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Election countdown: 7 days

Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
Harris’s address is designed to encourage Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months.

Live Updates

6:30 p.m.
Watch live: Harris makes ‘closing arguments’ for campaign in speech at Ellipse in D.C.
6:20 p.m.
Walz says illuminating moment from debate against Vance went against his team’s advice
6:01 p.m.
It ‘wasn’t a good idea to have an insult comedian speak,’ Rubio says

Quiz: Could you pass the 10th grade MCAS?
On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg pours $2.5 million into campaign opposing MCAS ballot question

ADRIAN WALKER

Why would any Black man support Trump for president?

Has there been a shift toward Trump in the final days of the race? Here’s what the polls show.

Take a look at the swing state polls

Bad Bunny posts video showcasing Puerto Rico’s beauty and captions it ‘garbage’

Voter Resources

Find your polling place

Key races to watch

How to vote

What to know about all 5 Mass. ballot questions

More election coverage

Vatican’s first report on clergy sex abuse, by panel led by Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley, is met with criticism

Local advocates for survivors of clerical abuse offered a chilly reception to the first annual report from the Vatican’s commission on such abuse. Pope Francis tapped Boston Archdiocese Cardinal Sean O’Malley to lead the panel after its creation in 2014.

At Boston City Council hearing, tensions flare over bureaucratic process rather than tax policy

While some councilors expressed frustration the Boston City Council wasn't at the table during compromise negotiations on a property tax proposal, others argued there have been months of public debate on the issue.

CNN panelist kicked off live show after inflammatory ‘beeper’ comment to journalist Mehdi Hasan

In a chaotic discussion, commentator Ryan Girdusky told co-panelist Mehdi Hasan, "I hope your beeper doesn’t go off," alluding to last month’s deadly pager attacks targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Obituary

Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died
Ms. Garr was also featured in “Oh God!” opposite George Burns and John Denver, and “Mr. Mom,” with Michael Keaton.

Air quality alert extended for North Shore communities as brush fires continue to burn

The National Weather Service has issued an air quality alert through late Tuesday night for much of Essex County.

New England is going to have a warm Halloween

Karen Read tells Vanity Fair in wide-ranging interview: ‘They’re framing me’
“I believe whatever happened to John [O'Keefe] was a setup to teach him a lesson or tune him up, and it got out of control,” Read said.

Israel hits Gaza town for third time in days, killing dozens, officials say

Off-duty Mass. State Police trooper charged with drunken driving following crash in Tewksbury

People examined the pirate ship-themed Halloween display built by Ted Lahey in Newton.

Wicked Neat! A Newton 13-year-old creates spooky pirate ship for Halloween house display

Adorned with skull flags and equipped with fog-machine cannons, the ship measures an astounding 35 feet long, 8 feet high, and 12 feet wide and is topped by a 25-foot mast that weighs nearly 200 pounds.

Tom Brady, former NFL quarterback, looks on before the Detroit Lions play the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.

Names

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news

Brady's ex-wife is reportedly expecting a child with 35-year-old Jiu Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente.

Gisele Bundchen is expecting first child since divorce from Tom Brady

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Feeling burned out? Here’s how you can turn a career break into a career boost.
Influential women are beginning to reframe career breaks as resume-builders, not a career-enders.

The unseen caregivers: Women trying to balance work and family in their 50s

A full-scale mockup of a Green Line Type 10 trolley was on display under a tent on Boston City Hall Plaza.

Check out the Green Line’s new ‘supercars,’ more space, easier access

A full-scale mock-up of the so-called Type 10 trolley is on display at City Hall Plaza through Wednesday at 7 p.m.,

Ron Perry Sr. (center) is shown in 2019 at Catholic Memorial at an anniversary celebration for his 1969 team that went 29-0.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ron Perry Sr. was nothing short of a legend in Massachusetts sports

Perry, who died last Friday, was a prolific figure in basketball and baseball but also a man who influenced many young lives as a coach and teacher, first at Catholic Memorial and then as athletic director at Holy Cross.

One of the "Rhode Island: T.F Green International Airport" signs on Interstate 95 in Warwick, R.I.

