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Maine briefing turns contentious as Governor Mills is pressed on prior warnings about gunman

Governor Janet Mills on Monday refused to answer repeated questions about reports that law enforcement was made aware in September of concerns surrounding the gunman.
Sheriff in Maine alerted other agencies about gunman weeks before shootings. Here’s what we know. Timeline: How the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, unfolded Complete coverage of the shootings

Sheriff alerted other agencies about gunman weeks before shootings

Photos: Lewiston copes with tragedy

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

‘We aren’t letting him take that away from us’: Lewiston bowlers say alley is like home

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire to facilitate the release of captives or end the war, which he has said will be long and difficult.
‘We’ve run out of drinking water’: Medway family describes increasingly dire situation in Gaza as war esclates Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a two-state solution after the war ends Local health care workers calling for cease-fire in Gaza hold ‘die-in’ outside Warren and Markey’s office

‘It’s smoooooth’: Riders, drivers rejoice as stretch of Red Line and Mattapan Trolley speed up after shutdown
Riders who have endured excruciatingly slow train and shuttle bus service in recent months were greeted Monday with a speedier commute as the MBTA reopened the lines between JFK/UMass and Mattapan stations after a 16-day shutdown.

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.

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says
Health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops due to the risk of infections that could lead to blindness

In District 7 City Council race, an incumbent faces off with a familiar name on the ballot
Ahead of the Nov. 7 Boston City Council election, the two District 7 candidates face a significant gap in funding and votes in the Sept. 12 preliminary election.

Gwyneth Paltrow recalls ‘magical summer’ in Massachusetts with Matthew Perry

“I hope Matthew is at peace at long last,” the actress wrote on Instagram.
Appreciation: In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface

Biden’s executive order to regulate AI draws mixed response

14-year-old worker critically injured by hayride tractor in Rhode Island

Pawtucket couple killed in their parked truck were targeted, Providence police say
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Representative Jared Golden’s reversal on assault weapons took courage

It takes courage to speak out against the misguided belief that Americans have the right to own weapons of war. That kind of courage can get you voted out of office.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The deficit has doubled — to $2 trillion. This economist says worrying about it is silly.
Kris Brown

Scapegoating mental illness is ineffective in preventing mass shootings
EDITORIAL

Transfer tax would give communities one more weapon in the housing battle
LETTERS

After Lewiston, anguish, anger, and urgency for something to be done
Odie Henderson review | ★★★1/2

‘The Holdovers’ is Payne’s paean to all the lonely people

Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph shine in this story of three shipwrecked souls at a Western Mass. prep school.

Another downtown office building sells at a sizable loss

City Realty Group last week said it has acquired a nine-story Leather District office building for $11 million, little more than half what the property last sold for in 2015.
DEVRA FIRST

These are the best and worst candies of Halloween

Remember when I sorted Halloween candy into "Best" and "Worst" buckets and not everyone was sweet about it? Well, I'm sorry but Mounds are still marvelous and Twizzlers are still terrible. Let's Take 5 to reflect on candy again.
Tell us: What do you think are the best and worst Halloween candies?

Corporate signs are proliferating on Boston office towers. Here’s why.

HarbourVest has joined a growing list of corporate names that now grace Boston’s skyline: Foundation Medicine, CarGurus, Eli Lilly, State Street, Whoop, MassMutual.

More recent News

Historic fountain in downtown Nantucket destroyed when truck slams into it, keeps driving
The downtown landmark, which dates back to 1885, was hit by a white Chevy Silverado just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Nantucket Current.

UAW reaches tentative deal with GM to end strike, concluding talks with the last of the Big Three
The GM contract would need to be approved by UAW workers and comes just days after similar tentative deals with Ford and Jeep-maker Stellantis.

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage
The Canadian news agency's investigation found a birth certificate that appears to show she was born to white parents in Stoneham.

Prosecutors identify man killed Saturday at Worcester State University

Randy Armando Melendez Jr., 19, of Southbridge, was fatally shot on Saturday morning.

Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried’s credibility at trial of FTX founder

Bankman-Fried, 31, has been on trial for the past month on charges that he defrauded his customers and investors of billions of dollars.

Former North Dakota state lawmaker charged with flying to Prague with intent to rape a minor

Ray Holmberg has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he traveled to Prague with the intent to rape a minor.
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

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NH POLITICS

Eccentric candidates ‘part of the color’ of N.H. primary process

Performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme showed up for the last day to file for New Hampshire’s presidential primary.

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.

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.

As Mass. nears deadline to cap shelter capacity, state to partner with feds to help migrants obtain work permits
State and federal Homeland Security officials will co-host a clinic the week of Nov. 13 in Middlesex County. The state will organize appointments and provide transportation for migrants from shelter sites statewide.

