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Here are the 24 findings the FTA made in its scathing report on the T
In its 90-page report, the FTA made 20 findings about the MBTA, and four on the Department of Public Utilities, and issued dozens of required actions.

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

 Read the full FTA report on MBTA safety issues

Hudson residents fear a massive distribution warehouse might end up in their backyard

Plans call for building a 1.2 million-square-foot facility, adjacent to an over-55 community.

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.
Here’s what you need to know about the new Omicron boosters

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

Ben Volin | On Football
Patriots’ draft failures are glaring, but Bill Belichick deserves some blame for not developing young players
That failure is why the Patriots spent a then-record $175 million guaranteed in free agency in 2021.

Patriots fill out practice squad from within, claiming no players from other teams

Officials discuss Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s handling of eighth-grader wearing hijab

USA Hockey faults Mass Hockey for its handling of abuse complaints in Assabet program

The national governing body said the Massachusetts organization "failed to take action" on reports of the mistreatment of players, largely by former coach Carl Gray.

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.
Complete guide to the LIV Golf Invitational Boston

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.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Ricardo Arroyo should quit DA race. If he doesn’t, support Kevin Hayden.

There is no equivalence between Hayden’s missteps and Arroyo’s, and this page believes that the incumbent should continue serving as Suffolk County district attorney.
David D’Alessandro

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

Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman
Joan Vennochi

With Ricardo Arroyo and the women who backed him, the #MeToo fever has broken
IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

Fixing my gaze on a duplicitous flower — rather than on life’s distractions

The Talk | Nick Martin
The Talk: A dual reality for Native kids
This unprecedented moment of representation exists in the same reality wherein you still go to a nontribal school and have to sit in a classroom and listen to social studies teachers turn our genocide into a “necessary” evil of progress — if it’s framed as an evil at all.

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
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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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MUSIC REVIEW
At MGM Music Hall, James Taylor puts on a career-spanning show with the greatest of ease
Taylor returned to the Boston concert stage following his pandemic-related touring hiatus.

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor

Dave Epstein | Forecast
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.

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.

School systems around Boston back in session amid MBTA Orange Line shutdown
Wednesday marked the first day of school in Malden, Medford, and Somerville and the first time students and staff kicked off the school year without the MBTA Orange Line in service.

‘It would have been cut up, packaged, and sold’ - FBI, State Police seize 15 kilos of cocaine in central Mass. drug bust

The FBI said investigators had learned two suppliers were heading to Massachusetts to deliver a large haul of coke from Mexico.

Dog found severely burned along Route 1 in Norwood

The one-year-old mixed-breed dog, now called “Annie,” was found on Route 1 near Ellis Avenue with second-degree burns over her head, neck, shoulders, front legs, and abdomen on Aug. 19, the Animal Rescue League wrote in a statement.

Recommended reads

SHIRLEY LEUNG

Beacon Hill has a money problem: too much of it

The state’s budget surplus and "rainy day fund" are at record levels, but the Legislature has failed to take action.

A right-wing agitator who attended Jan. 6 riot is running for the Mass. House, testing state GOP’s appetite for extremism
Nominating Samson Racioppi would solidify the MassGOP’s hardline position in a year when some of its endorsed candidates for statewide office have embraced Trump’s falsehoods about election fraud and made vulgar, baseless claims about sex education in public schools.

Surging rents, tight inventory could make moving day worse this year: ‘The whole thing is a thorn in the side of Boston’
This season, between Boston’s red-hot housing market and the snarled-up roads and rails, the annual Great Beantown Move could be even worse than usual.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
After Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School handling of student’s hijab, questions swirl over why such incidents continue to occur
Tensions ratcheted higher this month after a Muslim student and her family complained publicly about the way the school handled the eighth-grader’s decision to wear a hijab, a traditional religious head covering.

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Culture & Lifestyle

9 ways to enjoy your Labor Day weekend

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

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Stephen Kinzer

Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman
IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

Fixing my gaze on a duplicitous flower — rather than on life’s distractions
JEFF JACOBY

Sweet lands of liberty
RENÉE GRAHAM

The unstoppable grace of Serena Williams
SCOT LEHIGH

Thoughts and murmurs in the run-up to primary day
IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Metro

Boston’s college students are back. The pandemic measures are not.

