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The future of Boston hinges on the past
WATCH: Attorney and author Daniel Dain says the trajectory for the future of Boston may hinge on its past.

The future of Boston hinges on the past

WATCH: Attorney and author Daniel Dain says the trajectory for the future of Boston may hinge on its past.
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Chaim Bloom is not the only guy to blame for this Red Sox mess

"There’s blame to go around,” said Red Sox president Sam Kennedy. “There’s blame on me. Our ownership. The on-field staff deserves blame."
Red Sox fire chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom as team wraps another disappointing season Here are the highlights of Red Sox president Sam Kennedy’s press conference Tell us: What do you think of Bloom’s years in Boston?

Chaim Bloom lasted nearly four seasons with the Red Sox. Here’s a look back at his rocky tenure.

The Sox' chief baseball officer traded Mookie Betts, let Xander Bogaerts walk, and brought Boston to within two games of a World Series berth.
Would Theo Epstein return to the Red Sox? Here’s what Sam Kennedy had to say.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
What you can expect Hurricane Lee to look like in New England
Expect the worst of the storm to arrive in the early morning hours Saturday and continue up until about noon.

Impacts of Hurricane Lee expected to peak Saturday morning in Boston. Follow live updates.

These maps show how Hurricane Lee will impact New England

Hurricane Lee remained a large Category 1 storm Thursday as it moved toward New England and Atlantic Canada with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour.
Mayor Wu says city will be prepared for Hurricane Lee

After new safety troubles, feds put T on tighter leash
A top Federal Transit Administration official sent the T's leader a letter Thursday that cited four recent near miss incidents in which trains came dangerously close to workers on or around the MBTA’s subway tracks.

T acknowledges three new instances in which workers were nearly struck Warren, Markey push MBTA, DPU for answers about ongoing safety problems on the transit system
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Heather Cox Richardson, historian turned viral Substacker, talks threat of autocracy

The Boston College professor discusses why Trump remains popular among Republican voters, and why she has called President Biden a “transformational president.”

Dana-Farber, in break with Brigham and Women’s, will build new cancer center with Beth Israel

The new hospital will be located on Beth Israel’s Longwood Medical Area campus.
Tell us: How do you feel about Dana-Farber’s break with Brigham and Women’s Hospital?

Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed

The three-count indictment says Hunter Biden lied on a form required for every gun purchase when he bought a gun at a Wilmington, Delaware, gun shop in October 2018.

Zelensky is expected to visit Capitol Hill as Congress is debating $21 billion in aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the US during the United Nations General Assembly.

‘Pornographic films’ allegedly shot on yacht in Nantucket Harbor where retired doctor was arrested, man told police
Pornographic films were allegedly being shot on an 80-foot yacht whose owner was arrested on drug and gun charges last week while the vessel was docked in Nantucket Harbor, according to a man who had spoken by phone with a distressed woman on board.

14-year-old boy charged with first degree murder in slaying of woman in Lawrence

A Lawrence teenager has been charged with fatally shooting a 19-year-old woman last week, officials said.

AG Campbell launches grant program to support immigration workers amid influx of arrivals
Andrea Campbell said the grant program will fund nonprofits and their community partners, and provide money for “a wide range of immigration-related legal services” including employment authorization, to help immigrants get jobs more quickly.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Suit claims Brown mishandled Title IX case, names former lacrosse player for alleged rape

The lawsuit accuses the university of failing “to take adequate measures to end plaintiff’s harassment and ensure her safety.”

School bus driver, 80, charged with indecent assault on juvenile girl in Barnstable, officials say

An 80-year-old school bus driver was arrested Wednesday for allegedly committing an indecent assault of a juvenile girl on his bus in Barnstable, authorities said.
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Red Sox silence Yankees with shutout win in opener of doubleheader

Tanner Houck pitched six strong innings and Trevor Story iced the victory with a three-run homer in the eighth.

These two Boston-area restaurants made Bon Appétit’s ‘Best New Restaurants’ list

Looking to try the top new restaurants of 2023? The Boston area has two of them.
high school football

See the latest scores from Thursday’s high school football action.

Teams from around Eastern Mass. are facing off.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

So long, Mitt Romney, man of many masks

Let’s hope that, in his post-politics life, Romney doubles down on his sometimes role as truth-teller.
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

How to get the most out of college — and save liberal democracy
Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon

AI is coming to our neighborhoods and will show us the future of cities

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Probation is supposed to be an alternative to prison. It might be a trapdoor instead.
JOAN VENNOCHI

In City Council results, a shadow campaign between old and new Boston

Experience Globe Summit September 19-21
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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?

