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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Republican clown show in D.C. will bring real pain in Massachusetts

To US Representatives Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton, a bruising government shutdown is looking inevitable.

As government hurtles toward shutdown, McCarthy constrained by threats to his job

The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?

Biden campaign is off and running against Trump, but it’s out of public view and that’s intentional

In private events, President Biden and his team have begun to lay out his argument for reelection and to confront the age questions that have dogged his campaign.

‘We’ll take it’: After 20 months, tax relief finally appears on the cusp of passage

To what degree the package delivers, and who may benefit most from it, remains unclear.

Coastal North Carolina hit by flooding as Tropical Storm Ophelia travels north

Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia have experienced flooding after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds, and dangerous surges.

See live stream webcams and photos of Ophelia’s wind and rain

Methuen father drowns trying to save son from rip current: ‘He lived his whole life for his family’

Simard was found unresponsive in the water about 75 yards from the shore at Salisbury Beach and was taken to a hospital in Seabrook Beach, N.H., where he was pronounced dead.

Auto workers still have room to expand their strike against car makers. But they also face risks.
Even after escalating its strike against Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union still has plenty of leverage in its effort to force the companies to agree to significant increases in pay and benefits.

Democrats flock to picket lines where workers worry about their electric vehicle push
Hispanic Heritage Month

Meet six Massachusetts leaders from Amplify LatinX’s ALX100

First-ever Festival Latino to highlight the Hispanic community’s traditions and culture

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

How to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

We’ve been buying olive oil all wrong. Here’s what you need to know.

I was drawn in by fancy labels, lower-to-middle price points, and smart terms like “cold pressed” and “extra virgin” — but I never actually knew what I was buying.
red sox notebook

Missing the playoffs is unfamiliar territory to Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen, and he hates the feeling

Every year since 2013, when he was a member of the Dodgers, Jansen has played postseason baseball.
Peter Abraham: In wide-ranging Q&A, Justin Turner reflects on his career, his charitable work, and his first year in Boston

A Cape Cod clinic has begun offering medication abortions, and a faith-based group is pushing alternatives

For many on Cape Cod, the presence of the van signaled the start of a worrisome effort to undermine access to abortion services just months after a clinic, Health Imperatives, began offering medication abortions in Hyannis.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Tensions rise between Haiti and the Dominican Republic over border closure

International observers are afraid the measure will isolate Haiti even more.
EDITORIAL

Solo senators hold too much power over appointments
Ideas

Teens Speak

 Tell us: What do you think it means to be a teenager today?
LETTERS

No, building bikes lanes isn’t enough. Boston should also ...
NEWSLETTERS

El reciente conflicto entre Haití y la República Dominicana

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

More recent News

Police investigating fatal shooting of 15-year-old in Brockton, according to district attorney
The boy was found shot on Lynn Road and taken to South Shore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

State trooper dragged by car in Holyoke, suspect in custody, authorities say
The driver sped away but crashed farther down the road and ran into the woods, where he was later located by a State Police K-9 unit, authorities said.

Haverhill Public Schools implements ID passes on buses as safety measure to keep track of young students

Students in kindergarten and Grade 1 must now use Z Passes, identification cards that communicate time and location when scanned, when boarding and departing school buses.

Why September’s record-warm temperatures have scientists so worried
Global temperatures were notably hot in recent weeks, adding to the near-certainty that 2023 will be Earth's warmest on record.

An ancient arrow in near-intact condition is a fascinating find in Norway’s melting ice
An arrow that may be 3,000 years old and in almost pristine shape is a token from the past as ice melts.

Gold bars, envelopes of cash, a Mercedes-Benz: A look at what Robert Menendez and his wife are accused of
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and his wife were indicted Friday on bribery charges in what officials described as a corrupt scheme that involved gold bars, envelopes of cash, and Menendez allegedly using his position to aid a foreign country.

Globe Summit 2023
Globe Summit

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

The Springfield native discussed inspirations for her award-winning "Black Panther" designs, growing up in Springfield, and her path to Hollywood.
Social justice groups are ‘already solving the problems.’ Now they need more from philanthropists, panelists say. See more from Globe Summit 2023

Recommended reads

RI ARTS

Jay Leno on his ‘ridiculous’ R.I. house, how he’s feeling, and why he likes Joe Biden

Leno will be inducted into the Rhode Island Italian-American Hall of Fame on Sept. 27 in Providence.

The inscrutable Marty Baron
His new book reveals few personal details but there’s more to the famously private former editor of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post than he lets most people see.

Bob Ryan
ESPN takes its shot at the NBA’s all-time top 30 — and it’s pretty much on target
These kinds of "best of" lists and rankings are bound to create arguments, but we have few complaints with this tabulation.

At 100-years-old, Patricia Bartevian still a fixture at her Boylston Street shop
Patricia Bartevian turns 100 years old on Sept. 23, but don’t expect her to make a big, fancy fuss about it. The day will be just like every other. She’ll take a taxi to Bartevians Inc., her consignment shop on Boylston Street where she has worked for decades.

Culture & Lifestyle

At Raising Voices fest, Taylor Mac will dig into ‘24-Decade History of Popular Music’

Fiddlehead frontman (and schoolteacher) Pat Flynn claims the space where hardcore and history meet

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

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

Kelly Meraw

A daring hope for Catholic women
EDITORIAL

State-funded housing too precious to be left vacant
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Can anybody stop Donald Trump?

SCOT LEHIGH

The Rolling Stones keep rolling on
NEWSLETTERS

Dennis Rodman’s unflagging queer allyship
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Erwin Olaf, photographer with an eye for the theatrical, dies at 64

A contemporary Dutch photographer, Erwin Olaf was known for the precision of his staged photographs of both countercultural figures and Dutch royalty.

