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Mayor Michelle Wu vetoes City Council’s pay increases for elected officials

In her most prominent veto yet, Mayor Michelle Wu is rejecting a package of raises for elected and appointed city officials, telling the Boston City Council that the pay bumps they proposed for the mayor and councilors are too high.

Striking Sysco drivers see large police presence early Monday

A video shows several Plympton and Marshfield police officers on the scene, and multiple people loaded into the back of a police van.

Waves of suicide drones strike Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 4
The assault sowed terror and frayed nerves as blasts echoed across the city. Energy facilities were struck, and one drone slammed into a residential building, killing three people, authorities said. Five drones plunged into Kyiv itself, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Bear mauls 10-year-old in grandparents’ Connecticut backyard

A 250-pound black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut and tried to drag him away before the animal was fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Listen up: Hearing aids go over-the-counter Monday
US residents are now able to purchase high-quality hearing aids at retail stores, with no need for a prescription or costly visits to a doctor or audiologist.

Hearing aids are now sold over the counter. Here’s how to pick one.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Malden, Haverhill schools shutter amid teachers strike
Thousands of students — more than 7,700 in Haverhill, and 6,100 in Malden — will remain out of school while educators protest outside their schools.

Climber falls from ledge in N.H.; hiker injured on wet rocks on Mt. Cardigan

Swampscott dog walker surrounded by a pack of coyotes

Are you a true New Englander? If your heat is already on, the answer is no.

In Boston, when the chill sets in, the rules are simple: shorts, iced coffee, and no heat until trick-or-treat. Or later.
Patriots 38, Browns 15

dan shaughnessy
It’s time to revisit the Belichick vs. Brady scoreboard
For more than two years, it has been Team Tom in a rout, but suddenly Team Bill is gaining ground.

Chad Finn: Mac Jones better come back in top form or ‘questionable’ might be his status for some time What Belichick had to say about Bailey Zappe vs. Mac Jones on Monday

How the DPU is preventing communities from lowering utility bills — and carbon emissions
Municipalities say the Department of Public Utilities is delaying its ability to bring cleaner, more affordable energy to residents.

Here are five no-electricity products to lower your energy bills this winter

Along the US-Canada border, the pandemic leaves a deeper divide

The pandemic border closure forced people on both sides of the line to alter their routines. And even as the last of the restrictions were lifted Oct.1, the new patterns have stuck around, and in the process, some of the deep links — economic, cultural, and personal — have frayed.

A resource guide for Boston-area COVID long-haulers

Though the medical field, the government, and society at large still have a long way to go in understanding the bewildering illness, there are resources available now for people who identify as long-haulers.
Long COVID took their health. Then it took their money.

Bar where Robert Kraft and Dana Blumberg had first date renamed ‘Blumberg’s’

Entrepreneur Michael Rubin had the name of the Olde Heritage Tavern in Lenox changed to “Blumberg’s” over the weekend.
Robert Kraft marries Dana Blumberg in surprise wedding with Tom Brady, Elton John in attendance
Chad Finn | Sports Media

A Sports Hub producer was fired despite great ratings. Now host Rich Shertenlieb is paying to bring him back.

“Toucher and Rich” producer Mike Lockhart was fired by Beasley Media, the Sports Hub’s parent company, in a round of layoffs Oct. 7.

Deaths foretold: The last two years of Adam Howe’s life were a cry for help that was not coming

Mentally ill and struggling with addictions, Howe allegedly killed his mother and then himself.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Yes on Question 3

The ballot measure offers a reasonable if imperfect compromise in the state’s long-running alcohol wars.
William Neuman

US needs to end its two broken legs policy on Venezuela
Bradley Campbell

No more excuses: New England’s power grid operator needs to bring renewables online
RENÉE GRAHAM

Ableism is on the ballot

TIMELINE

Assault on American democracy
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.
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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

Celtics unveil ‘City Edition’ uniforms honoring the late Bill Russell
The Celtics script on the uniforms is an homage to Slade's Bar & Grill, which Bill Russell owned in the 1960s.

Malcolm Brogdon knows life goes beyond basketball. He’s still figuring out how far he can go.

Brookline man, 24, arrested after allegedly being found with 7 handguns, automatic rifle, and drugs in his car
Stewart Silvestri was arrested Saturday night after being found with multiple firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and illicit drugs in his car at a weigh station in Rowley, state police said.

Drivers shoot daughters in Florida road rage confrontation

Two men face attempted murder charges for allegedly firing into each other’s vehicles on a busy Florida highway and wounding each other’s daughters, who were passengers in their back seats.

Mass. marijuana regulators started investigating a Holyoke facility over safety complaints. Then a worker collapsed and died in a dust-filled room.

The Cannabis Control Commission was already probing a Trulieve plant in Holyoke when 27-year-old worker Lorna McMurrey’s died there in January.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘The Peripheral’ premieres and Amy Schumer returns, but will ‘Bad Sisters’ be back?

Creator and star Sharon Horgan says "Bad Sisters" was meant to be a limited series, but she's open to continuing the story of the Garveys. Would that be a good thing?

