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53 people have died from the Maui wildfires, governor says, and historic Lahaina has burned down
The death toll will likely continue to rise, Governor Josh Green said, and officials expect it will become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island.

BU student from Maui volunteers at shelter that used to be her high school See photos and videos of the wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui

High court pauses Purdue settlement, delaying payments to states

The court agreed to review a provision that shielded the Sackler family from lawsuits. But other opioid settlements are unaffected.

Worcester Art Museum sued for discrimination by former curator
A former curator alleges she was “mocked and ridiculed because she is a brown-skinned woman of South Asian” descent.

Surgeon in MGH double-booking controversy reprimanded for ‘substandard care’ in other, unrelated cases

A former Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon whose back operation on former Red Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks led to a $5.1 million malpractice settlement has been reprimanded by state regulators for care he provided to two other patients.
Read the Spotlight report from 2015: Should a surgeon run two operations at once?

Clarence Thomas’s 38 vacations: The other billionaires who have treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel

Revealed for the first time from an array of previously unavailable information is the fullest account to date of the generosity that has regularly afforded Thomas a lifestyle far beyond what his income could provide.

Salem homicide suspect has a history of domestic abuse and dodging accountability, records show

Two months before Pablo Vicente was arrested for strangling his girlfriend to death in Salem, he was released from jail on assault and battery charges in connection to a four-year-old domestic violence case against the same woman.

Merrimack Valley residents, businesses assess damage from powerful storm as flood warnings continue

An eventful summer for the Bruins’ Trent Frederic included a new contract and a hole-in-one

The big forward was pleased that he and the Bruins avoided arbitration. "I think they’re happy and I’m happy. So it’s all good.”

They thought they’d be making a movie right now. Instead, these local film workers are waiting out the strikes.

From a set carpenter whose livelihood dried up to a costumer who had to let her child care provider go, these industry professionals are feeling Hollywood’s ripple effects in a big way.
MATTHEW GILBERT

Is it a drama? A comedy? That question may be as dated as those labels.

Shows like "The Bear," “Fleabag,” “Feel Good,” “Transparent,” “I May Destroy You,” and “Better Things” are truer to the emotional tempo of our lives, which don’t always come down to either laughing or crying.
Opinion
Vivi Smilgius

‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ are anything but lazy

The title does a massive disservice to the thousands of workers who have adopted it by equating laziness with the desire for work-life balance.
Jim Braude

Trump trial should be televised
EDITORIAL

Holden wants to hold the line on housing. It mustn’t win that fight.
IDEAS | Evan Selinger and Brett Frischmann

How to use ChatGPT to apologize
IDEAS | RITHWIK KALALE

Pokémon forever

More recent News

Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case
The date is just under two weeks before the first votes are set to be cast in the Republican presidential race, with Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses scheduled for Jan. 15.

Jack Teixeira, Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret information, urges judge to set him free pending espionage trial

Teixeira’s lawyers downplayed the government’s concern about messages Teixeira allegedly sent online supporting a terrorist attack at the World Cup, and his search of government databases for reports of mass shootings.

Commuter rail service on section of Haverhill line to close for construction for nearly two months
From Sept. 9 until Nov. 5, Haverhill Line trains will not run between Reading and Oak Grove, the MBTA said.

How we got here: a timeline of Boston’s Long Island bridge project
The history of the Long Island bridge, and the fight to reconstruct an addiction treatment campus on the island, is full of complicated twists and turns. Here is a timeline of events.

Boston receives ‘go sign’ from state for Long Island bridge project

Judge urges settlement in case of eBay’s bizarre stalking of Natick couple
David and Ina Steiner are still seeking compensation four years after they were sent live spiders and death threats.

Nurse from N.H. and her daughter ‘healthy and unharmed,’ after release from captivity in Haiti, group says
Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were released “healthy and unharmed” Tuesday, after the 31-year-old nurse from New Hampshire and her child spent nearly two weeks in captivity following their abduction in Haiti on July 27, her employer said Thursday.

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Teacher of the Year was supposed to be an honor. Then politics intervened.

As the culture wars have come for public education in the United States, the Teacher of the Year contest has become yet another battlefield.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers
For close to a quarter of a century, the concierge on the fast ferry has answered travelers' questions about all things Provincetown, from the best place to get a lobster roll to “What is a tea dance?”

Globe Magazine
These libertarians want to take over New Hampshire. But first, a clothing-optional gun show.
My wild week inside the Free State Project’s PorcFest, the largest libertarian festival in the world.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
In our immigrant crisis, an opportunity
Welcoming the immigrants is also the smart thing to do. They’re good for Massachusetts, and we desperately need them.

Culture & Lifestyle

Free festival at City Hall Plaza will celebrate 50 years of hip-hop

Page-turning middle-grade books to get them reading before school starts up

An extraordinary view from ‘Golda’s Balcony’

Documentary about Gazmine Mason, professional Black bowler from Cranston, to premiere at Rhode Island film festival

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

SCOT LEHIGH

Your thoughts, please, on climate change
MARCELA GARCÍA

Meet the Latina using Instagram to translate bureaucracy for Bostonians
Josh Grossman, Sabina Tomkins, Lindsay Page, and Sharad Goel

Harvard isn’t Hogwarts. Merit, not parentage, should be key to admission.
EDITORIAL

As Springfield factory gets more time to finish subway trains, T riders deserve more information
Jerome Adams

Ignoring COVID-19 is still not an option for most Americans
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Flood watch canceled for Eastern Mass. and R.I. as powerful storm moves offshore, forecaster say

“We have an entirely new forecast,” Alan Dunham, a meteorologist at the weather service in Norton, said early Thursday evening. “There was a possibility of severe weather but not anymore.”

