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Israel declares war against Hamas as casualty figures rise
Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while the nation officially declared war. Hundreds were reported dead, with more missing and wounded.

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An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family in a southern Gaza refugee camp

Israeli and Palestinian supporters rally across U.S. as Israel declares war

The US will send aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

Dozens were killed at a music festival and others abducted in Hamas attack

Mass. elected leaders decry Israeli lives lost in Hamas attack

What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza? Here’s what to know.

Saints 34, Patriots 0

The talk about Bill Belichick being on the hot seat should continue.

Ben Volin | Instant analysis

The Patriots didn’t just lose to the Saints. Bill Belichick gave up.

Belichick sent in the punt team on fourth and 3 from the Saints’ 40-yard line while trailing, 24-0. Is he daring Robert Kraft to fire him?

Patriots’ Mac Jones evasive on questions about starting QB job, says ‘everybody’s frustrated’ after latest loss
Jones quickly deflected when he was asked if he felt like he was playing for his job after a second straight disaster.

Bill Belichick says Patriots need to ‘start all over’ following ugly loss to Saints
However, the Patriots coach did not elaborate on what "starting over" means following back-to-back losses by more than 30 points.

Patriots center David Andrews on loss to Saints: ‘Kind of the same old story’
A visibly deflated Andrews was the first to the podium after an embarrassing defeat, but he didn't stick around long.

On the Cape, a new generation of business owners steps up
The new business owners are giving a fresh start to the mom-and-pop shops that had been fried seafood and beach-themed tchotchkes for decades.

C&S has agreed to buy 400 stores from Kroger, pushing the Keene, N.H. wholesaler further into the retail business.

New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers holds the key to supermarket megamerger

The Keene, N.H.-based firm is playing a crucial role in Kroger’s effort to buy rival Albertsons.

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

After years of dismally low reading scores, the state’s largest school system is making a dramatic shift toward “structured literacy," instruction that draws on a body of research.

Celtics lock up guard Payton Pritchard with four-year extension

The 25-year-old point guard was a first-round pick in 2020, No. 26 overall, and averaged 19.2 minutes as a rookie, but that fell to 13.4 last season.

Boston University bridge closed after fire breaks out at homeless encampment under it

Fire officials responded to a fire that broke out at a homeless encampment under the Boston University Bridge.

1 killed and 8 wounded in shooting at Pennsylvania community center party
Authorities say one person was killed and eight were wounded in a shooting during a private party at a Pennsylvania community center early Sunday

Man dead, woman hospitalized after Amtrak train collides with SUV in Vermont

Just after 5 p.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting a crash at the intersection of Route 142 and Bemis Road.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

In "King Hancock," local author and tour guide Brooke Barbier examines what made the Founding Father so popular in his day. A generous pour might have had something to do with it.

Brad Marchand will join an illustrious list of Bruins captains when the team opens its regular season Wednesday against the Blackhawks.

A look at the 23 players who have made the Boston Bruins’ Opening Night roster

Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya shatters men’s marathon world record in Chicago

We blocked each other

Now I feel immature.

Brian O'Donovan hosted "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" annually for two decades.

‘Celtic Sojourn’ host Brian O’Donovan, who championed Irish music, dies at 66

"I try to lure people not just to my program, but into the art of the music,” he once said. “And to do that I have to play something alluring."

Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Elizabeth Warren shared a moment on stage Saturday at the Mass Black Expo.

Expo looks at how to grow Black wealth in Massachusetts

Mayor Michelle Wu and members of the state's congressional delegation addressed the conference on Saturday.

Opinion

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Providence was vandalized in 2019. It later was moved to a park in Johnston, R.I.

I used to defend Columbus as ‘magnificent.’ I don’t anymore.

