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Kevin McCarthy ousted as House speaker in historic vote
Eight Republicans joined the Democrats to seal McCarthy’s historic fate. His Republican detractors cited his move to avert a government shutdown. But Democrats, led in part by Revere Representative Katherine Clark as their whip, mentioned his missteps and untrustworthiness as their justification.

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Who are the 8 Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy?

Kevin McCarthy tells Republicans he will not run again for speaker

Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the leader of the House, at least for now

Representative Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., was named speaker pro tempore after Kevin McCarthy was removed.

With McCarthy ouster, Congress is entering uncharted territory, experts say

Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy

Opinion | Scot Lehigh

Right-wingers plunge House into chaos with ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker

At least 4 people shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, authorities say

At least four people were wounded, none critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, according to authorities, who urged students to take shelter on the campus of the historically Black college.

Weeks later, T chief still reviewing how Green Line extension got so bad, so quickly
"It’d be premature for me to say what I’ve seen and what I haven’t seen," MBTA general manager Phillip Eng said Tuesday.

Judge issues limited gag order in Trump case after disparaging post about court clerk

Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order, which applies to all parties in the case and pertains only to verbal attacks on court staff. It came after Trump recirculated a disparaging social media post about Engoron’s principal law clerk.

Medfield man, 19, indicted in Dennis boat crash that killed 17-year-old Sherborn girl

A 19-year-old Medfield man is charged with operating a boat while under the influence during a July crash in Dennis that killed a 17-year-old Sherborn girl, authorities said Tuesday.

Rising COVID rates push private school in Lawrence to switch to remote learning

An Episcopal middle school for girls in Lawrence has moved students back online temporarily in response to rising COVID-19 infection rates, officials said Tuesday.

‘This is only a test’: Nationwide emergency alert system to be tested today

Roche Bros. agrees to pay $40,000, change security policies at downtown Boston store following racial profiling complaints

Dog died from accidental impalement, not gunshot, Winchester police say

Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds

Chips with guacamole and a house classic margarita at Pátzcuaro in Newton.

DEVRA FIRST | WHAT SHE'S HAVING

A taquería heritage, imported from Mexico

Pátzcuaro chef Avelina Saavedra learned to cook at her father’s side. Now her family runs a restaurant here.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Condé Nast Traveler readers picked their favorite hotels, airports, and resorts. Here’s how New England fared.
T.F. Green lands in a sweet spot, but where does Boston rank on the list of best big cities?

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Joe Mazzulla, in his second season as Celtics coach, is prepared to grow along with his team
Last year the longtime assistant was thrust into a difficult situation and still guided Boston into the Eastern Conference finals

Celtics associate head coach Charles Lee knows first-hand what Jrue Holiday can do for a team

Quinn Mitchell, of Walpole, N.H. asked a question to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Republican presidential candidate, during a campaign event at V.F.W. Post 1631 on July 24 in Concord, N.H.

At 15, he’s made Ron DeSantis squirm, drawn national attention, and started a presidential podcast. Meet Quinn Mitchell.

An exchange with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in June circulated widely online and elevated Quinn Mitchell, already a familiar face on the Granite State campaign trail for the past four years, to a national platform.

Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon tore his right biceps in Sunday's loss to the Cowboys.

Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon will have surgery on torn biceps

Judon will have the surgery Wednesday and has been ruled out indefinitely.

Technicians at Electric Hydrogen in Natick assembled the company's electrolytic system for extracting hydrogen gas from water.

In Natick, a ‘green hydrogen’ startup steps on the gas

With $380 million in new funding, Electric Hydrogen is trying to disrupt the global market for hydrogen gas, which might one day offer an alternative (and cleaner) fuel for cars, trucks, and airplanes.

Students walk through Harvard’s campus in Cambridge.

Some tips on managing money for new college students (and parents)

Financial experts say it's important to learn the basics of budgeting, saving and compounding, building credit, and using credit cards.

innovation beat

Should you still feel guilty for taking an Uber?

Mark MacGann, the Uber whistleblower who leaked 124,000 internal company files to journalists last year, remains a critic of the ride-hailing company.

Opinion

In this April 1978 file photo, San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, left, and Mayor George Moscone are shown in the mayor's office during the signing of the city's gay rights bill.

In two-decades-old assassinations, a prediction of today’s white domestic terrorism

Few may recall Dan White’s name. But his heinous acts are a template for the current far-right violent extremism roiling American politics.

Abuse at residential schools for autistic children calls out for accountability, transparency

IDEAS | Sandeep Vaheesan

It’s past time to throw out baseball’s antitrust exemption

MARCELA GARCÍA

A heartbreaking visit to the hometown of a missing Boston woman

Banned Books Week: ‘The Glass Castle’ by Jeannette Walls

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

Democrat elected to fill vacant Cranston City Council seat
Daniel Wall will replace Matthew Reilly, a Republican attorney who resigned after police charged him with having crack cocaine in his SUV.

