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Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel, and other supplies in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war’s death toll rose to nearly 1,600 on both sides.

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Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260

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

Airlines halt flights in and out of Israel after a massive attack by Hamas ignites heavy fighting

‘Tragedy and Trauma’ Brandeis professor’s daughter, son-in-law killed in Israel

Five things to know as Israel declares war on Hamas

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

The schooner Grace Bailey is shown with its main mast broken, off the coast of Rockland, Maine, on Monday.

Mast snaps aboard historic Maine schooner, killing 1 and injuring 3

The main mast of a historic excursion vessel splintered and fell onto the vessel’s deck Monday, killing one person and injuring three others aboard the schooner Grace Bailey, officials said.

He starred in ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Parks and Recreation.’ Now you can sail with him on his windjammer in Maine.

Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush and infield coach Carlos Febles
Bush had been the pitching coach since 2020, and Febles was on the coaching staff since 2018.

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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid
In a move that could alter the dynamics of the 2024 election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that he would continue his presidential run as an independent candidate.

Sudan and Iran resume diplomatic relations severed 7 years ago, promising to ‘open embassies soon’

Legislators call for more oversight of Mass. child welfare system in series of new bills

Legislators are hopeful a new governor could help legislation move forward.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Cool, dry weekday weather with highs in the 60s precedes a potentially wet weekend
If you’re out west later this week, it might be an opportunity to get a glimpse of the annular solar eclipse.

Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Peabody

23-year-old killed in Sunday shooting in Chelsea

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

Lost in the hoopla over the biggest shake-up in Boston health care in decades is just how difficult it will be for Dana-Farber and Beth Israel to actually open a new cancer hospital by 2028.

New Dana-Farber, Beth Israel cancer hospital is far from a done deal

Lost in the hoopla over the biggest shake-up in Boston health care in decades is just how difficult it will be for Dana-Farber and Beth Israel to actually open a new cancer hospital by 2028.

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin spoke in Cambridge on Monday.

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.

Claudia Goldin, Nobel economics prize recipient and Harvard professor, is internationally applauded The Big Idea: ‘Greedy jobs’ have led to a shocking pay disparity for well-educated women

Three years in, Newton’s Indigenous Peoples Day finds a crowd eager to learn
Newton's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration has become one of the region's largest. It is finding an audience eager to learn.

Only one thing could make this Bostonian slow down at the Chicago Marathon: A kitten in distress
Sarah Bohan, who has lived in Boston since 2015, was running a personal-best pace. “My instinct kicked in and human nature kicked in," she said of rescuing the animal during the race.

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

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.

Saints 34, Patriots 0

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

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 won’t rule out changes after another blowout: ‘We have to perform better’ NFL Week 5: Bills’ depth will be tested as they are decimated by injuries | Ben Volin

Elijah Theiss, 6, waited his turn as his brother, Sampson, and his mother filled a barrel during potato harvesting at the Bondeson Farm in Perham, Maine.

As I See It | Stan Grossfeld

Stuck back in time

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Grossfeld introduces us to workers at hand-harvested potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine.

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.

Interest rates are up, up, and away. But for how long?

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Soaring interest rates are Public Enemy No. 1

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

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 Massó 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, José Massó 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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 took 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

Three years in, Newton’s Indigenous Peoples Day finds a crowd eager to learn

Newton's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration has become one of the region's largest. It is finding an audience eager to learn.

Mast snaps aboard historic Maine schooner, killing 1 and injuring 3

The main mast of a historic excursion vessel splintered and fell onto the vessel’s deck Monday, killing one person and injuring three others aboard the schooner Grace Bailey, officials said.

Chris Alba, a pioneer for safe drug use on the streets and hero for the homeless, dies at 50

As a result of Alba’s outreach, hundreds of people who would have died from infections and overdoses are alive.

The Grog and Dog Jog is back, restoring an outlandish R.I. tradition

“It’s too bad an idea to die,” said Brien Lang, who came up the idea for a Providence relay race that involves running, drinking a beer, and eating a hot dog.

