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California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a fierce advocate for liberal priorities, has died President Biden, Warren, Markey pay tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein: ‘A true trailblazer’

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Senator Dianne Feinstein greets Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in her hideaway office at the Capitol on March 16, 2022, in Washington.

I was the reporter who wrote about Dianne Feinstein’s decline. But that’s not what I remember most.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein will be remembered as a trailblazing woman politician, a master legislator — and an artist.

Who will replace Dianne Feinstein in the Senate? Here’s what’s next.

There are immediate impacts to the loss of the longest serving woman in the Senate, especially as Congress is being asked to avert a federal government shutdown this very weekend.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a fierce advocate for liberal priorities, has died President Biden, Warren, Markey pay tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein: ‘A true trailblazer’

Wellesley swim’s 70-meet winning streak hangs in the balance at a meet vs. Milton overshadowed by questions
Wellesley's girls' swim team will be up against a Milton co-ed team that includes a number of boys who have posted very competitive times.

Vegetable Bean Soup.

Soup recipes for a cozy fall weekend

The weekend is getting off to a rainy start, which always puts us in the mood for something cozy and comforting: Soup. Or maybe chicken pot pie. (OK, both.). If you’re feeling the same way and looking for some inspiration, here are some recipes from the Globe Food team.

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Terry Francona gets to leave baseball on his own terms, and other thoughts
His tenure with the Red Sox didn't end well, but he will go down as the best manager in Boston baseball history.

Pedro Martínez pitched seven years in Boston, winning two Cy Young Awards and helping bring the Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years.

Pedro Martínez says Red Sox lacked pride, not talent, en route to last-place finish

“We need to bring back the culture,” Martínez told Chris Gasper on "Boston Globe Today."

Dean Tran, former state senator, accused of using Senate staff for campaign work
The charges come three months after Tran’s Fitchburg home was raided by the FBI.

Trump’s codefendant accepts plea deal in Georgia election interference case

As part of the deal, Scott Hall will receive five years of probation and agreed to testify in further proceedings.

Man tied to suspected gunman in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur indicted on murder charge

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was indicted on one count of murder with a deadly weapon. A prosecutor described him as an “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Tupac Shakur.

General Milley delivers defense of democracy and swipes at Trump in farewell address
“We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator," Army General Mark Milley said.

Curt Schilling draws outrage after disclosing former teammate’s health information: ‘Flat out vile’

Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife are both battling cancer

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy buys Nantucket estate for $42 million
The 1.2-acre estate has three dwellings with private beach access.

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

In Washington, waiting for governing What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans, and travel impacts, explained.

Canadian tour bus hits scaffolding in Downtown Crossing

A tour bus from Canada took a wrong turn in Downtown Crossing and collided with scaffolding on the exterior of a building Friday afternoon, officials said.

Quincy man, 29, indicted in beating death of Irish national on St. Patrick’s Day

Chandler Jones has not played for the Raiders this season.

Raiders’ Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation

There has been growing concern for Jones' mental health due to peculiar behavior on social media.

Judge says she is ending conservatorship between former NFL player Michael Oher and Memphis couple

Some neighbors near this lot on Hyde Park Avenue in Jamaica Plain are trying to secure the protection of the large Scarlet Oak tree, center, that is in danger of being cut down by a developer who allegedly promised to protect it. The tree is estimated to be 150 years old and stands at least 80 feet tall.

In Jamaica Plain, one neighborhood unites against the destruction of a 150-year-old tree

A high-density, transit-oriented development built around an 80-foot oak tree seemed too good to be true. Now, neighbors fear it might be.

Cars stranded in floodwater on the FDR highway in Manhattan on Friday.

Rush-hour storm floods New York City area, swamping streets and stranding people in traffic

A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area.

See photos and videos of flash flooding in NYC

Opinion

An employee trims flower while working in CommCan’s processing facility in Medway.

CCC needs to get its act together

Chaos at the state cannabis regulatory body undermines the legal marijuana industry as it gets off the ground in Massachusetts.

Massport’s plan to expand private jet space at Hanscom is a climate debacle

Mass. can help residents grapple with ‘crisis pregnancy centers’

Dressing down the Senate’s dress code

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

Hispanic Heritage Month

Jose Masso stands next to "The Embrace" monument on Boston Common. His name is one of 69 inscribed on the 1965 Freedom Plaza that encircles the sculpture.

On the air and off, Jose Masso has been heard

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

Faneuil Hall should be renamed, some say. But the process and support for a name change are hazy.
A coalition called the New Democracy Coalition has been pushing to rename Faneuil Hall over the last five years because of Faneuil’s enslavement of and trading of human beings.

Del’s Lemonade to replenish newly released apple cider flavor
The new flavor has been so popular, many locations have run out of stock.

Why are Adrian Phillips and Jalen Mills the forgotten men in the Patriots secondary?
Through three games, their defensive snaps have plummeted since last season.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Two Berkshires motor inns have been reinvented as chic hotels, but are they worth the chic price?
Only one of these recently refreshed hotels delivered. The other, sadly, didn’t live up to the hype or even promised services.