R.I. airport leaders fire T.F. Green union president

Council 94 pushed back on RIAC’s allegations against the president, vowing to “contest RIAC’s unfounded accusations, lies, and union busting tactics.”

The Apple iPhone 16 on display during the launch on Sept. 20 at the Apple Store in New York.

innovation beat

Apple’s iPhone gets some (mostly) useful AI features

The new features include call recording, text summation, and a photo "clean up" button, but a smarter Siri that can operate apps for you and connect to ChatGPT is still TBD.

An unidentifiable person is carrying a heavy moving box up a ramp into the back of a moving truck (altered features, not recognizable), on a summer day in typical suburban America.

innovation economy

People are moving out of New England. How can we stem the tide?

Economic development in this new era is about making the case to individuals that your state is the best place to work, start a company, buy a house, or raise a family.

Cooper Flagg is the first men's college basketball player to sign an NIL deal with Gatorade.

Maine’s Cooper Flagg signs NIL deal with Gatorade as brand’s first men’s college basketball athlete

The deal was announced Tuesday as Flagg joins women’s basketball stars JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers among Gatorade’s lineup of college athletes.

Harris Vs. Trump on Key Issues

People walked by tents lined up on Southampton Street near the intersection known as Mass. and Cass in Boston in 2021.

Trump and Harris offer starkly different visions for how to end homelessness

trendlines

Harris and Trump are both embracing policies that would raise the national debt. It’s a dangerous game.

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 proposes Medicare benefits for home care, vision, and hearing

A customer pumps gas at a Shell gas station Monday, June 10, 2024, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Trump says gas should be $1.87 a gallon. Here’s what that would mean.

Opinion

Ronald Reagan sat in the Oval Office after he delivered his farewell address to the nation Jan. 11, 1989.

SCOT LEHIGH

Donald Trump has taken Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party in a dark and divisive direction

On matter after matter, Trump has abandoned Reagan’s legacy.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Donald Trump hates America

Carine Hajjar

Inside Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

EDITORIAL

Globe endorsement: Reelect Elizabeth Warren

IDEAS | Christine Mehta

Harvard-MIT chaplain says tech is our new religion

Halloween

New England will see a wickedly warm Halloween into the night. Here’s how high temps will get where you live.

A composite of three infants in Boston Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit wearing Halloween costumes donated by non-profit Project Sweet Peas.

Newborns at Boston Medical Center get decked out for Halloween

From left: Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb Mclaughlin in a scene from "Stranger Things."

13 spooky TV shows to stream this Halloween season

A family poses for a photo at last year's Nightmare on Nixon St. event.

Free (spooky) things to do in Boston, plus a bad movie night, and classical music

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R.I. Attorney General finds Governor McKee improperly steered contract; no criminal charges

A long-awaited report from Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office says McKee ignored the findings of a state review team in awarding the lucrative contract to ILO Group, but concluded there's not enough evidence to file a criminal bribery charge.

UMass: Families earning $75k and under pay no tuition

Federal, state, and institutional financial aid covers tuition for families with low household incomes, but students often don’t realize it.

Offshore wind power leases sold for Gulf of Maine waters off Maine, Mass. coasts

Officials called the leases "the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic Coast."

Elderly husband and wife ended their lives together in their Vermont home, relatives say
“As a devoted couple of more than 70 years, who had recently experienced precipitously declining health, they chose to die together as they’d lived together,” their family said.

Cranston, R.I., mayor’s ties to solar developer’s lawyer spill over into election

Mayor Kenneth Hopkins’ friend, personal lawyer and campaign manager Robert D. Murray is also the lawyer defending Revity Energy LLC. The mayor insists it’s not an issue. But some residents call it a clear conflict of interest.

RI COURTS

Jewish employee sues R.I. city after being slapped as part of a ‘Nazi joke’

The Water Division chief has pleaded no contest to an assault charge, and now a civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Warwick in US District Court in Providence.

He lobbies legislative leaders. His wife is one of their biggest donors.

While lobbyists are capped at giving just $200 to candidates annually, other members of the public — their spouses included — can give up to five times that.

