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With compromise near, Wu and business leaders dig back in on Boston tax plan

Boston business leaders and the Wu administration remained at odds Monday over the mayor’s contentious plan to hike commercial property tax rates and ease a sharp hike on homeowners and landlords.

Trendlines | Only in Boston: $21 stands in the way of a deal on property taxes

Late financial reports, ‘insufficient’ info for the public online: DiZoglio issues scathing audit of Mass. Legislature

The Massachusetts Legislature is “one of the least transparent” lawmaking bodies in the country, said state auditor Diana DiZoglio.

GBH announces return of ‘Basic Black’ and a shakeup to ‘Morning Edition’
The announcement was among a number of programming changes GBH announced.

In Dorchester, Josh Kraft mum about a possible mayoral run
Rumors of a possible mayoral run by the president of the New England Patriots Foundation have swirled for months.

Taunton mayor, charged in alleged assault of husband, to stand trial Dec. 12; dismissal bid denied

In an affidavit last month, O’Connell’s husband, Edward, said he would assert his spousal privilege against testifying against his wife.

Swampscott man convicted of 25-year scheme to hide role at Bosnian war prison

Kemal Mrndzic was convicted Friday of lying on his applications to become a US refugee in 1999 and a naturalized citizen in 2009, prosecutors said Monday.

Cannon misfire from USS Constitution causes stir

A spokesperson for the USS Constitution Museum said the “misfire” was from a cannon, referred to as a ceremonial gun, that “failed to fire during a routine firing evolution” and confirmed no projectiles were involved.

MBTA board chair Thomas Glynn will step down

2024 ELECTION

Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., on Monday.

In North Carolina, Trump dismisses ‘cognitive decline’ speculation with bluster while fans insist he’s strong and can win

Among many supporters, the former president’s performance on the campaign trail was not something to worry about, even as Kamala Harris questions his fitness for office.

Harris says Trump’s behavior ‘demeans’ the presidency after vulgar remarks

‘Way too much at stake’: A look at the supporters going to extreme lengths to support their favored presidential candidate

Live Updates

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

christopher l. gasper

Celtics not only have the talent to repeat as champions, they have the motivation
This loaded team will be out to prove a point to the rest of the basketball world that tried to rain on the Banner No. 18 parade.

Can the Celtics repeat? Who is coming out of the West? Here are the Globe staff’s NBA predictions for 2024-25.

Inside Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s ballin’ birthday bash in Boston

Ahead of Tuesday’s season opener, the Celtics star threw a birthday party for the ages on Sunday night.

Fish Co., on Bridge Street in Providence, R.I., is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit after three songs were performed during karaoke there in May, and the restaurant allegedly did not have the proper license from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to allow the music to be performed publicly.

Karaoke singers belted out three songs at a Providence restaurant in May. Now, the eatery is facing a lawsuit.

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers alleges the Fish Co. restaurant did not have the proper license for those musical selections to be legally performed in public.

Olivia Nuzzi at the 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington.

New York Magazine parts ways with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, who had undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A pair of investigations found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias” in Nuzzi's reporting, the magazine said Monday.

Tenzin Yignyen constructed a sand mandala from millions of grains of colorful sand at MassArt. After it is completed, it is wiped away, placed in a jar, and released in a river as a teaching on the development of compassion and the nature of impermanence.

AS I SEE IT

As I See It: Sand mandala

A weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.

Twrl co-founders Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang.

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

The owners of boba milk tea brand Twrl have a chance to pitch a pretty well-known investor, actor Simu Liu.

Harris Vs. Trump on Key Issues

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a Univision town hall, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Doral, Fla.

Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris chats with the hosts during a commercial break at The View, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in New York.

Harris and Trump offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Trenton-Mercer Airport, in Mercer County, New Jersey, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, en route to a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Harris and Trump transition efforts reflect their different approaches to governing

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke after President Biden signed an executive order on gun violence prevention at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26.

