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Cowboys 38, Patriots 3

Mac Jones was 12-of-21 passing for 150 yards, two interceptions (one a pick-6), and a fumble that was returned for a TD.

Bill Belichick says he is standing by Mac Jones, but the quarterback’s future with the Patriots is on the line

The QB had his worst game as a Patriot, and there are serious questions about the long-term viability of Jones as the leader of this offense.

Bill Belichick backs Mac Jones as starter despite benching him during blowout loss vs. Cowboys

Between the hashmarks

Patriots’ defense takes some huge hits with the losses of Christian Gonzalez and Matthew Judon

Patriots

Bill Belichick said the Patriots are better than their 1-3 record. Against the Cowboys, they didn’t show it.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

Truth be told, this is not a good Patriots team and its latest loss should force everyone to face that fact

Tim Wakefield | 1966-2023

Dan Shaughnessy

Always more than a baseball player, Tim Wakefield was a hero, on and off the field, for the Red Sox
Wakefield was a community pillar for his entire three decades in Greater Boston, and never wavered in his support for causes like the Jimmy Fund.

‘He was our hero:’ Tim Wakefield remembered for his selfless charitable works, including for the Jimmy Fund Looking back at Tim Wakefield’s best moments with the Red Sox

Tim Wakefield waves to the crowd after picking up his 200th career win in 2011.

Tim Wakefield, former Red Sox knuckleballer who won two World Series, dies at 57

Tim Wakefield spent 17 years pitching for the Red Sox.

‘I will never be able to replace a brother and a friend like you’: Red Sox teammates pay tribute to late Tim Wakefield

In Boston’s council election, Mayor Michelle Wu tries to flex her influence
By backing certain candidates, she is trying to build a power structure that makes it easier for her to deliver on her agenda.

Lexington native Drew Weissman wins Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines

Scientists Katalin Karikó and Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat

California Governor Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, to fill the vacant Senate seat held by the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, a spokesman in his office said Sunday.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

By trading for Jrue Holiday, the Celtics loudly pronounce they’re in win-now mode
Now the Celtics are fully loaded, a team ready to win a championship. There are no excuses.

Four things to know about new Celtic Jrue Holiday

How the Celtics landed Jrue Holiday and created a lineup that will be hard to beat

Former Saugus selectman, Boston nonprofit comptroller sentenced to 18 months for stealing $1.3 million

Officials said the former selectman stole $1.3 million from the Boston Center for Adult Education.

Following crucial vote, Mass. Democrats call for Ukraine funding

"This vote is the last time I will support a GOP compromise that does not provide clear, credible, and concrete terms for supporting Ukraine,” said US Representative Jake Auchincloss.

Representative Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won’t be easy.

Fire destroys Jamie Wyeth paintings, damages historic buildings in Maine
The original paintings and illustration, along with several signed prints, books, and photographs, were lost when the fire started late Wednesday.

Pilot’s body recovered after plane crash Saturday on Lake Winnipesaukee

Teenage girl struck by vehicle and seriously injured in Braintree

Woman, 29, found dead on shore of Merrimack River in New Hampshire in ‘possible drowning’

Faneuil Hall has served as a marketplace of commerce and ideas for centuries.

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.

Andrea Fiorillo, a librarian at Reading Public Library, brought her own book, "The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, as a handful of people gathered on the rear lawn of Arlington’s Robbins Library for a read-in to kick off Banned Books Week.

Statewide ‘read-ins’ highlight attempts to censor books in schools, libraries

Libraries across the commonwealth are inviting community members to read challenged books in public as part of a statewide “Let Freedom Read” series. More than 70 such events are being planned across the state this week.

Chris Snow was in the visiting team's suite on the press level in the TD Garden during a Calgary Flames game against the Bruins in 2020.

Chris Snow, NHL executive and ‘beacon of hope’ for those with ALS, dies at 42

“Hope meant outrunning ALS,” his wife, Kelsie Snow, once wrote.

Opinion

A flag with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the words "For the Motherland, for sovereignty, for Putin," held by a pro-Kremlin activist.

IDEAS | ALISSA VALLES

‘1984’ was meant as a critique of the USSR, but it really fits Putin’s Russia

George Orwell foresaw today’s particular combination of lies, violence, and profit.

