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About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers

About 13,000 US auto workers stopped making vehicles and headed for the picket lines Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

After new safety troubles, federal regulators imposes restrictions to prevent further failures
They again ordered the MBTA to take immediate actions to prevent further safety failures and imposed new restrictions on the agency’s access to its own tracks.

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?

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.”

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.

‘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.

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

Four tornadoes confirmed in Conn., Mass. and R.I. amid Wednesday thunderstorms

Massive Dorchester Bay City project gets green light from BPDA

The $5 billion, 21-building mixed-use project has long been in the works, with developers envisioning a climate-resilient mini-city on the site of the former Bayside Expo Center.
Photos: The past, present, and future along Dorchester Bay

Tropical storm warning in effect from Mass. to Canada as Hurricane Lee approaches
Nantucket and Chatham, Falmouth and Provincetown could see storm surges between 2 feet and 4 feet, meteorologists said.

Impacts of Hurricane Lee expected to peak Saturday morning in Boston. Follow live updates. Dave Epstein: What you can expect Hurricane Lee to look like in New England Mayor Wu says city will be prepared for Hurricane Lee

These maps show how Hurricane Lee will impact New England

Hurricane Lee remained a large Category 1 storm Thursday evening as it moved toward New England and Atlantic Canada with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour.

Alex Speier I On baseball
Timing of Red Sox’ decision to fire Chaim Bloom came as a shock, but their decision to move on did not
The business of baseball teams — and particularly, a Red Sox franchise that has won four World Series in the 21st century — is to win.

Nine takeaways from Red Sox president Sam Kennedy’s press conference after Chaim Bloom’s firing Tell us: What do you think of Bloom’s years in Boston?
dan shaughnessy

Chaim Bloom is not the only guy to blame for this Red Sox mess

Chaim Bloom lasted nearly four seasons with the Red Sox. Here’s a look back at his rocky tenure.
Yankees 8, Red Sox 5

Red Sox rally but fall short against Yankees in back end of doubleheader

The Sox tied the game at 5-5 after falling into an early 5-2 hole, but the Yankees plated three runs in the last two innings to split the twinbill.

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

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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

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Leominster mayor says damage from devastating storm could total ‘$25 to $35 million’
The mayor of Leominster Thursday said the damage from Monday’s devastating storm, which caused roads to collapse and left much of the city’s downtown underwater, could run to $35 million.

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.

Governor’s Council approves four Healey pardon requests, as tensions flare at meeting
Councilor Marilyn Petitto Devaney declaimed a pre-written speech in which she slammed five of her six colleagues for not attending a public comment session she hosted Sept. 6 about a proposed pardon.

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.

PragerU course approved for high school credit in New Hampshire
The controversial decision means students will have the option to complete the free online financial literacy lessons through the state’s Learn Everywhere program.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 to strike weather-worn New England after heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes

After days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee.

Recent floods heighten concerns that New England dams may not be built for climate-induced storms

Flooding in Massachusetts that put several dams at risk have raised concern the structures may increasingly be at risk as New England is hit by stronger and wetter storms

These maps show how Hurricane Lee will impact New England

Hurricane Lee remained a large Category 1 storm Thursday evening as it moved toward New England and Atlantic Canada with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour.
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.

Sports

Eagles 34, Vikings 28

Eagles get big games from Jalen Smith, D’Andre Swift, hang on to beat mistake-prone Vikings

Quarterback Jalen Hurts accounted for three touchdowns to help stave off four scores from counterpart Kirk Cousins, whose team lost three fumbles in the first half and four overall.
Yankees 8, Red Sox 5

Red Sox rally but fall short against Yankees in back end of doubleheader

The Sox tied the game at 5-5 after falling into an early 5-2 hole, but the Yankees plated three runs in the last two innings to split the twinbill.
NFL

Aaron Rodgers announces he’s had surgery on his torn Achilles

The 39-year-old said the surgery was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, and was accompanied by a picture of a smiling Rodgers in a blue medical cap and gown in a hospital bed with his left foot clearly bruised.
High school football roundup

Jack Rees’s game-saving stop helps Duxbury put the clamps on a nonleague win at Mansfield
Alex Speier I On baseball

Timing of Red Sox’ decision to fire Chaim Bloom came as a shock, but their decision to move on did not
Red Sox Notebook

‘It’s never easy.’ Red Sox manager Alex Cora reacts to Chaim Bloom’s firing

Business

About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers

About 13,000 US auto workers stopped making vehicles and headed for the picket lines Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri

The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three factories as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers.

Massive Dorchester Bay City project gets green light from BPDA

Photos: The past, present, and future along Dorchester Bay

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

Leominster relief funds collect donations to help residents after flash floods

Tropical storm warning in effect from Mass. to Canada as Hurricane Lee approaches

After new safety troubles, federal regulators imposes restrictions to prevent further failures

sports

Orioles call up Heston Kjerstad, Rays activate Manuel Margot before teams face off in four-game series

Rookie receivers draw praise even as Patriots face question about usage

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

business

How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems.

MIT graduate workers get first contract

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

politics

Americans overwhelmingly support Medicare drug negotiations, but Biden sees little political boost, new poll shows

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

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

Nation

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is almost over. This is what happened and what’s next.

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.

World

Kim Jong Un stops to see a fighter jet factory as Russia and North Korea are warned off arms deals

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says

Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russia in Crimea and Black Sea

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