Walgreens will close three Boston-area stores in November, inconveniencing some prescription medication customers. Many shelves were already empty inside this location on River Street in Mattapan.

‘We’re getting cheated out of something’: Three Boston neighborhoods are about to lose a pharmacy

The pharmacies — all located in overwhelmingly Black and Hispanic communities — are transferring patient files to other Walgreens locations, but each are at least a mile’s walk away.

Midterm Elections

State official projects 2.2 million will cast ballots in election, the lowest share of voters in decades
The state’s top elections official said Monday that he expects 2.2 million Massachusetts voters to cast ballots in the midterm elections, which would mark the lowest turnout by percentage in at least seven decades.

Everyone thought this Republican would be easier to beat. He may win anyway. Here's our 2022 voter guide for the Mass. general election

Competing ads for Question 1, a ballot question that would raise income taxes on some Massachusetts residents.

Confused by all the ‘millionaires tax’ ads? So were we. So we fact-checked a whole bunch of them.

Sorting half true from mostly false on both sides of the hottest race on next week’s ballot.

An official branded bucket for sale at a Market Basket grocery store in Woburn.

For some shoppers, Market Basket’s ‘Market Buckets’ are all the rage

"They have buckets back!!!," one fan said about the five-gallon keepsakes.

This is what the moon looked like near Moscow, Idaho, during the full lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022.

‘Blood moon’ total lunar eclipse to take place early on Election Day — and the Internet has thoughts

Contrite Cam Neely casts blame across Bruins organization while apologizing for signing Mitchell Miller
The team president said the organization didn't dig deep enough on Miller and hadn't spoken to the family of the victim. The Bruins have yet to formally cut ties with Miller, and a grievance could come next.

Nine key takeaways from what Cam Neely said about the Bruins cutting ties with Mitchell Miller

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The Bruins tarnished their brand by signing Mitchell Miller, and for no good reason

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Public Schools launches investigation into allegations of discrimination against administrators of color

The retired administrators contend district leaders appear to be disproportionately placing high-ranking officials of color on leave and subjecting them to a process known as investigatory meetings in an effort to terminate them or force them to resign.

Justice Department watchdog is investigating US Attorney Rachael Rollins, report says

The Justice Department’s inspector general has opened an investigation into Rachael Rollins, the US Attorney in Massachusetts, after her appearance at a political fundraiser featuring first lady Jill Biden.

Rachael Rollins faces ethics probe for attending Democratic fund-raiser

Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sept. 6, 2022. Earth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in a somber note as world leaders started gathering for international climate negotiations in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

UN climate talks will finally address irreversible damage to poor countries. The stakes have never been higher.

Antisemitic slur carved into vehicle, burn marks found on home in Stow, police say

Xander Bogaerts acknowledged the crowd during the Red Sox' final game of the season.

Xander Bogaerts opts out of final three years of contract with Red Sox, will become a free agent

Bogaerts, the face of the franchise, enters free agency with the most starts (1,179) and games played (1,192) at shortstop in Red Sox history.

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers have lost five straight.

NFL Week 9: Did anyone bother practicing this offseason? Top teams and star QBs continue to struggle.

The NFL season continues to be a slog, and poor play by stars like Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford, as well as players who were supposed to be stars, like Kyler Murray, is the hallmark.

Colts fire head coach Frank Reich a day after loss to Patriots

Jaylen Brown dribbles past Kyrie Irving during the 2022 playoffs.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jaylen Brown says Players Association has issues with conditions Kyrie Irving must meet to return to Nets

Brown, a vice president of the NBPA, expects the union to appeal the conditions of Irving’s return to basketball. Irving is meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver Tuesday.

Opinion

If Maura Healey wins, it will be seen as Governor Baker’s revenge on a state Republican Party that went all-in for Donald Trump, attacked him for repudiating the former president, and instead backed Geoff Diehl, who needs an Election Day miracle to prevail.

If Maura Healey makes history, she has Charlie Baker to thank

Baker’s clearing the way by not seeking a third term was momentous for her probable gubernatorial win.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latinos are the new swing voters. Here are two key races they could decide.

Tyler Goodspeed

Objections to the Liz Truss tax plan were never really about cost

Vulnerable children need advocates in Massachusetts courtrooms

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

A restaurant worker participates in a wage strike demonstration organized by One Fair Wage outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill restaurant on May 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

The Emancipator

The fight to end a little-known legacy of slavery is at a tipping point

Modern tipping has been used since Reconstruction to justify poverty wages for service workers, especially Black women. But as more states decide to ditch subminimum wages, voters in Portland, Maine, have the chance to say enough is enough.