Patients in hallways, long waits for beds: Hospital bottlenecks reach crisis levels

Max Page and Deb McCarthy

State needs to end MCAS as a graduation requirement

Pandemic learning losses show MCAS is needed now more than ever

Reina Carolina Morales Rojas and the pain of not knowing

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

Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world
The former president put off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and other family members.

ON BASEBALL | ALEX SPEIER

Message is clear: Another last place Red Sox showing is unacceptable for this club, city
It is supposed to be the best part of the baseball calendar. Instead, Fenway Park will remain empty as 12 other teams chase a title. The Red Sox, meanwhile, will regroup after finishing in last place in the American League East for the second straight season.

Russell Sherman, luminous pianist and longtime New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 93
Mr. Sherman was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace.

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors will begin talks that could end their own long work walk-off.

For Boston’s police intelligence gathering operation, more barbed questions

Councilors and civil rights advocates have for years demanded more details about BRIC’s gang database.

LOVE LETTERS

She gave my husband a hug goodbye
Should I be concerned?

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Recommended reads

Boston-area artists, businesses, promoters, and event planners are still relying on an old-standby: paper fliers.

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.

PERSPECTIVE

How scary is ‘Jaws,’ really? My second-grader asked to find out.
At his repeated requests, I watched the 1975 flick with my son. Then came the night terror.

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.

Kendi raised millions with promises to conquer racism. What went wrong?
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi said that the recent turmoil surrounding the Center for Antiracist Research should be understood as the growing pains of a young, fast-moving organization still finding its footing.

Culture & Lifestyle

Author and "Jeopardy!" champ Amy Schneider will read from her new memoir, "In the Form of a Question," at First Parish Church in Cambridge on Oct. 5.

She wants you to know the real ‘Jeopardy Amy’

SZA onstage at TD Garden on Saturday night.

SZA sets sail across familiar waters with an ever-loyal crew

A still of Cloud and Sephiroth in "Final Fantasy VII."

‘A New World’ doesn’t make the most compelling case for ‘Final Fantasy’ music

Lynn Mabry and David Byrne in "Stop Making Sense."

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

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

Melissa Gomes watched her 6-year-old daughter, Melyahni, bounce on the trampoline outside her home in Malden. Many suburbs have erected barriers to the kind of income-restricted, multibedroom housing that families with kids need.

The Boston suburbs’ cynical ploy to keep poor families out: Use seniors as a shield

Footage of New York City Ballet dancers from outside the David H. Koch Theater in New York, Sept. 18.

Joan Wickersham

Body-shaming isn’t limited to the world of ballet

Rupert Murdoch in his New York office in 2007. Murdoch announced his retirement from the Fox and News Corporation boards on Sept. 21.

Rupert Murdoch was good for Boston

A two-page feature on abortion from an issue of Ms. Magazine.

Ms. magazine, ’73: show and tell in a Catholic high school classroom

The complicity that enables sexual predators

"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

RISD joins effort started by King Charles to put climate, people at center of business

The Rhode Island School of Design has joined the Terra Carta Design Lab, which provides a practical roadmap toward a more sustainable future for people and the planet.

Lexington native Drew Weissman wins Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines

Scientists Katalin Karikó and Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Reproductive rights are under attack. Dominique Lee is up for the challenge.

Lee recently returned to Boston as the new president and chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, overseeing four clinics that serve more than 40,000 patients annually.

‘It’s a godsend’: Mobile clinic provides life-saving relief to Worcester residents struggling with addiction

Hundreds of addicts have received treatment from the clinic on wheels, though regulatory obstacles remain.

Sports

At the end of a losing day, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was outwitted by Cowboys counterpart Mike McCarthy.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Review

Truth be told, this is not a good Patriots team and its latest loss should force everyone to face that fact

The loss in Dallas felt even worse than the 35-point margin of defeat. The Patriots were uninspired, undisciplined, and unprepared.

The Chiefs' Tershawn Wharton (left) was in the mood to dance with his defensive teammates after recovering a Jets fumble in the fourth quarter.

CHIEFS 23, JETS 20

Chiefs shake off Jets with a seemingly enchanted Taylor Swift catching another Travis Kelce game

Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes became the fastest to 200 NFL touchdown passes with his one in the win, Isiah Pacheco rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, and Kelce had six catches for 60 yards.

