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Proposed COVID and flu vaccination rules for health workers allow many exceptions

Hospital leaders say generous exemptions may drive down vaccination rates, but nursing homes, struggling with short staffing, welcome the proposal.

GOP candidates attack Biden’s economic policies but offer few details on how they’d do better
Instead, culture war issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, as well as Trump’s indictments, have taken center stage.

Larry Summers was Biden’s biggest inflation critic. Was he wrong?

How Trump benefits from an indictment effect
The indictments that former president Trump faces have altered the course of the Republican nominating contest, creating an upside-down reality where criminal charges act as political assets.

At the Iowa state fair, DeSantis can’t seem to catch a break

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90
Mr. Giles was managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal when it won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the National Guard shootings in 1970 that killed four Kent State students.

Hunter Biden’s lawyer says widened charges wouldn’t be warranted

A lawyer for Hunter Biden on Sunday said he’s committed to avoiding a trial for the president’s son.
Republicans wanted a special counsel investigation of Hunter Biden. Now many oppose it.

Quincy man arrested in connection with Saturday night attack on woman in South End
John Powers | On Soccer

Australia is on the brink of history, and the Matildas have a nation behind them now

The Aussies are two wins away from a historic trophy lift on home soil.
LOVE LETTERS

How do I pursue the ‘crush of a lifetime’?

Is the answer ... decongestants?

As death toll from Maui fire reaches 93, authorities say effort to count the losses is just starting

As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages.
Pittsfield nurse to volunteer in Maui on family vacation Maui before and after wildfires: Photos and videos capture the devastating destruction
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The organ transplant system needs fixing

A single nonprofit has held the contract for managing the country’s organ transplant system for decades. Breaking up its monopoly would be a good start to reforming the system.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Suddenly, Mike Pence is acting ‘brand new’
IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

America needs more politicians like John Gilbert Winant
JEFF JACOBY

It’s time to end US military aid to Israel — for both countries’ sakes
IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Notes from the burn scar

More recent News

MUSIC REVIEW
GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’
On Saturday, the city sponsored the free, day-long party for the music on the newly renovated red brick plaza in front of City Hall.

Museum commemorates Provincetown’s LGBTQ past, present
As part of an emerging, more inclusive look at the town and its history, The Provincetown Museum has opened its first permanent display about the LGBTQ presence on this colorful, quirky tip of Cape Cod.

John Heiss, composer and legendary New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 83
Mr. Heiss was on the faculty for 54 years at NEC, where his classes “were a joyous illumination of music.”

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

During one of the events, the vice president said Democrats “must be clear-eyed about what is afoot,” and reminded them of how they organized voters to turn out amid a global COVID-19 pandemic.

Freed nurse says Christian song was her rallying cry after she was kidnapped in Haiti

Alix Dorsainvil, who is from New Hampsire, and her child were freed Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint in Haiti.

Falmouth man pleads guilty to sending bomb threat to Arizona official after Trump’s election loss

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 26 and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Recommended reads

As Cape Cod aims to expand its underused airport, some residents wonder why

Passenger traffic has plunged at the Hyannis airport in recent years. Now, its operators want to lengthen the runway to handle bigger new planes from New York.

Massachusetts needs wicked more EV chargers
A new report estimates that the state will need 10,000 of the fastest DC charging connections, up from just 651 today, and 35,000 medium-speed ports known as “Level 2,” up from 5,468 today.

Teacher of the Year was supposed to be an honor. Then politics intervened.
As the culture wars have come for public education in the United States, the Teacher of the Year contest has become yet another battlefield.

Why shrinking Catholic schools are partnering with a youth hockey business to bolster the bottom line
Boston Hockey Academy had partnered with Cambridge Matignon to enroll dozens of hockey recruits. With the closure of the school, BHA has found a new partner — and it appears it is a win-win for both sides.

Culture & Lifestyle

GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Josh Grossman, Sabina Tomkins, Lindsay Page, and Sharad Goel

Harvard isn’t Hogwarts. Merit, not parentage, should be key to admission.
Scot Lehigh

Advice for culture warrior Ron DeSantis: A satire

EDITORIAL

Healey’s big chance to reshape Parole Board to her values
Renée Graham

The old woman and the kindness of a stranger
EDITORIAL

Healey’s big chance to reshape Parole Board to her values
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

chesto means business

One insurer is pulling back here after Mass. voters said dental insurers must pay more to dentists. Will others follow?

Guardian Life told some 1,500 small businesses in Massachusetts that it will no longer sell policies to companies of their size come January.

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90

Mr. Giles was managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal when it won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the National Guard shootings in 1970 that killed four Kent State students.

A program at Chelsea High School gives teen parents extra support. Supporters want to expand it.

