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Is there a future for Long Island beyond a recovery campus?

The reopening of Long Island will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars, but if it is to be an option at all, the planning needs to start.

Trump rally plays music resembling QAnon song, and crowds react

Former president Donald Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico
Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.”

Photos: Hurricane Fiona strikes Puerto Rico

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Showers and thunderstorms to move though region Monday afternoon
It will feel like summer southwest of Boston today, but more cool and raw to the north of the city.

Larry Edelman

‘He is going to have to battle his ghosts’: Charles takes over the family business
At 73, he becomes CEO of the royal family’s $28 billion business at an age when most leaders have already stepped down.

Photos: Saying a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II

Commuters rode inbound into Boston from Oak Grove on the MBTA Orange Line on the first day of its reopening after a one month shutdown for renovations on Monday.

‘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.

An illustrated guide to people seen on the T

‘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

Dan Shaughnessy

Yes, OK, the Patriots beat the Steelers, but so far what have we learned about Mac Jones?
We still have a million questions about Jones, 2022 Bill Belichick, and New England’s offensive game plan.

Chad Finn: We can’t call the Patriots’ win over the Steelers pretty, but we can call it progress Tara Sullivan: We should have known Bill Belichick would refuse to let the Patriots fall to 0-2

“When Americans buy an airline ticket, they should get to their destination safely, reliably, and affordably,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement last month. “This new proposed rule would protect the rights of travelers and help ensure they get the timely refunds they deserve from the airlines.”

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Air passengers could see sweeping reforms and easier refunds. Consumer advocates and lawmakers say it’s still not enough.

Under a new proposal, the US could soon clearly spell out the circumstances under which passengers are entitled to compensation from airlines.

Somerville-based Bluebird Bio now has two approved gene therapies in the US. A third gene therapy, for sickle cell disease, is in the advanced stages of clinical testing.

At $3m, Bluebird Bio’s new gene therapy is the most expensive drug in the US

Approval of the one-time treatment for a lethal brain disease marks a crucial win for the Somerville company.

Venezuelan migrants gather to board busses outside of St. Andrew's Parish House in Martha’s Vineyard on Friday.

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.

See more coverage of the migrant crisis

Hispanic Heritage Month

Growing up as a Black Latina on the North Shore, I searched for role models who looked like me
The power of my mother’s example carried me forward.

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories I’m a multilingual singer-songwriter who grew up among wanderers. Here’s why I call Boston home. Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

16 ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

From festivals and films to art and music, here are some ways to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Museum of Fine Arts’ Latinx Heritage Night

Opinion

University of Pennsylvania junior Coby Rich, 20, helped Makayla Davis, 23, register to vote during an All In PA voter drive on campus in Philadelphia on Aug. 31.

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

Democrats now have everything they need to reach and convince young people to vote for them.

Not so fast on interest rates

Kaylene Stevens

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

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

Dr. Yvon Baribeau

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."

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Governor Baker to talk Mass. climate efforts at start of New York City Climate Week
Baker will speak on a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative’s 2022 meeting Monday, discussing Massachusetts’ efforts to achieve net zero emissions. It's part of New York City Climate Week.

Russia blames US for stalling on Griner, Whelan swap talks

Russia hit back at the US Monday over stalled negotiations on a prisoner swap involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, blaming it for the deadlock.

President Biden says ‘pandemic is over’
The president declared the pandemic “over,” in apparently off-the-cuff remarks that reflect the growing sentiment that the threat of the virus has receded, even as hundreds of Americans continue to die of COVID each day.

Adult member of Boston Public Schools community tests positive for monkeypox, officials say
A letter sent to families Monday did not specify whether the person who tested positive works for the school district, and BPS wouldn’t confirm whether the person is a staffer, or a member of the school community in some other capacity.

Bruins GM Don Sweeney won’t say if a David Pastrnak deal will come together before training camp begins

Speaking to reporters before the end of rookie camp, Sweeney underscored that there's no timetable for a contract extension, just a mutual desire from both sides to reach one.

