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Don't expect to see a drop in rates for credit cards, mortgages, or car loans soon

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Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged

In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged.

Buildings housing former wholesale food markets occupy the bulk of Widett Circle just off the Expressway and the MBTA rail yards.

Mayor Michelle Wu says Widett Circle plan pitched as fix for Mass. and Cass does not seem ‘feasible’

Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams
Ryan Koss could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted of gross negligent operation with death resulting.

opinion | Yanique Redwood

I headed the BU Center for Antiracist Research. Here’s what I learned.

Antiracism work is not one-human-being work. It is collective work.

Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait on Oct. 21, 2020.

Ibram X. Kendi, head of Center for Antiracist Research at BU, defends layoffs and restructuring

First human case of Jamestown Canyon virus found in New Hampshire this year, officials say

New Hampshire public health officials also said they have discovered two cases of Powassan Virus, both of which are spread by bites from insects.

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike

Will your favorite shows come back? Here's what happens next. Hollywood’s focus turns to actors after writers agree to deal

Boston woman rescued after hurting her leg in the White Mountains

School officials in Bedford, N.H., continue to investigate allegations of secret photographs

State Rep. Mike Connolly at the State House received notice that his petition to lift the statewide ban on rent control was certified by Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Sept 6.

As progressives split on rent control tactics, ballot campaign pushes ahead

A progressive state lawmaker is forging ahead with a bid to bring rent control back to Massachusetts — despite opposition from within his own movement.

Prince Harry at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, on May 6, 2019, after his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a baby boy.

Beth Teitell

It’s the rich guy’s way to look approachable and the approachable guy’s way to look rich

Men have a new uniform. It’s the quarter-zip sweater, and it’s gone fancy.

LGBTQ Nightlife Events co-founder Thais Rocha took the stage during a Sapphic Nights event at the House of Blues on Jan. 28 to announce her plan to open Dani's Queer Bar, Boston's only dedicated sapphic nightlife space.

Lesbian bars are disappearing nationwide, but there are signs of life in Mass.

Dani’s Queer Bar will be the first lesbian bar to open in the city in decades, but Boston is hardly the only place where such spaces have disappeared.

Patriots 15, Jets 10

Dan Shaughnessy

The Patriots should be thankful they can count on one thing — beating the Jets
With pressure mounting and staring at an 0-3 start, Bill Belichick did what he always does against the Jets.

NFL Week 3: Dolphins and Bills both have the look of a Super Bowl team

Taylor Swift would be the ‘biggest’ catch of Travis Kelce’s career, Bill Belichick says

Chargers benching J.C. Jackson was a ‘coach’s decision’ as report of arrest warrant surfaces

The Statue of Abraham Lincoln is seen behind tourists wearing ponchos at the Lincoln Memorial on September 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Tickets to Ford’s Theatre on night of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination sell for $262,500, Boston-based auction house says

A Boston-based auction house on Saturday sold a pair of tickets for a performance that President Abraham Lincoln attended on the night of his assassination in 1865 for $262,500, the company said.

Fitchburg woman has sung her way to ‘America’s Got Talent’ finale
Lavender Darcangelo, who is blind and autistic, traces the life-changing moments that formed a path leading to Tuesday night's finale.

Hispanic Heritage Month

From left: Constanza Cabello, Elias Torres, Amanda M. Fernández, Jay Calderín, Silvia López Chavez, and Dr. Daniela RamÍrez Schrempp

Meet six Massachusetts leaders from Amplify LatinX’s ALX100

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

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Conexión Latina Newport staff and volunteers have created Festival Latino to celebrate the Hispanic community on Aquidneck Island and beyond.

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

Gael García Bernal delivers a knockout performance in ‘Cassandro’

Singer/guitarist Kim Deal performs with the Breeders at House of Blues Sunday night.

MUSIC REVIEW

It’s a ‘Last Splash’ anniversary, and the Breeders dive right in

At House of Blues Sunday night, the Breeders played with an almost startling immediacy for a band doing a 30th-anniversary playthrough of their alt-rock classic.

Marc Evan Jackson, actor and part-owner of the Grace Bailey, sailed the Maine windjammer.

He starred in ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Parks and Recreation.’ Now you can sail with him on his windjammer in Maine.

Marc Evan Jackson is known for his witty, deadpan — and in his words, “very memeable” — characters on television shows such as “The Good Place.”

Dennis McA'Nulty (left), a senior compliance analyst at Sun Life Financial, on a Zoom call in one of the private cubicles that line the wall of the company's first-floor library.

New designs on office life: Companies hope the workplace can be ‘a magnet, not a mandate’

Assigned cubicles and offices are out. “Touch-down spaces,” “coffee bars,” and “neighborhoods” are in. And video screens? They’re seemingly everywhere.

Opinion

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi spoke onstage during Netflix's "Stamped from the Beginning" world premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Sept. 9 in Toronto.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Is there only one way to think, talk, teach, and write about racism?

Layoffs at Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at BU present an opportunity for the university to rethink how the center can advance the important work of identifying and tackling racism.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A respite for tens of thousands of Venezuelan arrivals

Joan Fitzgerald

Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Michael E. Mann

Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season

Les Kaufman

NOAA needs to get serious about protecting Stellwagen Bank

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.

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DoorDash driver follows GPS all the way to water in Middleton

The driver faces charges of negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Hate graffiti reported at Armenian church in Watertown

Hateful graffiti was found Monday on a bulletin board outside an Armenian church in Watertown, and authorities are treating the matter as a hate crime, church officials said.

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The children were struck by a vehicle in Lynn on Monday morning, and the driver will face charges in connection with the crash that left both children with non life-threatening injuries, police said.

