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Wu defends city’s response to crises at Mass. and Cass, calls on state to create out-of-town housing

Speaking over the shouts of demonstrators Thursday, the mayor said teams have collected more than 200,000 syringes from the streets since January.

Suspect in slayings of Concord, N.H., couple acted alone, attorney general says
Law enforcement officials did not offer a motive in the deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid, who were found shot multiple times near a walking trail by their Concord, N.H., home in April.

Kevin Spacey didn’t molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986, jury finds

A jury concluded Tuesday that Kevin Spacey did not molest actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in the 1980s.

Amherst mother and son had life-threatening liver damage after eating poisonous wild mushroom

An Amherst man and his mother were hospitalized after mistakenly eating a highly poisonous mushroom that they foraged from the wild earlier this month.

7,408 confirmed cases and 58 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Attorney general candidates tangle over policing, abortion

Charlene Casey sentenced to serve 60 days in jail in crash that killed 2-year-old boy in South Boston

In Southie, tensions mount over Boston City Council redistricting

South Boston leaders are enraged over a city council redistricting plan they say will further divide the neighborhood and dilute its voting power.

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.
In Lettuce vs. Liz, Lettuce wins out

Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce, whether Musk buys it or not

Elon Musk told prospective investors in his deal to buy the company that he planned to get rid of nearly 75 percent of Twitter's 7,500 workers, whittling the company down to a skeleton staff. But big cuts were expected, regardless of whether or not the billionaire bought the social media company.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Maura Healey misses a chance to prove her mettle on Haverhill teachers strike

The attorney general who wants to be governor should call out her misbehaving union allies.
Maitland Jones Jr.

I was fired from NYU after students complained that the class was too hard. Who’s next?
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Affirmative action in college admissions is at risk
EDITORIAL

Maura Healey for governor
IDEAS | BETSY KISSAM AND CHESTER HIGGINS

Looking for the footprints of God

The Emancipator

Enter the Other Swing Voter: the mighty 8%

Two young Black voters at Boston University share their message for the “Other Swing Voter” – those who swing between voting Democratic or not at all, most likely to be young and Black or young and Latino.
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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

Senator Graham must testify in Georgia probe, appeals court says
US Senator Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements, despite false claims spread by Fox News host Tucker Carlson

A CDC advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children. But in the lead-up to the vote, false claims spread widely that it would mean the vaccine would be required to attend school.

24-year-old penguin treated with custom footwear at New England Aquarium
On the cuteness scale, a penguin strolling along in custom-made shoes is tough to beat.

head of the charles
Head of the Charles is ready to welcome the world back this weekend
The 2020 regatta was canceled, the 2021 event restricted, but this year, more than a fifth of the record field of 11,300 rowers will come from outside the US.

Strike ends at Sysco food distribution warehouse in Plympton
The five-year agreement includes an $11 an hour raise over five years, maintains drivers on the Teamsters Local 653 health insurance plan, and improves 401(k) retirement benefits.

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.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ August Wilson is vividly present

Six revelations from Paul Newman’s posthumously published memoir

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

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

KEVIN CULLEN

The friends of Freddie Weichel

“Money wasn’t even the secondary issue,” he said. “That jury awarded me $33 million, and they didn’t know anything about the cap. That tells me they knew how egregious this was.”

Amherst mother and son had life-threatening liver damage after eating poisonous wild mushroom

An Amherst man and his mother were hospitalized after mistakenly eating a highly poisonous mushroom that they foraged from the wild earlier this month.
RI POLITICS

Senator Whitehouse: Chapter and verse on how the US Supreme Court was ‘captured’

‘The court has been captured by special interests much in the manner of a 19th-century railroad commission captured by the railroad barons,’ the Rhode Island Democrat says in Q&A about his new book.

Attorney general candidates tangle over policing, abortion

Republican Jay McMahon, a Bourne attorney, tried to tie Democrat Andrea Campbell, an attorney and former Boston city councilor, to calls to “defund the police” while Campbell attempted to cast McMahon as a threat to abortion rights during the debate, which was taped Thursday morning.

