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See where foliage will be at its peak, week-by-week.

These maps show when foliage will peak in New England — and across the country

Not all foliage is created equal, and each region is expected to peak at different times.

Fall getaways your family will love

‘This guy’s awesome, whoever he is’: These are MBTA drivers putting smiles on riders’ faces
Alone, these drivers may not be able to fix the T, but they can make the ride a little easier.

Dolphins at Patriots, 8:20 p.m.

Four significant challenges the Patriots face ahead of Sunday’s game against Miami
Will Jonathan Jones be able to suit up against Tyreek Hill is among the top areas of concern.

Patriots elevate wide receivers but not offensive linemen Dan Shaughnessy: Staying optimistic that the Patriots will beat the Dolphins, and other thoughts

On tony Martha’s Vineyard, a center of Black political power grows
Despite the island's association in popular culture with white elites, its rich Black history, especially in and around Oak Bluffs, has made it a growing center of Black political power.

A Beautiful Resistance: Claiming land and water on Martha’s Vineyard

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound for the Red Sox.

Red Sox at Blue Jays | 1:37 p.m. (NESN)

Game 150: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound as Boston hopes to avoid being swept by Toronto.

Sunday Baseball Notes: Why the Yankees are feeling encouraged even though they’re not going to make the playoffs

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

Wenner has been removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians.

Proposal for drug rehab and homeless shelter in Franklin Park prompts clash of progressive values
Supporters of the project argue that lives hang in the balance, but opponents argue that the plan will simply transfer the chaos at Mass. and Cass to the park.

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

Some of Donald Trump’s top Republican rivals addressed a large, influential gathering of Iowa evangelical Christians on Saturday night.

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

The battle over electric vehicles is central to the United Auto Workers strike

The strike has come as the traditional automakers invest billions to develop electric vehicles while still making most of their money from gasoline-driven cars.

UAW leaders and automakers return to the bargaining table

Actor Russell Brand accused of rape in London Times expose
British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault.

Boebert apologizes for vaping in a Denver theater

Representative Lauren Boebert said she “genuinely did not recall vaping that evening” when she told her campaign to issue a statement denying she had done so.

Despite dangers, Maine locals, tourists take Lee in stride

One man was killed Saturday morning by a falling tree in Searsport as he drove along Route 1.

See photos from post-Tropical Cyclone Lee Read the latest weather news

Drew Barrymore postpones her show’s new season launch until after strikes

Man killed, teenager wounded in shooting by police in Providence after car chase

Who was Peter Faneuil? A Bostonian, merchant, philanthropist — and slave trader.
Most Bostonians know little about the man for whom Faneuil Hall is named, who enriched himself by trafficking in human beings. Should knowing that history change the way the city remembers him?

Share your thoughts on Peter Faneuil: Merchant prince, philanthropist, slave trader

Peter Faneuil was an active trafficker who financed voyages from Boston to West Africa to purchase hundreds of slaves. And he kept at least five slaves to serve his own household.

Watch | Boston Globe Today: How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil

Illustration.

Beth Teitell | Commentary

The real grandparents of Washington, D.C.: The reality show no one wants

As Biden, McConnell, and other politicians are blasted as "too old," is ageism splashing back on civilians?

Payton Pritchard has been working out in Boston for nearly four weeks and said he has never seen this many Celtics at the Auerbach Center this early.

Last season, Payton Pritchard wanted the Celtics to trade him. Now he plans to help bring a championship to Boston.

Pritchard said he has spoken with coach Joe Mazzulla often this summer, the discussions mostly focused on how he can affect games in different ways.

Harvest time at the the A.D. Makepeace Company, a cranberry grower in Carver, Mass., on Oct. 19, 2018.

Sweet news for cranberry growers as India slashes tariffs on the Mass.-grown fruit

The cuts are expected to boost exports to the South Asian country, which is a growing market for the tart red berry.

Opinion

An illustration based on a carte de visite of Harriet Tubman from 1868 or 1869 and an undated photo of Louisa May Alcott.