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William Pounds, MIT Sloan School dean who chaired a key Vietnam War-era panel, dies at 95
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Stevie Nicks performs at Gillette Stadium Saturday night.

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel a powerhouse pop tandem at rainy Gillette

A collection of items from the Ms. magazine records in the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History in Neilson Library at Smith College in Northampton. The Ms. papers offer a wealth of history and inspiration for feminists old, young, and yet-to-be.

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Taylor Mac performs “24-Decade History of Popular Music” at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York in 2016.

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Pat Flynn (left) and his Fiddlehead bandmates.

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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.

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Students at Jeremiah Burke High School celebrated their graduation in 2016.

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A Dominican Republic soldier stood on the bank of the Massacre River, a natural border with Haiti, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, on Sept. 15.

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Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged Friday with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other misdeeds.

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The Stones have a new album coming out and the song that’s been released so far — “Angry” — is not just unmistakably Rolling Stones, it’s terrific Rolling Stones.

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

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Metro

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged

In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged.

A remembrance of home

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RI HEALTH

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

“If you’ve had a problem finding the vaccine, stick with it. More vaccine is on the way,” the CDC director said.

Authorities request 21 days in prison for Rhode Island man charged in Jan. 6 attack

William B. Cotton, 53, of Hopkinton, R.I., pleaded guilty in June to one count of “parading, demonstrating, and picketing in a Capitol building.”

Sports

It's been a frustrating season for the Padres, who signed longtime Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts to a long-term deal in the offseason.

MLB

Padres deny dysfunction amid disastrous season

The Padres have been under .500 since May 12 while watching the rival Dodgers — whom they stunned in last year’s Division Series — run away with the NL West.

Gleyber Torres leaps over Diamondbacks rookie Corbin Carroll, who twice put Arizona ahead.

YANKEES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4

Yankees rally past Diamondbacks not once, but three times as they look to avoid first losing season in 30 years

New York needs three wins in its final six games to avoid its first losing season since 1992.

US captain Zach Johnson (left) brought the trophy to a press conference with Europe's captain, Luke Donald (center).

Golf

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The matches begin Friday and end Sunday in Rome.

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NFL

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Business

The Douglases broaden their ambitions for Urban Grape

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TALKING POINTS

Japanese regulators approve Leqembi

As progressives split on rent control tactics, ballot campaign pushes ahead

magazine

PERSPECTIVE

How scary is ‘Jaws,’ really? My second-grader asked to find out.

MIT Museum’s free Cambridge Science Festival runs Monday through Sunday.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 25 - Oct. 1

The writer and his dad after the writer made a hole-in-one in 2012.

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’

metro

Dr. Maria Carlota Dao, an assistant professor of human nutrition in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems at the University of New Hampshire is pictured in her lab on the school’s campus.

How do fiber and food insecurity impact the health of N.H.’s Hispanic community?

From police to public works, Boston ponies up $2.1 million in discrimination payouts this year

Important dates as N.H.’s presidential primaries approach

sports

The Dolphins were in step Sunday, dancing off with a 70-20 win over Denver.

NFL Week 3: Dolphins and Bills both have the look of a Super Bowl team

Roman Anthony, Wikelman Gonzalez headline Red Sox’ minor league award winners

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business

R.I. officials fire back at Black leaders who accuse state of discrimination in public contracting

Don’t hold your breath for lower interest rates

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic

politics

Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro will deliver the keynote address during the New Hampshire Democratic Party's convention on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Important dates as N.H.’s presidential primaries approach

Tickets to Ford’s Theatre on night of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination sell for $262,500, Boston-based auction house says

Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis will debate in November, Fox News announces

Nation

"Not only will I be exonerated, I will still be New Jersey’s senior senator," said Senator Bob Menendez at a press conference in Union City, N.J.

Senator Menendez, defiant, says he will not resign

Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams

Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

World

The first of many Abrams tanks, like the ones pictured, have been delivered to Ukraine. Britain, Germany, and the United States agreed to supply modern Western tanks to aid in Ukraine's counteroffensive.

First Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky says

A new border crossing: Americans turn to Mexico for abortions

UK police open sexual offenses investigation after allegations about Russell Brand

opinion

The Town of Randolph Board of Health set up a drive-thru COVID vaccine clinic at the Randoph Community Center parking lot, Feb. 24, 2021.

We agree, it’s time to update our network of local public health departments

A call to action on climate change

No, the MCAS exam isn’t holding kids back

lifestyle

He starred in ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Parks and Recreation.’ Now you can sail with him on his windjammer in Maine.

My ex says we should stay roommates

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

food & dining

Lesbian bars are disappearing nationwide, but there are signs of life in Mass.

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

travel

Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island.

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

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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

Emily Wilson and the cover to her translated edition of 'The Iliad' by Homer.

Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic

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

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In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged

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Ibram X. Kendi, head of Center for Antiracist Research at BU, defends layoffs and restructuring

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Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike

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Dan Shaughnessy The Patriots should be thankful they can count on one thing — beating the Jets With pressure mounting and staring at an 0-3 start, Bill Belichick did what he always does against the Jets.

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With pressure mounting and staring at an 0-3 start, Bill Belichick did what he always does against the Jets.

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Lavender Darcangelo, who is blind and autistic, traces the life-changing moments that formed a path leading to Tuesday night's finale.

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?

‘It’s not going to be the same without him’: Brockton mother grieves for her teen son fatally shot Friday
Pemi Benson, who identified her 15-year-old son Jason as the victim in Friday’s shooting, struggled with her loss this weekend, surrounded by loved ones.

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