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Under pressure, Biden administration to send team to assess migrant situation in Massachusetts

As places like Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois struggle to provide housing and services to an increasing number of arriving migrants, some officials in those blue states are going public with their frustration with the White House.

Two divers found dead in Rockport were brothers-in-law and seasoned divers, families say
Alan O. Leao, 75, of Pepperell and Richard Brady, 78, of Hampton, N.H., were two brother-in-laws who had been diving together for over a decade, according to their families.

Here are the key nuclear secrets Trump allegedly leaked

Former president Donald Trump has repeatedly been accused of leaking US secrets, but the latest allegations against him involve key details about some of the most sensitive weapons in the US nuclear arsenal.

Bishop Fenwick seeks emergency order blocking MIAA’s postseason ban

The Peabody parochial school filed a motion in Essex Superior Court asking for a preliminary injunction to lift the sweeping penalty.

Police issue arrest warrant for 19-year-old acquaintance in death of Philadelphia journalist

Police say Friday that they have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old acquaintance in the death of a Philadelphia journalist

Teen arrested Thursday in connection with stabbing death of activist from East Bridgewater

New York City police arrested an 18-year-old man on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the stabbing death of Ryan Carson early Monday.

Man who attacked Capitol with tomahawk and now promotes Jan. 6 merchandise gets 7 years in prison

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2023 Forbes 400 list

Vermont police search for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect after woman found dead in Castleton

Fire set at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

Netanyahu tells Israel ‘we are at war’ with Hamas in Gaza Strip

The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen
From the ashes, a small Maine village rises
“People around here look out for each other,” Andy Barstow said. “That’s just how it is.”

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Will Philippe, now a post-tropical cyclone, make landfall in New England this weekend?

Two weather systems will impact the region Saturday: a frontal system from the west with some heavy downpours and Philippe, a post-tropical cyclone that's moving up from the south and crossing land somewhere in Eastern Maine or Eastern Canada.
Former Tropical Storm Philippe’s remnants headed to waterlogged New England and Atlantic Canada

The job market caught fire in September. Will it burn the economy?

Employers added 336,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, blowing past even the rosiest forecasts.

Lexington native Dr. Drew Weissman tells parents he won Nobel Prize in heartwarming video

“I don’t know what to say, I’m ready to fall on the floor,” his mother says in a video shared by the University of Pennsylvania, where Weissman works as a physician and vaccine researcher.
Narges Mohammadi, Iranian rights activist, receives Nobel Peace Prize

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.

Ben Volin | On football

Mac Jones needs to stop trying to be a hero and start executing Bill O’Brien’s play calls

Decision-making was a point of emphasis in practice this week, and Jones acknowledged that he has to improve his pocket awareness.
HS FOOTBALL: CATHOLIC MEMORIAL 41, XAVERIAN 38

With a classic call, top-ranked Catholic Memorial stuns No. 2 Xaverian on halfback option pass with 2.3 seconds left

CM coach John DiBiaso declined to kick a potential game-tying field goal from the 6-yard line, and juniors Lasean Sharp and Michael Hegarty executed winning play to perfection for Catholic Conference victory.
Friday's high school football scores More high school sports news

‘The picking won’t be as good’: Apple orchards struggle with this fall’s harvest

'We are just trying to get through Indigenous Peoples Day weekend,” said Katherine Carlson, general manager of Carlson Orchards in Harvard.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Boston goes begging on Beacon Hill for more liquor licenses

Key economic generator held captive to an ancient system with a sad history.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Anti-migrant fringe group NSC-131 not so fringe
LETTERS

Private jets, public interest: Clash over bid to expand Hanscom space
MARCELA GARCÍA

El ascenso peligroso de un grupo neonazi antiinmigrante
Ron Currie

Will Donald Trump go the way of Paul LePage?
Hispanic Heritage Month

On the air and off, Jose Masso has been heard

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

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

DEVRA FIRST

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

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.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS
Despite Trump’s endorsement, the House speaker race is up for grabs. Here’s why.
House Republicans have precious little time to choose a new speaker and devise a plan to keep the government open.

MIT’s $23.5 billion endowment is the latest big college fund to report a loss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s endowment lost 2.9 percent on its investments in the year ended in June, the second straight annual drop.

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.

Couple celebrates surprise proposal at Piers Park in East Boston
Four-foot “Marry Me” letters shone bright along the waterfront at Piers Park on Thursday evening, where Enrique Penato popped the question to Itzhel Zemely Cano. (She said yes.)

RI CRIME
Police release video of car chase and shooting that killed a man and wounded his daughter in Providence
Radio transmissions and body-worn camera videos from officers in Providence and Burrillville, R.I., show how the chaotic September night unfolded.

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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.

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

Culture & Lifestyle

It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?

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

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

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

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Democrats won’t miss Kevin McCarthy. Probably.
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

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

IDEAS | ANNE ZINK

Syphilis, the ‘Great Pretender,’ is back
EDITORIAL

Giving Haiti a fighting chance
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Metro

Boston police searching for 8-year-old boy missing in Dorchester

Boston police are searching for an 8-year-old boy who went missing while riding his bicycle in Dorchester Friday night.

