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Long COVID took their health. Then it took their money.

Facing an indefinite loss of income and mounting medical costs, long-haulers are finding themselves unable to make ends meet.

In Buenos Aires, a city riven by economic and political turmoil, the subway shows up every three minutes. Yeah, that’s different from Boston.

Buenos Aires doesn’t have some of the challenges the Boston area faces, but its transit system offers a window into an alternative universe in which preventative subway maintenance was embraced, a powerful union averted cuts, and the city aggressively took street space away from cars for buses and bikes.
Warren, Markey put MBTA officials in hot seat over safety incidents

Robert Kraft marries Dana Blumberg in surprise wedding with Tom Brady, Elton John in attendance
Kraft, 81, gained a new ring — a wedding ring — when the billionaire businessman wed Dr. Dana Blumberg, 47, in a celebrity-filled soirée at the Hall des Lumières in New York City, according to Page Six.

Boston police warn parents of kidnapping scam

Five key moments from the Walker-Warnock debate in Georgia
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

Opening night offered a window into Jim Montgomery’s view on the Bruins’ attack, particularly from David Pastrnak

The orders from the new coach to his star wing will be shoot, shoot, and shoot some more, same as always. But as part of Montgomery’s desire for motion and chaos, Pastrnak’s selection may not be as familiar.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Which free agents would be good fits for the Red Sox this offseason?

The Red Sox have money to spend, approximately $91.6 million in average annual value before going over the first threshold of Major League Baseball’s luxury tax.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The NFL’s concussion protocols have changed and the Tua Tagovailoa case is resolved, but no one seems happy with it

The NFL, the union, teams, and players have gripes about how the situation has been handled. And the changes to the concussion protocols could wreak havoc on the season.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Give Beacon Hill time to rework tax refund law, Governor Baker

Unless lawmakers revise the 1986 law, the biggest beneficiaries of Massachusetts’ tax refunds will be the state’s wealthiest households — while the poorest residents stand to get nothing.
TIMELINE

Assault on American democracy
SCOT LEHIGH

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

Media and tech companies still aren’t doing enough to police non-English language misinformation
Ted Widmer

With threats of nuclear weapons and warnings of ‘Armageddon,’ lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Emancipator

A letter to my White sons

Joanna Schroeder on the talk she has with her White sons breaking down the red flags of White nationalism.
Museums in Focus

From maps to manuscripts to matchcovers, 12 highlights from the BPL

A look at what’s inside the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections Department and available online.

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

From the MFA to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, museums are looking at their collections through new eyes.

Welcome to the MIT Museum’s ‘spiffy’ new digs in Kendall Square

The museum’s director, John Durant, talks about the new location and what makes the institution such a special place.

10 must-see museum shows from Mass. to Maine

Critic Murray Whyte highlights the exhibitions you should see across New England.
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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

Government starts taking applications for student debt cancellation

Late Friday night for the first time, some borrowers were able to apply for up to $20,000 in student loan cancellation that President Biden had promised in August.

‘Person of interest’ in slaying of N.H. couple was involved in fatal stabbing four years ago

Logan Clegg, described by police as a “highly dangerous” transient with no local ties, claimed self-defense in the death of a man in Spokane, Wash., and wasn’t prosecuted.

Ukraine and Russia work to gain advantage in annexed regions
Much of the heavy fighting was centered on regions of southern Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed.

Six people shot in Worcester on Saturday morning

One man sustained serious injuries during a shooting in Worcester early Saturday morning. Police found an additional five shooting victims in the vicinity and at local hospitals.

Christopher L. Gasper
Last time the Celtics were anointed favorites, it didn’t end well. This time had better be different.
The Celtics tend to do their best work when they’re doubted, dissed, or dismissed. However, now it’s the weight of championship expectations on their shoulders, not a chip.

Woman, man killed in early-morning five-vehicle crash in Mansfield

A 32-year-old Dorchester woman and a 27-year-old Norton man were killed in the crash.

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COMMENTARY

Soup, ‘Sunflowers,’ and a sad stunt

"Simple-minded public theater serves no one," writes the Globe’s art critic.

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.”

2021 Boston Marathon champion Diana Kipyokei is provisionally stripped of title for doping

Kipyokei would be the second Kenyan women’s winner in seven years to have her title taken away, following Rita Jeptoo in 2014.

An environmental group wants to make Harvard allow public access to its boathouse docks. The university is pushing back.
The Charles River Watershed Association says the university's exclusive use of two swaths of waterfront property needs to come to an end.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Veronica Roth on her new dystopian mystery novel, ‘Poster Girl’

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

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

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

The unexpected beauty of studying Neanderthals
EDITORIAL

Pardons for pot offenders? Groovy. But Biden needs to do more to bring marijuana out of the shadows.
SCOT LEHIGH

Janet Mills has shown Maine what a serious governor can do
EDITORIAL

A painful day for Boston
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

Hundreds rally in Haverhill, Malden ahead of threatened Monday teachers strike

Deb Gesualdo, president of the Malden Education Association said it is “everyone’s hope” that the committees will reach resolution quickly so teachers from both school districts can return to class Monday.

