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Carlos Aramayo, president of Local 26, spoke at a press conference after announcing a strike authorization vote by UNITE HERE Local 26 in City Hall Plaza on Aug. 8.

Boston hotel workers go on strike, call for better wages in face of high cost of living

Nearly 900 workers across four hotels in Boston went on strike on Sunday morning demanding relief from “arduous workloads” and higher pay.

Mass. investigators saw a suicide. Feds saw a murder. Sandra Birchmore’s friends and family made sure no one looked away.
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged a former Stoughton police detective with killing Sandra Birchmore and then staging the scene to make her death look like a suicide.

‘Wicked Tuna’ gets canceled after 13 seasons and a tourism boom for Gloucester
The show was a phenomenon that made stars of local skippers, and the city of Gloucester. As the news of the cancellation spread, there was disappointment, but also appreciation for what "Wicked Tuna" brought to America’s oldest fishing port.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Here’s everything you need to know about the NFL’s new rules for 2024
While the “dynamic kickoff” is the most significant rule change this year, it is not the only one.

Why Week 5 or Week 8 might be a good spot for Drake Maye’s first start

A man played one of the slot machines in the MGM Springfield casino in 2019.

Are MGM Springfield and Encore Boston casinos up for sale? Don’t bet the house on it.

As online sports betting shakes up the gambling landscape, speculation has swirled about the fate of the two resort casinos.

Rents are high, vacancies are low. Yep, it’s another September in Boston.
Already one of the country’s priciest rental markets, Boston is seeing rents keep climbing even as other cities cool off.

On the front lines of Boston’s Sept. 1 weekend moving chaos

Water at a Mass. state hospital has been undrinkable for years
A project to get the sprawling Tewksbury campus clean water won't be finished until next year.

Israel recovers the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin
The Israeli military has identified the bodies of six hostages recovered from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip and says their militant captors killed them shortly before Israeli forces could rescue them.

Who were the 6 hostages whose bodies the Israeli military recovered from Gaza?

How much has EV charging improved in New England? We hit the road to find out (and try the best ice cream shops).
The goal was to log a full day on the road in a Tesla Cybertruck and a Rivian SUV — but no road trip is complete without some sugary pit stops.

Trump-RFK Jr. alliance resurrects debate over COVID restrictions, vaccine skepticism in 2024 campaign

With the 2024 presidential election set to be decided by razor-thin margins in a handful of states, Trump and his team are betting that winning over Kennedy supporters could help push them to victory.

See updates from the 2024 campaign trail

Harris calls Trump’s appearance at Arlington a ‘political stunt’ that ‘disrespected sacred ground’

Trauma-informed tattoo artists combine ink with empathy
The trend of mindful tattoo practices in Greater Boston turns pain into art.

A sampling of hairstyles that make the cut: From left, Keegan Vieira, 14, and Warren Yuen, 17, shown in Boston, and a blowout with taper by barber Jahsief Tucker at Springfield's Final Touch Barber Shop.

From fades to flows, what are the best hairstyles for guys this fall? We asked the experts: barbers and teenage boys.

With school starting, there’s a fresh crop of cuts, and barbers are doing everything they can to keep up.

Harold Burnham lowered the jib aboard the Ardelle, which he built in 2011. Burnham is the 11th generation of a legendary shipbuilding family who revitalized the tradition of building, and sailing, huge wooden schooners.

Schooner-building was a part of Essex history. Then Harold Burnham came along.

After an audacious career building massive wooden sailboats the old-fashioned way, the 40th anniversary of the Gloucester Schooner Festival has Harold Burnham looking back to his accomplishments, and ahead to his boldest idea yet.

STOW, MA - 9/5/2020 - Conrad Gees (cq) with his bag of Akane applesat Honey Pot Hill Orchards, Apple picking . Pick-your-own apple orchards are a great destination for families. during the Pandemic. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

10 of the best orchards for apple picking in New England this fall

It's never too early to plan your annual apple picking excursion. Here's a list of top apple orchards for 2024.

Opinion

Flowers were laid at the site of a June fatal accident at the intersection of Hampshire Street and Portland Street in Cambridge.

