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Wu, Warren, Markey — and now Ayanna Pressley — pull their support of Arroyo in Suffolk DA’s race

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, under scrutiny for years-old sexual assault allegations, saw some of his big-name political backing vanish Wednesday as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Representative Ayanna Pressley pulled their support.

Woman who accused Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo of sexual assault breaks silence: ‘The lies. ... It makes me sick’

These charts show how US life expectancy plunged again in 2021
US life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday.

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives.

No masks required for Boston students this school year under new COVID guidelines

The district is planning to schedule COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics at schools and send home COVID test kits every two weeks.
School systems around Boston back in session amid MBTA Orange Line shutdown

Analysis
This just in: President Biden is now playing offense
In the past few weeks, there has been a notable shift in Biden’s fortunes - and his rhetoric.

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September to kick off with drier air after August ties record for number of 90-degree days

The humidity of the last few days is over and it looks like there's some good sleeping weather ahead.
Boston had a dry summer. How dry? Try fourth driest ever.

Wedding guests are mistaken for LIV protesters, and a Lancaster family is ‘livid’ at the host golf club

Guests were camped out in woods abutting The International in Bolton, site of this week's LIV golf event, and the club called police.
Here’s a guide to the LIV Golf Invitational Boston

Actor Bill Murray dines at Mattapoisett restaurant, shares laughs with staff and customers

“He decided to eat the swordfish with his chopsticks, even though we provided him with silverware, and he said, ‘Why dirty the silverware? These work just fine,’” said waitress Kimberly McCarthy.
Opinion
Stephen Kinzer

Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman

Gorbachev will be rightly praised for helping to liberate Russians from generations of autocracy. As the world was shattering around him, though, he lost his bearings at a crucial moment.
David D’Alessandro

We need to stop whining and figure out how to fix the broke and broken T
EDITORIAL

Wu gets pay raise bill half right
JEFF JACOBY

Sweet lands of liberty
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In cancer screening, earlier isn’t always better

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Pointing out meaningful representation for children with disabilities
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Orange Line shutdown

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity
From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

Orange Line work on schedule, 37 percent complete as governor tours State Street station
Governor Charlie Baker toured State Street station on Sunday to get a better picture of the progress on the Orange Line.

During first week of Orange Line shutdown, officials highlight obstacles cyclists often face
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Councilor Alanna Mallon took to Twitter this week to highlight common safety issues cyclists face.

Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown
The Orange Line is shut down until the morning of Sept. 19. Find shuttle bus routes, schedules, and guides to navigate Boston.

Pick your stops: Find an alternative Orange Line route
Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data once per week. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate percentage. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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New suspect sketches released in case of woman who disappeared in Berkshires in 1982

Police have released new sketches of a suspect in the case of a woman who went missing in the Berkshires 40 years ago.

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Wu, Warren, Markey -- and now Ayanna Pressley -- pull their support of Arroyo in Suffolk DA’s race

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, under scrutiny for years-old sexual assault allegations, saw some of his big-name political backing vanish Wednesday as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Representative Ayanna Pressley pulled their support.

No masks required for Boston students this school year under new COVID guidelines

The district is planning to schedule COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics at schools and send home COVID test kits every two weeks.

In sweeping report, federal transit officials decry T’s lack of safety focus, feckless state oversight

Federal transportation officials on Wednesday issued a scathing analysis of the MBTA that found the agency’s outsize emphasis on long-term projects came at the expense of day-to-day operations and safety.
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This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

The season has been busy, but also unsettling. Hospitality businesses and tourists have had to contend with high prices, labor shortages, and fears of a recession. There’s a sense that COVID may have changed Maine permanently.

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metro

Newton launches public outreach on Village Center zoning proposals

Boston had a dry summer. How dry? Try fourth driest ever.

September to kick off with drier air after August ties record for number of 90-degree days

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This could be Michael Wacha’s year to plant roots

Wareham’s Joshua Onujiogu, who starred at Framingham State, makes Seahawks’ roster

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politics

This just in: President Biden is now playing offense

Classified documents were ‘likely concealed and removed’ from Mar-a-Lago, Justice Department says

Biden defends FBI, promotes ban on assault-style weapons

Nation

Takeaways from the government filing about what was hidden at Mar-a-Lago

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

Garland bans campaign activity by Justice Department political appointees

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UN inspectors moving to Ukriaine nuclear plant in war zone

In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

UN monitors head to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant

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As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

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This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

Cheap eats in R.I.: Where to dine for $15 or less

For 30 years, they’ve served Vietnamese culture and cuisine

travel

This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is now the law, and LGBTQ+ businesses fear the fallout

‘Worst Maine travel piece of the year’: Bangor newspaper slams New York Post column

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At the MFA, the liveliness of ‘Stillness’

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

Harvard Art Museums stay open late on Thursday for exploring and mingling

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Gabino Iglesias and reading for the ‘controlled chaos’ of scary books

Transcending the mundane in “Rabbit Hutch”

Retelling the story of the first superstar in ‘Path Lit by Lightning’

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Game, set, ‘McEnroe’

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

Television

Alyssa Limperis on ‘No Bad Days,’ losing her dad, and the things that make Rhode Island great

Expect wine, beauty, and jealousy in season 2 of ‘White Lotus’

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

music

Lizard Lounge announces a reopening date, 30 months after COVID shut it down

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Jaimie Branch, trumpeter who crossed genre lines, dies at 39

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In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

Jacob’s Pillow festival closes with mighty Miami City Ballet

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

globe local

Newton launches public outreach on Village Center zoning proposals

Markers give suffragists their due: ‘If they did it back then, we can do it now’

Should Massachusetts enact a junk food tax?

Obituaries

Uma Pemmaraju remembered as a pioneering Indian American in Boston’s TV news and on Fox

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

Creator of the Trapper Keeper, E. Bryant Crutchfield, dies at 85