. Mayor Wu should veto it.

While thousands of city employees have gone years without a meaningful raise, the councilors have decided that they are hugely underpaid.

Tracking the funders of the 2022 Massachusetts ballot questions

Massachusetts voters are being asked to decide on four ballot questions this November on issues ranging from taxes to dental insurance, and the Globe is tracking who is funding the campaigns for each side.

Shirley Leung: Answers to your questions about the millionaires tax

Former representative Tulsi Gabbard announces she’s leaving the Democratic Party

Two more from eBay who harassed Natick couple sentenced

R.I. couple helps rescue ‘15, 20 babies’ from burning nursery in Barcelona

Shuttle buses replacing Red Line service between Ashmont and Fields Corner due to ‘track problem’

Evan Hero helped paint a 160-foot-long mural directed by artist Roberto Chao and painted through the help of volunteers in Mozart Park in Hyde Square in Boston.

Holding on to Boston’s Latin Quarter

As the demographic makeup of the gentrifying neighborhood has shifted, efforts to preserve the history and culture of Hyde Square have intensified in recent years, thanks to the advocacy of local business owners and activists who worry about what the future holds.

FOOD

It used to be difficult to find a good flour tortilla in the Boston area. Not anymore.
Here’s a look at some of the best tortillas made locally, rolled up with a little history and a deep appreciation for their delicious versatility.

I’ve been trying to recreate my mother’s flour tortillas. At long last, success. Here’s my recipe.

Watch: Drone operators capture stunning scenes of New England fall foliage from above
A group of fall-foliage devotees are providing a different view of “forest fashion week,” as some states to the north enter peak season.

Where to find foliage trackers for each New England state Three off-the-beaten track fall foliage towns

October colors across Harpswell, Maine, with the just-past full hunter's moon.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Warm days will turn to showers later in the week

October 2022 is running cooler and drier than average so far. But readings will easily get into the 60s Tuesday, and Wednesday will be gorgeous before a cold front approaches Thursday.

In this image made available by NASA, debris ejects from the asteroid Dimorphos, right, a few minutes after the intentional collision of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on Sept. 26, 2022, captured by the nearby Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2022l, NASA said the spacecraft succeeded in shifting its orbit. (ASI/NASA via AP)

‘Simply amazing’: MIT professor praises successful NASA asteroid test

NASA's announcement that a spacecraft hit an asteroid and shifted its orbit was a stunning development, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor said.

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

Adnan Syed walked out of the Baltimore City Circuit Court after a judge overturned his conviction on Sept. 19.

Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case

Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her office would continue to pursue justice for Hae Min Lee but that it had closed its case against Adnan Syed, who spent 23 years in prison for the killing.

A police officer kept watch on Cobden Street after the shooting.

‘It’s just sad’: Neighbors stunned by double shooting in Roxbury that left 14-year-old boy dead

The gunfire shortly after noon claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy and left a second child suffering from gunshot wounds.

Opinion

Democratic Governor Janet Mills participates in a gubernatorial debate Oct. 4 at the Franco Center in Lewiston, Maine. Mills is being challenged by Republican Paul LePage and independent Sam Hunkler.

Janet Mills has shown Maine what a serious governor can do

Her skillful performance has blunted Paul LePage’s comeback chances.

Changing the narrative about sports injuries and ‘toughness’

Young people and the power of social media

Direct cash assistance is a proven way to support struggling families

IDEAS | DAVE KINDY

Even in — especially in — the Google era, a massive book of quotes never gets old

BOOKS | Christopher Rivas

In the alchemy of Brownness, taking up space should not be a radical act
Author Christopher Rivas explores living beyond the Black/White binary to reclaim the middle ground of race, ethnicity, and identity.

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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

Healey sounds a little bit like the Republican she’s vying to succeed
In both policy and pitch, Attorney General Maura Healey has for months cited, echoed, and outright praised Charlie Baker, the lame-duck Republican governor at whom her party has for years lobbed arrows.

Two women who died in fatal ride share crash in Boston graduated from Quinnipiac University last year
The two women killed Saturday on Interstate 93 in Boston when a tow truck rear-ended their rideshare vehicle had graduated from Quinnipiac University last year after completing their physical therapy degrees, the school said Tuesday.

UN, G7 decry Russian attack on Ukraine as possible war crime

The leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers condemned the strikes in Kyiv and 12 other regions on Monday and said they would “stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

INNOVATION BEAT

New study suggests racial attitudes impact Black- and Hispanic-owned VC firms
Only about 1.4 percent of the trillions of dollars under management in the US are invested with firms under diverse ownership. A new paper from researchers at Harvard Business School and elsewhere attempts to explain why.

Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport
Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline passengers.

US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of R.I. abortion ruling
Catholics for Life and other plaintiffs had petitioned the high court to weigh in on whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional protections in light of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

Recommended reads

The new annual cost of attending Lasell will be $39,500 next year, $26,000 in tuition and $13,500 in room and board. That’s down from a total cost of $59,130.

College sticker prices are deceptive with so many students getting aid. So one local university cut both.

