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Karen Allen poses for a portrait in her store, Karen Allen’s Fiber Arts, in Great Barrington. Best known for her roles in "Animal House" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Allen now acts, directs, teaches, and designs and makes knitwear in Western Mass.

Thirty-five years ago, Karen Allen fell in love with the Berkshires. Today, it’s her creative haven.

Starring now in Shakespeare & Company's “Lunar Eclipse” in Lenox, the actress also teaches, directs, knits, and owns a store.

Former Brigham and Women’s doctor faces allegations of inappropriate pelvic and breast exams
Brigham and Women’s Hospital said it began an investigation of Dr. Derrick Todd, a rheumatologist. He left the hospital in July and has since agreed to stop practicing medicine.

dan shaughnessy

This Red Sox job comes with some curious conditions, and other thoughts
Perhaps the most delicate detail involves manager Alex Cora, who won a power struggle with Chaim Bloom and gets more powerful every day.

Ann Densmore's dog, Ceri, tested positive for large amounts of marijuana after eating what she presumably believed to be a treat on the ground.

Is your dog high? Here’s how to tell, and what to do next.

Your dog ate your homework, your lunch, and your weed? Local veterinarians warn that marijuana is harmful to pets.

A grid of 12 photographs shows spotted lanternflies flattened on city sidewalks in Brooklyn neighborhood of New York in 2023. The infestation of invasive spotted lanternflies is even worse this year. Officials are urging people to keep killing them.

There’s been an influx of reports about spotted lanternflies across Rhode Island

Two years after the invasive species arrived in Rhode Island, the spotted lanternfly is doing what it does best: invading the state.

Laura Minkwitz of Medfield shopped in the rain for pumpkins and gourds at Wards Berry Farm in Sharon on Sept. 29, 2023.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Wet weather closes in on New England Saturday, followed by cooler temperatures

Two weather systems will impact the region Saturday: a frontal system from the west with some heavy downpours and Tropical Storm Philippe, moving up from the south and crossing land somewhere in Eastern Maine or Eastern Canada.

Lost in a world of words

Progress in other states

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Your district's curriculum

More than half of Mass. third-graders can’t read proficiently. The state is failing its neediest learners.

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet here, in the birthplace of public education, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

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Students at Donovan Elementary improve their reading skills by using phonemic awareness exercises

Kids at Donovan Elementary learn to read using phonemic awareness exercises. (Randy Vazquez/ Globe Staff) ( Randy Vazquez )

At 4th trial, woman convicted in connection with 2010 strangulation death of wife in Granby home

A Hampshire Superior Court jury on Thursday convicted Cara Rintala of voluntary manslaughter in the 2010 strangulation death of her wife Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, authorities said.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Wet weather closes in on New England Saturday, followed by cooler temperatures
Two weather systems will impact the region Saturday: a frontal system from the west with some heavy downpours and Tropical Storm Philippe, moving up from the south and crossing land somewhere in Eastern Maine or Eastern Canada.

Former Cranston mayor Laffey drops out of Republican presidential race, leaves GOP
In announcing that he is leaving the GOP after 40 years, Steve Laffey says, “The Republican Party has become a laughingstock.”

Donald Trump’s lawyers seek to halt civil fraud trial and block ruling disrupting real estate empire

Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of his most prized assets.

GLOBE NH | MORNING REPORT

Why N.H.’s and Vt.’s attorneys general have to go on a mandatory walk along the border

In the early 1900s, New Hampshire officials sought to tax businesses and property on the western bank of the Connecticut River, which divides the two states. A full-blown border dispute ensued.

New MBTA podcast quickly taken out of service
The T launched a podcast Thursday morning — apparently by mistake — in what it called "a step toward increasing transparency."

Healey welcomes business owners and allies at Mass. Black Expo kickoff

Governor Maura Healey said she is excited about wealth generation among Black communities and stressed the importance of addressing barriers to wealth and closing the racial wealth gap.

Boston, MA - 09/13/12 - Long time Boston Globe reporter Gloria Negri bids a fond farewell to her fellow colleagues at her retirement sendoff in the Globe editorial newsroom. - (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin) section: Metro, reporter: unknown, slug: 14negri, LOID: 5.0.274994604.

