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Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict

Before Iran’s attack, Israel had landed a series of blows in recent weeks against Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon.
2024 Election

Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’

Tim Walz’s pithy digs have drawn attention to what it means to be “Minnesota nice,” a cultural stereotype that refers to how Minnesotans are unfailingly polite and kind.
Walz and Vance will meet for vice-presidential debate in New York. Follow live campaign updates.
Analysis | James Pindell

Walz was chosen for the moment. Vance, for the movement. How it will play out in the VP debate.

The pair of candidates may give entirely different answers during their debate because they have very different mandates.
Weather Focus

Helene was a 1-in-1,000 year event in some places in the Southeast. What weather conditions set the stage?

Helene was colossal and the ninth strongest hurricane to make a direct strike on Florida since 1900. Damage was especially devastating in mountain communities in North Carolina.
Rescuers search for survivors in N.C. mountains days after Helene’s deluge

The Port of Boston is closed due to the dockworkers strike. Here’s what it means for the economy.

The shutdown of ports could take a significant toll on companies that depend on access to international markets. It could also lead to product shortages and higher prices.
sports media

NESN’s Sophia Jurksztowicz is taking a leave of absence from Bruins broadcasts

The studio host did not specify a reason for her leave, merely stating that she needs "to take time away from work."
GETTING SALTY

As America’s Test Kitchen celebrates 25 years, its chief content officer shares its top recipe

Dan Souza opens up about his favorite condiment and home-cooking advice. "I’m a huge fan of preserved lemons."

Green Line train derails near Lechmere Station, according to Cambridge Fire Department

All passengers were removed from the train and several people were evaluated for non-life-threatening injuries, said the fire department in an X post.

Governor Healey plans to immediately implement new gun law, stopping opponents from suspending it

The move by Healey dashes the hopes of gun rights activists who for weeks have scrambled to gather tens of thousands of signatures to suspend it.

N.H. gun owners can carry firearms without a license. What happens when they bring their guns to Mass.?

Somerville opened a $260m high school three years ago. Bunsen burners in its science labs can’t be used.
"Bubbling up a vat of whatever in your high school chemistry class" is a key rite of passage for many, said a school committee member. "I really want that experience for our students."

Brookline man dead after motorcycle crash in Coolidge Corner in Brookline, officials say

A 31-year-old man died after colliding with a car that was fully stopped in traffic, authorities said.

Parents accused of harassing transgender teen in N.H. sue school district over free speech

The plaintiffs were issued “no trespass” orders after wearing pink “XX” wristbands on the sidelines of a high school soccer game.

Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont’s Catholic Church files for bankruptcy

A realtor was about to show a house when police confronted him. A judge has ruled that his lawsuit can move forward.

Many Harvard professors and students afraid to speak their minds, according to new report

Boston hotel workers threaten all-out strike

The workers’ union has given the companies until Friday to reach an agreement for higher pay and stable staffing levels.

Court battle looms over whether to release a young beaver from a Chelmsford animal facility

The founder of a Chelmsford animal rescue said the state ordered her to release the beaver into the wild, a move she says would put the 2-year-old critter's life at serious risk as winter nears.
TARA SULLIVAN

While WNBA players shine on the court, league leaders continue to stumble off of it

The conversation, much as it has all season, has veered away from the on-court product and into uglier areas, and the most recent example comes from the Players Association.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy

Trump calls for 100 percent tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

On immigration, Kamala Harris and Democrats walk a delicate — and harder — line

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch.
Opinion
HEATHER HOPP-BRUCE

10 unsolved, creepy, or just weird Boston archaeological oddities

An interactive guide to 10 uniquely odd discoveries from underneath the streets of Boston.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Kamala Harris is ready. And America, perhaps, is ready too.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Great Trumpkin confronts the gender gap
JEFF JACOBY

To fix the filibuster, bring it back
Eric A. Friedman

How the Celtics could protest a cruel war in Sudan

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘It doesn’t matter what you wear, because you look good’: In Boston, Dominican-owned salons and barbershops are plenty
Dominican-owned salons and barbershops, which cut all kinds of hair, have become popular stops for people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Does 'the Latino vote' even exist?
WATCH: Reporter Esmy Jimenez said, "I don’t think it even exists." She makes her case to political reporter James Pindell.

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year
The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the US.

More recent News

John Deaton, Elizabeth Warren’s GOP challenger, says she misled voters on his abortion-rights stance
John Deaton, who challenged Senator Elizabeth Warren to five debates, said the Senator “doesn’t want people to learn who I am."

