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Tears and resolve as churches offer comfort to Maine communities devastated by shootings

At Faith Baptist Church in Auburn, Maine, congregants raised their voices together in song and support on Sunday.
See live updates about the Maine shootings At Lewiston shootings vigil, hundreds gather to share prayers and tears ‘We aren’t letting him take that away from us’: Lewiston bowlers say alley is like home. Read our full coverage

Lewiston, a city shattered, is left to pick up the pieces

How a Maine trauma center responded to the state’s worst mass shooting

The Maine mass shooting changed Representative Jared Golden’s mind on assault weapons. Will it change his state?

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take food and “basic survival items,” a UN agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank ‘We’re trying to live another day:’ Medway family takes shelter as Israel moves into Gaza

APPRECIATION
In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface
In both comedic and dramatic roles, Perry's vulnerability created an intimacy between actor and audience. Maybe that's why we're so gutted by news of his death at 54.

Celebrities remember Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dies at 54

18-year-old man wanted for fatal shooting at Worcester State University
Kevin Rodriguez, whose last known address was in Lawrence, should be considered armed and dangerous, the Worcester district attorney’s office said in a statement Sunday.

‘We aren’t letting him take that away from us’: Lewiston bowlers say alley is like home.
Just-in-Time Recreation, a home of sorts for generations of bowlers, was shattered Wednesday, when a gunman fired a rifle at those gathered for the weekly youth league practice, ultimately killing seven.

Medway family stranded in Gaza on ‘desperate hunt for food and water’ as they wait to escape into Egypt
Abook Okal and his wife, Wafaa Abuzayda, and their 1-year-old son, Yousef, have been sheltering in Rafah for two weeks since they fled to southern Gaza as Israeli forces bombarded the territory.

Harvard President Claudine Gay convenes antisemitism advisory board amid ‘resurgence of bigotry’ on campus
New leader has faced criticism for declining to immediately rebuke a student letter that placed all blame for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Here are the high school football playoff seeds and first-round matchups
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The big question looming over Dana-Farber shift: What’s the best way to treat cancer?

The cancer center’s move from Brigham and Women’s Hospital envisions a new model of care.
JEFF JACOBY

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers
EDITORIAL

After Maine shootings, our grim ritual returns: burying the dead, pleading for better gun laws

RENÉE GRAHAM

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate
MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana
BRUINS 4, RED WINGS 1

Bruins get right back on track with strong win over Detroit

Charlie McAvoy has another strong game at both ends, scoring his first goal of the season that stood as the eventual game-winner over the Red Wings.
DuPont: Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick with the Bruins
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Will Venable knows who the Red Sox are getting in Craig Breslow, and he says ‘it’ll be great’

Breslow and Venable were never teammates, although they faced each other three times over their careers. Then they worked together for two years with the Cubs.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

It would be a shame if this were indeed the end of The Sports Hub’s ‘Toucher and Rich’

In the past, Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb have negotiated their contracts in unison. That was not the case this time.
Shaughnessy: Theo Epstein’s fingerprints are all over the Craig Breslow hire
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown says he’s prepared to assume bigger leadership role with Celtics

Brown, the senior member of the team, said he’s ready to be more vocal and touched on several other subjects in a sit-down interview with the Boston Globe.

More recent News

Car crashes into Starbucks in Wellesley

Two people inside the vehicle were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, but no customers or employees inside the store were struck by the vehicle, police said Saturday.

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts
“Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 28 had first-time host Nate Bargatze take the stage, with musical guests Foo Fighters.

Two missing Western Mass. men found dead from gunshot wounds in Vermont, police say
The bodies of Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, were discovered along a road about a mile apart in the town of Eden, Vt. , authorities said Thursday.

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction
Pence is the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, and his struggles underscore just how much Trump has transformed the party.

Richard Moll, towering bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
In a career of more than four decades, 6-foot-8 Richard Moll played a variety of roles on television and in films. But he was best known for playing "Bull" on "Night Court."

Medford, Somerville residents march for rent control

The proposed legislation would enable cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants.

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Globe Magazine

Vampire panic gripped New England in the 1800s. The real evil was in the air.

“Sometimes they called it an ‘evil angel’ inhabiting the body,” says a folklore expert. And they went to macabre lengths to protect the living.

LARRY EDELMAN | TRENDLINES
Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?
The lack of affordable housing has become a defining characteristic of the Boston region.

‘We cannot let that stand’: Wu moves forward with plan to clear ‘Mass. and Cass’
Wu framed the coordinated effort as a permanent and empathetic solution to the prolonged humanitarian crisis at the intersection known as Mass. and Cass, widely considered the epicenter of the region’s opioid abuse and homeless crisis.

MIAA
Judge rejects Bishop Fenwick’s request to lift MIAA’s landmark postseason ban
“If there are no sanctions for violating the rules, the MIAA ‘s authority over its members is significantly diminished,” ruled Essex Superior Court Judge Janice Howe.

Culture & Lifestyle

In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy

Three horror novelists tell us what their favorite spine-chilling tale of terror is. Now it’s your turn.

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

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

ALEX BEAM

Who is to blame for the state of the nation? Mitt Romney.
Yossi Beilin

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’
IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek

‘If we stop fighting, we, Ukrainians, will be gone.’

