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Faneuil Hall Name Change

WATCH: Editor-at-large Mark Morrow explains the dark history of Peter Faneuil and why there is a push to rename Faneuil Hall.

How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil

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Tornado warning extended for parts of Mass., R.I. until 6:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service has extended a tornado warning until 6:30 p.m. and revised the area of the warning to include parts of Providence County in Rhode Island and Norfolk and Bristol counties in Mass.

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Hurricane Lee winds could extend far beyond Cape Cod, depending on storm path
A slow-moving cold front is pushing east today and will pass offshore Thursday morning. Behind it drier air will finally put an end to one of the most humid September stretches on record. But Friday brings winds from Hurricane Lee.

Lee turns north on path that will take it past Bermuda as it aims for Atlantic Canada

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With flashier floods and stronger hurricanes, ‘I don’t think we know what normal is anymore’
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Six people arrested after brawl with police outside of Newport restaurant

During the altercation, multiple punches were thrown, an officer was allegedly kicked in the groin, and a woman was knocked unconscious.

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The fire broke out on the day the National Guard was deployed to fill in gaps at unstaffed shelters.

Healey asking for $250 million infusion into state’s struggling shelter system

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FAA probing United Airlines flight that aborted landing at Logan Airport because another plane was on runway

The complicated legacy of Faneuil Hall

Every building tells a story – and Faneuil Hall is no different. Watch to learn more about the layered history of this landmark and its namesake, Peter Faneuil. ( Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff )

Who was Peter Faneuil? A Bostonian, merchant, philanthropist — and slave trader.

Most Bostonians know little about the man for whom Faneuil Hall is named, who enriched himself by trafficking in human beings. Should knowing that history change the way the city remembers him?

Your view: Should Faneuil Hall be renamed? If so, who should it be named after? Watch: How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil | Boston Globe Today

Boston City Council preliminary elections

In historic rebuke, embattled incumbent Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara lose reelection bids
Arroyo and Lara, two of the most influential and outspoken progressive voices on the City Council, became the first incumbent councilors in at least four decades to be eliminated in the first round of voting.

City Council elections update: Ann Walsh concedes in District 3 See the unofficial results from the Boston City Council preliminary elections

Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante arrested after 2 weeks on the run in Pennsylvania
Cavalcante’s heat signal was picked up around 1 a.m. from an aircraft, but storms prevented teams from continuing to track him until the morning. Authorities then secured the area and later moved in with search dogs.

Search dogs, thermal imaging: How authorities in Pennsylvania captured thje fugitive

Utah Republican Mitt Romney says he won’t seek a second term in the Senate
Utah Senator and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney announced on Wednesday that he would not seek reelection to another term in the Senate.

Megan Johnson just purchased a below-market-rate condo in East Boston.

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Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner. Mayor Michelle Wu on Wednesday announced a revamp of the city's Planning Department that aims to update Boston's antiquated zoning code, and said the city this fall will launch a major planning effort around neighborhood centers and main streets.

Wu unveils plans to revamp Boston’s decades-old rules for what can be built where

Boston's nearly 4,000-page zoning code will get an update for the first time in nearly six decades, the mayor said Wednesday.

Haze blankets the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 11, 2023. Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three, one being air pollution, are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said.

Earth is outside its ‘safe operating space for humanity’ on most key measurements, study says

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I met a great woman at a wedding. But she was with her boyfriend.
Do I ask the people I know from the wedding if their relationship is strong, or on the rocks?

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More than 100 Massachusetts foster youth have been housed in apartments since child welfare began using the units last year.

What does it mean to lose special places where Latinos gather in Boston?
Maybe we should expect legacy landmarks like El Oriental and Merengue to evolve.

Leominster assesses the damage after ‘catastrophic’ floods
Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella detailed extensive damage in the city, and a state of emergency continues. “It affects every single section of the city. No one escaped this,” he said.