In talking about ‘freedom,’ Harris hopes she has a winning message on guns

Opinion

A supporter of Donald Trump wore a hat with American and Mexican flag imagery, at his fly-in campaign stop at the Dodge County Airport in Juneau, Wis., on Oct. 6.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why more Latinos aren’t rejecting Trump

Perhaps no other trend about the Hispanic electorate stumps anti-Trump white Americans more than the rightward shift among Latino voters toward Trump.

JOAN VENNOCHI

For Elizabeth Warren, the soul-searching needed on the election

IDEAS | BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT

The fallacy of thinking that Trump voters are probably racist

EDITORIAL

State Police academy dropout rate begs the question, why?

ENDORSEMENT

The Boston Globe editorial board endorses Kamala Harris

More recent News

Boston, Hartford and other locations break record highs amid dramatic warming trend
The extraordinary October heat comes one day after New England experienced what arguably was the best weekend weather so far this fall.

New England sees growing drought the deeper we get into fall

Prosecutors in Karen Read case plan to call her father at retrial, seek related phone records
Read’s phone records, prosecutors say, show that calls between her and a number belonging to her father were made soon after she allegedly ran into her boyfriend and left him to die.

Fugitive hiding out at campsite arrested in Connecticut
Steven Labrecque was wanted on child porn charges in Franklin and New Bedford, Mass. ,the US Marshals Service said Monday.

Globe’s ‘Murder in Boston’ podcast wins Scripps Howard Journalism Award
The “Murder in Boston” podcast reexamined the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart by her husband, Charles.

Read the Globe's series Nightmare in Mission Hill

Takeda announces more job cuts, bringing total layoffs in Massachusetts to 940 by next year
For the third time in five months, Takeda Pharmaceutical, the largest pharmaceutical company by headcount in Massachusetts, is laying off local workers.

Amazon looks to deliver new customers to small businesses in R.I.
Rhode Island has about 1,000 independent sellers that market their products on Amazon. “That’s not chump change, it’s really important to us,” said Amazon’s public policy executive Rob Haralson.

People in their 30s and 40s are facing an unprecedented wave of memory problems

Memory lapses are expected as we age, but there’s evidence that many surprisingly young people are losing their grip.

Most states have extensive graduation requirements. In Massachusetts, it’s just the MCAS.
Experts said that if the test requirement is repealed, the state should consider alternate graduation requirements to ensure continued minimum standards.

A year after Maine’s worst mass shooting, what happened to gun reform?
There is no ban on assault weapons in Maine or the nation — nor much chance of one — and other steps toward toughened gun control rules have been halting and limited.

THEATER

The A.R.T. is selling 20,000 pieces of costume history — just in time for Halloween
The theater's scene shop, based in a Cambridge warehouse, has been reconfigured to resemble a vintage boutique for two weekends only, with price tags for clothes, accessories, and memories ranging from $1 to $50.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Nightbitch,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ and more on tap for this year’s IFFBoston’s Fall Focus Festival

A group examines a whale skeleton at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Marine mysteries, gospejazzical, and fall festivals: This week’s free things to do in Boston

Metal sculptor Rob Lorenson photographed with one of his artworks on display on his property.

The Middleboro metal sculptor who wants his pieces to ‘look as luscious as possible’

Xian Zhang conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Schumann's Piano Concerto, with soloist Jonathan Biss.

Xian Zhang raises the bar — and her baton — conducting BSO

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.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Former first lady Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August, where she urged a revved-up crowd to "do something" to ensure that Vice President Kamala Harris is elected the country's 47th president.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Can Michelle Obama help seal the deal for Kamala Harris?

The Old North Bridge in the early morning light by the the Concord River at the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord.

IDEAS | JOHN KAAG

The beauty of impermanence in autumn

Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 27.

Guy Ziv

Can Netanyahu rehabilitate his ‘Mr. Security’ image?

“America: What Went Wrong?" by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele became a bestselling book after publication in 1992.