Sports

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Xander Bogaerts’s hard work pays off with Gold Glove finalist nod

The 30-year-old, long adamant that shortstop is his position, took a step forward defensively in 2022 and will vie with Carlos Correa of the Twins and Jeremy Peña of the Astros for the award.
GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Girls’ volleyball: Led by record-setting seniors Lauren Tian and Ruby Woodward, Winchester trending as a postseason contender

Ranked No. 10 in the MIAA Division 1 Power Rankings, Winchester coach John Fleming said his team was positioned for postseason success. "Ultimately we do want to make a long run in the state tournament,” he said.
NHL

Tom Brady apologizes for comparing playing football to military service

Brady said he used a “very poor choice of words” discussing the difficulty of balancing athletics with life outside of sports.
Bruins notebook

Matt Grzelcyk expected to return to Bruins lineup Thursday night against Ducks
head of the charles

Head of the Charles is ready to welcome the world back this weekend
HS FOOTBALL | WEEK 7

Mike Landolfi, former Hanover teammates have lined up a 4-0 start for Lawrence Academy football

Business

Appeals court finds consumer bureau’s funding unconstitutional

The consumer bureau is funded directly by the Federal Reserve, a structure that Congress created through the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to shield the independent agency from political whims.

Railroads reject sick time demands, raising chance of strike

Six of the 12 railroad unions that represent 115,000 workers nationwide have approved their tentative agreements with the railroads so far, but all of them have to ratify their contracts to avoid a strike.
talking points

Coalition urges federal officials to put new research agency in Mass.

Strike ends at Sysco food distribution warehouse in Plympton
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

Attorney general candidates tangle over policing, abortion

Charlene Casey sentenced to serve 60 days in jail in crash that killed 2-year-old boy in South Boston

Randy Rainbow hopes for progressive comedy gold

sports

If opponents are going to leave Derrick White wide open, the Celtics are prepared

Harvard men’s hockey transfer Casey Dornbach is getting one more chance — and with the defending champs

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

business

These two Mass. communities named top places to live by Money magazine

Mass. taxpayers board names Doug Howgate its new president

Nick Falkoff is constructing climate change solutions

politics

Senator Graham must testify in Georgia probe, appeals court says

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

Biden seeks symbol of rebuilding at Pittsburgh bridge

Nation

Jury: Kevin Spacey didn’t molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986

Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce, whether Musk buys it or not

Biden highlights infrastructure work in Pa. trip

World

The likely front-runners to replace Truss

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.

opinion

Chilling revelations as Jan. 6 panel makes a final push

Boston doesn’t need another tax to develop more affordable housing

Nonprofits push to mitigate inequities — they need policy support

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

Former Mistral executive chef Jason Maynard is making the suburbs a little saucier at Sogno

These two Mass. communities named top places to live by Money magazine

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

travel

Jessica Hecht on coffee, travel philanthropy, and getting to India and Africa

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

The art of talking to anyone you meet when traveling

Arts

Gardner’s ‘Metal of Honor’ show is worth its weight in gold

In Stockbridge, standing still enough to savor George Rickey’s sculpture in motion

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

Books

Elizabeth Lim on reading folklore and fairy tales, to feed her own writing

Are we approaching the singularity of John Banville?

Looking back on Ted Kennedy’s long life

Movies

Dwayne Johnson powers through ‘Black Adam’

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

Television

What’s the best TV show of the last 50 years? You decide.

Vote in our TV bracket: Which show should be crowned champion?

See which 16 shows go head-to-head in Best TV Shows bracket on Channel 4

music

What ‘TÁR’ says about power, music, and maestro culture

Boston Philharmonic uncorks its new season

Stop! It’s hammer time at Symphony Hall

Theater/Dance

‘Hairspray’ is as buoyant as its bouffants

Where Samuel Beckett and Mr. Noodle meet, there’s Bill Irwin

In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ August Wilson is vividly present

globe local

On a Hull beach, human waves of love drown out hate

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

‘Rebecca’s Kitchen’ cookbook published to support scholarship

Obituaries

Roger Welsch, ‘America’s premier storyteller,’ dies at 85

Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi dies at 100

Jeff Weiss, an unconventional theatrical force, dies at 82