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Texans 41, Patriots 21

Drake Maye (right) connected with Hunter Henry (foreground) for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Instant analysis

The Patriots lost big, but Drake Maye’s performance gives them a glimmer of hope

The rookie's first career touchdown pass was a beauty, a perfect 40-yard bomb to Kayshon Boutte in stride that was maybe the best pass by a Patriots quarterback since Tom Brady left in 2020.

Watch: See every one of Drake Maye’s three TD passes in his first career start Rookie report: Drake Maye shines, while Ja’Lynn Polk has another tough day

Texans star C.J. Stroud on Drake Maye’s first Patriots start: ‘He’ll just get better and better’
Stroud, who was complimentary of Maye ahead of April's draft, was impressed by the rookie's first start.

‘You should feel like crap:’ What Jerod Mayo said after Patriots’ loss
New England's coach didn't mince words after his team's loss to the Texans.

See how the game unfolded

2024 Election

From the pulpit, Harris calls out Trump for hurricane misinformation, as Biden surveys Florida’s damage
Harris spoke at the church about the hurricanes, alluding to the misinformation that some are spreading about the federal government’s response.

Follow live presidential campaign updates

GOP seizes on hurricane misinformation, seeking edge in battleground Georgia

Why is Trump gaining with Black and Hispanic voters?

Democrats to fly pro-Harris messages over NFL games

From left: Bowen Yang, host Ariana Grande, and musical guest Stevie Nicks during Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

Ariana Grande hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Stevie Nicks performs

Check out some videos of the highlights from Saturday night’s show.

8 unforgettable Boston skits and moments from ‘Saturday Night Live’

One Dalton puts $35 million penthouse on market. A sale would be the priciest in the building’s history.
The featured unit up for grabs is a 7,256-square-foot duplex penthouse with four bedrooms, six bathrooms, and sprawling views of Boston and the Charles River.

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at the State House last year to support for their right to unionize.

Uber, Lyft ballot measure leaves labor movement divided

Question 3 would allow drivers to organize as independent contractors. But could this hurt the fight for employment rights throughout the gig economy?

Explore the full results of the Suffolk/Globe poll on ballot questions, the presidential race, and more

Left: Henry Moore, "Working Model for Standing Figure Knife Edge," 1961; right: Georgia O'Keeffe, "Red Tree, Yellow Sky," 1952. At "Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore," an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

At the MFA, ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore’ revels in rhyme not reason

An elegant display at the MFA makes a priority of looking — and looking past the biographies of two 20th-century titans.

A meteorologist’s guide to New England’s best leaf peeping this fall
New England is home to arguably the best fall foliage in the country, and now's the time to immerse yourself in nature’s colorful bounty.

Here’s your complete New England forecast for this long holiday weekend

‘I’ve seen things I can’t believe’: As homeless population surges in Davis Square, Somerville grapples with response
There have long been homeless people in Davis Square. But amid a surge in the population this summer, neighbors with and without homes agree, something was different.

Israeli airstrike kills at least 20 people including children at a school in central Gaza
Sunday night’s strike also killed two women in Nuseirat.

US will send a missile defense system, troops to run it to Israel to aid defense against Iran Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

‘It’s not OK’: USPS says mail-in ballots will be delivered on time. But some Boston residents still have doubts.

Boston City Council's emergency hearing on USPS issues and residents' experiences with faulty delivery have made some voters worried about voting by mail this election cycle.

Indigenous Peoples Day isn’t a statewide holiday. Here’s why.
Depending on where you are in Massachusetts, the name of Monday’s holiday might differ.

The coolest Indigenous Peoples’ Day events in Boston and Cambridge

Hanson resident who projected political sign on water tower to receive cease-and-desist

Town officials became aware the resident was projecting the sign onto the water tower at 228 High St. on Friday.

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record at Chicago Marathon
Chepngetich, who also won in Chicago in 2021 and 2022, became the first woman to break 2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon.

Massachusetts pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison for meningitis outbreak deaths

Michigan has been the only state to prosecute Glenn Chin, who supervised production at New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, which shipped steroids for pain relief to clinics across the country.

Woman pleads guilty to attempting to smuggle protected turtles from Vt. into Canada
A woman from Hong Kong pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Vermont to a charge of smuggling for trying to illegally transfer more than two dozen protected turtles from the United States into Canada.

Kiteboarder dead after medical emergency at Cape Cod beach

Bystanders performed CPR until Eastham Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene at 9:45 a.m. after receiving a report that an unconscious individual was in the water.

