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Hamas attacks Israel; ‘We are at war’, Netanyahu says
Militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns in an unprecedented surprise attack. Israel said it is at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price.”

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What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza? Here’s what to know.

Surprise Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

‘The children were terrified’: Fear grips Israel and Gaza

The Republican field is blaming Joe Biden for dealing with Iran after Hamas’ attack on Israel

See photos and videos from Gaza and Israel

Gunfire, rockets and carnage: Israelis are stunned and shaken by unprecedented Hamas attack

A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it.

A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

‘Making that decision changes you forever’: For parents of kids with severe autism, impossible choices

A Spotlight investigation showing abuse and neglect at residential schools has only made them harder.
Spotlight: There are no words

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.

Jonathan Taylor and the Colts have agreed on a 3-year, $42 million extension, source tells AP

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

Christian Gonzalez goes on injured reserve, but Patriots wait on Matthew Judon

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."

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.

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 Will the motion to vacate be vacated?

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.
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.

Mass. state trooper critically hurt in Utah crash returned home Saturday

Trooper Matthew McRae suffered a broken neck and a spinal injury while traveling in an Uber that had been struck by an alleged drunk driver Aug. 25 in Salt Lake City.

Some patients relocated from Brockton’s Good Samaritan Medical Center following major power outage Saturday

Two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes kill dozens and injure many more in western Afghanistan

Feeling terrible after your COVID shot? Then it’s probably working.

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.
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.
Jaylen Brown determined to have his presence felt on defense for the Celtics this season
BOSTON COLLEGE 27, ARMY 24

Thomas Castellanos’s fourth touchdown run, in the final minute, pushes Boston College past Army

With an off week on the horizon, the 3-3 Eagles have tangible momentum for the first time since the 2021 season.
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.

Walking Cape Cod in Thoreau’s shoes
A public reading of Henry David Thoreau's "Cape Cod" was held in Marstons Mills from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and is expected to be finished during the same hours Sunday.

With regular season days away, former first-round pick Jakub Zboril one of three waived by Bruins
The defenseman selected by Boston in 2015 was joined on waivers by forwards Jesper Boqvist, an offseason free agent signing, and Oskar Steen.

‘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.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes
Updating the baseball teams looking to make key offseason hires
Four teams are searching for new general managers and the Red Sox are seeking a new president of baseball operations.

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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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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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.

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.

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
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Some patients relocated from Brockton’s Good Samaritan Medical Center following major power outage Saturday

City officials on Saturday encouraged people who need assistance for a non-life threatening issue to call their medical provider or use one of the area’s urgent care centers.

Walking Cape Cod in Thoreau’s shoes

A public reading of Henry David Thoreau's "Cape Cod" was held in Marstons Mills from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and is expected to be finished during the same hours Sunday.

‘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."

Mass. state trooper critically hurt in Utah crash returned home Saturday

Trooper Matthew McRae suffered a broken neck and a spinal injury while traveling in an Uber that had been struck by an alleged drunk driver Aug. 25 in Salt Lake City.

Sports

FORMULA ONE

With six races to go, Max Verstappen locks down his third straight Formula One championship

Midway through Saturday's sprint in Qatar, inevitability became reality when Sergio Perez spun into the gravel, handing Verstappen his third consecutive title.
RANGERS 3, ORIOLES 2

Rangers piece it together, keep Orioles bats quiet to take early edge in Division Series

After squandering a chance to win the AL West on the final day of the regular season, the wild-card Rangers have allowed only three runs in three games against the Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays, all on the road.
MSTCA BAY STATE INVITATIONAL

Lincoln-Sudbury’s Ethan Sholk wouldn’t be denied at MSTCA Bay State Invitational

Brookline’s Kailas Ciatto and Ben Kasen both passed Sholk near the final straightaway, but the Warriors runner answered with a powerful final kick to snatch back the lead and win the Class C race at Willard Field in Devens Saturday.
PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Christian Gonzalez goes on injured reserve, but Patriots wait on Matthew Judon
Bruins notebook

With regular season days away, former first-round pick Jakub Zboril one of three waived by Bruins
Oklahoma 34, Texas 30

Boomer Sooner: Dillon Gabriel’s late TD pass lifts No. 12 Oklahoma past No. 3 Texas in Red River rivalry game

Business

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.

Surprise Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas may represent one of the biggest failures by Israeli intelligence since the Yom Kippur war of 1973.

Trump beefs up Iowa campaign as DeSantis goes all in

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

‘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

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

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

Fire set at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

sports

UMass unable to hold on at home after leading Toledo at the half, loses sixth straight game

Rebeca Andrade wins vault’s world title, denies Simone Biles another gold medal at world championships

Jaylen Brown determined to have his presence felt on defense for the Celtics this season

business

Here are the key nuclear secrets Trump allegedly leaked

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

politics

Will the motion to vacate be vacated?

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

Nation

The Republican field is blaming Joe Biden for dealing with Iran after Hamas’ attack on Israel

California, land of the car, could soon have speed cameras

Migrant crisis tests New Yorkers who thought they supported immigration

World

Hamas attacks Israel; ‘We are at war’, Netanyahu says

Gunfire, rockets and carnage: Israelis are stunned and shaken by unprecedented Hamas attack

‘The children were terrified’: Fear grips Israel and Gaza

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