Sports

Winchester senior captain Quinn Murray (10), locked up with a Wakefield player in Monday's 1-1 draw, said “our job is to just focus on the game at hand; 80 minutes at a time.”

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

Potent offenses carry Winchester, Billerica boys’ soccer to high rankings

Veteran midfielders power attacks that have led squads atop their respective leagues.

Mac Jones and the Patriots have lost the last two games by a combined score of 72-3.

Mac Jones talks latest benching and his future as Patriots starter on WEEI

Jones threw for 110 yards and two interceptions in Sunday's blowout loss to the Saints.

Garrison Murphy (23) and St. John's Prep are surging since a loss to Catholic Conference rival BC High.

HS' BOYS' SOCCER: TOP 20

EMass boys’ soccer: Riding a 6-0-1 run, St. John’s Prep reclaims top ranking in Globe Top 20

The Eagles (8-1-2) registered matching 4-0 wins against Catholic Conference foes Catholic Memorial and Malden Catholic.

Only one thing could make this Bostonian slow down at the Chicago Marathon: A kitten in distress

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Restless fans continue to question Bill Belichick and Mac Jones

HS BOYS' SOCCER: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass boys’ soccer: With an 8-point week, and three Billerica wins, Jason Xintaropoulos headlines Players of the Week

Business

Kamala Harris to represent US at British summit on AI guardrails

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Cyberattacks targeting Israel are on the rise after Hamas invasion

Killnet, a group that purports to be made up of patriotic Russian volunteer hackers, announced on Sunday that it would target all Israeli government systems with a type of cyberattack that floods websites with traffic and forces them offline.

UAW workers at Mack Trucks go on strike

New Dana-Farber, Beth Israel cancer hospital is far from a done deal

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

Harmony Montgomery

Legislators call for more oversight of Mass. child welfare system in series of new bills

‘Tragedy and trauma’ Brandeis professor’s daughter, son-in-law killed in Israel

Stuck back in time

sports

Dave Bush could not correct the deficiencies in the Red Sox rotation.

Red Sox fire pitching coach Dave Bush and infield coach Carlos Febles

NFL Week 5: Bills’ depth will be tested as they are decimated by injuries

Red Sox move on from longtime minor league pitching coach Paul Abbott

business

Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes on October 09, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. Almost 500 people have died in Gaza after Israel launched sustained retaliatory air strikes after Saturday's attack by Hamas.

Airlines halt flights in and out of Israel after a massive attack by Hamas ignites heavy fighting

Soaring interest rates are Public Enemy No. 1

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

politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke in Philadelphia on Monday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid

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

Second-grade teacher Kevin Moy brought his own fan to his classroom at Mather Elementary School in Dorchester, which has no air conditioning, last month.

Heat, high water, hurricanes: Schools are not ready for climate change

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

A Texas community attracts migrant home buyers and Republican ire

World

Smoke rose of Gaza during Israeli airstrikes on Monday.

Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages

Turmoil engulfs Canadian art museums seeking to shed colonial past

Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260

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

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

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

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

Tan Twan Eng, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted novel “The House of Doors."

Tan Twan Eng spins a tale of colonial scandal and intrigue in ‘The House of Doors’

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

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

Kami Lyle and Joey Spampinato will play a show at Boston Harbor Distillery on Sunday.

For Joey Spampinato, a return to health and to the stage

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

Handel and Haydn delivers a sublime ‘Israel in Egypt’

Theater/Dance

Husband-and-wife team Jonathan Taylor and Anne Goldmann are the comedy duo Daredevil Chicken.

Husband-and-wife duo Daredevil Chicken are wedded to comedy

Boston Ballet packs a lot into ‘Fall Experience’

Again taking wing over Cambridge

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

Charles Feeney, founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, in San Francisco, in 2014.

Charles Feeney, who made a fortune and then gave it away, dies at 92

Ted Schwinden, who served two terms as Montana governor, dies at age 98

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