Person dies after being struck by tree limb in their yard in Grafton, police say

Secret documents show Hamas tried to persuade Iran to join its Oct. 7 attack

Fall River man charged in crash that killed Taunton woman, authorities say

A New Hampshire realtor went viral for his dinosaur staging initiative.

Having trouble selling your home? Try staging with a dinosaur.

A viral Dinosaur-themed home staging trend is helping sell New Hampshire real estate.

Francisco Alvarez rounds second base after Francisco Lindor crushed a sixth-inning grand slam when the Mets were down a run to help eliminate the Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Francisco Lindor has the Mets riding high, and seven other story lines from baseball’s postseason

The New York shortstop's heroics highlight a compelling postseason.

Army and Navy, who battled at Gillette Stadium last year, are both ranked for the first time since Oct. 3, 1960.

Army and Navy are together in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in 64 years

Texas strengthened its hold on No. 1 with its 31-point victory over Oklahoma, while Oregon (No. 2) and Penn State (No. 3) each moved up a spot.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.

Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

Harris has offered a string of economic proposals. Here’s a closer look at what’s in them.

Former president Donald Trump.

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

The recorded temperature on a thermostat at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center, after 10 p.m. on July 7, in Death Valley National Park, Calif.

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

Opinion

This simple idea could transform Boston’s schools

"High-dosage tutoring" has produced eye-popping results.

Jeff Jacoby’s ballot guide: Yes on 1. No on 2, 3, 4, and 5.

IDEAS | MICHELINE MAYNARD

Harris is trying to win Michigan without showing up in a crucial spot

OPINION | RENÉE GRAHAM

The unending fight for — and against — voting rights

Steward Health Care board nodded while company burned

Globe Santa

Giving life to a sweet child’s holiday wishes
Expanding Globe Santa’s impact through a new multimedia approach.

Hispanic Heritage Month

John Leguizamo on the untold stories of Latino history and why it’s time to ‘let Columbus go’
Leguizamo opens up about his PBS docuseries "VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos" and the legacy of Christopher Columbus.

‘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.

More recent News

Dedham man killed, 8-year-old girl seriously injured in Abington crash

The driver of the vehicle, 44-year-old Christopher Berard-Bulman, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the statement.

Could a big hurricane whack New England? ‘More of a question of when than if.’
Could it happen here? As the Southeastern United States recovers from a pair of massive storms, how is climate change loading the dice for a hurricane to hit New England?

A social media influencer, $300 pet homes, and caboodles of kittens: Inside Boston’s all-out cat show
The venue was brimming with vendors selling cat-themed merchandise — from a print with an orange tabby popping out of a “Dnkn’ Cat” cup, to luxury cat wands decorated with colorful feathers, and custom-built homes totaling near $300.

State to make $3.1 million in grants to combat gambling addiction, youth gambling
The state Department of Health announced $3.1 million in grants to support a pair of programs focused on youth gambling prevention and staff development for outpatient substance use and gambling treatment programs.

Rise of the dragons: Fire-breathing drones duel in Ukraine
The dragon drones are yet one more step in the revolution of drone warfare that has transformed the battlefield. Its role as a laboratory for improvisation and adaptation has become a hallmark of this war.

Black voters drift from Democrats, imperiling Harris’ bid, poll shows
Harris is no doubt on track to win an overwhelming majority of Black voters, but Trump appears to be chipping away broadly at a longstanding Democratic advantage.

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Psilocybin mushrooms ready for harvest in a humidified "fruiting chamber" in the basement of a private home in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

‘Like 15 years of therapy:’ Experts, patients weigh in on risks, benefits of magic mushrooms ahead of ballot question

Massachusetts voters will decide next month whether to legalize five psychedelics

See photos of the northern lights across New England

‘I’m kicking myself for missing them’: Those who missed the northern lights hope for another chance
The light show Thursday night was the strongest since May and could be seen as far south as Texas, Florida, and California.

A window smashed at Harvard, a ‘Rally of Rage’ at Emerson: Pro-Palestinian activism returns with a harsher edge
After a month of relative campus calm, the events around the Oct. 7 anniversary raised the prospect that the pro-Palestinian student movement could intensify.

As family matriarch, Ethel Kennedy continued her husband’s activism, centered the family through worst times
Despite the recurring pain, Kennedy looked ahead, championing the progressive causes that had motivated her husband.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice."

