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Did Democrats peak too early before the midterm elections? Signs suggest they may have.

It was just a few weeks ago when it appeared Democrats were about to defy political history. Now it looks like that has all changed.

Wu defends city’s response to crises in Mass. and Cass area; halts news briefing amid shouts of demonstrators
Speaking over the shouts of demonstrators Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu defended her administration’s response to the homelessness and opiate crises playing out along the troubled Mass. and Cass area and said teams have collected more than 200,000 syringes from the streets since January.

Sally Kornbluth named next MIT president
A cell biologist who previously served as provost at Duke University, Kornbluth will be the second woman to serve as MIT’s president.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after turmoil obliterated her authority

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets. “I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected," she said outside her 10 Downing Street office.

A British tabloid pitted Liz Truss’s time in office against the shelf life of a head of lettuce. The lettuce won.

Boston Internet startup Starry lays off half its workforce
The company has seen its stock price crater by 83 percent this year as it tries to build out its wireless service in a handful of cities, including Boston, New York, and Los Angeles.

Supreme Judicial Court upholds convictions of man who murdered two doctors in South Boston condo

Relatives of murdered N.H. couple thank investigators and the public after arrest of suspect
Bold Types | Nick Falkoff
Nick Falkoff wants to make high-energy construction more available and affordable. ( Producer & Editor: Anush Elbakyan, Producer & Reporter: Janelle Nanos, Camera & Editing: Chaney Carlson-Bullock Mikayla Litevich )

Nick Falkoff is constructing climate change solutions

Falkoff, among the region’s leaders in pushing for high-performance techniques in homebuilding, is educating people on how construct buildings in ways that are better for the planet.
Innovation Economy: HubSpot’s Brian Halligan puts $100m towards fixing climate change

Beth Teitell
Who does Dunkin’ think it is to change its own reward program?
The state needs to step in and regulate the coffee giant like it’s a utility.

Amid slow return to work and recession fears, more companies look to pare back office space
Sublease space is on the rise amid a turbulent economy and an ongoing disconnect between many companies and their employees about returning to the office.

Portland designates former baked bean factory as historic landmark
The Portland, Maine City Council this week unanimously voted to designate the iconic former B&M baked beans factory, which is currently owned by a Northeastern-affiliated entity, as a historic landmark.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Everything I ever needed to know about travel I learned from James Bond

When it comes to travel, nobody does it better. As the Bond film franchise turns 60 this month, here’s what the secret agent has taught us about traveling with panache.
INNOVATION BEAT

Paul English wants to upend online reviews with new app, starting with restaurants

The Kayak founder's goal is for the Deets app to know so much about people’s preferences that it could give them the best advice for places to visit in a new city.

Your guide to the 2022 Head of the Charles: Schedule, where to watch, and more

The event runs Friday through Sunday. Planning on checking it out? We have everything you need to know.

Trash has been piling up outside Massachusetts homes after a Fortune 500 company took over waste collection and started missing pickups

Republic Services, an Arizona-based waste management company, has failed to fulfill its contract requirements across several towns and cities in Greater Boston.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Maura Healey for governor

The attorney general’s agenda as a candidate for governor shows a clear-eyed sense of the Commonwealth’s major problems.
Renée Loth

Republicans aim to minimize abortion in midterms
IDEAS | RIVER PAGE

The dark side of bipartisanship
Joan Vennochi

Lew Finfer, a quiet leader for social and economic justice in Boston
IDEAS | BETSY KISSAM AND CHESTER HIGGINS

Looking for the footprints of God

The Emancipator

Who is representing you?

In the U.S., a diverse population is led by people who are disproportionately White and male, according to an analysis by The Emancipator.
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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

Mass. Taxpayers board names Doug Howgate its new president
Influential business-backed advocacy group names longtime Beacon Hill budget guru as its new executive director.

How an LA transplant turned a ‘haunted’ mansion in Orange into the talk of the town
Cynthia Butler, who moved to Orange from Los Angeles to renovate the historic Revival Wheeler Mansion, is turning the once-dilapidated home into a spooky landmark. And yes, she said, spirits do in fact wander its halls.

Pence warns of ‘unprincipled populists,’ ‘Putin apologists,’ says there might be a 2024 candidate he’d ‘prefer more’ than Trump

Former vice president Mike Pence addressed the growing gulf between traditional conservatives and a new generation of populist candidates inspired, in part, by former president Donald Trump.