Trailblazing journalist leaves $1 million to Globe Santa

Second suspect in Holyoke shooting of pregnant woman due in court while third suspect remains at large

Lesley University is laying off faculty members amid budget crunch

A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they’re facing from fellow Republicans

Nate Eovaldi, who spent 4½ seasons with the Red Sox, went 12-5 with Texas this year and will start Game 3 vs. Baltimore.

peter abraham | on baseball

There are traces of the Red Sox in all four Division Series

You can’t quite build a full lineup of former Red Sox players still competing for a championship, but it’s close.

Three times Mac Jones threw across the field in last Sunday's loss to the Cowboys, and one was returned for a pick-6 by DaRon Bland.

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

It would be unfair to blame Mac Jones for all that’s wrong with the Patriots, but he’s their biggest problem

Jones desperately needs Sunday to be a get-right game, but the Saints are not an easy matchup.

David Kornwolf, left, and Jay Toland, right, at Kornwolf’s home in Oxford. Despite barely knowing each other at the time, Toland drove Kornwolf from Oxford to Boston, where Kornwolf received a heart transplant in early September.

At his wife’s grave, he received a call that would save his life. A network of support stepped up soon after.

When an Oxford resident in need of a heart transplant needed a ride to Boston, he got one from a person — a heart transplant survivor — he barely knew. The act of kindness transpired with help from HeartBrothers, a Marlborough-based nonprofit.

Opinion

Former Maine governor Paul LePage spoke at a campaign rally held by Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump, Sept. 17, 2020, in Saco, Maine.

Will Donald Trump go the way of Paul LePage?

Given the stakes, it’s understandable that a lot of us are worried Donald Trump might somehow be elected president again. But I’m not worried.

IDEAS | ARTO VAUN

The things they could not carry

As GOP support for Ukraine frays, Democrats should remain firm

GOP presidential campaign in New Hampshire shows signs of life

Banned Books Week: ‘Flamer’ by Mike Curato

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

MIT-classmates-turned-FTX-players testify against Sam Bankman-Fried in crypto fraud trial
The testimony by FTX co-founder Gary Wang promises to be among the most powerful the government puts on against Bankman-Fried.

After last year’s record-breaking regular season, what’s next for Bruins coach Jim Montgomery?
Montgomery is tasked with out-Montying Monty, albeit with the inherent demand to add a vastly better-tailored finish when (if?) that other season begins.

As migrants overwhelm state shelter system, Auchincloss asks Biden to send team to ‘assess’
“Given the scale of the crisis that Massachusetts is facing, we have to try all the things,” the Newton Democrat said in an interview.

Bodies of two divers in their 70s who drowned recovered at beach in Rockport
The victims were identified as Alan De Oliveira Leao, 75, of Pepperell and Richard Brady, 78, of Hampton, N.H., law enforcement officials said Thursday night.

Ramaswamy says angry protesters rammed his car in Iowa. Police say no evidence crash was intentional.
The police account of the crash sharply diverged from the story told earlier by Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign, which contended that protesters yelled and swore at the candidate before at least one of them jumped into a vehicle, rammed his empty campaign car, and sped off.

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression
Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy and against the death penalty.

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Hanscom Field

Here are the top 20 frequent flyers and biggest carbon polluters out of Hanscom Field, report says

A new report identified these 20 top frequent flyers out of Hanscom Field, accounting for 10 percent of all private jet activity at the airport, and 14 percent of its private jet emissions.

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

State launches new respiratory illness dashboard to track COVID-19, flu, and RSV
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health launched Thursday several trend-tracking dashboards to monitor cases of COVID, the flu, and RSV in the state.

Judicial inquest clears Cambridge police officer in fatal shooting of 20-year-old college student
The shooting of a 20-year-old Sayed Arif Faisal by a Cambridge police officer in January was “justified and does not constitute a criminal act,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Thursday.

Mystery solved: Cambridge officials reveal identity of Fresh Pond’s so-called ‘Loch Fresh Monster’
Some visitors to Fresh Pond in Cambridge claim to have spotted a mysterious creature out in the water, which they’ve dubbed the “Loch Fresh Monster.” But Cambridge officials say they can explain what it is.

Culture & Lifestyle

It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?