Lasell University's president said the school has struggled with enrollment in the past few years, and the tuition cut is meant to reverse that slide by boosting price transparency and convincing families a liberal arts education might be within reach.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

New MCAS data underscore missed learning of the pandemic. What if kids can’t catch up?
With the MCAS reinforcing prior data indicating many students are more than half a school year behind, the state and districts risk moving too slowly to make up that time.

Mass. health department to lead regional effort to improve outbreak response
The department has received a $25 million federal grant intended to help health officials address infectious disease outbreaks by deploying the burgeoning science of genomics.

GLOBE/SUFFOLK POLL

Dan McKee continues to lead Ashley Kalus in R.I. governors race, new Globe/Suffolk poll finds
McKee has strong support among Democrats, women, and Black voters, while Kalus leads among Republicans and independents.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Steve Lacy, whose "Bad Habit" is currently the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts, performed at Roadrunner Monday night.

Chart-topper Steve Lacy is a big hit at Roadrunner

James Ricardo Milord, shown at a recent rehearsal, plays Herald Loomis in the Huntington's production of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."

August Wilson’s ‘Joe Turner’ brings the Huntington back to the beginning

An image in "Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcards" from Instagram user @heath_travels

Accidentally Wes Anderson has some postcards for you

Tess Lukey is the new associate curator of Native American art for The Trustees of Reservations.

Tess Lukey appointed first curator of Native American art for The Trustees of Reservations

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

The only antidote for my slow writing is my ever-looming deadline.

A slow writer’s lament

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

America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan

Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker addressed reporters following a campaign stop at on Thursday in Wadley, Ga. Walker's appearance was his first following reports that a woman who said Walker paid for her 2009 abortion is actually mother of one of his children, undercutting Walker's claims that he didn't know who she was.

Despite multiple scandals, Herschel Walker could still win

Health aide Angela Martin helps former Detroit Red Wings star Vladimir Konstantinov into his wheelchair, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in West Bloomfield, Mich. Konstantinov is in danger of losing the 24/7 care he has had for two-plus decades. The disabled former NHL defenseman is a casualty of changes to Michigan's auto insurance law that curbed or cut what hospitals, residential care facilities and home providers can charge car insurers for care. Konstantinov suffered a severe brain stem injury from an accident in a limousine with an impaired driver after a Stanley Cup celebration nearly 25 years ago.

Home health care is a critical support for strained families and an aging society. It’s time we treated it that way.

A couple sat outside tents at the State House in June in support of a bill that would allow undocumented people in Massachusetts to get driver's licenses.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why is Question 4 so confusing?

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

Brian O’Donovan is walking on air against his better judgment.

When you’re given a terminal diagnosis, it’s hard not to dwell on it. More important is how you deal with it.

US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of R.I. abortion ruling

Catholics for Life and other plaintiffs had petitioned the high court to weigh in on whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional protections in light of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

‘It’s just sad’: Neighbors stunned by double shooting in Roxbury that left 14-year-old boy dead

The gunfire shortly after noon claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy and left a second child suffering from gunshot wounds.

Healey sounds a little bit like the Republican she’s vying to succeed

In both policy and pitch, Attorney General Maura Healey has for months cited, echoed, and outright praised Charlie Baker, the lame-duck Republican governor at whom her party has for years lobbed arrows.

Sports

Raiders star Davante Adams could be facing punishment for shoving a photographer on Monday night.

Raiders’ Davante Adams could be suspended for shoving photographer after loss to Chiefs

The league is reviewing Adams’s actions following a 30-29 loss to the Chiefs, as is the Kansas City Police Department.

Sophia Smith appeared to have a hand on the pulse of the US women's soccer team after Tuesday's loss.

Spain blanks US women in soccer; Americans hadn’t lost two straight since 2017

The United States hadn't lost two straight since the March 2017 SheBelieves Cup.

It’s unclear whether LaMelo Ball, injured Monday, will miss the Hornets’ season opener Oct. 19 at San Antonio.

Hornets guard LaMelo Ball’s ankle sprain confirmed, status for opener unclear

The Hornets breathed a sigh of relief after an MRI did not reveal a significant long-term injury.

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Nick Castellanos flashes glove, bat as Phillies hold off Braves in NLDS opener

Former Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

Bailey Zappe’s competent play is not that big a surprise to his Patriots bosses

Business

Rotmans furniture store in Worcester to close after more than six decades

The labyrinthine retailer, located at 725 Southbridge St. in Worcester, will be closed Oct. 12-13 before a going-out-of-business sale commences on Oct. 14.

Biden proposal could lead to employee status for gig workers

The proposed rule is essentially a test that the Labor Department will apply to determine whether workers are contractors or employees for companies. The new version of the test lowers the bar for that employee classification from the current test, which the Trump administration’s Labor Department created.

5G cell service can coexist with planes, US study suggests

INNOVATION BEAT

New study suggests racial attitudes impact Black- and Hispanic-owned VC firms

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

Mayor Michelle Wu

Councilor Michelle Wu never would have backed this City Council raise. Mayor Wu should veto it.

RISD, US museums return stolen African bronzes to Nigerian government

Holding on to Boston’s Latin Quarter

sports

Jakub Lauko, 22, has reason to smile after earning an NHL roster spot.

