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Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators block Storrow Drive, march on Israeli consulate

Thousands of protesters supporting Palestinians and Lebanon crowded around the Parkman Bandstand around 1 p.m. before marching onto Charles and Beacon then northward to Storrow Drive.

Photos: Pro-Palestinian protestors march in Boston

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered on Sunday afternoon, blocking Storrow Drive and parts of Beacon Hill before reaching the Israeli consulate.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish

Many in New England affected by the Israel-Hamas war have experienced deep emotions: helplessness, hopelessness, depression, stress. There is, they said, a malaise they can’t shake.
Israelis, scarred and battling on multiple fronts, mark a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Dolphins 15, Patriots 10

Tara Sullivan
If not Sunday for Drake Maye, or for the punchless Patriots offense, when?
“Look, Jacoby [Brissett] is out there trying to do what we’ve asked him to do from the start,” coach Jerod Mayo said. “He’s taking some big hits, and his toughness continues to show up. Execution from the entire offense has to be better.”

State of the Patriots
Patriots needed to beat woeful Dolphins, and now must endure more calls for changes

Between the hashmarks
Inches separate Ja’Lynn Polk, Patriots from last-second touchdown, victory

2024 Election

Trump’s speeches, increasingly angry and rambling, reignite the question of age

With Biden out of the race, Trump, at 78, is now the oldest major party nominee for president in history and would be the oldest president ever if he wins and finishes another term at 82.
See the latest news on the presidential campaign
Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, regulators are worried about the cannabis industry getting too high

Vermont's pot industry has been so successful that regulators are putting on the brakes.

Andover meteorologist finds $26,000 gold statue hidden in the woods of Western Mass.

The letter X didn’t mark the spot when Dan Leonard found a $26,000 solid-gold trophy hidden in Wendell State Forest. Instead, it was the Andover meteorologist’s knowledge of clouds that led him to the treasure.

It’s Massachusetts vs. Milton at the state’s high court on Monday

A lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell challenges the town of Milton after voters there shot down a zoning plan that could’ve cleared the way for hundreds of new housing units.

Boston hotel workers strike outside major Hilton hotels

An estimated 600 workers will strike at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza and the Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotels, according to a statement from the hotel workers’ union.

A hero’s return in Stoughton for Olympic medalist Frederick Richard
Entering the building to fanfare from Stoughton High’s marching band and cheerleaders, Frederick quickly saw several of his teachers from the Dawe Elementary School waving his old school photos, and wrapped them in an embrace.

Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas
Florida is gearing up for what could be a massive evacuation not seen since 2017 as Hurricane Milton strengthens over warm waters.

US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a ‘truly dangerous narrative’

Police investigating double homicide, suicide, in Bath, Maine

Lisa Bailey and her daughter, Jennifer, were found suffering from gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead, officials said. Their alleged killer was identified as Michael Bailey, husband to Lisa and father of Jennifer.

Parents fight in stands at Saugus youth football game, leading to cancellation

A fight between parents at a youth football game in Saugus on Sunday morning caused that game and the others on the day’s roster to be canceled and prompted an apology from Saugus Youth Football and Cheer.

Drag queen story hour at Somerville Public Library canceled after bomb threat

The threat came in around the time that the story hour was set to begin Saturday afternoon at the city's central library, according to a city official.

Porter Square Books begins its move down the road with the help of a human chain

Neighborhood staple Porter Square Books is relocating 1,000 feet down Massachusetts Avenue to a more spacious home inside Lesley University’s University Hall.

Officers de-escalate potential ‘suicide-by-cop’ incident in Dorchester, Boston police say
Celtics 130, Nuggets 104

Joe Mazzulla got what he wanted out of the Celtics’ preseason games in Abu Dhabi, and other observations

In their second preseason game in Abu Dhabi, Jaylen Brown scored 21 points and Jayson Tatum had 17 as Boston easily defeated Denver.
kevin paul dupont | on hockey

The contract is signed, but Jeremy Swayman and Bruins leave more questions than answers about negotiations

Swayman got what he wanted, at least enough of it, and the Bruins got what they needed, a young netminder who one day could be ranked among the NHL’s elite goalies.
Contract impasse ends with Bruins signing goalie Jeremy Swayman to eight-year extension
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Ralph de la Torre may be out at Steward, but the corporate board behind him is still in charge