A Cambridge peace deal between cyclists and drivers

Two fatal collisions this summer between trucks and cyclists reinforced the importance of safety measures. The question is how.

The high cost of letting people evade transit fares

(Almost) everything I know about life, I learned from ‘The Rockford Files’

IDEAS | Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

The Palestinian story I wish I could have told at the Democratic convention

CARTOONS | SAGE STOSSEL

Rediscovering the joy of biking in Boston

Best of the Best

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe on the left and the Fenway Victory Garden at right.

We put together a list of the best things to do in Boston. Readers had their own ideas.

Cambridge, MA. 11/15/22 - Pepperoni pizza at Si Cara restaurant in Central Square. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Kara Baskin) Topic:(20qb)

Regina, Si Cara, and 6 more places to find Boston’s best pizza

James Hook

The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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More recent News

What to know about upcoming MBTA shutdowns and progress on slow zones as Red Line riders brace for longest closure
As the T has worked to rid the system of slow zones, many commuters have reported their trains feel faster and smoother.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

A look at what’s at stake during the final month of the baseball season
Four of the six divisions remain very much in play as the season hits the homestretch, as are the byes into the Division Series.

The wreckage of a helicopter missing in Russia’s far east is located and 17 bodies found
All those on board are presumed to have died, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said.

‘We thought somebody would do something.’ Carney and Nashoba hospitals close their doors, in a piercing loss for their communities.
The two hospitals were set to shut their doors Saturday morning after Steward Health Care said it received no qualified bids.

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
A small number of children in Gaza received vaccine doses a day before the large-scale rollout and limited pauses in the fighting agreed to by Israel and the U.N. World Health Organization.

NHL

‘You were perfect’: Johnny Gaudreau’s wife, Meredith, honors late husband on social media
“Thank you for the best years of my life,” Meredith Gaudreau wrote on Instagram after her husband was killed by an alleged drunk driver in New Jersey.

Johnny Gaudreau was an on-ice wizard who scored goals the way no one else did

Recommended reads

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton.

Boston Medical Center confirms takeover of St. Elizabeth’s, Good Samaritan hospitals

The deals augur the end of Steward Health Care’s troubled time in Massachusetts.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

The cool shapes of Vermont’s Cold Hollow
David Stromeyer's work has been displayed by the Smithsonian, but he prefers the wide-open space of northern Vermont for his massive sculptures.

In Massachusetts, the once-thriving beer biz is losing its fizz
New England breweries are facing a sobering truth: Craft beer is no longer the hopped-up industry it once was. Why did the buzz fade away?

‘A hidden secret.’ What you need to know about the surprisingly hot primary battle for the Governor’s Council.
Fourteen Democrats are vying in Tuesday’s primary for one of the eight seats on the council, a long-ignored, sometimes-ridiculed body with roots in the Colonial era.

Culture & Lifestyle

A sampling of hairstyles that make the cut: From left, Keegan Vieira, 14, and Warren Yuen, 17, shown in Boston, and a blowout with taper by barber Jahsief Tucker at Springfield's Final Touch Barber Shop.

From fades to flows, what are the best hairstyles for guys this fall? We asked the experts: barbers and teenage boys.

Bradley Whitford and Cheryl Hines.

In this corner, Bradley Whitford; in that corner, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Troy Kotsur (left) and Marlee Matlin in "CODA."

Marlee Matlin to join the ‘American Masters’ roster

Goose performs at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Sept. 2-4.

New England’s jam band legacy is in good hands with Goose

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

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Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Glenn Loury in Providence on May 7.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Glenn Loury wrestles with contradictions on race and in his own life

It was a bit disconcerting to see CNN label Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as “happy warriors,” because joy and happiness mongers have a decidedly mixed record in American politics.

Democrats are choosing joy. How much of it can one nation endure?

Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy announces the arrest of former Stoughton Police officer Matthew Farwell at a press conference on Wednesday.

Did state and local authorities fail Sandra Birchmore?

People held Palestinian flags during a protest outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21.

