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A car teeters on a buckled roadway in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge, and rain to the area causing severe damage.

Ian lashes South Carolina as Florida’s death toll climbs

A revived Hurricane Ian pounded coastal South Carolina on Friday, ripping apart piers and flooding streets after the ferocious storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida, trapping thousands in their homes and leaving at least 27 people dead.

Hurricane tracker map: Live updates on Ian's path Here’s how to help hurricane victims in Florida and beyond See photos and videos from Florida, where Hurricane Ian has left a path of destruction

A pedestrian walked through the rain in Boston earlier this month.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

New England will have unsettled weekend weather thanks to Ian

A flying tree branch struck veteran The Weather Channel broadcast meteorologist Jim Cantore during coverage of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday afternoon.

These reporters stood in the howling winds and rain of Hurricane Ian. But why?

People walk on a flooded street at a trailer park following Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, US, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

For once, the hurricane shark was real

Patriots at Packers, Sun., 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

The best tailgating at Gillette? It’s a half a mile away, at a self-storage facility.
On home-game days, Guardian Self Storage turns into a tailgating hotbed.

Mac Jones had to be helped off the field during the loss to the Ravens last Sunday.

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones is ruled out for Sunday’s game vs. Packers

Jones was at practice Friday but was officially listed as "did not participate." Brian Hoyer will be under center in Green Bay.

Children’s winter viruses strike early, filling ICUs

Immunity to common viruses may have decreased during the pandemic.

One Mass. county has high community COVID-19 level, 10 have medium levels, CDC reports

Berkshire County has a high community COVID-19 level, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It marks the first time in about three months that any Massachusetts county has been rated as having a high COVID level.

New nasal spray vaccines might reduce COVID infections, but the money is still missing

Plymouth woman charged with stealing $200,000 from Scituate restaurant where she worked

Maureen M. Graham, 55, was indicted Friday by a Plymouth County grand jury on four counts of grand larceny over $1,200, two counts of forgery, and three counts of tax evasion, according to a statement from the Plymouth district attorney’s office.

Putin illegally annexes Ukraine land; Kyiv seeks NATO entry

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine’s president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.

BLUE JAYS 9, RED SOX 0

Alex Verdugo feeling blue as Dodgers race toward postseason and Red Sox blanked by Blue Jays
Alex Verdugo has been a useful player for the Red Sox, but after another deflating AL East loss, it's hard not to look to Los Angeles for what could have been.

Mass. residents to receive $37 million in extra heating help in Congress’s short-term spending bill

Rock climber injured after falling from cliff in New Hampshire

Blake Griffin (right) defended Jayson Tatum during the Celtics' sweep of the Nets in the first round of the playoffs last season.

In signing veteran Blake Griffin, Celtics hope they’ve found the depth they need

Griffin is not the player he once was, but without Robert Williams (out 2-3 months), someone will need to relieve 36-year-old Al Horford.

Luke Holden (left), a lobster supplier and businessman, provides a key ingredient to Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding for their skin cream.

Lotion made from lobster goo? Oft-discarded byproduct fuels business dreams of Maine couple.

Marin Skincare is among the latest ventures to emerge from a scrappy, Maine startup culture that prizes innovation, sustainability, and less waste.

North Atlantic right whale “Snow Cone” spotted south of Nantucket on Sept. 21, 2022. (taken under NOAA permit #25739)

Snow Cone, the North Atlantic right whale, seen suffering from yet another severe entanglement

A research assistant who was recently flying 15 miles south of Nantucket with the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team spotted the North Atlantic right whale known as Snow Cone and concluded: she’s a dead whale swimming.

Opinion

Workers build a border wall in the Dominican Republic to stop the flow of migrants fleeing Haiti.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The other country building a border wall

Haiti’s severe political crisis and raging gang violence are forcing an exodus of Haitians. And what’s the response from the Dominican Republic, Haiti’s only land neighbor? Build a wall.

Emerson Clauss III

The state can ease its housing problem by building more starter homes

There’s already a blueprint for helping migrants. Let’s invest in it.

