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Diana Kipyokei, winner of 2021 Boston Marathon, could have race title stripped after suspension for doping

The Kenyan was provisionally suspended by the sport's doping agency for testing positive for a banned substance, and tampering with or obstructing the investigation.

James Pindell | Analysis
The Jan. 6 committee has voted to subpoena Trump. What happens now?
The former president basically has three options now. Let's unpack what they are.

Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump for testimony on Capitol attack Jan. 6 panel plays new footage of congressional leaders pleading for help

10 must-see museum shows from Massachusetts to Maine

Critic Murray Whyte highlights exhibitions across New England.
The hidden highlights of the Boston Public Library 4 museum curators around Boston who are shaping what we see next, and how we see it Museums in Focus: More special coverage
dan shaughnessy

Bill Belichick has some historic NFL ties (and hats), and other thoughts

The NFL coaches Belichick admires most are the legendary Paul Brown and George Halas, and he crossed paths with both.
Chad Finn's Unconventional Preview: Did the Patriots find their identity in last week’s shutout? We may find out Sunday.

‘I love you all and I will see you soon.’ Jean McGuire releases first public statement after Franklin Park stabbing

Jean McGuire, the prominent Boston civil rights and education advocate who was repeatedly stabbed Tuesday night in Franklin Park, said in her first public statement Friday that “we need to stand together” to keep helping local youth. McGuire, 91, is recovering from the attack at a city hospital.

‘The system is strained’: Greater Boston’s support networks struggle to keep up as thousands of migrants surge into the area

The new migrants, by and large, have come to the state after crossing the border in Texas and then bouncing between detention centers, shelters run by nonprofits, or friends’ living rooms throughout the country.

Teenager kills 2 in Raleigh, N.C., neighborhood, 3 more along walking trail, police say

The suspect, who was hospitalized in critical condition following the shootings, eluded officers for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested, police said. Authorities had not determined a motive.

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
The protesters caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting, which is on display in London’s National Gallery.

Senator Warren leads rare congressional hearing in Boston on MBTA safety problems, says ‘The T is failing’

Senator Elizabeth Warren joined Senator Ed Markey, Mayor Michelle Wu, and federal transit administrator Nuria Fernandez at a congressional subcommittee hearing in Boston on the T Friday morning. The MBTA's Steve Poftak and Department of Public Utilities Chair Matthew Nelson have been invited to testify.

BPDA approves big project along Fort Point Channel
The $1.2 billion Channelside development would bring housing, a lab building, and office space to what’s now parking lots on the banks of the downtown waterway.

Pembroke woman, 22, dies after tree falls on her vehicle in Tennessee storm

Laurel Flaherty, a first year law student at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, was killed Wednesday when a tree fell on her vehicle as she was driving in a storm.

Man taken to hospital after becoming trapped in heavy piece of machinery at metal scrap yard in Everett
MATTHEW GILBERT

‘Bad Sisters,’ great villain

He is the most malevolent character without a gun to grace TV screens this year.
MISS CONDUCT

Is it pretentious to use fine china we inherited while hosting holiday parties?

Putting out the nice plates without feeling like you’re putting on airs.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After absolutely destroying an Oreo McFlurry, I felt much better’

Will this romantic night end beneath the golden arches?
Opinion
TIMELINE

Assault on American democracy

Jan. 6, 2021, was one of the most alarming days in American history. Boston Globe Opinion columns, editorials, letters, and cartoons untangle the continuing aftermath of the attack on the US Capitol.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Jan. 6 panel throws a gauntlet at Trump’s feet
EDITORIAL

Trump’s role in Jan. 6 attack grows ever clearer
Ted Widmer

With threats of nuclear weapons and warnings of ‘Armageddon,’ lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

How the language of social justice is used to protect the status quo

The Emancipator
My first abortion occurred at age 11. Then there were the others.
Lora-Ellen McKinney has never been pregnant. With an extremely rare genetic connective tissue disorder, her life was saved by abortion care.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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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.

Catholic Medical Center trustees hire firm to investigate its operations after Globe Spotlight investigation New Hampshire keeps patients in the dark about their doctors’ malpractice, disciplinary records Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau
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."

More recent stories

Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter dies at 69
Sutter was the dominant closer of his time, starring with the Cubs and Cardinals and winning a Cy Young Award in 1979.

