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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.

Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits 62nd homer to top Roger Maris, set American League record
Judge led off the game against the Rangers with his record blast, which landed in the left-field stands and set off a sizable celebration at Globe Life Field.

Watch: Aaron Judge blasts his record-breaking homer

Migrants entered St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown last month.

Perla, the spy who came in from the heat

From the get-go, the migrants were duped.

Details emerge about mystery woman who led migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

A migrant mother and daughter looked out across the water as they journeyed by ferry from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole last month.

All migrants transported last month to Vineyard to leave military base by weekend

All of the migrants will depart the base by the end of the weekend, the administration of Governor Charlie Baker said in a statement Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 14 migrants had left the base and 35 remained, it said.

Georgia Senate bombshell dials up questions about the quality of GOP candidates

The episode underscored how, in a year when the political headwinds would seem to favor Republicans, their controversial nominees — many of whom won primaries with the support of former president Donald Trump — are hamstrung in winnable races.

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

Federal money to replace Cape Cod bridges has yet to arrive, but lawmakers maintain confidence
The project failed to receive any funding in the first round of grants awarded in September by the US Department of Transportation.

Have Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen split up? Here’s a look at their relationship.
The picture-perfect power couple’s relationship is reportedly on the rocks, with multiple outlets reporting on Tuesday the two have hired divorce lawyers. Here's a look back at their relationship.

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.

Peter Abraham | RED SOX 6, RAYS 0 (5 INNINGS)

With his future in Boston unclear, the Red Sox’ Nate Eovaldi wanted the ball, as he always has

Eovaldi's value and best use could be up for debate, but no one could ever question his willingness to take to the mound, regardless of circumstance.

In a rain-shortened Red Sox win, Xander Bogaerts provided one more great moment for the Fenway faithful

Former Northeastern employee arrested in apparent bomb hoax on campus

Wayland officer bitten on arm, buttocks before he fatally shot dog, police report says

Mr. Thomas, at work in the Globe newsroom in 1979.

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.

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

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

The symbol for Twitter appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on Oct. 4.

Elon Musk says he wants Twitter again and will pay $44 billion price

Elon Musk wants Twitter again — and Twitter is game. The billionaire Tesla CEO has proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion, bringing the tumultuous, monthslong saga another step closer to a conclusion.

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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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

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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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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.

Worried about possibility of a tough flu season, officials urge vaccinations
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.

Rain expected to continue into Wednesday, falling most heavily in Southeast Mass.
The heaviest rain will be concentrated in a small area crossing Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable counties, where already 1 to 2 inches of rain have fallen in communities such as Duxbury, Plymouth, and Carver, according to Torry Gaucher, a meteorologist with the weather service in Norton.

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.

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.

Lab space and affordable housing set to move forward at long-stalled Roxbury site
Developers would combine a life-science project with housing at an 8-acre parcel on Tremont Street that has sat empty for decades.

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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.

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Frontman Brandon Flowers and the Killers at TD Garden.

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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

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

Rain expected to continue into Wednesday, falling most heavily in Southeast Mass.

The heaviest rain will be concentrated in a small area crossing Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable counties, where already 1 to 2 inches of rain have fallen in communities such as Duxbury, Plymouth, and Carver, according to Torry Gaucher, a meteorologist with the weather service in Norton.

Local youth paint new mural on generational trauma, protests, and life in South Providence

“Art is a way to create a common ground and for the youth to blend together and create something that captures a single moment.”

Former Northeastern employee arrested in apparent bomb hoax on campus

Jason Duhaime will be brought back to Massachusetts to face federal criminal charges related to the alleged hoax, according to legal filings.

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

An 18-year-old student at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School was allegedly shot by a fellow student on the grounds of the Dorchester school Tuesday morning, officials said.

Sports

Judge surpassed Maris with his Tuesday night homer.

Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits 62nd homer to top Roger Maris, set American League record

Judge led off the game against the Rangers with his record blast, which landed in the left-field stands and set off a sizable celebration at Globe Life Field.

Junior Callie Burchill (13) and fellow captain Bridget Lee have helped propel Braintree to an 8-2 start with new coach CeCi Hodgkins.

FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

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

“From the minute I had my first conversation with her, I knew we were in good hands,” said Braintree assistant CC Gonsalves.

Tom Brady kisses Gisele Bündchen in 2018.

Have Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen split up? Here’s a look at their relationship.

The picture-perfect power couple’s relationship is reportedly on the rocks, with multiple outlets reporting on Tuesday the two have hired divorce lawyers. Here's a look back at their relationship.

Red Sox 6, Rays 0 (5 innings)

In a rain-shortened Red Sox win, Xander Bogaerts provided one more great moment for the Fenway faithful

Watch: Aaron Judge blasts his record-breaking homer

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

With his future in Boston unclear, the Red Sox’ Nate Eovaldi wanted the ball, as he always has

Business

Elon Musk says he wants Twitter again and will pay $44 billion price

Elon Musk wants Twitter again — and Twitter is game. The billionaire Tesla CEO has proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion, bringing the tumultuous, monthslong saga another step closer to a conclusion.

US vows to supply green-fuel-laggard Japan with bioethanol

US officials are touting bioethanol in Japan, which trails other nations on using the green fuel made from corn and other crops.

Putting on the Ritz above South Station

Stocks rally for a second day, regaining some lost ground

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

A migrant mother and daughter looked out across the water as they journeyed by ferry from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole last month.

All migrants transported last month to Vineyard to leave military base by weekend

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

Perla, the spy who came in from the heat

sports

An Braylon Sheffield and his mom, Samantha Sheffield, enjoyed a big day during and after the first game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas.

Teen on trip from hurricane-hit Florida catches home run, meets Yankees

With hip surgery out of the way, Red Sox’ Garrett Whitlock looks ahead to 2023 — likely as a starter

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

business

The symbol for Twitter appeared above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter

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

Apple discriminated against pro-union staff, NLRB alleges

politics

Herschel Walker, the retired football star and Republican Senate candidate, is accused of funding the abortion of a woman he impregnated.

Georgia Senate bombshell dials up questions about the quality of GOP candidates

Federal money to replace Cape Cod bridges has yet to arrive, but lawmakers maintain confidence

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

Nation

People walk along the main drag in the county seat of Nye County, July 18, in Tonopah, Nev.

ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan

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

World

An Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS, missile is fired during a joint military drill between US and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, on Oct. 5.

Seoul’s reprisal blows up after North Korean missile success

Protecting the peatlands of Ireland as fuel costs skyrocket

Three scientists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

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

Tom Brady kisses Gisele Bündchen in 2018.

Have Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen split up? Here’s a look at their relationship.

Garland is asked to probe threats to children’s hospitals

Welcome to Polyamory City

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

Marley Dias is the host of “BookMarks” on Netflix and a freshman at Harvard.

By age 15, she’d hosted a Netflix series and launched #1000BlackGirl Books. Now she’s a Harvard freshman.

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

Linda Ronstadt can’t stand ‘boring writing’

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