High court pauses Purdue settlement, delaying payments to states

The court agreed to review a provision that shielded the Sackler family from lawsuits. But other opioid settlements are unaffected.

Salem homicide suspect has a history of domestic abuse and dodging accountability, records show

Two months before Pablo Vicente was arrested for strangling his girlfriend to death in Salem, he was released from jail on assault and battery charges in connection to a four-year-old domestic violence case against the same woman.
NH EDUCATION

N.H. education board delays final vote on PragerU course after backlash

New Hampshire’s top education official Frank Edelblut bemoaned the “overly politicized” response to his recommendation of the unaccredited, conservative nonprofit’s financial literacy course.

Sports

Texans 20, Patriots 9

Keion White shows off his physicality by anchoring Patriots’ pass rush and other observations

White, drafted in the second round out of Georgia Tech, finished with a quarterback hit and three tackles and came close to registering a sack.
Patriots

Malik Cunningham looked impressive in the Patriots’ preseason opener. Here are 5 things to know about the rookie.

Whether he lines up at quarterback or wide receiver, Cunningham is one of the more intriguing players likely to feature for New England during the preseason.
Peter Abraham | On baseball

Chris Sale’s return to the mound Friday will give the Red Sox a needed boost: ‘We’ve been waiting for this day’

It’s impossible to know what to expect of Sale after 10 weeks on the injured list, but it should be better than yet another bullpen game.
Red Sox 2, Royals 0

James Paxton, Red Sox keep Royals quiet to take series
Red Sox

Chris Martin continues to leverage his value as an effective set-up man in the Red Sox bullpen
Patriots Notebook

Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe starts preseason opener and gets a long look

Business

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried returns to New York as prosecutors push for his incarceration

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is returning to New York City for a court hearing Friday that could decide whether the fallen cryptocurrency wiz must go to jail while he awaits trial.

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists finally soar, an Olympian and a mother-daughter duo

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.

Investigators say miscommunication between pilots caused United plane to drop near ocean’s surface

This tech founder built one of Boston’s biggest AI companies. But he says the West Coast approach is the future.
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Globe Magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

Globe Magazine

He was caught trying to defraud a COVID relief fund. Then vanished.

metro

Merrimack Valley residents, businesses assess damage from powerful storm as flood warnings continue

Proposed COVID and flu vaccination rules for health workers allow many exceptions

Jack Teixeira, Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret information, urges judge to set him free pending espionage trial

sports

Red Sox staying patient with Trevor Story as he searches for rhythm after long injury absence

An eventful summer for the Bruins’ Trent Frederic included a new contract and a hole-in-one

In a win with playoff intensity, Orioles stave off sweep by Astros to remain atop AL East standings

business

Supreme Court blocks, for now, OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal that would shield Sacklers

Benny’s makes a cameo in R.I. congressional race

Coach owner to buy parent of Versace and Michael Kors in luxury mega merger

politics

Judge Chutkan to hear arguments in protective order fight in Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy case

Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border

Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case

Nation

53 people have died from the Maui wildfires, governor says, and historic Lahaina has burned down

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

US suicides hit an all-time high last year

World

Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

Iran transfers 5 Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in step toward deal for full release

Ecuador, reeling from a candidate’s assassination, is forever changed

opinion

Waiting, watching delegates at Republican National Convention

How Biden can put an end to Trump’s threat to democracy

“It’s a dignity issue”: Inside the movement tackling period poverty in the U.S.

lifestyle

Big fashion is getting bigger. Parent of Coach will buy Versace, Michael Kors owner Capri in $8.5b deal.

Moved to the beach, met a man

Page-turning middle-grade books to get them reading before school starts up

food & dining

The Great Scott space in Allston might become a Taco Bell Cantina

At Waltham’s Bánh Mì Oi, a spicy surprise in a simple strip mall

Elvis Presley’s Jungle Room pops up in Boston; MIDA East Boston arrives with clam pies

travel

Travelers are working out ways to find the best gyms while on the road

When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers

Tony Danza on New York, Jack Nicholson, and potato chips

Arts

Big ideas come in small packages in MFA’s ‘Tiny Treasures’

At the Photographic Resource Center: Shanghai, Missouri, and points between

Dominic Killiany’s ‘What I See’ exudes exuberance

Books

James McBride, in ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,’ builds a rich portrait of a Depression-era Black and immigrant community around the mystery of a skeleton in a well

In Lauren J.A. Bear’s debut novel ‘Medusa’s Sisters,’ Greek mythology’s monstrous sisters tell of the cruelty and capriciousness of the Olympian gods in shaping their fate

Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, on the pleasures of being an older reader and writer

Movies

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

They thought they’d be making a movie right now. Instead, these local film workers are waiting out the strikes.

Television

Will satire be a superpower for ‘The Franchise’?

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

Is it a drama? A comedy? That question may be as dated as those labels.

music

Las Vegas police videos show moments before home is raided in Tupac Shakur cold case

The Great Scott space in Allston might become a Taco Bell Cantina

John McLaughlin and Shakti celebrate 50 years of cross-cultural fusion

Theater/Dance

For Brenda Withers, ‘The Ding Dongs’ rang true

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

Complexions Contemporary Ballet makes debut at Jacob’s Pillow

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80

Rodriguez, a singer and a salve to a nation in turmoil, dies at 81

Paul Brodeur, environmental writer who exposed dangers of asbestos, dies at 92