Former EV startup darling pays $11 million fine over misleading investors
XL Fleet shut down its electric vehicle conversion business and was acquired by Denver-based Spruce Power last year.

Could the Celtics land Jrue Holiday? It would be tricky but is possible.
Any deal would have to start with Malcolm Brogdon, and the Celtics also would likely have to part with Al Horford or Robert Williams.

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West Springfield Middle School family liaison Morad Majjad worked with migrant children in a classroom.

Boston Globe Spotlight team

‘I want them to succeed’: Mass. school district lacks resources to support migrant students

An influx of migrant students enrolling in the state's public schools poses logistical and financial challenges as educators work to meet the students' needs.

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.

Top Mass. cannabis regulator sues to lift suspension; treasurer says ‘several serious allegations’ prompted discipline
Shannon O’Brien, a one-time Democratic nominee for governor, argued that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg “willfully side-stepped” the law when she suspended her as the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Heather Cox Richardson (”Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America”) is in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti at 6:30 p.m. Thursday virtually via Brookline Booksmith.

Author readings around Boston Oct. 1-7

Edwina Frank (left) and Charles Hess from Joe Wallace’s book “The Day After Yesterday: Resilience in the Face of Dementia.”

All She Wrote Books set to reopen in East Somerville; new book of portraits brings dignity to those afflicted by Alzheimer’s; Letters About Literature program opens on October 2

Leslie Odom Jr. (center) with (from left) Kara Young, Heather Alicia Simms, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Billy Eugene Jones, and Noah Robbins in Ossie Davis's play “Purlie Victorious” at the Music Box Theatre in New York.

On Broadway, a season of first impressions and second chances

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks lead the Tedeschi Trucks Band at TD Garden Wednesday night.

Tedeschi Trucks Band throws a rousing ‘Garden Party’

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

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

Senator Elizabeth Warren said there is support from within the banking and lending industry for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its rules.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Will the Supreme Court side with loan sharks?

Ethnic Armenians waited to be evacuated from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, on Sept. 27.

Simon Saradzhyan

Biden needs to act on Nagorno-Karabakh

The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster.

Another overtime scandal — this time in state corrections

Former Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom at the Jet Blue Park complex during spring training in 2020. Bloom was fired on Sept. 14.

The Bloom is off my Red Sox rose

"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

Dean Tran, former state senator, accused of using Senate staff for campaign work

The charges come three months after Tran’s Fitchburg home was raided by the FBI.

RI FOOD & DINING

Del’s Lemonade to replenish newly released apple cider flavor

The new flavor has been so popular, many locations have run out of stock.

Mosquitoes are a growing public health threat, reversing years of progress

Less than a decade ago, it was the humans who appeared to have gained the clear edge in the fight — more than a century old — against the mosquito. But over the past few years, that progress has not only stalled, it has reversed.

Faneuil Hall should be renamed, some say. But the process and support for a name change are hazy.

A coalition called the New Democracy Coalition has been pushing to rename Faneuil Hall over the last five years because of Faneuil’s enslavement of and trading of human beings.

Sports

Paul Bergeron won the Ocean State XC Invitational for Westford, which took fourth as a team.

HS CROSS-COUNTRY: TOP 20S

Westford climbs, Newton South falls in Globe’s Top 20 boys’ cross-country poll, while girls’ top 10 stays put

Westford leapfrogged the Lions after scoring a dual meet win and BC High moved up two spots to No. 4 in the boys' poll.

Jack Graffeo, shown here running during the 2022 season, helped the Westford boys finish fourth as a team at the Ocean State XC Invitational.

HS CROSS-COUNTRY: RUNNERS OF THE WEEK

EMass cross-country: With fleet feet at Ocean State Invitational, Westford’s Jack Graffeo headlines Runners of the Week

After taking third at the regional invitational, he delivered a 15-second victory to lead the Ghosts past Newton South in a dual meet.

In 2022, Boston Public Schools cross-country coach Hatim Jean-Louis had seven runners on his girls' team for the first time since he brought the program back in 2015.

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Documentary explores obstacles faced by Boston Public Schools city-wide cross-country program

Since reviving the program in 2015, coach Hatim Jean-Louis has relied on unconventional methods to increase participation, the latest being a professionally-produced behind-the-scenes look at his programs.

Giants fire manager Gabe Kapler with three games left in his fourth season

Why are Adrian Phillips and Jalen Mills the forgotten men in the Patriots secondary?

red sox at orioles | 7:05 p.m. (NESN)

Game 160: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

Business

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy buys Nantucket estate for $42 million

The 1.2-acre estate has three dwellings with private beach access.

RI FOOD & DINING

Del’s Lemonade to replenish newly released apple cider flavor

The new flavor has been so popular, many locations have run out of stock.

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

Former EV startup darling pays $11 million fine over misleading investors

magazine

A social studies classroom at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro.

