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Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

The Trump team asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search.

In the last 6 elections Obamacare was at center stage. This midterm it’s being ignored, along with these 3 other issues.

After years of increases, Massachusetts health insurance rates set to rise another 7.6 percent

The rate hike affects people who purchase plans on the state’s health insurance website.

Former Northeastern employee arrested after bomb hoax on campus

A former Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a pressurized storage case exploded in his office Sept. 13 was arrested Tuesday in Texas and will be brought back to Massachusetts to face federal criminal charges related to the alleged hoax, according to legal filings.

Father and son in Woburn arrested on federal charges in alleged human trafficking scheme

Federal charges allege that Brazilian nationals were smuggled into the US and worked at Woburn restaurants, where their wages were garnished to pay the smuggling debts, officials said.

Teenager shot outside the Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester; student arrested

Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter

The Onion files Supreme Court amicus brief defending the right to parody

Legislative leaders offered few assurances about where they, let alone future legislators, would funnel the proceeds from the so-called millionaires tax.

Millionaires tax proceeds are supposed to bolster education and transportation. Lawmakers would decide if they actually do.

Should voters embrace Question 1, the decision about where the money ultimately goes — and who benefits — would rest with legislators.

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The packie versus food store fight returns, with a twist
Package store owners are pushing a ballot question that would increase the number of locations where beer and wine can be sold but are not facing an organized opponent.

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Perla, the spy who came in from the heat
From the get-go, the migrants were duped.

14 of the migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard have left base on Cape Cod to pursue housing, state officials say Details emerge about mystery woman who led migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

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Jack Thomas, journalist who poignantly wrote of his terminal diagnosis, dies at 83

“I just wish I could stay a little longer,” Mr. Thomas wrote last year after learning he would soon die of cancer.

Archive: I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I want to say.

Marybeth and Stephen Bisson, owners of Wicked Craft in Boston, are selling the 18-acre property on Red Brook Harbor that includes both a private beach and a tennis court.

Take a look inside this $15.9 million waterfront compound on Cape Cod

Marybeth and Stephen Bisson, owners of Wicked Craft in Boston, are selling the property on Red Brook Harbor that includes both a private beach and a tennis court.

Rookie Bailey Zappe had his moments against Green Bay, but it may be a reach to expect a lot out of him at this point.

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With Patriots in soft part of the schedule, is Bailey Zappe the QB who can take advantage?

The Patriots simply must seize the opportunity presented by the next five games, but they find their quarterback situation in flux.

Patriots are bringing back quarterback Garrett Gilbert to their practice squad

Opinion

Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Sacheen Littlefeather’s eternal challenge to Hollywood and America

At the Oscars, she didn’t just speak on Brando’s behalf. She voiced the real-world harm of Hollywood’s misrepresentation of indigenous people.

The chip war is reshaping world politics

Time to get ‘Perla’ before a grand jury

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

‘What the hell are we doing?’: Democrats are letting beatable election-denying Republicans cruise to reelection

There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore

Health | Mary T. Bassett

Black Americans’ poor health outcomes is proof of wildly overdue unpaid tab for slavery
Successful reparations means eliminating racial health disparities. Until racism no longer drives negative effects on the health and length of a Black person’s life, equity remains theoretical.

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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.

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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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Tindall, a Toronto native, retired as a scout in 2001, but remained devoted to the franchise and the many Bruins players he knew through the decades.

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Worried that a difficult flu season might be ahead this fall and winter, federal officials are renewing their call for people to get both COVID-19 shots and flu shots in the coming weeks.

Ginkgo Bioworks buys two small biotech companies
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Trump wanted to wear Superman shirt after COVID hospitalization; team made White House transition difficult, 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.

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies
Her plucky songs and inspiring life story made Loretta Lynn one of the most beloved American musical performers of her generation. Her family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Hiker rescued in White Mountains; carried two miles to safety
Patricia Case, 34, of North Woodstock, N.H., injured her ankle shortly after summiting Mount Chocorua, officials said.

