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The roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants flown unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard left the island by ferry Friday bound for temporary housing on Cape Cod.

Migrants offered temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod, Baker administration announces

In an emotional farewell Friday, the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants flown unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday left the island bound for temporary housing on Cape Cod.

Voices of migrants, from a New England island in a new land

Why were migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard? The political tactics behind the strategy.

The migrants are just the latest group to be relocated by a red state governor to bring their border security talking points to the national fore.

A fan of DeSantis, R.I. GOP candidate Kalus calls sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard ‘political stunts’

Millions of Mass. taxpayers will get money back starting in November, officials say. Here are the details.

Roughly 3.6 million taxpayers stand to benefit from the unprecedented refund, which officials plan to send in the form of a check or through direct deposit.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

More cool weather before another warm-up
The move into true fall-like weather is like riding a roller coaster: You eventually get to the bottom but there’s some hills to climb along the way.

Walgreens says it’s seeing ‘supply interruptions’ of updated Moderna booster shot

An illustrated guide to people seen on the T

The Orange Line is set to come back online on Monday, and people around Boston are getting ready to resume their regularly scheduled commutes. And by extension — headaches. To mark the occasion, we’ve created a guide to the archetypes you’ll likely brush shoulders with while riding the MBTA.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick is on the hot seat, and other thoughts ahead of a must-win for the Patriots
“In Bill We Trust” T-shirts are losing value faster than Bitcoin and Peloton stock as the state of the Patriots takes center stage this fall.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Preview: For years, we could count on the Patriots bouncing back after a loss. Now?

Globe Summit

Reps. Clark and Pressley discuss future of the Democratic party at Globe Summit
The two lawmakers say the outcome of the midterm elections will be key.

See more Globe Summit coverage here

Jennifer Gwynne — a North Providence High School class of 1992 graduate who now lives in South Carolina — and her college boyfriend, Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend brings in $165k from auction of their old stuff

People paid thousands for memorabilia and photos of the North Providence woman and the world’s richest man — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX — who dated when they were students at the University of Pennsylvania.

Forget the external markers of achievement: Ultimately, most of us just want our kids to become happy adults.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Four secrets from the world’s longest happiness study

A Harvard study traced people into old age, asking them about their proudest moments and regrets. The results can help us reframe our parenting priorities.

“I’m trying to stay low-key," Zdeno Chara told a photographer outside Warrior Ice Arena on Tuesday.

Zdeno Chara was spotted with the Bruins this week. What does it mean?

The Bruins don’t seem likely to have room for the 45-year-old defenseman, who was at Warrior Ice Arena this week.

This week's daters: John P. and Maddy D.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I started out nervous-uncomfortable, and ended out awkward-uncomfortable’

Will his interest in anime draw these two together?

Hispanic Heritage Month

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now I’m a teacher and coach, I know I’ve ‘made it.’

My true success? Crushing social barriers and stereotypes society has built for young men of color.

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

Leaving East Boston, and Coming Back Home

After dreaming of a career in football Tyrone Figueroa’s career took an unexpected turn: he became a public school teacher and returned home to East Boston. ( By Randy Vazquez/Globe Staff, By Andrea Patiño Contreras/Globe Staff )

Opinion

A Boston Police bomb squad officer, left, and a K-9 unit officer, right, on the campus of Northeastern University on Wednesday.

RENÉE GRAHAM

A city in a state of dread and unease

From bomb threats to neo-Nazis, Boston is enduring a wave of far-right extremism.

Alex Beam

Charles — be still my heart

IDEAS | CRAIG THOMAS

Hollywood and the ‘R-word’

EDITORIAL

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

SCOT LEHIGH

The midterms take a distinctly Democratic turn

Culture | V. Jo Hsu

The irony of the trans ‘villain’
When Boston Children's Hospital gets violent threats for providing gender-affirming care, and drag queen story hours are attacked as “sites of sexual predation,” it’s time to confront the rising tide of anti-trans propaganda seeking to divide us.

Stream the second-annual Globe Summit September 14-16
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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

Spotlight investigation

Part 1

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau Video: What the Spotlight Team’s investigation discovered about Dr. Baribeau N.H. hospital promises review after revelations about doctor with 21 malpractice settlements

Part 2

A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line

Alarmed doctors at Manchester's Catholic Medical Center tried to get a troubled colleague barred from surgery. But hospital leaders resisted. Then came the "summer of death."

