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Officials release names of victims; shelter-in-place orders lifted

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Law enforcement has not seen the suspect in the last two days

Clockwise from top left: Joe Walker, Peyton Brewer-Ross, Tricia Asselin, Michael Deslauriers, Ron Morin, Bob Violette, all victims in the Lewiston, Maine, mass shootings.

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

A volunteer youth bowling coach known for encouraging children and a bar manager whose father said tried to confront the shooter and died “a hero” were among the at least 18 people killed and 13 injured in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.

Lewiston shooter will be taken into custody ‘one way or another,’ official says Deaf community members killed in Maine shooting are mourned Listen to members of the Lewiston community in their own words Read our full coverage

Death toll in Lewiston nearly matches average annual homicides in Maine

In the wake of shootings, scrutiny falls on Maine’s unique ‘yellow flag’ law

The suspect and his troubles are well-known in the community

Why Maine? Why not?

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Israeli air and ground strikes intensify in Gaza; internet collapse cuts territory off from outside
The Israeli military on Friday said its ground forces were “expanding their activity” in the Gaza Strip, as the army moved closer to a full-on ground invasion of the besieged territory.

Green Line needs new maintenance program, equipment for overhead power system, T chief says

A week after a power problem forced passengers to walk along the tracks, General Manager Phillip Eng said the T has more work to do to determine how much of the Green Line’s overhead electrical system must be repaired or replaced.

Donald Trump’s testimony is set Nov. 6 in civil fraud trial as judge says his daughter, Ivanka, also must testify

It was already expected that the ex-president and sons Donald Jr. and Eric would testify. The timing became clear Friday, when the judge ruled that daughter Ivanka Trump also must take the stand.

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Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?
The lack of affordable housing has become a defining characteristic of the Boston region.

George Santos pleads not guilty to new fraud charges in New York

No discoveries made as authorities searched Lake Wampanoag for Gardner man wanted in wife’s slaying

BC swimmers and divers drop their lawsuit over suspension for alleged hazing

The college announced the indefinite suspension of the 67-member program in September and its investigation is continuing.

Judge rejects Bishop Fenwick’s request to lift MIAA’s landmark postseason ban
“If there are no sanctions for violating the rules, the MIAA ‘s authority over its members is significantly diminished,” ruled Essex Superior Court Judge Janice Howe.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (right) greeted LPGA player Brittany Altomare at Friday's press conference.

An LPGA tournament is the latest addition to Boston’s women’s professional sports scene

“Boston is quickly becoming a dynamic home for women’s sports," LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said. "We are thrilled to join this incredible movement."

Raheem Mostert ran for a season-best 121 yards on 18 carries and a pair of touchdowns in the Dolphins' 24-17 victory over the Patriots in Week 2 at Gillette Stadium.

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

Was the Patriots’ return to competence real or a mirage? We should find out against the Dolphins.

A win over the Dolphins would give the Patriots a 3-1 record in the division, some momentum . . . and perhaps a convincing argument that the restart had the desired effect.

Mary Logue, 90, surrounded by her four of her six grandkids — Brendan (top left), Amanda (top right), Catherine (bottom left), James (bottom right) — on the front stoop of the Dartmouth Street house.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.

Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

Explore the project

Theo Epstein built two World Series champions in Boston, then another one with the Cubs.

dan shaughnessy

Theo Epstein’s fingerprints are all over the Craig Breslow hire, and other thoughts

It’s not going to be easy, but if the Red Sox allow their new chief baseball officer to spend while he rebuilds, this could be Theo 2.0.

Caroline Bowman (left) as Elsa and Lauren Nicole Chapman as Anna in "Frozen."

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

Within the universe of Disney stage musicals, “Frozen” sits somewhere between the sublime, game-changing inventiveness of “The Lion King” and the formulaic likes of “The Little Mermaid," “Aladdin," and “Beauty and the Beast."