Warren presses Stop & Shop on grocery prices after study shows differences across neighborhoods

Mass. oceanographer Benjamin Van Mooy selected as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow
Van Mooy's research explores how tiny marine organisms called plankton affect the cycling of essential nutrients.

This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists, and storytellers

innovation beat
Can a luxury EV eliminate range anxiety?
The newest Rivian SUV gave Globe reporter Aaron Pressman — mostly — a glimpse of a more perfect, more climate-friendly transportation future, though with one glitch at the end.

Crane Beach in Ipswich will remain closed to swimmers through October after more shark sightings

The beach has been closed to swimmers since Sept. 17.

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

“That show ["Good Times"] was the closest depiction in reality to life as an African American family living in those circumstances as it could be,” Mr. Amos said in 2021.

Another cannabis dispensary is coming to Back Bay. Some residents are smoking mad.

The unanimous approval came over sharp objections from residents and business owners who say the concentration of pot shops is excessive and detracts from the neighborhood’s quality of life.

After bungling financial aid process, the Education Department begins testing new FAFSA

Congress had mandated the department streamline the application to deliver more money to college students, but technical glitches and bureaucratic delays prevented many students from completing the FAFSA and receiving timely aid offers this year.

Brighton Marine wins ruling against Steward on military health plan contract

The Boston nonprofit can remove Steward as administrator of health plan covering 15,000 current and former military service members and their families.

Heywood Healthcare emerges from bankruptcy

The health system includes Heywood Hospital, a 134-bed acute care hospital in Gardner, Athol Hospital, Heywood Medical Group, and eight satellite facilities in the state.

Recommended reads

Dan Shaughnessy

Pete Rose was crude and rough around the edges, but his love for baseball was evident every game

Rose could play many positions and had more hits than anyone, but his apparent gambling addiction kept him out of the Hall of Fame.

North toward hope
This nonprofit couldn’t fill its caregiver roles. Then migrants from Haiti arrived.
A Marlborough developmental disabilities provider filled dozens of vacant jobs by hiring new arrivals from three local shelters. But it didn’t come easily.

CVS to cut 2,900 jobs and is reportedly mulling a breakup
The layoffs will be focused on corporate jobs, not frontline pharmacy, retail, or distribution workers, but more dramatic changes could be coming soon.

It’s official: Steward is out of the Mass. hospital business
Six hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts are now in the hands of new, nonprofit owners after months of turmoil.

Culture & Lifestyle

Sustainability with style: ‘Lost and Found’ blends dance, fashion

Raise a pint: A British remake of ‘Cheers’ is in development

Every chapter in Jean Hanff Korelitz’s new book ‘The Sequel’ is named after someone else’s sequel

Local filmmaker buys Arlington International Film Festival from cofounders

Special Projects

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
HIGH & DRY

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.
Interactive map

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.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

What Boston can learn from other cities that closed schools
JEFF JACOBY

Antisemitism and the power of the big lie
RENÉE GRAHAM

Diversity is America’s greatest strength. But now a lot of people find it threatening.

Beau Breslin

Project 2025 isn’t going away
Alex Beam

Is Costco the center of the universe?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Governor Healey plans to immediately implement new gun law, stopping opponents from suspending it

The move by Healey dashes the hopes of gun rights activists who for weeks have scrambled to gather tens of thousands of signatures to suspend it.
RI BUSINESS

Providence strikes $1.5m voluntary payment deal with Lifespan

After not making a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes in three years, Lifespan has agreed to do so for at least the next two years.

Court battle looms over whether to release a young beaver from a Chelmsford animal facility

The founder of a Chelmsford animal rescue said the state ordered her to release the beaver into the wild, a move she says would put the 2-year-old critter's life at serious risk as winter nears.

A realtor was about to show a house when police confronted him. A judge has ruled that his lawsuit can move forward.

Mohamed Salem alleged that in 2018 a police detective pointed his gun at him and he was handcuffed at a house he was going to show to a client.