Boston’s colleges and universities have, by-and-large, scrapped surveillance testing and mask mandates and done away with isolation housing
RI POLITICS

Leading critic of state Senate leadership defends his District 5 seat

Providence City Councilman David Salvatore claims voters “have not see a lot of action” from incumbent Senator Sam Bell, but Bell says he and others have changed the Senate “dramatically,” in part by stopping “bad bills.”

After a close call, Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Festival is back for another year

A new owner has taken over from the family of festival founder Chuck Wentworth, with the hopes of maintaining the vibe and musical experience that longtime fans have come to expect.
RI CRIME

Rhode Island crime news: August 2022

Regular updates from police and the Rhode Island courts.

Sports

US women's hockey

USA Hockey, women’s players reach one-month contract extension

Members of the U.S. women’s hockey team agreed to extend their existing contract for one month on Wednesday to focus on completing the world championship tournament in Denmark.
Baseball Notebook

White Sox manager Tony La Russa out indefinitely with health issue

The 77-year-old La Russa missed Tuesday night’s loss to Kansas City on the recommendation of his doctors.
Tennis

No. 3 Maria Sakkari out as another top player falls at US Open

Sakkari reached two Grand Slam semifinals last year but has had a difficult time backing up her success in 2022.

USA Hockey faults Mass Hockey for its handling of abuse complaints in Assabet program
Red Sox at Twins | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 131: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

Lee Thomas, former Sox player, architect of the 1993 Phillies, dies at 86

Business

Bed Bath & Beyond gets rescue loan and says it will close 150 stores

The beleaguered home goods retailer said on Wednesday that it planned to lay off employees and slash spending as it looked to stabilize its business by revamping its operations and raising extra cash.

Snap cuts 20% of employees and restructures

It is also discontinuing at least six products, and appointing its first chief operating officer in seven years, the financially struggling social media company said Wednesday.

The Wing’s last remaining coworking spaces are shutting down

Gas-car ban offers a hybrid loophole — and more options for Mass. drivers
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YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Aug. 29-Sept. 11
on the cover

After a whale crashed on top of my kayak, I set out to learn how they communicate
food finds

15 treats from Boston restaurants that taste as good as they look, for $20 or less
COOKING

Recipes: Summer tomatoes stand out in these side and salad dishes

metro

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

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

Boston City Council meeting turns chaotic in wake of sexual assault allegations against Arroyo

sports

LIV golfers, descending upon Bolton, are becoming increasingly unapologetic about taking the money

The first Globe Top 20 rankings for the fall high school sports season are being released. Here’s the schedule.

Patriots fill out practice squad from within, claiming no players from other teams

business

With Labor Day RTO deadlines, bosses really mean it. Probably.

‘Quiet quitting’ is a serious threat to our way of life. Just ask Arianna Huffington.

For sale, $25m: A historic mansion on a private bluff in R.I.

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

Coronavirus boosters targeting omicron get FDA blessing for fall push

NASA sets Saturday for its next Artemis launch attempt

The first AP African-American studies class is coming this fall

World

Taliban puts on show of force to celebrate anniversary of US withdrawal

UN inspectors moving to Ukriaine nuclear plant in war zone

In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

opinion

Your takes on the T: City is walkable; 37% complete, and counting . . .

Meeting gunshot victims’ spinal cord injuries with support, resolve

City’s efforts on kids’ mental health call for systemic supports

lifestyle

How a 12-hour walk can change your life

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

No one asks me out

food & dining

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

Arts

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

Books

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’

Movies

Game, set, ‘McEnroe’

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

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

Television

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is epically OK

‘Sopranos’ convention on tap for December in Los Angeles

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

music

After a close call, Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Festival is back for another year

Just call her Dr. Joni Mitchell

At MGM Music Hall, James Taylor puts on a career-spanning show with the greatest of ease

Theater/Dance

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

Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest

Will Massachusetts benefit from sports betting?

Police say to be wary of bears

Obituaries

Lee Thomas, former Sox player, architect of the 1993 Phillies, dies at 86

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