Mayor Wu and city officials will move forward with a plan to clear the area known as Mass. and Cass. Prompted by an increase in violence and illicit drug use, the occupants of tent encampments in the site will be offered shelter and social services before being moved by police.

‘We cannot let that stand’: Wu moves forward with plan to clear ‘Mass. and Cass’

Wu framed the coordinated effort as a permanent and empathetic solution to the prolonged humanitarian crisis at the intersection known as Mass. and Cass, widely considered the epicenter of the region’s opioid abuse and homeless crisis.

Opinion

Law enforcement officials continued their investigation at the Schemengees bar, where one of two mass shootings took place on Oct. 27 in Lewiston, Maine. Police are still searching for the suspect, Robert Card, who allegedly killed 18 people in two separate locations on Oct. 25.

After Maine shootings, our grim ritual returns: burying the dead, pleading for better gun laws

With some of the region’s most permissive firearm laws, Maine has been a poster child for the nation’s political paralysis on gun safety.

Who is to blame for the state of the nation? Mitt Romney.

‘This is not an aberration. This is the American way of life.’

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The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’

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Both of the 2023 Eastern Conference finals participants won their respective season openers.

Cambridge’s Forsyth Institute joins ADA to create ‘biggest monster in dentistry’
The merger forms the ADA Forsyth Institute, which will continue to do its work in the Boston area.

‘PruBoo’ brings Halloween fun to Boston landmark
The 29th Annual PruBoo celebration will be held on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Prudential Center. There will be free candy and kids in costume who visit the observation deck will get free admission.

Bruins’ Jeremy Swayman trades his goalie mask for a Halloween costume
The players held parties for pediatric patients at local hospitals, and Swayman was a hit dressed as "Hot Wheels Barbie."

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Mollie McGurk, left, and James Davis took in the scenery while foraging for mushrooms at Blue Hills Reservation in Milton on Oct. 14, 2023.

Inside the movement to legalize magic mushrooms in Massachusetts

A growing number of recreational users of psilocybin mushrooms in New England are attempting to turn their passion for the fungi into a broader movement, while campaigning for local measures that would legalize the use and cultivation of the plants.

Globe Magazine

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‘Tick tock’: Now that the House has a speaker, Congress has a big to-do list and not much time to act
Lawmakers face a federal government shutdown deadline on Nov. 17 and a White House call for more than $160 billion for immediate national security and domestic priorities.

A $2 million effort to ‘level up’ Downtown Boston
The initiative aims to recalibrate downtown, and the the business improvement district’s work within it, to a post-pandemic reality.

Culture & Lifestyle

Shedell Zurak, who plays a vampire in the film characters call "Auntie."

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

Cicely Carew's work installed for the 2023 Foster Prize at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

From left: Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, strumming her guitar outside The Revolution club in London, 1968; Mitchell performing in “Joni Jam,” a concert honoring her at Gorge Amphitheatre on June 10, 2023 in George, Wash.; Mitchell at a soundcheck prior to her performance in a concert in Berlin on July 21, 1990.

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Richard Roundtree (as John Shaft) in the 1971 film "Shaft," directed by Gordon Parks.

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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.

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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

Creating things in the OctoStudio app from the MIT Media Lab involves graphical coding blocks.

IDEAS | MITCHEL RESNICK

Transforming screen time: Kids can use smartphones to enhance their creativity

Muslim community members mourned Wadea Al-Fayoume at his grave in La Grange Park, Ill., Oct. 16, 2023. A Palestinian American woman seriously injured in a suspected hate crime that left her 6-year-old son dead in a suburb of Chicago is asking the public to “pray for peace” as she recuperates from her injuries.

Passionate debate over the Israel-Hamas war is fine. Violence is not.

A police officer stood next to a victim of Russian missile strikes on a mail depot in the village of Korotych, Kharkiv region, on Oct. 21. The strikes killed at least six people.

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‘If we stop fighting, we, Ukrainians, will be gone.’

Say it again, Supremes: Forced union dues in government are illegal

This aerial view shows demonstrators unfurling a giant banner against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul plan near Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv on Sept. 23, 2023.

