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Peopled walked near a train on the Green Line extension.

T chief trying to figure out how Green Line extension tracks got so bad, so quickly

“I need to find out exactly how this came about,” MBTA general manager Phillip Eng said at a meeting of the T's oversight board on Thursday.

Questions mount on slowed Green Line extension track, which T says ‘has always been narrow’ Green Line extension riders lament slow zones

Globe Magazine

The ‘anti woke’ legislation making K-12 teachers in New Hampshire nervous
“I don’t know how you can have a lesson on the Holocaust and genocide and the issue of racism can’t come up,” says a former social studies teacher.

Second Republican debate

Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis participated in the Fox Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

ANALYSIS | James Pindell

Scorecard: Grading the debate performances of the Republican candidates

A look at how the candidates performed in the second Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.

Here’s how the second GOP debate unfolded GOP debate fact-check: What Haley, Ramaswamy, and others said Trump rails against electric cars in Michigan while his GOP challengers debate

From left, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on stage during the second Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Sept. 27, 2023.

Five takeaways from the cacophonous second Republican presidential debate

Several of the candidates rolled out new strategies to try to generate momentum. But the night often felt chaotic, with candidates shouting over one another.

Once again Wednesday, Mac Jones was answering questions about on-field incidents.

Is he dirty? Mac Jones has lost the benefit of the doubt with fellow NFL players.

In only two-plus years in the league, the Patriots quarterback has compiled a dubious rap sheet. And it hasn't gone unnoticed.

Your view: Do you think Mac Jones is a dirty player? Through three games, which Patriots are trending up and which are trending down?

First-ever permanent Central Perk is opening soon in Boston. (Sorry, New York.)
"Friends" coffeehouse is set to open on Newbury Street.

New in town: A JP florist, a Harvard Square bookshop, and a downtown shoe store

The Oklahoma onion burger at Sloane's in Allston.

Pigs in a blanket and other nostalgia on the menu at Sloane’s

Former "Chopped" champion Sarah Wade offers comfort food every which way at her new Allston spot.

Staff made ‘several serious allegations’ against top cannabis regulator before her suspension, treasurer says

“Several serious allegations were made by a Commissioner and CCC staff about the Chair’s behavior,” State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg told the Globe about why she suspended Shannon O’Brien from the Cannabis Control Commission.

City Council green lights Wu’s hike to affordable housing requirement

The new policy would require that developers carve out 17 percent of new rental buildings at income-restricted affordable rents, with an additional 3 percent set aside for Section 8 voucher holders.

A five-foot long emotional support alligator — yes, an alligator — was denied entry to a Phillies game
Joie Henney rescued Wally, now eight years old and about five feet long, from Orlando, Fla. in 2015. He wasn't able to bring the pet to Citizens Bank Park on Thursday.

City seeking to hire project manager to build Long Island Bridge linking Boston to recovery campus

Mayor Wu’s administration is looking to hire a project manager for the long-stalled replacement of the Long Island Bridge connecting Boston to a 35-acre recovery campus that’s gone unused since 2014.

As 2024 Boston Marathon qualifiers are notified, the cutoff time gets stricter than ever
After two years without turning back a qualified runner, the BAA had to leave 11,000 "BQ" athletes without a bib for April's race.

New EV chargers coming to Mass Pike rest stops soon

The state’s Department of Transportation said Thursday it has selected a contractor to remove six non-working fast chargers on the Pike and replace them with new equipment.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Here’s how El Niño may impact our coming winter
No matter which winter prediction you look at, nobody really knows what’s going to happen, but there are some variables we can consider to help us understand what could happen in the coming months.

Opinion: Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season

Treasurer re-evaluating R.I.’s relationship with Washington Trust bank after redlining allegations

Senators nix casual clothing as bipartisan resolution sets new dress code for Senate floor

Methuen man rescued in White Mountains after falling on loose rock, officials say

Boston-area artists, businesses, promoters, and event planners are still relying on an old-standby: paper fliers. The classic approach may have even more appeal to locals who are burnt out on the grind of social media advertisements.

There’s more to that ‘Lost Hat’ poster on that utility pole: Welcome to the wild world of paper fliers

Even as online ads have become the most popular way for smalltime musicians, shops, clubs, and other groups to reach their target audiences, paper fliers have endured as an art form and subculture all their own.

Colin Campbell holds a photo of Ruby and Hart during a performance of his show.

A father reckons with his grief by getting onstage and holding back nothing

"In the very beginning, I resisted my identity as the father of dead kids,” says Colin Campbell, who'll be presenting his one-man show in Natick Oct. 3. "But then I embraced it."

Actors Michael Gambon as Professor Dumbledore, left, and and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter are seen in a scene from the movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Michael Gambon, actor who played Professor Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies, dies

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died, his publicist said Thursday.

Opinion

Trump supporters rally before the second Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

GOP presidential hopefuls fail to address the (orange) elephant in the room

Until the GOP presidential candidates tackle Donald Trump head-on, voters will ignore their visions for the country.

Simon Saradzhyan

Biden needs to act on Nagorno-Karabakh

Another overtime scandal — this time in state corrections

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Will the Supreme Court side with loan sharks?