Prosecutors say Logan Clegg ‘was the only person responsible’ for the slaying of a retired couple in Concord, N.H., defense says he is wrongly accused
Clegg has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second degree murder and other charges.

Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. Feinstein, third Black female senator in US history
Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Record breaking temperatures recorded Tuesday in northern New England
Concord, N.H., and Augusta and Portland, Maine, all posted high temperatures in the 80s on Tuesday, beating records set decades ago.

Controversial Springfield police officer Gregg Bigda charged with drunken driving, suspended without pay
Springfield Police Detective Gregg A. Bigda, who has been suspended from the force since 2018 after repeated accusations that he abused his authority, was arrested in Palmer Sunday and charged with drunk driving, according to court records.

Four-alarm fire destroys auto body shop at downtown strip mall in Wayland
Officials believe the fire started at International Auto Body located at 118 Main St., a Wayland official said Tuesday evening.

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Recommended reads

Larry Bird (left) and Dan Shaughnessy.

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Unpacking 50 years worth of memories from covering the sports scene

The first byline appeared on Oct. 4, 1973, and some moments stay with you more than others through more than 9,000 stories.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Baltimore’s school building program could offer model to close gaps in Massachusetts
With state assistance, Baltimore has built or renovated 29 schools in a decade, while Boston and other urban districts in Massachusetts have struggled to get their share of state aid.

Are environmental toxins causing the rise in early-onset cancers? You asked, we researched.
There’s no question that we are exposed to chemicals — many of them known carcinogens — that are found in air, water, and food.

Pregnant patients can be reported for neglect solely for taking addiction medication. A new federal bill would change that.
New federal legislation would shield pregnant or postpartum mothers from child abuse and neglect investigation solely for taking prescribed medication to treat substance use disorder.

Culture & Lifestyle

Solomon Hughes as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson in HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."

Lakers legend Magic Johnson pans ‘Winning Time’

Justine Covault, 59, died in June.

Friends of rocker Justine Covault offer a fitting farewell

SZA onstage at TD Garden on Saturday night.

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

AWR Music's "A New World: intimate music from 'Final Fantasy'" concert program was performed at Jordan Hall under the direction of Eric Roth at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall on Sept. 29, 2023.

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

A patient was wheeled into the emergency room at Boston Medical Center in 2020.

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

The complicity that enables sexual predators

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

State needs to end MCAS as a graduation requirement

It’s clear the pandemic’s impact on children is long term, with one national study estimating it will take students an additional 4 to 5 months of learning time to recoup academic loss at the end of this school year.

Pandemic learning losses show MCAS is needed now more than ever

"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

‘This is only a test’: Nationwide emergency alert system to be tested today

Federal officials say test messages will be sent to all cell phones, televisions, and radios at approximately 2:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Four-alarm fire destroys auto body shop at downtown strip mall in Wayland

Officials believe the fire started at International Auto Body located at 118 Main St., a Wayland official said Tuesday evening.

With McCarthy ouster, Congress is entering uncharted territory, experts say

No one is certain what a temporary speaker's duties are, or how long the person can carry them out, said Catholic University professor Matthew Green, author of “The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership.”

Democrat elected to fill vacant Cranston City Council seat

Daniel Wall will replace Matthew Reilly, a Republican attorney who resigned after police charged him with having crack cocaine in his SUV.

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo.

US appeals court to hear arguments over 2010 hush-money settlement of Ronaldo rape case in Vegas

Lawyers for international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo are headed back to court in a legal battle over the hush money he allegedly paid in 2010 to a woman who accused him of raping her in Las Vegas.

Jose Alvarado struck out Miami's Yuli Gurriel to finish the seventh inning on Tuesday and strand the final runner allowed by starter Zack Wheeler, who gave up just five hits and one run in the victory.

PHILLIES 4, MARLINS 1

Raucous crowd buoys Phillies, Zack Wheeler to opening win over Marlins

Nick Castellanos provided the game’s signature moment, directing his ring finger toward a joyous Phillies dugout after a key double and sending a message the defending NL champions want to finish the job in 2023.

Gabriel Moreno watches his fourth-inning home run, Arizona's third of the game Tuesday, leave the yard in Milwaukee, Wisc. Brewers ace Corbin Burnes gave up all three long balls.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, BREWERS 3

Diamondbacks swing big in Milwaukee, beat up Corbin Burnes to top Brewers

Arizona, which clinched an NL wild card in the final days of the season, had been 0-14 in postseason games when trailing by at least three runs. They erased that deficit on back-to-back pitches in the third inning.