Stephen Gould, tenor best known for tackling Wagner, dies at 61

Stephen Gould, a tenor who after a detour into musical theater established himself as a leading interpreter of the operas of Richard Wagner in performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and elsewhere, died Tuesday in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was 61.

Haverhill Public Schools implements ID passes on buses as safety measure to keep track of young students

Students in kindergarten and Grade 1 must now use Z Passes, identification cards that communicate time and location when scanned, when boarding and departing school buses.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Republican clown show in D.C. will bring real pain in Massachusetts

To US Representatives Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton, a bruising government shutdown is looking inevitable.

Sports

NO. 4 FLORIDA STATE 31, CLEMSON 24

It took overtime to score the win, but Jordan Travis helps prove Florida State can beat Clemson

The fourth-ranked Seminoles had ceded their position as the ACC’s power program to the Tigers, who had won seven of the past eight league crowns and national titles in 2016 and 2018.
NASCAR

Tyler Reddick now in NASCAR’s playoff mix at Texas after missing cut last year and then winning there

With a win at Kansas and a runner-up at Darlington in the playoffs, Reddick is already is thinking about what he needs to do to make it past this three-race round in his first season with 23XI Racing.
red sox notebook

Missing the playoffs is unfamiliar territory to Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen, and he hates the feeling

Every year since 2013, when he was a member of the Dodgers, Jansen has played postseason baseball.
HOLY CROSS 47, COLGATE 7

Holy Cross keeps rolling, as Matthew Sluka throws for four touchdowns in homecoming blowout of Colgate
BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Oskar Steen hopes for more than just cameos with the Bruins this season
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

Tough competition within the league gives Catholic Conference boys’ golf teams a leg up come postseason

Business

Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire

Lachlan will become the chair of News Corp. while remaining chief executive and chair at Fox Corp., the parent of Fox News Channel.

Auto workers still have room to expand their strike against car makers. But they also face risks.

Even after escalating its strike against Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union still has plenty of leverage in its effort to force the companies to agree to significant increases in pay and benefits.

The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?

Why one investment firm aims to buy companies, and gradually turn them over to the employees

magazine
Your Home: Make It Modern

Their home taste was traditional. Then they moved to Lexington’s Peacock Farm.
CONNECTIONS

I used to dread being dragged to the golf course by my dad. Then he got sick.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both have unique jobs so it was interesting hearing about hers’
MISS CONDUCT

A relative gives me the same gift every year but I don’t use it. How do I stop it?

metro

Federal regulators rip MBTA after finding agency violated safety order

Leominster hospital maternity unit set to close Saturday

Irish guests visit with painting of Healey family’s ancestral home

sports

Patriots will be without Jonathan Jones and Sidy Sow against Jets on Sunday

Reestablishing its power game, Catholic Memorial gets back to winning football against St. Francis (N.Y.)

EMass golf: Matt Costello the catalyst for a pair of Bishop Stang wins, headlines Players of the Week

business

Prospect of government shutdown poses a new threat to US economy

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding

Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019

politics

Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot, the White House says

Prospect of government shutdown poses a new threat to US economy

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding

Nation

See live stream webcams and photos of Ophelia’s wind and rain

Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82

Coastal North Carolina hit by flooding as Tropical Storm Ophelia travels north

World

Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters

Pope meets with Macron in Marseille before giant Mass

US Army hospital in Germany is treating Americans hurt fighting in Ukraine

opinion

A fire at a Sutton motel raises questions about shelters the state is opening for migrants

A neighborhood lost, a purpose found

Newburyport cemented its woes by banishing train station to outskirts

lifestyle

The 11th annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival unites poets at the altar of Emily Dickinson

I can see his new life, literally, through his window

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

food & dining

Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019

This Maine stout ranks among the country’s best seasonal beers, according to USA Today

Naomi Campbell shared that she’s pre-menopausal. She’s not the only one.

travel

Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019

This Maine stout ranks among the country’s best seasonal beers, according to USA Today

There’s a travel secret to overcoming the frustration of being locked out of the region’s most scenic races

Arts

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Two photo shows capture the shapes of water

Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction

Books

Author readings around Boston Sept. 24-30

Arrowsmith Press organizes memorial reading for Ukrainian novelist killed in bombing; annual Provincetown Book Festival opens Sept. 29; celebrating the art of indie comics and graphic novels

50 years of Ms.: Sisterhood at the Smith archives

Movies

How much Mass. is in ‘Dumb Money,’ the movie about Brockton investor ‘Roaring Kitty’ and his GameStop gambit?

Fifth annual Taiwan Film Festival of Boston brings six Taiwanese films to the AMC at Boston Common

‘Dumb Money’ — is it worth yours?

Television

Coming in November: ‘NCIS’ franchise expands down under

Jay Leno on his ‘ridiculous’ R.I. house, how he’s feeling, and why he likes Joe Biden

‘Sex Education’ ends at just the right time

music

A maverick triumphant: John Zorn at 70

Ireland’s Mick Flannery is finally getting a foothold in America

The Replacements’ ‘Tim’ gets the sparkling remix it deserves, with ample doses of thunder

Theater/Dance

At Raising Voices fest, Taylor Mac will dig into ‘24-Decade History of Popular Music’

A murder, a marriage, a ghost, and some barbecue. ‘Fat Ham’ adds new flavors to ‘Hamlet.’

In ‘POTUS,’ seven stressed women and one clown for a president

Health

In its first year, calls to 988 Lifeline increase 50 percent in Rhode Island

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.

Obituaries

Erwin Olaf, photographer with an eye for the theatrical, dies at 64

Stephen Gould, tenor best known for tackling Wagner, dies at 61

Giorgio Napolitano, former Italian president and first ex-Communist in that post, has died at 98