‘I’ll never meet someone like her again.’ Friends mourn shooting victim, 24, killed in Dorchester while making music video.

Quaaneiruh Goodwyn was the mother of a five-month-old boy. She started her own clothing line. She rapped. She was the glue binding together a group of friends from Newton South High School six years after they graduated.

UMass Lowell teams up with NASA to launch space telescope, helping in search for new planets

Students and faculty at UMass Lowell helped NASA design and launch a 1,500-pound space telescope that blocks light so that objects close to stars can be studied, inching researchers closer to discovering new planets, according to the university.

figure skating
Ilia Malinin is a rising star to watch at Skate America, but don’t expect to see his quadruple axel
Figure skating's Grand Prix season begins this week at Norwood’s Skating Club of Boston.

Recommended reads

With few options, DCF has had children sleep overnight in its offices at times, workers say

The state agency won't disclose how many children sleep in its offices. But it's happening often enough that the union that represents child welfare workers and the state public defenders organization have begun attempting to track occurrences.

Women are poised to decide key races in Massachusetts, and potentially break centuries-old glass ceilings
Women look poised to decide contests up and down the ballot this November, where there is potential, if not a likelihood, for history-making elections and sweeping change to state tax law on the strength of their vote.

DINING OUT | DEVRA FIRST
Nightshade Noodle Bar — beautiful, creative, delicious — earns the Globe’s second five-star review
In Lynn, a tasting-menu-only restaurant takes risks and serves up rich rewards.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
The legacy of Kowloon: A restaurant, a family, and the remarkable perseverance of Chinese cuisine in America
The Route 1 landmark is a testament to one family's ingenuity and drive when all the odds were stacked against them.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Six revelations from Paul Newman’s posthumously published memoir

Why do we watch ‘Monster,’ and all those other monsters?

With premieres and panache, Collage toasts its own 50th season

Savoring success while sidelined, Joyner Lucas can finally take his victory lap

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

RENÉE GRAHAM

When Trump says something hateful, believe him the first time
EDITORIAL

Council’s cooler heads should halt unwarranted pay grab
Stephen Goldsmith

How something as simple as a speeding ticket can worsen inequities
SCOT LEHIGH

Donald Trump’s Shadowy power
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Playing with place names
IDEAS | CLAUDIA E. KALB

Yes, you can cultivate serendipity

Metro

Relatives of murdered N.H. couple thank investigators and the public after arrest of suspect

The family of the Concord, N.H., couple murdered in April while walking on a trail near their home expressed their appreciation for law enforcement and neighbors Thursday, just hours before the man charged in the killings will appear in a Vermont court.

Charlene Casey to be sentenced in crash that killed 2-year-old in South Boston

A jury found that Casey’s negligence caused the fatal accident.
RI WEATHER

End of Rhode Island’s drought nears

The Ocean State has had both its wettest September and driest year-to-date in 128 years

UMass Lowell teams up with NASA to launch space telescope, helping in search for new planets

Students and faculty at UMass Lowell helped NASA design and launch a 1,500-pound space telescope that blocks light so that objects close to stars can be studied, inching researchers closer to discovering new planets, according to the university.

Sports

figure skating

Ilia Malinin is a rising star to watch at Skate America, but don’t expect to see his quadruple axel

Figure skating's Grand Prix season begins this week at Norwood’s Skating Club of Boston.
HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Your guide to the 2022 Head of the Charles: Schedule, where to watch, and more

The event runs Friday through Sunday. Planning on checking it out? We have everything you need to know.
HS FOOTBALL | WEEK 7

Nate Weitzer’s high school football picks and games to watch for Week 7

Duxbury-Hingham, Amesbury-Lynnfield, North Attleborough-Taunton, Billerica-North Andover, and St. Sebastian's-Lawrence Academy headline the matchups.
high school football

There’s a shortage of on-field officials for high school football, and the MIAA is scrambling to deal with it
Astros 4, Yankees 2

Dominant Justin Verlander strikes out 11 to make history as Astros take ALCS opener over Yankees
GIRLS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

Girls’ soccer: At Newburyport, coach Kevin Sheridan’s decision to restructure the Clippers’ back line has brought balance to the team

Business

Mass. Taxpayers board names Doug Howgate its new president

Influential business-backed advocacy group names longtime Beacon Hill budget guru as its new executive director.
BOLD TYPES

Nick Falkoff is constructing climate change solutions

Falkoff, among the region’s leaders in pushing for high-performance techniques in homebuilding, is educating people on how construct buildings in ways that are better for the planet.