LETTERS

‘This is not an aberration. This is the American way of life.’
Nadav Tamir

Israel must maintain its democracy despite war with Hamas
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

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

Metro

Boston police release videos in connection with internal affairs investigation of captain

The two short video clips, provided to the Globe in response to a public records request, show Captain John Danilecki using his leg to force David Nave to the ground by knocking his feet out from under him in 2019.

Harvard President Claudine Gay convenes antisemitism advisory board amid ‘resurgence of bigotry’ on campus

New leader has faced criticism for declining to immediately rebuke a student letter that placed all blame for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Lewiston shootings

Maine police were alerted about the shooter’s threats last month. Follow live updates.

The investigation into the Lewiston shootings is expected to continue through the weekend, and extra security will guard vigils for the victims, officials said.

‘We aren’t letting him take that away from us’: Lewiston bowlers say alley is like home.

Just-in-Time Recreation, a home of sorts for generations of bowlers, was shattered Wednesday, when a gunman fired a rifle at those gathered for the weekly youth league practice, ultimately killing seven.

Sports

Live updates

Patriots revert to old form, lose to Dolphins for second time this season

The Patriots pulled within one score midway through the fourth quarter, but Miami closed things with a long drive and a defensive stand.
nascar

Ryan Blaney wins in Martinsville, will race for first NASCAR Cup Series championship

Blaney will race William Byron, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson next Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, where the title will go to the highest-finishing driver.
NFL ROUNDUP

Jets deliver kick to their roommates, topple Giants with pair of late field goals

Big Blue, which was forced to play practice squad quarterback Tommy DeVito, lost in overtime after allowing the Jets to move 58 yards in four plays without a timeout in the final 24 seconds of regulation.
horse racing

Kentucky Derby winner Mage won’t race in $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic
HS FOOTBALL: TOP 20

EMass football: St. John’s Prep finishes regular season at No. 1, while Andover cracks top 10 in Globe Top 20 football poll
patriots

Mac Jones credits Dolphins defense, but says he and the Patriots need to improve execution

Business

innovation beat

Three observations on where the world of AI is heading

On one hand, startups and investors believe generative AI will become a trillion-dollar market. On the other, they know the majority of companies born in this era will not amount to much.

More help arrives in Acapulco, and hurricane’s death toll expected to rise as searchers comb debris

More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.

Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford, reports say

Cambridge’s Forsyth Institute joins ADA to create ‘biggest monster in dentistry’
magazine
Globe Magazine

One family scammed the lottery for $20 million. Then their luck ran out.

MISS CONDUCT

I’m a finalist for two jobs. How do I navigate between them?
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He shared his love of Halloween’
PERSPECTIVE

Mike Gorman, the legendary voice of the Celtics. And my dear friend.

metro

18-year-old man wanted for fatal shooting at Worcester State University

Tears and resolve as churches offer comfort to Maine communities devastated by shootings

Joshua, 12, loves to play football

sports

It took nine playoff holes, but Celine Boutier outlasted Atthaya Thitikul in LPGA Maybank Championship

Jaguars toy with Steelers, win another in Pittsburgh with relative ease

Danilo Gallinari eager to show Celtics what they’re missing after they traded him to the Wizards

business

Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?

politics

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction

The Maine mass shooting changed Representative Jared Golden’s mind on assault weapons. Will it change his state?

For Mike Johnson, religion is at the forefront of politics and policy

Nation

The devil’s bargain Pence could not escape

Shooting kills 2 and injures 18 victims in Florida street with hundreds of people nearby

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, has died at 54, reports say

World

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

On the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush, South Korean families demand a special investigation

Explosive device blows up at convention center in south India killing at least one and wounding 36

opinion

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’

Help people with disabilities live in the community

lifestyle

Epoch Preservation uses artistry and attention to detail to bring historical gravestones back to life

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy

I’m sober — and lonely

food & dining

Ghost stories — and unearthly encounters — feed curious guests at this Chepachet, R.I., tavern

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing is turning 1 and ready to party

In Rhode Island, a hunt is on to understand the decline of the state’s iconic quahog clam

travel

Our travel writer has found a new favorite destination, and it’s in Switzerland

Feeling down? Welcome to the ‘happy place’ of the happiest people in the world

Brian Regan on his ‘adequate comedy,’ Germany’s coolness, and his love of swim-up bars

Arts

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

Books

New poetry collection captures stillness in motion; local press celebrates author, fall book lineup; new collection by local poet examines joy and healing

Author readings around Boston Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

The awe of horror; or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rep

Movies

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

Cranston Street Armory could become movie set this winter, if actors’ strike resolves

Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81

Television

In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface

Christopher Walken shows up as Spirit of Halloween on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Nate Bargatze hosts

Amazon to reboot ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

music

Celebrating Joni at 80

For musicians on the way up, nonprofit’s support hits all the right notes

Podcast: Folk singer Chance Emerson on building his music career in New England

Theater/Dance

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

‘How I Learned to Drive’ burrows deep into the murky memories of trauma

‘Liberal Redneck’ Trae Crowder knows what you think about Southerners

Health

Lifespan, largest hospital owner in R.I., could change name in expanded partnership with Brown University

CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

Neil Steinberg, former CEO of Rhode Island Foundation, to chair R.I.’s new life sciences agency

Obituaries

Robert Brustein, influential founder of American Repertory Theater, dies at 96

Li Keqiang, former Chinese premier, dies of heart attack at 68

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95