Corporate boards are supposed to hold the CEO accountable. In Steward’s case, it did anything but, according to a new Spotlight investigation.
Share your thoughts on this story Read more Steward Health Care crisis coverage

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene, and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks

Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security

Marijuana, the death penalty, and fracking: Harris’s changing positions on key issues

Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?
Opinion
ENDORSEMENT

Preserve the MCAS as a graduation requirement

Schools in Massachusetts are the envy of the nation. But Question 2 threatens one of the foundations of the state’s success.
H. R. McMaster

H. R. McMaster: Donald Trump and the war with ourselves
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The end of our political deadlock
IDEAS | JEFF HOWE

A rare challenge to the machine in our one-party state
RENÉE GRAHAM

Pete Rose and Dikembe Mutombo were great athletes. Only one of them was a great man.

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

Three stabbed in fight outside Lynn home, police say

When they arrived at a home on Willow Street in Lynn, police found three victims suffering from “knife related wounds” and learned that a fight had broken out outside the home, an official said.

One dead, one seriously injured in single-car crash in N.H., officials say

A 2024 Hyundai Elantra was traveling southeast when it failed to negotiate a curve, causing the compact car to veer off the pavement and strike a utility trailer that was parked on the side of the road, New Hampshire State Police said.

Thieves are targeting iPhone deliveries in Boston suburbs, police say

A wave of iPhone thefts by bandits who sometimes dress as Amazon drivers and ride mopeds tailing delivery drivers is washing across the state, and police in communities west of Boston are warning residents to take extra precautions when expecting packages.

LOVE LETTERS
Still have that crush on my boss
So … she’s saying there’s a chance?

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 85 years of ministry
Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Dorchester celebrated 85 years of ministry last week with a revival that concluded Sunday with two services led by guest ministers and a community dinner.

julian benbow | on basketball
The Sun made necessary adjustments to beat Lynx in Game 4. Now they’ll lean on experience in decisive Game 5.
The biggest adjustment was reinserting Ty Harris into the starting lineup, an she responded with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range.

Recommended reads

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list

Who tops the list? A few names you might recognize.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.
The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

Boston Medical Center is charting its post-Steward future — with two new hospitals in tow
Now comes the hard part: making sure the troubled hospitals it rescued — St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton and Good Samaritan in Brockton — will actually survive.

Work to begin on upgrades to Memorial Drive in Cambridge following cyclist’s death
The death heightened attention on the dangerous stretch where, for years, elected officials and advocates had pleaded with the state to make changes.

Culture & Lifestyle

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

Peabody native Alex Serino to play Albus Potter in ‘Cursed Child’ on Broadway

$5 ferry ride, new ‘Friends’ trivia, and a Cambridge dance party: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

Look, don’t touch? Not at Ashburnham’s Frederick Historical Piano Collection.

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

IDEAS | Jason Blakely

My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts.
IDEAS | HEATHER HOPP-BRUCE

Looking for America
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Harris can’t snap her fingers and restore abortion rights. Here’s what she can do instead.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Vance tried to sane-wash Trump’s autocracy. Walz didn’t let him.
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts State Police training stuck in a time warp
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, regulators are worried about the cannabis industry getting too high

Vermont's pot industry has been so successful that regulators are putting on the brakes.

Thieves are targeting iPhone deliveries in Boston suburbs, police say

A wave of iPhone thefts by bandits who sometimes dress as Amazon drivers and ride mopeds tailing delivery drivers is washing across the state, and police in communities west of Boston are warning residents to take extra precautions when expecting packages.

Christopher Ciccone, who dished about his sister Madonna, dies at 63

Mr. Ciccone devoted himself to his older sister Madonna but later, after feeling cast aside, wrote a memoir chronicling experiences that he described as “abuse.”

Andover meteorologist finds $26,000 gold statue hidden in the woods of Western Mass.

The letter X didn’t mark the spot when Dan Leonard found a $26,000 solid-gold trophy hidden in Wendell State Forest. Instead, it was the Andover meteorologist’s knowledge of clouds that led him to the treasure.