Stoughton High School faculty told not to display items in classroom deemed ‘political’

The items Stoughton High School teachers and staff were told not display include Black Lives Matters, the law enforcement-associated Thin Blue Line, and Pride flags, according to a school faculty member.

Businesses closed, residential properties launch clean up after water main break in Chinatown near Tufts Medical Center
A 12-inch main, originally installed in 1904 and relined in 2000, burst sometime early Friday near the intersection of Washington and Kneeland streets, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission said.

CONNECTIONS

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories
A family outing to Jamaica Plain’s old Hi-Lo Foods market was always a taste of home.

Beth Teitell

Our obsession with ‘quiet quitting’ doesn’t seem to be going away
The waning days of summer were once owned by Pumpkin Spice Latte. But amid widespread burnout and the pandemic-induced workplace reckoning, quiet quitting has become the meme du jour.

In unusual move, BPDA hits brakes on Fort Point lab conversion
After a back-and-forth discussion over the type of work done in a Biosafety Level 2 facility, the BPDA Board voted to table the project’s approval to a later date.

Mass. job market slowed last month
Local employers added an estimated 6,400 jobs last month, compared to a revised figure of 10,500 jobs added in July.

In governor’s race, Healey holds wide lead over Diehl, poll shows, as voters recoil from Trump-backed candidate

Democrat Maura Healey, the attorney general, leads former state representative Geoff Diehl, 52 percent to 26 percent, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo survey.

Explore the data: See the full results from the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

Inmate charged with plotting to kill ‘Whitey’ Bulger provides detailed account of what happened before and after slaying
In an interview with the Globe, Sean McKinnon insisted that he had nothing to do with Bulger’s murder. And for the first time, he provided his account of what happened in the hours before and after the slaying.

After 150 years, Arnold Arboretum has cracked the color code
The Arboretum preserves one of the planet’s most encyclopedic collections of trees and woody plants from temperate zones. It’s no stretch to say that autumn brings a world of color.

PERSPECTIVE

I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina.
I’ve come to understand that, for some people, especially other Latinos, this equation does not compute.

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Culture & Lifestyle

David Koechner plays Laugh Boston September 16-17, with a special “Office” trivia show as Todd Packer Saturday afternoon.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Museum of Fine Arts’ Latinx Heritage Night

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

Phil Manzanera (left) and Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City earlier this week on the band's 50th anniversary tour.

A Roxy Music reunion celebrates 50 years of style and substance

A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in Poland, circa 1941, as seen in "The U.S. and the Holocaust."

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ examines a question that haunts us still: Why didn’t we do more?

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A "Stop Asian Hate," candlelight vigil in honor of Michelle Alyssa Go, a victim of a subway attack on Jan. 18, 2022, in New York's Times Square.

Natasha Warikoo

Are Asian Americans victims of racism or beneficiaries of whiteness? It’s complex.

New US citizens waved American flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance at Faneuil Hall during a naturalization ceremony on July 14. The oath was administered to 334 people.

Mitra Shavarini, Ronnie Millar, Jeff Thielman, and Elizabeth Sweet

It’s time to truly recognize Constitution Day by recognizing immigrants

Jeff German poses on the Strip in Las Vegas, on June 2, 2021. German, a Las Vegas investigative reporter, was stabbed to death outside his home on Sept. 3, 2022.

EDITORIAL

Jeff German, a journalist whose passion for exposing wrongdoing cost him his life

EDITORIAL

A way to revive local news

Why isn't the potentially life-saving information about the bivalent booster’s safety during pregnancy already making headlines?

IDEAS | CATESBY HOLMES

The latest COVID booster is recommended for pregnant women, so why don’t more of them know that?

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Metro

RI BUSINESS

R.I. electrical rate increases ‘will cause an increase in homelessness,’ residents say

Electric bills in Rhode Island are expected to increase by 50 percent come Oct. 1, which residents say could cause a spike in utility shut offs this winter

RI POLITICS

A fan of DeSantis, R.I. GOP candidate Kalus calls sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard ‘political stunts’

“People, especially women and children, should never be used for political stunts as they were this week,” Republican Ashley Kalus says. “It’s unacceptable.”

