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Brookline police chief fired after investigation into sexual harassment allegations

Ashley Gonzalez, the chief of the Brookline Police Department, was fired Friday by a unanimous vote of the town’s select board following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.

Justice Department seeks end to arbiter’s review of Trump docs

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Friday to overturn a judge’s appointment of an independent arbiter to review documents seized during an FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate.

2021 Boston Marathon champion Diana Kipyokei is provisionally stripped of title for doping
Kipyokei would be the second Kenyan women’s winner in seven years to have her title taken away, following Rita Jeptoo in 2014.

‘The bureaucratic way to say your safety decisions are just made up’: Senator Warren leads rare congressional hearing on MBTA safety problems

Teenager kills 2 in Raleigh, N.C., neighborhood, 3 more along walking trail, police say

200 students at Groton elementary school sick with stomach virus, officials say

‘Friends’ merch, VHS tapes, lots of big hair. Natick Mall time capsule from 1994 reveals quirky throwbacks.

A Natick Mall time capsule sealed in 1994 was reopened earlier this week, revealing a raft of mementos that defined local and pop culture at the time, along with hundreds of letters and essays speculating on what life would be like in 2022.

$1.2 billion Channelside development approved for Fort Point neighborhood

The $1.2 billion Channelside development would bring housing, a lab building, and office space to what’s now parking lots on the banks of the downtown waterway.

When Blink-182 comes to Boston, look for Charlie Baker in the crowd

The governor, a superfan, is buying tickets to the band’s reunion tour at TD Garden.
Opinion
TIMELINE

Assault on American democracy

Jan. 6, 2021, was one of the most alarming days in American history. Boston Globe Opinion columns, editorials, letters, and cartoons untangle the continuing aftermath of the attack on the US Capitol.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Jan. 6 panel throws a gauntlet at Trump’s feet
MARCELA GARCÍA

Media and tech companies still aren’t doing enough to police non-English language misinformation
Ted Widmer

With threats of nuclear weapons and warnings of ‘Armageddon,’ lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

How the language of social justice is used to protect the status quo
The Emancipator

A letter to my White sons

Joanna Schroeder on the talk she has with her White sons breaking down the red flags of White nationalism.
Museums in Focus

From maps to manuscripts to matchcovers, 12 highlights from the BPL

A look at what’s inside the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections Department and available online.

4 Boston museum curators who are shaping what we see next, and how we see it

From the MFA to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, museums are looking at their collections through new eyes.

Welcome to the MIT Museum’s ‘spiffy’ new digs in Kendall Square

The museum’s director, John Durant, talks about the new location and what makes the institution such a special place.

10 must-see museum shows from Mass. to Maine

Critic Murray Whyte highlights the exhibitions you should see across New 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.

Catholic Medical Center trustees hire firm to investigate its operations after Globe Spotlight investigation New Hampshire keeps patients in the dark about their doctors’ malpractice, disciplinary records Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau
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."

More recent stories

Millionaires’ tax debate pivots on who, exactly, would end up paying new levy

At the dispute’s center is the prospect of many so-called one-time millionaires — the small business owner or retiree finally selling their company or home — suddenly eating a higher tax bill, all because of a measure being touted as a way to make our tax system fairer.
Early voting in Massachusetts: What you need to know

Teachers in Haverhill, Malden rally this weekend amid heated contract negotiations

Educators in the two districts “are in the middle of major contract battles that are coming to a head,” the Massachusetts Teachers Association said on its website.

Leader of $20m counterfeit military clothing scheme sentenced to 3 years in prison

It involved more than 13,000 jackets that were supposed to be difficult to detect with night vision goggles, but were not; and more than 18,000 hoods falsely labeled as flame resistant, authorities said.

Bank of America donates $1 million for mental health access in Boston schools
The grant will help the Boston Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships Program, a behavioral health program that works with Boston schools largely impacted by systemic inequities.

All cases involving Woburn officer who allegedly helped plan deadly Charlottesville rally will be reviewed, DA says

Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office is reviewing all cases involving Woburn police Officer John Donnelly, who’s currently on leave while his department investigates allegations he attended and helped plan the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va.

