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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.
See photos and videos from Israel
Obituary

‘Celtic Sojourn’ host Brian O’Donovan, who championed Irish music, dies at 66

"I try to lure people not just to my program, but into the art of the music,” he once said. “And to do that I have to play something alluring."

Tara Sullivan
If Bill Belichick is truly on the hot seat in New England, could he find another act elsewhere?
If Belichick built part of his legacy on releasing or trading popular players just before their shelf life expired, it’s only fair he faces the same stringent standard.

Ben Volin | On football
Mac Jones needs to stop trying to be a hero and start executing Bill O’Brien’s play calls

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
Young, unheralded offensive coordinators are thriving to start the NFL season

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.

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.

House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise
The bitter battle between Representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan for the US House speakership culminates a long-simmering personal rivalry that grew along with the fractures in the Republican party.

Analysis: Despite Trump’s endorsement, the House speaker race is up for grabs

Trump beefs up Iowa campaign as DeSantis goes all in

Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to win the Iowa Republican caucuses even as the Ron DeSantis campaign turns its focus on the critical early-voting state.

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.

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.”

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.

8-year-old boy who went missing in Dorchester has been found, police say

The boy was found at 12:48 a.m. Saturday in the area of Ames Street in Dorchester.

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

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2023 Forbes 400 list
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Taylor Swift bigger than the NFL? The numbers don’t lie.

The gains in female viewership for last Sunday's Chiefs-Jets game were staggering, and let’s just say it wasn’t because Andy Reid all of a sudden has a new fan base.
wnba finals

The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty will settle their season-long dispute of dominance in a historic WNBA Finals

Here's what to watch for as the two superteams meet in a highly-anticipated series.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Updating the baseball teams looking to make key front-office hires

Four teams are searching for new general managers and the Red Sox are seeking a new president of baseball operations.
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.

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

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.

‘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.

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.)

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.

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Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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‘Celtic Sojourn’ host Brian O’Donovan, who championed Irish music, dies at 66

"I try to lure people not just to my program, but into the art of the music,” he once said. “And to do that I have to play something alluring."

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.

Sports

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

How Damian Lillard’s trade request led to Jrue Holiday becoming a Celtic

The Celtics have coveted Holiday for years, but the opportunity to acquire him never arose.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Taylor Swift bigger than the NFL? The numbers don’t lie.

The gains in female viewership for last Sunday's Chiefs-Jets game were staggering, and let’s just say it wasn’t because Andy Reid all of a sudden has a new fan base.
Tara Sullivan

If Bill Belichick is truly on the hot seat in New England, could he find another act elsewhere?

If Belichick built part of his legacy on releasing or trading popular players just before their shelf life expired, it’s only fair he faces the same stringent standard.
wnba finals

The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty will settle their season-long dispute of dominance in a historic WNBA Finals

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The development of Connor Bedard is just one NHL story line to watch this season
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Updating the baseball teams looking to make key front-office hires

Business

Trump beefs up Iowa campaign as DeSantis goes all in

Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to win the Iowa Republican caucuses even as the Ron DeSantis campaign turns its focus on the critical early-voting state.

House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise

The bitter battle between Representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan for the US House speakership culminates a long-simmering personal rivalry that grew along with the fractures in the Republican party.

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

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‘Wicked, shocking, dirty’: ‘Peyton Place’ and the inevitable failure of book bans

Fall Travel

10 train trips to experience New England foliage in style
My Boston History

My night at Havana Club, the heart of salsa and bachata dancing in Cambridge
Globe Magazine

He was caught trying to defraud a COVID relief fund. Then he vanished.

metro

Couple celebrates surprise proposal at Piers Park in East Boston

From the ashes, a small Maine village rises

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

sports

Young, unheralded offensive coordinators are thriving to start the NFL season

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

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

business

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

UAW Wins Key Concession From GM, Skips Strike Expansion

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

‘Celtic Sojourn’ host Brian O’Donovan, who championed Irish music, dies at 66

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker, has died

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