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Grace Bannasch, Shutesbury's part-time clerk, displayed the mechanical ballot box, made in 1934, used by the town in elections.

‘I have no idea what any of these even mean’: Massachusetts clerks are getting bombarded with conspiracy-fueled records requests about the 2020 election

The problem has become so pervasive it’s caught the attention of Secretary of State William F. Galvin, whose office has contacted the attorney general.

These Republicans won’t promise to accept 2022 election results, in an echo of Trump

Patriots 17, Steelers 14

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress
The defense was stout when it needed to be. The offensive line was much more cohesive. There were still mistakes, but a win is a win.

Nelson Agholor outmaneuvered the Steelers' Ahkello Witherspoon for a 44-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

Ben Volin | On Football

The Patriots’ offense is struggling, but at least the defense can still win a game

Mac Jones completed 21 of 35 passes for 252 yards with one touchdown and an interception.

Dan Shaughnessy

Yes, OK, the Patriots beat the Steelers, but so far what have we learned about Mac Jones?

Mac Jones (right) and Brian Hoyer celebrated the Patriots' first victory of the season.

Christopher L. Gasper

Mitch Trubisky and the Steelers’ pop-gun offense is just what the Patriots needed

‘So glad to be back’: Orange Line trains return after month-long closure

The Orange Line reopened Monday morning around 5 a.m., marking the end of the unprecedented 30-day shutdown of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s second-most popular subway line. And passengers greeted the return with relief and hopeful optimism.

Britain and world say final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II
Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds that massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.

Watch live: Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral is held

Hurricane Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

No deaths have been reported, but authorities in the US territory said it was too early to estimate the damage from a storm that was still forecast to unleash torrential rain across Puerto Rico on Monday.

Photos: Hurricane Fiona strikes Puerto Rico

Protesters target Children’s Hospital as hundreds rally to defend it

The counterprotesters stood in front of the hospital’s main entrance along Longwood Avenue in Boston carrying signs with messages like: “We love our trans kids.”

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with

The woman who enticed desperate Venezuelan migrants onto the planes that dropped them on Martha’s Vineyard without notice last week is straight out of a Dickens story.

Civil rights lawyers ask Healey, Rollins to open criminal investigation into migrants’ plight See more coverage of the migrant crisis

Kim Jackson greeted Sonny Walker in 2018 at his bar. He was one of the first black tavern owners in the city.

Sonny Walker, pioneering Black tavern owner, dies at 97

Mr. Walker was more to his patrons than a path-breaker for Black businessmen. He was a font of wisdom, camaraderie, and good cheer.

In an interview with the Globe published in June, Donnell Singleton, a former resource coordinator for SOAR, described what he called inadequate efforts by some personnel to carry out the program’s mission and assist people affected by street violence.

City to disband violence prevention program beset by allegations of internal turmoil

Since last November, five people who worked for SOAR have sued the city, alleging unfair treatment by managers. In June, a former employee spoke out publicly about what he saw was deep-seated dysfunction in the program.

The Red Sox Xander Bogaerts, leaping over Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino as he runs out an infield single, is hitting .316, tied with the Yankees’ Aaron Judge for second in the American League East.

Red Sox 13, Royals 3

Xander Bogaerts has the batting title in his sights after Red Sox clobber Royals in series finale

He’s hitting .316, tied with the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, who could win a Triple Crown, and just a point behind the Twins’ Luis Arraez.

Hispanic Heritage Month

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now that 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 shopper holds a shopping basket with groceries inside a grocery store in San Francisco on May 2.

EDITORIAL

Not so fast on interest rates

The Federal Reserve must take a more gradual and patient approach to addressing inflation.

Victor Shi

Why the midterms may send more young voters to the polls than ever before

Kaylene Stevens

How to raise a generation of better citizens

Colin Diver

My old college boycotted the US News ratings. I wish more schools would do the same.

JEFF JACOBY

A powerful new account of how Washington abandoned Hitler’s victims

THROUGHLINE | Esther A. Armah

Centering the colonized in a time of mourning
The reign of England’s longest-ruling monarch represents the blood, the bone, the soil, the struggle, and the graves of millions of people across Africa, the Caribbean, and in England.

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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."

