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Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion by Hamas
Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion.

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Hamas attack at music festival led to chaos and frantic attempts to escape or hide

Israeli and Palestinian supporters rally across US as Israel declares war after Hamas attack

Major airlines suspend flights to Israel after massive attack by Hamas ignites heavy fighting

‘My heart aches’: War between Israel, Hamas roils Mass.; elected leaders decry attacks on civilians

Five things to know as Israel declares war on Hamas

What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel’s intelligence prowess after Hamas attack

Kindergarten teacher Adina Thomas helped her students tap out sounds in words at the Haynes Early Education Center in Roxbury, part of a reading revolution in Boston Public Schools aimed at bringing instruction in line with the latest brain science.

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

After years of dismally low reading scores, the state’s largest school system is making a dramatic shift toward “structured literacy,” instruction that draws on a body of research.

Saints 34, Patriots 0

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

The unfathomable has become the reality. The Patriots stink.
Consecutive blowout losses, once unthinkable, leave the Patriots at 1-4, and reeling.

Bill Belichick's Patriots have gone 10 quarters without scoring a touchdown.

Bill Belichick won’t rule out changes after another blowout: ‘We have to perform better’

Mac Jones had his head down as Bill Belichick watched a blowout loss for the second consecutive week.

Mac Jones is not the only problem, but he’s not the answer at quarterback for the inept Patriots

It was all Saints day as tight end Foster Moreau scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The Patriots say they need to start over, but is a recovery even possible this season?

THE FINE PRINT

Greyhound abandoned her by the side of the highway. Then it refused to refund her ticket.
In August, Elisa Kennedy was stranded along Interstate 84 when her bus to New York pulled off the highway — leaving her out the $83.98 for the ticket plus the $200 she paid to complete her trip in a van.

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of the workplace gender gap

Claudia Goldin studied 200 years of women’s participation in the workplace, and she is just the third woman to win the prize out of 93 economics laureates.

The Big Idea: ‘Greedy jobs’ have led to a shocking pay disparity for well-educated women

Claudia Goldin, Nobel economics prize recipient and Harvard professor, is internationally applauded
Congratulations came from across the globe Monday morning for Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor.

Kevin McCarthy says he’s willing to return as Speaker of the House
He was ousted as speaker last week, but Kevin McCarthy said Monday that he is willing to return to the job if enough of the Republicans who voted against him are open to his reinstatement.

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.55 billion; two tickets sold in Mass. worth $1 million each

Monday’s Powerball jackpot is the third largest in the game’s history and the fourth biggest prize in US lottery history.

Cars speed by a parked police cruiser in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on April 21, 2023.

23-year-old killed in Sunday shooting in Chelsea

Signage outside the Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. office in the Kendall Square neighborhood of Cambridge.

FDA rejects Alnylam’s request to expand approval of one of its drugs to include heart patients

Two women rescued after being swept off Dog Bar breakwater in Gloucester

Boy and girl, both 12, started fire at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

From left: Chloe Fineman, James Austin Johnson, and Bowen Yang return to "Saturday Night Live" this week for the premiere of show's 49th season.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘SNL’ returns, the ‘Frasier’ reboot debuts, and ‘Moonlighting’ fans can rejoice

Now that the Hollywood writers' strike is over, “Saturday Night Live” will return this week for its 49th season. The premiere will be hosted by former cast member Pete Davidson.

Local historian and author Brooke Barbier, center, led a tour group along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston on Friday. Barbier is founder of Ye Olde Tavern Tours, and her new book, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," will be available from Harvard University Press Oct. 10.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

In “King Hancock,” local author and tour guide Brooke Barbier examines what made the Founding Father so popular in his day. A generous pour might have had something to do with it.

Hira Rafiq arranges sunflowers in a vase at Verde Floral Designs, the floral shop in Mashpee that she took over from a prior owner.

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.

Opinion

A person in a tent on Southampton Street, near the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue, the area known as Mass. and Cass.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Mass. and Cass shows the failure of progressive drug policies

Left-leaning officials insist that police crackdowns on open-air drug encampments backfire. But the hands-off approach has sown violence and misery..