Two weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it's better than you think.

Laura Fredrickson looked up as she stepped into the basket of a hot air balloon to pose for a picture inside the OZ Museum.

Her marriage was in trouble. Something drew her to the OZ Museum.

Laura Fredrickson needed time to think. So the 34-year-old from St. Paul set out on a road trip. Somewhere on the way, while Googling roadside attractions, she turned up one that made her heart leap — the OZ Museum in Wamego, Kan.

From left: Students Austin Barrett, Al Beckman of Worcester, Mass., and Meryl Hubbard took to a roof to enjoy the tailgate before the University of Wisconsin Badgers played the Washington State Cougars in Madison, Wis.

Tailgating with the families of University of Wisconsin football players — and Drew Bledsoe

The crowd includes an octogenarian here to support her grandson, a safety who she proudly notes has already been setting records; a single mom from Wichita whose son would go on to score the Badgers’ first touchdown of the afternoon; and two former New England Patriots.

Jesse Grice, an Elvis impersonator of over 30 years, zipped up his suit.

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Inside the weird, wonderful world of Las Vegas Elvis impersonators

Elvis drives a temperamental pink Cadillac with no seat belts and unreliable brakes. He is running late for an appearance in a Mexican Independence Day parade. This may be my fault.

Toys and mementos hang on a small section of fence at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, dedicated to those affected by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

A mother’s loss after the Oklahoma City bombing is seared in a photo we can’t forget

The picture from the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 resurfaces from time to time — and I always think about the baby’s parents. What effect has it had on them? Now I know.

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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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The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.

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These are the 5 most important midterm races to watch — and why they’re so crucial
The sheer volume of data as election returns start to roll in can be overwhelming. So here’s a viewer’s guide to five national contests you should absolutely pay attention to.

Bookstores are blooming all over Boston: Next up? Fields Corner.
"The Book Shop" will be led by Porsha Olayiwola, the poet laureate of Boston, and Bing Broderick, the former executive director of Haley House.

Appreciation

Jake Crouthamel: a man of intensity, brilliance, and, for one poignant moment, reflection
A punishing running back, a heralded coach at Dartmouth, and an athletic director at Syracuse University, Mr. Crouthamel left his mark not only on sports programs, but on those with whom he shared his company.

Gunshots claims another life on Orlando Street in Mattapan; one dead, five wounded in latest wave of violence in city

The fatal shooting on Orlando Street was part of a wave of gun violence Sunday night in Boston. During just 35 minutes, a total of six people were shot in Mattapan, Dorchester and Hyde Park, according to authorities.

Drug lord suspected in David Ortiz shooting pleads guilty to trafficking cocaine

Cesar (The Abuser) Peralta, 47, faces 10 years to life in prison and a fine as high as $10 million after entering the plea Friday in US District Court in Puerto Rico.

Sununu laughs, calls timing of Trump’s potential 2024 presidential bid announcement a ‘terrible idea’

“What does it do to our party? Nothing,” the New Hampshire governor said. “It will have no effect on anything, and I mean that quite sincerely.”

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Heat pumps installed at a Melrose home.

Beyond Mass Save: Legislators and advocates say it’s time for a change

Legislators and advocates are renewing calls to overhaul the state’s Mass Save energy efficiency program after revelations that an offer of rebates for climate-friendly construction came with a condition that gas lines also be installed.

Why some young Black Bostonians are choosing to move to the South
Some are returning to the states their ancestors were itching to leave. Others, without Southern roots, are planting their own seeds.

Peter McNab, Bruin star who turned to broadcasting after playing career, dies at 70
Mr. McNab, the longtime forward who became a familiar voice of the Avalanche, released in late summer of 2021 that he was battling cancer.

Eight-hour waiting times. Patients leaving before being seen. Mass. hospital emergency departments are beyond the brink.
Hospital emergency departments across Massachusetts and the nation are teetering under unprecedented forces. Patients, often in pain, are waiting ever longer for care. And many are just leaving without being seen.

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Mikhail Baryshnikov in "The Orchard," sharing the stage with a robotic arm.

Mikhail Baryshnikov explores ‘The Orchard’ anew, with robot in tow

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a scene from the 1944 movie "Double Indemnity" (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)

‘It’s a bitter little world’: Noirvember in Boston

Andre Strongbearheart. Gaines Cultural Steward of the Nipmuc Tribe, took a minute to rest while burning a traditional mishoon (canoe) at the Charlestown Little Mystic Boat Slip. Organized by leaders in in the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes, it is the first burn and launch of a traditional mishoon in the city limits of Boston in countless generations.