‘This is my community’: North Shore residents reclaim Danvers bridge tarnished by hate speech

More than 100 Jews and allies rallied on a bridge from which neo-Nazis flew anti-Semitic banners less than three weeks earlier. Protesters said their goal was to reclaim the bridge as well as the town's reputation.

Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20b bid for Albertsons, parent company of Shaw’s and Star Market
The deal will likely get heavy scrutiny from US antitrust regulators, especially at a time of high food price inflation.

They come for health care. They leave ready to vote.
Vot-ER is founded on the belief that helping patients gain a voice in their communities and in the larger political process will help them improve the many factors — air quality, housing opportunities, access to healthy food — that play an outsized role in their health.

National Grid, Woburn startup team up to develop new power lines that carry more electricity
A local company is teaming up with the utility giant to develop lines that could carry five times more electricity than existing ones.

Gisele Bundchen raises eyebrows with Instagram comment
Is the supermodel's latest social media activity a subtle jab at Tom Brady?

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Catholic Medical Center trustees hire a firm to investigate its operations after Globe Spotlight investigation

Facing criticism from patient families, their own medical staff, and state legislators in the wake of the stories about Dr. Yvon Baribeau, CMC’s trustees announced on Thursday that Horty, Springer & Mattern would conduct an “independent, external review.”

‘It’s a very serious situation’: Putin’s nuclear threat ratchets up tension
With Russian troops now on the defensive, and conventional warfare unable to check recent Ukrainian battlefield advances, the chances that Putin might resort to nuclear weapons have risen, defense and security specialists say.

Inflation jumped faster than expected in September, dashing hopes it has peaked
The disheartening report from the Labor Department signaled there’s no end in sight to the pain of fast-rising prices and the aggressive steps by the Federal Reserve seeking to force them down.

Can’t poop when you go on vacation? Here’s why.
We asked an expert to explain what’s happening — and not happening — and what we can do about it.

Quebec City’s got an excrement exhibition, and there’s a lot to digest

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Culture & Lifestyle

Dramas call the tune on Broadway: A quartet of must-see productions kicks fall season into gear

Tiffani Faison will open Tenderoni’s in the Fenway, replacing Tiger Mama

‘TÁR’: Cate Blanchett delivers powerhouse performance as world-renowned conductor with dark past — and present

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

JEFF JACOBY

A slow writer’s lament
Ro Khanna

America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan
RENÉE GRAHAM

Despite multiple scandals, Herschel Walker could still win
EDITORIAL

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

Why is Question 4 so confusing?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

RI politics

Rhode Island political news: September 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

‘I love you all and I will see you soon.’ Jean McGuire releases first public statement after Franklin Park stabbing

Jean McGuire, the prominent Boston civil rights and education advocate who was repeatedly stabbed Tuesday night in Franklin Park, said in her first public statement Friday that “we need to stand together” to keep helping local youth. McGuire, 91, is recovering from the attack at a city hospital.

‘This is my community’: North Shore residents reclaim Danvers bridge tarnished by hate speech

More than 100 Jews and allies rallied on a bridge from which neo-Nazis flew anti-Semitic banners less than three weeks earlier. Protesters said their goal was to reclaim the bridge as well as the town's reputation.
BEVERLY BECKHAM

We need to find ways to carry on in our changed world

We haven’t had a day of reflection or remembrance, a time when we stop what we are doing, the way we stopped on Thursday, March 12, 2020, when the world shut down.

Sports

Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter dies at 69

Sutter was the dominant closer of his time, starring with the Cubs and Cardinals and winning a Cy Young Award in 1979.
dan shaughnessy

Bill Belichick has some historic NFL ties (and hats), and other thoughts

The NFL coaches Belichick admires most are the legendary Paul Brown and George Halas, and he crossed paths with both.
boston marathon

Diana Kipyokei, winner of 2021 Boston Marathon, could have race title stripped after suspension for doping

The Kenyan was provisionally suspended by the sport's doping agency for testing positive for a banned substance, and tampering with or obstructing the investigation.
BC football

At the bye week, here are five telling statistics about BC football
Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

Did the Patriots find their identity in last week’s shutout? We may find out Sunday against the Browns.
Commanders 12, Bears 7

Muffed punt, Brian Robinson touchdown lift Commanders over Bears Thursday night

Business

BPDA approves big project along Fort Point Channel

The $1.2 billion Channelside development would bring housing, a lab building, and office space to what’s now parking lots on the banks of the downtown waterway.

