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‘I don’t want to be left holding the bill’: Migrant arrivals push Mass. shelters, and towns, to the brink

Local officials have been forced to scramble — sometimes, they say, with little help.

Kendra Lara releases report saying she was driving the speed limit at time of crash

The report by The Crash Lab, an accident reconstructionist company hired by Lara, used data from the car’s black box to find that Lara was only driving 27 miles per hour.

Family of beating victim in Woburn football case sues school, city officials

The Coucelos family alleges officials permitted a toxic culture in the football program that promoted bullying and violence.

‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women

The judge handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson after hearing statements from the women about the trauma they experienced and the suffering caused by the disturbing memories in the years since.

Doctor arrested on gun and drug charges held on $200,000 bail as details emerge in Nantucket yacht case
The retired doctor who was arrested Tuesday on his yacht in Nantucket Harbor on drug and gun charges appeared in court Thursday for a detention hearing, where he was ordered held on $200,000 cash bail.

Everything we know about retired doctor and Nantucket yacht case

MBTA track department workers didn’t do their jobs and missed critical problems, new report says

General manager Phillip Eng said no one at the T will face discipline or termination for the failure.

Cambridge teen dies from injuries in motorcycle crash, officials say

Jaden McDaniels,16, was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a juvenile which crashed into an SUV on the night of Aug. 28, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Student loan payments restart next month after a long pause. Borrowers are stressed. Really, really stressed.

“I am already nervous. I think what my life looks like today is going to have to be dramatically different," said a Newton resident with $275,000 in higher-ed debt.

How hot is it in classrooms without air conditioning? BPS data can tell us
Among BPS schools without A/C, 10 had an average room temperature of above 80 degrees as of 11 a.m. Thursday.

In N.H., heat is harder when schools lack air conditioning Too hot to handle: As schools reopen in a heat wave, a warning of the climate future

Heat emergency declared in Boston as region struggles through high temperatures and humidity

Mayor Wu declared a heat emergency for Thursday and Friday as the region struggles through a wave of high temperatures and humidity that is derailing the first week of classes for thousands of students.

How a strip mall in Hadley became the center of the modern-day labor movement
Workers at three big-box stores — Trader Joe’s, Barnes and Noble, and Michaels — formed unions in and around the Mountain Farms mall, with each becoming the first freestanding location in their respective national chains to organize.

This Boston law firm is logging when employees are in the office. But it says it’s not meant to track them.

The Colleague Connect system works by logging employee workspaces for the day — either detecting automatically if an employee is in one of the firm’s offices, or noting if they are in an undisclosed non-office location.

Boston welcomes Little Amal as the 12-foot puppet begins her journey across America

Amal’s towering walk through Boston Thursday is just one of many planned to raise awareness of immigration and migration.

A new, improved Gillette Stadium is ready for its close-up on Sunday

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of a $250 million renovation project that includes a massive new video board and the nation's tallest lighthouse.

As pediatric closures mounted, Boston Children’s and Mass. General programs grew

These trends are only likely to escalate.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

New Hampshire, please consider Asa Hutchinson

The former Arkansas governor may need Granite State help to make the stage for the second GOP debate.
Renée Loth

How to ensure a fair trial for Trump: Allow cameras in courtroom
JOAN VENNOCHI

With Catholic Church foot-dragging comes the chance to evade justice
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Could Alabama punish people for abortions in Massachusetts?
JEFF JACOBY

Only Sweden had the right COVID-19 response

News you can use

A technophobe’s guide to AI chatbots
While the risks are real, it’s becoming increasingly clear that systems like ChatGPT aren’t going anywhere. Are you ready to use them?

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond
Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

Thinking about adopting a pet? Here’s what you need to know.
Pets costs can add up quickly, especially if you’re a first-time owner and don’t know what to expect.

More recent News

Massachusetts investigates teen’s death as company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves
The cause of Harris Wolobah's death on Sept. 1 has yet to be determined and an autopsy is pending, but the 14-year-old's family blamed the challenge.

Autopsy conducted on Worcester teenager who died after eating spicy tortilla chip in social media challenge

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closes Thursday night to thwart climate protest
Extinction Rebellion had planned a biodiversity protest inside the museum's storied galleries, where empty frames remind visitors of the infamous 1990 art heist. The Gardener will reopen on Friday.