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

Girls gone wild — Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott, and the freedoms they found outdoors

Harvard historian Tiya Miles on how some of American history’s most remarkable young women forged their truest selves beyond the confines of home.

Biden boasts that he has cut the deficit — even as the deficit streaks upward

Massachusetts’ 351 health departments means inefficiency — and unfairness

Basketball style that dazzles on — and off — the court

Negotiating, or defending, our way through the ‘security dilemma’

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Hispanic Heritage Month

My life was in danger trying to help children in Guatemala. I had to choose exile.

Veronica Robles (center), a Boston-based Mariachi singer, with Cassandra McDonald (left) and Nicole Edgecomb (right), is slated to perform at the City of Boston’s Fiesta en la Plaza.

Nine ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

The beautiful resistance of Boston Celtics center Al Horford.

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

More recent News

‘We dodged a tragedy today’: Cohasset police officer escapes uninjured as ‘giant tree’ falls on cruiser
The officer was not injured, police said, and the cruiser was “wrecked beyond repair.”

Armed man at RFK Jr. event in Los Angeles is arrested
An armed man impersonating a US marshal was arrested and taken into custody at a campaign event for Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Saturday.

blue jays 4, red sox 3 (13 inn.)

Red Sox waste too many chances, Blue Jays walk off with win on infield single in 13th inning
Whit Merrifield’s infield single off Mauricio Llovera with two outs scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from third base with the winning run.

First-time home buyer programs help, but racial gaps persist, new report finds
The new report found that while many of the state’s assistance programs have provided needed help when used properly, eligible residents often have inadequate access to the information.

Top Democrats’ bullishness on Biden 2024 collides with voters’ worries
The discord between the party’s elite and its voters leaves Democrats confronting a level of disunity over a president running for reelection not seen for decades.

Biden urged by GOP senators to give Ukraine long-range missiles

How he survived 13 days: Cavalcante on the run in Pennsylvania
Convicted of killing an ex-girlfriend in Chester County in April 2021 and sought in a 2017 killing in his native Brazil, Danelo Cavalcante was desperate, authorities said — and resourceful, which enabled him to stay ahead of his pursuers, sometimes by just steps, sometimes by miles.

Recommended reads

Dr. Kevin Tabb, CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, is on a mission to build a big, lower-cost alternative to Mass General Brigham.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Dana-Farber blindsided Brigham and Women’s. The blowback will be strong.

Brigham leaders were sure they had a deal to extend their partnership with the famed cancer institute. Then Dana-Farber bolted.

Planned Parenthood hoped to meet the post-Roe moment, but layoffs shake its staff
A Globe review of documents and interviews with more than a dozen staffers painted a picture of Planned Parenthood in the year since the Dobbs decision as an entity that appears to have made decisions at odds with its stated goals.

As Mitt Romney announces end of political career, Massachusetts influence remains
Those who have known Romney for decades say they saw unmistakable echoes of his time as governor of Massachusetts in his pragmatic streak in the hyperpartisan US Capitol.

With all the heft of a soap opera, ‘The Morning Show’ is too lightweight to be prestige TV
The definition of prestige TV is subjective, of course, but I think it’s safe to say, four years later, that “The Morning Show” does not fall into the most esteemed TV category, despite all appearances.

Culture & Lifestyle

Test yourself to see how well you know your New England campus novels

From left: Carly Zien, Amy Resnick, Will Lyman, and Joshua Chessin-Yudin in "Prayer for the French Republic" at the Huntington.

In the Huntington’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ antisemitism hits home, again

Carol Sloane at the Newport Jazz Festival, as seen in the film "Sloane: A Jazz Singer."

In a documentary of her life, singer Carol Sloane receives her overdue applause

The spreadsheet, I told myself, was the key to optimizing my reading life, my version of a pro athlete’s high speed camera.

I tracked my reading with the obsessiveness of a pro athlete. It did not go well.

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Hyannis area residents and business owners who rely on the Cape Cod Gateway Airport are at odds over the $22 million proposed expansion of one of the airport’s runways.