Renée Loth

A prescient report on where America went wrong on economic equality

Gared Hansen of Uptown Fungus worked with psilocybin at his facility in Oregon in 2023.

Bessel van der Kolk

Why voters should pass Question 4

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Live Updates

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

Harris is out to win over suburban voters as she touches down in three Midwestern battleground states to hold moderated conversations with Republican Liz Cheney.

Diver in distress at Rockport beach dies, officials say

The victim was identified Monday as Malak Hanna of Shrewsbury, officials said.

Bob Yerkes, bruised but durable Hollywood stuntman, dies at 92

Mr. Yerkes was set on fire, thrown down stairs, and hurled from skyscrapers, bridges, and trains during a nearly 70-year career in Hollywood as a stunt double for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Bronson, and other big-screen stars.

In Dorchester, Josh Kraft mum about a possible mayoral run

Rumors of a possible mayoral run by the president of the New England Patriots Foundation have swirled for months.

Sports

The Celtics raised the championship trophy in June. The championship banner will be raised to the TD Garden rafters before Tuesday night's season opener.

celtics notebook

Celtics will put a cap on championship season with banner raising and ring ceremony

The Celtics are planning a lavish pregame affair Tuesday night prior to tip-off against the Knicks at TD Garden.

Senior Ronan Mooney, surrounded by his St. John's (Shrewsbury) teammates (from left) Cael Duggan, Adam Trani, Savar Bhasin, Andrew Marrone, and Derek Mulligan, holds aloft the Division 1 state championship trophy after Mooney led the Pioneers to a second consecutive crown Monday at The Haven Country Club in Boylston.

MIAA DIVISION 1 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

With Ronan Mooney commanding the course, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) rolls to second straight Division 1 golf crown

Mooney's 4-under 68 captured individual honors, while the Pioneers had all four of their scorers in the top 13 on the leaderboard at The Haven.

Zac Georgantas (right), pictured with coach Paul LaCerda, is the first individual state golf champion from Foxborough High since 2001.

MIAA DIVISION 2 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Foxborough’s Zac Georgantas drives the distance, and more, to win Division 2 golf title

The junior parred the 511-yard 10th hole to win a playoff and take the individual crown, while runner-up Michael McGrath and Pope Francis captured the team championship.

NFL

Tua Tagovailoa ‘willing to play the odds,’ plans to start Sunday in return from third NFL concussion

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Postseason is why Shohei Ohtani is wearing Dodger blue

MIAA DIVISION 3 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Ayer Shirley has an ace (Reid Ohanesian), and its first Division 3 golf championship

Business

Microsoft launches AI agents, deepening rivalry with Salesforce

The AI tools, some acting autonomously and others in concert with a worker, can complete tasks like researching and sorting through sales leads or updating a customer support ticket after a phone call.

With compromise near, Wu and business leaders dig back in on Boston tax plan

Boston business leaders and the Wu administration remained at odds Monday over the mayor’s contentious plan to hike commercial property tax rates and ease a sharp hike on homeowners and landlords.

TALKING POINTS

Heady days for US stocks may be ending

Disney says it will hire a new CEO in ‘early 2026’

magazine

CONNECTIONS

As a geriatric nurse practitioner, I got the best advice on talking to elderly people from my dad

The 20th annual Jamaica Plain Canine Costume Parade is Saturday, October 26.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 21-27

Designer Daniela Forte had to navigate multiple ceiling heights in the combined kitchen and dining area, and ensure that the various wood species of the cabinetry, floor, stair treads, and beams didn’t vary too much.

Kitchens & Baths

These Marshfield homeowners felt trapped in their kitchen. Removing a peninsula helped.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was happy to learn that he had tried some classic Rhode Island delicacies’

metro

Late financial reports, ‘insufficient’ info for the public online: DiZoglio issues scathing audit of Mass. Legislature

New York Magazine parts ways with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, who had undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

MBTA board chair Thomas Glynn will step down

sports

49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) remained on the field after being hit during the first half of Sunday's San Francisco loss to the Chiefs.