IDEAS | NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF

The Bloom is off my Red Sox rose

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

Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, a long-time public health advocate and Latino radio host who has launched Rhode Island’s first Spanish-language health website, nuestrasalud.com.

During Hispanic Heritage Month, doctor says R.I. can do better: ‘Taco Tuesday is not progress. It is appeasement.’

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

Rosebud in Davis Square to close for a rebrand

Davis Square’s landmark Rosebud has changed hands and will soon change up its menu. Plus, ZaZiBar plans to open in the Seaport, and Boston Public Market gets a sweet hug.

virginia at BC | saturday, 2 p.m. (CW)

Boston College football is in bounce-back mode after a thrashing at Louisville
The Eagles, frustrated and a little bit angry, are determined to put things together against Virginia Saturday.

With tax bill passage, Healey’s tax cut campaign promise inches toward reality
Just nine months into her tenure, the Democratic-led Legislature is poised to soon deliver a $1 billion tax package to Governor Healey’s desk.

CONNECTIONS

Why I owe my marriage to bad spelling
With typos and grammar bloopers in my college applications, it was no surprise I was rejected by my first-choice college. Not getting what I wanted turned out to be a blessing.

Dutch police say people have been killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

Rotterdam police said that they were informing next of kin before releasing any more details. A suspect had been arrested after the shootings at a university hospital and a nearby apartment.

MISS CONDUCT

My co-workers’ jokes about suicide leave me rattled. How can I make them stop?
Eight years ago I lost my loving, amazing sister to suicide.

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Boston Globe Spotlight team

There are no words

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.

Your guide to getting a COVID booster this fall
Here's how to navigate a supply shortage and make sure your insurance has you covered.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Try this in a small town. And in every town.
Those who will be hurt most because of a shutdown will be more numerous in cities. But a lot of those cities are also the antidote for the cruelty and dysfunction that now defines Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s House.

podcast | say more with shirley leung

Is crypto dead? Critic Molly White doesn’t think so.
With Sam Bankman-Fried’s upcoming trial, the crypto industry is under fire, but it won’t be stopped, says the writer of the “Web3 Is Going Just Great” blog.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad talks teaming up with Ira Glass, the future of podcasting, and the dearth of ‘deep-dive journalism’

A writers union support sign rests near SAG-AFTRA members picketing outside Warner Bros. studio as the actors strike continues.

While Hollywood writers get back to work, filming in Massachusetts remains on hold until actors make a deal

Former Boston Globe editor Marty Baron, photographed in the Berkshires where he lives now, has a new book coming out about his time as editor of The Washington Post.

Five revelations from Marty Baron’s new book, ‘Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post’

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

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

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

The new Taiwan passport was revealed in Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 2, 2020.

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

General Mark Milley, outgoing chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 28, 2021.

Normalizing Trump’s unhinged rage is an invitation to violence

"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

Treasurer re-evaluating R.I.’s relationship with Washington Trust bank after redlining allegations

General Treasurer Diossa notes the state has $190 million deposited with Washington Trust and vows to press the bank to go beyond the terms of its settlement with the US Attorney’s Office.

Block Island officials confirm R.I. attorney general investigating Harborside Inn fire

The owner of the company that had inspected the kitchen’s fire suppression system has been stripped of his journeyman license after the state fire marshal determined that the fire began inside the hotel’s restaurant, “in or near the kitchen hood and exhaust fans.”

The ‘anti woke’ legislation making K-12 teachers in New Hampshire nervous

“I don’t know how you can have a lesson on the Holocaust and genocide and the issue of racism can’t come up,” says a former social studies teacher.

Boston Public Library joins ‘Books Unbanned’ initiative, opening digital collection to teens, young adults across US

The program, first established by the Brooklyn Public Library last year, allows anyone from age 13 to 26 who lives in the US to obtain a Boston Public Library e-card to check out e-books and digital audiobooks.

Sports

Attleboro -08/29/2023 The Attleboro girls’ volleyball team is a program on the rise. They practice in their gym under their coach Mary Katherine Runey. Julia Leonardo takes a breather. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (sports)

HS GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ volleyball: Delivering thunderous hits in 5-set win, Attleboro’s Julia Leonardo headlines Players of the Week

The junior mashed 29 kills and registered 22 digs to help the fourth-ranked Bombardiers outlast No. 11 Bishop Feehan.

Wally is a registered emotional support animal, but he and owner Joie Henney were turned away at Citizens Bank Park Tuesday.

A five-foot long emotional support alligator — yes, an alligator — was denied entry to a Phillies game

Joie Henney rescued Wally, now eight years old and about five feet long, from Orlando, Fla. in 2015. He wasn't able to bring the pet to Citizens Bank Park on Thursday.

BC's Jalen Cheek couldn't keep Louisville's Ahmari Huggins-Bruce out of the end zone — one of eight touchdowns the Cardinals scored against the Eagles last week.

virginia at BC | saturday, 2 p.m. (CW)

Boston College football is in bounce-back mode after a thrashing at Louisville

The Eagles, frustrated and a little bit angry, are determined to put things together against Virginia Saturday.