Steve Morse, Globe critic who charted the history of rock music for decades, dies at 76
Mr. Morse "was the premier music critic of this region," said rock promoter Don Law.

Beacon Hill might restructure the Cannabis Control Commission. Here’s what you need to know.
The embattled agency in charge of marijuana regulations may get a makeover after two upcoming hearings, months after calls for receivership.

TRAVEL

Here’s how you can stay overnight at — and possibly own — a 143-year-old lighthouse
Kevin Ferias, owner of the historic (and supposedly haunted) Borden Flats Light, nestled between Fall River and Somerset, is looking to pass the torch to a local lightkeeper.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news

Singer-songwriter Clairo, a Carlisle native, performed at Roadrunner on Monday night.

‘Boston, you must know how special this is for me’: Clairo brings cozy vibes in homecoming show

Former Boston Globe music critic and writer Steve Morse (center) with U2

Read highlights from Steve Morse’s career as music critic and writer at the Boston Globe

Andre 3000 attended the GQ Men of the Year Party 2023 VIP dinner at Chateau Marmont on Nov. 16, 2023, in Los Angeles. He performs in Boston Wednesday night.

André 3000 talks ‘New Blue Sun,’ rap future ahead of Boston show

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

Mariel Garza

I quit after LA Times owner killed the endorsement of Kamala Harris. I fear he blocked it because of money.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

I’m rooting for a billionaire from Boston to buy TikTok

A sign on a classroom door at the Rafael Hernández K-8 School, a dual-language school in Boston.

EDITORIAL

Too many students whose first language isn’t English are struggling. Here’s a plan to help them.

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where Games 1 and 2 of the World Series will be played Friday and Saturday.

IDEAS | KEITH O'BRIEN

This is the World Series baseball needs right now

A server brought a beer to a table at Little Whale Oyster Bar in Back Bay on Oct. 6, 2022.

ENDORSEMENT

Raise the minimum wage for tipped workers: Vote ‘yes’ on 5

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Live Updates

Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania; Harris set to speak in Washington. Follow live updates.

We’re gathering the latest news, updates, and analysis on the 2024 presidential race. Follow along.

Wicked Neat! A Newton 13-year-old creates spooky pirate ship for Halloween house display

Check out the Green Line’s new ‘supercars,’ more space, easier access

A full-scale mock-up of the so-called Type 10 trolley is on display at City Hall Plaza through Wednesday at 7 p.m.,

ADRIAN WALKER

Why would any Black man support Trump for president?

And the very idea that a Black man could even consider voting for Trump blows my mind.

Sports

Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs waves to fans as he walks off the field after getting injured during the second half against Indianapolis on Sunday in Houston.

NFL

Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs out for season after tearing right ACL

The 30-year-old had 47 receptions for 496 yards and three touchdowns in eight games in his first season in Houston.

Joel Embiid (top left) and Paul George (bottom right) will once again fail to make their season debut for the 76ers, as the star pair will miss their fourth straight game Wednesday against Detroit due to knee issues.

NBA

76ers rule out injured Paul George and Joel Embiid for fourth straight game

Embiid’s and George’s season debuts remain on hold for Philadelphia, as both players will miss Wednesday’s game against Detroit with knee injuries.

The changes offered, in a proposal sent to players by the 16-member Player Advisory Council, would eliminate 25 PGA Tour cards through the FedEx Cup and shrink the size of fields, in an effort to make a full PGA Tour card more valuable.

GOLF

PGA Tour to consider big changes to eligibility, smaller field sizes

The PGA Tour is considering sweeping changes that would make golf’s biggest circuit even more competitive while reducing the time it takes to play.

BASEBALL

Instead of closing in on title, Yankees on verge of getting swept at World Series

red sox

Craig Breslow believes his front office team is in place to make Red Sox contenders in 2025 and beyond

WNBA

Seven of the WNBA’s 12 teams have parted ways with their head coaches. Here’s what to know about the offseason of change.

Business

India to slap penalties on GE over fighter jet engines delay

The delay complicates Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to manufacture fighter jets at home at a time when the country’s relations with its neighbors China and Pakistan remain tense.