Lexington native Dr. Drew Weissman tells parents he won Nobel Prize in heartwarming video

“I don’t know what to say, I’m ready to fall on the floor,” his mother says in a video shared by the University of Pennsylvania, where Weissman works as a physician and vaccine researcher.

Fire set at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in East Bridgewater was vandalized and a fire set to an altar cloth and Bible on Friday afternoon, according to the town’s public safety officials.

Couple celebrates surprise proposal at Piers Park in East Boston

Four-foot “Marry Me” letters shone bright along the waterfront at Piers Park on Thursday evening, where Enrique Penato popped the question to Itzhel Zemely Cano. (She said yes.)

Sports

Ben Volin | On football

Mac Jones needs to stop trying to be a hero and start executing Bill O’Brien’s play calls

Decision-making was a point of emphasis in practice this week, and Jones acknowledged that he has to improve his pocket awareness.
HS FOOTBALL: CATHOLIC MEMORIAL 41, XAVERIAN 38

With a classic call, top-ranked Catholic Memorial stuns No. 2 Xaverian on halfback option pass with 2.3 seconds left

CM coach John DiBiaso declined to kick a potential game-tying field goal from the 6-yard line, and juniors Lasean Sharp and Michael Hegarty executed winning play to perfection for Catholic Conference victory.
Harvard 41, Cornell 23

Charles DePrima goes wild as Harvard pummels Cornell

The junior quarterback threw for three touchdowns and ran for three more to power the Crimson (4-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) to a 41-23 victory over visiting Cornell.
HS FOOTBALL: MILTON 10, NEEDHAM 9

With the offense grounded, defense and special teams took flight for No. 8 Milton in a win over No. 17 Needham
BARNSTABLE 3, NEWTON NORTH 2

Notching her 1,000th assist, Sadie Wellbeloved helped Barnstable topple No. 1 Newton North in a dramatic five-set thriller
NFL NOTEBOOK

Von Miller a ‘safe bet’ to to make season debut for Bills in London

Business

‘The picking won’t be as good’: Apple orchards struggle with this fall’s harvest

'We are just trying to get through Indigenous Peoples Day weekend,” said Katherine Carlson, general manager of Carlson Orchards in Harvard.

Here are the key nuclear secrets Trump allegedly leaked

Former president Donald Trump has repeatedly been accused of leaking US secrets, but the latest allegations against him involve key details about some of the most sensitive weapons in the US nuclear arsenal.

MIT roommate, FTX co-founder testifies against Sam Bankman-Fried

What to know about Caroline Ellison, Newton native and key witness in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial
magazine
MISS CONDUCT

My co-workers' jokes about suicide leave me rattled

Your Week Ahead

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

From the ashes, a small Maine village rises

Teen arrested Thursday in connection with stabbing death of activist from East Bridgewater

Look at history to shape an equitable future, speakers at Lynn community forum say

sports

Simone Biles wins sixth all-around title at worlds to become most decorated gymnast in history

After charmed season in Charm City, Orioles ready for playoff baseball’s return to Baltimore

EMass cross-country: By helping snap Lowell’s 132-win Merrimack Valley streak, Billerica’s Ryan Leslie headlines Players of the Week

business

UAW Wins Key Concession From GM, Skips Strike Expansion

Workers at Fenway Health vote to unionize, the latest in health care organizing

Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

politics

Under pressure, Biden administration to send team to assess migrant situation in Massachusetts

Man who attacked Capitol with tomahawk and now promotes Jan. 6 merchandise gets 7 years in prison

Despite Trump’s endorsement, the House speaker race is up for grabs. Here’s why.

Nation

Former Tropical Storm Philippe’s remnants headed to waterlogged New England and Atlantic Canada

Las Vegas police video shows first-ever arrest in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

Police issue arrest warrant for 19-year-old acquaintance in death of Philadelphia journalist

World

Netanyahu tells Israel ‘we are at war’ with Hamas in Gaza Strip

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian rights activist, receives Nobel Peace Prize

Six Colombians held in assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate reported slain inside prison

opinion

State corrections system cries out for oversight

Give Kendi time to put antiracism center on firm footing

GOP presidential campaign in New Hampshire shows signs of life

lifestyle

I live close to my ex

A grown-up’s guide to teenage social media

Turns out, there’s an age gap

food & dining

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

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

Passport wait times are getting shorter

Arts

Preserving Portuguese history and culture in ‘Mouros’

In Renaissance Italy, women artists quietly persisted

When seeing is believing meets believing as seeing

Books

Paul Yoon prefers a small canvas but his stories span centuries and continents

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

Movies

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

TCM: A treasure worth protecting

On TV, duos are dynamic

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

music

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

Boston Ballet packs a lot into ‘Fall Experience’

Again taking wing over Cambridge

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

Health

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, 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