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Lewiston, a city shattered, is left to pick up the pieces

The Maine city reckons with loss and an aching sense everything has changed.
At Lewiston shootings vigil, hundreds gather to share prayers and tears See live updates about the Maine shootings Read our full coverage

How a Maine trauma center responded to the state’s worst mass shooting

The Maine mass shooting changed Representative Jared Golden’s mind on assault weapons. Will it change his state?

Suspect legally purchased firearms before Maine shootings

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take food and “basic survival items,” a UN agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank ‘We’re trying to live another day:’ Medway family takes shelter as Israel moves into Gaza
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

Patriots at Dolphins | 1 p.m.

Live updates: Which version of the Patriots will show up in Miami on Sunday?
The Patriots have played some teams close, been blown out by others, and defeated a Super Bowl contender. What will happen Sunday in Miami?

Patriots downgrade Josh Uche and Vederian Lowe to out for game against Dolphins
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Something is clearly off between the Browns and Deshaun Watson, but what?

Coach Kevin Stefanski was cagey Wednesday when asked about the right rotator cuff injury the quarterback suffered in Week 3 and is keeping him out of Sunday’s Week 8 game.

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, has died at 54, reports say
The actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Celebrities remember Matthew Perry

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts
“Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 28 had first-time host Nate Bargatze take the stage, with musical guests Foo Fighters.

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.

Dana-Farber offers sneak peek of plans for 300-bed hospital in new filing
Dana-Farber will argue to regulators that its its proposed independent hospital collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will reduce emergency room wait times and increase competition.

LOVE LETTERS
Bagel misses coffee
Is this a good time to get back together with an ex?

Opinion
EDITORIAL

The big question looming over Dana-Farber shift: What’s the best way to treat cancer?

The cancer center’s move from Brigham and Women’s Hospital envisions a new model of care.
JEFF JACOBY

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers
EDITORIAL

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

RENÉE GRAHAM

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate
MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana
BRUINS 4, RED WINGS 1

Bruins get right back on track with strong win over Detroit

Charlie McAvoy has another strong game at both ends, scoring his first goal of the season that stood as the eventual game-winner over the Red Wings.
DuPont: Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick with the Bruins
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will Venable knows who the Red Sox are getting in Craig Breslow, and he says ‘it’ll be great’

Breslow and Venable were never teammates, although they faced each other three times over their careers. Then they worked together for two years with the Cubs.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

It would be a shame if this were indeed the end of The Sports Hub’s ‘Toucher and Rich’

In the past, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb have negotiated their contracts in unison. That was not the case this time.
Shaughnessy: Theo Epstein’s fingerprints are all over the Craig Breslow hire
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown says he’s prepared to assume bigger leadership role with Celtics

Brown, the senior member of the team, said he’s ready to be more vocal and touched on several other subjects in a sit-down interview with the Boston Globe.

More recent News

Car crashes into Starbucks in Wellesley

Two people inside the vehicle were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, but no customers or employees inside the store were struck by the vehicle, police said Saturday.

Janitors at buildings across Mass. and R.I. vote to authorize a strike
The union has been in contract negotiations with representatives of the Maintenance Contractors of New England for the last few months.

Two missing Western Mass. men found dead from gunshot wounds in Vermont, police say
The bodies of Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, were discovered along a road about a mile apart in the town of Eden, Vt. , authorities said Thursday.

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction
Pence is the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, and his struggles underscore just how much Trump has transformed the party.

Richard Moll, towering bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
In a career of more than four decades, 6-foot-8 Richard Moll played a variety of roles on television and in films. But he was best known for playing "Bull" on "Night Court."

Medford, Somerville residents march for rent control

The proposed legislation would enable cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants.

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Globe Magazine

Vampire panic gripped New England in the 1800s. The real evil was in the air.

“Sometimes they called it an ‘evil angel’ inhabiting the body,” says a folklore expert. And they went to macabre lengths to protect the living.

LARRY EDELMAN | TRENDLINES
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.

‘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.

MIAA
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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

Celebrating Joni at 80

A tribute to cinema’s bad mother-shut-your-mouth

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

ALEX BEAM

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

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

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

LETTERS

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

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Lewiston shootings

Maine police were alerted about the shooter’s threats last month. Follow live updates.

The investigation into the Lewiston shootings is expected to continue through the weekend, and extra security will guard vigils for the victims, officials said.
SUNDAY'S CHILD

Joshua, 12, loves to play football

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

Boston Police Department welcomes a diverse class of new officers to its ranks

The newly sworn officers include 59 members who speak one or more languages other than English and a total of 16 languages overall, the department said.

At Lewiston shootings vigil, hundreds gather to share prayers, tears

On an unusually warm October evening, attendees and organizers at a twilight vigil in Lisbon Falls said it was time for the community to be together in one space.

Sports

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

Live updates: Which version of the Patriots will show up in Miami on Sunday?

The Patriots have played some teams close, been blown out by others, and defeated a Super Bowl contender. What will happen Sunday in Miami?

American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after neck cut by skate blade during game in England

American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died after a “freak accident” during a game in England on Saturday, his club said.
Bruins

Jeremy Swayman pays tribute to Lewiston community after Bruins victory

“That was a special win for the Lewiston local community,” Swayman told NESN’s Andrew Raycroft following Boston’s victory on Saturday.
High Schools

High school football Week 8: Check the scores as the regular season wraps up
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick with the Bruins
peter abraham | on baseball

The Diamondbacks’ run to the World Series has been a mix of emotions for general manager Mike Hazen

Business

More help arrives in Acapulco, and hurricane’s death toll expected to rise as searchers comb debris

More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.

Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford, reports say

The deal, which still has to be ratified by members, leaves only General Motors without a contract with the union.

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

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

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

MISS CONDUCT

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

Blind date: ‘He shared his love of Halloween’
PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

Maine shooting suspect legally purchased some firearms shortly before killings, authorities say

Lewiston, a city shattered, is left to pick up the pieces

Janitors at buildings across Mass. and R.I. vote to authorize a strike

sports

Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks roll past Rangers in Game 2 to get even in World Series

Rangers’ Max Scherzer to start against Diamondbacks in Game 3 of World Series

In 43rd Island Cup meeting, Martha’s Vineyard gets a real kick out of trip to Nantucket

business

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

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

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

politics

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction

The Maine mass shooting changed Representative Jared Golden’s mind on assault weapons. Will it change his state?

For Mike Johnson, religion is at the forefront of politics and policy

Nation

Shooting kills 2 and injures 18 victims in Florida street with hundreds of people nearby

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, has died at 54, reports say

Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford, reports say

World

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

On the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush, South Korean families demand a special investigation

Explosive device blows up at convention center in south India killing at least one and wounding 36

opinion

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana

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

Help people with disabilities live in the community

lifestyle

Bagel misses coffee

How to raise good kids in a scary world

I’m cynical about love

food & dining

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

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

Brian Regan on his ‘adequate comedy,’ Germany’s coolness, and his love of swim-up bars

Arts

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

New poetry collection captures stillness in motion; local press celebrates author, fall book lineup; new collection by local poet examines joy and healing

Author readings around Boston Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

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

Movies

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

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts

Amazon to reboot ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

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

music

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

‘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

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

Li Keqiang, former Chinese premier, dies of heart attack at 68

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

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