IDEAS | Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

The Palestinian story I wish I could have told at the Democratic convention

Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers worked to rebuild a house damaged by fire and flooding in Brookfield, Vt., on Aug. 13.

Religion is America’s mighty engine of charitable goodness

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Boston hotel workers go on strike, call for better wages in face of high cost of living

Nearly 900 workers across four hotels in Boston went on strike on Sunday morning demanding relief from “arduous workloads” and higher pay.

Luis is outgoing and inquisitive

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

Water at a Mass. state hospital has been undrinkable for years

A project to get the sprawling Tewksbury campus clean water won't be finished until next year.

Mass. investigators saw a suicide. Feds saw a murder. Sandra Birchmore’s friends and family made sure no one looked away.

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged a former Stoughton police detective with killing Sandra Birchmore and then staging the scene to make her death look like a suicide.

Sports

LSU' Will Campbell (center) is considered one of the best left tackles in college football.

Patriots mailbag: Thinking of the 2025 draft, offensive line woes, and more

Who are the best offensive linemen in college football that the Patriots could target next April?

Cooper Criswell tossed 3⅓ innings in his last start against the Blue Jays on Tuesday, giving up one run and five hits in the 6-3 win.

Red Sox at Tigers | 1:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 137: Red Sox at Tigers lineups and notes

Cooper Criswell will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to take the rubber match in Sunday's matinee at Detroit.

No.1 Jannik Sinner won the first five games, and 21 of the first 29 points, as the Italian dominated Christopher O'Connell in a straight-set victory Saturday at the US Open in New York.

Jannik Sinner never gives US Open opponent hope of an upset like Djokovic, Alcaraz

The Italian No. 1 seed completely overwhelmed his third-round opponent on Saturday, Chris O’Connell, in a straight-set win.

REAL SALT LAKE 2, REVOLUTION 0

Coming off one of their best showings of the season, Revolution fall flat against Real Salt Lake

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With rosters expanding, Red Sox recall Enmanuel Valdez and Chase Shugart from Triple A Worcester

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Tabor slugger Bella Nugent walks off a winner in A Shot for Life Home Run Derby

Business

Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work

More than 40,000 hotel workers nationwide have been locked in difficult contract negotiations with major hotel chains over demands for higher wages and a reversal of service and staffing cuts.

Are MGM Springfield and Encore Boston casinos up for sale? Don’t bet the house on it.

As online sports betting shakes up the gambling landscape, speculation has swirled about the fate of the two resort casinos.

Rents are high, vacancies are low. Yep, it’s another September in Boston.

How much has EV charging improved in New England? We hit the road to find out (and try the best ice cream shops).

magazine

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe on the left and the Fenway Victory Garden at right.

Best of the Best

We put together a list of the best things to do in Boston. Readers had their own ideas.

From coffee milk to cheese-less pizza, why are Rhode Island’s iconic foods so weird?

The Kancamagus Highway in peak foliage season.

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during peak foliage season

STOW, MA - 9/5/2020 - Conrad Gees (cq) with his bag of Akane applesat Honey Pot Hill Orchards, Apple picking . Pick-your-own apple orchards are a great destination for families. during the Pandemic. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

10 of the best orchards for apple picking in New England this fall

metro

Harvard University student Avery Gardner (left) picked up a mattress she found on Facebook Marketplace from Becca Miller (Right).

On the front lines of Boston’s Sept. 1 weekend moving chaos

The cool shapes of Vermont’s Cold Hollow

‘Wicked Tuna’ gets canceled after 13 seasons and a tourism boom for Gloucester

sports

Former Holy Cross quarterback Matthew Sluka enjoyed a fine Mountain West debut.

UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka picks up where he left off at Holy Cross, leading his team to a big win

Former Boston College running back Pat Garwo leads Nevada past Troy with two touchdowns

Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round pick, shot during attempted robbery, San Francisco mayor says

business

The California State Capitol in Sacramento, on Aug. 5.

California lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes, protect workers and regulate AI

For generations of Alaskans, a livelihood is under threat

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

politics

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an event, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024.