Classified documents at Mar-a-Lago raise concerns, Biden says

President Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”

Georgii Merkulov wants to play in Boston, but knows that may not be in the cards this season
The rookie prefers to play center but with Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and Charlie Coyle ahead of him on the depth chart, his game needs refining to make the jump to the next level.

A dream lives on. Fields hopes to revive thoroughbred horse racing in Hardwick.

Richard Fields tries, tries again, to revive thoroughbred horse racing in Massachusetts.

LOVE LETTERS

My boyfriend comes with too much baggage
His family is "toxic and messy."

It’s Banned Books Week — and these bookstores are hiding challenged books for their readers to find

Participating stores will hide plastic-wrapped copies of their favorite banned and challenged books in what the organizers call the “first annual Cape and Islands Banned Books Hunt.”

Two teenagers killed Sunday morning when their car crashes into tree in Attleboro
Both victims had graduated from Attleboro High School earlier this year, Principal Kate Campbell said in a letter to families.

For her first new restaurant in more than a decade, chef Barbara Lynch looks homeward

The award-winning chef — whose heart isn't in Boston the way it once was — is opening The Rudder in Gloucester, another step in a colorful journey.

SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP

New Hampshire keeps patients in the dark about their doctors’ malpractice, disciplinary records
Patients and families in New Hampshire have no reliable way to learn crucial information about a doctor because the state’s medical board is one of the least transparent in the nation.

Spotlight: A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

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.

High Schools

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?
Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Rosalía with her dancers in concert at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, the first date on her US tour.

Pop powerhouse Rosalía in full command at MGM Music Hall

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

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?

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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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King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on Sept. 14.

Alex Beam

Charles — be still my heart

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

Supporters of the Debt Collective convened near the US Department of Education in Washington April 4 to demand full student debt cancellation.

LETTERS

Getting out from under the weight of student loan debt

Members of the Martha's Vineyard community and migrants gather at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Edgartown on Sept. 15. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has claimed responsibility for the stunt that sent two unexpected planes of migrants from Venezuela to the island.

EDITORIAL

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

Dr. Yvon Baribeau works the controls of a surgical robot working inside an artificial chest cavity at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., on April 3, 2002.

EDITORIAL

Patients’ rights in the Live Free or Die state

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

‘So glad to be back’: Orange Line trains return after month-long closure

INNOVATORS Q&A

Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

A Providence doctor is using Volta Medical’s VX1 AI software to help patients whose A-fib has become persistent.

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

Like Italian wine? 🍷 Start thinking about Croatian grapes.

Narona Wine Merchants is a new distributor looking to bring Croatian blends to local wine shops in Rhode Island.

Protesters target Children’s Hospital as hundreds rally to defend it

The counterprotesters stood in front of the hospital’s main entrance along Longwood Avenue in Boston carrying signs with messages like: “We love our trans kids.”

Sports

Nelson Agholor celebrates his 44-yard touchdown catch with Damien Harris (left).

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress

The defense was stout when it needed to be. The offensive line was much more cohesive. There were still mistakes, but a win is a win.

Aaron Judge jogs around the bases after launching his 59th home run of the season, putting him two behind Roger Maris' American League (and Yankee team) record.

MLB NOTEBOOK

Yankees’ Aaron Judge blasts Nos. 58 and 59, pulling within two of Roger Maris’ American League mark

Judge’s 11th multihomer game tied the season record set by Detroit’s Hank Greenberg in 1938 and matched by the Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998.

Aaron Jones (left) rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass from Aaron Rodgers (right).

Packers 27, Bears 10

Aaron Rodgers, Packers lean on running back Aaron Jones, still take care of Bears

The Packers rebounded from a season-opening loss and beat the Bears for the seventh straight time.

Bruins notebook

Georgii Merkulov wants to play in Boston, but knows that may not be in the cards this season

WNBA FINALS: Aces 4, Sun 1

Las Vegas Aces turn aside Connecticut Sun en route to first WNBA title

golf roundup

Cameron Smith closes strong for three-shot victory at LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago

Business

INNOVATORS Q&A

Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

A Providence doctor is using Volta Medical’s VX1 AI software to help patients whose A-fib has become persistent.

Bidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II

President Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops, and an army of officials made final preparations for the queen’s state funeral — a spectacular display of national mourning that will also be the biggest gathering of world leaders for years.