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A coach bus with migrants aboard departed the Steamship Authority ferry from Martha’s Vineyard as onlookers greet them with a wave, in Woods Hole on Sept. 16. Migrants shipped to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida’s Republican governor said on Friday that they had been misled about where they were being taken, prompting immigration lawyers to promise legal action as the refugees from Venezuela were relocated temporarily to a federal military base.

Time to get ‘Perla’ before a grand jury

Over the weekend, Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, and released a post in which he called Elaine Chao, his former Labor secretary and wife to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, “China Loving Wife, Coco Chow.”

There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore

Carlos Munoz reached out to hug Larkin Stallings of Vineyard Haven as the Venezuelan migrants prepare to leave Martha's Vineyard, Sept. 16.

Our Martha’s Vineyard moments

A groups of migrants walk from the Migrant Resource Center to a nearby shopping center in search of food in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 19.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A private sponsorship program for displaced Venezuelans

Massachusetts' bid for federal funding to replace the Sagamore Bridge was not included in $1.5 billion in federal grant money awarded under the “Infrastructure for Rebuilding America” or “INFRA” program.

With Cape Cod bridges, no one brought home the bacon for Massachusetts

A Democratic nominee for Congress, Joseph Alfonso, knocks on doors around downtown Plainwell, Mich.

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‘What the hell are we doing?’: Democrats are letting beatable election-denying Republicans cruise to reelection

Metro

Millionaires tax proceeds are supposed to bolster education and transportation. Lawmakers would decide if they actually do.

Should voters embrace Question 1, the decision about where the money ultimately goes — and who benefits — would rest with legislators.

Perla, the spy who came in from the heat

From the get-go, the migrants were duped.

'Shy or Not Shy?'

What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

Former NKHS student-athletes say basketball coach Aaron Thomas had them strip naked so he could conduct “fat tests” near their genitals. Now, the attorney general is investigating. Catch up on the story here, with earlier reporting as well as the latest news from the lawyers, school administrators, parents, and victims

14 of the migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard have left base on Cape Cod to pursue housing, state officials say

Thirty-five of the 49 Venezuelan migrants flown unexpectedly to Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14 remain at Joint Base Cape Cod, where they were offered temporary shelter after their surprise arrival in Massachusetts orchestrated by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s office, authorities said Tuesday.

Sports

The last time New England sported the old school uniforms was 2012 when Tom Brady led the Patriots to a win over the Jets.

Patriots throwing it back this weekend with return of ‘Pat Patriot’

New England will be wearing its throwback uniforms for Sunday’s home game against the Lions, the classic red jerseys with the familiar logo on the side of the helmet, created by Phil Bissell in 1960.

Cine is stretchered from the field after he suffered a compound fracture Sunday.

Vikings safety and former Everett star Lewis Cine undergoes surgery after gruesome leg injury

Cine, a former star at Everett High who was the 32nd overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, was placed on IR following an injury sustained during a punt return.

After watching a popup get caught in the fifth inning in Arlington, Texas, the Yankees' Aaron Judge took out his frustrations in the dugout.

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Aaron Judge slams a helmet, not a 62nd home run, as his frustration grows

Yankees slugger comes up empty again as he continues attempt to break a tie with Roger Maris for the American League record.

Steelers name rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett the starter for Sunday’s game against the Bills

Celtics notebook

Rookie JD Davison going to school with Marcus Smart

FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Few coaches connect with their players like CeCi Hodgkins, who has Braintree field hockey off to a flying start

Business

Stocks rally for a second day, regaining some lost ground

Stocks on Tuesday extended gains from the previous day and rebounding from a painful decline in September.

Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter

Twitter said it intends to close the transaction at $54.20 per share after receiving the letter from Musk, but stopped short of saying it’s dropping its lawsuit against the billionaire Tesla CEO.