Share your thoughts on Peter Faneuil: Merchant prince, philanthropist, slave trader

Peter Faneuil was an active trafficker who financed voyages from Boston to West Africa to purchase hundreds of slaves. And he kept at least five slaves to serve his own household.
Watch | Boston Globe Today: How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil

More recent News

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

Marie el-Drese, Secratery General of aid group, told the Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 are reported missing in the coastal city.

Detroit automakers and auto workers remain far from a deal as strike deadline approaches

The chasm between the two sides threatens to ignite the first simultaneous strike by the United Auto Workers against all three Detroit companies in the union’s 80-year history.

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy finds that even a Biden impeachment inquiry isn’t enough for GOP

Embattled Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told his colleagues threatening to oust him to "file the [expletive] motion," according to those who attended a private meeting.

Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime
Alex Jones’ personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.

State Police arrest Brockton man who allegedly dragged trooper with car
State Police have arrested a 31-year-old Brockton man who allegedly dragged a trooper a short distance down the street with his car during a traffic stop Wednesday and then drove off, officials said.

chesto means business
After frosty start, Mayor Wu’s relationship with the business community appears to be warming
Wednesday's Chamber speech, and the response, reflects a growing recognition that the mayor and the business community need each other for Boston to thrive.

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Architecture Review

Brookline’s new high school design makes the honor roll

William Rawn Associates has crafted an exemplary education complex.

‘Do you know who I am?’ Lauren Boebert escorted out of ‘Beetlejuice’ after reportedly ‘causing a disturbance.’
“I plead guilty to laughing and singing too loud,” Boebert posted on social media.

Planned Parenthood hoped to meet the post-Roe moment, but layoffs shake its staff
A Globe review of documents and interviews with more than a dozen staffers painted a picture of Planned Parenthood in the year since the Dobbs decision as an entity that appears to have made decisions at odds with its stated goals.

LOVE LETTERS
Dating in Boston has been rough
I have tried to be open-minded...

Culture & Lifestyle

I tracked my reading with the obsessiveness of a pro athlete. It did not go well.

Ben Okri: ‘You want to literally disappear into a book’

Rodney’s reopens in Harvard Square; train-based festival honoring dead poets celebrates Sylvia Plath; Massachusetts Book Award honorees announced

Author readings around Boston Sept. 17-23

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

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Biden must protect, not undermine, a free press
EDITORIAL

Positioning Massachusetts to lead on marijuana research
IDEAS | MARA A. COHEN

I skipped synagogue for a Grace Jones concert and felt the power of Rosh Hashana
SCOT LEHIGH

Joe Biden needs to get out of his cocoon

JOAN VENNOCHI

Soft landing for Jack Jones is a hard sell for the DA — and the Patriots
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Hurricane Lee

Impacts of Hurricane Lee expected to peak Saturday morning in Boston. Follow live updates.

Hurricane Lee, a Category 2 storm churning in the Atlantic on Thursday morning, looks poised to bring wind and rain to New England on Friday and Saturday, forecasters said. Follow live updates.

AG Campbell launches grant program to support immigration workers amid influx of arrivals

Andrea Campbell said the grant program will fund nonprofits and their community partners, and provide money for “a wide range of immigration-related legal services” including employment authorization, to help immigrants get jobs more quickly.
HIGHER EDUCATION

Suit claims Brown mishandled Title IX case, names former lacrosse player for alleged rape

The lawsuit accuses the university of failing “to take adequate measures to end plaintiff’s harassment and ensure her safety.”
THINGS TO DO

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: Sept. 15-22

This week: VegFest, Gansett Fest, Oktoberfests, a Porchfest, and more.

Sports

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery talks about his expectations of the team in the upcoming NHL season

He touched on several subjects -- from who will succeed Patrice Bergeron as captain, Milan Lucic's role and what he wants to see from Jake DeBrusk, Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Set to set, Burlington girls’ volleyball is serving notice that it will be a contender

Senior hitter Keira Riley, the first four-year starter under coach Wingsze Seaman’s tutelage, has a team-leading 67 receptions while Grace Seaman, the coach's daughter, leads the No. 18 Red Devils (4-0) in kills (50) and digs (60).
red sox

Would Theo Epstein return to the Red Sox? Here’s what Sam Kennedy had to say.