Local activists announce education campaign ahead of 50th anniversary of BPS desegregation and busing
Next summer will mark 50 years since the federal court ruling in 1974 that forced the district to desegregate through busing.

Russian tech tycoon sentenced in Boston to 9 years for $93 million insider trading and hacking scheme
United States District Judge Patti B. Saris said “it realistically will create general deterrence” for Vladislav Klyushin to be sentenced to prison in this country for that length of time.

Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena
The verdict came after a short trial for Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump and later promoted the Republican’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud in the 2020 election he lost.

Harvard Kennedy School dean Douglas Elmendorf to step down in June, will remain on faculty
Elmendorf will leave his post “at the end of the 2023-24 academic year” but will stay “on the School’s faculty and engage in teaching and research,” said a statement posted to the Kennedy School’s website.

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Fall Travel

10 train trips to experience New England’s fall foliage in style

Let the romance of rail travel enhance the autumn colors, from the Maine coast to the quiet corner of Connecticut.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Boston has a new low-cost airline. We put its bargain London flight to the test.
Norse Atlantic Airways is promising low fares and comfortable flights to England. How did they do?

Here are the top colleges in Massachusetts, according to 2024 rankings from The Wall Street Journal
Four schools in Massachusetts were named among the top 10 colleges in the country by The Wall Street Journal, rankings that put a new emphasis on student outcomes, such as graduation rates and graduate salaries.

Number of out-of-state travelers seeking abortions at Mass. Planned Parenthood grew 37% after Dobbs
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows patients came from as far away as Texas.

Culture & Lifestyle

In a delightful ‘Dreaming Whilst Black,’ reality is never far away

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ still burns at New Rep

At TD Garden, nods in both directions from Duran Duran

On Saturdays in September, the Rose Kennedy Greenway makes space for dance

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

Matthew Bernstein

‘Jury Duty’ series makes a strong case for Hollywood strikers
Brendan Little

Long Island is a haven worthy of our most vulnerable
EDITORIAL

Latest Thomas financial filing shows he hasn’t learned much
JEFF JACOBY

Only Sweden had the right COVID-19 response
JEFF JACOBY

Of course it’s not racist to criticize Kamala Harris
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Massachusetts investigates teen’s death as company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves

The cause of Harris Wolobah's death on Sept. 1 has yet to be determined and an autopsy is pending, but the 14-year-old's family blamed the challenge.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closes Thursday night to thwart climate protest

Extinction Rebellion had planned a biodiversity protest inside the museum's storied galleries, where empty frames remind visitors of the infamous 1990 art heist. The Gardener will reopen on Friday.

Boston welcomes Little Amal as the 12-foot puppet begins her journey across America

Amal’s towering walk through Boston Thursday is just one of many planned to raise awareness of immigration and migration.

Kendra Lara releases report saying she was driving the speed limit at time of crash

The report by The Crash Lab, an accident reconstructionist company hired by Lara, used data from the car’s black box to find that Lara was only driving 27 miles per hour.

Sports

LIONS 21, CHIEFS 20

Lions make statement by taking out defending champion Chiefs in NFL season opener

Lions rookie Brian Branch returned Patrick Mahomes’s first pick in an opener 50 yards for another touchdown as Detroit snapped the Chiefs’ eight-game Week 1 winning streak.
HS FOOTBALL | Catholic Memorial 41, Mansfield 14

Catholic Memorial dominates all phases of the game in a nonleague season-opening rout of Mansfield

The two-time defending Division 2 state champions opened the game with a kickoff return for a touchdown, the defense recorded an interception return for a touchdown on its opening series and the offense scored on its first snap in a 41-14 rout.
US Open

Coco Gauff tops Karolina Muchova to reach the US Open women’s final

Gauff reached her first final by winning a match interrupted for 50 minutes by environmental activists.
NFL

Bengals make quarterback Joe Burrow the NFL’s highest-paid player at $55 million per year
Baseball Notebook

Witness alerted police to physical altercation between Julio Urías and woman outside MLS stadium
Red Sox

Red Sox’ Triston Casas isn’t concerned with challenging Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson for Rookie of the Year

Business

Biden to use G20 summit and Vietnam visit to highlight US as trustworthy alternative to China

President Biden hopes to demonstrate at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in India and a visit to Vietnam that the United States and like-minded allies can be more trustworthy partners than China on economic and security issues.