Zelensky promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns

A dream lives on. Fields hopes to revive thoroughbred horse racing in Hardwick.

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My Boston History

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My Boston History

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

CONNECTIONS

A taste of home at the Hi-Lo Supermarket

PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

An Orange Line test train passed through Tufts Medical Center station Sunday.

T to reopen Orange Line after unprecedented month-long closure

Worker injured in Dorchester porch collapse

‘I have no idea what any of these even mean’: Massachusetts clerks are getting bombarded with conspiracy-fueled records requests about the 2020 election

‘I have no idea what any of these even mean’: Massachusetts clerks are getting bombarded with conspiracy-fueled records requests about the 2020 election

Chad Finn | Unconventional review We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress The defense was stout when it needed to be. The offensive line was much more cohesive. There were still mistakes, but a win is a win.

The Patriots’ offense is struggling, but at least the defense can still win a game

Yes, OK, the Patriots beat the Steelers, but so far what have we learned about Mac Jones?

Mitch Trubisky and the Steelers’ pop-gun offense is just what the Patriots needed

‘So glad to be back’: Orange Line trains return after month-long closure

Hurricane Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

Protesters target Children’s Hospital as hundreds rally to defend it

Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with

Sonny Walker, pioneering Black tavern owner, dies at 97

City to disband violence prevention program beset by allegations of internal turmoil

Xander Bogaerts has the batting title in his sights after Red Sox clobber Royals in series finale

Hispanic Heritage Month

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

Not so fast on interest rates

Why the midterms may send more young voters to the polls than ever before

How to raise a generation of better citizens

My old college boycotted the US News ratings. I wish more schools would do the same.

A powerful new account of how Washington abandoned Hitler’s victims

THROUGHLINE | Esther A. Armah Centering the colonized in a time of mourning The reign of England’s longest-ruling monarch represents the blood, the bone, the soil, the struggle, and the graves of millions of people across Africa, the Caribbean, and in England.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

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Charles — be still my heart

A city in a state of dread and unease

Getting out from under the weight of student loan debt

Trafficking in human lives should have consequences for its Republican perpetrators

Patients’ rights in the Live Free or Die state

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

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‘So glad to be back’: Orange Line trains return after month-long closure

Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

Like Italian wine? 🍷 Start thinking about Croatian grapes.

Protesters target Children’s Hospital as hundreds rally to defend it

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We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress

Yankees’ Aaron Judge blasts Nos. 58 and 59, pulling within two of Roger Maris’ American League mark

Aaron Rodgers, Packers lean on running back Aaron Jones, still take care of Bears

Georgii Merkulov wants to play in Boston, but knows that may not be in the cards this season

Las Vegas Aces turn aside Connecticut Sun en route to first WNBA title

Cameron Smith closes strong for three-shot victory at LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago

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Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

Bidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II

Zelensky promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns

A dream lives on. Fields hopes to revive thoroughbred horse racing in Hardwick.

Why humor is the best bridge between cultures

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

A taste of home at the Hi-Lo Supermarket

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

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T to reopen Orange Line after unprecedented month-long closure

Worker injured in Dorchester porch collapse

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress
The defense was stout when it needed to be. The offensive line was much more cohesive. There were still mistakes, but a win is a win.

THROUGHLINE | Esther A. Armah

Centering the colonized in a time of mourning
The reign of England’s longest-ruling monarch represents the blood, the bone, the soil, the struggle, and the graves of millions of people across Africa, the Caribbean, and in England.

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.

Georgii Merkulov wants to play in Boston, but knows that may not be in the cards this season
The rookie prefers to play center but with Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and Charlie Coyle ahead of him on the depth chart, his game needs refining to make the jump to the next level.

LOVE LETTERS

My boyfriend comes with too much baggage
His family is "toxic and messy."

Two teenagers killed Sunday morning when their car crashes into tree in Attleboro
Both victims had graduated from Attleboro High School earlier this year, Principal Kate Campbell said in a letter to families.

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.

High Schools

After a rash of misconduct in high school sports, what has been done, and will things be better this year?
Attorney General Maura Healey held a conference in April to address abuses, which led to pledges to work collaboratively by political, school, and other leaders.