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Israel battles Hamas for a second day as hundreds are reported dead on both sides
Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while the nation officially declared war. Hundreds were reported dead, with more missing and wounded.

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

Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, but carries on by celebrating holidays

Mass. elected leaders decry Israeli lives lost in Hamas attack

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

Israel’s defense failures may change strategy toward hamas and Gaza

Saints at Patriots | 1 p.m. | cbs

Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

Live updates: Cornerback J.C. Jackson active for Patriots-Saints game

New England will be without two key defensive players and the spotlight will shine brightest on Patriots quarterback Mac Jones on Sunday at Gillette Stadium.

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Young, unheralded offensive coordinators are thriving to start the NFL season
There have been a few offensive surprises through the first four weeks.

Is it possible that Bill Belichick will break the NFL's all-time record for coaching victories with another team?

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.

Marty Baron, the former editor of the Boston Globe and Washington Post, has penned a new book, “Collision of Power,” on covering the news during a tumultuous time in politics and journalism.

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What Marty Baron learned from Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Taylor Swift

The former editor of the Boston Globe and Washington Post has penned a new book, “Collision of Power,” on covering the news during a tumultuous time in politics and journalism.

Massachusetts State Trooper Matthew McRae gave a slight wave as he walked out of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston Saturday morning escorted by troopers, as his long recovery from an August crash in Utah enters a new phase.

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.

Lost in a world of words

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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Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya shatters men’s marathon world record in Chicago
Kiptum, who won the London Marathon in April, broke the mark set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022.

‘Making that decision just 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

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.

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."

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

A new study has an encouraging message for Americans who shy away from COVID shots because of worries about side effects.

Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Elizabeth Warren shared a moment on stage Saturday at the Mass Black Expo.

Expo looks at how to grow Black wealth in Massachusetts

Mayor Michelle Wu and members of the state's congressional delegation addressed the conference on Saturday.

Abigail Johnson arrives ahead of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9, 2019.

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

The annual roundup, released this week, contains the usual local suspects.

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.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

A grown-up’s guide to teenage social media

Meet Nell West, aspiring journalist and senior at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, here to kindly offer intel for the Facebook generation.

Opinion

The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill that would further regulate the job application process in an effort to reduce the pay gap.

Why Massachusetts companies should include salary ranges in job postings

Bill that would require many companies to include a salary range for every job posting passed the House, heads to the Senate.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Mass. and Cass shows the failure of progressive drug policies

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

I used to defend Columbus as ‘magnificent.’ I don’t anymore.

After Hamas attack, Israel will protect its people and its future

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

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.

Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000
The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday.

Terence Davies, filmmaker of the lyrical ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives,’ dies at the age of 77
British filmmaker Terence Davies, best known for a pair of powerful, lyrical movies inspired by his childhood in postwar Liverpool, has died at the age of 77.

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JetBlue has launched a Boston-to-Amsterdam route. The catch: It may not last long.
Schiphol is the first mega airport in the world to begin reducing flights to mitigate carbon emissions. JetBlue executives now fear a cap on takeoffs and landings in 2024 will put the new route in peril.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Updating the baseball teams looking to make key offseason hires
Four teams are searching for new 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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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.

Waiting for a heart transplant, he finally got a life-saving call — but had no ride. A stranger stepped in to help.

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.

Humanoid robots may finally be coming to the business world — starting in warehouses
Until now, the cost and technical challenges of building humanlike robots have precluded their use in business. But a new wave of robot makers say they’ve created humanoid machines that are ready to get to work.

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.

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.”

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

Mass. elected leaders decry Israeli lives lost in Hamas attack

Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said the university was “deeply saddened” to learn that Ilan Troen, a Brandeis professor emeritus living in Israel, had lost his daughter and son-in-law.

On the Cape, a new generation of business owners steps up

The new business owners are giving a fresh start to the mom-and-pop shops that had been fried seafood and beach-themed tchotchkes for decades.