Brandon Aiyuk latest NFL star done for the season, 49ers receiver lost to torn knee ligaments

EMass boys’ soccer Top 20: Lowell continues to rise, leaps to No. 2 in Globe poll

EMass boys’ soccer: On target for O’Bryant, Adam Teurkia headlines Players of the Week

business

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated former president Donald Trump’s plans for massive deportations, tariffs, and tax cuts would drain the program’s trust fund by 2031 and lead to a 33 percent cut in benefits by 2035 unless Congress steps in to shore up the program.

Trump’s plans set Social Security benefits up for 33% cut, watchdog warns

New MassBudget president Viviana Abreu-Hernández is motivated by social justice

Takeda announces more job cuts, bringing total layoffs in Massachusetts to 940 by next year

politics

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, hold a moderated town hall discussion at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Mich., on Oct. 21, 2024.

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

With Election Day 2 weeks away, 15 million voters have already cast a ballot

Trump makes more debunked claims about FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina

Nation

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty

Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

World

Residents walk down a street using a phone flashlight during a power outage following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 19.

Tropical Storm Oscar heads toward the Bahamas after dumping rains on eastern Cuba

King Charles III ends first Australian visit by a reigning British monarch in 13 years

US defense chief visits Kyiv for talks on how to keep supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russia

opinion

The key to EV adoption? A variety of EV chargers.

The beauty of impermanence in autumn

Can Michelle Obama help seal the deal for Kamala Harris?

lifestyle

Inside Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s ballin’ birthday bash in Boston

Marine mysteries, gospejazzical, and fall festivals: This week’s free things to do in Boston

He’s joining a frat

food & dining

Lunch at some of the Water Street restaurants in Boston in 2022.

Why do so many Boston workers skip their lunch break?

In Winchester, Karma offers sleek sushi for high rollers

Taco Azul opens on Beacon Hill; Alton Brown and Jamie Bissonnette set sail from Boston

travel

A group of tourists stand in line outside a bar as they attend a pub crawl tour in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 17.

Prague bans nighttime pub crawls to deal with drunk and rowdy visitors

Some Maine ghost stories refuse to die. Here are a few favorites.

‘I’ve turned the world into my office.’ Meet the people working remotely while traveling the globe.

Arts

The Middleboro metal sculptor who wants his pieces to ‘look as luscious as possible’

‘Manet: A Model Family’ at the Gardner Museum reveals intimate drama

Borrowing from the business world, Boston Public Art Triennial announces its 2024 accelerator artists

Books

Illustration by Allison Taliaferro/Globe Staff and Adobe Stock images

Lowell creates a ‘literary corridor’ to horror legend with local ties: Edgar Allan Poe

A single father recalls the ‘terrifying’ early years

Reconsidering Mondrian, master of the modern

Movies

‘Nightbitch,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ and more on tap for this year’s IFFBoston’s Fall Focus Festival

Zendaya returns to Boston, reportedly to film a new movie with Robert Pattinson

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 21-27

Television

From left: Tony Hale, Anna Kendrick, and Daniel Zovatto in "Woman of the Hour."

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut revisits a profoundly disturbing moment in television history

Tom Brady gets roasted on ‘SNL’ Weekend Update

This week‘s TV: Billy Crystal takes a dramatic turn in ’Before’

music

Colombian singer Shakira performs during a halftime show in the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament final in Miami on July 14.

Shakira is returning to Boston on Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour

Leif Segerstam, provocative Finnish conductor and composer, dies at 80

James Taylor performs, Don Law honored, at Boston Arts Academy fund-raiser

Theater/Dance

Karen MacDonald as the title character in "Pru Payne."

At SpeakEasy Stage, Karen MacDonald delivers another tour de force

Celebrate the season with these spooky plays around Boston

Memory, love, and family collide in SpeakEasy’s ‘Pru Payne’

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

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’

Obituaries

A photo provided via the Yerkes family shows Mr. Yerkes with Arnold Schwarzenegger during the filming of “Commando,” 1985, with a signed note from Schwarzenegger.