A good start to fixing the off-the-rails MBTA pension system

IDEAS | GEORGENE SMITH GOODIN

I love my children enough to wish I had never met them

Black Progress Index | Donna M. Owens

Entrepreneur who charted her own Great Migration finds purpose, place in Florida
Carol Thompson-Finn has thrived in Collier County, a locale identified by the Black Progress Index as a top county for Black well-being, and and whose Black community boasts a long, rich history.

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globe 150 magazine cover

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."

More recent stories

Book excerpts: The Trump era

Trump wanted to fire Jared and Ivanka by tweet, assumed staffers of color were waiters, Haberman book says
Snippets from several new books about the Trump administration provide an inside look at explosive encounters between members of Trump’s Cabinet and White House officials on a variety of topics.

Stocks end September down 9.3 percent, worst month since March 2020

The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent Friday and is at its lowest level in almost two years.

On abortion, intimidation is in the eye of the beholder

Conservatives want a 1994 law protecting reproductive health care providers to protect antiabortion pregnancy centers too.

Brie, Camembert cheeses recalled after listeria cases in multiple states, including Massachusetts

Old Europe Cheese distributes products to supermarkets and grocery stores across the country, including Shaw’s, Whole Foods, Stop & Shop, and Market Basket, the company’s statement said.

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere
Although Sam, Diane, Carla, Norm, and Cliff weren’t there, “Cheers” fans from all over the world made toasts at the Boston pub of the same name on Friday, the 40th anniversary of the sitcom's premiere.

TOM FARRAGHER

A cancer survivor walks to keep her friend’s memory alive
"Together we’ll be the greatest team there’s ever been."

Recommended reads

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo listened to colleague Frank Baker speak during a contentious meeting in August.

Deeply divided, can Boston’s city councilors repair relations?

A highly charged August meeting laid bare what has become a raw rift that had been months in the making.

Retired clarinetist donates $100 million to rename Boston University’s medical school after his friend
Retired clarinetist and philanthropist Edward Avedisian's friend refused to have his name on the school alone, and the two men reached a compromise in honoring both.

‘It was disgusting’: There’s a cellphone junkyard at the bottom of the Charles River
When an Andover man dropped his smartphone in the Charles River, he dove in after it and found 11 more. None were his.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

2022 MCAS scores show slow progress in student academic performance
Jeffrey Riley, the state’s education commissioner, said it could take up to five years before students fully catch up.

See 2022 MCAS scores for schools across the state

video

Culture & Lifestyle

An image from the title sequence of "Severance."

12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

The MIT Museum will open its new 56,000-square-foot, purpose-built home to the public on Oct. 2.

New MIT Museum glimpses the future and examines school’s past

An Airbnb rental in Danvers looks like the witches' cottage in "Hocus Pocus"

To celebrate ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ release, book a stay at ‘The Hocus Pocus Cottage’ in Danvers

The Topsfield Fair runs from Sept. 30-Oct. 10.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

An e-bike, seen in Key Biscayne, Fla., in 2021.

IDEAS | ROBIN CHASE

The joyful and planet-friendly mobility of e-bikes

President Richard Nixon bowls with the winners of the Seventh World International Bowling Federation Tournament in the Executive Office Building bowling alley on Sept. 17, 1971.

Robert D. Putnam and Terry Babcock-Lumish

The White House bowling alley is a symbol of what’s wrong with US politics

Mayor Wu's staffing changes to the Zoning Board of Appeals doesn’t solve the larger issues that she was so intent on solving — providing diversity of professional backgrounds and skills without leaving board members open to charges of insider dealing or even intentional insider obstructionism.

Wu cleans house at zoning board

Governor Charlie Baker (right) greets Anthony Amore, the GOP candidate for auditor.

The battle within the state Republican Party

Protesters shout slogans as they hold photos of Iranian Mahsa Amini during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus on Sept. 27. pm, T

Tara D. Sonenshine

The women of Iran need the world to protest with them

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

Record-breaking pumpkin takes top prize at Topsfield Fair

The pumpkin entered by Tyngsborough’s Jamie Graham weighed in at 2,480 pounds. That number, according to fair spokesman Dave Thompson, cleared the fair’s previous record of 2,294.5 pounds, set by Alex Noel of Abington, Conn., in 2019.

Children’s winter viruses strike early, filling ICUs

Immunity to common viruses may have decreased during the pandemic.