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

The Education Issue

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

This week's daters: Maddie M. and Ally C.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We chatted like we were old friends and laughed a lot’

The writer and his girlfriend (now wife), Katie, in Rome, where she was studying art in the summer of 1999.

Why I owe my marriage to bad spelling

metro

A person walks their bike along a flooded road at the Southwest entrance of Prospect Park amid a coastal storm on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.

See photos and videos of flash flooding in New York City

New center at Rhode Island College will expand state’s bilingual mental health workforce

In Jamaica Plain, one neighborhood unites against the destruction of a 150-year-old tree

sports

Chandler Jones has not played for the Raiders this season.

Raiders’ Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation

Europe builds huge lead in Ryder Cup as US fails to win a single match on the first day

Curt Schilling draws outrage after disclosing former teammate’s health information: ‘Flat out vile’

business

UAW workers picketed outside of Ford's Wayne Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.

United Auto Workers strikes spread to Chicago and Lansing as 7,000 more workers join the picket line

Despite objections, BPDA OK’s Charlestown plan

Hollywood writers have won the AI battle. What about the rest of us?

politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, on Friday.

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a fierce advocate for liberal priorities, has died

Who will replace Dianne Feinstein in the Senate? Here’s what’s next.

Nation

This photo taken Sept. 24, 2023, shows a view of Middle Mountain in Shelburne, N.H., and part of the Androscoggin River. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has completed a long-term effort to protect the Shelburne Valley Forest and the Bald Cap Peak Forest in the northern part of the state, for a total of 3,700 acres. (AP via Ryan Smith)

Project conserves 3,700 acres of forest in northern New Hampshire

Trump’s codefendant accepts plea deal in Georgia election interference case

Michigan school shooter found eligible for life sentence without parole

World

People gathered at the site of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in southwestern Pakistan on Friday. More than 50 people were killed in the blast and dozens more were wounded.

Blast kills at least 52 at a religious gathering in Pakistan

Putin meets with former Wagner deputy as questions linger

More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as future uncertain for those who remain

opinion

Virginia Dillard, 64, received a reminder phone message about transportation for an upcoming medical appointment. Residents at the Ruth L. Barkley Apartments in the South End who have physical disabilities have been stuck at home because the elevator is out of service.

Chronic underfunding threatens foundation of Mass. public housing

New Bedford would feel the loss of UMass art program

I write not to praise X but to bury Twitter (it’s a dead name)

lifestyle

Players Angie Santomauro and Kevin O'Leary are pictured during the 100-inning charity baseball game for ALS research. The annual event is the subject of a new documentary, "The 100th Inning," that will have its premiere at Cinema Salem on Oct. 4.

New documentary celebrates 100-inning charity baseball game for ALS research

We built this relationship in pandemic mode

Here’s what bothers parents about kids’ fashion

food & dining

Vegetable Bean Soup.

Soup recipes for a cozy fall weekend

Your view: What’s the best dessert you’ve had from a Boston-area restaurant?

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

travel

The Tanglewood grounds remain open to the public all year.

Didn’t make it to Tanglewood this summer? A fall stroll sounds just as good.

Two Berkshires motor inns have been reinvented as chic hotels, but are they worth the chic price?

We’re going to Lenox this fall. (Again.) Here’s why you should, too.

Arts

"Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child," by Lavinia Fontana (Italian (Bolognese), 1552–1614)

In Renaissance Italy, women artists quietly persisted

When seeing is believing meets believing as seeing

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

Books

1001Baron

Marty Baron, author of the new book ‘Collision of Power,’ tells the stories behind the stories

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

Rebecca Clarren’s Jewish ancestors fled a pogrom in Odesa for the US. They started over in South Dakota — on stolen land

Movies

The deal struck earlier this week between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will protect television and movie screenwriters from losing their jobs to computers that could use artificial intelligence to generate screenplays.

Hollywood writers have won the AI battle. What about the rest of us?

‘Stop Making Sense’ in IMAX: Same as it ever was, but bigger and even better

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

Television

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in "30 Rock," one of the series in which TV scriptwriters have found subject matter in their own workplace: the writers room.

Strike by writers underscored the vital role they play

Hollywood writers have won the AI battle. What about the rest of us?

Life after ‘Mad Men’ is a varied path for Jon Hamm

music

Karol G closes out the concert season at Gillette Stadium Thursday night.

Latin pop star Karol G lights up Gillette Stadium

Man tied to suspected gunman in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur indicted on murder charge

Aerosmith postpones remaining tour shows, including New Year’s Eve date at TD Garden

Theater/Dance

Leslie Odom Jr. (center) with (from left) Kara Young, Heather Alicia Simms, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Billy Eugene Jones, and Noah Robbins in Ossie Davis's play “Purlie Victorious” at the Music Box Theatre in New York.

On Broadway, a season of first impressions and second chances

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’

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

M.S. Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist who revolutionized India’s farming and was a key architect of the country’s “Green Revolution,” died Thursday.

M.S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist who helped feed India, dies at 98

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