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas

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Metro

Lewiston shootings

Officials rescind shelter-in-place order as search for suspect continues. Follow live updates.

At least 18 people are dead in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, according to officials. Authorities identified a Bowdoin man, Robert Card, as a suspect.

Why Maine? Why not?

In Maine’s second-largest city, like everywhere, people are shocked that the kind of mass murder that lays waste to other places has found their beloved community too.

In the wake of Lewiston shootings, scrutiny falls on Maine’s unique ‘yellow flag’ law

As facts continue to emerge about the suspect, Robert Card II, and the mental health struggles that preceded this week’s massacre, a shocked state is wondering: Was this a failure of policy, a failure of communication, or something else entirely?

Central Falls man who entered US Capitol on Jan. 6 pleads guilty

Juan Rodriguez wore a “Batman” beanie to the Capitol and locked himself in a Senate office along with others, according to the FBI.

Sports

Kailas Ciatto and Brookline held onto the top spot in the Globe Top 20 boys' cross-country poll.

EMASS CROSS-COUNTRY: TOP 20S

EMass cross-country: Brookline boys’, Weymouth girls’ hold strong atop Globe Top 20 polls

The biggest mover was the Winchester boys, who moved up to No. 12 after a narrow win over Lexington on Tuesday.

Jeremy Swayman (left) stole the show as "Hot Wheels Barbie," while Bruins teammates Derek Forbort (center) and Brandon Carlo suited up as "Kens" for the benefit of pediatric patients.

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Bruins’ Jeremy Swayman trades his goalie mask for a Halloween costume

The players held parties for pediatric patients at local hospitals, and Swayman was a hit dressed as "Hot Wheels Barbie."

Chris Larnard (right) recorded a 29-second victory in the Catholic Conference championships at Franklin Park.

HS CROSS-COUNTRY: RUNNERS OF THE WEEK

EMass cross-country: Setting the pace at conference championship, BC High’s Chris Larnard headlines Runners of the Week

The senior set a 5k personal best in a dominant 29-second victory at the Catholic Conference championship at Franklin Park, the second-fastest time recorded in the history of the meet.

Judge rejects Bishop Fenwick’s request to lift MIAA’s landmark postseason ban

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For Westford Academy boys’ cross-country, there’s no loneliness among long-distance runners Paul Bergeron and Jack Graffeo

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Business

Cambridge’s Forsyth Institute joins ADA to create ‘biggest monster in dentistry’

The merger forms the ADA Forsyth Institute, which will continue to do its work in the Boston area.

Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves

The historic armory, which was used as a homeless shelter last winter, will potentially be the set of a feature film by Disney-owned 20th Century Studios.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

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Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?

magazine

One family scammed the lottery for $20 million. Then their luck ran out.

I’m a finalist for two jobs. How do I navigate between them?

This week's daters: Chris N. and Colleen K.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He shared his love of Halloween’

Abby Chin and Mike Gorman

Mike Gorman, the legendary voice of the Celtics. And my dear friend.

metro

Children decorated pumpkins at PruBoo in 2022.

‘PruBoo’ brings Halloween fun to Boston landmark

Deaf community members killed in Maine shooting are mourned: ‘Those lost will never be forgotten’

Voices from Lewiston: In the wake of mass shootings, listen to members of the community in their own words

sports

Lauko left the ice after being hit in the eye with a skate from Jason Dickinson of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Bruins’ Jakub Lauko shares gnarly photo after taking skate to face

High school football Week 8: Check the scores as the regular season wraps up

Several Maine colleges adjust sports schedules following Lewiston shootings

business

In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former president Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial is turning to the question of whether Ivanka will have to testify.

Will Ivanka Trump have to testify at her father’s civil fraud trial? Judge to hear arguments Friday

ARPA-H director, visiting Cambridge hub, sees the agency spawning health care ‘moon shots’

Home of the Week: The man who built ‘This Old House’ lived here

politics

Donald Trump, right, sat with his children, from left, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International Hotel on July 23, 2014, in Washington.