Culture & Lifestyle

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

Nick Lowe on Christmas music, his masked accomplices, and why he had to change his tune

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

Grupo Corpo brings Brazil back to the Shubert

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana
RENÉE GRAHAM

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate
EDITORIAL

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

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 | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

BASEBALL

Frank Howard, long the face of baseball in Washington, D.C., dies at 87

At 6-foot-7 and 255 lbs., the 'Capital Punisher' was one of the biggest players of his era, which included 44-, 48-, and 44-homer seasons for the Senators from 1968-70.
AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

Finding the center

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld helps guide us through the Labyrinth at the Armenian Heritage Park.
NH POLITICS

Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to block Trump from N.H. ballot

John Anthony Castro, a virtually unknown Republican presidential candidate, had claimed he shouldn’t have to compete with the former president in the first-in-the-nation GOP primary.

‘It’s smoooooth’: Riders, drivers rejoice as stretch of Red Line and Mattapan Trolley speed up after shutdown

Riders who have endured excruciatingly slow train and shuttle bus service in recent months were greeted Monday with a speedier commute as the MBTA reopened the lines between JFK/UMass and Mattapan stations after a 16-day shutdown.

Sports

BASEBALL

Aaron Judge wins MLB’s Roberto Clemente Award for philanthropy

The 2022 American League MVP established his All Rise Foundation in 2018. It supports youth in New York and in California’s San Joaquin and Fresno counties, near his home.
BASEBALL

Frank Howard, long the face of baseball in Washington, D.C., dies at 87

At 6-foot-7 and 255 lbs., the 'Capital Punisher' was one of the biggest players of his era, which included 44-, 48-, and 44-homer seasons for the Senators from 1968-70.
MIAA DIVISION 3 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

St. John Paul II’s Jack Carstensen and Weston boys weather every challenge to capture Division 3 golf championships

Carstensen shook off an early triple bogey for a one-stroke win over Weston's Zach Pelzar. But Pelzar and the Wildcats returned the favor by edging SJP by one shot to repeat as champion at Sterling National CC.
HS BOYS' SOCCER: TOP 20

EMass boys’ soccer: St. John’s Prep finishes regular season with No. 1 ranking in Globe Top 20
PATRIOTS

How have Bill Belichick’s Patriots approached the NFL trade deadline in years past? Let’s take a look.
MIAA GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

State girls’ volleyball tournament: A look at the seedings and matchups in 5 divisional brackets

Business

Feds give big boost to northern New England power line

Energy Department backs Twin States power line that would bring Canadian hydropower through Vermont and New Hampshire.

Under prosecution’s fire, Sam Bankman-Fried brushes off past comments

The former FTX boss dodged questions about his recollection of making claims that customer funds were in safe hands, often opting instead for: ‘’No, but I may have.’’

Google CEO says tech giant has improved the web for all consumers

Biden’s executive order to regulate AI draws mixed response
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 briefing turns contentious as Governor Mills is pressed on prior warnings about gunman

14-year-old worker critically injured by hayride tractor in Rhode Island

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

sports

NFL Week 8: Everything that went right is suddenly going wrong for the 49ers

Celtics at Wizards: Kristaps Porzingis looks to continue his hot start against his former team

Bill Belichick discusses the trade deadline, NFL officiating, and the future of Kyle Dugger

business

UAW announces deal with General Motors that tentatively ends strikes against Detroit automakers

The Federal Reserve isn’t sure where the economy going

As Harvard feels the heat from donors, how much influence should they have on campus?

politics

Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to block Trump from N.H. ballot

Local health care workers calling for cease-fire in Gaza hold ‘die-in’ outside Warren and Markey’s office

President Biden signs sweeping executive order on AI safeguards

Nation

Former North Dakota state lawmaker charged with flying to Prague with intent to rape a minor

Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son

Court arguments begin on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause

World

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

‘We’ve run out of drinking water’: Medway family describes increasingly dire situation in Gaza as war escalates

Israel expands ground assault as Israel-Hamas War continues

opinion

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

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers

Investor eyed Boston. Then he considered his workers’ housing costs.

lifestyle

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

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

food & dining

These are the best and worst candies of Halloween

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

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

Puzzling a way out in Indigenous Connecticut

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

Superfan or dilettante?

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

Movies

‘The Holdovers’ is Payne’s paean to all the lonely people

For ‘Cosplay Dad,’ Rhode Island Comic Con is a place for full expression

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

Television

Fellowes’s ‘The Gilded Age’ isn’t the gold standard, but it’s plenty rich

Gwyneth Paltrow recalls ‘magical summer’ in Massachusetts with Matthew Perry

This week’s TV: ‘All the Light’ premieres, David Oyelowo is ‘Bass Reeves,’ and the Rock Hall of Fame ceremony goes live

music

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

Nick Lowe on Christmas music, his masked accomplices, and why he had to change his tune

Theater/Dance

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

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

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

Health

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

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

Obituaries

Frank Howard, long the face of baseball in Washington, D.C., dies at 87

Climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who emphasized helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71

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