LOVE LETTERS
Is it the right time to tell my friend I have feelings for her?
"Maybe I’ve always felt them and just suppressed it."

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Catholic Medical Center trustees hire a firm to investigate its operations after Globe Spotlight investigation

Facing criticism from patient families, their own medical staff, and state legislators in the wake of the stories about Dr. Yvon Baribeau, CMC’s trustees announced on Thursday that Horty, Springer & Mattern would conduct an “independent, external review.”

‘It’s a very serious situation’: Putin’s nuclear threat ratchets up tension
With Russian troops now on the defensive, and conventional warfare unable to check recent Ukrainian battlefield advances, the chances that Putin might resort to nuclear weapons have risen, defense and security specialists say.

‘The system is strained’: Greater Boston’s support networks struggle to keep up as thousands of migrants surge into the area
The new migrants, by and large, have come to the state after crossing the border in Texas and then bouncing between detention centers, shelters run by nonprofits, or friends’ living rooms throughout the country.

Can’t poop when you go on vacation? Here’s why.
We asked an expert to explain what’s happening — and not happening — and what we can do about it.

Quebec City’s got an excrement exhibition, and there’s a lot to digest

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Culture & Lifestyle

Veronica Roth on her new dystopian mystery novel, ‘Poster Girl’

Dramas call the tune on Broadway: A quartet of must-see productions kicks fall season into gear

Tiffani Faison will open Tenderoni’s in the Fenway, replacing Tiger Mama

‘TÁR’: Cate Blanchett delivers powerhouse performance as world-renowned conductor with dark past — and present

Special Projects

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

A slow writer’s lament
Ro Khanna

America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan
RENÉE GRAHAM

Despite multiple scandals, Herschel Walker could still win
EDITORIAL

Home health care is a critical support for strained families and an aging society. It’s time we treated it that way.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why is Question 4 so confusing?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

RI COURTS

Jury finds R.I. corrections officer guilty of having sex with 2 female inmates

Collins Umoh, 44, of Warwick, was convicted by a jury of three counts of criminal sexual conduct with an inmate under his direct custodial supervision.

An environmental group wants to make Harvard allow public access to its boathouse docks. The university is pushing back.

The Charles River Watershed Association says the university's exclusive use of two swaths of waterfront property needs to come to an end.
RI COURTS

R.I. Supreme Court denies Champlin’s Marina expansion plan in Block Island’s Great Salt Pond

The long-proposed plan sought to extend into the pond to accommodate 140 more boats. The town and environmental groups claimed that would displace other uses of the pond and damage its health.

Bank of America donates $1 million for mental health access in Boston schools

The grant will help the Boston Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships Program, a behavioral health program that works with Boston schools largely impacted by systemic inequities.

Sports

BC football

At the bye week, here are five telling statistics about Boston College football

The Eagles are a disappointing 2-4 at the break, and it is a time for coach Jeff Hafley and his staff to take stock of the good and the bad.
NFL NOTEBOOK

Rams in ‘uncharted territory’ as Cam Akers departs defending Super Bowl champions

Running back is not injured and practiced Wednesday, but not since, leaving coach Sean McVay short at the position going into Sunday's game against the Panthers.
Ben Volin | On football

Browns QB Jacoby Brissett, a former Patriot, has come full circle to face his old team

Like Bailey Zappe, Brissett was once a third-string rookie making his first start sooner than expected when he subbed in for Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo and led the Patriots to a 27-0 win over the Texans in 2016.
HS CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Cross-country: Talented junior Madelyn Germain setting the standard — and the pace — for the Norfolk Aggie girls’ team
HS CROSS-COUNTRY | RUNNERS OF THE WEEK

EMass cross-country: With her victory in the varsity girls’ B race at the Bay State Invitational, Cambridge’s Aoife Shovlin headlines Runners of the Week
patriots

Patriots upgrade Mac Jones to questionable for Sunday’s game

Business

Head of zero-emission truck venture found guilty of fraud

At trial, the government had portrayed Milton as a con man while his lawyer called him an inspiring visionary who was being railroaded by overzealous prosecutors.

Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons announce plan to merge

The deal would unite the country’s two largest supermarket chains, which have been forced by rising costs and competition from Walmart and Amazon to choose between cutting into their profit or their customers’ wallets.

‘Friends’ merch, VHS tapes, lots of big hair. Natick Mall time capsule from 1994 reveals quirky throwbacks.

$1.2 billion Channelside development approved for Fort Point neighborhood
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Healthy Aging

Forget Wordle. Here are 5 secrets to living better, longer.

Healthy Aging

I picked up the guitar later in life. Here’s what I learned about its effects on the brain.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After absolutely destroying an Oreo McFlurry, I felt much better’
COOKING

Recipes: Three stews to warm you as the weather gets cooler

metro

Brookline police chief fired after investigation into sexual harassment allegations

Rhode Island political news: September 2022

All cases involving Woburn officer who allegedly helped plan deadly Charlottesville rally will be reviewed, DA says

sports

The Patriots run defense has struggled — and now they have to face Nick Chubb

Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter dies at 69

Bill Belichick has some historic NFL ties (and hats), and other thoughts

business

Dolly Parton donation strategy: ‘I just give from my heart’

Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20b bid for Albertsons, parent company of Shaw’s and Star Market

National Grid, Woburn startup team up to develop new power lines that carry more electricity

politics

Justice Department seeks end to arbiter’s review of Trump docs

‘The bureaucratic way to say your safety decisions are just made up’: Senator Warren leads rare congressional hearing on MBTA safety problems

Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump as it wraps up its case

Nation

Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily

Teenager kills 2 in Raleigh, N.C., neighborhood, 3 more along walking trail, police say

World

N. Korea fires missile, artillery shells, inflaming tensions

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

North Korea fires missile and shells, further inflaming tensions

opinion

The most important lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Social Studies: Trump rallies left a mark; the power of defense spending; how laughter spread

Calming a perfect storm of confusion

lifestyle

Veronica Roth on her new dystopian mystery novel, ‘Poster Girl’

Is it the right time to tell my friend I have feelings for her?

10 family-friendly Halloween activities

food & dining

Tiffani Faison will open Tenderoni’s in the Fenway, replacing Tiger Mama

Little Whale Oyster Bar takes over for Grand Tour

Iggy’s Bread will open a croissant-only cafe in Huron Village; a mini-golf restaurant comes to the Seaport

travel

A pet package in Cambridge, Halloween events, and a super-luxe Galapagos sail

The Peloponnese peninsula is Greece’s best-kept secret

American Airlines cancels flight and charges an extra $1,147

Arts

4 museum curators around Boston who are shaping what we see next, and how we see it

MFA’s Victoria Reed is a leading voice in debate over looted artworks — and what to do with them

From maps to manuscripts to matchcovers (and don’t forget the Rembrandts), 12 highlights from the BPL

Books

Mountains of the damned

On making — and keeping — reading a daily habit

New stories by a modern master

Movies

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died

‘TÁR’: Cate Blanchett delivers powerhouse performance as world-renowned conductor with dark past — and present

Director Mat Whitecross explores the sonic side of Bond in ‘The Sound of 007′

Television

Looking for clues regarding season 5 of ‘Fargo’

‘Bad Sisters,’ great villain

In ‘Magpie Murders,’ double plots double the mystery

music

At BSO, orchestral Technicolor and Mozartean grace

Ed Sheeran announces second summer 2023 stop at Gillette Stadium

Dolly Parton donation strategy: ‘I just give from my heart’

Theater/Dance

Dramas call the tune on Broadway: A quartet of must-see productions kicks fall season into gear

Look inside the Huntington Theatre’s brand new $55 million renovation

How Nina became Edna: Andrew Levitt’s improbable leap from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ to ‘Hairspray’

globe local

‘This is my community’: North Shore residents reclaim Danvers bridge tarnished by hate speech

We need to find ways to carry on in our changed world

Aspiring police officer gets a special visitor

Obituaries

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died

Art Laboe dies at 97; DJ served as conduit among generations, ethnic groups

Angela Lansbury, star of ‘Gypsy’ on stage and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ on screen, has died