Mac Jones was 12-of-21 passing for 150 yards, two interceptions (one a pick-6), and a fumble that was returned for a TD.

Bill Belichick says he is standing by Mac Jones, but the quarterback’s future with the Patriots is on the line

The QB had his worst game as a Patriot, and there are serious questions about the long-term viability of Jones as the leader of this offense.

how it happened

Cowboys 38, Patriots 3: Nothing goes right in worst loss of Bill Belichick’s career

Between the hashmarks

Patriots’ defense takes some huge hits with the losses of Christian Gonzalez and Matthew Judon

Bill Belichick said the Patriots are better than their 1-3 record. Against the Cowboys, they didn’t show it.

Business

RISD joins effort started by King Charles to put climate, people at center of business

The Rhode Island School of Design has joined the Terra Carta Design Lab, which provides a practical roadmap toward a more sustainable future for people and the planet.

Reproductive rights are under attack. Dominique Lee is up for the challenge.

Lee recently returned to Boston as the new president and chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, overseeing four clinics that serve more than 40,000 patients annually.

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff

Donald Trump says he will be in courtroom for New York trial scrutinizing his business practices

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

Boston-area artists, businesses, promoters, and event planners are still relying on an old-standby: paper fliers.

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

For Boston’s police intelligence gathering operation, more barbed questions

In Boston’s council election, Mayor Michelle Wu tries to flex her influence

sports

In 2005, Tim Wakefield visited Jimmy Fund Clinic patient Paul Coskie, then 18, and his mother, Dixie. Wakefield is speaking on the phone with Paul's sister, who couldn't believe it was really the Red Sox pitcher. Wakefield was one of the original captains of the Jimmy Fund.

‘He was our hero:’ Tim Wakefield remembered for his selfless charitable works, including for the Jimmy Fund

Bill Belichick backs Mac Jones as starter despite benching him during blowout loss vs. Cowboys

Patriots’ blowout loss to Cowboys is what happens with a quarterback like Mac Jones

business

Judge Arthur Engoron poses for a picture in his courtroom in New York, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Starting Monday, Oct. 2, Engoron will preside over a non-jury trial in Manhattan to resolve remaining claims in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his company and top executives. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie

A day after deal to avert shutdown, conservative Republicans will try to remove McCarthy as speaker

This Roxbury company is getting corporate America buzzing about bees

politics

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) with Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Jan. 6 during McCarthy's efforts to win the House speakership.

Representative Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won’t be easy.

McCarthy faces test as Gaetz moves to oust him for working with Democrats

The justices are taking the bench Monday at the Supreme Court for the first time since June

Nation

Laphonza Butler, President of EMILY's List, speaks during an event in Washington, on June 23.

California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat

Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie

Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world

World

In this photo provided by Bomberos/ayuntamiento de Murcia, part of the burned-out interior a nightclub which caught fire is pictured in Murcia, south-eastern Spain, on Oct. 1.

5 missing people are located after a Spanish nightclub fire, leaving the death toll at 13

Women’s voices and votes loom large as pope is to open a Vatican meeting on church’s future

Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies

opinion

The complicity that enables sexual predators

Body-shaming isn’t limited to the world of ballet

Rupert Murdoch was good for Boston

lifestyle

Author and "Jeopardy!" champ Amy Schneider will read from her new memoir, "In the Form of a Question," at First Parish Church in Cambridge on Oct. 5.

She wants you to know the real ‘Jeopardy Amy’

She gave my husband a hug goodbye

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

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

Andrea Martin in Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building." Her portrayal of Carol in a sitcom called “Great News” is worth checking out on Netflix.

For admirers of Andrea Martin, this role was great news

Strike by writers underscored the vital role they play

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

music

A still of Cloud and Sephiroth in "Final Fantasy VII."

‘A New World’ doesn’t make the most compelling case for ‘Final Fantasy’ music

SZA sets sail across familiar waters with an ever-loyal crew

U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas

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

Mr. Sherman, shown at his home in Lexington in 2010, started teaching at the New England Conservatory in 1967.

Russell Sherman, luminous pianist and longtime New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 93

Chris Snow, NHL executive and ‘beacon of hope’ for those with ALS, dies at 42

Tom Conway, Steelworkers President and Biden Ally, Dies at 71