Bezos defends decision to end Washington Post endorsements

The billionaire said the change had been done to improve the newsroom’s credibility, not to protect his own personal interests.

Biden announces $3b to reduce carbon emissions at US ports

US job openings fell in September to a 3½-year low

magazine

In just over a decade, Katherine Clark has risen from state senator to House minority whip — the chamber’s second most powerful Democrat.

Q&A

‘You can be nice and polite, and tough as nails’: How Katherine Clark wields power in Congress

Cooking

From hash to soup: Revive stale bread with these recipes

Lee Ann Daigle with her daughters Lauryn (left) and Kristyn (right) at their home in Litchfield, New Hampshire, in an undated photo.

Globe Magazine

They thought they knew everything about their beloved mother. Then a detective called.

Halloween festivities in downtown Salem earlier this month.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 28-Nov. 3

metro

Archbishop Sean O'Malley blessing his guests while he walked through Holy Cross Cathedral at the end of a ceremony.

Vatican’s first report on clergy sex abuse, by panel led by Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley, is met with criticism

R.I. Attorney General finds Governor McKee improperly steered contract; no criminal charges

At Boston City Council hearing, tensions flare over bureaucratic process rather than tax policy

sports

Jacoby Brissett rallied the Patriots to victory over the Jets, a much-needed boost for his morale.

Three up, three down, and three to watch in Week 9 for the Patriots

EMass field hockey Top 20: Watertown wraps regular season at No. 1

EMass field hockey: On target for Malden Catholic, Avi Panacopoulos headlines Players of the Week

business

Apple’s iPhone gets some (mostly) useful AI features

At Boston City Council hearing, tensions flare over bureaucratic process rather than tax policy

Trump’s social media company is now worth more than Musk’s X after recent surge in stock price

politics

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump compares NYC rally to a ‘lovefest,’ a term he once used to describe Jan. 6

Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states

Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump

Nation

Steve Bannon received flowers at the end of a press conference after being released from the Federal Correctional Institution Danbury on Tuesday.

Steve Bannon, released from prison, says he is ‘empowered’

EPA, just rebounding from Trump years, faces an uncertain future

These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives.

World

Palestinians removed a body from the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday.

Israel hits Gaza town for third time in days, killing dozens, officials say

Putin launches drills of Russia’s nuclear forces simulating retaliatory strikes

Hezbollah cleric Naim Qassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group

opinion

A letter on Oct. 18 from New Hampshire Bishop Peter A. Libasci to "camp family and friends" announced the closure of Camp Fatima.

A fight over values and a Pride flag means the end of a Catholic camp

T ridership is still down sharply compared to pre-pandemic. The agency needs a plan to lure back riders.

Preparing for a new reality: Hurricanes threaten health

lifestyle

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news

Gisele Bundchen is expecting first child since divorce from Tom Brady, according to media reports

He wants to wait to have sex

food & dining

Hard-cooked eggs simmered in a tiny amount of water just until the yolks are golden and the whites firm but tender.

Her new method for hard-boiled eggs is probably old as the hills

Everything you should eat and drink at Snowport this year

Stone Brewing Co. keeps it bold and balanced

travel

New rules for airlines could help you get speedy refunds

Here’s how you can stay overnight at — and possibly own — a 143-year-old lighthouse

It’s a magical place where you hope your flight will be delayed or canceled. Welcome to the happiest airport on earth.

Arts

Peter Paul Rubens, "Portrait of a Young Man," c. 1613–1615, oil on panel.

In the Berkshires, Clark Art Institute receives $45 million donation, 331 works of art from late philanthropist

Ten museum shows to see in every New England state

How the canvases hidden in Lynne Drexler’s Monhegan home are changing the game for Maine artists

Books

"The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swan" author Virginia Pye (pictured) will be in conversation with Kerri Maher (”All You Have to Do Is Call”) and Helen Elaine Lee (”Pomegranate”) Oct. 28 at Belmont Books.

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 2

The Derek Walcott Prize, a poet laureate for Salem, and the Cape Cod Book Festival

Greg Epstein wants you to be skeptical about tech’s heavenly promises

Movies

Robert Downey Jr.’s upcoming role as Doctor Doom in “Avengers: Doomsday” will bring him back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2026.