Biden repairs the system for resettling people fleeing war and strife

Do dogs have to go everywhere with their owners?

Nicole Obi and Aisha Francis

Nubian Square can be the next Black Wall Street

Saying goodbye to our Martha’s Vineyard blue house

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

In Holyoke, frustration and resolve in the face of violence
One by one, through anger and tears, the speakers at Sunday's peace rally shared the same message: the violence needs to stop, and the guns have to go.

New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers holds the key to supermarket megamerger
The Keene, N.H.-based firm is playing a crucial role in Kroger’s effort to buy rival Albertsons.

Driver tells children to ‘get in the car’ in possible attempted child abduction in Salem, police say
At around 2:44 p.m. Friday, three children were walking home from Witchcraft Heights Elementary School when they were approached by a blue Honda Pilot at the corner of Carrollton Street and Belleview Avenue, police said.

RFK Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic primary bid and launch an independent or third-party run
A member of one of America’s most famous Democratic families, the 69-year-old Kennedy was running a long-shot Democratic primary bid.

NH NEWSHelicopter crashes shortly after takeoff in New Hampshire, killing the pilot
The Croydon, N.H., Fire Department said it received a report of a missing aircraft at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT professor emerita who challenged gender bias in science, dies at 87
“The relationship between gender and science is a pressing issue not simply because women have been historically excluded from science,” Dr. Keller once wrote.

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Recommended reads

Books in a fourth-grade classroom.

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.

Do Democrats support DiZoglio’s push to audit the Legislature? It depends who you ask.
More than a dozen local Democratic activists told the Globe that they’ve long wanted to see more transparency from the Legislature.

Bob Ryan

Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game was the sports story of the year in 1956
The 27-year old righthanded pitcher of modest career accomplishment threw a perfect game in Game 5 against the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers.

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.”

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

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

Israeli soldiers take positions in Sderot, Israel, on Oct. 7.

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

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Providence was vandalized in 2019. It later was moved to a park in Johnston, R.I.

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

Jaiy Dickson of Boston carried a rainbow flag as she marched during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston on June 8, 2013.

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

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?

Metro

23-year-old killed in Sunday shooting in Chelsea

Around 10:23 p.m., Chelsea Police responded to Congress Ave and Shurtleff St. area after multiple 911 calls, including a ShotSpotter activation, a statement from the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said.

Claudia Goldin, Nobel economics prize recipient and Harvard professor, is internationally applauded

Congratulations came from across the globe Monday morning for Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor.

RFK Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic primary bid and launch an independent or third-party run

A member of one of America’s most famous Democratic families, the 69-year-old Kennedy was running a long-shot Democratic primary bid.

Regent inches closer to bringing electric seagliders to market, and more R.I. tech leaders to watch

Zero-emission electric seagliders manufactured in Rhode Island are one step closer to reaching the commercial market where they’ll be transporting people and cargo across waterways.

Sports

Boston College forward Gabe Perreault attempted a shot on Quinnipiac goalie Vinny Duplessis during the Eagles' win Saturday.

mens college hockey

Bentley surprises, Boston College spoils Quinnipiac’s celebration, and other men’s college hockey takeaways

The opening weekend saw some upset bids and strong performances from teams like Providence and Northeastern.

Bill Belichick's Patriots have gone 10 quarters without scoring a touchdown.

Bill Belichick won’t rule out changes after another blowout: ‘We have to perform better’

As for his own future, Belichick was asked on WEEI if he was the “right person” to restart things. He replied tersely: "I’m going to do the best I can to help our football team. That’s my job.”

Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis dunked over Paul Reed in the first of the preseason opener against the 76ers at TD Garden.

celtics 114, 76ers 106

Observations from the Celtics’ preseason opener: Payton Pritchard has a big day and Kristaps Porzingis fits right in

On the same day he agreed to a four-year, $30 million contract extension, the point guard gave the Celtics a jolt with a game-high 26 points.