Hyannis airport plan hits turbulence

Catherine “Kitty” Burke and Michael Burke, a couple in Southampton who sought to adopt a child.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Does Mass. give religious people a fair shot at adoption?

Peso Pluma performed during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The scourge of Mexican drug cartels

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, right, with Moms for Liberty founder Tiffany Justice, left, during a town hall meeting at Founders Academy in Manchester, N.H. Sept. 6.

‘What did you learn in school today?’ (asking for a political stakeholder)

US Senator Mitt Romney has long expressed confidence that young people will help rebuke the chaotic populism infecting the GOP.

Utah after Mitt Romney

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Sweet news for cranberry growers as India slashes tariffs on the Mass.-grown fruit

The cuts are expected to boost exports to the South Asian country, which is a growing market for the tart red berry.

Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds, rain before forecasters call off warnings in some areas

Lee, classified as a post-tropical cyclone Saturday morning, pummeled a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada with destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains.

Keanu loves to sing and enjoys swimming

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Photos: Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee causes strong wind, flooding, colorful sunset

Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee has already started to cause flooding along the New England coast.

Sports

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound for the Red Sox.

Red Sox at Blue Jays | 1:37 p.m. (NESN)

Game 150: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound as Boston hopes to avoid being swept by Toronto.

Revolution defender Omar Gonzalez scored in second-half stoppage time, but New England fell to the host Colorado Rapids, 2-1, in Commerce City, Colo., Saturday night.

Rapids 2, Revolution 1

Revolution fall to third in East with loss in Colorado

Two second-half goals were enough for the host Rapids to top the Revolution, despite Omar Gonzalez's goal in second-half stoppage time.

Justin Jolly, shown here making a catch in Week 1, nearly came down with a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 24, UCONN 17

UConn’s second-half rally held up by untimely penalty in loss to Florida International

Ta’Quan Robertson finished 15 of 32 for 170 passing yards. Devontae Houston carried 19 times for 126 yards to lead UConn (0-3).

Denny Hamlin opens NASCAR playoff race with win at Bristol as reigning champion Joey Logano eliminated

Ludvig Aberg leads by 2 at BMW PGA Championship

blue jays 4, red sox 3 (13 inn.)

Red Sox waste too many chances, Blue Jays walk off with win on infield single in 13th inning

Business

The battle over electric vehicles is central to the United Auto Workers strike

The strike has come as the traditional automakers invest billions to develop electric vehicles while still making most of their money from gasoline-driven cars.

Sweet news for cranberry growers as India slashes tariffs on the Mass.-grown fruit

The cuts are expected to boost exports to the South Asian country, which is a growing market for the tart red berry.

UAW leaders and automakers return to the bargaining table

Trump plans two Mar-a-Lago fundraisers for campaign, legal fees

magazine

Hispanic Heritage Month

Honoring 100 change-making leaders across Massachusetts

Mónica Solares, owner of Rincón Guatemalteco in Waltham.

My Boston History

Searching for a taste of home in and around the city

In 2016, El Oriental owner Nobel Garcia poured cider at the news of Fidel Castro’s death.

Marcela García

What does it mean to lose special places where Latinos gather in Boston?

Troops leaving Camp Myles Standish in Taunton for the Boston Port of Embarkation.

My dad never forgot Rosh Hashana at Camp Myles Standish in 1944

metro

Fratelli's pastry shop created colorful cupcakes for a fund-raiser for victims of the devastating wildfires in Maui.

Quincy pastry shop raises money for Maui fire victims with Hawaiian-themed cupcakes

Despite dangers, Maine locals, tourists take Lee in stride

Healey lifts state of emergency as the erstwhile Hurricane Lee moves northward

sports

Portland State head coach Bruce Barnum watched his team find the end zone 13 times in just three quarters.

Portland State scores 13 touchdowns, sets Big Sky record with 91-0 rout of North American University

Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman arrested for operating a vehicle while impaired

Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams scores UMass late lead, but Eastern Michigan answers for the win

business

Flowers and other offerings left by mourners at the site of a missile strike where at least 17 people were killed Wednesday, and more than 30 wounded, at a busy market in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine, on Sunday, September 10, 2023.