Robert Downey Jr. says he ‘intends to sue’ all future executives who use his AI replica

Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died

Bruce is loose in ‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’

Television

Mehdi Hasan and Jon Lovett speak onstage during the Crooked Media - Lovett or Leave It: Live on Tour, on April 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.

CNN panelist kicked off live show after inflammatory ‘beeper’ comment to journalist Mehdi Hasan

On ‘Frontline,’ hearing from voters instead of politicians

13 spooky TV shows to stream this Halloween season

music

Paul Weller performing in London in June. How many pounds did those tickets go for?

A $2 concert ticket? Bargains can be found on the resale market when shows don’t sell out.

‘Boston, you must know how special this is for me’: Clairo brings cozy vibes in homecoming show

Steve Morse, Globe critic who charted the history of rock music for decades, dies at 76

Theater/Dance

Complexions Contemporary Ballet arrived in Boston for a two-night performance of "Back to Bowie," featuring "Star Dust," presented by Global Arts Live at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre on Oct. 25-26.

Complexions lifts off with ‘Star Dust’

‘Fall Experience’ gets Boston Ballet’s 61st season off to a flying start

Some 54 dancers to take the stage for largest work Boston Ballet has presented

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

Ms. Garr, seen in 1987, was known for her comic roles but also had prominent roles in such films as "The Conversation."

Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump Harris’s address is designed to encourage Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months.

Quiz: Could you pass the 10th grade MCAS? On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.

Why would any Black man support Trump for president?

Has there been a shift toward Trump in the final days of the race? Here’s what the polls show.

Bad Bunny posts video showcasing Puerto Rico’s beauty and captions it ‘garbage’

Voter Resources

Vatican’s first report on clergy sex abuse, by panel led by Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley, is met with criticism

At Boston City Council hearing, tensions flare over bureaucratic process rather than tax policy

CNN panelist kicked off live show after inflammatory ‘beeper’ comment to journalist Mehdi Hasan

Obituary Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died Ms. Garr was also featured in “Oh God!” opposite George Burns and John Denver, and “Mr. Mom,” with Michael Keaton.

Air quality alert extended for North Shore communities as brush fires continue to burn

Karen Read tells Vanity Fair in wide-ranging interview: ‘They’re framing me’ “I believe whatever happened to John [O'Keefe] was a setup to teach him a lesson or tune him up, and it got out of control,” Read said.

Israel hits Gaza town for third time in days, killing dozens, officials say

Off-duty Mass. State Police trooper charged with drunken driving following crash in Tewksbury

Wicked Neat! A Newton 13-year-old creates spooky pirate ship for Halloween house display

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news

GLOBE MAGAZINE Feeling burned out? Here’s how you can turn a career break into a career boost. Influential women are beginning to reframe career breaks as resume-builders, not a career-enders.

Check out the Green Line’s new ‘supercars,’ more space, easier access

Ron Perry Sr. was nothing short of a legend in Massachusetts sports

R.I. airport leaders fire T.F. Green union president

Apple’s iPhone gets some (mostly) useful AI features

People are moving out of New England. How can we stem the tide?

Maine’s Cooper Flagg signs NIL deal with Gatorade as brand’s first men’s college basketball athlete

Trump and Harris offer starkly different visions for how to end homelessness

Harris and Trump are both embracing policies that would raise the national debt. It’s a dangerous game.

Harris proposes Medicare benefits for home care, vision, and hearing

Trump says gas should be $1.87 a gallon. Here’s what that would mean.

Donald Trump has taken Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party in a dark and divisive direction

Donald Trump hates America

Inside Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

Globe endorsement: Reelect Elizabeth Warren

Harvard-MIT chaplain says tech is our new religion

New England will see a wickedly warm Halloween into the night. Here’s how high temps will get where you live.

