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They are among society’s most vulnerable — children with severe autism — and yet many endure abuse or neglect in the state-licensed residential schools that care for them. With not enough accountability and scant public disclosure, it is an invisible crisis.

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Spotlight investigative reporter Liz Kowalczyk talks about her investigation into abuse in group homes for severely autistic students.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Climate change is altering more than the weather. It’s also disrupting tourism as we know it.
As a result of the headlines about weather-related events, tourists are looking for new summer escapes as they find old vacation haunts increasingly uncomfortable and northern locations more welcoming, travel industry experts say.

dan shaughnessy

With Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the stars seem to be aligning again
There is a long history of sports/entertainment power couples, going back to the biggest one of all, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Terry Francona’s farewell brings out the stories around the greatest manager in two franchises’ histories
At 64, the physical grind of the season has become too much after 23 years on the bench. He's unsure what will come next, but an election to Cooperstown would seem to be in the offing.

New Green Line extension already so defective that trains are forced to move at walking pace

Less than one year after the final branch of the much-heralded Green Line extension opened for business, the MBTA said a problem with the tracks has reduced train speeds to just 3 miles per hour along some stretches.

Supply shortages, insurance hiccups complicate vaccine rollout

“I’m just trying to do the responsible thing,” a Somerville resident said. “I’m sure I can get [a COVID booster] eventually, but it’s a little frustrating.”

Massachusetts lawmakers unveil $1 billion tax relief deal, with vote this week

The tax package is estimated to save taxpayers $561 million this fiscal year, and will eventually climb to just over $1 billion once it goes into full effect, according to legislative officials.

Drag queens sued a N.H. lawmaker for defamation. He’s claiming absolute immunity.

The defendant argues he cannot be sued for anything he said while discussing proposed legislation.

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire
A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

Hollywood writers strike is declared over after boards vote to approve contract with studios
Leaders of Hollywood’s writers union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios.

Five Taunton police officers injured by suspect with knife, officials say

Congress says its wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.

Orioles icon Brooks Robinson won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves and was the 1964 AL Most Valuable Player.

Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame third baseman whose defensive brilliance was unmatched, dies at 86

Robinson's deft glove work and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history.

Celtics president Brad Stevens retooled the roster following last year’s loss in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Brad Stevens says Celtics are healthy ahead of training camp, and he likes the flexibility of their retooled roster

“Everybody’s in Boston, everybody’s healthy, knock on wood,” Stevens said. “If everybody gets through the rest of the week, we should be full next Tuesday when we start practice.”

He’s the man of my dreams — except he’s constantly flirting with women online

My boyfriend has a problem with Facebook — or, rather, women on Facebook.

Opinion

Dozens of people showed up last Saturday to a free FixIt Clinic at the Jamaica Plain branch of the Boston Public Library. Kas Sivaguru brought in a Bose CD player/radio.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The sheer joy of fixing something rather than throwing it away

Grab your tools for the fight against planned obsolescence.

Menendez should resign, for the good of the Senate and his party

Normalizing Trump’s unhinged rage is an invitation to violence

Before it’s too late, the UN blackball of Taiwan must stop

No, Donald Trump doesn’t have the 2024 GOP nomination locked up

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

Owner Edner Ttrente Et Un at Viva Mi Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in West Roxbury.

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former FBI handler is healthier two years after compassionate release from prison
The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 Tuesday to reject a request for a hearing on whether John Connolly Jr. should be sent back to prison.

Judge revokes bail for man charged in Hingham Apple Store crash; failed to follow GPS conditions
A judge on Tuesday revoked bail for a Hingham man who allegedly drove through the plate glass storefront of a Hingham Apple Store in November, killing one person and injuring 22 others.

Next competitor for R.I. hospital CEOs? Amazon, CVS, Uber Eats, and other tech.
Companies that specialize in artificial intelligence and digital tech are Lifespan’s biggest competitors to tackle, according to CEO John Fernandez.

‘I can’t afford the cars I help make’: At Mansfield UAW strike, employees rail against pay disparities
A few dozen at the Stellantis parts distribution center are fighting a tiered compensation system.

RAYS 9, RED SOX 7

Zach Eflin, the arm that got away from the Red Sox, starts a Rays victory at Fenway that did the same

Tampa Bay took leads of 3-0 after one inning and 7-0 after three before the Red Sox offense awoke, but the hosts stranded the potential tying and go-ahead runs multiple times in falling to 39-41 at home, and 76-81 overall.

Senator Bob Menendez will appear in court in his bribery case as he rejects calls to resign

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is due in court to answer to federal charges alleging the Democrat used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out other favors for New Jersey businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars.

Recommended reads

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.

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.”

THE FINE PRINT

What you need to know about flood insurance as catastrophes like Leominster become more common
Is your home adequately insured for the kind of severe weather experienced in New England this summer?

chesto means business

Lawsuit raises a complex question: How many pot shops is too many in downtown Boston?
The city has repeatedly waived a half-mile buffer rule between marijuana dispensaries. Now, one shop owner is pushing back.

Culture & Lifestyle

The Blaze Writers Project team, who will be spelling at Spell-O-Rama, an event on Oct. 4 to raise funds for the Florida Freedom to Read Project, which fights book bans.

Celeste Ng, other local literary lights headline Spell-O-Rama to fight book banning efforts in Florida

Måneskin shown at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark earlier this month.

Euro rockers Måneskin bring swagger and spectacle to TD Garden

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

Books podcasts to help you feel like you've joined your favorite book club.

10 podcasts that will make you feel like you’re in a book club

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

Manchester opens new center to help the city’s unhoused

The new location on Beech Street opens Wednesday and will offer services like healthcare, help finding an apartment, and employment.