Venezuelan migrants are transported to Cape Cod

After spending two nights in Martha's Vineyard, Venezuelan migrants are transported to Cape Cod.

Walgreens says it’s seeing ‘supply interruptions’ of updated Moderna booster shot

Walgreens says it is working to reschedule some appointments for the new updated booster shot from Moderna due to “supply interruptions,” but it still has the updated booster from Pfizer available. CVS on Thursday also reported some locations had run out of the Moderna booster.

Sports

BRUINS

Zdeno Chara was spotted with the Bruins this week. What does it mean?

The Bruins don’t seem likely to have room for the 45-year-old defenseman, who was at Warrior Ice Arena this week.

Canelo Alvarez (left) and Gennadiy Golovkin faced off earlier this week at a media event in front of Matchroom president Eddie Hearn.

Boxing

Four years after their second bout, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will attempt to settle things

The fighters will complete their trilogy Saturday in Las Vegas after a draw and a narrow decision in Alvarez's favor.

Celtics

‘I don’t want to overrate us:’ Wyc Grousbeck on Celtics’ expectations, Jayson Tatum, and Brad Stevens’s green light to spend

In a one-on-one interview with the Globe, the Celtics co-owner expressed concerns about the his team's expectations following their NBA Finals appearance: "We’re in the mix, but we have to prove it."

BC FOOTBALL

Five things Boston College must do to turn things around after an 0-2 start

RED SOX

Patience and power is a rare combination. So far, Red Sox rookie Triston Casas has it down.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Preview

For years, we could count on the Patriots bouncing back after a loss. What about now?

Business

RI BUSINESS

R.I. electrical rate increases ‘will cause an increase in homelessness,’ residents say

Electric bills in Rhode Island are expected to increase by 50 percent come Oct. 1, which residents say could cause a spike in utility shut offs this winter

Oil executives privately contradicted public statements on climate, files show

Documents obtained by congressional investigators show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industrywide commitments to push for climate policies.

Mass. job market slowed last month

GLOBE SUMMIT

From sports tech to health care, Boston is exporting innovation

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PERSPECTIVE

I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina.

MISS CONDUCT

Is it weird that someone sent an evite for a funeral and asked me to RSVP?

LOVE LETTERS

‘I have an e-mail all queued up’ for my ex. Should I send it?

Spicy Portuguese Shrimp With Garlic (Shrimp Mozambique)

COOKING

Migrants offered temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod, Baker administration announces

Why were migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard? The political tactics behind the strategy.

Millions of Mass. taxpayers will get money back starting in November, officials say. Here are the details.

Dave Epstein | Forecast More cool weather before another warm-up The move into true fall-like weather is like riding a roller coaster: You eventually get to the bottom but there’s some hills to climb along the way.

Walgreens says it’s seeing ‘supply interruptions’ of updated Moderna booster shot

An illustrated guide to people seen on the T

Dan Shaughnessy Bill Belichick is on the hot seat, and other thoughts ahead of a must-win for the Patriots “In Bill We Trust” T-shirts are losing value faster than Bitcoin and Peloton stock as the state of the Patriots takes center stage this fall.

Globe Summit Reps. Clark and Pressley discuss future of the Democratic party at Globe Summit The two lawmakers say the outcome of the midterm elections will be key.

Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend brings in $165k from auction of their old stuff

Four secrets from the world’s longest happiness study

Zdeno Chara was spotted with the Bruins this week. What does it mean?

Blind date: ‘I started out nervous-uncomfortable, and ended out awkward-uncomfortable’

Hispanic Heritage Month

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now I’m a teacher and coach, I know I’ve ‘made it.’

A city in a state of dread and unease

Charles — be still my heart

Hollywood and the ‘R-word’

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

The midterms take a distinctly Democratic turn

Mass. coronavirus at a glance

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Part 1 A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line

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Stoughton High School faculty told not to display items in classroom deemed ‘political’

CONNECTIONS Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories A family outing to Jamaica Plain’s old Hi-Lo Foods market was always a taste of home.

Beth Teitell Our obsession with ‘quiet quitting’ doesn’t seem to be going away The waning days of summer were once owned by Pumpkin Spice Latte. But amid widespread burnout and the pandemic-induced workplace reckoning, quiet quitting has become the meme du jour.

