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Logan Clegg, accused killer of New Hampshire couple, emerges as a globetrotting drifter — and a bundle of contradictions

The accused killer was homeless, but he somehow managed to travel to Europe repeatedly and had thousands in cash when he was arrested.

A Romanian passport, $7,000 in cash, and Mountain Dew: What court documents reveal about man charged in Concord, N.H., slayings

Court temporarily halts Biden’s student loan cancellation plan as nearly 22 million people so far have applied

Advocates praised the simpleness of the student loan cancellation form in the week after Biden announced the application was live. Still, some have concerns that not everyone eligible will receive relief.

Two people onboard plane killed in Keene, N.H., crash Friday night, officials say

City officials didn’t release the names of the victims, who had just taken off in a plane owned by Monadnock Aviation.

Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation proceeds on two tracks: One public, one private

The FBI’s unprecedented criminal probe of a former president has unfolded on two tracks in the 11 weeks since agents searched Donald Trump’s Florida residence and club — one mostly public, the other mostly behind closed doors.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Seville Michelle
A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino joy, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Jan. 6 committee issues subpoena to Trump for testimony and records

Visualizing Zdeno Chara’s stats: A closer look at 24 seasons of defensive dominance

After 24 seasons in the National Hockey League, Zdeno Chara has announced his retirement. These graphics visualize his performance over the course of his NHL career.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Justin Verlander has a chance to be the last of a dying breed: the 300-game winner

The Houston Astros ace turns 40 in February and has no plans to stop pitching any time soon. He has 244 victories and counting.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

A healthy and motivated James Harden may be just the piece Doc Rivers needs with 76ers

The Sixers' defense has improved but one more playoff flame-out could mean the end for Rivers.
50 Years of TV

What’s the best TV show of the last 50 years? You decide.

Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert has curated 64 TV series from the past 50 years, and he’s asking readers to pick their favorite TV show of all time.
Matthew Gilbert explains the bracket Ready to vote? Make your picks here.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Support for Ukraine shouldn’t turn on who wins midterm elections

A Republican leader’s threat to withdraw support is deeply worrisome.
Phillip Levine

Shock at college sticker prices? You aren’t alone.
EDITORIAL

For too many BPS kids, the wheels on the bus are still not going round and round
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Affirmative action in college admissions is at risk
SCOT LEHIGH

Maura Healey misses a chance to prove her mettle on Haverhill teachers strike
The Emancipator

Enter the Other Swing Voter: the mighty 8%

Two young Black voters at Boston University share their message for the “Other Swing Voter” – those who swing between voting Democratic or not at all, most likely to be young and Black or young and Latino.
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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

Internal review finds former Woburn police officer attended, helped plan Charlottesville hate rally, officials say
Woburn police have determined former Officer John Donnelly, who resigned Monday amid an internal probe into his involvement in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., did “indeed attend, help plan and provide security” at the event.

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1 billion Sandy Hook verdict

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who said that Jones lied about the 2012 Newtown school shooting.

US Labor Secretary Walsh speaks at Magaziner rally in R.I.

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Providence on Wednesday for events at Rhode Island College and to back Governor McKee.

Northeast winter predicted to be warmer than average, while drought will end in parts of Mass., NOAA says
Massachusetts is expected to see precipitation within the average range this winter, though temperatures will likely be higher than usual, according to a winter outlook released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Lights go out in Ukraine as Russia launches ‘massive’ strike
Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine woke up on Saturday to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire, as Ukrainian air defense tried to shoot down drones and incoming missiles.

LOVE LETTERS
My wife is flirting with a co-worker
"There was a trip to Phoenix for work."

Miss Conduct: Since my wife died, it’s been hard to maintain ties with her family

Recommended reads

How an LA transplant turned a ‘haunted’ mansion in Orange into the talk of the town

Cynthia Butler, who moved to Orange from Los Angeles to renovate the historic Revival Wheeler Mansion, is turning the once-dilapidated home into a spooky landmark. And yes, she said, spirits do in fact wander its halls.

They come for health care. They leave ready to vote.
Vot-ER is founded on the belief that helping patients gain a voice in their communities and in the larger political process will help them improve the many factors — air quality, housing opportunities, access to healthy food — that play an outsized role in their health.

Beth Teitell
Who does Dunkin’ think it is to change its own reward program?
The state needs to step in and regulate the coffee giant like it’s a utility.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘I felt like I was talking to someone I had known for longer than a few hours’
Will a broken fortune cookie at dinner be a sign of good luck for these daters?

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Culture & Lifestyle

On ‘Midnights,’ Taylor Swift says hello to darkness, her old friend

This ‘Hairspray’ is as buoyant as its bouffants

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ August Wilson is vividly 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

Maitland Jones Jr.

I was fired from NYU after students complained that the class was too hard. Who’s next?
H.D.S. Greenway

Trump’s Mussolini roots
Stephen Goldsmith

How something as simple as a speeding ticket can worsen inequities
SCOT LEHIGH

Donald Trump’s Shadowy power
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Playing with place names
IDEAS | CLAUDIA E. KALB

Yes, you can cultivate serendipity

Metro

RI POLITICS

US Labor Secretary Walsh speaks at Magaziner rally in R.I.

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Providence on Wednesday for events at Rhode Island College and to back Governor McKee.

Two people onboard plane killed in Keene, N.H., crash Friday night, officials say

City officials didn’t release the names of the victims, who had just taken off in a plane owned by Monadnock Aviation.
A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Seville Michelle

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino joy, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Small plane crashes in Keene, N.H., killing all on board and sparking large fire

A single-engine Beechcraft Sierra plane crashed into a building, sparking a large fire just north of Dillant/Hopkins Airport, just before 7 p.m. Friday. It was not known how many people were on board, but they did not survive, Keene city officials said.