BTS swap one army for another, vowing to honor South Korea’s draft
The members of BTS will enlist in South Korea’s military as required by law, the band’s label said on Monday, ending months of public debate about whether the group qualified for an exemption to mandatory conscription.

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Healey has touted her record on opioid settlements. What does that mean for how she’d govern?

As attorney general, Maura Healey made a name for herself with her aggressive and successful pursuit of the pharmaceutical companies blamed for triggering the opioid crisis.

In Buenos Aires, a city riven by economic and political turmoil, the subway shows up every three minutes. Yeah, that’s different from Boston.
The Buenos Aires transit system offers a window into an alternative universe in which preventative subway maintenance was embraced, a powerful union averted cuts, and the city aggressively took street space away from cars for buses and bikes.

In East Boston, a big move to keep renters in their homes
In one of the biggest deals of its kind, a nonprofit group and the city team up to buy $47 million portfolio of rental properties in bid to combat displacement.

‘We’re all dispersed’: Migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard have now settled throughout Eastern Mass.
As they find temporary homes, the migrants also receive official status as crime victims, which could help them remain in US.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Soup, ‘Sunflowers,’ and a sad stunt

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

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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

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

Yes on Question 4
EDITORIAL

Give Beacon Hill time to rework tax refund law, Governor Baker
JEFF JACOBY

The pardon power is being stretched too far
Ted Widmer

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

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

Metro

Mayor Michelle Wu vetoes City Council’s pay increases for elected officials

In her most prominent veto yet, Mayor Michelle Wu is rejecting a package of raises for elected and appointed city officials, telling the Boston City Council that the pay bumps they proposed for the mayor and councilors are too high.

Brookline man, 24, arrested after allegedly being found with 7 handguns, automatic rifle, and drugs in his car

Stewart Silvestri was arrested Saturday night after being found with multiple firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and illicit drugs in his car at a weigh station in Rowley, state police said.
RI politics

Rhode Island political news: September 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Malden, Haverhill schools shutter amid teachers strike

Thousands of students — more than 7,700 in Haverhill, and 6,100 in Malden — will remain out of school while educators protest outside their schools.

Sports

NFL

Jack Easterby, former Patriots character coach, let go as executive VP of Texans

Easterby and the Texans drew criticism in 2021 when they ignored a search firm’s recommendations and instead hired former Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio as their new GM.
Celtics

Celtics unveil ‘City Edition’ uniforms honoring the late Bill Russell

The Celtics script on the uniforms is an homage to Slade's Bar & Grill, which Bill Russell owned in the 1960s.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

A Sports Hub producer was fired despite great ratings. Now host Rich Shertenlieb is paying to bring him back.

“Toucher and Rich” producer Mike Lockhart was fired by Beasley Media, the Sports Hub’s parent company, in a round of layoffs Oct. 7.
dan shaughnessy

It’s time to revisit the Belichick vs. Brady scoreboard

Bar where Robert Kraft and Dana Blumberg had first date renamed ‘Blumberg’s’

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

Business

This electric car gets a boost from the sun

German company comes to Boston to preview a prototype of its $25,000 model outfitted with solar panels.

Ye, formerly Kanye West, to buy controversial social networking app Parler

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after being booted off Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts.

Striking Sysco drivers see large police presence early Monday

Ginkgo is trying to detect future man-made biological threats
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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

Votes for Warwick council candidate won’t count; city apologizes

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

A big night for the ‘Superman’ building in Providence

sports

What Bill Belichick had to say about Bailey Zappe vs. Mac Jones on Monday

Malcolm Brogdon knows life goes beyond basketball. He’s still figuring out how far he can go.

Bill Belichick took away what the Browns do best, and beat an inferior team, as he usually does

business

A resource guide for Boston-area COVID long-haulers

Listen up: Hearing aids go over-the-counter Monday

94-year-old Rhode Islander creates tech device to make using a walker more enjoyable

politics

GOP goes to court again over Pennsylvania mail-in ballots

US seeks 6-month sentence for Steve Bannon in contempt case

Most say voting vital despite dour US outlook, poll shows

Nation

‘Flash’ actor Ezra Miller pleads not guilty to liquor theft

Hearing aids are now sold over the counter. Here’s how to pick one.

Landmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care

World

BTS swap one army for another, vowing to honor South Korea’s draft

Waves of suicide drones strike Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 4

Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests

opinion

Give Beacon Hill time to rework tax refund law, Governor Baker

Consigning the funhouse-mirror image of myself to the past

Immigration, driver’s licenses entwined in tangled Question 4

lifestyle

I wish this could be an open relationship

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

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

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

Soup, ‘Sunflowers,’ and a sad stunt

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

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

This week’s TV: ‘The Peripheral’ premieres and Amy Schumer returns, but will ‘Bad Sisters’ be back?

Megan Thee Stallion makes confident debut as ‘Saturday Night Live’ host

Looking for clues regarding season 5 of ‘Fargo’

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

In Fouad Boussouf’s ‘Näss,’ communal unity and imbalance create an emotionally riveting tour de force

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

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

James Wright, historian and champion of diversity as Dartmouth College’s president, dies at 83

Dan Wieden, adman of Nike ‘Just do it’ fame, is dead at 77

Paul Spooner, advocate who expanded opportunities for the disabled, dies at 67