In unusual move, BPDA hits brakes on Fort Point lab conversion After a back-and-forth discussion over the type of work done in a Biosafety Level 2 facility, the BPDA Board voted to table the project’s approval to a later date.

Mass. job market slowed last month Local employers added an estimated 6,400 jobs last month, compared to a revised figure of 10,500 jobs added in July.

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In governor’s race, Healey holds wide lead over Diehl, poll shows, as voters recoil from Trump-backed candidate

After 150 years, Arnold Arboretum has cracked the color code The Arboretum preserves one of the planet’s most encyclopedic collections of trees and woody plants from temperate zones. It’s no stretch to say that autumn brings a world of color.

PERSPECTIVE I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina. I’ve come to understand that, for some people, especially other Latinos, this equation does not compute.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

A Roxy Music reunion celebrates 50 years of style and substance

‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ examines a question that haunts us still: Why didn’t we do more?

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A Beautiful Resistance

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

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Are Asian Americans victims of racism or beneficiaries of whiteness? It’s complex.

It’s time to truly recognize Constitution Day by recognizing immigrants

Jeff German, a journalist whose passion for exposing wrongdoing cost him his life

A way to revive local news

The latest COVID booster is recommended for pregnant women, so why don’t more of them know that?

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Metro

R.I. electrical rate increases ‘will cause an increase in homelessness,’ residents say

A fan of DeSantis, R.I. GOP candidate Kalus calls sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard ‘political stunts’

Venezuelan migrants are transported to Cape Cod

Walgreens says it’s seeing ‘supply interruptions’ of updated Moderna booster shot

Sports

Zdeno Chara was spotted with the Bruins this week. What does it mean?

Four years after their second bout, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will attempt to settle things

‘I don’t want to overrate us:’ Wyc Grousbeck on Celtics’ expectations, Jayson Tatum, and Brad Stevens’s green light to spend

Five things Boston College must do to turn things around after an 0-2 start

Patience and power is a rare combination. So far, Red Sox rookie Triston Casas has it down.

For years, we could count on the Patriots bouncing back after a loss. What about now?

Business

R.I. electrical rate increases ‘will cause an increase in homelessness,’ residents say

Oil executives privately contradicted public statements on climate, files show

Mass. job market slowed last month

From sports tech to health care, Boston is exporting innovation

I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina.

Is it weird that someone sent an evite for a funeral and asked me to RSVP?

‘I have an e-mail all queued up’ for my ex. Should I send it?

Recipes: Three ways to cook shrimp for dinner

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Stoughton High School faculty told not to display items in classroom deemed ‘political’

More cool weather before another warm-up

2022 Rhode Island primaries: results, news, and analysis

sports

Dave Epstein | Forecast

More cool weather before another warm-up
The move into true fall-like weather is like riding a roller coaster: You eventually get to the bottom but there’s some hills to climb along the way.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick is on the hot seat, and other thoughts ahead of a must-win for the Patriots
“In Bill We Trust” T-shirts are losing value faster than Bitcoin and Peloton stock as the state of the Patriots takes center stage this fall.

Globe Summit

Reps. Clark and Pressley discuss future of the Democratic party at Globe Summit
The two lawmakers say the outcome of the midterm elections will be key.

Part 1

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

CONNECTIONS

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories
A family outing to Jamaica Plain’s old Hi-Lo Foods market was always a taste of home.

Beth Teitell

Our obsession with ‘quiet quitting’ doesn’t seem to be going away
The waning days of summer were once owned by Pumpkin Spice Latte. But amid widespread burnout and the pandemic-induced workplace reckoning, quiet quitting has become the meme du jour.

In unusual move, BPDA hits brakes on Fort Point lab conversion
After a back-and-forth discussion over the type of work done in a Biosafety Level 2 facility, the BPDA Board voted to table the project’s approval to a later date.

Mass. job market slowed last month
Local employers added an estimated 6,400 jobs last month, compared to a revised figure of 10,500 jobs added in July.

After 150 years, Arnold Arboretum has cracked the color code
The Arboretum preserves one of the planet’s most encyclopedic collections of trees and woody plants from temperate zones. It’s no stretch to say that autumn brings a world of color.

PERSPECTIVE

I’m still learning Spanish. And I’ll always be Latina.
I’ve come to understand that, for some people, especially other Latinos, this equation does not compute.