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Is Boston planning to deploy rat birth control pellets to get rid of rodents citywide? No.

At a City Council hearing, councilors discussed a Jamaica Plain rat birth control pilot program with experts, but administration officials say they need more data before exploring implementing it citywide.

‘This is the real deal here with Milton.’ Hurricane is Category 5 as Florida orders evacuations

Milton is threatening the densely populated Tampa area with a potential direct hit. Forecasters warned of a possible 8- to 12-foot storm surge and widespread flooding.
Hurricane tracker: Follow the current path of storms

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts as monster storm whips up 180-mph winds

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers charged with assault, strangulation following altercation with woman

The woman told police Peppers choked her at least six times.
2024 Election

Why are election polls all over the place, and which should you pay attention to?

There is an explosion in the number of polls — and, importantly, the style of polls — out there, making for a confusing picture for voters trying to glean a sense of how things will shake out.

How to register to vote and the key deadlines in Massachusetts

With Election Day nearing, Massachusetts voters will soon head to the polls or submit their mail-in ballots by Nov. 5, casting votes on everything from the presidential race to important local issues. Here's what to know.
Pine Street Inn wants to education Boston's homeless population on their voting rights

Trump and Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Follow live updates.

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

4 Northeastern graduate students diagnosed with chicken pox last week, university says

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs that report to Rhode Island headquarters

Huge sinkhole opens up on I-495 in Haverhill; lane closures to remain in place through Tuesday afternoon

Hasbro executives, Healey administration have been discussing potential move to Boston for at least six months

Emails outline how Hasbro CEO Christian “Chris” Cocks and Massachusetts Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao met over dinner in early April to discuss a possible move.

Tufts University suspends pro-Palestinian group after Instagram post shows people with assault rifles
A university spokesperson said the group "posted an image on their Instagram account depicting individuals with assault rifles, calling for students to ‘Join the Student Intifada!'" at an Oct. 7 rally.

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack

In Greater Boston, Oct. 7 vigils offer opportunity for reflection for Jewish community

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

After latest loss, Jerod Mayo’s backing of Jacoby Brissett doesn’t sound as forceful

The Patriots coach has stood by the veteran this season, but he said the quarterback play against Miami "wasn't good enough."
Chad Finn: Being bad is part of a rebuild. But the Patriots are getting worse. NFL Week 5: Back by Brian Flores’s defense, the Vikings are the surprise team so far
NHL Predictions

How will the Bruins fare? Who will lift the Stanley Cup? Ahead of the NHL season, our hockey writers weigh in.

The Globe staff offers up predictions ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team
Ralph de la Torre oversaw Steward's collapse. Meet the corporate board that OK'd many of his decisions.
Corporate boards are supposed to hold the CEO accountable. In Steward’s case, it did anything but, according to a new Spotlight investigation.

Read more Steward Health Care crisis coverage

‘I put the Celtics first’: One-on-one with Wyc Grousbeck about the sale, designing rings, and what’s next

The Celtics' lead owner sat down with the Globe in Abu Dhabi for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of the franchise following its 18th NBA championship.

A key housing law gets its day in court as SJC hears state’s lawsuit against Milton

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that the zoning law her staff is poised to defend before the state’s highest court is crucial to battling the region’s housing crisis.

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

In elegant dispatches from the Cape's shoreline, Mr. Finch would glimpse sea gulls at sunset and see "white eyebrows against a velvet zenith."

It’s been 20 years since the Red Sox broke the curse. Tell us your memories from the 2004 World Series.

Coming this week, the Globe will launch a podcast series called "The Curse Breakers," which goes behind the scenes on one of the greatest sports stories ever told. But first, we want to hear your stories.

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

Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and what they might cost
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

If only other problems in Mass. were as easy to solve as Nibi the beaver

Governor Maura Healey tries to find the middle ground on key issues, but it’s hard to locate. Besides, sometimes you should be willing to take up unpopular causes and stand up to powerful forces.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Beyond Trump-y: Harris’s delicate balance on immigration
Steven Pinker

How I wish Harvard taught students to talk about Israel
Anahita Dua and Brad Dickerson

Cognitive testing should be required to run for president
ALAN WIRZBICKI

Warren’s GOP challenger faults her on Cape bridges

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez
She’ll perform at CultureFest at Belleforge Arts Center in Medfield this Sunday

‘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.

More recent News

North toward hope
Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis
Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home.

Photos show the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky across New England
The aurora was the result of a massive solar flare, the strongest since 2017, that the sun unleashed late last week.

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words
The Cambridge storefront was closed by its previous operator, Fenway Health, in June.

Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state’s near-ban on abortions as the state appeals

The high court's order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they're pregnant.

RI CRIME
Providence schools hack may have affected 12,000 current and former employees
The employees are being offered free credit monitoring and identity theft coverage for five years. Officials have not yet said how much this will cost the district.