Donald Trump’s testimony is set Nov. 6 in civil fraud trial as judge says his daughter, Ivanka, also must testify

Candidate blocked from N.H. presidential primary ballot

US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

Nation

Clockwise from top left: Joe Walker, Peyton Brewer-Ross, Tricia Asselin, Michael Deslauriers, Ron Morin, Bob Violette, all victims in the Lewiston, Maine, mass shootings.

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

George Santos pleads not guilty to new fraud charges in New York

Biden will face a primary bid from Representative Dean Phillips, who says Democrats need to focus on future

World

A Palestinian man sat in his wheelchair as people milled around along a partially destroyed street following the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis and other areas of the Gaza Strip on Oct. 27.

Israeli air and ground strikes intensify in Gaza; internet collapse cuts territory off from outside

The EU seeks to revive peace talks since no military answer seen in the Israel-Palestinian conflict

The sudden death of China’s former No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many

opinion

The US hockey team pounced on goalie Jim Craig after a 4-3 victory against the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics on Feb. 22, 1980, in Lake Placid, N.Y.

1980’s ‘Miracle on Ice’ can still provide a lift today

Gun violence invades Maine’s state of grace

Takeaways: Two voices on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

lifestyle

Bagel misses coffee

How to raise good kids in a scary world

I’m cynical about love

food & dining

Tavern on Main is on Main Street in the village of Chepachet, R.I. Paranormal researcher Tom D’Agostino has more than 80 accounts of hauntings at the tavern.

Ghost stories — and unearthly encounters — feed curious guests at this Chepachet, R.I., tavern

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing is turning 1 and ready to party

In Rhode Island, a hunt is on to understand the decline of the state’s iconic quahog clam

travel

Tourists take in the view at Grindelwald First in the Swiss Alps.

Our travel writer has found a new favorite destination, and it’s in Switzerland

Feeling down? Welcome to the ‘happy place’ of the happiest people in the world

Puzzling a way out in Indigenous Connecticut

Arts

Cicely Carew's work installed for the 2023 Foster Prize at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

Books

The author's daughter channels the spirit of horror.

The awe of horror; or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rep

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 22

Three horror novelists tell us what their favorite spine-chilling tale of terror is. Now it’s your turn.

Movies

Shedell Zurak, who plays a vampire in the film characters call "Auntie."

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

Television

Veena Sud (pictured in 2020) will be the showrunner for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," which has yet to announce casting.

Amazon to reboot ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

Jill Biden, Laura Bush help unveil Nickelodeon short series to teach kids civics

Hasan Minhaj calls New Yorker story ‘misleading’ in response video

music

From left: Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, strumming her guitar outside The Revolution club in London, 1968; Mitchell performing in “Joni Jam,” a concert honoring her at Gorge Amphitheatre on June 10, 2023 in George, Wash.; Mitchell at a soundcheck prior to her performance in a concert in Berlin on July 21, 1990.

Celebrating Joni at 80

For musicians on the way up, nonprofit’s support hits all the right notes

Podcast: Folk singer Chance Emerson on building his music career in New England

Theater/Dance

Caroline Bowman (left) as Elsa and Lauren Nicole Chapman as Anna in "Frozen."

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

‘How I Learned to Drive’ burrows deep into the murky memories of trauma

‘Liberal Redneck’ Trae Crowder knows what you think about Southerners

Health

Signs posted in the windows of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence serve as a send-off to the military medical team that helped the hospital through some of the pandemic’s darkest days. (Bill Murphy/Lifespan)

Lifespan, largest hospital owner in R.I., could change name in expanded partnership with Brown University

CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

Neil Steinberg, former CEO of Rhode Island Foundation, to chair R.I.’s new life sciences agency

Obituaries

Mr. Irwin would transform empty rooms with minimal gestures, challenging patrons' perceptions.

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Terry Dischinger, college basketball star and Olympian, dies at 82

Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92