On abortion, intimidation is in the eye of the beholder

Conservatives want a 1994 law protecting reproductive health care providers to protect antiabortion pregnancy centers too.

A cancer survivor walks to keep her friend’s memory alive

"Together we’ll be the greatest team there’s ever been."

Sports

Anaheim teammates huddled around former Bruins defenseman Urho Vaakanainen after crashed into the end boards Friday night.

Former Bruins defenseman Urho Vaakanainen leaves ice on stretcher after scary crash into boards

The Finnish defenseman, traded to Anaheim last March for Hampus Lindholm, was conscious and alert with full movement in his extremities, the Ducks said.

Milton's Luke Sammon (center) celebrates with teammates Michael Fulton (right) and Dillon Mackenzie (left) after hauling in a 40-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Owen McHugh to give the Wildcats a 7-0 lead in the second quarter of Friday night's 28-14 victory over Walpole at Brooks Field.

HS FOOTBALL | MILTON 28, WALPOLE 14

No. 16 Milton remains unbeaten with an emotional win for its grieving coach over No. 17 Walpole

After his 83-year-old father, Henry, passed away from cancer on Sunday, Milton High coach Steve Dembowski found some sanctuary on the sideline as he presided over the Wildcats' 28-14 home victory over Walpole.

The Shawsheen football team congratulates coach Al Costabile on his 200th victory.

HS Football | Shawsheen 20, Greater Lawrence 14

Shawsheen delivers Al Costabile his 200th coaching win in victory at Greater Lawrence

“It means a lot of pressure is gone,” Costabile said with a laugh after the Rams (4-0) scored a 20-14 win. “[But] I was more concerned with the number 4 — us getting our fourth win of the season.”

BLUE JAYS 9, RED SOX 0

Alex Verdugo feeling blue as Dodgers race toward postseason and Red Sox blanked by Blue Jays

It’s official: Revolution eliminated from MLS playoff chase

HS FOOTBALL | WAKEFIELD 28, STONEHAM 6

Javin Willis (4 TD passes) delivers for Wakefield in a Middlesex League win over Stoneham

Business

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere

Although Sam, Diane, Carla, Norm, and Cliff weren’t there, “Cheers” fans from all over the world made toasts at the Boston pub of the same name on Friday, the 40th anniversary of the sitcom's premiere.

Stocks end September down 9.3 percent, worst month since March 2020

The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent Friday and is at its lowest level in almost two years.

Boston’s net-zero emissions zoning code raises concerns among developers

Could an Olmstead plan solve part of R.I.’s homeless problem?

magazine

From left: Grade 9 students Dehlen Rabb, Marlon Benjamin, and Jose Jimenez.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘The Mary Lyon way’: A Boston inclusion school’s successful approach to re-engagement

Schools should teach the forgotten history of the Pledge of Allegiance

Why it’s time to stop leaving voice mail messages

The writer’s baby sitter, Miss Anderson, in 1957.

My baby sitter sent me into the woods to look for butterflies

metro

Luke Holden (left), a lobster supplier and businessman, provides a key ingredient to Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding for their skin cream.

Lotion made from lobster goo? Oft-discarded byproduct fuels business dreams of Maine couple.

The best tailgating at Gillette? It’s a half a mile away, at a self-storage facility.

In Puerto Rico, Central Falls mayor and Elisha Project co-founder bring aid and comfort

sports

Brian Hoyer (5) has made 39 NFL starts over 14 seasons.

Patriots-Packers game won’t be a mismatch, but it sure looks like one on paper

“Grateful” Garrett is questionable to play for the Browns just days after flipping his Porsche

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery is still sorting through job candidates in camp

business

Shelves typically stocked with baby formula sit mostly empty at a store in San Antonio, Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

US outlines plan for long-term baby formula imports

Ten things Elon Musk’s texts reveal about the Twitter deal

Price of Cambridge biotech’s new ALS drug criticized by watchdog group

politics

A sign in the parking lot of West Virginia's only abortion clinic, Women's Health Center of West Virginia, cautions patients about an antiabortion center located next door in Charleston, W.Va. The abortion clinic put up a row of trees in their parking lot blocking the view of Woman's Choice Pregnancy Resource Center, which has been located next to the abortion clinic for years. (AP Photo/Leah M. Willingham)

On abortion, intimidation is in the eye of the beholder

US hits Russia with sanctions for annexing Ukrainian regions

House approves bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine, sending it to Biden to sign

Nation

A car teeters on a buckled roadway in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge, and rain to the area causing severe damage.