Jazz Along the Charles to honor Boston’s legacy of women composers and musicians

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

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

Seu Jorge.

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

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

Representative Kevin McCarthy spoke in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol after he was ousted as speaker of the House, in Washington, Oct. 3, 2023.

Democrats won’t miss Kevin McCarthy. Probably.

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

President Biden welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Sept. 21.

The real reason an ‘America First’ mindset dominates the Republican base

An Alberta, Canada, Department of Public Health venereal disease poster from 1925.

IDEAS | ANNE ZINK

Syphilis, the ‘Great Pretender,’ is back

Residents fled their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in the Carrefour-Feuilles district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 15.

Giving Haiti a fighting chance

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

Why N.H.’s and Vt.’s attorneys general have to go on a mandatory walk along the border

In the early 1900s, New Hampshire officials sought to tax businesses and property on the western bank of the Connecticut River, which divides the two states. A full-blown border dispute ensued.

New MBTA podcast quickly taken out of service

The T launched a podcast Thursday morning — apparently by mistake — in what it called "a step toward increasing transparency."

Former Cranston mayor Laffey drops out of Republican presidential race, leaves GOP

In announcing that he is leaving the GOP after 40 years, Steve Laffey says, “The Republican Party has become a laughingstock.”

There’s been an influx of reports about spotted lanternflies across Rhode Island

Two years after the invasive species arrived in Rhode Island, the spotted lanternfly is doing what it does best: invading the state.

Sports

The No. 49 that Tim Wakefield wore with distinction on his back would look nice on the right-field facade at Fenway Park.

Here’s why the Red Sox should retire Tim Wakefield’s No. 49

Wakefield gave so much to the team, but he gave even more to those who needed a boost, a hug, a friend, someone to lean on.

Nate Eovaldi, who spent 4½ seasons with the Red Sox, went 12-5 with Texas this year and will start Game 3 vs. Baltimore.

peter abraham | on baseball

There are traces of the Red Sox in all four Division Series

You can’t quite build a full lineup of former Red Sox players still competing for a championship, but it’s close.

It took time for Bruins coach Jim Montgomery to shake it off last season's playoff collapse, and ultimately aided in how he sees his team playing this season.

After last year’s record-breaking regular season, what’s next for Bruins coach Jim Montgomery?

Montgomery is tasked with out-Montying Monty, albeit with the inherent demand to add a vastly better-tailored finish when (if?) that other season begins.

First Turner, now Petrovic: How the Revolution developed elite goalkeepers, then sold them for big money

Patriots’ J.C. Jackson has arrest warrant stemming from probation violation lifted

Revolution defender DeJuan Jones named to US men’s national team training camp roster

Business

MIT-classmates-turned-FTX-players testify against Sam Bankman-Fried in crypto fraud trial

The testimony by FTX co-founder Gary Wang promises to be among the most powerful the government puts on against Bankman-Fried.

US employers added a surprisingly strong 336,000 jobs in September

The job market has defied an array of threats this year, notably high inflation and the rapid series of Fed interest rate hikes that were intended to conquer it.

Kaiser Permanente health care workers’ strike heads into final day with no deal in sight

Economic spotlight turns to US jobs data as markets are roiled by high rates and uncertainties

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

David Kornwolf, left, and Jay Toland, right, at Kornwolf’s home in Oxford. Despite barely knowing each other at the time, Toland drove Kornwolf from Oxford to Boston, where Kornwolf received a heart transplant in early September.

At his wife’s grave, he received a call that would save his life. A network of support stepped up soon after.

Healey welcomes business owners and allies at Mass. Black Expo kickoff

Wet weather closes in on New England Saturday, followed by cooler temperatures

sports

Three times Mac Jones threw across the field in last Sunday's loss to the Cowboys, and one was returned for a pick-6 by DaRon Bland.

It would be unfair to blame Mac Jones for all that’s wrong with the Patriots, but he’s their biggest problem

This Red Sox job comes with some curious conditions, and other thoughts

Justin Fields, DJ Moore overwhelm Commanders, help mourning Bears snap 14-game losing streak

business

Former president Donald Trump spoke to the media at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City, on Wednesday.