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

What’s next for the WNBA?
“I think what we have going on right now is kind of a change of the guard," commissioner Cathy Englebert said of the retirements of Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles. The prospect of expansion keeps coming up, too.

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Trans rights counter protesters gathered outside of Boston Children’s Hospital to face off with anti-trans protesters across the street on Sunday.

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.”

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

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.

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."

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

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

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

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

In an undated image provided by Guy Stern, via PBS, from left, Gunther and Werner Stern, with their mother, Hedwig.

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

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.

Patients’ rights in the Live Free or Die state

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.

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.

A city in a state of dread and unease

President Biden is driving a message of Democratic accomplishment, while the GOP is bumbling about in foggy disarray.

The midterms take a distinctly Democratic turn

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

The Orange Line is back. So are the memes.

"Congratulations! If you're reading this, you survived the MBTA's Orange Line Meltdown of 2022!"

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Showers and thunderstorms to move though region Monday afternoon

It will feel like summer southwest of Boston today, but more cool and raw to the north of the city.

Adult member of Boston Public Schools community tests positive for monkeypox, officials say

A letter sent to families Monday did not specify whether the person who tested positive works for the school district, and BPS wouldn’t confirm whether the person is a staffer, or a member of the school community in some other capacity.

The recounts that could decide the Providence City Council presidency

Six recount requests have come from council candidates who will help determine who will be the next council president – the No. 2 elected office in the city.

Sports

Josh McDaniels, back out on his own with the Raiders, has been reminded of how hard it is to win in the NFL.

Ben Volin | On football

NFL Week 2 review: Josh McDaniels and Mike McDaniel — both part of 28-3 — were on opposite ends of wild comebacks

It was a fascinating NFL Sunday. The Jets came back to win, Jimmy Garoppolo was pressed into service, and the Broncos look like a mess.

The Las Vegas Aces won the first title in franchise history after setting aside the Connecticut Sun in four games.

What’s next for the WNBA?

“I think what we have going on right now is kind of a change of the guard," commissioner Cathy Englebert said of the retirements of Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles. The prospect of expansion keeps coming up, too.

Goaltender Katie Burt and the Pride hope to defend the Isobel Cup, as they did on March 28 after a second straight victory over the Connecticut Whale — their opening night opponent in November — in Wesley Chapel, Fla.

Boston Pride open 24-game slate, run at Isobel Cup three-peat on Nov. 5

The top professional women's hockey league in North America will stage an 84-game regular season in 2022-23, with a new seventh franchise in Montreal and a balanced slate played over 19 weeks.

bruins notebook

Bruins GM Don Sweeney won’t say if a David Pastrnak deal will come together before training camp begins

David Price reportedly plans to retire following the 2022 season

We should have known Bill Belichick would refuse to let the Patriots fall to 0-2

Business

Is there a future for Long Island beyond a recovery campus?

The reopening of Long Island will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars, but if it is to be an option at all, the planning needs to start.

‘He is going to have to battle his ghosts’: Charles takes over the family business

At 73, he becomes CEO of the royal family’s $28 billion business at an age when most leaders have already stepped down.

Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

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

magazine

Alisa Amador

My Boston History

I'm a multilingual singer-songwriter. Here's why I call Boston home.

The Acostas in Havana — parents Antonio and Rosa Acosta, 2-year-old Rosalin in her mother’s arms, and brother Anthony.

My Boston History

Talent and education aren’t always enough. So I work to ensure opportunities for all.

Sabrina Avilés

My Boston History

Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart

My Boston History

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

metro

Commuters rode inbound into Boston from Oak Grove on the MBTA Orange Line on the first day of its reopening after a one month shutdown for renovations on Monday.

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

Like Italian wine? 🍷 Start thinking about Croatian grapes.

Using AI software to treat a common heart rhythm disorder

sports

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.