Reading what his contemporaries wrote about him opened my eyes.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Mass. and Cass shows the failure of progressive drug policies

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

Why Massachusetts companies should include salary ranges in job postings

After Hamas attack, Israel will protect its people and its future

Hispanic Heritage Month

Jose Masso stands next to "The Embrace" monument on Boston Common. His name is one of 69 inscribed on the 1965 Freedom Plaza that encircles the sculpture.

On the air and off, Jose Masso has been heard

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, a long-time public health advocate and Latino radio host who has launched Rhode Island’s first Spanish-language health website, nuestrasalud.com.

During Hispanic Heritage Month, doctor says R.I. can do better: ‘Taco Tuesday is not progress. It is appeasement.’

Owner Edner Ttrente Et Un at Viva Mi Arepa, a Venezuelan restaurant in West Roxbury.

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

YVONNE ABRAHAM

‘Making that decision just changes you forever’: For parents of kids with severe autism, impossible choices
A Spotlight investigation showing abuse and neglect at residential schools has only made them harder.

Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000
The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday.

Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton reopens Sunday after power outage
The hospital lifted its “code black” — meaning it had been diverting ambulances to other facilities — at about 7:30 a.m., according to Deborah Chiaravalloti, a spokesperson for Steward Health Care.

Driver dies after Saturday night crash in South Boston
The 23-year-old woman, who was not identified, was driving a minivan on South Boston Bypass Road near Frontage Road around 11:30 p.m. when the crash occurred, State Police said.

MUSIC REVIEW

BSO’s ‘Opening Night at Symphony’ nods to the familiar and the future
Saturday’s concert was very much a program of two halves, yet it offered any number of highly enjoyable moments.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

With the game on the line, Catholic Memorial dialed up ‘Ms. Porter’ and delivered a lesson to Xaverian

The play call — a halfback pass — the Knights employed to beat Xaverian, 41-38, on the final play Friday night draws its etymology from CM English teacher Leslye Porter.

Catholic Memorial cements its spot atop the Globe Top 20, but there’s a new No. 2

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Recommended reads

Books in a fourth-grade classroom.

More than half of Mass. third graders can’t read proficiently. The state is failing its neediest learners.

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet here, in the birthplace of public education, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it.
A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition.

Under pressure, Biden administration to send team to assess migrant situation in Massachusetts
As places like Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois struggle to provide housing and services to an increasing number of arriving migrants, some officials in those blue states are going public with their frustration with the White House.

From the ashes, a small Maine village rises
“People around here look out for each other,” Andy Barstow said. “That’s just how it is.”

Culture & Lifestyle

It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?

Jazz Along the Charles to honor Boston’s legacy of women composers and musicians

Marshall W. Mabry IV in "Fat Ham" at the Huntington Theatre.

‘Fat Ham,’ at the Huntington, updates ‘Hamlet’

Seu Jorge.

Seu Jorge goes back to bossa nova with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s grandson

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Representative Kevin McCarthy spoke in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol after he was ousted as speaker of the House, in Washington, Oct. 3, 2023.

Democrats won’t miss Kevin McCarthy. Probably.

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

President Biden welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Sept. 21.

The real reason an ‘America First’ mindset dominates the Republican base

An Alberta, Canada, Department of Public Health venereal disease poster from 1925.

IDEAS | ANNE ZINK

Syphilis, the ‘Great Pretender,’ is back

Residents fled their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in the Carrefour-Feuilles district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 15.

Giving Haiti a fighting chance

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers holds the key to supermarket megamerger

The Keene, N.H.-based firm is playing a crucial role in Kroger’s effort to buy rival Albertsons.

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

After years of dismally low reading scores, the state’s largest school system is making a dramatic shift toward “structured literacy," instruction that draws on a body of research.

Driver tells children to ‘get in the car’ in possible attempted child abduction in Salem, police say

At around 2:44 p.m. Friday, three children were walking home from Witchcraft Heights Elementary School when they were approached by a blue Honda Pilot at the corner of Carrollton Street and Belleview Avenue, police said.