A Musk retweet: Tesla CEO says he’ll pay $44B to buy Twitter

Apple discriminated against pro-union staff, NLRB alleges

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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

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Higher health insurance premiums will add to health care affordability concerns for many of the state’s residents.

After years of increases, Massachusetts health insurance rates set to rise another 7.6 percent

Homelessness in Rhode Island

R.I. short-term rental registry goes live — you can search your neighborhood

sports

Rookie Bailey Zappe had his moments against Green Bay, but it may be a reach to expect a lot out of him at this point.

With Patriots in soft part of the schedule, is Bailey Zappe the QB who can take advantage?

Game 161: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

What can we expect the Bruins’ forward lines to look like on opening night?

business

The Poshmark Inc. website on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

South Korean internet giant buys Poshmark in $1.2 billion deal

Micron pledges up to $100 billion for semiconductor factory in New York

Ginkgo Bioworks buys two small biotech companies

politics

An aerial view of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

In the last 6 elections Obamacare was at center stage. This midterm it’s being ignored, along with these 3 other issues.

Another shift for N.H. GOP Senate candidate on 2020 election

Nation

Republican Senator Rand Paul, of Kentucky, spoke at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville on Aug. 25.

Rival calls incendiary ad by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul ‘dangerous’

‘Where am I going to go?’: Floridians hit by a hurricane and a housing crunch

Area man is arrested for parody. ‘America’s Finest News Service’ files a Supreme Court brief.

World

Seamus Caulfield, a retired archaeology professor, cut peat using a traditional angled spade called a sleán, on his family’s land in Belderrig, Ireland, in June.

Protecting the peatlands of Ireland as fuel costs skyrocket

Three scientists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

North Korea sends missile soaring over Japan in escalation

opinion

A woman had a mammogram at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor in 2015.

Forever grateful she scheduled that mammogram

There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore

A private sponsorship program for displaced Venezuelans

lifestyle

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Children's Hospital Association have requested Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate threats of violence against children's hospitals and physicians providing gender-affirming health care.

Garland is asked to probe threats to children’s hospitals

Welcome to Polyamory City

HONK! returns with a multi-day music extravaganza

food & dining

Cocoa beans at a chocolate tour at Goodnow Farms Chocolate manufacturing facility in Sudbury.

Goodnow Farms Chocolate is now offering tours

A grinder for those who agree there’s no such thing as too much garlic

Good things in small packages

travel

An American cockroach.

Should Airbnb refund for ‘biggest roach I’ve seen in my life’?

A fondness for shoulder season

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

Arts

Clint Baclawski, "Departure," 2022. Scrolling lightbox kits, electronic ballasts, Latex prints, 2-foot LED bulbs, speaker wires, power cords, Stinger cable power supply, matte black wall.

Clint Baclawski’s grand illusions

Mr. Lincoln goes to Concord

When the camera has an imperial power

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

"I went up there thinking I could make a difference," Ms. Littlefeather said in 1990. "I was very naive. I told people about oppression. They said, 'You're ruining our evening.' "

Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando’s Oscar, dies at 75

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

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

Television

Miles Teller hosted the 48th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."

For ‘SNL,’ season 48 cold opens with a bang

Why British streamers aren’t getting my attention

This week’s TV: True-crime kidnapping, a ‘Community’ movie, and a Hilary Swank series

music

Frontman Brandon Flowers and the Killers at TD Garden.

The Killers go big at TD Garden

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies

Ed Sheeran announces a 2023 summer stop at Gillette Stadium

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

Vehicles stand at a Tesla Supercharger station.

Wellesley to hold electric vehicle showcase and test drive Oct. 16

Brookline recognized in Fortune’s ‘25 Best Places to Live for Families’

Emergency call box gives beachgoers direct access to 911

Obituaries

Judge Silberman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2008.

Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86

Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies

Jack Thomas, journalist who poignantly wrote of his terminal diagnosis, dies at 83