Deaths foretold: The last two years of Adam Howe’s life were a cry for help that was not coming

Mentally ill and struggling with addictions, Howe allegedly killed his mother and then himself.

Robert Kraft marries Dana Blumberg in surprise wedding with Tom Brady, Elton John in attendance

Kraft, 81, gained a new ring — a wedding ring — when the billionaire businessman wed Dr. Dana Blumberg, 47, in a celebrity-filled soirée at the Hall des Lumières in New York City, according to Page Six.

Paul Spooner, advocate who expanded opportunities for the disabled, dies at 67

"I live my life. I get it done, and that’s all that counts," Mr. Spooner said of his advocacy, from a wheelchair, on behalf of those with disabilities.

Sports

PHILLIES 8, BRAVES 3

With Marsh and mash, Philadelphia finishes off world champs Atlanta to reach NLCS

The Phillies fired Joe Girardi in early June and finished third in the NL East, 14 games behind the 101-win Braves this season, but now is hitting on all cylinders under manager Rob Thomson.
No. 5 michigan 41, no. 10 penn state 17

Michigan runs wild in rout of Penn State, deals Big Ten rival its first loss

Donovan Edwards ran for a go-ahead, 67-yard TD and Blake Corum had a 61-yard TD run on consecutive snaps in the third, as the Wolverines' 418 yards on the ground.
NASCAR

Tyler Reddick wins Las Vegas pole as RCR career winds down; Kurt Busch steps away from full-time racing

Hours after announcing he’ll drive for 23XI Racing next season, Reddick earned the top starting spot for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Can Draymond Green regain teammates’ trust after his latest trangression?
buffalo 34, umass 7

Defense allows too many big plays, offense sputters as UMass football falls to Buffalo
HS football | Catholic Memorial 28, St. John's Prep 17

Here’s what we learned from No. 1 Catholic Memorial’s home Catholic Conference triumph over No. 4 St. John’s Prep and other observations

Business

Musk has a ‘super app’ plan for Twitter. It’s super vague

Elon Musk apparently intends to morph Twitter into an “everything app” he calls X.

Ukraine and Russia work to gain advantage in annexed regions

Much of the heavy fighting was centered on regions of southern Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed.

Long COVID took their health. Then it took their money.

Head of zero-emission truck venture found guilty of fraud
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.

Dinner with Cupid

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

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

metro

Far from home

‘Person of interest’ in slaying of N.H. couple was involved in fatal stabbing four years ago

Warren, Markey put MBTA officials in hot seat over safety incidents

sports

Rickie Fowler leads Zozo by one shot, eyes first PGA Tour win since 2019

Bruins forward Pavel Zacha learns the key to playing with his Czech linemates is to get open

Opening night offered a window into Jim Montgomery’s view on the Bruins’ attack, particularly from David Pastrnak

business

Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons announce plan to merge

‘Friends’ merch, VHS tapes, lots of big hair. Natick Mall time capsule from 1994 reveals quirky throwbacks.

$1.2 billion Channelside development approved for Fort Point neighborhood

politics

Government starts taking applications for student debt cancellation

Warren, Markey put MBTA officials in hot seat over safety incidents

Justice Department seeks end to arbiter’s review of Trump docs

Nation

Five key moments from the Walker-Warnock debate in Georgia

Violent week a grim sign as targeted killings of police rise

How one school in Connecticut is beating the odds in math, the pandemic’s hardest-hit subject

World

‘We’re all over this place’: building a fortress for Beijing’s moment

Assailants fatally shoot Hindu man in Kashmir

Death toll rises to 40 in Turkey coal mine explosion

opinion

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

Fueling the war machine

Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor aren’t letting the Supreme Court go down without a fight

lifestyle

Veronica Roth on her new dystopian mystery novel, ‘Poster Girl’

Is it the right time to tell my friend I have feelings for her?

10 family-friendly Halloween activities

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

Soup, ‘Sunflowers,’ and a sad stunt

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

Books

Mountains of the damned

On making — and keeping — reading a daily habit

New stories by a modern master

Movies

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died

‘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′

Television

Looking for clues regarding season 5 of ‘Fargo’

‘Bad Sisters,’ great villain

In ‘Magpie Murders,’ double plots double the mystery

music

At BSO, orchestral Technicolor and Mozartean grace

Ed Sheeran announces second summer 2023 stop at Gillette Stadium

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

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

Paul Spooner, advocate who expanded opportunities for the disabled, dies at 67

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died

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