Sports journalist Jackie MacMullan to ‘talk smack’ at Huntington’s Disease fundraiser

"Anything goes," the newly retired ESPN journalist and former Globe columnist, said of the Oct. 13 virtual fundraiser. "They can ask me anything they want. And they do. Trust me, they do."

Sports

AJ Allmendinger rode the edge with distinction on Sunday, beating Ty Gibbs (rear) and everyone else for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory on a Charlotte road course he'd won on in all four of his Xfinity Series starts.

AJ Allmendinger continues dominance in Charlotte, helps eliminate Kyle Busch from playoffs

Allmendinger, in the first full season of his Cup return, won in it for the first time since Indianapolis in 2021 as the championship field was trimmed to eight drivers.

Kenny Pickett (left) and George Pickens connected for a 41-yard, go-ahead touchdown with 1:17 to play in Pittsburgh.

STEELERS 17, RAVENS 10

Kenny Pickett-George Pickens connection scores Steelers a win over rival Ravens

Pickett drove Pittsburgh 80 yards in eight plays and hit Pickens for a 41-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

Brad Marchand will join an illustrious list of Bruins captains when the team opens its regular season Wednesday against the Blackhawks.

A look at the 23 players who have made the Boston Bruins’ Opening Night roster

Second-year coach Jim Montgomery chose these 13 forwards, eight defensemen, and two goalies to start the 2023-24 season.

DOLPHINS 31, GIANTS 16

Rookie De’Von Achane, Dolphins go on offensive again to take over first place in AFC East

London calling not all it’s cracked up to be for Bills, who add more injury to insult of losing

HS FOOTBALL: TOP 20

Catholic Memorial cements its spot atop the Globe Top 20, but there’s a new No. 2

Business

New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers holds the key to supermarket megamerger

The Keene, N.H.-based firm is playing a crucial role in Kroger’s effort to buy rival Albertsons.

On the Cape, a new generation of business owners steps up

The new business owners are giving a fresh start to the mom-and-pop shops that had been fried seafood and beach-themed tchotchkes for decades.

Powerball jackpot up to $1.55 billion as lottery losing streak continues

Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

magazine

New Hampshire writer Grace Metalious created a stir in 1956 with the publication of "Peyton Place."

‘Wicked, shocking, dirty’: ‘Peyton Place’ and the inevitable failure of book bans

10 train trips to experience New England foliage in style

Dancing at Havana Club

My Boston History

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

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

metro

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Mass. elected leaders decry Israeli lives lost in Hamas attack

Black bear strolls East Bridgewater on a half-day of school

Khary has a great sense of humor

sports

The Patriots did not score in the first half on Sunday.

Patriots shut out in an ugly loss to Saints that drops them to 1-4

Aces remain perfect, pull away from Liberty for double-digit win to open WNBA Finals

With the game on the line, Catholic Memorial dialed up ‘Ms. Porter’ and delivered a lesson to Xaverian

business

Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise.

House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise

Trump beefs up Iowa campaign as DeSantis goes all in

‘The picking won’t be as good’: Apple orchards struggle with this fall’s harvest

politics

Pro-Israel demonstrators gather across a pro-Palestinian group on 42nd Street in New York City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.

Israeli and Palestinian supporters rally across U.S. as Israel declares war

The US will send aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

Biden decries the ‘unconscionable’ Hamas attack and warns Israel’s enemies not to exploit the crisis

Nation

Colony Ridge developer Trey Harris looks down the street in the Santa Fe subdivision in the development Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas.

A Texas community attracts migrant home buyers and Republican ire

1 killed and 8 wounded in shooting at Pennsylvania community center party

Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work.

World

Fire and smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel declares war against Hamas as casualty figures rise

An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family in a southern Gaza refugee camp

Best time to hold a political conference? Right after your party wins big.

opinion

Campaign signs for then-president Donald Trump and Joe Biden, then the Democratic presidential nominee, were on display in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Sept. 25, 2020.