With compromise near, Wu and business leaders dig back in on Boston tax plan

Late financial reports, ‘insufficient’ info for the public online: DiZoglio issues scathing audit of Mass. Legislature

GBH announces return of ‘Basic Black’ and a shakeup to ‘Morning Edition’ The announcement was among a number of programming changes GBH announced.

In Dorchester, Josh Kraft mum about a possible mayoral run Rumors of a possible mayoral run by the president of the New England Patriots Foundation have swirled for months.

Taunton mayor, charged in alleged assault of husband, to stand trial Dec. 12; dismissal bid denied

Swampscott man convicted of 25-year scheme to hide role at Bosnian war prison

Cannon misfire from USS Constitution causes stir

MBTA board chair Thomas Glynn will step down

In North Carolina, Trump dismisses ‘cognitive decline’ speculation with bluster while fans insist he’s strong and can win

‘Way too much at stake’: A look at the supporters going to extreme lengths to support their favored presidential candidate

Live Updates Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

christopher l. gasper Celtics not only have the talent to repeat as champions, they have the motivation This loaded team will be out to prove a point to the rest of the basketball world that tried to rain on the Banner No. 18 parade.

Inside Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s ballin’ birthday bash in Boston

Karaoke singers belted out three songs at a Providence restaurant in May. Now, the eatery is facing a lawsuit.

New York Magazine parts ways with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, who had undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

As I See It: Sand mandala

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights

Harris and Trump offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews

Harris and Trump transition efforts reflect their different approaches to governing

In talking about ‘freedom,’ Harris hopes she has a winning message on guns

Why more Latinos aren’t rejecting Trump

For Elizabeth Warren, the soul-searching needed on the election

The fallacy of thinking that Trump voters are probably racist

State Police academy dropout rate begs the question, why?

The Boston Globe editorial board endorses Kamala Harris

More recent News

Boston, Hartford and other locations break record highs amid dramatic warming trend The extraordinary October heat comes one day after New England experienced what arguably was the best weekend weather so far this fall.

Prosecutors in Karen Read case plan to call her father at retrial, seek related phone records Read’s phone records, prosecutors say, show that calls between her and a number belonging to her father were made soon after she allegedly ran into her boyfriend and left him to die.

Fugitive hiding out at campsite arrested in Connecticut Steven Labrecque was wanted on child porn charges in Franklin and New Bedford, Mass. ,the US Marshals Service said Monday.

Globe’s ‘Murder in Boston’ podcast wins Scripps Howard Journalism Award The “Murder in Boston” podcast reexamined the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart by her husband, Charles.

Takeda announces more job cuts, bringing total layoffs in Massachusetts to 940 by next year For the third time in five months, Takeda Pharmaceutical, the largest pharmaceutical company by headcount in Massachusetts, is laying off local workers.

Amazon looks to deliver new customers to small businesses in R.I. Rhode Island has about 1,000 independent sellers that market their products on Amazon. “That’s not chump change, it’s really important to us,” said Amazon’s public policy executive Rob Haralson.

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People in their 30s and 40s are facing an unprecedented wave of memory problems

Most states have extensive graduation requirements. In Massachusetts, it’s just the MCAS. Experts said that if the test requirement is repealed, the state should consider alternate graduation requirements to ensure continued minimum standards.

A year after Maine’s worst mass shooting, what happened to gun reform? There is no ban on assault weapons in Maine or the nation — nor much chance of one — and other steps toward toughened gun control rules have been halting and limited.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Nightbitch,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ and more on tap for this year’s IFFBoston’s Fall Focus Festival

Marine mysteries, gospejazzical, and fall festivals: This week’s free things to do in Boston

The Middleboro metal sculptor who wants his pieces to ‘look as luscious as possible’

Xian Zhang raises the bar — and her baton — conducting BSO

Special Projects

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

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

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

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Can Michelle Obama help seal the deal for Kamala Harris?