Massachusetts has one of the lowest teen birth rates out of all the states in the country, but some say more support is necessary for students who do become pregnant or parents during school.

Tom Jones, half of record-setting ‘Fantasticks’ team, dies at 95

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for a modest musical called “The Fantasticks” that opened in 1960 in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and ran for an astonishing 42 years, propelled in part by its wistful opening song, “Try to Remember,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 95.

Sports

red sox notebook

Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall has his sights set on consistency at the plate

Duvall knows success comes when he’s pulling the ball.
Celtics

As the Hall of Fame honors the past, Jayson Tatum talks Celtics present and future

Tatum was in attendance for Dwyane Wade's induction into the Hall, but he isn't thinking about his own trajectory quite yet.
GOLF

American Lilia Vu adds another major accomplishment with six-stroke victory in Women’s British Open

The 25-year-old Californian was challenged by England's Charley Hull but pulled away for the win, which will lead to Vu being ranked No. 1 in the world.
Red Sox

Red Sox reliever Joely Rodriguez likely done for the season
Red Sox 6, Tigers 3

Trevor Story, Adam Duvall find their groove as Red Sox spoil Eduardo Rodriguez’s homecoming
John Powers | On Soccer

Australia is on the brink of history, and the Matildas have a nation behind them now

Business

chesto means business

One insurer is pulling back here after Mass. voters said dental insurers must pay more to dentists. Will others follow?

Guardian Life told some 1,500 small businesses in Massachusetts that it will no longer sell policies to companies of their size come January.

Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit

Even President Biden has some regrets about the name of the Inflation Reduction Act: As the giant law turns 1 on Wednesday, it’s increasingly clear that immediately curbing prices wasn’t the point.

In a ‘work-from-anywhere’ world, where are people working?

Hunter Biden’s lawyer says widened charges wouldn’t be warranted
magazine
Globe Magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

Globe Magazine

He was caught trying to defraud a COVID relief fund. Then vanished.

metro

Sales tax holiday gives Mass. shoppers a break at the register

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

Two-alarm fire breaks out at salvage yard in Hyde Park

sports

Game 118: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Dallas Wings snap a three-game skid with win over Connecticut Sun

Brayan Bello may represent an exciting glimpse into the future, but the Red Sox are trying to keep him well rested for future availability

business

Hunter Biden’s lawyer says widened charges wouldn’t be warranted

Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing ‘junk fees’ a winning issue in 2024

Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit.

politics

GOP candidates attack Biden’s economic policies but offer few details on how they’d do better

Hunter Biden’s lawyer says widened charges wouldn’t be warranted

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

Nation

Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing ‘junk fees’ a winning issue in 2024

Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia

Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit

World

Freed nurse says Christian song was her rallying cry after she was kidnapped in Haiti

A religious ritual in Iran becomes a new form of protest

Seven killed in Ukraine’s Kherson region, including a 23-day-old baby girl

opinion

Reflections on the 1973 Logan plane crash and its victims

Wildfires in Maui must make us more mindful of our environmental responsibilities

The old woman and the kindness of a stranger

lifestyle

How do I pursue the ‘crush of a lifetime’?

A celebration of natural curls, locs, and braids at SOulFully Textured on Martha’s Vineyard

He dumped me over email

food & dining

What to eat at the North End’s Italian feasts this month

Dunkin’ may soon offer a new kind of buzz with line of spiked caffeinated beverages

The Great Scott space in Allston might become a Taco Bell Cantina

travel

How an East Boston couple created a Nordic oasis in the White Mountains

Travelers are working out ways to find the best gyms while on the road

When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers

Arts

Brice Marden, who rejuvenated painting in the 1960s, dies at 84

Big ideas come in small packages in MFA’s ‘Tiny Treasures’

At the Photographic Resource Center: Shanghai, Missouri, and points between

Books

James McBride, in ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,’ builds a rich portrait of a Depression-era Black and immigrant community around the mystery of a skeleton in a well

In Lauren J.A. Bear’s debut novel ‘Medusa’s Sisters,’ Greek mythology’s monstrous sisters tell of the cruelty and capriciousness of the Olympian gods in shaping their fate

Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, on the pleasures of being an older reader and writer

Movies

DiCaprio-backed film says key beef supplier to the US has a dirty secret

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

Television

With Emmy’s bumped, what comes next?

Will satire be a superpower for ‘The Franchise’?

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

music

GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’

Jamie Reid, artist for Sex Pistols who defined punk style, dies at 76

Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop

Theater/Dance

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

For Brenda Withers, ‘The Ding Dongs’ rang true

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90

Tom Jones, half of record-setting ‘Fantasticks’ team, dies at 95

John Barrett, hair stylist for the fashionable elite, dies at 66