Sports

Women's World Cup

US to face Vietnam, Netherlands at women’s soccer World Cup

The four-time champions were drawn in Group E with Vietnam, the Netherlands, and a playoff winner still to be determined.
Tara Sullivan

Quarterback competitions, like a potential one between Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe, always a double-edged sword

All signs point toward a Jones return Monday night against Chicago, and no problem here with handing the reins back to the incumbent starter.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Hard to home in on the hows and whys of ‘Monday Night Football’

It is highly unusual for an ESPN/ABC broadcast not to simulcast on Ch. 5 when it has the opportunity.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Now 40 years in the past, Normand Leveille’s life-changing injury a reminder of an athlete’s fragility
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

A healthy and motivated James Harden may be just the piece Doc Rivers needs with 76ers
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Justin Verlander has a chance to be the last of a dying breed: the 300-game winner

Business

IRS raises contribution limits for retirement savings plans

The IRS said Friday that the maximum contribution that an individual can make in 2023 to a 401(k), 403(b) and most 457 plans will be $22,500. That’s up from $20,500 this year.

Amazon will use Hawaiian Airlines to operate cargo planes

The airline’s parent company, Hawaiian Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will fly and maintain an “initial fleet” of 10 leased Airbus A330-300 jets for the retail giant. The fleet could grow “depending on Amazon’s future business needs,” the company said.

Fidelity deepens crypto push with 100 more hires for unit
Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Where are all the workers? The state’s labor force keeps shrinking.
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

The legacy of Kowloon: A restaurant, a family, and the remarkable perseverance of Chinese cuisine in America
Globe Magazine

How Samuel Adams became the fearless patriot Britain loved to hate

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I felt like I was talking to someone I had known for longer than a few hours’
CONNECTIONS

When Morrie Schwartz met Jack Thomas: The story behind ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’

metro

A Rhode Island man is voluntarily running 250 lost pet pages to help reunite you with Fido and Fluffy

Sailors reunite for the 225th anniversary of the USS Constitution

Hospitals scramble to find beds as pediatric admissions rise

sports

Scoring and quarterback play are way down this season, and the NFL doesn’t know why

FIFA slams unacceptable TV deal offers for Women’s World Cup

With experience comes the strength by which the Celtics can hang tough, and thrive, after halftime

business

IRS raises contribution limits for retirement savings plans

Unions and business execs pour in cash on either side of ‘millionaires tax’ ballot fight

‘Travel by train, boat or broom.’ Salem officials ask visitors to leave cars at home as Halloween looms

politics

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, setting up legal battle over testimony

Court temporarily halts Biden’s student loan cancellation plan as nearly 22 million people so far have applied

Jan. 6 committee issues subpoena to Trump for testimony and records

Nation

Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation proceeds on two tracks: One public, one private

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1 billion Sandy Hook verdict

Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness

World

China reaffirms Xi’s dominance, removes No. 2 Li Keqiang

Lights go out in Ukraine as Russia launches ‘massive’ strike

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier

opinion

Maura Healey misses a chance to prove her mettle on Haverhill teachers strike

Affirmative action in college admissions is at risk

Unbound: A supremely scary term is underway

lifestyle

My wife is flirting with a co-worker

Support without judgment: Women’s Lunch Place celebrates 40 years on Oct. 21. Here are two moms’ stories.

Will my letter change her mind?

food & dining

‘Travel by train, boat or broom.’ Salem officials ask visitors to leave cars at home as Halloween looms

Does Dunkin’ have better doughnuts in Europe? This photo has some fans envious.

Former Mistral executive chef Jason Maynard is making the suburbs a little saucier at Sogno

travel

‘Travel by train, boat or broom.’ Salem officials ask visitors to leave cars at home as Halloween looms

Jessica Hecht on coffee, travel philanthropy, and getting to India and Africa

Those ‘best’ lists got it right with The Loutrel in Charleston, S.C.

Arts

Gardner’s ‘Metal of Honor’ show is worth its weight in gold

In Stockbridge, standing still enough to savor George Rickey’s sculpture in motion

At Alpha Gallery, ‘Harmony of Difference’ hums with color and contrast

Books

Siddhartha Mukherjee takes on the rise of ‘the new human’ in upcoming book on cell biology

Lincoln and his faith. A new book looks at the 16th president’s religious fervor.

Elizabeth Lim on reading folklore and fairy tales, to feed her own writing

Movies

Dwayne Johnson powers through ‘Black Adam’

In ‘Raymond & Ray,’ Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke play brothers in harm

Maya Cade is building the Black Film Archive one ‘under-seen’ movie at a time

Television

It’s ‘About Time’ for Ellen DeGeneres’s comeback

What’s the best TV show of the last 50 years? You decide.

Vote in our TV bracket: Which show should be crowned champion?

music

On ‘Midnights,’ Taylor Swift says hello to darkness, her old friend

Nelsons, BSO take on Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth

Taylor Swift released ‘Midnights’ and other surprises. Fans (and Swift) can’t get enough.

Theater/Dance

This ‘Hairspray’ is as buoyant as its bouffants

Where Samuel Beckett and Mr. Noodle meet, there’s Bill Irwin

In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ August Wilson is vividly present

globe local

The Great Pumpkin: A bumper crop of the fall favorite despite the drought

The argument: Should Massachusetts require employers to provide paid vacation time?

Police capture pet bunny on the loose

Obituaries

Mary McCaslin, folk singer who lamented the lost Old West, dies at 75

Lucy Simon, composer of ‘The Secret Garden,’ dies at 82

Roger Welsch, ‘America’s premier storyteller,’ dies at 85