The beauty of impermanence in autumn

Can Netanyahu rehabilitate his ‘Mr. Security’ image?

A prescient report on where America went wrong on economic equality

Why voters should pass Question 4

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

Diver in distress at Rockport beach dies, officials say

Bob Yerkes, bruised but durable Hollywood stuntman, dies at 92

In Dorchester, Josh Kraft mum about a possible mayoral run

Sports

Celtics will put a cap on championship season with banner raising and ring ceremony

With Ronan Mooney commanding the course, St. John’s (Shrewsbury) rolls to second straight Division 1 golf crown

Foxborough’s Zac Georgantas drives the distance, and more, to win Division 2 golf title

Tua Tagovailoa ‘willing to play the odds,’ plans to start Sunday in return from third NFL concussion

Postseason is why Shohei Ohtani is wearing Dodger blue

Ayer Shirley has an ace (Reid Ohanesian), and its first Division 3 golf championship

Business

Microsoft launches AI agents, deepening rivalry with Salesforce

With compromise near, Wu and business leaders dig back in on Boston tax plan

Heady days for US stocks may be ending

Disney says it will hire a new CEO in ‘early 2026’

As a geriatric nurse practitioner, I got the best advice on talking to elderly people from my dad

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 21-27

These Marshfield homeowners felt trapped in their kitchen. Removing a peninsula helped.

Blind date: ‘I was happy to learn that he had tried some classic Rhode Island delicacies’

metro

Late financial reports, ‘insufficient’ info for the public online: DiZoglio issues scathing audit of Mass. Legislature

New York Magazine parts ways with political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, who had undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

MBTA board chair Thomas Glynn will step down

GBH announces return of ‘Basic Black’ and a shakeup to ‘Morning Edition’
The announcement was among a number of programming changes GBH announced.

In Dorchester, Josh Kraft mum about a possible mayoral run
Rumors of a possible mayoral run by the president of the New England Patriots Foundation have swirled for months.

Live Updates

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump criticized Biden administration’s hurricane response at North Carolina rally

christopher l. gasper

Celtics not only have the talent to repeat as champions, they have the motivation
This loaded team will be out to prove a point to the rest of the basketball world that tried to rain on the Banner No. 18 parade.

Boston, Hartford and other locations break record highs amid dramatic warming trend
The extraordinary October heat comes one day after New England experienced what arguably was the best weekend weather so far this fall.

Prosecutors in Karen Read case plan to call her father at retrial, seek related phone records
Read’s phone records, prosecutors say, show that calls between her and a number belonging to her father were made soon after she allegedly ran into her boyfriend and left him to die.

Fugitive hiding out at campsite arrested in Connecticut
Steven Labrecque was wanted on child porn charges in Franklin and New Bedford, Mass. ,the US Marshals Service said Monday.

Globe’s ‘Murder in Boston’ podcast wins Scripps Howard Journalism Award
The “Murder in Boston” podcast reexamined the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart by her husband, Charles.

Takeda announces more job cuts, bringing total layoffs in Massachusetts to 940 by next year
For the third time in five months, Takeda Pharmaceutical, the largest pharmaceutical company by headcount in Massachusetts, is laying off local workers.

Amazon looks to deliver new customers to small businesses in R.I.
Rhode Island has about 1,000 independent sellers that market their products on Amazon. “That’s not chump change, it’s really important to us,” said Amazon’s public policy executive Rob Haralson.

Most states have extensive graduation requirements. In Massachusetts, it’s just the MCAS.
Experts said that if the test requirement is repealed, the state should consider alternate graduation requirements to ensure continued minimum standards.

A year after Maine’s worst mass shooting, what happened to gun reform?
There is no ban on assault weapons in Maine or the nation — nor much chance of one — and other steps toward toughened gun control rules have been halting and limited.