The Boston Globe

scorecardresearch

Tears and resolve as communities across Maine offer comfort to residents devastated by shootings

At Faith Baptist Church in Auburn, Maine, congregants raised their voices together in song and support on Sunday.

See live updates about the Maine shootings At Lewiston shootings vigil, hundreds gather to share prayers and tears ‘We aren’t letting him take that away from us’: Lewiston bowlers say alley is like home. Read our full coverage

Hundreds gathered on the Lisbon Falls waterfront for a candlelight vigil to honor those who died and were injured in the mass shootings in Lewiston Wednesday night.

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

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

In Maine, moving toward normalcy amid a shattered world

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

Artillery shells are fired from an undisclosed position toward the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army on Oct. 29.

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.

Medway family stranded in Gaza on ‘desperate hunt for food and water’ as they wait to escape into Egypt

Claudine Gay: "Antisemitism has a very long and shameful history at Harvard."

Harvard President Claudine Gay convenes antisemitism advisory board amid ‘resurgence of bigotry’ on campus

The new leader has faced criticism for declining to immediately rebuke a student letter that placed all blame for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Dolphins 31, Patriots 17

Tara Sullivan

Bill Belichick refused to bite after the loss, but he has big decisions to chew on with Tuesday’s trade deadline looming
Will he play for the present and hang on to players or begin dealing to stockpile draft capital?

Patriots’ JuJu Smith-Schuster on play that touched off benches-clearing melee against Dolphins: ‘Clean hit’

Bill Belichick could only hang his head after the Patriots' record slipped to 2-6.

Nicole Yang | State of the Patriots

Losing response by Patriots to a big win a week earlier brings questions back to the surface

Mac Jones was 19-of-29 passing for just 161 yards.

Between the hashmarks

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones takes a huge step backward in loss to Dolphins

Mac Jones was down after he was intercepted by Miami's Jalen Ramsey in the second quarter.

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

It’s no secret — Patriots’ loss to Dolphins is the result of a massive gap in talent

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Here are the high school football playoff seeds and first-round matchups
St. John's Prep (Division 1), King Philip (D2), Milford (D3), Duxbury (D4), Hanover (D5), Norwell (D6), Uxbridge (D7), and West Boylston (D8) earn top seeds in 128-team field.

Boston police release videos in connection with internal affairs investigation of captain
The two short video clips, provided to the Globe in response to a public records request, show Captain John Danilecki using his leg to force David Nave to the ground by knocking his feet out from under him in 2019.

APPRECIATION

In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface
In both comedic and dramatic roles, Perry's vulnerability created an intimacy between actor and audience. Maybe that's why we're so gutted by news of his death at 54.

Celebrities remember Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dies at 54

Robert Brustein, influential founder of American Repertory Theater, dies at 96
Mr. Brustein juggled multiple roles over seven active decades, becoming first a forbiddingly erudite theorist and critic before founding and running two companies at American theater's vanguard.

Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a gun charge against a Washington state senator arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory.

18-year-old man wanted for fatal shooting at Worcester State University

Kevin Rodriguez, whose last known address was in Lawrence, should be considered armed and dangerous, the Worcester district attorney’s office said in a statement Sunday.

Man arrested for Mattapan fatal stabbing

Marc Scutt, 21, was arrested Sunday on a warrant charging him with the murder of Jean Casseus, 78, on Oct. 19 in Mattapan, police said.

Man, 21, charged in fatal stabbing in Melrose

Nathan Baldi was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon causing bodily injury in the stabbing of James Percent, 47, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office said Sunday.

Opinion

After a decades-long partnership, Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber split because they disagreed about what the future of cancer care should look like.

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.

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers

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

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate

MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana

Visitors awaited the start of the program at the Salem Witch Museum.

The Salem Witch Museum was named the world’s No. 2 tourist trap. Let’s pay a visit.

A USA Today analysis of online reviews slammed the Witch City destination in an examination of the top 500 tourist attractions in the world.

Danilo Gallinari never got to don the No. 8 for the Celtics after signing as a free agent in July 2022. An injury with Italy in a FIBA World Cup game sidelined him all of last season.

Danilo Gallinari eager to show Celtics what they’re missing after they traded him to the Wizards

The 35-year-old forward, who did not play a game for Boston after getting injured last year, faces his former team Monday in Washington, D.C.

Bruins center Matt Poitras's ability to make plays with the puck has endeared him to his coaches and teammates.

Time is almost upon the Bruins to decide whether Matt Poitras is a season-long keeper

The rookie center's three goals is tied for third-best for Boston through eight games this season.

More recent News

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

At Diamondbacks’ World Series kids’ table, 23-year-old catcher Gabriel Moreno’s plate is full
Moreno, acquired from the Blue Jays in an offseason trade, arrived on the scene in Arizona a year earlier than expected to solidify the catching position.

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy
The nonprofit aims to bring communities and cultures together through literature and lattes

LOVE LETTERS

I’m sober — and lonely
At 38, how do I meet someone?

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.

Epoch Preservation uses artistry and attention to detail to bring historical gravestones back to life
The company repairs more than 250 gravestones a year, working in cemeteries across New England, primarily focusing on Boston, the North Shore, and southern New Hampshire.