Follow live presidential campaign updates

Trump-RFK Jr. alliance resurrects debate over COVID restrictions, vaccine skepticism in 2024 campaign

Harris calls Trump’s appearance at Arlington a ‘political stunt’ that ‘disrespected sacred ground’

Nation

At least seven people died and 37 were injured in a bus crash in Mississippi.

Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37

JD Vance’s combative style confounds voters but pleases Trump

For generations of Alaskans, a livelihood is under threat

World

This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat, who were held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Sept. 1, the Hostages Families Forum announced their deaths while in Hamas captivity.

Who were the 6 hostages whose bodies the Israeli military recovered from Gaza?

Israel recovers the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause

opinion

In "Dining across the divide," the conversations are addictively interesting, as is the range of pairings.

‘Dining across the divide’ is a model for having difficult conversations

(Almost) everything I know about life, I learned from ‘The Rockford Files’

German politics could take a dark turn this weekend

lifestyle

A woman looked over piles of stuff left on the curb at Gardner Street last August. It was the annual Allston Christmas as students with apartment leases ending put tons of stuff on the streets of Allston to be thrown out or found by “treasure” hunters.

An interior designer shares her tips for scouring Allston Christmas

Love Letters Classics: A proposal gets weird

In honor of World Duchenne Awareness Day, meet Connor Mullaly and his mom, Kira

food & dining

A pallet of beer from Worcester's Wormtown Brewery, which was recently acquired by Jack's Abby in Framingham, on Aug. 22.

In Massachusetts, the once-thriving beer biz is losing its fizz

Chip City Cookies comes to Harvard Square and Newbury Street, plus a Greater Boston Food Bank fund-raiser draws big-name chefs

Fast, fresh, and inviting food at Eat Greek Gyros in Somerville

travel

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is hard to miss in Cleveland — and you shouldn’t miss it.

Checking out one of Cleveland’s greatest hits: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Traveling over Labor Day weekend? Have a back-up plan for cancellations and delays, and be patient.

We picked a Florida vacation spot we’d never heard of. Turned out to be the ideal choice.

Arts

Steve Locke, "Emmett Till Memorial Sign with bullet holes," 2018. Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

At Mass MoCA, Steve Locke’s ‘the fire next time’ chills to the bone

New mural in Providence honors lost Chinatown and historic drag queen

If wind could talk: Dorchester artist’s drawing machine sparks conversation about climate change

Books

Garth Greenwell has said that the narrator of “Small Rain” is identical with the narrators of his previous novels.

Garth Greenwell’s ‘Small Rain’ examines life in a state of sickness

Salem Lit Fest, Renee Gladman Symposium, and local NEH grants

In ‘A House Restored,’ Lee McColgan used old tools to revive an ancient colonial home

Movies

Gary Cole and Ron Livingston in "Office Space."

10 movies about work to stream this Labor Day weekend

When the R is optional: Which actors aced the Boston accent? And who failed?

‘Reagan’ the movie: Just say no

Television

Bradley Whitford and Cheryl Hines.

In this corner, Bradley Whitford; in that corner, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When the R is optional: Which actors aced the Boston accent? And who failed?

‘Bob’s Burgers’ star H. Jon Benjamin shows off his jazzy side with a devilish new record

music

Josh Freese and Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters perform on stage at London Stadium on June 20, 2024 in London, England.

From Foo Fighters to Beyoncé: These artists have objected to Trump’s use of their music

New England’s jam band legacy is in good hands with Goose

‘Bob’s Burgers’ star H. Jon Benjamin shows off his jazzy side with a devilish new record

Theater/Dance

Rudy Pankow, as Romeo, and Emilia Suárez, as Juliet, in rehearsal for the ART production of "Romeo and Juliet."

Still star-cross’d

The way Romeo and Juliet move

When masks reveal as well as conceal

Health

Lifespan signed a purchase agreement to take over Morton Hospital in Taunton.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

What happens when AI picks your medical coverage

Obituaries

Michel Guérard in 2001

Michel Guérard, a pioneer of low-calorie, full-flavor food, dies at 91

Rapper Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage in Connecticut

Alastair Carruthers, 79, dies; pioneered the cosmetic use of botox