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Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices, overcharges sellers

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals are alleging the e-commerce behemoth uses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on other platforms, overcharge sellers, and stifle competition.

What you need to know about flood insurance as catastrophes like Leominster become more common

Is your home adequately insured for this kind of severe weather experienced in New England this summer?

With flashier floods and stronger hurricanes, ‘I don’t think we know what normal is anymore’

Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over alleged illegal use of computer data

Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and attorney Robert Costello over their alleged use of data from his laptop computer, as he stepped up a litigation effort in the wake of his indictment on firearms charges.

Biden will join the UAW strike picket line. Historians can’t recall any president doing that.

President Biden’s decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history.

‘I can’t afford the cars I help make’: At Mansfield UAW strike, autoworkers rail against pay disparities
Around fifty employees at the Stellantis parts distribution center are grappling with a tiered payment system that they hope will be terminated in a new union contract.

BC swimmers and divers push back on suspension for alleged hazing

Nearly 30 team members have requested that the university immediately lift the program’s indefinite suspension.

Bedford, N.H., school officials investigate reports that students were secretly photographed, put on trading cards

An online petition is calling for those responsible to be expelled.

Boston police SWAT officers arrest armed robbery suspect in Dorchester apartment

Supreme Court allows drawing of new Alabama congressional map to proceed, rejecting state’s plea

Tell us: Have you had trouble getting your COVID-19 booster shot?

Heather Cox Richardson, historian, professor, and author of the popular newsletter "Letters from an American," in her study at home in coastal Maine. A portrait of her great-great grandmother hangs on the wall above her desk.

From small town Maine, Substack luminary Heather Cox Richardson discusses her new book about the rise of authoritarianism in the US

'Democracy Awakening,' a culmination of the historian's work of the past several years, includes a blueprint for 'Reclaiming America.'

Heather Cox Richardson talks threat of autocracy on Say More with Shirley Leung podcast

Elementary students at the Paul Revere Innovation School in Revere arrived on their first day of school in August.

Should Mass. consider a ‘nuclear option’ for catching kids up in school? Here are 7 big ideas.

Parents, experts, and educators told — well, shouted, at — the Globe. It’s time, they said, for the state to dream big and organize a massive push to catch kids up.

Massachusetts schools are among the best. Except for financial literacy. | Globe Magazine

Christopher L. Gasper

The Patriots are still in position to shake off their slow start and feast on a softening schedule
They still haven’t declared their ceiling or their capability. They’re an exposed work-in-progress.

Patriots mailbag: Even after a victory, there is concern about the play-calling

Lavender Darcangelo is one of 11 finalists in Tuesday night's "America's Got Talent" competition.

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.

Taylor Swift reacted during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor Swift is a fan and suddenly, so is everyone else. Travis Kelce jersey sales jump nearly 400%.

Sales spiked on the same day that Taylor Swift was spotted in Kansas City, watching the Chiefs play the Chicago Bears alongside Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna.

Nantucket group files appeal in lawsuit against wind turbine farm off Martha’s Vineyard; alleges right whales in danger
A group opposing an offshore wind turbine farm under construction south of Martha’s Vineyard has appealed a May ruling, arguing that a “gravely flawed environmental review” failed to consider the dangers the farm poses to the vulnerable North Atlantic Right Whale population.

Opinion: What we know — and don’t know — about offshore wind and whale deaths

Andrew Flagg (left) and Bruce Cavallaro shared a cigarette at a homeless encampment on Marginal Way in Portland, Maine.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

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

Officials in Maine’s largest city are being urged to end the policy of sweeping homeless encampments.

Mayor, governor question feasibility of Widett Circle plan pitched as fix for Mass. and Cass

David Vargas is owner and chef at Vida Cantina, a Mexican cuisine eatery in Portsmouth, N.H.

Vida Cantina’s David Vargas talks about the New England BIPOC Fest, bringing real Mexican food to N.H., and gas station pizza

The James Beard-nominated chef puts an emphasis on sourcing his food locally and says, "All you really have to do is take a couple of bites of a taco, and you’re really helping support your community, full circle."

National Parks have closed during past shutdowns. The National Park Service estimated that Acadia National Park in Maine contributed nearly $500 million to the local economy last year.

A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging impacts in New England

More than 60,000 federal employees work in the region, and they could be facing halted paychecks.