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

business

Akhila Ram, with a poster she used to present her invention as well as the 2022 'Most Innovative' award she won.

Lexington student wins award for groundwater-monitoring tech

EU recommends suspending billions in funding to Hungary

Global economy weakening amid inflation fight, war and lingering pandemic

politics

President Joe Biden spoke at the Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit, Wednesday.

President Biden says ‘pandemic is over’

Biden, VIPs lay low as spotlight stays on late Queen

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

Nation

Former president Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio., on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Trump rally plays music resembling QAnon song, and crowds react

Kentucky school shooter imprisoned 25 years seeks parole

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

World

A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico, on Sunday. According to authorities three people were inside the home and were reported to have been rescued.

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

Russia blames US for stalling on Griner, Whelan swap talks

Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral

opinion

Antiracism effort in health care could itself lead to bias

Replacing the divot, now that LIV Golf has come to town

This Republican’s pivot should fool no one

lifestyle

Brewster Book Store displays some of the titles to be featured during the Cape and Islands Banned Books Hunt.

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

My boyfriend comes with too much baggage

Queen’s 8 grandchildren hold silent vigil beside her coffin

food & dining

A couple enjoys a drink in D'Vino wine bar in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Like Italian wine? 🍷 Start thinking about Croatian grapes.

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

The Haven, a beloved Scottish restaurant and pub, spreads out in new JP location

travel

“When Americans buy an airline ticket, they should get to their destination safely, reliably, and affordably,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement last month. “This new proposed rule would protect the rights of travelers and help ensure they get the timely refunds they deserve from the airlines.”

Air passengers could see sweeping reforms and easier refunds. Consumer advocates and lawmakers say it’s still not enough.

A local science festival, a beer week in San Diego, and crafts across Maine

On both coasts, oyster tours are the new wine tours

Arts

Imari Paris Jeffries took a selfie with a group visiting from Boston near portions of "The Embrace" at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington, on July 20. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. It was designed by Hank Willis Thomas.

Piece by piece, Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is coming together

At the Griffin: ‘Shootapalooza,’ ‘hair portraits,’ and going to the Mardi Gras

Jeff Perrott’s roller coaster of color

Books

Brewster Book Store displays some of the titles to be featured during the Cape and Islands Banned Books Hunt.

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

Getting to the heart of the matter

Can women plus law save us?

Movies

Mr. Silva (right) joined Ernest Borgnine at the latter's 90th birthday party in Los Angeles in 2007.

Henry Silva, actor who specialized in menace, dies at 95

Greg Mottola on going by the book for ‘Confess, Fletch’

‘The Woman King’ leads with humanity, not perfection

Television

King Viserys Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Laenor Velaryon in episode five of "House of the Dragon."

Two ancient families unite in episode 5 of ‘House of the Dragon’

This week’s TV: Norman Lear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of ‘Quantum Leap’

Planning to watch Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday? Set your alarm.

music

Samara Joy performs at Scullers Jazz Club.

A Samara Joy-ride at Scullers

Jorja Fleezanis, violinist and pioneering concertmaster, dies at 70

Pop powerhouse Rosalía in full command at MGM Music Hall

Theater/Dance

Kara Chu Nelson and Sam Fidler rehearse a scene from Moonbox Productions' "Jonathan" at the Boston Center for the Arts.

With a pair of premieres, Moonbox showcases local playwrights to start its season

It takes two to play the one-and-only Tina Turner

Ideology and personality prove a combustible combination in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’

globe local

Kim Smothermon greets a guinea pig after it returned from a checkup at the vet clinic.

These little piggies are finding their way home

The Argument: Should Massachusetts adopt legislation barring deceptive ads by pregnancy crisis centers?

Keep doing whatever prompts you to say, ‘I love the journey’

Obituaries

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

Heidelise Als, whose research revolutionized the care of premature babies, dies at 81

Jorja Fleezanis, violinist and pioneering concertmaster, dies at 70