‘The Apprentice’ is less a biopic of Donald Trump than a morality tale about mentorship gone sour

Cate Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert Ravenscroft in “Disclaimer."

Making few claims for this ‘Disclaimer’

Christopher Reeve as Superman.

‘Super/Man’: How Christopher Reeve and his family found their Fortress of Solitude in the Berkshires

Brianna and Nick Sailor during their May 2024 wedding at the OceanCliff Hotel in Newport, R.I.

A ‘millennial pink’ hat led to this couple’s elegant Newport wedding

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.

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.

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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

For elephants and other animals, "the concept of death is a spectrum," says the philosopher Susana Monsó. Understanding death is "not an all or nothing ability."

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How whales grieve, why dogs eat their owners, and other tales of death in the animal kingdom

“Megalopolis” indeed had “no redeeming value,” as Globe film critic Odie Henderson described it.

On second thought, it’s a work of genius!

Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro conducts an interview in Las Vegas for his six-episode podcast “El péndulo,” or the pendulum.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How Latino voters could shape the presidential election

Max Page, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, spoke at a rally for a fair teachers contract outside of the Weymouth Town Hall on March 2, 2023.

Grading the MTA leaders on their MCAS campaign

Readers offer range of responses to Globe’s call to vote no on 2

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

5 N.H. hikes you can do with your dog

It’s a beautiful time to get outside and it’s even better with a dog by your side.

The coolest Indigenous Peoples Day events in Boston and Cambridge

The Globe has compiled a list of events around Boston and its surrounding neighborhoods taking place over the holiday.

Indigenous Peoples Day isn’t a statewide holiday. Here’s why.

Depending on where you are in Massachusetts, the name of Monday’s holiday might differ.

A social media influencer, $300 pet homes, and caboodles of kittens: Inside Boston’s all-out cat show

The venue was brimming with vendors selling cat-themed merchandise — from a print with an orange tabby popping out of a “Dnkn’ Cat” cup, to luxury cat wands decorated with colorful feathers, and custom-built homes totaling near $300.

Sports

Tabor Academy senior Hugo Djeumeni galloped for 452 yards and five touchdowns on 54 carries vs. St. Sebastian's.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

EMass football: 452 yards? 5 TDs? 54 carries? Tabor’s Hugo Djeumeni headlines Players of the Week

Nope, those numbers are not typos, as the Yale-bound senior bulldozer ate up St. Sebastian's.

The installation of Drake Maye (10) as starting quarterback has given Patriots fans something to celebrate.

Dan Shaughnessy

Thanks to Drake Maye, there’s finally a reason to watch these Patriots

We are natural-born cynics here in New England. We have standards. We are not yahoos. So why does a 41-21 home-field beatdown at the hands of the Houston Texans feel so good?

Trevor Lawrence was sacked three times and threw an interception in the Jaguars' loss to the Bears in London.

Heading into a matchup with Patriots, Trevor Lawrence bemoans the ‘fragile’ Jaguars after they fall to 1-5

Jaguars safety Andre Cisco told Jacksonville TV station WJAX in the locker room that he saw “a lot of quit” in the team.

Kyle Larson collects sixth win of NASCAR season at Charlotte roval as playoff rounds roll on

GAME 2: LIBERTY 80, LYNX 66

This time, New York Liberty protect big halftime lead to even WNBA Finals against Minnesota Lynx

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

EMass football Top 20: After outlasting Xaverian, Catholic Memorial climbs to No. 2 spot

Business

One Dalton puts $35 million penthouse on market. A sale would be the priciest in the building’s history.

The featured unit up for grabs is a 7,256-square-foot duplex penthouse with four bedrooms, six bathrooms, and sprawling views of Boston and the Charles River.

Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone

About 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power in western North Carolina still lacked electricity on Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us.

Uber, Lyft ballot measure leaves labor movement divided

State to make $3.1 million in grants to combat gambling addiction, youth gambling

magazine

The cofounders of The Satanic Temple, who go by the pseudonyms Lucien Greaves (left) and Malcolm Jarry, at headquarters in Salem.

How a Satanic temple in Salem is staging a rebellion against the religious right

Milkweed

Best of the Best

We searched for Boston’s best breakfasts. These 12 places are winners.

A row of apple trees at Alyson's Orchard; A bag of apple cider donuts and people picking apples at Belkin Family Lookout Farm.

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

The Kancamagus Highway in peak foliage season.

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during peak foliage season

metro

A New Hampshire realtor went viral for his dinosaur staging initiative.

Having trouble selling your home? Try staging with a dinosaur.