2024 presidential contest shaping up to be a tug of war

In 2024, polls could be wrong about Trump in a whole new way

Anti-migrant fringe group NSC-131 not so fringe

lifestyle

Mixed media artist Tyler Gaca is known as Ghosthoney on social media, where he has 3 million followers on TikTok.

Artist and poet Tyler Gaca on capturing the surreal, whimsical, and ghostly in the everyday

We blocked each other

I live close to my ex

food & dining

Local historian and author Brooke Barbier, center, led a tour group along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston on Friday. Barbier is founder of Ye Olde Tavern Tours, and her new book, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," will be available from Harvard University Press Oct. 10.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

At Belmont’s new Hanami, a sprawling menu of sushi and small plates

Eastern Standard to reopen next week in new location

travel

View Boston in the Prudential Center offers 360-degree views of the city skyline and series of new murals, including a colorful geometric mural by Boston artists Ryan and Rachel Adams, “Serendipitous, 2023” (pictured here), with a central heart image in Ryan’s signature “gem” style surrounded by Rachel’s quilt motif depicting iconic local landmarks such as the Zakim Bridge, Citgo Sign, and Charles River.

Artsy views from Boston to Brattleboro, plus the bottom line on comfortable seating

Author Caroline Kepnes on pillowcases, peppermint patties, and the passenger from hell

Passport wait times are getting shorter

Arts

Isaac Scott, "Rua Do Poço Dos Negros," 2023.

Preserving Portuguese history and culture in ‘Mouros’

In Renaissance Italy, women artists quietly persisted

When seeing is believing meets believing as seeing

Books

Local historian and author Brooke Barbier, center, led a tour group along the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston on Friday. Barbier is founder of Ye Olde Tavern Tours, and her new book, "King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father," will be available from Harvard University Press Oct. 10.

Colonial tavern tour guide releases new biography of John Hancock, a ‘moderate’ Founding Father with a ‘radical influence’

Paul Yoon prefers a small canvas but his stories span centuries and continents

James Frankie Thomas writes a queer ‘elegy to a bygone era of the internet’ in ‘Idlewild’

Movies

Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro."

Bradley Cooper plays Bernstein, Almodóvar unveils a queer cowboy movie, and more from the New York Film Festival

‘The Exorcist: Believer’: No sympathy for the devil

‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’ is a ‘visual memoir’ of a monumental voice in music

Television

Filmmakers (from left) Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg have stressed their support for Turner Classic Movies in meetings with Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief executive, David Zaslav.

TCM: A treasure worth protecting

On TV, duos are dynamic

‘Tiger King’ animal trainer ‘Doc’ Antle gets suspended sentence for wildlife trafficking in Virginia

music

Piano four-hands with Aaron Diehl and Rudolf Buchbinder in Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "Tonk" at Symphony Hall.

BSO’s ‘Opening Night at Symphony’ nods to the familiar and the future

Handel and Haydn delivers a sublime ‘Israel in Egypt’

Nonprofit buying Iron Horse Music Hall — once the beating heart of Northampton’s live-music scene

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in Akram Khan's reimagined "Vertical Road."

Boston Ballet packs a lot into ‘Fall Experience’

Again taking wing over Cambridge

‘Fat Ham,’ at the Huntington, updates ‘Hamlet’

Health

A CVS pharmacist administers vaccinations for COVID-19 and seasonal flu to Angie Chandler at a store in Orlando, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 15.

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

In its first year, calls to 988 Lifeline increase 50 percent in Rhode Island

Dana-Farber deal highlights a surprising trend: New cancer centers are in vogue

Obituaries

Brian O'Donovan hosted "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" annually for two decades.

‘Celtic Sojourn’ host Brian O’Donovan, who championed Irish music, dies at 66

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker, has died

Joe Christopher, an original Met who was Amazin’ in ’64, dies at 88