Black bear strolls East Bridgewater on a half-day of school

A bear is seen sauntering around East Bridgewater, greasy gulls get cleaned up in Barnstable, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Khary has a great sense of humor

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Sports

Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

Saints at Patriots | 1 p.m. (CBS)

Live updates: Cornerback J.C. Jackson active for Patriots-Saints game

New England will be without two key defensive players and the spotlight will shine brightest on Patriots quarterback Mac Jones on Sunday at Gillette Stadium.

Sifan Hassan (left) won the women's title and Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum took the men's title at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya shatters men’s marathon world record in Chicago

Kiptum, who won the London Marathon in April, broke the mark set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022.

Clayton Kershaw gave up five runs to Arizona before he recorded his only out on Saturday night, lasting eight batters before he was pulled.

Diamondbacks 11, Dodgers 2

Dodgers unable to overcome Clayton Kershaw’s worst start, lose NLDS opener to Diamondbacks

Kershaw, 35, allowed the most runs in any first inning in the franchise’s postseason history in his shortest outing as a starter in his 16-year career.

Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game was the sports story of the year in 1956

Sports journalist Jackie MacMullan to ‘talk smack’ at Huntington’s Disease fundraiser

D.C. United and coach Wayne Rooney part ways after just one season

Business

On the Cape, a new generation of business owners steps up

The new business owners are giving a fresh start to the mom-and-pop shops that had been fried seafood and beach-themed tchotchkes for decades.

Powerball jackpot up to $1.55 billion as lottery losing streak continues

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Saturday and won the giant prize.

Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise

magazine

New Hampshire writer Grace Metalious created a stir in 1956 with the publication of "Peyton Place."

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

10 train trips to experience New England foliage in style

Dancing at Havana Club

My Boston History

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

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

metro

A man walks along Jamaica Pond in 2016.

Boston’s Jamaica Pond closed due to harmful algae bloom

Expo looks at how to grow Black wealth in Massachusetts

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

sports

Carles Gil scored two goals but it was not enough for the Revolution to prevail against Orlando City SC.

Orlando City SC holds off Revolution despite two goals from Carles Gil

Phillies shut out big-swinging Braves, again put division champs in Division Series hole

Ben Griffin is one round away from his first PGA Tour victory and a spot in the Masters

business

Attendees listened to Donald Trump at a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Oct. 1.

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

Here are the key nuclear secrets Trump allegedly leaked

politics

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, after the militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday.

Biden decries the ‘unconscionable’ Hamas attack and warns Israel’s enemies not to exploit the crisis

Will the motion to vacate be vacated?

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

Nation

A man walks to his synagogue in Los Angeles before sunset on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, but carries on by celebrating holidays

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

World

Israeli forces were on the move in southern Israel on Sunday.

Israel’s defense failures may change strategy toward hamas and Gaza

Israel battles Hamas for a second day as hundreds are reported dead on both sides

Terence Davies, filmmaker of the lyrical ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives,’ dies at the age of 77

opinion

Campaign signs for then-president Donald Trump and Joe Biden, then the Democratic presidential nominee, were on display in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Sept. 25, 2020.

2024 presidential contest shaping up to be a tug of war

In 2024, polls could be wrong about Trump in a whole new way

Anti-migrant fringe group NSC-131 not so fringe

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

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

Paul Yoon, author of the short story collection “The Hive and The Honey.”

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

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

Filmmakers (from left) Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg have stressed their support for Turner Classic Movies in meetings with Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief executive, David Zaslav.

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

Artistic director Jonathan Cohen and soprano Teresa Wakim during Handel and Haydn Society's program Friday.

Handel and Haydn delivers a sublime ‘Israel in Egypt’

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

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in Akram Khan's reimagined "Vertical Road."

Boston Ballet packs a lot into ‘Fall Experience’

Again taking wing over Cambridge

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

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

Brian O'Donovan hosted "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" annually for two decades.

‘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