With a government shutdown just days away, Congress is moving into crisis mode

Opinion

Ibram X. Kendi spoke during a Stamped From The Beginning panel on Aug. 4, 2023, in Martha's Vineyard.

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.

Sports rivalry, or how I learned to accept my Sox-loving son

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

It’s Kevin McCarthy’s government shutdown

Now arriving: post-pandemic Boston

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 in "Cassandro."

Gael García Bernal delivers a knockout performance in ‘Cassandro’

More recent News

Warren joins key Democrats in calling on Menendez to resign in wake of corruption charges
“These are serious charges, and it’s time for Senator Menendez to step away from the Senate and concentrate on his legal defense,” Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a phone interview with a Globe opinion writer.

Ibram X. Kendi, head of Center for Antiracist Research at BU, defends layoffs and restructuring
The embattled head of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research said Friday that he did not lay off half his staff and restructure the organization “out of financial distress” but to support the center’s long-term mission.

David McCallum, star of hit TV series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS,’ dies at 90
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." made Mr. McCallum a reluctant teen idol.

Classes resume at Rowley elementary school after refrigerant leak; one student sent to hospital

National Grid responded to the school and confirmed there was no leak of natural gas, according to Jordan Mayblum, a spokesman for the Rowley police.

Convicted murderer accused of killing Central Falls barber

Luis Lopez, 39, of Pawtucket, had lain in wait in a parking lot for about an hour until 26-year-old Emmanel Torres Plaza closed up the True Stylez shop, said Police Chief Anthony Roberson.

Dighton police chief to resign after being charged with insider trading

Shawn P. Cronin has informed the town that he is intending to resign from his position as he faces charges that he violated federal securities laws as part of a multimillion-dollar insider-trading scheme, officials said.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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.”

In Arlington, an AI news site takes root
In the Boston suburb, there's a new local news site powered by artificial intelligence. It’s an uneasy thought for human journalists who’ve already seen digital technology ravage the industry.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Adrian Anantawan, artistic director of Shelter Music Boston, plays violin at the Putnam Square Apartments residence owned by Homeowner's Rehab Inc. Shelter Music Boston plays concerts in shelters for the homeless, substance recovery centers, and other community locations in and around Boston.

Listeners at Boston homeless shelters sparked this Shelter Music Boston project

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.

‘Everything Ms. stood for we’ve lost or are in danger of losing: abortion, child care, equal pay’

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

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

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

Teens Speak

Teens Speak

Venezuelan migrants on an inflatable raft near Brownsville, Texas, on May 6.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A respite for tens of thousands of Venezuelan arrivals

Plastics and other trash littered a salt marsh in Chelsea in April.

Joan Fitzgerald

Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

A wave crashed over the new seawall at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Sept. 16. The remnants of Hurricane Lee put on a show at high tide as hundreds came out see the powerful surf crashing.

Michael E. Mann

Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season

A humpback whale breached in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA needs to get serious about protecting Stellwagen Bank

"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

R.I. electric rates to increase 24% starting Oct. 1

On Tuesday, state regulators approved a pricing proposal from Rhode Island Energy, the state’s dominant electric utility, that will raise electric bills by 24 percent this winter.

A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging impacts in New England

More than 60,000 federal employees work in the region, and they could be facing halted paychecks.

Nantucket group files appeal in lawsuit against wind turbine farm off Martha’s Vineyard; alleges right whales in danger

A group opposing an offshore wind turbine farm under construction south of Martha’s Vineyard has appealed a May ruling, arguing that a “gravely flawed environmental review” failed to consider the dangers the farm poses to the vulnerable North Atlantic Right Whale population.

Tell us: Have you had trouble getting your COVID-19 booster shot?

Some people looking to get the latest COVID-19 boosters are reporting a shortage of vaccines and canceled appointments, or troubles with insurance. What has your experience been like? Tell us in this survey.

Sports

Mason Lohrei will make his debut for the Bruins during Tuesday's preseason game.

Three things to watch for during the Bruins’ preseason game against the Sabres

The puck will drop in Buffalo Tuesday at 7 p.m., and plenty of players are vying for a spot on the varsity roster.

Taylor Swift reacted during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor Swift is a fan and suddenly, so is everyone else. Travis Kelce jersey sales jump nearly 400%.

Sales spiked on the same day that Taylor Swift was spotted in Kansas City, watching the Chiefs play the Chicago Bears alongside Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna.