Newborns at Boston Medical Center get decked out for Halloween

13 spooky TV shows to stream this Halloween season

Free (spooky) things to do in Boston, plus a bad movie night, and classical music

More recent News

R.I. Attorney General finds Governor McKee improperly steered contract; no criminal charges

UMass: Families earning $75k and under pay no tuition

Offshore wind power leases sold for Gulf of Maine waters off Maine, Mass. coasts

Elderly husband and wife ended their lives together in their Vermont home, relatives say “As a devoted couple of more than 70 years, who had recently experienced precipitously declining health, they chose to die together as they’d lived together,” their family said.

Cranston, R.I., mayor’s ties to solar developer’s lawyer spill over into election

Jewish employee sues R.I. city after being slapped as part of a ‘Nazi joke’

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He lobbies legislative leaders. His wife is one of their biggest donors.

Steve Morse, Globe critic who charted the history of rock music for decades, dies at 76 Mr. Morse "was the premier music critic of this region," said rock promoter Don Law.

Beacon Hill might restructure the Cannabis Control Commission. Here’s what you need to know. The embattled agency in charge of marijuana regulations may get a makeover after two upcoming hearings, months after calls for receivership.

TRAVEL Here’s how you can stay overnight at — and possibly own — a 143-year-old lighthouse Kevin Ferias, owner of the historic (and supposedly haunted) Borden Flats Light, nestled between Fall River and Somerset, is looking to pass the torch to a local lightkeeper.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tom Brady posts Fleetwood Mac lyrics on Instagram following Gisele Bündchen pregnancy news

‘Boston, you must know how special this is for me’: Clairo brings cozy vibes in homecoming show

Read highlights from Steve Morse’s career as music critic and writer at the Boston Globe

André 3000 talks ‘New Blue Sun,’ rap future ahead of Boston show

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

I quit after LA Times owner killed the endorsement of Kamala Harris. I fear he blocked it because of money.

I’m rooting for a billionaire from Boston to buy TikTok

Too many students whose first language isn’t English are struggling. Here’s a plan to help them.

This is the World Series baseball needs right now

Raise the minimum wage for tipped workers: Vote ‘yes’ on 5

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania; Harris set to speak in Washington. Follow live updates.

Wicked Neat! A Newton 13-year-old creates spooky pirate ship for Halloween house display

Check out the Green Line’s new ‘supercars,’ more space, easier access

Why would any Black man support Trump for president?

Sports

Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs out for season after tearing right ACL

76ers rule out injured Paul George and Joel Embiid for fourth straight game

PGA Tour to consider big changes to eligibility, smaller field sizes

Instead of closing in on title, Yankees on verge of getting swept at World Series

Craig Breslow believes his front office team is in place to make Red Sox contenders in 2025 and beyond

Seven of the WNBA’s 12 teams have parted ways with their head coaches. Here’s what to know about the offseason of change.

Business

India to slap penalties on GE over fighter jet engines delay

Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
Harris’s address is designed to encourage Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months.

Quiz: Could you pass the 10th grade MCAS?
On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.

Obituary

Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died
Ms. Garr was also featured in “Oh God!” opposite George Burns and John Denver, and “Mr. Mom,” with Michael Keaton.

Karen Read tells Vanity Fair in wide-ranging interview: ‘They’re framing me’
“I believe whatever happened to John [O'Keefe] was a setup to teach him a lesson or tune him up, and it got out of control,” Read said.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Feeling burned out? Here’s how you can turn a career break into a career boost.
Influential women are beginning to reframe career breaks as resume-builders, not a career-enders.

Elderly husband and wife ended their lives together in their Vermont home, relatives say
“As a devoted couple of more than 70 years, who had recently experienced precipitously declining health, they chose to die together as they’d lived together,” their family said.

Steve Morse, Globe critic who charted the history of rock music for decades, dies at 76
Mr. Morse "was the premier music critic of this region," said rock promoter Don Law.

Beacon Hill might restructure the Cannabis Control Commission. Here’s what you need to know.
The embattled agency in charge of marijuana regulations may get a makeover after two upcoming hearings, months after calls for receivership.

TRAVEL

Here’s how you can stay overnight at — and possibly own — a 143-year-old lighthouse
Kevin Ferias, owner of the historic (and supposedly haunted) Borden Flats Light, nestled between Fall River and Somerset, is looking to pass the torch to a local lightkeeper.