Kennedy, the Red Sox CEO and president, said that Epstein is not a candidate for the open positions created by Bloom's firing.
Yankees at Red Sox | 7:15 p.m. (FOX)

Game 147: Yankees at Red Sox lineups and notes
Patriots

Patriots’ run game could be stunted by hurting offensive line

HIGHER EDUCATION

Suit claims Brown mishandled Title IX case, names former lacrosse player for alleged rape

Business

Saudi fund sets up in Boston to plow $1 billion a year into research and drugs to extend life

The source of funding may present a dilemma for some scientists and entrepreneurs because of the kingdom’s record on human rights.

Remote work thrived again in 2022, new data show

Nationally, the 2022 remote work rate was 15.2 percent, down from 17.9 percent the previous year.

Retail sales rise 0.6% in August largely due to a spike in gas prices
RI BUSINESS

CCRI lands $5m gift, largest in its history, to launch casino and hospitality program
magazine
Marcela García

What does it mean to lose special places where Latinos gather in Boston?
My Boston History

My night at Havana Club, the heart of salsa and bachata dancing in Cambridge
MISS CONDUCT

How do you make new friends when you’re an older adult?
Fall Travel

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

metro

State Police arrest Brockton man who allegedly dragged trooper with car

CCRI lands $5m gift, largest in its history, to launch casino and hospitality program

Massachusetts State Police trooper gets dragged from a car during a traffic stop in Brockton

sports

See the latest scores from Thursday’s high school football action.

Chaim Bloom lasted nearly four seasons with the Red Sox. Here’s a look back at his rocky tenure.

Red Sox silence Yankees with shutout win in opener of doubleheader

business

Detroit automakers and auto workers remain far from a deal as strike deadline approaches

Tell us: How do you feel about Dana-Farber’s break with Brigham and Women’s Hospital?

After frosty start, Mayor Wu’s relationship with the business community appears to be warming

politics

Zelensky is expected to visit Capitol Hill as Congress is debating $21 billion in aid for Ukraine

Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules

McCarthy dares hard-right lawmakers to try to oust him

Nation

Hunter Biden indicted on false statement, gun charges in Delaware

2,700 confirmed cases and 19 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Federal court rules Obama-era DACA program still unlawful

World

Israel has quietly taken steps toward cementing its control of the occupied West Bank

Meet the oil man in charge of leading the world away from oil

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

opinion

Biden must protect, not undermine, a free press

Book Talk & Signing w/ Hajar Yazdiha & Amber Payne at Frugal Bookstore

Positioning Massachusetts to lead on marijuana research

lifestyle

Dating in Boston has been rough

Appealing Ahmad lifts ‘Who Is Erin Carter?’ beyond foolishness

Chris Evans weds actress Alba Baptista on Cape Cod, media reports say

food & dining

These two Boston-area restaurants made Bon Appétit’s ‘Best New Restaurants’ list

Rapper Ice Spice and Dunkin’ collaborate on new Munchkins drink for fall

Sul Tavolo brings pizza and wine to Sudbury; Tawakal Halal Café launches at MIT

travel

Stuart Varney on the Cape, Taylor Swift, and keeping his sense of humor

Nonstop flights to Grenada, Maine’s Harvest on the Harbor, and a super bright headlamp

Avis promised a refund of $1,016, but where is it?

Arts

At this Harvard exhibition, the maps are real but the places on them aren’t

Harvard museum director stepping down

At Abakus Projects, a show that asks: How compatible are efficiency and humanity?

Books

I tracked my reading with the obsessiveness of a pro athlete. It did not go well.

What happened to the American ideal of democracy?

On the front line of plagues past

Movies

After seeing 20-plus films in six days, our critic shares some final highlights from this year’s TIFF

Drew Barrymore stalking suspect trespasses at fashion show looking for Emma Watson, police say

‘Scrapper’: A tender tale about a kid with serious mettle

Television

A so-so thriller is lurking in this ‘Wilderness’

Helena Bonham Carter, ‘Nolly’ coming to ‘Masterpiece’

Is Jeremy Strong selling his condo on Streeteasy?

music

Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service reach back 20 years

In a documentary of her life, singer Carol Sloane receives her overdue applause

Rapper Ice Spice and Dunkin’ collaborate on new Munchkins drink for fall

Theater/Dance

In the Huntington’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ antisemitism comes home, again

In ART’s ‘Half-God of Rainfall,’ a storm is brewing

In ‘POTUS,’ the West Wing is nothing like ‘The West Wing’

Health

CVS, Walgreens illegally marketed ‘unapproved’ eye drops, FDA says

Ex-Johnson & Johnson CEO joins R.I. biotech company

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

Obituaries

Robert S. Bennett, Washington lawyer at home in a crisis, dies at 84

Eugene Peltola, husband of US Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska, dies in plane crash

Ian Wilmut, scientist behind Dolly the sheep, is dead at 79