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

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In Western Mass., a vibrant music scene gets a makeover

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

British Prime Minister Liz Truss made a statement prior to her formal resignation outside 10 Downing St. on Oct. 25, in London, England.

Tyler Goodspeed

Objections to the Liz Truss tax plan were never really about cost

Maria Mossaides, director of the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, spoke during a May 4 press conference in Boston. The office found “a rigorous presentation of the needs of the child were not represented in court and that the standard of advocacy by both the DCF attorney and the attorney for Harmony was not, in the OCA’s view, sufficient.”

Vulnerable children need advocates in Massachusetts courtrooms

Homes were surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Aug. 29. A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan's floods by up to 50 percent.

Welcome to the ‘Age of Adaptation’

Mohamed Mohamud, a ranger from the Sabuli Wildlife Conservancy, inspected the carcass of a giraffe that died of hunger near Matana Village, Wajir County, Kenya, on Oct. 25, 2021. Hundreds of animals died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa's worst drought in decades, according to a report released Nov. 4.

COP27 must address mounting losses and damage to poorer nations

World Bank Group president David Malpass spoke during a panel on getting to net-zero IFIs (international financial institutions) and multilateral partnerships, during the IMF annual Fall meeting at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 12.

Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and Mathew Barlow

Do net-zero pledges add up?

Don Bolduc, center, during a campaign appearance at the American Legion in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 10.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Mayor Michelle Wu signs new political map after contentious City Council process

Following a bitter, monthslong dispute over the once-in-a-decade redistricting process, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed into law a new political map for the city.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Public Schools launches investigation into allegations of discrimination against administrators of color

The retired administrators contend district leaders appear to be disproportionately placing high-ranking officials of color on leave and subjecting them to a process known as investigatory meetings in an effort to terminate them or force them to resign.

State official projects 2.2 million will cast ballots in election, the lowest share of voters in decades

The state’s top elections official said Monday that he expects 2.2 million Massachusetts voters to cast ballots in the midterm elections, which would mark the lowest turnout by percentage in at least seven decades.

Total spending in R.I. congressional race nears $14 million

“This is what it feels like to live in a swing state,” said John M. Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island.

Sports

"We're in the race," said BC coach Earl Grant, whose team won two games in last season's ACC tournament.

men's college basketball preview

Some story lines to watch in local men’s college basketball this season

BC is picked 13th in the preseason ACC poll, but the Eagles are an optimistic bunch in coach Earl Grant's second season.

Jaylen Brown dribbles past Kyrie Irving during the 2022 playoffs.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Jaylen Brown says Players Association has issues with conditions Kyrie Irving must meet to return to Nets

Brown, a vice president of the NBPA, expects the union to appeal the conditions of Irving’s return to basketball. Irving is meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver Tuesday.

The director of the National Police, General Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, shows the weapon that was used to shoot Hall of Famer David Ortiz during a news conference in Santo Domingo in June 2019.

David Ortiz shooting

Drug lord suspected in David Ortiz shooting pleads guilty to trafficking cocaine

Cesar (The Abuser) Peralta, 47, faces 10 years to life in prison and a fine as high as $10 million after entering the plea Friday in US District Court in Puerto Rico.

dan shaughnessy

The Bruins tarnished their brand by signing Mitchell Miller, and for no good reason

Jake Crouthamel: a man of intensity, brilliance, and, for one poignant moment, reflection

Contrite Cam Neely casts blame across Bruins organization while apologizing for signing Mitchell Miller

Business

Veteran signature gatherer Harold Hubschman wants to pursue a new kind of ballot question to suspend the gas tax

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

A gloomy business mood took hold in October

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Meta expected to lay off thousands in broader tech slowdown, report says

R.I. Energy is providing $64 in one-time credits to electric and natural gas customers

magazine

Designer Hannah Guilford reinterpreted the kitchen’s color scheme, adding touches of brass, copper, and wood, and adjusted the layout so it functions smoothly for cooking, eating, and accessing the yard.

Kitchens and Baths

A designer remakes a Maine kitchen in a 1920s-era palette that’s fresh and family ready

I froze my eggs. Now I’m in the middle of the abortion fight.

‘My sister-in-law has mandated that we not exchange Christmas presents this year’

Savory Kale and Two-Cheese Scones

Recipes: Fresh breads and scones for breakfast

metro

A Rhode Island Energy, previously National Grid, power crew works to restore power on Caswell Street in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

R.I. Energy is providing $64 in one-time credits to electric and natural gas customers

For some shoppers, Market Basket’s ‘Market Buckets’ are all the rage

Gunshots claims another life on Orlando Street in Mattapan; one dead, five wounded in latest wave of violence in city

sports

It turns out the buzz around Ime Udoka coaching the Nets might be dying down.