Ian lashes South Carolina as Florida’s death toll climbs

For once, the hurricane shark was real

These reporters stood in the howling winds and rain of Hurricane Ian. But why?

World

The family of a 19-year old girl who was victim of a suicide bomber mourns, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.

At least 19 killed, mostly girls, in attack on Afghan education center

EU adopts levy on excess energy profits, no gas price cap

Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions

opinion

Female Gelada baboons, also known as bleeding-heart baboons, cuddle with their babies in order to keep warm at the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, Germany.

Pessimistic starlings, depressed parrots, sad baboons — the surprising implications of animal sentience

A bitter lesson in Dedham schools

My local polling station has become a hostile environment

lifestyle

Derrick Young Jr., cofounder and executive director of Leadership Brainery, photographed at the Boston Public Library as part of "Portraits of Pride." The public art exhibit featuring LGBTQ+ community leaders photographed by Manchester-based John Huet will be on display through October for LGBT History Month.

‘Portraits of Pride’ celebrates truth and love for LGBT History Month with new public art exhibition

I can’t date someone who is average looking

For many women, getting a mammogram is a mental health trigger

food & dining

Kevin and Kathy Statia, of Ontario, Canada, take a photo in front of the Cheers sign on Friday, the 40th anniversary of the TV show's premiere.

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere

Ballard’s Beach Resort ordered to remove canopies, tiki bar, stage, other structures by CRMC

It’s National Coffee Day. Here’s where you can find the deals.

travel

A couple walks along Menemsha Public Beach in Chilmark on Sept. 23, 2022.

A fondness for shoulder season

Keep that summer vibe going: 10 reasons to head to Martha’s Vineyard now

Where to find a workspace when you’re on vacation in the Berkshires

Arts

John Thomson, "Curio Shop," 1868–1872

When the camera has an imperial power

At Wellesley’s Davis Museum, a colonial misappropriation gets a 21st-century makeover

Sofía Córdova eyes the other side of apocalypse

Books

A brief era of brutality and change in ‘American Midnight’

Linda Ronstadt can’t stand ‘boring writing’

On the shimmering border between truth and fiction

Movies

Luke Macfarlane (left) and Billy Eichner in a scene from "Bros."

When Bobby met Aaron: ‘Bros’ is a meet cute that hits the mark

‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’: It’s a strange brew

In new Sinead O’Connor documentary, no one compares 2 her

Television

Kevin and Kathy Statia, of Ontario, Canada, take a photo in front of the Cheers sign on Friday, the 40th anniversary of the TV show's premiere.

‘Cheers’ fans clink glasses on 40th anniversary of the TV show’s premiere

Untitled upcoming NBC show has local ties

12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

music

Death Cab For Cutie plays the Leader Bank Pavilion Saturday.

Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is feeling anxious for all of us

Wang joins BSO to tackle (and record) Shostakovich piano concertos

A new hall of fame at the Wang brings Boston’s musical history into view

Theater/Dance

Maria Hendricks rehearses a scene from "Dracula: A feminist revenge fantasy, really" at Umbrella Stage Company in Concord. Hendricks plays Dr. Van Helsing.

A feminist take on ‘Dracula’ that bites back

Steve Sweeney opens a cozy comedy club in Quincy

With a few clanks, ‘Ada and the Engine’ offers an eye-opening ride through computer history

globe local

Cyclists from the Charles River Wheelers along the Battle Road Trail in Lincoln. The group is among many taking their bikes off the road and onto gravel paths as a safer alternative to street riding.

The asphalt exodus: Bicyclists and runners turn to gravel trails as a safer way to ride and run

The Argument: Should Massachusetts impose an additional tax on income above $1 million?

Discovering there’s no quit on the volleyball court

Obituaries

Coolio attended the 2015 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards in Beverly Hills.

Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper, dies at 59

Hilaree Nelson, 49, top ski mountaineer, is dead in Nepal avalanche

Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84