Biden urged by GOP senators to give Ukraine long-range missiles

Actor Russell Brand accused of rape in London Times expose

Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore’s return despite pickets

politics

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pitches a baseball during a campaign stop at the Field of Dreams movie site, Thursday, Aug. 24, in Dyersville, Iowa.

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

Top Democrats’ bullishness on Biden 2024 collides with voters’ worries

On tony Martha’s Vineyard, a center of Black political power grows

Nation

Insurrections rallied at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

Texas AG Ken Paxton is back on job after acquittal but Republicans aren’t done attacking each other

Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off warnings in some areas

World

Locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

UN committee votes to list ruins near ancient Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his way home after concluding a trip to Russia’s Far East

South Korea, world’s largest ‘baby exporter,’ confronts its painful past

opinion

Peso Pluma performed during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

The scourge of Mexican drug cartels

Searching for Black Muslims

Massachusetts tax relief can’t wait

lifestyle

She was my first date after a long marriage

A parent’s coping guide for back-to-school teen anxiety

Dating in Boston has been rough

food & dining

Harvest time at the the A.D. Makepeace Company, a cranberry grower in Carver, Mass., on Oct. 19, 2018.

Sweet news for cranberry growers as India slashes tariffs on the Mass.-grown fruit

Restaurants in R.I., Maine, still struggle to find workers

Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup. Will customers go along?

travel

Edward Tufte’s Rocket Science 3, is a full-size, fully-equipped airstream with operating lights.

Falling for Woodbury, ‘the most charming small town in Connecticut’

These maps show when foliage will peak in New England — and across the country

Where to find foliage trackers for each New England state

Arts

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, "Charting Your Course Through Life," 1940.

At this Harvard exhibition, the maps are real but the places on them aren’t

Harvard museum director stepping down

At Abakus Projects, a show that asks: How compatible are efficiency and humanity?

Books

A lament for a vanishing paradise, through the 300-year history of one plot of land

Test yourself to see how well you know your New England campus novels

Local bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 10

Movies

Sylvester Stallone in "Sly"

After seeing 20-plus films in six days, our critic shares some final highlights from this year’s TIFF

Drew Barrymore stalking suspect trespasses at fashion show looking for Emma Watson, police say

‘Scrapper’: A tender tale about a kid with serious mettle

Television

Insurrections rallied at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

Drew Barrymore postpones her show’s new season launch until after strikes

Milli Vanilli documentary revisits a sad scandal

music

Jann Wenner attends Authors Night 2023 with East Hampton Library on August 12, 2023 in East Hampton, New York.

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

At TD Garden, Peter Gabriel puts on a show like no other

Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service reach back 20 years

Theater/Dance

From left: Carly Zien, Amy Resnick, Will Lyman, and Joshua Chessin-Yudin in "Prayer for the French Republic" at the Huntington.

In the Huntington’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ antisemitism hits home, again

In ART’s ‘Half-God of Rainfall,’ a storm is brewing

In ‘POTUS,’ the West Wing is nothing like ‘The West Wing’

Health

Boston, MA 10/7/2021: Exterior of Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA on October 07, 2021. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) ( Exteriors of Dana Farber Cancer Institute for story about: Boston’s top cancer hospital had stood out nationally for encouraging its trustees to invest in its start-up companies, including even running them.) COVID-19 coronavirus

Dana-Farber deal highlights a surprising trend: New cancer centers are in vogue

Your health insurance costs are likely going up in R.I. next year. Here’s by how much.

CVS, Walgreens illegally marketed ‘unapproved’ eye drops, FDA says

Obituaries

Senator Lauch Faircloth spoke to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., in 1998.

Lauch Faircloth dies at 95; GOP senator targeted D.C. home rule in crisis

Fernando Botero, artist of whimsical rotundity, is dead at 91

Tony Award-winner Michael McGrath, mourned as ‘adorable, mischievous, brilliant,’ dies at 65