Nets owner Joe Tsai reportedly is urged to reconsider hiring Ime Udoka

Bill Belichick praised Tom Brady for reaching an NFL milestone

Red Sox will decline Tommy Pham’s option, making the outfielder a free agent

business

Center Plaza in Boston, where Twitter's office is located.

Musk’s Twitter layoffs include 55 in Boston office

Bookstores are blooming all over Boston: Next up? Fields Corner.

The US Northeast is hurtling toward a winter heating crisis

politics

US Attorney Rachael Rollins.

Justice Department watchdog is investigating US Attorney Rachael Rollins, report says

Biden, Trump making final appeals ahead of crucial midterms

Sununu laughs, calls timing of Trump’s potential 2024 presidential bid announcement a ‘terrible idea’

Nation

A voting sign is seen before a Democratic Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock (D-GA) Get Out the Vote rally at Bearfoot Tavern on November 07, 2022 in Macon, Georgia.

Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

Can GOP governor candidates drag GOP Senate candidates across the line?

Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling

World

Iraqi security forces gathered outside a morgue of Sheikh Zayed hospital in Baghdad after assailants shot an American aid worker dead on Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital.

Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack

Russian forces are making conditions ‘unacceptable’ for those left in Kherson

North Korea: Missile tests were practice to attack South, US

opinion

A sign in favor of Question 1.

What the Yes on Question 1 and No on Question 4 campaigns have in common

The GOP does not deserve control of Congress

It will take time to unwind inflation’s many tentacles

lifestyle

He slept with me the night he broke up with me

This breakup has me wondering: Am I a terrible person?

How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?

food & dining

Located at 100 Westminster St., the Downtown

R.I.’s leading food business incubator is launching a marketplace for food entrepreneurs

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever

travel

South Portland-based Brant & Cochran makes two hand-forged portable axes — the Allagash Cruiser and Dirigo Belt camp axes — that are perfect for chopping wood for smokeless fire pits or taking on canoeing and camping adventures.

A power outage party, belly laughs in N.Y., and axes made in Maine

She loves Greece, her parents, and coming back to Boston

Lufthansa canceled my flight a year ago. Where’s the refund?

Arts

Marc Swanson, "A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Deer Disco," at Mass MoCA, 2022.

At Mass MoCA, dead deer and disco lights elegize a dying world

Jemila MacEwan’s ‘Human Meteorite’ surveys a scarred planet

Anukriti questions who gets to be godly in ‘A Temple for Timeless Beasts’

Books

A rendering of 1463 Dorchester Ave., the five-story Fields Corner building that will house The Book Shop on the first floor.

Bookstores are blooming all over Boston: Next up? Fields Corner.

A doctor examines his profession, and his choices

The loss of their mother tests sibling bonds in ‘Flight’

Movies

Jimmy Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars again: ‘Great honor or a trap’

‘It’s a bitter little world’: Noirvember in Boston

When Opportunity (and Spirit) knocked, NASA knew just what to do

Television

Jeff Wilbusch and Juliana Canfield in David E. Kelley's "The Calling," premiering Thursday on Peacock.

This week’s TV: The return of ‘The Crown,’ a James Corden comedy, and David E. Kelley’s ‘The Calling’

‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on midterm elections, Twitter moderation as Amy Schumer hosts

Letterman-Zelensky interview will air by year’s end

music

Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, and Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano.

Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout are a commanding duo

With tales to tell and songs to sing, Bono brings his book tour to the Orpheum

Twitter and what it means when violence has a megaphone

Theater/Dance

Jessica Hecht and Mikhail Baryshnikov in "The Orchard."

In ‘The Orchard,’ arresting images are abundant but emotional pickings are slim

To this drama critic, Bill Belichick’s postgame act is a performance for the ages

Boston Ballet rises to the challenge of Forsythe

globe local

City Councilor Julia Mejia addressed the council.

City inching toward reparations commission

Newton church holds community meal-packing event

Back on the home front

Obituaries

Mr. Crouthamel (left) and his player Tom Csatari were honored by the New England Football Writers Association in 1973. Mr. Crouthamel was named New England Coach of the Year for leading Dartmouth to the Ivy League championship. Csatari, Dartmouth defensive end and co-captain, was named outstanding college football player in New England.

Jake Crouthamel: a man of intensity, brilliance, and, for one poignant moment, reflection

Peter McNab, Bruin star who turned to broadcasting after playing career, dies at 70

Alan E. Lewis, travel industry executive and philanthropist, dies at 74