Former FTX crypto executive pleads guilty to making millions in illegal campaign contributions

Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, is the fourth high-ranking official at the company or its affiliates to plead guilty to criminal charges.

Spicy ‘one chip challenge’ to be pulled from shelves

With strike looming, General Motors makes wage offer, which auto union leader calls ‘insulting’
magazine
Fall Travel

A 70-year-old Madrid restaurant was near its end. Then Anthony Bourdain arrived.
PERSPECTIVE

Patients still discriminate against health care workers of color. Why don’t more hospitals ban it?
MISS CONDUCT

How to get a guest with a ‘lack of social graces’ to fall in line
COOKING

Sheet pan recipes using salmon, chicken, or sausages make for easy school night dinners

metro

‘I don’t want to be left holding the bill’: Migrant arrivals push Mass. shelters, and towns, to the brink

Local activists announce education campaign ahead of 50th anniversary of BPS desegregation and busing

New court settlement details how Providence plans to solve special education crisis

sports

A new, improved Gillette Stadium is ready for its close-up on Sunday

Family of beating victim in Woburn football case sues school, city officials

Chandler Jones was back on social media bashing the Raiders after they sent a crisis team to his home

business

New corporate minimum tax ushers in confusion and a lobbying blitz

Ex-FTX executive Ryan Salame to plead guilty to criminal charges

Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address crisis in local news

politics

Trump visits South Dakota for rally that Governor Kristi Noem’s allies hope is vice presidential tryout

What to know about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial so far, and what’s ahead

Trump hosts $100,000-per-person Bedminster fundraiser to help Giuliani pay legal bills

Nation

Special grand jury report that aided Georgia probe leading to Trump’s indictment is set for release

Court order allows Texas’ floating barrier on US-Mexico border to remain in place for now

President Biden declares three Georgia counties are eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia

World

Hurricane Lee charges over Atlantic waters as a Category 5 storm, approaching the Caribbean

Biden, Modi look to continue tightening US-India relations amid shared concerns about China

Al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Mali kill 49 civilians and 15 soldiers in attacks, military says

opinion

Federal court condemns defiant Alabama legislators on district maps

In the age of Trump, media must ditch the political horse race

Latest Thomas financial filing shows he hasn’t learned much

lifestyle

I’m ready for kids. He’s not sure. Time to go?

He made me think we had a future together

Less swiping, more face time: Niche speed-dating offers a specialized alternative to online romance

food & dining

At Harvard Square’s Las Palmas, line up early for empanadas

‘Not acceptable’: N.H. organic certification program at risk of shuttering

Garrett Harker’s All That opens in Kenmore Square; Boqueria comes to the Seaport

travel

Besides Dolly, Knoxville has the Big Ears Festival

A taste of Vermont, the Beatles in Boston, and gadgets for your car

I was billed twice for my Booking.com room. How do I fix this?

Arts

When wood speaks: Alison Croney Moses masters her craft in first solo show

Two very different Bostons, two less different photographers

How could smuggled Roman art have ended up at the Worcester Art Museum?

Books

It’s dangerous to go alone! Take a book.

In ‘Rouge,’ Mona Awad explores the dark side of the beauty industry

Grappling with the inevitable

Movies

Gayle Hunnicutt, Texan actress who thrived in Britain, dies at 80

‘Barbie’ tops ‘Super Mario’ as highest grossing 2023 film

True-crime docuseries ‘Never Let Him Go’ chronicles Cambridge man’s quest for justice

Television

In a delightful ‘Dreaming Whilst Black,’ reality is never far away

‘Justified’ finale points to possible return to series’ roots

One New Englander remains on ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ a high schooler from Lakeville

music

Now for sale inside Symphony Hall: 65 Steinway pianos

At TD Garden, nods in both directions from Duran Duran

Vinyl reissues of Morphine’s last albums capture a band revolving around its restless frontman

Theater/Dance

On Saturdays in September, the Rose Kennedy Greenway makes space for dance

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ still burns at New Rep

Arab American Comedy Festival takes the show on the road, with a first stop in Boston

Health

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

To better understand alcohol addiction, new research is turning to fruit flies

Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research

Obituaries

Ferid Murad, earned Nobel for study of how a gas can aid the heart, dies at 86

Gayle Hunnicutt, Texan actress who thrived in Britain, dies at 80

Gloria Coates, composer who defied conventions, dies at 89