Sports

NBA

LeBron and son Bronny James make history by playing together in preseason game for the Lakers

LeBron and Bronny are the first father and son to play in any NBA game at the same time, let alone on the same team.
PADRES 10, DODGERS 2

Fans interrupt Padres’ drubbing of Dodgers that evens NL Division Series

Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed trash that caused a lengthy delay.
julian benbow | on basketball

The Sun made necessary adjustments to beat Lynx in Game 4. Now they’ll lean on experience in decisive Game 5.

The biggest adjustment was reinserting Ty Harris into the starting lineup, an she responded with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
Ben Volin | Instant analysis

Sloppy loss to the Dolphins is another poor reflection on Patriots coach Jerod Mayo
State of the Patriots

Patriots needed to beat woeful Dolphins, and now must endure more calls for changes
Between the hashmarks

Inches separate Ja’Lynn Polk, Patriots from last-second touchdown, victory

Business

As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years.

US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.

Boston hotel workers strike outside major Hilton hotels

Porter Square Books begins its move down the road with the help of a human chain
magazine
Education Issue

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

Blind date: ‘I walked her to where she was parked and asked, “Handshake or hug?”’
Education Issue

‘Please, stop doing this.’ Why we need to finally ban phones from schools.
MISS CONDUCT

My aunt brings nothing but demands to our family’s holiday gatherings

metro

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 85 years of ministry

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators temporarily blocked Storrow Drive during Sunday march

Drag queen story hour at Somerville Public Library canceled after bomb threat

sports

If not Sunday for Drake Maye, or for the punchless Patriots offense, when?

Steelers and Cowboys gets started nearly 90 minutes late as thunderstorms disrupt Sunday Night Football

Rookie report: Dell Pettus fills void in shorthanded Patriots secondary

business

It’s Massachusetts vs. Milton at the state’s high court on Monday

Entabeni Systems to buy Black Mountain Ski Area, transition to community-based ownership model

As housing battles brew, business leaders join the push to build more

politics

Supreme Court taking the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7

Nation

US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas

What to know about fighting in Lebanon and Gaza

World

Israelis, scarred and battling on multiple fronts, mark a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world on the eve of Oct. 7 anniversary

Pope names 21 new cardinals, significantly increasing the pool who will one day elect his successor

opinion

The Election Issue: Harris, Trump, and what comes next

¿Puede EE.UU. sostener la “Gran Deportación” de Trump?

The price tag of mass deportations? $315 billion

lifestyle

Still have that crush on my boss

New ‘The Rabbis Go South’ podcast follows civil rights solidarity demonstrated in 1964 Florida

$5 ferry ride, new ‘Friends’ trivia, and a Cambridge dance party: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

food & dining

Tenoch brings tortas, tacos, and (soon) margaritas to Harvard Square’s Garage

CanalSide Food + Drink sets a date; Chalawan says goodbye

In appreciation of Tupperware: It burps, it stores, it deserves our respect

travel

Boston hotel workers strike outside major Hilton hotels

The 2025 cruise season is almost here. So what’s new out there?

Logan Airport is climbing in customer satisfaction ratings. It still has a ways to go.

Arts

Tomashi Jackson speaks truth to painful history in ‘Across the Universe’ at Tufts Art Galleries

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

Of candidates and the camera

Books

Porter Square Books begins its move down the road with the help of a human chain

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter Two

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter One

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 7-20

‘White Bird’ fails to take flight

For subjects and viewers, ‘Blink’ is a story to remember

Television

Nate Bargatze returns as George Washington in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, Coldplay performs

‘Bad Monkey,’ pretty good miniseries

These New England homes are in the running to be HGTV’s ‘Scariest House in America’

music

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 7-20

Sabrina Carpenter is all grown up. Not all of her fans are.

Theater/Dance

Peabody native Alex Serino to play Albus Potter in ‘Cursed Child’ on Broadway

‘Nassim’ challenges an actor to perform a play they haven’t read before

Four characters in search of the present in ‘Now. Here. This.’

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

Christopher Ciccone, who dished about his sister Madonna, dies at 63

Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, dead at 77

David Burnham, Times reporter who exposed police graft, dies at 91