Tanner Houck has pitched 97 innings this season.

Rays AT RED SOX | 7:10 P.M. (NESN)

Game 157: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Sox will wrap up their home slate with a two-game set starting Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

The Patriots are still in position to shake off their slow start and feast on a softening schedule

Olympic doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva starts in Switzerland

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Even after a victory, there is concern about the play-calling

Business

Biden will join the UAW strike picket line. Historians can’t recall any president doing that.

President Biden’s decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history.

Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices, overcharges sellers

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals are alleging the e-commerce behemoth uses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on other platforms, overcharge sellers, and stifle competition.

R.I. electric rates to increase 24% starting Oct. 1

JPMorgan settles claims that it enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking acts for $75m

magazine

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.

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

This week's daters: Hannah and Lane.

Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

Rhode Island College in Providence.

Rhode Island College’s free tuition program is here

Effort underway to change Somersworth, N.H., lawn mowing ordinance

Should Mass. consider a ‘nuclear option’ for catching kids up in school? Here are 7 big ideas.

sports

Joe Burrow threw for 259 yards as the Bengals got win No. 1 of the season.

A hobbled Joe Burrow has enough to lead Bengals past Rams and to their first win

Report: Toronto Raptors emerging as front-runner for Damian Lillard trade, Celtics have shown interest

Eagles dispatch Buccaneers to remain unbeaten

business

Workers and volunteers marching at a Stellantis parts distribution facility in Mansfield on Monday.

‘I can’t afford the cars I help make’: At Mansfield UAW strike, autoworkers rail against pay disparities

Video game performers vote to authorize strike

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

politics

Members of the United Automobile Workers picketed ahead of a scheduled visit from President Biden outside of the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, in Wayne, Mich.

Biden will join the UAW strike picket line. Historians can’t recall any president doing that.

A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging impacts in New England

Warren joins key Democrats in calling on Menendez to resign in wake of corruption charges

Nation

A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine.

Tell us: Have you had trouble getting your COVID-19 booster shot?

JPMorgan settles claims that it enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking acts for $75m

Video game performers vote to authorize strike

World

Judge Leona Nemeth, center, reads the verdict in the deadly collision of the Hableany sightseeing boat in Pest Central District Court in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 26.

Ukrainian boat captain found guilty in Hungary for the 2019 Danube collision that killed at least 27

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

First Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky says

opinion

A humpback whale breached in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA needs to get serious about protecting Stellwagen Bank

Why did New Bedford lose a popular UMass art program?

There’s no shame in being a Luddite

lifestyle

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.

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

Grapeseed oil from Napa company Salute Santé!

These grapeseed oils use grape seeds left over from winemaking

This new non-dairy frozen treat is made with Thai coconut meat

Recipe: If you only make one preserve, it should be this savory, complex, spicy pepper jam

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

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

Arts

"THE MAW OF," single channel video installation with sound, detail by Rachel Rossin (2022-ongoing). "THE MAW OF" is co-commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.

Technology opens wide in Rachel Rossin’s immersive ‘MAW’

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Two photo shows capture the shapes of water

Books

Heather Cox Richardson, historian, professor, and author of the popular newsletter "Letters from an American," in her study at home in coastal Maine. A portrait of her great-great grandmother hangs on the wall above her desk.

From small town Maine, Substack luminary Heather Cox Richardson discusses her new book about the rise of authoritarianism in the US

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

Movies

A cyclist passes a doorway at Paramount Studios on Sept. 25 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Writers strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal

Hollywood’s focus turns to actors after writers agree to deal

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

Television

Taylor Swift reacted during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor Swift is a fan and suddenly, so is everyone else. Travis Kelce jersey sales jump nearly 400%.

Writers strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal

Hollywood’s focus turns to actors after writers agree to deal

music

Taylor Swift reacted during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor Swift is a fan and suddenly, so is everyone else. Travis Kelce jersey sales jump nearly 400%.

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

A Pops salute to John Williams conjures movie magic

Theater/Dance

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

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

A CVS pharmacist administers vaccinations for COVID-19 and seasonal flu to Angie Chandler at a store in Orlando, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 15.

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

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

Obituaries

William Pounds, a former MIT Sloan School dean.

William Pounds, MIT Sloan School dean who chaired a key Vietnam War-era panel, dies at 95

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

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