RED SOX AT ORIOLES | 6:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 159: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

Famed sportscaster Jim Lampley is returning to boxing for the first time in five years this weekend

Boston Marathon

As 2024 Boston Marathon qualifiers are notified, the cutoff time gets stricter than ever

Business

Block Island officials confirm R.I. attorney general investigating Harborside Inn fire

The owner of the company that had inspected the kitchen’s fire suppression system has been stripped of his journeyman license after the state fire marshal determined that the fire began inside the hotel’s restaurant, “in or near the kitchen hood and exhaust fans.”

City Council green lights Wu’s hike to affordable housing requirement

The new policy would require that developers carve out 17 percent of new rental buildings at income-restricted affordable rents, with an additional 3 percent set aside for Section 8 voucher holders.

New EV chargers coming to Mass Pike rest stops soon

New in town: A JP florist, a Harvard Square bookshop, and a downtown shoe store

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

Peopled walked near a train on the Green Line extension.

T chief trying to figure out how Green Line extension tracks got so bad, so quickly

There’s more to that ‘Lost Hat’ poster on that utility pole: Welcome to the wild world of paper fliers

Calling for federal action to protect vulnerable kids in N.H.

sports

Liverpool is in second place in the Premier League standings.

After a lengthy search, Fenway Sports Group adds Dynasty Equity as investor in Liverpool FC

From Rory McIlroy to JT to one impressive rookie, the Ryder Cup should be a fascinating spectacle

Six things to watch as the Celtics get set to open training camp

business

The DVD service that has been steadily shrinking in the shadow of Netflix’s video streaming service will shut down after its five remaining distribution centers in California, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey mail out their final discs Friday.

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip

After a lengthy search, Fenway Sports Group adds Dynasty Equity as investor in Liverpool FC

Slightly fewer number of Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs remain rare

politics

Republican Jim Jordan delivered opening remarks during a House Oversight Committee hearing titled "The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr." on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

House Republicans start making their case for President Biden’s impeachment inquiry at first hearing

GOP debate fact-check: What Haley, Ramaswamy, and others said

Shutdown looks more likely, as House GOP leaders reject Senate plan

Nation

Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting, Sept. 27, 2023 in Largo, Fla.

Florida auto shop owner and angry customer shot each other to death, police say

Biden makes defending democracy a touchstone in his reelection campaign — and a rejoinder to Trump

Video appears to show American solider who crossed into North Korea arriving back in the US

World

Police officers from the special intervention service took part in an operation at the Erasmus MC hospital that had been cordonned off following reports of a shooting, in Rotterdam, on Thursday.

Dutch police say people have been killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

Dutch police say people have been killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

Israel’s High Court hears challenge to law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office

opinion

Racial Reporting Convening

United Auto Workers strike: Is the union idling in the past?

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

lifestyle

Is my friendship preventing me from finding love?

Powerball jackpot up to $850 million after months without a big winner

Winner of $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot claims prize in Florida

food & dining

The Oklahoma onion burger at Sloane's in Allston.

Pigs in a blanket and other nostalgia on the menu at Sloane’s

First-ever permanent Central Perk is opening soon in Boston. (Sorry, New York.)

Rosebud in Davis Square to close for a rebrand

travel

The vacation rental Carol Wilson booked for her group through Vacasa was infested with rats and insects. Can they get their money back?

This Vacasa rental is disgusting. Can I get my money back?

Festival celebrates Idaho’s sheep migrations and helps preserve age-old traditions

‘Don’t be afraid’ and other travel advice from Larry Fish

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

Local bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 24

Boston Public Library joins ‘Books Unbanned’ initiative, opening digital collection to teens, young adults across US

What does ‘pleasure reading’ mean when your job is reading books?

Movies

Actors Michael Gambon as Professor Dumbledore, left, and and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter are seen in a scene from the movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Michael Gambon, actor who played Professor Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies, dies

Set in Dublin and LA, ‘Flora and Son’ is a pitch-perfect drama with a heartfelt song to sing

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip

Television

With a statue of a cameraman in the foreground, SAG-AFTRA picketers carrying signs cross a street near the gates of Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, Calif., on Sep. 26.

Hollywood actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers strike ends

How to watch tonight’s second Republican presidential debate

Here’s when your favorite show will return now that the writers strike is ending

music

Noah Kahan performs on day one of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at Grant Park in Chicago.

Vermont native Noah Kahan announces second Fenway Park show

Mass. companies see chance to capitalize on Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce mania

Euro rockers Måneskin bring swagger and spectacle to TD Garden

Theater/Dance

Colin Campbell holds a photo of Ruby and Hart during a performance of his show.

A father reckons with his grief by getting onstage and holding back nothing

Jad Abumrad talks teaming up with Ira Glass, the future of podcasting, and the dearth of ‘deep-dive journalism’

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

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

Actors Michael Gambon as Professor Dumbledore, left, and and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter are seen in a scene from the movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Michael Gambon, actor who played Professor Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies, dies

Michael Bonallack, Britain’s greatest amateur golfer and and chief of the R&A club, dies at 88

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