Saints 34, Patriots 0

The Patriots say they need to start over, but is a recovery even possible this season?

gary washburn | on basketball

Payton Pritchard’s contract extension another sign the Celtics are in a hurry to win an NBA title

High School Sports

The referee shortage in high school sports is nothing new, but one school is doing something about it

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Meet Public Enemy No. 1: soaring interest rates

Steep bond rates are inflicting losses on investors, rekindling concern of a recession, and threatening the federal government’s ability to fund itself.

FDA rejects Alnylam’s request to expand approval of one of its drugs to include heart patients

The move follows agency scientists and an advisory panel concluding the drug provided only modest benefits to patients.

Major airlines suspend flights to Israel after massive attack by Hamas ignites heavy fighting

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of the workplace gender gap

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

Smoke rose following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Sunday. 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, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

‘My heart aches’: War between Israel, Hamas roils Mass.; elected leaders decry attacks on civilians

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.55 billion; two tickets sold in Mass. worth $1 million each

sports

Nothing, absolutely zero, is going right for Bill Belichick and the Patriots.

The unfathomable has become the reality. The Patriots stink.

Pablo López spins a gem and Carlos Correa stars as Twins even AL Division Series with Astros

Orioles chirp late, but Rangers capture 2-0 lead in best-of-five AL Division Series

business

Evan Orenstein, a senior flight software engineer at Regent, inside a full-scale simulator of the company's new electric seagliders.

Regent inches closer to bringing electric seagliders to market, and more R.I. tech leaders to watch

Family history drives EMD Serono’s Lori Lebson

Greyhound abandoned her by the side of the highway. Then it refused to refund her ticket.

politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 12 in Des Moines, Iowa.

RFK Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic primary bid and launch an independent or third-party run

The US will send aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

Hamas attack on Israel thrusts Biden into Mideast crisis and has him fending off GOP criticism

Nation

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Thursday.

Kevin McCarthy says he’s willing to return as Speaker of the House

A Texas community attracts migrant home buyers and Republican ire

1 killed and 8 wounded in shooting at Pennsylvania community center party

World

Smoke rose of Gaza during Israeli airstrikes on Monday.

Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion by Hamas

Five things to know as Israel declares war on Hamas

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of the workplace gender gap

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

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

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

lifestyle

Mixed media artist Tyler Gaca is known as Ghosthoney on social media, where he has 3 million followers on TikTok.

Artist and poet Tyler Gaca on capturing the surreal, whimsical, and ghostly in the everyday

We blocked each other

I live close to my ex

food & dining

Local historian and author Brooke Barbier, center, led a tour group along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston on Friday. Barbier is founder of Ye Olde Tavern Tours, and her new book, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," will be available from Harvard University Press Oct. 10.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

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

Eastern Standard to reopen next week in new location

travel

View Boston in the Prudential Center offers 360-degree views of the city skyline and series of new murals, including a colorful geometric mural by Boston artists Ryan and Rachel Adams, “Serendipitous, 2023” (pictured here), with a central heart image in Ryan’s signature “gem” style surrounded by Rachel’s quilt motif depicting iconic local landmarks such as the Zakim Bridge, Citgo Sign, and Charles River.

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

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

Local historian and author Brooke Barbier, center, led a tour group along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston on Friday. Barbier is founder of Ye Olde Tavern Tours, and her new book, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," will be available from Harvard University Press Oct. 10.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

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’

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

From left: Chloe Fineman, James Austin Johnson, and Bowen Yang return to "Saturday Night Live" this week for the premiere of show's 49th season.

This week’s TV: ‘SNL’ returns, the ‘Frasier’ reboot debuts, and ‘Moonlighting’ fans can rejoice

TCM: A treasure worth protecting

On TV, duos are dynamic

music

Piano four-hands with Aaron Diehl and Rudolf Buchbinder in Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "Tonk" at Symphony Hall.

BSO’s ‘Opening Night at Symphony’ nods to the familiar and the future

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

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

Evelyn Fox Keller.

Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT professor emerita who challenged gender bias in science, dies at 87

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

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker, has died