TV
Norbert Leo Butz on the secrets to playing Bill Belichick in ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’
“That stoic, kind of unemotional, mumbling guy, I thought was a real tell into who he was. I thought it was very strategic what he was doing,” Butz said.

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.

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill
A Sanctuary Cafe is a yearslong effort by Brittany Baker to open a first-of-its-kind venture on Beacon Hill that allows both felines and food under the same roof.

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.

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

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez

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

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

New Mass. gun bill faces a second lawsuit claiming it violates the US Constitution

Gino Recchia and the Bellingham gun shop he owns, Mass Armament, filed a complaint in federal court Friday, alleging that sections of the new law updating the definition of assault-style firearms run afoul of Second Amendment protections.

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts as monster storm whips up 180-mph winds

Major 12-foot storm surges and extensive flooding are forecast as Milton drives wind-driven water square into Florida’s west coast.

How to register to vote and the key deadlines in Massachusetts

With Election Day nearing, Massachusetts voters will soon head to the polls or submit their mail-in ballots by Nov. 5, casting votes on everything from the presidential race to important local issues. Here's what to know.

A key housing law gets its day in court as SJC hears state’s lawsuit against Milton

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that the zoning law her staff is poised to defend before the state’s highest court is crucial to battling the region’s housing crisis.

Sports

COLLEGES

NCAA mulls college hockey eligibility change, potentially allowing CHL ‘professionals’ onto its ice

The Canadian Hockey League’s three leagues, North America’s other top producer of NHL draft-eligible players. are categorized as professional under NCAA bylaws and their players are thus barred from competition.
SPORTS MEDIA

ESPN hires Shams Charania as its new NBA insider, replacing departed mentor and rival Adrian Wojnarowski

The 30-year-old Charania has been at The Athletic since 2018 as well as doing on-air work for Stadium and FanDuel TV. Prior to that, he was a national NBA insider for Yahoo Sports, where he once worked with Wojnarowski.
bruins notebook

Jim Montgomery not ruling out newly signed Jeremy Swayman manning Bruins net in opener against Panthers

Montgomery had named Joonas Korpisalo Tuesday's night-one starter, but that was a week ago when the chance Swayman would be available seemed remote.
ben volin | on football

NFL Week 5: Backed by Brian Flores’s defense, the Vikings are the surprise team so far
COLLEGES

Pay for play back on the way, as judge grants preliminary approval to $2.78 billion settlement between NCAA, college athletes
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

EMass boys’ soccer Top 20: Newton South soars to No. 1 ranking

Business

TALKING POINTS

Mass. businesses growing more hopeful

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

A key housing law gets its day in court as SJC hears state’s lawsuit against Milton

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that the zoning law her staff is poised to defend before the state’s highest court is crucial to battling the region’s housing crisis.

Utilities’ extreme plan to stop wildfires: shut off the power

Glynn Lloyd leads community development group into new chapter
magazine
Education Issue

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

What I learned warming the bench for my high school water polo team

Your Week Ahead

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

I gave a Mass. judge a gift. The Supreme Court could learn from his response.

metro

Huge sinkhole opens up on I-495 in Haverhill; lane closures to remain in place through Tuesday afternoon

Is Boston planning to deploy rat birth control pellets to get rid of rodents citywide? No.

4 Northeastern graduate students diagnosed with chicken pox last week, university says

sports

Longtime Bentley baseball coach and athletic director Bob DeFelice dies at 82

There’s something big happening on the Bruins’ blue line this season: Nikita Zadorov

Caitlin Clark to tee it up in LPGA pro-am at The Annika

business

Hasbro executives, Healey administration have been discussing potential move to Boston for at least six months

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs that report to Rhode Island headquarters

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

politics

Trump and Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Follow live updates.

How to register to vote and the key deadlines in Massachusetts

Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state’s near-ban on abortions as the state appeals

Nation

Overdose deaths decline sharply after years of fentanyl-fueled surges

Trump’s plans could increase US debt while raising costs for most Americans

‘This is the real deal here with Milton.’ Hurricane is Category 5 as Florida orders evacuations

World

Missile hits near Ukrainian air base as Russia expands air attacks

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack

opinion

Preserve the MCAS as a graduation requirement

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

So much talk of BPS closings. What about condition of school buildings?

lifestyle

14 things to do to get in the Halloween spirit in the Boston area

Hauntings, happenings in Salem for Halloween

Still have that crush on my boss

food & dining

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill

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

CanalSide Food + Drink sets a date; Chalawan says goodbye

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

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez

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

Books

Susan Minot plumbs the terrifying depths of erotic obsession

Danielle Trussoni recalls weekly library trips with her mother: ‘It was like paradise.’

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

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

Norbert Leo Butz on the secrets to playing Bill Belichick in ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’

Up close and personal (political, too)

This week’s TV: Cate Blanchett fends off scandal as a troubled documentarian

music

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, has died

Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

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

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, has died

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

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