Dolly Parton donation strategy: ‘I just give from my heart’

“I never know what I’m going to do or why I’m gonna do it. I just see a need and if I can fill it, then I will," said the country star.

Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20b bid for Albertsons, parent company of Shaw’s and Star Market

National Grid, Woburn startup team up to develop new power lines that carry more electricity
magazine
Healthy Aging

Forget Wordle. Here are 5 secrets to living better, longer.

Healthy Aging

I picked up the guitar later in life. Here’s what I learned about its effects on the brain.

PERSPECTIVE

My heart pounded when I contacted a girl I’d bullied over 50 years ago
COOKING

Recipes: Three stews to warm you as the weather gets cooler

metro

Aspiring police officer gets a special visitor

Reading series features the works of local poets

Senator Warren leads rare congressional hearing in Boston on MBTA safety problems, says ‘The T is failing’

sports

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson facing new lawsuit claiming sexual misconduct

Girls’ volleyball: For Julia and Kevin Goyette, coaching together at Ursuline has only strengthened their father-daughter bond

Tom Brady could be fined for apparent kick of Grady Jarrett

business

Pfizer says its booster targeting Omicron offers good protection

Inflation jumped faster than expected in September, dashing hopes it has peaked

Social Security benefits will increase by 8.7% for tens of millions

politics

Senator Warren leads rare congressional hearing in Boston on MBTA safety problems, says ‘The T is failing’

Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump as it wraps up its case

Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump for testimony on Capitol attack

Nation

Teenager kills 2 in Raleigh, N.C., neighborhood, 3 more along walking trail, police say

Five killed, including police officer, in North Carolina shooting, police say

Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press

World

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

North Korea fires missile and shells, further inflaming tensions

Turkey, Russia to study Putin’s gas hub proposal

opinion

Social Studies: Trump rallies left a mark; the power of defense spending; how laughter spread

Calming a perfect storm of confusion

A painful day for Boston

lifestyle

10 family-friendly Halloween activities

Gisele Bundchen raises eyebrows with Instagram comment

Maybe I should just settle

food & dining

Tiffani Faison will open Tenderoni’s in the Fenway, replacing Tiger Mama

Little Whale Oyster Bar takes over for Grand Tour

Iggy’s Bread will open a croissant-only cafe in Huron Village; a mini-golf restaurant comes to the Seaport

travel

A pet package in Cambridge, Halloween events, and a super-luxe Galapagos sail

The Peloponnese peninsula is Greece’s best-kept secret

American Airlines cancels flight and charges an extra $1,147

Arts

4 museum curators around Boston who are shaping what we see next, and how we see it

MFA’s Victoria Reed is a leading voice in debate over looted artworks — and what to do with them

From maps to manuscripts to matchcovers (and don’t forget the Rembrandts), 12 highlights from the BPL

Books

Mountains of the damned

On making — and keeping — reading a daily habit

New stories by a modern master

Movies

‘TÁR’: Cate Blanchett delivers powerhouse performance as world-renowned conductor with dark past — and present

Director Mat Whitecross explores the sonic side of Bond in ‘The Sound of 007′

‘Stars at Noon’: They’re young, they’re in love, and they’re in trouble in Nicaragua

Television

‘Bad Sisters,’ great villain

In ‘Magpie Murders,’ double plots double the mystery

Craving holiday Peanuts this year? You’ll have to stream.

music

Dolly Parton donation strategy: ‘I just give from my heart’

Art Laboe dies at 97; DJ served as conduit among generations, ethnic groups

Boston Baroque founder reflects on musical milestones on 50th anniversary

Theater/Dance

Dramas call the tune on Broadway: A quartet of must-see productions kicks fall season into gear

Look inside the Huntington Theatre’s brand new $55 million renovation

How Nina became Edna: Andrew Levitt’s improbable leap from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ to ‘Hairspray’

globe local

‘This is my community’: North Shore residents reclaim Danvers bridge tarnished by hate speech

We need to find ways to carry on in our changed world

Aspiring police officer gets a special visitor

Obituaries

Art Laboe dies at 97; DJ served as conduit among generations, ethnic groups

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