Jakub Lauko and A.J. Greer will be in Bruins’ opening-night lineup

Will Patriots RB Damien Harris miss time? There’s nothing ‘definitive’ about his hamstring injury yet.

Watch: Jayson Tatum joins Jack Harlow on stage in Boston — and sinks a free throw

business

In this Dec. 2, 2021, hogs gather to feed in a pasture on a farm near Elliott, Iowa.

Supreme Court voices concern over California humane-pork law

IMF warns ‘worst is yet to come’ for world economy

Two more from eBay who harassed Natick couple sentenced

politics

Pedestrians walk past the Leading Insurance Agency, which offers plans under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) on January 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida.

New rules fix ‘flaw’ for families seeking Obamacare coverage

Former representative Tulsi Gabbard announces she’s leaving the Democratic Party

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9 in racist 2015 attack

Nation

Debris ejected from the asteroid Dimorphos, right, a few minutes after the intentional collision of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on Sept. 26, 2022, was captured by the nearby Italian Space Agency's LICIACube. For the first time, NASA succeeded in shifting an asteroid's orbit.

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

Hospitals across nation closing children’s units

Honda, LG to build $3.5b battery plant, hire 2,200 in Ohio

World

Charles is expected to shorten the length of the service, reduce the guest list, and dispense with some of the more antiquated rituals, a person with knowledge of palace planning said. Those changes reflect the cost-of-living squeeze that is afflicting Britain, as well as the king’s longer-term push for a more streamlined royal family structure.

Coronation of King Charles III is set for May 6

Israel and Lebanon reach landmark maritime agreement

Biden to reevaluate relationship with Saudi Arabia after oil production cut

opinion

The Massachusetts State House as seen from near the Longfellow Bridge in Cambridge.

How money will be spent is one of Question 1’s pressing questions

Home health care is a critical support for strained families and an aging society. It’s time we treated it that way.

A tragedy of errors: A killing in one county, then an apparent suicide in another

lifestyle

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen after the New England Patriots won Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons in 2017.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have reportedly hired divorce lawyers

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin talks deportation, house arrest

He was engaged when we met

food & dining

Vinegars from America Vinegar Works in Worcester, a craft vinegar maker.

Unexpected flavors from a craft vinegar maker in Worcester

Vegan meats you can now get sliced at a deli counter

These Halloween candies are scary good

travel

While you’re at Lil's, check out the Vinyl Vault, a vintage record store located in the former bank vault.

Just over the border in Kittery, Maine, a neighborhood that has it all

When the Krishna River rises

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

Arts

Detail of Mark Loughney's "Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration," 2014-present, in "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration," Bell and Cohen Galleries, Brown Arts Institute, Brown University.

At Brown, ‘Marking Time’ provides window into prison industrial complex

Tess Lukey appointed first curator of Native American art for The Trustees of Reservations

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

Books

An image in "Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcards" from Instagram user @heath_travels

Accidentally Wes Anderson has some postcards for you

Existing on the edge of extinction

Sandra Cisneros on reading books to become a better writer

Movies

Filmmaker and Emerson professor Hanadi Elyan will be in attendance at the Boston Palestine Film Festival on Oct. 20 to participate in a Q&A event following the 7 p.m. screening of her film, “Salma’s Home,” at the Emerson Paramount Center’s Bright Family Screening Room. Elyan's films feature strong Arab women as leads — in this case, the two wives and adopted daughter of a man who have to put aside their differences and deal with his death and their resulting inheritance.

Boston Palestine Film Festival returns for 16th year to ‘spark conversation’

TV and film actor Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn’s mother, dies

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

Television

Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in the 1987 film "Fatal Attraction."

Reboot mania back with a vengeance

This week’s TV: A new CNN lineup, ‘Shantaram’ arrives, and the story of Tegan and Sara

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on Marilyn Monroe’s fan mail, features Brendan Gleeson on mandolin

music

Steve Lacy, whose "Bad Habit" is currently the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts, performed at Roadrunner Monday night.

Chart-topper Steve Lacy is a big hit at Roadrunner

LA trio Automatic have ‘Excess’ on their minds

This pharmacist has a prescription for keeping doo-wop real

Theater/Dance

James Ricardo Milord, shown at a recent rehearsal, plays Herald Loomis in the Huntington's production of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."

August Wilson’s ‘Joe Turner’ brings the Huntington back to the beginning

A ‘Traveling Peculiarium’ brings some old-fashioned fun to the Seaport

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

globe local

Amelia Everett will continue her track career at Stanford University after graduating from Newton South High School this spring. Last year, Everett competed at the MIAA All-State track meet at Norwell High School and won the 1-mile race.

Newton South track star to continue running career at Stanford

Back to (home)school

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

Obituaries

Angela Lansbury posed for a portrait during press day for "Blithe Spirit" in Los Angeles in 2014.

Angela Lansbury, star of ‘Gypsy’ on stage and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ on screen, has died

TV and film actor Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn’s mother, dies

Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, groundbreaking ultrasound researcher and physician, dies at 73