Matthew Poitras, Mason Lohrei continue to impress for the Bruins in preseason loss

Charlie Baker, NCAA move toward implementing NIL rules with proposals for agent registry, deal disclosure

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Joe Mazzulla, in his second season as Celtics coach, is prepared to grow along with his team

Business

Kaiser Permanente workers poised to strike

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees are threatening to walk out Wednesday morning if they cannot agree to a new labor contract. The previous contract expired Saturday. Union leaders say this could be the largest strike by health care workers in recent U.S. history.

City of Boston to provide grants to fill vacant spaces

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

In Natick, a ‘green hydrogen’ startup steps on the gas

Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried

magazine

My co-workers' jokes about suicide leave me rattled

Jazz Along the Charles, set for October 7, will feature 100 Boston-based musicians.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 2 - Oct. 15

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

The Education Issue

The 'anti-woke' legislation making N.H. teachers nervous

The Education Issue

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

metro

Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence, R.I.

‘Volatile compound’ found in Providence high school located on old factory site

Record breaking temperatures recorded Tuesday in northern New England

Washington Trust bank agrees to diversify board and leadership team

sports

Royce Lewis homered in his first two career postseason at-bats on Tuesday, providing all the runs in the Twins' first postseason victory since Oct. 5, 2004.

Royce Lewis hits two homers as Twins beat Blue Jays, snap 18-game postseason drought

Team USA hasn’t had a repeat Ryder Cup captain since 1949. Could Tiger Woods be next?

This year, Jayson Megna hopes to call Boston his year-round home by sticking with the Bruins

business

Johnson & Johnson contends there’s no asbestos in its talc and the company has properly marketed it for more than 100 years.

J&J gets $223 million N.J. talc verdict tossed by appeals court

Washington Trust bank agrees to diversify board and leadership team

Job openings rose in August, shaking markets

politics

Representative Patrick McHenry.

Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the leader of the House, at least for now

With Democrats holding together, McCarthy was doomed

Who are the 8 Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy?

Nation

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson stands beside a photo of Duane "Keffe D" Davis during a news conference on an indictment in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, Sept. 29, in Las Vegas.

Suspect charged in fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur to make court appearance in Las Vegas

At least 4 people shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, authorities say

San Francisco will say goodbye to Dianne Feinstein as her body lies in state at City Hall

World

Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated as much hope, hype and fear as this three-week, closed-door meeting, known as a synod.

Pope will open a big Vatican meeting as battle lines are drawn on his reform project

Russian troops cede ground and strike back, frustrating Ukraine’s counteroffensive

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists for illuminating how electrons move

opinion

Book Talk: Life in ‘80s Detroit  From a Booth at Chung’s

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

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

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

Chips with guacamole and a house classic margarita at Pátzcuaro in Newton.

A taquería heritage, imported from Mexico

Fire Dept. Coffee debuts ready-to-drink Nitro Cold Brew line

Three cheers for good kitchen shears

travel

Boston's Liberty Hotel was named the 19th best hotel in the world in the 2023 Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice poll.

Condé Nast Traveler readers picked their favorite hotels, airports, and resorts. Here’s how New England fared.

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

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

Matthew Desmond, author of “Poverty, By America."

Matthew Desmond finds that Dickens cuts closer to the truth of how poverty really works than nonfiction

Hummingbird Books ships challenged titles to readers in South Carolina

Novelist Rhonda DeChambeau persisted for many years. Finally, recognition.

Movies

Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair introduced President Biden during an event honoring the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act) at the White House on October 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden held the event to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the ADA and Rehab Act, which he cosponsored as a Senator.

Selma Blair helps White House salute landmark disability legislation

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is over. But it’s coming to movie theaters soon.

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

Television

Richard Hatch, the Newport resident who won the first season of "Survivor," on the Rhode Island Report podcast.

‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch representing himself in federal court in R.I.

‘Only Murders in the Building’ renewed for another season

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

music

Seu Jorge.

Seu Jorge goes back to bossa nova with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s grandson

Whenever the Rolling Stones were in town, photographer Ted Gartland was there, too

Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce’s Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium

Theater/Dance

Marshall W. Mabry IV in "Fat Ham" at the Huntington Theatre.

‘Fat Ham,’ at the Huntington, updates ‘Hamlet’

Spiro Veloudos, larger-than-life force in Boston theater, dies at 71

‘The Full Monty’ takes a while to show what it’s got

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

A Green Bay Packers helmet as seen on the sidelines during an NFL football game last year.

John Gordon, artist who helped design Packers’ distinctive ‘G’ team logo, dies at age 83

Spiro Veloudos, larger-than-life force in Boston theater, dies at 71

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