Next competitor for R.I. hospital CEOs? Amazon, CVS, Uber Eats, and other tech.

Companies that specialize in artificial intelligence and digital tech are Lifespan’s biggest competitors to tackle, according to CEO John Fernandez.

Dueling Protests planned at Cape women health clinic that provides medication abortion

The Cape Cod Pro-Life Alliance and the international organization 40 Days For Life each plan to demonstrate Wednesday outside Health Imperatives in Hyannis.

Drag queens sued a N.H. lawmaker for defamation. He’s claiming absolute immunity.

The defendant argues he cannot be sued for anything he said while discussing proposed legislation.

Sports

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored relationship would place them among some of the most iconic sports-celeb couples in American pop culture.

dan shaughnessy

With Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the stars seem to be aligning again

There is a long history of sports/entertainment power couples, going back to the biggest one of all, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

The Brewers celebrated with a team photo after clinching the NL Central title despite losing Tuesday night.

cardinals 4, brewers 1

Brewers lose to Cardinals, but get a little help to clinch NL Central title

Milwaukee clinched its second division crown in three seasons when the Cubs blew a six-run lead against the Braves.

Warriors owner Joe Lacob (right) could be part of the newest WNBA franchise, based in the Bay Area.

Report: Golden State Warriors close to agreement on bringing a WNBA team to San Francisco

The reported deal would have the new team playing in the Chase Center, where the Warriors also compete.

Liberty 84, Sun 77

Liberty break away from Sun early in fourth quarter of Game 2 to tie semifinals

RAYS 9, RED SOX 7

Zach Eflin, the arm that got away from the Red Sox, starts a Rays victory at Fenway that did the same

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Brad Stevens says Celtics are healthy ahead of training camp, and he likes the flexibility of their retooled roster

Business

Next competitor for R.I. hospital CEOs? Amazon, CVS, Uber Eats, and other tech.

Companies that specialize in artificial intelligence and digital tech are Lifespan’s biggest competitors to tackle, according to CEO John Fernandez.

Qatar Airways executive says invasive gynecological examinations of passengers won’t be repeated

A senior Qatar Airways executive has told an Australian Senate inquiry that there would be no repeat of an incident at Doha’s international airport in 2020 in which female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations.

Black Americans express concerns about racist depictions in news media, lack of coverage efforts

Hollywood writers strike is declared over after boards vote to approve contract with studios

magazine

The Education Issue

Massachusetts schools are among the best. Except for financial literacy.

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.

metro

There are no words

New Green Line extension already so defective that trains are forced to move at walking pace

Supply shortages, insurance hiccups complicate vaccine rollout

sports

Terry Francona will finish his managerial career with two World Series rings, won while with the Red Sox, and more than 1,000 victories from 11 seasons with Cleveland.

Terry Francona’s farewell brings out the stories around the greatest manager in two franchises’ histories

Minor league honors offer Red Sox chance to reflect on their developing homegrown pitching pipeline

From Louisiana to Ohio to Providence, Mason Lohrei makes his NHL debut in Buffalo

business

Former president Donald Trump in Summerville, S.C., on Monday.

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire

Target to close 9 stores including 3 in San Francisco, citing theft that threatens workers, shoppers

JPMorgan settles Epstein suits with US Virgin Islands and ex-banker

politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy surrounded by reporters.

Congress says its wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.

What to expect in the second Republican debate

Race to replace Mitt Romney heats up as Republican Utah House speaker readies to enter

Nation

Senator Bob Menendez speaks during a press conference on Sept. 25, in Union City, N.J. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery.

Senator Bob Menendez will appear in court in his bribery case as he rejects calls to resign

How did the Maui fire spread so quickly? Overgrown gully may be key to the investigation.

Judge considers accusations that New Mexico Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map

World

A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 16, 2023.

North Korea says it will expel the US soldier who crossed into the country in July

A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150

Azerbaijan says 192 of its troops were killed in last week’s offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh

opinion

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke to reporters at the US Capitol building as budget negotiations were ongoing and a government shutdown loomed at the Capitol, Sept. 22.

It’s Kevin McCarthy’s government shutdown

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

Mass. responds to probation challenges with a different approach

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

Owner Edner Ttrente Et Un at Viva Mi Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in West Roxbury.

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

These grapeseed oils use grape seeds left over from winemaking

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

travel

A boy poured water over his head to cool off at the fountain in Piazza del Popolo in Rome, on July 18, 2023. At the time, Europe braced for new high temperatures under a relentless heatwave.

Climate change is altering more than the weather. It’s also disrupting tourism as we know it.

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

Arts

An original copy of Phillis Wheatley's first collection of poems, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," which is stored in the Boston Public Library's Special Collections Department for the public to explore.

A date with rare books and historical records at the Boston Public Library

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

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Books

Steve Inskeep and the cover of his book, “Differ We Must."

Steve Inskeep believes in books as the ‘antidote’ to a technophilic age

A date with rare books and historical records at the Boston Public Library

Celeste Ng, other local literary lights headline Spell-O-Rama to fight book banning efforts in Florida

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 attended Sunday's game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 24, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Swifties are having a field day claiming Taylor Swift put Travis Kelce ‘on the map’

Replacing the irreplaceable on ‘Monk’

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

music

Måneskin shown at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark earlier this month.

Euro rockers Måneskin bring swagger and spectacle to TD Garden

Swifties are having a field day claiming Taylor Swift put Travis Kelce ‘on the map’

Kane Brown will return to Fenway Park next summer as part of his ‘In the Air Tour’

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

Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson, seeking his 1,000th major league hit, fouled the ball back past the head of Minnesota Twins catcher Jerry Zimmerman in the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins.

Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died

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