Meet Boston’s best, the 2024 Shattuck Award winners

One Dalton puts $35 million penthouse on market. A sale would be the priciest in the building’s history.

sports

Drake Maye (right) connected with Hunter Henry (foreground) for a touchdown in the third quarter.

The Patriots lost big, but Drake Maye’s performance gives them a glimmer of hope

Nashoba Valley football, three other unbeaten Voc-Tech schools grab the spotlight

Drake Maye throws three TD passes, but Patriots get blown out by Texans to fall to 1-5

business

A woman scooped water from a hole she had dug in a dried up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia last month.

Drought is parching the world’s largest man-made lake, stripping Zambia of its electricity

Data shows migrants aren’t taking ‘Black jobs’ or ‘Hispanic jobs,’ despite what Trump says

Mass General Brigham temporarily suspends non-emergency surgeries due to IV shortage

politics

The Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on April 14, 2023.

US will send a missile defense system and troops to run it to Israel to aid defense against Iran

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further.

Nation

SpaceX launched and returned a rocket booster to its Texas site, catching it with mechanical arms in its first-ever “chopsticks” landing.

SpaceX advances Starship program with a launch and a catch

Why is Trump gaining with Black and Hispanic voters?

California rejects bid for more frequent SpaceX launches

World

Emergency services personnel attend the scene of a drone strike on Oct. 13 in Binyamina, Israel.

Israeli airstrike kills at least 20 people including children at a school in central Gaza

Can the government get people to have more babies?

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

opinion

Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro conducts an interview in Las Vegas for his six-episode podcast “El péndulo,” or the pendulum.

How Latino voters could shape the presidential election

Kamala Harris claps back at Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ‘humble’ criticism

Grading the MTA leaders on their MCAS campaign

lifestyle

Love Letters Classics: Sailing ... takes him away

Free museum admission, Boston Ballet discounts, classical music: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

He doesn’t make any money

food & dining

Hot chocolate at L.A. Burdick, coming soon to Brookline.

A new L.A. Burdick will soon sweeten Coolidge Corner

With Barbara Lynch closures, the end of an era — but not in the way you might think

Chef Barbara Lynch closing all her restaurants

travel

The newly-launched Island Walk, a 435-mile walking trail that loops around Prince Edward Island.

The best way to explore Prince Edward Island

Discovering the secrets beneath the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral

A Victorian manor in Rockport is revived, plus boutique digs in downtown Denver

Arts

A model poses in pieces by designer Aryn Lovell during an installation produced by House Fashion Week at M Fine Arts Galerie.

Breast plates, football padding, coquette fashion: Young designers take the spotlight at Boston Fashion Week event

At the MFA, ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore’ revels in rhyme not reason

A Kerouac mural debuts in Lowell this weekend, near a church that was ‘a center of life’

Books

Han Kang, shown in 2016, was most known for her book "The Vegetarian."

Han Kang is awarded Nobel Prize in literature

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 6

Author Jason Reynolds creates his own Judy Blume book moment with young adult novel ‘Twenty-Four Seconds From Now’

Movies

Margaret Cho in "All That We Love."

‘Pet grief’ is very real. Director Yen Tan and Margaret Cho, in a rare non-comedic role, made a movie about it.

It’s a family thing at this year’s New York Film Festival

Jennifer Lopez talks to Nikki Glaser about love, loss, and being single: ‘I’m not looking for anybody’

Television

Shohei Ohtani with his dog, Decoy, at Dodger Stadium in August. No, that's not in the ad, but it's pretty adorable.

Shohei Ohtani’s ads are better, too

Making few claims for this ‘Disclaimer’

John Leguizamo on the untold stories of Latino history and why it’s time to ‘let Columbus go’

music

Billie Eilish at TD Garden Oct. 11, 2024.

Billie Eilish shines at a concert that shows off her fascinating, arena-filling pop fantasies

BSO demonstrates why Symphony Hall’s organ should be heard, not just seen

From ‘token woman’ to trailblazers: Meet Boston’s 14-member ‘women-forward’ wedding band

Theater/Dance

The cast of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" pose for a photo. Alex Serino is pictured bottom row, second from left.

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

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

Joseph and Carol Reich, shown in 1990 in front of the donated building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn that two years later would become Beginning With Children, one of New York City’s first independently run public schools.

Joseph H. Reich, charter school pioneer, dies at 89

Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of family political dynasty, dies at 96

Pat Fischer, undersized NFL defensive back, dies at 84