Dance Review

Grupo Corpo brings Brazil back to the Shubert
The company performed a pair of Boston premieres, “Gil Refazendo” and “Gira,” presented by the Celebrity Series

Recommended reads

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

Brazil's Grupo Corpo performed "Gil Refazendo," choreographed by Rodrigo Pederneiras

Grupo Corpo brings Brazil back to the Shubert

Matthew Perry shown in 2015.

In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface

Panethnic Pourovers opened Oct. 21 in Quincy and was founded by Emily Goroza.

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy

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

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.

FROM OUR PARTNERS

product by Studio/B. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

product by BG BRANDLAB. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama sparred during a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2012.

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

Yossi Beilin, a former senior Israeli official and peace negotiator who cofounded the Geneva Initiative, posed for a photo at his house in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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

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.

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

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

A sign offering encouraging words in the wake of the mass shootings the previous evening in Lewiston, Maine, appeared on a sign at the Chick-A-Dee restaurant on Sabattus Street on Oct. 26.

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

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

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

In Maine right now, the kids are not all right

For many kids across Maine, nothing feels safe. At a time when they should be putting the finishing touches on Halloween costumes they are instead stuck at home, scared.

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.

In Maine, moving toward normalcy amid a shattered world

The week ahead promised at least some familiarity. There will be evenings of Halloween candy feasts, the annual rivalry game between Lewiston and Auburn’s high school football teams, a pair of political forums about the upcoming election.

‘It’s just a big family’: Cornhole community hosts tournament in honor of friends lost in Lewiston shootings

Maine cornhole community hosts tournament in honor of friends lost in Lewiston shootings

Sports

Chris Paul (left) came off the bench to contribute 8 points and seven assists in 27 minutes during Golden State’s 106-95 win Sunday.

After 19 years and 1,365 games, Chris Paul starts a game on the bench

Since the NBA began tracking games started in 1982, no player had appeared in more games and started them all than Paul had entering Sunday.

US forward Jaedyn Shaw celebrated after scoring her first international goal.

united states 3, colombia 0

Mia Fishel, Jaedyn Shaw net first goals as US women’s soccer blanks Colombia

Lindsey Horan added a goal for the United States in the second of two exhibition matches against Colombia.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is helped off the field after going down with an injury in the fourth quarter Sunday at Green Bay.

Kirk Cousins feared lost to Achilles’ injury on brutal Sunday for quarterbacks

The 35-year-old veteran, who has never missed a game to injury, limped to the sideline after suffering the non-contact injury in the fourth quarter of a win at Green Bay. He then was carted to the locker room.

college football

The top five teams in AP college football poll stand pat, but Oklahoma drops four spots to No. 10

Patriots’ JuJu Smith-Schuster on play that touched off benches-clearing melee against Dolphins: ‘Clean hit’

BENGALS 31, 49ERS 17

Bengals stay hot as Joe Burrow slings it all over suddenly struggling 49ers

Business

Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48, missing now number 36 as search and recovery work continues

Mexican authorities have raised the toll to 48 dead from Hurricane Otis, days after the fierce Category 5 storm struck the country’s southern Pacific coast and the tourist city of Acapulco.

innovation beat

Three observations on where the world of AI is heading

On one hand, startups and investors believe generative AI will become a trillion-dollar market. On the other, they know the majority of companies born in this era will not amount to much.

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

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

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

Claudine Gay: "Antisemitism has a very long and shameful history at Harvard."

Harvard President Claudine Gay convenes antisemitism advisory board amid ‘resurgence of bigotry’ on campus

The Salem Witch Museum was named the world’s No. 2 tourist trap. Let’s pay a visit.

Medway family stranded in Gaza on ‘desperate hunt for food and water’ as they wait to escape into Egypt

sports

Bill Belichick could only hang his head after the Patriots' record slipped to 2-6.

Losing response by Patriots to a big win a week earlier brings questions back to the surface

EMass football: With five touchdown passes against Greater Lawrence, Cathedral’s Treyvon Fields headlines Players of the Week

Danilo Gallinari eager to show Celtics what they’re missing after they traded him to the Wizards

business

Forsyth Board Chairwoman Elyse Cherry shook hands with Dr. Raymond Cohlmia, executive director of the American Dental Association.

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

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

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

politics

President Biden.

Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a two-state solution after the war ends

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?

Nation

A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Oct. 24, near Jacumba, Calif.

As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum

Illinois man to appear in court on hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son

Court arguments begin in effort to bar Trump from presidential ballot under ‘insurrection’ clause

World

In Acapulco, Mexico, families began to bury the dead following Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast Tuesday, while more resources were arriving as searchers recovered more bodies from the harbor.

Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48, missing now number 36 as search and recovery work continues

Netanyahu finds himself at war in Gaza and at home

Nazis in Canada? A secret list with answers may soon be released.

opinion

Henry Santana, an at-large candidate for Boston City Council, posed for a portrait on Oct. 4 at the Alice H. Taylor Apartments, where he grew up.

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

A before-and-after project from Epoch Preservation, a gravestone restoration business from the North Shore.

Epoch Preservation uses artistry and attention to detail to bring historical gravestones back to life

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy

I’m sober — and lonely

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

Diane Mehta will read as part of the Arrowsmith Fall Book Launch.

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

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

Matthew Perry shown in 2015.

In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface

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

Amazon to reboot ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

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. Brustein founded the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1966 and the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge about 14 years later.

Robert Brustein, influential founder of American Repertory Theater, dies at 96

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

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