Bold Types | Nick Falkoff

Amid slow return to work and recession fears, more companies look to pare back office space
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

The legacy of Kowloon: A restaurant, a family, and the remarkable perseverance of Chinese cuisine in America
CONNECTIONS

When Morrie Schwartz met Jack Thomas: The story behind ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’

COOKING

It’s time to update 2 fall desserts recipes — pumpkin tarts and apple cake
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Oct. 17-23

metro

UMass Lowell teams up with NASA to launch space telescope, helping in search for new planets

Portland designates former baked bean factory as historic landmark

‘It’s about our civic life:’ Photographs document teardown of homes in Newton

sports

MIAA roundtable: Executive director Bob Baldwin acknowledges more changes, improvements ahead

Brandon Drury, Padres rally to beat Phillies and even up the NLCS

Pedro Martinez’s brilliance on the mound has translated to the microphone, and he has plenty to say about the Red Sox

business

Paul English wants to upend online reviews with new app, starting with restaurants

Boston Internet startup Starry lays off half its workforce

HubSpot’s Brian Halligan launches $100 million investment fund focused on climate change

politics

Did Democrats peak too early before the midterm elections? Signs suggest they may have.

Biden seeks symbol of rebuilding at Pittsburgh bridge

Oregon lawmakers hear bullying charge against governor candidate

Nation

Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby

Cardi B battles with lawyer in racy mixtape artwork case

Judge says Trump signed statement with information his lawyers told him was false

World

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after turmoil obliterated her authority

A British tabloid pitted Liz Truss’s time in office against the shelf life of a head of lettuce. The lettuce won.

Ukraine’s utilities threatened by Russia in war’s new phase

opinion

Yes, you can cultivate serendipity

Council’s cooler heads should halt unwarranted pay grab

How something as simple as a speeding ticket can worsen inequities

lifestyle

Will my letter change her mind?

Liam Neeson spotted around Boston filming a new movie called ‘Thug’

Soda, chips, hot dogs, etc. — they can take years off your life, scientists say

food & dining

Paperback Tavern starts a new chapter in Cambridge; Dumpling Daughter adds a cookbook to the menu

Who does Dunkin’ think it is to change its own reward program?

Nightshade Noodle Bar — beautiful, creative, delicious — earns the Globe’s second five-star review

travel

Those ‘best’ lists got it right with The Loutrel in Charleston, S.C.

The art of talking to anyone you meet when traveling

Chefs compete for ‘best doughnut’ title and Seattle celebrates live music’s comeback

Arts

At Alpha Gallery, ‘Harmony of Difference’ hums with color and contrast

Soup, ‘Sunflowers,’ and a sad stunt

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

Books

How Samuel Adams became the fearless patriot Britain loved to hate

Mountains of the damned

On making — and keeping — reading a daily habit

Movies

In ‘Raymond & Ray,’ Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke play brothers in harm

Maya Cade is building the Black Film Archive one ‘under-seen’ movie at a time

‘Till’ tells the story of Emmett through the eyes of his mother

Television

Upcoming PBS tribute has early Joni Mitchell catalog covered

Why do we watch ‘Monster,’ and all those other monsters?

Watch for ad-supported tier, less bingeing on Netflix

music

On tour, banjo wiz Tony Trischka is rolling with Earl Scruggs’s plucky numbers

In his melting pot of musical styles, PJ Morton blends pop with positivity

Savoring success while sidelined, Joyner Lucas can finally take his victory lap

Theater/Dance

A propulsive score and water itself inspire Liz Gerring Dance Company’s ‘Harbor’

Paul Reiser — ‘the guy from the thing’ — comes to the Cabot to do comedy

A ‘Dracula’ where the women fight back

globe local

‘It’s about our civic life:’ Photographs document teardown of homes in Newton

‘Rebecca’s Kitchen’ cookbook published to support scholarship

A Día de los Muertos parade, barnyard trick or treating, and a crafts fair

Obituaries

Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi dies at 100

Jeff Weiss, an unconventional theatrical force, dies at 82

Ralph DeNunzio, Wall Street chieftain, is dead at 90