Trump’s penthouse value estimate boosted by millions due to his fame, execs testify in fraud trial

Jobless claims stay low in latest report

Biden memo directs US agencies to restore ‘healthy and abundant’ salmon runs in the Northwest

politics

Former president Donald Trump appeared in the courtroom with his attorneys Christopher M. Kise and Alina Habba for the third day of his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Donald Trump’s lawyers seek to halt civil fraud trial and block ruling disrupting real estate empire

Advocate, artist, grandmother: National leaders and family gather to honor Dianne Feinstein’s legacy

A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they’re facing from fellow Republicans

Nation

The impact of climate change on whales around the world has grown as a subject of scientific inquiry in recent years.

Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, US study says

Colorado funeral home with ‘green’ burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found

Michigan judge to decide whether to drop charges against 2 accused in false elector scheme

World

Iranian Narges Mohammadi.

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression

Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India’s northeast had been feared for years

A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy, a day after a rocket killed 51

opinion

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Biden’s American Climate Corps is weak and won’t save us

Banned Books Week: ‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates

lifestyle

Does Snapchat baffle you? Does TikTok’s intense interface make you want to reach for earbuds and hide? Does anybody even text anymore? We found a teenager willing to explain.

A grown-up’s guide to teenage social media

Turns out, there’s an age gap

Monday is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Boston. Here’s how to celebrate it.

food & dining

A lychee martini at Hanami Sushi Bar and Grill in Belmont.

At Belmont’s new Hanami, a sprawling menu of sushi and small plates

Eastern Standard to reopen next week in new location

Fall food guide: 12 often overlooked best places to eat and drink in Rhode Island this fall

travel

People wait in line outside the Los Angeles Passport Agency at the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Passport wait times are getting shorter

Artsy views from Boston to Brattleboro, plus the bottom line on comfortable seating

Author Caroline Kepnes on pillowcases, peppermint patties, and the passenger from hell

Arts

Isaac Scott, "Rua Do Poço Dos Negros," 2023.

Preserving Portuguese history and culture in ‘Mouros’

In Renaissance Italy, women artists quietly persisted

When seeing is believing meets believing as seeing

Books

James Frankie Thomas is the author of 'Idlewild,' a coming-of-age new novel set at a Quaker school.

James Frankie Thomas writes a queer ‘elegy to a bygone era of the internet’ in ‘Idlewild’

Watertown Zine Fest celebrates marginalized voices through DIY publishing; new poetry anthology commemorates demolition of Salem power plant; Brattleboro Literary Festival opens on Friday

Author readings around Boston Oct. 8-14

Movies

Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro."

Bradley Cooper plays Bernstein, Almodóvar unveils a queer cowboy movie, and more from the New York Film Festival

‘The Exorcist: Believer’: No sympathy for the devil

‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’ is a ‘visual memoir’ of a monumental voice in music

Television

Lolly Adefope, left, and Aidy Bryant in "Shrill."

On TV, duos are dynamic

‘Tiger King’ animal trainer ‘Doc’ Antle gets suspended sentence for wildlife trafficking in Virginia

Patrick Stewart memoir recalls ‘Next Generation’ dust-up

music

Chris Freeman, left, executive director of The Parlor Room, a local nonprofit music venue that is purchasing longtime Northampton music venue Iron Horse Music Hall, talks with Parlor Room staffers (from left) sound engineer Jared Libby, development and marketing director Em Ayres, staffer Kathleen Page, and Clara Stokes, the talent coordinator who is also a senior at Smith College.

Nonprofit buying Iron Horse Music Hall — once the beating heart of Northampton’s live-music scene

Former Globe rock writers Steve Morse and Jim Sullivan inducted into N.E. Music Hall of Fame

‘I’ve always wanted to bring people together,’ says Handel and Haydn Society’s new director

Theater/Dance

Eddie Shields and Helen Hy-Yuen Swanson in "Angels in America, Part 2," at Central Square Theater.

Again taking wing over Cambridge

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

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

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

Dick Butkus (51) of the Chicago Bears zeroed in on Willie Crenshaw (33) of the St. Louis Cardinals during a game in 1969.

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker, has died

Joe Christopher, an original Met who was Amazin’ in ’64, dies at 88

James Jorden, creator of an essential opera blog, dies at 69