Sports

NFL

Lost Dolphins offense plans to stick with Tyler Huntley at quarterback against Patriots

The Dolphins are 1-3 with the NFL’s worst scoring offense. and finished with just 184 total yards on Monday. Tyreek Hill had just 23 yards receiving from Tyler Huntley, Miami’s third starting quarterback in four weeks.
WILD CARD SERIES | TIGERS 3, ASTROS 1

Tarik Skubal, Tigers stay hot, push Astros to the brink in Houston

It was a return to Houston for Detroit manager A.J. Hinch, who guided the Tigers back to the postseason with a 31-13 finish to the regular season.
REVOLUTION

Revolution’s Dylan Borrero suspended additional match following his verbal attack on referees

MLS’s announcement cited Borrero’s conduct on Sept. 21 as worthy of further punishment, specifically his “failing to leave the field in an orderly manner and using abusive and insulting language in violation of League policies.”
HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

EMass field hockey: Giving Belmont a boost, Mackenzie Clarke headlines Players of the Week
HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

EMass field hockey Top 20: Watertown, Walpole, Franklin have staying power at 1-2-3 in poll
sports media

NESN’s Sophia Jurksztowicz is taking a leave of absence from Bruins broadcasts

Business

RI BUSINESS

Providence strikes $1.5m voluntary payment deal with Lifespan

After not making a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes in three years, Lifespan has agreed to do so for at least the next two years.

‘We are winning this fight for housing’: Healey touts momentum on state zoning rules

Healey and her top housing officials, along with a group of mayors, municipal planners, and housing advocates, celebrated on Tuesday what they see as growing momentum in favor of the state’s housing efforts.

After bungling financial aid process, the Education Department begins testing new FAFSA
Larry Edelman

Brighton Marine wins ruling against Steward on military health plan contract

magazine
Globe Magazine

Should schools be able to keep students’ secrets from parents? Depends who you ask.
Cooking

It’s soup season. New ways to serve favorites including French onion soup.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 30-Oct. 6
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Tired? Here’s what science tells us about getting a better night’s sleep.

metro

Mass. oceanographer Benjamin Van Mooy selected as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow

Brookline man dead after motorcycle crash in Coolidge Corner in Brookline, officials say

John Deaton, Elizabeth Warren’s GOP challenger, says she misled voters on his abortion-rights stance

sports

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Brad Marchand believes a deal will get done with Jeremy Swayman ‘and everybody is going to move on and be fine’

Three up, three down, and three to watch for the Patriots in Week 5

business

Biden to sign bill allowing chip projects to skirt key environmental review

Boston hotel workers threaten all-out strike

This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists, and storytellers

politics

Trump rallies in Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of the vice presidential debate

Walz and Vance will meet in their first and possibly only vice presidential debate

Vance and Walz to face off in vice-presidential debate in New York

Nation

Before the floods, Asheville was called a ‘climate haven’

How Helene demolished a once-bustling North Carolina lake town

What to know about JD Vance and Project 2025

World

In a shattered Ukrainian town, a long battle nears a sudden end

Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict

Police say 6 people killed in shooting in Tel Aviv

opinion

The risk and the opportunity following the killing of Hezbollah’s leader

Why the myth about migrants smuggling fentanyl endures

Why is MCI-Framingham designated a medium-security prison?

lifestyle

‘The Giver’ author Lois Lowry on intergenerational bonds in uncertain times

How did a marathon change your romantic relationship?

I didn’t sign up for long-distance

food & dining

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

Tupperware: an appreciation

It’s soup season. New ways to serve favorites including French onion soup.

travel

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them.

Noah Kahan, Elin Hilderbrand, and Cousin Stizz share their favorite New England spots in ‘hyperlocal’ Apple Maps guides

Arts

‘Help other artists, and then other artists will help you, too,’ says Joanna Tam

Of candidates and the camera

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum reveals architecture team and designs for new center for Native American art

Books

Every chapter in Jean Hanff Korelitz’s new book ‘The Sequel’ is named after someone else’s sequel

Trident at 40!, book designs, and Maine and New Hampshire festivals

Ta-Nehisi Coates ponders inequality and injustice in ‘The Message’

Movies

Local filmmaker buys Arlington International Film Festival from cofounders

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Essential Maggie Smith movies to stream this weekend

Television

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Raise a pint: A British remake of ‘Cheers’ is in development

Conan O’Brien and John Cena appear in ‘The Simpsons’ series finale fake-out episode

music

Lady Gaga goes all-in on ‘Joker’ companion album ‘Harlequin’

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan brought the brat party to Boston with a sold-out TD Garden show

Theater/Dance

American Repertory Theater and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre announce performances

Sustainability with style: ‘Lost and Found’ blends dance, fashion

At ArtsEmerson, Dianne McIntyre’s ‘In the Same Tongue’ speaks volumes

Health

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

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Neil King Jr., who wrote of a long walk of ‘Renewal,’ dies at 65

Gavin Creel, Tony-winning musical theater actor, dies at 48